Chapter 43: See the world, drink thousands of bottles
The person sitting at the table was wearing a hat and a navy blue robe.
As if stepping on the flowing time, I sat down after exactly ten breaths.
He took the glass of wine and looked at Jiang Wang, who was sitting opposite him: "Why is there only one glass?"
"I don't drink." Jiang Wang said with a smile, "I'm in a daze right now."
Drinking means to be drunk, not in a trance, and not interesting. Since you can't get drunk, there is no need to raise a glass for the sake of raising a glass.
The visitor drank the cup and said, "If you don't drink the wine yourself, it's hard to make people suspicious of this wine. That means you, Jiang Wang, are sitting here, otherwise who would dare to drink it?"
"Qianqiu." Jiang Wang said, "It's a very good wine."
"The aroma is intoxicating." The visitor thought for a moment and said, "It's not like our seaside wine, which is astringent and bitter."
Jiang Wang thought of "Tianya Ku", which is said to be a drink often drunk by dragon fishermen.
He must be grateful for the strong feelings he had seen, which were still sharp and indelible despite the erosion of heaven. It was the important emotion that supported him to persist until now.
"Thank you, Brother Chen, for taking the time to come and work hard for me." He looked at Chen Zhitao, who looked more mature than before, and felt deeply in his heart.
Just avoid trouble.
Chen Zhitao wanted to say this, but in the end he just said: "I may not be able to help."
Jingguo helped Diaohailou a lot, so naturally it was difficult for Diaohailou to refuse Jingguo's "request".
But the current Diaohai Building really has no ability to withstand the wind and waves. Caught between Qi Jing and Qi Jing, it is difficult for him, the owner of the Diaohai Building, to advance and retreat. Whether he expresses his stance or not is a mistake.
If Marquis Bowang had known about it beforehand, the letter would have come in time.
When he came to Changguo to find people from the past, he briefly escaped from the quagmire.
Jiang Wang poured another glass of wine for Chen Zhitao and watched the hops float up little by little. Then he picked out a fairy thought and threw it into the wine glass, as if he had put an ice cube to calm the wine: "I was drinking just now. This cup is meant for drinking - please accept my sorrow."
The thought of cannibalism is indeed a dangerous thing. Moreover, the weak can eat the strong.
But Chen Zhitao understood very well what choices Jiang Wang made outside of the Mysterious World War.
Without saying anything more, they raised their glasses and drank.
boom!
After a roar that touched his soul, what Chen Zhitao saw before his eyes was a blue sea.
This sea is not wider than the sea area where he lives, but the sky is so low.
The sky almost touches the sea.
There is still a vast space for people to move around without any hindrance, and they can call for wind and rain, but it is difficult to breathe!
Chen Zhitao couldn't breathe at all.
If it is in the sea, the sea is boundless. If it is in the sky, the sky is also boundless.
Only between the sky and the sea alone, the sky and the sea are like collapsed walls, and people are like helpless children in the street.
If a person wants to stand up, he must fight against all this.
Chen Zhitao finally knew what kind of pressure Jiang Wang was under.
It is too frivolous to say that there are thousands of junctures. If the thought has ten thousand strings, then the ten thousand strings will bear the weight of the mountain.
One step forward is the supreme heavenly being, one step back is the sea of consciousness that will be lost forever.
Everyone is at ease.
You can only stand against the sky and wade into the sea, drowning in pain step by step - and you know that the end is inevitable.
How can "people" maintain themselves in this state?!
"Whirring whirring!"
The diners, the smell of alcohol, the hustle and bustle... When all this re-entered the five senses, Chen Zhitao gasped for air.
He felt that he was wet and his clothes were very wet and heavy, but when he looked around, he realized that he was in the human world.
He looked at Jiang Wang across the wine table with a very horrified expression.
Bowang Hou made the cause and effect very clear. Before he came, he knew that Jiang Wang was fighting against Heavenly Dao. But even Chongxuan Sheng didn't know that Heavenly Dao had shown such a powerful display, let alone that Heavenly Dao was approaching.
He is the master of Diaohai Building, with a large number of palm seals, and cultivation knowledge, which is far from what he used to be. But in this short period of time, it was already difficult to bear the pain. If Jiang Wang hadn't been watching from the side and pulled him out in time, he would probably Already drowned!
