When Fengniao flew back into the house again, he always felt that the little abbot was weird, looking at him like a light, staring at him brightly, as if he would disappear in the blink of an eye, but he didn't hate it, Not only do not hate, but feel very happy.
He flapped his wings and flew over. This time it was useless. He took the initiative this time. The little abbot took the initiative to touch his head. He raised his tail comfortably and squinted his eyes. I don't know if it was his illusion. The look in his eyes is very gentle, like water, the beautiful phoenix eyes are sparkling, the phoenix likes fire, and the least like water, but he likes the watery eyes of the little abbot, if it is true He would be willing to plunge into the pool, even if he drowned in it.
Xi Tao looked at Jiu Ling, her eyes seemed to be condensed with intractable frost and scorching heat.
In the middle of the night, when Jiu Ling fell asleep, Xi Tao sat in the meditation room and looked up at the bright moon hanging high. He unconsciously thought of his only apprentice in this world. After drawing, when he came back to his senses, he realized that Jiu Ling's appearance had jumped on the paper, with a black robe on his body, coquettish and crazy, it was his appearance when he was besieged in his previous life.
Xi Tao was startled, and immediately stopped writing, put down the pen, and stared at the painting in a daze. He hadn't had time to draw Jiu Ling's face, but Jiu Ling's appearance had been deeply engraved in his heart, lifelike.
He stared at the painting for an unknown amount of time, his earlobe felt cold, and something slipped past his earlobe.
He turned his head to look, and the face that was still rippling in his heart just now appeared in his room, he was startled, and realized that it was Fengniao.
He suddenly thought of the kiss in his previous life, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
The story book said that a master in white clothes is very dangerous and will be eaten by his apprentices. He thought of the white clothes in his previous life, and felt a little scared in his heart. He raised his hand and touched his bald head, and then he felt relieved, and then lowered his head Looking at the cassock on his body, um, I feel more at ease.
His expression became calm again, and he reached out to wipe his ears.
Fengniao was not reconciled to his traces being erased, his eyes darkened, his red eyes exuded a coquettish light, he leaned up to lick it again, and when he left, he gritted his teeth unwillingly, satisfied Seeing the sharp teeth leaving red marks on the white earlobe, he finally smiled with satisfaction.
Xi Tao didn't rub it again, the temperament of the monster race is unpredictable, if he rubs it again, Fengniao might have to bite him ten or eight times before giving up.
Feng Niao licked his lips and looked at the painting in front of him. Seeing that the person in the painting was besieged, it was very similar to when he was captured. After looking at it for a long time, he couldn't help asking: "Is he also a demon?"
Xi Tao shook her head, "No."
Feng Niao looked at the expressions of other people in the painting, and frowned suspiciously, "It's not a demon, why are everyone afraid of him?"
"...Because they don't know him, because they don't know, they are afraid."
Feng Niao frowned and thought for a while, "Just like the common people don't understand me, after they understand me, they won't be afraid, right?"
Xitao's heart suddenly tightened, and he looked at Fengniao's ignorant and expectant eyes, feeling sore for some reason, as sad as a sudden tear.
He forced a smile, and said softly: "Yes, if everyone is willing to understand you, they will all like you."
Xi Tao finally hesitated, raised her hand slowly, and lightly touched the top of Fengniao's head.
Fengniao raised her eyebrows and rubbed his hand lightly, but Xi Tao stopped suddenly like a thunderbolt and withdrew her hand.
Fengniao frowned, grabbed his hand and lifted it up, and rubbed her head against him.
"Ling'er..." Xi Tao's throat tightened, and it was extremely difficult to utter every word.
Fengniao's eyes moved, and her ears pricked up vigilantly, who is the little abbot calling?
Xi Tao was startled for a moment, then patted his head again, and said softly, "I'm calling you."
"...May I give you a name?"
Fengniao's eyes lit up, "Sure!"
Xi Tao looked at him, and his figure gradually overlapped with another figure, and they merged into one perfectly.
"Jiu Ling...your name is Jiu Ling, and your name is Wuyuan." Xi Tao whispered with a trembling voice.
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"Nine Ling..."
"Nine Wuyuan."
Fengniao shook her little tail, very satisfied with the name.
He rolled his eyes, flew out, and flew back a moment later with a red lotus ring in his mouth.
Xi Tao couldn't help being taken aback when she saw the red lotus ring. Isn't this his storage ring?This ring has disappeared since he crossed over, why is it here at Jiuling now?
Jiuling shyly put the red lotus ring in Xitao's palm, blinked her dark eyes at him, and Fengwei remained still nervously.
Xitao clenched the familiar red lotus ring tightly, feeling a dense pain in her heart.
After a while, the voice was hoarse: "Is this for me?"
Fengniao nodded, looking forward.
Xitao hesitated for a moment, and brought the red lotus ring to his finger. It was just the right size, and it was exactly the same red lotus ring he had before, but now that the celestial magic was useless, he couldn't open the storage ring.
Seeing the little abbot put the red lotus ring on his white finger, Jiuling couldn't help but happily lifted the phoenix tail.
Jiuling has been very happy since he got a name. He likes his name very much, and sticks to Xi Tao's side for a day.
Every time Xitao called his name, his eyes would be extraordinarily bright, like black grapes washed in water.
Xi Tao turned her eyes to look at Jiu Ling and said, "You have become a human, I want to talk to you for a while."
Jiuling looked at him half-understood. He had just turned into a human by mistake before. He didn't know how to transform into a human. However, he didn't want to disappoint the little abbot, so he obediently stood up and tried a few times. , finally turned into a human appearance.
He raised his sleeves in a very novel way, and turned around happily, but was a little disappointed when he saw that there was no beautiful tail behind him. He tried a few more times, and finally learned to transform into a human shape freely.
Xi Tao asked him to sit down opposite, looked at his familiar face, and unconsciously softened her voice, "Ling'er, do you still remember where you came from?"
"...well... there are mountains, water, clouds... and many phoenix demons like me, very beautiful..." Jiuling thought hard, but couldn't think of anything more, so he could only shake Shaking his head, pointing at it, he said, "A stinky Taoist priest hit me here, and I don't remember anything."
Xitao looked intently, and there was no wound on the top of Jiuling's head. He let Jiuling approach him, carefully inspected the wounded place on Jiuling's head, and found that the trauma on Jiuling's head had healed, but the memory was lost for some reason That national teacher injured Jiu Ling back then, causing Jiu Ling to lose his memory.
Xi Tao couldn't help frowning, she felt a little resentment towards that national teacher, and dared to hurt his apprentice, it's really hateful!Thinking of Jiuling's current situation, Xi Tao couldn't help but feel a little worried. The day of offering sacrifices to heaven was getting closer and closer. He wanted to send Jiuling away, but he didn't know where Jiuling came from.
But Jiu Ling didn't understand his worries, stretched out his head, blinked his clear eyes and said, "If someone rubs it for me, maybe my head won't hurt, maybe I'll remember."
Xi Tao smiled slightly, raised his hand to rub his head for him, he looked at the top of his hairy head, and suddenly said: "Ling'er, I will take you as an apprentice, do you want me to be your master?"
He didn't expect that he could ask the same words as in his previous life so quickly, his heart beat slightly faster, his palms were sweating, and he was a little nervous.
"Master..." Jiuling muttered these two words, frowning in pain, and covered her head all of a sudden.
Xi Tao quickly hugged him, "Ling'er, what's wrong with you?"
"...Headache." Xi Tao exhaled in pain. After a while, Jiu Ling's headache eased a little. "What is Master?"
Xi Tao saw that his expression was relaxed, and his head seemed to be no longer hurting, so he breathed a sigh of relief and explained: "Master is..."
Xi Tao's voice paused, she lowered her eyes to look at Jiu Ling's pure eyes, was silent for a while, and said softly, "He will be the best person for you in the future."
In the last life, he failed to protect Jiu Ling well. In this life, he will definitely try his best to treat Jiu Ling well, so that Jiu Ling can live a happy life.
Jiuling's eyes lit up, he nodded vigorously, and called out flatteringly, "Master!"
Fengniao has no scheming, just like a blank sheet of paper. Hearing that the little abbot would treat him well, he couldn't help being tempted, and agreed without even thinking about it.
