Great Blue Night Watchman

The flowers in the peach garden are in full bloom.

There is a person under the peach.

The man raised his eyes, looked at Lin Su and the four of them, and smiled slightly: Everyone who has passed two levels in a row can reach the top of Peach Mountain, please!

Liu Tianyin's heart skipped a beat, isn't there a third level?

Just let it go?

Liu Tianyin raised his eyes and looked at the mountain in front of him: May I ask the old gentleman, is there a road to this mountain?

The old gentleman said: There is no road to Peach Mountain, but you can climb it to find a way!

After saying the ten words, he passed in front of the four people and disappeared into the picturesque peach blossom forest in front of him.

Exploring the path? Liu Tianyin's eyes flashed slightly: Is it possible to straighten out these weeds and climb up?

She stretched out her hand to smooth out the messy grass in front of her. Something strange happened. A step appeared under the grass, a white step.

That's it! Liu Tianyin said excitedly: Weeds are growing everywhere, and there will eventually be slight flaws. If you check for omissions and fill in the gaps, you can reach the top!

While talking, she straightened out another pile of weeds and found another step.

Feng Wu frowned slightly: I have a question! Are those people just now, the village girl, the boatman, and the Taoyuan watchman, real or fake?

Liu Tianyin frowned: Why do you ask this question?

Feng Wu said: I know the old man just now!

Lin Su and Liu Tianyin were shocked at the same time...

Feng Wu said: There was an ancient painting from the Holy Family of Lesheng, which recorded a meeting between our Holy Family of Lesheng and the Holy Family of Painting three hundred years ago. There was a person among them who looked exactly like this old man. I remember his name was Wu Liehe, and Wu Liehe is said to have entered the Taoyuan world a hundred years ago...

Liu Tianyin shuddered: Could it be said that the people we met in Taoyuan are actually real people? Are they people from the Painting Saint family who have been in Taoyuan over the years but cannot break the boundary?

Her question corresponded to Feng Wu's question, but she was looking at Lin Su.

Because she knew Feng Wu couldn't answer this question.

Lin Sudao: Actually, I had this question in the tea garden! The tea garden in front of those village girls was unreasonable, but there was no flaw in their people. Even their hair was very real, without any deviation. The world's paintings Tao, those who can reach this state are truly astonishing!

If he were in the outside world, the two women would definitely give him a blank look: Do you look at women and see if every hair is growing in the right place? Isn't your look a bit biased?

But at this moment, huge terror enveloped them, and they couldn't joke...

Feng Wu breathed out softly: The members of the Hua Sheng Holy Family have all become people in the world and will not be allowed to leave for life. What about us? Will we become the village girls in the tea garden? What about you? Will you become the punter? ?”

Lin Su shook his head gently: Most likely not!

Won't?

The two women felt half relieved.

Lin Su added: How can I look like a boatman when I look so handsome? It would be more appropriate for me to build a pavilion in this peach blossom forest and become a scholar in the pavilion. At least in the future, beauties like you will come In Taoyuan, you can also have a surprise and a happy mood.

The two women decided on the spur of the moment to beat him to death with a stick!

How long have you been thinking about these things that are not famous?

Liu Tianyin raised his eyes: There is only one road now. Find out all the unpleasant things and mistakes on this road, including every blade of grass and every stone. Climb higher step by step. I believe that when we reach the ultimate state of perfection, we will be able to touch it. Go to...the door opened by the master of this world!

Taoshan, the mountain where painting saints break the boundary.

It is also the peak of perfection in painting.

Every step up to Peach Mountain from here, there will be mistakes. Maybe a blade of grass grows in the wrong place, maybe a stone is in the wrong position. As long as you find it, a step will emerge. If you find them all, you will reach the top. Once they reach the top, they have broken the boundary. They are currently in the literary world. Once they break this boundary, will they be considered saints?

Theoretically not!

Why?

Because this is not their own world!

But even if you can't become a saint, you can still find an opportunity to leave the world and walk the same path as a saint. Thinking about it still makes you excited, right?

So, the two women got excited and started cleaning up all kinds of weeds...

