What Bu Xiaotian asked was exactly the doubt in Lan Yunxin and Yun Ying's heart.
There are many believers in the temple at the foot of the mountain, and there are also many pilgrims who are willing to donate money for incense. And as a practitioner, it is not difficult to build a better temple on the top of Tianling Peak.
Why is this small temple where the four holy monks stay so dilapidated and crude?
Master Kong Jian heard the words and smiled softly. He seemed not surprised that Bu Xiaotian would ask such a question, and instead asked:
"Master Nephew Yuntian, what do you think are the similarities and differences between this small temple and the temple at the foot of the mountain?"
Bu Xiaotian saw that Master Kongjian did not answer his question, but instead asked this unrelated question. Although he was a little unclear about the reason, he still thought about it carefully for a moment, and then said slowly:
“If we talk about differences, there are many.
The temple at the foot of the mountain is magnificent, with dozens of Buddha statues enshrined and countless pilgrims coming and going.
Compared with the mountain below, this place is so different. It is deserted, simple, small, and dilapidated.
But if you want to talk about the similarities, please forgive me for being stupid. I really can't see any similarities between the two. "
Master Kongjian saw that Bu Xiaotian had been thinking hard for a long time and couldn't think of any similarities. He was also embarrassing him and said:
"Look at this Buddha statue behind me."
Bu Xiaotian raised his head and looked behind him as he was told, and saw a few shabby curtains hanging on the beams behind the four holy monks. Swaying gently in the breeze, he could vaguely see a Buddha statue enshrined behind the curtains.
In fact, Bu Xiaotian and the others saw this when they first entered. After all, this Buddhist hall is not big to begin with, and you can basically take in the entire layout at a glance.
It was just that the light behind the four divine monks was a little dark and blocked by curtains, so they didn't pay too much attention.
But with the eyesight of Bu Xiaotian and others, when they took a closer look, they immediately saw the appearance of the Buddha statue clearly.
It was a jade Buddha statue, no matter in size or appearance, it was exactly the same as the jade Buddha enshrined in the middle of the main hall of the temple at the foot of the mountain.
"This Buddha statue..."
Master Kongwen smiled faintly, and continued what Bu Xiaotian said:
"This Buddha statue is exactly the same as the one at the bottom of the mountain. You must be a little confused.
In fact, this is the original appearance of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. In order to avoid being hunted by demons from the demon sect, Patriarch Kuci hid behind the Buddha statue. By chance, he got the opportunity, and then the "Battle of Demon Slaying" took place.
After the demonic sect was defeated, Patriarch Kuci returned to the temple at the foot of the mountain. Countless believers came here to worship and transformed the temple into the current Temple of the Emerald Buddha.
But as the number of believers increased, the foot of the mountain became no longer clean and no longer suitable for practice. So Patriarch Kuci asked his disciples to build another temple here according to the original appearance of the Jade Buddha Temple, not only for peace of mind to practice, but also In order to let future generations of disciples remember the scene when the demon sect brought harm to the world. "
Master Kong Jian said this, paused, and then continued:
"And what we cultivate is our mind. There is actually not much difference between living in a palace and a hut.
Whether the place they live in is warm and luxurious, or poor and shabby, it is just to protect them from the wind and rain, and the area they occupy is only three feet in diameter.
Disciples of the Emerald Buddha Temple first start practicing in the temple at the foot of the mountain for three years, and then go up to practice here after three years. "
Bu Xiaotian was a little confused:
"Why do this?"
Master Kongjian said:
"Since ancient times, it has been easy to move from frugality to luxury, but it has been difficult to move from luxury to frugality. This is to hone the disciple's mind. If you want to be born in the world, you must first enter the world.
Only by experiencing all kinds of situations in the world can we not be easily moved by external things in the end. "
"I see!"
Bu Xiaotian suddenly realized that Yuxu Sect taught its disciples to be self-sufficient, which actually meant this, but Bu Xiaotian had never thought about it deeply before.
Seeing that several people showed signs of enlightenment, Master Kongjian nodded slightly and said:
"Okay, you have been traveling for days, so you must be a little tired by now, and it is already getting late. You should go and rest first, and let Fa Ming take you around tomorrow."
After the three heard the words, they stood up and bowed to the four holy monks and said:
"This way we won't disturb the practice of the four masters!"
The four great monks each nodded, and Master Kongwen said:
"Go ahead."
The four great monks among the three people had closed their eyes, stopped talking, turned around and walked out of the hall slowly.
