Zhongzhou has green mountains and green waters, fertile soil, but few people know that there is a vast desert in the north.

There is a quaint temple looming in the desert, and I don't know if it's real or a mirage.

On this day, a flock of vultures landed on the desert and tore a pile of dead carrion from an unknown animal.

Not far away, there was a man buried in the sand, with his back up, face down, and his head deep in the sand.

I don't know if he's asleep or if he doesn't want to wake up at all.

From time to time, several small vultures, who could not grab meat from the periphery, pointed a pair of eagle eyes at the person not far away, as if to guess whether it was a dead man or a person who was pretending to be dead.

Finally, a few bold vultures flapped their wings and landed beside the man, and a sharp eagle's beak pecked down, instantly tearing away a piece of flesh and blood from the man's body.

But the man didn't react, and still lay motionless in the sand.

When the other vultures saw this, they decided that it was a dead man, and flapped their wings with joy, ready to feast on it.

But at this moment, the feathers of the bold vulture fell off, and the flesh rotted, and in a short time it turned into a puddle of pus.

This frightened the other vultures, and they flapped their wings and flew away, not daring to come near the man again.

After more than ten days, the man was buried in the sand like a corpse, without the slightest movement.

Only occasionally a faint snort was heard, proving that he was still alive.

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One day at dusk, an old monk came here, not knowing that he had come specifically for that person, but happened to pass by here.

The old monk walked up to the man and recited the Buddha's name:

"Amitabha!"

"The benefactor is in the sand, and the heart is in the earth. Birth, old age, sickness and death, the reincarnation of heaven. The dead are gone, and the living are like this. ”

"Why don't you go back to the temple with the old monk and go over the "Taishang Salvation Sutra" to comfort the souls of the deceased in the sky!"

As soon as the old monk spoke, the man moved.

He got up from the sand, took the thick sand on his body, and followed the old monk towards a looming temple in the distance.

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In the following days, the man recited sutras and chanted the Buddha with the little monk in the temple every day.

He also built a mourning hall in the temple, which enshrined a tablet with the words "Spiritual Seat of Best Friend Gu Xiangxiang".

He would come to this mourning hall every day, wipe the floor spotlessly, and then recite the last passage of the "Taishang Sutra of Salvation".

In this way, a whole year passed, and he was like a monk who led the practice, living a plain and pure life in the temple.

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On this day, he came to the mourning hall as usual, cleaned up as usual, and recited the scriptures:

"At that time, save the suffering Tianzun, fill the ten realms, and often use the power of the gods to save all sentient beings, and get rid of the lost ......"

After he finished reciting a complete "Taishang Sutra of Salvation and Suffering", he suddenly had an epiphany and muttered in his mouth:

"The illusory minds of all living beings are still disillusioned, all illusions are extinguished, the mind is not moving, and the mind is said to be immovable according to the illusion, which is also called illusion, if it is said that there is enlightenment, it is still not away from the illusion, and those who say that there is no consciousness are also the same, so they are disillusioned, and they are called immovable."

"Heaven is the law of the earth, the earth is the law of the sky. A thought and a withered glory, life and death are instantaneous. It turns out that above the withered glory is life and death! ”

"Xiangxiang, are you guiding me in the dark?"

At this time, an old monk walked in, chanting the Buddha's name while saying loudly: "Amitabha, congratulations to Lord Qin for having an epiphany in purity and cultivating to a higher level!" ”

The man who was brought back to the temple by the old monk was Qin Ye.

For a year, he was very sad about Gu Xiangxiang's death, thinking that he had killed her, and his heart was difficult to solve.

Fortunately, the abbot of the ancient Buddhist temple crossed the water, and every day he was pure and had few desires, chanting scriptures and singing Buddhas.

Today, Qin Ye had an epiphany of the Dao of Life and Death in the Dao of Kurong and Rong, not only entering the level of the Dharma Dao, but also cultivating to the rank of Sixth-Order Martial Emperor.

Qin Ye bowed to the old monk and thanked him: "Thank you to the abbot and the monks of the ancient Buddhist temple for a year, and now they are in the heart of the knot and regain their original heart!" ”

The old monk helped him up and chuckled: "The donor has deep roots in wisdom and has a relationship with the Buddha. Today's epiphany is just a matter of course! ”

When Qin Ye heard this, he bowed to the old monk more and more respectfully.

After that, he turned around and walked to the front of the spiritual platform, gently rubbed Gu Xiangxiang's spiritual position with both hands, and said softly: "Xiangxiang, you are as kind to me as a mountain, Qin Ye has nothing to repay in this life." ”

"Although I have spent more than a year for you, it is not as good as your kindness."

"However, I still have a great revenge that has not been avenged, and my great favor has not been repaid, so I have to go out again to save my parents from danger."

"Today I will leave, if he has a life to return, I will recite the scriptures and pray for you again!"

Then, he said to the old monk: "There are still unfinished things in the world, and I will leave the ancient Buddhist temple today and bid farewell to the abbot!" ”

The old monk nodded and said slowly: "The donor wants to return to the world, and the old monk will not stop him." But before leaving, the old monk wanted to send a few words to the donor. ”

"The donor is the dragon and phoenix among the people, and one day he will soar into the nine skies and reach the top of the martial arts."

"The old monk hopes that the benefactor will always have a compassionate heart and stick to the nature of goodness at all times!"

Qin Ye was silent for a long time, and said solemnly: "Remember the abbot's teachings!" ”

After speaking, he bowed to the old monk for the third time, and then walked out of the mourning hall, his eyes clear and firm.

