There is no specific process in the picture of the battle between the old wine jar and the Changye King brothers.
After only seeing a burst of chaotic light and shadow, the King of Night, clad in black energy, had disappeared. Only a thin old man was left, walking alone in the desolate wilderness.
Behind him is the semi-destroyed royal capital.
The old man looked confused, but tears were flowing down his face, filling every wrinkle on his face.
The sun sets in the west, the remaining clouds are like blood, and jackdaws fly around.
I don’t know how long I walked in the desolate wilderness. I crossed the Blood River and Nozawa and came to an official road, where I met a five or six-year-old girl.
The little girl is exquisite and full of aura.
But now it's a little dirty.
It was the little princess from the small country that was first destroyed by King Long Night.
The bewildered old wine vat suddenly became sober when he saw the little girl: "Are you the little princess from the Yun Kingdom?"
The little girl nodded.
"May I have your name?"
"twilight."
"Twilight? Is this God's will? Or... anyway, it's our sect that owes you."
The old wine vat has a guilty face and a shabby figure.
The little girl raised her head slightly and looked at the ragged old man with a wine gourd tied around his waist.
She saw that the old man had only half a remnant of his soul left.
I also saw that behind him, there was a frozen period of time when evil spirits were everywhere and people were in ruins.
This period of time is gradually getting further and further away, slowly disappearing in the setting sun and dusk.
Including the small country where she came from.
"Xiao Duise, come with me. This is what our Day and Night Sect owes you. One day, we will repay you."
The little girl was a little confused, but she still nodded.
Then the old wine vat, with only half of its soul left, took the little girl's hand, walked into the distance, and slowly disappeared out of the screen.
In the last light and shadow, a big city at night finally disappeared in the long river of time.
…
Li Changyi couldn't help but sigh: "It turns out that this is the origin of the lost years."
Jin Doudou whispered: "It turns out that the little girl is really the Goddess. Then what does she want to do by sending us into this lost time?"
"Are you ready to settle the national feud?"
"But, what does this have to do with us?"
Li Xianyue shook his head: "I don't know either. I should have an answer soon."
Jin Doudou looked sideways at him.
"What's wrong?"
"I think it may not have anything to do with us, but with you."
"How do you say this?"
"Do you still remember the encounter with the old wine jar before? He came here following something, and not long after he left, your natal object appeared."
Li Xiangyi finally recalled that scene.
So far, he has not figured out why his natal creature renewal seal changed after the old wine jar left.
Could it be that this ancient seal had an encounter with the old wine vat before it was lost in Xiufeng Mountain?
"What took away the little Goddess and the Empress was only half of the remnant soul. The real old wine vat still remains in this lost time. He will definitely appear again. If you ask him then, you will know what happened."
Jin Doudou nodded, and then thought of another thing: "The scene and story reflected on the jade slip did not involve the extraterrestrial demon. What role does it play in the Long Night City? Can you Can you pull it over?"
Li Chaoyi carefully recalled what Feng Niang said before entering the secret realm, and said: "That extraterrestrial demon must have been killed by the Goddess after she grew up. That is to say, after the Long Night City was designated as the Lost Years, Sent in by the Goddess."
"There must be a reason for her to do this. Maybe she really wants to settle everything that happened in the lost years."
"The body and origin of an extraterrestrial demon can do many things."
Jin Doudou shook his head. She really didn't like to think about those complicated things. It was better to leave this kind of matter to the direct descendant of Hanshan next to her and others.
She just fights when there is a fight and kills when there is evil.
But looking at the lifelike statue of the Queen of the Night, she had one last question: "Do you think the Queen is finally resurrected?"
Li Changye shook his head: "Definitely not, otherwise the Night City would not be what it is today."
"And I have never heard that a person whose soul has been extinguished can come back to life. Wouldn't this mean that countless people with great supernatural powers can live forever?"
"But even those who are as advanced as the founders of the Three Religions have their own destiny and dare not say that they can live forever."
Jin Doudou retorted: "But haven't there been various rumors of resurrection from the dead?"
Li Chaoyi said with a smile: "There are indeed cases of resurrection from the dead, but those are people who have not truly died, and still have residual souls or spiritual thoughts. It is possible to rely on various secret techniques or strange objects to bring them back to life. .”
