After bidding farewell to the small mountain village, Chen Sheng, Xuanzang, and Bai Jingjing continued to move forward.

This place is not far from Chang'an.

Chang'an is the capital of the Tang Dynasty today, and since the fall of the Sui Dynasty, Xuanzang and Chen Sheng have never been to this level of city.

Bai Jingjing wanted to go to see if a place like Chang'an was more lively and prosperous than the human city that she had passed through before.

Xuanzang, on the other hand, wanted to go to today's capital to see if there were any new Buddhist concepts here.

Along the way, everyone was silent.

After Bai Jingjing heard Xuanzang's analysis when she exterminated the bandits, she couldn't be happy, she wanted to say something but couldn't say it.

In the mouth of the senior brother, because of the impact of reversing the general trend of the times, the departure of the master seems to be inevitable.

So where do they go from here?

From the day when Shizun said that she would give her a chance to mend her ways, she secretly decided that she would always follow Shizun.

In this world, Bai Jingjing just wants to stay by her senior brother and master's side all the time, silently enjoying the scenery along the way.

She didn't want anything else.

She wanted to ask if Shizun could stay.

But when she looked up at the master who was moving forward silently, the countless words in her heart that she wanted to say couldn't be said at this moment.

At this moment, she seems to have changed back to the timid girl she was when she first met, feeling confused and helpless but not knowing what to do.

So, she just lowered her head and kept following behind her master and brother.

And Xuanzang didn't say a word, following Shizun's seemingly slow, but seemingly urgent footsteps.

He maintained such a state of thinking and being in a low state, which lasted a lot longer than Bai Jingjing.

When Bai Jingjing became more and more lively because of the love of his master, he who had always been funny became silent at every turn.

After all, Senior Sister Bai Jingjing only knew that Shizun might have to leave, and he had already guessed it.

After Xuanzang punched to death the corrupt official who embezzled disaster relief food that day, he understood something from Shizun's relieved and helpless eyes.

Since that one glance, he has never been able to return to his old state of excitement and punching the wicked to the flesh.

The possibility that the master was about to leave had been weighing heavily on his shoulders.

The possibility took his breath away.

Knowing a lot of Buddhism, he should know the pain of parting better than anyone else, and he should be able to see through all this better than anyone else.

But the truth is, he can't see through it.

From eleven years ago, when the master asked his name in the dining hall of the Pure Land Temple, Xuanzang could no longer forget this man who would affect his life.

In the past eleven years, Xuanzang, who has done psychotherapy for too many people with his profound Buddhist attainments, is now trapped by himself.

He just followed Chen Sheng step by step without saying a word.

This looks very similar to when he was a child, when Shizun held his arm and led him to swing his fist.

At that time, although he didn't know anything, he would follow his master ignorantly and firmly.

The atmosphere of silence for a long time has been lingering in the team of two people and one demon.

And Chen Sheng also felt this atmosphere, and understood that the two disciples had actually realized that he was leaving.

Chen Sheng, who was not good at facing parting, didn't say anything, but silently quickened his pace.

In fact, the speed of the space-time disturbance threshold is too fast, and it is naturally best to be able to reach Chang'an City before leaving.

Along the way, I just thought about what I wanted to explain to the two of them.

Among them, Xuanzang naturally has the most things to explain, but if you think about it carefully, it seems that you don't need to explain too much at all.

Xuanzang, good enough.

I still remember that I wanted to find Xuanzang at the beginning because the Venerable Master of Nalanda Temple needed a genius disciple who could reach the eighth consciousness realm and inherit the demon seal in his body.

So he immediately thought of the disciple of Master Jiexian in the original history - Xuanzang.

When he came to the Pure Land Temple eleven years ago, he made a decision to accept Xuanzang as a disciple and let Xuanzang join Yongday.

So, everything changed.

In the original history, Xuanzang faced the difficult framing of wicked people from all over the world, the oppression of irresistible natural disasters, and the torture of endless loneliness on the way to the west......

I still remember what was said in "The Legend of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", there are no birds on the quicksand river, no beasts, no water and no grass. During the day, the sand carried by the wind is all over the sky, and at night the sky is full of ghost fires, shining like stars, and the shape is terrifying.

In addition to an old horse, only endless demon phantoms were left to disturb Xuanzang's mind.

And today's Xuanzang is very different.

No sight or illusion could shake his mind, no wind or dust could blow his body.

Not to mention the so-called demons in hallucinations, even if there are real demons, they will only be sent to the west by Xuanzang's two punches now.

