Chapter 33 Chapter Thirty-Three: The Vicissitudes of the Old Man and the Innocent Child

In the mysterious cave, the warm sun in winter slantly transmits a ray of skylight from a gap at the top, like a cold sword piercing the ground of the cave.And the water dripping from the cracks on the top of the cliff hits the pool in the cave, and the sound of the dripping water is both clear and pleasant, but also particularly echoing. Wan Zhanfei sat cross-legged beside the pool, and the ripples in the pool distorted his reflection on the water until it stretched and stretched erratically.And that ray of skylight slanted across his head, making him in half-light and half-dark, making him appear even more mysterious and solemn.

The cave is very quiet, except for the sound of water droplets, there is hardly any extra sound. The loneliness revealed in this isolated cave makes people palpitate. In a corner of the cave, there was a gloomy figure standing.The figure lowered its head, as if bowing its head and repenting for doing something wrong. On the other side of the pool, on a clean pebble, Chunming sat. Everything in the cave was so novel and strange to Chunming, a pair of innocent eyes followed his head turning around in the cave. Wan Zhanfei, who was sitting by the pool, looked solemn and solemn, which made Chunming feel extremely pious.Although his head and eyes were constantly turning, he sat on the cobblestone in an orderly manner and did not dare to move.

Wan Zhanfei kept his eyes slightly closed, with both hands hanging on his knees crossed, his thumb pinching his middle finger, and he looked in a state of concentration, which seemed to be a fairy. The gray figure stood stiffly in the darkest part of the cave, motionless as if petrified. In such a quiet cave, the ticking sound of water droplets is particularly worrying. Finally, a tiny slit appeared in Wan Zhanfei's eyes, and from these two slits, unfathomable light shot out coldly. "You're finally here!" Wan Zhanfei's voice was calm, but gloomy and vigorous, making the entire cave buzz.

He was speaking to the gray shadow standing behind him. "Old man, I may have gotten into trouble." It was the gray figure's voice. Wan Zhanfei's squinted eyes opened a little more, but the light from the slits became colder and colder. He said, "Oh! Did you get into trouble? What did you get into?" "I wounded a Zongmuren in the old forest next to Crouching Bull Village, and the bloody smell permeated from it may have gone out of my control!" It was Zhang Zikun's voice! Wan Zhanfei's eyes finally opened completely, and he stared at his own distorted projection in the pool, his expression on his face was like a thick layer of frost.

After a while of silence, Wan Zhanfei said in a deep voice: "You have not only caused trouble! You have caused great trouble! You have caused the people of Woniu Village to fall into a thick bloody smell for no reason! You know huh? Your sloppiness has already sowed the seeds of misfortune for the outside world! Do you know that?" "I know, that's why I came to you, old man." Zhang Zikun said timidly. Wan Zhanfei's voice was finally full of anger.He yelled at Zhang Zikun in a low voice: "If you hadn't caused such a catastrophe, maybe you wouldn't have come to me, would you? Maybe you'd still use the key to the door of death you have outside to do whatever you want?"

Zhang Zikun pleaded wronged: "Old man, I didn't use the key to the door of death to do whatever I wanted." "Didn't you?" Wan Zhanfei asked angrily, "You opened the gate of death in Chaoxia Temple twice, haven't you?" Zhang Zikun said: "But I have no choice! Chaoxia Temple can't be destroyed! I just opened the door of death to scare those people who don't know the heights of heaven and earth!" "But Zhaoxia Temple is still ruined! Is it useful for you to open the door of death?" Wan Zhanfei interrupted Zhang Zikun's words and said sharply.

Seeing Wan Zhanfei move, Zhang Zikun was really angry, and shrank behind Wan Zhanfei, not daring to make a sound. The expression on Wan Zhanfei's face became more and more severe, which frightened Chunming who was sitting opposite the pool.He stopped turning his head and looked at Wan Zhanfei with panicked eyes. After a moment of silence, Wan Zhanfei said again: "Don't you really know the weight of the key in your hand? Hmm? Do you know how much trouble your carelessness will cause?" Zhang Zikun timidly said: "But, the situation at that time was not a last resort? If Monk Dingyuan returned to Zhaoxia Temple and saw that Chaoxia Temple was in ruins, what would you give Monk Dingyuan to explain?"

Wan Zhanfei said: "This is between me and Monk Dingyuan. Do you need to worry about these things? Besides, those people no longer have the place of gods in their hearts, no reverence, no piety, just What's the use of keeping the empty shell of Zhaoxia Temple?" Zhang Zikun continued to argue: "But, how do you explain to Monk Dingyuan?" Wan Zhanfei said bluntly: "If Monk Dingyuan can't even realize this level, he has practiced in vain! You are really worrying!" Zhang Zikun fell silent. Wan Zhanfei was silent for a while, and then said: "Since what happened at Zhaoxia Temple has already happened, I don't bother to pursue your fault anymore! But now you have involved the people of Woniu Village in a bloodbath again. What do you propose?"

Zhang Zikun remained silent. At this time, he was wronged and had no idea... Seeing that Zhang Zikun was silent behind his back, Wan Zhanfei thought for a while, and then said, "Actually, you also know that once the passage of the dead door is opened, there are very few chances for you to control it. If Bai Xiaoyang was not there at that time, Zhaoxia The temple has already become a bloody slaughterhouse! Zhang Zikun! Did you really not have lingering fears after the incident?" Only then did Zhang Zikun say: "Old man, I know I was careless and wrong!" Wan Zhanfei immediately said in an extremely stern voice: "But you haven't learned your lesson! Your shots are still so hasty, so ruthless and heavy! Even if you don't say anything, I know how much you hurt Zongmuren. Because of your If you are reckless, Woniu Village will pay for it with blood, you know?"

