123. Pleasure
With a wave of his hand, the ice and snow in the sky rose and slowly fell around the bell tower. It disappeared again without waiting for the touch of the ground. It was like the stars that never point to the ground, making people elusive.
"I was born in a poor family. I was not a prince or a noble family or a wealthy family. My parents were ordinary ordinary people, ordinary farmers, brothers and sisters, and I had seven, ordinary people, and ordinary people could not be more ordinary."
"I have been working at home since I was a child, helping with harvesting wheat, and raising radishes and potatoes from the fields. Day after day, year after year, my parents have been telling me that I will be a good farmer in the future, plant more and more land and grow a lot of food. In this way, after paying the rent, I will have more food, so that I can get more food, so that I can marry a wife and pass on the mission of farming to my children."
Taozhaide breathed out, and he continued to lean his back against his brother behind him, watching his breath turn into hexagonal crystals in the air, and fluttering there: "What?"
The sound of Ding Dang behind him seemed very dull: "Then, my parents died. Our land was gone."
Taozhaide was stunned, and the snowflakes in the air slowly fell down and disappeared in the air.
"When I was ten years old, a flood occurred in my hometown. My parents drowned directly. My luck was a little better. I tried to grab a wooden board and finally survived. Then, I saw a scene that I would never forget in my life."
Ding Dangxiang raised his right hand, as if he wanted to grab the stars in the sky, stretching out his five fingers. Through the gaps in his fingertips, he continued to look at the sky that seemed to be able to touch directly-
"I saw... the immortal. In the flood that broke the dam, several immortals were also involved. However, because they had immortal skills, they survived. Many mortals who did not have immortal skills died directly."
Here, Taozhaide suddenly asked: "So Brother Ding, do you... hate immortals? From that time on?"
Ding Dangxiang burst out laughing, withdrew his hand, shook his head and said, "How is that possible? I don't hate immortals. I just deeply feel the gap in strength between immortals and mortals. At that time, I suddenly realized how small and insignificant I had lived before."
"It's not just immortals, but also those officials, especially those responsible for managing the rivers that broke the dike. In fact, afterwards, the emperor once dealt with a group of officials. Because those officials embezzled all the special funds for controlling the rivers, they did not manage the rivers well. They also knew in advance before the river was about to burst. They carried Xiaosou and ran away without informing the villagers. So once the rivers burst, we suffered heavy casualties."
"When you encounter this, do you think, should I hate those officials? Those officials who disregard the lives of us ordinary people? And those immortals were able to save more people, but they were just protecting themselves and did not provide more relief. Do I also have the right to hate them? I hate them who killed my parents and took away my fields?"
Taozhaide nodded silently after thinking about it.
But then, Ding Dangxiang laughed very clearly. He continued to look up at the sky, and the blue halo in his eyes emerged, corresponding to the endless universe in the sky.
"But it's very strange. After learning about these things, I didn't feel hatred in my heart."
"I don't hate those officials who have enough pockets, nor do I hate those immortals who don't help me. I don't even have any hatred for them that caused my family to be destroyed. On the contrary... I felt a little 'pleasure' in my heart."
"I was surprised. At that time, I was only ten years old, and I only knew how to help my parents farm all day long. Then I grew up selling food from the field and married a wife to go home. When I taught my children to farm, I saw a world I had never thought about before because of this river breaking the dam."
"So, being an official can have this possibility to fill your personal pockets."
"It turns out that in this world, natural disasters can be caused by **."
"It turns out that some disasters I don't know have actually been prepared in advance."
"So, even in the face of such natural disasters, someone can escape unscathed!"
"I was surprised, I was shocked. When I was ten years old, I felt like I suddenly discovered a very novel toy. The hatred of both parents and other parents was not stuck in my heart at all. Only that deep sense of pleasure filled my mind."
"It was also from that time that I made a decision. I wanted to know what level can a person do?"
"How far can a disaster in this world be protected, controlled and escaped by the power of a person?"
"When I have a high position and a high position, will my vision of the world become more unique?"
"If my official position rises, can I see more of the 'new' world? Can I feel more of the 'pleasure'?"
"If I also become an immortal, what will this world become in my eyes?"
"I want to know... what kind of world is this world?"
Ding Dangxiang raised his head and reached out to grab the starry sky again. But this time, his hand instantly clenched into a fist, as if he had deeply grasped the whole world in his hand.
"I'm very happy...I'm very happy that I can see the vaster world. I'm also happy that those corrupt officials killed my parents. I'm very happy... Whenever I think of the mood at that time, I can't help but laugh loudly. I even have the urge to laugh wildly with all my heart."
Very calm and peaceful words slowly revealed a "heart path". Ding Dangxiang closed his eyes, imagined the vast universe on the other side of his eyelid, and slowly said-
"I know that my thoughts may be very ruthless and very evil and weird. So I have never told anyone so far. Except for you, my brother."
He opened his eyes, reached out to pinch the ice hound, and then put it next to him: "If you think I'm crazy, then I have nothing to say."
Taozhaide took the ice hoist and played with it in his hands. After turning it around, he pointed it into the sky and shouted—
"Everything in the world, harvest! Haha~~~"
Chapter completed!