The lens in his eyes also turned black, thicker than ink, making Monk Xuyun look like he was possessed. His face was covered with sweat, and his eyes were fixed on the soil and grass on the ground, immediately sucking away their life, leaving only yellow sand and dry grass on the ground. Seeing this, the monk closed his eyes, his expression became even more ferocious, as if he was doing something difficult.
Xia Xiao asked a question and wanted to walk up to him, but he stopped him by raising his hand.
"Xia Xiao, I have something to warn you."
"Please speak, senior."
“When you look down into the abyss, be careful not to fall in. After looking into the abyss, be slow to look up, or else the light will be too strong and you will be dazzled and fall.”
Xia Xiao didn't quite understand, so he asked the senior what he meant by this sentence. He didn't like pretending to know something when he didn't, so he asked while the senior was still there, not afraid that the senior would say he was stupid.
Monk Xuyun's voice trembled slightly, but he gritted his teeth and his words were still clear.
"No matter who you are, even if you are a Buddha, you still have to follow common sense in this world. When you walk in this world, you will definitely meet many people and things. There may even be dark energy and evil spirits among them. When fighting against them, remember to be careful not to fall into them. Also, be slow to raise your head, otherwise the light where darkness and light alternate can burn you into charcoal."
"Don't worry, senior. I won't sink."
Monk Xuyun nodded secretly, muttering:
"I hope so. I hope so."
He sincerely wishes Xia Xiao the best, but there are some things that cannot be solved by blessings. Too many things in the world are not as expected, and it is normal to be not as expected.
Monk Xuyun wanted to stand up, but his huge body suddenly went limp. Xia Xiao noticed it and wanted to help him, but he refused.
"We have understood the situation of Gou Longbang. Let's rest for a few days, then leave here and head to the next place! We will complete the mission soon, and you can return home soon."
Xia Xiao stood there, watching Xuyun staggering back to his room. He might have a hidden disease. After so many years on the grassland and fighting so many monsters, it was normal for him to have some hidden diseases. But the word home, which had changed from a romantic word to a reality, made him unwilling to accept it.
In the past, wherever Shu Shuang was, he could be the head of the family. Now that Shu Shuang was gone, he felt uncomfortable even if he returned to the imperial capital, Zhenxun. How could he explain to his parents, elder brother and second sister? He had lost a member of his family, causing him to disappear into the darkness of despair.
After standing there for a long time, Xia Xiao turned his head to look in the direction of the Pinghe Palace where Princess Xuanping lived. Gou Longbang's trip was not easy, but he always felt a little rushed and felt that something was not resolved. But no matter what it was, it was now forcibly cut off.
Back in the room, Xia Xiao and Azhu reported the current situation to Hu Bugui. Monk Xuyun was still struggling in the room. He locked the door with his shaking hands, and a large piece of flesh fell to the ground, causing the ground to tremble. There was a black gas in his body that couldn't wait to rush out, but it was forcibly suppressed. Monk Xuyun had forgotten how many times this had happened to him, but in the past fifty years, every time the black gas emerged from his body, it was a double torture for his body and mind.
The fat monk's face was covered with beads of sweat. He rubbed his face against the ground, trying his best to suppress the black air with the light of the candle in his body. The world he saw with his dark eyes was a place where there was fresh life, and it penetrated the bricks and tiles and the beams and pillars. But these were what he least wanted to see.
"If you enter the devil's way in the future, you will be going against the Buddha's way. When the time comes, you must remember to kill yourself. Don't force Master to do it. I can't bear it!"
"Buddha and devil cannot coexist!"
"Those who have not fallen into the devil's way can still stick to the right path. Have you ever seen a lion eating grass?"
…
These were the words of the master and the elders, which suddenly came to Master Xuyun's ears. The master had been gone for more than 70 years, and he died at the hands of a great demon. Only then did Master Xuyun make up his mind to become a traveler, to travel the world and slay all the demons. When he was qualified and took his apprentice with him, he was unable to defeat the demon, and his apprentice died.
In the blink of an eye, more than 50 years have passed since then, but now when I recall it, it is still as vivid as before. His poor disciple called his master, begging him to save him. He wanted to live, he wanted to grow up, but he was trampled under the claws of the monster and smelled the stench of death. Xuyun was also pressed under the claws of the beast. The monster coveted his life and vitality and couldn't wait to devour him.
