With his eyebrows lowered and his eyes lowered, he approached step by step, and as he approached, there were changes that could only be described by the word "miracle": the ground, which had been destroyed to the point of misery, was still hard and cold in early spring, and it would tremble gently with every step he took, and it gradually softened because of it.

Silently, the huge crack cut by the battle was quietly healing, the broken trees quickly bloomed new shoots from the fracture, and there were also oily soft green grass seeping out of the ground, and when Shi Futu got closer and closer, there began to be all kinds of bright flowers wriggling out from the ground, weaving into pieces, quickly covering the bloody ground cover.

In addition to the "ground", there are also flowers of various colors in the sky, and the low Buddha voice is faintly sung, saying that when these flowers fall on the body, the pain will be relieved, and the original wounds will begin to heal slowly.

"The Buddha crosses all sentient beings, only compassion and ears!"

All the way to the "rejuvenation of all things" and "rain falling" and other miracles, Shi Futu walked to the place fifty steps away from Zhu Hong, stood still, raised his hand and chanted, it is exactly what he said when he went out of the customs three months ago, at this moment in the ears, the monks feel that all kinds of feelings are inexhaustible, compared to the day, it seems that there are a lot of things, and there seems to be a lot of things missing.

After staring at Shi Futu for a long time, Zhu Hong was slightly moved, bowed and said, "Congratulations, senior brother." ”

With a wry smile, Shi Futu clasped his hands together and said, "After all, the junior brother has profound Buddhism. ”

He also said: "Buddhism is vast, there are 84,000 ways to seek the Tao, you and me..."

Raising his head to the sky, he was stunned for a while, and Zhu Hong said lightly: "You and I are not the only way, and we are not the same, unless you can wash away the past and follow me to follow the principles of the true Buddha." ”

With a calm face, Shi Futu said: "What is the principle of the true Buddha, please explain in detail to the junior brother." ”

Raising his eyebrows, Zhu Hong said: "At the beginning of creation, why is there no evil?" ”

Shi Futu sighed silently and said: "There is no good at that time, and there is no evil in nature." ”

Zhu Hong snorted and said: "The Buddha is merciful, and he also has the magic power of subduing demons, and he also has to be angry, you only blindly say mercy and compassion, but you don't understand why the Buddha still has the method of subduing demons." ”

As he spoke, his voice suddenly raised, and he said sharply: "Compassion is indispensable, but if you have mercy, how can you overcome those who are obsessed and unenlightened?!" ”

As he spoke, he quickly pointed to Ning Lun Tian Shaokang and the others.

"He, him, and them, obsessed beings like them, who have completely deviated from the truth of the Buddha, how can they be enlightened by compassion alone?"

"Fortunately, the Buddha is boundless and has already seen all this, and he has left all kinds of demon subduing methods!"

"The ignorant are enlightened by the Dharma, so the beauty of the Pure Land guides people to goodness."

"The obsessed are washed with divine powers, so there are eighteen prisons to help people cleanse their sins."

"So, I am the one who truly embodies the will of the Buddha!"

"Go first to the White Lotus Pure Land and enlighten all foolish believers, but if the White Lotus Pure Land does not decree them to become enlightened, then kill them with compassion and transcendence, so that they can wash away their sins and confusion in samsara."

"The Pure Land kills the Tao in parallel, which is the true compassion and the true Buddha's path!"

Speaking excitedly and quickly, Zhu Hong's eyes were faintly red again, and a fanatical look appeared on his face, looking at him, Shi Futu showed an extremely sad and regretful expression.

Ignoring Zhu Hong, he looked at Ning Luntian and the others who were dying, and shook his head slightly.

(That's what you want?) A Daohong who was finally forced out of Buddhism? ）

Although there were no words, there seemed to be a thousand words in his eyes, sweeping all the way, all the monks bowed their heads, but none of them could look at him calmly, glanced around, Shi Futu withdrew his gaze, smiled bitterly, and said: "Senior brother." ”

Zhu Hong stared at Shi Futu for a while, and his face gradually showed a look of disappointment, and said, "Why... Why can't you understand it too? ”

"I thought you would be able to understand the teachings of the true Buddha, and I thought you would be my best missionary partner... But why, when the teachings of the True Buddha finally appear in front of you, do you react like this? ”

As he spoke, he looked up to the sky again, and tears were already flowing from his eyes.

