one person's life

Chapter 415 Mutated Monkey and Oil Painting ([-]-in-[-])

The Qi of the True One flows around like a cart carrying objects, so it is called a "river cart".

In "Journey to the West", why is this country called "Chechi Country"?This means that there is something wrong with the country's system and that it is hindered from normal operation by evil ways.This refers to the three national masters of Che Chi State.

In the Buddhist Lotus Sutra, there are three carts of sheep, deer, and oxen, which are metaphors for the Sravaka, Pratyekabuddha, and Bodhisattva vehicles respectively.The three chariots are the three chariots, and the explanation of the three chariots is the process of one's own cultivation. It just so happens that sheep, deer, and oxen correspond to the three chariots according to their strength.

In "Journey to the West", sheep, deer, and oxen turned into sheep, deer, and tigers. After these three national masters were deprived of their Dharma appearances, the king seemed to have an epiphany and said:
"It's really hard to have a human body. If you don't encounter the true teaching of Mo Liandan. There is no magic water spell to exorcise the gods, but there is no life-extending pill. How can you achieve Nirvana when you are full of light? It's just a matter of calculation and unrest. How can you be so stable when you wake up so lightly? Reside in the mountains!”

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"Three chariots... the human body is rare, and the Dharma is unpleasant."

Tang Muzhi stretched out his hand and pressed against the wall on the left. When he gathered his consciousness, the hints of these lines to him were no longer effective. He felt the magic of Tongtian Valley's three-car force.

Although Sancheli is a heretic, it is after all a kind of Qi training method that has been passed down since ancient times to understand and control the Qi body of Rendu and Du. It is a way to teach people to obtain the Qi sense. The guidance of the valley is from the beginning to the dispersion of Qi. , the whole process is smooth and complete, which is equivalent to an automatic factory for creating aliens with low risk or even no risk.

But Tang Muzhi knew that there was something wrong with the factory now. The source was in the twisted lines of the valleys on both sides. There were also some thin lines that had transformed and destroyed the automated factory. These thin lines were carved without roots, causing this The factory that was originally able to promote people's "evolution" "exerted too much force", and it destroyed the original steps for three cars to achieve success.

So now, the current 24-section Tongtian Valley is not a blessed place, but has become a trap.

Once ordinary people break into this place, because they cannot detect the abnormalities in the operation of the three-car force, they can only speed up their pace unconsciously because of the comfort produced by the process of getting Qi. This behavior will naturally speed up their demise, because the three-car force is running Zhou Tian was originally a complete process. When you reach the end of the valley, you will naturally reach the stage of dispersing the power. But now, due to Wugensheng's changes to the valley, this step is missing, so that ordinary people can only go all the way to the dark when entering here, becoming a This kind of special alien is like a mad beast, bloodthirsty, violent, and uncontrollable. In the end, they all died suddenly, bleeding from their seven orifices.

Tang Muzhi mosuoed the rock wall for a while. The two lines carved on the valley carried the two completely different ideas of the two generations of owners of Tongtian Valley, Zhang Boduan and Wugensheng.

The former wants to bless the public or select disciples who are qualified to inherit his mantle through this transformation, while the latter believes that aliens should be "people"-oriented. An ordinary person gains extraordinary power because he accidentally enters the valley, but He has not experienced the tempering of body and soul, and does not have a state of mind that matches his abilities. In the end, he can only become an alien caught between ordinary people and aliens.

Therefore, Wugensheng denied Zhang Boduan, Wugensheng transformed Tongtian Valley into a "murdering valley", and left behind the two words "what is a human being" and "sincerity" to warn future generations. The biggest difference between aliens and ordinary people should not lie in alien magic. In terms of superpowers, it lies in the difference in psychological realm... just as Wang Ye later denied Ma Xianhong's Xinjie and Self-cultivation Furnace.

Of course, there are still many detailed issues that have been covered up by time and man-made transformations. Perhaps there are also important factors that affect the ideas of Zhang Boduan and Wu Gensheng, but these are difficult to verify. Tang Muzhi's I came here just with a wandering mentality and no intention of delving deeper.

Tang Muzhi continued walking down. Because of the darkness, a cave six or seven meters high was revealed at the end of the valley. The inside and outside of the cave were as dark as the valley. However, even without the ability of night vision, only By sensing changes in wind speed around him, he also knew that the terrain ahead had changed.

squeak--

Just when Tang Muzhi was about to enter the cave, he suddenly heard two shrill cries of apes from above. When he raised his eyes, he saw two golden monkeys that were far larger than ordinary monkeys. Their eyes were shining with scarlet light and they came from the valley. Jump towards him!

