The root of suffering in the world is from above, not below.

It's the night road again, Gao Tao always feels that he will meet ghosts when he walks too much at night, although Gao Tao has never seen a ghost, but its legend has been spread in the heavens and all worlds.

Soon they felt that something was wrong, that the road seemed to have no end, and that they should have walked out a long time ago with the strength of their feet, but they had not been able to get there.

They tried to go back, but there was a lot of fog and there was no way back. At this time, the sound of gongs and drums was heard in the distance, and a festive red came into view.

A village appeared in front of him, every house was dressed in red and hung with colors, and Gao Tao frowned, which was beyond his knowledge reserves.

He opened the world in his eyes, observed it all, and found that nothing had changed, not like an illusion. Gao Tao's brows furrowed even deeper, there was obviously a problem, but he couldn't see the problem, which was the most terrifying.

Looking at the dragon girl, the dragon girl stared for a moment and shook her head.

"It's a disaster that can't be avoided, let's go, go and see where it is sacred, see if you can ask for mercy, let me wait for a way to live." If so, let's see what kind of moth this is.

Walking forward, there was a small village that was not too large, and everyone was rushing towards the place where the festive sound came from inside, and their dress did not arouse the curiosity of the villagers, as if they were commonplace.

It is a ancestral hall, it is a pair of young men and women who are about to worship and get married, the man's face is honest, and the woman's head is covered with a red hijab and her face is not clear, but she knows that it will not be bad just by looking at her slender and graceful figure.

The villagers gathered around and looked at the group of men and women who were about to get married, and each of them had an unforgettable smile on their faces, as if the smile had grown on their faces.

The wedding was presided over by an old man who was singing lyrics for them.

"Worship heaven and earth."

"Two worship the high hall." There was no sitting in the hall ahead.

"Husband and wife worship each other."

"Send it to the cave." As soon as the words fell. The villagers moved out of the way, one dressed in a colorful and peculiar dress, a high crown of feathers, and his face painted with oil paint, like the sacrificial attire of the past.

The priest waved his hand, and the villagers rushed in excitedly, lifted Sina, held the bride alof, and ran towards the back of the village, despite their struggles. Gao Tao and the Dragon Maiden also went to the back of the village with the flow of people.

It's a lake, a big lake, but it's surrounded by wooden shelves with dense tadpole writing.

People dress up the bride and groom, and the bride is dressed up as holy and unattainable, and it is indeed a good face, like joy and hatred, and the face seems to change at any time, which can be described as a collection of ten thousand styles.

For men, it's much simpler, washing, incense.

Open the wooden frame, carry the bridegroom to the middle of the lake, and with the knife in his hand, he will cut off his head.

The dragon girl couldn't read it, but the dragon girl couldn't stand it, and a sword qi knocked the knife out, but these people seemed to be used to it, and just looked at the dragon girl with a smile.

There were also villagers on the side who smiled and explained to the dragon girl and Gao Tao seriously: "This lake is about to become a demon, devouring the lives of all the children in the village, so there must be a blood sacrifice, sink into the lake, and suppress the demon spirit with resentment, so that our children can come back." ”

"It's ridiculous, who said that resentment can suppress demonic energy, resentment can only make demonic qi rampant, why don't you get rid of this demon? Why are they the ones who fill the lake with the blood sacrifice, and not you? ”

"Of course it's the sacrifice, the sacrifice doesn't lie, we will definitely see our children." He was convinced, as if they had seen it.

After explaining, it was time to renew the blood sacrifice, of course the dragon girl refused, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, anyway, she was not a good person, and this was not a normal place, so she simply killed something.

As soon as the sword came out, the sword qi was all over the sky, and no one could stop it, except for the bride and groom, everyone's head fell to the ground, and blood was spilled. But the matter was not over, together with the white mist, Gao Tao and the dragon girl returned to the position at the entrance of the village again, and heard the sound of festive gongs and drums not far away, this time both of them were a little silent.

The dragon girl swung her sword again, destroying the village in front of her, this time regardless of the bride and groom. However, the white fog rose again, and everything went back to the beginning.

Now it's not about the bride and groom, it's about the two of them. It was clear that they were trapped, most likely a fantasy they didn't understand.

The dragon girl tried again, using the Great Blizzard Realm, to attract the qi of heaven and earth, and forcibly break through this illusion, but it was useless, it seemed to be the real world. This really touches the blind spot of the knowledge of the master and apprentice.

Going back to the beginning again, this time the situation changed a little, and a man appeared in front of them, handsome and dashing, holding a sky blue sword.

"You don't have to work in vain, it's not that you can't break it by force, it's a matter of whether the strength is enough, if you can't go out before dawn, you will become a part of this place."

"Who is Brother Tai? Why here? How do you know that? Gao Tao asked.

"Who am I? I'm just a dead person trapped here forever, not only I know, but everyone here knows that there are many people like me, all of which reappeared yesterday, and they can't be changed, they can't be changed. As he spoke, his expression became a little numb, and he staggered into the villagers.

