Chapter 208 Leisure
There was a hint of unrest at the foot of the mountain, and undercurrents were surging in the Liang Kingdom's court.
The mountain is relatively peaceful and tranquil, with a constant stream of worshippers.
In accordance with the custom of the Liangshan Mountain God, Li Yuan took a rest in the bamboo forest next to the Mountain God Temple on the main peak of Liangshan.
He also listened to the requests of mortals like the mountain god of Liangshan.
Most prayers are for peace in the country and a stable world.
There were still some greedy and extravagant thoughts, but Li Yuan was too lazy to pay attention to them.
He sat in the bamboo forest, drinking tea.
He wore a blue shirt with a white robe underneath; his long hair was simply tied up with a wooden hairpin, with a few strands slightly scattered in front of his forehead, giving him a rather free and unrestrained temperament.
Bamboo leaves are falling and flying in the air; paired with the small table with tea, it gives people a feeling of being alone and out of the world.
A mortal knelt in the mountain temple, offering incense and praying, saying that his neighbor's family had been suffering from a strange disease for a long time and might have been persecuted by evil spirits.
They were afraid that the evil spirits would target their home, so they begged the mountain god to appear and drive away the evil spirits.
Li Yuan paid slight attention and swept his spiritual sense down the mountain.
It turned out that it was not persecution by evil spirits, but that his neighbor had been eating slightly poisonous wild mushrooms for many years, which led to the accumulation of toxins and chronic poisoning.
This wild mushroom has a pungent taste, and most people only eat it occasionally. The toxin is mild and rarely causes any reaction.
But this family loved to eat it very much, and ate it for a long time, which led to excessive accumulation of toxins and caused them to get sick.
Moreover, the family was completely unaware and continued to eat.
Withdrawing his attention, Li Yuan simply swept out a stream of immortal power.
The immortal power floated and flew to the house of that family, transformed into a mouse, and attached itself to the wild mushroom.
When the family wanted to stew the mushrooms, they found that a mouse had eaten the mushrooms into holes.
Moreover, after the mouse ate too many wild mushrooms, it died and became motionless.
The family became suspicious and threw the mouse and wild mushrooms out of the house.
For a long time afterwards, I stopped eating wild mushrooms. With the help of the medicine prescribed by the village doctor, my condition improved a lot.
And the dead mouse turned back into a wisp of immortal power and slowly dissipated.
A wild boar in the mountains slowly approached the bamboo forest.
"Master Anshan's mountain god, Pheasant would like to ask you for advice... on mortal hunting."
Li Yuan turned around and stood up.
Wild boars speak in a somewhat obscure and difficult manner and are not yet very accustomed to human language.
However, after the whole story, Li Yuan finally understood.
In the past, ordinary people in Liang State lived a stable life and did not hunt too much in the mountains.
But now the unrest has continued for a long time, and many people do not have much food left at home.
Liangshan, a place rich in resources, covers seven or eight hills with countless living creatures, so it will naturally be targeted by mortals.
Amid the chaos, creatures in the mountains were often hunted.
With Li Yuan's consent, the wild boar quickly brought the pheasant.
The pheasant has orange-yellow feathers all over its body and holds its head high.
His cultivation was pretty good, his speech was clear and fluent, and his emotions were quite rich.
"Meet the mountain god of Anshan."
The pheasant was very respectful of the mountain god, so it transformed itself into some strange human hands and saluted respectfully.
Li Yuan said gently: "Get up."
Shan Ji stood up slowly, with a trace of worry:
"Master Anshan Mountain God, the mortal kingdom is in turmoil, and the people living below the mountain have no food, so they go into the mountains and hunt the creatures in the mountains."
"Many pheasants and other creatures in the mountains have died..."
Li Yuan listened carefully.
Pheasant said again:
"My mountain god said that all spirits in the world have their own hunting class."
"When mortals were ignorant, they were also devoured by wild beasts and had a low status."
"Now that dozens of eras have passed, the human era is about to come. As the leader of all living things, it is understandable for humans to hunt other creatures in order to survive..."
"However, since pheasants have become intelligent, they cannot bear to see their unintelligent brethren and other creatures in the mountains being killed or injured too many times."
"Please ask the Lord Anshan to check and balance it a little!"
Li Yuan nodded and pondered for a moment.
"During the turmoil, mortals will certainly set their sights on the creatures in the mountains."
"I will set up a barrier deep inside Liangshan Mountain to protect against the outside, not the inside."
"You lead all the creatures in the mountain to hide in the barrier."
"There are few people in the depths of Liangshan. The barrier is there, so it's very safe."
“However, if among the creatures in the mountains, an ignorant one walks out of the barrier and is hunted by mortals, that will be its fate.”
At the same time, Li Yuan will also show his means to make some overly greedy mortals give up.
If someone demands too much, let him understand... that he should respect the heaven, earth and nature.
After hearing Li Yuan's idea, Shan Ji could only respond.
Most creatures in the mountains were not yet intelligent, and only had basic survival instincts. The barrier protected the outside but not the inside, so there would definitely be some creatures that were ignorant and accidentally walked out.
Seeing Shan Ji looking a little dejected, Li Yuan slowly comforted him.
"There is reincarnation in the world, but life never stops."
"Millions of years ago, the demon race was the darling of heaven and earth, dominating the earth."
"At that time, there was no spirit at all, and all races in the world were monsters."
"The mortals at that time were also hunted by the demons and used as blood food, just like you."
"But later, there was a war between humans and demons, and the human race won, which set the tone for today."
"However, the way of heaven is fair and will never cut off the path of life."
"The existence of spirits is born from the years. Through hard work and practice, they have magical powers. They will not fall into the calamities of the mortal world, nor will they be easily killed by mortals. They also have the hope of becoming immortals."
“Therefore, sentient beings with wisdom should work hard to cultivate and break free from the shackles of fate as soon as possible, and take control of their own future.”
Pheasant listened quietly and nodded slightly.
It naturally knows the reason.
The common people have feelings, but the Tao has no intentions.
There is reincarnation among all living things.
No race can stand forever, and no race will become ants forever.
Mortals have been wantonly oppressed by demons for several generations, leaving countless corpses.
Now that cause and effect are entangled, it has become the darling of destiny and stands above other races.
In the future, when the human race declines, other races will stand up and rule the earth.
All injustices are just the inevitable result of the times.
As spirits, they can only cross to the other side and avoid the sufferings of the worldly life by practicing hard.
Li Yuan took action and created a barrier. Many creatures in the mountains hid in the barrier, waiting for the chaos below the mountain to end.
Some greedy mortals were also taught a lesson by Li Yuan, and developed a fear of Liangshan and dared not hunt to wipe out a family again.
Of course, for some honest and kind mortals, Li Yuan would pick some wild fruits from the depths of Liangshan, place them somewhere, and quietly be "discovered" by them.
You can exchange it for something else or eat it yourself so that they won’t starve to death.
There is no absolute justice in the world. The grudges and entanglements between living beings involve the changes of the times, and no one can be as precise as a balance.
Whether it is the creatures in the mountains or the mortals below the mountains, they are all beings that need to be properly governed by the priests.
Only by maintaining balance as much as possible can a region develop over the long term.
Li Yuan seldom deals with such matters, and this is all he can do.
After most of the creatures in the mountains hid themselves, Liangshan became noticeably quieter.
However, Li Yuan still sat in the bamboo forest next to the temple, drinking tea and quietly gazing at the green scenery of the mountains, his mind calm.