The generals, or the generals of the year, another day and a night passed, and in between, there was not the slightest movement in that hut. Akimizu once went to the small courtyard outside the house, and after stopping for a long time, he left with a sigh.

Only Ji Xiang had been standing in the courtyard outside the house since the general entered that room, waiting with surprising patience.

No one knew why Zhixiang was standing here, but none of the other monks of Qinglong Temple, including Master Qiusui, opened their mouths to ask him, and Zhixiang had been standing alone and insisting, as if waiting for something.

The remnant sun is like blood, reflecting the sunset in the western sky, and from a distance, there seems to be a thin layer of golden light on the edge of the clouds, which is very beautiful. The beautiful scenery of heaven and earth, in fact, is around you, only whether you see it or not, whether you have a heart or not.

Zhixiang looked at the distant sunset, stunned, he stood for a day and night, his delicate face did not seem to have the slightest hint of tiredness, but in the clear eyes, flashing with deep wisdom.

"What are you looking at?" Suddenly, a voice sounded from his side, and Zhixiang was suddenly startled, and woke up from his thoughts, only to see that it was Master Qiushui who came to this courtyard again without knowing when, and was standing beside him, looking at him with a smile.

Zhi Xiangheshi replied: "Back to the master, the disciple is looking at the sunset in the western sky, and suddenly he has an understanding, and even a trance, but he doesn't know that the master is coming, and he is sluggish. ”

Master Qiushui smiled and said, "You don't have to care about the common etiquette, but I don't know where you learned from the sunset in the western sky?"

Zhi Xiang groaned slightly, and said: "The disciple stood here for a day and a night, watching the stars at night and seeing the blue sky day by day, until this moment the prosperity subsided and the sun sank in the east, leaving only a little residual light to shine in the western sky." Don't you feel that there is sadness in your heart, life is like this, time is like this, everything in heaven and earth is like this, and the disciple doesn't know for a moment that he is born between this heaven and earth, so small as a drop in the ocean, what is the meaning of being born?"

Master Qiushui nodded and said, "You really have extraordinary wisdom, apprentice." Everything in this heaven and earth has its own destiny, and although it is ever-changing, there is always a way that cannot be disobeyed. It is already remarkable that you can comprehend this truth from the rising and sinking of the sun. ”

Zhixiang respectfully saluted Master Qiushui and said, "Thank you Master for your praise, the disciple doesn't dare to be." It's just that although the disciples have a little understanding, the confusion in their hearts is more and greater. The disciple is puzzled, since the destiny of heaven has been decided, all things will eventually wither, and these countless people in the world have been busy all their lives, entangled in the grievances and love of the world, but why? My Buddha said that all sentient beings can be crossed, but all sentient beings may not be willing to be crossed by my Buddha, why is this? Could it be that the Buddha said that the Western Heaven Elysium, without resentment, hatred, ruthlessness and desire, can not attract these sentient beings? The disciple is ignorant, please ask the master for guidance. ”

After that, Zhixiang lowered his head and recited the Buddha together.

Master Qiushui stared at Zhixiang for a long time, nodded slowly, and showed a smile on his face, but he didn't answer immediately, but looked at the sunset in the west that Zhixiang was looking at just now, and after staring at it for a while, he said, "What you just saw, but this sunset in the west?"

Zhixiang said: "Yes, the disciple sees that this time flies, the sun is sinking, and the time is not there, and his heart is sad and confused, so please ask Master." ”

Master Qiushui smiled: "In a few moments, this remnant sun will completely set, and at that time, even this sunset will not be visible." ”

Zhixiang was slightly confused, and he didn't know what Master Qiushui meant, so he had to respond and said, "Not bad." ”

Master Qiushui looked at the western sky lightly, only to see the remnant sun slowly falling, the sky is getting darker and darker, and the twilight is approaching, and he said indifferently: "The sunset is ruthless, and it can't be saved." But tomorrow morning, will you still see the day of the first rising?"

Zhixiang's body was shocked, his heart moved, and he couldn't speak for a while, and there was a thoughtful look on his face.

Master Qiushui looked back at Zhixiang, smiled faintly, and said nothing.

The sky gradually darkened, the sunset finally set completely, after a short time, I saw a bright moon slowly rising from the east sky, the moon is like water, shining brightly, sprinkled to the world.

In the night, the Qinglong Temple under the moonlight is quiet and tranquil, although it is no longer prosperous and lively in the daytime, but there is another kind of quiet and quiet beauty.

And in the small Qinglong Temple on the top of Qinglong Mountain, in that small courtyard, the master and apprentice stood quietly in the courtyard without saying a word, and stood quietly in the mountain breeze that gently blew through the corner of their clothes.

I don't know how long it took, but I saw that the moon was approaching the middle of the sky, and in the quiet courtyard, there was a sudden sound of light laughter.

Zhixiang had a joyful look on his face, took a few steps forward, walked to the middle of the small courtyard, looked up at the moon and the moon, only to see the moon dazzling, sprinkled directly on his moon-white monk's robe, straight like frost and snow.

Zhixiang laughed, turned around, knelt down to Master Qiushui, who had been smiling and standing next to him, and saluted: "Thank you Master for your guidance, the disciple has understood." ”

Master Qiushui's eyes were full of gratification, and at this moment, he looked at the disciple kneeling in front of him, even though he had already cultivated to the realm of pampering and not being shocked, a look of genuine joy appeared on his face. He reached out and gently stroked the top of Zhixiang's head, and said three words in a row.

"Good!"

"Good!"

"Good!"

