Qingning Daotian, Temple of the Dead.

It was already the third day that the Temple of the Dead Life had been slaughtered by unknown monks, and Dong Solstice and Shangguan Chen had finally helped Xuanzang move all the living monks to a safe place.

"It's really troublesome for the two senior brothers these days. Xuanzang's injuries were already unharmed after taking the pill of the winter solstice, and when he heard that the winter solstice and Shangguan Chen were about to leave, he hurriedly put down the affairs in his hands and thanked the two.

Winter Solstice smiled a little embarrassedly:

"Speaking of which, this incident may still be caused by me, how can I ignore it. ”

In the past three days of the winter solstice, I have thought about it many times, but I still didn't dare to let Xu Jia and the others who were included in the ancient lantern out for questioning, because the winter solstice really didn't have the confidence to be able to do it with them in a place like the outside world where the aura and immortal yuan could be mobilized.

However, according to Shangguan Chen's inference, most of the monks who slaughtered the Temple of the Afterlife were from the Pure Dao Heaven, and it was more likely that he had an unusual relationship with Xu Jia, so it seems that most of the Temple of the Dead Life also suffered an unwarranted disaster.

"The matter has not yet been clarified, and the senior brother does not have to blame himself. By the way, the little monk's master seems to be a little weird these days. Xuanzang said to the winter solstice in a low voice.

"Oh, what's weird?" Dong Solstice's heart tightened, and he really didn't want the Buddha's Dao body to follow in the footsteps of the deity.

"It's indescribably weird, I feel that Shizun is becoming more and more like 'Shizun'. Xuanzang thought of the dead Buddha Lord and said with some gloom.

Dong Solstice understood what Xuanzang meant, Xuanzang felt that the Dao body was becoming more and more like the deity, in fact, the Dong Solstice also found that the Dao body was not as active as when he first saw it in the past few days, but became more and more like the deity, becoming more and more calm and stable.

"Regret it?" Dong Solstice glanced at Xuanzang with some amusement.

Xuanzang's eyes were a little evasive, and he didn't dare to look at the eyes of the winter solstice again.

"A drink and a peck are all a certainty. In the ten thousand coffins, when your master left, he said: 'Bodhisattvas fear causes, and sentient beings fear results,' which must be an exhortation to you. Dong Solstice stared at Xuanzang's eyes and said very seriously. After Xuanzang heard this, two lines of tears also flowed from his cheeks.

The winter solstice had already guessed that Xuanzang had led all the affairs of the Temple of the Dead over the years, and these were definitely arranged by the Buddha before leaving the Temple of the Dead, which shows that the Lord of the Buddha trusts him. And according to the character of the Buddha Lord himself, he should not hide anything from his proud disciples, although he may not have mentioned anything about the netherworld, but the rest of the things, Xuanzang should know.

Most of the Buddha's deities had told Xuanzang before leaving, not to let the Taoist body leave the Temple of the Dead, but Xuanzang knew that the deity was suffering in the ten thousand coffins day and night, and how could he live a stable life. Since there is no way to persuade them, they have no choice but to seek other ways.

Therefore, Xuanzang did not stop the Buddha from leaving the temple, but has been fueling the troubles. I thought that if the Buddha Lord himself saw an unexpected Dao body appear in front of him, it would probably produce certain variables. In Xuanzang's view, any variable is better than being trapped in a thousand coffins day and night, but in the end, the variable of the Dao body only brings the result of the fall of the deity.

"Sentient beings are just afraid of a bad result, but the bodhisattva knows the law of cause and effect in his heart, knowing that 'cause' is the root and that 'effect' is just a subsequent inevitable phenomenon. You disobeyed the master's order and let the Dao body enter the ten thousand coffins, and the body of the deity is just one of the variables, maybe the death is due to the rest of the 'causes', for example, Senior Brother Chen and I are also considered 'causes', or it may be our 'causes', which led to the 'effect' of the Buddha's death. So you don't need to blame yourself, I think from your master's last words, he didn't blame you, but taught you the last truth. Seeing Xuanzang silent, Dong Solstice explained softly to Xuanzang.

"Thank you, senior brother, for your advice. Xuanzang came back to his senses after a long time, and sincerely thanked the winter solstice, if the winter solstice was not broken, this matter might become his heart barrier.

"Needless to say, although I haven't been with your master for long in the Ten Thousand Coffins, your master has helped me solve a lot of doubts. From the point of view of preaching, receiving karma, and dispelling doubts, I am also half of his disciple. Now that the matter is over, even if that monk returns from the Ten Thousand Coffins, he will probably not bother to come to you again, and you can rest assured that you will practice here. And I still have something to do with Senior Brother Chen, so I will leave first. After Dong Solstice finished speaking, he smiled, turned around and went to find Shangguan Chen, preparing to leave the Western Desert and prepare to go to the Northern Plains, one of the Five Domains.

Towards the end of the evening, the winter solstice and Shangguan Chen embarked on the road to the northern plains.

"Senior brother, look at the moon in the sky. Shangguan Chen pointed to the moon in the sky with some surprise.

The winter solstice looked in the direction of Shangguan Chen's finger and found that the moon in the sky had become much darker for some reason, and after a closer look, he found that the moon seemed to be smaller than before.

