After being dressed as the evil god

The root of chaos lies in the heart, but the most troublesome thing in this world is the heart.It is very difficult to want the mind to remain unchanged forever, and it is also difficult to want the mind to change.

Compared with changing these mortals who have been stubborn in the indoctrination year after year, the simpler and more thorough method is to change a group of people in Jidi.

Did the gods think so?

Xi Chen'an only felt the coldness that every snowflake seeped into his body.

"Has the ghost king who once slaughtered a city started to care about the lives of mortals?" The god's voice was like the wind in the snow, and his eyes were dark and bottomless.

Xi Chen'an is also a ghost cultivator. When he died and turned into a ghost, he was full of resentment, lost his mind, and did bloody things.

but……

"The heart can change." Xi Chen'an said.

He has practiced for a long time, and the resentment of his early years has long been washed away. Even though he doesn't care much about the life and death of others, he will no longer be as indifferent as before.

Xi Chen'an's voice was very deep, this was his first rebuttal after following Daxuan.Maybe the gods don't care, but maybe... who knows what kind of god he is following?

Daxuan laughed: "You are a ghost body, you should know that life and death are impermanent, life is not the beginning and death is not the end, liking life and hating death is just the obsession of mortal beings, why do you stick to it for a lifetime?" Those eyes were still dark and blind He was not emotional at all, but he was willing to have a talk with Xi Chen'an.

Xi Chenan remained silent.He was thinking about whether such a way was what he was looking for, whether it was correct, and whether he should accept it.But he can't admit it yet.

"If you can't do it, let them do it." Daxuan ended the topic.

"Please let me have a try." Xi Chen'an said with great determination, he seemed to have decided to try it himself, but Daxuan didn't respond.

"This is not your way." Daxuan said lightly, "Let those who are willing to do so do it."

Xi Chen'an was at a loss.Is this a kind of love?Or is it just about putting the right pieces in the right place?

However, if the people in Jidi don’t need to care because they are still in the cycle of life and death, then how can they treat monks who have also failed to escape the cycle of life and death to be treated differently?

Because they are doing things for the gods?No, those ferrymen to the underworld are also doing things for the gods at this time, and with that Taoist deed, who in the world can't be used by him?

Because the group of ferrymen from the underworld are more suitable for such a thing?No, they were just bound by the contract, and they didn't really put their heart into it. If Xi Chen'an didn't want to do it, let him do it, but if he really wanted to do it, he would definitely do better.

Because "it's not their way" because they won't "will"?However, why did the gods care about it?

Xi Chen'an couldn't figure it out, he felt cold because he didn't understand.

In the eyes of Daxuan, what is the difference between them and the people of Jidi?

……

Lu Zhou is also confused, he is confused, why is Jidi like this?Is it like this outside of Jidi?

He wanted to meet people outside Jidi, so he started to go to the border of Jidi.He has never left Jidi, and he doesn't know if he can succeed, but after experiencing what happened in the butcher shop, and seeing the black decree, he really can't bear it any longer-he has been in the past few years. Ten years of life cognition has been subverted, how can I continue to endure staying in such an environment without knowing why?

But luckily, he didn't go too far, but on the road close to the border, he met a man from outside Jidi.

It was a coincidence that he had just left the city that day and was about to go to the next town, when he encountered the gods fighting in the sky.

The brilliant radiance collided with the blue sky, but the people below were not in the mood to appreciate it, and were frantically running towards the town.

Lu Zhou saw a young girl standing there motionless as if frightened, so he dragged her to the base of the wall and squatted down—a lot of people had already gathered here.Although the temple has been removed, the formations guarding the various towns are still there. The formations are not tightly stuck to the walls, and more or less will be left outside the city walls.

If you encounter such a thing in the wild, you can't expect everyone to go in through the city gate. People just run to the bottom of the wall to hide.

Old or young, or wearing silk clothes or rough cloth, these people of different heights on weekdays all stopped at the bottom of the wall to pant, each looked up at the gorgeous lights and shadows in the sky, with a trace of what should be expected in their fatigue. of numbness.

