Soul echo

Chapter 307 Gratitude from the Father of Nature

Zhong Ye and the others rested in Dipuwa for two days and avoided a snowstorm. On the third day, the snow began to subside, and they embarked on the journey again.

"Why do I feel that we are getting farther and farther away from our original goal?" Lilian sighed after looking at the map carefully.

Their initial goal was to walk all the way from Paris to Budigala, then to Castile, and then decide where to go next after arriving in Castile.

Of course, the course deviates, but the target does not.

They are still searching for the whereabouts of Nemo's remaining paintings, just looking for the whereabouts of the monsters from the East, and at the same time, some changes have taken place in the route...

"Valensais, Viscount Barnes... Zhong, isn't this the nobleman mentioned by the Count of Blois?"

After comparing the marks on the map, Lily found to her surprise that the nobleman who took over the painting of Baron Dupoix happened to be the nobleman mentioned by the Count of Blois.

Valensais was originally one of their destinations, but it was only now that she discovered that the nobles mentioned by the Baron Dupois and the Count of Blois were the same person.

The time when Baron Dupois sold the painting was the third month after Nemo was identified as a 'cultist', and it was also a few months ago.

Since Nemo has been identified as a 'cultist' and all the churches are searching for Nemo's paintings, why does this 'Viscount Barnes' take over the painting of Baron Dupois?

According to the information they learned from the Count of Blois and the Baron of Dupois, there is not enough evidence to prove that the Viscount Barnes is a devout believer, and he bought Nemo's paintings just to hand them in, so that he can get more Attention from the gods of their own beliefs.

This also means that Viscount Barnes is very suspicious.

Zhong Ye has already informed the druids about this matter, but he is not sure whether they will communicate with other churches.

When leaving Dipuwa, Zhong Ye felt that there were many sneaky guys hidden in the woods by the roadside. If nothing else happened, they should be Druids from the Church of Nature.

These druids followed them all the way without showing their faces, but kept following them around.

It wasn't until they left the forest that the druids gradually left.

At night, half a day away from Valensais, after Lily and Lilian fell asleep, Zhong Ye, who was outside the carriage with the horse, suddenly opened his eyes, lifted the thick cloth of the canopy, and walked into the cold wind .

In the distance, the body of a falcon standing on a rock crackled and transformed into a strong man in feathers.

"Druid, what's the matter?" Zhong Ye said in a bad tone.

"After my... two days of observation." The strong man sat down cross-legged on a cold stone, "You are not the kind... who would kill innocent people indiscriminately and destroy the environment, but... yes, Why do you hate us?"

His accent and intonation were strange, as if he hadn't spoken in a long time.

"Because you are druids." Zhong Ye folded his arms, "Your sect built a temple in Dipua, and spread the belief of the father of nature to the residents there, that is to say, you are the father of druids." Moderates in the world, but even you are reluctant to use handmade products, such as clothes."

The able-bodied man shook his head, "That would separate us... from nature."

Zhong Ye snorted coldly: "This also means that you don't want to live with 'mortals', and you don't want to take care of other people's shame and social atmosphere!
"Compared to 'others', you are more selfish and only care about yourself."

Hearing this, the strong man fell silent, and he began to think about what Zhong Ye said.

"I've been in Dipua for two days. I know that most of you are from the town of Dipua, where you have your parents, brothers and sisters, but since you joined the druid sect, you have directly cut off the connection with your relatives. You didn’t repay your parents’ kindness for raising you up, and disappeared into the jungle without looking back.”

Zhong Ye said in a deep voice: "Parents raise their children for the sake of inheritance and the continuation of civilization, but you were born in human society, and after you joined the Druids, you turned your back on all of this—maybe you lived in Dipuwa since childhood, I am used to all this, but I am an outsider, a bystander, and in my opinion, what you have done is treacherous and disgusting."

