This is the first time Bai Yan has witnessed a normal death of a living creature. After all, the fish and beasts he once hunted were all beasts with undeveloped intelligence, and those who broke into the valley can be said to have been killed by this mountain forest.
It turns out that death, as it is, is not terrible.
Bai Jun crawled back to the valley, coiled himself on a willow branch, thinking about his future after death, wondering which of the six paths of reincarnation he should go to.
Living for ten more years is considered a blessing.
Now I can be considered an old snake, having lived for nearly nine years, and still has one last winter left to live through.
There was a warm touch next to him. Bai Jun lazily turned around, but a huge green python more than four meters long crawled to his side along the willow tree. It was leaning against his side with the snake's belly. The python's head also reached Bai Jun
On the side of his head, he gently spit out a forked snake letter.
If you put this posture on a human being, you might think of some inappropriate images, but if you put it on a snake, it's completely normal.
Among the two potential snake kings in the valley, Bai Jun finally chose this green snake.
Because the growth direction of the green snake is very similar to his, with the snake's body resembling a dragon's head. Although the black snake is longer, its head is not as thick as its waist. It is inferior in terms of body balance, combat effectiveness, and even dominance.
many.
The green snake climbed up the willow tree and spit out the snake message, as if to comfort him.
Bai Jun spat out the snake letter and calmly responded to the green snake, telling it: The valley will depend on you from now on.
On the thousand-year-old willow tree, the green leaves are as green as the sea, and two snakes, one green and one white, intertwined.
This winter, Bai Jun hibernated early.
He began to stop caring about anything in the valley and left everything to the green snake.
Even though snakes are cold-blooded and emotionless, Bai Jun forced them to change their way of living.
Nowadays, in the lakes outside the valley, if any water birds dare to prey on snakes, they will be surrounded and attacked by a group of snakes.
This does not mean that the snakes have developed intelligence and emotions, but that they have recognized their living habits. They still have no warmth. They were born without knowing their parents. They may never see each other again in their lives, or they may use their fangs to physically attack each other's brothers and sisters when they meet.
Even though they died, they finally developed the habit of uniting.
Even after Bai Jun's death, as long as there is a maintainer of order, that is, the new Snake King, this habit will continue, and Wan Snake Mountain will always be Wan Snake Mountain.
Snakes will naturally not remember these things, what Baijun has done for them, but this is also the advantage of snakes, they are ruthless, indifferent and loyal to their ancestors' habits.
This year, Snake King Valley has been as peaceful as ever.
The valleys are filled with winter snow, the mountains are covered with ice flowers and snow branches, the ponds are frozen, the birds are extinct, and all the animals are hidden, making no distinction between east and west.
But the human world is completely different.
In the cold wind, there are monsters raging, natural disasters and heavy snows, man-made rebellions, countless people and families falling apart, and chaos in the Nineteenth and Thirteen continents of Tianyuan.
In Dajin, a human nation on Linnan Continent, natural and man-made disasters, both large and small, also broke out.
Unlike other countries, which are protected by Taoism or relied on by Buddhism, in the territory of Jin Dynasty, there is no Taoism and no Buddha.
It’s not that people can’t believe in Buddhism and Taoism, but that neither monks nor Taoists can enter the Jin Dynasty.
As for this reason, it also falls on His Majesty the Holy Emperor, who is now in his prime. It can also be said to be the efforts of several generations of emperors in the Jin Dynasty.
This small country originally only occupied a land area of less than a thousand miles from the three states. However, after the current Holy Emperor ascended the throne thirty years ago, he worked hard to govern, promote people's livelihood and trade, raise a hundred thousand troops, and went south to destroy the small country in three expeditions.
Yue, Zhanyun and Nanzhou were two states. Today's Qinanzhou is the Nanzhou of Yue State.
After the Holy Emperor rested with the people, he developed commerce, opened official roads from north to south, and established prefectures, counties, towns and villages. The prefectures and counties were for the government to exercise power, and the towns and villages were for private clan autonomy. Through a series of ten-year-long new policies
Reform, unified the imperial power and local power of the Jin Dynasty, once again boldly marched westward, conquered the Xi Zang Kingdom six times, and gained three more states.
At this point, the Jin Kingdom was changed to the Great Jin Dynasty, also known as the Great Jin Dynasty. The country was prosperous and the people were strong. The Holy Emperor still followed the decree prohibiting monks from entering, but he used the imperial edict of the Human King to enshrine the gods in the eight states of the Great Jin for thirty
The gods of eight famous mountains and the gods of forty-seven dangerous rivers are used to suppress evil spirits and ghosts. They are also the gods of forty-nine cities in eight states, who are responsible for judging the cycle of life and death and protecting the safety of the people within their jurisdiction.
