Only then did Baiqiu regain his composure. He actually returned to the ruined temple outside Jingzhou City. In front of him, the leader of the Demon Cult was urging him to give up Ye Qingcheng.
Baiqiu was stunned. He remembered that after coming down the mountain from Bailin Temple, he met the people of the Demonic Way not long after. He originally didn't want to go with them, but the leader of the Demonic Way was ruthless and killed his own daughter without any hesitation. .
While Baiqiu was stunned, the Demonic Cult Leader saw an opportunity and ducked in front of him. It was already too late for Baiqiu to react. The demon leader tied him with a set of soft ropes, and then said to Baiqiu with a smile: "Master, please don't worry, we will never make things difficult for you."
After Baiqiu was caught, he was heartbroken. He recited the Buddha's name silently in his heart, and then thought about taking his own life. However, the following words of the leader of the Demon Cult made him stop: "Master, you should think more about the people in Bailin Temple." Well, if something happens to you, it won’t be easy for them.”
The words of the leader of the demon sect stopped him from thinking about committing suicide. He looked at the swaying lantern in the ruined temple, and then looked back at his thin shadow behind the lantern. He felt infinitely sad, but he still closed his eyes and nodded.
When Baiqiu opened his eyes again, he was already in a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters. There was a boy kneeling on the ground in front of him, looking at Baiqiu with some doubts in his eyes. Seeing that he didn't speak, he asked cautiously: "Honorable Sir, none of the disciples in this batch have passed the test."
Baiqiu nodded mechanically, and then he remembered that he was currently in the Refining Valley, and he was among the disciples who were practicing the Vajra Art. Thinking of this, he shouted: "Don't!"
But it was too late. These disciples were all taken away by the ghost sect. They could not practice the Vajra Art. They could only practice the "Ghost Sutra" and wait for the right opportunity to become the living dead.
The demon master next to him asked him somewhat puzzledly: "Buddha, what's wrong with you?"
Baiqiu looked at those people absent-mindedly, and then said: "Tao Master, those who are not suitable for practicing "Vajra Art", can't they switch to other practices? They have to practice "Ghost Sutra", you and I both know "Ghost Sutra" "What is it? With the qualifications of those people, they may only become unconscious monsters in the end."
The Taoist Master laughed loudly: "Buddha in the flesh, I haven't heard you be so sentimental in many years. After all, they are disciples of Buddhism and are not greedy for killing. However... they have already joined the religion, and they must be of some use. If they cannot achieve the devil's path, they will naturally join the religion. Ghost path. The path they chose cannot be blamed on me, nor on you, the Buddha."
Baiqiu looked at the believers walking out of the canyon step by step, and suddenly felt a sorrowful feeling in his heart. He had been coerced into the Three Tribulations Sect in this way. Can what I do really be my own choice?
In this valley, no one can do things by their own choice, not even the master of the demonic path is qualified.
Baiqiu was thinking when he suddenly heard the person below say: "Honorable Sir, the next group of people has arrived."
Baiqiu looked up boredly, but as soon as he saw the person coming, his heart seemed to be hit hard.
"Master..."
There was a row of monks standing neatly underneath, and the one at the head was the old abbot of Bailin Temple, his master. When the master saw Baiqiu, he smiled slightly: "Honorable Sir."
Baiqiu turned back to look at the Taoist. The Taoist spread his hands and said, "You can't blame me for this. The leader said that your progress is too slow. Please ask your master and brothers to come over and urge you. Anyway, "Vajra Jue" is for strengthening the body. It’s not a problem for them to practice physical skills.”
Baiqiu didn't want to talk nonsense with the Demonic Taoist Master. He took two steps and came to the old abbot. Then he knelt in front of the old abbot and cried bitterly: "Master, my disciple is unfilial. I have made you suffer."
The old abbot helped him up, and then said with a smile: "Sir, please get up quickly."
When the old abbot said this, he gently shook his head at Baiqiu. Baiqiu turned back to look at the Demon Dao Master: "Tao Master, I want to see the leader."
The Demon Dao Master sighed at this time and said: "Do you think I can make the decision on this matter? Flesh Buddha, you should not waste your time. According to your method, choose people who can practice "Vajra Art". Others Send it to the ghost road."
