Whether the monks in the world are pursuing Buddha, Taoism, or demons, what they really yearn for and desire in their hearts is the same thing.

'Free'.

Not bound by heaven and earth, not ending because of longevity.

With the continuous improvement of cultivation, they are also constantly getting closer to look down on the true 'freedom' of living beings and all things, mortal monks yearn for the immortal path, and feel that cultivating to become immortal gods can transcend all things, but until they enter the earth immortals, they will know that immortals are not free and unscrupulous when they fantasize.

There are Xuan Immortals, True Immortals, Golden Immortals, and Da Luo on the Immortal Dao, even if you cultivate the Da Luo fruit position, you still have to be pressed on the top of your head by the flow of quasi-saints, even if you enter the heavenly court, you must be bound by the heavenly law, but there is no chic and wanton spirit that has just entered the door of cultivation, and you are full of spirit.

Zhou Bai is also a person who yearns for freedom, with the mediocrity of his previous life, he cherishes the existing 'happiness' more than ordinary people, and he is not willing to forcibly deprive others of their freedom unless he is forced to do so.

Looking at the color of the person kneeling in front of the bluestone, Zhou Bai sighed lightly and said, "After five hundred years, I will set you free." "Five hundred years, probably after the end of the westward journey, if the sect is re-established at that time, he no longer needs this 'chess piece' in front of him, if the power of the people's teaching, the exposition, the interception of the sect, and the demon clan cannot stop the great prosperity of Buddhism, then the chess piece in front of him will also be meaningless.

Se Yan's expression moved, his resentful gaze disappeared, his eyes flashed with tears of gratitude, and he leaned over: "Thank you, master." ”

Zhou Bai waved his long sleeves, and the wind outside the bluestone dispersed, and the aura that had been condensed for more than half a month exploded violently, and the violent and disorderly aura tore everything around him to pieces, and even the divine consciousness that peeped around was annihilated and crushed, and even some fluctuations spread to the other party's body with the trajectory of the divine consciousness.

For a while, there was a roar, and a scream came from all over the surrounding mountains and forests.

Zhou Bai snorted coldly, his eyes swept over the surrounding hills and forests, and everywhere he looked, there was a lot of noise, and even the color behind him was silent and took a few steps back, bowing his head speechlessly.

Sweeping away the curious people who were eavesdropping and peeping, Zhou Bai turned around and showed a faint smile to Se Yan, nodded and said: "Five hundred years of the world is not long for you, short is not short, I will not really treat you as a slave arbitrarily, you can practice here with peace of mind, and wait for me to come to you." ”

Hearing Zhou Bai's words, Se Yan nodded again and again: "Se Yan understands." ”

As for what Zhou Bai wanted her to do, Zhou Bai didn't say, and Se Yan didn't ask. When she was suppressed by Zhou Bai with the supernatural power of interception, she had no ability to resist and refuse.

As a red light pierced the sky, the entire Wuding Mountain also returned to its former tranquility, and the damaged vegetation would be restored to its abundance for a long time, as if nothing had happened.

Se Yan is still a 'uncertain fairy', a famous demon girl within a radius of thousands of miles, and even the inverted horse stake has poisoned several demon kings who came to 'marry', breaking the rumored 'rumors' that it was abolished by the 'power of interception'.

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Many days later, a thin old monk with a compassionate face stepped on the stone path to understand Yangshan, the breath was ethereal, but it gave people a sense of heaviness, like the ethereal fairy road and the chaos of the red dust entangled in one heart.

The morning fog in the mountains was thick, and the old monk closed his eyes slightly, and the corners of his mouth hooked up an indifferent smile.

"Just a demon cultivator, dare to show off your magic in front of the poor monk?" The old monk's voice was plain, falling in the thick morning mist, but it was like a basin of cold water poured into the hot oil pot, and for a while the thick fog was even better, and a bad smell turned into white smoke rose in the entire Jieyang Mountain, but the thick fog in front of the old monk dissipated without a trace, exposing the original bluestone steps, quiet and secluded forest.

At the end of the stone steps is a quaint temple and an open wooden door.

The old monk looked up at the plaque and said softly: "Juxian Nunnery." Looking at the small courtyard, there was no one except for a blooming peach tree, and under the tree was a simple stone well.

"Since it is a Buddhist temple, Taoist friends forcibly occupy this place, are they deceiving me that there is no one in the Buddhist gate?" The old monk's eyes flashed coldly, and the aura of compassion around him dissipated, replaced by an extremely cold killing intent.

It was obviously early spring in April, but the ice in the small courtyard was condensed, and the old monk's cultivation had surpassed the Ruyi True Immortal by too much, and the murderous aura alone shattered the shelter magic circle in the small courtyard, countless ice cubes suddenly drilled out of the soil, the peach blossoms were still bright, and the overall trunk was sealed into a huge ice cube in the spreading ice.

The breath exhaled in the cold winter is mist and white smoke, and in front of the ice cube, the Ruyi True Immortal sat cross-legged, sighed bitterly and showed his figure.

