Chapter 18: Journey to the West 18
Tang Sanqing has accepted his next fate, but with such a monster in this country, it is hard to imagine what fate the people of this country will have in the future......
If it was Master Sanzang, what would he do?
What can we do to influence these monsters, save these innocent souls, and rescue the trapped people of this country?
It is said in the Buddhist scriptures that adversity is a necessary process of growth, and those who can have the courage to accept adversity will grow stronger and stronger.
But if you fall into the mud and are defeated in adversity, how should life grow, the general will die in a hundred battles, and the coward will be born in the crotch......
There is only one reason to move forward, but there are a thousand reasons to go back.
If there was a reason for her to move forward, it seemed to be doomed from the day she was born.
She is to shoulder the arduous task of purifying all living beings, and she cannot retreat, even one step will hurt countless living beings.
She is going to Tianzhu Kingdom to seek the Dharma of all sentient beings, and if she falls here, what should the people in the world do?
Therefore, Tang Sanqing tried hard to open his eyes full of tears, and the ripples clearly reflected the ugly bloody face, and its two bulging eyes were cloudy.
One pair is the clearest and clearest eyes in the world, and the other is the dirtiest eyes in the world, the ultimate contrast highlights the huge gap between the two.
They see their own reflection in each other's eyes, as if ironic, the ultimate light and dark.
As if it was an illusion, Tang Sanqing saw inferiority and cowardice in the eyes of the blood corpse that was neither human nor ghost. It seemed to see its ugliness in those eyes as clear as an ocean, and the fingers that lingered on her cheeks shrunk.
On the one hand, it is greedy, and on the other hand, it is timid, and such a tangled look is extremely ugly on its face, and it is also beyond its narrow mind.
"What are you thinking? Tang Sanqing is now in our hands, and it is impossible to escape his wings, his skin is ours, and his flesh is also ours. After eating him, our skills have increased greatly, and that kid will never be our opponent again......"
The vine tree demon's compassionate words came, and the blood corpse in front of Tang Sanqing really became extremely ruthless, and the two black blood holes were filled with greed and viciousness.
Until the last moment, Tang Sanqing would never give up, the vines wrapped around her limbs, strangled the bloody blood, and she still kept struggling.
Like a butterfly entangled in a spider's web, the vine tree demon and the blood corpse admired the beautiful brilliance of the moment before the prey was on the verge of death, and the more Tang Sanqing struggled, the more fragile and sad his expression appeared, the more excited they became.
Like savoring a hard-won delicacy, the taste is most mellow when the prey is dying. When she was finally exhausted, the bloody corpse pulled a cold dagger from the stone cabinet.
The blade was extremely sharp, reflecting the eerie blue ghost fire, watching the dagger that was as sharp as clay slowly approaching, step by step, what was more painful than Ling Chi was the waiting before the execution.
Tang Sanqing closed his eyes, his thick and slender eyelashes like a fan, like the wings of a butterfly on the verge of death, moving people's hearts, and their sad laughter was in his ears......
When she opened her eyes again, it was her room, the door was closed, the window was open, and the moonlight was much brighter than she had imagined.
Tang Sanqing stroked her chest, her heart was still pounding with palpitations, she looked at everything in front of her, and she still couldn't seem to react.
Wasn't she in a cave, the vine tree demon and the bloody corpse inside were about to skin her, and her body shivered uncontrollably with the bright knife.
Is everything just a dream? Or is it a dream now?
She didn't know that her whole body was trembling, and she couldn't exert her strength up and down. When Tang Sanqing wanted to pinch herself hard to see if it would hurt, she suddenly found that her two wrists were covered with blue-black strangulation marks.
It was the bruise left on the skin after being tightly bound mixed with dried blood, she lifted the hem of her clothes, and sure enough, her ankles were also covered with such marks, and Tang Sanqing's back was full of cold, these evidences meant that those terrifying memories were not dreams but reality......
She didn't have time to taste the joy of the aftermath of the disaster, she didn't have time to think about how she escaped from the cave, she didn't have time to think about who saved her...... It's just that infinite sadness wells up in my heart, and if everything is realistic, it means that those ghost fires that emit a dark blue light in the cave were once alive.
When the truth has long been buried in the depths of the heart, if you want to know what is really happening, you must uncover the scabbed wounds, revealing bloody flesh and bones.
Whether people can bear it or not, the truth will never be tactfully spoken, and those who have committed sins, fate will go around and punish it in the end.
After fifteen years of seclusion, his founder spread such a long and untold lie, but I don't know how many people's lives he ruined.
Now, the sky is bright, and there is a faint yellow glimmer on the horizon, but even if the sun spares no effort to spread its rays on the earth, there are always places where it cannot shine.
There will be darkness there, demons and monsters are all products of darkness, for no reason, they like to see people in pain and sadness.
Ironically, beyond that palace wall, there was another day of tranquility and peace disguised in a false mask.
As the only one in the know, she has broken the beautiful vision of the people of this country with her own hands, and there is nothing else to do it......
