The banks of a clear stream are covered with smooth pebbles, and there is silence all around, except for the chirping of frogs.

"Knock, knock, knock. Three regular, dull sounds rang out, very out of harmony with the scenery in the valley.

Le Yan silently accompanied Tang Hua and walked slowly step by step. He watched as she knelt down and bowed again and again, until the smooth corners of her forehead were worn out again.

A few days ago, they came to the Western Elysium and wanted to ask to see the Buddha, but the Bodhisattva who guarded the door said that the believers who wanted to see the Buddha must be sincere, kneel three times and bow nine times to the other place, so that the Buddha can feel the determination of the comer and answer his questions.

It will take three or five months to go from Qingyao Mountain to the west, and how painful it will be to kneel and kowtow all the time, Le Yan himself can't imagine it, but Tang Hua insisted on listening to the words of the Buddha and wanted to start over from Qingyao Mountain.

Le Yan watched Tang Hua ignore the injury on her head, or repeatedly knelt down and kowtowed, and in order to be "sincere", every time she kowtowed, she really put her head on the ground and stones, and the more times she kowtowed, the more serious the wound on her forehead became, and now a red blood was shed.

The blood was so eye-catching, Le Yan finally couldn't control it, and stopped Tang Hua's kneeling body, and said coldly: "That's enough! You go back with me! What about the Buddha of the Western Heavens, he can't torture people like this!"

Tang Hua shook his head and said a little weakly: "No, I must see the Buddha and ask about the way to crack "Ghost Life". With that, she knelt down straight, but before she could touch the ground, she fell to the ground with some physical exhaustion.

Le Yan's face darkened, but he still squatted down to help Tang Hua and let her rest on him.

He raised his hand to caress the wound on Tang Hua's forehead, and soon, the wound healed under his treatment.

Seeing that Tang Hua was a little hesitant, Le Yan comforted her a little angrily and said: "That Bodhisattva only said that he had to kneel in three steps and buckle in nine steps, but he didn't say that he couldn't be cured if he was injured. ”

Tang Hua thought about it and had no choice but to nod.

After healing the injury, Tang Hua wanted to stand up, but Le Yan carefully helped her up, and asked with some worry: "You have not rested for several days in a row, if you continue like this, your body will be unbearable, otherwise you can rest with me for a while and then continue?"

Tang Hua shook his head again and refused, trying not to look too haggard.

The sky suddenly darkened, Le Yan looked up at the dark clouds that were gathering in the sky, and continued to persuade: "It's about to rain, why do you have to hide from the rain." ”

Tang Hua didn't think about it, and stubbornly refused: "No, it's been three days, and I've only walked such a short road, at this speed, thinking that Xitian will have to spend another three months, I have to hurry up." ”

After speaking, Tang Hua quickly knelt down, Le Yan reached out to stop her, but before her hand touched Tang Hua, she was already kneeling on the ground.

Le Yan looked at his hand stopped in mid-air and smiled dumbly. He felt a bitter taste that he had never felt in his life.

Heavy rain fell, and the raindrops hit the stream, stirring up countless splashes. The rain soon soaked their clothes. The man looked at the weak and persistent figure of the woman in front of him, kneeling and clasping, and the rain on his face slowly flowed from the corners of his eyes.

Tang Hua braved the rain and walked along the bank of the stream, the pebbles by the stream became more slippery because of the rain, Tang Hua didn't step on it steadily, and as soon as his feet slipped, his body fell to the side.

She didn't fall to the ground because Le Yan caught her in time.

Le Yan looked at the girl who fell asleep in his arms, sighed, picked her up horizontally, and saw that there was a thatched house not far from the stream, so he carried Tang Hua to the house.

The thatched hut is very simple, but fortunately it is not leaky. Le Yan first dried the clothes of the two with a spell, and then built a fire to keep warm.

He looked at Tang Hua in his arms, pulled the wet hair on her face to her ears with his hand, made her a little more comfortable, and hugged her quietly to watch the rain fall outside the window.

After a long time, he said as if talking to himself: "Silly girl, is it worth it?"

"What about you, is it worth it?"

A familiar voice suddenly sounded in the silent thatched house, and Le Yan looked up to see that it was his master's smoked pool.

After gently placing Tang Hua on the thatched pile, Le Yan took off his coat and covered her again, and then he turned around and saw that the master was silently looking at him.

"Master, why did you come here?" Le Yan opened his mouth to break the silence.

"The two apprentices didn't stay under the door, and they didn't know what to do when they ran out secretly, so I, the master, had to go out of the mountain to arrest people by myself. As soon as Xun Chi thought that these two apprentices actually went down the mountain without him secretly, he was angry.

Le Yan knew that he and Tang Hua were not doing it right, so he had to think of ways to comfort his master. "My sister and I went down the mountain for something, but we also wanted to collect more wine and delicacies for Master, so that we could bring them to Master when we returned to the mountain. ”

"Hmph, do you really think I don't know anything? Your junior sister is a fool, why are you confused with you?"

