Chapter 30: The Emaciated Land

Seeing this, the monkey was in a hurry, and hurriedly shouted, and his left foot slammed, causing the ground to shake violently like an earthquake, and immediately made everyone unstable on their feet, and fell to the ground on their backs, because their eyes suddenly left the black light, and gradually regained consciousness, and one by one they fell to the ground, looking up at Wukong for some reason.

Wukong shouted and urged: "Close your eyes quickly, this black light has the ability to bewitch, if you accidentally fall into it, the consequences will be really unimaginable." ”

Only then did everyone suddenly realize, close their eyes according to the words, and grope together according to Wukong's command, and listen to his arrangement.

At this time, Bajie's face was pale, cold sweat was dripping, and he ran back with his eyes closed weakly and thanked the monkey with his fist in his fist: "Brother Monkey, it's a shame that you saved my old pig with this kick, otherwise my old pig will be attracted into the pagoda by the black light sooner or later, and suffer the disaster of killing, which is really dangerous." ”

The monkey laughed when he heard this, nodded and exclaimed: "It's good to know, but you still have a little bit of ability, you can carry it for so long before being introduced into the city by the black light, you see how bad Ao Bai and Wujing are, they were bewitched at once, and they are far from you." ”

Bajie smiled bitterly, and sighed quietly: "Alas, don't be sarcastic, although I temporarily withstood the attraction of the black light, I was also tired and half dead, how can I be like Ya Shi and Master, like a nobody, it's really powerful." ”

The monkey bowed his head slightly, and muttered: "Yes, Master is a person from outside the sky, and he must have his peculiarities, not attracted by the black light, but the elegant and vulgar performance is really unexpected, and the spell concentration is not necessarily very strong, and he is not attracted by the black light, which is really weird." Alas, there are more and more doubts in this kid, and I am afraid that it is really as the master said, it must not be a thing in the pool. ”

The old pig sighed, and was about to say something, Sha Wujing closed his eyes and muttered: "Senior brother, don't talk about it, first of all, you have to think about dissolving this black light, otherwise it will be really unpleasant for us to wait with our eyes closed." ”

Only then did the monkey react and sneered: "Hehe, you are right, my old grandson patronized and talked, but I forgot about it, but this black light is too dangerous, it is better to retreat to a safe place first, and then make a district." ”

Everyone nodded, and under the command of Wukong, they groped their way out of the city gate, and ducked under the city wall to avoid the power of the black light, so they dared to stop and discuss countermeasures.

Tang Sanzang untied the saddle bridle on Ao Bai's body, and said first: "Fang Cai was too anxious to notice, which of you went to see if there was any plaque at the gate of the city?"

Bajie shook his head and sighed: "As soon as we got to the gate of the city, we were attracted by the black light, how could we still be in the mood to pay attention to the plaque on the head of the city, and even the stones on the city wall could not withstand the erosion of the wind and rain, and they were dilapidated to such an appearance, even if there was any plaque, it would be cleaned." ”

Ao Bai nodded, and proposed very unhappily: "Master, you are too lazy, don't think about what the black light is first, but ask where this realm is, but what is the use?"

Sanzang smiled when he heard this, and said cheaply: "This guy is really anxious, I want to ask what kind of realm this is, so that I can speculate what the reason for this black light is, since it is not useful, you can tell me what this black light is." ”

Ao Bai shrugged his shoulders unconsciously, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Master, don't bury me, Senior Brother is so well-informed and doesn't know where this black light comes from, how did I know about it as a little dragon in the Nether Realm." ”

The monkey patted his head when he heard this, and said confidently: "Hey, what the master said is really a reminder to my grandson, if you want to know the reason for the matter, you really have to find a local to ask, don't be busy, wait for my grandson to detain a piece of land in the field, and you will know as soon as you ask." ”

As he spoke, the monkey bent down, reached out with his left hand, and made a grabbing gesture towards the earth, and a moment later, a whirlwind blew in the flat ground, and a man came out of thin air, as if he was being caught by a monkey, and fell forward with a, and his body was very embarrassed.

When the visitor stood up, the master and apprentice saw his appearance clearly, and couldn't help but sigh: I saw that he was an old man of medium stature, with a handful of white beards, and his appearance was approachable, but his stature was too short, skinny, and his body was also ragged, with a green bamboo cane, like a flower child.

