Chapter 18: The Three Religions
At this time, a round of red sun rose from the east, spitting out ten thousand golden lights, reflecting the sky clouds and clouds steaming, and there was no way to transform, and a new day began again.
However, the place where the good and evil fought with the small temple as the center was all over the field at this time, full of devastation, and the masonry and rubble were in a mess. Between the ruins of the broken wall, I saw a stone statue of a young woman, with her hair combed and a fairy bun, wearing a wide-sleeved fairy skirt, stepping on a lotus flower with bare feet, holding a huge snail in both hands, bathed in the glow, looking at the distance with a peaceful expression.
Next to the stone statue, from time to time, there are monks of Kongjue Temple walking by, all with sad faces, or silently alone, or supporting each other, walking towards the town step by step.
The tragic appearance in front of him made Feng Shuzhu frown, standing silently against the mountain wind, and the empty line beside him was also supported by his junior brother Kong Ming, with his hands folded and his eyes closed, and he muttered Buddha in his mouth.
Not far away, Shui Lingyue stood with the woman from the same door, still with a cold face like frost, a pair of bright eyes like water, staring ahead, as if thinking and remembering.
The footsteps of Yuan Wuxi, Jing Chenzi and others broke the silence, and someone turned around and looked at them.
Yuan Wuxi walked straight to Feng Shuzhu, because he was short, he had to look up at Feng Shuzhu, pointed to the goddess stone statue, his eyes were round, and said: "Poor scholar, I dare to bet with you, you don't know her relationship with the Seven Evil Heavenly Luo Mirror." ”
Feng Shuzhu came back to his senses, smiled slightly, and said, "Feng is willing to hear the details." ”
When the Kongxing Master on the side heard this, he also slowly opened his eyes, and the monks of the Kongjue Temple who were passing by also stopped when they heard the words, gathered over, and waited for the following.
Only Shui Lingyue, who was not far away, just turned her cold gaze and glanced over here, and more time stayed on Feng Shuzhu, and then turned again.
Yuan Wuxi glanced around, saw everyone's curious eyes, unconsciously got up, coughed a few times, and deliberately sold a lawsuit, before shaking his head and said: " The secret of this has to start from more than 200 years ago, when the Demon Sect's shadow was confused by the Three Realms, Yan Shutian, the messenger of the Faun under his seat, inadvertently obtained an innate magic weapon, that is, the Seven Evil Heavenly Luo Mirror, the red light emitted by this magic weapon made people die on the spot, and the light was poisoned, ordinary people played it in a few days, and the cultivators could die of poison after 9981 days because of the resistance of the true yuan. Speaking of this, he deliberately paused again, looked around, and saw that everyone had worried expressions on their faces, and couldn't help but laugh, before he continued: "For a while, Yan Shutian became the pioneer of the Demon Dao, and when attacking the various sects in the fairy world, the Seven Evil Heavenly Luo Mirror was even more powerful, invincible, but in the end, I discovered the secret, it turned out that this Seven Heavenly Luo Mirror was actually part of the Tianchi Conch, the magic weapon held by the Tianchi Fairy. As he spoke, he turned around and pointed to the huge snail held in the hand of the goddess stone statue, and then turned around and smiled, and said, "It's the lid in that snail." ”
Knowing the cause and effect, everyone exclaimed in unison: "Ah!"
Someone asked anxiously: "Then if you are injured by this Seven Heavenly Luo Mirror, can you be rescued?"
Yuan Wuxi raised his hand and said in a loud voice: "Good question, after I discovered this secret, I kept searching for the whereabouts of the Tianchi Fairy, but in the end I didn't find it." ”
Everyone couldn't help but sigh in disappointment when they heard this, Yuan Wuxi blinked with a pair of restrained eyes, but said: "However, I found a way to crack it," said this, and deliberately sold a lawsuit, paused, and then continued: "It turns out that this Tianchi Conch grew up in a pool and has grown for thousands of years, and the water in this pool can solve the poison of the Seven Heavenly Luo Mirror." ”
"And where is this pool?" asked another anxiously.
