Chapter 174 It’s hard to find the way, even harder to ask, but it’s at your feet (1st update, please subscribe and vote monthly)
"Can this wine open the sky?"
The wine that opened the sky did not exist before Xingtian asked.
But because Xing Tian opened his mouth, the wine that could open the heavens became famous.
This name comes from nothing.
Why is this so? Because I dare to think.
This is thought.
The mind connects the heaven and the earth, so there is a time when the heaven and the earth open up.
"The road didn't exist originally, but the moment I took a step, there was a road under my feet."
As this thought emerged, Nuwa slowly raised her head, looking from the valley below her feet to the mountains beyond the valley, to the vast world.
"Where is my path?"
"Your path is naturally at your feet."
Seeing Nuwa's current state, Ji Yi said with a smile while drinking.
"Yes, the road is at your feet."
Hearing this, Nuwa seemed to have some realization, and took a step towards the outside of the valley.
In just a moment, his graceful figure crossed the green grass, walked through the Chunchun creek, and jumped over a hillside.
Gradually, he disappeared in front of Ji Yi.
"This time, it was due to fate that things went smoothly."
Seeing Nuwa leaving, Lin Yi picked up the wine glass in his hand and raised his head with a smile.
"Fellow Daoist Du, have we met somewhere before?"
A hundred years later, when most of the wine in the valley had been drunk by Ji Yi, Xing Tian woke up, looked at Ji Yi who was wearing a white gown, and asked subconsciously.
"Maybe it's in a dream, after all, you and I both like to drink."
Lin Yi said meaningfully.
"gone."
As he said these words, Xing Tian saw Lin Yi staggering up, holding a wine bottle in one hand, and walking slowly out of the valley.
"In a dream"
Looking at Ji Yi's back, Xing Tian murmured and said slowly.
"My method of brewing wine seems to have come from a dream!"
Just when Ji Yi's figure was about to disappear in the valley, Xing Tian's whole body was shaken, as if he remembered something, he stretched out his hand and shouted.
"Fellow Taoist, please stay."
But as soon as the words that spread throughout the valley were spoken, Xing Tian noticed that the footsteps of fellow Taoist Du Kang seemed to be walking faster.
In just a blink of an eye, it completely disappeared into the valley.
Whoosh!
The next moment, Xing Tian stepped forward and chased him outside the valley.
However, outside the valley, on the road leading to the green mountains and forests, there is no trace of fellow Taoist Du Kang.
Only a gust of breeze blew in at this moment, picking up green leaves and swirling them in the mid-air.
"Fellow Daoist Nuwa, where are you going?"
On a blue lake, Gonggong was standing on a fishing boat fishing. At this moment, he saw Nuwa coming from a distance and couldn't help but ask.
In his impression, Nuwa at this time should be discussing Taoism with her younger sister Houtu.
Now he suddenly appears here, probably because he has finished talking to his little sister and is here to look for himself.
"I am following the path under my feet."
Facing Gonggong's inquiry, Nuwa said slowly.
As he said these words, Gonggong saw Nuwa stepping onto the river in one step.
As one ripple after another gradually spread on the lake, Nuwa also walked in front of Gonggong.
As the distance got closer, Gonggong realized that Nuwa's state seemed a little different at this moment.
It is a state that seems to be awake, but is confused, and seems to be silent in some kind of enlightenment.
In this state, every word, every move comes from the heart and contains certain rules.
This state looked quite familiar to Gonggong, and he couldn't help but think of the state he was in when he first realized his mind.
"Practice the path under your feet?"
Recalling Nuwa's previous inquiry, Gonggong asked with a smile.
"I wonder where the path of fellow Taoist Nuwa is?"
"The road is in your heart."
Facing Gonggong's inquiry, Nuwa said slowly.
As these words fell, a backlight suddenly emerged in the blue lake not far away.
"Just in time."
Seeing this scene, before Nuwa could say anything, Gonggong, who had been on the fishing boat for an unknown length of time, was filled with joy and quickly waved the fishing net in his hand.
Whoosh!
In just a moment, a big silver carp was caught on the fishing boat with the pull of the fishing net.
