When the first ray of sunshine shines on Chang'an City.
This prosperous city began to come to life again.
When Bai Jingjing opened the door, she saw Xuanzang sitting on a stone chair in the middle of the courtyard, looking at the east where the morning light had just risen.
Green tiles and flying rafts, the golden palace is majestic.
This Xingshan Temple is the most extensive in Beijing. It is called Daxing Buddhist Hall and has the same system as the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
Against the background of the sun, it highlights a solemn and magnificent feeling.
Sitting in the middle of this elegant courtyard, Xuanzang seemed so out of place with the lonely and heavy atmosphere around him.
Looking at the silent Xuanzang, Bai Jingjing probably understood something.
"Have you been sitting here all night?"
Bai Jingjing's eyes were slightly worried.
Master finished explaining the funeral arrangements at the plain noodle stall last night, and only accompanied them to the entrance of Xingshan Temple where they were staying for the night, and then disappeared.
There was no time to react, and his disappearance was so sudden.
But the densely packed pedestrians around didn't feel anything unusual.
Only Bai Jingjing and Xuanzang can notice it.
The majestic figure of the master suddenly became blurry at a certain moment, and then turned into a dream after taking a few steps.
For Xuanzang, it was eleven years, and for Bai Jingjing, it was six years. Everything he experienced during this period seemed to disappear in this moment.
All that was left to them was the smile that Master faced them at the last moment.
At that moment, there were no unnecessary words.
The master just looked at them with a smile, and then the smile was fixed in their minds.
"I'm fine."
Xuanzang looked at Bai Jingjing, shook his head calmly, and said nothing more.
Bai Jingjing pursed her lips when she saw this, a little worried about her senior brother.
She was not worried about whether her senior brother would suffer any physical damage after sitting here all night. She did not believe that this macho man who could stand people on his fists and move horses on his arms would get sick just because of the wind.
What she was worried about was her senior brother's mental condition.
Last night at the plain noodle stall, senior brother was also silent when faced with a series of parting instructions given by his master.
Unlike her who was about to cry, the senior brother just nodded silently to the master's many last instructions without any expression.
Bai Jingjing did not believe that senior brother Xuanzang would not have any psychological fluctuations. His words "I just want to follow the master" may have been Xuanzang's greatest effort.
It's a pity that Master's departure cannot be prevented.
"Master Prabokaromitra will continue to teach the Dharma in Xingshan Temple today. Should we go and listen together?"
"You didn't listen last night, why don't you listen today?"
"Before I left, Master said that you have always been curious about Buddhism in the Western Regions. Isn't this a great opportunity now?"
Bai Jingjing looked at the silent senior brother Xuanzang and slowly asked.
In order to comfort her senior brother, she would rather accompany him to listen to Buddhist scriptures that she usually didn't like to listen to.
"Tell me, Master, can he see me?"
Xuanzang looked at the gradually brightening sky with some confusion, and fell into deep thought while looking at the rising sun.
"If you can see it, you can definitely see it."
Bai Jingjing nodded seriously.
Xuanzang was silent for a long time after hearing this.
Looking at Bai Jingjing's serious face and listening to the temple bell ringing in his ears, his mind finally calmed down at this moment.
parting.
This is the most common pain in the world, and as a Buddhist master, he should not have fallen into it.
But fortunately, now he finally sees through it.
He believed that Master would definitely be able to see it!
Next, he will definitely do everything to perfection!
There will definitely be no problems with everything the Master entrusts to him!
"You said before that you wanted to listen to the Fa lectures with me."
"Then let's go?"
Xuanzang said, looking at Bai Jingjing.
Bai Jingjing made a face, and then rushed out of the courtyard gate.
I could only hear her vague voice in the distance, which came slowly as if it was stretched: "If you are in a good mood, go by yourself. I want to take advantage of the recent bustle of monks to take a tour of Chang'an." city."
Seeing this, Xuanzang shook his head helplessly.
Everything seems to be back to normal.
The junior sister is still so out of the ordinary. Born out of the timid young lady, she has gradually become her own person.
And as usual, he was ready to leave to listen to the eminent monk's sermons.
The only change seems to be that there is one less important person around.
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“Selling candied haws~”
“The scallion pancake is freshly baked, don’t miss it if you pass by!”
"These are freshly picked lotus roots..."
Not far from Xingshan Temple, there is a large market.
