Lin Qi and the three of them followed the traces of the sky and were already close to the location of the Shenshuitan, and the three of them who were in a hurry naturally couldn't know the mountain village behind them. More than 30 guards who adhered to the righteous thoughts in their hearts had already entered the Yellow Spring together, but the sound of crows came from the sky, as if to foreshadow the occurrence of misfortune.

All the way through a steep cliff, the vision opened up for a while, and it was this cliff that did not exist before that blocked the road and made it impossible for Lin Qi to find it.

And now after the cliff face, there was the sparse forest in front of him, and the clear stream at his feet, Lin Qi felt the familiar atmosphere, as well as the extraordinary aura fluctuations coming from not far ahead.

Shenshui Tan is in front of you.

A few people immediately hurried away, and after a while, the three of them came to the side of the Shenshui Tan, and in front of the Shenshui Tan, there was a person sitting cross-legged that was the Pope who had escaped that day.

Shu Caoqing.

At this time, Shu Caoqing's whole body breath was sluggish, her face was pale and there was not much blood, her eyes were slightly closed, and her originally neat coiled hair was scattered behind her at this moment, and a light purple breath continued to overflow from her body, and there was a big scar in front of her abdomen, and the dripping blood stained the futon she was sitting on.

Lin Qi sensed the location of Shu Shuqing, and when he noticed the weak vitality in her body, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, and the three of them stepped forward and sat down cross-legged, and Lin Qi said softly.

"Pope, are you alright?"

Shu Caoqing's eyes opened slightly when she heard this, her eyes were still peaceful at this time, even though she had suffered a lot of injuries on her body. She also smiled when she saw that it was Lin Qi and the others, and then said in a low voice.

"It's fine, but why should the three of you come here, and it won't do you any good to get involved in this strife. ”

Lin Qi replied when he heard this.

"The Pope has a grace for me to recreate, and for me he is a benefactor, and although I have not read poetry for a few days, I know that if I have a kindness, I will repay it. And when the Pope is in trouble, I will help the Pope. ”

And Su Jianxin also said.

"Senior Brother is right, and we, as monks of the Impermanence Sect, should also state that the Righteous Pope is a good person, so we can't sit idly by and watch a good person fall into such a situation. ”

Shu Caoqing said with an easy-going smile when she heard this.

"Have you ever thought that helping me is helping a demon, and helping me will cause you to be subjected to evil words from all over the world? ”

Lin Qi said.

"I didn't think about it, I just knew that I was helping a kind person, helping a kind person. I'm doing the right thing, and they're doing the wrong thing. If I am blamed by the whole world for doing this, then I will be punished! A mistake is the fault of the world, and I only hope that the Pope will not change his original intention!"

Shu Caoqing was inadvertently grateful when she heard this, but secretly sighed that all this should not be.

At this time, Lin Qi continued.

"The Pope comes with us, go to the Sect of Impermanence, where we can keep the Pope safe. ”

Jin Shan Po also said.

"Yes, it just so happens that our Sword Hall is a master like you, and our Sword Hall are all young people of the same age as me, so wouldn't it be a great place for you to guide us in our cultivation at that time. ”

When Shu Caoqing heard this, she just shook her head silently and refused.

When Lin Qi heard that the Pope's refusal was the only way to preserve the Pope, he couldn't bear to persuade him many times, but the Pope refused.

Shu Cao Qing saw that Lin Qi was full of thoughts, so he took out the small wooden fish from his arms and said.

"So I'll tell you a story, and then I'll talk about it after I've heard it?"

Lin Qi and the three of them were surprised for a while, but since it was the Pope's decision to speak at this time, it must be of great significance, and they immediately listened to what the Pope said.

I saw Shu Caoqing slowly stroking the old wooden fish, and there was a look of reminiscence in his eyes.

It all started 300 years ago, when I was born into a happy family, my father was a hunter in the mountains, and my mother was weaving cloth in the village for money.

Life has always been very ordinary, it has always been very dull, and I have always lived as an ordinary girl, working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

Until that night, a strange purple star rose in the night sky, and its wonderful purple glow awakened my blood, and my parents also told me about my life as a purple vein that day.

But that star is a sign of change, a sign of change, on the eighty-first day after the purple star disappears. The blood of the parents suddenly went out of control, which in turn caused the mind to be confused and fell into madness.

I was hidden by my mother to the last of my senses, and then they fell into madness under the madness of their blood. That night turned into a disaster, and that night I secretly saw countless monks join forces to kill my parents!

Speaking of this, Shu Caoqing's expression was as usual, and there were not even many emotional fluctuations, but this experience made Lin Qi feel pain in his heart when he heard it, as if it was a kind of resonance, maybe the Pope at that time was the same age as himself at that time.

Not many people can really understand the worst that can happen in a day.

And the younger me, the confused me, after everything I went through, after what I witnessed, fell into a deep hatred.

I hid in the mountains, away from here, but every night I would wake up with nightmares filled with the screams of my parents at the moment of death. I grew up in hatred, and I grew up in hatred. I only hope that one day I will be able to kill back to Qingyang Town and kill all the people who surrounded and suppressed my parents that day.

A person has grown up in hatred for decades, and a person has practiced in hatred for decades. Until that day I met someone.

A man who is not afraid of death.

Strangely, I think people should be afraid of death, because in the course of decades I have killed many people who have gone into the mountains. Those people were scared to death, and I was terrified before I could make a move.

But that man was dressed in white, walking with his hands folded in the dirty mountains, and I wanted to kill him, but his empty eyes did not have a trace of fear of death.

Just ask me.

"Donor, why are you suffering in the sea of karma. ”

This made me wonder why he was not afraid of death, why was he trapped in the sea of karma?

Since that day, I have followed this young monk, who has walked all the way deep into the mountains, fearless of wind and rain, and not afraid of the dangers of the mountains. Instead, he asked me often.

"Why can't you feel happy?"

I followed him for three years, and he read the scriptures and recited them for me for three years.

"Now that I think about it, those three years were really happy in my life. ”

But I can't forget, I can't avoid the hatred that has been engraved in my heart every night since I was a child. I found some of the people who had besieged my parents that night, and I followed them back to their home.

Speaking of this, Shu Qingqing paused, her face showed a trace of bitterness, and the corners of her eyes were also filled with tears. It was a look of remorse, a repentance for the past.

The next day I saw the monk again, but he changed, his white garments began to stain with dust, and his empty eyes were filled with remorse.

He took me to a temple where an enshrined demon slayer was kept.

I thought he was going to kill me, but he chanted for me all night, and then stabbed himself in the heart with the dagger that slaying demons.

"People are afraid of death, and no one is afraid of death. It's just whether a person's death is worth it, and whether a person's death can win change. ”

Then he took the wooden fish out of his bloody shirt and handed it to me.

He hung his head.

I can't understand why he died, I can't understand why he died. I just felt very uncomfortable in my heart, as if I had lost something in my heart.

I fell into deep thought at the wooden fish, and I pondered it for three years until he sat down with white bones. I read the sutras he left behind, and I read them in that temple for another three years.

Then I went back to the mountains, and it was as if I had discovered this sacred pool in the dark, and I buried him here. I've been here for more than 100 years.

Gradually, I understood why he died, and gradually became indifferent to hatred. After seeing through a lot, I knew that I was wrong a lot, and I came to the village in the hope that the world would not be wrong.

Until now.

Shu Caoqing listened to this.

And the three of Lin Qi, who heard the words, fell into deep bitterness for a while.

Lin Qi's closed eyes, although he was blind, left a line of tears.

He understood the Pope's decision, but the bitterness in his heart remained for a long time.

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