90,000 Years of Longevity

"Something seems to have happened at Soaring Cloud Temple today."

"That's impossible, right?"

"Really... the Buddha statues in the lobby over there collapsed."

"What?"

"I heard that their Abbot passed away."

Next to the tea stall, there were a lot of passing tourists and pilgrims. Most of them came down from Soaring Cloud Temple. 

When they walked, they kept talking, and at the same time, when they said these words, their voices were also very small.

When passing by the tea stall, some people spotted Ye Bei and immediately focused on him.

They always felt that they had seen Ye Bei somewhere before.

But after searching in their minds for a few seconds, they couldn't find the answer, so they just shook their heads and left.

...

Ye Bei, Bai Xiaosheng, and the old man at the stall sat calmly.

"Sir, in fact, you know more about many things than I do. When I came to Leshan this time, I never thought I would meet you... Since you already know it, why let me talk about it again?" Bai Xiaosheng wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a bit of grief.

It was absolutely accidental that he sat in front of this tea stall just now.

When he first saw Ye Bei...

He didn't recognize him either, and the memories in his mind were also blank. It was just that with the passage of time, those memories quietly returned, and he changed the honorific name to Ye Bei, and at the same time, there was fear in his heart.

"You are Bai Xiaosheng." When Ye Bei heard this guy's complaint, the expression on his face was still very calm, and then he just blinked his eyes gently and said these words out calmly. 

After Bai Xiaosheng listened, his legs under the table trembled slightly.

He knew that if he couldn't tell some wonders that satisfied Ye Bei today, he better not dreamed of leaving here today.

"Recently, there may be some strange things happening to the Leshan Giant Buddha. Of course, besides this... there are two places, one is the Tomb of Emperor Qin, and the other is the stone statues of Easter Island."

This time, Bai Xiaosheng put away his previous playful appearance. It was replaced by a serious and solemn look.

"Do you have the answer I'm looking for?" Ye Bei's white fingers on the table gently lifted the teacup in front of him and took a sip.

"Easter Island may have the answer you are looking for, but I don't know about the Tomb of Emperor Qin. That place is definitely a forbidden zone. After so many years, with the current level of technology, it still cannot be opened." The corner of Bai Xiaosheng's eye looked at Ye Bei secretly from time to time.

"En." Ye Bei said, "With these two, that's enough."

"Sir, I don't understand..." Bai Xiaosheng gulped.

Ye Bei's eyes were faint, "What's the matter?"

"Why, when I took the initiative to search, I never found you, but every time, I can accidentally bump into you..." Bai Xiaosheng spoke again, with a slight tremor in his voice.

Ye Bei put the teacup back on the table again, "There are some answers that I can't predict and I need your help. When I want it, I will naturally go to you. All right, the tea is finished, and everything has been said, you can do your own thing."

"Yes, sir!" Bai Xiaosheng's eyes lit up when he heard this.

When the sound fell, he stood up with a clatter.

The teacup placed in front of him tilted and almost fell off, but Bai Xiaosheng caught it again with fast eyes and hands.

"Um, the weather is too hot and it's a bit trembling, both of you, please don't be offended."

After he arranged the teacup, he put on his sunglasses again. Then he bent over and said this respectfully.

Immediately after pulling his leg, he trotted towards the distance of the stone road, for fear of staying in this place more.

After running a full two hundred meters away, Bai Xiaosheng stopped.

He kept his hands on his knees and panted heavily in his mouth.

"Today is really unlucky. I just wanted to come to Leshan to see what happened, but I met these two people instead. Fortunately, they didn't ask me about other things like before. Otherwise, I really can't get off today. It's not a good thing to know too much." When he stopped, Bai Xiaosheng's mouth kept talking to himself, and his face also revealed an embarrassed expression.

Back at the tea stall.

Ye Bei and the old man still had a very harmonious atmosphere.

"How does this tea taste?" The old man asked after seeing Ye Bei drink the tea.

Ye Bei's eyes were indifferent, "It's light, slightly scented, and the taste is the same as it had been many years ago... it hasn't changed much, let alone feels much."

"No matter what happens to you, it will be so!" The old man shook his head.

Ye Bei said nothing.

The old man thought for a while, and continued, "Now Soaring Cloud Temple is gone, and Lingshan Temple is gone! I am afraid that the Big Buddha that was used to suppress the small dimension does not need to exist! I guess... after a while, the scenery here will change a lot."

"Any change has cause and effect." Ye Bei opened his mouth.

The old man nodded, "If the things here are handled, what do you plan to do in the future? Or, as before, travel around to find the answer? Or find a place to live in seclusion again?"

"Alive or die!" Ye Bei narrowed his eyes slightly to look at the old man, and after a long while, he gave an answer.

This sentence was too esoteric.

After listening, the old man paused for a few seconds, but soon he came back to his senses.

"Yes, in the future, we must be either alive or dead... This is a result in itself. No matter what we do, we are moving towards these two goals..." The old man sighed softly.

But after he finished speaking, he immediately opened his mouth, "A person is born and is waiting to die. In fact, in many cases, the process is the most important. Even though the result is already doomed, when some people are alive, they can be passed down through the ages. But some people live a lifetime without leaving any traces, and no one remembers them. From this point, we can actually see the importance of the process."

"I am not among them." Ye Bei interrupted.

This kind of principle didn't make any sense to him.

Regarding his life, ordinary people could not understand. No one understood what he was looking for.

"Yeah." The old man hummed and was silent immediately.

And Ye Bei slowly stood up from the table.

"Resting time has ended, it's time to go." Ye Bei said softly after standing up.

The old man nodded, "This tea stall will always be here. If you are tired, you can come again anytime..."

"Good!" Ye Bei tilted his head to another direction and nodded.

When the sound fell, he was already walking along the stone path at a leisurely pace.

In a blink of an eye, only a white and illusory back could be seen.