"Fellow Taoist, you said that we, the prehistoric creatures, practice the methods of the Taoist ancestors in order to transcend the prehistoric world.
But before transcending, are you still like a fish, struggling in the net but unable to get it?"
Seeing the silver carp swinging continuously in the fishing net, but still unable to escape from the lake, Nuwa seemed to be moved and asked slowly.
"That's different."
Gonggong said with a smile.
The fish caught in the lake were all moved by his thoughts, and catching them represented the surrender of one of his thoughts.
Since it is his thought, how can it be considered as impossible to obtain through struggle.
"How is it different?"
Seeing Nuwa ask again, Gonggong was about to explain the reason to her, but when his eyes fell on Nuwa's face, he finally withdrew his explanation.
Because Nuwa's state at this moment is not an ordinary state.
Therefore, in Gonggong's eyes, the silver carp was his dream, but in Nuwa's eyes, the fish represented an ordinary creature.
Depending on the goal, the meaning of the words asked will naturally be different.
When Gonggong thought about this, his eyes became more solemn after thinking for a moment.
"We are innately divine, born with boundless stature and enjoying the freedom of the wild world, how can we be like an ordinary fish?"
"I am innately divine and extremely powerful, so I am not afraid of struggle and will not fall into a trap, but..."
Looking at the fish struggling in the net, Nuwa continued to speak after a brief pause.
"But what if we meet a being more powerful than us?
Like the ancestor of the three clans in the past, like Rahu who wiped out millions of primitive creatures with a wave of his hand, like the Taoist ancestor at this moment.
Facing them, aren't you and I just like fish in this net?
Because of their joy, they will face the situation of being caught in the net at any time.
If this is the case, isn't there the slightest difference between my fellow Taoist, me, and this fish?"
As these words fell, Gonggong's pupils suddenly shrank, and Nuwa slowly raised her head at this moment.
"Since Taoist ancestors have preached to us, then the things that fellow Taoists say they are worried about will naturally not happen."
Facing Nuwa's gaze, the words in Gonggong's mouth stopped suddenly as soon as they reached his throat.
Regardless of whether Daozu is willing to do it or not, compared to Daozu, he or Nuwa is the best.
The situation of any living creature in this prehistoric world before Dao Ancestor is indeed no different from the fish in his net at this moment.
"If this is the case, you and I can only work hard to practice and strive to transcend the prehistoric world as soon as possible."
As he said these words, Gonggong was thinking and immediately put the silver carp in the net into the lake.
Seeing the wisp of silver tail quickly disappearing above the lake, Nuwa's face was not happy at all, but more confused.
In this confusion, Nuwa frowned, and when the wind blew, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she continued to ask.
"You and I may be able to transcend and enjoy freedom, but does this ordinary fish have any hope of transcending the world?
Can those prehistoric creatures who are countless times weaker than you and me also have hope for transcendence?"
"As long as you are willing to practice, there will eventually be hope for transcendence."
Gonggong replied.
"Then what is detachment?"
Seeing Gonggong's hesitant words, Nuwa continued to speak.
"Like this fish in the lake, after practicing cultivation, it has the power to break free from the snare. Will it be able to escape the snare in the hands of fellow Taoists?
But to leave the snare, it still needs to transcend this lake and this world.
But no matter how hard it tries, this fish cannot escape the hands of fellow Taoist.
Because the existence or nonexistence of this fish all depends on the thought of fellow Taoist."
"Fellow Taoist Nuwa, what exactly do you want to say?"
Listening to Nuwa's words one after another, Gonggong suddenly felt a headache.
He originally thought that Nuwa in front of him could not completely distinguish the existence of the silver carp due to her different state.
However, what he said just now seemed to be a distinction, but at the same time it seemed that he was not.
But when that complete sentence echoed in his mind, it was not so important whether he could distinguish it or not.
"Those who miss you are the most difficult to deal with."
Thinking of this, Gonggong couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
He couldn't guess what Nuwa was thinking. Even if he knew the correct answer, if it wasn't what Nuwa wanted in this state.
Then this answer will be completely wrong.
"What do I want to say?"
