Strange Stories

Chapter 501 Everything in the world is reincarnation
"… Miss Pu Mei was exorcising a demon for the first time. Although she was young and inexperienced, she was indeed brave and thoughtful. After discovering that the heroes under the command of the Immortal Master were as powerful as the soldiers of heaven, she immediately dared to lead them to patrol the dark village roads. Such courage and determination, not to mention a teenage girl, even an average adult in his twenties might not be able to do it."

Before the little girl came up to see Lin Jue, Wan Xinrong came here first to report on her performance in the village on the pretext of "seeing if the real person was upstairs."

"Thanks a lot."

"It's not hard, not hard." Wan Xinrong said, "There is one more thing. When I came down the mountain this time, I heard from the villagers that Lord Luo had already set a date to ascend the throne in the capital to declare legitimacy and calm the people's hearts."

"Isn't it just a matter of time?"

"So that the real person can know."

Wan Xinrong bowed and said goodbye.

Soon afterwards, a thundercloud flew up carrying the little girl.

The tiles made a sound in the backpack. The girl looked up and saw the Taoist standing in front of the Fenghe painting in the hall. She felt nervous and uneasy. She put down the backpack and walked forward to respectfully offer two beans.

Lin Jue smiled when he saw it: "Has the monster been eliminated?"

He picked up two beans from her hand and put them back on his body.

"Eliminated, eliminated..."

"Since it's been eliminated, why are you so worried?"

"I……"

This little girl is indeed very similar to him back then.

She had a similar background to Lin Jue and made a similar decision when she went down the mountain to eliminate monsters for the first time. However, she was, after all, a serious girl who was born and raised in the mountains. Naturally, her vision and thinking were not as good as Lin Jue's at that time. Therefore, she was much more nervous than he was.

Lin Jue asked her a few more questions before she told him the reason:
"I, I saw that those people had no money and their lives were hard, so I just asked them for some tiles..."

"But didn't you go down the mountain to collect tiles?"

"It's really slow to collect like this..."

"So what? Being slow is your fault, not mine. I still have plenty of time." Lin Jue said to her, "Anyway, no matter what happens, when you gather all the roof tiles, I will officially accept you as my apprentice."

"Oh……"

The little girl couldn't help but think about it.

"People who practice Taoism should be calm and composed. There is no need to be so anxious." Lin Jue said to her, "Now that I have said it, it is up to you to decide. I will not blame you."

"..."

The little girl didn't dare to answer and continued thinking.

"Let me see the tiles you collected."

"Oh!"

The little girl then turned around, took out the tile from her backpack and timidly showed it to him.

Lin Jue took a look and nodded:
“They are all good tiles!”

Nowadays, most of the rough earthen tiles in the village are fired in very small earthen kilns. In some places, the villages and clans have public kilns, or they may fire the tiles themselves. The quality is naturally uneven, but it is basically guaranteed that the tiles are roughly the same shape and not broken or shattered.

As for the fact that some tiles are concave, some are convex, some have uneven surfaces, some have bubbles and holes, some are uneven in thickness, etc., these are unavoidable.

However, the tiles that the little girl brought back were neat and uniform, avoiding these problems.

“They chose the best ones…”

"Okay! Okay!" Lin Jue nodded repeatedly, "In that case, I will lend you something."

The little girl immediately looked up and saw the Taoist in front of her stretched out his hand with a thin piece of paper in his palm.

The piece of paper looked like a donkey.

"This is a paper donkey. One of my uncles got it from a senior who was also in Fengshan at the time. He gave it to me and my sister as a gift. Later, it accompanied me and my sister all over the country, through thick and thin. But now it is no longer useful." The Taoist handed it to her, "After you take it, say 'The donkey appears.'"

A six-tailed white fox was sitting upright on the ground. Upon hearing this, it stretched its neck to look.

The little girl obediently took the paper donkey:

"The donkey shows up..."

There was a puff of white smoke, and the paper donkey quickly grew larger in the girl's hand. In a blink of an eye, she could no longer hold it up. The girl let go and stepped back, and it naturally fell down, landing on the ground and turning into a gray donkey.

The ancient magic of the gods shows its charm at this moment.

The fox turned his head and stared, memories flashing in his eyes.

"It is not afraid of water, but it cannot be soaked in water or soaked in heavy rain for a long time. It is not afraid of fire, but it cannot be thrown into the fire to burn." Lin Jue said, "You must remember that it is an old friend of Fuyao and I. I lend it to you. You must cherish it, take good care of it, and respect it."

"I remember!"

"Shout 'Donkey come back'."

"Donkey, come back."

The gray donkey turned back into a paper donkey.

The little girl bent down and picked it up, treating it as if it were a divine object, her eyes full of wonder.

"Go back and think about it, have a good rest, and come back here early tomorrow morning. I will tell you where there are other monsters."

"understood!"

After the little girl left, the fox who was sitting next to her turned around and said, "You were the same before! You asked for a bag of rice, and each family gave you a handful!"

"You still remember..."

"Fox! Smart! Good memory!"

"That's true..."

Lin Jue sat down cross-legged on the ground, with a smile on his face and a gleam of memories in his eyes.

With a slight wave of his hand, the tiles were placed on the roof, occupying a very inconspicuous corner. In contrast, the red and pink clusters in the mountains have occupied most of them, and only the highest and steepest mountain is still empty. In the mountains, a young man is pulling trees and digging a hole.

Compared to the tree behind him and the pit in front of him, the boy's figure seemed very small in comparison, but he never slacked off, and even worked harder than usual -

It was just as the Taoist said, they both had lost their parents and relatives, and they lived together in the mountains all day, and they were the only two teenagers in the mountains, so they were naturally close. However, no matter how close they were, the comparison psychology of teenagers was unavoidable, and he also wanted to plant flowers all over the mountain as soon as possible.

