【Twenty-one】The chess table stops

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The obstacle was removed from the road ahead, and the Star Sword instantly condensed into a dazzling light, faster than lightning, and rushed to the bottom of a lotus flower, imitating the size of the lotus flower, the cold light intertwined and burst out, turning into a seven-petal ice lotus under the flower, caring for the lotus flower. The lotus blossom was only a few steps away from me, flying very slowly, although Lu Bing was sitting in the flowers, he looked back at me frequently, and after a slight delay, a few wisps of light ink shadows swirled under the lotus blossom. She really seemed to have something to say to me. Come to think of it, although we have had a friendship of more than 700 years, I don't know how many things she has saved in the past 300 years. I shook my head at her and said, "I don't know, it's all old things, it's more important for you to go, don't turn back unjustly." But she still couldn't let go, she couldn't let go of this one, and there were many Lu Bing's speed of rising into the light before and after. I said loudly: "You go first, I won't be good in the future, you come back to spend me, you can always see you again!" As he spoke, the black shadow under the flower had formed an entity, and it was actually some flesh-and-blood long-clawed human arms, making a gesture to pull the lotus flower, but fortunately, the Star Sword was very vigilant, and as soon as those ghost claws touched the ice lotus formed by the Star Sword, they were wiped clean like snow pouring boiling soup.

Lu Bing on the lotus blossom joined me together, bowed his head slightly, and flew into the Buddha's light by the lotus flower, and the black shadows under the remaining lotus blossoms lost their source and disappeared instantly. The ice lotus was unraveled, still turning into a hundred flying stars, wanting to follow Lu Bing, but when it was close to the Buddha's light, it couldn't stop wandering, sometimes gathering into a strong sword light, sometimes scattering into a hundred star tracks, advancing and retreating, like a bee fluttering in front of the window paper in the daytime to find a way out.

The red light drifted close to me. According to common sense, Han Yan attaches great importance to Lu Bing, and he will never open up the Star Sword Network for no reason, resulting in the situation in front of him. I said, "Why did you bother to let the Star Sword come in and cause a lot of trouble? ”

"It's a last resort. ”

"As a last resort?"

"The Star Sword is extremely spiritual, and when Lu Bing Yuanshen was injured, he relied on it to protect the Lord to break out of the Demon Array, and later came to Tonghu Mountain, and it disappeared for a while. We were only afraid that it would fall into the hands of the evil sect and the demons, and at that time the chaos was undecided, and since we knew that this sword was intentionally hidden, we naturally did not distract ourselves to look for it. Until Lu Bing was sent to the Purple Bamboo Forest, it sensed the faint vitality of the Yuan Shen, tracked it all the way, and finally hibernated in the northwest corner of the Purple Bamboo Forest. There are often frequent fires for no reason, which is the beginning. ”

"You know where it is hiding, why don't you lower it? ”

Once this sword is broken, it contains divine energy that can turn thousands of miles of rivers and mountains into ashes, so it can only be collected but not destroyed. We've tried to draw it out of the ground many times, and we've seen through it. After all, it is a rare divine weapon, and it has experienced two demon tribulations in this thousand years, and the existing weapons and magic weapons of our several factions have many inspirations with it, and it is not easy to design and lead it to Fu Cheng. Miao Xiang Shenni was compassionate, and seeing that we had no good plan for a long time, he closed the boundary of the northwest of the Purple Bamboo Forest for ten miles, and settled the creatures in the boundary to other places, allowing the Star Sword to have a place to live, which can wait for the future turnaround. ”

I watched the sword light divide into two paths on its own, all the way still lingering in front of the Buddha light, and scattered all the way to chase the various Lu Bing who ascended into the Buddha light by the lotus flower, so that the speed of the lotus blossom rising slowed down again, so it turned into a number of stump ghost claws clustered under those lotus flowers, the sword light sensed, and was busy maintaining Lu Bing-

But where did the omen of a half-minute "turnaround" appear?

"In that case, if you leave it out and wait for the opportunity, won't it be peaceful on both sides?"