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In that extremely depressing sky, he had a very clear feeling - he would soon sink, and he would inevitably become an inconspicuous drop of water in the deep sea of heaven.
That is an unstoppable and inevitable fate.
But Jiang Wang has endured this for a long time, and now he is still sitting here, existing as a concrete and calm "person".
How amazing!
Back then, he, Jiang Wang, and Fu Yanqing represented the three parties and led the way. He felt the gap again and again. Looking back now, the gap has not narrowed, but has been lengthened by time...
To be born in the same generation as this kind of person is, in a sense, a great misfortune!
"If you want to seal this state of heaven and man, what do you think, Brother Chen?" Jiang Wang asked after Chen Zhitao's mood calmed down a little.
"I don't know." Chen Zhitao shook his head blankly: "This is impossible."
"If it were easy to see possible things, I wouldn't think of Brother Chen. Only the highest difficulty of sealing off the town requires you, the most talented in sealing off the town." Jiang Wang said slowly: "In all the things I have seen Among all the monks of your generation, your achievements in Feng Town are unique and unparalleled."
Chen Zhitao was silent for a long time: "The talent of Fengzhen Yiyi...?"
He will never forget the mistakes he made that year. At that time, he indeed thought that he had amazing talents in Fengzhen, and his master and elders also gave him enough trust. He presided over the promotion He created the sea beast sealing technique to strengthen the control of sea beasts in a targeted manner, strengthen the cohesion of the Zhenhai Alliance, and enhance the influence of Diaohai Tower on the sea... but it turned out to be Gao Jie's layout, and his sealing technique from beginning to end You can't really control those sea beasts, you might as well just lock them with an iron chain!
Finally, there was a disaster from sea monsters, causing Xingzhu to sink and Huai Island to capsize.
Does he really have talent in this area? Does he really have such ability?
Can he really help Jiang Wang?
"If I want to borrow some inspiration for this impossible seal idea, I can only think of Brother Chen." Jiang Wang said seriously: "Among my peers, I don't think twice."
Chen Zhitao closed his eyes in pain: "I need some time, I have no idea at all now."
Jiang Wang took out a key and put it on the table: "The courtyard opposite the restaurant belongs to a friend of mine. Everything is ready. You can stay here for a few days. Don't worry, just relax."
Chen Zhitao asked in confusion: "What about you?"
Jiang Wang smiled: "I'll take a good look at this human world."
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Jiang Wang really "sees the world."
Grandpa Zuo's "Ping'an Town" is stuck there. The inspiration he got from the Nine Towns of the Changhe River is limited by his own sealing skills. It is always just an outline and it is difficult to make further progress.
He had memorized all the secret records of sealing techniques collected by Chong Xuan Sheng. If he wanted to understand them all, it would take a long time.
If you really want to say that Changguo has a very powerful sealing art inheritance, it would be hard to believe it when you look at the drunkards all over the street.
Chong Xuansheng had already communicated with him in advance, and Jiang Wang also went to the Changguo Martial Arts Library to browse some information. Now he wanted to see the customs and customs that were different from other places.
To enrich the way of humanity is to fight against the way of heaven.
There is a widely circulated saying in Changguo: "I have three drinks"——
Drinking when happy events are a sign of joy; drinking when a funeral is a sign of sadness; drinking when nothing happens is a sign of joy in life.
While waiting for Chen Zhitao, Jiang Wang invited many people to drink, and each drink told a story.
The story of an alcoholic is not one of ups and downs, but it is also a period of life.
Now that Chen Zhitao has gone away to think hard behind closed doors, Jiang Wang continues his "Thousand Bottles of Wine", inviting a thousand people to drink and listening to the past events of a thousand people.
In fact, once the Ear Immortal is summoned, he can hear even the most secret things. But he must communicate face to face to feel the strong emotions.
In the drunken Dukang City, many people knew that there was a "weird man" during this period——
His appearance is always unclear, but his voice has been heard
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Just forget it. The only clear thing is that he always asked people boringly why they got drunk.
Why do you get drunk?
But seeing as he was always generous in inviting people to drink, he would only grumble about the regrets he encountered when he woke up.