When Xitao heard the familiar address, he felt a dull pain in his heart, and couldn't help but hugged Jiuling into his arms, tears rolling in his eyes, and he swore secretly in his heart that he would protect Jiuling well in this life.
Jiuling didn't know why, but felt that Master's embrace was soft and sweet. He liked it very much, and couldn't help but reach out and hug Xitao's waist.
Xitao has been holding him tightly, he rolled his eyes boredly, and slightly raised his eyes to look at Xitao's white and tender earlobes, he stared at them for a while, feeling parched for some reason, and stretched out the tip of his tongue to lick After a while, as if eating a sweet fruit, he bent his eyes happily.
Xi Tao's whole body shook, and suddenly remembered the feeling of her lips touching in the previous life, she slightly pushed Jiu Ling away, her cheeks blushed uncontrollably.
Jiu Ling had long forgotten everything about his previous life. Seeing his flushed cheeks, he couldn't help leaning over to lick him again. Xi Tao hurriedly pushed him away, and said with a slightly red cheek, "Ling'er, you can't do this. .”
Jiu Ling blinked suspiciously, seeing his slightly cold face, couldn't help being a little scared.
Xitao sighed softly, he had no choice but to calm down his face when he was so ignorant and ignorant, and said in a low voice, "Anyway, it can't be like this again."
He suddenly felt a little sad, Jiu Ling has been reincarnated, and he no longer remembers the past, he is the only one who remembers those memories.
But this also made him breathe a sigh of relief. If Jiu Ling still remembered these things, he really didn't know how to face this apprentice.
From this day on, Xitao and Jiuling were almost inseparable. Xitao hadn't forgotten the tragedy of the previous life, and she was always worried that Jiuling would go out alone. Whenever she couldn't see Jiuling, she felt nervous.
Jiuling flew to the branch, Xitao was resting under the tree, Jiuling flew to the vegetable garden to make trouble, Xitao took the Buddhist beads, sat in the gazebo next to the vegetable garden and pretended to chant scriptures, Jiuling ran to the lake to catch fish and play, He went boating on the lake, picking lotuses and lotuses, wherever Jiuling was, Xitao was there, almost inseparable.
Everyone in the temple was a little surprised by the abbot's behavior, and asked many times in secret, but Xi Tao didn't care about other people's thoughts at all, and just stayed with Jiu Ling wholeheartedly every day.
He unconsciously wanted to make up for the regrets of his previous life, and because his heart felt uneasy, Jiuling had a bad fate, so he could only cherish every moment when Jiuling was by his side, and try his best to make Jiuling live happily and recklessly.
If it was Jiuling from the previous life, he would be very happy with Xitao's actions now. His biggest wish at that time was that Master could always be with him and never leave him.
In this life, Xitao fulfilled his wish in a disguised form.
Although Fengniao didn't know why Master followed him all day long, he felt inexplicably happy. Every time he turned his head, he could see Master. He felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction, both excited and joyful. It was the happiest day he could remember.
Fengniao felt that although the time he got along with him was very short, he already liked Master so much that he didn't know what to do, which made him wish he could give all his phoenix feathers to Master, but he worried that Master would feel ugly after he was naked , so he could only wash the phoenix feather clean every day, and leaned over to show it to the master, and he would not be satisfied until the master smiled.
This day, Xitao was watching Jiuling by the river, and Jiuling was flying around on the river to scare the fish in the water, causing the fish to swim fast. The sun shone on the sparkling river, and the phoenix was beautiful. The phoenix feathers are shining brightly.
There was a smile on Xitao's lips unconsciously, and she was watching with relish, when Shanghua ran over to report that the sacrificial platform had been built and asked Xitao to inspect it.
The smile on Xitao's face disappeared in an instant, as long as he thought about what a place like the altar was built for, he would feel depressed.
He glanced at the happy little phoenix bird playing on the river, hesitated for a moment, didn't tell Jiu Ling, and turned and left with Shang Hua alone.
Shanghua looked at Jiuling, then lowered his head, and followed Xitao away.
On weekdays, Jiuling played there, Xitao stood by and watched, neither of them disturbed the other, Xitao thought that even if he left Jiuling, he wouldn't notice, but he didn't expect him to take two steps, Jiuling She flapped her wings and chased after him, circled over his head twice on purpose, and screamed twice, as if accusing him of leaving without saying goodbye.
Xi Tao smiled, stretched out her hand, and Jiu Ling slipped into his arms. Jiu Ling tucked into Xi Tao's arms, glanced at Shang Hua who was following behind, and swaggered in Xi Tao's arms He raised his tail.
They soon came to the Tiantai. The day of offering sacrifices to heaven was getting closer and closer, and the building of the Tiantai was almost completed. Zhaoyang Temple was a royal temple.
Standing under the stage and watching from a distance, Xitao felt that the resplendent altar was like a ferocious beast, trying to swallow his disciples. Everything around him was cold, not like a temple, no matter how many Even the incense could not cover up the coldness here, he just felt extremely oppressed standing here.
"What's this place?" Jiuling flew to Xitao's shoulder and asked in his ear.
In this life, Xitao didn't teach Jiuling the rituals, music, poetry and books, but only indulged him to play around every day, and occasionally taught Jiuling a few simple formulas, so that Jiuling could flexibly transform into a human body, and he could also speak through the body of a phoenix bird.
When Xi Tao heard Jiu Ling's question, her expression darkened, but her voice did not fluctuate: "This is the place where you will be burned to ashes in a month's time."
When Jiuling heard that Xitao was going to burn him to ashes, he scratched Xitao's shoulder with his claws unhappily, flapped his wings and flew away as if angry.
Xi Tao didn't chase him, but stared at the altar not far away in a daze, and remained silent.
Shanghua looked at Jiuling Feiyuan's back, looked at Xitao and asked: "Abbot, it is said that the monks are compassionate, but why do we sacrifice to heaven, can killing really bring back Fengtiao Yushun? If monsters are born guilty, what about gods? Can gods be released without guilt?"
The wind brushed Xitao's clothes, Xitao listened to Shanghua's childish voice, lowered her eyes slightly, "Whether it is a human being, a god or a demon, all are born innocent, and the guilty are always greed."
Under Shanghua's astonished gaze, he turned and left, walked to the foot of the mountain, and tried to use the magic method to open the nearby enchantment, but he tried for a while, but it was useless. Not only was the entire mountain's enchantment unmoved, He also found that the immortality in his body was useless, like cotton soaked in water, it sank before it floated up.
He frowned strangely, how many spells he had in the mortal world depended on the degree of blackening of Jiu Ling, but Jiu Ling was pure and ignorant in this life, like a piece of white paper, there was no blackening at all, he should have a lot of magic skills Yes, how come there is not even [-]% of the immortal spells?
He looked around Zhaoyang Mountain, and suddenly noticed that the magnetic field here was weird. He tried to walk down the mountain and run the spell again. This time the spell went smoothly, and the spiritual power surged in his body, and he returned to normal.
He went back to Zhaoyang Mountain, and found that the spiritual power in his body had disappeared again, and he could not use any spells, only a few innocuous formulas. He finally found that the problem was on this mountain.
He found a place where no one was around, raised his hand and shook the Yinchuan bell, and when Xuan Xing Hejun appeared, he asked straight to the point: "Why is my immortal technique useless in Zhaoyang Mountain?"
Mr. Xuan Xinghe had expected that he would have this question, and replied without hesitation: "Mount Zhaoyang is quite special. It used to be a place where immortals were punished by heaven. It is useless, although this place is no longer a place of punishment from heaven, there are still very few immortal spells left here, if the immortal monarch wants to use immortal spells, he only needs to leave Zhaoyang Mountain to recover his spiritual power."
Xi Tao's heart sank, and she couldn't help frowning, "Is there no other way?"
If he can't use the immortal method freely in Zhaoyang Mountain, he won't be able to send Jiu Ling away. If he can't use any immortal method when he encounters Zhaoyang Mountain, then this place is no different from an iron wall for the immortal. He wants to invite other people No way to help.
Lord Xuan Xinghe shook his head, "I can't do anything about it, the phoenix was reborn from the ashes, and in this life Jiu Ling should have been burned as a sacrifice to the heavens. After being tortured for 49 days, he was reborn and turned black, thus crushing the Great Wei to take revenge. I also fell into the endless abyss because of the heavy killing, and became a demon completely, as to whether you can change his fate, it depends on yourself."
