At night, after sitting in the hall for a while, Jingchen went back to his room to sleep. Qingxu looked at the back of his apprentice going upstairs and sighed, and after being silent for a while, he said to Li Ge and Lin Yurou who were sitting by the fire, "I have something to ask you. ”

"Qingxu senior, if there is anything you say, it doesn't matter, as long as I can do it, I will help you complete it. Li Ge looked at the old monk beside him and swore an oath. As far as he was concerned, although he had only spent a few days with Qingxu for a few days eleven years ago, this old monk was his master's best friend, and his request to Li Ge could not be refused.

"Yes, Grandpa Qingxu, as long as we can do it, we will definitely help you complete it. Lin Yurou looked at the old man sitting opposite the stove with sincere eyes, and then said, "Is it related to clean dust?"

"You little girl. Qingxu smiled slightly, looked at the furnace and thought about it, and then said, "My limit is approaching, and now the only concern in this world is the little bald man who cleans the dust." He is not like the apprentices of Mao Laogou and Wu Laogou, who still have their uncle to rely on after their master's death. Therefore, I hope you will help me take care of him. ”

"Qingxu senior, you ......" Li Ge heard this, and the whole person was directly on the spot, he wanted to say something, but in the end he just lowered his head helplessly.

After Lin Yurou heard the old monk's words, tears flashed in her eyes, and she silently got up and walked to his side, hugged the latter's arm tightly and sobbed silently.

"Amitabha, can you agree to my request?" Qingxu recited the Buddha's name, and saw that the two juniors nodded silently, and then smiled and said, "Life and death are impermanent, each has its own destiny, and we cultivators should be more aware of its reasoning. ”

"God?" Li Ge whispered a word, and then smiled bitterly.

"Don't feel sorry for me, there's one more thing I want to ask you. Qingxu looked at the fire calmly, and said indifferently, "That little bald man in Jingchen has two calamities in this life, and the first calamity should be when he was nine years old, that is, last year, and I have already resolved it for him." There is another eon, which is a little smaller than the first eon, when he is eighteen years old, and he should not be able to resolve the calamity on his own by then, so you must take good care of him. ”

"Okay, it's not too early, Yurou girl, you go back and rest early. Qingxu patted Lin Yurou's arm, and then turned his head to the young man beside him and said, "Li Ge, you send her back." ”

"Hmm~" Li Ge responded, and then sent the beautiful woman with tears on her face back to the wooden building where she lived. When he returned, he saw the old monk sitting alone by the fire in the hall, so he walked over.

"How did your master go?" Qingxu looked at the young man sitting beside him and asked.

"My master ......" Li Ge told everything that happened under Shuanghuai Lake more than half a year ago, and when he finished speaking, his face was already full of tears.

"I didn't expect that your kid had already reached the Lingtai Birth Realm with the help of Senior Lu, do you know that your master and I have been cultivating all our lives, but we have not been able to realize the Spirit Realm. Qingxu happily patted Li Ge's shoulder.

"Qingxu senior, your Buddhists also have the spiritual realm?"

"Your Taoist method is to move the heavens with spiritual thoughts, and to borrow the power of the gods and the real people, and our Buddhists are also to use the inspiration of the heavens and the power of the Buddhas to punish the Arhats, so the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism have this saying. ”

The conversation between the two lasted in the hall until the second half of the night, and when he returned to the room, Li Ge looked at the old monk firmly and said, "You can rest assured that I will clean up the dust well." ”

The old monk had left the thaumaturgical pavilion the next day, and the night before he had told Li Ge, "I don't want my apprentice to see the scene of my death." ”

"Jingchen, shall I take you to Jiangning City for a walk?" At noon, Lin Yurou looked at the little monk who was staring directly at the door and asked.

"I'm not going to Sister Yurou. Jingchen shook his head, his gaze still stayed at the gate, "What did you say my master went to the city to buy, why hasn't he come back for so long?

Hearing Jingchen's words, Lin Yurou moved her gaze to Li Ge with a bitter face, who noticed the gaze staring at her, and the two glanced at each other. Then Lige got up and walked around the house.

"Jingchen, I have something to say to you. After walking back and forth in the house a few times, Li Ge's footsteps stopped beside the little monk.

"Say it, second brother. Under the bright head of Jingchen, a pair of clear eyes finally moved from the gate to Li Ge.

"Actually, your master won't come back, he knows that the end is coming, so he doesn't want you to see the scene of his death. ”

"You lie, my master just went out to buy something, and he can't die. Jingchen kept swinging his big head, tears appeared on his childish face, he looked away, stretched out his fat little hand and grabbed Lin Yurou's arm, "Sister Yurou, you tell me, what the second brother said is a lie." ”

Lin Yurou looked at the little monk with tears in her eyes, did not speak, but hugged him tightly in her arms.

"You lie to me, my master is so good, how can the deadline be approaching. The little monk cried and broke out of Lin Yurou's arms, and then ran quickly upstairs.

"I didn't lie to you about Jingchen, that was what the Qingxu senior told me last night. Li Ge followed the little monk upstairs, stood at the door and said bitterly, and then walked into the room with Lin Yurou beside him.

"Master must be because the little monk is greedy, so he doesn't want the little monk. Standing on the edge of the bed, Jingchen, who was crying bitterly with both hands on the bed frame, stopped crying, turned around and said, "Second brother, Sister Yurou, the little monk will not be greedy in the future, you tell my master, let him take me back." ”

"Jingchen~ Your master will not leave you, if he really doesn't want you, why bother to accept you as an apprentice?" Lin Yurou took two steps forward, helped the little monk to sit on the bed, and said, "Your Buddhists have a saying, there are eight sufferings in life, birth, old age, sickness, death, resentment of the monk's association, love and parting, can't beg, five extracts, Grandpa Qingxu left suddenly, and he didn't want you to experience the pain of parting." ”

"Didn't Senior Qingxu ask you to call me Second Brother? Although he is no longer here, you still have Second Brother here, and from now on, you will follow me. Li Ge walked up to the little monk who was crying like a tearful man, and reached out to wipe the tears from the latter's face.

"Amitabha, the little monk wants to be alone quietly, second brother, sister Yurou, please go out first." Jingchen said in a sad tone, and after Li Ge and Lin Yurou went out, they sat alone on the edge of the bed and cried silently.

After going downstairs, the two sat in the hall with solemn faces, both hanging their heads and being silent. Inside the small building, there was a deep sadness, which lasted for three days before slowly dissipating.