Baiqiu was furious: "If you do this, let me die first."
The Taoist Master glanced at him strangely, then sighed and said: "What the Master said is absolutely right. You are still a kid at heart. Flesh Buddha, it's getting late. Don't waste time. Can you really bear it?" Do you see your master suffering because of you? Even if they enter the ghost realm, nothing will happen to them for a while. You might as well spend more time on selecting people. As long as you have enough merit, you can Bring your master, uncle, and brothers to your side."
Baiqiu watched his master and other brothers being pushed down. After an hour, the boy reported back that no one had passed the test. The Demonic Dao Master looked at the physical Buddha, then waved his hand helplessly to his subordinates and said, "Take them away."
"Actually, the leader's request is very simple. Select qualified people from among his disciples to practice the "Vajra Art". Your request is also very simple. Protect your master and brothers. There is no contradiction between the two, and as long as you Work hard, the leader is very trustworthy. Buddha, if I were you, I wouldn't care about my own suffering now. All this is in vain, it's better to find a way to complete the leader's instructions quickly. One more day, yours Master will be in danger for just one more day."
After Baiqiu heard this, he finally remembered that it was on this day that he completely fell into the devil's path. From this day on, he started frantically searching for people who could pass the test throughout the Central Plains, and then abducted them into the devil's path. During this period of time, he also perfected his "Vajra Art" and there was no flaw in his body.
From that day on, when he saw demon disciples fighting each other, he would not even frown. He gradually got used to this way.
His master and junior brothers also stayed with him safely until the day the old abbot passed away.
On the day of his death, the old abbot sat on a stone pier, and Baiqiu sat next to him. The old abbot said with the sun on his back: "I have saved many people in my life, but it is a pity that I, Baiqiu, have not saved you as my master."
Baiqiu shook his head. At this time, he no longer felt heartbroken. He looked at his master, sad but not sad.
"Baiqiu, remember what I told you when you went down the mountain? Where there is the sun, there will be shadows. Shadows are not scary, but don't let yourself live in the shadows."
Don't let yourself live in the shadow all the time!
Don't let yourself live in the shadow all the time! !
Don't let yourself live in the shadow all the time! ! !
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In the eyes of Du Jie and Su Xiaodie, after the two spoke for a moment, the puppet behind Master Yu just took a step forward. The eyes of the monk opposite him immediately became blurred, and then stood motionless on the spot. .
Su Xiaodie's eyes widened and she exclaimed in a low voice: "The soul-inducing method?"
"What magic?"
Before the two said anything, a huge figure suddenly appeared behind them, grabbed the two of them, and flew in front of Yuzhen Tu. Yuzhen Tu saw that it was the two of them, and his dull expression was a little softer, especially Seeing Su Xiaodie, he asked softly: "You two are not on the mountain, what are you doing here?"
Su Xiaodie shouted playfully: "Master."
Yuzhentu said with a sullen face: "Aren't you not allowed to call me master? You don't listen. In these troubled times, don't just run down the mountain."
Su Xiaodie stuck out her tongue and replied: "I know, Master." Then she turned to look at the monk opposite, and then asked Aftershock Tu: "Master, what's wrong with the monk opposite?"
"My soul has been imprisoned by the Emperor. I'm afraid I won't be able to come out for a while."
"Your Majesty? Is this the puppet?"
When talking about puppets, the emperor in front turned his head sharply and looked at Su Xiaodie. Su Xiaodie was so frightened that she backed away from Aftershock Tu. The moment the emperor turned his head, the monk opposite yelled and then fell to the ground.
Yuzhen Tu tried his best to make a sighing expression, and then said: "Originally, this little monk was also innocent, but was used by the devil. If it weren't for him, the devil wouldn't have had so many perversions in these years. Little monk, although you haven't Kill people, but everyone will die because of you.”
The little monk collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily, staring at the ground with blurred eyes. Aftershock Tu said again: "See those people? Those are the souls who died because of you, and they will never let go in this life. You. Little monk, you can’t become a Buddha or a demon, so what are you?”
"I can't become a Buddha and I can't become a demon, so who am I?" The young monk murmured to himself, "I was a monk before, but now I am a demon. What will I be in the future?"
