"Why? Maybe it's because you haven't found the true meaning of your life yet..." The old man shook his head and said. "From the moment you are born, you are destined to die. In this case, what is the meaning of whether you are born or not? You are destined to die today, so is it okay not to be born in the first place?"
,."Lin Hui said nothing. He had thought about this question before, but he had no answer.
"A poor person, who suffers from hunger and cold every day, will not think about the meaning of life at this time. He will only desperately want to improve his life and live a stable life with enough food and clothing. The process of pursuing self-improvement and the final goal are what he considers to be the meaning." The old man explained.
"You mean, I lack needs?" Lin Hui said.
"I'm just guessing. If you have a goal that you want but can never fully achieve, then your life may not fall into nothingness, be aimless, and slowly go numb." The old man replied in a deep voice. "When determining this goal, you need to ask yourself first, what is it that you really want?"
Speaking of this, it seemed that it also brought back some bad memories of his own. The old man lowered his head and stopped talking for a while. He slowly passed by Lin Hui and left in the distance.
"Old man, would you like to leave your name? You may come to discuss and ask for advice in the future." Lin Hui said.
"Haha, the old man is called Mei Xin, so please call me Plum Heart Hermit." The old man smiled and returned to normal, "I live in a mountain valley near here. If you want to find me, just find a plum tree with the largest trunk around here and wait under the tree for a while. The old man will often barbecue game there and taste some fruit wine he brewed."
Plum Heart Hermit?
Lin Hui remembered this name.
The other party is obviously a bit abnormal and definitely not an ordinary person. But he doesn't care about this. Anyone who can see his essential problem at a glance, no matter who he is, is qualified to make friends with him.
"My name is Qing Fei." He replied calmly. "I will visit you later."
"Then now..." The old man glanced at him doubtfully. He suddenly understood and stopped talking nonsense. He shook his head, held his wooden stick and walked away into the distance.
Lin Hui watched him leave completely, then turned around and continued to look at Garden of Gathering Shadows in the distance. He continued to approach there neither quickly nor slowly.
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In the garden.
Huh... huh... huh...
Chen Yunshi brother and sister, sweating profusely, ran wildly in a dilapidated wooden corridor.
As they ran, they kept looking back and forth, as if they were worried about something behind them.
The thing seemed to be chasing them closely, preventing them from stopping.
Ah!
Suddenly, a scream was heard not far away, it was the voice of an older man.
"Is it Uncle Zhang!? Even Uncle Zhang... What the hell is going on in this place!? The eminent monk Hongsha Temple disappeared instantly, and now even Uncle Zhang, who has been practicing in hiding for many years, is actually...!?" Chen Yunlan asked with fearful eyes and a cry.
"Stop talking and save some energy! This place seems to be infinite, but in fact, I can confirm that we are gradually getting away from the evil ghost just now!"
Big Brother Chen Yunshi was working hard to cheer her up.
Chen Yunlan nodded, holding back his legs that were about to collapse, and frantically squeezed out a little more strength from his heart to supply his legs.
Only five minutes after running forward, a swaying bloody corpse hung in the middle of the corridor in front of them, blocking their way.
The corpse had no hair on its head and was wearing monk's robes. It was one of the Hongsha Temple eminent monks they invited.
But at this moment, the monk's entire skin was peeled off, leaving only the bloody muscle tissue exposed.
Chen Yunlan was startled and was about to open his mouth to scream, but Big Brother covered his mouth in time to silence him.
"Silence! Do you remember what Uncle Zhang said?! It's all an illusion! Rush over with your head covered!!" Big Brother's low voice was also filled with fear.
But the two of them really had no other choice at this time.
If they were caught up by the woman in white with a bad face who just appeared, they would have no chance of survival.
"I don't want to die... I save so many children every year, help so many poor people, and accumulate good deeds. Isn't it said that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil!? Why... why do I have to face this...??" Chen Yunlan murmured in a low voice, and the more he spoke, the more he wanted to cry.
The two of them rushed forward at a faster speed, but they actually didn't feel the body hitting them. It was as if it was really an illusion, blowing past their faces like a breeze.
At this time, the two of them discovered that they had actually rushed out of the corridor and returned to the abandoned yard.
Directly facing the front is the closed door leading out.
Hope suddenly brightened, and the two of them felt a surge of heat rushing out of their tailbones. Their bodies were filled with strength, and they immediately rushed toward the courtyard door at full speed.
At this moment, a pale white figure rushed out of the corridor behind them and chased after them.
The humanoid's hair was disheveled, and his face was covered with a rotten, squirming gray-white sticky substance. The nails on his hands were black and sharp as knives, and the five fingers were not as thick as human beings.
As soon as it appeared, it jumped towards the two siblings with a sharp smile.
Not too far away, he was saved by a middle-aged man from the side, who hit him and flew away.
The man held a burning black talisman in his hand, bleeding from the corners of his mouth, and a faint golden light emitting from his body.
At this time, he knocked open the broken-faced humanoid and let out a roar.
