Chapter 2 A Volume of Small Words to Seek Truth
The golden snake bounced up at a speed faster than the Black Panther Demon, but every time it ejected, it had to accumulate momentum and had to flow the mana in its body to reach that speed. So he would never be able to catch up if he chased, but he was not in a hurry. Over the years, he had never survived after being bitten by him.
He followed the breath of the leopard demon all the way, and after three hills, he saw the leopard demon lying on the ground. A few feet ahead of the leopard demon was a golden flower blooming there, the flower was as big as a golden coin. It had no slight fragrance and was not beautiful. However, this flower could relieve the snake venom of the golden snake and was also the most popular flower for the golden snake to eat.
He didn't know what the flower was called, just like he didn't know what kind of snake he was, so he didn't have a name yet.
The booklet was very thin, and the golden snake bit it out of the leopard demon's mouth and brought it back into its own hole.
When he opened this book, he realized that he could not understand it at all and did not know how to read the magic tricks in this book. He had heard in his heart that this book was written with human words, but there were people in the world, and beasts had beasts, and how could he know the magic tricks written with human words?
Suddenly, I thought to myself with a blessing: "I want to learn the mysteries of these words among humans."
Sometimes a thought is enough to change a person's life. When the golden snake opens its spirit and thinks, every thought and thought of him will affect his future growth.
It is only a matter of enlightenment for a moment, but it is a long process for enlightenment, and the golden snake is walking on this road.
There are many mountains and rivers in the world, and plains account for a small number. However, humans live by water, gather in plains, and slowly form towns and countries. A kind of prosperity that cannot appear in the mountains has been formed. Many great demons in the mountains have turned into people and went to live on earth.
The golden snake naturally could not go to a big town, so he didn't dare to feel a natural sense of fear in his heart. He didn't know how long he had been walking in the mountains, crossing dangerous mountains and rivers, and escaping dangers again and again. When the flowers bloomed and fell for seven times, he finally saw a small village.
When he first saw humans, he was afraid. He had long been left with a shadow in his heart about the humans who had surrendered his natural enemies to his mount. However, after secretly observing many days, he found that these humans were not scary. There was no dangerous aura on their bodies, so he was no longer afraid. Seeing them walking upright one by one, doing various things, suddenly there was an idea in his heart, if he could walk like them, he had two hands and two feet. After this thought arose, it was difficult to eliminate it again, and a thought of transforming into humans was planted in his heart. However, he did not forget his purpose in the human world.
"Learn the secret of words, and then learn the practice techniques." This is to support him to climb countless mountains and encounter countless dangers and still find the motivation to come from the human world. But now there is another extravagant hope, hoping that one day he can walk and talk like these people.
Jinshe was in the village and watched the people in the village do their own things. Men were plowing the fields outside, women were washing clothes, food and weaving cloth at home, some children had to herd cattle, some went to school, and sometimes they fought and played. In his eyes, he certainly didn't know what they were doing. He just felt that it was extremely complicated, a hundred times more complicated than the world in the mountains.
He hid in the village for a long time, listening to human communication, but he didn't learn anything, let alone words.
Finally one day he saw the birth of a life, and his heart moved and lived in that family.
Among the family, he watched the baby grow up, watched the baby's parents teach the baby's growing up, watched the baby be beaten for doing something, and listened to their education. After the baby grew up to the age of seven or eight, the golden snake realized that the words had to be learned here, so he never went back to the man's house, but stayed in a school all year round.
The child in the school was studying, and an old gray-bearded master was teaching on it.
Jinshe also studied each word one by one, and he deeply remembered the syllables of each word and the meaning of each word more seriously than those students.
Every time he learns a word, he will look for it ecstatically. If he doesn't find it, he will be disappointed. If he finds it, he will be very happy.
Year after year, day after day.
The old master who taught was already showing his old age, and the group of students had already grown up and left. The Golden Snake finally knew that the book and silk was indeed a scripture, called "Taishang Weiyan", but although he could recognize the words on it, he could not understand the mystery of the words on the books and silk.
The golden snake hid in the eaves and walls, thinking desperately about the meaning of each word, but once it was connected into a sentence, it was hard to figure it out. At this time, he thought of the old master and decided to ask him.
The snow was rising and falling.
The mountains are already white, and every household in the village is sitting at home, and birds are already extinct in the sky.
The old master taught books in this village for half his life. It can be said that he is the teacher of all the people under the age of forty in the village. He lives in a house built by the villagers, which is next to the school. He was sitting there reading books, next to it with a brazier. His gray beard was very clean and neat. There was a bookshelves in the house, and the bookshelf was filled with books. He sat on a backrest chair, and a pot of tea and some dried fruits were placed on the table with his right hand, all of which were sent by the villagers.
"Teacher...Teacher..."
A stiff voice suddenly sounded outside the door, just like a person who had not spoken for many years, suddenly speaking inconveniently.
The old master did not look up and stared at the book, but said, "The door is not locked, please push it in by yourself."
The door opened, and a cold wind with snow blew in, but the old master did not feel anyone coming in. He looked up in confusion and saw a small golden snake in front of the door. There was an unknown big leaf wrapped in a few red fruits in front of the snake.
The old master looked at the little golden snake for a moment, and the golden snake shouted again: "Teacher..."