"The Buddha... Why, why are you testing me like this? Why, in this time when everyone is confused, do you want to open my eyes? Do you want me to understand your truth? ”

"Why me, why me? Buddha, why don't you give Futu such glory? He is the same piety to you, the same noble and dusty, why do you still leave him alone among the filthy fools when you guide me? ”

The voice is real, Zhu Hong's statement can make those monks who are crippled and disabled also moved, Shi Futu is the first to bear the brunt, and he is speechless, he can only chant the Buddha softly, and there is nothing else to say.

Finally, he said: "Dao Hong..." seemed to trigger something, making Zhu Hong suddenly lower his head, staring at him, and hissing: "Dao Hong is dead, I am Zhu Hong." ”

Gently clasping his palms, Shi Futu seemed to suddenly see something vague: he saw a young monk whose whole body was dyed red, laughing madly in the treacherous mountains on a strange moonlit night.

"Daohong, you idiot, is this your Buddha's teachings? Is this what you're after? ”

"You are wrong, you have been wrong from the beginning, what are you asking for? Ask for nothing! ”

In the midst of the wild laughter, the monk raised his left hand and slammed it into his lower abdomen with all his might, and immediately blood gushed out, but he didn't seem to feel it, and he was still laughing madly.

"Do you feel it, idiot? I've killed you now, you're dead, Dohiro is dead..."

Laughing wildly, tears suddenly welled up, and he finally fell to the ground and began to cry bitterly.

"Got it? Daohong, you are dead, and I, I will veto all the people who exist in you, I will destroy everything you represent, your task has been accomplished. ”

The crying gradually stopped, and the monk stood up from the ground, the tears had dried up, and in their place were resolute... As well as some madness.

"From now on, everything will be carried forward and the Dharma will be promoted, and the outer ways will be subdued... It's up to me to continue to complete it! ”

…

(Alas...) ）

With a bitter sigh, Shi Futu stared at Zhu Hong, and suddenly said loudly: "The bitter sea is boundless, and the shore is back!" "The sound of the Buddha is loud, like the tide of the river, one after another, and like a thousand mountains continuous, heavy mountains and mountains, rolling and rushing to Zhuhong.

Zhu Hong was originally like crazy and just muttered to himself, but when the Buddha's voice came closer, he shook suddenly, and he also snapped his palms together, and said sharply: "There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south!" I heard a thunderous sound that exploded between the two of them, and even set off a strong wind blowing in all directions, and the monks who were a little closer felt extremely unbearable, either lying on the ground and dodging or exercising to resist.

The two Buddha horns are fighting, the Buddha figure is like nothing, but Zhu Hong can't stand, even three steps back to stand still, when he sees this scene, all the monks are overjoyed. Shi Futu's face was heavy, and he said, "Daohong, you have consumed too much." ”

Suddenly, he recited the Buddha's name, but he did not use any skill, and said: "On April 8, you and I got married in the place of origin... Luckily? ”

Looking at him for a long time, Zhu Hong flashed a sneer and said, "You are obsessed... What are my options? As he spoke, he turned around and left, but was called by Shi Futu: "Wait." He immediately stood up and said, "You... What do you want? There was anticipation in his voice.

With a wry smile, Shi Futu said: "I... Want your memory. ”

As if worried that he couldn't say it clearly, he added: "I want to know, what have you encountered..."

With his back to Shi Futu, Zhu Hong's shoulders actually rose and fell violently, obviously his heart was stirring, and he said after a while: "Yes." Then he quickly said, "But, I want you too." ”

"I also want to know, what have you seen in the days you have been gone?"

**

On February 19, the twentieth year of Emperor Guangtong, the battle in front of Lianyin Temple finally came to an end, but it was still difficult to make an evaluation.

Of course, this is the first time after Zhu Hong's appearance that he "can't do all the work", but if you look at it from another point of view, in this battle that gathered the elite disciples of the four sects of Buddhism, with a total of nearly 2,000 people, more than 1,000 people died in the battle, including such as Naruo, Huiyuan, Xingce and others, at the same time, as the elders of each sect, Shi Zizai Ning Lun Tian Shaokang and others were also declared dead later due to serious injuries, and the elite of Buddhism can be said to have suffered an extremely painful loss, and Zhu Hong was still able to escape and disappear without a trace in the end, thinking about it this way, These sacrifices are of little value.

… At least, in the minds of most monks, the true value of these sacrifices was nothing more than to hold out on to the battle line until the appearance of Shifutu.