Listening to Zhong Ye's words, many thoughts and ideas circulated in the muscular man's mind, and he wanted to refute, but he didn't know from which angle to refute.

It is a matter of course for parents to raise children. Since this is the case, it is only natural for children to repay their parents. This relationship can be compared to master and apprentice.

If it is said that in nature, the beast that leaves the nest will not return to its parents, nor will it repay the parents for their nurturing, then why does the master-student relationship of druids require students to do things according to the teacher's orders? 'Just' because the teacher taught the students?

"We... are not against civilization, but against man's... destruction of nature."

"There is a mixture of things, born from the heaven and the earth, lonely and lonely, independent and unchanging, traveling around without perishing, it can be the mother of heaven and earth. I don't know its name. The name of the word is Dao, and the name of the strong is Da. Da means death. , Passing away is far away. Far is called reverse. Therefore, the Tao is big, the sky is big, the earth is big, and people are also big. There are four great things in the domain, and people live in one of them. People follow the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows the nature ——This is the relationship between man and nature as defined by our Dongtu." Zhong Ye asked indifferently, "I want to know, how do you define 'nature'? Is it just the law of the jungle? No external intervention? If so , why do you rescue animals that are in distress? Why protect the forest?"

The strong man shook his head, "You're talking about...philosophical 'nature', but what we protect is...actual 'nature'."

"In order to protect nature, you must abandon everything in human society? If so, why do you want to develop the belief in the father of nature among human beings?" Zhong Ye folded his arms and frowned slightly.

"In order to allow more people to join...the ranks of protecting nature."

"So in your opinion, human beings are in opposition to nature?"

The strong man was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes."

Zhong Ye exhaled lightly, he already roughly understood the druid's thoughts and viewpoints.

Therefore, he asked: "So, why don't you attack human settlements and kill everyone? Wouldn't that protect nature faster?"

"Human beings can exist...but not destroy nature."

"In other places, there are steam engines and factories. Why don't you smash the steam engines and destroy the factories, but hide in that forest?"

This is because... the strong man opened his mouth slightly, and then he found to his horror that he couldn't explain their behavior at all.

Zhong Ye chased after the victory: "Has the Father of Nature expressed his opinion on this?"

"'Father' is generous..." the strong man said dryly.

"Why didn't He say anything, and you all hate human beings?" Zhong Ye continued to pursue.

"because……"

Having said this, the strong man can't continue.

The Father of Nature is the incarnation of the "natural environment" in this world, and even he didn't say "hate humans", so what reason do druids say that "human beings and nature are in opposition"?
Seeing this, Zhong Ye took advantage of the situation and made the final blow: "You don't have your own thoughts, you are just children who have mastered power, and because you have great power, you call yourself a 'judge', but you are neither civilized nor barbaric enough, Looking forward and looking back, drifting with the flow, not knowing what I want to do, just venting my anger through childish means!"

Every time Zhong Ye said a word, the robust man's face turned paler.

Although he could vaguely feel something was wrong, he couldn't put it into words, and every word Zhong Ye said hit his heart accurately, making him unable to think.

Druids are not good at arguing because they don't often communicate with outsiders, but this man is right, Druids don't have their own thoughts, they don't have their own philosophy... They just follow their own thoughts and ideas, just like a group of children...

In the silence, the strong man's body changed again, turning into a falcon, took a deep look at Zhong Ye, and flew up.

Zhong Ye snorted softly, turned around and walked back to the shed.

"……What's wrong?"

When he sat back to his original place, a muffled sound came from the car.

"It's okay, it's been resolved." Zhong Ye lowered his eyes, exercising the breath in his body, "Go to sleep, we're going to Valensais tomorrow."

"Hmm..." Lily snorted, there was a rustling sound in the car, and then fell into silence again.

In the darkness, a ray of light appeared in Zhong Ye's consciousness.

[Natural Blessing: No matter where you walk, you will no longer be hindered by the natural environment, and you can use the power of nature]

(End of this chapter)