Chapter 8: Qingran
I have waited for you for more than 10 million years, just to see you appear; I don't care about waiting for you for hundreds of years.
There is a kind of waiting in the world, regardless of age, hardship, original intention, or ending, even she can't tell whether this is out of love for monkeys or habit.
The journey of 700 miles could have been fleeting, but Zixia chose to go on foot, she crossed dozens of cities, crossed dozens of rivers or streams, and climbed hundreds of mountains or hills, she not only saw humans, but also saw all kinds of goblins, there are fierce and vicious, domineering big demons, and there are cute and kind little goblins with meager mana.
Those big demons who occupy a poor mountain and bad water are blessed by themselves, and they are in the wine pool and meat forest every day, but what Zixia sees is more of the kind of little goblin who has just transformed and needs to spend all his energy to maintain his human form.
They were terrified all day long, and did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and perhaps at some moment they would be caught by a hunting net just because they took a nap, and it became the meal of the dignitaries of the human race;
They tremble and never do evil, but they can only live in the shadows for the rest of their lives, because the tens of thousands of heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals who patrol the Nether Realm every day will capture them as soon as they discover their existence;
Some of them choose to believe in humans, and some good families have also provided these little goblins with the ability to shelter from the wind and rain, but more often than not, they are betrayed and devoured;
Even species such as rabbits, dogs, cats, and chickens, which used to run in the sun, hide in the golden sunlight after becoming monsters, breathing the foul air all day long, and never see the sun again.
"I've been practicing hard for more than 400 years, but it's not as comfortable as a pig in human captivity." Zixia heard a pig demon hiding in a tree hollow say this to his companion.
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A month later, Zixia appeared at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain.
"Every mountain is like a tomb, and every mountain is a tomb."
Zixia looked at the five bare mountains in front of her, and suddenly remembered this wonderful metaphor.
"Old man, do you know where the Monkey King lives on the mountain?" Zixia saw an old man walking down the mountain on crutches, and she asked.
"Monkey King?" The old man shook his head, and then he said: "I came down from the newly built Taoist temple on the mountain, and there is a Taoist chief who lives here all the year round, maybe he will know. ”
"Taoism? A new Taoist temple was built here? ”
"Yes, that Taoist is clever and has the ability to travel clouds and spread rain, but he is a god in our Five Elements Village. If you ask him, he will know. ”
Following the direction pointed by the old man, Zixia looked up, only to see the smoke and clouds on the mountainside, a strange shape of the Taoist temple looming in it, the Taoist temple is full of people, like a scene of incense flourishing. More importantly, Zixia felt a familiar aura hidden in it.
After learning the name of the Taoist chief from the old man, Zixia walked along the stone steps built in the mountain for nearly an hour, only to feel a sore back and a sore body, and then saw the gate of the Taoist temple.
The stone archway of the Taoist temple is dignified and magnificent, and all kinds of birds and beasts are carved on it, and the eaves arch corners, so not magnificent. In the meantime, the door opened, and many Taoist priests and believers walked in it, and Zixia was quick to grab a little boy wearing a Taoist robe and clear eyebrows to the side.
"Little Daoist, stop, let me ask you, where are your Qingran Daoist now?"
"Sister layman, I can't reveal the location of our Qingran Daoist to you, if you want to see the Daoist, just come to the lecture hall tomorrow morning to listen to the lecture." The little Taoist priest saluted Zixia and was about to leave.
"Don't go, I'm a guest invited by your Qingran Daoist, but I'm just a newcomer, and I got lost in this Taoist temple for a while, and I don't know how to go back."
"Really?" The little Taoist priest raised his head, revealing a pair of big watery and innocent eyes.
"Of course that's true, if you miss the matter of the Taoist, be careful that you are responsible." Zixia was serious on her face, but she was smiling in her heart, and she was still young and easy to deceive.
"Dao Leader should be in the backyard now, I can lead you there!" The little Taoist's volunteering was something Zixia hadn't expected.
"It's fine. Little Taoist, what's your name? ”
"My name is Ruyuan, and the Qingran Daoist gave it to me."
When the little Taoist priest Ruyuan led Zixia to the backyard, he turned his head and found that the monk sister who was originally behind him suddenly disappeared like a breeze.
"It's strange, can you follow someone and lose it? This layman sister is so stupid. The little Taoist priest looked puzzled.
The little Taoist priest didn't know that at this moment, in the main hall of the backyard, Qing Ran, who was meditating, suddenly opened his eyes, and he felt a murderous aura pass through the door. And just as he was about to resist his luck, a cold breath came from his neck, and a delicate silver dagger appeared on his neck at some point.
"Seniors don't know what is the important thing to come to my Taoist temple? Since you're here, let's show up. "Qingran knows that the mana of the person who comes is profound, and it is definitely not comparable to a Taoist priest who has only been cultivating for thirty years, and from this point of view, he must be respectful to the person who comes.
