ephemera

He Huihua only did one thing, and that was to pretend to be a soldier of the Chun State and jump into the river, and then swim to the bank to tell the Chun State army behind him that the Chun State forward was frustrated and Wu Lunzhu was killed. There is no doubt that you will lose.

Although Chunguo claims to have an army of 80, Ulunzhu has no choice but to go south all the way, and it is too late to stabilize the morale of the army. Different armies are just stuffed in a jar, which seems indestructible, but in fact the internal relationship is in jeopardy. It will burst like a bubble.

A gust of wind blew, and the soldiers of the Kui Kingdom, who had been killed to pieces, looked at the army of the Chun Kingdom, which suddenly stopped increasing in number. "The whole army advances!"

The battle between the Kui Kingdom and the Chun Kingdom later became famous in history and was talked about by posterity. It was a bitterly cold late winter, and it was heard that an unknown god came to the Kui Kingdom's army, bringing hope and Nirvana.

The eldest princess took the two generals Yun Rong and Yun Hui to chase after the enemy. I set up His Majesty on the shore, and found He Huihua who was sitting there struggling to breathe, and finally found Xi Yan who was a little at a loss.

Xi Yan didn't dare to look at me, turned his head to one side and said, "I'm sorry, Teacher, I accidentally used a fairy."

I shook my head and said, "Relax, brother Huaji will take care of it."

After talking about Huaji, he came, followed by a young girl with black and white hair, it seems that black and white are impermanent.

The girl's head was full of white hair, neatly tied into a double bun, while the boy's half of his hair was tied on top of his head. One of them was holding a hell scythe, the other was dragging the Huangquan lock, while Huaji flew ahead as light as a swallow.

Huaji looked at me, and I signaled: It's done.

Seeing Hei Yan Wu Chang approaching, Xi Yan frowned and immediately stood in front of me. Hei Hei Wu Chang stopped in his tracks, looked at each other, bowed to Xi Yan, and said, "See Xianguan Xi Yan."

Xiyan coughed in embarrassment, and said, "There's no need to be polite."

I remembered that Xiyan was very afraid of ghosts, and I didn't know what it was like to face the impermanence of black and white.

Bai Wuchang raised his eyebrows coldly, and said to Huaji and me: "Who are you, and why are you here to destroy the fate of heaven?"

I think what she understands is that we used fairy spirits to help Kui Kingdom win the victory, but the conscience of heaven and earth, we only exported a little He Huihua. His star path may never have entered the eyes of the gods. There are so many strange people, all of whom have the ability to break through the destiny. I can help this time with peace of mind. Of course, I only make wedding dresses for my own future, so I can't judge whether I am right or wrong.

I have nothing to say, just waiting to fight with black and white impermanence for a while, the lonely souls and wild ghosts in this battlefield are enough for them to clean up for a while, as long as they don't notify the City God so fast, or when the City God notifies the heaven , someone can press the message for us for a while.

This person is Xi Yan.

The Shifang Hall under the jurisdiction of the serious teacher General Jin Ge is a threshold that the City God cannot bypass when reporting to the Heavenly Court.The priests in the world regularly report various matters to the heavenly court. Not everything is worth the trouble of the gods. Therefore, it is necessary to get the news brought back by the ten-direction bird from the ten-direction palace assistant, and then concentrate on presenting it to the heavenly emperor. Priests serving in the human world must leapfrog to report to higher levels.

As long as this matter doesn't become a big deal, Xiyan can suppress it. After all, as General Jin Ge's disciple, he is still a very worthwhile bargaining chip.

However, I guessed wrong.

Xiyan was already negotiating with Heiyan Wuchang, but suddenly Heiheiwuchang said: "Excuse me, Immortal Xiyan may not know, but Guanmiao has calculated Immortal Xiyan's past and present lives. Wanted warrant."

Huaji and I were ready to shake our sleeves and drop Xiyan, who was taking care of the matter, and left. Hearing this, we couldn't help but get nervous.

Bai Wuchang continued: "Official Guanmiao said that the previous life of Immortal Xiyan was a seed planted by a puppet evil god thousands of years ago. Mistakenly thinking that Immortal Xiyan is auspicious in the heavens, he promoted Immortal Xiyan to the immortal position."

