Chapter Twenty-Three: The Tree of Hell
The nearest town to the mountain temple is only Ducheng, which is dozens of miles away, and it took the two brothers and sisters a day and a night to reach it, and there is no way to return sooner, so it is impossible to go again at this time.
Lin Qinghong was afraid that he would starve to death in the temple.
I had to go up the mountain to dig up some grass roots and cook them for him, and I would last until the two brothers and sisters came back.
I only wondered how Xiao Haoxing could eat all of his rations in one meal after only three days?
The birds in front of it are not stopped, at least it should be a place where there are many grass seeds, and grass roots are also indispensable.
Stopping to look into the distance, the old monk frowned, did not approach, and wanted to stay away.
The snow has fallen in Yongzhou for many years, how can there be any living trees left? The world is so big, there are many capable people, and the most taboo is to grow branches.
The door panel of the grass house was slowly pushed open, and the Taoist priest in the crimson robe smiled and said: "There is no elder coming, making the humble house bloom, and the contemptible law is called 'mercy', if the elder does not dislike it, why not come in and have a cup of tea?"
There is no salute, and he excuses himself: "Amitabha, the donor's kindness has been understood, and there are still affairs in the body, so there is no room for delay, and I hope the donor will forgive me." ”
The leaves fell, the scholar's face was white and bloodless, he stretched out his hand to hold the trunk of the tree, and said: "Meeting is fate, we should always let the two of us enter the friendship of the landlord and then leave." ”
There is no good feast.
It was difficult to get out of the self-lining, and there was no way into the house, so the scholar closed the door with his hand.
Seated, there was only a cup of black tea on the table, and compassion was pushed in front of nothing.
The old monk raised his glass and wanted to drink.
Compassion stretched out his hand to stop, and said with a smile: "Wait, I have heard that Elder Buddhism is exquisite, and I don't understand the words, so I came to ask." ”
Wuyou lowered his eyebrows and said, "Donor, please speak." ”
Compassion pointed at himself and said, "It's the word 'mercy', dare to ask the elders, what is the explanation?"
There is no fluctuating rosary, and he said: "The suffering in the world is compassion, and the Buddha crosses all sentient beings and is compassion." ”
Compassion shook his head and sighed: "How many Buddhas are offered in the White Dragon Temple, and all living beings are still miserable, how does the elder feel about this?"
Wuwu replied: "The Buddha does not save the world, only people save themselves, and the word 'compassion' is crossing, and the emphasis is leading." ”
Compassion was surprised, and muttered: "The Buddha does not save the world, only people save themselves?" This is diametrically opposed to the concept he pursues, so he bluntly said: "The contemptible people once worked on the Dharma, but they couldn't understand where the other side was, and then they turned to the Tao, wanting to become immortals, and use the supreme law to cross sentient beings!"
Wu Wu praised the Buddha's name lightly, and said: "Amitabha, the benefactor wishes to be great and good to make the old man admire, and he should always take it." ”
Compassion's eyebrows darkened slightly, and he said: "It is difficult to become an immortal, one step at a time, one step at a time, all over the ancient books and those who have attained the Tao do not exist in ten, and there are nine heavens and clouds, only the Tao is that the heaven and the earth are not benevolent, and the thunder tribulation is set up to block our immortal road." ”
There was no staring, and he said, "The donor is afraid?"
Compassion paused slightly, nodded and said, "Yes, I'm afraid." Nine times out of ten people who live in chaos today, people with lofty ideals are struggling, and after going through thousands of difficulties, I have to cultivate today, and I have to deal with it carefully. ”
Seeing that there was a robe on Compassion's body and half a robe inside, there was no way: "Why did the donor embark on this path?"
There seemed to be a light in his eyes of compassion, and he said: "That's right, the path to immortality is difficult, and it is also difficult to seek Buddha. ”
The words were shocking, but he was not moved, and said, "What is the donor's plan?"
Compassion said: "Since there is a thunderstorm above the Nine Heavens, the Immortal Road will be repaired down and step on the Nine Abyss." There is a way that if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell? Become a prison immortal, the same detachment, and salvation is even more indispensable!"
Wu Wu asked: "This method is irreversible, if there is such a supreme method in the world to ensure the safe return of the benefactor, why do you need to go to great lengths to go to prison and become an immortal?"
