knocked on the doors of the remaining households in the village one after another, but the results were all refusals without exception.

Like the old man in Fangcai, everyone was very vigilant, and it could even be said that they were resistant to Xuanwei and their group of outsiders.

In contrast, the old man's attitude was relatively gentle, and there was a grumpy old woman who picked up a broom and drove people away before everyone could speak.

After trying a few times, Xuanwei and the others had to leave this extremely xenophobic and strange village.

"Why are the people in this village like this?" said Ming Ye with a bitter face and weak energy.

I thought that after finding the village, I could ask for some food and drink, but who would have thought that I would actually touch the ashes of my nose, and thought that now I have to walk several kilometers to reach the next township, and I will be bitter in my heart tomorrow night!

"It's not that you don't give money, as for being so stingy?" Qinglian pouted, and said a little angrily.

Although several young monks from Lingchan Temple did not complain, they all bowed slightly after hearing the words of Ming Ye and Qinglian.

Frankly speaking, since they became monks, they have never been treated like this today.

It's not to brag about anything, or to show superiority, but under normal circumstances, monks will still receive some worldly courtesy.

Considering the barren state of the village, they also said that they could exchange money for food and water, but the villagers did not accept it, and even drove it away with brooms, which was a bit too unkind.

"If the villagers are willing to make it convenient, it is kindness, they are unwilling, it is also their duty, how can they force it?" Xuan Wei said slowly.

Although he was rejected by the villagers, Xuanwei was not displeased by this, as he said, no one can forcefully ask others to do good deeds, right?

It's understandable to say a little bit of annoyance, but if you hold on to this, it's pure moral kidnapping.

"Amitabha! The human world is like a sea of suffering, all living beings are sinking into it, and it is still difficult to cross by themselves, so how can we help others to cross the sea of suffering?" said Cheng Nian, whose sense of existence was extremely thin, said rarely.

This short sentence fully embodies the concept of Theravada Buddhism practiced in the meditation.

Perhaps it was precisely because of Fang Cai's experience that confirmed his point of view that Cheng Nian suddenly came up with such an emotional sentence.

Puji, who practices Mahayana Buddhism, smiled, but did not refute the view of clear thoughts.

Don't oppose it one-sidedly, but don't agree with it completely.

In Puji's view, the Dharma is practiced by the body, not by the mouth.

"By the way, almost all of the people in this village are old people!" said Ming Ye suddenly thought of something, and wondered a little.

"The young adults who are able to work have all gone to work in the brick factory, what can be strange about the remaining old people in the village?" Qinglian pouted.

Ming Ye sighed a little speechlessly, and said in a tone that was defeated by Qinglian: "Think about it carefully, what is missing in the village?"

Qinglian is not stupid, on the contrary, she is quite smart, but her temperament is a little arrogant, once she calms down and thinks about it, she quickly understands what Ming Ye is implying in the future.

"It's really a bit strange, we knocked on the doors of so many houses, but we didn't see a single child!" Qinglian frowned and slowly said what she found.

Everyone thought about it carefully, and almost all of the people who came out to open the door were old people, and there seemed to be no trace of children in the house.

It stands to reason that the brick factory is next to the village, and young adults do not need to bring their children with them when they go out to work, but Xuanwei and others have only seen lonely old people in the village, but they have never seen even a single child.

"It's not a big village, but it's not like it's not without a single child, is it? Judging from the attitude of the old people who reject outsiders, it doesn't look like they would send all the children to live elsewhere. Mingye touched his chin and analyzed to himself.

In such a deserted place, there is really no place for children to play except to stay in the village.

"So where can the children of this village go, are they really taken by their parents to the brick factory?" Qinglian said.

However, Qinglian quickly shook her head, the air quality in the brick factory was poor, the noise was loud, how could parents be willing to let their children suffer there.

"Actually, it's not just children, there are no poultry or livestock found in this village. Ming Ye added.

Dead, this is probably the most straightforward and appropriate adjective for Tomorrow Night.

"Tsk, the world is so big, there are no surprises. Anyway, they're already gone, what's the use of thinking so much?" Qinglian shook her head and forcibly dispelled the many doubts in her mind.

Mingye shrugged his shoulders and muttered a few words in a low voice as if talking to himself, also shifting the topic to something else.

Xuanwei and Puji, who were at the front of the team, naturally heard the conversation between Mingye and Qinglian word for word, and the two of them looked at each other vaguely, and then nodded their heads in unison.

Obviously, the two agreed on the same opinion and got confirmation from the other side.

Looking back at the village that was almost out of sight, Xuanwei's expression was a little solemn.

The gray-black smoke and haze that lingered over the village looked like a demon that chose people to devour.

And the mechanical sound faintly coming from a distance is like a death knell sounding one after another!

If Xuanwei and Puji are not wrong, the reason why there are no children in this village is not that they are not at home, but that there are indeed no children in the village!

If there are no poultry and livestock, it's not because they don't want to raise them, but because they can't survive at all!

The whole village is like a deep black hole, devouring the vitality of all life in it!

"The lord of the declining world, drills mountains and stones, picks gold and jade, pours mirages, consumes copper and iron, and all things are not nourishing; burns the suburbs, covers the nest and destroys the eggs, the phoenix does not fly, the unicorn does not swim; the wood is the platform, the forest is burned and the forest is burned, the river is exhausted and the fish is fished, the soil is accumulated and the Qiu is located, the well is dug and the well is drunk, the river is the pool, the city is solid, and the beast is the animal; then the yin and yang are in harmony, the four seasons are out of order, the thunder is ruined, the hail and frost are harmful, everything is scorched, it is in the middle of the world, the grass and trees are withered in summer, and the three rivers never flow. Xuan Wei couldn't help but think of the words recorded in the "Tongxuan True Scripture".

All things in heaven and earth have their own natural ways, and if each follows its own principles and rules, then all things in heaven and earth can coexist in harmony.

On the contrary, if you act against the natural laws of things and override the natural laws of things, you will inevitably taste the bitter consequences.

Xuan Wei had observed before that none of the old people in this village were in good health, and they were full of chronic diseases inside and out.

In fact, their actual age is not as old as it seems, but their vitality is constantly eroded and consumed, which is why they have become so old and sick.