Chapter 164 The story of the human race and the water race
Riding a big buffalo, we came to the willow tree.
Xu Ji sat under the willow tree, and the cow also lay down in front of him.
Xu Ji patted the cow gently, and the cow immediately brayed.
Moo!
The braying of the cows echoed throughout the wilderness.
The willow branches linger, and countless clear lights fall.
The children looked up one after another and put their homework aside for the time being.
A group of aquatic animals cruising along the river also stopped and came to the shore one after another.
"Tianzun has taught the Dharma..." They excitedly climbed onto the river embankment.
On the road, a caravan carrying goods also stopped.
The Heavenly Lord lectures on the Dharma!
Everyone listened attentively.
Although, this immortal on the sand and water rarely talks about cultivation matters when teaching the Dharma.
Occasionally, some teachings will be passed down.
They are also very basic breathing techniques.
But everyone can understand it and everyone can learn it.
What's more, they don't teach the divine way.
However, the "mathematics" and "abacus" things taught are still very useful.
Especially useful for mortals.
At least, if you learn arithmetic, you can calculate your salary clearly and not be afraid of being harsh.
Merchants also did not object to their clerks even guarding them from learning arithmetic.
Because, in this way, he can get a group of workers who are good at settling accounts at a cheap price.
This is very important!
Therefore, whenever Tianzun lectures, nearby water tribes, merchants and even farmers will gather to listen.
If you can hear Taoism, you will make a lot of money.
It’s no loss if you don’t have it.
At least, it is a blessing.
So, not long after, many people gathered on the river embankment and on the road.
Xu Ji ignored it.
When these people don't exist.
He just looked at the thousands of children and those cute lucky birds and auspicious beasts in front of him.
He knows everyone here.
We even know each of their family situations and past.
Also know their character.
In front of Daozu, everything can be seen at a glance.
Nothing can be hidden from the eyes of Taozu.
Therefore, he can know what these children are thinking.
I have been a bystander, feeling these children.
Seeing their fear, uneasiness, inferiority complex, fear, and curiosity from the very beginning.
Now I am proud, confident and even arrogant.
"Tao Ming!" Xu Ji suddenly spoke.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he clicked on the oldest of these children.
That was the boy with bare buttocks and a runny nose who took Xu Ji into the village when he first arrived in Shashui.
His original name was Goudan.
Later, I learned and recognized the characters, and then gave myself a new name.
Tao Ming!
The sun and moon are bright, so we can see far away!
Hearing Tianzun's roll call, a young man with a handsome face and a calm expression slowly stood up and bowed his head: "The student is here!"
Xu Ji looked at the thirteen-year-old child.
When we first met him, he had yellow hair, a thin body, a skinny body, and dull eyes. He was no different from the children of African refugees that Xu Ji had seen on modern TV.
But now, this child has grown taller, confident and proud. Many people praise him: He is a true Taoist!
Xu Ji stared at the young man, and then asked slowly: "Do you still remember your brother?"
Tao Ming trembled all over.
Reminds me of the darkest memory in my life.
Eight years ago, he was only five years old.
His brother, the brother who had brought him up since childhood, was sent to Hebo Temple and never returned.
He clenched his fists tightly and lowered his head deeply: "Students remember!"
"Brother student, he was eaten by the uncle of the river..."
"Then why did you lead people to isolate Jiaolong Ao Xiao?" Xu Ji asked.
There was a lonely little dragon in the corner, and when he heard this, he suddenly raised his head.
The so-called dragon is the product of the combination of the dragon tribe and other water tribes.
The Dragon Clan is famous for taking care of children but not caring for them, and is ruthless when it comes to killing people.
The most important thing is that the dragon tribe never admits the children they gave birth to with other water tribes outside.
Unless they can transform into dragons successfully!
Therefore, this dragon named Ao Xiao has no father or mother.
He can only depend on his two uncles.
But the uncles had to make a living and had no time to care about him.
It was only when we reached this sandy water that we finally settled down.
But I still didn't care about him.
Like dragons, dragons are refractory by nature. When they come to this sandy water, everything they see is water.
Those two dragons are very capable and earn a lot of money.
I have been entangled by many clam girls for a long time, and I never want to leave. I built a new home on the bed of the Shashui River. I am so immersed in the gentle countryside that I have almost forgotten who I am. Who still remembers this nephew?
If Shashui hadn't been blessed by the Willow God.
The little dragon might have been knocked unconscious long ago, and then taken somewhere and sold to the monks.
