After being silent for a long time, Lu Zheng didn't speak, and the ascetic knew that he was uncomfortable, so he sat cross-legged and didn't speak.

Suddenly, Lu Zheng spoke: "You are the ascetic monk under the tree of Qinglong Temple, right?"

Ascetic: "Exactly, you have been unconscious, how do you know the identity of the poor monk." ”

Lu Zhengdao: "I heard you call me a little donor, and call yourself a poor monk, before Mingkong said that there was a wandering ascetic monk who said that there were monsters in Qinglong Temple, I want to think about it, it should be you!"

The ascetic was slightly surprised, although this child was sad and flustered, but his mind was clear and thoughtful, and he guessed his identity at once, but he was very smart, nodded and said: "It's a pity that the poor monk was a step late, and he still let this demon hurt a life." It was even more careless that he failed to stop the demon from taking your companion away, and the poor monk was really ashamed. Actually, ......" he said, and he told the situation of that night, as well as the causes and consequences.

It turned out that more than ten days ago, the dervish accidentally bumped into the snake demon who hurt people and sucked the essence of blood, so he took action to subdue the demon and took the snake demon. Unexpectedly, the snake demon begged for mercy, admitted his mistake again and again, and said that he was a demon who realized the spirit in the mountains and wilderness, came to the world for the first time, did not understand the world, and now he knows his mistake, and begged the ascetic to let him live.

When the ascetic saw that he was sincere in his words, he relented for a moment, and reprimanded him and let him go. But then I heard that this monster was doing evil again, so I tracked it all the way to Qinglong Temple, and this monster couldn't hide, so I had to hide in the temple. The ascetic then followed him and warned everyone, but he did not expect to meet Puguang of the prison temple, and he thought that he was here to cheat and drink, and blackmail money, and obstructed him in every possible way...... , and then explained in detail how to subdue the snake demon that night, and somehow the snake demon unexpectedly got out of trouble and hijacked Tang Xiaojiu to leave.

The ascetic monk is successful in cultivation and is humble and peaceful, in front of a half-grown boy like Lu Zheng, he doesn't even have the jiashi of an elder, let alone the grandeur of a worldly master. In his words, he was very guilty that he couldn't stop the monster from taking Tang Xiaojiu away.

Lu Zheng listened very seriously, and heard that Tang Xiaojiu was just taken away by the snake demon, and the ascetic did not see that the ninth brother was killed by the snake demon, so he was pleasantly surprised in his heart, and hurriedly asked: "That means that the ninth brother may not be dead yet?"

How he hoped that the ascetic would answer yes immediately, but he only heard the ascetic sigh and say, "Hey, the poor monk also hopes so, but based on the injury of the snake demon at that time, it is estimated that he needs to absorb the blood of the boy to recover his vitality." Then he talked about the habits of monsters such as snake demons, and how to absorb human essence and blood to replenish vitality.

Lu Zheng originally had a glimmer of hope, but as the ascetic's speculation came out one by one, the more he listened to it, the colder it became, and he remembered that Tang Xiaojiu had broken his arms before he was taken away, making him bite his lower lip tightly, and he actually bit blood.

When the ascetic said all this, he originally thought that Lu Zheng would cry silently, but he didn't expect the child to say a word, just looked at the bonfire with his eyes, and the ascetic stopped talking. There was silence for a while, and only the sound of firewood burning from time to time could be heard.

After being silent for a long time, the ascetic was about to say a few words of comfort, but Lu Zheng tried his best to correct his body, identify the direction of the ascetic, and bowed: "Great monk, xiexie, you saved my life, your great kindness, Lu Zheng will always remember it in his heart." ”

The ascetic hurriedly held on and said, "The little donor doesn't have to be like this, the poor monk is really ashamed." ”

Lu Zheng said a little embarrassed: "I'm really sorry, big monk, I just now suspected that you were a child trafficker, and I have been wrong to blame you in my heart, suspecting that you poisoned me, making me unable to see and hear clearly, and please bear with me." ”

Lu Zheng's tone was calm, as if he was a nobody, and let the ascetic monk take a look, but he didn't expect this soft and weak child to hide such thoughts, thinking that he was a human trafficker, and asked in surprise: "Why do you think the poor monk looks like a human trafficker?"

Lu Zheng lowered his head slightly, his face was slightly hot, and said: "Since I was a child, I have seen a lot of abducted children who are sold, and they are all drugged and stunned first, and then sold far away blindfolded, so that those children can't find their home." I woke up and found that I couldn't move, my eyes couldn't see clearly, my ears couldn't hear clearly, and I didn't know who you were, so I thought...... Great monk, I think it's bad. ”

When the ascetic monk heard this, he folded his hands and recited, "Amitabha!" Although he had walked the world many times, he could not imagine that there was such a thing in the world, and when he suddenly heard about it, he thought of the tragic situation of those abducted children, and his heart was also moved with compassion.

Lu Zheng felt the silence of the ascetic, and he deliberately called him a human trafficker, and he didn't mean to be angry at all, secretly thinking that this monk should be a good monk, and he was immediately relieved and relieved.

The dervish sighed and asked, "Little benefactor, don't you blame the poor monk for not saving your companion?"

As soon as the ascetic said this, Lu Zheng could no longer avoid it in his heart, and the ascetic explained the whole thing, so that he had to accept that Tang Xiaojiu was indeed taken away by the monster. The thing he didn't want to believe the most, in the end, he had to believe it, and there was a burst of bitterness in his heart that couldn't be dissolved, so that he just wanted to cry, cry in the dark, and don't care about anything, let alone think that the ninth brother is dead.

