Seven days later.

Gu Yunying hesitated, standing in place and not daring to move.

Because she raised her head, she saw the huge city gate engraved with the words "Gu Mu Su".

Looking through the vast city gates, where the crowds came and went, she saw the bustling street scene inside, and the white temple that had stood for an unknown number of years on the hill at the end of the main street.

The pure white temple was almost blended with the snow on the top of the mountain, and it was one of the legendary holy places for demon cultivation, the Rakshasa Temple.

Gu Yunying stood at the gate of the city, not daring to go in.

It's over, she, the chief disciple of the Decent Heavenly Sect, is she going to enter the tiger's den today?

Don't mind, she's not ready yet!

Kong Wen pushed her impatiently beside her, urging, "What are you doing standing stupidly, hurry up and go in." ”

"No, I...... Am I really going to the Rakshasa Temple? Gu Yunying wanted to cry without tears.

Originally, she just pretended to be Jin Xuanxuan because she couldn't get out.

Obviously, she had already thought about it, and it would definitely be too late to let Jin Xuanxuan bring the people of the Jin family to save her, so she thought that it would be better to sneak away quietly while she was on the road.

As a result, because of Jin Xuanxuan's escape, Kongwen and Kongming are strictly guarding themselves.

And because of Jin Feilang's incident, they wanted to return to the Rakshasa Temple as soon as possible to report the situation and rush back as soon as possible.

As a result, what should have been a journey of half a month was compressed into seven days by them.

Is this Nima in a hurry to be reincarnated!

Gu Yunying stood at the gate of Gu Musu's city, scolding in his heart.

Kongming saw Gu Yunying's fear, and he said as comfortably as possible: "Let the poor monk take the golden donor to the post station at the foot of the mountain to wait, and the senior brother must return to the temple to report first, before he can bring outsiders into the Rakshasa Temple." ”

Go to the post station first?

Gu Yunying immediately nodded in agreement: "Okay, let's go to the post station first!" By the way, is there anything good to eat at the inn? ”

Because of the hurry, Gu Yunying hadn't eaten for seven days.

Although her current cultivation is not a problem if she doesn't eat or drink, she is a little uncomfortable, and she is still comfortable eating.

Seeing her attitude, Kong Wen suddenly became enthusiastic, and squinted and said, "Human meat feast, do you want to eat it?" ”

Gu Yunying pursed her lips and asked, "You Rakshasa Temple's post station, can you still eat meat?" ”

"The monks of the temple do not touch meat, this meat mainly refers to the taste of green onions, ginger and garlic, and fishy refers to meat, according to the different sects and morals in the temple, some monks do not touch a little meat, while some monks can eat meat and drink wine." The empty name explained in detail the question of whether a monk eats meat or not.

Gu Yunying nodded clearly, this is Taoism is the same, some Taoist priests can get married, and some Taoist priests must be pure-hearted and have few desires.

Kong Wen patted the brim of her hat on the curtain and said in a muffled voice, "Go first." ”

This sounded a little unpleasant, as if he didn't really want to return to the Rakshasa Temple.

Kongwen took the lead in entering the ancient Musu City, because the ancient Musu City was subordinate to the Rakshasa Temple, and the city was forbidden to be empty, even the monks of the Rakshasa Temple were not allowed to fly, so they could only walk through the city on foot, and then climb up the Rakshasa Temple step by step, which was called pious.

This is one of the reasons why Kong Wen doesn't really want to return to the Rakshasa Temple.

Kongwen's footsteps are not fast, but there are too many people coming and going in Gumusu City, and in the blink of an eye, Kongwen's figure is drowned in the sea of people.

"Master Jin, please come with the poor monk."

Kongming led Gu Yunying into the city, but he walked in a completely different direction and street than Kongwen.

Instead of going straight to the main street, they entered the city gate and turned into the first junction, a path lined with trees.

Sora looked at the luxuriant-looking trees, and said with relief, "This year's plum blossoms are growing very well, and when it comes to winter, it should be a red plum again." ”

Gu Yunying suddenly realized that there was a plum tree living next to her.

She looked carefully at the sides of the road, where the crowded houses were filled with all kinds of residents.

After holding back for a long time, she still couldn't help but complain: "Planting plum blossom trees at the door of your own house, doesn't it mean that you are unlucky to go home?" ”

Kongming was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "It turns out that there is such a saying in the Central Plains, which is quite interesting." ”

"The plum blossom is the sacred flower of the Rakshasa Temple, and only the residents of Gumu Su City can plant plum trees in front of their homes, which is something they are proud of."

"In addition, on the mountain of Rakshasa Mountain, there is a very large plum blossom forest, and believers who make pilgrimages on the winter solstice will prostrate step by step through that plum blossom forest...... It's just that there are quite a few weak believers who fall in the plum blossom forest and don't wake up. ”

Kongming raised his eyes, looked at the Rakshasa Mountain in the distance, and said with a smile: "Therefore, some people have said that the reason why the plum blossoms there are more red and bright than ordinary plum blossoms is because the blood of the believers who fall to the ground every year stains those plum blossoms that have endured for many years. ”

When he said this, the smile on Sora's face remained the same, but his eyes were slightly out of focus.