Qingran felt a breath appear behind him, and he turned his head to look, where was there any senior, it was clearly a beautiful-looking, gentle and quiet little girl.
"I came to your Taoist temple, and I was not hostile, but I had something to ask for. I heard that the Qingran Taoist Bo Gu Tong is through the present, and he can predict the good and the bad and avoid the evil, and the next can interpret dreams and pray for blessings and help others. I'll get straight to the point. ”
"Senior, please speak."
"Fifty years ago, five sacred mountains suddenly fell from the sky, and an unknown stone monkey was pressed down on the mountain. Do you know this? Zixia sat on the top seat of the main hall, as if she was the master of the house.
A trace of doubt flashed in Qingran's eyes, and then he nodded solemnly: "What the senior said is good. ”
"Then you might find the location of this stone monkey?"
Qingran's eyes flickered, and he seemed to hesitate for a moment before answering.
"On the day of the arrival of the sacred mountain, the people of Wuxing Village saw a stone monkey being pressed alive, but since that day, no one has ever found the location where the stone monkey was pressed, and no one has seen the stone monkey with their own eyes. Although I have been practicing for more than 30 years, my mana is meager, and I have no way of knowing where this stone monkey is. ”
Seeing Zixia's solemn face, her willow eyebrows furrowed, and she turned to compliment: "The senior's mana is profound, if this stone monkey is really at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain, please ask the seniors to find it, so that I and the people nearby can see this legendary stone monkey." ”
"I see that you are good-looking, and in the eyes of the people around you, you are highly respected. But I didn't expect that under this skin is a clever man, I clearly feel the breath of a monkey from you, and the method you practice must have been stolen from him, right? ”
Zixia's tone was not serious, but the words were sarcastic, and in a whisper, the silver dagger was already standing in the air, and without waiting for the long reaction, the dagger broke through the air and pierced into Qingran's right calf before stopping.
Suddenly, blood was dripping, cold sweat broke out, he snorted, and his face suddenly turned as white as snow.
"If you don't tell the truth, then the next time this dagger appears will be your eyebrows." Zixia's face was grim, and her voice was like frost.
"The predecessors spared their lives, not because I didn't tell the truth, but because I had a promise first. Since you also see the details of my cultivation, I don't hide much, although that stone monkey did not accept me as an apprentice, he is really my clear teacher. I have a promise first, even if you kill me today, I will not tell the position of my teacher. ”
After finishing speaking, Qingran gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, as if he would rather die than give in.
"I didn't expect you to be a loyal and righteous person, and the monkey didn't confiscate you, but it's also for your good." Zixia put away the silver dagger, and the suffocating killing intent in the room suddenly dissipated.
"Well, since you won't tell the whereabouts of the monkey, I'll find it myself."
When Qing Ran opened his eyes again, he was relieved to find that the immortal-like girl had disappeared, and after confirming that he was not in danger, Qing Ran breathed a sigh of relief.
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Western Buddha world, Putuo Luojia Mountain Purple Bamboo Forest, here is the dojo of Guanyin Bodhisattva, smoke curls over the entire mountain range, the aura is overflowing, almost become the substance, if there are mortals living here all the year round, within a few years, they can also raise an immortal body.
In the purple bamboo forest, the Buddha's name is often proclaimed, every sentence is the proverb of wisdom, and the words are the laws of heaven and earth, and the power contained in it is to make the evil people not approach, and the ghosts and gods to avoid it.
However, at this moment, in the depths of the purple bamboo forest, Guanyin Bodhisattva was holding a miniature cave mansion, and the black air around the cave mansion was so black that even the purest spirit yuan, which had been stained by the true scriptures all the year round, also took a detour, and did not dare to mess with half a point.
"There are seven great demons in the world, and five are already in the palm of my hand. When this cave refines your five great sages, cramps and washes the marrow, and strips off the mana, you can use it for me to repair the Eastern Emperor Dading. It can also be regarded as the immeasurable merit of this seat, surpassing you treacherous people. ”
Hearing Guanyin's words, the demonic aura that was already overflowing in the cave was even more frenzied, and even the entire cave was trembling slightly, as if these big demons were refuting and insulting something.
However, soon, these frenzied demonic qi were suppressed by the cave mansion, and the demonic rage gradually turned into a tremor of fear.
"Brothers, what are you doing with your eldest brother? He is living a good life in the Nether Cuiyun Mountain, and he has not thought about your life or death at all. ”
"And your seventh brother, a clown who was played with by Sanqing and Rulai, you actually believe his nonsense?"
Guanyin is completely devoid of the dignity of sitting on the lotus platform in the past, he laughed wildly, the Dharma phase is changing back and forth between Cihang Daoist and Guanyin, if there is a disciple of his Buddhist sect here, he will definitely tremble to see such a crazy Bodhisattva.