The light in Compassion's eyes turned red, and his expression gradually showed madness: "Yes! I only need to cultivate an inextinguishable karmic fire, so that I can come and go freely, and I will become a Buddha and become an immortal in prison, and salvation is just around the corner!"
"Karmic fire, karmic fire!" Wu Wu stood up in shock and said: "Karma is an evil law, it must be killed, how can the donor perversely practice that karmic fire?
I thought that there was no sacrifice of life for righteousness, and he should be a like-minded master, but he never thought that he would be like a layman, he was merciful and displeased, and got up and said: "Hmph, killing and creating karma is just an expedient measure, compared to the whole world, the people I kill are only a drop in the bucket, why not sacrifice such a little sacrifice? For the sake of sentient beings, they died as they deserved!"
The world is cruel and drives people crazy, even people with great ambitions like compassion can't avoid it, and eventually go to extremes.
The old monk had tears in his eyes, and came from his heart: "Why is the donor? Why do you want to go astray! The Buddha crosses all sentient beings, and also crosses one person." ”
Compassion flicked his sleeves and said, "Shut up! There was a sudden movement in his ears, and he turned around and said, "It's not calm outside, I'll go out and have a look, don't try to escape, you can't leave, just drink tea." ”
A cup of poisoned tea.
There are no trees and no forests in Yongzhou. Ji Qing's sword rode the wind, the mountains and rivers were high and wide, and he couldn't find a trace of it after turning back and forth a few times, quietly urging the sword intent, spreading out in all directions, and found that the small mountain col in the distance was not quite right.
A sword slashed, and the golden crescent moon slashed through.
"Ding-" The forbidden enchantment shattered.
The white-faced scholar's palm cracked with blood marks, and said, "With such a cold and pure sword intent, who are you? He put his arm against the tree beside him.
Seeing that the tree suddenly withered, and the leaves of the tree all fell, the bird was frightened, and before it had time to escape, it was entangled by the tiny vines sticking out of the berries around the treetops, and then
Eaten!
The big tree "snorted, snorted, snorted" little by little, and finally the branches turned into a pen, the branches coiled like lines, and the countless roots spiraled together to form a clump, like a pen.
Touching the blood in the palm of the scholar's palm, the long pen squirmed restlessly, sucking the blood to the point that there was nothing left, and wanted to drill into the wound until the barrel of the pen was coated with a layer of vermilion lacquer.
"Judge Pen?" Ji Qing said, "You are an impermanent." ”
The impermanence said coldly: "Huh, this is not something you should know, I can't let you go if I say anything today, since I don't want to say my name, then be a nameless ghost!"
Picking up the pen to paint, he sketched the Styx rapids in a blink of an eye, rushing towards Ji Qing, the dark water of the Styx River, similar to the tea in front of Wuwu.
Ji Qing raised his sword to divert, the sword intent gathered at the tip of the sword, and the Styx torrent like a pillar was cut by the long sword, the river splashed on the ground, and the grass all over the ground instantly yellowed and withered.
The tip of the sword is pointed forward, pointing at the Impermanence.
The impermanence jumped into the air, the pen turned with the person, and attacked Ji Qing with a wave.
Outside the house, it rained black, and the weak raindrops were hiding the strength of the pen, and they fell to the ground and left a deep mark.
Ji Qing held the sword and slashed horizontally, separating the layers of raindrops, but the raindrops fell in bursts as if they were endless, without the slightest intention of stopping.
I saw the impermanence pen walking the dragon and snake, moving and flipping in the air, wantonly falling.
The golden light arced, the black rain poured, and the two fell into a stalemate, and it was difficult to distinguish between them.
There is a mystery hidden in the rain separated by Ji Qing, and when it falls on the ground, it is like planting seedlings in a pit, and then countless vines break through the soil, wrapping around Ji Qing's ankles in an instant, tightly bound, and there are many thorns on the surface that show their edge, almost wanting to pierce into the skin and suck Ji Qing's blood.
The sword intent was injected into the long sword, the golden light was dazzling, and the light blade was vertical and horizontal, not only the vines that bound Ji Qing broke silently, but the golden light passed everywhere, and the impermanence was also forced to fall.