"You are gifted and intelligent, which is rare in the world, but what is more important is that you have another layer of wisdom for Buddhism and Buddhism. Among our four brothers back then, in fact, your Uncle Qiushui was the most intelligent, but unfortunately although he was smart, he took the wrong path, delayed Buddhism, and vainly sought immortality, and finally ended up in an unbearable end. It is your blessing to be able to realize today, and it is also the blessing of my Qinglong Temple!"

Zhixiang was stunned, looked up at Master Qiushui, and said, "Master, what do you mean by this, the disciple doesn't quite understand?"

Master Qiushui shook his head, first stretched out his hand to help Zhixiang up, and then the joy on his face gradually faded, and said lightly: "Over the years, I have been dragging myself in mundane affairs day and night for my teacher, so that my Buddhist understanding has stagnated. When your uncle Qiushui died, he had a hidden heart as a teacher, but there was no one under the door, and in the face of this patriarch's foundation, although it was something outside the body, it could not be easily abandoned. Now with you, you can rest assured that you can go as a teacher. ”

Zhixiang was shocked, his face was pale, and the body that had just stood up knelt down again, and said hurriedly: "Teacher, what are you talking about, how can Qinglong Temple leave you, not to mention that the disciples must accompany the teacher day and night and listen to the teachings." But ask the teacher not to abandon his disciples and the people of Qinglong Temple and go into hiding!" After that, he did not stop kowtowing.

Master Qiushui smiled, then sighed, pulled Zhixiang up, and sighed: "Idiot, idiot, how can there be a banquet in the world that will not be dispersed? ”

Zhixiang had tears in his eyes, but after all, he knew that the retreat of the master of Qiushui was unstoppable, fortunately, as the teacher said, although he had a heart, he had not yet seen the urgency, and when he had the opportunity in the future, he would persuade the teacher well. Thinking of this, he stopped his tears and stood aside.

Master Qiushui looked up at the sky, only to see that the moonlight was transparent, bleak and beautiful, he looked at it for a long time, and suddenly said, "Let's go in and see the little benefactor!"

Zhixiang was stunned and said, "What?"

Master Qiushui said lightly: "Right and wrong, grievances and hatreds, no matter what, there must be a result after all." ”

With that, he said no more, and walked towards the hut, and Zhixiang slowly followed behind him, looking at the door that was getting closer and closer, and somehow, his heart was a little tight.

It's been a day and a night, in it, in the face of Uncle Qiushui, what did the generals do?

What will he do?

The answer appeared in front of them the moment they lifted the curtain and pushed open the wooden door and gently entered the room.

Inside the empty room, the silver light of the "Jade Ice Tray" still flashed.

Nothing, nothing happened!

Master Qiushui took a deep breath and was about to speak, when he suddenly felt movement behind him, turned his head to look, but it was Zhixiang who gently pulled his sleeve robe, and after seeing Master Qiushui turn his head, he gestured with his eyes and looked down towards the general.

Master Qiushui turned his head to look at it, and couldn't help frowning, only to see that nothing had changed in this room, except on the place where the generals were sitting, the blue brick floor within three feet of the surrounding area was cracked, and the dense cracks crawled all over the ground around him, the closer to his body, the denser the cracks became, and when he was within a foot in front of him, all the green bricks were no longer cracked, but completely became powdery.

On this day and night, no one knows what happened to the general, and perhaps, no one will ever know.

Master Qiushui slowly walked in front of the general, glanced at the ground in front of him, and said in a calm voice: "Donor, you have been here for a day and a night, can you think clearly?"

The general slowly took his eyes back from the autumn water method, looked at the autumn water master, the autumn water master was shocked, only to see the general minister's face was pale, his face was tired, although he was here for a day and a night, but it seemed that he had the vicissitudes of life on his face, and he had experienced a hundred years of life.

The Akimizu joined together and chanted softly, "Amitabha!"

The general slowly stood up, but halfway up, his body suddenly trembled, and he was a little unstable, Zhixiang and Puhong were frowning, and when Zhixiang wanted to step forward to help, the general had already regained his footing, inhaled deeply, and then stood up straight again, facing the Qiushui master.

His body knew weak at first glance, but for some reason, at this moment, he seemed to be as burly and stoic as Qinglong Mountain.

In the distance, the mountain wind blew, and countless smoke and dust drifted up with the wind, fluttering and sprinkling in mid-air, carried away by the wind, and finally gradually disappeared......

After that beast and demon catastrophe, from north to south, everywhere you see is a miserable desolate scenery, thousands of miles of uninhabited, no sound in a hundred villages, all of which are often encountered. In the north, because of the short period of poison, it is still better, and the further south you go, the more serious this tragic scene becomes.

Ruins and ruined towns abound. Even in the open space at the edge of the field, from time to time you can even find white bones, which is even more shocking. The wind and smoke are bleak, the scenery is bleak, this world is so common, people are like grass ants, and they can't even control their own lives.

Many people who had fled to the north began to return to their hometowns after being sure that the catastrophe had indeed receded. The land of infinite desolation is slowly beginning to gain popularity. It's just that in this scene, there is still a lot of sadness, on both sides of the road, there are still corpses that have fallen to the ground from time to time, some people are killed by beasts and demons, and some people, but after this catastrophe, they are hungry and cold on the way back to their hometowns, and they are scattered in a foreign land. Occasionally, in a few remote places, there are still small remnants of beast demons, and from time to time there are rumors of beast demons harming people. It's just that at this time, after all, it is the trend of the times, and although the small group of beast demons is still terrifying, it can no longer stop more people's desire to return home.

And even these beast demons who survived for a long time actually disappeared quickly. Because among the hundreds of people who returned to their hometowns, there were still many disciples of the righteous path, and once there was a word of beast demons harming people somewhere, they would soon be subdued by these righteous path disciples.