In an instant, golden light rose up from the vast stone steps, like the scorching sun coming down, instantly driving away the endless darkness in front of you.
The old Taoist looked at the ray of sky that was gradually revealed, and exclaimed in disbelief: "You're good, there are a thousand stone steps."
Li Xiuyuan, who was sore all over, couldn't help complaining: "Senior, you did it on purpose, right? You don't say anything when you are in trouble, but now you wake up."
The old Taoist laughed: "You don't know that I am timid and afraid of the dark. I almost died with that sword strike just now."
Li Xiuyuan ignored him, but looked up at the dissipated night.
Only then did I realize that the light falling from the sky was gradually fading, and the setting sun on the horizon had already set.
Night is really coming.
And under his feet, there were a thousand stone steps... He took a step forward and took a step up with some difficulty.
???????????????It's almost night, and night has arrived. The black mist in the mountains has dispersed, but a faint night mist is gradually filling the air.
The night wind howled.
The old Taoist priest said pitifully: "You didn't expect that this vast mountain road would be so difficult for you, right? Why don't you give up now? It's still too late and go down the mountain before it gets dark."
"The mountain road is long. If I feel regret now, I'm afraid I won't be able to reach the top tomorrow, and I'll be sad every time in the future. Do you think I'm an idiot?"
Li Xiuyuan said slowly: "You didn't think about attacking me until I had stepped through the two thousand stone steps? You are thinking too much."
No matter what the old Taoist's intentions were, he decided to go all out and step on the last stone step.
Think about what kind of tests Watson experienced back then?
Not to mention Huayu and Tantai Xiaoyu later.
Is it possible that he is not as good as two girls? This is impossible.
It was only then that the old Taoist on his back showed a trace of solemnity on his face after hearing Li Xiuyuan's words.
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: "Is it possible? I really lost?"
The mysterious voice came from the divine sea: "That's right, you have lost. This child has an iron heart and will not be moved by you."
The old Taoist priest shook his head: "He can't see through these three thousand stone steps. Even I can't understand them sometimes."
The mysterious voice replied: "Maybe he doesn't want to see through it, but just wants to break it with his feet?"
The old Taoist priest chuckled: "Don't worry, your place will be much more troublesome than these three thousand stone steps."
This time, Li Xiuyuan silently counted in his heart every step he took. He had already stepped on the two thousand stone steps. He didn't know how many hours it took Watson to cross the three thousand stone steps.
Right now, no matter how much effort he spends, he just wants to see the scenery on the mountain.
At least, you should also watch the sunrise on Dahuang Mountain.
Look at Liangzhou City not far down the mountain, and look at Sanzang and Jin Wuliang practicing in the temple.
Three hundred...four hundred...five hundred, all the way up to the nine hundred stone steps.
He had even seen a bright moon hanging in the sky, and even seen the top of the mountain hidden in the night.
Suddenly, the stone steps in front disappeared, and a huge ravine lay in front of him, as if three thousand stone steps were split open by a divine thunder from the sky.
Standing in front of this ten thousand-foot ravine with Lao Dao on his back, Li Xiuyuan felt a terrifying aura coming from the abyss under the ravine, forcing him to stop.
Li Xiuyuan was shocked for a moment and asked the old man behind him: "Senior, if I fall, I will die. I am afraid I will have you buried with me?"
He had seen a lot of abyss, but this was the first time he encountered the abyss that appeared on the three thousand stone steps.
I'm afraid that at that time, Watson, Hua Yu and others were not as miserable as they were in front of me.
Even if there are dragons and monsters, why don't you come out and show me?
Just in time to kill you, cook a pot of elixir for Sanzang to eat.
The old Taoist hugged him tightly and shouted: "I will die if I come down, and I will die if I follow you... I believe you are more afraid of death than me..."
Li Xiuyuan was speechless when he heard this, thinking that you are really big-hearted.
We just met by chance, but you actually put your life and death in my hands.
It seems there is really no way out.
Taking a deep breath, Li Xiuyuan smiled bitterly and said: "Since seniors are not afraid, let's take a gamble together."
Patting Li Xiuyuan on the shoulder, the old Taoist said seriously: "People say that there is a natural chasm in one step. I think as long as you have the courage to walk over it, you will see the top of the mountain in front of you."
Looking at the vast white mist across the ravine, Li Xiuyuan shouted: "Master, you have to protect me!"
There was no answer from the old Taoist priest in the divine sea, but Ksitigarbha's voice rang out.
"Don't you always tell yourself to stop doubting and start believing? Why do you have doubts when you reach the abyss? Where is your confidence and fearlessness?"
With a sigh, Ksitigarbha said: "I'm leaving. Don't come to me if you have any problem. I'm not your master."
"Ending doubt creates faith... Haha, Bodhisattva, thank you!"
Li Xiuyuan looked up at the endless abyss in front of him and laughed.
The old Taoist behind him was so frightened that he screamed: "Boy, who are you talking to? Where does this Bodhisattva come from? Where is she? Please call her out."
Li Xiuyuan ignored the old Taoist and recited in a deep voice: "This is why you must always recite it, and don't be suspicious when you recite it..."
Every time I recite a Buddhist sutra, I take a step forward...
Every time he took a step, a golden lotus appeared in the void above the abyss, supporting Li Xiuyuan's steps.
And the black clouds that rose from the abyss, as if they came from hell, turned into ghosts and dragons, trying to catch Li Xiuyuan who was stepping on the void...
But under the light of the golden lotus, it disappeared without even a roar.
Along the three thousand stone steps, his pair of shoes had already turned into fragments. The moment he took a step into the abyss, in an instant, they turned into pieces. Flying ash all over the sky.
At the moment, Li Xiuyuan's feet, which were stepping on golden lotuses, were as white as jade and spotless.
When he steps on the golden lotus in the void, he is the Ksitigarbha of this world.
The old Taoist stared blankly at the golden lotus emerging in the sky, and couldn't help but asked blankly: "Bodhisattva, is it you who bloomed the lotus for this boy?"
A mysterious voice came: "Don't worry, it's not me. This is his own practice."
The old Taoist priest shook his head and said in disbelief: "Impossible, he is just a mortal. When did mortals in this world become immortals?!"
The mysterious voice replied: "Didn't he tell you already? Cut off doubt and create faith... There will be those who believe in me, and there will be none if they don't believe me."
It was in the midst of two voices communicating and having a conversation in the void with their spiritual consciousness.
Li Xiuyuan took another step and started chanting. Hearing the mysterious voice and the old Taoist couldn't help but scream.
I miss someone far away.
I feel something, deep in my heart.
My hometown is far away and I can't go there without looking at it every day.
What Li Xiuyuan was reciting at the moment was no longer a Buddhist scripture, but a poem he had learned in his husband's book. It was also his longing for Mumu, who was transformed into a phoenix.
Just like the Buddhist sutras he recited before, every time he recited a sentence, a golden lotus appeared in the sky.
When he finished reciting his last two sentences, "If you don't learn Toutu Dharma, you will never forget your past." He had already stepped through the void and stood on the top of the mountain with three thousand stone steps, carrying the old Taoist priest on his back.
Looking at the bright moon in the sky, Li Xiuyuan said quietly: "Mumu, are you okay?"