And now, His Majesty the Holy Emperor, has transcended the realm of human emperors and reached the realm of divine emperors by relying on the luck of the eight states of human race. He lives high in the temple, can turn his hands into clouds and rain, and can be granted the status of a spiritual god with a single decree.
, one word can subjugate demons.
But during these years, the Jin Dynasty also suffered from disasters everywhere, and the people were in dire straits.
But all this has nothing to do with Bai Jun now.
If there must be one, it is that there are many human beings fleeing for safety in the mountains. Some brave people still want to rely on their snake-catching skills to wait until next spring when the snakes come out of their holes to make a quick buck.
Why does the name of Wan Snake Mountain attract so many people? But it was the scholar who came to Zhuangjia Village who compiled the story of the Snake King's death that he saw into a book and wrote it into a storybook for entertainment. Unexpectedly, it was changed by the storyteller.
He became a white snake to repay his kindness and helped the village overcome difficulties many times. Another time a pack of wolves entered the village and the snake king defeated it with only one enemy to protect the village. In the years of drought, the white snake entered a dry well and the water immediately sprung up. This is a very miraculous thing.
The story is fascinating and has spread widely, and Wanshe Mountain has become more and more famous in Qinan Prefecture.
In fact, where are there so many things to repay kindness in the world? Even if beasts become monsters, they are mostly ruthless and cruel monsters. It would be good if they don't devour mortals. But mortals always need a fantasy to comfort themselves and make themselves believe that there is always beauty in the world.
, Good people will eventually be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil. Even if there is no such thing, they will make up a beautiful dream for themselves and become their thoughts in suffering.
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One spring day, Bai Jun woke up.
This time, it took a long time for him to wake up from hibernation.
This is a decline in body function, causing sensory and physical reactions to slow down. In other words, he is old.
When the fear of death came to his mind, Bai Zhen recited the Buddhist sutra, "The Mahaparinirvana Sutra" in his heart.
The sound of Buddhist scriptures calmed the fear in Bai Jun's heart, and he wanted to die calmly and responsibly.
Bai Jun is entangled in the willow branches every day, waiting for summer to come day by day. His body is getting older little by little, and he has the smell of death.
High in the sky, a huge golden eagle hangs around the valley every day, refusing to leave for a long time, but also not daring to land.
Bai Jun's vertical pupils were filled with coldness, even if he died, it would not be something that a golden eagle could humiliate him lightly.
The senses of animals and beasts are mysterious but extremely sensitive. As Bai Jun's body slowed down day by day, more eagles and birds were circling in the sky outside the valley.
There were mountain eagles, goshawks, vultures, golden eagles, and even snake vultures. There were more than twenty of them.
They usually rush down in groups, and even if there are a large number of snakes in the group, they cannot withstand the power of more than twenty giant birds swooping down.
Bai Jun dragged his old body and fought with them again. He killed three big goshawks and whipped two snake vultures to death, which shocked the eagles.
If the body function had not declined a lot, more eagles would have been killed.
Although Bai Jun has no legs, he can be described in one sentence as a centipede insect, dead but not stiff.
The king of the sky will break his wings and die in front of Bai Jun.
On a summer afternoon, Bai Jun's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he knew that his life was approaching.
In just ten years of this life, Bai Jun is no longer a human being. He has been seeking the truth for ten years, but why has he gained nothing? He obviously has a human soul and is extremely wise, but he cannot even embark on the path of the demon?
That’s all!
Bai Jun's heart was as calm as ever before. His heart was as calm as water, his goodness was as good as water, he was not alarmed by changes, and he became strong without fighting.
I raised my head and glanced at the bright sunshine. Oh, I will never see such beautiful sunshine again.
Bai Jun lost all his strength, and he was quietly waiting for death to come.
In this interaction between life and death, Bai Jun suddenly realized that the world in front of him was very different.
The water in the pond is secluded, the ancient trees are green, the mountains are mysterious, the sun is red, the mountain roots are golden, the winds and clouds are moving, the changes in the laws of heaven and earth, and the spirit of the five elements are all visible at a glance.
Bai Yan saw the path to demon transformation that he had been longing for for ten years, and suddenly realized that it was precisely because of the mixture of his obsession and the human soul that he lost the innocence of beasts and the pure induction of nature.
You are not allowed to enter the magic of demons.
Today, he was on the verge of death and finally saw the road. Bai Jun chuckled, he died without regrets.
If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening.
A white snake coiled among the leaves of a thousand-year-old willow forest. The sun was shining brightly and the breeze was warm. He fell asleep. The white snake's life ended on this bright summer day.
At the last moment when Bai Jun's consciousness dissipated, the ruby bead he had buried in his body for ten years finally saw the light, and the ruby faded into his blood.
Far away in the underworld, a judge looked at the book list in his hand and was about to cross out a Qizhi creature whose life span had expired. However, he never thought that the word "Bai Jun" in the list on the page suddenly disappeared.