The Yinchuan bell dimmed, Xuan Xing Hejun's voice gradually faded away, and Xi Tao couldn't help but sigh.
Jiu Ling's fate seems to be inseparable from setbacks, as if there is something in the dark that refuses to let him be a good person, always driving him to a dead end, trying to make him fall into the devil.
And he, Xianjun Xitao, seemed destined to be a stumbling block on the road of Jiuling's blackening. He always tried every means to let Xitao walk on a bright road, but no matter how hard he tried, fate seemed to pull Jiuling back again. .
But he will not give up no matter what, he believes that Jiu Ling is inherently kind, and he can always bring Jiu Ling back to the right path.
Now that Jiuling is pure-hearted, he doesn't hold any grudges at all. When he came back, he not only forgot all the unhappiness in the afternoon, but also brought back a wild flower to Xitao.
Xi Tao patted his head, thinking that it's good that Jiuling has no worries now, don't worry about offering sacrifices to heaven, just live happily every day.
The next morning, Xitao asked for an order to enter the palace, trying to persuade Emperor Wei not to use life to sacrifice to heaven, but unfortunately he just mentioned a word, and Wei Emperor was furious and didn't give him a chance to speak at all. Xitao was not afraid of Tianwei, Unwilling to give up, still persuading.
The national teacher asked: "Kong Fan, as the host, you want to love the common people and save the suffering. How can you be cute as a monster?"
Xitao's eyes didn't back down in the slightest, "He's an evildoer, my apprentice, and one of the common people. He's the fruit of misery. Why don't I love him?"
The national teacher didn't speak any more, the old god stood aside and watched, with a smile on his lips, as if he was sure that Emperor Wei would not change his mind.
As expected, Emperor Wei did not waver in the slightest, instead he reprimanded Xitao and drove him out.
Xi Tao couldn't kneel down, and Emperor Wei was so angry that he ordered someone to beat him thirty times, and sent him back to Zhaoyang Temple to make him reflect on himself.
He passed out, and when he returned to Zhaoyang Temple, he lost all magic power, and his body recovered even more slowly. He lay in bed for half a month before he could get up.
Seeing that his eyes were extremely angry, Jiu Ling struggled to fly out of Zhaoyang Temple to avenge him, but was blocked by the barrier, and also suffered injuries all over his body. He became dull and lost a lot of weight.
Xitao didn't tell Jiu Ling who hurt him, nor did he tell Jiu Ling why he was injured, he just tried his best to make Jiu Ling happy again, but unfortunately even he was useless this time, Jiu Ling always saw His injury couldn't hide his anger, and Jiu Ling felt better until he recovered.
Xi Tao was injured and couldn't move around, so she sat in the room and read scriptures, trying to calm down.
Jiu Ling leaned over to take a look, but couldn't understand a single word, so he couldn't help but ask, "Master, what are you looking at?"
Xi Tao lowered her eyes and looked at the Buddhist scriptures, "The book says that there are eight sufferings in life, birth, old age, sickness and death, separation from love, long-term resentment, unable to ask, unable to let go."
Jiu Ling smiled nonchalantly, "For me, there are only four hardships in life."
"Why?"
"Because if I love someone, I will definitely not be separated from him. Naturally, I will not complain for a long time. If I want something, I must get it. Naturally, I will not let it go. Therefore, only birth, old age, sickness and death are left. I can't stop it."
Xi Tao looked at the innocent Jiu Ling and said with a smile, "Things are impermanent, and not everything in the world will go as you wish."
Jiuling was ignorant, and threw herself into Xitao's arms to act like a spoiled child, "In all things in the world, I only value Master. As long as Master stays by my side, I have nothing else I want."
Xi Tao smiled wryly, Jiu Ling's words were so similar to those in the previous life, but unfortunately, things still backfired.
Xitao tried to persuade Emperor Wei to no avail, and also saw that Emperor Wei would not change his mind, so he had to give up this method. After he recovered from his injury, he plunged into the Buddhist scripture pavilion, and now it is less than [-] minutes before the time of offering sacrifices to heaven. For half a month, he wanted to find out where the phoenix bird came from from the history books, and tried to send Jiuling back so that he could return to his hometown.
Ever since he was injured, Jiuling and his identities seemed to have been switched. He used to follow Jiuling every step of the way, but now Jiuling is guarding him every step of the way. Jiuling stays with him in the Library Pavilion for a whole day , although bored, but refused to leave.
Xitao spent three days searching all the classics in Zangshu Pavilion, but to no avail. He asked the monks in the temple why there was no book about Phoenix in Zangshu Pavilion, but the monks knew nothing about it.
He had no choice but to go down the mountain alone, and he spent another five days searching all the bookstores in the capital, but he still couldn't find any relevant books. Later, he went to many places to inquire, and finally found out that last year Emperor Wei suddenly ordered someone secretly All books about the Phoenix family were destroyed.
A certain thought in Xi Tao's heart was confirmed, he lowered his eyes and smiled, and didn't go to find out where Jiu Ling came from.
When Xitao returned to the temple, there were only three days left before the grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven. The temple was very lively. Xitao walked through the crowd expressionlessly, turning a blind eye to the monks who greeted him, as if lost. Like a soul, it didn't return to its place until seeing Jiu Ling.
He took Jiu Ling back to the Zen room, he always leaves early and returns late recently, Jiu Ling has long been dissatisfied, fluttered his wings and made a fuss for a long time, only after losing his temper enough did he turn back into a human form, and ran to Xi Tao to act like a spoiled child.
Xi Tao had already discovered that although Fengniao had a bad temper, she never got angry with him when she lost her temper, and only came to him after she lost her temper.
Jiu Ling's feet were bare, her long black hair hung behind her head, and her thick and beautiful features were shining. Xi Tao looked at his immature face and smiled softly, but her expression was uncontrollably sad.
Jiu Ling leaned against Xi Tao as if she had no bones, looked at Xi Tao's smooth head, stroked her long hair by her ears, and frowned slightly.
Jiu Ling wrapped her fingers around the end of her hair, and looked at Xi Tao with clean eyes, "Master, I see that all the young monks in the temple have shaved their heads, should I also shave this thing?"
He didn't have the nerve to say that he actually saw that Master looked good with a shaved head, so he wanted to shave like Master, so that he could be as good-looking as Master, and stand together more well.
Xi Tao shook her head lightly, and stroked Jiu Ling's soft hair, "Ling'er looks pretty like this."
It turned out that the master thought he was very good-looking.
Jiu Ling couldn't help but be happy when she got the praise. Not only did she not want to shave her head anymore, but she also combed her black and shiny hair very smoothly every day. She only hoped that Master could touch it more when she saw it.
For the next three days, Xitao stayed with Jiuling all the time, and never searched for those history books, nor pleaded with Emperor Wei, they played freely and happily for three days as if they had forgotten about the Heaven Sacrifice Conference.
During these three days, although they couldn't leave Zhaoyang Mountain, they had a great time. They almost visited the whole Zhaoyang Mountain. Being with Xitao, even if he doesn't do anything, can make him happy.
It's a pity that the happy time is always short-lived, and in a blink of an eye it will be the day of the Heaven Sacrifice Conference.
In the early morning of the day of the Heaven Worship Conference, the monks in the temple wanted to take Jiuling to the Tiantai according to the imperial decree. Jiuling didn't want to go with them, and everyone looked at Xitao in embarrassment. Fate is hard to break, if Feng Yao is not willing to go with them, they can only use force. Once Feng Yao is hurt by then, they are afraid that the abbot will be unhappy.
Xi Tao glanced at them, walked over and patted Jiu Ling's hand, and comforted him: "Ling'er, you go first, Master will be there later.
When Jiu Ling heard what he said, he didn't struggle anymore, nodded obediently, and followed them away.
Xi Tao stood in front of the meditation room, the morning sun slanted down, dewdrops hung on the weeds by the roadside, and the breeze was blowing, the cassock on his body shone faintly in the sunlight.
Xi Tao watched Jiu Ling go away, Jiu Ling knew what was waiting for him ahead, but he didn't resist at all, because Xi Tao let him go, he was so happy that he didn't even ask 'why'.
