Chapter 133: Turning Around the Mountain, Vultures, the Ritual of Life
Shen Xiaolong and Ye Youshen started promoting their new books almost at the same time, causing quite a stir in the industry and reader circles.
Shen Xiaolong was the strongest rookie king last year.
And Ye Youshen is the most watched newcomer this year. Not surprisingly, the throne of the Rookie King this year belongs to him.
The two of them collided and the heat instantly exploded.
"Is it a coincidence that Shen Xiaolong and Ye Youshen's new books collided with each other?"
"Generally publishing houses will avoid this situation from happening! This situation does not look like a coincidence."
"My friend who works at Daxia Publishing House said that the editor wanted to avoid it at first, but Ye Youshen said Shen Xiaolong was a worm."
"Fuck! It's really fake! This is too crazy."
"So this is Yeyoushen's crazy provocation to Shen Xiaolong."
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A tavern in Kyoto.
Hu Liang, editor of Daxia Publishing House, and Gao Ming, editor-in-chief, were drinking together.
Gao Ming: "How is it? The effect is not bad, right?"
Hu Liang: "You are still smart. But will this make Shen Xiaolong unhappy?"
Gao Ming: "Yeyoushen's popularity is not low, and the two of them are feeding each other's popularity. With this gimmick, the sales of both books will not be too bad. Besides, Shen Xiaolong is a worm, and it is indeed Yeyoushen who said so."
Hu Liang: "These are all rumors. What Ye Youshen said doesn't matter."
Gao Ming: "That doesn't matter."
Hu Liang: "..."
It turns out that the promotion of Shen Xiaolong and Ye Youshen's new book was intentional by Daxia Publishing House. This is a publicity plan made by Daxia Publishing House.
Both Shen Xiaolong and Yeyoushen should be praised.
Shen Xiaolong can have interviews.
But if you visit the shrine at night, you won’t be able to attend such an interview at all! So how can we push out the Night Travel God?
Being tied to Shen Xiaolong is a good choice.
In this way, Shen Xiaolong and Ye Youshen both became popular on Weibo on the same day.
Their new books are naturally attracting attention.
Everyone wants to see who is better between last year's Rookie King and this year's scheduled Rookie King.
"Stop beeping! Send out books quickly."
"Yes, send these two books to me immediately. I don't need the money. I'll buy them both and have a look."
"I just want to know who is more awesome, Shen Xiaolong or Ye Youshen."
"The title "Xingyuan" attracts me more. "Jieyou Grocery Store" always feels bland and I don't know what story to tell."
Readers' expectations and curiosity are aroused.
However, these two books have not been released for a long time.
Instead, during the promotion period, the book cover, printing progress, etc. were released one after another, and such warm-up work was done in the next few days.
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Woke up after traveling around the village of Tarchin under Kailash.
Gain life points as always.
I looked at the time and it was only six o'clock.
Before dawn.
But there were already a lot of voices outside.
He was woken up by these sounds.
He slept very well last night, probably because he took a bath in the hot springs yesterday afternoon. So I didn't feel irritated by the sounds of people outside.
Li Yan and Xu Lang also woke up early.
Li Yan: "It's only six o'clock, why is it so noisy outside?"
Xu Lang: "It should be people walking around the mountain. They got up and started walking around the mountain."
Li Yan: "It's not yet dawn."
Zhou You: "Maybe I want to leave early and watch the sunrise by the way."
Going around mountains, rivers, and pagodas is the best thing for believers.
Talqin is the starting point and the end point of Kailash.
Many tourists live here, and there are also many pilgrims.
Kailash is considered by many sects to be the center of the world.
It is Mount Sumeru, the dojo of Sakyamuni; it is the holy mountain that connects the universe and connects the three realms; it is the incarnation of Lord Shiva...
In the Uyghur language, Kailash means "god of the snow-capped mountains".
For thousands of years, countless people have traveled thousands of miles to come here, take three steps and pay homage to their bodies, to visit Mount Kailash.
The way people turn around the mountain is not limited to kowtow. There are also people walking on two feet and riding horses.
It is said that a circle around Kailash can wash away the sins of a lifetime.
Turning around ten times will protect you from the suffering of reincarnation.
If you turn a hundred times, you can become a Buddha in this life.
And walking around the mountain once in the Year of the Horse can increase merit twelve times, which is equivalent to walking around the mountain thirteen times.