Aftershock Picture waved to the Emperor, and he slowly floated back. After standing behind Aftershock Tu, several people looked at the little monk and remained silent. The little monk became more and more crazy as he talked. He was sweating like a column and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.
Du Jie looked at the little monk's appearance and said to himself: "What did he see? His Taoist heart was broken in such a short time." Du Jie said this and quietly looked back behind Aftershock Picture. of five puppets.
It happened that the emperor seemed to sense that Du Jie was looking at him, turned his head to look at Du Jie, and then suddenly made a smiling expression.
No, this is not a puppet? No! Is this puppet alive? How is this going?
Du Jie was horrified, what is going on? Although the puppet technique is ever-changing, it mainly depends on the tricks of the fortune teller, but what happened just now? I couldn't feel the Aftershock Picture controlling the puppet, but the puppet turned its head and smiled at me?
Everyone on Yashan knew that Yuzhentu was refining some extremely powerful puppets, but no one knew what kind of puppets he was refining. No one knew it, and no one had seen it. Du Jie secretly thought, could Master Yu's puppetry skills no longer require human manipulation?
After another long time, the monk opposite slowly regained his composure. He looked up at the Emperor, clasped his hands together, and wanted to chant the Buddha's name. However, the words came to his lips but he could not speak. In the end, he could only say: "Alright, Almsgiver Yu. Means, I lost."
"You didn't lose to me, you lost to yourself."
"May I ask Donor Yu, where will the young monk's path go from now on?"
"The road is under your feet. You have to walk the road under your feet. No one can help you, but I have something to say to you. The last time you were found behind the scenes and had no choice but to join the devil's path, I don't blame you for this. But ordinary people can't help you. It is a crime to possess a jade. Since you possess the Vajra Art, you have the obligation to protect it from being obtained by traitors."
The monk nodded after hearing this: "I understand, little monk." After saying that, he hesitated for a moment, but still took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Yuzhen Tu.
"When the young monk was leaving, the leader called the young monk to a place alone and handed this letter to me. He explained that if the young monk could not stop the donor, then let the young monk give this letter to you."
Aftershock Tu didn't move. The puppet on the rear left waved, and the letter instantly flew from the monk's hand to the puppet's hand. After Aftershock Tu saw the puppet getting the letter, he asked: "Where is Yun Juanshu now?"
"Some time ago, the leader was in the northwest. You know the leader's ambitions. Now she should have obtained the Xianbei people's secrets. The next step is to organize troops and horses to attack the Central Plains. However, in the latest letter, there is something in the cult Most people have already arrived in the Central Plains, I don’t know why?”
"Arrived in the Central Plains?" Yuzhentu looked at the monk with some disbelief. The puppet next to him opened the letter and found nothing else. He turned around and handed it to Yuzhentu. Aftershock took it over and glanced at it twice. His eyes immediately widened, and he couldn't help but breathe heavily.
Immediately afterwards, the letter in Yushitu's hand burned for no reason and turned into ashes in a moment.
"Hahahahaha...Okay, Yun Juanshu, I'll wait for you at Yashan."
Du Jie and Su Xiaodie looked at each other, both guessing what was left in the letter. Second Master Uncle's expression changed drastically after seeing it. Only the letter had turned into ashes, and judging from the expression on Second Master Uncle's face, he probably didn't want to tell him.
Seeing that the letter had been delivered, the monk gave a big gift to Yuzhen Tushen, and then said, "I will take my leave now, little monk."
After speaking, the monk turned and left Yashan. Su Xiaodie had no interest in the monk, and secretly glanced at the puppet behind Aftershock Tu. Then he said to the aftershock picture: "Master, what are the five tribulations of Taoism?"
Aftershock Tu ignored Su Xiaodie and turned around to walk towards Yashan. Du Jie and Su Xiaodie originally wanted to catch up, but to their surprise, the emperor suddenly walked in front of him and blocked their way. The two of them didn't understand what was happening, when the emperor turned into mist with a bang in front of them. Surround the two people.
It was already noon when the two came out of the fog, and Aftershock Picture and several puppets had long since disappeared.
