The master comes down the mountain: I don’t want to be a son-in-law

Pearl is a beautiful girl. If it weren't for the tail of a fish, it would definitely be a beautiful sight to bring back to the city and walk on the street.

She was kept in a cage hanging from the bottom of the Sekimaru ship. The cage was made of arm-thick iron bars that had been welded shut. There are charms on the west corner of the cage and on the chain above.

When Li Muchen appeared in front of the cage, Pearl looked at this man in surprise as he stood in the water as calmly as on land.

She didn't know why, but she wasn't afraid at all.

She looked at him calmly, coming from the rippling water.

Li Muchen broke the talisman, broke the iron bars, and turned around to leave.

Pearl swam out after him.

She discovered that the water flow in front of her seemed gentle, but in fact it was extremely fast. She only needed to swing its tail slightly to sprint like a bird in the sky.

This speed is faster than following the turbulence on the bottom of the sea.

She hasn't enjoyed this feeling of freedom for a long time.

The man leading her forward did not have any swimming posture. He just suspended his pen head in the deep water, walking slowly with his hands behind his back, as if he was strolling in a courtyard full of flowers.

Pearl is so envious!

How she wanted to go to the shore and see the towering mountains and rushing rivers, as well as the tall buildings in the legendary city where humans with two feet lived together.

In ancient legends, the sharks originally had legs, but were cursed by the gods and turned into tails. They could only live in the sea.

The prophecy said that an immortal would come to save them. The most beautiful mermaid will follow in the footsteps of the immortal, go to the human world, learn the immortal's magic, break this ancient curse, and let the mermaid family return to the shore.

Pearl looked at the majestic back of the man in front of her, and her thoughts were endless.

But the man did not take her to the shore, but to her father Tridacna.

The sharks who were waiting anxiously saw the pearl coming back and jumped excitedly like dolphins on the water.

Tridacna was so excited that she burst into tears and prostrated herself to Li Muchen: "Thank you, Immortal! Thank you, Immortal!"

"The person has been rescued, you can go home."

After Li Muchen finished speaking, he planned to leave. He also wanted to go back to meet Lu Jingshan.

"Wait a minute!" Pearl, who was rescued by him, spoke for the first time.

Li Muchen turned around in surprise: "You can also speak human language?"

"Yes, I have been learning from my father since I was a child. I yearn for a normal life on the shore." Pearl said.

"The life of a normal person?" Li Muchen laughed in surprise, "What kind of people do you think are normal people? Aren't you normal people?"

Pearl said: "Of course it's a person with two feet like you, not a fish tail like us."

Li Muchen shook his head and said: "All things are born different. There is no distinction between high and low kneeling, and naturally there is no difference between normal and abnormal. On land, people still envy you for being able to roam freely in the sea!"

"Really?" Pearl seemed a little unconvinced.

"Yes, otherwise why would they call you mermaids? It is a yearning for beauty."

Tridacna touched the fat on his face and the unruly beard on his chin, and said with a naive smile: "Oh, so I am also a mermaid?"

Li Muchen glanced at him, a bit dumbfounded. If he said yes, it was definitely wrong. If he said no, it seemed wrong.

Pearl said: "But it is said that we were cursed by God and turned into fish-men with tails."

"God's curse?"

Li Muchen couldn't determine whether it was true or false. Sometimes the older the legend, the more likely it was to be true. On the contrary, the more recent the legend, the less trustworthy it was. This was because the development of society was causing humans to gradually lose the quality of honesty and mutual trust.

He could not observe traces of the curse in his consciousness, but the curse hidden in his bloodline could not be seen. If it was caused by gods, it was not impossible.

Pearl's big eyes were shining as she looked at Li Muchen and asked, "You are a god, can you help us lift the curse?"

Li Muchen shook his head and said, "I'm not a god, I'm just a practitioner."

"Who is a practitioner?"

"Practitioners are people who seek the true meaning of life through cultivation and walking."

"Why search for the true meaning of life?"

"For relief."

"Relief from what?"

"Free yourself from the shackles."

"What shackles?"

"The shackles of body and heart."

Pearl thought for a while and said: "My tail is my body, which allows me to live in the sea without being able to land. I want to have a pair of feet and get rid of the shackles of this body. So, am I also practicing?"

Li Muchen smiled and said: "Actually, everyone is practicing, it's just whether they know it or not, consciously or not. But that's not what I mean by body shape. You think the tail is a shackles, but the tail allows you to travel across the Western Sea. If you If you have two feet, you can walk on land, but you can't swim in water, so why are they just shackles?"

Pearl tilted her head and thought for a long time.

"Well... that is to say, no matter what I become, there will be shackles, and my freedom is only within a limited range. This is a rule set by God, and we can only abide by this rule. But you Breaking the rules and finding freedom in all directions, right?"

Li Muchen looked at Pearl with some surprise. This girl had some immortal roots. If given the chance, she might achieve something.

"The heaven and earth are infinite, but humans are extremely small between heaven and earth. No matter how we change, we cannot have complete freedom. So we must pursue our hearts. Only the hearts can get rid of all constraints. This is the simultaneous development of body and heart. The reason. A true practitioner cultivates both body and mind together."

Pearl lowered her head and began to think.

The sharks nearby listened to their conversation with blank expressions on their faces.

Pearl's sister Coral asked in her unskilled language: "Sister, what are you talking about?"

Pearl raised her head and smiled at Li Muchen. Her face was filled with a brilliance as gorgeous and beautiful as the sunset on the horizon.

"Can I come with you?" she asked.

Tridacna was shocked: "Smelly girl, what are you talking about!"

Pearl didn't speak, but opened her eyes wide and looked at Li Muchen, her eyes full of expectation.

Li Muchen shook his head slightly: "I can't take you away, because you can't live on land now. However, I can teach you some cultivation methods. You can go back and meditate carefully, and one day you will complete the transformation and get rid of the fish tail. of bondage, come find me on land again.”

"really?"

The eyes of Pearl, who had just been extremely disappointed when he heard that he could not take her away, shone with light.

"Of course it is true, but practice is very difficult, and it is a road of no return. Once you embark on it, it will be difficult to turn back. You will lose a lot of beautiful things because of this, are you willing?"

"I do!" Pearl said without hesitation.

Li Muchen nodded, and a divine thought imprinted into Pearl's sea of ​​consciousness.

Pearl opened her mouth in surprise. She had never imagined that there would be such a wonderful and magical thing. Although she didn't speak, a lot of strange knowledge poured into her mind.

But then, she felt dizzy, as if her brain was too small and the knowledge was too vast and profound.

Li Muchen stretched out his finger and touched her forehead, infusing a wisp of true energy.

"Don't be anxious, take your time, don't think about it now, follow the steps inside, step by step, don't rush for quick success."

Pearl nodded and looked at the man in front of her with some reluctance. She knew that he was leaving and saying goodbye. And this farewell, I don’t know how many sunrises and sunsets it will take to see each other again. She must practice hard to get rid of the fish's tail and create two feet before she can go to the world to find him.

The last rays of the setting sun disappeared on the horizon, darkness descended on the sea, and Li Muchen disappeared into the dark void.

Only the starlight shines on the sea.