Buddha Remains (2)

A small town in all directions.

It's not big, it's not too small, it's about ten miles in size.

At dawn, a ray of dawn broke through the earth.

And this ancient town is bathed in a dawn that is not so warm at the moment.

This ancient town is a little cold, even a little desolate, and extremely abnormal in the light of day.

And there is a plaque at the entrance of the town, which is engraved with a few scribbled handwriting, which is the name of the town.

"Sunset Town. ”

Yi Xiao, who had been in the dust all the way, raised his head, squinted his eyes, and spit out these three words.

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It's been a long time since Sunset Town has been visited.

At dawn, it was time for the townspeople to sleep.

However, when the young man dragged his visibly tired body to the town, the whole town seemed to be different.

Extremely quiet.

A door and window near the entrance of the town opened a slight gap.

A pair of immature eyes were revealed.

Mizuki looked at the young man walking in the middle of the street, his right leg seemed to be injured, and he was dragging his body step by step, holding a long sword in both hands, which seemed to be stained with blood.

What did he just fight against?

It's actually someone from outside the town!

Shui Yue carefully controlled the wooden window with both hands, observing the young man in black walking alone on the streets of the town.

He stopped suddenly.

She took a deep breath, narrowed one eye slightly, and finally saw the face of the man in black, with red lips and white teeth, clear eyebrows and eyes, and unexpectedly handsome.

Through the crack in the window, Shui Yue carefully recorded the man's face, then she lowered her head, took out a yellowed piece of rice paper from her bosom, and then sharpened the wooden pen with great skill, revealing the lead core, and rustled on the paper.

After a while, Shui Yue narrowed the crescent moon's eyes, extremely satisfied with the image of the handsome young man on the paper who had been brought to life with a few strokes, and then raised her head and looked at the young man outside the window in amazement.

After Yi Xiao stepped into this strange town, she subconsciously looked around to make sure that her environment was safe, and vaguely noticed a snooping gaze, and then her gaze paused, and she met the immature eyes hidden behind the window.

Then the view behind the window was extremely sensitive, and it snapped shut.

His Royal Highness's instinct told him that this town that existed among the remains of the Buddha might not be too peaceful.

Yi Xiao exhaled, ignored this strange gaze, and continued to move forward.

The layout of this sunset town is somewhat odd, with the streets on both sides being square and symmetrical, and the view is slightly wider when you reach the center of the town.

After a few moments, a wooden building with a distinctly different architectural style from the surrounding area came into view, with a white coarse cloth banner fluttering and the door of the wooden building open.

On the steps of the wooden building, a red robe winds down and spreads out.

The owner of the red robe was a man with an elegant face, he lowered his head, and two jade-like hands stretched out from the wide red robe, holding a piece of jade in one hand and a carving knife in the other.

The whole town was extremely quiet at the moment, and not a single house was open.

The man, however, opened the door and sat in front of the steps of the wooden building.

The linen-white banner above his head swayed wantonly, and the word inn at the end was faintly visible.

So His Royal Highness slowly walked up to the red-robed man.

He said very sincerely: "Excuse me, are you here at an inn?"

The carved jade man didn't look up, and said lightly: "From outside the town?"

His Royal Highness nodded sincerely.

"It's a big life. The carved jade man still didn't look up, and said in a light tone as always: "Since you have already crossed that bridge, you should have also seen 'that thing', you have not lost your way, and you can only say that you are lucky to be able to get here alive." ”

Yi Xiao, who was obviously stained with blood on his body, squinted his eyes after hearing this, as if he thought of the unforgettable scene he encountered on the bridge in his mind, without waiting for himself to think about it.

The carved jade man had already stopped carving in his hand, stood up, and said indifferently: "It's been a long time since anyone came to Sunset Town, and my Sunset Inn hasn't opened for a long time. Since you're here today, you might as well stay first. ”

Yi Xiao looked up at this time and happened to see the five words of the fluttering Sunset Inn on the white banner, which was a bit of a joke compared to Sunset Town.

Sunset Town.

The sun never sets on the inn.

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"As you say, Sunset Town...... No one has been here in a long time?"

"Is there really no one coming?"

"Not a single one?"

All the answers were exchanged for the red-robed man behind the counter shaking his head calmly.

Yi Xiao lay on the counter and asked without giving up: "You recall carefully, not long ago, did a girl come?"

The boss behind the counter was still concentrating on carving jade, and the jade knife was carved into the chalcedony very lightly and slowly, his eyes drooped slightly, and he said lightly: "I have said many times, Sunset Town...... It's been a long time since anyone came. I think it's been a long time, and you haven't figured out how long it is. ”

Yi Xiao was slightly stunned.

