The old Taoist smiled and watched the butcher leave, then climbed up the city wall and looked at the old Confucian scholar in blue shirt with respect.
The old Confucian scholar in green shirt had already put down his pen and continued to drink, still mumbling something.
However, there was a strong wind blowing from the other side of the Lantern Sea, making the words of the old Confucian scholar in blue very blurry and no one could hear them clearly.
The vast world on the sea of lanterns slowly dispersed like a mirage.
But the veteran Taoist knows that this is not a mirage, but because of the forbidden power of the Lantern Sea, this vast world is not allowed to exist.
Looking into the distance, the old Taoist had a vague expectation.
His intuition told him that the person he was waiting for was coming soon.
"Your name is Zhang Qingfeng, right?"
At this time, the old Confucian scholar in blue shirt on the city wall looked back at the old Taoist, took a sip of old wine, patted his side, and said: "Come here and sit down and talk."
The old Taoist named Zhang Qingfeng bowed and followed the instructions and came to sit next to the old Confucian scholar.
The old Confucian scholar looked at the sea of lanterns with squinted eyes and said, "Why do you keep paying me for drinks?"
The old Taoist smiled slightly and said: "Master told me before that when people live in this world, they should always do something within their ability."
The old Confucian scholar stared at the old Taoist man, shook his head and said: "No, no, no, this is not quite right. Only when people do what they want to do, will they do it to the best of their ability, or even do their best."
"Besides, living in this empty ancient city is no different from the dead."
The old Confucian scholar withdrew his gaze.
The old Taoist smiled calmly and said: "But you are still alive, right?"
"No one remembers, they are all dead." The old Confucian scholar murmured. After taking another sip of wine, he stood up unsteadily and almost fell off the city wall. He threw the wine bottle into the sea of lanterns.
But before it came into contact with the Lantern Sea, it turned into ashes.
The old Confucian scholar flicked his sleeves, clasped his hands behind his back, raised his chest and raised his head, squinted at the two clearly separated heavens, and said loudly: "They are all dead!"
The sound spread throughout Konggu City.
But the people in Konggu City were already used to it.
In their eyes, Ji Yueyi looked like a madman.
The old Taoist seemed to feel something. He raised his head and looked sideways at the old Confucian scholar and said, "Can the junior ask a question to the senior?"
The old Confucian scholar lowered his head slowly, as if he felt that the world was boring. He sat down again and said, "Tell me, I may not be able to answer it."
The old Taoist bowed his hands and said, "Who are the people in Konggu City?"
The old Confucian scholar turned to look at the old Taoist man and said with a smile: "People have a pair of eyes for seeing. Can't you tell?"
The old Taoist shook his head slightly and said, "I'm sorry that I'm stupid, I can't quite understand."
The old Confucian scholar stretched out his hand and slapped it out.
The old Taoist did not escape.
A surprising scene appeared.
I saw that the old Confucian scholar's hand disappeared directly the moment it touched the old Taoist's face, and then passed through the old Taoist's head and returned to normal.
The two of them seemed to be in different time and space. Although they were having a conversation, they could not touch each other.
The old Confucian scholar put down his hand, looked at the old Taoist, and said slowly: "Do you understand now?"
The old Taoist was silent, stood up and bowed to the old Confucian scholar, and then walked down the city wall.
The old Confucian scholar did not look at the old Taoist. He was still facing the sea of lanterns and murmured: "They are all dead and forgotten..."
The old Taoist who walked down the city wall went to see the butcher. Under the astonished gaze of the butcher, the old Taoist took away the gold and copper coins. Regardless of the butcher's scolding behind his back, he returned to his one-third-acre land and began to
Meditate and wait for that person to arrive.
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On the Lantern Sea, three thousand ships are sailing.
This is a real ship.
The fake ones are gone.
Hundreds of thousands of monks died.
There are less than 20,000 people left.
Even the Holy Son of Light is dead.
Everything seemed to happen in the blink of an eye.
At the stern of the boat, Ye Xuan looked in the direction of Kong Ancient City and said nothing.
Empty ancient city.
Eternity is empty, eternity is empty.
There were many people living in that city, but that city was empty.
It has always existed in this very strange form.
There is only one real living person.
Zhang Qingfeng.
"Ye Xuan, grandpa, is he really in that ancient city?" Zhang Jingtong came to Ye Xuan and looked in the direction of Kong Ancient City.
Although the darkness and fog were still very thick, the high city wall could already be vaguely seen.