Therefore, today is the first time in Xiaolong's life that someone cares about him.
Moreover, he is still Tianzun!
The real owner of this sandy water!
The powerful emperor of the upper realm!
The little dragon's brain became hot and he shed tears.
Tao Ming lowered his head.
Although Tianzun never admitted it, in Tao Ming's heart, Tianzun was his teacher and a great benefactor.
The benefactor of the entire Shashui.
The benefactor of the entire southwestern Shandong Province!
Even Cao State, Chen State, Cai State, Ju State...benefactor of countless refugees.
Therefore, he did not dare to lie at all and could only tell the truth: "Students are afraid..."
"Afraid?" Xu Ji smiled: "Why are you afraid?"
Tao Ming raised his head: "It looks ugly! And it's very fierce!"
This is a fact!
The mother of little Jiaolong Ao was originally the product of the union of dragon and crocodile.
Then, another dragon clan met the little dragon's mother one day and gave birth to this little dragon.
Therefore, the little dragon Ao looks ugly even among dragons.
Its head is like a crocodile or snake, and its mouth is full of sharp teeth.
The skin is covered with nails.
Therefore, after hearing Tao Ming's words, Ao Xiao, who already had feelings about beauty and ugliness, curled up his head deeply with inferiority, like a tortoise, curling up into a ball.
"Ugly?" Xu Ji smiled.
He gently stretched out his hand, and a clear light appeared in his palm.
Scenes from the past were reflected in the light.
Under the willow tree at the entrance of the village, a puppy with bare buttocks and balls.
His hair was withered and yellow, his eye sockets were sunken, his whole body was fleshless, his whole body was dirty, his belly was flat, his two rows of ribs were dented, his nose was dripping with mucus, and his lips were cracked.
The shape is like a withered body, and the appearance is like a yaksha!
"Look...are you ugly?" Xu Ji asked.
Tao Ming looked at his past reflected in it.
Although he has forgotten it.
But in the clear light, the Taoist riding on the bull was extremely clear.
He lowered his head deeply and whispered: "Ugly!"
In previous years, he was more than ugly.
It's just dust and weeds.
Even He Bo didn’t eat it!
Even if it falls into the sandy water, those aquatic animals will not bite it.
Too thin, no meat, and dirty!
"The student knows he is wrong!" Tao Ming said with his head lowered.
"No!" Xu Ji looked at him: "You haven't realized your mistake yet!"
Tao Ming didn't understand.
Other children don't understand either.
Those aquatic animals listening on the river embankment and people stopping on the road were all listening quietly.
"Come!" Tianzun stretched out his hand gently.
The little black ugly dragon automatically floated up and landed in front of the Heavenly Lord's throne.
When Ao Xiaoluo came in front of Tianzun, he felt that Tianzun's figure was as vast as heaven and earth, as misty as stars, as towering as mountains, and as vast as the sea.
Countless clear lights linger, and countless auspiciousness and blessings surround you.
But he remembered Tianzun's teachings, so he couldn't hold back his instinctive worship. He just said with a trembling voice: "Jiaolong Ao Xiao, thank Tianzun for your care..."
"The dragon is the body of sin...the harm of rivers..."
"Really... I really can't afford the care of Tianzun!"
Every dragon already knows this from the day they are born.
Heaven and earth are rejecting them.
The world is rejecting them.
because……
They are the scoundrels of the dragon!
But he is not favored by the merits of the dragon clan.
Therefore, they bear the sins of the Dragon Clan, but cannot be blessed by the Dragon Clan's merits of making clouds and rain and guarding the eyes of the sea.
So, the dragons in the rivers and lakes simply broke the jars and smashed them.
This, in turn, made them a scourge in the eyes of the human race.
If discovered, they may be caught, killed, and eliminated.
Xu Ji looked at the small dragon in front of him.
His past formed lines one after another under the eyes of Daozu.
Following these lines, you can see his life.
From birth to now.
After his mother died, he huddled in a puddle shivering, fearful and trembling.
Until two uncles found him.
Then he followed his uncle and ate some leftovers.
Occasionally, I can eat a little incense.
Those were some human races in the swamp who were afraid of being attacked, so they came to worship them, but intermittently.
There is very little incense, so I can barely digest a little fish and shrimp and gain a little strength.
When we arrived at Shashui, we relied on my uncles' physical strength to finally get enough incense.
It finally started to grow.
I grew from a few inches to my current body shape.
Almost half a foot long.
In more than ten years, he will be independent.