"In the middle of the month, when it should be the roundest and brightest, why do you feel that it is a little smaller? "The winter solstice also feels a little puzzling.

However, as the two of them moved forward quickly, they discovered more strange things.

The Western Desert is already sparsely populated, and sometimes there are no people within a radius of dozens of miles, which is also normal. However, in many of the villages that the two passed, there was no one without them, and finally when the two of them were about to enter the boundary of the northern plains, they found some populated villages.

Later, after the inquiry of the two, they learned that the earthquakes in the West Desert have occurred frequently recently, and the temperature difference between day and night has increased day by day, and it is like a steamer during the day, but it is cold like falling into an ice cellar at night, so many villages in the West Desert, especially those closer to the North Plains, have collectively moved to the North Plains, or near the North Plains.

"The sky kills, the stars change the night, the earth kills, the dragon and the snake rise to land. Shangguan Chen's face was a little flustered, and he hurriedly said to the winter solstice.

The winter solstice was silent, and after a long time, he spoke:

"People are killed, and the world is turned upside down. ”

When neither of them had left the mountain gate of Manshan Mountain before, Shangguan Chen had deduced that one of Manshan Mountain and the outside sky might be fake. Judging from today's strange moon, Shangguan Chen's inference was not wrong. The sky outside may really only be under the command of the Manshan Sect or the Taishang Dao, which is from the Pure Dao Heaven Giant Sect, as for why, only a few people may be qualified to know.

Shangguan Chen listened to the words of the winter solstice, and his heart became a lot clearer. Maybe it's really as the winter solstice said, how can there be any heavenly killing machine, earth killing machine, and some are just human killing machines.

"Senior brother, are we good people?" Shangguan Chen asked in a somewhat depressed mood.

"Senior Brother Chen, we are not good people, nor are we bad people. We are monks. Dong Solstice said firmly.

Shangguan Chen smiled self-deprecatingly after hearing this, and his face showed a look of wanting to speak and stopping.

The winter solstice ignored it and strode forward.

Dong Solstice knows what Shangguan Chen wants to say, Shangguan Chen's ability to cultivate to today's realm definitely has extraordinary talent and vision. Shangguan Chen may have seen some things about the return of heaven and earth, but these things cannot be stopped by manpower. Shangguan Chen can say that the Pure Dao Heaven is indifferent, but he definitely can't say that the Pure Dao Heaven is wrong.

What are the beings of the Pure Tranquility Dao Heaven to the Pure Dao Heaven? Pure Dao Heaven is like this moon in the sky that does not know whether it is true or false, always looking down on the earth of Qingning Dao Heaven, and as a detached bystander, he always looks at all this indifferently. Even if some of the Pure Dao Heaven cultivators could look at the Qingning Dao Heaven from a different angle, how much effect could it have? There are three sects and six surnames in the Pure Dao Heaven, as well as some ancient and powerful Dao systems that are hidden from the world, and there is also a Dao Court that always looks down on the Three Qing Dao Realms with its head high above. For these people, as long as Qingning Daotian can bring benefits, it is enough.

There may be many monks like Shangguan Chen in the Pure Dao Heaven, but they are like a faint candle flame in the Nine Cold Heavens, how can they melt the vast biting coldness of the world.

"We're the bad guys, for the world. Seeing that Shangguan Chen was still standing in place, as if he had drilled the tip of the horns again, he had to stop and persuade seriously.

Shangguan Chen glanced at Dong Solstice with a confused expression and said:

"Why?"

"Because we are the culprits of the return of heaven and earth. The reason why heaven and earth return to the origin is very simple, that is, because there is no energy between heaven and earth to continue to operate, the sun, moon and stars, flowers and trees, mountains and rivers, birds, beasts, fish and insects all need to consume the energy between heaven and earth. "The winter solstice answered for Shangguan Chen seriously.

"Monk!" Shangguan Chen knew what the winter solstice was going to say.

The continuation of the winter solstice facial expression:

"Ordinary people, birth, old age, sickness and death. Birds and beasts, birth, old age, sickness and death. Flowers and trees, birth, old age, sickness and death. However, whether it is a human race, an animal, or a plant, after opening the spiritual wisdom and being able to practice, is a monk. Monks also die, but it takes a long time, and some monks even live for a long time of several epochs. And these monks will become more and more powerful, and the more energy they need to incorporate into their bodies. Therefore, if we monks destroy the balance between heaven and earth, we are bad people to this world. ”

Shangguan Chen was silent, he didn't want to be silent, but he didn't know what to say.

"A mortal breathes easily, but a monk's breath requires concentration. Mortals will hardly encounter any danger in their lives, and if a monk wants to condense the Dao heart, he may go mad and go through many tribulations such as three calamities and six tribulations. I think there is always a scale between heaven and earth to weigh it, and if a living creature does not consume much energy, heaven and earth will not be harsh on such a creature. If a living being needs a lot of energy, it will naturally have to withstand the test. Seeing that Shangguan Chen didn't speak, Dong Solstice said to himself.

"Why did the Heavenly Dao send down thunder and bombard it when the living beings would become monks?" Shangguan Chen, who had read through the collection, naturally also had his own opinions, and did not agree with the statement of the winter solstice.

Dong Solstice listened to Shangguan Chen's words, and said with a smile:

"Because heaven and earth are unkind, they regard all things as dogs!"