Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

“That's not what I meant! ”

Meng Xiaowang said, “I just thought, I just thought, wow, let me calm down, that is, if Grandpa invited Li Yao, this‘ Three Kingdoms Supreme, Federal Legend ’, could really come to our house for dinner? ”

“It's not ‘possible’, it's true, it's here, of course, not your dad's golden mansion. ”

Meng Jiang shrugged, “It's just that Li Yao has been in the hibernation bin for almost a hundred years. Based on his superficial age, he is almost a hundred years younger than me. My gray hair looks pale. When his grandfather is more than enough, everyone gets along, it's a little... weird. ”

“Wow!”

Meng Xiaowang imagined that the vulture Li Yao was eating in this blind barber shop. Maybe he was squatting where he was now. He gave up thinking and had no idea what to say. It was just a strong one, "Wow! ”

“What, aren't you the least accustomed to our ‘federalist legend', yelling more than him, ten times more powerful than him? ”

Meng Jiang deliberately said, "Why is the attitude turning 180 degrees today? ”

“That's because I thought Li Yao was Grandpa's ‘unbeatable enemy'. That's why I missed to help Grandpa get revenge. Otherwise, who wouldn't be used to seeing the Federation hero for no reason, or the symbol of our hometown! ”

Meng Xiaowang first frowned and laughed, suddenly he thought of something, his eyebrows curled up again, nervously, “Oh no, if Li Yao and Grandpa don't have any contradictions, and don't need me to help Grandpa avenge anything, if there is any place to get back, then Grandpa still supports me to go to the center of the star sea? ”

“This question, ask yourself, ask your heart, why did you join the army? ”

Mengjiang looked at Meng Xiaolang, faintly, “Is it because of the money status, or is it because of the excitement, or because of the psychology, people go, so you also go, or some kind of competitive and winning attitude, no one else can choose, but you choose, so you go? ”

“This...”

Meng Xiaowang appeared hesitant, caught in a distressed thought.

“In fact, you don't have to ask, Grandpa has been thinking about this question for a long time - the propaganda has grown more and more popular in the last half of the month, and it seems that the Federation is likely to be caught in a new war, even if you are not part of this mysterious new fleet, but part of the original fleet or some other ordinary fleet. ”

Meng Jiang shrugged, “Although your father was embarrassed to come to see me, your mother sent me several spiritual crane messages, giving me an opportunity to persuade you not to serve in dangerous forces - they know that you only listen to me.

“But, hey, your parents and you, including those people out in the streets who are suddenly bloodthirsty and frustrated, you're all a new generation of federalists, and Grandpa is an old, old and new generation of federalists from the ‘old federation’ of the Tian Yuan era, different, too different, our mindsets, you'll never understand, and our perceptions of ‘war' are far from each other.

“Your new generation of federalists, growing up in a safe, stable and steamy environment, has never experienced what it means to be precarious, what it means to perish, what it means to escape, you have lived through centuries of peace, even though 30 years ago the 'Tianhuan War’ and, most recently, the 'Confederate Defense War', the fires swept through the stars and were confined to the Confederate army and the practitioners, without much impact on the people living on the planet.

“So the way you ‘new federals' see war, often with unrealistic romance and overly exaggerated panic, is so naive, like children who can't control their emotions and feel at will.

“In a word, you don't have the pain of cutting the skin of war, you don't know what it's like to have a burning slaughter knife stabbed in the heart.

“And what about the old Federation a hundred years ago?

“You must have been hard to imagine. At that time, we only had the planet Uranus, and there were wormholes connected with Blood Demon stars everywhere. There was no difference between 'front’ and 'rear'. Especially on the wilderness, the tide of beasts that laid the ground would appear at any moment, and minutes would meet the fierce and vicious enemy soldiers.

“In such an extremely harsh environment, we have no mind, like the new Federals today, to think about what profits and losses, what timing and cost of expeditions, what strong enemies and bargaining conditions… these things do not exist, whether they are practitioners, soldiers or civilians, is a word, on the brains and pants belt, fuck!

“At that time, it was easier to die than to die an ant, and there was no difference between the destruction of a city and the withering of a weed, and even our civilization, which had struggled for 500 years in blood and flames, was at risk of extinction.