**

(Hey, Daohong...) ）

Sitting alone at the bottom of the stone cave where he had sat for more than a thousand days, Shi Futu closed his eyes and meditated, sweat oozed from his forehead from time to time, his muscles twitched from time to time, and he looked very painful.

After Zhu Hong retreated, Shi Futu first inspected the injuries of Shi Zi and the others, and when he confirmed that they were indeed seriously injured and could not return, he retreated into the stone cave, and began to be silent in meditation without words: in the hearts of the other monks, they all thought that he was trying to make another breakthrough in this month, and only he understood what he was doing.

(It's amazing to be able to endure such a thing alone and not hurt the enemy...) ）

At parting, Shi Futu exchanged his "memories" with Zhu Hong, hoping to know why he came here, and although he already knew something, when he opened his brain to accommodate and feel, he still couldn't suppress his anger and pain.

(To do such a thing, realize that you brute, you are innocent of death...) ）

With his mind flowing, Shi Futu saw Che Zhou in the mountains again, saw Dao Hong fighting hard with Wu Ming and others, and also saw the shouts of the ten directions and the accusations of Baidao.

(These two kids... Compared to them, the vast majority... No, almost all monks should be ashamed... Also, you can still persist like this at this time, Daohong, you are really amazing... ）

Directly feeling Daohong's "memory", Shi Futu was able to capture every detail that Daohong could grasp at that time, and he knew how Daohong fought hard at that time, and how he still persisted at that time, refusing to use any attack that might cause "fatal damage". I also knew that the enlightenment at that time also understood this.

(Even so, you won't stop, Wuming, you really have to be a Buddhist sinner...) ）

In the pain, Shi Futu's thoughts continued to move forward, and he saw how Daohong was seriously injured, how he tried his best to retreat into Chezhou Mountain, how Wuming and the others pursued him, how Daohong dragged his heavy body to escape, and how he avoided the death prison valley at the last moment.

(Hell Hollow, it used to be like this...) ）

Chezhou Mountain Death Prison Valley, or not the most terrible place in the land of Great Xia, but it is definitely one of the most terrible places in Tangzhou, and it is also the most feared place under the Buddhism and Taoism sect: at the beginning, the old thirteenth battalion defeated Che Zhoushan, and some of the remnants fled here, and finally were forced into this dead place by the imperial army, set on fire, and disappeared in the middle.

It is said that more than 20,000 remnants of the army in the valley were burned that day, but some people say that it was just a means of the imperial generals to make meritorious deeds, and the actual number of people who died in the valley will not exceed 10,000, but no matter what the theory is, it is admitted that the place once shed a huge amount of blood and absorbed great hatred, and in various later sources, the particularity of this place is also tacitly acquiesced.

Either because he was unwilling to lose, or because he died too miserably, some people even explained that this place was indeed the place of the most yin, this was originally called "Death Valley", and later called "Death Prison Valley" The place became a famous ghost domain, although it was burned down by a fire, but later reborn all kinds of trees and rattans at a very fast speed, shrouding the entire Death Valley, and below, even at noon, there was no sunlight, and all kinds of yin spirits floated. It is a place where the surrounding people and all the Xuanmen disciples are famous and avoided, and in the hearts of Wuming and the others, forcing Dao Hong into this place is like killing him. Indeed, after Daohong retreated into the valley, he soon had a sense of the thick yin qi in the valley, which attracted the pursuit of the yin spirits, and gradually became confused due to their influence.

(Daohong...) ）

Finally clearly came into contact with the things he had vaguely sensed at the beginning, Shi Futu's heart shook violently, but he forcibly suppressed it and insisted on "browsing".

(How can you be influenced like this by just some wandering ghosts, there must be, there is something behind...) ）

Dao Hong, who was active in Shi Futu's brain, had begun to hit his abdomen hard at this moment, feeling that this was the "first time" that Dao Hong's hand was stained with blood, Shi Futu was extremely painful, but he couldn't do anything about it, so he could only insist on watching.

At this time, Daohong's consciousness has gradually become confused, but the consciousness of "Zhu Hong", the incomparably persistent will has become stronger and stronger, spreading in all directions, the feeling of "loyalty" and "anger" mixed with it, making the whole body tremble as determined as a relief and even if it is not free.

(Hey, like, this is it...) ）

Feeling fine, Shi Futu also noticed something strange while fighting Su, and realized that because of Zhu Hong's will, something that had been buried deep at the bottom of the death prison seemed to be being evoked and echoed.

