After all, Jiang Xiaoyun couldn't kill his master, just knocked him out, but Jiang Xiaoyun knew very well that with his master's ability, he would be able to wake up in a short time, and if he saw the door of the secret passage open and he was in the secret room, he would be speechless, and there was only one way to die.

With a sinful heart, Jiang Xiaoyun entered the secret passage, and the first thing he saw was a chrysalis that stretched to an unknown place, perhaps because the inside and the outside were completely impermeable, so when Jiang Xiaoyun just wanted to light the torch but it was extinguished instantly.

There is no light, only discrediting and moving forward, the feeling of darkness is very bad, but also because of being in the dark, the hesitant heart gradually calmed down, he knows that he can't be distracted at this time, as for the future, then leave it to the future to take care of.

As he walked, there was a sound of dripping water in his ears, which soothed Jiang Xiaoyun's heart, the sound of water represented that there was a passage to the outside, and there was also the natural airflow that people needed to breathe, and he walked forward quickly, but no matter how long he ran, the sound of water was still only in front of him, and he could not get close.

What the hell is going on, could it be that the sound of dripping water comes from the stone wall on which his left hand rests, although it is close at hand, but far away in the sky?

Because he was in the dark, he lost the ability to observe the direction and distance with his eyes, and he couldn't distinguish the southeast and northwest with his ears alone, Jiang Xiaoyun may have been flustered again at this time, his hand was in his arms, and then the chrysalis that he couldn't see anything at all seemed to be lit up like an everlasting lamp, just like day.

When Jiang Xiaoyun took the glowing thing in his hand and looked at it carefully, he found that it was a star-shaped item that he had carried on his body since he was a child, and at the same time, the memories also came to mind one by one.

One day three years ago, Jiang Xiaoyun was still preparing to practice the rules after meeting the master in the Hanshan Temple as usual, what he practiced was the Hanshan Temple's unlearned Shaoyin Cold Light Sword, Shaoyin is in the West, it is the symbol of the most blissful happiness, so Hanshan Temple belongs to the branch of Buddhism, but it is not an orthodox Buddhism, and the Shaoyin Cold Light Sword contains two rules, one is the heart, the other is the qi, just like most sects in the Middle Heaven Realm, the cultivation path of the Shaoyin Cold Light Sword is two, one is to cultivate the mind, and the other is to practice the Qi.

And on this very day, a stranger came to him, and when this man showed him a star-shaped object, he understood the other party's intention.

"Did Uncle Lu encounter something wrong?"

At that time, Jiang Xiaoyun was already twenty years old, and he also had a considerable understanding of human life, old age, sickness and death.

"He died because of me, perhaps because he had expected him to die, so he asked me to give it to you before parting. ”

Jiang Xiaoyun's words made Jiang Xiaoyun silent, in the memory of the past twenty years, he only had memories of two people, one was the old man who saved him from the cliff, but the old man did not leave any name, plus Jiang Xiaoyun was still young at the beginning, and he didn't know where to find the whereabouts of his benefactor when he became an adult, as for the other person, it was Lu Heng.

The encounter between Jiang Xiaoyun and Lu Heng was an accident, but perhaps there was an inevitable reason in the underworld, when Jiang Xiaoyun was saved, he encountered a heavy rainstorm that was rare in a hundred years in the Middle Heaven Realm, this rainstorm not only blocked his direction, but also blocked his vitality, and at this time, Lu Heng appeared.

Among all the enlighteners Jiang Xiaoyun knew, Lu Heng was the only one who dared to fight against the sky, and the suicide rule he cultivated was not only a bold attempt, but also a measure against the sky.

In Jiang Xiaoyun's eyes at that time, Lu Heng stood alone in the pouring rain without moving, like a clay sculpture, but there seemed to be some kind of air flow surging on his body, so that all the heavy rain falling from the sky turned to Lu Heng's body at the moment of rapid landing, and also blocked those "heavenly punishments" that were enough to destroy this young life.

Jiang Xiaoyun didn't know why Lu Heng was in the first place, but what he preferred to believe was that since he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was Lu Heng, they came from the same world, or even the same world abandoned by the world.

Lu Heng took Jiang Xiaoyun and sent him to Hanshan Temple a year later, so far, Jiang Xiaoyun has stayed in Hanshan Temple to study.

Lu Heng died, and the blow to Jiang Xiaoyun was not very big, after all, the shadow of the events of seventeen years ago was not very clear in his memory, and perhaps the reason for seeking Buddha and cultivating his mind also made him look at life and death very lightly.

But after that moment of indifference, confusion and reminiscence, there was another kind of irresistible sadness that instantly surged into Jiang Xiaoyun's heart, in fact, he still has a secret, he has never said, he has never dared to say, that is, a detail that he noticed from his daily life with his master and all the senior brothers.

It's as if he doesn't belong to this world.