Yuan Wuxi looked for prestige and said to the person who asked: "This pond is in the Silverhole Ridge, and now it is called the Melting Evil Pool! After speaking, he rolled his eyes, twisted his fingers and calculated, nodded his head, and continued: "Come to think of it, there should be water at this time." ”
When everyone heard this, they immediately became happy and congratulated each other, but because of this battle, many people were injured by the Seven Evil Heavenly Luo Mirror, so they also respected Yuan Wuxi.
Kongxing, who had been standing on the side and listening silently, also smiled at this moment, and stepped forward and said: "Amitabha, the poor monk has thanked Xuanyuanzi's predecessors for this. ”
Yuan Wuxi rolled his eyes, but said: "I think that the old monk only knows that this poison can be solved, but he doesn't know where the evil pool is. ”
Kongxing was puzzled and said, "Ask the old man Xuanyuanzi, why doesn't the master know?"
Yuan Wuxi rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "There were many sword immortals who were poisoned by the Seven Evil Heavenly Luo Mirror back then, if they all went to the Demon Suppression Pool to get water, I was afraid that they would collapse the Worm Ridge for a while, and once the Demon Dao learned the news and destroyed the Demon Healing Pool, wouldn't it be a waste of all my previous achievements? Therefore, I discussed with the head of the sect, Xuan Qingzhen, and Guiyunguan distributed the antidote to everyone. ”
Everyone nodded unconsciously, but after thinking about it, Yuan Wuxi said everything like a bean in a bamboo tube at this time, thinking that it was because the Seven Evil Heavenly Luo Mirror had been destroyed, and there was no need to worry about the future.
After Yuan Wuxi finished speaking, he turned his head to Feng Shuzhu and said, "How about it, poor scholar, you shouldn't know this secret, right?"
Feng Shuzhu smiled slightly and said, "Yuan's predecessors are all over the world, and Feng is lonely and unheard. ”
Kong Xing said again: "Amitabha, according to the words of Xuanyuanzi's predecessors, next, we are going to the Silverhole Ridge." Speaking of this, he swept the surroundings, and then said: "Feng Shaoxia, Jingchenzi Daoist, according to the poor monk's opinion, it is better to rest for a few days, and then discuss how to get on the road." ”
Jing Chenzi said: "There is no objection to the poor road. ”
Feng Shuzhu nodded when he heard this, but walked towards Shui Lingyue not far away, and said closely: "Water Woman, Feng knows that you are also injured, and besides, this woman is inconvenient to act at the moment, Feng suggests, it is better to recuperate for a few days according to what Master Kongxing said." ”
Hearing this, Shui Lingyue glanced at Feng Shuzhu, but did not speak, but nodded slightly.
Just as everyone was walking towards the town, they suddenly heard a high-pitched crane chirping in the air.
Feng Shuzhu looked up and saw that it was Xiao Jiu who took Chu Qing and circled in the air before slowly falling in front of him.
Chu Qing jumped off the crane's back and shouted happily, "Brother Feng." Then he threw himself into the arms of Feng Shuzhu, thinking about it in every way, feeling infinitely, and finally seeing Feng Shuzhu at this time.
At this moment, all the feelings burst out together, Chu Qing's eyes were sour, and suddenly tears flowed like a spring, her shoulders shrugged, and she sobbed: "Brother Feng, why haven't you gone back for so long, have you forgotten Qing'er?"
Xiao Jiu on the side also whispered a few times, arching his neck against the wind and bamboo, as if he was also expressing his thoughts.
Feng Shuzhu smiled, patted Chu Qing's shoulder gently, and comforted: "Brother Feng was just entangled in the matter here for a while, and he has been thinking about Qing'er in his heart. ”
When Chu Qing heard this, she raised her head, her watery eyes were full of tears, her mouth pursed, and she questioned, "I don't believe it." ”
Feng Shuzhu smiled, pointed to the devastated field after the battle, and said, "I don't believe you." ”
At this time, Chu Qing noticed that this place had almost become a ruin, and some uninjured disciples of the Righteous Path were silently collecting corpses, but the dead of the Righteous Path and the Demon Path were placed separately. As far as the eye can see, it can be said that the corpses are full of bones, a gust of mountain wind blows, and the smell of blood is wafting, and even more so, the corpse is incomplete, the flesh and blood are blurred, and the internal organs are flowing all over the ground, seeing this, a nausea feeling rushes straight to the viscera, and the stomach is constricted, Chu Qing bent down and retched a few times, and gently helped his back through the wind and Shuzhu, before it eased slightly.