The word "mistake" made me feel a little unbearable, I glanced at Xiyan, his face didn't change much, but his eyes were a little frozen, he asked in a rare fugue tone: "Then what is my present life? "

"Deceive masters and destroy ancestors, destroy heaven and earth."

Xiyan couldn't help shaking, he looked helplessly at me, the person who was about to throw him down just now, and didn't say anything.

In this way, Xi Yan was left aside by Hei Wuchang, and Hei Wuchang waved the weapon in his hand, walked straight towards us, and shouted: "Where is the monster, report your name."

I sighed and said, "I am Tang Seng, and these are two of my apprentices. The third apprentice hasn't met me yet. If the two of you don't mind, we still need a luggage carrier and a horse."

Huaji also sighed, just about to stop the angry black and white Wuchang's weapon, unexpectedly, Xiyan intercepted the Hell Scythe and Huangquansuo first.

Hei Wuchang was a little surprised, and Bai Wuchang said again: "Officer Xiyan, you have treated us so much in the past, in order to repay your kindness, we did not report your traces to the Heavenly Court. What are you doing?"

Xiyan ignored them, his hands pulling Yaoqi were trembling, which meant he was in extreme fear, I beat Huaji and said, "Aren't you going to stop your senior brother and sister?"

Huaji ignored me, I knew it was inconvenient for him to come forward, the city god who is in charge of this area is Huaji's superior, and it was because of our old acquaintance that we dared to come here to act presumptuously, but no matter how chaotic official affairs are, In the end, I have to talk about a sympathy, if Hua Ji went out to beat up Black and White Impermanence, it would be clear that he would hit the face of the City God.

As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat a dog.

Impermanence in Black and White: You are the dog!

Unknowingly, Hua Ji, who has been seeking stability all his life, has become a gambler like me. This time, our bet is big or small, and we are betting on "humanity".

I didn't expect Xiyan to be so proficient in using the demonic energy. At first I was worried that the fairy spirit in his body would hinder the release of the demonic energy. He is already a god. If he still uses the demonic energy blindly, it will be an insult to heaven.

Huaji didn't make a move, so I had to do it myself. I just flew to Xiyan's side, and the huge hell sickle aimed at my neck and slashed at my neck, and was bounced off hard when it was about to approach my neck.

Hua Ji withdrew his spiritual power, and quietly said: "That's not how the hell sickle is used."

As soon as I grabbed Xiyan's arm, he turned to me and asked, "Teacher, am I really this miserable?"

I patted his head and coaxed, "If you weren't such a rebel, how would we have met?"

As soon as the words fell, the world suddenly fell into darkness. There was a tree glowing with lavender light in the distance. It's like getting drunk.

Xiyan was lying firmly in my arms, surrounded by Xiyan's fairy breath, violently rushing towards my nasal cavity.I guess this is the enchantment that Xiyan triggered unintentionally, perhaps because the news brought by the two young ancestors who reported sorrows but not good news was too shocking, Xiyan wanted to find a safe place to buffer.

I looked at his peaceful face in sleep, and thought that he had finally relaxed. After being with me for so long, he either didn't sleep, or was always awakened by nightmares, and his life was very restless.

I tried to understand this enchantment, and felt that this enchantment is very similar to "Golden Hazel", relying on dreams, using the heaven and earth as the structure, and transforming creatures with obsession.There are no mountains and rivers here, no communication between living beings, only the giant tree that looks very dreamy, and the boundless loneliness.

I solved it for a long time and found it was too complicated. Xiyan used the "eight layers of prohibition" to strengthen the barrier. I remembered that he once said that he had solved the barrier for the imprisoned General Jin Ge in Langhuanfu Palace for a long time. The ability to repair and untie barriers is enough for him to become a model for the gods.

Xiyan is very smart, so smart that I always suspect that he will not be able to live a good life.

Black and White Wuchang said that he was born in the ancient battlefield, where the "Heaven's Punishment" fought against the Heavenly Court, and it was also there that countless lives were lost in the war.The resentment of these lives may have been poured into the seed of this evil puppet god. I looked at Xiyan, and his face that was always full of hostility was probably because of these resentments. I don't know about pursuing a noble life in the heavenly court, but the scars on Xiyan's body always make me and Huaji shocking.

Extremes lead to opposites, and the justice pursued by heaven always crowds out personal happiness, causing many beautiful marriages to be overcorrected.