Hearing Gonggong's inquiry, Nuwa seemed to have remembered what she had just said. After a brief hesitation, she continued to speak.
"I want to say that the so-called detachment should not be limited to the Internet, the lake, nor the world in front of us.
Because after the fish left the lake, there were still constraints one after another above it.
In this way, it is the same whether it is a net, a lake, or even the wild world and the vast chaos."
"Then if this happens, wouldn't it mean that practicing is useless?"
"Practice should be useful, but it seems that fellow Taoists can't understand the confusion in my heart."
As he finished speaking, Gonggong's hesitant eyes saw Nuwa walking slowly towards the west of the lake step by step.
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After Nuwa gradually disappeared while traveling westward, Gonggong looked at the net in his hand with a wry smile.
"So, what did I say?"
As he said these words, Gonggong seemed to remember something, and his expression suddenly changed.
"Fellow Taoist Nuwa is in a very good state at the moment, if so."
Recalling that when he was mourning, even his eldest brother had beaten him, Gonggong immediately informed the other eleven ancestral witches about Nuwa's current condition.
In front of the bamboo house.
As rays of divine light suddenly emerged, two ancestral shamans, Gonggong and Dijiang, appeared where the second ancestral shaman, Gou Mang, was.
"You are late, Taoist Nuwa has already left."
Looking at Di Jiang and Gonggong, Ju Mang said helplessly.
"What issues did Sister Nuwa discuss with you?"
After hearing this, Di Jiang glanced at Gonggong and saw the latter stepping forward, looking at Gou Mang solemnly and asking.
"She asked me, if there were living beings who could weave the web in their hearts, would they be able to transcend?"
Ju Mang recalled the previous conversation with a strange look on his face.
"Then how did you answer?"
After thinking deeply, Di Jiang asked.
"I say, weaving is weaving. You can weave when you feel comfortable, and stop when you don't want to.
Where does detachment or lack of detachment come from? Mood is the most important."
Saying that, Jumang started weaving the silk thread in his hand again.
Before, when she was in his heart, Nuwa was not like this.
At that time, Nuwa seemed to have a hundred thousand reasons, and she always had one question after another in her heart.
"Second brother, after you answered, did fellow Taoist Nuwa just leave like that? Didn't she ask any more questions why?"
Gonggong couldn't help but ask again.
"Where did so many come from? Why, you guys think about things too complicated."
Seeing Gonggong's confused look, Gou Mang said with a relaxed expression.
"Second brother, what do you mean by this? Could it be that you have seen what fellow Taoist Nuwa is thinking?"
Di Jiang on the side saw this and asked.
Nuwa is the first innate saint to come to their witch clan to discuss Taoism. If something happens to their witch clan,
"In your opinion, Taoist friend Nuwa has questions in her heart, so every time she meets a living being, she discusses the Tao with them.
In fact, she was not asking about me, she was asking about herself.
Therefore, no matter what my answer is, it may seem important to her, but in fact it may not be important.
And even if she is asking questions about Taoism, why should I care about her thoughts and find her answer?
I answer mine, she says hers, it doesn't matter whether I listen or she listens, does it matter?"
Ju Mang said with a smile.
"If you still have concerns, you can inform fellow Taoist Fuxi. Right now, fellow Taoist Nuwa has not left Buzhou Mountain."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jumang began to weave alone.
"Let's go first."
After seeing this scene, Di Jiang realized something and stopped asking questions about whether it was important or not.
On the top of the mountain, clouds and mist surround it.
At this time, a vague figure walked slowly from a distance, its clothes fluttering like a goddess.
"Sister Nuwa, do you want to continue heading west?"
When the figure gradually solidified, Hou Tu, who had already received the summons and was waiting here specially, looked at the approaching Nu Wa with a smile and asked.
"I heard from several brothers that Sister Nuwa would always ask a question no matter when she met them or other Wu clan members.
Up to this point, the problem has become no less than a hundred.
Is it true that when we get to my sister’s place, she also has a problem?”
"Originally there was no problem, but since my sister said it, there happens to be a problem here."
Looking at the scene surrounded by clouds and mist outside the mountain top, Nuwa said slowly.
"What kind of creature does my sister think is a creature?"