Chu Qing raised her head, looked at Feng Shuzhu's face that was as calm as water, nodded vigorously, and then carefully looked at Feng Shuzhu's whole body, and asked with concern: "Then Brother Feng, are you okay?" ”
Feng Shuzhu shook his head and said, "I'm fine." ”
While the two were talking, the little chubby bear bag or cloth bag held back for too long, and after a period of drumming, he stuck out his head, looked around with timid eyes, and then looked at Feng Shuzhu.
Feng Shuzhu was curious for a while and asked, "Qing'er, is there any small animal in the cloth bag?"
When Chu Qing heard this, she wiped her tears, burst into tears, and said, "It's a bag, I'll take it out and show you." After speaking, he squatted down and released the little fat bear bag, and then said: "Bagbag, this is the big brother Feng we are looking for." ”
After the little fat bear bag came out, he first looked at the scene around him, and suddenly his limbs were weak with fright, his body trembled, and after hearing Chu Qing's words, he looked at Feng Shuzhu timidly, and then hid under Chu Qing's skirt, only revealing one head, turning left and right, and continuing to observe the tragedy around him.
Feng Shuzhu smiled and said, "This is called a pocket beast, it can understand human language, and it likes to collect treasures. ”
Chu Qing smiled slyly and said, "Where is collecting, obviously I like to steal." After speaking, he laughed with Feng Shuzhu.
Hearing the happy laughter of the two, the little fat bear bag decided that the danger here had passed, and walked out, but he still sniffed the air with his nose, then grinned, walked to Feng Shuzhu, took out a paper ball from his belly pocket, and motioned to give it to Feng Shuzhu.
Chu Qing's eyes widened curiously, squatted down, took the paper ball, and said, "What is this, Bagbag, do you want to give it to Big Brother Feng?"
The little fat bear bag grinned and nodded, Feng Shuzhu took the paper ball handed by Chu Qing, unfolded it, smiled, and said, "It's a silver ticket of one thousand taels, is this a meeting gift?"
Seeing that the little chubby bear bag nodded, Feng Shuzhu handed the silver ticket to Chu Qing, who looked curious, and sighed: "I didn't expect it to be so proficient in human feelings." ”
Chu Qing took the silver ticket, looked at it carefully for a long time, and said with a puzzled expression: "Brother Feng, what does this silver ticket do?"
Feng Shuzhu said with a smile: "This is a kind of bill that is common in the world, and it can be exchanged for silver when you go to the silver number of the money bank. ”
Chu Qing's eyes widened and said, "It's so amazing, that means that when you walk outside, you can only bring silver tickets, and you don't have to carry so much silver." ”
Feng Shuzhu smiled and nodded, Chu Qing squatted down again, lightly slapped the little fat bear bag, and said, "In the past few days, I have no money to eat, and I have slept in the wilderness, and I don't see you take it out." ”
The little chubby bear bag covered his head and grinned.
Chu Qing handed the silver ticket to Feng Shuzhu and said, "Brother Feng, this is a meeting gift for bags, you can accept it." ”
Feng Shuzhu smiled and said: "I received my heart, I am a person outside the world, what is the use of receiving this silver ticket." ”
Chu Qing took the silver ticket and glanced at the little fat bear bag, only to see that it lowered its head and scratched its belly, as if it was unhappy.
Seeing this, Feng Shuzhu smiled and said, "Then Qing'er will store it for me, okay." ”
Hearing this, the little chubby bear bag raised his head and grinned, and nodded vigorously.
