Volume 1: The Seven Stars of the Sunset in the World Chapter 22: The Legend of the Boundary Tree

"Old man, what did you rely on to repel Yeqi?" The carriage shook people drowsy, and Xiang Bei couldn't help but be curious after all, and studied Tianmo's black palms.

"As I said, since this thing comes from the darkest place, the things that are most feared are fire and light. ”

"But how can your hands emit light?" Xiang Bei continued to ask carefully. Su Su, who had been black-faced, heard this question, and finally couldn't help but be curious, and secretly turned his head to look at Tianmo.

Tianmo seemed to be able to feel that Su Su was looking at him, and instead of facing Xiang Bei, he twisted his ass and turned to Su Su. also spread his dirty hands at Su Su.

"Whether it's fire or light, they're all alive, as long as you're willing to feel them, maybe they'll accept you, and you can try to communicate with each other. ”

Listening to Lao Huazi's more and more outrageous words, afraid that he would continue to get close to him, Su Su snorted and turned around again.

Xiang Bei listened with relish, "What about Yeqi, what kind of life is it?" ”

Speaking of Yeqi, Tianmo's expression suddenly became serious,

"It is indeed life, but it is a life that should not be in this world. Its appearance in this world can only mean one thing, there is something wrong with the guardians. ”

"Have you ever wondered what our world is, what is outside the world, and what are we ourselves?" This series of inquiries made Tian Mo, who had a serious face, look like a wise man with a fairy wind, he quietly waited for Xiang Bei's answer, but what he was waiting for was Xiang Bei's slight snoring.

"You kid, you sleep soundly, and you don't feel sorry for other girls. ”

Although this last sentence was still ridiculous, it really warmed Su Su's heart, she secretly looked at Xiang Bei, who was asleep again, and opened her mouth, but she couldn't find a common topic with Tianmo.

Old Man Tianmo took the initiative to greet Su Sulai, and this time his tone was not as frivolous as before, "Girl, do you believe that Baishou Mountain can cure the Immortal Insect Gu on his body?"

Su Su's face was gloomy, "I don't know either, but this is our only hope." ”

"Good!"

Tianmo ended the conversation with Su Su with one word, and in an instant, on the boundless wilderness, only the sound of the carriage creaking and shaking remained.

After being silent for a while, seeing that Tianmo seemed to be concentrating on closing his eyes and recuperating, Su Su's tone eased slightly, and asked softly, "Old man, since you know Baishou Mountain, do you think we still have hope?"

The old blind man was noncommittal, pursed his lips, "We?" and then chirped, "How do I know about you?"

Seeing that Tianmo's old and unserious energy came out again, Su Su's face turned red, and he grabbed the horsewhip in his hand angrily, resisting the urge to whip the old blind man, and no longer talked.

Suddenly, a burst of yellow dust rose from the sky in the distance, and Su Su instantly grabbed his bow in his hand and became vigilant.

Tian Mo looked at ease, stroked his beard, and still leaned on the carriage in a lazy posture.

Fortunately, looking at the way the dust rolled up, the person who came should be single-handed, which somewhat relieved Su Su.

The black shadow that brought up the yellow dust gradually became clear, and Su Su finally saw that it was Ji Changan.

The four-hoofed war horse soon caught up with the slow-moving carriage, Chang'an didn't care about dusting off his body, and with a rein in the horse, the war horse stopped in front of the carriage.

"I almost forgot," Chang An said anxiously, "I have something important here to bring to that little brother in the carriage." ”

Hearing this, Su Su put away his longbow and pushed Xiang Bei, who barely opened his heavy eyelids, "Is it Uncle Chang'an?"

"Little young master," Chang An suddenly realized that he had missed his mouth, and immediately changed his words, "Little brother, I was in a hurry to separate just now, and I forgot something important in a hurry, and here is an item left to you by the old man, which almost made me forget." ”

Chang'an took out an antique wooden box from his arms and carefully handed it to Xiang Bei in the car, afraid that Xiang Bei would refuse, so he specially pressed Xiang Bei's hand to the box.

