Leaving Huashan, flying all the way in the direction of Nantianmen, Qingxin was silent all the way.

Nezha followed all the way, frowning tightly, always maintaining a distance of three feet.

One after the other, only a few days, he really couldn't understand what had happened under his nose in the past few days, why Qingxin seemed to be a different person.

Fortunately, I'm finally going back to Nantianmen. After getting through this hurdle, if there is anything next, there will be nothing else.

But don't let anything happen on this road.

Along the way, Nezha cheered up and vigilantly watched the changes around him. It wasn't until he saw Nantianmen from a distance that Nezha's heart relaxed a little.

Back at Nantianmen, Qingxin saw Li Jing directly, and bluntly told Li Jing that what she wanted had been found, and what Li Jing wanted her to do, she would do it, of course, she still had to follow her rules.

Before Li Jing could figure out what the situation was, Qingxin had already turned around and left. Only Nezha and Li Jing are left, you look at me and I look at yours, I don't know why.

Leaving the Nantian Gate, the pure heart went straight to the thirty-third heaven and returned to the Tushi Palace.

As soon as the few Taoist children guarding outside the Tushi Palace saw Qingxin coming, they all surrounded them. The purple robe led by the leader arched his hand and said: "Senior sister Qingxin, the master is in the palace." ”

Qingxin stood quietly, staring down at the empty ground, his expression looking a little sluggish.

Several Dao boys looked at each other.

The master said...... If you have any questions you want to ask, you can go to him. ”

Qingxin pursed her lips and looked up at several Taoist children, took a deep breath, propped up a smile and said, "No." ”

She smiled widely. But it's very different from the usual. There is no such arrogance. It's more like putting on a mask.

"No?"

"Nope. Qingxin shook his head and said, "I'm a little tired...... I don't want to see him just yet. ”

As he spoke, without waiting for the purple robe to answer, Qingxin took a step and passed by him, walking in the direction of his small house in the Tushi Palace.

Looking back at Qingxin's back, the purple robe frowned slightly.

"What's wrong with her, what's going on?"

"Did you suffer something?"

"Probably not. If you suffer somewhere, you must be clamoring to go back for revenge. Just like last time. ”

The purple robe thought for a moment and said, "Don't talk too much." ”

The rest of the Dao Tong hurriedly closed their mouths one by one. Say no more.

......

The breeze caressed the branches, and the sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, leaving dappled spots on the shady path.

Qingxin lowered her head slightly, held her breath, pursed her lips, and gradually quickened her pace.

Before the senior brothers who met occasionally had time to greet her, they saw that she had already passed by.

In the blink of an eye, she had come to her cottage on the side of the attic where Lao Jun lived, and she entered without saying a word and closed the door.

......

In the attic not far away, Lao Jun's brows furrowed into a figure of eight, and he raised his eyes to look at the roof. I don't know what I'm thinking.

Beside him, the finch sat quietly on her knees. Tea is brewed.

The teacup placed in front of Lao Jun, the tea in it was cold and changed, changed and cold, so many times, Lao Jun slowly closed his eyes and sighed leisurely: "Forget it, don't drink tea, don't be busy." ”

"Don't be busy, as long as the master doesn't dislike the finches and waste tea. After a pause, the finch continued: "If you don't make tea and have your hands free, you will be a little panicked." ”

Taking a deep breath, Lao Jun patted her hand lightly and said, "It's hard for you." ”

The finch bowed her head and said nothing.

......

Sunlight shines through the window lattice, forming a staggered pattern of light and shadow in the room.

Qingxin was like a little girl, leaning her back against the door and hiding her face.

The memories of the third life, all kinds of mixed feelings, instantly swallowed reason, and tears burst out of his eyes......

......

At this time, the monkey group was passing through a fertile plain.

On the edge of the plain, they saw a stone tablet with the words "Wuji Country Boundary", but as they gradually deepened, they did not see the kind of thriving scene that this fertile land should have.

Instead, they saw a hell on earth.

According to the map that Xuanzang asked for from the people along the way, they went deeper into the plain step by step, and within a mile, they saw a mutilated corpse lying on the side of the road.