The cute little monk Xuyun was bitten and his life was torn away. At that moment, the monk Xuyun fell into the devil's way and has not come out of it until today.
"You have fallen into the devil's way, and you dare to come back?"
"The rules of Tanghua Temple are strict, and the punishment should be death!"
"If Buddha cultivates his next life, let him go."
"Great Buddha, have mercy on me..."
Killing more than a thousand demons, Xuyun walked across the grassland, leaving a bright red blood mark with every step, brushing shoulders with the strong men from Ningshen Academy, and passing by the elders of the Adventurer's Guild with dull eyes. He returned to Tanghua Temple and knelt outside the hall. These words from the elders made him feel hopeless.
Xuyun originally had a lofty ideal. He wanted to be a true Buddha in the world. He wanted to be a monk greater than his master. But this was the real reason behind his victory over the monsters. He sucked the life of the monsters and became a demon, and then he killed the monsters. Although he was praised and even deified, he was just a fake monk who fell into the devil's way. He lost his apprentice and his faith.
He knelt outside the temple in front of the Buddha for half a month, and the monks of Tanghua Temple discussed for half a month. In the end, the abbot spared Xuyun's life and ordered him to stay in the grassland and kill demons to cleanse his sins. When he walked out of the devil's way, he could go back. But it is easy to fall in, but difficult to get out.
For fifty years, Xu Yun tried countless times, but he couldn't get out. His strength improved slowly, because a lot of vitality was needed to suppress the magic power in his body. But he didn't expect that the magic power hidden deep in his body would be drawn out by the stone bead. It seems that the black energy in it is also related to the magic.
Arching his body, Monk Xuyun finally hid the demonic power that was constantly colliding with his own vitality seal. They made Monk Xuyun's belly very big, making him pot-bellied. But he didn't care, this skin bag, it didn't matter what it was.
Exhausted, Monk Xuyun fell in the room and did not move for a long time. It would be better to be in the grassland, where there is no one. He can make some noise and then take it back into his body, instead of holding on like this.
After he recovered, Monk Xuyun sighed. It seemed that he had to adjust his state in the next few days. He couldn't have the urge to devour any living thing he saw.
In the fifty years since he fell into the devil's way, the fat monk has only sucked lives twice. The first time was the battle when he fell into the devil's way. That day, thousands of ghosts cried and all the lives were taken away.
The second time was thirty years ago, when he broke into the demon's den alone. If the first time he devoured living creatures was because of urgency and the sacrifice of his apprentice, then the second time was done intentionally by Monk Xuyun. He wanted the demon to stop harming more people, so he had to get rid of the demon's den, leaving no one alive!
Therefore, it is another life-sucking contest.
It must be said that the method of absorbing living beings to increase strength is addictive, so even in the past thirty years, the fat monk has never thought of absorbing living beings to increase his strength. There can't be a third time, otherwise, he will become a monster like those monsters who only know how to absorb life.
After three days of rest, Master Xuyun patiently taught the female doctors how to control the dosage of medicine, and after they learned it, they were ready to leave the royal court. It was a good thing for them to leave. The people of Goulongbang didn't like outsiders, but they were also somewhat grateful because the princess's illness was cured. Although she had to take medicine all the time, she didn't have to lie in bed all the time like before, suffering a lot.
Outside the royal court, the grassland lost the image of the desert smoke and was only green. This kind of farewell was not bad. Xia Xiao and Shu Shuang rode their horses and prepared to go south to Nanshang.
“Mountains and rivers always meet, go!”
The fat monk touched the fat on his belly, constantly suppressing the demonic power underneath. This became his habit, and although it was very sad, it was still a cute action in the eyes of outsiders.
Riding their horses, Xia Xiao and Azhu headed south. A quarter of an hour later, Xia Xiao and Azhu stopped.
"What's wrong?"
Ah Zhu was a little curious. It was morning now, so he should travel more. These two horses were good horses of Gou Longbang. They ran fast and didn't need to rest so soon. But Xia Xiao was not concerned about this.
"dismount."
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