[Ancient Sword] Reincarnation Lives Up

After the order to accept disciples was issued, the suitable teenagers were carefully selected and Shen Ye would take turns to meet them in the near future.

The selected youngsters were naturally talented, but Shen Ye didn't mention their skills and knowledge at all, and only asked this question, "Why do you want to learn magic?"

The boy kneeling under the seat saluted him, and his gestures could not conceal the confidence that he was bound to win, "If you master the spell, you will become a high-ranking priest, and you will be proud of your father and the family named 'Feng'!"

"Yeah." Same as the children I met before, Shen Ye deserved it very simply, the speed was almost careless, the child couldn't understand Shen Ye's true meaning, and the high-ranking priest who was in charge of choosing disciples was standing by. But he already knew that he was a little embarrassed, and wanted to present the young man's profile again, "Your Majesty, this Feng Ya is excellent in terms of knowledge and skills, and he is the best candidate in this group. You—— "

"Priest of Tianfu," Shen Ye interrupted him, raised his eyes and glanced at him indifferently, his slightly cold voice was slightly chilly, "Do you have any respect for my orders?"

The priest immediately fell silent and knelt down to apologize, "This subordinate dare not, this subordinate speaks too much."

"Forget it," Shen Ye waved his hand to signal for it to be uncovered, and then looked at Feng Ya who seemed to be aware of the failure and looked surprised, "You don't have to worry, if he has enough cultivation and is indeed a talent, I will be promoted."

"……Yes."

"next."

Shen Ye took the wooden slips presented, and skimmed through the writing on it in a formulaic manner: Xie Yi, 11 years old, as for the knowledge of magic arts after that, compared with the gorgeousness of Feng Ya before, it was really a bit lackluster.

Handing the dossier back to the priest of Tianfu, Shen Ye glanced back at the respectful young man in front of the seat, just in time to see him rolling his eyes to peep, the next moment he saw the child tremble in shock, and hurriedly lowered his head obediently again ——After experiencing Fengya's overconfidence just now, Xie Yi's sense of proportion and advance and retreat is much more pleasing to the eye.

Shen Ye calmed down, "Don't be nervous," and then cut to the chase, "Why do you want to learn magic?"

The young man named Xie Yi was startled when he heard the words, and frowned slightly as if he was meditating, but he didn't think for long, and quickly said firmly, "I learn magic to make everyone's lives better."

The previous child was either duplicity or confused, but it was only at this moment that he heard a real and interesting answer. Shen Ye was silent for a while, and finally raised his lips slightly, "Very naive, but very good." He stood up and walked slowly Go down the steps and help Xie Yi up, "But no matter how advanced the spell is, it can only make one person not afraid of ice and snow. What about the rest of the people in the city who are not good at spells?"

How could an 11-year-old boy think so long-term? Shen Ye looked down at Xie Yi's bewildered expression, but he didn't seem to have any expectation of waiting for his answer. Then he looked at the priest of Tianfu, "Let's stop today for the time being. When everything is settled, I'll send someone to tell you the result."

……

After all the people who had nothing to do with him dispersed, Shen Yefang walked towards the dormitory, and there was still a distance before he heard a soothing tune. The deep and ancient tone made people feel peaceful in his heart. The man was Ouyang Shaogong. His posture was gentle and calm, which made Shen Yeqing uncontrollably relaxed. He sat down beside Shaogong and waited patiently for him to finish playing a piece before softly saying, "Master should be the right thing for you." I heard, which one do you like?"

Since he is the chosen heir to the position of High Priest, he naturally needs Shaogong's opinion. When hearing about it recently, Shen Ye asked Shaogong to come to the room to listen to the details with the sound transmission Yanjia, and Shaogong caressed the seven strings , Long finger moved to the Qin inscription on the body of the piano to trace carefully, pondered for a moment without answering, "Is this the last batch today?"

"Yes."

"If you want me to say that there is still no one who suits you," Shao Gong sighed in a low voice, "but since you are Ah Ye's apprentice, you can decide for yourself. I see you are quite interested in that Xie Yi?"

"Master's eyes are like a torch," Shen Ye nodded affirmatively, "Although no one agrees, but since Master has mentioned it, maybe you still have expectations for him?"