This is a very subtle feeling, as long as he is a living person, he is a member of this world, no matter where he comes from, the persistence of being born as a human will not change, just like a cat is born to catch mice, as long as a person still lives in a crowd, he will inevitably grow into a person, not a beast.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaoyun only vaguely has such a feeling that he is not a human being, but it is difficult to describe it in words if he wants to say this feeling seriously.

Moreover, in Jiang Xiaoyun's heart, he always felt that the old man who saved him at the beginning, and Lu Heng, who later sheltered him from the wind and rain, were the same as him.

After all, the secret is not impermeable, there will still be a day when it will be exposed, or his master Jiang Tao has been secretly observing him for a long time, and in Jiang Tao's eyes, he can be described as a sincere fondness for his disciple, no matter what Jiang Xiaoyun learns, what rules he cultivates, it can be natural, and when the two rules of the heart and qi of the Shaoyin Cold Light Sword are fused with each other, it is also surprisingly smooth, although he is the youngest, he quickly became the eldest of the three generations of disciples of Hanshan Temple.

In a casual chat, Jiang Tao asked about Jiang Xiaoyun's life experience, and after getting a confused answer, Jiang Tao said a word.

"Xiaoyun, maybe you are different from everyone else, but it doesn't matter, the important thing is whether you think this is right or not, and whether you think this is good. ”

Jiang Tao's words surprised Jiang Xiaoyun, although Hanshan Temple does not belong to the orthodoxy of Buddhism, but the cultivation of Buddhism and even the cultivation of the mind is the fundamental, the root of cultivating Buddhism lies in the cultivation of the body, mouth and mind, this is the heavenly way of Buddhism, that is, the most orthodox Buddhist way, since it is the way of heaven, it is an absolute rule that cannot be questioned and changed.

But the "you think" and "you think" in Jiang Tao's mouth are not the way of heaven, but the truth, and they are not even heavenly principles, which is contrary to the Buddhist teachings of Hanshan Temple.

Seeing that Jiang Xiaoyun didn't understand, Jiang Tao smiled faintly at this and continued.

"People are born into a species, and the key to becoming a Buddha or a demon is not what the method of cultivation is, but how to identify in one's own heart that there are three thousand methods of Buddhism, but under different artificial misinterpretations, it can also lead to completely different meanings. ”

Jiang Tao's words would be absolutely rebellious if they were placed on weekdays, but the impact on Jiang Xiaoyun at this time was not small, there has never been a feeling in Buddhism, I think such a truth, has always been "Buddha said", "Buddha said" such a truth, in the eyes of Buddhist disciples, Buddha's words are the truth, that is, the way of heaven in Buddhism, only by thinking in this way, to interpret can cultivate the Buddha body.

Jiang Tao didn't say much, but Jiang Xiaoyun, who stayed behind, interpreted a different concept from the obscure meaning.

Yes, maybe he is indeed different from the people around him, or maybe the world he thinks of in his eyes is different from other people, but so what, since he was born as a human being, then there should be someone's own persistence, not the insistence of the Buddha.

The indifference and persistence that had been there for a long time collapsed the moment he heard the news of Lu Heng's death, but just as Jiang Xiaoyun had gone through all the revenge methods he could think of in his mind, the next moment he saw the star-shaped item in the hand of the visitor.

I don't know why, the moment he saw this item, Jiang Xiaoyun's heart calmed down again, and even he didn't know why he was so calm.

"This is what Lu Heng asked me to hand over to you. ”

Sure enough, he also has this thing, it turns out that the trace of contradiction with the Buddha that has been in his heart for a long time is true, and it turns out that the seemingly meaningless things he has been thinking about are also true.

When Jiang Xiaoyun took the star-shaped item in his hand, he immediately took out the star-shaped item in his hand, and said after comparing the two in the surprised eyes.

"Since this is Uncle Lu's thing, then I can't ask for it. ”

The people who came were a little puzzled by Jiang Xiaoyun's words, isn't it natural for people to return to their original owners when they die, and even for the person who sent this thing, this thing is just a significant souvenir, but the person who came did not expect that Jiang Xiaoyun also had a star-shaped item in his hand, after all, he was still young, and when the war between man and demon happened, he may not have been born yet.

Perhaps seeing the incomprehension between the expressions of the people who came, Jiang Xiaoyun said after reluctantly smiling at the moment.

"As long as this thing is still there, it is a kind of hope, and if I accept it, it means that I also accept the cause of Uncle Lu's death. ”

Jiang Xiaoyun's explanation made the visitor nod slightly in agreement.

"In that case, I will take it back, and I assure you that I will not give up as long as there is a glimmer of hope. ”

The words of the person who came to swear only made Jiang Xiaoyunyun smile lightly, but after a while, he replied very solemnly.

"I believe in you. ”

Time back to the present, when Jiang Xiaoyun looked at the glowing star-shaped item in his hand, he didn't know why there was an unprecedented sense of security in his heart, he had always believed that his Uncle Lu was still alive, just in a way that he didn't know and didn't agree with, but as long as he was alive, there was still a glimmer of hope, and there would be a day to see again.

Now, this strong sense of hope is becoming clearer and clearer, and it has also strengthened his confidence.