Chapter 844: A handful of loess
Chapter 844 A handful of soil
After finishing the bowl of beef noodles, Li Yuan's appetite was still not satisfied. He left some money, opened his red umbrella and left the familiar noodle shop.
Although it was drizzling on the street, people were still coming and going. Anyue Capital was already the largest city in the world, covering more than hundreds of thousands of acres. If it weren't for many practitioners moving mountains and filling valleys, there wouldn't be such a large area in Anshan.
However, with the help of extraordinary powers and spiritual science, it is not surprising that Anyue built a magnificent city that shocked the world and far surpassed the first border town in ancient times, Moguan.
As a "useless person", Li Yuan had a rare chance of free time, so he traveled around this huge city that he had watched grow bit by bit.
He had been busy for too long and seldom paid attention to Anyue's trivial affairs. Now, because of his serious injury, he had to calm down and walk around carefully. Instead, he felt shocked and surprised.
No matter how magnificent a city on earth is, it cannot compare to the ethereal, dazzling and brilliant palaces in the sky. But in Li Yuan's eyes, the atmosphere of fireworks gathered from every household is not much worse than the fairy light and auspicious clouds.
He is a person who loves lively atmosphere at heart, and still misses the hustle and bustle of this world.
Of course, when Li Yuan is overwhelmed and upset, he still misses the tranquility in the bamboo forest on the mountain the most.
With a few taels of silver in his pocket, Li Yuan walked around Anyue capital with an umbrella. Seeing that the people lived and worked in peace and contentment and the whole place was prosperous, he nodded secretly, feeling very gratified.
Although under this prosperous nature, some pampered style of the nobles and powerful has been subtly fostered, there is nothing that can be done about it.
No matter how strict Anyue's laws are, they can only restrain the power on the surface. Things behind the scenes will never be too clean.
Wherever there are people, there will be countless classes; the strong make rules based on the general trend, but they are not necessarily the supporters of the rules. On the contrary, the rules exist to support stability, that is, to support the forces behind the strong.
This is true whether it is the imperial system or later society.
However, he and Anshan only need to protect all living beings and maintain a peaceful and prosperous environment. The human race will make their own decisions on what path to take in the future, and Li Yuan will not interfere.
He still adhered to his old belief and paved the road. As for which path people are willing to take, whether they go astray, or whether they can reach the end, that is all up to humanity itself.
As an immortal god who is supposed to protect all living beings, this is the only favoritism Li Yuan can do for the human race.
Even if the human race really drives itself to a dead end one day in the future, Li Yuan can only sigh and accept it. This is the law of karma. A race will not always stand at the top and become the darling of destiny.
As long as the time is right and the trend is changing, there will always be a brand new race taking the lead and ushering in a brand new future.
But now, Li Yuan still appreciates the splendid civilization of this earthly world.
"Why do I think so much? I just came down the mountain to eat a bowl of noodles..."
Li Yuan couldn't help but smile bitterly, sighing that he thought too much and was no longer as pure as he was when he was young.
When he was a small mountain god, he was only interested in expanding his own territory. Due to the scarcity of resources, he was willing to work for other mountain gods even if it meant losing face.
But once you become strong, you have more and more responsibilities to shoulder, and your mind becomes more complicated. You have to consider a myriad of things, which adds a bit of hesitation to your mood.
"All living things have their own paths. I only help them in times of trouble. As for the big and small trivial matters... I have so many disciples and students in Anshan, as well as all of your relatives and friends who will handle them themselves. Why should I worry about it myself?"
Holding a string of candied haws and chewing a donkey meat bun, Li Yuan couldn't help laughing when he thought of this.
After staying in the capital for several days, Li Yuan visited many places of great food and beauty, large and small. During this time, many relatives and friends came to visit him out of concern, but they were all sent away by Li Yuan.
He is not the kind of person who likes to complain about himself. It's just that he was seriously injured and disabled. A short period of silence does not mean that he has no future at all. Li Yuan has a clear mind and some vague guesses, so he is very open-minded.
It’s just that many of his relatives and friends were worried that he had fallen from a Half-Step Daoist Master to a mortal body. The gap was too big and his mentality would be unbalanced, so they couldn’t help but pay more attention to him.
After sending away Gong Yangci and Xuanyin who came to visit him with a few words, Li Yuan took advantage of the clear weather and went to a famous place outside the city.
Tomb of wise ministers.
As the name suggests, it is the burial place of wise ministers and talented people who have made great contributions to Anyue’s history. It can be regarded as an alternative heroic monument, which has great significance to Anyue and even the world.
Some tombs were used to bury the bodies of ministers, while others were cenotaphs, mainly for commemoration. But in the hearts of all Anyue officials, those who were qualified to be buried in the tombs of wise ministers were all predecessors who had made great achievements. It was truly the supreme honor for a minister to be remembered in history and honored by future generations.
On an ordinary, sunny day, Li Yuan suddenly had an inspiration and came to pay homage with a flower basket like an ordinary mortal.
The Tomb of Wise Ministers is very famous. When Li Yuan came, many people were looking at the tombstones and life stories of those great figures, often marveling at them or expressing regret.
However, they did not know that Li Yuan, the mountain god of Anshan who was famous throughout the Anshan area and even in the entire human world, was quietly passing by them at this moment, and no one could detect it.
Many of Li Yuan's old friends are buried in this tomb of wise ministers. He walked past the tombstones engraved with words and placed bunches of white flowers by himself. Li Yuan's expression became more and more complicated.
The names of Zhao Tianya and his wife, Zhao Wanjun, Long Jun, Tan Xunzhi, Qian Qian, Anyue's Twelve Guards... and even those of his thirty-six disciples who unfortunately died are among them.
Looking at those familiar but distant names, Li Yuan's heart trembled, as if he recalled long-lost memories.
When he first came out of Anshan, he helped Zhao Wanjun and was dramatically misunderstood by Zhao Tianya and his wife...
An Yue experienced hardships and gained a new life. Long Jun and Tan Xunzhi worked hard in the fields, cultivating good seedlings day and night...
The three kingdoms fought, An Yue helped Qian to carry Xu, and the twelve guards broke into the capital of Qian Kingdom. After nine deaths, eleven of them died heroically, just to complete the important task of saving Emperor Qian and build a true friendship between the two countries...
The young genius Qian Qian developed the spiritual explosion, promoted the spiritual science, created a new future for Anyue, and also made a huge contribution to the development of the world's spiritual science...
There are also the thirty-six unknown disciples who persisted in saving innocent lives and maintaining world peace. Now only a few are left...
"It's all just a handful of yellow earth..."
Thinking of the past, Li Yuan was filled with emotion. Perhaps it was because of his serious injuries that were difficult to heal and his total loss of strength, his mentality has become increasingly loose in recent days. Compared to the number one immortal in the world who was high above and shouldering the great catastrophe and chaos of the times, he was more like the sentimental little mountain god in the past.
For the immortals and gods, hundreds of years might have been uneventful if a great catastrophe had not occurred.
But for the people in the world, it has been several generations, and many heroes have quietly been buried in the dust after their brilliant lives, leaving only the popular stories and legends...
Li Yuan silently left white flowers in front of their graves, as if a god came with sorrow and regret in his heart.