The movements of the gods' fights are loud and can be seen from a distance, and they usually have time to avoid them.And the gods didn't deliberately pick places with people to fight, they just happened to pass by, and they didn't have to hide for too long before passing by.

Lu Zhou crouched under the wall and gasped for breath. Although it was not the first time he had experienced such a thing, he might be killed if he was not careful.After he regained his composure, he realized that he was still holding on to him, so he quickly let go, and murmured a few words to comfort himself or others: "It's okay, it's okay, it will be fine in a while."

He went to look at the girl again: "Where is your companion? Is this the first time you have encountered such a thing? Remember to run next time, don't be... What's wrong with your eyes?"

"Thank you." Ding Qin said, "I came out by myself, without a companion. This is my first time in Jidi, and I don't know much about the situation here. I have a problem with my eyes, but it doesn't affect much."

She spoke very sincerely, and answered every question of Lu Zhou very seriously, her voice was soft, she didn't look too old, and what she said and did seemed a little naive.It is very dangerous for a little girl to come to a strange place alone, and besides, how can she tell others the details of herself when they meet for the first time?What if he was a bad guy?

But there was an indescribable peace in this girl's expression. Looking at her, Lu Zhou always felt that he couldn't treat her as an ordinary innocent girl, so that he didn't know how to say the words of comfort.

"It's too dangerous for you to do this. Besides, you..." He hesitated for a moment, then slowed down his voice, "You shouldn't just tell me that, what if I feel bad when I hear it?"

Ding Qin smiled, still sincerely thanked, and then asked: "What happened just now?"

There are thin and tough weeds growing under the base of the city. Lu Zhou grasped the blades of grass and tightened his hands before answering, "That's monks fighting. If you don't dodge, ordinary people may be hurt by the aftermath of their spells, so Dodge."

He paused, remembering that the girl just said that she came from outside Jidi, and asked, "Outside... where you came from, are there no monks?"

"There are also monks." Ding Qin replied. She saw what Lu Zhou wanted to ask, so she continued, "They will also have fights, and occasionally it will affect ordinary people, but not so frequently."

It's not so unscrupulous that the common people are used to it, and they can find a hiding place for themselves in panic but skillfully every time.

Lu Zhou understood Ding Qin's euphemism, he just felt as if his heart had been hit, sore and bored, so he couldn't help but fell silent.

At this moment, the people under the city wall had already started to leave one after another. Only then did Lu Zhou realize that the gods who were fighting in the sky just now had disappeared, perhaps they had gone to other places.

"Ah...we can go too." Lu Zhou stood up, looked at Ding Qin, and subconsciously searched for a topic, "Where are you going? Now Jidi is in chaos, why are you here?"

"I want to find someone." Ding Qin paused.No, what she was looking for was a god, but she subconsciously said so.When she recalled Shangshen, scenes flashed across her mind, the Lichi where a sword in the forest was like the Milky Way in the Nine Heavens, the Lichi where she was holding sycamore fruit under the tree to tease Wenqianzi, and the Lichi who used the leaves as paper to teach her to learn calligraphy. Lichi, the Lichi playing the piano in the rain curtain under the corridor, the Lichi telling her you can make mistakes...the Lichi covering her eyes with her hands.Those hands are warm.

That is the god she serves, and is... an elder who is like a teacher and a father.Are the gods superior?The gods are also like generous and wise elders and family members.

She blurted out that she wanted to find someone, but it was too late when she wanted to change her words. Lu Zhou had already continued: "How are you going to find someone? It's too dangerous. Where does he live? Why don't you find a caravan to take you?" Go. Do you have somewhere to go?"

"I don't know." Ding Qin said.

Lu Zhou saw that she suddenly appeared bewildered in her calm expression, and couldn't help but feel sorry for the girl, and felt a little annoyed at being so reckless: "You...forget it." He softened his voice, "You want to Don't you want to stay here for a few days? At least you have to find out the situation in Jidi before you act. If you don't mind, I also want to know something outside Jidi."