Shaogong's fingertips froze, and then he turned slightly to face Shen Ye, "I just remembered that you said something similar when you were young. What you can't achieve with your own strength, you entrust others. So if you want The choice is Xie Yi's right." He paused for a moment, his face solemn, "The city lord is terminally ill, and may not be able to reproduce in this lifetime, and you must have known what it means to be a high priest who inherits your position. This position is like destroying you, destroying the innocence he has and the innocence you yearn for, and some cruel things must be carried by you for him."

Shen Ye looked at Shao Gong quietly, his eyes deepened, "Master has also shouldered a lot for me."

"It's different." Shaogong shook his head disapprovingly, "In this world, there are never many people who wantonly enjoy your sacrifices but are ungrateful. When you were young, you had nothing, so you have a self-knowledge of responsibility. In fact, what I have paid is not as good as yours. You think a lot, but you remember every minute and every centimeter in your heart, and he was born in a noble family, and everything is going smoothly, and you will understand the difference."

Shen Ye was silent for a long while, then raised his lips and smiled, "It turns out that Master is worried about me." The usually cold voice was gentle and gentle at this moment, Shen Ye leaned over to hold Shao Gong's hand, and missed Shao Gong's stiffness at that moment "Even so, he still knows how to worry about irrelevant ethnic groups, and he was born in peace but not indulged in it. Isn't that great."

"Yes, if you want to take over a clean Liuyue City from you, you really need a benevolent and compassionate person." As if he had no intention of disclosing the pros and cons of this situation in Shen Ye, Ouyang Shaogong changed the topic a little abruptly, "He I only said one sentence, so I just generalized."

Shen Ye was as indulgent as ever, "Where, all kinds of doubts and deliberations are necessary to entrust important responsibilities." He paused, lowered his eyes for a while, and asked, "I want to hear, what is the master's opinion?" The opinion of rulers."

Not long after Shen Ye first came to the throne, before this, there had never been a priest of Ziwei who was like him and almost completely ruled Fang Tianyu. However, Shen's father who trained him did not expect that he would hold great power and take life and death. Fate is almost entirely under his control, and with such a weight on his shoulders, how to prescribe himself is reasonable.

In just a few days, many people's lives were taken for self-protection, which completely violated the morality that he had upheld before. A little confusion appeared in Shen Ye's pupils, and the arc of his lips was a little sneering, "What my father did is also true." There is no difference."

"In order to protect your relatives and violate your own morality, the difference between Ah Ye and your father is really like clouds and mud." Ouyang Shaogong sighed softly, "I thought that you have never mentioned it before, and you have already figured it out on your own." It makes sense, so it’s just trying to be brave.” He raised his hand to touch the center of Shen Ye’s brow, smoothing the wrinkles there gently but irresistibly, as if to erase the sadness of the past and the bleakness of the road ahead, “Also, your true nature Wen Liang, it was my negligence that I failed to detect in time."

Shen Ye was startled, and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Ouyang Shaogong's words, "Tong said, people and animals are the same thing, what do you think?"

"They are all living beings, there is indeed no difference."

"Then why is it that people are condemned for killing people, but it's a different matter for people killing animals?"

"The law of the jungle is the iron law of the world. It is no more painful to die than to be alive. The hard work is the price for the strong," Shen Ye said slightly. And atonement, this is the difference between humans and animals."

"That's right." Shaogong nodded in affirmation, "Then, the iron rules in this world, why should the strong prey on the weak?"

"...just to survive."

In order to survive, people kill chickens, pigs, pigs and dogs for food, destroy vegetation and forests for houses, and then have feelings and morality in the name of dignity, justice, faith, and persistence. Everything is based on "living".

"If people don't do it for themselves, heaven and earth will destroy it," Ouyang Shaogong said slowly, "No one deserves to die, but if you don't kill him, you will be the one who dies. It doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong, it's just human nature. Therefore, I think a qualified king should be able to judge the situation, always take the reverence for life as the bottom line, and not kill innocent people indiscriminately, but those who hinder me would rather kill by mistake than let go, and then carry the guilt and torture of this killing, and continue to walk .”

"Your father once thought that Tong is more suitable for the position of high priest than you, but I disagree. If a person goes too far, it is easy to forget why he started, so there must be a shackle to restrain him from beginning to end." For yourself, don’t forget your original intention, you will feel painful and confused, that is, feel guilty, which is very good.”

At this point, Ouyang Shaogong paused for a moment and looked deeply at Shen Ye, "In my opinion, Ah Ye is the most qualified king."