Xi Tao knew that even if he pointed a knife at Jiuling now, Jiuling would meet him without hesitation, and even hug him.
Xitao felt a familiar pain in his heart, and gently closed his eyes. He stood at the door for half a stick of incense, then moved, and returned to the meditation room.
He put on the most exquisite cassock, tidied up his appearance, and walked towards the sacrificial platform.
Xitao and Emperor Wei arrived at the sacrifice platform almost at the same time. Emperor Wei sat on the dragon chariot, followed by the national teacher at his side, and led the ministers in the court behind him. The momentum was huge, and Shen Jue also stood among them, with a dignified expression.
Jiuling was tied to a wooden frame, and firewood was placed under the wooden frame. Later, Emperor Wei would light these firewood and burn Jiuling for seven to seven days.
Jiuling's eyes lit up after Xitao arrived, and his eyes were only looking at Xitao, jumping with joy and cleanliness. Seeing that Xitao hadn't looked up at him, he frowned in disappointment, but refused to look away.
The national teacher noticed Jiu Ling's expression and sneered lowly.
Everything was done step by step. First, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky was held. Emperor Wei was assisted up to the platform, where he tremblingly offered incense and prayed, praying for God to bless Wei, and the courtiers knelt down to worship.
Xi Tao stood at the head of the monks, watching with cold eyes. As an emperor, Emperor Wei did not think about making progress, but looked forward to the blessings of the gods, which is really ridiculous and pathetic.
The etiquette of the Heaven Worship Conference was heavy. After each item was completed, it was already the time when the sun was strongest at noon. The last item was to sacrifice the sky with a phoenix bird, which should be presided over by Xitao.
The national teacher smiled, looked at Xi Tao and said indifferently: "Abbot, please."
Xi Tao stood still, but looked at him and Emperor Wei, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, National Teacher, the big mistake has not been made yet, and there is still time for you to turn around."
Wei Di was furious, and stared at Xi Tao with his dim eyes, wishing that someone would drag him down immediately and kill him.
The national teacher stopped him and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this person is still useful to us, let's keep it."
Emperor Wei's eyes darkened, and he barely suppressed his anger. Xi Tao had already seen that Emperor Wei listened to this national teacher very much.
In the emperor's wrath, all the ministers held their breath and dared not speak.
The national teacher looked at Xi Tao and threatened: "Abbot, you'd better think about what to do now."
He raised his voice and said loudly: "This phoenix demon endangers the world, and he deserves to die. If he doesn't die, everyone should die."
Xi Tao said coldly: "Since the national teacher is so jealous, why not do it yourself, eliminate harm for the people, and go up and light this fire in person."
The national teacher's expression froze for a moment, and there was a trace of panic in his eyes, but he quickly calmed down, "The abbot is an eminent monk, and it is suitable for suppressing monsters. I won't compete with the abbot for your credit. You should do it well. As long as this matter is done properly, His Majesty will not correct the past, but only remember that the abbot's loyalty to His Majesty will be rewarded."
Xi Tao looked at his hypocritical face, with a cold light flickering in her dark eyes, stared at him for a moment, then walked towards the altar.
The national teacher is greedy for the prosperity of the world and wants to please Emperor Wei, but he himself refuses to do evil, for fear of ruining the path of practice, so he asks Kong Fan, the abbot, to burn the phoenix bird, and wants Kong Fan to bear the responsibility for the murder. He is naturally useful, as for after using it, I am afraid that the national teacher will use Kong Fan's life to comfort Jiu Ling's resentful soul, and Kong Fan will only have a dead end at that time.
Xitao walked up the steps step by step, Shanghua followed behind Xitao, glanced at the national teacher and Emperor Wei, and followed Xitao to the rooftop. He was just a child, and no one paid much attention to him.
Seeing Xitao walking towards the altar in a compromise, the national teacher smiled triumphantly and narrowed his eyes slightly. Everyone in this world is the same. Even Kong Fan, as the abbot, is greedy for life and afraid of death, and it is difficult to transcend the six realms , the national teacher bent his lips, he thought there was nothing wrong, he was just one of them.
Jiu Ling has always maintained the appearance of a phoenix bird in front of outsiders. Now that he is tied to a wooden frame, he is somewhat embarrassed. When he sees Xi Tao walking towards him, he wags his tail happily, and feels that his current appearance is a bit strange. Ashamed, he secretly hid the messy phoenix feathers, and moved his muddy feet back, trying to hide under the beautiful phoenix feathers.
Xi Tao walked over and looked at Jiu Ling tenderly, with emotions in his eyes and his fingers trembling slightly, he raised his hand to wipe Jiu Ling's messy wind feathers and feet clean one by one.
With tears in her eyes, Xi Tao looked down at Jiu Ling and said in a low voice, "Ling'er, live well."
In this life, he doesn't want to teach Jiu Ling good and evil anymore, he just wants him to live well.
Jiu Ling looked up at the tears in his eyes, and before he could react, Xi Tao swung his sword and broke the rope on his body.
Xitao turned around, faced the crowd in the audience, and said sharply: "I will never kill Fengniao today, because Fengniao is not a monster at all, but a divine bird!"
Emperor Wei and the national teacher stood up straight at once, and their faces changed drastically. The others were stunned and couldn't believe what they heard.
Monsters can be killed, but divine birds are to be feared, how can they be used to worship the heavens!
Xi Tao shot at Emperor Wei like a knife, and said in a furious voice, "Emperor Wei didn't want to use the phoenix demon to sacrifice to the heavens, but for his own selfish desire, he wanted to use the divine bird to refine the elixir of immortality!"
It is precisely because Jiuling is a divine bird that Emperor Wei ordered people to sacrifice to the heavens here, because only here would the gods lose their magic power. Emperor Wei knew that killing the divine bird was a serious sin, so he held such a grand ceremony to worship the heavens. , wanting to ask God to forgive him for his crimes.
His life is running out, he is greedy for the prosperity and power in the world, and wants to go against the sky and live forever. The national teacher has seen this of him, so they help the evil, they destroyed the history books about Phoenix in advance, and tried their best The divine bird was captured, and in the name of eliminating demons, he openly used the divine bird to refine medicine.
When everyone heard Xi Tao's words, the audience was in an uproar. Everyone looked at Jiuling in disbelief, his face turned pale, God is omnipotent, even an emperor, how can he kill a god!
Everyone's legs softened, and they couldn't help kneeling on the ground one after another. If what Xitao said was true, then they have clearly imprisoned the bird now!
Shen Jue stood with his hands behind his back, his eyebrows frowned, and he looked at Xi Tao and Jiu Ling inquiringly, with a serious expression on his face.
Jiu Ling didn't know his own background, so he listened ignorantly, but felt that Master's angry face was very attractive, and he couldn't help but look straight at him.
Xitao stood on the platform, looked down at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "The divine bird is born from the cultivation of heaven and earth, and is the incarnation of the spirit of all things. If you kill the divine bird, it must be against the law of heaven. The crime will be brought down on Great Wei! When the time comes, the people will be in dire straits, and none of you will be able to escape. Are you willing to bear this responsibility together with Emperor Wei?"
In order to live forever, Emperor Wei tried to use divine birds to refine elixirs. This act violated the law of heaven, and Wei would be punished. At that time, no one who helped the evildoers would be able to escape.
Emperor Wei gritted his teeth, he naturally knew the consequences, but as long as he can live forever, the life and death of the people in Liming has nothing to do with him. The national teacher said that when the time comes, the sky will at most send down natural disasters, flooding several counties, or send down fire from the sky, burning For several cities, as long as he is alive, he will always be the emperor. Even if the people suffer, it is not his turn to bear it.
Everyone changed their faces one after another, and the scene was in chaos.
The national teacher looked at Xi Tao with a gloomy expression, and Xi Tao gave him an indifferent glance, Xi Tao naturally knew his plan.
Although the idea of using the divine bird to sacrifice to the sky was given by the national teacher, the national teacher did not do it himself. He just looked on coldly like an outsider. He wanted to escape the punishment of heaven. When the natural disaster came, Dawn was miserable. At that time, he can save the world and use magic to save the people from fire and water. At that time, he can take this opportunity to accumulate merits and virtues, and then he can ascend to immortality.
