The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

Chapter 1712 What is my true self?

Yuan Zishan asked, "Didn't you say that you would leave some Shushan disciples alive to lead the way for us? Why didn't you leave any alive?"

  Feng Jiuxiao was stunned!

Oh shit!

He smiled awkwardly, "Hey, I forgot about it in my excitement just now! But it doesn't matter. Shushan is so big, are we afraid we won't be able to find it? We can find it by just asking around!"

  Yuan Zishan rolled her eyes at him!

Feng Jiuxiao chuckled foolishly.

The sky is blue, the clouds are high, and the wind is gentle.

A rare moment of peace.

Good times are always short-lived.

Feng Jiuxiao looked at the sky and thought that everyone had rested enough, so he called on everyone to continue on their journey.

Li Bai once said, The road to Shu is difficult, harder than climbing to the sky!

But the Shu Road he mentioned only refers to the section of road from Chang'an to Shu, which passes through the Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountains, where the mountains are high and the valleys are deep, the roads are rugged and difficult to pass. The section that is more difficult than climbing to the sky should refer to the plank road in the Jianmen area!

The plank road is narrow to begin with, and it is suspended in the air. No matter who is traveling on it with light luggage, it would be terrifying, let alone if they are carrying large or small bags.

When they really got deep into the heart of Shu, everyone felt that the road was not so difficult to travel on.

  The reason why Shuchuan can become the land of abundance is that it naturally needs to meet many conditions!

The first thing, of course, is to have vast and fertile land. Only with enough land suitable for growing grain can we ensure a bumper harvest of grain!

Secondly, there must be passes that can block foreign invasions, and there must also be wide and flat roads suitable for transporting food!

  If the roads are not accessible, economic exchanges and material exchanges will be difficult to achieve. The people of the entire Shu Dynasty will not even have enough food to eat. How can Jianmin still be called the Land of Abundance?

In addition, there are various rich natural resources, famous mountains and rivers, wild delicacies and game are everywhere. In short, this is a place that can make people feel happy, so it is called Tianfu!

The right time, the right place and the right people are all essential!

  In the earlier years, there were endless wars and conquests here, and the people were displaced and had no good days! How can such a place be called a paradise?

Now “times are different from the past”, the people of Dashu now live and work in peace and contentment and lead a prosperous life. This place can certainly be called “Land of Abundance”!

Since it is a land of abundance, transportation is naturally well developed!

Since the road is easy to travel on, Feng Jiuxiao would naturally choose to take a carriage to his destination!

Nine people hired four carriages in total!

Yuan Zishan and La Jiao took one.

Chang Zijin and Li Erni took one.

Big Wolf and Zeng Yong took one.

Feng Jiuxiao, Pang Shiwu, and Liu Mie Zhou rode in one car.

  The four drivers were obviously experienced veterans, at least over 40 years old. According to their own "not exaggerated" statements, each of them had at least 20 years of experience in driving!

When selecting the driver, Feng Jiuxiao did not hire them based on their years of experience. The only condition he set was that they must have been to Shushan!

As a result, five people suddenly stood up from the group of more than 20 drivers waiting for work!

One of the drivers had gray hair and wrinkles all over his face. He walked so shakily that he seemed like he could be blown down by a gust of wind. If he wasn't eliminated, who else should he eliminate? Feng Jiuxiao simply threw a few taels of silver to the old driver and told him to wait for the next employer.

The old man was very tactful. He took the change, said thank you several times and then returned it.

  Feng Jiuxiao took care of the old man's face as well as his heart, and this move caused all the drivers to cheer!

The remaining four drivers all rushed to say that they had been to Shushan more than once! The one who had been there the least number of times was six times!

  With these old drivers who can be called living maps leading the way, it is almost impossible to get lost! One living map is enough, let alone four living maps?

So Feng Jiuxiao confidently told Yuan Zishan that she should just eat and sleep, and then continue eating after waking up, and there was no need to worry about anything else!

But Liu Mie Zhou was always worried and couldn't let it go!

  Because Shushan sent out more than a dozen "sword cultivators" at one time, and suddenly they disappeared without a trace and lost contact as a whole. This is no small matter!