The plot opens again, and this time Gao Tao and the Dragon Maiden didn't stop all this, just watched them happen.

The bridegroom was beheaded, his blood drained into the lake, and his body was dumped on a mass grave.

The bride was defiled by the villagers, torn apart, painted with tadpole writing all over her body, and sank to the bottom of the lake with a blood-colored coffin.

But this was not the end of the story, as there was a violent noise in the lake, and children appeared on the shore and ran to their parents, and the villagers danced and cheered.

Gao Tao looked at life with some doubts, is this really okay? This shouldn't be a complete rehash of yesterday.

The picture came to an abrupt end, the white mist rose again, and the two of them returned to the beginning again.

This time, Gao Tao didn't move, but sat cross-legged on the side, opening his eyes to the world, and his spiritual power was released wave after wave. Seeing this, the dragon girl also quieted down, and sat cross-legged next to Gao Tao,

It was as if the bustle in the distance had nothing to do with them.

The dragon girl looked at the woman who appeared in front of her, it was the bride in the wedding dress.

"Why you?" The dragon girl asked.

"Because it's predestined, everything in this world has actually been arranged a long time ago, this is my fate."

"Can you tell me a story?"

The dragon girl nodded.

"Once upon a time there was a lake here, I don't know what day it was, I don't know why, this lake actually had an ignorant inspiration, a tendency to turn into demons, and it followed its instinct to devour some of the children in the village who were playing in the water."

"This caused panic among the villagers, and reported it to the sacrifice, who found the lake that was about to turn into a demon, but it did not kill the demon, but secretly fed the lake with a child, and soon the lake became a little bloody, but the villagers thought it was a monster, how ridiculous."

"Then the sacrifice told the villagers that if they want the children to come back, they must suppress the demon spirit with resentment, so that the children can come back to life, and the villagers have unconditional trust in the words of the sacrifice, this resentful person is me, I was chosen as a resentful person, I have no father and mother since I was a child, and I have suffered a lot of white eyes, and when I grow up and get married, my husband was killed in front of my eyes, and I was defiled by a village of beasts, you say, am I resentful enough?"

"The priest wants to fill the lake with me, and wants to lure the lake demon into an early birth, refining her when she is born, and turning her into food for her own promotion. It's a pity, people are not as good as heaven, my resentment and the nascent spirit are perfectly integrated, and a monster like me was born. ”

"Although it has a body, it is invisible, a monster that cannot be killed, so I ate him, ate these villagers, preserved their memories, fulfilled their wishes, and reunited them with their children. And let them relive yesterday again and again, you see how happy they are. ”

The bride became a little sad: "The only thing I don't have memories of is my husband, he is also a miserable person, I can't bear to let him suffer again and again, I only keep him in my memory." ”

The dragon girl didn't know what to say at this time, her oldest should only be her age, her experience was almost zero, and her age was not even as big as the woman in front of her, and her brain had fallen into a downtime.

Quickly looked back at Gao Tao, and saw Gao Tao's eyes shining with silver-white light, looking straight at the bride in a wedding dress.

The dragon girl suddenly drew her sword and stabbed at the bride, but any attack passed through her body and had no effect, and she thought that she was a lake demon, so she froze the entire lake with a thought, but the lake demon was not affected at all, and she didn't make a move, just watching the dragon girl destroy the world.

just sighed leisurely: "It's almost dawn, and we will soon be one." ”

The dragon girl also calmed down, standing in front of Gao Tao without saying a word, protecting the Dharma for him, she was the same as Gao Tao, she was not afraid of death, but she was a little unwilling.

This is Gao Tao stood up and came to the dragon girl's side: "I think about it, I haven't given you a gift yet, so I'll give you a small gift today." ”

Gao Tao opened his hands, and in his eyes the world was a tomb, a tomb built in a lake, the lake was the lake of the lake demon, and the tomb was the tomb of the bride. As long as it is an illusion, as long as it is seen by oneself, it can be broken for oneself.

With both hands flat, one hand to the sky and one hand to the ground, spiritual power gushed out, blending into the sky, into the earth, into the lake, into the invisible grave.

The lake demon felt bad, and one of them pounced and flashed over, but it was too late, she didn't have much attack power, and she was frozen by Gao Tao along with this world.

Gao Tao was doing what the sacrifice didn't do, he was refining this world, only to see this world slowly show its original form, a huge tomb on a lake.

The tomb is visibly shrinking with the naked eye, slowly turning into a large drop of water, as the dust continues to fall, the water droplets are still shrinking, these dust is actually the memory of the whole village, Gao Tao is ready to clean and re-inhabit.

In the end, no suspense was pressed into a half-palm-sized drop of sky-blue water, and in the middle was a small tomb on which sat the bride, speechless and looking at the sky.

Gao Tao put the bead in the dragon girl's hand; "Remember to replace my power with your divine power brand, so that you can control it, and I will be your companion in the future."