Konoha's Master of Illusion

Chapter 153 Origin
Many people speculate that immortality is not all good without disadvantages. For example, the immortal will be slowly tortured by loneliness and aimlessness over a long period of time, and become a spiritual pervert.

Regardless of whether this statement is correct, Zhe also felt a similar smell from the White Snake Immortal.

It is true that the White Snake Sage only has a long life span of thousands of years, which is far from the so-called immortality of true immortality. Perhaps in this world, Kaguya and her tribe are the only ones who truly have endless life span.

But how long is a thousand years?

One hundred years is enough for human beings to reproduce for four or five generations, and one thousand years is enough for more than fifty generations to change. This may not be enough to turn the sea into mulberry fields, but it is also enough for the rise and fall of two or three generations of dynasties, which is unimaginable for short-lived species that can live no more than a hundred years. thing.

Although the White Snake Immortal looks like an old man, he is far from exhausted.

Maybe he still has a few hundred years to live. By then, his bones standing here will have rotted away, his body will be scattered into dust and dirt, and his soul will be dead for who knows how long.

Perhaps, for White Snake Immortal, Tetsuya's existence does mean that a different scene accidentally appears in the boring daily life, so there is a conversation in front of him, a kind intention to remind himself of the dangerous situation he is about to face.

After accepting this assumption, Zheye's mentality became calm and stable:
"It's the boy Meng Lang who has lost his mind. But since the immortal is willing to give me some help, I also have many questions that I hope to get answered."

"I don't know."

The giant white-scaled snake on the stone platform let out a hoarse laugh:

"Just ask, I can tell you. I will answer based on the situation."

"Then, I want to know where this world began, and are the three holy places related to it?"

Tetsuya asked without hesitation.

Hearing such a question, White Snake Sage and Orochimaru had a different reaction. The former slightly raised his head resting on the side of the stone platform and looked at Tetsuya with a slightly surprised look.The latter, Orochimaru, who had been a listener next to him, became a little excited. He had obviously reached the point of excitement and showed an expression full of expectation.

"fur"

The White Snake Immortal rested his head on the side of the stone platform again, exhaled a puff of smoke, and spoke slowly:
"I didn't expect you to be interested in those long histories"

"But it just so happens that I would like to chat with more people today. And this kind of thing is never a secret, so it doesn't hurt to tell you."

"Even in the classics of Longdi Cave, there are only legends about where the world came from. And I'm not talking about the stories you know like the Six Paths Immortal. The legend of the Six Paths Immortal is at least half true and half false. Some The story really happened, and then some changes were made and spread.”

"But those stories are different. They usually just say that there is an omnipotent great being who created the world from nothingness. At most, there are some differences in details."

Of course Tetsuya could understand the story White Snake Sennin was telling.

For example, God created the world in seven days, or Pangu opened the world and transformed all things. The authenticity basically does not exist.

That is a myth. From the fragments of the ancient ancestors who first mastered the language, to the fantasy processing of generations of people, it finally turned into a story that meets everyone's requirements.

"So, there are no true records?"

Zheye originally had expectations, but now he could not hide his disappointment. In this world of ninjas, there may really be gods and monsters, and then there may also be a real creation story. After all, Pangu split chaos and transformed into all things. So, then It is also reasonable to say that the creatures born in the world inherit memory and the like.

"Yes, in my opinion, those things are all baseless stories. They have no reference value, and it is impossible to find out the truth about the origin of the world."

The White Snake Immortal may have had expectations for the story of creation, but he also had disappointment in his tone:
"Those stories are all kinds of weird. Perhaps they were collected by the owners of Longdi Cave from all over the world in the long history. Telling them to you is just a distraction. So about the origin of this world and the content of the creation legend, I don’t have any information to tell you.”

"All right."

"However, what I can tell you is the current situation of the world and some of the history I know."

Hearing this, Tetsuya suddenly became energetic.

"Please say!"

"In your opinion, what kind of places do our three holy places look like?"

Zheya was stunned for a moment. He thought the other party was going to start explaining some secrets that he had no idea about and had never been revealed in the original novel. However, he gave himself a question in the first sentence.

"You don't need to answer me against your will because of your stance. Little guy, tell me what the Three Holy Lands are in your eyes."

Zheye thought for a moment and said:

"This is where the three most powerful tribes among the ninja beasts live."

After hearing this answer, the White Snake Immortal seemed to be very satisfied and nodded:

"By the way, I think every human being will understand it this way. The three holy places are actually the ninja beasts you call them. They are just the settlements of very powerful ninja beasts."

"That's actually the case."

"Tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago, there were no humans in this world, only beasts."

The cigarette in the White Snake Immortal's mouth kept flickering and extinguishing, and the cigarette on top seemed to have never shortened even a hair.

"The snakes in Ryūchi Cave are wild beasts, the toads in Miaomu Mountain are wild beasts, the slugs in Shiggy Bone Forest are wild beasts, including other turtles, dogs, cats, pigs, sheep, horses, etc., they are all wild beasts."

"But suddenly there are different existences among the beasts. Do you know what the difference is?"

Just like a student listening in the classroom, Zhe also followed the thoughts of his teacher White Snake Sennin and got the answer almost immediately:
"Self? Wisdom?"

"Yeah, that's right"

The White Snake Immortal seemed very happy, and his body squirmed. The scales on his body rubbed against the stone platform and made an obvious rustling sound:

"This is it."

"Suddenly, some of the beasts gained something they had never had before."

"They begin to get rid of the control of instinct, become aware of their own existence, can learn, can give themselves names, and can communicate with a very small number of other different beings."

"Some even began to master magical abilities, such as controlling fire, spraying water, cracking the earth, holding thunder, and controlling the wind."

"Just like you humans, among the very few awakened people compared to the countless beasts, there are very few individuals who have begun to study and think about why all of this happened."

"No need to say any more nonsense, in the end we have a conclusion."

"It's all because of natural energy."

Hearing this, even before the White Snake Immortal said the natural energy, Tetsuya thought of another word that was different but represented the same meaning, Xianshu!
"Because of the existence of natural energy, among the countless beasts in this world who only rely on instinct to survive, fight, and reproduce, we were born with wisdom and the ability to think."

Next, Immortal White Snake did not continue on this point, but turned around and asked:

"So you know how humans are different from us?"

This is simply a sub-question.

Zheya had the answer immediately:
"Human beings are born with intelligence, can think, can"

"Yes."

"When a group of beasts suddenly becomes different, every being in the group can get rid of the instinct of the beasts and possess wisdom and self-thinking."

"Human beings were born. They appeared inexplicably without relying on natural energy."

(End of this chapter)