The vast snow-capped mountains are very beautiful if you look at them from a distance... You won't find their height to be intimidating.
However, when you are in it, with the jagged rocks biting your soles, and the crazy wind whistling in your ears... you will realize how stressful it is to look up at the top of the mountain, and it can even make you feel scared. matter.
Master and I are not professional mountaineers... nor do we have any mountaineering equipment. The only thing we rely on is that we are cultivators, our bodies are stronger than ordinary people, and we have unique breathing methods... Other than that, we are practitioners. , and there are no unnecessary advantages.
In front of heaven, earth and nature, you can feel more of a kind of equality, the equality of all living things... Because everyone has the right to live, everyone will die... Naturally, heaven and earth will not because of your noble status and outstanding ability. , just change any bit of beautiful scenery to please you.
Not to mention that you are not allowed to appreciate its magnificence just because you are of low status and have ordinary abilities.
It's just like mountain climbing. If you have to climb up step by step... the practitioner may not necessarily have much advantage...
The mountain wind howls, and the air becomes thinner as you go higher, making people unconsciously want to save every ounce of strength. I am very glad that Master did not want me to conquer the highest peak of Everest... Otherwise, the end of my life will be One day, I'm afraid it will disappear silently among these mountains.
I started early, and by noon, Master and I had climbed up the mountainside... What surprised me was that Master seemed to have a lot of experience in this area and was guiding me along the way, just like every day when I was a child, he Teaching me all the time.
But Master is getting old after all. During the first third of the journey, I was always looking at his back. For the rest of the journey, I was basically in front, and he guided me... And occasionally I needed to Give him a hand.
I didn’t understand what Master meant by asking me to climb the mountain... But during this lunch break, he actually took out dry food from his body. I knew that he had planned this early in the morning.
Climbing requires a lot of physical strength to support... During the rest, I originally thought Master would say something to me, but in this biting mountain wind, he just told me not to talk, save every ounce of energy, and then talk to me. I finished eating the dry food together in silence.
I almost want to shrink back... because I'm afraid I don't have enough time, I don't know when I will disappear? Maybe it's late at night today, maybe it's also when the first ray of dawn rises tomorrow morning? I wanted to stay for some time. I had a lot to say to Master... Looking up at the top of the mountain, it seemed far away... But Master didn't give me any chance to stay, and just let me climb all the way up.
As a result, at about 6 o'clock in the afternoon... I finally reached the top of the mountain, and I stretched out my hand to Master. He grabbed my hand and we came to the top of the mountain together.
At this time, there is still some afterglow of the setting sun... falling on the top of the white snow-capped mountains with a bright red color. At the moment, there is the entire snow-capped mountains, and further away... there are endless groups of people. The mountains surround the snow-capped mountains, and every mountaintop is dyed with this layer of bright red.
Beauty, it is very beautiful... The suffocating scenery makes you wish you could keep it forever. This is the greatest significance of mankind's invention of the camera... However, although the camera is good, how can it compare to the record of a pair of eyes? Different people have different experiences of the scenery.
Therefore, you still have to visit many places in person before you can say that you have seen them... Just like many things, you have to experience them yourself to temper your human heart.
"After seeing this scene, you feel that all the hard work along the way is worth it." Master stood beside me, letting the mountain wind blow his originally messy hair even messier.
"Yeah." Every time I am in front of nature, I have a different experience. Looking at this beautiful scenery greedily, I feel that even talking is redundant.
Master smiled, sat down, patted the stone beside him, and motioned for me to sit down too.
"When I was young, I followed your ancestor... He liked to take a few of our disciples to climb high peaks... He said it was not to let you stand high or see far, nor to let you go Experience the feeling of overlooking all sentient beings, and I just want you to experience a kind of conquest." Halfway up the mountain, the mountain wind was very strong, but when we reached the top of the mountain, the mountain wind became lighter... However, I still heard Master's voice It spread far and wide.
"A kind of conquest? Is it the conquest of the mountain?" I sat next to the master. The air here was already a bit thin, but it had little impact on me and the master.
"No, it is a kind of conquest of life by experiencing it in advance... Smooth days are like flat land. Difficult days are like a peak suddenly rising from the flat land. There is no road... So, you have to climb it. ! Or, just hide under the difficulties, stay forever, and don't go over." As the master spoke, he looked into the distance, squinted his eyes, and picked up his dry tobacco pole again.