“In the face of all this, we have no time or energy to fear, to hesitate, to weigh, we just march on numb ground, to destroy all the enemies that stand in the way, or one day, to be killed, survived or destroyed by the enemies, it's no big deal.

“Grandpa wanted to tell you that Grandpa would never stop you from going to war because of your security problems - living and dying goodbye, we ‘old federales’ have long faded, even the federal demise, is something that we thought of countless times more than a hundred years ago, or that phrase, working, dying, it's no big deal.

“But I still hope that you can think very calmly for a few days, listen to your deepest voice, find your own answer, why exactly do you want to go to war, what kind of person do you want to be, what kind of life do you want? ”

“Grandpa...”

Meng Xiaowang couldn't help himself. I didn't expect Grandpa to suddenly become so serious. Say something like this.

“Not to tell you, at your age, Grandpa was also lost. Speaking of, he was a little influenced by 'vulture Li Yao’ - when you have a high school buddy like Li Yao, it's hard not to disturb your heart and not to be influenced by him. ”

Meng Jiang grinned and said, “Although there is some embarrassment, Grandpa still has to tell you. At that time, Grandpa was very jealous, even jealous of him, jealous of ‘vulture Li Yao'. ”

“This…”

Meng Xiaowang gasped, thinking, nodded, “Well, if I was Li Yao's high school classmate, it would be hard not to be jealous of him. ”

“Jealousy is jealousy, but our relationship is still very good, and I also know that my talents are limited and I can't compete with him in practice, so I thought, I'm going to be extraordinary in my career, stronger than anyone else, ‘first in the Federation', so that I can also raise my head in front of him. ”

Mengjiang sipped another sip of wine and let the hot taste spin around her throat, lowering her voice, "Later, you probably know, the bigger I got under the struggle of day and night, the bigger the brand of 'Wave’ spread across the Federation, even across thousands of worlds, even the most remote resource planet had our merchants, I was getting closer and closer, but neglecting to my family, my wife and children, the further away I was.

“In those years, my relationship with your grandmother and your father was very rigid. In fact, your father would become like this today. It's hard to say that he wasn't affected by my early years. I was still obsessed, thinking only about the vows I made to my best party, and completely drilled into the tip of the horn.

“It wasn't until your grandmother had that serious illness that I woke up dreaming of for a whole year in the ghost gate that I repented.

“What is the most important thing in my life? Is it just a promise to my old buddies, not to these people around me? Is it more important to raise your head in front of a buddy than an old man's happiness? Besides, Li Yao is not such a person at all. He doesn't care how big my career is. Is he the 'First Image Design Master of the Federation'? We are all forever best friends! I, I am not at all competing with Li Yao, but with myself, with my demons, with my vanity, self-esteem and jealousy. As a result, I almost lost my wife and children!

“From that day on, I have been enlightened.

“How Li Yao lived his life has nothing to do with me. The first label of my life is‘ Meng Jiang ’, not‘ Li Yao's best friend ’. Li Yao has his curiosity. I also have my curiosity. My curiosity is to meet your grandmother, have your aunt and your father this... dog stuff, and of course your sister and you.

“Compared to the adventure given to Li Yao by God, I think that this adventure given to me by God is even more precious. I already have my own adventure, why should I compare it to Li Yao?

“Aware of this, my life opened a whole new chapter, after which my career did not peak again, but I can say with great pride that I lived the next day honestly and happily, I did not fail to live up to the adventures God gave me, I cherished my family and enjoyed the happy life I now have, I lived my true self, I did ‘100% Meng Jiang’, just as Li Yao lived ‘100% Li Yao’.

“Understand, you are Grandpa's most beloved grandson, Grandpa supports all your decisions, just hope that you are not tempered by a temporal fever, or bewitched by media propaganda, or for ridiculous reasons such as' being a superhero ten times stronger than Li Yao ', but a voice deep inside you that inspires you to fly to the center of the star sea every second, no matter any setback or even death threat, you will never give up.

“Everyone has their own path to life. If you hear this voice, it proves that you have taken the right path. God will prepare you for your special encounter on this road, go bravely to greet it, and live '100% Meng Xiaowang’. Remember, you are you, you are Meng Xiaowang, not ‘grandson of Li Yao's best friend', let alone live '1000% Li Yao’. That doesn't make sense. I just want to see '100% Meng Xiaowang’, understand? ”