Who I once loved, who I once hated, who I once missed.
really weird.
There are always people crying.
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On Jiuquan Avenue in Dukang City - there is really a bustling Jiuquan, where drinkers pay money and drink from ladles - only separated by a wall is the "Ganquan Alley" where the largest number of homeless people gather in Liquor Country.
Because the dregs of the wine spring will be poured into the "sewage pond" here.
The homeless people couldn't afford wine, so they ate dregs to satisfy their gluttons. Over time, it became a gathering place.
Jiang Wang treated a homeless man to a meal here. As a homeless man, it was natural for him to eat two more steamed buns and three more sauce pork elbows.
This is a chance encounter in life.
Jiang Wang patiently listened to the homeless man's regrets, wiped away his tears with a clean handkerchief, and left after he fell asleep.
There is only one extremely narrow road in Ganquan Lane. There are people sitting, lying or leaning on both sides, crowded with homeless people. In the half-dead situation, they are confused, hearing the movement and looking up one after another, looking at Jiang Wang listlessly and hopefully, seeing him Walking forward without stopping, they drooped down one by one, like street lamps gradually dimming.
These people have no attachment to life, but are full of desire for wine.
Jiang Wang walked and stopped.
At the end of the alley, stood an old man with a tall crown and a beard, with silver hair and a ruddy complexion. He stood there at some point, as if he should have been standing there.
Behind him is a rising moon. It is bright, bright and distant.
His standing posture is very upright, his crown and ribbons are not messy, and his Confucian uniform is spotless.
The moonlight fell on him and stopped on him. He would never take a step outside Ganquan Alley. It seemed that there was an invisible line separating him from this place.
Just a thin line separates the two worlds.
"How can you quench one person's hunger and thirst while abandoning hundreds of others?" the old man asked.
"We are exchanging, not giving away." Jiang Wang said: "He exchanged the past for wine."
The old man asked again: "You are also moved by his story and appreciate his life. Why do you only care about what he eats and drinks?"
"The book says that kindness does not help the lazy, and kindness does not help the poor." Jiang Wang continued to walk forward: "It was his choice to live this kind of life, not that he could only live this kind of life."
Although Changguo was not a big country and had never even been powerful, the wine industry flourished and there was long-term peace. It was actually very prosperous. As long as the citizens had the hands and feet, it would not be difficult to find a serious job to support themselves.
The homeless people gathering in Ganquan Lane are all people who have given up on life for various reasons.
It may save you from hunger for a moment, but it cannot save you from self-disgust for the rest of your life.
"How long will it take to get the full amount of emotions using this method?" The old man said, "You should have a more effective way."
Jiang Wangdao: "I want to feel, not grab."
"Do you have a trick in mind?"
"Traveler."
The old man spread his hands and said, "You seem to be inviting people to drink everywhere. Don't you plan to treat me to a drink?"
Jiang Wang said: "I have already heard the old gentleman's story."
One of the two people stood still, the other moved forward, and they met at the end of Ganquan Lane.
Jiang Wang continued to walk forward.
At the moment of intersection, the old man spoke out: "I was walking in the Eastern Region recently, and I heard that Lord Bowang has been collecting information on sealing techniques related to Yang Kingdom - I thought you would come to me."
I really want to hear Fatty Chong Xuan explain how he does things without causing uproar in the city - how come even Yan Sheng knows about it?
Jiang Wang stopped and bowed: "What you ask for, sir, is not something I can give you. What I ask for, I don't ask if you can give it to me, sir."
Yan Sheng was about to speak,
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But suddenly he raised his head again, looked at the sky above the alley wall in front of him, frowned and said coldly: "Is it the behavior of a gentleman to sneak around and listen to the wall?"
After Yan Sheng spoke, Jiang Wang noticed the movement.
A man with a dignified appearance and a tall figure was sitting on top of the alley wall, with one foot on top and one foot hanging down. He was holding an open wine jar in his hand. He was laughing loudly at the overflowing aroma of wine. He looked over here with a smile: "You old man, you are so unreasonable! I am sitting here openly and basking in the moonlight, and you are walking by in a big way and gossiping. Why is it that I, Gu Shiyi, am sneaking around and listening to the wall?"