If the heavenly immortals really paid attention to her path of learning the scriptures, she would not ask them to help her on her journey to the west, but only hoped that they would lend a helping hand to the country.
Now, Zhu Yu is injured, Sun Shengyin's mana is banned, Sister Ya and the pirate brothers are ordinary people, and she is now isolated and can only rely on herself.
If she fails, how many years will this truth be buried under this magnificent deep palace?
Therefore, she can only succeed and cannot fail.
Thinking about this, Tang Sanqing found a pen and paper in the room and wrote in front of the wooden table.
By the time she stopped, she had written pages of what she knew about the country, and she had written several letters for those close to her.
In case, she ...... I only hope that these letters will be circulated and delivered to them.
She hid the letter under her pillow, and if Sun Shengyin could come to her, he would definitely be able to find it.
Because one day when Sun Shengyin had just embarked on a journey to the west with her, they found an inn to stay in the evening......
Tang Sanqing recalled the scene of that day, Sun Shengyin was angry with her, until the two stepped into the door separately, and there was no one looking at each other or having a conversation.
The incident began when they were passing by and found a dog spirit on the roof of an ordinary house, which was a spirit that had just shed its animal form. Although he looks like a teenager, he still has dog ears and a tail, and he doesn't walk deeply.
It was looking sadly at the occupants of the house, seemingly innocent.
But Sun Shengyin was an anxious man, and when he saw him, even if he took out the golden hoop stick and waved it, the storm surged in an instant, and the dog spirit boy fled, and Sun Shengyin also chased after him.
Tang Sanqing was a little worried, but he could only wait in place, and it didn't take long for the first person to come back was not Sun Shengyin, but a young man with dog ears and tail panting.
"What did you do to Ah Yin?" She immediately asked anxiously, looking at it defensively.
"What can I do, his mana is so strong, I am not his opponent at all. Please, you are the reincarnated descendant of Tang Sanzang, Lord Tang Sanqing, the man just now is the descendant of the Monkey King, and I recognize the golden hoop stick in his hand. Please, raise your noble hand and let me go, I'm just a spirit who has just cultivated into a human form, and I have never hurt anyone......" It looked pitiful and fell to its knees refusing to get up.
"Then why don't you practice hard in the mountains and come to disturb the lives of ordinary people?"
"It's a long story...... "It showed a sad look on its face, and there were tears faintly in its eyes, "I was originally just an ordinary stray dog, and there are constant wars here all year round, and it is not easy for ordinary people to meet food and clothing, so I have been wandering for a long time, and no one is willing to take me in." I barely survived by eating tree bark, eating grass, eating carrion corpses, my body was full of scars and ugly, and sometimes when I passed a small river, I would see my own reflection in the water and I would think that it would be good for a dog like this to die, and not struggle......"
Tang Sanqing was silent, everything has spirituality, some can't speak, but they also have emotions like people, and have a crystal heart.
"My master appeared when I was about to take on, and I thought he was taller and more powerful than the gods of heaven, even though he was an old man on crutches. He took me back to this house, gave me something to eat, helped me bathe, and took me to play...... Ten years have passed, and it was the happiest time of my life, and I will never forget it. Ten years have passed, and I am a dying old man, but I don't want to grow old, I want to be with my owner all the time. ”
The boy fell into the memory, his eyes overflowing with tears, but he smiled happily, and the happiness in his expression could not be faked.
"The last time I saw the master was late that night, the master's daughter had a high fever, and she never went away, so anxious that the master wanted to go to the town overnight to invite Langzhong. When he left, it was raining heavily outside, and I had a hunch that something bad would happen, so I kept biting his trouser leg to prevent him from leaving. But the master bent down, touched my head one last time, and said, 'Help me take care of my baby, and wait for me to come back,' and he broke his promise and never came back...... The villagers said he fell to his death while crossing the cliff, but he was in good health. I can't go to him because I have to help him take care of him and wait for him to come back. That's why I'm just staying here and not going anywhere......."
Tang Sanqing looked at the young man's gaze and kept looking at this family, nostalgic, and his heart was also full of sadness.
"So, how many years have you been here?"
It is not easy for animals to cultivate into human form, and many experiences may not be successful for decades, everything is providential.
"I don't remember, but the owner's wife died many years ago, and she now has a granddaughter......"
Tang Sanqing followed its line of sight and looked at it, and there was an old man sitting in front of the door of the house, looking at the sky with a peaceful expression.
She has a lot of complications in her heart, humans will abandon dogs, but dogs never abandon their owners, it has waited for decades for a person, and it refuses to leave for a promise.
Since ancient times, luck has been used to meet, companionship has become a luxury, people's life span is only a few decades, fate is still shallow, how deep is love.
Tang Sanqing meditated on the spot, praying for the blessing of this family and chanting scriptures, for a long time, the dog spirit has been guarding by his side, just like he has been guarding his master's side at the beginning. After the chanting was over, the dog spirit was about to kneel down to thank him, but was stopped by Tang Sanqing.