"The demonic nature of the Star Sword still exists, but the heart of the Lord does not change its original intention. If Lu Bing's Yuan Shen suddenly disappeared in the anther column, for the Star Sword, it would be tantamount to cutting off the ties between the Heaven and Earth Liuhe and it in this realm, and I am afraid that this divine weapon would eventually become a monster and wander the Three Realms. ”

I clasped my hands in front of my chest, and my eyebrows ached: "This is not it, it is not that it is not possible - you can't let this evil obstacle make you angry." "Besides, the sword still values the old feelings, how can people be indifferent? When Han Yan said this, I had mixed feelings in my heart, and I felt admiration and pity for this column of star swords, as if I was treating people, I almost forgot that the column star sword was a weapon.

"According to the meaning of the whole true person, the roots of the cave and the earth are thousands of clouds, and the origin is long and the soup flows thousands of miles - since the Liexing Sword belongs to the Xuanguang Cave Sect, in order to subdue this divine weapon, it is necessary to find someone who has a deep relationship with the Xuanguang Cave in the world, and in addition, the rest of the people are difficult to correspond to the magic weapon in their door......"

While the two of us were talking, they each used spells and magic weapons to ease the entanglement of the Star Sword on Lu Bing, and without waiting for Han Yan to finish speaking, I said "I'll try", and immediately the sword followed the thought, and the glass light returned to the center of the eyebrows, and a treasure light flew out around the fingers and flew into the sky, the light color was not gold or silver, only blindly crystal bright, like the stars swirling in the air, gathering into a light wheel of ten acres, silently hanging above the Star Sword. Among the magic weapons that he carried around, if there was any one that could not hinder Lu Bing, but also could not hurt the Star Sword in the slightest, but it was still possible to restrain it, he had to be the heart of the sky. I have seen the virtue of the Star Sword when it rebels against the Lord, but I don't know how it will react when it loses the master's control, and it was ready to face a vicious battle as usual, but who knew that when the two met, the Star Sword inexplicably returned to the Seven Treasure Round Box for the Heavenly Heart Water Spirit Sand. In the past, I practiced swordsmanship with Lu Bing, and the Liexing Sword would pass through my Tianxin Water Essence Sand, so I guess it still has some memory, right? I can't think of any other explanation for a while, but the subduing of the Liexing Sword is so smooth, it does save a lot of scheming design, and it can't be achieved without fitting the "fate method".

I breathed a sigh of relief. But if you "use" your heart, it is difficult to be seamless, and the fewer artificial variables, the better it is for Lu Bing.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer Lianhua born in the sea of mirrors, she suddenly remembered that she hadn't told Lu Bing yet, and Han Yan gave up his life to help her. Fluttering his sleeves flew into the air, and he couldn't prevent a red glow from slashing across the air, and that red glow was several times stronger than the power that had intercepted the Star Sword before. Is this to treat me as a great enemy to defend me? I vaguely wanted to be angry in my heart, and when I looked at it, my thoughts turned: Han Yan's doppelganger had almost done everything to maintain the doppelganger's divine qi in order to force out Lu Bing's Yuan Shen and break the poisonous cloud barrier sea of Lu Bing's bewildered golden vein, and it stands to reason that even if this doppelganger does not disappear, he has no strength left to fight against the Star Sword, and the immortal qi he emits now is far beyond the amount of essence that was originally injected into the clone, in other words, there is only one possibility left: now the one opposite me is no longer as simple as a clone of Han Yan- This red glow was created by Han Yan, who had ascended to the other world, by using the doppelganger he left in the anther column as a medium, at the expense of extremely depleting the ontological vitality.

Sure enough, Han Yan's virtual figure appeared in the red glow. With a solemn expression, he shook his head at me and said, "Immortal friends, please listen to me." You and I are on the side, and we can only help Bing'er to be peaceful in the outer realm, and as for the inner realm, we can't protect her for half a cent. If she is a little careless, even if she just asks her to see a person and hear a word, but if she has a wrong thought, you and I will give up all our efforts and ruin her life. ”

He was right, I first knew that Bing Ling'er should not hesitate, but in a blink of an eye, I was fooled again?! Pity this big heart knot that stumbled Bing Ling'er, almost made her soul fly away and never recover, and in the end, it lost its meaning before the knot was untied. From beginning to end, the knot of the heart was born by her alone, and received by one person, after all, she could only harm herself and experience the suffering of this person. How wronged!