He has a good idea, but he doesn't know it, and what he does thinks it's a lie
He flapped his wings and flew over. This time it was useless. He took the initiative this time. The little abbot took the initiative to touch his head. He raised his tail comfortably and squinted his eyes. I don't know if it was his illusion. The look in his eyes is very gentle, like water, the beautiful phoenix eyes are sparkling, the phoenix likes fire, and the least like water, but he likes the watery eyes of the little abbot, if it is true He would be willing to plunge into the pool, even if he drowned in it.
Xi Tao looked at Jiu Ling, her eyes seemed to be condensed with intractable frost and scorching heat.
In the middle of the night, when Jiu Ling fell asleep, Xi Tao sat in the meditation room and looked up at the bright moon hanging high. He unconsciously thought of his only apprentice in this world. After drawing, when he came back to his senses, he realized that Jiu Ling's appearance had jumped on the paper, with a black robe on his body, coquettish and crazy, it was his appearance when he was besieged in his previous life.
Xi Tao was startled, and immediately stopped writing, put down the pen, and stared at the painting in a daze. He hadn't had time to draw Jiu Ling's face, but Jiu Ling's appearance had been deeply engraved in his heart, lifelike.
He stared at the painting for an unknown amount of time, his earlobe felt cold, and something slipped past his earlobe.
He turned his head to look, and the face that was still rippling in his heart just now appeared in his room, he was startled, and realized that it was Fengniao.
He suddenly thought of the kiss in his previous life, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
The story book said that a master in white clothes is very dangerous and will be eaten by his apprentices. He thought of the white clothes in his previous life, and felt a little scared in his heart. He raised his hand and touched his bald head, and then he felt relieved, and then lowered his head Looking at the cassock on his body, um, I feel more at ease.
His expression became calm again, and he reached out to wipe his ears.
Fengniao was not reconciled to his traces being erased, his eyes darkened, his red eyes exuded a coquettish light, he leaned up to lick it again, and when he left, he gritted his teeth unwillingly, satisfied Seeing the sharp teeth leaving red marks on the white earlobe, he finally smiled with satisfaction.
Xi Tao didn't rub it again, the temperament of the monster race is unpredictable, if he rubs it again, Fengniao might have to bite him ten or eight times before giving up.
Feng Niao licked his lips and looked at the painting in front of him. Seeing that the person in the painting was besieged, it was very similar to when he was captured. After looking at it for a long time, he couldn't help asking: "Is he also a demon?"
Xi Tao shook her head, "No."
Feng Niao looked at the expressions of other people in the painting, and frowned suspiciously, "It's not a demon, why are everyone afraid of him?"
"...Because they don't know him, because they don't know, they are afraid."
Feng Niao frowned and thought for a while, "Just like the common people don't understand me, after they understand me, they won't be afraid, right?"
Xitao's heart suddenly tightened, and he looked at Fengniao's ignorant and expectant eyes, feeling sore for some reason, as sad as a sudden tear.
He forced a smile, and said softly: "Yes, if everyone is willing to understand you, they will all like you."
Xi Tao finally hesitated, raised her hand slowly, and lightly touched the top of Fengniao's head.
Fengniao raised her eyebrows and rubbed his hand lightly, but Xi Tao stopped suddenly like a thunderbolt and withdrew her hand.
Fengniao frowned, grabbed his hand and lifted it up, and rubbed her head against him.
"Ling'er..." Xi Tao's throat tightened, and it was extremely difficult to utter every word.
Fengniao's eyes moved, and her ears pricked up vigilantly, who is the little abbot calling?
Xi Tao was startled for a moment, then patted his head again, and said softly, "I'm calling you."
"...May I give you a name?"
Fengniao's eyes lit up, "Sure!"
Xi Tao looked at him, and his figure gradually overlapped with another figure, and they merged into one perfectly.
"Jiu Ling...your name is Jiu Ling, and your name is Wuyuan." Xi Tao whispered with a trembling voice.
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"Nine Ling..."
"Nine Wuyuan."
Fengniao shook her little tail, very satisfied with the name.
He rolled his eyes, flew out, and flew back a moment later with a red lotus ring in his mouth.
Xi Tao couldn't help being taken aback when she saw the red lotus ring. Isn't this his storage ring?This ring has disappeared since he crossed over, why is it here at Jiuling now?
Jiuling shyly put the red lotus ring in Xitao's palm, blinked her dark eyes at him, and Fengwei remained still nervously.
Xitao clenched the familiar red lotus ring tightly, feeling a dense pain in her heart.
After a while, the voice was hoarse: "Is this for me?"
Fengniao nodded, looking forward.
Xitao hesitated for a moment, and brought the red lotus ring to his finger. It was just the right size, and it was exactly the same red lotus ring he had before, but now that the celestial magic was useless, he couldn't open the storage ring.
Seeing the little abbot put the red lotus ring on his white finger, Jiuling couldn't help but happily lifted the phoenix tail.
Jiuling has been very happy since he got a name. He likes his name very much, and sticks to Xi Tao's side for a day.
Every time Xitao called his name, his eyes would be extraordinarily bright, like black grapes washed in water.
Xi Tao turned her eyes to look at Jiu Ling and said, "You have become a human, I want to talk to you for a while."
Jiuling looked at him half-understood. He had just turned into a human by mistake before. He didn't know how to transform into a human. However, he didn't want to disappoint the little abbot, so he obediently stood up and tried a few times. , finally turned into a human appearance.
He raised his sleeves in a very novel way, and turned around happily, but was a little disappointed when he saw that there was no beautiful tail behind him. He tried a few more times, and finally learned to transform into a human shape freely.
Xi Tao asked him to sit down opposite, looked at his familiar face, and unconsciously softened her voice, "Ling'er, do you still remember where you came from?"
"...well... there are mountains, water, clouds... and many phoenix demons like me, very beautiful..." Jiuling thought hard, but couldn't think of anything more, so he could only shake Shaking his head, pointing at it, he said, "A stinky Taoist priest hit me here, and I don't remember anything."
Xitao looked intently, and there was no wound on the top of Jiuling's head. He let Jiuling approach him, carefully inspected the wounded place on Jiuling's head, and found that the trauma on Jiuling's head had healed, but the memory was lost for some reason That national teacher injured Jiu Ling back then, causing Jiu Ling to lose his memory.
Xi Tao couldn't help frowning, she felt a little resentment towards that national teacher, and dared to hurt his apprentice, it's really hateful!Thinking of Jiuling's current situation, Xi Tao couldn't help but feel a little worried. The day of offering sacrifices to heaven was getting closer and closer. He wanted to send Jiuling away, but he didn't know where Jiuling came from.
But Jiu Ling didn't understand his worries, stretched out his head, blinked his clear eyes and said, "If someone rubs it for me, maybe my head won't hurt, maybe I'll remember."
Xi Tao smiled slightly, raised his hand to rub his head for him, he looked at the top of his hairy head, and suddenly said: "Ling'er, I will take you as an apprentice, do you want me to be your master?"
He didn't expect that he could ask the same words as in his previous life so quickly, his heart beat slightly faster, his palms were sweating, and he was a little nervous.
"Master..." Jiuling muttered these two words, frowning in pain, and covered her head all of a sudden.
Xi Tao quickly hugged him, "Ling'er, what's wrong with you?"
"...Headache." Xi Tao exhaled in pain. After a while, Jiu Ling's headache eased a little. "What is Master?"
Xi Tao saw that his expression was relaxed, and his head seemed to be no longer hurting, so he breathed a sigh of relief and explained: "Master is..."
Xi Tao's voice paused, she lowered her eyes to look at Jiu Ling's pure eyes, was silent for a while, and said softly, "He will be the best person for you in the future."
In the last life, he failed to protect Jiu Ling well. In this life, he will definitely try his best to treat Jiu Ling well, so that Jiu Ling can live a happy life.
Jiuling's eyes lit up, he nodded vigorously, and called out flatteringly, "Master!"
Fengniao has no scheming, just like a blank sheet of paper. Hearing that the little abbot would treat him well, he couldn't help being tempted, and agreed without even thinking about it.
When Xitao heard the familiar address, he felt a dull pain in his heart, and couldn't help but hugged Jiuling into his arms, tears rolling in his eyes, and he swore secretly in his heart that he would protect Jiuling well in this life.