The two confronted each other, and the impermanence looked puzzled, and said, "What sword? How can you easily cut the vines of the Hell Tree? The four swords of the Sword Shrine should not be so simple. ”
A little joy crept up into her heart, Ji Qing's chin was slightly raised, and she said, "Someone sent it, it's called ...... 'Jin Lin Sword', which is taken from your party." ”
The impermanent guest was slightly angry, the woman in front of her didn't have half a word of truth in her mouth, she had no name or surname, and there was the 'Jin Lin Sword' that came out of nowhere, she had never heard of it!
Then the pen fell into the soil, and the judge's pen re-grew into a ten-zhang tree, and a half-human-high tree hole appeared on the trunk, and the impermanent guest moved into it and sat in it.
Ji Qing seized the opportunity of his spell casting, swung his sword and slashed, the sword qi swept by, leaving white marks on the trunk, but it was never cut off, and the body of the tree was very different from the vines derived.
As he observed, a large number of tiny roots suddenly appeared in the hollow of the tree, burrowing into the imperman's body and wriggling, as if sucking nutrients.
Disgusting.
A tree, into a forest.
The moment the Impermanent and the Infernal Tree merged, the roots of the trees rooted in the ground sprouted a massive root system, burrowing upwards and growing into a Hellforest large enough to transform the entire col.
There were not half a leaf on the branches, but there were enough to shade the sun, the flowers bloomed one after another, and the dead gray gas began to diffuse, making people very uncomfortable, and the ground was also covered by the roots of the Hell Tree, and as the roots of the trees trembled, the whole ground rolled like a wave, and Ji Qing could not find a foothold.
It's a terrible cage.
Under the shroud of darkness, Ji Qing flung left and right to resist the attack of the impermanent, no matter how exquisite her swordsmanship was, she could never do all-round defense, and when she found a dead end, the impermanence attacked violently.
The huge branches came horizontally, and Ji Qing crossed the sword in front of him, narrowly avoiding it, and his body brushed the branches and rotated several times before he stopped flying.
A flaw was caught, that is, the fierce pursuit and beating that followed, she couldn't allow her to breathe for half a moment, the thorn giant vine broke through the air, Ji Qing could block it, and another giant vine instantly met her face.
Ji Qing blocked with a horizontal sword, resisted the vines and flew with the help of his body, and the long sword pointed directly at the impermanence.
Charging power, a sword slashed out, sawdust splashed, and a hole was broken in the tree prison, but the figure of the impermanence was nowhere to be seen.
Ji Qing flew out of the situation, and before she had time to take a breath, the tree prison surrounded her again, and the crisis not only came from all directions, but also the endless poisonous gas that spread inside.
Ji Qing's figure was erratic, and she broke through the cage several times with the sharpness of the golden sword, but she could not escape the imprisonment of the tree prison, only a few afterimages in the air, and it could be seen that she was still struggling.
The Impermanence laughed wildly: "Why do you want to do useless work again? ”
In a desperate situation, Ji Qing suddenly smiled.
It's true that in the tree prison, she can't do it, and she can't do it with all her strength, but she can!
The sword intent of Ji Qing's body converged into a golden point at the tip of the Jinlin sword, illuminating the entire tree prison, only a dark circle of light around the golden point.
Raise your sword to the sky, and then, the light explodes!
In the endless light, the imperman's eyes were split, and he said, "Damn, that's Iron Mountain's stunt!"
Even though the tree prison was reinforced layer by layer, the golden pillar of light that soared into the sky still tore it apart, and the dust settled.
The Impermanent was extremely injured, and when his body landed, he was covered in blood, not much better than his original self, Ji Qing couldn't help but sigh.
The wooden door was pushed open, and Mercy squinted at the embarrassed Impermanent, and said, "It's time for you to retire if you've been repaired so badly." ”
coughing up blood, Impermanence said: "It's not that my strength is not good, it's that woman who has the treasure of the Iron Mountain, and she used the five elements to restrain me and hit me hard!"
Compassion condensed the god and said: "Golden felling is indeed tricky. Could it be that Tieshan has also been defeated? In this case, it is useless for you to stay here, go back and report the news. ”
Seeing that the Impermanent was injured and left, Ji Qing raised her hand and pursued several Crescent Moon Sword Qi, but was stopped by Mercy Qingpiao.
Compassion said: "Although I don't know who you are, the importance of this strength is no less important than the bald donkey in the house, killing you, the adult's plan will be smoother." ”