Chapter 168: The Temple
Landing from Basra, we switched to a van that had been parked at the port and headed straight northeast.
Heading north along the Shatt al-Arab, at the beginning of the delta, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers parted. The impact plains naturally formed by the two river basins for thousands of years have given birth to great nations and histories on the fertile land. The Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans all roamed this land and left a brilliant light of civilization for mankind.
It gave birth to the first city, the first law, the first pottery wheel for pottery, the first seven-day cycle, the first myth of God's creation of the world in seven days and the Great Flood.
Bathed in the strong exotic atmosphere, feeling the warm sun and breeze, I looked out the window while faintly telling Lin Jing the trio about the history and legends of the Mesopotamian plain.
When I stopped to drink water, the monk asked abruptly, "Your Highness, there is a big difference between the history you said and the history we know now. ”
Tiffany laughed out loud and said, "I don't know the master, you can't let His Highness show off his knowledge?"
The monk was stunned, but he touched his bald head, and smiled embarrassedly: "Oh, I forgot again, Brother Orange once told me, don't laugh at His Highness for writing about this." ”
I turned my head speechlessly to look out the window.
Lin Jing said with a smile: "This month, don't pay attention to the monk, he just can't speak, which is worse than Da Qiao." ”
Da Qiao looked at me, then at the monk, and said with a smile: "When I left from Pingdong Island, Sister Qi said to me and Wu Gong, talk less and do more. Listen to Sister Jin Yue and Sister Ti in everything, so as not to fall into the hands of outsiders. ”
The monk looked at him in surprise and said, "I'm not an outsider, I'm also a member of the Honghu team now." ”
Wu Gong, who was watching the early morning drive in the front row with great interest, turned his head and said, "Master Monk, I have great respect for you, but they said that you have not contributed to the team, so you have not passed our assessment." ”
The monk lowered his head and thought about it, then raised his head and said to Tiffany, who was looking at him with a smile: "It's okay, I'll take on the next task." ”
Tiffany stabbed me, and I turned around and said, "Monk, that's what you said! ”
Everyone smiled and gave a thumbs up, and even Ling Chen turned to the monk and said, "Master, you are awesome." ”
Along the plains of Mesopotamia northward, after entering the Assyrian region from Babylonia, the terrain gradually became undulating, with more hills and deserts, and by the time we reached the edge of the desert in the northwest, the sky had darkened.
We stayed in a small town called Doming.
The town's architecture is largely the same as the houses you see along the way, with low walls made of adobe and reeds, flat roofs, and round doors and windows, with an overall earthy yellow hue that contrasts with the surrounding desert terrain.
Walking into the room with blankets on the walls and floors, Tiffany sat down cross-legged on the carpet and said with a smile, "This place is nice, quite chic, very much like the hunter's house in the central forest of the Divine Realm." ”
I went to the balcony and sat down, looked at the cold moonlight outside, and said: "It is precisely because of the environment that we live in that it will make you feel fresh, people love to travel, but they just want to see a different environment from their own life, or different people." ”
Tiffany thought for a moment, gave me a blank look, and said, "I don't know what kind of place the desert temple I talked about in the early morning. ”
I was about to answer, but I heard Da Qiao shout outside: "What person? ”
Tiffany stood up with a "rub" and walked briskly to the balcony.
I held her down and said, "Take the stairs." ”
After all, this is not our territory.
When we set off, I discussed with Ling Chen, or according to their previous style, not revealing that we have immortal powers, so as not to cause trouble.
When I went downstairs, I saw that everyone was already standing in the courtyard, and several disciples of Yuanqiao Feng were holding guns in their hands and were staring vigilantly outside by the wall.
I asked Da Qiao, "What's the situation?"
Da Qiao said angrily: "Niren, with wings." The Lord of the Ling Sect didn't let me chase after me. ”
I turned my head to look at the early hours of the morning.
He said to me with some embarrassment: "This place, Ni and humans live in peace. ”
I nodded, the location of the Divine Ice, of course, the Ni and the human beings coexist, otherwise the Divine Ice helps the Ni people everywhere, it is a bit too much to say.
But the monk said to me, "Your Highness, let me go out and have a look." ”
I thought for a moment and said, "Okay, anyway, you said you were going to turn in your name." ”
The monk smiled and said, "I won't go far, I'll come back if I investigate, there's no danger, this doesn't count." ”
Lin Jing said with a smile: "Brother Monk is an honest man, just by virtue of this, I agree with you to join the team." ”
Everyone laughed.
I nodded to the monk, who opened the door and walked straight out.
