"Suye City traveled more than 400 miles west to a thousand springs. A thousand springs, more than 200 miles away, snow-capped mountains in the south, and three flat lands. The water and soil are fertile, the forest trees are sparse, and the moon of late spring is full of flowers. There are thousands of springs and ponds, so they are famous. ”

"From then on, go east into the big quicksand, the sand is flowing, gathering and scattering with the wind, people walk without a trace, so they get lost, far away, I don't know what it means, it is to gather the remains of the people to remember. Lack of water and grass, hot wind, when the wind rises, people and animals are obsessed with marriage, because of the disease. When I hear the song and howl, or hear the cry, between the hearing and hearing, I suddenly don't know what to do, so there are many deaths, and the ghost is also caused by ghosts. ”

……

Chen Sheng used poetic language to talk to Xuanzang about some foreign scenery and his experiences along the way.

After leaving Nalanda Temple, Chen Sheng grabbed the three wisps of monster life parasitic on the animals in various places along the way.

During this process, he was naturally impressed by the scenery along the way.

For example, the big quicksand mentioned just now, because Xuanzang wrote the Tang Dynasty Western Regions Chronicle mentioned this place, Chen Sheng specially went there to check in.

Then in a murky water source near the big quicksand, I found a catfish parasitized by monsters.

When he used his spiritual cultivation system to fight against it, the aftermath directly hit the man-made sandstorm, and the scene left a deep impression on him.

The scenery he talked about with Xuanzang was indeed what Chen Sheng had seen when he rushed all the way from Nalanda Temple in the Western Regions.

However, Chen Sheng's description of these scenes is not in his own language.

These words are all descriptions in the Tang Dynasty Western Regions Chronicles written by Xuanzang himself later, and were directly used by Chen Sheng to tell Xuanzang stories.

This feeling of pretending to be forced in front of him with his own subsequent writings is indeed unique.

"So, you're from the Western Regions? Across thousands of miles and seen many, many landscapes? ”

Xuanzang said, his eyes shining.

For the scenery in Chen Sheng's words, a faint idea began to sprout in his heart: Perhaps, he can go and see it with his own eyes?

"Yes."

Chen Sheng nodded, looking at Xuanzang, who was already a little excited.

Especially when Chen Sheng saw the brighter and brighter light in Xuanzang's eyes, he couldn't help but show a smiling expression.

The reason why Xuanzang went to the Western Regions seemed to be unconsciously because he had one more.

At this moment, history began to change. The true source of these words seems to have become obscured in history, and Xuanzang's reason for going to the Western Regions has also become obscure.

"So, what you said about the sealing demons is also true?"

Xuanzang looked down at the wooden box in his hand, and couldn't help but swallow when he thought that there were three demons inside.

At this moment, this wooden box is like a hot potato, and Xuanzang always feels that it may suddenly burst open at some point.

Judging by the details so far.

Judging from the vividness of Chen Sheng's description of the scenery of the Western Regions.

The story of the suppression of demons and monsters told by Chen Sheng also seems to be true.

Xuanzang, who has always believed that the Buddha and Tao are just a philosophy of life, suddenly felt that his worldview was beginning to collapse.

Some people may think that Xuanzang, who is proficient in Buddhism, should have a higher ability to accept demons and monsters.

But most Buddhists are actually pursuing a philosophical concept, a spiritual realm, and never really become the gods of the legends.

"It really can't be more real."

Chen Sheng said, taking the wooden box back from Xuanzang's hand.

Then there was a gentle knock on the wooden box.

After a crisp sound, a hole above the wooden box panned open.

Three phantoms identical to apes, wild boars, and catfish slowly emerged from the wooden box.

Xuanzang looked at the phantom figure close at hand, and all the words that he wanted to doubt were completely unspeakable.

Such a real picture was right in front of his eyes, making him feel his scalp tingle.

Xuanzang couldn't stop wanting to retreat, but his legs seemed to be rooted in the ground, and he didn't obey his will at all and retreated.

Looking at the three phantoms that were about to stick to his face, Xuanzang felt as if he could smell the smell of these monster phantoms.

They opened their fangs wide and seemed to struggle to scream, but they stopped abruptly before they could make a sound.

Because Chen Sheng closed his mouth again in the next moment, along with their ability to transmit sound, they were also deprived of it.

At this moment, the surroundings fell silent.