But I realized the meaning of the words, the taste of climbing, people who have not really experienced it will never understand... The psychological pressure, the laziness of wanting to give up again and again, are all real emotions, Think about it, this is no different from encountering difficulties in life.
I nodded lightly, and there was a smile on the corner of Master's mouth. He didn't look at me, but said to me: "This mountain is not high... but it is enough for you to experience the taste of it. The will of Tao Boy is your life A mountain in the middle, but you are my disciple, and I will never allow you to give up like this at the foot of the mountain."
"Master, what do you mean?" I couldn't help but ask. In fact, I was really ready to give up... I know that compared to my will, I am not as good as a Tao boy. I am always 'weak' for various reasons, and Tao The boy's heart dedicated to the Tao appears so strong.
He is a person whose will is almost unshakable, so that's why Wei Chaoyu's tragedy happened!
"What do you mean? You know in your heart... What disappears will only be suppressed. This is your life, Chen Chengyi, your body, your soul... Even if it is the future generation of Dao Tongzi, all of this It's all yours, tell me why your will failed?" Master turned to look at me, with a sure light in his eyes.
"But I..." Tao Tongzi's appearance was not too early, but no matter how different we are, if we separate the will and look at the origin, we are actually the same. Even though I still don't know where this similarity lies, I just feel it. The reason why I understand Tao Tongzi is because of this similarity.
As Master said, his will is really like a big mountain lying in front of me. I feel that I have no way to climb it. Because I understand it, I feel more and more helpless.
"Chengyi, one day you will understand that the weakness you think will be your strength... Master has two wishes in this life. The first is to find your master. The second is to witness your growth. . But in the past years, this wish seemed so contradictory. If I want to find your master, I have to give up the years of being by your side... But now, I know some answers, but I also I may not be able to witness your growth." Master looked into the distance again and said to me in a low tone.
"Master? Are you worried about that war? I don't think so. If that is the fate of our lineage, Lao Li, then welcome it..." I stood up and looked at the scenery down the mountain. I didn't know what it was. It's not because people are above the peak, and their speech seems more heroic.
The master laughed loudly... and then said: "Chengyi, your words make me happy, but I, Jiang Lizhun, have never been someone who worries about war... In fact, I really want to protect you for a few more years. , watching you move forward step by step, is like my life moving forward step by step... You are my inheritance. What you inherit is not only Taoism, not just theory, but also a spirit... This is a relationship that is more connected than blood! Chengyi, so you must cross this peak in front of you... And even if the master leaves, there will be no regrets, because at that time, I know, Nothing can stop you anymore, even if there are difficulties that you can’t overcome, you will still be on your way.”
"Master..." I turned around and looked at Master in the wind. He was sitting in a very lazy posture, but the expression on his face was very calm... When I was a child, he gave me the feeling of a vicissitudes of life. A middle-aged man, but now, the years have left deep marks on his face, and he finally looks like a real old man.
But even so, I still want to keep him greedily... I am not here, so I let Dao Tongzi fulfill my wish... But now, why am I so frightened.
"Master has been missing for so many years. You must really want to know what happened to me, right? You don't ask, just because you don't want to strip away the painful years of separation... But our lives have already begun at the moment we met. It's connected, and the inheritance also includes sharing with you the little experiences and experiences in my life... It's time for me to tell you, Chengyi!" Master looked at me, wanting to light his dry smoke at this moment.
There was a strong wind on the mountain, so I quickly shielded Master from the biting mountain wind... Master lit the dry smoke and looked at me with indescribable kindness in his eyes... But I turned around and whispered to Master : "Master, can't we say no later?"
I always feel extremely uneasy.
"Let's talk about it later? Chengyi... Do you still want to hide your situation from me? I only had one year left in my life when you found me... I am like this, everyone except Ling Qing is Like this! Do you still want to go ahead of me, the master? Do you think I will allow it?" The master said very calmly, but he was questioning me.
And I, standing on the top of the mountain, heard the news and almost lost my balance, but Master held me back.
"How much time do you have left? It's time for you to tell me... In other words, from now on, you have to learn not to give up on yourself and be prepared to climb the mountain. But before that, I have to tell you My matter... just because, I think the next time will be the last splendor of my life, and I have to prepare myself wholeheartedly." Master pulled me and said seriously.
I let him pull me... A somewhat dazed expression, the wind blew between us... Is life the same, will it leave no traces in the end, or will these traces be passed down from generation to generation? The inheritance will be forever engraved in our hearts