It must be said that the two women's strong aesthetic sense, elegant style, high-end vision, and unparalleled accuracy in seeing problems are unparalleled. With their skillful hands, the overgrown Taoshan was smoothed, the weeds were smoothed, the stones were moved, and it was full of joy. The sense of beauty has improved, the stone steps have emerged step by step, and the hopeless future has become something to look forward to...

Lin Su also joined in...

Lin Su is not a musician, but he has profound attainments in painting and aesthetics. These three masters of literature and art, who are rare in the world, regard the Taoshan in front of them as a group of pictures. In the spirit of fault-finding, check for omissions and fill in the gaps. Every time they found a small flaw, a new step was opened. Before they knew it, there were already a hundred steps under their feet. However, looking up, they still saw endless steps...

Looking down at my feet, white clouds are floating...

The origin is completely lost...

As they continued to move forward, it became increasingly difficult to check for omissions and fill in the gaps. The time it took them to open the first level also changed from one breath at the beginning to a quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour, three quarters of an hour, until an hour...

Two hours later, Liu Tianyin and Feng Wu cooperated, seven weeds were rearranged, and more than ten stones were reassembled, showing the ultimate beauty. The floating clouds in front of them parted, revealing a new step.

Liu Tianyin took a long breath and straightened up: Have you counted, how many levels have we opened?

Feng Wu said: 359!

She was really impressed. She actually remembered every step of the hundreds of steps.

Liu Tianyin's eyes lit up slightly: 360 is a first-level number, and theoretically there is a last level before us. Let's work together to see if we can find the flaws in the last level!

Feng Wu's heartbeat quickened, the last level?

No one stipulates that the steps are 360, but the number 360 represents a certain degree of perfection. It is the trigger number of many mysteries. Let’s fight again!

The two women racked their brains and brains there, discussing how to present the absolute beauty of a painting.

There is controversy, there is recognition, there is also a collision of wisdom, a collision of inspiration...

There are signs that after so many steps, they seem to have become masters of painting, and their artistic conception of painting has improved a lot.

However, Lin Su behaved very strangely. He actually sat down on a white stone.

He rested his chin on his hand and looked at the floating clouds in the sky.

And what about Sora?

He stared at the bunch of red nuts next to Bai Shi, licked his lips, and seemed to be thinking, can this fruit be eaten?

Hey, you're coming too! Liu Tianyin looked at him and saw that he wasn't too cold. In the past, when Lin was traveling with others, he would shoulder all important tasks. Even on the battlefield, he would take the lead. But today when he went to Taoshan, Liu Tianyin personally feels that he is a bit of a foreigner. Two women are panting in front of you with their buttocks raised, while you are happy and carefree in the back. Are you embarrassed?

A great sage said it very well. When you enjoy the scenery by the bridge, you become the scenery in the eyes of others. Lin Su said: Don't you think that a handsome guy like me sitting on this rock is also a beautiful scenery? A beautiful picture?

Liu Tianyin looked at Feng Wu: Master Feng Pavilion, do you think the scenery of the great sage sitting on the stone is beautiful or lazy?

Feng Wu couldn't laugh or cry: Although Mr. Lin half-lying on the stone has a certain degree of beauty, I personally feel that if we can participate and find the last step early and set foot on the top of Peach Mountain, it will be more beautiful.

It seems that you don't want to see me happy and happy, okay, then I'll get up! Lin Su stretched, stood up from the stone, and clapped his hands: Come down the mountain, no more fun!

The two women opened their eyes wide at the same time: No more fun?

Yes, we've gone up to Taoshan and seen the scenery. It's time to go! Lin Su turned around.

Hey, there may be only one step left! If you step over it, the whole world will be different! Liu Tianyin said: On the holy path, perseverance and perseverance must be together, but you actually backed down when facing the last step?

On the holy path, advancing bravely is a gesture, and retreating bravely is a state of mind! Lin Su said: Let's go, no more fun!

The last five words are repetitions!

However, these five words are cautious!

Feng Wu's heart skipped a beat: Are you sure?

Sure!

Liu Tianyin raised his eyes: Why?

No reason, I just find it boring! Lin Su said: I'm going down the mountain, what choice do you make?

Sora had no choice. He directly put his little hand into Lin Su's palm.