After leaving the palace gate, Fa Ming, who had been waiting beside him, smiled and said:
"Are you three planning to take a rest?"
Bu Xiaotian nodded:
"Well, senior brother, could you please arrange a place for us to rest."
Seeing Bu Xiaotian being so polite, Fa Ming said:
"Junior Brother Bu, there's no need to be so polite. What's the trouble? You and I have been together for more than a few months and have become close friends. This seems a bit strange!
The room has been arranged for you. Come with me. "
Bu Xiaotian said again:
"Thank you, senior brother."
Now the four of them walked all the way to the backyard. Faming pointed to a row of side rooms in front of him and said:
"You guys can rest here. The conditions here are simple. Please forgive me if there is any negligence."
Bu Xiaotian and others smiled and shook their heads, saying:
"We have slept in the wilderness many times before. Compared with then, this place is much better. How can we dare to dislike it?"
Fa Ming also laughed when he heard this and said:
"Haha! What Junior Brother Bu said is true! You go in and have a good rest. The poor monk will show you around tomorrow."
Bu Xiaotian and others nodded:
"good."
…
At this time, Yuyang City was on the south side of Xuyun Mountain Range.
A ray of golden light streaked across the night sky and landed directly on an attic in the city. The attic was elegantly decorated. Although it was already dark, the lights were still on, and bursts of conversation could be heard coming from it.
This is the Xianyu Pavilion that is famous throughout Yuyang City.
The golden light came very quickly, but without causing any movement, it landed quietly in a room on the third floor of Xianyu Pavilion.
After the golden light fell to the ground, they turned into two figures. They were Demon Lord Lingming and Lotte holding the little snow wolf in his arms.
Lotte's eyes were full of disbelief. This place is nearly 20,000 miles away from Tianling Mountain. Even if he drives around day and night with his magic weapon, it will take at least more than ten days to get back here.
Demon Lord Lingming took him across such a long distance in just half a day, which was simply unbelievable.
As the two of them landed, Yagu, who was greeting the guests downstairs, stared at her for a moment, and then started talking to the guests in front of her as usual, without showing anything unusual at all.
After a while, Yagu apologized and slowly walked upstairs.
"Ta, ta, ta..."
A burst of slow footsteps sounded in the quiet attic, and it didn't sound unusual.
The footsteps came closer and closer, stopping outside the door of the room where Lotte and Lingming Demon Lord were.
With a "squeak" sound, the door was pushed open from the outside.
Lotte looked in the direction of the door, only to see a sudden change occur just as the door was halfway open!
Several rays of cold light shot from the half-open door, heading straight towards Lotte and Lingming Yaozun.
When Letian saw this cold light, the hair on his body stood up. He could feel that if he didn't resist it, each of these cold lights would be enough to cut him in half!
But before Lotte could make any move, Lingming Demon Lord waved his hand and took all the cold light into his palm.
The people outside the door seemed stunned and made no other moves for a while.
Demon Lord Lingming looked at the half-open door, his voice a little hoarse:
"Xiaoya, is that you?"
"Bang!"
As soon as Demon Lord Lingming finished speaking, the door was pushed open violently. Through the dim light in the corridor, it could be seen that there was a woman standing outside the door.
Demon Lord Lingming stretched out his hand, and the candles in the room suddenly lit up. The flames of the candles illuminated the entire room, and also illuminated Demon Lord Lingming in golden armor and Lotte beside him.
Lotte also saw clearly the appearance of the person standing at the door. Who could it be if it wasn't Ya Gu?
Yagu saw the people in the room clearly, her eyes suddenly turned red, and her voice was trembling:
"Ling...Ming..."
Demon Lord Lingming nodded and said:
"it's me!"
As he spoke, he raised his left hand, revealing what was in his palm. It was the cold light that he had just put away, and it turned out to be ten small sharp blades.
Without seeing any movement from him, the sharp blade in his palm slowly floated into the air and flew in front of Yagu.
Yagu reached out to catch the sharp blade, shook her hand, and the ten sharp blades hit Lingming Demon Lord with a more fierce attack than before. Whether it was sharp or murderous, Lotte felt like a sharp blade was pressed against his throat.
Demon Lord Lingming just waved his hand and caught the flying blade again, and then returned it to Yagu's hand as before.
But Yagu didn't appreciate it. She once again used her sharp blade to hit Demon Lord Lingming with all her strength, as if she wanted to cut Demon Lord Lingming into pieces.
Demon Lord Lingming stopped again...
In this way, the same scene repeated itself again and again in the room.