The judge was shocked and turned pale. He rubbed his eyes and found that it was not dazzling. He opened his mouth to scream and report to the King of Hell, but suddenly he remembered something and covered his mouth.
Who can go against the will of the gods and change their destiny? Unless it is a terrifying existence in the upper world. If he stabs himself, then the terrifying existence in the upper world will make him lose his soul, which is a good end.
Anyway, he was the only one who saw this. The people on the left and right were just beasts. If he didn't say anything about it and let it pass, he might still be able to accept some sympathy for that terrifying being.
The judge thought for a while, persuaded himself, suppressed his uneasiness, and continued to search for the living beings whose life span had expired. He would write down names, and there would be some unforeseen circumstances that would lock the souls away.
It was as if the scene just now had not happened.
In the Snake King Valley, the eagles flying high seemed to have sensed something, and they flew straight down to where the snakes gathered to hunt.
The Green Snake King has now grown to a body of five meters long. It is still possible to defeat one or two giant eagles, but even the Green Snake King is overwhelmed by more than a dozen eagles and is seriously injured.
At this moment, the already dead White Snake King opened his eyes faintly, with confusion in his eyes.
"Am I dead?" Bai Jun looked at the familiar valley in front of him in confusion. He twisted his body and found that his whole body was full of strength. He was no longer as weak as before, and his physical strength even increased.
"I am resurrected from the dead and given a new life!"
Bai Jun's heart filled with joy. His life was not over yet? Or was it the Lord Yama who showed mercy and gave him ten more years of life? Or was it the mysterious red jade bead in his body? "
The doubts in my heart gradually subsided. Since I can't figure it out, there is no need to think about it anymore. You only need to make good use of your own strength and advantages to survive in the cruel nature or the future demon world.
Bai Jin's snake tail bent, and his body suddenly jumped out, as if flying into the sky, straight across the pool and fell into the Xianxian Canyon, and then the muscles of his body quickly exerted force, as fast as the wind, as fast as the shower, like an afterimage.
Climbing out of the sky, Bai Jun crawled hard, then raised half of his body to a height of more than six meters, bit the feet of the giant eagle with a wingspan of four meters wide, and then pulled it down and fell into the swamp.
Crushed alive and killed.
When the eagles saw this scene, they were so frightened that they flapped their wings wildly and fled into the sky.
The Green Snake King was so surprised to see Bai Jun come back from the dead that he approached him without even caring about his injuries, spitting out snake letters to express his excitement.
Bai Jun also spit out the snake letter in response, indicating that he was fine.
The communication between snakes is as simple as this. It can only convey general emotions, and it is really impossible to carry out more profound verbal communication.
Bai Jun twisted his body and climbed up the hundred-foot-high mountain at a terrifying speed. He circled on the top of the mountain and suddenly neighed at the sky and sea of clouds: "Hiss~"
The special sound wave swept across a hundred miles, and countless snakes also raised their heads and screamed.
The camera zooms from the top of the mountain to the giant python and white snake descending to the bottom of the mountain. Tens of thousands of snakes are spitting messages together. Such a terrifying scene is enough to frighten all beasts and startle thousands of birds in the Nanshan Mountains to flap their wings and fly away in haste.
On the southeast side of the mountains, in a stone cave, a white-furred fox was wagging its big fluffy tail, lying on the stone bed and smiling humanely, "That snake finally became a monster. Although it is a little late for the genus Snake."
, but the old snake is still a demon."
On the west side of the mountains, in a huge cave, a strange tiger with a human-animal head and a tiger body moved its ears. As if it heard something, it opened its mouth and blinked, and it turned into a tiger head with a huge mouth.
He growled lowly, and a wild wolf shivered from outside the cave and entered the cave.
The tiger spoke: "There is a beast on the border of the human race in Shannan that has successfully transformed into a demon. It should be a demon that is not weak. Go find it and persuade it to join my king's command."
If ferocious beasts are not demonized, you don’t need to put in extra effort to swallow ordinary rabbit demons, rat demons, etc. to avoid future troubles.”
The gray wolf nodded hurriedly when he heard the words. When the tiger said go ahead, he immediately ran out of the cave, not daring to wait for a moment. After all, there were mountains of corpses and even many skulls of his own race in the cave.
Seeing that the gray wolf was gone, the tiger sneered and said to himself: "Hei Xiazi, your men are all fox demons and bird demons. How useful are these weak beasts even if they transform into demons? This time I will appear in disguise.
Human head, next time you transform into a human and your strength is greatly increased, let’s see how you fight against this king?”
On the south side of the mountains, a huge black bear was taking out handfuls of wild honey from its nest and putting it into its mouth, letting the swarms of bees sting it all over its body.
It licked its fingers, heard some noise, and didn't care. It raised its hand and threw away the empty hive, and continued to move towards the next hive. However, none of the bees surrounding it could penetrate the hive.