While talking, he saw Shui Lingyue walking over slowly, with a pair of cold beautiful eyes, glanced at Chu Qing and the little fat bear bag, and said softly to Feng Shuzhu: "Feng Shaoxia." ”
Chu Qing was swept away by Shui Lingyue's gaze, and couldn't help but feel awe-inspired, but what attracted her more was the woman's appearance and temperament, not only her appearance was bright and beautiful, but also her bones revealed a kind of cold and frost-like otherworldly temperament, which made people feel pity and at the same time, she was a little awe-inspiring, and Lin Xianniang who met in Cangqing Qingshan Cave on the night of the thunderstorm was two completely different styles of beauty.
Little Fat Bear Bag's "infatuation" for beautiful women has always been extremely exposed, but he is afraid of Shui Lingyue's coldness, and he can't help but want to see it, but he doesn't dare to look at it.
Feng Shuzhu turned his head to see that it was Shui Lingyue, and said, "Is there something wrong with the Water Woman?"
Shui Lingyue didn't speak, but just turned her head to look at the woman behind her.
Feng Shuzhu suddenly realized, tapped his head, and said: "Feng is confused, and he forgot about saving the water woman's fellow disciples for a while." ”
Shui Lingyue's lips pursed lightly, her face was still like frost, and she said in a low voice: "There is a young man." ”
Chu Qing saw such a beautiful woman talking to Feng Shuzhu, her face was thin and angry, and she pouted: "Brother Feng, who is this woman?"
When Feng Shuzhu heard this, he smiled with a smile on his eyebrows, shook his head slightly, and said, "Qing'er, don't be rude, this is the Shui Lingyue Woman of Shuiyue Palace, how old should you be, you need to say hello." After speaking, he said to Shui Lingyue: "Water Woman, this is Chu Qing, the righteous sister of Feng." ”
Although Chu Qing was not very happy, when she heard that Feng Shuzhu wanted to say hello to herself, she still said with a little reluctance: "Hello Water Woman." ”
Shui Lingyue glanced at Chu Qing, and said expressionlessly, "Miss Chu is good." ”
Suddenly, there was a Buddha horn in front of me, and I saw Kong Xing slowly walking over, glanced at everyone, and said, "Feng Shaoxia, who are these two?"
Feng Shuzhu said with a smile: "Feng is really confused, forgetting so many important things for a while. Then he turned around and said, "Master Kongxing, this is the Shui Lingyue Woman of the Water Moon Palace, and this is Chu Qing, the righteous sister of Feng." ”
When Shui Lingyue heard this, she didn't speak, just nodded her head slightly.
Chu Qing said with joy in her eyes: "I've seen the Empty Walk Mage." ”
Hearing this, Kong Xing also nodded slightly, and then continued: "Feng Shaoxia, it's better to go to the town, there are some things that need to be discussed by Feng Shaoxia and Water Woman." ”
Feng Shuzhu glanced at Shui Lingyue and said, "Feng is discussing with the Water Lady how to treat that fellow disciple, please take the first step forward, and we will go over later." ”
Hearing this, Kongxing pointed in the direction of the wind and bamboo, glanced at the white-clothed "Su Nu" who was no longer able to move, recited the sentence "Amitabha", and turned around and walked towards the town.
Behind him, Feng Shuzhu and Shui Lingyue, together with Chu Qing, followed Xiao Jiu and Xiao Chubby Bear Bag, and walked to the woman in white together.
Feng Shuzhu looked up and down for a moment, then turned around and said: "Water Woman, according to the wind for many days, the so-called Su Nu is a demon such as a double-faced Buddha, when a person is about to die, when there is still a trace of breath, he is fed with special poison to control his mind. ”
When Chu Qing on the side heard this, he suddenly felt creepy, extremely cruel, and muttered: "The Demon Dao is so vicious. After speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at the woman in white, although she lost her mind and her skin was dry like wax, her facial features were delicate and beautiful, and she was not inferior to Shui Lingyue, and she couldn't help but feel sorry, and then said: "Brother Feng, is this sister still saved?"