As if remembering when he was a child, he was forced by his parents to make a pilgrimage, kowtowing step by step through the plum blossom forest, and then ......

Well, these are old things.

Kongming exhaled a breath of turbidity slightly, and reintroduced to Gu Yunying the various customs and customs in Gumu Su City, but it was not boring along the way.

Gu Yunying found that after entering Gumu Su City, the empty name had obviously changed a lot of words.

She approached to cooperate with the empty name's conversation, and learned more about Gumu Su City.

Until, bursts of rouge gouache wafted in the air, making Gu Yunying sneeze loudly.

She covered her nose, confused.

It shouldn't be, she's at the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm, there's no reason why she would sneeze suddenly, is there any danger ahead?

Gu Yunying followed the footsteps of the empty name, turned a corner, walked out of Gumu Su City through the side city gate, and then walked on a spacious mountain road.

She tilted her head and looked at the extremely prestigious Rakshasa Mountain.

Rakshasa Mountain is located at the border between the Western Regions and the Extraterritorial Realm, and it is also one of the barriers blocking the Extraterritorial Realm.

There are various vegetation growing at the foot of the mountain, but because of the barrenness of the soil, it grows sparsely, except for the plum blossom forest along the mountain road, which is still quite luxuriant, the rest of the place can be described as depressed and barren, and the higher you go, the more sparse the vegetation becomes, until you reach the top of the mountain, there is only snow that does not melt for 10,000 years, and a white temple.

Gu Yunying wanted to follow the mountain road in front of her, but was stopped by empty name.

"Lord Jin, this is the path that only monks can take, and we have to take another path."

Gu Yunying frowned, she didn't understand a monk in a dilapidated temple, why she was so hypocritical, and she had to stipulate which way the monks would take and which way ordinary people would go.

Are there different specifications for these roads?

The empty name noticed Gu Yunying's unswervingness, and did not explain much, but took Gu Yunying around the road to a mountain road.

As he walked, Gu Yunying found an old man who had fallen on the side of the road.

The old man was ragged and dusty, as if he hadn't been groomed for a long time, and could only lie on the ground, groaning in pain.

Gu Yunying wanted to go over and have a look, but the empty name grabbed her and said solemnly: "Master Jin, this is a believer who has come on pilgrimage, you must not spoil his pious cultivation." ”

"People are going to die, what do you care about pious practice?" Gu Yunying was puzzled, and even said a little angrily.

But the empty name seemed to be commonplace, indifferent, and said in an almost indifferent tone: "Master Jin, you are not from the Western Regions, so you will not understand. ”

"These believers come on pilgrimage, and only by showing their piety can they get what they want."

Gu Yunying thought about it, but still walked in front of the old man, squatted down, and wanted to help him up.

But the old man seemed to be taken aback, waved his hand again and again, dodged back, and said anxiously: "Don't, don't disturb my practice!" I can still walk, I'm just resting...... Ahem, take a break – ahem, ahem! ”

Before he could finish speaking, the old man coughed violently and kept going.

The cough kept on and on, as if he was going to cough out all his lungs.

was rejected for kindness, Gu Yunying immediately withdrew her hand, since others didn't want it, she didn't bother to help.

It's just that her mood is a little worse, and she muttered, "Is it really so pious? I don't even want my life. ”

Kongming was noncommittal about this, but continued to lead Gu Yunying forward: "Master Jin, please continue to follow the poor monk, and when you arrive at the post station, you will understand." ”

Gu Yunying followed behind Kongming again, and on the way there, she saw other people who fell on the side of the road one after another.

There are old people who are dying, women who are frail, and children who are crying with hunger......

The further you went, the more people fell on the side of the road.

Kongming saw all this in his eyes, without any compassion, but just sighed: "It seems that the winter in the Western Regions is coming." ”

"What?" Gu Yunying didn't understand how the empty name associated winter with pilgrims.

"Before the winter in the Western Regions approached, the number of pilgrims was the largest, and of course, the number of believers who fell on the roadside was also the largest."

Sora explained briefly as he walked past the unchilled bones lying on the side of the road.

Gu Yunying walked behind him, and clearly saw that the corners of his robe were raised, brushing past the group of suffering believers.

The faithful wanted to reach for the corners of the robe.

There are old man's palms like wood, there are man's big hands covered with thick calluses, there are soft and slender women's fingers, and there are immature and weak children's arms......

They stretched out their hands desperately towards the robe, but they couldn't reach it.

Gu Yunying was silent, looking at the robe that was not stained with red dust from the sorrow of the crowd, and the footsteps of the empty name that had not been stagnant because of the suffering of the world, a different kind of emotion surged in his heart.

Perhaps, this is the Buddha who the world is constantly begging?