The monk was sitting on a large stone slab in the yellow sand, looking into the distance.

In the early morning, the sun shines brightly.

The sun had not yet risen to mid-heaven, and the city that never sleeps in the distance was ethereal, as if it was buried by a patch of yellow sand, and nothing could be seen, nothing could be seen clearly.

It's like being in a chaotic situation, everything is just nothingness, a picture that can be altered at will, a quiet person has a more peaceful mind, and an impetuous person has a more complex mind.

Different people see different things, and what non-monks see is just an empty piece, as if there was nothing there.

It took him about three years to come from the Western Regions to the Southeast Regions, just to solve the matter of the Linglong Pagoda, but the more things came to an end, the more nervous he became, this is a kind of tension that is difficult to detect, hidden in the body, a reaction to the fear of the unknown.

He didn't know what was going to happen, he didn't know what the future was going to hold, and he didn't know what the mystical guidance meant; his thoughts, his feelings, seemed to be soaked in a fiery liquid full of anxiety, and the thoughts that he had once been proud of had become the heaviest burden attached to his body.

This is not a doubt, but a kind of confusion after conviction, because he does not know whether this trust is right or wrong.

It's like he spent three years of hard work, uprooted from his homeland, and in the end the result was right or wrong? He didn't know, he really didn't know.

But these three years have passed, how many three years are there in life? If a newly married husband is forced to leave his wife for three years on the night of marriage, what a difficult three years these three years are.

What kind of three years would it be if an old man who was dying of death had spent three years lying in bed, waiting for death that might come at any time.

The three years spent by the unmonk are these three years, full of suffering, full of doubts, full of uncertain imagination of the future, and three years of unrealistic exploration of the future.

He is not a heroic man who can wear the stars and the moon for another stranger, he is just a monk, a monk who is not even pious, such a monk should not be burdened with such a heavy pressure, but he has to complete this thing.

He always remembered what the white-eyed abbot said to him the night before he left: "The birth of the heart demon is not necessarily a bad thing, but the task that the Beihai Zen Monastery has adhered to for thousands of years has forced us to reseal him, after leaving the Western Regions and going to the Southeast Regions, you are you, no longer a person from the Beihai Zen Monastery, you can do what you want to do, let it out, or seal him." ”

The monk didn't understand the meaning of what the abbot said to him, and he didn't understand what the meaning of his own coming was if it was the same whether he let it go or not, and he didn't even know what he should do, but he just followed the monastery precepts mechanically.

It's the only thing he can do.

He glanced at the Buddha beads in his hand and laughed.

This Buddha bead was originally a string, but now there is one missing in his hand, and that one is in the hand of a woman, and the woman has completed a crucial thing with this Buddha bead.

He didn't know if it was right or wrong, but he knew that he had to do it, and there seemed to be a force driving him to do it.

The wind blew, and the hot yellow sand hit him in the face, and he sat quietly on the stone slab as if he was unconscious, like a lifeless sculpture.

He stared ahead, where the glow was still completely out of the comfort of the horizon, the reddest and gentlest time had passed, and all that was left was the spicy.

The desert sun is always scorching.

The scorching sun finally rose in the middle of the sky, and the desert was like a furnace, the air distorted by the scorching sun, and the ground was steaming like smoke.

A woman slowly came from the direction of the city that never sleeps.

If she flies by in her body, she will walk very fast, and even if she runs all the way, the speed will not be slow, but she does come, walking very slowly, but without stopping.

The sun reflected her shadow, and her spine was straight, like an aspen in the desert.

She walked behind the monk with a little woman's stride and cadence, opened her mouth, and a crisp voice came: "I'm coming." ”

The monk didn't have to look back, he knew that it must be Liu Qingfu who came, only she would know where she was, and only she would come outside the city at this time.

The monk didn't look back at her, but replied lightly: "You won?"

"Yes, I won. Liu Qingfu said, "But it was won in the hands of this strange treasure." As she spoke, she tossed the Buddha bead that held her victory high.

Originally, the Buddha bead drew a normal arc in the air, but when it was about to meet the unmonk, it changed the trajectory of the flight, as if someone deliberately controlled it, and flew into the palm of the unmonk.

He pinched the Buddha beads in his hand, looked at it again and again, and said with a smile: "I didn't ask you to return it to me, you can take it." As soon as the words fell, he threw the Buddha beads back to Liu Qingfu.

Liu Qingfu grabbed the Buddha beads, let out a long sigh, and said, "This is a high-grade treasure?"

The monk smiled and said, "Ground-level treasures." ”

Liu Qingfu shook her head and said, "Then I can't ask for it." He threw the beads back to the monk.

The monk took the Buddha beads, smiled slightly, and said, "Why not? Every martial artist wants to get a strange treasure, but you push the strange treasure out, which is really beyond my expectations." ”

Liu Qingfu stared at the back of the monk and said, "Because I can see clearly." After a pause, he continued: "Because I can see clearly, I clearly know that although the treasure is good, it is not something I can have. ”

The monk laughed and said: "The treasures in this world are reserved for people who have a fate, and I will give you this red sandalwood glass bead, which means that you have got the opportunity, how can you say that you can't have it?"

