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Chapter 21 I also wasted my time in the world

Chen Xu didn't pay attention to Cui Yunqi behind him.

He racked his brains to solve the topological problem of the Yin-Yang Pendant. Feeling delighted, he followed the Moonlight Elf's instructions and took a step forward on the mirror-like water surface.

With this step, the scene before him suddenly changed.

He saw the boundless Moon Lake beneath his feet suddenly gather into raging waves and surge into the sky.

what?
Chen Xu was caught off guard and his feet couldn't help but stagger. He subconsciously wanted to dodge, but where should he hide?

When the waves rise, they come from all directions, from the sky to the ground.

Chen Xu felt as if he had turned into a small boat in the waves, or as if he had turned into a mayfly left in this world.

He couldn't move. He could hear a faint, clear voice in his ears, like jade beads jumping and laughing: "Don't worry, I'll take you to see the master on the moon boat."

Chen Xu staggered and found that he seemed to be sitting on a moon boat.

The raging waves between heaven and earth hang upside down, and when they rush up, they are like a waterfall flowing backwards.

The moon boat followed the waterfall to the top. Before it could see the scenery at the top clearly, the waterfall flowing upstream suddenly roared and turned into a golden light all over the sky.

It was as if a waterfall fell into moonlight, the moonlight melted into golden drizzle, and the drizzle flowed into sands of time.

The sound of rain is rustling.

The next moment, the moon boat fell down with a loud bang along with the golden light in the sky.

Finally, Chen Xu saw a mountain and a person.

The man raised the glass cup and poured the golden light transformed from the moonlight into the cup.

There has never been such a shocking moment in history as this one.

Chen Xu landed on the mountain at some point. The moon boat disappeared, and the moonlight elf also disappeared.

He was the only one standing opposite the man with the moon in his cup, leaning on his crutch. His heart was beating like a drum, his ears were buzzing, and for a moment he completely lost control of his language.

The man opposite had white hair hanging down and a haggard face. A loose Taoist robe was draped over him, empty and fluttering in the wind.

He was so thin, as thin as a skeleton.

But his aura was calm and deep, like a clear blue lake.

It is boundless, right in front of you, and yet seems to be far away in the horizon.

"My Yue Nu'er is naughty, but did she scare you, little friend?"

He spoke with a smile, and contrary to his haggard face, his voice was clear and gentle, like a pool of still water under the moonlight, which calmed people's emotions unconsciously.

Chen Xu quickly bowed and said, "I am Chen Xu of Jichuan, a junior student. I pay my respects to you, sir. It's not that I'm frightened, but it's just broadened my horizons."

On the opposite side, the scholar laughed and flicked his sleeves.

Then, a stone table, two stone benches, a pot of tea and two teacups appeared in front of him.

"It is fate that we meet. Please sit down and drink this cup with me." He poured the tea himself. The tea that seemed to be flowing from the cold jade pot was actually warm, with curling smoke, which matched the mountain scenery at the moment.

He picked up the teacup again and said, "My last name is Zhou. May I ask, young friend, what kind of vision have you gained this time?"

Chen Xu was flattered and quickly picked up the teacup and held it in front of him, returning the greeting first.

Then he sat down and said, "In reply to your question, sir, after seeing your grand array of formations, I finally understand the wonders of the world. I feel that before, I was like a frog in a well looking at the sky, or like a leaf blocking my view."

He sighed softly, "Although my horizons have been broadened, I'm even more confused. What exactly is this world like? Before, I saw mountains as mountains and water as water. Although I was inevitably a little ignorant, I could see everything clearly and distinctly. But now, I see mountains that are not mountains and water that is not water. It's as if I don't recognize this world anymore."

He was filled with doubts, but Mr. Zhou across from him suddenly exclaimed in praise: "What a great saying: 'Seeing a mountain is a mountain, seeing water is water.' Even better is this: 'Seeing a mountain is not a mountain, seeing water is not water!'"

After saying this, he closed his eyes slightly and chewed over these two sentences for a moment.

After a moment, he opened his eyes, and in an instant, a divine light bloomed in his eyes, which had originally seemed withered and turbid.

Although the divine light faded in an instant, Chen Xu still felt at that moment that what he was facing was not a pair of eyes, but a vast and boundless sun!
Chen Xu felt a stinging pain in his eyes. Just as he was about to close them, he heard someone say, "Hurry up and drink some tea."

茶！
Chen Xu picked up the teacup in his hand, and a line of words appeared before his eyes: [Moonlight Flowing Immortal Tea, top grade. Drinking it can enhance spiritual wisdom, nourish the body, and improve aptitude to a certain extent.]

He quickly put his lips to drink, and as the tea entered his stomach, he immediately felt a stream of clear air spreading from his dantian and flowing into every part of his limbs.

The wonderful feeling made him feel light and airy, as if he had been washed away from all worldly matters in an instant, and his whole being was sublimated.

As for the stinging in the eyes, it disappeared early.

Chen Xu wanted to savor it carefully, but this light and sublime feeling only lasted for a moment and disappeared in an instant.

Before he could regret it, he heard Mr. Zhou across from him say, "My dear, after you said that you saw mountains as not mountains and water as not water, you should have another sentence, right?"

Just as Chen Xu was about to reply, Mr. Zhou said, "Let me guess. Mountains are still mountains, and water is still water. Is that the case?"

This time, Chen Xu said with surprise, "That's exactly what I meant, sir."

Mr. Zhou asked, "Did you come up with this sentence yourself?"

Of course not, this is what Chen Xu heard from his previous life.

This is a famous saying by Wang Guowei, a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty.

He said, "This is what I heard from an elder who has passed away."

Mr. Zhou couldn't help but sigh and said, "It turns out there are masters among the people."

He knew Chen Xu came from a humble background just by looking at his clothes, but it was truly admirable that one of Chen Xu's elders could speak such insightful words.

Mr. Zhou said, "My dear Chen, your words have been of great help to me. I must repay you."

Without waiting for Chen Xu to refuse, he waved his hand and said directly, "I have also wasted my time in this world. Now I think about it, I am only at the state of seeing mountains not as mountains and water not as water. I still cannot understand the last level.

You asked me what the world is like, and I can only tell you that this world is countless times more wonderful than you can imagine.

In the past, when Taizu founded the country, a five-zhang jade ruler fell from the sky during the sacrifice to heaven, predicting that the Dali Kingdom would last for five hundred years.

Now, four hundred and eighty-nine years have passed out of the five hundred years. In recent years, the goblins and ghosts in the mountains and the evil demons in the world have been causing trouble from time to time.

The noise grows from small to large, and it may suddenly get out of control at any time.

Beyond the Kingdom of Li, there are the Four Seas, the Five Barbarians, and the Redwater Kingdom, far beyond the Tianshan Mountains. But these are still not all that this world has to offer.

Chen Xu was studying in the county school. He only heard his teachers talk about the grievances between the State of Li and the Five Barbarians tribes, but he knew nothing else.

But these weren't what he cared about. His biggest concern was a single question: "Excuse me, sir, since there are demons and monsters in this world, is it possible to cultivate and become an immortal? Is there a way to achieve immortality?"

Mr. Zhou was stunned. He didn't directly answer Chen Xu's question, but instead smiled. "Young people, it's not surprising that you yearn for immortality and are concerned about immortality. However, I don't know whether immortality is real or not, but there is one thing I must tell you."

"Sir, please enlighten me."

"You are stained with a fresh evil aura that has not yet faded."

(End of this chapter)