Chen Sheng was silent waiting for Xuanzang's reply, and Xuanzang was running wildly in his mind.

Chen Sheng asked him before: Do you want to learn from him seriously.

I used to learn carving, but now I come to learn about strange powers.

It has now been affirmed that this is not a trick.

So...... Do you want to say yes?

Do you want to follow the man in front of you and learn those extraordinary methods?

Xuanzang subconsciously fell into a choice.

But soon, Xuanzang suddenly reacted to one thing: "Why me?" ”

yes, why him?!

The man in front of him could have just shown him the carvings of the wooden box, but now he was obviously deliberately showing him something special.

He is just an ordinary monk who has just passed the Buddha examination in Dali Temple, and there seems to be nothing special compared with the general public and all sentient beings.

"Because you're worth it."

Chen Sheng looked at Xuanzang with a smile on his face.

For this answer, Xuanzang, who was only thirteen years old, was obviously a little confused. Of course, even after a few decades, Xuanzang will still be confused by this answer.

Only Chen Sheng understood.

Xuanzang was chosen not only because he needed a better apprentice than him to inherit the great cause of the seal, so he chose Xuanzang, who was good enough in the original history.

It is also because Chen Sheng feels that judging from Xuanzang's excellence, it is a pity not to include him in Yongday.

……………………………………

Three years later.

With the arrival of the Wagang army in the city, even Luoyang has begun to suffer from war.

In the original history, Xuanzang, who had been ordained a monk for three years, should have traveled around to escape the war, and finally chose to settle in the land of Sichuan and Shu, a relatively stable area in the late Sui period.

After Chen Sheng's participation, history has not changed much. Chen Sheng did not interfere with the general trend of history, so as not to instantly empty his remaining space-time disturbance threshold.

He just silently gave some supplies to some of the victims, and even then it consumed his not a small threshold of space-time disruption.

Subsequently, as in the original historical process, Chen Sheng still took Xuanzang and some related people to the land of Sichuan and Shu.

Here, he took Xuanzang to travel through some famous mountains and rivers in the land of Sichuan and Shu.

also took Xuanzang to learn some of the foundations of the spiritual cultivation system.

Chen Sheng's understanding of this system of practice, which is based on the concept of Buddhist intellectualism, can only be said to be superficial.

He just relied on his high achievements in the spiritual cultivation system to learn the essence of some of the spiritual cultivation system.

For Xuanzang's teachings, it can only be said that he has laid the foundation, and at most he will take Xuanzang to the level of the fifth consciousness in the spiritual cultivation system, and the next road will naturally have to go west to study in Nalanda Temple.

However, I have to say that Xuanzang's talent and determination, coupled with Xuanzang's own sensitivity in Buddhism, are particularly good at this spiritual practice system born from Buddhism.

Under Chen Sheng's teaching in the past three years, Xuanzang has steadily reached the realm of the third consciousness in the spiritual cultivation system.

In March 618, Emperor Yang of Sui died.

In May, Yang Yoo Chan was located in Li Yuan.

Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, established the Tang Dynasty, the country name "Tang", changed the Yuan Wude, fixed the capital of Chang'an, and the Sui Dynasty perished.

Due to the long-term war, the country's economy was severely damaged, and the population plummeted from 8 million households in the early years of the Sui Dynasty to more than 2 million households

However, although the world is not completely stable at this moment, and the early Tang Dynasty is not yet completely ruled the world, it is already better than the wars and chaos in the past few years.

At this opportunity, Chen Sheng took Xuanzang to run around in Sichuan and Shu.

In addition to helping some refugees in the land of Sichuan and Shu, he took Xuanzang to visit Buddhist temples in various places to study.

In the in-depth study and understanding of various Buddhist scriptures, Xuanzang's speed of learning the spiritual practice system is also increasing at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

In addition, he also took Xuanzang to fight tigers and catch fish in the water all day long, increasing Xuanzang's actual combat experience and courage, and striving to cultivate Xuanzang as much as possible into a humanoid Gundam in this era, so as to ensure that his future westward journey can be as smooth as possible.

In this way, after staying in the land of Sichuan and Shu for another two years, Xuanzang simultaneously strengthened his body and mind under Chen Sheng's teaching, and finally reached the fifth consciousness realm in the spiritual cultivation system.