Feng Wu and Liu Tianyin looked at each other with unwillingness in their eyes, but in the end, they both looked back.

Let's go!

The four of them turned back together!

Take a step!

With this step, the steps they had just opened turned into nothingness, and the place where the steps were located turned back into the wilderness, but this wilderness was different from the previous wilderness. The previous wilderness was imperfect, but Liu Tianyin and Feng Wu made it perfect. After the repair was completed, a step appeared. Now the step has disappeared, but the scene still retains the appearance after Liu Tianyin and the others repaired it.

What does it mean?

This means that the efforts Liu Tianyin and Feng Wu made to make up for it have turned into a new starting point on Peach Mountain. If they climb up again, they need to find the imperfect flaws again on this perfect foundation and regenerate a new level.

The difficulty has been increased countless times out of thin air!

This is why Peach Mountain is becoming more and more difficult to climb!

A mountain is imperfect at the beginning. A person passes by and finds out the imperfections. Taoshan restarts and uses his achievements as a new starting point. Later generations will find imperfections based on his foundation. One individual, one generation after another, As he continues to search, Momoyama will continue to advance towards this path of perfection.

Every step Liu Tianyin and Feng Wu took made their bodies hurt!

Every step of this is soaked in their hard work!

As the steps disappeared, this hard work was imprinted on Peach Mountain and lost its meaning!

Not only was it meaningless, but it also posed a huge hidden danger for them to climb Peach Mountain in the future. Everyone has their own set of aesthetics. After they racked their brains to find out and fill in the gaps, Peach Mountain was already perfect in their eyes. , if they are allowed to climb Peach Mountain again, it means that they need to work ten times a hundred times...

Therefore, they became more and more uneasy as they walked away!

Entering Taoyuan, the only way to survive is on the top of Taoyuan Mountain. Seeing that there is only one last step left (perhaps just the last step in consciousness), Lin Su insists on going down the mountain!

This time down the mountain, the previous efforts were completely in vain.

And when they go up the mountain later, they almost have no confidence...

They didn't know what Lin Su was playing. They had a hunch that Lin Su might kill them all. However, since they chose to believe him, they could only step on their hard work and endure the pain step by step...

Three steps, five steps, ten steps!

Fifteen steps, twenty steps!

Lin Su's footsteps didn't pause at all. It seemed like there was no distracting thought in his mind. He just wanted to get down the mountain as soon as possible!

However, at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded from Peach Mountain...

Are you guys going to leave like this?

This voice is calm and vicissitudes of life.

Liu Tianyin and Feng Wu's hearts skipped a beat when someone spoke!

It would be nice if someone asked!

It doesn’t matter who it is!

The four of them turned back together. On top of the Peach Mountain, a figure stepped out from the white clouds. This man had an immortal spirit and white beard and hair, and he landed in front of them.

Lin Su bowed slightly: In reply to senior, yes!

Do you know what the consequences will be if you turn back?

I don't know, please tell me!

You will become the guardians of Taoyuan, and you will sink forever from now on, unable to free yourself.

Feng Wu and Liu Tianyin's hearts jumped.

They have just learned that this peach garden, which is so beautiful to the core, is not as beautiful as it seems. The village girls, fishermen, and peach orchard guards inside are all real people, or they used to be real people, but now they have become the walking zombies in the peach orchard, and they will spend their entire lives. Unable to leave the peach garden, he spends his whole life picking tea and holding a boat in the peach garden. This is the peach garden guardian.

And they, coming down from Taoshan, will also become such walking zombies.

Lin Su smiled: Taoyuan Spirit Watcher, this name is quite elegant, but it seems a bit unworthy of the name. The so-called spirit guardian must also have a spirit to keep. The world of Taoyuan is an abandoned world, with only appearance and no soul. How to keep it?

The white-bearded old man's face suddenly sank: Presumptuous!

As soon as these two words were spoken, on the peach mountain behind him, peach blossoms were floating, full of infinite beauty, but his voice was full of displeasure.

Liu Tianyin and Feng Wu's hearts were beating secretly, because what Lin Su just said was taboo!