"Poor and wishful, I have seen the ancient Buddha on the lamp. ”

The old monk looked at the Ruyi True Immortal indifferently, and said calmly: "Since you meet in person, why don't you bow down?"

Ruyi True Immortal was stunned for a moment, and the smile that appeared on his face froze, and he lowered his eyebrows and said: "The ancient Buddha is the Buddha of Buddhism, but the poor Dao is a monk of Taoism, why do you want to bow down to the ancient Buddha?"

Burning the lamp snorted coldly, and the realm of the quasi-saint then pressed on the Ruyi True Immortal who was unwilling to get up, looked at each other deadly, and said coldly: "This place is the Juxian Nunnery, which is my Buddhist Nunnery, and the people in the Nunnery must have the heart of the Buddha, since the Taoist friends are unwilling to bow down, that is, there is no heart to the Buddha." ”

As early as when the lamp was lit and snorted coldly, the Ruyi True Immortal was already in a disordered state, his qi and blood were churning, and the buzzing in his mind had already made him unable to hear the words behind the burning lamp.

"If it's not my Buddhist disciple, then leave from my Buddhist temple!" A killing intent flashed in the eyes of the burning lamp, and a golden light flashed into the palm of his hand, and he stretched out his hand to push towards the Ruyi True Immortal.

It seems to be a random push, but in fact, this shot, Randen didn't leave half a penny left, his face was gloomy, and he saw that the palm of his hand had been pressed on the Ruyi True Immortal Heavenly Spirit, and the corner of Randen's mouth hooked up a hideous smile.

But everyone who is related to Zhou Bai will die!

However, this palm still failed to fall in the end, and just when the cold palm wind and the coercion of the quasi-saint wiped out all the flesh and blood and divine soul of the Ruyi True Immortal, a woman's cold snort came out from the boundless chaos outside the nine clouds.

Burning the lamp's complexion changed, and thousands of thoughts flashed in his heart, and finally he withdrew his palm power, and the ice cubes in the courtyard melted instantly, and the Ruyi True Immortal fell into the mud all over the ground, and there was no longer the original fairy wind bone.

Regardless of the current embarrassment, nor the joy of escaping death, Ruyi Zhenxian reached out to wipe the blood marks from the corners of his mouth, and added a gray-yellow mud mark to the goatee that was stuck in muddy water.

"Hahaha... cough~" Ruyi Zhenxian opened his mouth and laughed wildly, pulling the churning soul, he couldn't help coughing up a piece of blood again, looked up at the expressionless burning lamp, Ruyi Zhenxian straightened his hair crown, and said with a smile: "The ancient Buddha didn't know, this place is the Virgin's garden, because no one took care of it, Niangniang didn't want this place to be barren, so she sent the poor road to take care of things." ”

Ruyi True Immortal paused, glanced at the devastated courtyard, and said in a cold voice: "The ancient Buddha wantonly damaged the saint's dojo, did he deceive me and no one in the demon clan?"

Burning the lamp snorted coldly, and glanced at the Ruyi True Immortal with contempt, the real immortal was like an ant in front of him, he could be crushed to death if he stretched out his hand, if it wasn't for the protection of the saint, could he bark here wildly?

"I've seen the Nuwa Sage. He dusted off his sleeves, folded his hands and bowed to the sky, and said in a deep voice: "In recent years, the heavens have been disordered, and the poor monks really don't know that this is the saint's dojo. ”

Burning the lamp looked serious, his tone was low, and he had a serious expression.

However, the twenty-four heavens were shattered, and his Buddha kingdom was also reduced to ruins and dust, where the Buddha kingdom of these six hundred gods was established, the lamp did not elaborate, and the sneering Nuwa saint in the Wa Palace did not open his mouth to ask.

If this kind of philistine question is asked by a saint, it will be seen as a joke, and if it is not asked, it can be regarded as a fulfillment of the promise by lighting a lamp to build an empty shell of the Buddha kingdom at random and placing 600 statues of gods.

It is also strange to say that the meaning of the phrase 'under the saints, all are ants' refers to the six saints under the Heavenly Dao, but the monks in the world, or the great powers, do not count Nuwa among them.

Maybe she never really showed her strength, or maybe she was calculated by the saints many times, and she had a weak image in the hearts of the world.

There was a lamp burning by the two saints of the West behind him, and he was thinking about his scheming to the Nuwa sage as usual, and when he saw that Nuwa did not respond for a long time, he knew that the other party was unwilling to tear his face at such a time.

Smiling indifferently, when he put his hands together and was about to say goodbye to Nuwa, harsh words came from his ears.

"Poor Dao heard that the twenty-four heavens of the ancient Buddha had been destroyed, and the kingdom of the Buddha had also been destroyed. In the eyes full of murderous intent in the burning lamp, the Ruyi True Immortal endured trembling and fear, and said loudly: "I don't know where I plan to build a statue for Niangniang and end the cause and effect of the saint?"

As the words fell, Ruyi True Immortal took a few steps back and leaned against the peach tree beside him.

'Poof~' The anger on Nuwa's face dissipated, a smile flashed in her eyes, and she nodded with satisfaction, this Ruyi True Immortal is really smart.