"Little brother, this thing is very important to you, please take good care of it. Chang'an said goodbye. ”

After speaking, Chang'an flicked the horse's head, just like when he came, rolled up a gust of yellow wind, stepped on the dust, and the sound of the horse's hooves faded away, leaving only Xiang Bei, who was holding the box, in a silent daze.

"Open it and see what's inside. Su Su urged.

Tianmo twitched his nose desperately like a hound, and then said calmly, "That's right, it's it." ”

"Key?" asked Susu.

"Hmm. ”

Xiang Bei came back to his senses and carefully checked the box in his hand, the box was carved from what wood he didn't know, and the antique fragrance exuded bursts of fragrance, a bit like sandalwood, and a bit like paulownia wood, but heavier than paulownia wood, and more delicate than sandalwood.

Groping for the gap on one side of the box, gently pressing a tension spring, the entire box lid gently flicked open, Xiang Bei carefully lifted the lid, and inside was a neatly folded and slightly yellowed letterhead.

"Eldest grandson and brother, the matter has come to this ......"

The few powerful small words at the beginning of the letterhead suddenly made Xiang Bei's hand tremble slightly. The small words gradually blurred in his eyes, and slowly turned into the voice of a middle-aged man in his ear, and the man's voice read until the four big characters at the end, "Wuwei Xiangsheng".

It turned out that this was the case, but fortunately he did not go to the eldest grandson to pay for his life, otherwise his father would not be able to look at it if he knew about it.

"Everything you see, out of necessity. Tianmo suddenly said this without a head.

"Well, it's like with Yeqi's eyes, black is white, and white is black. Xiang Bei carefully folded the letterhead again.

Tianmo stroked a few goatees under his chin and nodded with satisfaction, with a teachable look.

This conversation between the old and the young made Su Su on the side puzzled, she only cared about whether this thing was the key to opening the immortal road of Baishou Mountain now.

A box, a letter. How does this not look like a key?

"The long road is long, the years are long, since you are idle and boring, why don't you listen to me tell a story?" I think the old man Tianmo wants to pass the time, and by the way, he will tell you a story to relieve boredom.

How do you know that Xiang Bei and Su Su have their own thoughts, and they don't answer his words, and the old man Tianmo doesn't care, and clears his throat, "Have you ever heard of the boundary tree?"

Tianmo told Xiang Bei and Su Su the next story.

When the world is not opened, it is a piece of Hongmeng gas, until there is a great god who feels this emptiness, so he turns into gas, sinks the earth into furrows, plants flowers and plants, birds and beasts, but after all, he feels that this world still lacks so much aura, so he gathers qi for spirit, distracts his mind and casts his soul, and turns into the world.

But just as the world is getting more and more colorful, the great supernatural power also discovers a serious problem. That is, the whole world has become a mixture of fish and dragons, with lust and sin, bullying and bullying. So he decided to set up the six realms as the boundary, and all existence must follow the regulations of the great supernatural powers, go their own way, and abide by their duties.

In order to return to the realm, the great supernatural power specially created the boundary tree, which belongs to the two realms but uses itself as a column to separate the two realms.

There was a boundary tree that was not satisfied with the arrangement of the great gods, and wanted to change its life against the sky, in a vain attempt to open up the path of the two worlds, so it provoked the anger of the great gods and surrendered to sin, so the Sansheng River overflowed the land on the other side, and the Lethe River flooded the embankment, until the boundless power of the Jizo Bodhisattva sacrificed his body to achieve a glimmer of life for it, and the second was reborn as Manshu Shahua......

Manjush Sawa has a more popular name, the Beyond Flower.

The surroundings were still quiet, and Tianmo's somewhat hoarse voice slowly told his story, but the silence at the moment was not because there was no audience, but because Xiang Bei and Su Su had unconsciously completely immersed themselves in this seemingly absurd story.

Therefore, the boundary tree is both a boundary and a road. It's like day and night never meet, but they are connected by dawn.

Xiang Bei thoughtfully stroked the wooden box in his hand, secretly thinking about Tianmo's story, who knew that Tianmo turned to tell another story.