This Taoyuan is the place where the painting saint broke the boundary in the past, a sacred place, but he said that this Taoyuan world is an abandoned world, which is sacrilege!

Although it is not directly sacrilegious, it still has some meaning.

As a man of letters, you must not blaspheme. This is an iron rule!

Lin Sudao: People say: Good medicine is bitter in the mouth and good for the disease; loyal advice is hard on the ears and good for action. The younger generation knows that what they say makes the elders unhappy, but in terms of literature and morality, speaking according to facts and reasoning is a sacred precept, and the elders must not know it. .”

The white-bearded old man said in a deep voice: Okay, please tell me, why is Taoyuan Realm an abandoned realm?

Lin Sudao: Senior, what is the Taoyuan world?

rural!

Yes, everyone can see clearly at a glance that this Taoyuan world focuses on pastoral fields, thousands of miles of tea gardens, thousands of miles of farmland, small bridges, flowing water, and white clouds.

Lin Su said: Where is the beauty of the countryside?

The old man looked proud: The beauty of the countryside lies in the clear blue sky and clear water like beads. Every stone and mountain shows the wonders of nature, and every plant and tree shows the ultimate way.

Sure enough! Seniors don't know what the beauty of pastoral is at all! Lin Su said: The beauty of pastoral includes blue sky, flowing water, mountains, rocks, grass and trees, but its core is nature. What is nature? Reality is nature, the world of nature , the ground is muddy, the roads are covered with dead leaves, the water is dirty, the houses are dilapidated, the working farmers must be eroded by the years, and the hands of the boat must be covered with calluses. However, in the Taoyuan world built by our predecessors, there is no mud on the ground and no dust on the stones. There are no traces of the sun on the faces of the working people, and even the fallen leaves falling on the branches are green. Your pastoral beauty is just the pastoral that the painter who did not leave Sanchi Study takes for granted, not the real pastoral. You The ultimate beauty constructed is not the beauty of nature, but the illusory beauty of craftsmanship!

The white-bearded old man's expression changed, and the peach blossoms behind him suddenly became no longer beautiful, just like a poor portrait.

Lin Sudao: The core of pastoral beauty is natural reality, but the soul is still in that wisp of human fireworks! Cocks and dogs are crowing, children are making noises, their faces are stained by sweat, their feet are stained by mud, and there is hard work in the fields. There is the comfort of family outside the house, the hope of life in the eyes, and the sound of slang in the ears, which is a pastoral. Without this ray of human fireworks, no matter how beautiful the pastoral is, it has lost its soul!

Liu Tianyin and Feng Wu looked at him blankly.

Listen to his poetic words, talking about the pastoral in his mind.

They seemed to see a pastoral in his words. Although such a pastoral was unfamiliar to literary wizards like them who had never touched the yellow soil, they could still see it.

And the old man with a white beard, his long beard trembling, looked at the Taoyuan under his feet, his eyes blurred: The core is natural reality, but the soul is in that wisp of human fireworks... Is it wrong? Is it really wrong?

You're wrong! You've always been wrong!

Lin Sudao.

The white-bearded old man sighed: Wrong! Wrong!

The body trembled, and the whole person slowly faded, slowly faded, and finally, the last wisp of light mist drifted towards a house and turned into fireworks on the first floor behind the house!

With his disappearance, the entire Taoyuan world suddenly changed...

First of all, the green grass on the road is no longer green, but has become dry. The leaves on the trees are no longer green, but mottled. The peach blossom trees are trembling slightly, and the withered flowers are floating under the trees, along the The long river below flows into the distance, and this long river also welcomes debris for the first time...

Feng Wu's voice came: He... who is he?

World Spirit! There is a spirit in the Holy World, but it can no longer recognize itself! Lin Su said: Let's go down the mountain!

Feng Wu and Liu Tianyin's hearts were pounding...

Entering Taoyuan, they thought they had done a great job this time, because from the foot of Taoshan to the 359 steps, they had to rely on them to find flaws bit by bit, and finally built up the steps step by step, one step away from victory.

However, Lin Su did not follow their path.

He turned back, and this time he dug up the roots of Taoyuan!

A few words destroyed the world spirit's heart.

Once the world spirit is destroyed, Taoyuan will truly become a ruined world. The ruined world can be exited by lifting one's legs!

