When the Scorpion King brought Jiang Yuebai out of the ground, she suddenly thought that she had left the Quicksand Domain and arrived in a fairyland somewhere.
The courtyard has apricot yellow walls, blue and gray tiles, and the bodhi tree in the courtyard is tall and green.
The Qingdeng Ancient Buddha has a peaceful Zen feel, but most of the main hall has collapsed, the Buddha statues are lying down, and weeds and cobwebs are everywhere.
Ruosheng, who was dressed in red, was holding a broom, sweeping away the dust in the palace bit by bit and tearing off the cobwebs like a mortal.
Jiang Yuebai walked to the gap in the wall and found that the temple was located on a low mountain. The endless Gobi desert below was full of ruined halls and houses, as well as a dilapidated forest of steles half buried by the wind and sand.
Prajna Temple did have a glorious past, and you can still feel it from the scale of its ruins today.
Going further, Jiang Yuebai saw a continuous stretch of tents standing on the edge of the ruins of Prajna Temple. Flags of each temple were erected, and a front line was opened facing the east. A huge barrier formed by the golden light of Buddhism shone in the sky.
Thousands of Buddhist disciples patrolled the camp like ants, and the atmosphere was solemn.
"Stay back, don't let anyone see us here."
Ruosheng's voice came from behind, and Jiang Yuebai retreated into the courtyard.
Ruosheng was leaning on a broom, and his cynical temperament was much restrained. Except for the out-of-place red dress, he looked like an eminent monk.
"More than a hundred years ago, they gathered here with their sharp knives facing Prajna Temple. Now they are stationed here under the guise of protecting the last Buddhist land. It is really ironic."
"Why don't they retreat into the ruins?" Jiang Yuebai asked doubtfully.
Ruosheng raised a beautiful smile and said, "Because this place is haunted, many people have come here to hunt for treasures over the years, and many people have disappeared for no reason. Even if Jindan Zhenren Yuanying Ancestor comes, he can't find out anything."
"So that no one dared to come here for many years. It wasn't until recently that someone said that there was a small secret place here. Those who disappeared were trapped in the small secret place. Only then did some people start to venture in to explore, but they are still the same, often disappearing."
Jiang Yuebai's scalp tightened, "Then you're not afraid?"
Ruosheng lowered his head and swept the floor, and said casually: "Why should I be afraid of this poor monk who has caused trouble? You are the one who should be afraid."
Jiang Yuebai backed away, "What do you want to do by calling me here? I have no grievances with you, right?"
Ruosheng raised his head and sighed, "If I can't stop you, do you think the poor monk is willing to call you here? I originally wanted to stay here quietly and watch them dog bite dog, but you happened to break the defense line set up by the poor monk many times by yourself, causing Wuzong’s attention, what exactly do you want to do?”
Jiang Yuebai narrowed his eyes and stared at Ruosheng, carefully paying attention to the slight changes in his face, "I want to find the spiritual creatures of heaven and earth."
Ruosheng looked gloomy, lowered his head and continued sweeping the floor.
"The poor monk told you a long time ago that that thing is no longer there. For the sake of helping the poor monk, you should leave the Sea of No Return quickly from the back mountain. Otherwise, don't blame the poor monk for being rude."
Jiang Yuebai was sure that Ruosheng knew about the spiritual beings in the world.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuebai simply calmed down and helped Ruosheng clean the temple without saying a word.
Ruosheng raised his eyebrows in surprise and opened and closed his mouth.
One of them swept the floor and the other pulled weeds.
"You are the monk of Prajna Temple." Jiang Yuebai pulled out the weeds and rearranged the green bricks beside the road.
Ruosheng swept the fallen leaves into a pile and did not deny it.
Jiang Yuebai glanced at him, "I can't see through your cultivation, so your cultivation must be above mine. If you are from Prajna Temple, then you are at least over one hundred and twenty years old. I think Prajna Temple is You should still be a child when it is destroyed."
"You told me that you were born a monk, and Prajna Temple was your home. The abbot adopted you, but you watched Prajna Temple be destroyed. You must have a lot of hatred in your heart. If I guessed correctly, , the battles between various sects in the Quicksand Region these years..."
"It's all what you did behind the scenes, for the current war. You don't want to help the Buddha Sect, nor the Wuzong, you want them all to die in the sea of no return."
