Chapter 443 [Turtle's breath technique]
Speaking of this, Li Yue's eyes were a little blurred, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said:
"At that time, I had just transformed into a carp spirit, but I have a more generous personality and a wide range of friends, so I roughly know how to go next will be smoother. I plan to use the method I collected to experience ordinary people in depth. life, in order to go further in cultivation, at least to get rid of the shackles of human life."
"So at the beginning, I spent a lot of effort to find some precious treasures and catches in the big river, and found a suitable place to sell them and exchange them for money. Then I packed these treasures and searched around the big river. It was the same fate when I came across Hedong Village, and I fell in love with it."
"I looked around and made myself miserable. I walked into the village and claimed that I had escaped from outside and was going to settle down in Hedong Village. After asking a few times, the villagers believed me and allowed me to live in the village. I borrowed from the village and helped me a lot when I used 'my savings' to build a house and land."
"Those decades were the happiest time for me. I settled down completely in Hedong Village, worked every day from sunrise to sunset, and later married a wife and had children under the recommendation of my neighbors. I don't know. Unknowingly, my cultivation level continued to improve with the arrival of each piece of insight, and the neighbors around me, my wife, are all old, and my children have grown up and started a family by themselves. "
"In order not to shock the world too much, I have been using spells to change my appearance to look more aged. Finally, a few years after my wife passed away, I felt that the time had come, so I faked my death on the bed, waiting for them to bury me in a glorious manner. It’s like understanding that fate.”
Li Yue talked so much about the past, but he still didn't mention why he himself participated in water management.
But Fang Chang never lacked patience, he just stood aside, listening quietly, waiting for the former carp spirit Li Yue to continue.
Just listen to the other party's explanation:
"Having said this, in addition to explaining Xia Zaixia's roots, it is to show that this Hexi Village was not called Hexi Village at first, but was called Hedong Village. But its name changed after all, because although Hedong Village is good, But by the great river, there are always floods."
"Fortunately, the fields are fertile after the flood. As long as we find a way to prevent the harvest from being washed away, we can harvest for two years and eat for three years without starvation. So every two or three years there will be floods, and the villagers They are still suffering, unwilling to change places."
"But after all, it is too uncomfortable, and there is a lot of risk. Every time there is a flood, it is like a sea of swords and fire. Occasionally, some unlucky folks die in the flood, or all their belongings are washed away, and they can't bear to commit suicide... many tragedies , No one knows if it will fall on him one day."
"In the most dangerous time, the river changed its course in the state, destroying more than 10,000 houses, and countless fertile fields full of crops that have not yet been harvested. Nearly a thousand people were killed or injured. Although the Hedong Village where I live survived the flood, But also because of the diversion of the river, it changed from 'Hedong Village' to 'Hexi Village'."
"Even now, there is a saying circulating here, that is, 'Thirty years in the east of the river and thirty years in the west of the river', to explain the impermanence of the world."
"Therefore, it has always been the dream and wish of the villagers in Hedong Village to subdue the big river beside the village. It's just that the imperial court allocates money every year, but the drop in the bucket is only enough to slow down the disaster, not cure it. Over the past few decades The change mainly depends on the leadership of people like Brother Wei in the state, who gather the people who want to change here, and make it bit by bit."
Wei He just walked to the side, took a basin and threw the fish brought by Li Yue into it. At this time, he returned to the chair and sat down. After hearing his friend's explanation of the reasons for participating in water management, Wei He smiled at Li Yue who was leaving from the map and walking back to the table:
"Brother Li, don't be humble. You play a very important role here. You can write and count, and you are extremely powerful. Everyone is doing things, you have contributed a lot these years, and you have made great contributions to the people of Lizhou."
After all, he has lived in the human world for decades, and has experienced everything from being young and strong to being full of children and grandchildren. As a big monster with cultivation, although Li Yue looks young, he is already familiar with world affairs, so for Wei He's praise, he He admitted it generously and said:
"It's not too polite. Originally, I thought it would be good not to hold back, but now it can play a big role, which is naturally a surprise."
Fang Chang nodded beside him.
Then he looked at Li Yue, and asked at the beginning: "Looking at your expression, I'm afraid you are no longer a carp spirit?"
Li Yue said with a happy face:
"Well, it's not anymore. I've been a jiaojiao for more than 20 years. In recent years, I've been working on the river engineering and experienced many things. A lot of feelings, maybe in another hundred years, there will be a chance to transform into a dragon."
Fang Chang said with a smile: "Then I wish you success in advance."
In fact, the monsters in the water often continue to cultivate in the transformed human body, but the carp is different. They are different from other types of aquatic products. After becoming a demon, they will also change their body due to their cultivation base deepening, turning them into demons and dragons.
It's just that this step is very difficult, and it has always been rare to succeed, and it is only recorded in the book as a strange story.
Li Yue in front of him, although he has only reached the stage of Huajiao, he is already considered a person of great fortune.
Wei He poured himself some tea and told Fang Chang: "Speaking of which, Brother Li has already left his own legend in Lizhou. People who come and go often talk about this matter. will be taken farther.”
"Oh? Sounds good, tell me."
Fang Chang suddenly became interested. He remembered that he expelled the pangolin demon and exterminated the pangolin at the time. It is still passed on by word of mouth, although the biggest use is to use it as a bedtime story.
"It's still the Hedong Village mentioned by Brother Li just now. After Brother Li's wife passed away, he also wanted to get away and say goodbye, so he picked an ordinary day and used the turtle's breathing technique to feign death on the bed."
(end of this chapter)