Don't try to come first, or you will fall behind.

During this process, he had to remind himself all the time not to be too impatient, because he already knew the nature of plants and had learned his lessons, and he knew that being too impatient would easily lead to a waste of effort.

The Taoist was watching in the attic.

There is a kind of pleasure in training and nurturing at this moment.

So this is what it feels like to be a master...

I've heard from my senior brother and junior sister a long time ago that it's bitterly cold in the mountains and it's lonely and boring to be alone, but if you take in an apprentice, you'll have something to do every day and it's fun. But I didn't know it would actually feel like this.

Why did Junior Sister go to look for the Golden Essence? If she were in Fengshan, I would have to find her and have a good chat with her.

……

My junior sister is not here, but an old friend comes to visit.

Taoist Master Jiang came on a cloud, and Lin Jue made tea to entertain him.

The whisk was placed next to them, and the two men and the fox were drinking and chatting outside the attic, and from the high vantage point, they looked at the scenery of Maple Mountain.

"My friend, this tea tastes quite novel."

"I stir-fried the tea myself, not boiled it. I brewed it with spring water from the mountains," Lin Jue said, "so it tastes light."

"It is indeed fragrant, refreshing and sweet." Taoist Jiang nodded, "It is more suitable for quenching thirst than the tea brewed in the world today."

"The tea down at the foot of the mountain is enough to fill my stomach."

Taoist Master Jiang didn't say much, he just lowered his head and savored it carefully for a few times.

Lin Jue then asked, "Fellow Daoist, are you free now?"

"Yes." Taoist Jiang held up his teacup and said bluntly, "The outcome has been decided. The three emperors under the Great Emperor, with the help of many great immortals and gods, were ultimately no match for Lord Fuchi. The army under the command of the King of Yue in the mortal world was also no match for the military strategy of Lord Luo. Now that the Nine Heavens and the mortal world have made a joint choice, it seems that the Great Emperor Zixu is more suitable to be the Heavenly Elder of this generation."

She said this very frankly.

"Isn't the world peaceful yet?"

"It's only a matter of time."

"What about Emperor Yujian?"

"Of course, it will be what it is. The struggle in the Nine Heavens is different from the struggle for power in the human world. The Emperor is not suitable for the current Nine Heavens and the human world, so he will wait for the next storm."

"Um……"

Lin Jue nodded and thought about it.

Under the rules and under the control of Tianzun, the dispute between Tianweng and Emperor is indeed like this.

Be it the previous Tianweng, the contemporary Tianweng who is about to retire, Emperor Zixu, Emperor Yujian, or even the Qing Emperor in ancient times, they all have their own opinions and ideas, and have their own supporters in the Nine Heavens and on earth. When they are the main gods and Tianwengs, that is when they are most in line with the times and the will of the people.

If you follow the times and the people's will, not only will you have more incense and more divine power, but other gods will also be willing to help you.

There may even be divine help in the dark.

This is more like a battle of ideas.

The winner will rule the nine heavens and enjoy the incense of the world, while the loser will calmly admit defeat and become a subordinate. It is rare for them to be killed.

This kind of victory or defeat is naturally not permanent.

Gods change, and people's hearts change too.

The Tianweng pantheon was originally promoted as the common ruler of the Nine Heavens because it complied with the Nine Heavens and the human heart. However, it later became gradually lazy and corrupt, and naturally could not defeat Emperor Zixu and Emperor Yujian.

Even the gods who had supported him before changed their ways.

Just as the imperial court on earth will gradually become corrupt, the imperial court that once swept the world will also become a rotten tree that is about to collapse.

Nowadays, the power of the Nine Heavens and the human world in supporting the Purple Void Emperor is stronger. The power of the Nine Heavens gods protects the soldiers and generals of the human world, and the incense of the human government nourishes the gods in the sky. The two sides complement each other, which shows that the Purple Void Emperor in the north is more suitable for this era. In comparison, the support of the Jade Mirror Emperor is not as good.

But it may not be completely accurate.

It’s just like if there was no Lord Fu Chi, Emperor Zixu might not be able to defeat Emperor Yujian.

This Lord Fuchi is as powerful as many great gods.

The world is complicated, and so is heaven.

However, Lin Jue had also heard of the thoughts and ideas of Emperor Zixu, who was a very domineering emperor.

"It sounds like a reincarnation."

"That's exactly it."

Master Jiang also held up his cup:

"That's how things are—

“The previous Tianweng was very strict, and became even more strict. He eventually caused dissatisfaction among the Nine Heavens Immortals and the common people, and was replaced by the previous Tianweng.

"The previous Tianweng was lazy and inactive, and became even more lazy. He did not have enough control over the Nine Heavens gods, nor did he have any educational effect on the human world. He just let them develop naturally, which led to the gods' depravity and chaos. The human world even regarded "absurdity" as "romance", and the world even gave birth to several demon kings. In the end, he was replaced by another Zixu Emperor who was equally strict, and even stricter in some aspects.

"Emperor Zixu has a domineering and upright personality. His attitude towards the Nine Heavens and the human world is probably similar to that of Lord Luo. He is ruthless in slaying demons and monsters. This kind of thought spread along with Lord Luo's army and is naturally sought after by the people today. The gods in the sky are also willing to support him.

“But who knows what it will look like in a few hundred years?”

Taoist Jiang shook his head and glanced at the white fox next to Lin Jue, then raised his cup to drink tea.

(End of this chapter)