Chapter 9: Killing Intent (1)
Shen Fei accepted fourteen people in the first batch, and fourteen people in the second batch, a total of twenty-eight people as disciples, and in this process, the Buddha Sect did not stop in the slightest. At this time, there were still a full eight months left before Takubazhen was released, in other words, another two months had passed.
With the passage of time, the time and number of times Shen Fei appeared in the Taoist temple were constantly decreasing, and the Taoist temple was mainly run by disciples, and the occasional appearance of his divine dragon without seeing the end would cause the believers to be frantically pursued. In inverse proportion to his decreasing time in running the Taoist temple, the number of believers has increased exponentially, especially the number of wealthy believers, which has risen rapidly in an incredible way in the past month, probably because of the propaganda effect of the two people who accepted his gift of elixir, coupled with the non-stop of Buddhism, in short, the number of believers in the Taoist temple is increasing day by day.
The Pure Spirit Monk, who had been secretly controlling everything, felt a little uneasy, he didn't understand why the Buddha could tolerate such a thing happening under the couch, why the Buddha's eyes hadn't been fixed on Xiang Dao Temple, on Shen Fei, he decided to take a trip himself to see if he had overlooked any key details.
That night, the two who hadn't seen each other for a long time met, and they met in an ordinary and unremarkable encounter, as if a casual glance back in the crowd made them look at each other, and the pure spirit changed back into a sackcloth monk's robe, turning into an ordinary wandering monk and Shen Fei met in the narrow street, as if returning to the time when the two first met.
The monk was obviously mediocre, but Shen Fei had to pay attention, because even if all the edges were removed, the pure spirit was still a pure spirit, a pure spirit that ordinary people could not compare with and describe, and he was the direct helmsman of the Buddha Kingdom in the world.
Even if it is wrapped in a black cloth, the gold is constantly shining, and the light emitted by the gold can never be hidden by external objects, this is the pure spirit, a man who can always attract your attention no matter how he hides.
An unremarkable encounter, with no wind in the streets, the sun hanging high overhead, and white clouds drifting across the blue sky.
The child with snot sticking to his face chased a dirty dog past the two of them, the worn-out vegetable basket was picked up and all the early ones were sold out, and the shopkeeper was cleaning up the stalls, people came and went, walking in the opposite direction, and the shuttling flow of people was like flowing water passing by the two of them, as if they did not notice that everywhere they looked, the representatives of the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism were silently watching each other.
The eyes of the pure spirit monk were bright, and only those eyes could make an impression under that ordinary appearance, he folded his hands and bowed slightly at Shen Fei, who was five steps away: "Amitabha, Lord Shen Shi is unharmed." Time seems to go backwards, and the two seem to have returned to the time when they first met, and he seems to be still the pure spirit of the past.
After the sound of Amitabha Buddha sounded, the long silence and blankness became the only accompaniment of idle time, Shen Fei seemed to have fallen into the long river of memories, as if he was moved by the brief meeting and acquaintance between himself and the former pure spirit, as if he cared about the fetters of the secret friendship, he suddenly raised his hand, shook his fingers together: "I will let you come back to the pure spirit, become the way it used to be, and become the compassion of all sentient beings." β
"Hehe!" This sneer showed that the Pure Spirit was no longer what it used to be, revealing the nature of the person in front of him, "Master Shen, you seem to have forgotten that it was your hand that allowed me to completely occupy this exorcism. β
"If the Pure Spirit had told me the truth earlier, things wouldn't have turned out like this. β
"Even if you let time start again, the pure spirit will not mention a few words in front of you, do you know why, because he knows what his nature is, he knows that he has a share of the massacre a few years ago, he is ashamed but does not have the courage to tell the truth, he is a complete coward, he has always been, he is obviously ambitious, obviously has a skill but is only willing to live an ordinary life, he is afraid, afraid of repeating the tragedy of the first reincarnation, so he has become a coward, delusional to suppress me and make me the same coward as him, but unfortunately he failedγ This is all fate, a thousand years of reincarnation, the beginning and end of fate finally coincide, everything living in the world can not escape this reincarnation, can only accept the repetition of history and are powerless to resist, can resist only the few people who were in it back then, the so-called reincarnation is just a process of those people constantly struggling, changing, and self-correcting.
