Chapter Twenty-Six: No Choice
Kill stood in the courtyard, looking up at the starry sky, where were countless demons.
He thought back to the bits and pieces of reincarnation IX, and couldn't help but feel sad.
At that time, he made a great wish on the throne of the Buddha to relieve the suffering of sentient beings and overcome the chaos of eternity, but it is a pity that the nine thousand years have been in vain.
He doesn't remember when he began to recover the memory of the ninth life, in fact, memory is a burden for him, if there is no fetters of memory, he may be able to go out of a different way in this life, but unfortunately, he will always be detained in the red dust.
Tao, what is it?
Buddha, what is it?
The memory of the ninth generation told him that there was no Tao in the world, and there were no Buddhas, only people.
The universe is vast and endlessly changing, but the only thing that remains constant is the human heart.
If you cultivate your human heart to the extreme, you will naturally become a Tao and a Buddha.
He thought secretly: "Gu Changqing, Gu Changqing, you came from the future, but you lost your original intention, what is the difference between you and me, the waste of the ninth generation?"
The future, where?
And who can tell me?
Li Long approached quietly and said in a low voice, "Xi'er is gone." ”
Kill Sheng smiled bitterly: "What should happen will still happen, just like the first eight lives, I think I am in control of everything, but in fact, I can't control anything, even I can't make decisions myself." ”
Li Long was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "You all said that Gu Changqing came from the future, so what is the purpose of his coming here?"
Killing shook his head and said, "The future, everyone has their own future, whose future does Gu Changqing come from?"
"What?"
Li Long didn't understand his words.
Li Long also looked at the starry sky and recalled what his son had said to him ten years ago when he was in prison.
"Father, the child is going to say goodbye to his father today, please don't be too sad, in the future, we will all meet again on the other side. ”
Killing Sheng waved his hand and said: "Let him go, how many futures, no one knows, maybe in the future, maybe ......"
By the end of the day, the sound of killing was almost inaudible.
Li Long was left alone in the moonlight, his old face already full of tears.
Li Shang walked over and said respectfully, "Father, do you think of the eldest brother and the second brother again?"
"Ming'er and Xing'er are waiting for us on the other side. ”
"Father, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Li Long looked at the brightest star in the night sky, and said with a firm gaze: "The other side, yes, it's on the other side." ”
Suddenly, several huge demon beasts fell from the sky like meteors, razing the entire Xiangcheng Bofu to the ground.
In the fourth year of the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty, on February 24, there was turmoil in the Black and White Prison of the Black and White Dao Palace in Nanjing, and tens of thousands of demons were born and wreaked havoc on the world.
The Xiangcheng Bofu, which had been guarding Nanjing for decades, was wiped out overnight, and Xiangcheng Bo Li Long and his son Li Long were unfortunately killed.
The six departments of Nanjing poured out of the nest to hunt down the escaped demons, but to no avail for half a year.
On the seventh day of the seventh month of July, Sichuan Cheng announced that the political envoy of the Kuizhou Mansion was ravaged by demons, and there was a civil uprising, and hundreds of thousands of displaced people fell into the grass as a coward, one of whom was a three-grade Taoist sacrifice to the sky as the king, called the King of Great Fortune.
In the middle of the day, the displaced people of Chongqing and Shunqing responded one after another, and the turmoil swept across the southwest.
On the third day of the ninth month, the imperial court set up the southwest to crusade against the governor's mansion, with Yu Qian, a Taoist priest of the military department, leading 5,000 battalions and 100,000 troops to conquer the rebels.
Until March of the following year, when the turmoil subsided slightly, Yu Qian beheaded the Great Blessing Heavenly King and suppressed 30,000 demons.
At this time, Gu Changqing and the people of Kunlun Ruins had already come to the desert outside the Saiwai.
Although a full year has passed, everyone will never forget the horror of fleeing from Nanjing.
That night, under the Dinghuai Gate, Hua Wuling, in order to cover everyone's retreat, incarnated as an Arhat Dharma body and blocked the world's first divine soldier divine machine cannon.
Still, the shadow of death looms over the hearts of all.
Along the way, the unfamiliar environment and the dangerous desert threaten the safety of everyone all the time.
Just like Gu Changqing, everyone clearly foresaw all kinds of things along the way.
Everything that happened was predestined for the future Buddha statue in the Daxiong Hall of Qingliang Temple.
Almost every day, when I get up, Gu Changqing's ears are surrounded by such words.
"Today it's my turn, that's how I died, I didn't see the Kunlun Ruins, I was buried in the yellow sand of the desert, and I never saw the light of day. ”
Just like the funny thing Zhao Situ said, when people know that their words and deeds are not under their control, when they know that they do not have the slightest free will, and life is a walking corpse at the mercy of others, then it is better to give up.
Gu Changqing also finally understood why the hundred prisoners who had played with the small round ball would die of hunger strike one after another, and this was the reason.
To be alive has lost its meaning to them.
They began to think, and even wonder, why they joined Kunlun Ruins in the first place.
The wind in the desert is very cold, like a knife, Gu Changqing's face has grown a thick beard, and in such an environment, the sallow color on his face has become irreversible.
Li Xi beside her is emaciated and unadult-like, although she has no doubts about being alive, but as an ordinary person, she is suffering from the physical torture given to her by the desert all the time.
Gu Changqing could only use mana to maintain her life every day, and once the mana was interrupted, I believe that she would die in less than a day.
Gao Xiaoqin rode a camel from afar, and when he fell, the whole person fell into the yellow sand.
Several Wuguan disciples pulled her out, and she grabbed a kettle and drank it in a big gulp.
Zhao Wan'er said, "How is the situation?"
Gao Xiaoqin gasped and said, "The Great Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate has already been contacted, and he promised to send troops to escort us to Yili Jiangli." ”
Gu Changqing suddenly remembered that picture, Gao Xiaoqin shouted in despair, and he didn't deceive us first.
It seems that only I have received this picture.
Gu Changqing said: "We can't trust them. ”
Zhao Situ turned his head and said, "Who can we trust if we don't believe them?" The true location of Kunlun Ruins is only known to them. ”
Zuo Wu said: "We can promise him that after sending us to Kunlun Ruins, we can pay him." ”
Zhao Situ said: "What does he want?"
"The law of immortality. ”
Zhao Situ smiled: "Isn't this a pipe dream? How could Kunlun Ruins fall into such a state if they have the method of immortality?"
"Promise him first, and wait until you get to Kunlun Ruins. ”
Gu Changqing was uneasy: "We can't trust him. ”
Zhao Situ smiled contemptuously: "You are not from our Kunlun Ruins, and the decision on this matter is in the hands of the sect." ”
Everyone looked at Li Xi.
Li Xi looked at the team, which was already less than five hundred people, all of them were tired, and their faces were full of loss and despair, as if they could no longer see hope, they would lose it at any time.
She wanted Gu Changqing to cast an apologetic look and said, "We have no choice. ”