Have you ever felt like a different person?

You can’t always find your place in the crowd, and the happiness and joy of the past have become something out of reach with your hands. From that moment on, the smiles of others when facing the world will only make you feel guilty, because the criticism makes you feel guilty. You can't help but resent, you feel like you've been on top of a mountain, ready to be alone.

If there is a little warmth...

Then hold on tight...

clutching with all my life...

However, why did the Emperor of Heaven allow the seeds of the puppet evil god to survive?

I just wanted to scrutinize it carefully, but my spiritual consciousness was in a trance for no reason. The next moment, I planned to forget about it.

After waiting for a long time, Xi Yan still didn't wake up. I touched his back and found that the fairy bone was not broken this time. It is indeed safer to use the monster energy, but I think the energy of his monster energy has dropped faster.

According to this trend, Xiyan's evil spirit will be exhausted within a few times.

Although the stars were shining brightly, the surrounding area was still too dark. I walked towards the glowing tree with Xiyan in my arms. After walking for a long time, I arrived under the tree.

The trunk and leaves are actually white, but the light emitted is lavender, and there are many small flying insects that are good at fighting fires flying around the tree, and the light spots of different colors make it even more strange.

I put Xiyan under the tree, and saw the leaves swaying on the high place, very cute, so I tiptoed up and sat on the branch to take a closer look. A white flower blooms suddenly at the end of the branch.

It's like a gift to me.

I smiled, and went to see Xiyan's situation again. After waiting for a while, Xiyan woke up, saw the surrounding situation, and said in a panic: "I'm sorry, teacher, I didn't control the barrier."

"It's okay, the flowers are quite pretty, is this your demon body?"

He froze for a moment, then looked at me expectantly and said, "No."

I didn't take it seriously, and agreed casually. Seeing his dejected face, I guessed that he should miss what Hei Wuchang said, so I said: "Don't care about what Hei Wuchang said, anyway, you don't want to stay in Heaven, don't worry about it. Concerned about identity."

Xi Yan gave a submissive "um", and asked again: "Actually, I... don't really care who I am, I just don't know what is the point of living like me."

I picked up the pipe and knocked him on the head, and said, "To live is the whole meaning. Besides, I personally think that exploring the meaning is too illusory. Didn't General Jin Ge teach you to experience the life you have?"

Xiyan asked: "How to experience?"

"Just like this moment, there are stars, flowers and moons, and you and me."

Xi Yan was a little anxious, he asked: "Then what if this moment has already passed?"

"Then cry and live on."

After saying this sentence, I felt very tired for a while, Xiyan looked at me quietly without speaking, and then we walked towards the exit of light with the same kind of madness and melancholy.

"I heard about that tree just now," I said.

"Ok?"

"When Huaji first came to return home, he told me that there were giant trees growing on the ancient battlefield in the west, white as bones, and they were shining under the moonlight. hometown."

I only remember the slight touch in Xiyan's eyes, and the warmth of his tightly holding my hand. He talked about many things, such as how to attract hatred in the heavenly court, how General Jin Ge protected him...

Before I knew it, I felt that we were really like masters and apprentices.

After the barrier was undone, I realized that Xiyan was pulling me through the lush grass. The moonlight was cold, and the grass was a jasper color. Sweeping away, when I looked forward, I only saw Xiyan's firm back and his hand across the grass.

In the distance, I saw Huaji confronting a man in a red official uniform, I quickly grabbed Xiyan and said, "Wait a minute."

Xiyan didn't ask any questions, and stopped with me.

The one in red is the City God, who raised Huaji as his successor.

Hua Ji called out indifferently: "Meet the City God."

City God is a thin middle-aged man. Although he is wearing red clothes and a high crown, his whole person does not look festive or gloomy because of these two colors. He just stands there, and his whole existence will be covered by the surrounding environment , not noisy, not complacent, not begging for mercy.

Hua Ji used to admire the Lord of the City, and secretly imitated every move of the Lord of the City, with a small dream of being an heir in his heart, until he met someone who made his heart beat.

"It's good that I'm still alive." City God said.

The two children of Black and White Impermanence have passed out in the arms of the City God, it seems that Hua Ji has played a cruel hand.

"What are your plans for the future?" City God asked.

Huaji answered briefly, even a little rudely: "Not yet."

