I didn't become a human today

The aroma in the air became more and more intense.

Gradually, several small insects crawled out from the blackened lotus hole.

At this moment, one of the believers opened his eyes and took out a piece of wood from the cloth bag.The little worm just got out, it looked weak, but it was the size of a soybean. When it saw the wood, it took advantage of the trend to climb up and drilled a hole in the wood by itself.

The believers stopped chanting, buried the dead believers, and carefully wrapped the wooden blocks with red cloth as if they were offering sacred objects and left.

"They are using people to raise bugs?" The scene he saw just now made Ji Ran feel uncomfortable all over his body, "What are these believers doing? How can anyone be as contemptuous of human life as they are?"

"Go, keep following." Liang Xingye felt that things were not easy.

Most people in the desert believe in Buddhism, and most of the people in the streets and alleys are believers. If the believers really use their lives to feed insects, then what is the difference between what they do and the bad guys?

The two of them had no time to rest at all, and hurriedly followed.

This time, after following for half a day, the surrounding scenery changed rapidly.There is almost no greenery here. Looking around, there are grottoes and yellow sand everywhere.

All the stones standing in the sand are also carved into the appearance of Bodhisattva Buddha, some are only the size of a palm, and once buried by the wind and sand, they can't be seen, and some are as high as a small hill, surrounded by such a big stone. The boulder was carved into the appearance of the Four King Kongs.When the sun is shining, it can cast a large shadow on the ground, and you need to look up to see it clearly.

Some of these stone sculptures have lifelike expressions and appearances, lowering their heads and looking at passers-by as if looking down on all living beings; some have stood here for a long time, and even their faces have been eroded by the wind. Others are simply incomplete, standing only a huge body, the head of the stone sculpture fell aside, lying on the side, with half of the eyes and mouth exposed, watching everyone who came from it for many years. Half of the people passing by were permanently buried under the yellow sand.

There were no more merchants around here, and they were all believers in crimson robes, so the two of them looked particularly eye-catching at this moment.

In order to deceive others, they had to secretly get the same clothes as theirs and change into them.

It was the first time for Liang Xingye to wear such a long robe, and he was not used to it, especially when half of his shoulders had to be exposed.

Ji Ran used to study the traditional costumes of desert people because he thought it was fun, so now he made the folds on Liang Xingye's robe.

"Three pleats in the front, three pleats in the back, and one on each side. If you don't dress well, it's easy for others to see that we are fake believers." He helped Liang Xingye put on the crimson robe, and stepped back a few Stepping forward, he held his chin and pretended to look it up, "Well, brother Hoshino, this dress suits you quite well, look, there is a big pocket in the front, you can put whatever you want, tsk tsk... "

Liang Xingye carefully hid the sword in his robe, and dragged Ji Ran into the other believers, asking him as he walked, "Can you see that I have a sword?"

"I don't see it, don't worry, this robe is so big that it can hide everything." As he spoke, he lowered his head a little more, clasped his hands together, and followed the crowd.

These believers are roughly divided into two parts, either walking in one direction, or walking back and leaving from the opposite direction.

Of course, not all of them looked serious, and there were a few who liked to whisper behind Ji Ran and Liang Xingye, walking and talking all the way.

"Look, the surrounding scenery, these stone Buddhas are too spectacular."

"Of course, the history of Buddhism in the desert can be traced back thousands of years ago. The stone carvings we see now are left by ancestors thousands of years ago."

"It's really spectacular, but Brother Ma, I still don't understand one thing. We were doing bandits all of a sudden, why did we suddenly change our profession with our brothers... What's so good about being a monk? You can't eat meat or drink, I can't even take a second look at a pretty girl I meet on the road, Brother Ma, I still want to be a bandit again..."

Ji Ran almost laughed when he heard it.

"Idiot!" The man called Little Ma slapped the man on the back of the head, and then quickly resumed his clasped hands, "You little Ma, will I hurt you? I'm saving you Damn! Laizi, do you remember those bandits in the village next door? They did too many mischiefs, and the retribution came. As long as they had flowers on their backs, they all died in the end! And other people in our village. Think about the things we carry on our backs, if we don’t recite more scriptures, what will happen when the flowers really bloom, all the people in our cottage will die, and we will be left with these two only seedlings!”

"But can being a monk here really heal what's on your back?"

"I don't know if it will be cured or not." Brother Xiao Ma lowered his voice, "But I have received reliable information. Come here to pray to Buddha, at least it can slow down the growth of this thing. It doesn't mean that we will completely change our careers in the future. You want to return Bandit, I understand, and I think so too, but in order to survive, we have to heal the things on our backs first, right? When you enter the Buddha’s house, you must keep a low profile and don’t cause trouble, let alone make trouble.”

Ji Ran felt that the bandit seemed to know more than they did.Instead of inquiring about news from those extremely pious believers, it is better to inquire about this bandit leader, Brother Ma.

After making up his mind, Ji Ran pulled Liang Xingye, turned around and walked to Xiao Ma's side to try to hook up.

"Brother, come here to worship Buddha and chant scriptures, is it really as magical as you said?"

That brother Ma has a scar on his cheek, and with his shaggy beard, he looks like a bandit no matter what.But now the bandit actually brought his brother to wear a crimson robe, which seemed nondescript.

Brother Xiao Ma sized up Ji Ran and Liang Xingye with a look of wariness. After seeing the calluses on Liang Xingye's hands that had been using knives all year round, he let down his guard a little.

"You have something growing on your back too?"

Liang Xingye was honest, speaking the truth openly, "It's not long."

Ji Ran wanted to coax Brother Xiaoma a few words, but when he was tossed by his truth, he could only continue to follow his words, with a flattering look on his face, "We are businessmen with our own duties. I heard that Recently, many people have this on their backs, and I don’t think we can escape, I heard that chanting sutras and Buddhas here can eliminate karma, so we come here to plan ahead, hehe.”