Then, Han Yan and I stayed along the outer shore of Lianhua together, and never said a word again, until I saw the last "Lu Bing" ascend to the Buddha's light, and then I heard Han Yan say: "From now on, peace." ”

At this moment, whether Han Yan's expression was sad, happy, fulfilled, or relieved, I didn't want to know. For no reason, I thought of the umbrella in "The Legend of the White Snake" on the stage - it was borrowed and sent to it day after day, the umbrella was broken and replaced with a new one, and the horn was old and young, the scholar and the white snake were all painted with phantoms, like a layer of skin that faded endlessly, no matter how the day and night passed and did not return, they could always find a new life and dan, and they could not tell whether it was the small things in the world that relied on the drama to sneak into the hearts of the people and then the daylight, or the illusion and delusion were made by people to send them into the world.

There is a slight wind, blowing the water surface ripples. Looking closely at the water lines, the golden light flows, which is the color on the petals of the golden vein peony.

A burst of light smoke lingered, and after a short time finally solidified on the surface of the sea, Han Yan's shadow stood in the smoke far away, bowing to Shenni and me, and the breeze blew and dispersed with the smoke. He gave himself a rather ruthless curse, even if he ascended to the upper realm, he would not be happy, and after more than seventy years, he finally got complete liberation. Thinking back to what Han Yan said when he stopped me, on the surface, it sounded like a reminder not to talk to Lu Bing and mess with her mind, but if it was understood that he didn't have to teach her to know what she was doing, it seemed that it was okay. Even if the person who knows what he misses has nothing to do with himself, even if his color and body have changed, his fate with this world has been cut off, his body can be thrown away, and his selfishness can be thrown away, and that subtle affection is still there......

I thought about it, and unconsciously muttered, "Bingling'er, have you seen the Buddha?"

"Maybe it will be another 500 years. ”

"Why 500 years?" I came back to my senses when I said that, and I realized that my words were very rude. I couldn't help but feel a fever on my face, took a step back, bowed down, and said: "Disciple is stupid, when I heard the deadline of 'five hundred years', I was immediately shocked in my heart, and I only hoped that Shenni would solve my doubts. ”

"Qinghui, you should understand: in all actions, faith is the cause. Lu Bing's belief has not been completed, and the love has not been removed, so he recited the Buddha's wish to be born in the Pure Land, so he was reborn in the border of the Western Pure Land, and he could not see the three treasures of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha for 500 years. You don't have to be angry about this, these 500 years are not a fixed number, as long as she can examine her cultivation and deeply regret her responsibilities, she doesn't have to stay for 500 years, and she can go to live in the Pure Land. ”

I don't know how many worlds have been separated from the Pure Land of the West and Suo Po, and I have been reborn in this place where the flowers have fallen and the flowers are blooming, and all this has come to an end, but I am especially in my dream, as if the golden veins that will wither but not wither, send the mist, quietly sneak into my mind, spread everywhere, in a trance...... Shenni knew what I was thinking, smiled slightly, and said: "A thought for 10,000 years is not prolonged, and a thought for 10,000 years is not recovered." How many days will you come out of meditation?" Shenni reached into the air, and the Pinga pot fell into her palm. She handed me the golden pot, and I took it with both hands, puzzled. Shenni said: "This wishful bottle, the dragon king handed over to the two dragon maidens for you to keep for a long time, but you never came to pick it up." said that it was a credential, and it should not be left in the snow mountain and not come back to get it," after speaking, he turned around, "Now that Lu Bing's dream has woken up, how are yours?"

I wanted to shake my spirits and deal with it, but I saw the nun smile and shake her head: "But I slept soundly." ”

Presumably, the true face of half a bottle of vinegar was hidden in front of her, half of it was ashamed, half of it was because of self-knowledge, and it was quickly and clumsily begging for guidance. However, Shenni only said "The red furnace makes tea, and it has its own heat", and took me out of the anther bar.