"Be careful, I can't protect you now."

"You didn't protect me at all."

Tsk, this kid is still holding grudges.

City God smiled silently, ready to leave.

I pulled up Xiyan and hurriedly chased him out, and stopped the City God, who was taken aback when he saw me, then showed his signature smile, and said, "Mr.

I said, "It's a blessing that I didn't die, but I would like to trouble the City God to take a look at the restriction on my beloved disciple's eyebrows."

When the City God saw Xiyan who was half hiding behind me, he was taken aback for another moment, and then burst out laughing.

I gave a friendly reminder: "Don't laugh, it's very scary."

The City God stopped his horrifying laughter, and just said: "Mr. Xiao has changed a lot, he is not like before, he is not as calm as a young man."

"Of course, 600 years is not for nothing."

The City God looked at the little red mole on the center of Xiyan's eyebrows from a distance. I was worried that he would not be able to see clearly when he was too old, but the City God was confident and even tried to break the restriction. After finding no results, the City God said: " Mr. Xiao, this is the seal of the Yaozu, and it has been sealed for nearly 1000 years."

I asked, "Xiyan, how old are you?"

Xiyan stood among a group of ghosts and said tremblingly, "Over 600 years old..."

I continued to ask: "You tell me the truth, I won't beat you up, are you pretending to be tender?"

Xiyan raised his right hand and swore: "No, really, I lied to the teacher and let me be hit by thunder and bangs."

He was poor, and I immediately forgave him.

The City God said lovingly: "Xiao Xiyan has changed a lot too, she has always had a gloomy face since she came to Heaven, she is not as happy as this."

I bowed my thanks and said, "Old man, take care of yourself."

City God took a look at Huaji, then at me, and said, "Take care, I will pray for you day and night."

After Chenghuang left, Xiyan seemed to be less afraid of ghosts. For example, at this moment, he was following Huaji like a shadow, pestering him and asking, "Brother Huaji, Chenghuang said that the teacher was not like this before, so what about him?" What kind of person is it?"

Hua Ji has never been called brother so many times by others, and he was a little ecstatic in a short time.

I couldn't get used to their sudden acquaintance, so I threatened: "Xiyan, if you ask me again, I will keep you by the emperor's side as a eunuch."

Xi Yan: "..."

I said to Huaji again: "Huaji, if you dare to say it, I will go find the rain-stopping needle."

Huaji: "..."

Intermission

Die Yue is a person who talks a lot, but sometimes when he is talking, he will look into the distance and become silent. Xi Yan quietly follows his line of sight, only seeing the strange clouds in the sky.

Occasionally, when the wind blows, the wind will roll up the sleeves of Ju Yue, revealing Ju Yue's thin body faintly, making Xi Yan's eyes hurt.When Ju Yue looked at Xiyan, Xiyan could imagine that there must be a melancholy smile on his face, and the wind seemed to pass through his chest, so Xiyan unconsciously wanted to get closer to shield him from the wind.

Xiyan seldom meets such a person, so he doesn't know how he feels.

When he was in the Heavenly Court, his demon body had not faded away, except for General Jin Ge and the Heavenly Emperor who gave him a fairy fate to take care of him occasionally, the rest of the immortals hated him.

After all, what will the demon body affect him?

The so-called "human nature is inherently good", even mortals and gods can't do it, so why should they treat a monster so harshly?

Xiyan couldn't figure it out, and he didn't think about it when he was in the heavenly court. When he met an immortal who bullied him, he used violence to control violence, and was then taken to Lingxiao Palace to receive punishment.

All the immortals felt that the Emperor of Heaven was very partial to Xiyan, such as giving him a fairy fate, allowing him to come to the heaven without experiencing disasters, such as giving him punishment, that is, putting him in confinement and throwing him in the unattended Langhuanfu Palace. Close is January.

General Jin Ge hadn't brought Xiyan to the battlefield at that time, and the master and apprentice were not familiar with each other. Usually, General Jin Ge led the apprentice forced by the Emperor of Heaven to Langhuanfu Palace, the palace built into a circular fortress to pile up It is full of ancient scrolls and scriptures, what Xiyan has to do is to organize these scrolls and clean up by the way.