Jiuling didn't know why, but felt that Master's embrace was soft and sweet. He liked it very much, and couldn't help but reach out and hug Xitao's waist.
Xitao has been holding him tightly, he rolled his eyes boredly, and slightly raised his eyes to look at Xitao's white and tender earlobes, he stared at them for a while, feeling parched for some reason, and stretched out the tip of his tongue to lick After a while, as if eating a sweet fruit, he bent his eyes happily.
Xi Tao's whole body shook, and suddenly remembered the feeling of her lips touching in the previous life, she slightly pushed Jiu Ling away, her cheeks blushed uncontrollably.
Jiu Ling had long forgotten everything about his previous life. Seeing his flushed cheeks, he couldn't help leaning over to lick him again. Xi Tao hurriedly pushed him away, and said with a slightly red cheek, "Ling'er, you can't do this. .”
Jiu Ling blinked suspiciously, seeing his slightly cold face, couldn't help being a little scared.
Xitao sighed softly, he had no choice but to calm down his face when he was so ignorant and ignorant, and said in a low voice, "Anyway, it can't be like this again."
He suddenly felt a little sad, Jiu Ling has been reincarnated, and he no longer remembers the past, he is the only one who remembers those memories.
But this also made him breathe a sigh of relief. If Jiu Ling still remembered these things, he really didn't know how to face this apprentice.
From this day on, Xitao and Jiuling were almost inseparable. Xitao hadn't forgotten the tragedy of the previous life, and she was always worried that Jiuling would go out alone. Whenever she couldn't see Jiuling, she felt nervous.
Jiuling flew to the branch, Xitao was resting under the tree, Jiuling flew to the vegetable garden to make trouble, Xitao took the Buddhist beads, sat in the gazebo next to the vegetable garden and pretended to chant scriptures, Jiuling ran to the lake to catch fish and play, He went boating on the lake, picking lotuses and lotuses, wherever Jiuling was, Xitao was there, almost inseparable.
Everyone in the temple was a little surprised by the abbot's behavior, and asked many times in secret, but Xi Tao didn't care about other people's thoughts at all, and just stayed with Jiu Ling wholeheartedly every day.
He unconsciously wanted to make up for the regrets of his previous life, and because his heart felt uneasy, Jiuling had a bad fate, so he could only cherish every moment when Jiuling was by his side, and try his best to make Jiuling live happily and recklessly.
If it was Jiuling from the previous life, he would be very happy with Xitao's actions now. His biggest wish at that time was that Master could always be with him and never leave him.
In this life, Xitao fulfilled his wish in a disguised form.
Although Fengniao didn't know why Master followed him all day long, he felt inexplicably happy. Every time he turned his head, he could see Master. He felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction, both excited and joyful. It was the happiest day he could remember.
Fengniao felt that although the time he got along with him was very short, he already liked Master so much that he didn't know what to do, which made him wish he could give all his phoenix feathers to Master, but he worried that Master would feel ugly after he was naked , so he could only wash the phoenix feather clean every day, and leaned over to show it to the master, and he would not be satisfied until the master smiled.
This day, Xitao was watching Jiuling by the river, and Jiuling was flying around on the river to scare the fish in the water, causing the fish to swim fast. The sun shone on the sparkling river, and the phoenix was beautiful. The phoenix feathers are shining brightly.
There was a smile on Xitao's lips unconsciously, and she was watching with relish, when Shanghua ran over to report that the sacrificial platform had been built and asked Xitao to inspect it.
The smile on Xitao's face disappeared in an instant, as long as he thought about what a place like the altar was built for, he would feel depressed.
He glanced at the happy little phoenix bird playing on the river, hesitated for a moment, didn't tell Jiu Ling, and turned and left with Shang Hua alone.
Shanghua looked at Jiuling, then lowered his head, and followed Xitao away.
On weekdays, Jiuling played there, Xitao stood by and watched, neither of them disturbed the other, Xitao thought that even if he left Jiuling, he wouldn't notice, but he didn't expect him to take two steps, Jiuling She flapped her wings and chased after him, circled over his head twice on purpose, and screamed twice, as if accusing him of leaving without saying goodbye.
Xi Tao smiled, stretched out her hand, and Jiu Ling slipped into his arms. Jiu Ling tucked into Xi Tao's arms, glanced at Shang Hua who was following behind, and swaggered in Xi Tao's arms He raised his tail.
They soon came to the Tiantai. The day of offering sacrifices to heaven was getting closer and closer, and the building of the Tiantai was almost completed. Zhaoyang Temple was a royal temple.
Standing under the stage and watching from a distance, Xitao felt that the resplendent altar was like a ferocious beast, trying to swallow his disciples. Everything around him was cold, not like a temple, no matter how many Even the incense could not cover up the coldness here, he just felt extremely oppressed standing here.
"What's this place?" Jiuling flew to Xitao's shoulder and asked in his ear.
In this life, Xitao didn't teach Jiuling the rituals, music, poetry and books, but only indulged him to play around every day, and occasionally taught Jiuling a few simple formulas, so that Jiuling could flexibly transform into a human body, and he could also speak through the body of a phoenix bird.
When Xi Tao heard Jiu Ling's question, her expression darkened, but her voice did not fluctuate: "This is the place where you will be burned to ashes in a month's time."
When Jiuling heard that Xitao was going to burn him to ashes, he scratched Xitao's shoulder with his claws unhappily, flapped his wings and flew away as if angry.
Xi Tao didn't chase him, but stared at the altar not far away in a daze, and remained silent.
Shanghua looked at Jiuling Feiyuan's back, looked at Xitao and asked: "Abbot, it is said that the monks are compassionate, but why do we sacrifice to heaven, can killing really bring back Fengtiao Yushun? If monsters are born guilty, what about gods? Can gods be released without guilt?"
The wind brushed Xitao's clothes, Xitao listened to Shanghua's childish voice, lowered her eyes slightly, "Whether it is a human being, a god or a demon, all are born innocent, and the guilty are always greed."
Under Shanghua's astonished gaze, he turned and left, walked to the foot of the mountain, and tried to use the magic method to open the nearby enchantment, but he tried for a while, but it was useless. Not only was the entire mountain's enchantment unmoved, He also found that the immortality in his body was useless, like cotton soaked in water, it sank before it floated up.
He frowned strangely, how many spells he had in the mortal world depended on the degree of blackening of Jiu Ling, but Jiu Ling was pure and ignorant in this life, like a piece of white paper, there was no blackening at all, he should have a lot of magic skills Yes, how come there is not even [-]% of the immortal spells?
He looked around Zhaoyang Mountain, and suddenly noticed that the magnetic field here was weird. He tried to walk down the mountain and run the spell again. This time the spell went smoothly, and the spiritual power surged in his body, and he returned to normal.
He went back to Zhaoyang Mountain, and found that the spiritual power in his body had disappeared again, and he could not use any spells, only a few innocuous formulas. He finally found that the problem was on this mountain.
He found a place where no one was around, raised his hand and shook the Yinchuan bell, and when Xuan Xing Hejun appeared, he asked straight to the point: "Why is my immortal technique useless in Zhaoyang Mountain?"
Mr. Xuan Xinghe had expected that he would have this question, and replied without hesitation: "Mount Zhaoyang is quite special. It used to be a place where immortals were punished by heaven. It is useless, although this place is no longer a place of punishment from heaven, there are still very few immortal spells left here, if the immortal monarch wants to use immortal spells, he only needs to leave Zhaoyang Mountain to recover his spiritual power."
Xi Tao's heart sank, and she couldn't help frowning, "Is there no other way?"
If he can't use the immortal method freely in Zhaoyang Mountain, he won't be able to send Jiu Ling away. If he can't use any immortal method when he encounters Zhaoyang Mountain, then this place is no different from an iron wall for the immortal. He wants to invite other people No way to help.
Lord Xuan Xinghe shook his head, "I can't do anything about it, the phoenix was reborn from the ashes, and in this life Jiu Ling should have been burned as a sacrifice to the heavens. After being tortured for 49 days, he was reborn and turned black, thus crushing the Great Wei to take revenge. I also fell into the endless abyss because of the heavy killing, and became a demon completely, as to whether you can change his fate, it depends on yourself."