Feng Shuzhu smiled slightly: "If Feng is not mistaken, this woman of the Water Moon Palace was captured by someone who was stunned by a secret plot, and she was fed poison before she woke up, but the heroine has a deep foundation, and the poison can only temporarily erode the body, and it does not hurt the true yuan, just restore her sanity, and let it urge the exercises by itself, detoxify from the inside to the outside every day, persevere, and you can be cured after a few days." ”
When Shui Lingyue heard this, her eyes lit up, and a trace of indescribable joy flashed, not to mention that she had been saved by the scholar in front of her at the moment of life and death before, so she said slowly: "But I don't know that Feng Shaoxia, there is a way to wake up my senior sister." ”
Without waiting for Feng Shuzhu to answer, Chu Qing preemptively said: "Pure Heart and Calm Divine Comedy." ”
Feng Shuzhu smiled and said, "Qing'er is so smart. After speaking, he took out an emerald green flute more than an inch long from his cuff, and the flute quickly grew to about three feet in his hand, and his whole body was extremely green.
Feng Shuzhu brought the flute to his lips, his eyes looked at the woman in white, his fingers moved slightly, and the soothing and elegant flute sound came, like a fishing boat moored on the shore, and like a spring flower, every beating note was like a spring dripping in a cave, Ding Dong, Ding Dong, Ding Dong...... , listening to the soothing and calm people.
Under the soothing sound of the flute, the white on the white-clothed woman's skin gradually faded at a visible speed, and finally disappeared, and after showing a painful and distorted look on her face, she suddenly covered her chest, opened her mouth, and spit out a mouthful of dark black stained blood, after a while, her expression was soothing, she raised her eyes and looked around, and immediately found Shui Lingyue, and at the same time exclaimed: "Senior sister!", and then fainted again.
Shui Lingyue's body moved, caught it, raised a pair of bright eyes, looked over, and saw Feng Shuzhu smile confidently and said: "Water Woman, don't worry, your senior sister has recovered her senses at this time, but her body is weak and fainted for a while." ”
Shui Lingyue was grateful, and said lightly: "Shui Lingyue, thank you Feng Shaoxia." ”
With Chu Qing's help, everyone supported the woman in white and walked towards the town together.
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Luotian Town, inside a large abandoned house.
Everyone sat around the fire, but there was silence in the air.
Feng Shuzhu picked up a few dead branches from his hand and threw them into the fire, the flames gradually burned up, and from time to time there was a cracking "crackling" sound.
Shui Lingyue's face was calm, sitting on the left hand side of Feng Shuzhu, a pair of bright eyes reflecting the burning flames.
Chu Qing leaned on the right side of Feng Shuzhu, curled up with her legs in her arms, holding the little fat bear bag in her arms, and was already asleep.
Master Kongxing, Jing Chenzi and the others sat opposite Feng Shuzhu, and Xiao Jiu leaned against the corner of the wall and also took a nap.
On the bed in the inner room, the female disciple of Shuiyue Palace was sleeping quietly, and Yuan Wuxi had long since disappeared.
Outside the window, it was raining.
The mountain wind, stirring the dense oblique rain curtain, washed over the exterior walls of the houses and the broken doors and windows, making a rustling sound and falling on everyone's hearts.
Kong Ming tiptoed in, Kong Xing glanced up at him, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and finally broke the silence and said, "Are you all settled?"
Kong Ming nodded, and said in a low voice: "It's all settled, and the Guiyun audience and Taoist friends live next door," After speaking, he glanced at Jing Chenzi, saw Jing Chenzi nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "The captured Demon Dao demons, guarded by all the senior brothers, are just across the street." As he spoke, he gestured to the house opposite.
Through the rain curtain, the lights in the opposite room could be faintly seen, and the empty line nodded, and fell silent again.
Feng Shuzhu looked at it, and said with a slightly solemn face: "This fierce battle, I don't know how the damage of each faction is?"
First, Jing Chenzi sighed deeply and said, "This time I went down the mountain, and the head of the sect sent an edict that Poor Dao brought a total of 100 disciples to eliminate demons. Speaking of this, the muscles on his face twitched, and he said, "Now there are only fifteen disciples left, and the rest, the rest of the disciples are all killed." After speaking, his face was painful, and he lowered his head.
Then Kongxing closed his eyes, recited a Buddha name, stood up tremblingly, obviously very emotional, and said: "The poor monk is incompetent, and he has been involved in the two factions of Daoist friends of Yunguan and Shuiyue Palace. ”
Hearing this, Shui Lingyue raised a pair of bright eyes and glanced at the empty line, but did not speak.