All kinds of hawking sounds can be heard constantly, and all kinds of aromas continue to penetrate into the nose.
Bai Jingjing wandered around with great interest.
She was just transformed into a skeleton and was not interested in eating, but she was extremely interested in lively places where many people gathered.
Six years ago, the Sui Dynasty had just fallen, and the Tang Dynasty had just been established two or three years ago.
There are Turkic threats externally and local separatist regimes internally. Although the situation in various places is much better than the chaotic times in the late Sui Dynasty, the benefits are limited.
Bai Jingjing, who was born six years ago, naturally rarely saw any prosperous scenes.
Now that he has finally settled down in the past two years, and he has arrived in a big city like Chang'an City, Bai Jingjing, who likes the excitement, naturally feels a little excited.
Walking among them, Bai Jingjing, with a smile on her face, could not see the sadness of the separation just now.
This is because she has figured everything out earlier than her senior brother.
Last night at the plain noodle stall, she said firmly to Master: "I will go find you, Master!"
This is not a joke.
She hooked up with her master and agreed to meet again.
Therefore, she firmly believes that mountains and seas have their own return date, and she is not sad. She just does her best and moves firmly towards reunion.
Using the money she got from her senior brother's pocket, Bai Jingjing bought several meals.
Although I am not as voracious as my senior brother, I still couldn't help but buy some food in such a lively occasion that I like.
Not long after, Bai Jingjing stopped in front of a shop.
Dense peach blossom patterns are carved on the wooden doors and walls of this store, which looks particularly atmospheric.
Bai Jingjing looked at the sign.
I saw a plaque with the name "Bai's Peach Blossom Brew" hanging on it, so it seemed that she was from the same family.
So she walked in with interest.
Inside were tables, chairs, and many large wine vats.
In the opposite direction stood an old man sweeping the floor.
Obviously, this should be a small restaurant.
"May I ask how much the peach blossom wine on your store's sign is worth?"
Bai Jingjing followed her master's usual way of greeting others and bowed her hands politely.
Seeing this, the old man sweeping the floor raised his head, politely raised his hands and said with a smile: "A bucket is worth three hundred coins."
"It's not expensive. Let's have a fight. If you don't finish it, I'll take it away later."
Bai Jingjing said with a smile.
But the fragrance of peach blossoms that filled the restaurant made her want to try it quickly.
Soon, the wine was served.
The old man also brought a side dish.
Bai Jingjing smiled and nodded, then tasted the peach blossom stuffing.
The entrance is mellow and long-lasting, and you can feel that the wine has a certain thickness. Then a natural fragrance spreads between the mouth and nose.
"With such good wine, why are there so few customers in the store?"
Bai Jingjing looked at the old man curiously.
"The store is too remote. People only come in occasionally in the past two days. The alley is too deep for the smell of wine."
"In two days, I will pack my bags and go to the Jiangnan area to join my relatives. Then we will see if I can make this peach blossom stuffing."
"No matter what happens, I will go to that peach tree and bury a few more jars of peach blossoms to brew them. Just think of it as completely killing my thoughts."
The old man shook his head helplessly.
There was a hint of unwillingness in his tone, but more of it was helplessness and compromise.
Hearing this, Bai Jingjing said nothing.
The old man is not like someone who needs help. He has his own goals and escape routes, so there is no need for her to intervene at all.
However, the old man's words about burying the peach blossom wine under the peach tree reminded Bai Jingjing of what she had been thinking about last night.
Because I firmly believed that I would meet my master, I temporarily forgot my sadness.
After a night of thinking, she realized that the best way to reunite was to endure it. As long as she lived long enough, she would always be able to meet again.
He is transformed from white bones, and his essence comes from the abyss monster with strong resilience, so he has an unusually long life.
If you put a seal on yourself to slow down the loss of power, and then dig a hole and bury it, you can spend a long time.
Yesterday she thought for a long time about where she should be buried.
Now after what the old man said, she suddenly felt that the scene of bones buried under the peach blossom tree had a special meaning.
If possible, after completing all the things Master has told me, maybe I can bury him under the peach tree planted by the Bai family?
Thinking about it, Bai Jingjing had a vague idea.