Such a Xuanzang reassured Chen Sheng.

The task of destroying the last monster can probably be handed over to him to complete.

Inheriting the monster seal in the body of the Ring Wizard can probably be handed over to him.

Silent, Chen Sheng thought about Bai Jingjing again.

The demon he gave his name found the meaning of his existence six years ago.

Then, in the company of him and Xuanzang, he changed from a timid appearance to a lively and cheerful all the way.

For her, Chen Sheng's only expectation is that she can be happy all the time.

It's a pity that now that he is leaving, Bai Jingjing will probably not be happy in the future.

Silent, Chen Sheng continued to move forward.

Crossing patches of green waters and green mountains, the two people and a demon who came to the official road gradually met pedestrians.

The moisture in the air moistens up.

As far as the eye can see, a large river can be seen in the distance.

This is Weishui, the largest tributary of the Yellow River.

After coming here, it was not far from Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and it was only about 20 kilometers away.

The two of them continued to move forward, and when there were already pedestrians around, they didn't show too exaggerated foot strength.

But even so, they soon arrived in Chang'an before dark.

For Bai Jingjing, who has not been to a big city since she was born for six years, everything in Chang'an City in front of her really opened her eyes.

So much so that she had been depressed because her master was leaving, she couldn't help but widen her eyes in surprise.

Tang Chang'an City, based on Sui Daxing City.

The characteristics of its construction system planning and layout are unprecedented scale, the creation of the imperial city, the three-city layered ring, the use of six slopes, the symmetrical layout, the wide streets, the neat square, the uniform shape, the vertical and horizontal canals, the green shade of the city, and the suburban ring altar.

Xiangtian set up the capital, according to the position of the heavenly phenomena and stars, the layout of the palace city, the imperial city and the Guocheng Zhongfang in the capital, reflecting the mysterious color of the unity of heaven and man and the divine power of the monarch.

When Bai Jingjing's eyes widened, Xuanzang also looked around in surprise.

In the surrounding streets, the number of Buddhist disciples seems to be unusually large.

On the way to Xingshan Temple, the largest temple in Chang'an City, Xuanzang saw too many monks discussing the Tao on the spot.

Many shops have even set up plain signboards to receive many monks who seem to have come from afar.

Silent, Xuanzang took his master and sister to a shop along the street, ordered three bowls of somen noodles and sat down.

"Are there so many monks in Chang'an City?"

Bai Jingjing looked around in some surprise and said the first sentence along the way.

Apparently, she had spotted the anomaly here as well.

"I don't know, maybe I can ask the shopkeeper about that."

Xuanzang said this, and there was also a hint of curiosity and inquiry in his words.

Recently, I have been traveling around the Qinling Mountains by the mountains and rivers, and I don't have any well-informed channels for obtaining various news from the outside world.

So, he didn't know what was going on here.

However, Chen Sheng on the side had a smile on the corner of his mouth and looked at Xuanzang: "Today, there are indeed some special activities. ”

If it is said that before discovering that Chen Sheng was leaving, Bai Jingjing wanted to come to the big city of Chang'an to see the excitement, and Xuanzang wanted to come to Chang'an Xingshan Temple to exchange Buddhism.

So Chen Sheng's purpose is to send his disciple Xuanzang to the place where he should be at this point in time in 626 AD.

In 626 A.D., the monk Polo Pogara Lomitara from India gave a public lecture in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty.

Many Buddhists came to listen to his teachings.

And Xuanzang in the original history, in this lecture, had a new understanding of many concepts in Buddhism, and suddenly became enlightened.

It was also in this lecture.

Xuanzang in the original history understood what his confusion had been all along, and understood what he had been vaguely trying to do......

This monk from India gave him a revelation.

If in China, all kinds of Buddhist ideas are incomplete, and there is no correct solution to save the world.

So, if you go to the Western Regions, can you find the true meaning of various Buddhist ideas in the place of origin of Buddhism?

While perfecting Buddhism, can we explore a correct understanding of universal sentient beings and salvation for others?

Since then, Xuanzang has officially made up his mind to go to the Western Regions.

And Chen Sheng is now bringing Xuanzang to this destined place.

"Buddhist activities?"

Xuanzang heard Chen Sheng's speech and looked at Chen Sheng's eyes with more curiosity.

"Yes, a Buddhist from the Western Regions is going to preach the Dharma along the streets."

Chen Sheng replied to Xuanzang.