"Run away! There is danger here! Don't look back!"
"A mere charlatan, how dare you stop me!?" the pale white figure screamed. He stretched out his hand and scratched the man's chest hard.
Poof.
Blood splatters.
"Uncle Zhang!!"
Bang!!
Chen Yunshi brother and sister were stunned when they saw this scene. Big Brother directly pulled out the gun from his waist and shot the pale white figure with one shot.
But the bullet penetrated the humanoid but left no scars. I could only watch Uncle Zhang's heart being ripped out alive.
"Hurry... escape!!" Uncle Zhang finally yelled.
The two brothers and sister fought back tears, turned around and rushed towards the courtyard gate at full speed.
The distance is shortening at an extremely fast speed.
Twenty meters.
Ten meters.
five meters.
Three meters!
Escape is just around the corner!!
Boom!!!
The next moment.
The courtyard door unexpectedly bulged toward them, cracked, and exploded!
Countless wood fragments shot out, knocking the two brothers and sisters out of the way. They fell into the weeds and rolled around a few times, losing the strength to move anymore.
A tall figure, as burly as a bear, walked slowly into the courtyard.
"Yin-Yang Pavilion person?"
The figure glanced around, passing by the brother and sister, and then looked towards the darkness of the house in the yard.
"The feng shui of this place is good. From now on, this place belongs to me. Do you have any opinions?"
"Junior, you know that this place belongs to me, Yin-Yang Pavilion, and yet you dare to speak nonsense in front of me!? I don't know...
Whoosh!
The next moment, the three-meter-high broken wall next to Lin Hui disappeared.
Boom!!
The corridor in the yard and the door frame of the back room door were dented, collapsed, and exploded on the spot in the next moment.
The entire corridor and a corner of the house, equivalent to about a quarter of the area of Garden of Gathering Shadows, were destroyed on the spot.
Masonry dust and fragments of moss were scattered in all directions.
"What did you just say? You can say it again."
The burly figure said in a cold tone.
There was silence in the yard.
There was no movement in the back room, and the pale white figure carrying the body of Uncle Zhang also made no sound.
Not to mention the Chen Family brother and sister lying in the grass in the yard.
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The two of them were hit on the head and face by gravel. Under the severe pain, they even forgot to get up and take the opportunity to escape.
When it calmed down, they looked at the burly figure again.
However, he saw that the other party did not wait for a response and actually walked toward the back room.
"Wait! They are ghosts and ghosts. They cannot be dealt with by pure strength! Even firearms are useless! Be careful, heroes!!" Chen Yunshi hurriedly mustered up his remaining strength and shouted loudly.
It's a pity that it's too late.
Two pale white figures appeared silently behind the burly figure at this time, and rushed toward its lightning at the same time.
"Die, hahahaha, you're just a brute force warrior!"
Sharp laughter continued to surge in the air around him.
The two human figures approached very quickly, flew towards each other, and kept letting out harsh laughter.
But suddenly they realized something was wrong.
There was obviously only a few meters away, but they flew for at least a few seconds without touching anyone.
"It was my negligence."
Suddenly a calm voice came from in front of them.
"We should have eliminated the insects from the beginning."
"???"
The two pale white figures haven't realized what they mean.
Then he suddenly felt a wave of terrifying air, erupting and spreading from the figure in front.
Buzz!!!
In an instant, the entire Garden of Gathering Shadows, including all the ground within a hundred meters radius around the perimeter.
Everything collapsed an inch downward.
Houses, walls, soil, rocks, trees, everything seemed to have been hit by an invisible giant seal, sinking neatly an inch away.
With that burly figure as the core, a steady stream of terrifying oppressive force flowed crazily toward the surroundings like a violent wind, spreading and suppressing all tangible and intangible things that tried to resist.
The two pale white figures were crushed like paper on the spot, lying on the ground, unable to move.
Not even a sound could be made.
A strong aura of fear was spreading crazily from that figure.
"Your Excellency... I, Yin-Yang Pavilion, must not be acquainted with you, right!?"
At this time, from the depths of the sinking back room, a strange man with long hair and white clothes slowly rose up, neither male nor female.
The man in white stared at the visitor with vicious eyes, suppressing the anger and fear in his heart and trying to reason.
"My name is Qing Fei. You can call me master from now on." Lin Hui didn't care about the other party's attitude and said as he thought about himself.
"Your Excellency! Do you know what's behind me Yin-Yang Pavilion...
The man in white didn't finish his words.
Bang!
His head exploded silently.
But soon, a new head grew back.
It's just that the eyes of the new head strangely showed a trace of confusion and blankness.
"Who am I!?" He murmured, staring blankly at everything in front of him. He seemed to be a different person.
"You are my slave, and everyone around you who resists us is a sinner." Lin Hui said calmly. "Go and deal with the disobedient ones for me."
"Yes!" The man in white looked like a robot that had just received instructions. He bowed his head respectfully to Lin Hui, turned around and flew into the inner room of Garden of Gathering Shadows, which was almost in ruins.