burning lamp

The footsteps outside were getting closer and closer, Mo Xiu passed by the stone room where Xie Fengshu and Jiang Chen were, and slowly walked away.Jiang Chen let go of Xie Fengshu until he could no longer hear footsteps.

Xie Fengshu didn't back away, he just turned around on the spot and looked up at Jiang Chen.They were very close, almost sticking to each other. There was a wall behind Jiang Chen, and there was no way to retreat. He could only helplessly look down at the person on his body, and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?"

"I still want to ask you what are you doing?" Xie Fengshu didn't seem to feel that this posture was weird at all, and asked, "Sneaky, why are you running? Do you know that I was almost captured by the god of war in the heaven?"

Jiang Chen was silent for a moment, and asked, "Pei Yu?"

Xie Fengshu was taken aback: "You know Pei Yu?"

An absurd thought came to his mind: "You couldn't be the one who asked Pei Yu to catch me, did you?"

Fortunately, the monk in front of him just frowned slightly, shook his head and said: "I didn't expect him to come, I just thought...you will go back by yourself when you miss the entrance to the transitional state."

Xie Fengshu was still angry at first, when he heard this, he grabbed Jiang Chen's skirt, moved closer a few inches, and said angrily, "You don't know how fierce he is, if I didn't run fast, I would really chase after him. Not with you."

Although his tone was fierce, it would not be right to say that he was completely angry, it was more like complaining about being wronged.Jiang Chen looked at him and said, "Fu Guangjun Pei Yu is a god of war in the heavens, and he rarely makes mistakes.

"He didn't really want to stop you."

For some reason, there was a chill in his words, and the corners of his lips were drawn into a line, as if he was dissatisfied with Pei Yu's handling.Xie Fengshu was stunned for a moment, and finally said bluntly: "I didn't know why you wanted to abandon me all this way, and you didn't hesitate to lie when you were approaching the crossing point. If the reason is just because you are afraid that I will hinder you, it is too reluctant."

Xie Fengshu showed a little smile, tilted his head and lowered his voice and asked, "You are worried about me, you have thoughts in your heart, and you don't want me to be in danger, do you?"

He breathed warmly, with a little wetness falling on Jiangchen's neck, Jiangchen's Adam's apple rolled slightly, turned his head and did not speak.

Xie Fengshu was in a good mood, and finally took a step back, pretending to be open-minded: "Forget it, I don't care about you, let's go."

After leaving the stone room, Xie Fengshu followed Jiang Chen while paying attention to the movements around him. After turning a few corners, a downward passage suddenly appeared in front of him.

Sure enough, the Demon Sect was suppressed under the pagoda.

Jiang Chen stopped at the entrance, took out a small black bell from his sleeve and handed it to Xie Fengshu.

The bell is very small, but the whole body is pitch black, with some roughly carved patterns on it, there is no bell tongue at the bottom, only a mountain ghost copper coin is hung, Xie Fengshu shook it, but there was no sound.

"At the waist."

Xie Fengshu glanced at Jiang Chen's waist, and sure enough, one was also tied.

"The state of crossing adversity is different from that of the human world. It's just that if you hide the immortal energy, people will still notice it." Jiang Chen saw that Xie Fengshu was tied up, and went down the tower, then looked back at Xie Fengshu, and told him, "Follow me .”

The way down was just long enough for the two to walk side by side, and the passage went round and round without seeing the end. Some pictures and murals began to emerge on the blue tower wall.Xie Fengshu thought the road was long and boring, so he turned his head to look at the patterns on the wall while walking.

The mural paintings are rough, probably due to the age and sometimes incomplete damage, but there are heaven, earth, sea and land, gods, Buddhas and monsters.The first picture is the two armies fighting, the gods are in the sky, and there are countless gods and beasts, dragons and tigers in the air; the second and third pictures are a dragon fighting with a man, and finally the man dies, and the white dragon flies into the sky , exactly the one he saw on the tower.

Xie Fengshu slowed down, frowned and looked carefully for a moment, then pointed to the man in the second picture and said, "This is... Chi You."

He had seen the statue of Chi You in the southwest, which was exactly the same as the person in this painting.

Jiang Chen glanced at it, and answered briefly, "Yes."

Xie Fengshu pointed to the third picture: "Then who is this?"

Jiang Chen replied, "Praise father."

Xie Fengshu had only heard that Kuafu Chased the Sun and died of exhaustion in Daze, but this painting was completely different from what was recorded in the book. He had doubts in his heart, but he didn't say it out loud. He just went on to look at the next one.

The picture in the back is still the green dragon, spreading its wings and flying in mid-air. In front of it are countless green-faced and long-toothed monsters, densely packed all over the mountains and plains.

Xie Fengshu finally couldn't help asking: "What is this painting?"

Without hearing Jiang Chen's answer, Xie Fengshu looked towards the person beside him, but saw that the other person's eyes fell on the last painting.

