Chapter 42'—"Nothing in Itself"
When the three doors slammed shut, the dragon girl had an indescribable feeling?
The dragon girl said in her heart: "How can there be a feeling of sending the plague god", the dragon girl looked up at the desert light temple and said: "Why do you think something is wrong, is it because you think too much?" ”
In the Moqing Temple, the desert sky, the desert phase, and the three of them looked at each other after closing the door, they don't know if the host is sick, but this female Bodhisattva must be abnormal, otherwise it will not be disturbed by the first day of the host's reception.
The dragon girl looked at the bustling street and said, "But this little monk is honest and does not deceive her."
As soon as Long Xuanxi came out of the temple, Xuanxi was crowded with people as far as the eye could see, and all kinds of goods were dazzling.
The city wall here is built of rammed earth, with red willow branches and reed grass layers, and this form is indescribably suitable for the city surrounded by yellow sand.
The first thing Xuanxi saw was the Vermilion City Gate, and there were four big characters written on the tower—"Desert City", the name was not creative, but it was appropriate.
There is an ancient waterway from the city tower to the lower city, the ancient waterway winds from west to east and extends to the future without knowing where to return, this ancient waterway seems to be about 6 feet wide, the length is imperceptible, in addition, what makes Xuanxi feel the most shocked is the long yellow sand road outside the city wall, from the position where the dragon girl stands, the whole city is surrounded by yellow sand and goes straight to the sky, looking at it from a distance, it is like a waterfall in the sky flowing straight down, and the flowing yellow sand makes this small city more mysterious.
The dragon maiden sighed, "Isn't this the legendary kingdom in the desert? This kind of vision can only exist in the illusion."
The dragon girl sighed and did not forget the purpose of her trip, the dragon girl always had a hunch that this city, the people here seemed to be specially prepared for her.
The dragon girl said in her heart: "Could this be the ghost of those two monarchs in the sky, but according to the little monk, this guess does not seem to be valid?" But she's going to have to figure it out anyway."
The dragon girl walked alone on the bustling streets, the shouting of the street vendors, the sound of people talking to and fro, this feeling was like returning to the human world, but unfortunately she had not been able to walk around the world since the accident in the heavenly realm, and it is estimated that she can't walk around it now.
The dragon girl walked all the way down the street to a small stall selling rouge and asked, "Auntie, do you know how to get to this city lord's mansion?" ”
Originally, Auntie was wiping the powder box for sale, but when Auntie heard Xuanxi's question, she immediately stopped what she was doing and said, "Little girl, this is just here, right?" ”?
The dragon girl said: "Auntie, yes, I just moved here, so I'm not familiar with this place."
The aunt who spoke looked to be about 40 years old, wearing a scarlet Luo dress veil to cover her face, but it was not difficult to imagine that she must have been a beauty when she was young, of course, it was more that the dragon girl saw the rather delicate powder box on the stall, and even this box must be so exquisite.
Auntie pointed ahead and said: "Oh, that's it, that little girl, you go along this waterway all the way, and when you reach the end of the waterway, you will see a luxurious mansion, and the plaque at the front door of the mansion reads the words "Quicksand City", which is the city lord's mansion, and the city lord actually hasn't returned to the mansion for a while, but it just so happens that the city lord is back today, and the girl came at the right time."
The dragon girl said: "Yes, auntie, what a coincidence."
Long Xuanxi picked up the carved empty powder box on the stall and put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it: "This powder box is so fragrant, I want this."
The dragon girl dropped a piece of silver and walked along the waterway, but this waterway is really long, Long Xuanxi walked along this waterway for a whole hour and failed to find the so-called city lord's mansion, but the scenery along the way became more and more familiar.
The more the dragon girl walked, the more vigilant she became, and she said in her heart: "How can these places be so familiar? There is even a feeling of familiarity as you go."
The more the dragon girl moved forward, the more she felt that something was wrong, and every place the dragon girl walked now seemed to be the place she had walked before, and the scenery she saw was also the scenery she had seen before.
The dragon girl looked at the more and more familiar scenes, things and scenes in front of her, the more doubts she had in her heart, and Xuan Xi said in her heart: "Could it be that this illusion can still concretize the things in her mind?" ”
"Something is wrong, no, no...", the dragon girl kept reminding herself of everything that was abnormal in front of her, in order to confirm what she thought in her heart, the dragon girl had to continue along the waterway, but the further she went, the more sure she was that these scenes were indeed the scenery she had seen in the world before.
The dragon girl who has already discovered the strangeness of this illusion is not moving forward, according to the current trend, she is afraid that she will not be able to reach the city lord's mansion if she breaks her dragon leg.
The dragon girl planned to walk back along the waterway, but she thought it would be safer to go back to Moqing Temple to ask the little monk for clarification first.