"Okay." Ding Qin said.

So, in the next few days, Lu Zhou learned from Ding Qin what the world outside Jidi looked like.He felt a greater shock and dizziness than that day at the base of the city wall.

When he didn't know there was light, he could have endured the darkness. When he didn't know that he was the only one living in the darkness, the pain came along with "why".

But why?Why do the people in Jidi never feel that there is a problem?They are not slaves who have been indoctrinated with the idea of ​​a bunch of loyal servants. They can also study and travel.Why do they clearly feel the pain, but take it for granted?

Why is Jidi so different from the outside world?

Lu Zhou looked at the girl opposite, and couldn't help asking.

He has asked many reasons in the past few days. Ding Qin can always answer him about the world outside Jidi, but not this time.

"I don't know." Ding Qin said.

Lu Zhou blinked blankly a few times to relieve the congestion in his heart.He no longer thinks that Ding Qin is a naive and reckless young girl. In the past few days, he has obtained a lot of answers from her. The more he knows, the more he admires her, so that he can't help but get used to asking her for answers.

"I have traveled to many places and seen many things, but seeing does not mean understanding." Ding Qin's gray eyes were like warm gray agate in the sun, making Lu Zhou believe involuntarily, "You are easier than anyone else." Work out the answer."

"I?"

"People in Jidi can't figure it out, because they are still delusional; people outside Jidi can't figure it out, because they have never experienced it. But you are different. You have experienced it, and you know why you once believed so deeply. You have already Be sober and know why what you once believed was wrong. All you have to do is to think about your own heart."

Lu Zhou couldn't help but calm down in this voice.

Why is he obviously overwhelmed by the heavy offerings and often worried about disasters caused by wanton gods, yet he feels that all this is justified?

Why does he think that the weak can eat the strong on the one hand, but on the other hand, he thinks that he can live well as long as he obeys the rules?

Because...he feels that misfortune will not happen to him, because he feels that he is a person who abides by the rules.

The people who suffered misfortune were because they did not worship the gods devoutly; the people who were affected by the fights of the gods were because they did not pay attention and did not run to the city wall in time... As long as you obey the rules, you will not encounter tragedy.

Because he sees the superiority of others, he feels envious; because he thinks that he, too, may be the strong man who eats meat;

As long as you worship the temple devoutly, you will naturally become a master, and as long as you enter the fairy gate, you can also be that high-ranking god.

Because of acceptance, you will not be angry and unwilling; if you are not angry and unwilling, you will not suffer more.

But the reason why the pigs and sheep in the pen are slaughtered is not because they are getting fat, eating too little, or being too noisy... There is only one reason-people want to eat meat.

But the envy of the strong is like a carrot hanging in front of a donkey, so that it can endure the pain of grinding.

But accepting the docility of injustice, endurance and oppression will only bring more suffering, just like a tree thrown into fire.

……

Lu Zhou opened his mouth, but couldn't speak. He found himself crying.

"If you care about life and death, you will be drawn by life and death; if you are in an unexpected situation, you will be drawn by the outside world. People are surrounded by the environment. We can't be saints who don't like things and don't feel sorry for ourselves, but you have already begun to think."

It wasn't consolation, but Lu Zhou felt that the bitterness in his heart had subsided a lot.

He wiped his face and said, "It's been so long... Am I the only one who started thinking?"

He didn't believe that he was the only one who started thinking about this.Lu Zhou knew very well that he was not a very smart person, otherwise he would not have messed up to the point where he had to go to a butcher shop to find life. He started thinking about this now only because he had seen that karmic decree.

How big is Jidi?How long is the time?

After such a long time, such a big place, and so many people, how could he be the only one who thought of this?

What's more, it's not like this outside of Jidi!They are mortals, those gods who come and go, don't they want to go out and have a look?How could they not know?