I don't know how long it took, but Yagu Yushi's sharp blade gradually became weak.
Finally, when Demon Lord Lingming returned the sharp blade to Yagu's hand again, Yagu did not attack Demon Lord Lingming again.
Her face was pale and there was sweat on her forehead, and she seemed to have lost all her strength.
Seeing that Yagu no longer made any move, Lingming Demon Lord took a few steps forward and gently held her in his arms. His voice was full of tenderness that he had never heard before:
"Xiaoya, how are you these years?"
Hearing this, Yagu's tears fell like broken pearls, and she choked with sobs and cursed:
"You bastard!"
"I'm sorry, it's my fault, I failed you back then!
After you left that year, I searched for you for more than a hundred years. I searched almost all of Kyushu but couldn't find any trace of you. I thought you went back with your second brother.
I was disheartened and stayed at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha.
Unexpectedly, you are always here. You clearly know that I am at the Jade Buddha Temple, why don't you come to me? "
Yagu stopped her tears, left Lingming Demon Lord's arms, looked at him coldly and said:
"Going to find you? Do you think you didn't hurt me deeply enough?"
Hearing this, Demon Lord Lingming showed a guilty look on his face and said:
"Xiaoya, I'm sorry, it's all my fault! After so many years, you still refuse to forgive me?"
Yagu snorted coldly and said:
"Forgive you? Do you know what happened to me after I left you?"
As Yagu spoke, the expression on her face changed from anger to misery.
Seeing her like this, Demon Lord Lingming suddenly felt distressed. He held her in his arms again and asked softly:
"Xiaoya, what happened back then?
Why did you ask this kid to search for the Arctic Snow Lotus and the Shark's Teardrop? Aren't these two things that can reshape the body and meridians?
Although you have hidden wounds on your body, it seems you don't need such a thing. And our daughter, where is she? "
Listening to Demon Lord Lingming talking about his daughter, Yagu broke away from his hands again, with an angry look on her face again:
"Qinglian is my daughter!"
Yagu emphasized the word "I" when she said this.
Demon Lord Lingming was already filled with guilt, but when he heard that Yagu refused to admit that Qinglian was his daughter, he felt uncomfortable again.
However, Demon Lord Lingming was not angry and still comforted him softly:
"Xiaoya, don't be angry. I'm sorry for you mother and daughter. Please tell me what happened back then. As long as it can make up for the harm caused to you back then, I am willing to risk my life."
Seeing that Demon Lord Lingming spoke sincerely, the anger on Yagu's face slowly dissipated, and she slowly told what happened that year:
"Back then, you were fighting everywhere and didn't listen to my dissuasion at all, and even spoke harshly to me. I was disheartened and left quietly.
Unexpectedly, I just left and before I got out of Shiwanda Mountain, I met Black Tiger.
At that time, he was respectful to me and asked me where I was going. I didn't tell him that I was leaving, I just said that I wanted to go out for a walk.
When he heard what I said, he said he would follow me to protect me.
I thought that if I didn't let him follow me, he would be suspicious, so I agreed and looked for an opportunity to sneak away.
But the black tiger followed closely, and I didn't find a chance to leave until I walked out of Shiwanda Mountain.
When Black Tiger saw me leaving Shiwandashan, he must have guessed my plan and suddenly launched a sneak attack.
Originally, with my cultivation, Black Tiger was no match for me if we faced him head-on. However, Black Tiger has always been very respectful to me. I was completely unprepared for him, and was seriously injured by his palm.
Seeing that I had no strength to resist, Black Tiger proudly showed off his ambition and forbearance to me.
Only then did I realize that the seemingly loyal Black Tiger had always wanted to replace you. All his loyalty and respect were just to deceive us into trusting you.
In private, he kept secretly devouring other demon clans and refining their essence and blood to improve his own cultivation.
He saw that I was seriously injured and unable to move, so he was completely defenseless.
But he didn't expect that I had one of your life-saving hairs on my body. While he was laughing, I activated the hair and seriously injured him with one blow. I escaped from there despite the severe pain all over my body.
When I found a safe cave to hide and check my injuries, I discovered that I was pregnant, but I was too distracted to notice it before.
Black Tiger's palm shook the fetal breath that had not completely condensed. I panicked. In order to save this child, I ignored my own injuries and spent almost all my cultivation to save this ray of fetal breath.
However, although the fetal breath was preserved, it was still unable to condense into shape.
I know this is because Black Tiger's sneak attack injured Gengen, and even if he managed to give birth to the child, he would still die.