Zhang Jingtong is not tall. When he stands straight, he is not even close to Ye Xuan's shoulders. He looks extremely petite.
"Yes." Ye Xuan nodded slightly.
"Why do you know so much?" Zhang Jingtong raised his head and looked sideways at Ye Xuan's face with confusion.
"Probably...it's been a long road," Ye Xuan said with a smile.
"I have to walk a long way in the future." Zhang Jingtong smiled playfully.
"Very good." Ye Xuan rubbed Zhang Jingtong's head.
Seeing Zhang Jingtong, Ye Xuan couldn't help but think of an old friend.
That old friend was one of his female apprentices.
The female disciple's name was Yu Chudong, nicknamed Dong'er. When she was ten years old, her parents died and she wandered alone. She was rescued by Ye Xuan during the war and became her disciple.
That was also the first female human disciple that Ye Xuan accepted.
Just talking about this name, no one may know it. She has a famous title, called——The Overlord Fairy Empress.
The era after Sword Emperor Huang Chunqiu was the era of the Tyrant Immortal Empress.
After that, it will be the era of the Ancient Emperor Zhentian.
However, the reign of the Immortal Tyrant Emperor was not long, because she, like Emperor Ming Jing, had her own obsessions and was not interested in the imperial career.
Even so, the Tyrant Fairy Empress still amazed that era.
However, the past events that Ye Xuan remembered were not after the rise of the Tyrant Fairy Emperor, but the year when the Tyrant Fairy Emperor turned sixteen.
Ye Xuan took her through famous mountains and rivers to see the suffering in the world.
That night, with the bright moon hanging high, the master and the apprentice were under a big tree.
Dong'er was grilling meat while asking Ye Xuan.
"Master, what kind of person do you want Dong'er to be in the future?"
Dong'er looked at her master Ye Di, who was always sitting three feet away from her, with hopeful eyes.
Ye Di said slowly: "Just be yourself."
Dong'er's beautiful eyes revealed a hint of cunning, and she said, "What if Dong'er becomes a bad guy?"
Ye Di smiled and said, "Who can tell what is right or wrong in this world, so whatever you do, I think it's okay."
"In short, just don't imitate Master."
"Why?" Dong'er was puzzled.
Emperor Ye looked up at the bright moon and sighed: "Because Master is not a human being."
At that moment, Dong'er looked at his master, Emperor Ye, and suddenly felt that his master was inexplicably pitiful.
What kind of loneliness is there to produce that feeling.
An inexplicable sadness grew in Dong'er's heart.
At that time, Dong'er secretly swore in her heart that she would always accompany her master.
Until the day she entered the holy realm, her master suddenly left without saying goodbye.
From then on, her whole life was spent on the journey to find her master.
She didn't know that her master Ye Di had been secretly paying attention to her, but he just didn't meet her.
………
"Ye Xuan, what are you doing?" Zhang Jingtong's voice woke Ye Xuan from his memories.
The smile at the corner of Ye Xuan's mouth slowly disappeared, he looked at Zhang Jingtong and said softly: "What's wrong?"
Zhang Jingtong had a black line on his head, and immediately said what he had just said again: "I said, you have traveled a long road, have you ever encountered a time on the road that made you so desperate that you wanted to give up?"
Ye Xuan looked at the approaching wall of Konggu City and said, "Of course there is."
"I didn't expect you to have such moments. It's strange."
At some point, Yao Yueqing also came to the side and eavesdropped. After hearing Ye Xuan's words, he couldn't help but laugh.
Ye Xuan didn't mind Yao Yueqing's teasing, and said slowly: "Failure is not terrible, as long as you can keep standing up in the face of failure and keep going."
"You are a brat and talk nonsense." Yao Yueqing snorted.
This guy looked like he was only sixteen or seventeen years old, but he was always so old-fashioned, which really made her unhappy.
Ye Xuan glanced at Yao Yueqing and said with a smile: "That means I have a family, otherwise you would be lying on the ground begging for mercy right now."
Yao Yueqing didn't understand the meaning of Ye Xuan's words, and immediately blushed with anger and cursed: "You stinky Ye Xuan, that's all you know how to say!"
After saying that, Yao Yueqing stamped his feet and returned to the cabin.
Ancestor Qiankun approached Yao Yueqing with a kind face and whispered: "Actually, it is a great blessing to be teased by my master."
"Senior, why are you..." Yao Yueqing was furious and wanted to say that she is not ashamed.
Ancestor Qiankun sat upright and pretended to be serious: "You will understand later."