"Except for being bigger, they look like ordinary Sichuan golden monkeys..." Tang Muzhi staggered his steps to avoid the attack of the two mutant monkeys. In the dark night, a cold light flashed on their claws. Tang Muzhi had no doubt that this claw could kill ordinary people. His head was torn off!
With improved observation, we can indeed see that the physical condition of the two mutated golden monkeys is extremely unusual. They straightened their backs immediately after jumping down. In their dark eye sockets, a pair of eyes that are very similar to humans revealed a very smart "vigilance". Emotions such as "admiration" and "admiration" were like those of more violent children. Tang Muzhi even saw two streams of Qi flowing through their spines!
"It seems that those lines without roots are of no use to the monkeys."

There was a strange light in Tang Muzhi's eyes, because after seeing him easily dodge his fatal blow, the two monkeys actually stopped roaring and straightened their backs. Not surprisingly, they also have very good night vision abilities. , because their eyes have been locked on Tang Muzhi's figure, and their eyes even showed approval.

"Quack quack quack quack..."

The two monkeys had a weird-looking smile on their faces and emitted weird laughter that made the hair stand on end. One of the monkeys even clapped his hands with his arms crossed, as if to express his admiration.

Interesting monkey... Tang Muzhi smiled and took out a piece of steamed cake bought near the train station from his pocket - a pastry steamed with glutinous rice, red dates, etc. Tang Muzhi originally brought it to Tao Tao. Now take it out and see if these two monkeys dare to come and eat.

Seeing the two monkeys standing there without any reaction, Tang Muzhi thought about it and his palms heated up. After a while, the aroma of jujube and glutinous rice wafted out from the rice cake. The two monkeys stared at Tang Muzhi for a while, as if As if they understood what he meant, the two monkeys opened their legs and strode toward Tang Muzhi like humans.

Both monkeys are very tall, about 1.6 meters tall. If they were ordinary people, they would be scared. The golden monkeys can actually grow so tall. They look very oppressive, and because they are so close to people, they are very tall. behavior, there will be a strong uncanny valley effect.

One of the monkeys stretched out its slender arm to pick up the piece of rice cake wrapped in a plastic bag. It came up and sniffed it. At this time, the other monkey also came over. The two monkeys fumbled for a while and successfully untied the plastic bag. Knot the top, then divide the steaming steamed cake into two parts, open your mouth, and swallow it one bite at a time in a graceful manner.

"Have you been able to restrain the instinct of animals?" Tang Muzhi thought on the sidelines. After the two monkeys finished eating, regardless of whether they understood it or not, he pointed at his throat, and then slowly spit out two clear syllables - "Hello--"

The two monkeys pointed at their throats vividly and then shook their heads. The meaning was very clear. They had tried, but they had never been able to make human sounds. Tang Muzhi nodded. The two monkeys looked young. When they were young, Tongtian Valley transformed and evolved them into human-like existences, and they even had the concept of self-esteem. When Tang Muzhi gestured that he wanted to touch their heads, they refused with a serious expression, and even moved. He was blaming Tang Muzhi for his impoliteness.

When interacting with the monkeys, Tang Muzhi rarely hesitated for a while, and finally decided to test them with his "empathy".

Empathy quietly turned on, and one of the two mutant monkeys reacted quickly. It raised its head and stared at Tang Muzhi, wondering what the man in front of him was going to do.

Tang Muzhi didn't want to transform the two monkeys, he just wanted to feel their psychological state in more detail... Calm, just like a newly-initiated Qigong practitioner sitting in meditation, they were undistracted and treated everything. They can all show full concentration. This kind of calmness allows them to restrain their physical desires. Tang Muzhi also discovered a detail, that is, it is not easy for the monkeys to straighten their backs. Over time, they They will feel pain, but they are trying to escape from their comfort zone. Even if they are always in pain, they still have to stand up straight in front of real humans. It is really amazing!