"To be precise, this is not called resurrection from the dead, but spring from dead trees."
Jin Doudou nodded, understanding.
Li Xianyue thought of Lin Wei, a half-demon boy. Carrying a black coffin, he took his grandfather to the Western Region. He didn't know whether he found the Soul-Eating Flower or saved his grandfather.
He hoped that this lonely and simple half-demon boy would get what he wanted.
He suffered a lot in his youth and his family was ruined. How could he be just another Xiaoyunmuhui?
"There are so many saints, sword immortals, Taoist kings, Buddhas, and martial gods in the world, but there are still so many disasters and catastrophes. There is still something wrong with this world after all."
Jin Doudou glanced at the scholar in green shirt in surprise, but he didn't expect him to sigh like this.
She couldn't help but said: "When I was in Taicang City, I heard the storyteller in the teahouse say that in addition to self-cultivation, family order, country governance, and world peace, your Confucians also have a concept, which is to 'set a heart for the world and live for the world. The people are determined to carry forward the unique knowledge of the past saints, create peace for all generations, and strive to create a harmonious society."
"Do you also have such an ideal?"
Li Guoyi said casually: "I don't have such great ideals, but there are problems in this world after all. Saints of heaven and earth, sword immortals, Taoists, Buddhas, gods of war, and even major dynasties and immortal sects all have such great magical powers." , occupying so much luck, but still cannot prevent some catastrophes from occurring and make the people of the world live a better life, then what is the meaning of these great supernatural beings, dynasties, and immortal sects existing in the world?"
"It would be better if the world is lawless and there is no justice in the world. Maybe the people of Jiuzhou can be a little more peaceful. At least there will be no disasters like overthrow of the country."
Jin Doudou said: "I haven't read a book, so I don't know as much as you do. I only know that as long as evil spirits and hostility still exist in this world, you need to have an evil-killing knife in your hand, otherwise you will face those evil spirits." Demons and secular people are even more helpless."
"It's not wrong to have supernatural powers, but it's probably wrong to not use them well."
Li Chaoyi glanced at the girl in the red cloak with some surprise, and praised: "I was too extreme. I didn't expect you to be able to express such a clear point of view. I have learned a lesson."
Jin Doudou curled his lips and said, "I don't know what is clear and what is not clear. It's just that I have been around the streets for a long time, so I naturally understand some truths."
"If I didn't have this big knife in my hand, or if the big knife in my hand wasn't sharp enough, then my brothers, sisters, grandma and I would have died long ago."
Li Changyi made a long bow and said, "Thank you so much, Miss Jin, for teaching me. Although I have read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles, after all, I still talk a lot on paper and just watch things happen quickly. I am not as profound as Miss Jin who has lived in the market for a long time."
Jin Doudou stepped aside. He was not used to the habit of scholars bowing and saluting.
However, the scholar in green shirt next to her did not offend her and she could go with him.
"What shall we do next?"
Li went to Yihuan and looked around the entire underground palace, then looked at the statue of Queen Changye in front of him, and said: "King Changye must still be alive. This statue should have been erected by him himself."
"The palace's 'resurrection', with all kinds of splendor and aura, should be a sign of his return."
"So, let's just wait for him to show up."
"How this drama will end has nothing to do with us. It still depends on the Goddess and Senior Laojiu Wen."
Jin Doudou agrees.
She had seen the King of the Night, and the way he could destroy thousands of evil spirits by himself was far beyond what she could handle.
"Now, I'll give this to you." Li Changye handed the jade slip back to the girl in the red cloak.
This jade slip was originally taken down by her. Not to mention other things, just because it is made of white fairy jade, it is priceless and is a supreme treasure.
When Jin Doudou saw him handing it over, he didn't hesitate and accepted it directly.
She had a good impression of the Queen of the Night, and she was willing to do something for her if possible.
Then the two of them checked the entire underground palace again, and after confirming that there was nothing else of value, they paid homage to Queen Long Night and left the underground palace along an aisle.
Not long after walking, they came to another stone gate. The stone gate was still engraved with mysterious and complex patterns. Li Chaoyi followed the gourd and painted the scoop, and once again used his spiritual thoughts to draw the entire pattern in one stroke, and the stone gate opened.
After the stone gate, there is another rockery.
Coming out of the rockery, you come to the ground, which is also a garden.