This is how he came out of Taoyuan. He is very gentle, but also unparalleled in domineering!

In front of it is a thatched hut, a hut that never existed before, because this hut is in a dilapidated state, the roof is overgrown with weeds, and a small door is ajar, swinging in the wind.

Lin Su stretched out her hand and gave a gentle push...

hiss!

Like tearing apart an ancient painting, they saw green water and green mountains again.

The mountains have flaws, the water has impurities, the wind is turbulent, and there is a faint fragrance of flowers in the air...

This is the painting of the Holy Family!

It’s not perfect, but it’s real!

The four of them stepped out in one step...

In the Ancestral Pavilion of the Holy Painting Saint, the contemporary head of the family, Wu Tianyu, suddenly raised his head and stared at the statue of the Holy Painting in front of him in surprise. The statue of the Holy Painting shook slightly, and a piece of patent leather floated down...

Outside the Ancestral Saint Pavilion, there was a soft click, and a crack appeared. Four people walked out of the crack at the same time.

Silently, the crack closed behind them.

Lin Su and the other four people were already standing outside the Zusheng Pavilion.

With a roar, a strong wind rose in the sky, and ten elders swept across the sky at the same time. They were the ten elders of the Painting Saint Holy Family. They saw Lin Su and others in front of the Ancestral Saint Pavilion at a glance, and their expressions changed instantly.

What changes? It was like when a blowfly suddenly got into their mouths while eating, but they didn't notice it and swallowed it.

Lin Su bowed: Before I entered Peach Blossom Valley, the great elder also told me not to alarm the Holy Master in retreat. Now it seems that I am still alarmed. Lin Su apologizes!

The faces of the great elder and others froze at the same time.

Is this a case of inciting an army to accuse?

They had previously told Lin Su that the Holy Lord was in retreat in the Peach Blossom Valley, but now, they were in the Ancestral Saint Pavilion, and the Holy Lord's figure could be seen clearly from here. How could they defend this lie if they exposed it in person?

A voice came from the Zusheng Pavilion: A distinguished guest is here, how can I stay in seclusion and refuse to see him? Great Elder, please arrange for all the distinguished guests to be seated in the Lixian Pavilion. I will be here shortly.

Yes! The great elder bowed and gently raised his hand: Four of you, please!

Lixian Pavilion is located beside the painting stream.

The so-called painting flow is what the painting saint family calls it. In the outside world, it is called Dingshui. It is just a river that merges into Lingding Ocean. This river passes through the territory of the painting saint family for thousands of miles, gathering the literary and moral energy and flowing into Lingding Ocean. Every time before the scientific examination, students from Ohsumi came here in large numbers to get water and drink it, hoping to gain some literary flair and enter the literary world.

He even wrote a poem, which goes like this: Paintings flow everywhere in the world, and there was no white Ding before Dingshui.

What's the meaning? The places where the flow of painting flows are all poetic and picturesque. People who grew up drinking ding water have no white ding.

Lin Su sat next to Hua Liu, and the two women sat on either side of him. Behind them, a begonia flower was in full bloom, reflecting the youthful vitality on the faces of the three of them.

When the maid serving tea in the pavilion presented Lin Su with fragrant tea, her heart was probably swaying, and the tea was already rippling.

Several disciples of the Painting Saint Holy Family outside the pavilion looked at Lin Su with displeasure.

Because they know who the person in front of them is.

This is the person who disgraced the reputation of the Holy Family of Painting Saints on the basis of Qinglian's theory. This is the person who dug up the ancestral graves of the Holy Family of Painting Saints! This is the man who personally killed the god in their hearts: the former Holy Son Wu Xinyue! If such a person is really a senior scholar, they will forget about it. The key is that when he came today, he was so young, handsome and handsome. Even several direct female disciples stared at him. They were envious of such a man. Jealousy!

However, no matter how unhappy he was, they could only endure it.

Because he is in Lixian Pavilion at the moment.

Only top elders can be around him, and ordinary elders are not qualified to be close to him.

The disciples on the periphery suddenly knelt down, rows and rows, because someone came over, the current head of the family, Wu Tianyu.

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