【Cang Qiao】Bodhi

On the night when the bodhi seeds emitted a strange white light, Qiao Tathagata had a dream.

In the dream, there was a monk with disheveled hair, gray robe and black robe, with a haggard appearance and a strange temperament.He came from the thick smoke and dust, his black eyes were sunken in the dry eye sockets, and he couldn't see half of his expression.

He just looked at Qiao Tathagata, staring intently with his deep-set eyes, like a snake staring at its prey.Under the gaze of the other party, Qiao Rulai had a cold illusion of being pinched by the throat.

The man approached step by step, stepping on the fog, unable to see clearly.Qiao Rulai looked at the other person's face, and asked dryly:

--Who are you?

The other party replied:

——The person who solves your troubles.

Qiao Tathagata asked again:

——What is the solution to the dilemma?

The other party replied:

——The state of exhausting your body, the state of exhausting your spirit, and the state of disturbing your heart are all your predicaments.

Qiao Tathagata asked again:

——How to solve it?

The other party replied:

——The pagoda is the key.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Tathagata frowned slightly, met the other party's gaze, and remained silent.

The monk took a step back, so that half of his body was hidden in the thickening white mist, his voice was misty, false and true:

——Believe it or not, it's all in one thought.If you want to solve the dilemma, go to the stupa at midnight tonight, and you will know the truth.

He began to step back step by step, his eyes were piercing, and under the reflection of the mist, he showed extraordinary persistence and attachment.His eyes seemed to be glued to Qiao Rulai's body, his parched mouth opened and closed, and he said the last sentence:

——Go ahead at midnight, you will know what you want to know.

Those eyes, piercingly cold, filled with appalling greed and darkness, clung tightly to Qiao Rulai's body, making him even more out of breath.Qiao Rulai only felt that there was a lump of debris in her chest, and she was suffocated. She was clever and woke up from a dream.

He sat up from the bed, his chest was heaving rapidly, and the cold sweat drenched his close-fitting clothes.He picked up his shoes and went to bed, only to find that the bodhi seeds on the bedside table were shining again.

——It was like a thick fog in a dream, a dazzling and cold white light.

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Qiao Tathagata wrapped her robe tightly and walked on the mountain road at night.

He woke up from the dream at Haishi, time was running out, he only had time to revise a book, he only said that he had found clues related to the gate of the earth, the situation was urgent, so he had to go to investigate first, hope Shi Yanwen and others don't have to worry about it.Then he pressed the letter under the candlestick, put on his clothes and went out.

The mountain road is rugged, surrounded by grass, leaves and bushes.Qiao Rulai walked carefully, but never slowed down, and walked towards the closest Buddhist pagoda in his memory.

The night dew stains the clothes, bringing a little bit of coolness.Qiao Rulai finally came to the open space where the pagoda was when the tip of her hair was soaked in dew.

There, Qiao Rulai saw the monk who appeared in the dream standing in front of the pagoda.

He was more gloomy and weird than what he saw in the dream.When he saw Qiao Rulai, an unknown light flashed in his dark eyes.The tattered and gray robe sleeve was raised, and an old and thin hand was stretched out from it, pointing at Qiao Tathagata, and a bellows-like voice came out from the depths of his throat:

"You came."

"Bodhi child."

Accompanied by the monk's words, the Buddhist bell in the pagoda rang suddenly, with continuous and thick bells, hitting Qiao Tathagata's spiritual consciousness one after another.Qiao Tathagata only felt a splitting headache, as if there was a sharp awl piercing in his head, and when he was in pain, he suddenly felt a warmth in his wrist, and the sharp pain seemed to be subdued by this warmth. A little weakened and dispelled.

Before he could get rid of the pain, the regular bells in his ears echoed faster, and the pain came back again after a moment of relief.The heat source on the wrist continuously raises the temperature, as if protecting Qiao Tathagata and refuses to let go.

Qiao Tathagata looked at the pagoda and the monk in front of the pagoda during the interval of pain, and saw the chapped mouth of the other party opening and closing, and the words sounded clearly in the mind through the bell:

"Do you really think that the wolf demon likes you?"

