Longevity: The Flawless Dream

In Plum Blossom Pier, Bingfeng Ridge, and Chunlin Realm, early plum blossoms are gradually blooming everywhere, but Jianxue can be found nowhere.When she realized something was wrong and turned back to Honglian Temple, what she saw was only a ruined wall after a raging fire.Yijian Fengchan disappeared, and Mr. Butterfly and Gongsunyue were also missing.Standing on top of the ruins, she only felt the vast wind and cold, which ruthlessly blew through her limbs and bones, and her whole body was icy cold.

She often dreams, in which she has fallen into the hellfire that haunted the depths of her childhood nightmare countless times. Even after waking up, the scorching heat and the cry of the souls of the dead in the sea of ​​fire are still in front of her eyes and ears. On and off.

What she was looking for was Jianxue who had lost contact for no reason, but now she even lost her sword Feng Chan. She should have made a choice between continuing to search for the two or contacting various factions to encircle and suppress Tunfo Boy, but then she found out ——Her body is getting weaker.At first it was just a slight pain in the heart that was fleeting, but in the end it lasted for less than half an hour, and the pain made her almost faint on Qing Ya's back.

It is no longer possible to ignore the abnormality of her body... If she allowed it to deteriorate without timely treatment, it would be difficult for her to save herself, not to mention hunting for people and killing demons.

But I have an appointment with my mother to experience the world, and now I am so dilapidated and dispirited, I really have no face to go back to Pingshan; Chengxin Mingtai's senior Kunlun has been harassed by her many times, so how can I go again; At the time of dormancy, the identity of a bloodthirsty person is already a trouble in Zhengdao's eyes, so how can I bring the trouble of the alien demon world to make him more troublesome; She had heard about Uncle Long's evil reputation for a long time, and went to him, either because he couldn't bear to beat her out, or she couldn't bear to beat her out; Aunt Jin had a lot of friends, and her brother-in-law Ebisu was very skilled in medicine, but the family was still in the mortal world after all. , it is inconvenient to disturb each other...

This doesn't work, and that doesn't work, what do you want to do, just sit and wait?

She stroked her itchy throat, dripping cold sweat drenched her eyebrows, and the cool and wet touch made her blink and blink again.

she wants, she wants...

Her eyes froze, with unconscious paranoia and hostility, she could not continue to deceive herself in the end.

For the last time, just the last time, she wanted to go to them!

Standing outside the seal of pardoning the sky, watching the wind and clouds trapped in the seal from a distance, the wind, the life, the way, the turbulent clouds, and the boy who swallowed Buddha stood awe-inspiring.Raising the sword to worship the general, enshrining the gods on the golden platform, leading him away alone, falling asleep in the trap, drowning for hundreds of years, and finally today, on the frosty face, there is no trace of waves.

Yixieguo has the intention of cooperation. When the demon world is unsealed, Xie Shouye's rebirth can help, and once again seals the Taoist Xuanzong who escaped from the seal at the same time as the alien demon world.There is no need to worry about the future, only the way of amnesty opened by the blood of the devil's fetus opens the passage between the different space and the triangle area formed by the previously destroyed Liufa Tiangong, Dingchan Tian, ​​and Yuanjiao Village.But before that, knowing yourself and the enemy is a necessary preparation.

"Jianxue is nameless, practicing longevity," Tunfo boy murmured and said the only name he got after searching his empty mind, "Friendship with Yijian Fengchan."

Behind him, Ye Chongsheng was originally observing the changes in the law of the Buddha's Taoist forgiveness seal. Hearing this, a hearty laughter came out from behind the four-sided prayer flags covering his face, full of interest: "The former is a life-and-death friendship, a life-and-death friendship As for the latter... the mutual attraction between males and females is beyond the comprehension of the heterodox clan. As the personality of Tunfo boy, how do you think about it?"

Tunfo Boy smiled, his golden pupils were shining brightly, but he couldn't see the slightest emotion: "The troubles that should be solved must be solved in the most beautiful way."

Lian Wuxia had been standing outside the cave for a long time.

People with good practice often have a premonition of bad luck in the world, especially for personal crises.Therefore, she was the one who found this place with difficulty following the spiritual consciousness left on the messenger talisman, but when the mystery was about to reveal the true face of Mount Lu, she stopped timidly.

What's more, her head hurts so much that she can't move even a single step, and it hurts so much that if she doesn't go into the cave to avoid the wind, she may become the first congenital person who died of wind and cold.

She moved her stiff feet and walked in slowly.The cave is not big, but it is quite deep. The most eye-catching thing is a dead bone sitting on the wall of the cave.Lian Wuxia closed his eyes for a while and focused his attention, and then opened them again, only to find that the skeleton's feet are crossed, the head is upright, the spine is straight, and the hands are in the mudra, which is actually the posture of the seven branches of Buddhism.It's just that the bone color is gray and yellow, and there are even scattered pieces of wood between the bones of the hand.

Lian Wuxia bowed to the dry bone, squatted down slowly, and carefully picked out the wood chips.

The fire of karma is raging, and Fanbai is merciful, beautiful and clear, and the sins of the souls of the dead are melted away.