(But, what will it be...) ）

In the imaginary world, when Zhu Hong's will kept spreading, his blood couldn't help but flow out and inject into the ground, and this made the reaction that had been released more intense, the concentration of the yin spirits gathered was getting higher and higher, and at the same time, the ground began to tremble slightly, and it was clear that something was surging up from under the ground.

Because of the blood shed, and because all his obsessions were focused on fighting in his heart, Zhu Hong only noticed the abnormality when the ground had obvious cracks, but this did not prevent him from reacting with great speed, grabbing the cracks, and at the same time occupying a relatively safe bunker, he looked at the ground, wondering what was going on.

Under the gaze of the two, the ground cracked bigger and bigger, and blood-colored smoke poured out, and finally, when the smoke dispersed, what appeared in front of Zhu Hong's eyes was a huge monument, an ancient monument that was hugged by two skeletons, extremely dilapidated, and I don't know how long it had been buried.

On the stele, there are shocking words engraved with blood-like strokes:

"Heaven gives all things to man, and man has nothing to recommend heaven, kill, kill, kill, kill!"

(Seven Killings Monument!!) ）

The shock made it impossible for Shakfutu to remain in meditation anymore, and he suddenly withdrew from that state of spectatorship, and could no longer observe what was happening below, but he did not make any further efforts to go back.

First, because such an impact made him extremely uncomfortable, pressing his slightly aching temples, Shi Futu needed to rest for a while. At the same time, it is no longer necessary.

What the hell was going on, he finally understood.

(It turns out that they went back to the end and lay down with their brother, so it turned out that this is the case, Michihiro, he really got the "Hell Dao"...) ）

"Hell Road", a name that has been in history for more than a thousand years and has begun to fade, but in the past, it has caused people to be feared and caused countless deaths.

In the battle of Chezhou Mountain, the old thirteenth battalion is gone, but it does not mean that everyone also falls, while some of the remnants fled to the mountain, some people broke through to the outside, among them, there are important people in the old thirteenth battalion, in that chaos, although the army is finally gone, but a few people with strong strength can successfully escape.

Named Ge Li Yan and the Four Heavenly Kings, both of whom had the eighth level of strength at that time, and were the core figures of the old thirteenth battalion, but they were only fierce generals, grieving the loss of their comrades, and knowing that they were already unstoppable, they actually decided to develop the strongest "killing martial arts" to retaliate.

Since it is impossible for him to rule the world, and since the world is destined to be the private property of other families, then at least let him get a more dilapidated world!

It took a year for them to decompose and transform the martial arts of the old thirteen battalions, and tried their best to maximize their lethality, and every move and style only sought to kill the enemy, and in the end, they finally succeeded and set off a bloody storm in the world.

Everywhere they went, the corpses were like mountains, and what was even more terrifying was that the two of them actually regarded "killing" as a game, and once gathered hundreds of newly hired officials and randomly drew a blood line on the wall: if it was higher than the blood line, it would cut off the excess head, and if it was shorter than the blood line, it would pull the waist apart alive, and after a toss, only three of the hundreds of people survived, and watched the two laugh wildly.

So wanton, the two of them attracted the common anger of the world, attracting strong people from all walks of life to chase and kill, but both of them are fierce generals before the battle, have been in battle for a long time, and also know the art of war, naturally will not be so easy to surrender, people from all walks of life several times to encircle and suppress to no avail, but they counterattacked several times, a lot of damage, one of them, after the entire Buddhist temple was slaughtered, they carved words on a tablet in the temple, that is, "Heaven gives all things to people, and people have nothing to recommend the sky, kill, kill, kill!" The "Seven Killings Monument" is more like an explanation of the behavior of the two people, and it was very famous at the time.

The two of them wreaked havoc in the world for more than seven months, then suddenly disappeared, and never appeared again, although all parties investigated many times, but they could not figure out where the two were going, and finally had to be closed, becoming one of the famous unsolved cases in the history of Great Xia.

Until today, when interpreting Zhu Hong's memory, he finally figured out the whereabouts of the two of them, and finally understood why Dao Hong had such a killing power, and sat down for a while, he slowly breathed, and adjusted his heart to be as pure as water, Fang Chang let out a long breath, stood up, and unconsciously thought of Zhu Hong again.

(Daohong, I have empathized with your experience, and I can understand how everything came to be today, but at this moment, you, who should also be analyzing my "memories", are hoping to know why I went from birth to death, and from death to life, but how do you feel and what do you gain?) ）