If Shushan still doesn't see any carrier pigeon messages from these dozen people within three days or the pre-agreed period, they will definitely become suspicious!

Once Shushan becomes suspicious, they will naturally make some targeted defensive deployments!

Once the other party has made deployment, it will be impossible to catch them off guard!

  The original idea of ​​achieving twice the result with half the effort may very likely turn into half the result with twice the effort!

Although everyone is basically considered a top-notch expert in the martial arts world, even the wisest man can make mistakes! Only by being careful can you sail a safe boat! Never underestimate the Shushan School!

  Liu Miezhou is no longer a rookie in the martial arts world. He has witnessed countless accidents in which masters failed due to carelessness, and he does not want to repeat the same mistake!

He still remembered that he had ridiculed a certain master for being too arrogant and not modest at all. His death was inevitable. As a result, his words came true. That person really died tragically under someone else's knife! Now he was facing the same challenge, and he made the same mistake again. Isn't this a big joke? He gritted his teeth and secretly reminded himself that he must never underestimate the enemy!

Pang Shiwu saw that Liu Miezhou had a serious face and couldn't help but smile and said, "Are you thinking about your sister-in-law?"

Liu Miezhou rolled his eyes at him, "Do you think I am you? You get so anxious when you don't see La Jiao for a few days that you become as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and even talk in your sleep in the middle of the night! How about I teach you how to talk in your sleep at night?"

Pang Shiwu's face immediately turned red. "Oh, don't do that, Brother Liu. You are bringing up something irrelevant. Isn't it okay if I'm wrong?"

Liu Miezhou said: "I'm just learning a few tricks, what's there to be afraid of? Chili is far away and can't hear it!"

"She can't hear it, but others can!"

"Haha, I can't hear you, I can't hear you!"

Zeng Yong's voice suddenly came from the carriage behind, "Don't worry, we really can't hear you! We are quite far away and can't hear what you are saying at all!"

  Depend on!

You can't hear us, but you still know what we are saying! Is it true that you can't hear us?

Pang Shiwu's expression froze for a moment, and he sighed, "Brother Zeng, aren't you trying to cover up your mistake?"

Zeng Yong suddenly asked loudly: "What? What did you say? I can't hear you clearly!"

  Pang Shiwu was so angry that he slapped his thigh!

Feng Jiuxiao said with a smile: "Fifteen, why are you in such a hurry? A gentleman loves a beautiful lady, and it is normal for a man to miss his beloved woman. It is natural for men and women to love each other! You like chili peppers, which means you are a normal man! Why do they laugh at you? Aren't they men?" Pang Shiwu was immediately excited when he heard it, "That's right, that's right!"

Feng Jiuxiao looked at Liu Miezhou and saw that he had a worried look on his face, so he asked, "Are you worried that our killing of Shushan disciples will be exposed, so you are worried that they have set a trap in advance?"

Liu Miezhou said: "That's right! Shushan Sect is mysterious to begin with. We don't know their true strength. Knowing ourselves but not the enemy, we have a 50-50 chance of winning or losing! If the remaining soul of the Demon Lord really stayed in Shushan and stole the body of the Shushan Sect Master, then Shushan Sect will surely lay a net for us to get in!"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "No matter how powerful Shushan is, it is not as strong as the Demon Sect!"

In terms of numbers alone, the Demon Cult has completely defeated Shushan! Moreover, the Demon Cult has an astonishing number of undead legions!

Liu Miezhou said: "I know. But it will be troublesome for us and may take up a lot of time!"

Feng Jiuxiao smiled and said, "We don't have any other urgent matters to deal with, so it doesn't matter if we delay a little. We must eliminate the Demon Lord this time!"

"What if he goes somewhere else?"

"Every time he escapes, his residual soul will become weaker. Changing furnaces and cauldrons frequently is extremely disadvantageous to him! I guess he has to pay a huge price every time he seizes someone else's furnace and cauldron! I have read many Taoist classics, which clearly state the pros and cons of occupying someone else's nest. One of them is that seizing other people's furnaces and cauldrons is against the harmony of heaven and should not be done too often! Another classic seems to say that once you frequently seize furnaces and cauldrons, your 'self-consciousness' will be constantly worn away by your 'other-self consciousness' and become weaker and weaker, which will not be worth the loss!"