Feng Shuzhu glanced at Shui Lingyue beside him, and turned his head to Kongxing: "Master Kongxing doesn't have to blame himself so much, but I don't know what the situation is in Kongjue Temple?"
Kong Ming, who also sat down on the side, looked at the fire with lost eyes, and continued: "This time I went down the mountain, Shizun sent a total of fifty senior brothers, and after this battle, there are only eleven people left, and there are still five people with the poison of the Seven Heavenly Luo Mirrors. ”
Jing Chenzi got up slowly and said movingly: "If it weren't for my uncle and the water woman who appeared in time this time, the casualties would be immeasurable." ”
Feng Shuzhu frowned slightly, and originally wanted to get up to soothe his feelings, but he glanced at Chu Qing, who was sleeping with his arm, and finally gave up, and said slowly: "It is really within my generation to sacrifice my life to eliminate demons and save the people in the world, but this time," he paused for a moment, and continued: "It is indeed a bit tragic, eradicating a two-faced Buddha and demon and Yan Shutian will have to pay such a price, and there are reasons for underestimating the opponent, but what is even more terrifying is that if the Demon Sect's shadow really reappears in the world, it will definitely be a catastrophe in the world, an unimaginable catastrophe in the world." ”
When it came to the Demon Sect's shadow confusion, everyone's bodies couldn't help but froze, and Shui Lingyue, who had always been quiet and silent, couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at the wind and bamboo.
Inside the room, there was silence again, and the wind and rain outside seemed to be louder.
"Next, I wonder what you are going to do?"
Feng Shuzhu glanced at Kongxing and Jing Chenzi, and finally stopped his gaze on Shui Lingyue's body.
Kong Xing sighed and said: "The poor monk and several junior disciples are highly poisonous, and next, I am afraid that I will go to the Silverfish Ridge to find the evil pool that Xuanyuanzi's predecessors said, and the junior brother Kong Ming needs to escort the demon demon and the other junior disciples back to the mountain to restore their lives." ”
Jing Chenzi nodded and said, "Poor Dao will lead all the disciples back to the mountain tomorrow to resume their lives, but, just like this, I really don't know how to explain to the master." ”
Feng Shuzhu saw that Shui Lingyue lowered her head and was silent, so she asked, "What is the water woman's next plan?"
Shui Lingyue raised her head, glanced at Feng Shuzhu deeply, and said lightly: "When my senior sister's injury is stable, return to Shuiyue Palace." ”
Feng Shuzhu nodded, and continued: "The Water Moon Palace has already declared the forbidden land of the Three Realms, but there is a question that Feng should not ask. ”
Hearing this, Shui Lingyue raised her head, her bright eyes reflected Feng Shuzhu's expectant expression, hesitated slightly, and said slowly: "Feng Shaoxia, please speak." ”
The corners of Feng Shuzhu's mouth moved, and he said, "Feng doesn't know what the palace master of the Water Moon Palace is going to do about the Demon Sect's shadow confusion?"
Hearing this, Kong Xing and Jing Chenzi both turned their heads and looked at Shui Lingyue intently.
And the woman with a cold face and a beautiful face in everyone's attention said coldly: "The family teacher only ordered me to go down the mountain to find the missing senior sister, and the rest did not explain. ”
Feng Shuzhu thought for a while, and didn't ask anymore, but the little chubby bear bag sleeping next to him accidentally fell from Chu Qing's arms, disturbing the sleeping Chu Qing, with his eyes soaked, it seemed that he was not yet awake, glanced at Feng Shuzhu, and saw Shui Lingyue by the way, and said: "Brother Feng, Sister Shui, what are you talking about, why don't you sleep yet." ”
Hearing this, Shui Lingyue pursed her lips.
Feng Shuzhu smiled, picked up the little chubby bear bag with one hand, put it back in Chu Qing's arms, and shook his head gently.
Kong Xing looked out the window at this time, looked at the terrible wind and rain, and said in a low voice: "Fellow Daoists, it is indeed not early, it is better to meditate and rest." ”
Everyone nodded, and sat down with their eyes closed.