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[Urgent mission: You are not the only one who knows how to play with time]
[Task description: The monster that was supposed to seize the loophole in the material universe and send it over has become a friend under your operation on the time and space scale. In response to this, Abyss also launched an attack on the time scale. 】
[Task requirements: The system assists in crossing the timeline and solving the cracks in the past time and space. (Note: You need to be careful with your words and deeds in the past timeline, as too much impact on time and space will be sent back to the current time and space)]
[Status: Completed, do you want to receive the reward? 】
When Chen Sheng opened his eyes again, he had returned to the headquarters cave.
A second ago, he was still at the gate of Xingshan Temple in 626 AD, showing his last smile to his two disciples.
The next second, he had returned to the Yongzhou Headquarters Cave Sky in 2023 AD.
Everything seemed like a dream.
But Chen Sheng clearly understood that all this was true.
He really stayed in that past time and space for a full eleven years, raising and training Xuanzang from his childhood into a super hunk.
After a moment of silence, Chen Sheng immediately mobilized his great strength, which was no longer suppressed by the paradox of time and space, and began to perceive carefully.
There is no rush to collect the rewards.
There are two most urgent things at the moment: The first is to see if anything big happened to him after he disappeared for eleven days. The second is to look at past history and see if there have been any major changes.
Combined with the magical skill "Past memories are witnessed by the stars", combined with the spiritual practice system newly learned in the past time and space.
Chen Sheng began to carefully perceive everything that was happening in this time and space.
At present, human beings are safe and peaceful forever, and there is no abyss aura anywhere.
Three pieces of information that he cared about flashed through his mind, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
It seems that there was no big trouble during his eleven days of disappearance.
He even faintly noticed that Xiaobai's aura was buried somewhere, which made him ecstatic.
Then he simply ignored what the abyss had done in the past eleven days. His consciousness reached the ocean of spiritual rules, and the information he wanted continued to appear in his mind like a god.
He couldn't go back in time to check. The information he obtained was the most reasonable information summarized by integrating human history books.
Various historical records of the late Sui Dynasty.
Various general trends of the times that occurred in the early years of the Tang Dynasty.
The lives and deaths of important people.
Everything seems to be not much different from the original history.
Chen Sheng looked at the history without great changes with satisfaction.
Until two pieces of information flashed past, making him pause for a moment.
[In 651 AD, Master Jiexian passed away. 】
[In 664 AD, Xuanzang passed away in Yuhua Temple, Tongchuan, at the age of 62. 】
Even after his influence, the death time of these two people seemed to have remained unchanged.
The ruthlessness of historical revisionism made Chen Sheng feel lucky, but at the same time he couldn't help but feel chilled.
Under the power of time, even if Xuanzang had changed so much, it seemed that he could not change his original ending at all.
Those changes after his participation seemed to have become some kind of local legends with little influence, unsubstantiated unofficial history...
Those subtle changes, under the influence of some mysterious force, gradually disappeared into the vast sea of history and time, making no waves.
After a long silence, Chen Sheng suddenly realized something and asked the system: "Have they reached level 4 in the end?"
With level 4 spiritual power, one has immortality and can be honored as a true god, and immortality is no longer a problem.
Corresponding to the spiritual practice system, that is, the Alaya consciousness that needs to reach the eighth consciousness!
[Xuan Zang has reached the threshold of the eighth consciousness, which corresponds to the half-step of true god. 】
Hearing this, Chen Sheng's eyes lit up.
Yes, only after reaching the level of the eighth consciousness, Alaya Consciousness (fourth level of spiritual power), can we completely wipe out the vitality of that large group of monsters, and will there be no impact on future generations.
There has been no major change in history. It is clear that Master Jiexian, Xuanzang, and Bai Jingjing succeeded.
All the escaping monsters' vitality has been captured, and the large group of monsters' vitality should also be wiped out.
He should have reacted long ago. In fact, Xuanzang must have touched the level of the eighth consciousness, otherwise all this would not be solved!
so……
"Xuan Zang, who already understood part of his immortality, should still be alive to some extent."
"Xiao Bai's words are now buried in the soil, waiting to be awakened."
After thinking about all this, Chen Sheng couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
Although Master Jie Xian still seems to be gone, at least there are still people alive.
So next, before calling Xiaobai and Xuanzang back, it’s time to take care of the abyssal conspiracy that luckily didn’t cause big trouble in real time and space.
Thinking about it, Chen Sheng turned his eyes to Mui Ne Island.
(End of chapter)