The old master came to his senses and asked in surprise but not afraid: "You are calling me?"
"Yes, teacher." Jinshe nodded and said. Although his voice was awkward, he could still clearly listen to it carefully.
The old master seemed to be interested suddenly and smiled and said, "Why are you calling me a teacher?"
"I have been listening to the teacher's lecture for ten years, so I should naturally call him a teacher." Jinshe said.
The old master was quite happy when he heard this and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that there was an alien among me who taught for the rest of my life." He asked again: "What are you going to do with Shanguo?"
Jinshe said: "I saw that the villagers came to the teacher and would bring all kinds of food, so I went to the mountains to find some mountain fruits. Unfortunately, the mountains were covered with snow and it was difficult to find them, so I only found these few."
After hearing the words of the Golden Snake, the old master stood up in surprise and said, "It's really rare. An alien actually knows the etiquette of the world. Haha, then I'll accept you as a student." As he said, he walked towards the Golden Snake, came to the door, bent down and picked up the leaves wrapped in fruits, and from beginning to end, he was not afraid of this golden snake that could speak human words.
The old master put the mountain fruit on the table and sat down again. The golden snake followed into the house and stopped on the side of the brazier in front of the old master.
"What should be wrong with you coming to me today?" The old master felt majestic as soon as he sat down. It was not the harshness that made people scare, but a breath that naturally emitted with deep knowledge and cultivation.
"Teacher, I got a scripture in the mountains. I don't know what it means, so I want to ask the teacher to explain it to me." After all, the golden snake is a snake. Although he is trying hard to learn words, his speech is still like a child, very direct.
"Oh, what kind of scripture, come and see it." The old master said with a smile.
As soon as the old master finished speaking, the golden snake had already crossed the void like golden light and disappeared. The old master was stunned and then sighed: "It is so difficult to educate the people. I have been determined at a young age, but I never expected that I would have such an opportunity in my old age. There were thirteen different kinds of disciples of the 72 disciples of the mentor back then, and today I know how profound my mentor is."
The old master sighed for a while, and the golden snake had already returned. He bit a scroll of silk book in his mouth and came to the old master.
I took it and said with some confusion: "Taishang Weiyan." Then I looked down, looked a few lines, turned a few more pages, then looked at the last page, and said: "I have never heard of the name of the scripture of Taishang Weiyan, but the scriptures in it are very famous in the world."
"What kind of scripture is it? Teacher, please tell me." The golden snake said hurriedly.
"Haha, don't worry, this scripture is called the "Tao Te Ching" in the human world, and it is divided into two volumes. The "Tao Sutra" tells the root of the universe, the mystery of the changes of all things in the world, and the subtleties of the changes of yin and yang."
"Okay, okay, it's such a good book. Teacher, please explain it to me." Jinshe couldn't help but feel happy. He was originally a cautious person in the mountains, and after so many years of hardship, he acted more cautiously. But after so many years of helplessness in the silk book, he was naturally very happy to hear that the scriptures in this book were so profound.
"Haha, don't worry, this next volume is "Tek Jing", which tells the story of life-related strategies, explains the art of advancement and retreat in human affairs, and includes the way to live forever."
"It's great to live forever." The golden snake swam left and right on the ground, obviously in his heart.
When the old master listened to the words of the Golden Snake, he couldn't help but think in his heart: "Although he is a demon, his mind is already open, but his mind is like a child. If he is well-trained, he may not be a demon immortal on earth in the future, and he will benefit the people, and at the least he will not be a evil person."
"No, no, no, since you call me a teacher, you have something to ask you."
"Please speak with the teacher."
"You are the nature and wisdom that are cultivated in the mountains, but you have cultivated in the world and wisdom. So I don't ask about your affairs in the mountains, I just ask if you have ever been killed after you come to the world." The old master asked.
Jinshe replied seriously: "After coming to the teacher, since I came here, I have observed the living habits of the villagers every day and practiced and breathed at night. I have rarely left since I met the teacher and have never killed a child."
The old master nodded, stroked the white beard gently, and said, "It's so good, remember what I said today. I have never killed a life, and don't kill it easily in the future."
"I remember." Although Jinshe has been in the world for so long, he has learned very little. Moreover, he mainly devotes his mind to learning words. He always has incomplete titles of "ritual". For example, calling Lao Fu a teacher, and speaking of himself, he says "me", and not calling himself a student or disciple.
"Do you have a name?"
"I don't have a name."
The old master stroked his beard in contemplation and asked, "Why are you here for the purpose of coming to the world?"
"I originally wanted to learn the secret of recognizing words in books. Since I came here, I wanted to turn into a human form and live like a human." The golden snake was on the ground, raising its head and said loudly, his voice stiffly, like a child who was just a beginner.
"Haha, you can already recognize the words on the silk book, and I will explain the meaning of the scriptures for you. Although I cannot help you with the transformation of human beings, I also know that it is not difficult for demons to transform into shape. Since you don't have a name, I will give you one."
"Okay..." The golden snake shook its head and answered quickly.
"Your body is like red gold, your surname is Jin. You are a demon body. I hope that one day you can establish magic and become an immortal and achieve enlightenment. That is called the Golden Elephant!"
"Golden Elephant, okay, okay, I will call it Golden Elephant from now on." The Golden Snake said happily.
Chapter completed!