It was at that time that Xiyan found the ancient scroll recording the "Battle of Xingtian" among thousands of books, and Xiyan was fascinated by it.The monster named "Duyue" came to the world for the first time, riding in a red chariot and riding a white horse, calm and steady, calm and gentle, seemingly gentle and elegant, but when he did things, he was terribly cruel.He brought disaster and blood, and gathered forces from all directions to confront the heaven together.

Xiyan continued to flip through, and saw the portrait of Die Yue.

Langhuanfu Palace was silent, countless flying dust surged in the slanting beam of light, time seemed to freeze, and Xiyan's heart speeded up unconsciously.

When General Jin Ge went to bring Xiyan out, he found for the first time that his disciple seemed to like reading books very much, so he asked the Emperor of Heaven to hand over the Shifang Palace to Xiyan. Xiyan accepted, but then went to Langhuan for nothing. Fu Gong ran.

After the Heavenly Emperor disappeared, Xiyan's life was not so easy. Even if he took a walk in the heavenly court, there would be some little immortals who would sneer at him. He just cursed back, and he hit back whoever hit him, and the hostility on his face became more and more serious.

Seeing this, General Jin Ge had no choice but to take him with him to the battlefield. He didn't ask Xi Yan for his opinion, but said, "If you don't see it, you don't see it."

General Jin Ge will always be arrogant, humble, and ruthless, both to himself and to others.

Xiyan suffered a lot on the battlefield, but he also felt joyful. Between swords and swords, Xiyan always thought of that "monster". Is he still alive?Where are you now?Did he have blood on his hands like this?

The days passed like water, until he was punished for saving Chang'e.

The Heavenly Emperor is not here, and the immortals invite God Guanmiao to preside over the heavenly court. God Guanmiao has always been at odds with the Heavenly Emperor, and has a lot of complaints about this fairy who came from the ancient battlefield. Everyone is waiting to see the joke.

God Guanmiao didn't say much, and asked General Jin Ge for his opinion.

General Jin Ge locked Xiyan in Baiguitan without saying a word.

No one knew that Xiyan had used demon energy to save Chang'e, and his immortal bones were damaged. He lay dying on the big rock, and the unrefined evil spirits were chained around him. Hundreds of evil spirits, even The grievances of their fingernails will also "resent" a mortal to death.

Xiyan was thrown on a stone in the center of Baigui Beach for three days and three nights.

Xiyan was in so much pain that the fairy bone grew back by itself, and when it grew an inch, he clenched his fists tightly, and those ghosts tried to scare him as much as possible while he was awake.

In the end, the demonic and immortal spirits began to fight again. He bit his lips to death, and for some reason, he pronounced "Duyue", but the ghosts calmed down, throwing some grievances over from time to time, and scalded him. Pull him back to reality from the dream, as if hanging him so that he won't die.

When General Jin Ge came, Xiyan had already moved to the edge of the stone, and just one step away, he fell into the pile of ghosts and was eaten up.

He wants to be free.

Xiyan fell into a coma for half a year, and in his dream there was a pain between his brows, the demon spirits were quickly calmed down, the fairy spirits rushed out one after another, and his whole body stretched out. When he woke up, the past that he had almost forgotten once again broke his heart.

Xi Yan seemed to have grown up overnight, no longer causing trouble, no longer responding to other people's criticisms, just soaking in Langhuanfu Palace looking for news.

The excerpt on the ancient scroll said: "Because of injustice, all living beings fight among themselves, it is easier to deal with the source directly." So Xiyan stopped fighting with Xiaoxian who bullied him. He knew something was wrong, but it was wrong. Not in Xiaoxian, but many immortals praised him for giving up using violence to control violence in his growth.

After Xingtian, the Heavenly Court was in chaos and the Three Realms were restless. Xiyan was suffering in hardship, and innocent creatures were also suffering in hardship. The ancient scroll said: "This monster is the source of all chaos."

When General Jin Ge was trapped in the enchantment of Langhuanfu Palace, he quickly flipped through the books recording the enchantment in a short period of time and applied what he had learned. The enchantment set up.

He counted the days, and found the gate of return when he fell into the mortal world.

Guixi was as recorded in the ancient scroll, as he thought, full of barrenness and withering, and the monster named Duyue was not as sinister as the ancient scroll, even humorous, and caring for people.

