Chapter 32—The "Desert Light Temple" in the Forest
"Alright, let's go".
"What does the little monk look like?"
"What does it look like! Well... Bald, tattered monk's robes, mostly small".
"Good".
Xuanxi asked with an impossible face, "Are you sure...?" You get the idea."
"Hmm," the firmament replied.
"Oh well".
The dragon girl said again: "Since you all know what the monk looks like, then let's quickly look for it, since we are both in the vicinity, I think the little monk should not be too far away from here, let's look for it together in the neighborhood first."
"Good".
The two searched around the lake, but they did not find any trace of the little monk.
The two of them saw that it was getting late and late, and said in their hearts: There is no way to find it like this.
"Little goblin, it's not a way for us to find it like this, if the little monk is a character in the illusion, it will be fine, if not, we break the illusion, and the little monk will be safe; Now it is estimated that we have something to do, and now we should hurry up and find a way to break this illusion."
Xuanxi also said: "You are also right; I've heard you mention this golden desert before, and I think you know a little bit about this golden desert, and I don't know if you still have any impression of this golden desert."
"What do you say? Is this a golden desert? ”
"Yes, Golden Desert, do you have any impressions?"
The firmament immediately shook his head and said, "No."
The dragon girl looked disappointed and said, "Alas! I thought you remembered something."
Firmament was also very embarrassed and said: "I just think the words Golden Desert are very familiar, as if I have heard them somewhere."
"Of course you've heard of it, that's what you told me when you first arrived in the Illusion Realm."
"I see, no wonder it feels familiar, but unfortunately I can't remember anything now."
"Let's go, it's getting darker and darker now, since it's for us to pass, there must be something we need to solve, we just need to keep moving forward now."
The dragon girl also said: "Now it can only be like this."
The two walked all the way, walking through the "oasis", and while the two were looking for a way out, the dragon girl probably said everything after knowing the firmament, of course, it was limited to the relevant suitability that the firmament understood, like the identity of the prince of the firmament, and the dragon girl in the dungeon would naturally not mention it.
The two of them walked for almost an hour without encountering half a person, let alone any other animal.
The more the dragon girl walked, the more she felt that something was wrong: "Firmament, do you think this place is very strange, not quite like the oasis that the little monk said."
Firmament said: "Naturally it's not an oasis, we have been gone for nearly an hour, and now the sky is so dark that we can't even see the ground clearly, but we are still in this so-called "oasis", what desert can have such a vast oasis, not so much a desert oasis here looks more like a big forest in some places."
"Forest? It's very similar, but I didn't feel any living creatures from the beginning."
The firmament said, "Yes! That's true, and that's why it's so weird."
"So what do we do now?".
"It's all here, what else can I do? Now we can only take one step at a time, hoping to find someone, maybe then we can know what's going on."
Before the firmament finished speaking, Long Xuanxi suddenly squatted down: "What are you doing here?"
The dragon girl picked up a thick branch from under her feet, held it in her hand, and said, "There it is."
"Got it? What's up? ”
"Ah, look at the firmament," the dragon girl stood on a stone in the darkness of the night and handed the branch to the firmament.
The firmament looked at the branches and said, "The cut is neat and smooth, this is man-made".
"Yes, Firmament, there must be a home around here."
Xuanxi said': "While we can still see the road, we are looking forward."
"Good".
The two walked for about half an hour, and the sky at this time was basically unclear, and every foot of the road under their feet felt "empty".
Firmament said: "Little demon, we can't go any further, we must find a place to rest first, this place is too weird, and now we don't have any spells here, it's very dangerous."
The dragon girl said, "You're right, but we don't need it anymore."
The firmament was puzzled: "Hmm...".
"Look there".
The firmament looked in the direction of the dragon girl's finger: "It's firelight."
"Yes, where there is fire, there are people, firmament, let's go spend the night."
"That's nature," said the firmament.
Although it is an illusion, the feeling is real.
"Great, you don't have to sleep in the wilderness tonight", although the sky can't see the dragon girl's face at this time, it is not difficult to guess that the little demon must be full of joy and excitement at the moment.
The two men hurried to the ground before it was completely dark, and although they could already see the fire, they still walked close to a cup of tea.
The dragon girl stood in front of the mountain gate and said, "It looks very close, but I didn't expect it to be quite far away."
The firmament stood behind his back and looked at the red gate and said: "That's nature, only this fire is the most conspicuous at night, so it doesn't seem far, but in fact there is still some distance."
The dragon girl looked up at the place where the fire was shining: "It's okay!" We're finally here."