"That's from your point of view," Liu Qingfu said, "You have heard the story of the innocent husband who is guilty." ”

"Of course," the monk smiled, "that's an allusion to Dongtu, Uncle Yu has a piece of precious jade, Duke Yu wants to get it, Uncle Yu didn't give it to him, and regretted it, and said a sentence 'The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty', and then dedicated this piece of treasure to Duke Yu." ”

After a pause, the monk smiled again: "The monk grew up listening to stories, although this is not a Buddhist scripture story, but I have heard it." ”

Liu Qingfu shook her head and said, "Since you have heard it, you should understand the meaning of this allusion." At this point, she couldn't help but smile.

As soon as she got out of the ring, she was stopped by Sect Master Ling and her father, and the two of them asked her nervously where this strange treasure came from, and she couldn't tell the truth, only that it was given by a friend.

Since then, she has understood that this treasure is good, but it is not something she can own. So I came here to return the monk's treasures.

Monk Bu smiled and said, "Of course I know this allusion, it is nothing more than that the puppet does not have the strength to protect the jade bi, but you may not have it. ”

Liu Qingfu shook her head and said, "Do you think I have?"

"No," the monk turned around and said with a smile, "You don't have this strength now, but after fusing the strange treasure, you have the strength." ”

Liu Qingfu smiled bitterly and said, "Is it the contemplation period? I don't know how long it will take me to break through the contemplation period." "She only has the strength of the peak of Huayuan now, and she still needs a few levels to break through if she wants to break through the condensation period.

And these levels are by no means simple, look at Mei Shuangxue and Yan Qingfei, who are not less talented than her, the two of them almost stayed at the peak of Huayuan for three years before they completed the accumulation of strength and were promoted to half-step concentration, but if they want to really concentrate, they still lack a treasure that matches their attributes.

Therefore, it is extremely difficult to break through the concentrating period, even with Liu Qingfu's talent, he does not dare to say that he will definitely be able to break through.

Monk Bu seemed to see Liu Qingfu's hesitation, and said with a smile: "Now you don't have this kind of strength, but in the Linglong Pagoda, there will be, and without this strange treasure, I am afraid it will be very difficult for you in the tower." ”

Liu Qingfu's eyes lit up, and she said lightly: "This is what you calculated?"

"Not everything can be calculated," Monk Bu's expression suddenly became solemn, "You can think of it as a feeling, I think you need this treasure, so I gave it to you in advance." After speaking, he threw the Buddha bead back to Liu Qingfu and continued: "You can take what you are given, I guarantee that no one can snatch it from you, have you forgotten how you defeated Yan Chiyang?"

Liu Qingfu remembered the mysterious and mysterious feeling at that moment, and when she thought of the ten thousand golden lights, her whole heart suddenly calmed down.

She put the beads in her arms and said, "Okay, I'll take it for the time being, and when you want it, come and get it." ”

Monk Bu shook his head and thought, "I'm afraid I won't have a chance to get it back." But he said, "It's the best of both worlds." ”

After finishing speaking, he kept silent, just stared at Liu Qingfu with a strange gaze.

Liu Qingfu was stared at by his eyes, and couldn't help but say, "What are you looking at me for?"

The monk smiled and said, "I see something special about you, which makes my brother never forget." ”

"Who is your brother?" Liu Qingfu frowned.

No woman likes other men to lust on herself, Liu Qingfu is no exception, if it weren't for the monk who helped her, I'm afraid she would have exploded at this moment, but even so, her expression was not as natural as it was at the beginning.

Of course, the monk saw the disgust in Liu Qingfu's expression, he smiled slightly, and explained: "The monk doesn't have many friends, even fewer who can be called brothers, and the only brother in the Southeast Region is my Han brother." ”

"Han Chuang?" Liu Qingfu blurted out.

The monk smiled: "That's right, it's Han Chuang, where else is there besides him?"

Liu Qingfu didn't hear the monk's words at all, and only remembered the word "never forget" he said.

Her face couldn't help but blush at the thought of the word. He lowered his head shyly and said, "Then he, did he ask you to help me?"

"Yes and no. ”

"What do you mean yes and no?"

Liu Qingfu's heart was full of doubts, in her opinion, this kind of thing is yes, no, no, where to talk about what is nothing.

I heard the monk explain with a smile: "He wanted me to do this, but before he could speak, I took the initiative to do it, so I actually wanted to help you, but I didn't say it, so yes or no." ”

Liu Qingfu's face turned red again, and asked, "Then he, how is he now?"

"Not good. ”

Liu Qingfu's smile stiffened, and she said hurriedly: "What's wrong, it's injured?"

The monk said, "He needs your help." ”

Liu Qingfu sighed: "What can I help him?"

The monk smiled: "You can't help much now, but after entering the Linglong Pagoda, you can help him." The monk waved his hand and continued: "That's why I handed you this strange treasure, to tell you the truth, he entered the Linglong Pagoda to complete an important task, this task is very dangerous, and you need to get the help of as many people as possible, so you can keep the strange treasure." ”