The Yinchuan bell dimmed, Xuan Xing Hejun's voice gradually faded away, and Xi Tao couldn't help but sigh.
Jiu Ling's fate seems to be inseparable from setbacks, as if there is something in the dark that refuses to let him be a good person, always driving him to a dead end, trying to make him fall into the devil.
And he, Xianjun Xitao, seemed destined to be a stumbling block on the road of Jiuling's blackening. He always tried every means to let Xitao walk on a bright road, but no matter how hard he tried, fate seemed to pull Jiuling back again. .
But he will not give up no matter what, he believes that Jiu Ling is inherently kind, and he can always bring Jiu Ling back to the right path.
Now that Jiuling is pure-hearted, he doesn't hold any grudges at all. When he came back, he not only forgot all the unhappiness in the afternoon, but also brought back a wild flower to Xitao.
Xi Tao patted his head, thinking that it's good that Jiuling has no worries now, don't worry about offering sacrifices to heaven, just live happily every day.
The next morning, Xitao asked for an order to enter the palace, trying to persuade Emperor Wei not to use life to sacrifice to heaven, but unfortunately he just mentioned a word, and Wei Emperor was furious and didn't give him a chance to speak at all. Xitao was not afraid of Tianwei, Unwilling to give up, still persuading.
The national teacher asked: "Kong Fan, as the host, you want to love the common people and save the suffering. How can you be cute as a monster?"
Xitao's eyes didn't back down in the slightest, "He's an evildoer, my apprentice, and one of the common people. He's the fruit of misery. Why don't I love him?"
The national teacher didn't speak any more, the old god stood aside and watched, with a smile on his lips, as if he was sure that Emperor Wei would not change his mind.
As expected, Emperor Wei did not waver in the slightest, instead he reprimanded Xitao and drove him out.
Xi Tao couldn't kneel down, and Emperor Wei was so angry that he ordered someone to beat him thirty times, and sent him back to Zhaoyang Temple to make him reflect on himself.
He passed out, and when he returned to Zhaoyang Temple, he lost all magic power, and his body recovered even more slowly. He lay in bed for half a month before he could get up.
Seeing that his eyes were extremely angry, Jiu Ling struggled to fly out of Zhaoyang Temple to avenge him, but was blocked by the barrier, and also suffered injuries all over his body. He became dull and lost a lot of weight.
Xitao didn't tell Jiu Ling who hurt him, nor did he tell Jiu Ling why he was injured, he just tried his best to make Jiu Ling happy again, but unfortunately even he was useless this time, Jiu Ling always saw His injury couldn't hide his anger, and Jiu Ling felt better until he recovered.
Xi Tao was injured and couldn't move around, so she sat in the room and read scriptures, trying to calm down.
Jiu Ling leaned over to take a look, but couldn't understand a single word, so he couldn't help but ask, "Master, what are you looking at?"
Xi Tao lowered her eyes and looked at the Buddhist scriptures, "The book says that there are eight sufferings in life, birth, old age, sickness and death, separation from love, long-term resentment, unable to ask, unable to let go."
Jiu Ling smiled nonchalantly, "For me, there are only four hardships in life."
"Why?"
"Because if I love someone, I will definitely not be separated from him. Naturally, I will not complain for a long time. If I want something, I must get it. Naturally, I will not let it go. Therefore, only birth, old age, sickness and death are left. I can't stop it."
Xi Tao looked at the innocent Jiu Ling and said with a smile, "Things are impermanent, and not everything in the world will go as you wish."
Jiuling was ignorant, and threw herself into Xitao's arms to act like a spoiled child, "In all things in the world, I only value Master. As long as Master stays by my side, I have nothing else I want."
Xi Tao smiled wryly, Jiu Ling's words were so similar to those in the previous life, but unfortunately, things still backfired.
Xitao tried to persuade Emperor Wei to no avail, and also saw that Emperor Wei would not change his mind, so he had to give up this method. After he recovered from his injury, he plunged into the Buddhist scripture pavilion, and now it is less than [-] minutes before the time of offering sacrifices to heaven. For half a month, he wanted to find out where the phoenix bird came from from the history books, and tried to send Jiuling back so that he could return to his hometown.
Ever since he was injured, Jiuling and his identities seemed to have been switched. He used to follow Jiuling every step of the way, but now Jiuling is guarding him every step of the way. Jiuling stays with him in the Library Pavilion for a whole day , although bored, but refused to leave.
Xitao spent three days searching all the classics in Zangshu Pavilion, but to no avail. He asked the monks in the temple why there was no book about Phoenix in Zangshu Pavilion, but the monks knew nothing about it.
He had no choice but to go down the mountain alone, and he spent another five days searching all the bookstores in the capital, but he still couldn't find any relevant books. Later, he went to many places to inquire, and finally found out that last year Emperor Wei suddenly ordered someone secretly All books about the Phoenix family were destroyed.
A certain thought in Xi Tao's heart was confirmed, he lowered his eyes and smiled, and didn't go to find out where Jiu Ling came from.
When Xitao returned to the temple, there were only three days left before the grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven. The temple was very lively. Xitao walked through the crowd expressionlessly, turning a blind eye to the monks who greeted him, as if lost. Like a soul, it didn't return to its place until seeing Jiu Ling.
He took Jiu Ling back to the Zen room, he always leaves early and returns late recently, Jiu Ling has long been dissatisfied, fluttered his wings and made a fuss for a long time, only after losing his temper enough did he turn back into a human form, and ran to Xi Tao to act like a spoiled child.
Xi Tao had already discovered that although Fengniao had a bad temper, she never got angry with him when she lost her temper, and only came to him after she lost her temper.
Jiu Ling's feet were bare, her long black hair hung behind her head, and her thick and beautiful features were shining. Xi Tao looked at his immature face and smiled softly, but her expression was uncontrollably sad.
Jiu Ling leaned against Xi Tao as if she had no bones, looked at Xi Tao's smooth head, stroked her long hair by her ears, and frowned slightly.
Jiu Ling wrapped her fingers around the end of her hair, and looked at Xi Tao with clean eyes, "Master, I see that all the young monks in the temple have shaved their heads, should I also shave this thing?"
He didn't have the nerve to say that he actually saw that Master looked good with a shaved head, so he wanted to shave like Master, so that he could be as good-looking as Master, and stand together more well.
Xi Tao shook her head lightly, and stroked Jiu Ling's soft hair, "Ling'er looks pretty like this."
It turned out that the master thought he was very good-looking.
Jiu Ling couldn't help but be happy when she got the praise. Not only did she not want to shave her head anymore, but she also combed her black and shiny hair very smoothly every day. She only hoped that Master could touch it more when she saw it.
For the next three days, Xitao stayed with Jiuling all the time, and never searched for those history books, nor pleaded with Emperor Wei, they played freely and happily for three days as if they had forgotten about the Heaven Sacrifice Conference.
During these three days, although they couldn't leave Zhaoyang Mountain, they had a great time. They almost visited the whole Zhaoyang Mountain. Being with Xitao, even if he doesn't do anything, can make him happy.
It's a pity that the happy time is always short-lived, and in a blink of an eye it will be the day of the Heaven Sacrifice Conference.
In the early morning of the day of the Heaven Worship Conference, the monks in the temple wanted to take Jiuling to the Tiantai according to the imperial decree. Jiuling didn't want to go with them, and everyone looked at Xitao in embarrassment. Fate is hard to break, if Feng Yao is not willing to go with them, they can only use force. Once Feng Yao is hurt by then, they are afraid that the abbot will be unhappy.
Xi Tao glanced at them, walked over and patted Jiu Ling's hand, and comforted him: "Ling'er, you go first, Master will be there later.
When Jiu Ling heard what he said, he didn't struggle anymore, nodded obediently, and followed them away.
Xi Tao stood in front of the meditation room, the morning sun slanted down, dewdrops hung on the weeds by the roadside, and the breeze was blowing, the cassock on his body shone faintly in the sunlight.
Xi Tao watched Jiu Ling go away, Jiu Ling knew what was waiting for him ahead, but he didn't resist at all, because Xi Tao let him go, he was so happy that he didn't even ask 'why'.
