The Great Desert of the Western Regions Chapter 160 Barrenness
The world, Tianshui City.
Qingchen Taiyin and Da'e settled in a small inn in the city.
They arrived in Tianshui City at dusk, and when they came, a grand sacrificial celebration was being held in the city, and they didn't know which way they worshipped.
The three of them were in a hurry to settle down, and they didn't pay much attention to the ceremonies on the street, and hurried to the inn.
In the inn, the candle flame was dim, and only a lazy little er was napping on the counter.
Hearing footsteps outside the door, Xiao Er slowly opened his eyes.
Seeing the three of them, Xiao Er's face showed surprise. "Why would anyone come to stay today!
Da'e just wanted to get angry when she heard this, but Taiyin immediately raised her hand to stop her, and said to Xiao Er with a smile: "I'm tired of the store... We're from out of town, we're passing through here, and we don't know what the rituals are here?"
Xiao Er coughed lightly, picked up a pot of tea from the counter and walked to a square table in front of the hall, "Guest officers, please take a seat!"
"Since you're from out of town, you don't need to know so much, so let's leave as soon as you're done tonight!"
Qingchen looked at Xiao Er's slightly sad face and said, "Could it be that this sacrificial celebration is strange?"
Xiao Er shook his head and said, "It's not weird, it's just that the object of this sacrifice is not acceptable to ordinary people!"
"Isn't it decent?" Qingchen asked.
Xiao Er nodded and said, "As Shaoxia said, the object of sacrifice is indeed not a decent person, but if you want to say that the crime is extremely evil, it is not necessarily." ”
"There is a temple in the northwest of this hundred miles, called Tianlong Temple. There is a demon monk and eighteen arhats in its temple, and in our northwest place, the people call it Tianlong Xiaoling Mountain. ”
"Tianlong Temple?" Qingchen frowned, "It's really a narrow road, this accident, I stepped on someone's chassis!"
"You... You know Tianlong Temple!" Xiao Er was extremely surprised when he heard this, "This is the first time I've heard it from an outsider!"
"Then since everyone knows that Tianlong Temple is an evil sect, why do you want to hold such a grand celebration for him?" Taiyin asked puzzled.
Xiao Er sighed and said, "Actually, the people know the true face of Tianlong Temple, but Tianlong Temple is not without doing practical things for the people. Every time there is a big drought, Tianlong Temple will ensure that the wind and rain in the northwest region are smooth, but Tianlong Temple has only one requirement, that is, to help it hold a grand sacrificial celebration every month. ”
"In this way, this Tianlong Temple is not bad, at least it has brought benefits to the people. But why do you want to hold a sacrificial celebration?" Da'e asked.
Qingchen slowly picked up the teacup and said, "If I'm right, Tianlong Temple is doing this to help me cultivate. ”
"As we all know, all Buddhas need incense from all people in the world, and the more incense there is, the stronger the Buddha's cultivation ability. Presumably, the sacrificial celebrations held by the people were also a means to help Tenryuji accumulate incense. ”
"Since all the guest officers know about Tianlong Temple, they must also know that Tianlong Temple is not something that we ordinary people can mess with!, so I still advise you to leave as soon as possible tomorrow morning!" Xiao Er saw that Qingchen and the others were unimpressed, and anxiously admonished.
Qingchen smiled, nodded slightly, and said, "Thank you for reminding us, tomorrow morning, we will leave immediately." ”
Xiao Er nodded and walked back to the counter.
At this time, a young man dressed as a villager hurriedly ran in from outside the door, panting and said, "Brother, it's not good!"
Xiao Er frowned, looked at the guy with a look of disgust, and said, "What's the matter, Dazhu! I lost all my gambling money again and came to your brother to ask for money? I can tell you, I won't give you anything this time!"
The young man hurriedly shook his head, picked up the teapot on the counter and poured it with his mouth open.
"Brother, something really happened this time!" Dazhu wiped the tea from his mouth, "Something happened to the sacrificial celebration outside!"
"What are you kidding me, I've held so many celebrations, how could something happen!" Xiao Er sneered, seemingly dissatisfied with his cousin.
The young man said anxiously: "Brother, I really didn't lie to you this time, the sacrifice to Tianlong Temple this time is dead!"
"What!?" Xiao Er had a frightened expression on his face, and immediately put down the ledger in his hand and ran to the table of Qingchen and the others.
"A few guest officers, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time! If you want to live, it's better to leave Tianshui City overnight!"
Qingchen smiled slightly and said, "Won't we survive if we stay here tonight?"
Xiao Er said anxiously: "It's not that you can't live, it's that you are simply sent to death!"
"Although the monks of Tianlong Temple look like monks on the surface, none of them are good things!
"Slaughter the city?" Taiyin couldn't sit still when he heard this, "Just because the young woman who paid tribute died, he launched the slaughter of the city, are these people really monks? In my opinion, they are simply inferior to beasts!"
