"It's over, old man Xu, that dead madman, what kind of play is this? Is play just to let people put their lives in? What's so fun, you say, as soon as you land, you enter what kind of fantasy world, what's the fun?"

"Maybe it didn't let us land in the first place, it was just a fairy house to play in the sky. ”

Xie Lingyun and his entourage walked on the boundless yellow desert, unable to distinguish between east and west, north and south, and just walked by feeling, which was originally an illusion, and the direction had become unimportant. Ah Man kept scolding and scolding, kicking the flying sand and walking stones, obviously the sense of touch is no different from reality, how can it be an illusion? She couldn't help but think on a whim: "Will the real us also walk on the desert now?"

When everyone heard this, they immediately stopped, and it was very possible that if they went on, they would go to the abyss of physical exhaustion and death, even if they were monks, they would also die of exhaustion.

In fact, everyone knows that the most important thing now is to break through this broken realm and recover from the state of distraction, but how easy is it to talk about it?

So they didn't dare to make that attempt lightly, and it wasn't the last moment, it shouldn't be ......

All the women looked at Xie Lingyun and asked him to come up with ideas.

"Wait, look what that is. Xie Lingyun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pointed to a sand dune in the distance, and the women turned their eyes to look, but saw a string of fine footprints, not human, as if they were animal footprints such as goats and camels.

Nothing was real in the illusion, but it must have been an important clue, and it was the first time they had seen anything other than yellow sand after walking for half a day.

Everyone immediately rushed over, and when they stood on the sand dune, they saw mysterious footprints stretching far and far into the horizon, with no end in sight.

"Let's follow the footprints. Xie Lingyun made a decision, and he had no choice.

This walk turned out to be a road of dozens of miles, with continuous footprints, and did not disappear because of the wind and sand, and Ah Man had to wonder if this was a trap, making them think that they had found hope, and they ended up walking all the way until they died.

But before they could disagree, they saw the outline of a city in the distance, and a green in the desert that represented life, a large field of poplar trees, which made them cheer, and almost forgot that this was an illusion.

Either way, they're talking to the dead city, and they're no longer aimless.

As the crowd approached the city, they found that it was not a dead city, at least not in the illusion, but at its gates, passers-by came and went, camels, oxen and horses carrying all kinds of goods, and merchants from all over the world had tired and hopeful faces on their faces, they were like people in reality, talking and laughing freely, and the camels were endless.

"Here. "The city we just sensed was ...... here," "But what we saw was a dead city, and all the undead were dead and motionless." ”

Everyone looked at each other, maybe they felt that what they saw was the real situation, which just showed that everyone had been walking for a long time, but they were actually still in the same place.

Ah Man was puzzled: "Are the ones in front of you all illusions?"

"The realm is an illusion, and the undead are the real undead...... Xie Lingyun said in a deep voice, "If we can't break through the illusion, we will probably become a member of that city." ”

"They know that they are dead, it doesn't look like it" Ah Man frowned, everyone agreed with this, when they got closer, they also heard many businessmen talking about preparing to go to Chang'an and Luoyang to do business, listening to that they thought that this was the real world, and there was no sense of illusion at all.

The people had no choice but to go into the city to see what was going on, and the guards guarding the city gate did not ask any questions, so they let them in.

The shops on both sides of the street are lined up, and the passers-by are more than outside the city, and they are very prosperous, and everything is just like the real world.

"This uncle" walked for a while, and Xie Lingyun arched his hand to an uncle who set up a stall selling sugar on the street, and asked: "We came all the way from Luoyang, and we got lost in the desert here, I don't know what kind of place this is?"

Hearing that they were guests from Luoyang, and their demeanor was extraordinary, the uncle was doubly enthusiastic, and smiled and showed a mouthful of white teeth: "This is the capital of the poor country, the noble guests of Luoyang, you have come to a good place." ”

The ghost place snorted secretly at Ah Man, and also asked: "We heard that the poor country was attacked by wind and sand, and the situation is very serious, why are you so good?"

"Hehe, nothing to do, nothing to do" The uncle immediately laughed, "Wind and sand blowing is a thing that happens from time to time, I also heard that Master Zhiming watched the sky at night, and inferred that there may be a big wind and sand in the past few days, the government told us to be more careful, just don't go out of the city." ”

Everyone looked at each other, it turned out that there were still masters in the poor country who predicted the disaster, but they were unable to return to the sky, Master Zhiming?

"These days......" Xie Lingyun thought for a while, and then asked, "We have been lost in the desert for a long time, and we don't know what date it is?" ”

"Oh, it's twenty-five," replied the uncle.