I turned to the crowd and said, "Let's all go back and rest." ”
After everyone returned to the room, Ling Chen said to me, "I will arrange for people to be on duty for the night." ”
I nodded, went back to my room and said to Tiffany, "I'll go see the monk and I'll be back in a while." ”
Tiffany smiled and said, "I knew you wouldn't let him go out alone." ”
I smiled, took my pistol and the Mochizuki Sword, thought about it, put the Mochizuki Sword down again, took out the Dragon Knife I found from the Treasure Pavilion of Hongyingmen from my bag, and jumped out of the balcony.
After the people who had avoided the peak night of Yuanqiao landed on the street, I straddled the dragon knife around my waist, sensed it with a little immortal power, and walked slowly along the street.
After walking for less than five minutes, I saw the monk's big bald head, which was comparable to a guiding light, emitting a holy white light under the moonlit night.
I stopped at the corner and looked at the monk in front of me.
He was standing in front of a closed door, hunched over and not knowing what he was doing.
I used my fairy power, but I saw him stroking a kitten in one hand and a handkerchief from his bosom on the other. The cat's bleeding front feet are then bandaged.
I smiled, walked over and said to the monk who was putting the meowing kitten at the door of this house: "Sweeping the floor is afraid of hurting the lives of ants, and cherish the moth gauze lamp." Master of compassion, Amitabha. ”
The monk looked back at me, but he grinned and said, "Monks, yes, this is the most basic self-cultivation of monks." ”
Turning around, he seemed to remember again, and asked, "Why did Your Highness come out to investigate? Aren't you already a regular team member?"
I smiled and, instead of answering him, looked up at the sky.
The monk looked at my behavior strangely, and also looked up to the sky.
The desert sky is as blue as a lake, and even at night, the floating clouds seem to be faintly shining. Although the moonlight is bright, the light in the sky is obviously not caused by the moonlight.
After a while, the monk finally couldn't help but ask, "What is Your Highness looking at?"
I lowered my head and said to him with a smile: "It's nothing, my nose is a little uncomfortable, raise my head and let the blood flow back, so as not to bleed from the nose." ”
The monk stared at me with inexplicable eyes, touched his head again, and said with a smile: "Oh, I thought you were looking at the two nuns on the roof opposite." ”
On the opposite roof, there are indeed two masked six-winged nuns wearing white veils, and it can be seen from the bumpy figures that these are two female nuns.
I smiled and said to the monk, "What is there to see about the nun, go back." ”
The monk said "oh" and turned around to leave.
The two nuns on the opposite side flew down the house and blocked our way in the street.
I smiled, arched my hand at the two nuns, and said, "You two are blocking the street, but you want to rob?"
The monk was stunned for a moment and said, "We didn't bring any money with us, otherwise Bush would have given the two female benefactors a little." ”
I smiled and said to the monk, "It's easy to do without money, if you don't have money, you can rob you." ”
The monk was shocked and said, "Your Highness, this joke can't be made, I'm a monk." ”
I laughed.
But I heard a voice on the opposite street: "His Royal Highness the Heavenly King of Wuzhong is indeed as rumored to be, he is a greedy and lustful disciple." ”
I stood on tiptoe and looked over the shoulders of the two nuns, and saw a young man dressed in Dishi and Kufier on the opposite corner, followed by two women dressed in the same attire as the nuns.
The man is dressed in a local costume and is holding a Chinese-style folding fan in his hand, which is very funny.
I smiled and arched my hand and said, "I don't know who the honorable driver is?"
The man smiled and said, "I am Bella, the guardian of the current temple. Of course, you can also call me another name, Soul of the Ice Spirit. ”
The corner of my eye twitched, and I put my hand on my waist.
Bella said with a smile: "Your Highness doesn't need to be nervous, the Ice of the Gods is actually not hostile to the human world, to the immortal god world, or even to His Highness." ”
I smiled and said, "Your Excellency Bella, the Ni are enemies of the Terrans. ”
Bella smiled and gently patted the two nuns on the shoulders with her fan. The nun bowed slightly to Bella sideways, and flashed to the side to stand still.
Bella looked at me, smiled, and said, "I originally wanted to meet His Highness again tomorrow at the temple, but who knew that His Highness was so impatient, so I had to talk to His Highness first." I wonder if Your Highness is interested?"
I smiled and said, "I'm not interested." ”
Bella was stunned, then closed the fan, and laughed: "Your Highness is really interesting." ”
I looked at him with a smile, but saw him pointing at the four women with a fan and said, "Two are the beauty pageant champions of the Ni people, and two are the ice crystals of my temple, if Your Highness does not dislike it, I will give it to Your Highness." ”
I smiled and was about to speak, but the monk said, "Amitabha, this Bella benefactor, we don't eat human flesh. ”
I smiled and nodded to Bella, meaning what the monk meant, that's what I meant.
Bella laughed again, looked at the monk and said, "Your Highness and this great monk are both interesting and tight. ”
Turning his head, he said to me again, "Alright then, then I'll see you at the temple tomorrow." ”
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