And Chen Sheng has never forgotten to search for the breath of monster vitality in the process of cultivating an apprentice.

Until this day, 620 A.D.

Chen Sheng vaguely felt the fluctuation of the aura of the monster's vitality, although it was only fleeting, but it was still positioned by Chen Sheng.

It's not far from them, and it's also in the middle of this Sichuan and Shu land.

So, Chen Sheng took Xuanzang to a village at the foot of a big mountain.

The people in the village all looked panicked, and they were deeply wary of Chen Sheng and Xuanzang, two sudden strangers.

"Donor, may I ask ......?"

"Bang!"

As soon as Xuanzang's words came out, he was interrupted by the sound of the door closing.

This is the fifth time that he has been given a closed door.

Xuanzang, who thinks he is a beautiful boy, eats more behind closed doors in this small mountain village today than he has experienced in the past eighteen years.

In the past, with his handsome and white face, he was able to make most people willing to stop and listen to what he said.

But today, the face seems to have failed in this village.

When the villagers saw his face, they did not say that they cordially invited him in, but hurriedly closed the door with a frightened face.

Seeing this, Xuanzang reluctantly walked behind him and looked at Chen Sheng who was sitting on the stone chair in the corner.

"Master, the people here seem to be very afraid of me, is my face very fierce?"

Xuanzang touched his white and tender face, revealing an expression of doubt about life.

"Maybe it's not you that they're afraid of, but something deeper."

Chen Sheng said calmly.

When he asked Xuanzang around if there was anything wrong, he also tried to explore some of the situation.

There is some rough understanding of what is happening here.

"Something Deeper......"

"So are there really demons doing anything here?"

Xuanzang was obviously excited, raised his arm and pinched his muscles, which was obviously looking forward to meeting the demon for a long time.

In the past five years of following Chen Sheng's practice, he has punched big insects and kicked Xiong Zhen, but he has never beaten the demon in Shizun's mouth.

Except for the demons in the wooden box that the master asked him to chant and suppress every day, he had never seen any other demons at all.

According to Shizun, the demon's army has long been wiped out by the Yong Day, to which Shi Zun belongs, and most of the Yong Sun itself has gone to some extremely secret place to do an extremely secret important event.

Except for the fact that Shizun left a wisp of power clone here, there are not many other transcendent powers in this world.

Therefore, for the demon that finally appeared, he had some expectations.

"Pretty much."

"According to some information I have heard from afar, the people of this village have recently met a woman on the mountain, whose face is white and beautiful, and her beauty is not like that of ordinary people."

"Recently, there have been frequent thefts of pigs, cattle, sheep and chickens in the village, so this beautiful woman has become a mountain monster in the mouth of the villagers."

"Everyone became everyone in danger, for fear that one day a monster would come to the door."

"Plus, I did feel the breath of monster life nearby, so there should really be a monster on the mountain here."

"I just don't know what kind of creature this monster is possessed of."

Chen Sheng roughly talked about the news he had just knew.

And Xuanzang was stunned at first when he heard this, and then his face was shocked: "So I was treated as a monster because of my great appearance?" ”

"You kid, you're so shameless."

Chen Sheng rolled his eyes helplessly when he heard this.

Then he thought about why this demon didn't hurt people, but just took some cattle, sheep, pigs and chickens.

It stands to reason that every wisp of the abyssal monster's scattered vitality should be as evil as the urine of the abyss.

What does it mean that the best intelligent creatures don't eat on the side, but only cattle, sheep, pigs, and chickens?

And Xuanzang turned a deaf ear to Chen Sheng's complaints, and walked to the mountains not far away with an angry face, and turned his head when he saw that Chen Sheng did not follow.

"Master, let's go."

"We must not let this demon cause trouble!"

Xuanzang's tone was firm.

He even took out the wooden box that Chen Sheng had given him for suppression and safekeeping.

The three monsters in this wooden box have gradually been marked with Xuanzang's mark under the suppression of Xuanzang's five-year chanting and the power of the spiritual cultivation system.

It can be said that Xuanzang can summon the three demons in this wooden box at any time, and listen to his orders to serve him for a few minutes.

Seeing this, Chen Sheng shook his head with a smile, and then slowly got up and walked towards Xuanzang.

No matter why this demon doesn't harm people, it's always right to go and see first, and if you get rid of these fleeing monsters as soon as possible, he can go back.

(End of chapter)