I can have the body shape of my uncles!
But his size also makes him feared by others.
There’s a little dragon that’s over one meter long!
Stand taller than most kids.
The claws are sharp, the mouth is full of sharp teeth, the skin is covered with nails, and there are countless wrinkles on the forehead.
The most important thing is to be able to speak.
For the human race, the fear of the demon race and the true form of the witch race is something engraved in their blood.
After all, after the birth of the human race, they were often eaten by the witch race and the demon race.
Xu Ji looked at this little dragon with low self-esteem and smiled softly: "Have you done anything wrong?"
"Eat someone? Or hurt someone?"
Ao Xiao shook his head.
Before coming to Shashui, he even ran away from human children!
"Then what's your crime?"
"Come!" Xu Ji said: "Jiaolong Ao Xiao, stand up and tell everyone and your classmates about your past!"
Ao Xiao lowered his head, his two bright yellow pupils turning around like the eyes of a snake.
All kinds of memories come to mind.
He would have buried these things in his heart forever and would not tell others.
But now, with Tianzun's encouragement, he has the courage.
He slowly turned around and looked at the human children.
There are also auspicious birds and auspicious beasts.
Those noble ones made him envious and envious of the auspiciousness.
The auspicious thing that he didn't even dare to approach, the darling of heaven and earth.
He mustered up the courage and spoke slowly, with sharp teeth in his mouth, speaking in human words: "My name is Ao Xiao..."
"My mother is a dragon from Hongze, two thousand miles away from Shashui..."
"My mother is the best mother in the world..."
In the memory, my mother's appearance appears in my mind.
His mother is almost able to transform.
Therefore, I have basically mastered the human form, otherwise I would not be interested in the dragon clan.
In the eyes of the little dragon, mother is usually beautiful, graceful and calm.
"Mom always leaves all the delicious food for me..."
"My mother always told me to stay in the cave and not go out to cause trouble..."
"But... that day..."
"An immortal from Qi Kingdom is here!"
"Immortal, I want to refine a treasure, but I need the best dragon skin and dragon oil..."
"Then I found my mother..."
As he spoke, the little dragon burst into tears.
His voice spread far away through the leaves of the willow tree.
The water tribesmen on the river bank listened, and countless of them began to sob.
This world...
Powerful human monks and immortals, invincible in Taoism.
Aquatic tribe...
In front of them, they are only a little better than the mortals of the human race and have the strength to resist.
But this little resistance can only increase their fun in front of monks and even immortals.
"My mother could have escaped..."
"It's all for me...it's all for me..."
"That's why she will stay and fight with that immortal..."
"My mother's blood is flowing on me..."
"I'm so scared..."
The little dragon talked intermittently.
The water tribe on the river bank were already crying.
So do they!
exactly the same!
The water tribe is just the food and raw materials for human monks and immortal gods.
If you want it, go get it!
Rivers, lakes and seas, everywhere!
The mortals of the human race are the food fed to the aquatic tribe by the monks and gods!
Normally, whatever.
When needed, the river will be filled with sin-ridden water tribes.
Killing is not even innocent, but it is meritorious!
However, the little dragon's story sounded pitiful and sympathetic to human ears.
Far from being able to empathize with it.
After all, they are aliens!
Moreover, not long ago, it was a life-or-death enemy!
The human mortals are afraid of the water tribe, and the water tribe is afraid of the human monks.
Infinite loops, connected to each other like ouroboros, the chain of hatred has already been established.
Xu Ji naturally knew this.
Therefore, he calmly looked at Tao Ming and said: "Tao Ming..."
"You should also tell Ao Xiao your story!"
"Tell me about your brother, and also tell me about your mother!"
When Tao Ming heard this, his whole body trembled.
That was the past event he least wanted to recall.
but……
In front of Tianzun, he did not dare to hide anything.
Taking a deep breath, Tao Ming turned around and looked at his classmates.
He lowered his head and looked at his own shadow.
The child who was naked and ignorant in the past has grown up now.
Moreover, he is smart and capable, and is praised by everyone. He is even called the 'Tao Seed' or 'Xianmiao' in many people's mouth.
but……
If my brother is still alive...
"He must be smarter than me!" Tao Ming sighed in his heart.
His brother has been smarter and more sensible than him since he was a child.
"My brother's name is Tao Jiming..."
"Because it was born when the rooster crows..."
He spoke slowly, and his voice was carried into the distance by the willow leaves, echoing in the heaven and earth.