However, this garden is very peaceful, with flowers in full bloom and butterflies flying. It is not like a garden in a big city at night, but more like the villa of an elegant scholar in the world.
"There is someone!" Jin Doudou suddenly reminded.
Li Chaoyi also noticed the people in the garden, and saw a young monk in white standing indifferently under a large crape myrtle flower.
The monk in white with an extraordinary temperament was looking down at a few ants playing under the flowers, with a faint smile on his face, as if he was watching something very interesting.
Hearing the noise from the two people, he turned his head and gave a one-handed salute, and said kindly: "Amitabha, the young monk Sanwu has met the two donors."
This is none other than the contemporary Buddhist disciple of Beizhi Gezhou, the third monk Sanwu in Beizhou’s ranking.
Jin Doudou met him for the second time after entering the secret realm. Sanwu, who was clearly from the tenth realm, appeared in the lower city for some reason and once resisted a palace leader from the tenth realm.
So she cupped her fists and returned the salute.
Li Changyi cupped his hands and said, "Master Sanwu, what are you looking at?"
Sanwu had a handsome face and a gentle attitude, and said: "In front of Almsgiver Li, the young monk would never dare to call me master, so you should just call me young monk Sanwu."
"I'm learning calligraphy by watching ants. The ants in the Night City seem to be much smarter than the ants outside, and they are quite close to the Buddha."
"Oh, really? Then I'll take a look too." Li Xianyue stepped forward.
Jin Doudou followed.
The two came to take a look under the crape myrtle flower, and saw a few ants spinning on the ground, stopping, or carrying things. It was hard to tell that they were learning calligraphy.
Jin Doudou couldn't restrain his curiosity and wanted to ask, but after a while, another large group of ants came under the flower, and then these ants quickly formed the word "Buddha".
"Two donors, please see that these ants are indeed destined to my Buddhist sect." Sanwu said with a smile.
Jin Doudou pouted. If she wanted to, she could let these ants have a fate with a random pile of horse dung in Taicang City.
Li Chaoyi's eyes narrowed slightly, because he saw that the ants that formed the word "Buddha" did not have any traces of magical power left on them, and they also faintly exuded a few traces of pure Buddha nature.
"Master Sanwu, how did you do it?"
Sanwu saw that he still called him master, but he didn't make a fuss and let him go, saying: "I read Buddhist sutras to them for two hours, but I didn't expect them to really have enlightenment. Do you think they are very enlightened? "
Li Chaoyi smiled and said: "I admire you for being able to recite Buddhist scriptures to a group of ants for two hours. It seems that they are indeed destined to your Buddhist sect."
"Master, are you going to transform them into Buddhist Vajra protectors?"
Sanwu shook his head and smiled: "No, all living beings in the world who have wisdom have Buddha nature. The young monk just happened to meet them and passed on some scriptures."
"As for how far they can grow in the future, whether they can enter Buddhism or not, it all depends on their own destiny!"
Li Chaoyi gently shook his folding fan and said with a smile: "Master Sanwu is worthy of being our contemporary Buddhist disciple in Beizhou. No one can compare with his mind."
"Master, since you have been in the Long Night Palace for a long time, you should know what happened in this big city, right? Perhaps, the master is needed to perform some kind of salvation."
Sanwu clasped his hands together and recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, the young monk has indeed witnessed many disasters since he entered this palace."
"If necessary, the young monk will be obliged to do so."
"It's just that the Goddess Empress has already planned it. Maybe she doesn't need the young monk to show up. On the contrary, it's Donator Li who has a lot of connections with the people in this city."
Monk Sanwu has the magical power of [Great Wisdom Eye] and can see many things that other people cannot see.
As soon as they met, he saw that some causal threads on Li Xiangyi were intertwined with this big city at night.
Li Chaoyi asked for advice: "I dare to ask Buddha, what is the origin?"
Sanwu shook his head: "Amitabha, Buddha said it cannot be said."
When Jin Doudou heard this, he wanted to curl his lips again. If you can't say it, why are you saying this?
However, Li Qingyi still said gratefully: "Thank you, Master Sanwu."
Then he raised his head, past the crape myrtle tree, and looked deep into the palace.
At this moment, a tall figure in black robes appeared on the roof of the highest hall in the palace.
(End of chapter)