Ruosheng turned his back to Jiang Yuebai, stopped sweeping the fallen leaves, and then continued sweeping.
"Are you really not afraid that this poor monk will kill you?"
Jiang Yuebai said honestly, "I'm afraid, but I guess you can't. It's still possible to reach the Golden Core realm in one hundred and twenty years, but since I first met you, I've never seen you take action. You also tried to escape from the two monks who were in the late stage of foundation building."
"If you have that ability, just kill Sha Yingjie yourself. Why control the King of Hell ants, use the Scorpion King to lure the enemy deeper, and finally rely on me to drain Sha Yingjie's spiritual energy? So there must be some reason why you can't take action easily. .”
Ruosheng leaned on the broom, turned around and looked at Jiang Yuebai seriously, and suddenly smiled.
"Since you know everything, why don't you tell those people?"
Jiang Yuebai shook his head, "There's no need to say it if you don't want to. No matter what you are doing, or whether those sects know you are behind it, they are not idiots. They must be fighting because they have sufficiently compelling interests."
"Including the Sha family, I simply don't believe that they were involved in this fight because of Sha Yingjie. It was because the Buddha sect was weak and would soon be defeated by the Wuzong. They wanted to come out to pick fruits, and you just gave them to them. A good excuse for them. But anyway, this matter has nothing to do with me."
"I am not saying this to threaten you. I have no other purpose and will not hinder you from doing anything. I am really here to find the spiritual creatures of heaven and earth. This is particularly important to me. If you know the clues to it, , regardless of the conditions, I am willing to do my best to exchange with you."
Jiang Yuebai's eyes were sincere and firm. Ruosheng looked at her for a moment, then lowered his eyes to avoid them.
"Help me repair the temple first."
"good."
Ruosheng stopped talking and quietly cleaned the temple. The two of them worked together to quickly remove all the weeds in the courtyard, re-paved the green bricks, lifted up the fallen Buddha statue, swept away the dust, and set up the incense table.
The afterglow of the setting sun fell from the broken roof of the main hall, coating the dilapidated and peeling Buddha statue with a layer of golden light and holy brilliance.
Ruosheng stood in front of the Buddha statue, looked up, put his hands together, and said the Buddha's name devoutly.
"Master, I still can't let go after all."
Jiang Yuebai was waiting under the bodhi tree outside the hall. When she saw Ruosheng walking slowly, he seemed to have a lot to say, so he took out a gourd of wine and handed it to him.
"How can a monk drink alcohol?"
Jiang Yuebai's eyes widened with a question mark on his forehead.
"Do you know what kind of person the abbot of Prajna Temple is?" Ruosheng asked, looking at the Bodhi tree.
Jiang Yuebai shook his head, "I'm not sure. He's probably a highly respected monk."
Ruosheng turned to Jiang Yuebai, "Actually, that's not the case. He is better-looking than me. He is highly virtuous and respected in front of others, but he has no integrity behind him. He doesn't look like a monk at all."
"ah?"
Ruosheng shook his red clothes and said, "My 'cassock' was made for me by him. He said that there is too little bright and good colors in the Prajna Temple. He said that the Buddha sits in the heart and there is no need to abide by the rules. He said that great kindness is the most ruthless..." "
"He behaved erratically and did not follow the rules, but he also liked to be a monk. As a result, he was expelled from the Vajra Platform and lived alone in the Quicksand Area. He built a Prajna Temple deep in the Sea of No Return. The monks in the Quicksand Area are all unruly. This is the root of the problem. On him."
Ruosheng turned to Jiang Yuebai, spread out a hand, and scratched the palm of his hand little by little with his fingertips.
Jiang Yuebai's eyes trembled, and what he saw constantly spilling out of his palm was not blood, but...
The long yellow sand!
There was a sad smile on Ruosheng's lips, "I am this sea of no return, a handful of yellow sand in this quicksand field. I listened to him chanting sutras under the bodhi tree for five hundred years, and received his Buddha seal to give birth to spiritual consciousness. He named me Ruosheng, hoping that I would have Prajna in my heart, but in the end I caused disaster for him and the Prajna Temple."
These are the four updates today. Tomorrow is the New Year’s Day holiday. I wish everyone a happy New Year’s Day and happy holidays in advance~
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