He is powerless, but why can't those powerful people make changes after thinking about this?Even if it all fails, why is there no sound at all?Or... someone suppressed these noises?

Lu Zhou shuddered subconsciously.

Jidi is like an isolated island.

……

Chaos won't let his back garden go wrong - it was before.

He likes to hold everything tightly in his hands, all surrender is just bait, all patience is to wait for bigger fish.

But when he keeps losing, how long can he endure against his own nature?

From Xuanqingjiao, to Netherworld, to the sun star, the lack of Tao, the true spirit of all beings, and now Jidi, he has been losing, every net has been lost, and he has lost a lot of bait in vain.

Now he is not so patient, but it is also difficult for him to do more in Jidi, the gods have restricted him too strictly.

Daxuan is still making moves.

Now, he, Tianshen, and Chaos have formed a mutual check and balance situation, but he doesn't like meaningless waiting.

Opportunities don't just wait.

The more Chaos lost, the more unbearable it became.And when Chaos finally couldn't stand it any longer, he would definitely charge towards the gods.

Because he can get power from the gods.

Daxuan is forcing chaos.

He wants him to upset this meaningless balance.

……

The temple is high and empty.

Xi Chen'an still didn't get the answer, but after changing the Ferryman to Huangquan, the situation in Jidi was much more stable than before.

When people realized that their obstruction was no longer free, they quickly backed down.Except for some people with relevant interests and crazy believers, most people can only curse a few words secretly.

But there is no need to be surprised at their retreat. These ordinary people in Hebei were originally subdued by the chaos like pigs and sheep in captivity. Those who want to fight will fight, and those who dare not fight will enter the pen.Whether to be a fighting beast or a fertilizer, this is their only choice.

And when these people backed down, other upstarts who took advantage of the chaos due to the destruction of the temples, demons and ghosts who started to make waves before they broke up like a butcher shop, and frivolous monks, after facing the Moshu judge several times, After the order, I naturally knew that it was time to restrain myself.

The sentient beings in Jidi really understand the truth of the law of the jungle.

It is unknown how long this short-term peace can last, and the gods do not seem to take the opportunity to rectify a new rule.

Xi Chen'an was still thinking about that question, but when he thought of something, he would deny it again.After a long time, he couldn't help thinking: maybe there is no difference.

The snow that never springs is still falling, and the thick snow clouds cover the sky so that the sun cannot be seen, only the light that passes through the clouds reflects the vast whiteness between the snow and clouds.

The light was softened by the clouds, but also cold by the snow. It shone into the empty temple, and a silent and lofty rhythm flowed among the stones.

The god dressed in black raised his eyes, revealing a pair of lonely and deep pools under his crow-black eyelashes: "Open the door."

Xi Chen'an opened the gate of the temple, he looked at the god, but Daxuan had already looked away, neither intending to go out nor looking outside the door.

What are you waiting for?

Xi Chen'an looked out the door.His gaze passed through the wind and snow as thick as thick fog, and on the distant snow field, he saw a small black spot. Is that... a person?

A person trekking in the heavy snow holding a lamp.

Ding Qin trekked hard in the heavy snow with her heart lamp in her hand.She didn't light the heart lamp to sense her surroundings, the sun was still shining in the snow field, and God's promise was still in effect, but without the protection of this heart lamp, she was really unable to pass through the snow field in her current condition.

The lighting method does not require much mana, it is one of the few spells she can use, and it is because of this that she is able to travel without danger.

The small heart flame illuminates a circle of warm light, blocking the biting cold outside.

This snowfield is very special, not to mention the fact that the grass grows outside and Yingfei flies here, but a large snowfield suddenly appears here. In Ding Qin's perception, there is no inspiration in this snowfield, this is a real dead place.

But when she saw this snowfield, she thought in her heart, let's go in and have a look.

So she came.

She didn't know if she could get out of this snow field, but just like before, she didn't know if she could climb to the top of Daqing Mountain, if she could find God, and if she could solve things that even the gods couldn't solve, However, in one's life, do you occasionally encounter something even if you know it can't be done, but you still have to try it?