The flames spit out vermilion, the sharp light of the sword shines brightly, and the monster's eyes are golden and icy cold.

She was startled by what she saw suddenly, her legs and feet softened and she fell to the ground.The tentacles were covered with coarse dust, she hurriedly stood up shaking, and took a few steps back, but completely retreated into the illusion of the past.

Fire, the boundless black karmic fire, entrenched in the cave, the limited space overlaps the infinite interlaced abyss.There was only one star of Buddha's light shining, and through this light, she could see clearly that the source of those black and terrifying flames was actually just a shadow.Every time he took a breath, his mouth and nose were spewing karmic fire, but his body was burned by the karmic fire instead, causing all kinds of pain, which was unspeakable.

The voice of the shadow seemed to be distorted by the blaze of karma, and one needed to listen carefully to distinguish the voice: "Monk, you said that there is only a thin line between the Buddha and the devil. As long as the heinous sinner is willing to put down the butcher knife, he can also stand on the ground." Become a Buddha, but I'm still about to die..."

"Monks don't lie. As long as the Son of God lets go, he will achieve immeasurable merit." Behind the Buddha's light, the monk's voice was calm.

"But I'm still dying!"

"Since the Son of God has put down the butcher's knife, why should he hold the fire of love and obsession tightly in the palm of his hand, and he will not be freed from the sea of ​​suffering?"

Shadow laughed and coughed non-stop as if he had heard something extremely ridiculous: "Greed? A demon who is indestructible and swears not to give up, would there be half a part of greed in his heart? A lotus entrusts his life, this joke is too out of character !"

The monk who was called Yilian Tuosheng did not answer.In the huge cave, only the hoarse and crazy laughter of the monster echoed dryly, as if crying.After a long time, he said exhaustedly: "Monk, whatever you want, just recite a volume of scriptures for me!"

The monk did not answer, but a solemn chant sounded for a while: "At that time, the Buddha told the elder Shariputra: From the west, there is a world called Paradise in ten billion Buddha lands, and in this land there is a Buddha named Amitabha, who is now teaching the Dharma. "

"Shariputra, why is that land called Utmost Bliss? All living beings in this land do not experience any suffering, but experience all kinds of happiness, so it is called Utmost Bliss."

"...In the Land of Ultimate Bliss, there is a pool of seven treasures, filled with water of eight virtues... the lotus in the pool is as big as a wheel, blue, blue light, yellow, yellow light, red, red light, white, white light, subtle fragrance and clean..."

"I voluntarily fell into the muddy pear, but you want me to enter the Buddha Land of Ultimate Bliss without suffering and worry. Monk, can you get rid of my sins?" The dying demon sighed helplessly, but suddenly turned towards the direction of Lian Wuxia From the look, from his expression, he clearly saw her.He had a pair of blue eyes as clear and clear as frost on the blade of a sword, with deep eyes, traveling through endless space and time, and smiled at her.

"I've seen you," he said.

The illusion returned to Wuhen, Lian Wuxia swayed a few times, and suddenly lost his footing and fell into the lotus pond.Shen Bi's pool water flooded her existence with the refreshing lotus fragrance.Floating in the water, she stretched her limbs like an ignorant and pure white child, opened her eyes, and unconsciously looked up at the sunken water waves above.

The flickering and parting water patterns are the black fire burning the world, Mo Lian's newborn, the dying Kong □□□jue's attention, and Jian Xue's surprised and worried gaze...

He was suddenly pulled out of the pool, as if the air from another world poured into his nostrils, colliding with the remaining water.Lian Wuxia clutched his chest and coughed desperately.Jian Xue saw that her complexion was so white that she lost half of her blood, and there was a dense layer of water on her forehead, she couldn't tell whether it was pool water or cold sweat, and the confusion in her chest was immediately dispelled by her fear. ——Another half an hour late, she might drown herself in the lotus pond without moving!

After all, Lian Changsheng is a master who has cultivated to the innate Dao fruit. It is a necessary quality to avoid being burned into the water and not to drown.He didn't think at all that his lotus pond had the terrifying power to drown an innate Taoist!

Outside the cave, the sun was covered by cold clouds, and the wind was blowing.Lian Wuxia shivered several times, then Jianxue brought dry firewood and set up a fire.Her fingers were already frozen, and she numbly put them on the fire to keep warm. Her body temperature gradually returned, and the warm feeling soaked from her fingertips to her whole body, but her mind was still muddled, and the bright firelight couldn't hide her complexion. blue and white.

Jian Xue looked at it, and added a few sticks of dry wood: "Your practice..." Why is there less than half left?

However, before he finished speaking, Lian Wuxia wrote: "I know."

Therefore, all the reasons, her practice, why she came here, why she fell into the lotus pond, Jian Xue didn't ask any more questions, just said: "Seeing the self-nature, destroying all ties."

"I know..." His sanity gradually recovered, and Lian Wuxia felt that his body was so weak. He was dizzy and couldn't care about his image anymore. He lay down on the ground with his eyes closed, his handwriting was weak, "I can't do it."

In just one sentence, she fell asleep.