Qingchen waved his hand, signaling Taiyin not to be too impulsive, "Brother Taiyin, I have dealt with the eighteen arhats of this Tianlong Temple a little... Those people are indeed ruthless masters. ”
"What does Brother Qingchen mean... We're going to have to meddle in this, right?" Taiyin asked.
Qingchen smiled slightly, and said, "Of course, isn't it just for us to cultivate immortals to support justice! Since such an evil thing has been encountered by us, how can it be ignored!"
"Hahaha! Refreshing!" Taiyin laughed loudly, "I just like Brother Qingchen's character!
Xiao Er couldn't help but swallow his saliva when he heard Qingchen and Taiyin's conversation. "You... Do you want to... What are you doing against Tenryu Temple?"
"Shopkeeper, you are mistaken, I already have a grudge against Tianlong Temple, and this time they hurt the people because of such a heinous thing, it is unforgivable!" Qingchen said coldly.
Xiao Er glanced at Dazhu, and then said to Qingchen without changing his face: "Several guest officers are extraordinary at first glance, if they can save the people of Tianshui City from the fire of water, they will definitely be grateful and loved by all our people." ”
At this time, the big pillar that had just appeared was kicked into the inn from outside the door and fell heavily on the ground in front of Xiao Er.
Xiao Er looked out of the door in a panic, only to see a capable woman in a black tights standing at the door.
"Jin Yueru, why are you here!" Qingchen looked at the person who came in surprise, it was Jin Yueru who said goodbye to him on Wutai Mountain.
Jin Yueru walked in, stepped on the chest of the big pillar, and shouted: "Say! What kind of conspiracy do you have!"
Da Zhusheng clutched his stomach and said, "Auntie, how can we have any conspiracy! We are just ordinary ordinary people!"
"This girl, I think you must have misunderstood, they are really just ordinary people in this Tianshui City!" Taiyin explained to Dazhu.
Jin Yueru looked at Qingchen angrily, and said, "How can I say that I am also a powerhouse in the Immortal Realm! Why can't I even see that I have fallen into someone else's illusion?"
As soon as Jin Yueru said this, Xiao Er's face immediately showed a strange expression, and he turned around and ran towards the door of the inn.
But just as he was about to rush out of the inn, suddenly a big mountain rose from the ground, and Xiao Er hit the mountain wall straight up.
Qingchen sighed and said, "Thank you Miss Yueru for your concern! The entire Tianshui City has been covered by my map of mountains and rivers, as for these two people, I'm just waiting for them to show their true colors!"
Jin Yueru snorted coldly and kicked Da Zhu's stomach, and Da Zhu was directly kicked away by it and rolled to Qingchen's feet. "Since the young man of Qingchen has already noticed it, it seems that Yueru has made more of a move!"
"No, thanks to Miss Yueru for helping me stop this big pillar that is ready to ventilate the news, otherwise our current situation will definitely not be much better!" Qingchen said.
"Hmph, even if I don't make it to the news, our boss will be able to find this place in no time! You'll all have to die by then!" said the pillar at Qingchen's feet viciously.
Qingchen stomped on Dazhu's chest with a heavy kick, and he couldn't help but scream in pain.
"Do you still have a hard mouth when you die?
"Say, which of the eighteen Arhats is your boss?"
Xiao Er got up from the ground and snorted coldly: "Our boss is the tenth Phantom Wu among the eighteen Arhats!
Qingchen's eyes were shocked, and the surrounding mountains and rocks directly wrapped Xiao Er's whole person, leaving only one head still exposed.
"Eighteen Arhats of Tianlong Temple, I killed two!" Qingchen said lightly.
"Do you dare to do it, but you say it's two, but it's actually killing four!" An ethereal voice came from outside the inn.
Qingchen became alert, he could feel that the aura of this person outside was very powerful, which was completely different from the two eighteen Arhats he had met before.
"The one outside must be the Phantom Arhat! But I, Qingchen, dare to act, say that I killed two, that is, I killed two!"
"Hmph!" a cold cry came from outside the door, and then a strong hurricane blew up, lifting the entire inn to the ground.
When the inn was blown away, the real scene around it completely appeared in front of Qingchen and the others.
Tianshui City, a once prosperous town, has now become dead and silent, with weeds on both sides of the city gates. The streets were littered with corpses, and the stench of decay and disgusting wafted through the air.
"I'm not the four pieces of waste you killed before!Today you have to pay for the sins you committed before!" Phantom Wu's tone was cold, and his eyes were full of murderous intent.
Qingchen didn't pay attention to it at all, but looked around, looking at the ruins around him, and couldn't help but feel sorry.
"Such a barren place, is it really the Tianshui City that I saw in the illusion before?"
Seeing that Qingchen ignored what he said, he rushed out in annoyance, and pulled out a dagger in his hand. "You're too blind!"
Qingchen smiled faintly, and stretched out his palm to block the dagger of Phantom Wu.
In the next moment, between the palms of his hands, the water spread, enveloping the whole person.
"Do you know that you are in my map of mountains and rivers?"