The monkey that empathizes with Tang Muzhi is finding that it is becoming purer and purer, and some inexplicable things are surrounding it, which contains what it dreams of!
It opened its mouth excitedly, and did not make a monkey sound, but expressed its joy with body movements such as clapping hands and clenching fists. Tang Muzhi ended his empathy. He didn't know what empathy would bring to this monkey. Such a change, good or bad things, it's better to just taste it, he bid farewell to the two monkeys with gesture language, they stood side by side and watched Tang Muzhi go into the cave.

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Not long after Tang Muzhi left, the two monkeys couldn't hold back and bowed down one after another. They wandered in place, communicated with each other for a while, and both of them climbed up the rock wall on the east side of the valley with some excitement.

At this time, a dark shadow appeared from a very dark place in the valley with no trace of light. It was the woman in a bamboo hat from the Natural Gate - she appeared in a very special way. Her body turned completely black and overlapped with the shadow of the valley. They are indistinguishable together, or in other words, her body can absorb light and become an invisible or even non-existent thing in the dark night.

The girl in a bamboo hat raised her head. Her eyes were still numb and dim, but the small red eyes between her eyebrows showed emotion. The scarlet eyes stared indifferently at the two monkeys climbing and jumping above the valley.

After a while, the girl's body twisted, and the outline of her body became distorted like a ball of dark jelly, with almost no human form visible. The originally numb black eyes were closed tightly and merged into the darkness. Only that one Staring ahead with one scarlet eye - she turned into a monster!

There was a space in front of the cave illuminated by the faint moonlight. The monster marked the short distance covered by the moonlight. Its body flashed and quickly turned into a dark shadow that passed through the moonlight and fell into the darkness of the cave. The monster landed without making a sound. , because when its whole body came into contact with the darkness in the cave, its entire body melted into the ground like water, and disappeared in an instant.

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The space inside the cave was much wider. Tang Muzhi looked around and saw a huge stone chamber that was nearly one-fifth the size of the Tang Tomb. There were several deep passages in front of the cave. There was no doubt that it was a maze. Tang Muzhi did not Stop at the first stone chamber.

The maze stretches in all directions, but for him, who has a photographic memory, it is not difficult to find the main room.

Of course, doing this is superfluous. With Daluo Cave View and Wuxiang View, there is no need if he still relies on his memory to explore. He steps in the right direction and passes through the stone chambers. The structure of these stone chambers The sizes are generally close to each other, and it is difficult for ordinary people to find the correct position.

In the past 10 minutes or so, Tang Muzhi saw that there were no open or closed holes on both sides of the tunnel he passed through, which meant that the terrain had changed. He saw an empty suspended passage at the end of the tunnel, and Tang Muzhi faced down. Looking at it, the hanging stone path looks a bit like the "heavenly kingdom" he built, the bottom is pitch black, but how deep it is can't be seen with the naked eye.

Fortunately, this suspended stone path was very short. Tang Muzhi walked over and saw a faint light coming from the cave connected by the stone path. When he walked in, it was still the same cave. The cave was not large, but the outline was very regular and circular.

A mountain temple-like building is very conspicuously arranged in the center of the cave. A closer look reveals that it is a pavilion with a square roof, a stone foundation, and four stone pillars supporting staggered tic-shaped beams. The top of the pavilion is made of red It is made of tiles and has a sense of age.

Tang Muzhi looked around the cave and found that there were some boxes of sundries randomly placed around the circular cave. It was gray and many small objects were covered with gray silk cloth. There was a mark on the silk cloth. layer of fine gray.

Tang Muzhi approached the debris placed on the ground and pulled away a piece of silk cloth. Covered underneath was an oil painting. Only the dark pigments could be seen clearly. The whole painting was yellowish and looked... Quite old.

What was painted on that oil painting was a little girl with braids, fair skin, and a red dress sitting on a pavilion. She had cloth shoes on her feet, her hands were leaning on the stone platform, and the corners of her mouth were exposed. Smile, looking innocent and cute.

Coincidentally, Tang Muzhi, just like Zhang Huaiyi 59 years ago, found Feng Baobao's childhood portrait in Wu Gensheng's collection.

Tang Muzhi observed the oil paintings for a while, and then moved Feng Baobao's childhood portrait to one side with both hands. What he opened was a pile of oil paintings stacked vertically. Each oil painting was fixed with a wooden frame at the back, perhaps. Because there is little air circulation in the cave, these oil paintings are relatively well preserved. There are 29 paintings in wooden frames, and there are oil paintings one finger thick stacked next to them.

(End of this chapter)