It was already the next morning, Liu Qi sat on the plane to the Western Regions, looking at the white clouds outside the window, thinking about some thoughts.

"That Moon Fairy rose in Chengyang seven years ago, wasn't that just when I first came to Chengyang to go to college?

Liu Qi had a conjecture in his heart, but he didn't dare to be sure.

Just as Liu Qi was still thinking, the passenger reminder on the plane sounded, Dihua, the capital of the Western Regions, arrived, and Liu Qi got off the plane, and it was noon.

Dihua is the capital of the Western Regions, hundreds of kilometers away from the Tara Desert, after thinking about it, Liu Qi still decided to drive over, he also thought about relying on spiritual power to rush there, but that would consume some spiritual power, before the situation in front of him was still unclear, preserving strength was the most important thing.

Liu Qi spent 700,000 yuan to buy an off-road vehicle suitable for desert terrain at the 4S store in the automobile market, filled up the gas, and drove on the road.

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The scenery of the Western Regions is very different from that of the mainland, and faint traces of wheels can occasionally be seen on the Gobi Desert.

Rows of poplar trees stand tenaciously in the wind, like guards guarding the frontier;

The dead trees stand tall and have different shapes, as if telling the vicissitudes of time;

The boulders blown away by the wind and sand are strange and strange, like the girls of the Western Regions dancing in the desert, and like the ghosts and ghosts wandering in the world.

Even after 30,000 years, Liu Qi couldn't help but sigh when he saw these scenes.

Before he knew it, it was evening, and when he saw the afterglow of the sunset and the remnant sun in the west, Liu Qi couldn't help but think of the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei's sentence "The desert is lonely and the smoke is straight, and the sun sets on the long river".

Just as Liu Qi was still enjoying the scenery of the Western Regions, a person suddenly appeared in front of him, waving a flag, pulling him back to reality, and Liu Qi stopped the car in front of him.

This is a young man, a student, I saw that there were three other people next to him, an elegant old man about sixty years old, with glasses, and two people about his age, a man and a woman, and at this time, the elegant old man stepped forward, and Liu Qi opened the car window.

"Little brother, our car is out of order, can you give us a ride, after we go back, we will be grateful. The old man spoke politely.

"Where are you going?" asked Liu Qi.

"Tara Desert, but if you don't get on the way, little brother, let's get off in a nearby town. ”

"Coincidentally, I'm going there too, let's get in the car. Liu Qi said and let the four people get into the car, these four people also went to the Tara Desert, and they might know some information.

"Then thank you little brother, you three, get in the car. ”

The off-road vehicle continued to drive on the Gobi Desert, and after a few minutes of silence, the old man spoke first.

"Little brother, introduce myself, I am He Jicang, a professor of the Department of Archaeology of Tunghai University, these three are my students, I don't know what to call the little brother. ”

"Liu Qi, are you going to the Tara Desert? there has just been an earthquake there," Liu Qi asked.

"That's why we're going to go. ”

"Oh, why?" Liu Qi was a little curious.

"I have a friend who is proficient in Qimen Dunjia and the Five Elements Feng Shui, and this earthquake, he has calculated that there will be ruins in a few days. My main academic focus is the history of the Western Regions, so I have to rush over. Professor He didn't hide anything, and said directly.

Liu Qi frowned when he heard this, this ordinary person when Professor He was obvious was not a monk, even he knew about it, so this matter was spread too widely, this is not a good thing. However, Liu Qi thought about it and felt that he should be too worried, even if ordinary people knew about this rumor, but except for archaeologists like Professor He, who would want to run into this desert on a hot day.

"Then does Professor He know what kind of relics were born this time?" Liu Qi asked.

"I have carefully checked the location of the epicenter of this earthquake, which happens to be the location of Gaochang Kingdom in the ancient Western Regions, and I can be sure that the relics born this time may be related to Gaochang Kingdom. ”

"Gao Changguo?" Liu Qi really didn't know much about it.

"Gaochang is one of the 36 countries of the ancient Western Regions, the whole country believes in Buddhism, during the Tang Dynasty, when Master Xuanzang passed through here, he had sworn with the king of Gaochang as a brother, but there are unforeseen circumstances, according to the record of "Zizhi Tongjian", Gaochang finally died in natural disasters. Professor He said slowly.

"Natural disasters, teacher, how terrifying it is to be able to destroy a country. At this time, one of his students asked, it is true, although Gaochang is a small country, it is not so easy to be destroyed by natural disasters.

This is also an unsolved mystery of history. ”

Talking about this topic, Liu Qi became more and more interested, and continued to ask:

"As you just said, Master Xuanzang once worshipped with King Gaochang as a brother with a different surname, as far as I know, Master Xuanzang is a monk who has attained Taoism, and the people who have taken refuge in Buddhism have already cut off their mortal relationship, how can they worship with the king. ”

"This matter is a little complicated, at that time Gaochang is a small country in the Western Regions, always threatened by the Turks, must pay tribute to the Turks every year girl, cattle and sheep and gold coins, Gaochang hated the Turks to the bone but helpless, at this time, it happened that the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang Master went to Tianzhu to learn scriptures through this place, King Gaochang invited him to the palace as a guest.

A few days later, Xuanzang was ready to resign, but the king of Gaochang did not allow it, because only by leaving Xuanzang behind, Gaochang was not afraid of the Turkic threat, but Xuanzang was determined to leave, and finally the king knelt down for Xuanzang, just because he did not want to see Gaochang again, after Xuanzang understood the reason for the matter, the people who practiced Buddhism were compassionate, and naturally they would not sit idly by, so he gave a lecture on Buddhism in Gaochangguo Temple for 81 days, and became brothers with different surnames with the king.

Later, Xuanzang returned to Chang'an from Tianzhu and was worshiped by Taizong as a national teacher, and Gaochang was naturally protected by the Tang Dynasty and was no longer coerced by the Turks. Professor He took a sip of water and said so much in one breath.

After listening to this story, Liu Qi almost understood that this Master Xuanzang should be a Buddhist cultivator, and he preached Buddhism in Gaochang for 9981 days, in fact, he was leaving a legacy for Gaochang to resist the Turkic invasion.

The so-called Buddha cultivation refers to people who rely on the power of cultivating the merits of the Dharma to improve their realm. Buddhist cultivation also exists in the cultivation realm and the immortal realm, and Liu Qi has thought a long time ago that the Buddhist inheritance on the earth should come from the preaching of a certain cultivator in the earth.

It was already midnight chatting and chatting, Liu Qi was still continuing to drive, but Professor He and his students fell asleep in their seats, they were mortals after all, and they did not have as good physical strength as Liu Qi. According to Liu Qi's estimates, he should be able to reach his destination by tomorrow morning, and the speed of the car on the Gobi Desert is too slow.