The dragon girl looked at it fixedly: "Eh, it turned out to be a temple." On both sides of the temple, stone lion lanterns more than a foot high are placed, and the blazing fire inside illuminates the entire temple gate.
The dragon maiden made a gesture of please: "Let's go, Firmament Boy, let's go up."
At this time, the two were standing under the steps, and the dragon girl said as she walked: "The steps of this temple are quite high."
The dragon girl climbed the stone steps all the way and counted all the way.
"One, two...... Eighty-nine, ninety-...... Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, there are ninety-nine steps."
The firmament looked at the dragon girl with a thick smile on her face and said, "Why, you don't have to sleep in the wilderness to make you so excited."
"That's nature, it's the best thing that has happened since I entered the desert."
"Well, that's right."
"Looking at the gate of this temple is so exquisite, it seems that it must not be an ordinary small temple."
In the center of the brown-red gate, there is a plaque with a hot stamping plaque that reads: "Moqing Temple? ”
Firmament said: "Don't despise it, Moqing Temple, this name is interesting."
The dragon girl said: "Do you say that this desert light temple is a temple in the sand?"
"Perhaps".
The firmament lifted the brass ring on the door and knocked at three doors.
"Knock knock...... Knock knock knock ......"
The door opened with a creak, and the door was opened by two young monks of the same age and an older man, two of whom looked to be in their early twenties at most, very young and beautiful, wearing a wide monk's robe to show more Buddha nature.
The three monks saluted the two dragon maidens: "Amitabha".
The dragon girl also folded her hands and saluted back: "Amitabha", and the sky nodded in signal.
At this time, the master of the Wuxiangmen said: "The two donors came to visit late at night, and I don't know what to do."
The dragon girl said: "Three masters, our sister and brother got lost in this mountain, and happened to meet this temple, so I want to spend the night, and ask a few masters to make it convenient."
Hearing Long Xuanxi's self-introduction, the firmament said: "Sister and brother, this little demon will not forget to take advantage of him whenever and wherever he is."
The great monk said: "Amitabha, the master really doesn't dare to be, the old monk's Dharma name is Mokong, but he is just a sweeping monk in the Moqing Temple."
"Then Master Mokong, please make it convenient for you."
Master Mokong made a gesture of please and said, "Two donors, please."
The dragon girl pulled the firmament's arm and said, "Brother Qiong, Master Mokong has already agreed to let us enter the temple, let's go in."
Firmament shook his head and smiled slightly, then gently scratched the dragon girl's nose and said: "Sister Xi, why are you playing tricks on people again, this is a clean place, don't lie, don't talk nonsense, if you are like this, Brother Le will not be happy."
The dragon girl was stunned for a moment when she looked at the sudden movements of the firmament, and said in her heart: "This firmament actually turned her against the army, when did this firmament become so smart?"
Firmament folded his hands and explained to the monk: "Master Mokong is not strange, the sister has been such an eccentric since she was a child."
"It's okay, it's normal for little girls to be playful."
Here the firmament and the desert master were talking, and the dragon girl said in her heart: "Master, master, how can you trust him and not believe me."
The big monk glanced at Xuanxi, who was pulling the sleeves of the firmament, and said, "I see, that sister is very delicate."
"Master, you have won the award, blame me for spoiling her."
Mo Kong said: "It's okay, the two donors please come in."
Firmament backhanded the original dragon girl's hand pulling the sleeve of the firmament into her hand: "Sister Xi, let's go."
"Humph......"
The great monk said: "You two have dropped the bolt and go to rest."
"Yes," the two monks said in unison.
The great monk said to the two sisters and brothers in front of him: "Two donors, there are many wings in our temple, and there are many pilgrims, and please follow the old monk to avoid going wrong."
Firmament said: "Please lead the way."
The old monk took the oil lamp, protected the firelight with one hand, and led the two of them around the Xuanxi firmament to a courtyard.
Two donors, this is where you two live tonight, there are just two wings in this courtyard, and this is also a special room for you, so you two will rest here tonight."
"Wait a minute, Master Mokong, what did you just say? This is a room specially prepared for the two of us? Did you know we were coming?
The great monk said: "Amitabha, it's not that I know that the two nobles are coming here, it's just that every year today, there will be people who stay overnight, and it has never changed for thousands of years, but this year there seems to be a lot fewer people than in previous years."
"It's a lot less, that's natural, after all, other people "spare their lives", that's why we have the two of us, the pioneers, and I don't know what happened to the people outside.