Now everyone understood more and more that the people in the city really did not know the fact that they were undead, and their memories were still stuck in the days before the fall of the poor country, and they did not know what year or dynasty it was.

"Hey, do you know ...... yourself?" asked tentatively, making a gesture to wipe his neck.

The candy seller was confused all of a sudden, what do you mean?

Xie Lingyun's heart suddenly suddenly, thinking that her asking like this would cause any serious consequences, obviously yes, a group of guards suddenly walked quickly in front of the street, they were burly, wearing bright armor, holding spears in their hands, showing their combat power that could not be underestimated, and their majestic eyes looked at them, rushing towards their group of outsiders......

"Who are you?" Soon, the guard came up to the group, and the captain of the guard asked as he looked at them with a puzzled look.

"Hello brothers. Xie Lingyun used his fist again and said a statement from afar.

"Luoyang guests, Master Zhiming had already predicted your arrival a few days ago" When they revealed their identities, the captain of the guards suddenly became very enthusiastic, with a smile on his face, "Master Zhiming specially ordered, as long as we meet distinguished guests on the street, we will take you to the Diqi Palace, and meet him for a while, please please, distinguished guests come here"

The candy seller was also surprised: "It turns out that you are the distinguished guests of Master Zhiming, and you are disrespectful" The surrounding guards and people also exclaimed, because they respected the master so much, and they were also respectful of their group

"Here is a little hemp candy made by me, please try it" The candy seller picked up a few large pieces of hemp candy and handed it to Xie Lingyun, looking so hospitable.

And the others were the same, in addition to the verbal welcome, they all took some invaluable but full of friendship to the visitors, and some children happily circled around them, as if they were celebrating the New Year

Except for Ah Man's puffed face, everyone couldn't help but smile and feel warm, but when they thought about it, these people were actually already dead, and they couldn't help but feel gloomy.

It is difficult to refuse the enthusiasm of the people of the poor country, Xie Lingyun took the hemp candy and other things, and after thanking the people repeatedly, he followed the team of guards to the poor palace located in the north of the city, talking with the guards along the way, and gradually understanding the situation in the city more and more.

In the poor country, the person with the highest prestige is Master Zhiming, he is a Buddhist monk from the Central Plains, originally wanted to follow Master Xuanzang to go to Tianzhu to learn scriptures, because passing through the poor country, see the withering of Buddhism here, so he first stayed to preach the scriptures and spread the Dharma, originally planned to stay for a few years, plant the seeds of Buddhism here, and then go back on the road, but because of the importance and plea of the king of the poor country, as well as the petition of the vast number of poor people, he has stayed for more than 20 years, and is the national teacher of the poor country.

Since there was Master Zhiming, the people can be said to have lived a good life, because of the master's prediction of wind and sand, how many people used to die in a year, but now everyone is happy because of the timely avoidance of disasters; And because of the master's vast powers, the demons and ghosts that used to make trouble from time to time are now extinct.

The master also taught everyone to trade with the Central Plains and teach everyone etiquette... In a word, there is a wise master, which is a blessing for a poor country.

Therefore, the most respected and well-spoken person here is not a king or a prince, but Master Zhiming.

Listening to the admiring tone of the guards, and looking at their happy smiling faces, everyone felt a sense of desolation, the master did not save the poor country after all

After walking for half a day, everyone came to the north of the city, and vaguely saw a group of palaces in the distance, the yellow glazed tiles shine brightly, like shining sand, the red pillars are towering, the carved railings are made of jade, although the name is poor, but it is not inferior to the gorgeousness of the Luoyang Palace. Of course, the meaning of the poor land should refer to the end of the earth.

With the leadership of the guards, the guards in front of the palace gate are easy to let everyone go, all the way into the palace, to the front of a seven-story stupa, this stupa is built even more beautifully, although there is no gold and silver glazed decoration, but there is a solemn and peaceful atmosphere, which calms people's mood.

"Master Zhiming is inside, ladies and gentlemen, please come into the tower. The captain of the guard said, and stopped in front of the tower as he had been commanded.

"Slow" Ah Man pulled Xie Lingyun, what if this is a trap? She said urgently: "This pagoda is not like our ancient building, you can't get out if you go in." ”

"We can't get out now, I feel that Master Zhiming has no malicious intentions. Xie Lingyun shook his head, why bother dealing with these people who were trapped in the illusion realm?

Sister Miao also nodded, and Yu Qi said: "Even in the illusion world, the pagoda is above board, and the evil spirit will be afraid, this should not be something that harms us." Ah Man raised his voice: "Should it?" and said with a slightly wry smile: "There is no absolute in anything."

"It's good that you don't feel comfortable staying outside. Xie Lingyun shook his head and smiled, and strode towards the pagoda.