He was silent for a while, his lips trembled a few times, and finally spoke: "If the great monk can be saved, he will definitely not let go." What's more, the great monk saved my life, and it's too late for me to be grateful, how dare I force you? Brother Jiu said that we who are beggars rely on others to support us. It is a kindness for others to give a bite of food, and it is natural not to give it, and it should not be resented. If you have no relatives and no reason, why should others feed idlers like us. ”

The ascetic nodded and said approvingly: "The poor monk walks the world, and I see that people in this world always complain that others can't give more, so it is difficult for good people to be good. I can't imagine that you know such a measure at such a young age, which really impresses the poor monks, rare, rare. It's a pity, it's a pity!" His two rare sentences were naturally praising Lu Zheng, and the last two sentences were pity, but they were regretting Tang Xiaojiu. He heard that Tang Xiaojiu could teach Lu Zheng such a truth, but it was a pity that he couldn't save him at that time.

When Lu Zheng heard him say this, he also thought of Tang Xiaojiu, his heart tightened again, he was silent for a long time, and suddenly raised his head and asked, "Great monk, what kind of monster is that, does he have a name, and what does he look like?"

The ascetic saw that he had not spoken for a long time, knowing that he was thinking about his partner, and did not want his own exclamation to affect the other party's sadness, and felt even more guilty in his heart. ”

Lu Zheng bit his lip, but he didn't speak, just looked at the ascetic with a pleading gaze. The ascetic didn't expect that this child looked at Wen Jing and cowardly, and had no opinions, but he had a different stubbornness when he encountered something, and sighed: "Idiot." Then he recited a Buddha horn and said, "Calm down, the poor monk will let you see the appearance of the monster." ”

Lu Zheng thought to himself, could it be that the ascetic drew a picture of the monster, but he couldn't see it clearly now, but he was afraid that he wouldn't see it really. Who knew that before the ascetic's words fell, Lu Zheng's eyes suddenly darkened, and then his heart lit up, as if a white light flashed, and the appearance of a person suddenly appeared in his heart, with a thin face, gloomy eyes, and the most peculiar thing was that there were two fangs in his mouth, giving people a sinister and vicious feeling.

Lu Zheng suddenly understood in his heart, knowing that this was the monster that killed Tang Xiaojiu, thinking of the ascetic saying that he was a snake demon, this face was full of snake head and snake brain, and while anger surged, he gritted his teeth, remembered this appearance and imprinted it in his heart.

Suddenly, the white light faded and the apparition vanished. Lu Zheng thought about it carefully, and the appearance of the monster just now was as if the person in his memory had come to mind, and he didn't see it with his own eyes.

The dervish has already explained: "This is one of the six spiritual powers of my Buddhism, and he can imprint what the poor monk sees into your heart with the heart seal. You can hear the poor monk speak clearly, and it is also because the poor monk used this magical power. What comes to your mind is the appearance of the monster that the poor monk saw, this is the snake demon. He had condensed the demon pill before, and he could also cultivate into a human form, so he should have a name, but the poor monk didn't know what it was called. ”

Lu Zheng's eyes were distracted, he gritted his teeth and whispered, "Ninth brother." He clenched his fists again, and held his jade pendant tightly in his palms, at this time the ascetic did not have to exert his mental power, he could also see his thoughts, and persuaded: "Little benefactor, you still don't want to be too sad, people can't be resurrected after death, everything has cause and effect." I hope you take good care of yourself. ”

When Lu Zheng heard this, when he raised his head, although his eyes were faint, he naturally showed a look of perseverance, and he only heard him say in an extremely firm voice: "Great monk, since you can let me see his monster appearance, can you let me see how Brother Jiu was killed by him that night?"

The ascetic was stunned, he never expected this child to make such a request, he was afraid that he would see the tragic situation of Tang Xiaojiu's broken hands that day, and his emotions would worsen the poisonous injury, and he was about to open his mouth to refuse, but seeing that although Lu Zheng's voice trembled, his eyes revealed a strange firmness, and he sighed at the moment and expanded his mental powers.

A scene appeared in Lu Zheng's heart, Tang Xiaojiu was caught under the armpit by the snake demon, first broke his left arm, the monster was presumptuous, and then broke Tang Xiaojiu's right arm, Tang Xiaojiu's screams filled his heart. Until he was taken away by the snake demon, in the night, Lu Zheng clearly saw Tang Xiaojiu glance at himself who was unconscious at the time, leaving a tear.

When he saw Tang Xiaojiu wrapped in the armpit of the monster, glancing at him, leaving that tear, this tear seemed to fill his entire heart with the ascetic's mental powers. For a while, his heart was drowned in these tears.

Seeing that Lu Zheng was unconscious again, the ascetic quickly collected his divine powers and stepped forward to investigate, and found that the yin and poisonous qi in his body began to spread with his excited emotions, and the jade pendant on his chest instantly burst out of countless brilliance enveloping his whole body.

For a time, with Lu Zheng's body as the battlefield, the white brilliance and the poisonous qi competed with each other, the ascetic monk has been paying attention to the comings and goings of the two, and has never dared to start easily, fortunately, the white brilliance does not seek merit, and firmly protects the heart, although the yin and poisonous qi are raging, after all, it still cannot invade the heart, which can be regarded as temporarily saving Lu Zheng's life. Only then did he put his mind at ease, and said in his heart, looking at this situation, this jade pendant is really extraordinary, and it should be able to stick to it. As long as he reaches that person, I am afraid that this child will have a greater blessing.

Thinking so, he looked at the jade pendant that kept exuding brilliance, and thought: "I don't know who his parents are, how could they make him a beggar with such a mysterious talisman? Or did he get it unintentionally? ”

The boy fainted twice for the death of his companion, and the friendship was so deep that the ascetic couldn't help but sigh: "Loving and parting is the suffering of impermanence!