Chapter 62 The Blackened Monk
Jiang Jiu knew that Fo Jiang must have been stimulated by something, so he didn't even dare to breathe heavily when speaking, for fear that he would suddenly turn evil.
It's not like there is no precedent for this.
It’s just that he didn’t become a monk when he turned evil in the past, he just became an evil monk. His current state looks very weird no matter how you look at him, especially now in the middle of the night, it’s a bit scary.
"Come with me."
Fo Jiang did not explain, but stretched out his hand towards Jiang Jiu. Half of his face was hidden in the darkness under the shade of the tree. The compassion in his body seemed to melt overnight, and his voice was unusually calm.
"What are you going to do?"
Jiang Jiu frowned slightly, but still walked towards him. Fo Jiang was acting very abnormal today, so she should not mess with him.
“…”
Fo Jiang looked at her quietly without saying a word until Jiang Jiu approached him. He suddenly raised his arm and pulled her into his arms with force.
Jiang Jiu bumped into his chest unexpectedly. Although it didn't hurt, his mind was confused for a moment.
"Why don't you say anything..."
She asked softly without struggling.
"You already knew that, right?"
Fo Jiang's words were incoherent and revealed an indescribable sadness. Hearing them, Jiang Jiu had a bad feeling in his heart.
"What did you say?"
Countless thoughts flashed through Jiang Jiu's mind, but after thinking about it, she felt that it was unlikely, so she didn't say it directly.
She was afraid that Fo Jiang was deceiving her, and if she told everything at once, who knows what might happen.
"Something that will kill you."
Fo Jian clasped his arms tighter, his voice growing lower and lower, his aura enveloping her whole body. She could still vaguely smell the sandalwood, faint but still present.
This familiar taste made Jiang Jiu's heart feel at ease, but after hearing his words, Jiang Jiu's whole body became stiff.
“What are you talking about…?”
Her subconscious reaction was to deny it outright. She was not sure where Fo Jiang got this information from or whether he was talking about something else.
Jiang Jiu lay in Fo Jiang's arms and carefully poked the man's waist. It felt firm. If it were any other time, she might have touched him because of her lustful nature. But today, she simply wanted him to relax a little.
"Before, you said you would die. You knew it from then on, right?"
Fo Jiang noticed that Jiang Jiu was not feeling well, so he loosened his arms slightly, but still did not let her go.
"Um....."
Jiang Jiu's tone became hesitant, and he was hesitant about how to make up for the matter, but a feeling of powerlessness suddenly surged in his heart.
Jiang Jiu's intuition told her that Fo Jiang should have known it, but she couldn't understand how he could possibly know it. Wasn't this a secret between her, the tree spirit, and the Heavenly Dao?
Fo Jiang's sigh sounded faintly in his ears, accompanied by a voice filled with powerlessness.
“Sure enough, it’s true…”
Jiang Jiu felt panicked when he heard Fo Jiang's tone, but he didn't know how to explain it, so he could only remain silent.
"I'll take you away from this world, okay?"
Fo Jiang's voice permeated the air and moonlight, like a whisper, like a call, and like a voice floating from the horizon.
"not good."
Jiang Jiu sighed. When he heard him say this, he knew it was true.
"Don't forget, you are the Holy Son of Buddhism. You are willing to sacrifice me for all the lives of the people of Dawn. This is also what Buddhism teaches."
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly realized that the cassock on Fojiang's body had disappeared long ago, and his condition now was more like that of an ordinary immortal.
Sure enough, the next second Jiang Jiu heard Fo Jiang's low laughter, as if he was laughing at her childishness and clumsiness.
"I give up Buddhism. It can't save the one I love."
Fo Jiang's words were like thunder exploding in Jiang Jiu's ears, making Jiang Jiu's expression even more stiff for a moment. It sounded like he was joking that he chose to give up Buddhism and the faith he had held since birth.
But Jiang Jiu knew that Fo Jiang never spoke empty words, and his current clothes could already tell everything about tomorrow.
"No, that's not it."
Jiang Jiu hurriedly denied it.
Perhaps in her world, Buddhism is more of a sect used to control the thoughts of ordinary people, and faith can paralyze people and make them endure suffering.
But she never thinks that the existence of something is wrong, otherwise the collapse of faith overnight will only make people more devastated.
Without faith, many people would not be able to survive.
“It’s like this…”
Fo Jiang interrupted Jiang Jiu without any hesitation. His broad palm wrapped around Jiang Jiu's small hand, as if trying to give her strength.
"Well, anyway, this matter has to be me. Even if you think I'm a life that needs to be saved and protected, in my eyes, the other side of the scale is too heavy for me to give up."
"Did you see the girl who just left? She has a bright future ahead of her. There are thousands of her in this world."
Jiang Jiu never thought that one day she would have to persuade others to accept the fact that she was going to die. It was a bit funny.
"What about you?"
Fo Jiang lowered his eyes so that people could not see the emotions in his eyes, and just calmly asked the final answer.
"I'm not important."
Jiang Jiu answered without hesitation.
It is indeed like this. In Jiang Jiu's eyes, he is very ordinary. In another world, he is an ordinary person who cannot be more ordinary. No one cares about him.
Even if she disappeared one day, no one would find out. By the time she was found, maybe half a month, a month, or even a year or half a year would have passed.
So for an ordinary person like her, it is worth it to change the world.
Jiang Jiu didn't realize that her self-awareness and self-worth were so terribly low that everything on the other side of the scale was heavier than her.
The thing she would give up most easily is her life.
“…”
When Fo Jiang heard Jiang Jiu's answer, he fell silent. After a while, he slowly loosened his arms, but still did not let Jiang Jiu see his eyes.
Jiang Jiu breathed a sigh of relief. She should have convinced Fo Jiang, right?
It was simpler than she had imagined. She had thought it would take a long time, but she absolutely could not let Xiao Nianzhong, Chi Li and the others know about it. Otherwise, things would become troublesome and might develop in an unpredictable direction.
"Remember to keep this a secret, don't let them know."
So she gave Fo Jiang these instructions.
"Um."
He responded in a low voice, his long drooping eyelashes completely covering the darkness surging in his eyes, like dark dead water, so cold and terrifying that it submerged everything in the world.
Jiang Jiu knew nothing about this. He showed a happy smile on his face and stretched out his hand towards Fo Jiang.
"Okay, I want to have a happy time in these last moments, so come and keep me company."
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