Xi Tao knew that even if he pointed a knife at Jiuling now, Jiuling would meet him without hesitation, and even hug him.
Xitao felt a familiar pain in his heart, and gently closed his eyes. He stood at the door for half a stick of incense, then moved, and returned to the meditation room.
He put on the most exquisite cassock, tidied up his appearance, and walked towards the sacrificial platform.
Xitao and Emperor Wei arrived at the sacrifice platform almost at the same time. Emperor Wei sat on the dragon chariot, followed by the national teacher at his side, and led the ministers in the court behind him. The momentum was huge, and Shen Jue also stood among them, with a dignified expression.
Jiuling was tied to a wooden frame, and firewood was placed under the wooden frame. Later, Emperor Wei would light these firewood and burn Jiuling for seven to seven days.
Jiuling's eyes lit up after Xitao arrived, and his eyes were only looking at Xitao, jumping with joy and cleanliness. Seeing that Xitao hadn't looked up at him, he frowned in disappointment, but refused to look away.
The national teacher noticed Jiu Ling's expression and sneered lowly.
Everything was done step by step. First, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky was held. Emperor Wei was assisted up to the platform, where he tremblingly offered incense and prayed, praying for God to bless Wei, and the courtiers knelt down to worship.
Xi Tao stood at the head of the monks, watching with cold eyes. As an emperor, Emperor Wei did not think about making progress, but looked forward to the blessings of the gods, which is really ridiculous and pathetic.
The etiquette of the Heaven Worship Conference was heavy. After each item was completed, it was already the time when the sun was strongest at noon. The last item was to sacrifice the sky with a phoenix bird, which should be presided over by Xitao.
The national teacher smiled, looked at Xi Tao and said indifferently: "Abbot, please."
Xi Tao stood still, but looked at him and Emperor Wei, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, National Teacher, the big mistake has not been made yet, and there is still time for you to turn around."
Wei Di was furious, and stared at Xi Tao with his dim eyes, wishing that someone would drag him down immediately and kill him.
The national teacher stopped him and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this person is still useful to us, let's keep it."
Emperor Wei's eyes darkened, and he barely suppressed his anger. Xi Tao had already seen that Emperor Wei listened to this national teacher very much.
In the emperor's wrath, all the ministers held their breath and dared not speak.
The national teacher looked at Xi Tao and threatened: "Abbot, you'd better think about what to do now."
He raised his voice and said loudly: "This phoenix demon endangers the world, and he deserves to die. If he doesn't die, everyone should die."
Xi Tao said coldly: "Since the national teacher is so jealous, why not do it yourself, eliminate harm for the people, and go up and light this fire in person."
The national teacher's expression froze for a moment, and there was a trace of panic in his eyes, but he quickly calmed down, "The abbot is an eminent monk, and it is suitable for suppressing monsters. I won't compete with the abbot for your credit. You should do it well. As long as this matter is done properly, His Majesty will not correct the past, but only remember that the abbot's loyalty to His Majesty will be rewarded."
Xi Tao looked at his hypocritical face, with a cold light flickering in her dark eyes, stared at him for a moment, then walked towards the altar.
The national teacher is greedy for the prosperity of the world and wants to please Emperor Wei, but he himself refuses to do evil, for fear of ruining the path of practice, so he asks Kong Fan, the abbot, to burn the phoenix bird, and wants Kong Fan to bear the responsibility for the murder. He is naturally useful, as for after using it, I am afraid that the national teacher will use Kong Fan's life to comfort Jiu Ling's resentful soul, and Kong Fan will only have a dead end at that time.
Xitao walked up the steps step by step, Shanghua followed behind Xitao, glanced at the national teacher and Emperor Wei, and followed Xitao to the rooftop. He was just a child, and no one paid much attention to him.
Seeing Xitao walking towards the altar in a compromise, the national teacher smiled triumphantly and narrowed his eyes slightly. Everyone in this world is the same. Even Kong Fan, as the abbot, is greedy for life and afraid of death, and it is difficult to transcend the six realms , the national teacher bent his lips, he thought there was nothing wrong, he was just one of them.
Jiu Ling has always maintained the appearance of a phoenix bird in front of outsiders. Now that he is tied to a wooden frame, he is somewhat embarrassed. When he sees Xi Tao walking towards him, he wags his tail happily, and feels that his current appearance is a bit strange. Ashamed, he secretly hid the messy phoenix feathers, and moved his muddy feet back, trying to hide under the beautiful phoenix feathers.
Xi Tao walked over and looked at Jiu Ling tenderly, with emotions in his eyes and his fingers trembling slightly, he raised his hand to wipe Jiu Ling's messy wind feathers and feet clean one by one.
With tears in her eyes, Xi Tao looked down at Jiu Ling and said in a low voice, "Ling'er, live well."
In this life, he doesn't want to teach Jiu Ling good and evil anymore, he just wants him to live well.
Jiu Ling looked up at the tears in his eyes, and before he could react, Xi Tao swung his sword and broke the rope on his body.
Xitao turned around, faced the crowd in the audience, and said sharply: "I will never kill Fengniao today, because Fengniao is not a monster at all, but a divine bird!"
Emperor Wei and the national teacher stood up straight at once, and their faces changed drastically. The others were stunned and couldn't believe what they heard.
Monsters can be killed, but divine birds are to be feared, how can they be used to worship the heavens!
Xi Tao shot at Emperor Wei like a knife, and said in a furious voice, "Emperor Wei didn't want to use the phoenix demon to sacrifice to the heavens, but for his own selfish desire, he wanted to use the divine bird to refine the elixir of immortality!"
It is precisely because Jiuling is a divine bird that Emperor Wei ordered people to sacrifice to the heavens here, because only here would the gods lose their magic power. Emperor Wei knew that killing the divine bird was a serious sin, so he held such a grand ceremony to worship the heavens. , wanting to ask God to forgive him for his crimes.
His life is running out, he is greedy for the prosperity and power in the world, and wants to go against the sky and live forever. The national teacher has seen this of him, so they help the evil, they destroyed the history books about Phoenix in advance, and tried their best The divine bird was captured, and in the name of eliminating demons, he openly used the divine bird to refine medicine.
When everyone heard Xi Tao's words, the audience was in an uproar. Everyone looked at Jiuling in disbelief, his face turned pale, God is omnipotent, even an emperor, how can he kill a god!
Everyone's legs softened, and they couldn't help kneeling on the ground one after another. If what Xitao said was true, then they have clearly imprisoned the bird now!
Shen Jue stood with his hands behind his back, his eyebrows frowned, and he looked at Xi Tao and Jiu Ling inquiringly, with a serious expression on his face.
Jiu Ling didn't know his own background, so he listened ignorantly, but felt that Master's angry face was very attractive, and he couldn't help but look straight at him.
Xitao stood on the platform, looked down at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "The divine bird is born from the cultivation of heaven and earth, and is the incarnation of the spirit of all things. If you kill the divine bird, it must be against the law of heaven. The crime will be brought down on Great Wei! When the time comes, the people will be in dire straits, and none of you will be able to escape. Are you willing to bear this responsibility together with Emperor Wei?"
In order to live forever, Emperor Wei tried to use divine birds to refine elixirs. This act violated the law of heaven, and Wei would be punished. At that time, no one who helped the evildoers would be able to escape.
Emperor Wei gritted his teeth, he naturally knew the consequences, but as long as he can live forever, the life and death of the people in Liming has nothing to do with him. The national teacher said that when the time comes, the sky will at most send down natural disasters, flooding several counties, or send down fire from the sky, burning For several cities, as long as he is alive, he will always be the emperor. Even if the people suffer, it is not his turn to bear it.
Everyone changed their faces one after another, and the scene was in chaos.
The national teacher looked at Xi Tao with a gloomy expression, and Xi Tao gave him an indifferent glance, Xi Tao naturally knew his plan.
Although the idea of using the divine bird to sacrifice to the sky was given by the national teacher, the national teacher did not do it himself. He just looked on coldly like an outsider. He wanted to escape the punishment of heaven. When the natural disaster came, Dawn was miserable. At that time, he can save the world and use magic to save the people from fire and water. At that time, he can take this opportunity to accumulate merits and virtues, and then he can ascend to immortality.
He has a good idea, but he doesn't know it, and what he does thinks it's a lie
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