Zhang Zikun pleaded aggrieved again: "I also had to act as a last resort." Wan Zhanfei shouted in an extremely cold voice: "What is compulsion? Can your hasty behavior be excused by compulsion? This shows that you have not realized how serious the mistakes you made!" Zhang Zikun still distinguished: "But if I had been lenient in the situation at that time, the child Chunming would have been torn in half by Zongmuren!" Wan Zhanfei raised his voice again and scolded: "That's because you have provoked it! At least I know their species better than you. They are not born so cruel and bloody! Unless there is an external incentive to force it! In fact, you forced it killed him! didn't he?"

Zhang Zikun, who was justified, was a little discouraged, and said in a muffled voice, "Maybe." Wan Zhanfei softened his voice and said: "The only thing that comforts me today is that you still know to tell me what happened at this time. If you use the method of opening the dead door to end the mistakes you made tonight, You are so wrong!" Zhang Zikun raised his head at this moment, looked at Wan Zhanfei from behind, and said, "Then what should we do?" Wan Zhanfei didn't answer Zhang Zikun's words right away, but squinted his eyes and stared at the pool in front of him, sinking into a state of contemplation. Seeing that Wan Zhanfei didn't speak, Zhang Zikun felt more and more uneasy. He looked at Wan Zhanfei from behind with flickering eyes. After a while, Wan Zhanfei raised his eyes and asked softly to Chunming who had been sitting opposite the pool, "Your name is Chunming, right?" Wan Zhanfei's voice became extraordinarily kind at this moment. Chunming nodded cautiously to Wan Zhanfei. Wan Zhanfei chuckled and said to himself: "The name is well chosen, the spring is bright, the sun is shining, everything is revived, and it is full of vitality!" Zhang Zikun didn't understand why Wan Zhanfei suddenly said something that had nothing to do with Zongmuren, he seemed a little dazed. Wan Zhanfei waved to Chunming, and said in a friendly voice, "Come here, let me take a closer look." Chunming looked at Zhang Zikun who was standing behind Wan Zhanfei, blinking his innocent eyes with a bewildered look. Zhang Zikun quietly gestured towards Chunming. Only then did Chunming stand up from the cobblestone, and walked towards Wan Zhanfei with a strange expression on his face. When passing the bright strip of light slanting down from the top, Wan Zhanfei said to Chunming, "Stand there, don't move!" Chunming stopped obediently. Chunming's thin body was bathed in the pure and bright light, and his whole body was immediately coated with a layer of mysterious halo. Wan Zhanfei looked carefully at Chunming who was bathed in the ray of sky, nodded lightly, and said to Chunming, "Come here." Chunming didn't understand what Wan Zhanfei wanted him to do, so he walked over timidly. Wan Zhanfei grabbed Chunming's hand, then reached into Chunming's padded jacket and began to feel around. Wan Zhanfei's hands were a little cold, and when he touched the itchy spot on Chunming's waist, Chunming giggled softly, wriggling his body to break free. Wan Zhanfei grabbed Chunming tightly and said, "Don't move, let Grandpa see if you are a good material!" Chunming really didn't move. Wan Zhanfei closed his eyes slightly, and touched every bone of Chunming very carefully. Chunming's bones were touched all over by Wan Zhanfei, and he was finally let go. Wan Zhanfei continued to look at Chunming, and said to himself, "It's a good material! If this child lives in Woniu Village for the rest of his life, he will be abandoned. What a pity!" Chunming was not yet able to comprehend the meaning of Wan Zhanfei's words, and his clear eyes were full of innocent questions. Wan Zhanfei looked at Chunming and said, "Chunming, tell grandpa, would you rather go home to serve your parents or learn crafts from grandpa?" Chunming thought for a while and said in a childish voice: "I don't have a father, only my mother! When I grow up, I will honor my mother for the rest of my life!" Wan Zhanfei laughed and said, "Good! Good! Ambitious! Knowing that filial piety is a good child. This is a virtue that has been passed down for thousands of years! It is passed on from generation to generation! Chunming, do you know? With your heart, Grandpa, I am happy! Very happy! At least now, in this world, the conscience is still alive! The conscience is still alive!" Speaking of this, Wan Zhanfei's eyes were a little moist. Wan Zhanfei asked Chunming again: "Chunming! How can you honor your mother when you grow up?" Chunming still said grandly in a childish voice: "I will herd the cattle well. When I grow up, I can help the plow to plow the fields and earn a lot of work points..." After hearing Chunming's words, Wan Zhanfei suddenly burst out laughing, and said to Chunming while laughing, "Chunming! You are such a good boy! Do you know what is uncut jade?" Chunming shook his head, his jet-black eyes were so clear and seductive! Wan Zhanfei laughed and said, "Of course you don't know, you know you are a child prodigy! Hehe... Maybe you are a child prodigy, but you have been buried all the time, hehehe...Chunming! What you said made my grandpa so happy Yes! Earn a lot of work points! Honor your mother! Good! Good! Chunming! Do you know? Loyalty and filial piety is our root and our soul! It has flowed in our blood for tens of thousands of years! Thousands of tens of thousands of years what!" When Wan Zhanfei said this, his emotions suddenly became high, and his voice became a little excited. Chunming didn't understand what Wan Zhanfei said, and stared blankly at Wan Zhanfei whose face was starting to glow red.Maybe he didn't understand at all how the few simple words he said unintentionally made Wan Zhanfei so happy. Chunming's young mind became confused...