The Pure Spirit Monk you know has long since died, and I was born after his death, turning into a brush that covers the sky and the sun to write a new chapter on the land of Kyushu.
And you, Shen Fei, will become a sacrifice built in the Pure Land, and will always be remembered by history. β
"Why me. β
"Because you carry the fate of that person thousands of years ago. β
"You're saying I'm the reincarnation of someone?"
"It was supposed to be so, but because of some naughty guy messing around, fate was skewed. β
"Who am I and what is my destiny. β
"It doesn't matter who you are, it's what your presence means to the Buddha. β
"It's a frustration! Pure Spirit Monk, no, it's more appropriate to call you Pure Spirit now, tell me, what was the truth twenty years ago, whether it was you who instigated the monarch of the human kingdom to expedition to the Rakshasa country and completely wiped out the Rakshasa clan. β
"Do you want revenge on me?"
"I want to take revenge on the real murderer. β
"Then there are many people you want to take revenge against, there are many things you can imagine, and some things you can't think of at all, such as your master!"
"You are talking nonsense! Don't try to stir up the relationship between me and Master, the Daoist Sect has never interfered in the affairs of the People's Kingdom, and it is impossible for the People's Kingdom to wage war against the Rakshasa Clan to have anything to do with the Daoist Sect. β
"Since it doesn't matter, what are you doing so excited!"
"I'm excited because you're spewing blood!"
"Bloody mouth, Shen Fei can only say that you are too naΓ―ve, you think that a fierce nation like the Rakshasa clan can slaughter the city with only a few hundred thousand human troops, what do you think the power in the bloodline of the Rakshasa clan represents, do you think that being called the devil's eye is a wasted name! You are really too naΓ―ve, think about your mouth when you first went up the mountain, why the master who was thinking about you had such a deep hostility towards you, why not only your master, but even Uncle Yun wanted to kill you several times! Perhaps in addition to the reason why the Rakshasas couldn't cultivate immortals, there were other factors hidden behind their deep hostility!
Shen Fei, I can almost conclude that you are not without suspicion, but unwilling to doubt, you know that their hostility and wariness towards you are far from being as simple as racial differences, but you are still unwilling to accept the reality. Let me tell you, let me completely unravel the mystery, in fact, ......" Before the words could be spoken, a light suddenly appeared in Shen Fei's body, and under the illumination of this light, his body became transparent, and many tadpole-like Sanskrit characters could be seen connected to each other to form chains, tying Shen Fei with all kinds of flowers.
A gap opened in the chain in his sight, and the light shone out of the gap, turning into an illusory palm from afar, and inexorably pushing the spirit. The next moment, the scenery around me suddenly reversed, time went back, everything returned to the original point, the origin of a glance in the crowd.
It turned out that this was the case, and the Pure Spirit Monk finally knew why the Buddha's gaze could not touch the Taoist temple, and that was because someone with great power secretly wrote a scripture on Shen Fei's body, so as to hide Shen Fei's existence and make him have the same origin as the Buddha's light.
"Who is it? Who among the Buddhas of the present world quietly left the altar and did such a horrible thing. The Pure Spirit Monk turned around and left, he knew that it would be futile to continue, no matter how many times he tried, it was impossible for the voice of the truth to reach Shen Fei's ears, that person had set up a barrier, and anyone who tried to break through the barrier would be retraced back to the origin of time.
"Well, it turns out that someone has been working against him!"
It seems that everyone's eyes are on Shen Fei, and everyone seems to be waiting for his next move, especially those who are powerful, they are either hostile to Shen Fei, or bitter to Shen Fei, or they know him reasonably, and they are moved by affection, in short, they are silently paying attention to him, paying attention to his every move, as if they are on guard, as if they are waiting, and they seem to be secretly facilitating.
Time went back to the original point, Shen Fei's memory was erased again, and the Pure Spirit Monk found the answer as he wished and silently disappeared into the flow of people, in the next step, he will inevitably take action, but I don't know where his actions will come from and in what way they will act on Shen Fei's body. Far from becoming smoother, Shen Fei's road was even more dangerous, because the actions of the Pure Spirit Monk were no longer predictable.