The dragon girl turned around and walked back along the waterway, but every time she came to the corner, the street was constantly changing, and each change would make the dragon girl feel more and more familiar, and even make people addicted to it, and that familiar feeling made the dragon girl a little difficult to control.
The dragon girl said in her heart: "Could this illusion be that she has a soul and knows what she hears, sees, hears and thinks?" ”。
No wonder it is said that although there is no worry about life in this pear blossom pass, there are many people who are not dead or alive; Just not being able to get out of this ever-changing street is enough to make people collapse.
If I hadn't practiced since I was a child, I was afraid that I would have fallen into this illusion forever.
But it just so happens that she is a cultivator, although Buddhism is not so proficient, and the spells are not invincible in the Three Realms, of course, her spells can't be used here, but fortunately, Benlong has been smart since he was a child, and his mind is exquisite, this level of illusion can only trap ordinary people, and how can she, an immortal who has practiced since childhood, trap her, all illusions are just what the heart thinks.
However, if the firmament is there, it must be ridiculed: "If you really cultivate deep enough, you won't find the clues now", but fortunately, this person is not there.
Xuanxi sat down cross-legged on the spot with his hands folded, and said in his heart: "Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a platform.
The scene around the dragon girl's broken word exit slowly returned to its original state.
When the dragon girl opened her eyes, she saw the "caring" eyes of the aunt before and many people around her.
Auntie squatted on the ground and asked cautiously, "Girl, aren't you going to the City Lord's Mansion?" How to sit on the ground? Still... Still have words in your mouth? ”
The dragon girl looked at the familiar and unfamiliar street in front of her, and said with a familiar and unfamiliar face, "Why is she sitting here?" How did she answer this question, she walked along the waterway in the direction of the City Lord's Mansion for nearly an hour and a half, and then walked in the direction of the Moqing Temple for another hour and a half, and the result was naturally back to the original point, but how did she explain, could she tell everyone that this is just an illusion, you have already died, then these people still don't dig out her heart and lungs."
Xuanxi looked at the people who surrounded her in front of her and said, "If you don't find a reasonable explanation today, I guess she won't want to leave."
The dragon girl explained, "I'm not crazy, don't be nervous."
After the dragon girl finished speaking, she straightened her crossed legs and prepared to get up, but the people who had been surrounding her moved a step back, and by the time she stood up completely, everyone was already more than a foot away from her.
The dragon girl thought to herself, "How can there be a feeling that the more you depict it, the darker it gets."
Xuanxi patted the non-existent sand on his body, shook his head helplessly and said: "Amitabha, I just moved the Lingtai and my mind was opened, it was the Buddha's instructions, so I meditated cross-legged and thanked God for his kindness."
Long Xuanxi explained her previous behavior like a madman on the street, and said: "Amitabha, good, good, okay, I am going to follow the Buddha's instructions now to go back to a deeper level of cultivation, please make way for everyone." ”
The dragon girl looked at the people who still surrounded the dragon girl in the middle and said without retreating: "Everyone disperse, disperse."
Fortunately, this sentence finally has some effect.
When everyone dispersed, the dragon girl finally relented.
The dragon girl thought to herself, "It's a clear explanation."
The dragon girl thought that her exhortation had an effect, but she didn't know that not everyone believed what the dragon girl said, but the time had come.
The dragon girl sighed and said, "Alas, she doesn't want to do this kind of second thing again, it's getting late, let's go back to Moqing Temple first."
"Hmm... What about the temple? As soon as the dragon girl looked up, she found that the Moqing Temple was gone.
The dragon girl asked the previous aunt, "Auntie".
"What's the matter with the little girl?"
"Where's the temple?"
Auntie said: "Temple? What temple? ”
The dragon girl said again: "It's the Moqing Temple that I came out of two or three hours ago."
Auntie said: "Moqing Temple? How could the girl Moqing Temple appear here, the little girl was confused again."
The dragon girl said in her heart: "Listening to what this aunt means, this Moqing Temple has never been here. So how did she come out? Now thinking back to the way the three little monks hurriedly closed the door before, could it be that this was a ghost made by the indifferent little monk, or was it designed by the little monk together with the city lord here? In retrospect, it was very possible."
The dragon girl said again: "Auntie? Do you mean that this Moqing Temple has never appeared here, or is it impossible to appear here? ”
Auntie was about to answer Xuanxi's question, as soon as the bell rang, Auntie walked towards the city gate like a marionette, it seems that Auntie is not the only one affected, the people on this street seem to be pulled by the bell, which from the first few to later more and more people joined this huge team, these people limped forward like puppets unconsciously and mechanically moved, the dragon girl learned to be like puppets mixed in, she wanted to see what the hell this was doing.
The dragon girl limped forward with the puppets, but she was thinking in her heart: "The Moqing Temple that will suddenly disappear"? "A ghost that suddenly turns into a puppet". It seems that she only has one way now, through this street, through these obstacles, and when she reaches the City Lord's Mansion, maybe all the answers will be known.