One raised his head, the other lowered his head. One stood, and the other sat. The two extremely powerful men looked at each other, neither giving in to the other.
Jiang Wang took a slight step forward and cupped his hands to Yan Sheng. He cupped his hands to Gu Shiyi on the alley wall and said, "You guys chat, I'll leave first."
He has met too many powerful people during this period, and each one has his own complicated past. He does not want to be tainted with their stories, he just wants to live his own life...
He just wants to have "life" now!
"Brother Gu" or "Mr. Yan". Jiang Wang was polite, but in fact he was impatient and didn't want to get involved with miscellaneous things at such a juncture.
"Wait! Brother Jiang!" Gu Shiyi jumped down from the wall, spreading his wings like a roc: "Don't be afraid, you don't have to walk so fast, there is a certain family here, no one can bully you!"
Yan Sheng took a step forward and stopped right in front of Jiang Wang, blocking Gu Shiyi: "What are you doing with him?"
Gu Shiyi raised the wine jar and said carelessly: "Then let's see what you want him to do!"
Yan Sheng said: "What do I do with him? What does it have to do with you?"
Gu Shiyi raised his head and said, "I don't care who you are or what your background is. Jiang Wang is my little brother. If you want to force him to do something he doesn't want to do, I, Gu Shiyi, will take care of it."
Yan Sheng raised his sleeves in front of him and looked at Gu Shiyi proudly: "Then you should listen well - no matter what plans you have or what big chess you want to play, put your small plans aside. Jiang Wang is the leader of my country, Yang.
The heir of the princess, if you do anything bad to him today, I will stick you here!"
"Joke!" Gu Shiyi laughed loudly: "How could a certain family be unfavorable to Brother Jiang?"
Yan Sheng raised his head even more: "How often did Yan force himself!"
Jiang Wang couldn't leave for a while, so he sighed: "Since both of you want to do good for me, how about we each take a step back and go back to our respective homes?"
He looked at Gu Shiyi and then at Yan Sheng: "Time is limited, I just need to be clean now, and I can't talk about leisurely things. Please forgive me!"
Yan Sheng looked at him deeply and took out a thin book from his sleeve: "This is some of my experience in sealing techniques over the years. I have also made some deductions based on your situation... It should be of some use to you.
Help. Just take it."
He handed it over and said to Jiang Wang: "There are no conditions, and you don't need to do anything. Life and death come first, and it is difficult to survive on your own. Don't be pretentious."
Jiang Wang took it silently.
But why?
Yan Sheng seemed to hear this question, looked at him and said, "The eldest princess spent her last days by your side. I don't want anyone in the world to remember Yang Guo."
It's hard not to feel sorry for these words, and Jiang Wang was also confused for a moment.
"Brother Jiang!" Gu Shiyi also handed over a book: "This is the "Eight Formations of the Wind Queen" that someone picked up on the roadside. It's not worth much! The art of sealing off towns has something in common with the formations. Since ancient times,
The two paths are inseparable. Feng Hou used the Eight Formation Diagram to suppress and kill the demon clan. You may not be able to suppress and kill the thieves after reading this. God - then, this is my heart. I don’t need you to repay me, let alone ask you to do it.
What a disgraceful thing. Do you trust this old man from who knows how many years ago more than your brother Gu?"
How did we get to this point, where we were faced with so many difficulties and couldn't move forward, and yet so many unexpected beings came to help us so proactively?
Changhe Longjun, Yan Sheng, Gu Shiyi...
They are all forced to sell and give away, and they only give without asking for anything.
Is it true that I am the protagonist of destiny, that good fortune comes when the time comes, that heaven and earth work together, and that good winds send me to the blue clouds?
Is Heaven still holding on to it?
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Where is my neck!
Jiang Wang has seen some of this human world, but still doesn't quite understand it. People and things in this world are all intricately connected.
He understands that what he gains today will definitely be repaid one day in the future.
"Then thank you so much, Brother Gu!" Jiang Wang raised his hand and took the "Eight Formations of the Wind Queen" without any hesitation.
As Mr. Yan said, life and death come first, it is difficult to survive yourself, so don't be pretentious.
The prerequisite for hypocrisy is to have "emotion".