Xie Fengshu also turned his gaze over.

The last one is different from the grand or frightening ones before. It only depicts endless mountains, and there are two people on the cliff facing each other far away, their clothes fluttering.

Because the picture was blurry, Xie Fengshu couldn't see the faces of the two of them clearly, he only saw Jiang Chen standing in front of the painting, looking up carefully.

His expression was as frosty, and his whole body was filled with coldness, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth.

"The dragon on the painting is named Yinglong, it is neither a god nor a demon, neither a fairy nor an evil spirit, it is a divine beast born with the heaven and earth.

"In ancient times, Pangu died of exhaustion after he opened the sky. The gods, Buddhas and evil spirits first appeared. The three pure qi in Pangu's body turned into three days to support the gods in the sky; the yin and evil qi turned into a large lake, named Fengyuan, Suppress all the demons at the bottom of the lake, and order Yinglong to guard it."

Xie Fengshu was taken aback, and looked down at the knife on his waist.

"After Nuwa created humans, the human world was gradually divided into five major tribes. Yanhuang and Chiyou fought each other, and the war raged, and the people were in dire straits. Nuwa was distressed by the sufferings of the human world and favored Yanhuang, so she summoned Yinglong to help. Yinglong preceded Killing Chi You in the competition, and beheading Kuafu in Daze, to help Yan and Huang unify the human world."

In the midst of the flames of war, two leaders of the human world were killed in a row. Even if Jiang Chen said it briefly, Xie Fengshu could hear the blood and blood, and he couldn't help but interrupted: "Ying Long is gone, what about Feng Yuan? "

Jiang Chen smiled and replied: "Yes.

"As soon as Yinglong left, Feng Yuan fell. The monster broke through Feng Yuan's barrier and entered the human world. At that time, the real catastrophe will happen, and the people will be destroyed."

"and after?"

"Later, Yinglong killed demons and demons, and suppressed the demon sect in the crossing of doom."

Xie Fengshu thought of the stone carving of Yinglong on the tower at the bottom of the lake. For some reason, there were some indescribable emotions in his heart. Jiang Chen didn't seem to notice it, and continued: "Because Yinglong killed two human gods in a row, and suppressed all the demons." , his mind was unstable, and the successive killings made him tainted with evil spirits and became a demon."

Xie Fengshu was startled, and suddenly turned his head to look at Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen didn't look at him, he paused for a long time before closing his eyes and said: "Ying Long broke into the heavenly realm, killed gods and immortals, slaughtered half of the heavenly realm, blood-stained Jiuchong. In the end, Nuwa invites the ancient Buddha to burn the lamp in the Great Brahma Heaven... and kills Yinglong on Mount Sumeru."

He spoke the last sentence very slowly and in a low tone. Xie Fengshu was stunned and didn't notice it. He just raised his head to look at the figure in the painting, with a red robe and black hair, and unclear eyebrows and eyes.

Xie Fengshu wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Nv Wa pitied all living beings suffering from the flames of war, so she summoned the dragon, but because of this, she pushed the human world into purgatory. Is this considered mercy?

Yinglong slaughtered the fairy world, blood stained the nine layers, but because the common people became demons, is the crime unforgivable?

Xie Fengshu thought about it, and suddenly came back to his senses——Nuwa is the mother of the earth and the god of creation. Although Xie Fengshu's thoughts were not contemptuous, they were not respected.He recalled what Jiang Chen had said when he first met, and slowly said: "When we first met, you said that you practiced the Tao without compassion, that you could neither save yourself nor save sentient beings.

"At that time, I felt that you were cold-hearted and not like a Buddhist cultivator. After thinking about it, there was nothing wrong with it. It is difficult to cross oneself, let alone cross others?"

Seeing that the original mind is not pure, the audience is suffering in life. There are thousands of causes and effects in this world, and who can guarantee that they will be overcome.

Jiang Chen looked at Xie Fengshu, and suddenly said "I'm sorry" softly.

Xie Fengshu was stunned: "What?"

Jiang Chen's eyes were as clear as glass, looked at Xie Fengshu and said: "I said that to let you go."

Xie Fengshu: "..." This monk is indeed annoying sometimes.

There was a little smile in Jiang Chen's eyes, and he said: "I wanted to save sentient beings in the past, so I did what everyone thought was right, but this became my inner demon. Later, I risked the evil of the world and committed crimes. But so far I have no regrets.”

His voice was cold, echoing in the empty stone path.

"Whether it's crossing people or crossing oneself, if you don't regret after nine deaths, you will be at ease."

Xie Fengshu looked at him, the depression in his heart suddenly dissipated a lot, he smiled and said: "That's right."

Whenever he had a chance, he would behave himself, and said with a cheeky face: "I said at the time that I would take you to Ascension, although I still don't know if I can fulfill my promise, but for meeting you, I will never regret it." .”

Before the mural painting, Jiang Chen looked at him quietly for a while, then said softly, "Let's go."