Burning the lamp smiled at Ruyi Zhenxian with a gloomy expression, and put his hands together and said: "Please also rest assured that the poor monk has begun to rebuild the Buddha country, and when the westward journey is over, he will build a statue for the saint in the sky and enshrine the century-old Buddha country faith." ”

Turning to look at the Ruyi True Immortal, the lamp showed compassion on his face, and sighed: "It is not easy for Daoist friends to cultivate themselves, and now that the catastrophe is about to rise, I hope to close the dojo and read the Huang Ting quietly." lest you be caught in murder and robbery, and the Tao will be destroyed. ”

Ruyi Zhenxian's eyes flashed with a sense of determination, patted off the sludge and water stains on his body, and said to the lamp: "The words of the ancient Buddha, the poor road should be remembered. ”

Randen nodded, and his figure turned into pale golden dust and dissipated with the wind, except for an extremely tiny golden lotus hidden in the muddy soil.

Without the suppression of the aura of the lamp, the complexion of the Ruyi True Immortal also recovered a trace of blood, and his hands were spread out, and a small wave rose from the turbulent Zimu River under Xie Yang Mountain, which rolled into a water ball on the surface of the river and flew into the Juxian Nunnery.

At the same time, a water ball also rose from the ancient well under the peach blossom tree, and the two fell into the hands of Ruyi True Immortal on the left and right.

The rich vitality and the silent dead qi were in harmony, and finally turned into the most quintessential aura flowing from the mouth of the Ruyi True Immortal, moistening his dry meridians and replenishing most of the depleted mana.

After a while, the Ruyi True Immortal slowly opened his eyes, his cloudy eyes returned to clarity, and his churning veins returned to peace.

"Brother Zhou Baidao, you have made me miserable. Ruyi True Immortal smiled bitterly and took out a jade talisman from his sleeve and crushed it.

At the same time as the jade talisman shattered, a ripple came out of the fragments of the jade talisman, and the golden lotus in the soil also emitted another fluctuation.

One to the west and the other to the east, intersecting and staggering,

The red light came instantly, Zhou Bai did not pause, and at the same time as he landed, he poked his hand to the position where Randen was standing just now, and in an instant, the soil in the surrounding area collapsed, leaving only a square soil pit more than three feet deep.

Ruyi True Immortal's face was stunned, and he was puzzled: "Why is Brother Dao .....?"

After Zhou Bai put the soil into the Chaos Bead, he stripped the golden lotus who had not had time to escape, and at the same time filled the soil in the hole.

With a slight smile, a gray and dull lotus flower appeared in Zhou Bai's hand, without the golden light, the Sanskrit and Buddha seals on the petals were clearly visible, and the withered stamen also exposed a sharp golden needle.

Ruyi True Immortal's heart tightened, he looked up at Zhou Bai, and said in surprise: "This is left by the burning lamp?"

Zhou Bai nodded and said with a smile: "I have long heard that Randen acts in an extreme way, and the jade slip that the appropriate person left for you is also sensing that this golden lotus is also transmitting to Randen. ”

The higher the cultivation, the keener the perception, so he has not spied on the situation of Xie Yangshan, and even the news of the departure of the lamp is to let the Ruyi True Immortal use the jade talisman to communicate.

His eyes swept around, the smile on Zhou Bai's face gradually disappeared, and with a long sigh, Zhou Bai bowed down to the Ruyi True Immortal, and said in a deep voice: "It's me who has tired Daoyou." ”

Ruyi True Immortal waved his hand, shook his head and said: "If it weren't for the poor Dao sending someone to send a message, Brother Dao wouldn't have come here to the poor Dao, this place is a saint's dojo, he didn't dare to do anything to me when he lit the lamp." ”

Zhou Bai smiled bitterly, the courtyard in front of him was in a mess, the saint's dojo was all disturbed, how could the Ruyi True Immortal be unharmed? Seeing that the Ruyi True Immortal had an expression of indifference, Zhou Bai said with a solemn expression: "Today's events, I should keep them in mind. ”

Seeing Zhou Bai like this, Ruyi True Immortal smiled indifferently, and said: "Things in the world are entangled in cause and effect, if you really feel that you owe it to the poor Dao, if you are involved in the death of the poor Dao in this catastrophe, please ask the Daoist to help." ”

Zhou Bai nodded and said, "That's nature." ”

Turning to look to the east, Zhou Bai frowned and said, "Presumably I received a summons from Jin Lian, and the lamp is here again." After saying goodbye to Ruyi True Immortal, Zhou Bai got up and jumped into the Zimu River in front of the mountain, and went down the river silently.

After seeing Zhou Bai leave, Ruyi Zhenxian rolled up his sleeves, took tools from the back room, and began to trim the messy courtyard.

The lantern that came back stopped at the foot of Xie Yang Mountain, the door at the end of the stone path was wide open, and the magic weapon he left in the courtyard had lost contact.

After hesitating for a moment, Burning Lamp closed his eyes and opened them, and his eyes fell on the Zimu River in front of him.