But I didn't want to lose this child, so I searched everywhere for geniuses and treasures, constantly nourished the fetal breath in my belly, and finally reluctantly gave birth to the fetus five hundred years ago.
As soon as the fetus was born, I realized that she was born with deficiencies and was extremely weak. The only way to save her was to reshape her body and meridians!
But those things are all rare treasures in the world. I have been severely weakened and have no ability to find those things. I can only use precious medicinal materials to nurse my daughter's body and protect her from death.
At the same time, I have never given up the idea of curing her. For five hundred years, I have searched all over the world in search of those things, and finally found three treasures besides the Northern Snow Lotus and the Shark Teardrop.
It was during this period that I saw you in the form of an old monk at the Jade Buddha Temple. Although your appearance has completely changed, I will never admit it no matter what you become.
I recognized you the first time I saw you. At that time, I just wanted to kill you, but I knew I was no match for you. For the sake of my daughter, I forcibly suppressed the impulse in my heart and quietly left the Temple of the Emerald Buddha.
I know that the Snow Lotus in the Far North grows deep in the ice sheet, but the injuries on my body prevent me from getting close to it. The Shark Teardrop is the most precious treasure of the Shark Clan, and I have no way to get it.
Just when I was desperate, I met an old Taoist priest who was like a charlatan. He saw through my true identity at a glance and told me exactly what happened to me.
The old Taoist priest told me that if you want to save my daughter, you should come to Yuyang City, and a noble person will naturally appear then.
At that time, I had no choice but to believe him, so I came to Yuyang City and waited for the noble man the old Taoist priest said.
But I waited and waited and waited for more than a hundred years, but nothing happened. "
Although Yagu spoke calmly, Lingming Demon Lord and Lotte could imagine how helpless and despair he felt when he suddenly encountered hope in despair, and when hope slowly turned into despair!
Yagu paused, seeming to calm down her inner emotions, and then spoke after a while:
"Until a year ago, Lian'er was bored in the attic, so she came out to play chess with others and got into an argument."
"Until a year ago, Lian'er was bored in the attic, so I asked her to come out and play chess with others to relieve her boredom. As a result, she had a dispute with others within a few days.
When I first saw that person, I had a feeling that he was the person that the old Taoist priest wanted me to wait for!
But I wasn't sure if what I felt was right, so I tried to test him with words.
Although that kid pretended to be a fool, I could tell that he was here just for Lian'er. The look he looked at Lian'er was very clean and pure.
So I pushed him to make an engagement with Lian'er, and asked him to go find Snow Lotus and Shark Teardrops in the far north.
To reshape the body and meridians, one must have the help of a person with extremely high cultivation level. Unfortunately, I have been injured secretly. My cultivation has not advanced but retreated for thousands of years, so I have no ability to help Lian'er reshape her body and meridians.
So I thought of you, and gave him the jade peach, asking him to go to the Jade Buddha Temple to find you after finding the snow lotus and shark beads, and get a strand of hair from your chest. "
Seeing that Yagu no longer continued, Demon Lord Lingming said:
"It's a lie that you asked him to take my heart-protecting hair. In fact, you wanted to use him to get me to help Lian'er reshape her body and meridians.
This jade peach was a token of our love back then. If someone comes to me with a jade peach, it will prove that you are in big trouble of life and death.
You know I will definitely come. Even if I no longer have any friendship with you, I made a vow back then that as long as someone comes to me with a jade peach, I will do something for him.
Even if this kid is too stupid to guess what you mean, and he really asks me for a lock of heart-protecting hair, as long as I see Yutao, I know that you will never make this unquestionable request.
You know me so well, just like I know you. "
At this time, Lotte, who had been silent next to him, already understood the whole story. When he saw that the two of them had finished speaking, he opened his mouth and said:
"So Yagu, you were plotting against me from the beginning. Did you never intend for me to marry Qinglian?"
Yagu looked at Letian, with a hint of apology in her eyes:
"You are right. I just wanted to use you, and the engagement was just a cover. After all, you are a human race, and we are a demon race. The hatred between humans and demons has long been deep-rooted.
Now that you know that Qinglian is a demon, are you still willing to marry her? "
Unexpectedly, Lotte said nonchalantly:
"So what about the demon clan? From the moment I saw Qinglian, I recognized her, although I can't explain why.
Even if you don't agree, I will marry her. Unless you kill me, I will not give up as long as I am alive. "
Hearing what Lotte said, Yagu smiled:
"Okay! Then I'll kill you!"