Therefore, if it happens to be the Year of the Horse, there will be many pilgrims and believers in Kailash.
Li Yan: "Shall we also go to the mountains?"
Zhou You: "I can."
Xu Lang: "Then go."
So Zhou You and the other three quickly got dressed and went out to join the mountain trekking.
The route around the mountain is almost the same for everyone.
It starts from Talqin Village and goes around Kailash Kailash, and then returns to Kailash Kailash, a total distance of 53 kilometers.
This is not a short journey.
It takes at least one day to measure with your feet, and it may take two days if it is slower.
They set aside two days for the trip.
Starting from Talqin, head west through a wilderness, then north to the valley formed by melting glaciers on the north side, then follow the valley over the 5,700-meter Zhuomala Pass, enter another valley, and then return to the starting point , forming a closed circle.
They set off at around six o'clock, and there were already many people walking around the mountain on the road.
After a while the sun slowly rose.
The snowy top of Mount Kailash is getting clearer and clearer, reflecting dazzling light under the sunlight, making it difficult to look directly at it.
The pyramid-like mountain of Kailash reaches straight into the sky.
It is like a majestic god looking down on the people.
The feeling it gives to traveling around is completely different from the feeling of traveling around Mount Everest.
Mount Everest is like a wonderful and noble goddess!
And Kailash is like a god who cannot be offended.
Do not blaspheme.
Many people climb Mount Everest.
But no one has climbed Mount Kailash.
Because climbing it is like blasphemy.
People have a surprising respect for it.
While traveling along the way, they saw many pilgrims. They wore hand shields, wore leather robes, prostrated and kowtowed...devoutly and persistently.
Drink some water if you are thirsty.
Eat some solid food when you are hungry.
The weather was good today. Along the way, they not only saw the Gangdise Mountains running east-west, but also the Namunani Peak in the southeast and the Abi Peak due south.
Especially the effect of the Weather Child card, the weather is very good, and the twin-shaped Mount Gamera in the southwest is also in sight.
Here is the feast of "mountain".
[First time traveling to the mountains, life points +1]
[Glimpses of the sacred Kailash, life points +1]
Mountain climbing is not an easy task.
He tests his body and foot strength.
Zhou You has the physique of a special soldier. At an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, he does not feel high, even when walking around mountains.
Xu Lang also has good leg strength. After all, he is someone who dares to ride a bicycle to Weizang. He will occasionally be out of breath, but he will recover quickly after stopping.
Li Yan felt a little uncomfortable.
stop-and-go.
But Li Yan did not give up.
"Why did I propose to do the mountain trek... I regret it." He often said this, but he also said: "I've come here, and I have to finish the walk on my knees."
Probably he also wanted to achieve perfection from beginning to end.
Because of Li Yan's high resistance, they walked very slowly.
It is definitely unrealistic to complete the transfer in one day.
At sunset they arrived at Rezhi Temple.
They plan to settle here and rest tonight.
Here you can see the mountain on the north side of Kailash. You set up a camera and planned to take pictures of the stars and the Milky Way of Kailash.
The next morning I got up early to take pictures of the Rizhao Jinshan Mountain.
Mount Kailash’s Rizhao Jinshan is completely different from Mount Everest!
The pyramid-like snow top of Mount Kailash was dyed into a fire-like color by the early morning sun. It looked like a soldering iron and a pyramid. It appeared in front of you in a glorious and domineering way!
It's like a god ascending the throne.
Morning in Vientiane!
[Seeing the sun shining on Mount Kailash, life points +1]
Li Yan: "We were so lucky, we actually photographed the Rizhao Jinshan Mountain again."
Xu Lang: "After meeting you, I found that the weather has been very good. It's strange."
Li Yan: "Perhaps Zhou You and I have a European spirit. It's the same on Mount Everest. We squatted there for several days without getting a clear night and the sun shining on Jinshan Mountain. The weather cleared up as soon as we arrived."
Xu Lang and Li Yan were amazed.
Little did they know that the "initiator" of everything was right beside them.
The wonders of Jinshan Mountain disappeared in Rizhao. Zhouyou and the others had a quick bite to eat, packed up their equipment and continued walking around the mountain.
It was quite interesting to hike up the mountain on the first day.
But by the second day I felt a little bored.
Because the scenery along the way is almost the same, mountains, mountains, mountains, mountains!
Kailash Kailash feels like that after just two more glances.