Depending on the situation, he must have been dead for many days. His face had already been gnawed by the scavenging crow, and his limbs had been torn apart. It can only be roughly distinguished as a middle-aged man.

Tianpeng walked over with his nose covered, carefully examined the corpse, and then looked around carefully, and said, "He killed him, and cut his throat with a knife." Without any luggage, maybe a robbery. ”

"Robbery?" Xiao Bailong looked back and said, "If you want to say that the mountains and forests are all plains, they are not so peaceful?"

"Maybe the country is not peaceful in the first place. ”

The deceased was hastily buried, Xuanzang briefly recited a Buddhist scripture in front of the grave, and the group went on the road again.

After a while, they saw a village that had been marked on Xuanzang's map.

In Xuanzang's bag, there are three recipients of letters who live in this village. According to Xuanzang's plan, the group was going to stay in this village for one night. On the one hand, it is necessary to send letters, and on the other hand, it is also necessary to supplement the dry food through guò yuan.

However, as they get closer to the village, they find that something is wrong.

The fertile fields that stretch as far as the eye can see are filled with weeds. It was the busy farming season, and I didn't see half of the villagers working in the fields.

As we got closer to the village, there were more and more crows, and the ears were filled with unpleasant "quack" sounds.

"What's the matter with the people in this place? don't need to eat food, can they all ascend to immortals?" the little white dragon looked around and muttered to himself.

Soon, they suddenly discovered that there was no one in the entire village, dozens of houses!

A gentle breeze blew, picking up a few fallen leaves.

A few people walked on the village road in amazement.

The canopy quickly quickened its pace and searched from house to house.

The monkey also released his senses. The entire village was quickly surveyed. Helplessly, he sighed and said, "I don't have any life." There were also twelve corpses, ranging from young to old. ”

"What's going on, is it a famine?" asked the little white dragon.

"Do you think this place looks like a disaster? There is no flooding and no drought, what a good year. ”

As he spoke, the canopy had returned.

"How's it going? Could it be the plague?" asked the monkey.

Tianpeng looked around, and said lightly: "It's not a plague, most of those corpses are not starving." It is to be killed. Only one is sick and dead, or old and frail, and lacks care. ”

"It looks like a military disaster. The monkey plucked out his ears and looked back at Xuanzang: "It seems that the letter you want to send can't be delivered, what are you going to do next?"

Xuanzang held the Buddha beads and frowned.

He hesitated for a moment before replying, "Let's stay here tonight, by the way...... and bury all those who died in vain. ”

"Okay. The monkey shouted, turned his head to look at the little white dragon and the black bear, and said, "Did you hear that?" Hurry up and help. ”

"Why me?" the little white dragon immediately shouted.

"Why don't I go?" asked the monkey with a blank face.

"Don't ...... Great Sage, you better rest. I'll go, I'll go. Sighing helplessly, the little white dragon had no choice but to follow the black bear spirit and Tianpeng and start to look for the corpse from house to house.

It was not until the sun set that they buried all the corpses left in the village at a cemetery at the entrance of the village.

Xuanzang took out a few ritual utensils and placed them in front of the grave, and began to recite the scriptures one by one.

This thought was read late into the night. Several of the others yawned in boredom.

Although they are all immortal cultivators, and they are not as taboo as ordinary mortals, staying in the cemetery is uncomfortable after all.

After reciting the scriptures, the group hastily settled down in the village, and set out again the next morning before dawn.

Just half a day later, they came to the second village marked on Xuanzang's map. Unfortunately, this village is the same as the previous one!

"Hey. The monkey reached out and picked up the wooden spoon that had been discarded in the grass by the roadside, and sighed, "What's going on?"

"Didn't you say a military disaster?" asked the little white dragon.

"If it's a military disaster, it's too thorough. ”

Helplessly, everyone followed the previous method and gathered the corpses scattered in the village for burial. This upside down is upside down to the sunset.

As a result, everyone had to settle down in this second deserted village.

All night, Xuanzang looked worried.

The next day, I continued westward and saw the third and fourth identical villages.

It was as if the whole plain was shrouded in the shadow of death.

walked all the way, and on the fifth day, they came to a small town marked by Xuanzang.

