Chapter 2: Wanyi Temple (10)
In fact, when listening to grandpa talk about the matter between him and grandma, the little complaint in Chengjiao's heart about grandpa's decision to leave has dissipated.
She understands that compared to her grandfather, the distance between her and her grandmother is like an abyss.
Although she had lived with her grandmother for a few years and remembered everything, it was only as a pampered child. Grandma and Grandpa, on the other hand, were partners who lived hand in hand in the ups and downs of life, and they never complained to each other or let go of each other's hands because of the calm or turbulent waters of life. This deep bond between husband and wife cannot be cut by the fog of death or the attraction of the mountain of tranquility.
At the same time, she understands the people who have gone to the Eternal Forest to look for their departed loved ones on the day of reincarnation for hundreds of years.
When their parents, or their lovers, or their children die suddenly, the gods who love humanity will take their souls to the Eternal Forest, where the Grim Reaper sleeps, and they will become part of the vast forest, and they will become part of the great god Tadarus, with whom they will protect the Divine Land.
On the day when the calamities return to the Divine Land, the Grim Reaper will resurrect in the rage of hatred to face the Beast of Destruction! The people of the Eternal Forest will also be reborn in the flames of war to defend their homeland! Together, they will sink the Shadow Land and let the Endless Sea engulf that filthy and evil land and never return! After this, these people will also ascend the Mount of Tranquility in the glory of the gods.
Although the calamities will eventually return, and the gods will return, no one knows when. Therefore, the people who choose to go to the Eternal Forest on the day of reincarnation must also have a deep bond with their loved ones like Grandpa, and would rather give up the fireworks in the world, give up the possibility of ascending the Tranquility Mountain in the divine light after passing away peacefully, and bear that person waiting alone in the forest.
Cheng Jiao wiped away his tears, met his grandfather's expectant gaze, and nodded heavily.
The old man smiled with relief. He took out a brown leather bag from his breast pocket, opened the thin leather rope at the mouth of the puff, and took out the contents and placed them on the palm of his hand.
Cheng Jiao saw that it was a small braid about two fingers thick, silver and black, and the ends were fastened with thin gold thread. The black one looked like a stalk of pearl hemp, and the silver one was clearly grandpa's hair.
"I came back to leave this in the house, and this is for you, little man. We shouldn't have seen each other again today, but I think you'll go back to the courtyard after I'm gone, and you'll find out about it. You know, your grandma's thing happened in such a hurry that she didn't leave anything behind. I've been worried until the Eternal Forest that I might ...... It may be a long time before she is found. A long, long time later, perhaps at the end of time, we, you and I, as well as Ah Fei and Jin Ye, will meet again, in Tranquility Mountain! Your grandma and I will go looking for you! I think you're going to need something of me to recognize me. ”
Cheng Jiao took the bag and the pigtails. The black one is indeed pearl hemp, and it is said that the edge of the crescent moon is covered with this grass, and it blooms around the turn of the year around the time of the year, and the flowers are like small pearls, and they bloom everywhere one by one. The grass had a cool sweet smell, and it looked like it had been picked by my grandfather in the morning on the mountain.
She understood what Grandpa was worried about, and she knew what he hadn't said.
The Eternal Forest is boundless, with hundreds of trees of all colors tangled together, like rotting hair wrapped around the edge of this world. Grasses and flowers, rattans and shrubs, rain trees, misty pines, puff trees, juniper cypresses, dragon's tooth trees, big-leaved trees, birds and animals, reptiles, mosquitoes and ants, streams, swamps, rocks and quicksands...... They all grow freely in the vast forest formed by the sleeping body of the Grim Reaper.
Thirteen years later, how can you tell which dark corner your lover's soul dwells in? He didn't even have a hair of hers on him.
"Grandpa, don't worry, I may ......" Cheng Jiao swallowed half of what she said, she was worried that if she couldn't find it, or if she found it but couldn't deliver it, it would add unwarranted annoyance to Grandpa.
She squeezed the old man's hand, "I...... As we have all seen, most of the people who have gone to the Eternal Forest over the years have gone to accompany their loved ones who died in battle on the night of the Bloody Eyes two years ago, and those warriors have left nothing behind. I saw a lot of psykers on my way here, more than in previous years! They had already changed into green hoodies and were waiting outside the temple in case of emergency. Don't worry, Grandpa, the gods will guide the psionics, and the psionics will help you find grandma! Let's go, go to Wanji Temple. ”
The grandfather and grandson walked out of the back door of the courtyard and walked to the east of Mt. Myofa. After dozens of minutes, I walked out of the woods and came to a downward hillside.
At the end of the hillside is a temple facing south from the north, which is the Myohoyama Maniji Temple in the hot spring castle. Compared to the hot spring shrine, it can only be regarded as an ordinary temple, but there are nearly 100 large and small buildings. In the courtyard of the temple, a huge ginkgo tree rises from the ground, more than ten feet high. More than 100 years ago, Shizome Blade was attracted by the aura of this thousand-year-old ginkgo biloba and built the first Wanyi Temple on the five islands of Kimriku here.
"Chengjiao villain, I'm going to the temple first."
Grandpa turned back to his granddaughter and said that his face was in the shadow of the sun, and he couldn't see his expression clearly.
"Come and watch the ceremony with your mom and dad after the bell rings, and then take them back. I'm going to find my grandmother after a long detour, and our family will finally meet on the Tranquility Mountain. ”
"Grandpa, I'...... Tell grandma that I ......"
"We know we all love you."
Cheng Jiao watched his grandfather turn around and strode down the mountain.
The breeze blows through the grass beneath your feet, making the sound of brushing.
The tall ginkgo trees hold up a lush canopy, and the leaves of a small part of the temple wall jutting out to the west are slightly yellowed. It is not yet time, but at the end of November and the beginning of December, before and after the Day of Coming, the leaves of the entire giant tree will be sprinkled with gold, as if dyed in the sun.
In previous years, after the whole night of Kners, she would come to see the tree with her grandfather in the early morning.
The blue clouds and yellow leaves make people suddenly not know where they are.
(Grandpa is gone, will I come this year?) )
Cheng Jiao meditated in his heart.
(What's the point of a person coming to see it.) )
Igfi Skeleton looked up at the sun wheel in the sky, and it was almost noon. Looking at the crowded flow of people on the winding road ahead, he was a little worried.
(You won't be in time before the bell rings, will you?) )
He's been so busy in the past two years!
On the reincarnation day two years ago, the Shadow Land raided the Isle of War, and the Thousand Divine Eyes Temple, which was originally located on the top of Drinking Weeping Mountain, was destroyed only with a marble base and dozens of broken pillars. Perhaps it was the barbarian's blasphemous folly that angered the God of War himself, and he appeared in the God of War Square, and the wrath of the gods swept away the small and filthy army of the Shadow Land!
The marble floor of the Champ de Mars left countless huge bloody eyes, the marks of the god's terrifying wrath.