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On the fifth day of the fifth month of the 32nd year of the emperor's reign, there was nothing special on this day except for the five-character double stack, Shen Fei spent a whole day in the Taoist temple, accepting the worship of the believers, and then returned to the prince's mansion and dined with the prince of Lie, everything seemed to be a copy of yesterday, and it passed smoothly under the calm and waveless appearance of the imperial capital.
However, a person's unexpected visit completely broke the original peace, and Shen Fei's killing intent was ignited all at once!
In the dark night, a majestic and high-spirited male steed that was a little taller than the spirit of the wild horse stopped in front of the crimson gate of the prince's mansion, and the soldiers stepped forward to inquire, and then retreated after seeing the waist card shown by the man on the horse, and then knelt down on one knee: "Meet the general king." β
The latter jumped off the horse, his body as muscular as a monkey, in stark contrast to his fat and bloated figure. Shangguan Hongri was dressed in a relatively casual outfit, his stomach was very high, and there was no ordinary person beside him except for the strangers who came with him, he was not greedy for enjoyment at all, unlike the second prince who got off the horse and stepped on other people's backs, and he didn't treat his subordinates as human beings at all.
Shangguan Hongri was very casual, sitting on a horse by himself, strangers or flying from the sky, or digging in the soil, so he traveled all the way to Tuoba Lie's mansion, he came late at night when there was something to discuss, and the pomp was very big, as if he was deliberately telling others that I was coming, and the intention was unknown.
In front of everyone, Shangguan Hongri waved his hand: "Report to His Royal Highness the Prince, and say that Hongri asks to see him!" There is no decoration on his five fingers, his fingers are as thick as carrots, and thick and hard calluses grow on the fingertips and palms, and at first glance he looks like a hand that is used to weapons.
Shangguan Hongri is a powerful martial artist, there is a ball of qi gathered in the dantian, this group of qi is scattered, not like the immortal's knot pill has a fixed form, but it is still not to be underestimated, the powerful martial artist whose dantian qi is cultivated by gathering the essence of the body, and the immortal power of the unnatural world is gathered, the power is more powerful and has special attributes, and the body is perfectly matched.
At present, the destructive power that a powerful martial artist can produce is considerable, but the disadvantage is that the vitality in the body is limited, and the more it is consumed, the less it is and it is difficult to recover, unlike the Taoist priest who has the ability to fight for a long time.
The general Wang ordered to go down, and the soldiers in charge of guarding the door naturally did so, and at the same time, Chu Xie, who had been staying on the roof, suddenly jumped into the courtyard, took Shen Fei's hand and dragged him out.
At this time, Shen Fei was snuggling up with Nalan Ruoxue to admire the moon, and he suddenly felt inexplicable when he pulled him up, and asked repeatedly: "Chu evil, Chu evil...... What are you crazy about? β
"Uncle Ben is thirsty, go and invite me to drink. β
"The imperial capital has a curfew system, where can you go to drink at night, not to mention, isn't there good wine in the house. β
"Let you go, you will go, don't let your mother-in-law sweep away Uncle Ben's interest. β
"Chu Xie, are you hiding something from me. β
"I don't know what you're talking about. β
"You are a good person, but your acting skills are a little poor. Shen Fei stood still and shook off the other party's hand, "Do you think I can't feel the aura outside the mansion, there is a master here." As soon as the words changed, Shen Feihu looked at the other party suspiciously, "No, Chu Xie, you should be happy that a master has come to the door, why did you pull me away instead, who is here, and what do you want to hide!"
When the words fell, Shen Fei turned around and walked in the opposite direction, a fierce wind slashed from behind him, blocking the way forward, it was the sword in Chu Xie's hand.
"I won't let you go. "Chu Xie is really a little weird today.
"I'm going to go!" Shen Fei pushed away his sword and continued to walk forward.
Chu Xie stopped in front of him again, Shen Fei gave him a solid kick, this kick on the back of the heavy sword, with Chu Xie's brute force, he needed to take three steps back in a row to stop the impact, Chu Xie was enraged, and swung his sword forward vigorously as if to cut Shen Fei in two.
Nalan Ruoxue screamed beside her: "Chu Xie, you are crazy, stop me!"
The sword blade slashed across the night sky causing a scene of wind and noise, and nothing seemed to be spared from the extension of the sword blade, but Shen Fei didn't dodge, just walked forward smoothly, staring at Chu Xie with a cold gaze.