There are people in this town, but it is a dilapidated scene.

The streets are littered with homeless people in ragged clothes and dying in the shade of trees. Many of the houses had their windows peeled off and hung on the walls, making it look like they were no longer occupied. The whole market on the street seemed to have just been smashed, and all kinds of wooden planks and supplies were scattered all over the ground with fallen leaves, and no one cleaned them up.

And the residents of the town itself also dodged one by one when they saw the monkeys, and their eyes were full of fear.

That kind of look was different from the fear of youkai they had seen on the road before, but an indescribable, somewhat neurotic fear.

What's even more strange is that the black bear spirit and the monkey, these two figures that are obviously monsters have walked into the town...... If usual, it must be the whole town that came out together, with torches and blades to surround them, Xuanzang said a lot of things, and finally barely calmed down. But here, there is no one who even asks, and one by one just avoids them.

"What are you doing here?" the monkey turned his face to look at Xuanzang and asked, "Is there a letter to be sent here?"

Xuanzang took out a crumpled letter from his arms and said, "The farthest letter is here, there is only one." ”

The monkey took the letter, glanced at it twice, walked quickly towards a young man with a dull expression standing on the corner of the street, and shouted from afar: "Hey, you! It's you, don't look around......!

Before he could finish speaking, the young man had already run away.

The monkey was quick with one eye, stretched out his hand and sucked, and used his spiritual power to pull him from five zhang away to his side.

Before the monkey could speak, he heard a "clang" sound, and the windows on the second floors of the buildings on both sides of the street were closed. The displaced people who were originally paralyzed on the ground around them also fled one by one, leaving only one who didn't know whether he was too old to walk, or if he was so frightened that his feet were weak and crawled slowly not far from the monkey, letting out a weak wail: "Monsters......

"Damn, Lao Tzu is a monster...... Why didn't you run just now?" Lowering his head, the monkey found that the young man who was being dragged by himself had collapsed on the ground, and as soon as he let go, he fell down with a "bang".

"Fainted?" the monkey was speechless.

Tianpeng hurriedly walked to the man's side, half-squatted down, sniffed, checked his pulse again, and said, "Hungry and dizzy." It has nothing to do with you. ”

The monkey shook his head and said, "Why can't I help but be so scared?" ”

The little white dragon stretched out his head and said, "It seems that it is impossible to ask for directions, what should I do now?"

"It doesn't matter if you ask or not, the address says on it. How big is the town?"

"Then what should he do?" asked the little white dragon as he pointed to the man lying on the ground.

The monkey glanced back at Xuanzang, rolled his eyes and said, "Let's go together." Since he is hungry and faint, there is still some dry food in the bag, so give it to him. ”

"Okay!"

This town is indeed not big, and the main streets, one running north-south and the other east-west, just converge into a cross. There are road monuments on the road, there are archways at the mouth of the alley, and it is indeed very easy to find a place. After a while, the group found the address written on the envelope.

Unfortunately, what they saw was half of the door that was hidden, and the other side of the door panel was simply gone.

Xuanzang stood at the gate and knocked on the door for a long time, but there was no response. After entering the courtyard and seeing the scene like ruins, Xuanzang completely believed that the house had been abandoned.

Holding the letter, for a while, Xuanzang didn't know what to do.

"What's next?"

"Or ...... Stay here. It's not too early, so stay here and make plans tomorrow. Xuanzang looked around, hoping to find some more clues, but he couldn't find anything.

"Why don't I go catch a few and ask what's going on?"

Xuanzang glanced at the young man with the black bear spirit on his back, and said, "No, don't disturb the others anymore." When he wakes up, just ask him. ”

Looking at this situation, when the owner of the house left with his family, he should have been so nervous that he did not bring many daily necessities. The little white dragon even found some broken silver in the dark compartment at the bottom of the drawer. The only thing that the whole house lacks may be food.

Hastily settled, Xuanzang took out the only bit of dry food, soaked it in water and boiled it into a paste, and fed it to the young man who picked it up on the road little by little.

In a daze, the man swallowed. However, it was not until late at night that he slowly opened his eyes. (To be continued......)

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