"So what you mean is that the Demon Lord will not easily seize other people's furnace tripods. If he wants to seize it, he must seize the best one to avoid wasting the opportunity, because his chances to seize the tripod are limited, right?"

"That's right! Taking away someone's furnace and cauldron is against the will of heaven. How can we do it endlessly and at will?"

“What is the Self and what is the Other?”

"My true self is me, and my other self is also me. But my other self is another self that has separated from my true self. Although it is still me, it is no longer me."

"It's too complicated. I don't understand."

Pang Shiwu said: "What's there to not understand? The self is like our soul and body together, and the other self is the soul leaving the body. The soul looks at its original body as a third party!"

Liu Miezhou frowned and said, "What a mess! It's even more confusing!"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "It's not that complicated. The true self is the pure self, the self that listens to the heart! The beginning of human beings refers to the state of the true self!"

Pang Shiwu said: "When people are born, their nature is good. Is this my true self?"

Liu Miezhou said: "Some people say that human nature is evil at the beginning!"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Whether it is good or evil is not the point, the point is that it comes from the heart!"

"From the bottom of my heart?"

"Yes, the ego only considers things from its own perspective. All thoughts are based on instinct. When people act according to instinct, they cannot judge good from evil!"

"for example!"

"A newborn baby needs to drink milk, but the mother's milk is the mother's blood. Do you think this baby is good or evil?"

Pang Shiwu thought for a long time and said, "You say he is kind, but he is drinking his mother's blood! You say he is evil, because he will die if he doesn't drink milk! His mother is also worried! But I don't know if he is kind. I know that when everyone is born, his mother will go through life and death, and some mothers even die of dystocia. From this perspective, this baby is the murderer of his mother! But if a woman doesn't give birth to a child, not only will her parents-in-law be unhappy, her family members don't seem to be happy either, and she herself doesn't seem to be happy either. It seems that giving birth to a child is a happy thing for everyone. I really don't understand."

Feng Jiuxiao said: "I really admire you. You can actually come up with so many great truths. You have become more capable, huh?"

Pang Shiwu chuckled, "Isn't this a sign of rapid growth under your influence?"

Liu Miezhou's eyes widened immediately. "Oh my, Fifteen, you are really amazing! Even a little while after you've been away from school, you're amazing!"

Pang Shiwu was naturally not modest, and said with a smug smile: "Thank you for the compliment, thank you for the compliment. By the way, Brother Liu, do you understand?"

Liu Miezhou sighed, "I understand a little bit of what you said, but now I have a little understanding of the original self. I think the original self is that I can control myself, including my voice, my body, and my every move. All of them are controlled by me! And the other self is that there is another me, and this me cannot control myself! I can only watch! Regardless of the original self or the other self, in short, when the Demon Lord forcibly occupies the body of others, he will continue to consume his own luck or residual soul. He will lose it every time he changes his body, and this loss is irreversible, right?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "That's right! This is also our chance! He won't change his body easily once he changes it again. As long as we can detect the evil aura, he will be able to show up!"

Liu Miezhou said: "If he keeps changing the furnace to avoid being tracked, his remaining soul will become weaker and weaker, and in the end he won't even have the strength to snatch the furnace, right?"

"Right! So he's the one who's anxious now. As long as we advance steadily and step by step, he'll be dead for sure!"

"I'm just afraid that he won't behave himself before he dies, and will do some messy things again!"

"That can't be helped! Shushan has already been harmed by him. With his methods, it's hard for anyone in Shushan to remain unscathed!"

"Are we going to start a massacre again?"

"Save as many as you can, and those who cannot be saved must not be allowed to stay in this world to harm others!"

Liu Miezhou saw the determination in Feng Jiuxiao's eyes!

  To be kind to your enemy is to be cruel to yourself!

What’s more, as long as the Demon Lord is alive, there will never be peace in the world!

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