Looking at Qin Ye's distant back, the old monk whispered to himself: "Back then, Lord Ye had great kindness to the ancient Buddhist temple. Now she entrusts this son to the old man, and the old man has lived up to her trust! ”

……

In a teahouse in the northern regions, a storyteller shook his head on the stage and commented on the stories of the rivers and lakes.

The tea guests below listened with relish, and from time to time they interjected two sentences.

"Today I will tell you a story about the farmer and the snake!"

"One cold winter, the farmer found a snake on the side of the road, and when he saw that it was frozen, he took it in his arms and took it home."

"The snake's body gradually warmed up and regained its mobility, but it did not want to repay the favor, but ate the farmer in one bite!"

"The hearts of the people in the rivers and lakes are sinister, and there is no shortage of farmers and snakes!"

"The farmer I'm going to talk about today is Gu Xiangxiang, the young master of the Gu King Sect, and that snake is the famous War Emperor Qin Ye on the Hundred Emperors List!"

"It is said that Qin Ye used Gu Xiangxiang's devotion to attach himself to the powerful Gu King Sect, obtained countless cultivation resources, and broke into the imperial realm at a young age."

"At the Heavenly Dao Conference two years ago, Qin Ye defeated the famous Heavenly Dao Sect's great disciple Liu Luoxu, and in one fell swoop, he was on the list of 100 emperors, and was praised as the 'Emperor of War' by the rivers and lakes!"

"However, this person is forgetful, cold-blooded and ruthless."

"After coming out of the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, he trespassed into the forbidden land of the Heavenly Dao Sect and stole the sect's treasure book, but was discovered by Gu Xiangxiang on the spot."

"Qin Ye saw that the ugly thing was exposed, and he killed people ruthlessly!"

"The Dao Emperor cultivated to reach the sky, noticed the abnormality, and immediately rushed to the forbidden land."

"But it's still a step too late, Gu Xiangxiang's body is in a different place, Qin Ye has fled, and he still doesn't dare to appear in the rivers and lakes!"

Hearing the storyteller talk about this, the tea guests below couldn't help but turn their heads and be filled with righteous indignation.

"This Qin Ye has finished using Gu Xiangxiang, and he wants to kill her, what a wolf-hearted thing!"

"The young master Gu doesn't know anyone, and he died so miserably!"

"Gu Wang Sect will definitely settle accounts with Qin Ye, I wish him a good death!"

……

In one corner of the teahouse, a man in a hat sipped his own tea, seemingly uninterested in the storyteller's storyteller.

After a long time, the storyteller was about to tell the next story, but was interrupted by the man sitting in the corner.

"Please tell me what I want to hear!"

"After practicing in retreat for a period of time, I set foot on the rivers and lakes again, but I didn't expect that there were disputes and undercurrents surging on the rivers and lakes, I don't know why?"

After speaking, the man threw out a medium-grade spirit stone to the stage, which was regarded as a reward for the storyteller.

Mr. Storyteller picked up the spirit stone, smiled, and said loudly: "It seems that Childe has not set foot in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he doesn't even know such a big thing!" ”

"Okay, then I'll tell you a story about the Martial God Order!"

"Legend has it that before the death of the Martial God, ten Martial God Orders were passed out to the future generations, waiting for those who are destined to get them. The holder of the order can enter the Martial God Mausoleum every thousand years, not only inheriting the mantle of the Martial God, but also getting a glimpse of the mystery of immortality! ”

"For 10,000 years, everything was normal in the first eight lifetimes of the Martial God Mausoleum. Although every time it will cause bloody storms on the rivers and lakes, it has created batch after batch of gods who have broken through the realm and soared! ”

"However, the Martial God Mausoleum was opened for the ninth time more than forty years ago, but it suddenly changed. The world-famous Ice Array Twin Emperors braved the world's disapproval and ate alone. ”

Qin Binghe snatched all ten Martial God Orders from the others and entered the mausoleum alone. And Ye Piaochen used one enemy to block the heroes of the world from outside the battle. ”

"Such an unscrupulous behavior finally angered the will of the martial god in the mausoleum, and condemned the world, causing the mausoleum to be closed ahead of schedule, trapping Qin Binghe in the tomb."

"Everyone thought that the Martial God Mausoleum was opened for the ninth time, and it ended without a problem. But who knows, just half a year ago, the Martial God Mausoleum reappeared, standing on the top of the Martial God Mountain! ”

"As a result, the major sects of the rivers and lakes once again launched a battle for the Martial God Order, and a bloody storm is inevitable!"

Speaking of which, the storyteller patted the ring ruler and prepared to stop here.

However, a spirit stone was thrown in front of him again, and the man in the corner continued to ask, "Sir, do you know where the ten Martial God Orders are?" ”

Mr. Storyteller smiled "hehe" and said, "It's not a secret, let's tell the story by word of mouth, it's just this spirit stone......"

The man in the corner understood what he meant, and happily threw out three medium-grade spirit stones onto the platform.

When the storyteller saw a total of four medium-grade spirit stones in front of him, a flower appeared on his face, and he pretended to say: "Since Childe is interested in this matter, then I will make an exception and release some news today!" ”

"So far, there have been nine Martial God Orders, during which several times have changed hands, and now it is said to be in the hands of the following people."

"Specifically, they are: Heavenly Dao Sect Master Gu Dao Gu, Hehuan Sect Master Long Qianxun, Hao Jian Pavilion Director Xiaoyao, Demon Sword Sect Master Lei Wanjun, Nine Dragon Palace Master Zhuang Bieli, Lingyin Gate Master Wu Liuyun, Wuji Palace Fire Ancestor Xiao Tianfeng, Ximen City Mansion, Old Master of the Ximen Family!"

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