Fish swimming around the world

Jiang Fan said seriously: "Speaking of this, I would like to ask the old shopkeeper, just like you asked me before, who are you, where do you come from, and where are you going?"

Zhang shook his head: "You haven't answered, and Zhang can't answer."

"Is it because I can't, or because I don't know?"

Zhang looked at him: "What about you, do you not know, or are you unable to do it?"

Jiang Fan was stunned for a moment, slightly lost in thought.

Zhang smiled and raised a glass of wine: "Come on, come on, little brother, let's drink."

Jiang Fan smiled in relief and raised his glass to drink with him.

"The old shopkeeper knows who I am and where I come from."

Zhang said calmly: "Jiang Xiaoyao? From Western Qin? No, that is not the real answer to this question."

"Apart from what you always thought was the real answer, this is an answer for now."

"Well, how about a comprehensive answer, where are we going?"

Jiang Fan thought for a while: "Xi Qin is also the human world. I came from the human world and naturally have to go to the human world."

Zhang nodded: "The human world is good, but tell me, there are always some people who want to go to heaven. Why?"

Jiang Fan scratched his head: "Maybe, they think the sky is better?"

"Oh? What's so good about it?"

"I don't know. The old shopkeeper just said that the unknown makes people fearful, but does the unknown also make people yearn for it?"

"It makes sense. Exploring the unknown is indeed the root cause of progress for the world. However, some unknowns are full of malicious intent, and they even harm the known good. Some people want to pursue it for personal gain, and they deserve to die."

Jiang Fan's eyes moved slightly: "...the old shopkeeper has something to say."

Zhang shook his head: "I will meet you again today, just for a casual chat. I just hope that my brother is not someone who is out for his own selfish interests, otherwise I will be very disappointed. After all, it is rare to have a year-end friend."

Jiang Fan pondered for a moment and raised his glass: "We have known each other for a long time. I would like to thank the old shopkeeper for his love."

"That's right, I'm just an innkeeper, and you are the king of freedom who travels all over the world."

"Dragon?" Jiang Fan shook his head: "The imperial court is in front, senior, don't make fun of me, this kid is just a fish at most."

"Haha, yes, you are a fisherman on the Canglan River, but I don't know if you, the fisherman, are fishing for fish, or for the world?"

Jiang Fan was stunned for a moment and then said: "I am a fish, am I fishing for myself?"

"...It's not a bad idea, it's no good." Zhang said slowly with an incomprehensible expression.

Jiang Fan's mind was filled with doubts for a while. What Zhang said was surrounded by clouds and fog, but it was still the same as before, and every sentence seemed to have a point.

But Jiang Fan understood that people like him couldn't get anything out of him if they didn't tell the truth, so he didn't bother to ask, and he didn't even bother to fight with these old guys. Then he got straight to the point.

"I wonder why the old gentleman called Jiang here today? It's not just for a meal."

Zhang smiled slightly: "Young man, you are calm enough, why don't you continue?"

Jiang Fan shook his head: "You said it, because I am young, and young people should pay attention to their energy."

"Oh? This is not like you. I'm afraid you are worried and anxious."

Jiang Fan pondered for a moment: "Old shopkeeper, would you like to clear up my doubts?"

Zhang looked at him: "I can't understand it. I haven't seen it clearly yet. How can I solve it? Just like your trip, I haven't seen your purpose clearly yet. Even if I have a position, I don't want to take it out of context. Let's take a look and talk about it. Life, The more you are patient and less impatient, the more you will see the truth.”

Jiang Fan couldn't help lowering his head and chuckled: "It reminds me of a top-level god worshiped by the people in our hometown, called the Jade Emperor. He practiced hard for 1,750 calamities and endured for more than 220 million years before he achieved enlightenment. He is really tolerant, do you know his name?”

Zhang was slightly startled: "Name? Why don't you tell me?"

"What a coincidence, his surname is also Zhang, and his honorary name is Bairen - Zhang Bairen."

Zhang's eyes suddenly narrowed...

Jiang Fan had already left, and Zhang was sitting there alone, turning his fingers and looking down, not knowing what he was thinking.

Opposite him was a fat man, a very large fat man with a big face. His chubby cheeks pushed away Techi who was eating, and his mouth was full of oil.

It turned out to be the fat master Jiang Fan, Taoist Master Tianjizi.

Seeing the wind and clouds swirling around, the dish was empty and the bowl was empty, Tian Jizi spat out a bone from his mouth, picked it up again, picked his teeth, and then said vaguely: "Fat Bai, if you have nothing to do, please stop fooling my disciple."

Zhang raised his eyes and looked at him: "Why, are you afraid that boy will be confused by me?"

"No, no." Tianjizi shook his head: "Believe Pindao, I'm afraid you will be shaken by him."

Zhang frowned: "Although I haven't practiced for one thousand, seven hundred and fifty kalpas, I have lived for two hundred and seventy years, and am halfway through the fourth cycle. I have never been so confused."

"It only proves that you live a long time. Look, it's not you who is confused now?"

Zhang sighed slightly: "Indeed... tell me, has this kid figured out who I am?"

Tianjizi burped, picked up a glass of wine, gargled his mouth and swallowed it, "I didn't know, anyway, your name is Zhang Jiuren. If thirty years is regarded as one life in my Taoist school, you can practice for nine lives. Zhang Bairen, Zhang Jiuren. Tsk tsk. …”

Zhang looked puzzled: "Have you heard the story of the Jade Emperor...the Great Emperor?"

"No, but it sounds similar to the Supreme God in the Great Desolation Book. That kid has a lot of stories in his belly. You have to force yourself into it, and I'm sure there will be one that suits you."

Zhang sighed softly: "Grandma, I haven't been this weird in more than two hundred years..."

Tianjizi laughed for a while: "I believe Pindao, there are still many weird things, so Pindao advises you not to get close to this kid."

Zhang said: "I have been away from the mountain for two years, and my appearance has changed naturally. It is impossible for even those five to recognize me. How can he tell the difference? Did you tell him?"

"No." Tian Jizi shook his face and said, "You know I can't do this kind of thing."

Zhang nodded: "Then it shouldn't be... Could it be said that you are testing?"

Tianjizi shook his head and said: "What are you trying to test? You, the Taiyue Sect elder, are rumored to have achieved enlightenment and ascended to heaven a hundred and twenty years ago. For this kid, you are not a person of the same era at all. If it were you, you would Do you suspect that the shopkeeper of a mere inn is the two famous clan elders of the Commander-in-Chief of Taiyue? The golden body and clay body that has been enshrined in front of the Jade Emperor's rooftop?"

Zhang said: "Of course it's difficult, but there is an old monster Sun next to this kid. He may not be able to recognize me."

Tianjizi snorted twice: "I'm afraid it won't be easy. You took the Kunlun Reincarnation Pill in the past. In the past two years, your flesh and bones have been transformed, such as evolution and rebirth. It has no trace of the original one. If it hadn't been for the arrival of heaven and man Taiyue, I accidentally discovered that your so-called pupa golden body in the mud body is actually an empty shell, and I’m afraid I won’t be able to lure you out.”

"I have no choice but to hide deeper. The Holy Land has been targeted by heavenly beings since its birth. They do not allow people like me to appear in the world. If the Great Elder of Kunlun had not studied the art of rejuvenation and tried to refine the pill of reincarnation, I didn’t even think about what to do.”