What really aroused their nerves was that after walking eastward up the mountain for more than an hour, they came to a ceremony platform (I dare not write those three words, it was harmonized yesterday, it is a kind of funeral ceremony venue in Weizang).
There were two monks simmering mulberry trees.
Mulberry smoke rises in the mountains.
You don't have to ask to know what ritual is going on here... someone has died.
Tourists are not allowed near here.
Tourists are no longer allowed to visit such ceremonies.
Zhou You and others were stopped from a distance by an uncle named "Nima".
Next to Uncle Nima, there is a beautiful girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a very old hat with a Weizang style. She was thin and her skin looked dark, but there was an unmistakable stubbornness in her eyes.
His back was to the ceremony stage.
Sit with your knees in your arms.
Alone.
Quite pitiful.
She seemed to have cried.
The mulberry smoke is swirling in the sky, and occasionally a few wisps of smoke drift over, bringing a unique and special smell.
"What is that?" Li Yan suddenly pointed at a few small black spots on the mountain not far away.
"Vulture." Uncle Nima said.
As the mulberry smoke rose and dispersed, there were more and more small black spots on the mountains in the distance, and they quickly turned into a large group.
Where vultures gather there must be freshly dead animals.
Or someone dies.
And they are also one of the important participants in this ritual!
Hearing the name Vulture, Li Yanjun was slightly startled.
Because some bad pictures have emerged in their minds.
Hearing the word vulture, the skinny girl with dark skin trembled slightly, and she finally looked back in the direction of the ceremony stage.
Uncle Nima: "How about you go and have a look."
Girl: "No." Then she turned her head stubbornly again.
Uncle Nima sighed deeply, "Poor child."
Li Yan asked: "What's wrong?"
Uncle Nima: "On the ceremony stage is her only relative in the world...cannot be said to be a relative."
He glanced at the girl and continued: "Her name is Atiao Zhuoma. She is an orphan. It is said that she is the child of a herdsman. My grandmother picked it up in the grass when she was traveling. She was just born at that time. When my grandmother saw that she was pitiful, she Take her with you and raise her.”
"But my grandma was in poor health. When Atiao Dolma was ten years old, she suffered a serious illness, and her health deteriorated thereafter. Atiao took on all the housework and took care of my grandma. She was a very strong child. If she didn't have money, she would She tries to make money from tourists, and then goes to the old doctor to buy medicine, but the old doctor always charges her less, and she always says: Don’t look down on me.”
"You have a stubborn streak at such a young age."
"She didn't want to see her grandma leave her in this way, so she refused to look back."
That’s how it turns out…
Zhou You glanced at the girl named A Diao unconsciously.
She was still sitting with her legs crossed.
Look into the distance.
Didn't cry.
Don't know what she is thinking.
I have heard some stories about the nomadic herdsmen of Uizang during my travels.
For herdsmen on the grasslands, men can go into their tents and sleep with women at night... Nomadic women may sleep with many men and give birth to many children.
These many children have different fathers.
They won't get married.
But as a father, he occasionally visits his children.
It's a wonderful relationship.
In this case, why was Atiao Dolma abandoned? Probably no one knows the answer. But it sounds like she is indeed quite pitiful, and equally admirable and pitiable.
Just thinking about it,
Suddenly the small black dot in the distance began to enlarge.
They're flying over!
A vulture flew over.
It flew over A'Diao's head, flew over the heads of Zhou You and others, and flew straight to the ceremony stage.
Vultures are not good at flying.
But they are masters of wind control.
The vulture spread its wings of more than two meters, and the moment it passed overhead, Zhou You and others felt a chill in their hair, and their hair stood on end.
It must be said that such a huge bird will give people a strong psychological shock.
tall!
calm!
strong!
No one has ever seen a vulture carcass.
It is said that before death, a vulture will fly thousands of miles into the sky, flying high into the sky, flying towards the sun until the sun and air currents melt its body, leaving no trace in this world.
A flock of vultures pounced on the ceremony stage!
Everyone knows very well that they will complete the last step of the ceremony and take A Diao's mother to the other side of the world.
At that moment, Zhou You felt an unspeakable emotion in his heart.
A Diao remained stubborn and did not look back.
She may be in tears.
Or maybe not.
Can't see his face.
The vultures perform a brutal feast on the ceremonial stage.
After an unknown amount of time, A Diao, who was sitting there with his back turned to the wandering figure, took out an eagle flute from nowhere.