The old man raised his eyes and saw Wukong, he couldn't help but feel excited, and hurriedly knelt in the dust, kowtowed upwards and said, "Oh, it turned out that the Great Sage had arrived, and he summoned the little fairy today, but I don't know what happened?"

Seeing his shabby appearance, Sun Wukong laughed in his heart, and teased him with bad intentions: "Hey, you little old man, don't you know the habits of my Sanzang Legion along the way, and sincerely cry in front of us, and it's too exaggerated to dress up like this, right?"

The old man smiled bitterly, shook his head quite self-deprecatingly, and said: "The great sage is really joking, if the little old man has some offerings, how can he dare to hide his personal interests and have an endless reason to reward you?

Bajie laughed when he heard it, and stroked his palms gloatingly: "Ya, there is no blood food to worship, no wonder you are so weak, you can't eat all day long, and you can't cover your body, it's really a good way to lose weight, but I don't know how many slimming people to envy." ”

The old man was embarrassed when he heard this, and said with a discouraged face: "The elder made fun of it, if there is really that blood food offering, the little old man would rather die of obesity, and he doesn't have to suffer from this hunger all day long, which is very difficult." ”

Seeing him describe his grief like this, Tang Sanzang smiled apologetically, hugged his fists and said: "The little apprentice is rude, don't take the god to heart, it's just that the poor monk still has something unclear in his heart, and he still hopes that the god will not hesitate to teach." I think this city is very magnificent, and it must have been a treasure land back then, rich in things and strong in people, and rich in assets, but I don't know what happened to the people in this city, causing their families to move and abandon it?"

As soon as the words came out, the old man's expression was gloomy, and he couldn't stop shaking his head and sighing: " The holy monk didn't know, just because there was a group of unjust dead souls in this city, they felt that they had died too unjustly, and they were angry with the people, and turned into an infinite black gas that loved to kill living beings, and mutilated the people, so that the people in the city were worried all day long, panicked, in order to save their lives, they had to move their families and escape to life, and over time, this city was deserted, and today, there have been two hundred years of time, because there are no people to live in peace, so that the land and city god on my side have no blood and food offerings, and have suffered from hunger and freezing for two hundred years in vain, which is really a disaster。 ”

The monkey blinked when he heard this, and said in disbelief: "Nonsense, the positions of the heavenly court are assigned, how can there be a person who holds both the land and the city god at the same time, is he not afraid of messing up and sliding the world?"

At this point, the old man had to smile bitterly, sighing and explaining: "The great sage is aware of everything, although things should be like this, but there is this exception, I also have a city god in this city, and the little old man is only a piece of land, just because there is this evil thing in the city, the common people move their families, although there are city houses, it has really become a barren land, I haven't seen half a person all year round, and naturally no one is willing to come here as an official." ”

"My Chenghuang is entrusted with favors, and he went to another place as an official, so the position of this Chenghuang is vacant, and no one takes over, and the little old man is a human, not only did this side of the land, but also took the position of this Chenghuang, although it is a famous name, it is just a bare-pole commander, not enough to eat and not warm, and it can only be said by Bojun with a smile, which is useless. ”

Seeing that he said pitifully, Sun Wukong did not laugh at him unusually, but nodded thoughtfully: "Well, this is really difficult for you, but I don't know where that unjust soul came from, it was so violent and ferocious, and drove the people of a country to other places, how can it be that there is no Heavenly Court Buddhist to take care of this matter?"

The old man shook his head and said depressedly: "Just because the dozens of murderous souls were incarnated by monks who died unjustly, the heavenly court entrusted the matter to the Buddha, and the Buddha Shakyamuni took pity on these monks who were humiliated and humiliated, and no one rescued them. ”

As soon as the words came out, Ao Bai stood up and said angrily: "How can this be reasonable, this Heavenly Court Buddha Gate is the god of the Great Dao, and it is really worthy of the name of the gods and Buddhas to sit back and watch the evil spirits rampant without restraint." Master, since this matter has caused my Sanzang Legion to collide, I have to take care of it if I can't say it, so as to make the Heavenly Court Buddhism ashamed. ”

Sanzang was full of admiration when he heard this, and asked the old man: "Ao Bai is reasonable, but I don't know how these Buddhas have turned into evil spirits, and since they say that they died unjustly, there must be a bizarre story." ”