I didn't become a human today

The desert is not barren.

The people here live in the border area between Lingnan and the desert all the year round, and there are a few oases if you go further in, and the places near the water source are suitable for living.The temperature here is very high, there are no mountains in sight, and there is still greenery everywhere.

People in the desert live on these oases. It is almost summer all year round. The scorching hot climate and hot wind all year round make the people here always irritated. Fortunately, they all have faith.

If you come to the desert in person, you will find that the people in the desert are all Buddhists, and all of them are the most devout believers.

And in this desert oasis, in the eyes of these believers, Tianxi Temple is the most sacred and inviolable place in their hearts, and their belief originated here.

Ji Ran lay alone on the boat for a while, before he came, he felt a little hungry, so he went ashore and drank a cup of sweet tea.

The tea is black tea from Lingnan, wrapped in gauze, boiled in a large pot, and then mixed with fresh goat's milk and a terrifying amount of sugar.

This kind of tea is expensive and very sweet. It is difficult for ordinary people to drink it. It is a special tea from the desert.

Ji Ran took two sips and couldn't drink any more. He lay down on the table to watch the scenery, and waited for Brother Xingye to come back.He also thought about another possibility, that he might never come back.He only waited for him for two hours, if he didn't come, then he would go on his own way.

He barely slept last night, Ji Ran was very lethargic, and fell asleep after lying on the table.I don't know how long it took, but I was woken up by the noise from the next table.

Ji Ran rubbed his eyes, looked back, yo, it's an old acquaintance again.Isn't this the young master of the Liang family they met in the man-eating inn in the extreme north?

He secretly turned his back to the group of people and listened for a while.It turned out that Liang Shixun returned to Lingnan after narrowly escaping from the extreme north last time. This time he was going to the desert to do some errands.

"If I meet that bastard again, I will definitely not spare him!" Liang Shixun gritted his teeth angrily, obviously blaming Liang Xingye for all the suffering he suffered in the extreme north.

Ji Ran heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was still a dog at that time, and Liang Shixun didn't recognize his appearance.

Unexpectedly, someone slapped his back suddenly, and then a familiar figure sat down beside him. Liang Xingye took a sip of the sweet tea he had drunk, "I've been looking for you for a long time, and you can't sit comfortably in the boat tent." Are you resting?"

Ji Ran saw that this enemy wants to meet, but is it okay?Quickly made a hissing gesture to him.

But Liang Shixun at the next table had already seen Brother Hoshino, so it was too late.

"It's you!" He slammed the table and stood up, pointing at Liang Xingye's nose, "Hehe, there are no cultivators around to help you this time, so let's settle the old score together?"

The accompanying swordsmen also stood up, drawing their swords at Liang Xingye.

"It's not going to be a good day if it falls into my hands today! If you hand over the sword obediently, maybe I can save your life!"

Ji Ran sighed, and pulled Liang Xingye's clothes, "Let's go!"

"Want to run? Hehe, it's impossible! Learning from the lesson from last time, I brought more than [-] guards with me this time..." Liang Shixun gave an order, and the guards surrounded them.

Ji Ran hastily explained, "No, I'm urging you to leave..."

"Joke!" Liang Shixun took a step back subconsciously, "By... why!"

As soon as the words fell, Liang Xingye beside Ji Ran drew out his sword. His movements were too fast. By the time the others reacted, the sword in his hand had already broken.

He put away the sword without haste, looked around, "Are you still fighting?"

The guards retreated again and again, looking at each other.

At this moment, Liang Shixun pointed at Liang Xingye and shouted, "Give it to me, whoever catches him, I will give him 100 taels!"

With an order, no one dared to go up.

Young Master Liang of the Liang family saw Liang Xingye teleporting in front of him in the blink of an eye, and with a "click", he broke his impolite finger... broke...

What followed was Liang Shixun's cries like killing a pig.

Here, Liang Xingye grabbed Ji Ran calmly, "Let's go."

Ji Ran was dragged all the way by him, and he yelled, "Slow down, my back is sore and my butt hurts..."

Liang Xingye stopped and forcibly carried him away.

Ji Ran huddled in his arms motionless, raised his head, looking pitiful in his clothes.

"You broke his finger, now it's all right, the hatred between you has deepened, if he really finds a chance to retaliate, he probably won't let you go..." As he spoke, he suddenly said to him when he was a child I became interested in what happened after I left him, so I asked him again, "Did you live a very wronged life in the Liang family when you were young?"

Liang Xingye put the hand down, and the two returned to the boat tent.

He stood at the stern of the boat and began to pole, "The rightful owner of the Liang family is a dignified man. He took me in because he took a fancy to the sword next to me and tried to take it away from me several times. I looked like that, and the empress changed her face again. At first, I suffered a lot, but after I grew up, I learned some boxing skills secretly, and they can no longer bully me."

Ji Ran groaned, and covered the blood stains on the deck of the boat with his clothes. When he saw this, he would think of last night, so crazy...

"If I had known that you had such a hard time when you were a child, I wouldn't have left you behind..."

Liang Xingye didn't speak, Ji Rangan sat for a while, feeling that the atmosphere between the two was really awkward.Especially after doing that kind of thing last night, he always felt that the relationship between them was completely unclear, and the more ambiguous they were, the more people deliberately alienated them.

Ji Ran tried to change the topic, "This time we go to Tianxi Temple, if we can't find the Buddha tooth, at least we can see the place where he grew up. Brother Xingye, people in the desert believe in Buddhism, and places with Buddha statues It is a holy miracle to them. When I took you out from the depths of the desert, I didn’t lead you around. You were still young at that time, so you must have a vague memory of the desert. This time Let's see enough of those stone Buddhas at once."

Continuing down along this current waterway, you can reach the boundary between Lingnan and the desert. There is an oasis where pilgrims can be seen everywhere.

"The scenery in the desert is very different from Lingnan. The most famous place in this place is Tianxi Temple, which can be said to be the largest temple so far; the other is Wanfo Cliff, and those Hidden in the sand dunes are large and small grottoes, as well as tree-embracing Buddhas entwined with ancient trees. It is rumored that under every inch of land in the desert, there are countless stone Buddhas buried. These stone Buddhas have not seen the sun for thousands of years , among them is a stone Buddha, called Heart Buddha, it looks different in everyone's eyes, in the eyes of a thousand people, it has a thousand faces..."