Probably because she didn't want to disturb her sleep, Jianxue didn't speak anymore, and saw that her eyes were lightly closed and her breathing was steady, apparently she had fallen into a deep sleep, so she found a clean cloak to put on her, and then turned to clean up the debris in the cave. They exchanged the clean bottle placed in front of the dead bones for clear water, and offered fresh lotus flowers.His movements were very light, and when he finished all this and sat back by the fire, Lian Wuxia slept peacefully without any sign of being woken up.

Jian Xue started making tea again.The fragrant and clean smell of plum blossom snow hovers between the milky white mist.Lian Wuxia was finally awakened by the sound of boiling water, she sat up with her arms propped up, her eyes recovered a little from the short rest just now, she stared straight at the tea mist curling up and scattered for a while, then she suddenly woke up, her whole body Trembling like a chill: "Where is the messenger talisman I gave you?"

"The tea is ready, your teacup." Jian Xue avoided answering, but asked for her teacup to pour tea after cooking the tea as she did countless times in the past.Lian Wuxia locked his eyes, his eyes fixed.Her eyebrows and eyes are very bright, and she usually seems to be elegant and elegant, but when she looks at people so sternly, her pupils are blood-smeared, like a nightmare, like an unstoppable evil spirit, anyone who sees it will feel that Big is ominous.

Jian Xue turned her face sideways, a few erratic dark clouds suddenly floated in the bottom of her blue pupils: "It's burnt."

He looked into Lian Wuxia's astonished eyes again: "A few months ago, at this place, I burned the messenger talisman, discarded the Zhuyan sword, untied the next old thing, liberated the old, cut off the cause, and gained newborn."

As he spoke, he began to polish a sword that was as bright as a cold river, and the leaping flames plunged into his eyes, only a patch of pale snow could be seen.Since the acquaintance, Jianxue has never looked like a sharp swordsman like she is now.Lian Wuxia intuitively realized that something terrible was about to happen, but Jianxue locked several of her vital points before she asked.

"For a long time, I have been pursuing my past, and Yijian Fengchan has been pursuing my own future. But none of us have thought about where Yijian Fengchan's past came from, and where my future will lead to? And you , Changsheng, you always live in the present, have you ever thought about your past and future?"

"Changsheng, you have come to practice Taoist Tianmutong, and you can see everything in this world, but you can't see through a person's origin and destination." He supported Lian Wuxia to lie down again, tightly covered his cloak, and said.

Lian Wuxia suddenly understood, and her eyes were filled with fear.If she could speak, she would use all her words to persuade Jian Xue to give up the thought that was tantamount to sending her to death.But she couldn't make a sound, she could only shout in her heart over and over again, no.

"But how many people are there in the world? Fortunately, Jianxue Wuming used to be one of them, but he is no longer one of them."

Do not!

"My original origin is the devil; my destination is the Buddha. I have fully realized my true nature and I have chosen my destination. This battle is not about extermination but fulfillment. At least one person will return afterward." Sword Xue stood by the entrance of the cave, looking at the terrifying and vast world outside, and said.The best outcome, he will call back Yijian Fengchan, and the two return together; the worst outcome, he will exchange Yijian Fengchan, and his friend will return.

In any case, Yijian Fengchan will definitely return.

Do not!

Ignoring the disapproval in her eyes, he walked away.

Lian Wuxia stared at the dark eye sockets on the monk's skull for a long time, and suddenly mobilized half of his remaining qi, trying to open the acupoints.The fishy-sweet taste of rust surged in the tongue, and overflowed from the mouth, and even the wet gauze couldn't cover up the large swath of blood red.There seemed to be something wrong with her eyes, and countless ominous lines overlapped in her blurred vision, real, past, and future.She couldn't tell, she only knew that she had to stop it, immediately, immediately!

In the colic of scraping the bones and removing the marrow, the acupoints finally broke through a line.Lian Wuxia hurriedly turned over and jumped onto Qingya's back, but suddenly his mind buzzed, and he almost fell off Qingya's back.She hurriedly hugged its neck, only to feel that every time she exhaled, a handful of hot blood would be rolled out of her internal organs.It seemed that if it continued like this, she would breathe herself into a hollow shell.

"How long can I live?" She leaned on Qing Ya's back desperately thinking, "Before I die, will I still have time to stop them?"

The cold wind was blowing, and there was a subtle touch on the eyebrows, and the slight coolness melted into a wetness as thin as tears.

Everything is silent, and before you know it, the snow is like flying.

The author has something to say: "At that time, the Buddha told the elder Shariputra: From the west, there is a world called Ultimate Bliss in the past ten million Buddha lands, and in this land there is a Buddha named Amitabha, who is now teaching the Dharma."

"Shariputra, why is that land called Utmost Bliss? All living beings in this land do not experience any suffering, but experience all kinds of happiness, so it is called Utmost Bliss."

"...In the Land of Ultimate Bliss, there is a pool of seven treasures, filled with water of eight virtues... the lotus in the pool is as big as a wheel, blue, blue light, yellow, yellow light, red, red light, white, white light, subtle fragrance and clean..."

——Excerpt from "Buddha Says Amitabha Sutra"