Chapter 57: The Price of Prayer

Zhou Qing did not refuse this poor woman's request, because saying it would definitely bring a lot of unnecessary trouble to the Kong family.

Just like Kong Lihua said just now, since everything has happened and it is impossible to undo it, it is better to calm things down, not to mention that she is not wrong in this matter.

Zhou Qing's response made Kong Lihua's heart warm, she lowered her head and thought about it, and finally made a decision in her heart, and raised her head with a smile.

From the conversation with Zhou Qing just now, she knew that the young man in red seemed to be extremely concerned about the affairs of Sumeru Temple, because he had asked back and forth several times.

"The time for the concubine is actually running out, and now the wish in my heart has been fulfilled, if Xiao Langjun wants to know about the prayer of Sumeru Temple, I can tell you. ”

Originally, she had already given up knowing the result, but now this woman took the initiative to speak, which did not make Zhou Qing a little surprised.

"So thank you Sister Rika, speaking of which the things in the Sumeru Temple are indeed related to me, so I took the liberty to find out a thing or two from your mouth. After explaining, Zhou Qing, who was about to leave, docked on the bridge railing again.

The distance between the man and the woman is also a foot away, in the reflection of the moonlight, the figures of the two are reflected on the bridge deck, are stretched slender, the woman looks at the side face of the young man, and begins to talk.

The reason why she became what she is today is because she was given a pill at Sumeru Temple.

According to the temple master, she only needs to take the pill and soak it underwater for a month, and she can do as she wishes.

After getting the elixir, Kong Lihua was originally a little apprehensive, and let her go to the water to soak, didn't this let her die? Therefore, at first, her heart refused.

But after going home and thinking about it for a few days, she found that instead of living so lonely and pitiful, it was better to take the pill and give it a try.

If it can succeed, it will naturally be better, and if it is drowned at the bottom of the river, it will also end up in a hundred.

With an idea in her heart, Kong Lihua took the pill obtained in Sumeru and came to the Longgou River, and then she swallowed the pill and went down to the Longgou River.

Originally, Kong Lihua didn't have much hope, but after entering the water, she found that it was not much different from being on the land, so she stayed underwater for a month, and she became the appearance she is now.

It's just that she has paid a certain price for becoming what she is now.

"The price? Sure enough, where can there be such a free good thing in this world?" Seeing the woman stop, Zhou Qing felt a burst of emotion in his heart.

Thinking back to what the woman said just now, he asked puzzledly, "Isn't the price my sister said to be my own longevity?"

"Xiao Langjun guessed right, in that Sumeru temple to pray, you need to sacrifice your own longevity, the heavier the request, the more longevity you will give, such as the request of the concubine, it took fifty years of your own longevity. ”

"Fifty years? In order to achieve her wish, she can spend fifty years of her life, perhaps in her heart, the happiness of a flash in the pan is far more pleasant than a lonely and lonely life. ”

For Kong Lihua's words, Zhou Qing felt a faint sadness in his heart after hearing this, although this poor woman was self-inflicted, but is it really worth taking fifty years to exchange for this beautiful spring scenery?

Of course, everyone's values are different, and whether they are worth or not is not something that he Zhou Qing can criticize.

"I can't imagine that there is still a trade in this world to exchange Shouyuan for wishes, no wonder ......" Zhou Qing sighed secretly in his heart, he looked at the woman with pity in his eyes, and asked, "Sister Lihua, what are the details of the Shouyuan sacrifice you are talking about?"

"Details?" the woman looked away at the river and sighed, "There is a Dharma Venerable of the Great Wheel Ming King in that temple, he ......"

As soon as she said this, Kong Lihua, who was standing by the bridge, suddenly spurted out a large mouthful of blood from her mouth, and then, a strange dazzling red light flashed in her body.

This red light seemed to be able to penetrate her body, and after it appeared, it covered her body, and under the dazzling light, Zhou Qing unconsciously took two steps back, and at the same time raised her hand to cover her eyes.

Just as Zhou Qing was covering his eyes, he heard an exclamation from a woman not far away, and then, he felt something cold splash on his cheeks.

When something splashed on her face, Kong Lihua's screams stopped, and the blinding red glow disappeared without a trace.

When he opened his eyes, Zhou Qing found that the woman who was standing by the bridge had disappeared, and by the moonlight, he wiped the things that had splashed on his face, only to find that his hands were actually white carrion and blood stains.

An inexplicable feeling of nausea arose, Zhou Qing wiped the flesh and blood on his hands on the railing of the stone bridge, turned around and left the stone bridge.

The poor ignorant woman suddenly vanished, and his body was splattered with flesh and blood, and it was clear that the woman had just blown herself up.

As for the reason why she blew herself up, it was definitely not voluntary, it should be that there was some kind of spell on her, and she touched the spell point just now, so it was like this.

On the way back to the town, Zhou Qing had a lot of thoughts in his heart, and he now understood why his master would take it back then.

That Sumeru Temple is really not simple, exchanging Shouyuan for wishes, what kind of supernatural ability does this have to be able to do such a rebellious act, such a means is no longer Zhou Qing can participate.

That year, when he left Dongguo Town, he made an oath at the edge of the town that after cultivating to the point where he could fly to the sky and call for wind and rain one day, he would go to Sumeru Temple to find an explanation for Wu Laodao.

But now, after hearing what Pear Blossom said, he knew that even if he could fly away from the sky and call the wind and rain, it was still far from enough.

For something out of reach, after thinking about it, Zhou Qing didn't think much about it.

Regarding the matter in Tsing Yi Town, after the woman blew herself up, it was naturally peaceful, but Zhou Qing had no choice but to do anything about the men who didn't raise it because of greed.

Because there is no record of this kind of thing in his wandering miscellaneous book, and he has lived in Jinling County in recent years, he has not seen much in the world, and he has never seen such strange things.

Therefore, many men in Tsing Yi Town who did not lift could only ask for more blessings for themselves.

Stepping on the moonlight and returning to the inn in the town, Zhou Qing washed the flesh and blood on his body, changed into clean clothes and went to sleep, and when he left the next day, he had a general talk with the mayor.

Knowing that the demons in the Longgou River had been eliminated, the mayor of the town was naturally very happy, and he gave Zhou Qing the thick silver raised in the town before, and personally sent him to the edge of the town.

"When I went to the county seat to find the Dao Chief, Lord Jin said that you have cultivated to Tongtian, and I knew that the affairs in the town were no longer ...... problem."

On the way to farewell, the mayor's words were very polite, and there was a bit of praise.

When he came to the edge of the town, Zhou Qing said goodbye to the mayor of Tsing Yi Town, and went back to Jinling County.