90,000 Years of Longevity

Chapter 243: nswer

Qingyi Town, at the end of the town, in front of the earthen house.

An elderly man took a boy and stood at the door, but did not go in.

In the earthen house, there was a teenager clad in white.

This scene looked very quiet.

But the real atmosphere here at this moment was not quiet but revealed a strange feeling.

"Sir... before saying that, do you know my name? And where does it come from?" The old man's voice trembled slightly.

Ye Bei nodded, "Your surname should be Tao, passed down in the late Eastern Jin Dynasty."

"Sir, you really know every single thing..." The old man smiled bitterly, "There have been rumors from my ancestors, but I never believed it. Until I saw you, I knew that many legends are actually true."

"En." Ye Bei nodded.

"When it comes to the answer, we must start from when my ancestors have seen you, and even thought of building an ideal village like me, but unfortunately, I failed in the end... But, my ancestors wanted to find the real answer. They let us look for it from generation to generation. When it comes to my father's generation, we have found some clues." The old man said slowly. 

After getting older, when speaking, one always liked to say something irrelevant.

But Ye Bei didn't care.

Time had no concept to him...

As long as he could make it clear was enough for him.

"Indeed, this matter is much easier for the laymen to find. The outsiders can see things more clearly than those involved. In many cases, these words are more suitable for me." Ye Bei said. In these endless years, he had been close to the truth countless times, but unfortunately, due to various reasons, the puzzle deepened.

The old man continued, "Actually, the answer is very simple. My ancestors said that the world is far less simple than we imagined. Whether it is an 'ideal village' or a 'peach blossom field', it is actually just a microcosm! Before my father passed away, he told me, if one day I meet you, let me tell you something..."

"Oh?" Ye Bei narrowed his eyes slightly.

"That sentence… the original sentence is like this: Maybe we have been in a 'peach blossom field' from the beginning!" The old man's eyes looked very deep when he said this sentence.

Next to him, Wang Ying, who was being pulled by him, turned his head sideways.

Although he was like a young sapling in the endless mist, but this sentence... he seemed to understand it.

"Grandpa, I know what a peach blossom field is, it is a paradise, a place that doesn't many good places to play! What do you mean by this sentence is that the whole world we are now in is also a peach blossom field?" Wang Ying's voice was clear.

The old man said nothing, his deep gaze quietly rested on Ye Bei's body.

After Ye Bei listened, his eyes still dull.

It was just...

This answer was still a bit short of what he wanted.

"Ugh!" After a long time, Ye Bei sighed softly, "The laypeople have the lay people's paradise, and the gods also have the god's paradise. The laypeople think that carefree is an ideal village. God thinks that disturbances, the passage of time, and the change of reincarnation, is also an ideal village!"

"Yes!" The old man nodded, "So, Sir, the answer you are looking for may not be in this village, but in a more outside, larger, and more expansive place."

"En, I know." Ye Bei said softly, looking at the old man again with his indifferent gaze, opened his mouth, and said in a light voice, "Is there something else you want to say?"

"Yes." The old man said in a deep voice.josei

"Say."

"If one day, if Sir is going to leave this village, this old man only wants to ask you one thing, that is to take Wang Ying out." The old man's eyes were burning. When he spoke, his voice was filled with endless expectations.

After hearing this, Ye Bei was silent.

Time passed quickly...

Wang Ying didn't know many things.

But... in this atmosphere, he also became silent, afraid to speak nonsense.

The sun gradually rose to the center.

The cold air slowly became hot.

But...

The residents of Qingyi Town had forgotten the legend and the sound they heard yesterday. After waking up, they were still as before, sitting in front of the door, swaying the puffball fan in their hands, seemingly carefree.

"Sir! Wang Ying is his nickname... But, he also has Tao as his surname! But this generation, I also figured out a lot of things, ideal village does not need to exist, and this Tao surname, naturally, is unnecessary too!" Sweat stars overflowed, and the old man spoke.

After Ye Bei listened, the corner of his mouth moved, and his voice murmured, "The samsara of cause and effect… everything is destined."

"I am willing to destroy the entire ideal village." When the old man said this, his voice was a little bit stubborn.

Ye Bei was silent.

After a full minute...

He then said, "Never mind! After Leshan's affair is finished, I will relieve this cause and effect for you."

After the old man heard this, his complexion was suddenly overjoyed.

"Thank you, Sir, thank you, Sir... During this time, if Sir has any needs, you can come to me, as long as I can do it, I will definitely complete it seriously." The old man's voice was extremely excited.

"What I want, you may not have it." Ye Bei shook his head slightly, "You can go back, there are still twenty days. If you want to regret it during this period, you still have time."

"Sir, I've been waiting for this day for too long. What I said today is all seriously considered." The old man bent over.

"Just think about it." After Ye Bei said this, he tapped his finger on the ancient zither.

Creak!

The wooden door of the earthen house closed with a creak.

"Umm... why is the door closed again? Grandpa, I haven't talked to that uncle yet, I haven't apologized to him for playing with his wall yet." Seeing the wooden door closed, Wang Ying pulled the old man's clothes and said curiously.

In front of the door, the old man looked peaceful.

"Because the matter of coming here today has been resolved. Okay, Little Ying, let's go back to the town, as for the apology, there is no need to apologize, you see, isn't this earthen house good now? The wall hasn't collapsed at all!" The old man smiled.

At this moment, his expression was unprecedentedly relaxed.

It was as though a huge stone was put down completely in the depth of his heart. 

"Okay." Wang Ying hesitated, always feeling very strange in his heart, but didn't want to reject the old man, so he said helplessly.

Of course, when he said this, he had a whole new plan in his heart… When the sky got dark, he must come here alone.

Then it was okay to chat with the uncle in the room.

Regarding this idea...

The old man naturally didn't know.

But…

Ye Bei, who was sitting in the earthen house, knew everything very well.