In the evening when the mountains and forests were dusk, Gu Nan sat on the side of the road, eating the two and a half steamed buns that the monk gave her, the steamed buns had long since lost their original fluffiness, and they were cold and hard in one bite, and after biting them open, they spread out like broken stone powder.

This is definitely not a good meal, but Gu Nan still eats quickly, she has been hungry for a while, although she is not hungry, but the feeling of being hungry is still very uncomfortable.

Probably because Gu Nan ate something, the monk named Xuanzang also felt a little hungry, so he sat on the side of the road together, took the half of the steamed bun he left, broke a piece and put it in his mouth to chew.

Chewing on the minced steamed buns in his mouth, Gu Nan thought about the name Xuanzang, it seemed that he had heard it somewhere, but he couldn't remember who it was, so he pondered for a while, it might be a famous figure in history.

If she had thought about it in the past, but now, she didn't think about it anymore, after all, she was already a person in history now.

Without going to see the monk, Gu Nan asked while eating.

"Monk, where are you going?"

This place is remote, and if you go a little further, you will have to go out of the Central Plains, and it is in the deep mountains and old forests, and it is rare to see any pedestrians on such a road.

Xuanzang listened to Gu Nan's question, swallowed the steamed buns that were actually a little difficult to swallow in his mouth, turned his head to look in one direction, and said.

"To the west."

"To the west?" Gu Nan was slightly surprised, Xiangxi was the way out of the customs, she asked casually.

"What are you going west for?"

Xuanzang thought for a while, or maybe thought for a while, before he slowly spoke: "Go and ask the Buddha's heart." ”

"Buddha?" Gu Nan read this word again and shook his head: "Xuanzhi and Xuanzhi things." ”

She didn't believe in this, and even if there really were Buddhas in this world, they should be about the same in terms of age.

These words can be regarded as a bit disrespectful to Buddhism, Gu Nan thought that this Xuanzang monk would talk about himself because of this.

Who knew that Xuanzang just said: "Good." ”

Then he said with a smile: "What the female donor said is right, this Buddha is indeed a mysterious thing. ”

There are many places where the two gates of Buddhism and Taoism are connected, and there is a saying in the Taoist gate, which is called Xuanzhi and Xuan, the door of all wonders.

What is the end of the mystery and the mystery? Where is the door of the Gate of Wonders?

Buddhism and Taoism are all pursuing these things, and they can't ask for them.

Gu Nan said this mysterious and mysterious, which happened to say what he wanted in Buddhism, and also happened to say what Xuanzang asked.

He just didn't understand what this mystery and mystery were, so he had to go west.

After the two finished eating, Xuanzang bowed to Gu Nan and said goodbye.

But Gu Nan said to him: "The road out of the customs is not easy to walk, I ate your two and a half steamed buns, otherwise I will escort you out of the customs, and I will return you a favor." ”

Xuanzang looked stunned at first, then came back to his senses and rejected Gu Nan in a warm voice.

"It's a long way to go west, and there are many dangers, Xuanzang should just go by himself, and don't bother the donor."

"You don't believe me?"

Gu Nan could also guess Xuanzang's thoughts, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like someone who could escort others.

Looking left and right, Gu Nan helped his hat and raised his head.

Then in front of Xuanzang's eyes, he jumped up, his body flew like a light Hong, and jumped onto the treetops. With a tap of his toes, he stepped on the tip of a leaf on a branch and stood still.

She stood upright on a leaf, but the leaf did not bend in the slightest, but still moved slightly with the wind, making a rustling sound.

Even Xuanzang's state of mind that was not shocked everywhere was stunned when he saw the scene in front of him.

The next moment, Gu Nan jumped down from the tree, like a feather, slowly falling, and stood in front of Xuanzang in the mountain road.

"Now you trust me?" Gu Nan asked.

But Xuanzang still looked at her a little dumbfounded, he couldn't understand what was happening in front of him, and he had never seen anyone who could walk in the air.

It took him a long time to come up with an explanation that he could understand, and he looked at Gu Nan seriously and asked.

"Donor, are you the person sent by the Bodhisattva to help Xuanzang?"

After a moment of silence, Gu Nan sighed, picked up the Wuge on his waist, and knocked it on Xuanzang's forehead.

"Smack!"

With a muffled sound, Xuanzang took a step back while covering his reddened forehead, and asked puzzledly, "Donor, why did you hit me?" ”

Gu Nan rolled his eyes: "I thought you were stupid in chanting, so I wanted to see if I could wake you up." ”

Gu Nan accompanied Xuanzang on the road, the Zen staff in his hand rattled all the way, Gu Nan felt a little disturbing, but Xuanzang said that it was used to alert himself, and he should listen sincerely. Probably because Gu Nan Buddha's heart was not enough, he couldn't listen to it.

It was getting late, and when they came down the mountain, it was already the stars and the moon, and they couldn't hurry up at night, so they could only sleep under the mountain for the night.

When looking for a branch to light the fire, Xuanzang met a giant python, which can indeed be called a giant python in terms of size, and as far as the python Gu Nan has seen over the years, this one is also very large.

There were several people-long bodies entrenched in the trees, the thick waist of the bucket moved slowly, and a pair of pale yellow snake pupils stared at Xuanzang deadly.

Xuanzang took a step back, and the python had already pounced, but when the thick body moved, it was so fast that people didn't have time to react. It was almost pulled into a black line, and it slammed through the air, opening his mouth at Xuanzang, revealing sharp teeth.

"Poof!" There was a sharp sound of a blade entering the flesh, and a thin white light streaked through.

A few drops of blood splashed on the corners of Xuanzang's clothes, the python's body froze, and the huge snake head fell to the ground, broken cleanly. Half a breath later, with a deep thud, the python's body also fell from the tree.

Gu Nan shook the Wuge in his hand, put it back into the scabbard, and glanced at Xuanzang.

"Are you alright?"

But Xuanzang was surprisingly calm, as if it wasn't him who had just experienced life and death. He just looked at the python, lowered his head, and whispered in front of him.

"Good."

Good means good to ordinary people, but in the monk's mouth, it expresses the meaning of atonement after sin, which Gu Nan knows that she also had monks in her old days, and often talks to her about some Buddhism.

At night, the two sat by the fire, and Xuanzang looked at Gu Nan as if he was thoughtful.

Gu Nan was uncomfortable with him, so he asked, "What do you always look at me for?" ”

Xuanzang then said: "Today, I saw the donor kill the big snake, and he started neatly, but the donor often kills?" ”

Hearing his words, Gu Nan turned his head, looked at the bonfire in front of him, threw a piece of wood into the bonfire, and said.

"Yes, I've killed many lives, and even, killed a lot of people."

When ordinary people hear that the people around them have killed many people, they are afraid that they will be wary, keep their distance, and try not to contact this person.

However, Xuanzang just nodded clearly, and still said softly: "Good, has the donor ever thought of putting down the butcher's knife?" ”

Gu Nan smiled, probably all monks are similar, they always like to persuade people, and the monks she knew back then also like to persuade her.

Facing the bonfire, she didn't answer Xuanzang's question, but looked at Xuanzang and asked a question.

"You Buddhists always say put down the butcher's knife. Monk, let me ask you, if I put down the butcher's knife and can transcend, then what will happen to the people I kill, who will carry this killing? ”

Xuanzang was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said with a wry smile.

"Donor, let me think again."