In the cold and dead snow, a handful of small warm lights gradually approached the ancient temple.

"God."

The endless wind and snow stopped the moment they stepped into the temple.

……

In the temple, Xi Chen'an looked at Ding Qin in disbelief, he recognized her.After cooperating with Nuxu, he has checked everything related to her, and the gods in Daqing Mountain are not hidden.

But if it was this envoy who came, if it was this god who made her pursue her... Xi Chen'an suddenly turned to look at Daxuan in front of the altar.

Then this god in black clothes who walked them away in the netherworld, could it be the god who lived on the top of the sunrise at the Zeng Ding Ridge? !

Daxuan sighed and smiled: "Ding Qin..."

Ding Qin's expression became more and more perplexed, there was no wind and snow in the temple, but she was still holding the heart lamp.

Because although there is sunlight shining in here, she feels that the further she goes, the darker it becomes.

She walked into the darkness.The high and spacious temple was quiet and solemn, and the footsteps of the girl passing through the two columns of stone pillars became more and more flustered.She felt that the lamp in her heart was getting dimmer and darker, as if it was going to be swallowed by the surrounding darkness, and finally there was only a tiny flame left in her palm, which could no longer illuminate the way ahead.

A hand rested on her arm before she hit the altar steps.

"God, why... can't I see anything?" Ding Qin grabbed his hanging sleeve and asked in a panic.

"Because there is no light here." Daxuan sighed.

"Why?" Has the shadow hidden under the brilliance swallowed up all the brilliance?

On the steps of the altar, she sat beside Daxuan, as if she used to sit on the porch of Li's mansion, watching the sunlight crawl through the pure white sleeve robe.But now she can't see anything, the pure white has turned into deep jet black.

She has heard the words of God, and she has seen the words of God.How could such a bright and clear Tao be extinguished?

"I don't preach today, I only talk about the world." Daxuan's voice was as peaceful as if he had been under the tree by the pond in Li's residence, "You have seen a lot."

The light and shadow of the world flowed in front of Ding Qin's eyes.

Not reconciled to heavy old age, helpless death, painful and struggling illness, and life.All living beings are busy, busy with suffering, using all means to satisfy their own needs, trying to get rid of suffering.

She saw two people who hated each other and wanted to kill each other. They wanted each other's pain to relieve their own pain.

She saw people in Jidi sinking deeper and deeper in the quagmire, seeking relief from the depths of the bitter water.

The skinned and fleshed fish is struggling on the chopping board. Death is suffering, and life is also suffering when it is tortured and cut.

It's all suffering, what's the difference?

What is the difference between life and death?

Tao is in the highest sun and moon, and also in the smallest dust.

A round of divine seal reappeared on Ding Qin's forehead, but it was no longer bright, but darkened.

In this darkness, in this re-established connection with the gods, she heard many voices, many prayers.

Along the deed, sentient beings have been praying to the gods, even if they don't know it.

Pray for freedom from suffering, for fulfillment of desires.

When you are not satisfied, you resent cause and effect, and when you suffer injustice, you yearn for cause and effect.

How can all living beings satisfy their desires?

The sentient beings who uttered sorrowful voices from the depths of their hearts were like ignorant sick children, crying out in pain!How to be free? !While mourning, the medicine is so bad!Don't drink medicine!

But cause and effect have been messed up, and the path of liberation has been cut off. This is a world destined to accumulate suffering.

The gods who were prayed to chose a path of liberation for them.

All living beings are mournful in suffering, and use resentment as a sacrifice.

Resentment is like foam, the ink on that pen is not resentment, but bitterness.

Ding Qin trembled in this endless mourning, and put one hand on her forehead.That hand is cold.

"No, let me hear..."

But the seal of God still disappeared together with those frantic prayers.

"Why fear? I will walk with you to the end of the world, that is the ultimate justice."