Some of the beings separated by the Boundary Tree are content to be regulated, guarding the Boundary Tree and the peace of their respective worlds. But there are also restless beings like Manshu Shahua, struggling to find a way to break through the ban.

"Then we ......" Su Su was fascinated by this, and asked unconsciously, "Should we protect the Boundary Tree, or should we break through the ban?"

"Let me ask, if there is a house, the outside of the house may be the singing of birds and flowers, or it may be a flood of beasts, then we, as people living in the house, should we open that door?"

"It shouldn't be opened. After all, compared to the fear of perdition, the charm of birds and flowers is not worth gambling with your life. Susu's answer should have been thought through.

"What do you think?" Tianmo turned to Xiang Bei, who was speechless.

"Any speculation is pointless, first of all, to figure out what's really outside the door. But I want to know, is this wooden box also a boundary tree?"

Tianmo didn't answer Xiang Bei's question, but it was obvious that Xiang Bei's question surprised him. Most people who hear this story should be as confused as Susu. But Xiang Bei's perception is a different existence.

The boundary tree on Baishou Mountain blooms once in ten years, and the leaves fall in another ten years, and it is reborn in a thousand years. When the flowers bloom and the leaves fall, it is the time when the heavens change. And reincarnation and rebirth is the most vulnerable time for the Boundary Tree, and it is related to the life and death of our world at this time.

Twenty years ago, Tian Mo's senior brother Tian Song Zhenren realized that the Heavenly Demon was about to be reincarnated, and the Boundary Tree was facing another thousand years of catastrophe. Unless the reincarnation of Luodan who is compatible with the Heavenly Demon is found, and the Guardian Boundary Tree is safe, the Heavenly Demon will awaken, the Boundary Tree will not be reborn, and the boundary of Kyushu will collapse.

When Tian Song left, he specially told the rest of the juniors that he would take the six pieces of realm spirit wood left by the ancestor to visit the world and strive to find a glimmer of life.

If you still can't return after ten years, ask the other five juniors to recall these opportunities according to the clues left by the Realm Spirit Tree, and then find the Luo Dan who can protect the Realm Tree from these opportunities.

"What is a Heavenly Demon?"

"Heavenly demons are the evil accumulated by the hatred of many generations. ”

"What about Luodan?"

"Luo Dan is the spiritual bead that dissolves these resentments. ”

"That day is a real ......"

"Don't ask me, I don't know. When it came to Tiansong Zhenren, the old man Tianmo, who had always been giggling, suddenly became a little excited.

The thousand-year-old catastrophe of the Boundary Tree is approaching, and the spirit bead still has not appeared, and as the backbone of the hearts of all the senior brothers, Tiansong is missing, which makes the cynical Tianmo secretly anxious.

The treasure box that stored General Wuwei's suicide note was given by an old man with a childish face.

It was another defeat of the enemy's attack, and the general was directing his men to clean up the battlefield and bury the soldiers and civilians who had been taken by the war.

And those prisoners of war who are bound to be captured, according to the practice of generals, will be executed.

The Taoist of Tiansong came uninvited, saying that he wanted to meet the general.

"Does the general know that killing will bring more anger?" the Dao Chief's words did not seem to respect the general's majesty.

General Wu Wei disagreed, "Of course, the Taoist can enlighten and merciful to the common people, but our soldiers are born to kill the enemy and defend their homeland." ”

"Is the enemy who has surrendered still an enemy?"

"The enemy is always the enemy, and if we give them our weapons, I am afraid that the Taoist will not be able to stop them from killing us. To kill, in order not to kill. ”

"Kill, is it to not kill?" Tiansong Dao Chang silently repeated the general's words, at this moment in his eyes, the general seemed to be a boundary tree, standing between the sky and the earth, with blood and rain in front of him, and a peaceful party behind him.

"Looks like I'm not looking for the wrong person. General, if you are willing to take responsibility, you will be of use for this thing in the future. Tiansong Zhenren held out an antique brocade box with the palm of his hand......

Everything that comes into being is born out of necessity.