"How long is it, now I'll tell you. ”

The carved jade man raised his head calmly, with a hint of a playful smile on his face, and reported an astonishing number with a smile: "Sixty years." ”

"Do you know how long it has been?"

Yi Xiao subconsciously took two steps back.

"This town is a dead town. ”

Seeing the red-robed man standing up, His Royal Highness said in a calm and sad tone, "Everyone, since stepping into this Sunset Town, will never grow old or die. ”

"I don't feel pain, and then I lose all five senses. The red-robed man jokingly said, "If you don't believe it, you can try it and stab you again with the sword in your hand." ”

Yi Xiao's face was a little pale, he subconsciously touched his wounds, and then found in horror that the remaining wounds on his body, no matter how he touched them, were unconscious.

And the hunger caused by the lack of qi and blood in the body before has become numb at this moment.

Not only the sense of touch, the sense of pain, but even the hunger in the body, has been deprived!

"In this town, it's not so much people as the walking dead. The jade boss glanced at Yi Xiao, who was shocked, played with the jade carving in his palm, and said lukewarmly: "They don't have five senses, they don't go hungry, they don't have poverty, what's the difference between them and the walking dead?"

The red-robed man raised his head, glanced out the window, and then slowly walked to the door and closed the wooden door with force.

"You think it's dawn?"

"No, you're outrageously wrong...... he closed the door of the wooden building, and it was pitch black after that, and the man spoke lightly, but his voice was like thunder, roaring in Yi Xiao's heart.

"Sunset, after dawn, it's eternal night!"

Yi Xiao's breathing was a little short, his mind had fallen into confusion, and the red-robed man in front of him was still calm, and he kept saying things that were contrary to common sense in this town, as if he was talking about things that had nothing to do with him.

"Didn't you notice that the people in this town are all closed at the moment. The red-robed man said calmly: "Naturally, they are not afraid of you, but of the coming eternal night." ”

"And I've opened the door for you. The red-robed man smiled and said, "You should be glad, otherwise..... Now you're probably a walking corpse. ”

"Don't think about leaving Sunset. The red-robed man turned around and no longer looked at Yi Xiao: "On the first floor of the inn, you can pick a room to stay in at will." ”

He paused suddenly and said, "Don't go up to the second floor." ”

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Yi Xiao didn't dare to believe what she saw until she lay down on the bed.

He closed his eyes and cleared his mind.

The lotus plants flow together, and the memory is returned to the time when the bridge was boarded.

The sound of a roar echoed in his head.

When Yi Xiao looked at the dry bones of the chess master surnamed Wei in front of the bridge, the monstrous water column suddenly exploded, and the surface of the river was separated by a thin line like chopping waves, and countless rivers flew out, and a huge phantom appeared in the distance, and the huge monster phantom surfaced from the far end.

The general outline of the terrifying phantom could still be seen from a great distance, half of its body surfaced, and two huge eyes opened, extremely gloomy.

It let out a long whistle, and then the sound stopped abruptly—

Farther away from the river, a larger, more vast phantus figure emerged from the black mist, and the monster that roared out was as humble and small as a mayfly.

It was a fiery red figure.

The darkness shines through and the fog shines red.

The screaming monster was pressed to the bottom of the river in an instant, and the hoarse voice was abruptly interrupted, and then the mighty waves crashed.

The dry black robe of the chess master surnamed Wei was windless, and the river water suddenly fried the pot.

Is it going back or moving forward?

His Royal Highness gritted his teeth and looked at the vast waves that cut from the distance on the river.

Exerting force on his toes, using all his body's qi and blood, Yi Xiao's body tilted suddenly, and the whole person turned into a streamer, rushing onto the long bridge that connected both sides of the river.

Slightly to the right.

Yi Xiao saw an extremely unforgettable scene.

In the distance of the river, where the terrifying phantom appeared, it was already fiery red at this moment.

It's like dawn.

The boiling water was split in half along the middle line, and the middle line was stacked in an extremely vast way, revealing the most dry river channel in the middle.

The rivers on both sides of the river are connected to the sky.

A fire path in the middle!

And in the farthest fiery red phantom, there was a faintly standing black-robed figure that corresponded to the all-open phantom.

Mankind.

He put his hands behind his back, and his eyes were as red as shooting stars.

Behind him, a demonic beast phantom that penetrated the sky and the earth suddenly opened and closed his eyes, and then there was a long roar in the sky, like a phoenix nirvana, and thousands of worlds resounded in unison.

A long line of fiery red split the river in an instant.

Yi Xiao, who had already swept over the middle of the bridge, suddenly raised his sword.

Hibiscus roared.

The heat swept across his cheeks.

Even the hair was burned to ashes!

Memories afterward..... A blank slate!