The eagle flute is a flute made from the longest bone in the vulture's wing.
Herdsmen living on the grasslands often play it to relieve their loneliness when grazing.
This eagle flute was put in the baby's body by my mother when she met A Diao.
This should be her biological father's or mother's belongings.
Therefore, A Diao has a special feeling for it.
Now grandma is gone!
All she had left was the flute.
The melodious low voice drifts to the other side of the mountain with the wind and to the distant sky.
On one side are vultures pecking.
On one side is the melodious sound of the eagle flute.
The two merge together!
It gives a different kind of psychological impact to traveling around.
The vultures, and the eagle flutes made of vulture wing bones... they seem to form a samsara-like circle.
You travel around quietly listening to the sound of the eagle flute.
Although you can’t see the vultures pecking at the ceremony stage.
But Zhou You concluded that the sound of the flute gradually disappeared after all the ceremonies were over.
A Diao put away his eagle flute.
There was still a hint of stubbornness in his eyes.
She didn't look back.
Didn't look at the ceremony stage.
Instead, he ran away from this place.
The naughty uncle was afraid that A Diao would cause problems, so he immediately chased after him.
Zhouyou Li Yan and others watched the two figures one behind the other disappear from sight, and no one spoke.
At this time a vulture flew away.
Suddenly Zhou You seemed to have a clear understanding of life and death.
The ritual of the chance encounter was just a small episode in their journey around the mountains.
When leaving, Uncle Duoji told Zhou You, Li Yan and others that they could put some personal clothes or body parts, such as blood, hair, etc. on the ceremony table.
Said it meant new life.
Zhou You thought for a while and took off his sunglasses and placed them on a stone.
Then they returned to the starting point, Talqin Village, at around 5 p.m.
Here they met the girl named A Diao again.
She is selling souvenirs to tourists.
She also said she was a good tour guide and guide.
Her eyes were still stubborn.
She didn't look sad at all that her grandma was gone.
But Zhou You knew that this kind of nonchalance was just burying the deep sadness and reluctance in the secret corner of his heart.
Night fell quietly, and after dinner, he returned to the hotel where he lived. Li Yan suddenly said: "At the end of the mountain trek, I felt tired, but I didn't feel redemption or relief. So what's the point of mountain trekking?"
Zhou You: "It is meaningful just because it is meaningless."
Li Yan: "???"
Zhou You: "People always do meaningless things in this life."
Li Yan savored these words carefully, and it seems that this is the truth. Some things are not meaningful only when they are done, but meaningful when done...
I heard that Mount Kailash is divided into external and internal rotations.
They took the outbound route.
Turn in and they are not ready to leave anymore.
Li Yan wants to go to the lake, because you can drive around the lake, and there are many hot springs near Manasarovar!
Li Yan was even more excited at the thought of being able to soak in a hot spring.
Since coming to Kangbu Hot Spring, Zhou You and Li Yan have fallen in love with this activity.
You don’t have to think about anything while soaking in a hot spring.
Just soak in it.
Silence, nap, or chat.
Very relaxing.
Thinking of meeting the hot spring tomorrow, Li Yan quickly fell asleep on the bed.
Zhou You took out his computer and wrote the script for "I'm Not the God of Medicine" for a while.
Because the historical process and world structure background of Blue Star and Earth are completely different, the script cannot be completely copied.
Some modifications are required.
Make the background of the story more consistent with Blue Star's situation.
The medical community in Blue Star is divided into two groups. One is the oriental medicine promoted by Xia Kingdom, Tang Kingdom and other Eastern Continent countries, that is, traditional Chinese medicine. One side is Western medicine advocated by Western Continent.
These two medical concepts are at odds with each other in the Star Federation.
Each has its own pros and cons.
But what really dominates the medical field in Blue Star is the capital and plutocrats engaged in pharmaceutical production. They raise the price of medicines, making the people of Blue Star unable to afford the disease.
The Star Federation has rectified this chaos.
But the effect was minimal.
The chaebols, especially the Western Continent chaebols, have formed a quite terrifying force.
Zhou You's revised script takes place in the social context of conflicts between patients and high-priced drugs controlled by chaebols...
I write and revise at the same time, and my writing speed is not very fast.
After feeling sleepy, Zhou You closed the computer and went to sleep.
The next day!
They went to Manasarovar Lake, one of the three holy lakes.
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