After hearing what Xiyan said about the past events in Tianting, Juyue did not drive him away, Huaji was a little surprised and uneasy, which caused Xiyan to be cautious and cautious along the way, afraid that Huaji would see his strategy.

While Jue Yue stayed by his side confidently and boldly, Xiyan sometimes wondered if Die Yue had become stupid.

Juyue seemed to want to make up for the warmth that Xiyan lacked in Tianting. Xiyan asked, "Why is Teacher so kind to me?"

Jue Yue thought for a while and said: "If you meet each other by fate, just treat each other sincerely. Just forget about the unhappy things in the past."

Xiyan asked, "Has the teacher also forgotten?"

Jue Yue was stunned for a moment, and said, "Forgot."

Xiyan was filled with emotions, and Jue Yue would lower his head to look at him. Xiyan was blushed by his look, and hurried away, leaving Die Yue alone to shout: "Don't be embarrassed."

This monster is really strange, Xiyan thought silently in his heart.

Xiyan then asked Huaji what the past was like.

Huaji's first sentence was: "I don't know it, so it's been so long."

It was only then that Xiyan realized that the teacher who was always so gentle and approachable was actually very far away from him, so far away that he had to rely on other people's voices to understand.

Huaji said: "The previous diggers were not as stupid as they are now."

"..."

Huaji continued: "He is a bit scary. That year when I was in trouble with Fengjiu, he ran to the underworld after hearing the reason, broke into Baigui Beach alone, and broke the chains that restrained evil spirits. He said that to cure ghosts, you need to use Gui Zhi, those evil spirits surrendered to his powerful power, and flocked to the Hall of Hades to avenge me and the evil spirits, and injured many ghosts who should have entered the next round along the way. The underworld suffered heavy casualties, and Hades had to ask for help , the Heavenly Court came to investigate Hades, and gave me and Fengji justice..."

Huaji said that since then, Jue Yue has discovered that to accomplish a great cause, the innocent must be hurt, and the innocent are the easiest to be forgotten.Many people will excuse that this is an inevitable casualty, but Duo Yue thinks a step ahead of them, and he will ask whether there is a dual law in the world.

Xiyan asked, "Have you found the teacher?"

Huaji shook his head and said, "I don't know either, even today I dare not ask him why he made that choice."

The ancient scrolls have very vague records on the outcome of the Battle of Xingtian, Xiyan asked, "Why did you lose in the end?"

Hua Ji sighed and said: "He broke into the Heavenly Court alone, leaving us all behind. Feng Ji and I were guarding the eastern battlefield. When we received the news of his return, he had already killed... Forget it, It’s useless to say more, in short, our success is his, and our failure is also his.”

Xiyan thought of the records in the ancient scroll: At that time, a person called "weird" in the three realms held two knives and was named "Sura". , and rebellion are all damaged, the body is extinguished, and the road is completed.

Huaji also said something, mostly about how he likes to go into dangerous situations alone, and doesn't like others to stay with him, and always smokes Taoyuan Township quietly by himself, although they are all alone, but with him Feeling wistful now are two different things.

At that time, he was lonely, arrogant, and a strange person who didn't know the cause of pain.

Huaji also said that Juyue has always been reluctant to reveal his origin, and only said that he came from Guixi when he was on the verge of breaking up.

"I don't know who taught it. It looks like that, and people can't like it, and they can't hate it. It seems that they are born to be lonely." Huaji said.

Later when Ju Yue came back, he complained and showed off, saying that the little emperor liked him so much that he insisted on leaving.Hua Jizhao ignored him, and Xiyan stared at Diyue, trying to find out the demeanor of Diyue from the past.

Jue Yue was taken aback, and said: "Xi Yan, why are you looking at me like this? Listen to my explanation. I really thought that Black and White Impermanence would be afraid of you, so that Huaji and I can do other things. Well, I Admit that I was wrong, you leave after using it, it’s a bit scumbag, but I’m considering your bright future, it’s not suitable to follow us, and it’s easy to die..."

Jue Yue talked a lot by himself, Hua Ji frowned uncontrollably, but Xi Yan gradually got used to it, he smiled and went to explore the way.

Xiyan walked far away, but heard the teacher behind him asking Hua Ji: "What's wrong with Xiyan? Puberty? Rebellious? Why are you staring at me again?"

No matter what, it was the greatest gift to meet him again.

He has always believed that this monster is the hope of all living beings.