Listening to this answer, Bai Jingjing obviously pouted a little bored, and then feasted on the somen noodles sent by the shopkeeper.

What Buddha is not Dharma, she is not interested in.

Over the years, every time she was studying Buddhism at her senior brother, she would sneak into the back kitchen and sweep away the food.

In this way, she could see the greedy senior brother with an angry expression after the study.

It's one of her favorite pleasures.

Compared with Bai Jingjing's disinterest, Xuanzang had a flash of light in his eyes.

Silently ignoring the hand that his sister stretched out to his bowl of somen noodles, Xuanzang fell into silence.

"I know what you've been thinking."

"Ever since you were a child, you've always felt that there are too many mistakes in the Dharma nowadays, right? Ever since you were a child, you've always felt that you can't find the right solution for all sentient beings in the Dharma, right? ”

"Now, is there a new decision in your mind?"

Chen Sheng looked into Xuanzang's eyes.

The successive questions made Xuanzang stunned, and then he smiled helplessly: "Indeed, I can't hide anything from you, Master." ”

"Under my influence, in fact, you already know that there is a master in the Nalanda Temple in the Western Regions that I admire, right?"

"Why don't you ever tell me you want to go?"

Chen Sheng looked at Xuanzang and asked.

He's running out of time, and he may have to start accounting for everything now.

"I want to follow Shizun."

Xuanzang's answer did not hesitate.

This answer made Chen Sheng pause, and the words that were about to explain the aftermath came to an abrupt end.

And Bai Jingjing also raised her head in surprise, and she didn't have time to swallow the plain noodles in her mouth.

She was also a little surprised by her brother's performance.

The senior brother who has always only known about gluttony and stinky beauty, the senior brother who is not like a Buddhist disciple who fights and kills at every turn, would say such sensational words.

For a moment, there was a long silence on the table.

After a long time, Chen Sheng slowly spoke: "Then it won't be long before I have to leave." ”

Regarding what Xuanzang said that he just wanted to follow him, Chen Sheng didn't say anything, but just talked straight to the point about the topics that he had never talked about with his disciples before.

He's leaving.

These words made the surrounding atmosphere even more gloomy.

If it was just silence and a little embarrassed just now.

Then now the silence is full of reluctance and confusion.

The two of them were silent all the way, and the problem that they didn't dare to explain was picked out at this moment.

Seeing that the disciples did not speak.

Chen Sheng continued to speak: "Xuanzang, your burden in the future will be heavier, and I will leave you a senior brother with more tasks. ”

"That wisp of monster vitality that I haven't finished exterminating, you must find and solve it for me."

"Then, it just so happens that you want to go to the Western Regions, and there is a second master in the Nalanda Temple in the Western Regions waiting for you."

"There, you have to learn to become stronger, and inherit the monster vitality in the body of the Ring Sage, and wear it out in your lifetime."

When Chen Sheng said this, he saw that Xuanzang still lowered his head without saying a word, and then looked at Bai Jingjing, who didn't eat noodles anymore:

"Xiaobai, listen to my brother more in the future."

"And then as far as I can, try my best to exterminate the wisp of monster life that hasn't been found yet."

As he spoke, Chen Sheng touched Bai Jingjing's head.

Bai Jingjing lowered her head and let Chen Sheng touch her, but she still didn't say a word.

After Chen Sheng explained everything, the two disciples still bowed their heads and were silent, as if they didn't want to face the current situation.

"Okay, I'm leaving, don't you have anything to say?"

Chen Sheng sighed and used the power of the spiritual cultivation system to provoke the two of them to bow their heads.

"Gotta go, right?"

Bai Jingjing asked tentatively, and tears seemed to appear in the corners of her eyes.

In this regard, Chen Sheng nodded.

Bai Jingjing took a deep breath when she heard this, and said seriously: "I'll go find you, Master!" ”

"It's a deal!"

Hearing this, Chen Sheng seriously hooked up with Bai Jingjing.

And Xuanzang on the side looked at this scene silently for a long time.

He had long known that the master would leave, and he had been thinking about it for a long time.

Although it is still a little unacceptable at the moment, he understands that sometimes some things are really powerless, so the more times like this, the calmer he becomes.

"One man's shadow cannot cover the earth, but some voices can travel far and wide."

"The unfinished business will be left to you."

Chen Sheng looked at the two of them seriously, and his eyes were unprecedentedly serious and serious.

In this regard, Xuanzang and Bai Jingjing nodded firmly.

(End of chapter)