Le Yan chuckled lightly and said, "Yes, I didn't expect that the apprentice would be like this one day." ”

Xunchi looked at this disciple who had been practicing with him since he was a child, and he also sighed a little in his heart.

This child has been screwing himself for half his life since he was a child because of the love debt of his previous life, and now he is sad because of his deep affection, maybe this can be regarded as a punishment for his previous bees and butterflies.

He sighed and said to Leyan: "It is difficult to crack "Ghost Life", even if you find the Buddha, it will not be easy. Your junior sister is too persistent, and she suffers in the end. You are her brother, and you should persuade her not to do stupid things. ”

Le Yan looked at Tang Hua, who was sleeping soundly on the side, and said with a wry smile: "If I can persuade her, how can I follow her here?"

Xunchi also sighed, was silent for a long time, and then flicked his sleeves and said, "Alas! I can't see my two little apprentices suffering so much. Your master, I will take you to the West Heaven to find the Buddha now, and he will tell the truth about the method of cracking it for the sake of my face. ”

Happy words, immediately nodded and thanked the master. If this is the case, Tang Hua will not have to suffer so much flesh and skin.

Le Yan woke up Tang Hua and flew with her to the west with the smoke pond and the clouds.

In the Gouwu Demon Palace, the maidservants hurried back and forth with medicine bowls, and in the deepest part of the palace, there were coughs one after another.

"Bang dang", the medicine bowl was knocked over to the ground, and the black medicine juice splashed on the quilt, the ground, and even the white-clothed figure on the side of the bed.

"Father, please drink the medicine!"

Zhi Ge knelt beside the Demon Emperor's bed, holding the Demon Emperor's right arm with both hands, and begged again and again. In the past, the people who pulled the right arm of the demon emperor and coquettishly were all Siwu. Thinking of this, the sadness in the hearts of Zhi Ge and the Demon Emperor was a little heavier.

"Ahem...... Demon Emperor Yan Dan raised his handkerchief and coughed twice, then said in a hoarse voice: "Why did you help Siwu hide from me about her fornication with mortals? Don't you know that this violates the "Code of Heaven and Earth" and is going to be destroyed by heaven and earth! What have you learned from Shangqing Yaoshan for so many years of practicing the Code? You have harmed your sister! Ahem......" After the old demon emperor finished speaking, he coughed violently again, and the maid on the side hurriedly handed the medicine forward.

A mist welled up in Zhi Ge's eyes.

That's right, if she had firmly separated Siwu and Gu Liangyou when she knew that they were married privately, instead of being soft-hearted because Siwu pleaded hard, Siwu would not have ended up like this today.

Siwu's death, she is half responsible!

It was she who killed her sister, causing the two of them to thunder and thunder in the sky, and they will never recover!

"Father is right, I killed Siwu!" Zhi Ge choked up and said, "But if my sister is still alive, I don't want to see my father hurt her body all day long, father, please drink medicine!"

Yan Dan shook his head, pondered for a moment, picked up the medicine bowl, raised his head and drank it all.

After drinking the medicine, Yan Dan dismissed the slave, bowed his head and said to Zhi Ge: "I drink medicine to cure my illness, for the demon world, and for you, the only daughter who is still alive." Zhige, since you were born, you and I have concluded a demon covenant, and I will live until you are a thousand years old to pass on the throne of the demon emperor to you. Before that, I have to live well for the demon world and for you. ”

Zhi Ge replied in a low voice, "Yes, Emperor Xie." ”

Yan Dan said again: "You killed the most warlike Bo Wu of the demon clan, and the demon lord also followed your master, now that the demon clan has been hit hard, that Zhongting has always been a gentle and weak character, and the demon clan will not dare to think about the demon world for a thousand years, so I don't have to worry that it will be too hard for you to bear the burden of the demon world alone after I leave." ”

"Zhi Ge was born as a demon emperor, and no matter when, he will protect the demon world with his life. ”

"Good!"

"Just one thing! The heavenly realm punished your sister, although there is a reason for the law, but I can't let go until I die. Now that you are a new god, even the Emperor of Heaven has to give you three points of respect, and as a father, I can't watch you marry into the Heavenly Realm and become the daughter-in-law of the enemy, so that the Demon Realm will never be able to raise its head in front of the Heavenly Realm! If you want me to continue to stay in this world to take a breath, I will send someone to cancel your marriage to the Prince of Sorrow tomorrow. ”

Zhi Ge lowered his head and kept silent.

"Go'er, are you worried about ...... separation?"

"No, the sorrowful queen mother killed my sister, how can I continue to marry her, tomorrow I will send an envoy to return the wedding post, but my father must promise me to take good care of my body and take medicine on time. ”

There was a knock on the door, and a maidservant girl came outside the door to report: His Royal Highness has arrived in the front hall and wants to see the demon king.

Zhi Ge looked at the Demon Emperor, who turned around and lay down, closing his eyes and saying nothing.

Zhi Ge looked at his father's back, and said firmly: "Father, today is just to make it clear to Liwu, and in the future, your son will not let Liwu appear in front of you again." ”

Seeing that the Demon Emperor still had no response, Zhi Ge bowed silently and withdrew from his dormitory.