The night was as cool as water, and there was a clear sound of a chessboard falling in the purple bamboo forest.

I saw Zhu Xuan and a person sitting on the edge of the pool playing on the rock, standing beside him without a waiter in the water and watching it, it was still the person who noticed me first and stood up unhurriedly. Zhu Xuan still had a chess piece between his right fingers, and when he saw the man getting up and saluting without bowing in the water, Fang raised his head and said with a smile: "The seniors are finally back, tell us to wait." After speaking, he pressed the chess pieces on the chessboard, and said: "The head of the house really guessed well, the Buddhist gate is pure, since it is not windy and flooding, this person is good and suddenly disappeared, and it is always right for us to wait for the rabbit." As he spoke, Miao Lianhua Shenni also stepped out of the moonlight in the pool, and Zhu Xuan hurriedly laughed and got up to salute.

I glanced at the chess table, and secretly said that I was sitting in the hidden dismantling the game again, and I couldn't help but feel a little troubled in my heart, recalling that the "chess player" in the past called Bingling'er had suffered for so long. I let out a sulk and said to Zhu Xuan: "Why did you work for a while, and you will be fighting for life and death on this chessboard?"

Zhu Xuan smiled: "I am waiting for the rabbit, you are carving a boat for a sword." Don't look at it at night, and rashly conclude that it is still the same day. You have been gone for seven days and seven nights, and I am not as honest as them, and I have already gone out twice. ”

It seems that during the time we were in the anther bar, the people outside were not idle. There was no report to Miao Lianhua Shenni in the water, and he vaguely heard a sentence and a half, probably because Hengyue and Jiuzhi were in some trouble. I really didn't have the energy to pay attention, and when I saw Zhu Xuan casually picking up the agate chess pieces and throwing them back to the wooden box one by one, I casually put the Pinga pot in the blank space of the chessboard. But I heard Zhu Xuan say: "All things are originally one." It is a joy to be free from hardship and fatigue if you are living in the past, and to die like returning home. I looked down at him, who was holding the chess pieces in one hand, and turned his gaze from the person playing against him to me, and smiled, "What do you say?"

I am tired in my heart, I am afraid that my words are not thorough, and if I continue to talk casually, I will offend people, so I can only be silent. Believing that he was older than others, he didn't finish talking in the water, and he didn't care about others, so he hurriedly stepped forward to say goodbye to Miao Lianhua Shenni, put up his sword and fled.

The sky is faint and the clouds visit the moon. Zhu Xuan said well, tonight's moon phase is not as perfect as before I enter the anther column, but the moon in the void by virtue of the twenty-eight Nakshatras as a residence, or Xu or disease, the cycle is repeated, every other thirty days, the moon is full and the moon is missing, and the moon is full and the moon is full, and the moon is the moon wheel at that time.

It's much better than human affairs.

I searched for a cloud, spread out the forbidden cloud brocade, sat on it, chased the moonlight, and looked at it all night. The so-called things of tomorrow are not known today, missed overnight, and eternal calamity will be lost. It is said that it can predict good and bad fortunes, it is all in the cause and effect of the certainty, and the variables are always brewing and maturing in their unintentional words and deeds, not to mention the depth of the ability to predict and the wisdom of coping with the wisdom of being virtuous and foolish. The truth is well known in my chest, but only tonight - I kowtowed three times to the master's mountain gate in my heart. Then he sat on the clouds and was stupid all night.

The cloud was forbidden by me, and floated steadily until the next day. I don't know if it was caused by my thoughts, or if there was really a gust of wind that was so empathetic and helped the clouds fly to the Tianzhu Mountain realm. Remove the forbidden cloud brocade, when the clouds were overcast for a long time, they had already changed color, and now they were free, and naturally a drizzle drifted. The rain poured down on the depleted white stone spring, in the pine forest behind the mountain, and on the crumbling eaves in front of the Xuanguang Cave...... It was as if I saw the rain passing through the sky on the exposed desk, and falling on the chessboard that could never wait for the next piece to fall.