"Don't you doubt that his love is for you or Bodhizi?"

"You are the Bodhi child, and the Bodhi child is also you. The one he likes is not the current you from the beginning to the end..."

"——but, that bodhi child."

Qiao Rulai's heart suddenly tightened, and the words Cang Yue Guming once said suddenly flashed through his mind:

——Qiao Tathagata, you are the cause and effect of the lonely king who has been waiting for thousands of years.

——Lonely king, I am happy with you.

——You still owe the lonely king so many years, and the lonely king will slowly ask you for it back in the future.

——The lonely king's heart for you has never changed for thousands of years.

Thousands of years of cause and effect, thousands of years of debt, thousands of years of unchanged heart.

Pile by pile, piece by piece, Cang Yue Guming's gentleness in the past, the tenderness that he used to guard carefully, and the tenderness of mutual affection, are all dyed in different colors little by little in Qiao Tathagata's heart.

Who does he like?Who is he guarding?Who is he pleasing?Is it the current Qiao Tathagata?Or the bodhi seed thousands of years ago?

Who is he looking at through him?

Existing in his heart, who is it?

Qiao Tathagata was emotionally agitated, in a trance, and suddenly relaxed, and at the same time, the monk's voice came with the bell, lingering, and piercing into the bones:

"I caught you, Bodhizi."

The spike necklace on Qiao Rulai's body suddenly broke and fell to the ground.

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Demon world.

Cang Yue Guming suddenly felt an inexplicable panic and uneasiness.

What followed was the familiar fluctuation and shock of demon power.

That was his own demon power, the sense of demon power from the spike necklace he gave to Qiao Tathagata.

Something happened to Qiao Rulai.

So pretty——!

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There is nothingness in my mind.

--who I am?

——Why am I here?

—Where am I going?

--I have no idea.All I know is to follow the guidance of the bell in my head and go to the place where the bell is.

—following... great wisdom.

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The young man in white walked behind the gray-robed monk, his steps were light and slow, and he followed suit.

The gray-robed monk wore a black cassock, and no emotion could be seen on his stern and haggard face. He led the young man following him and walked towards the golden pagoda in the distance.

The young man following him was dressed in white, with white hair and a red cinnabar on his forehead. He had a handsome face and a slender figure. His golden eyes were dull and empty, and he just stared blankly at the back of the person in front of him. , Walking forward step by step like a marionette.

The young man's sleeves were very wide, and he rolled them up while walking, revealing a white wrist.A dark red knot was wrapped around the wrist, and the end of the knot seemed to have a heavy weight attached to it, pulling it down with the rope, and it was tightly attached to the young man's skin.

The young man stepped over another stone step, his cuffs were opened wider, and with a movement of his wrist, the thing tied to the knot slid out following the young man's movement, exposed to the moonlight and reflected a faint light.

That is the bodhi seed rosary, only two.

The two walked one after the other, their robes dragged through the dry grass, making a rustling sound, and the tower in the distance was one step closer to them.

At this moment, there was no wind in the surrounding vegetation, rustling and rustling, making a small sound.Under the empty night, wisps of lavender light smoke began to linger, blowing towards the face with a strong and terrifying demon aura.The lavender smoke quickly condensed into a spot of light in an instant, and the spot suddenly expanded, and a tall figure appeared in front of the two of them. The royal robe was fierce, surrounded by gold and jade, and a pair of blue eyes were incomparable. Concern is superficial and anyone can see it.

It was Cang Yue Guming.

Cang Yue Guming saw the young man following behind the gray-robed monk, he instantly moved and came to him, grabbed the other's arm with both hands, and called out "Qiao Tathagata".

However, Qiao Tathagata still kept her eyes blank, without any reaction.

Cang Yue Guming held Qiao Rulai in his arms with one hand, and with the other hand, the wolf king's claws appeared, glaring at the gray-robed monk in front of him:

"What did you do to him?!"

The words were mixed with murderous intent, and as the wind blade brought by the wolf king's claws attacked the monk at the same time, the monk's expression remained unchanged, and the figure left the place in a flash.His black eyes looked at Cang Yue Guming in front of him, and the bellows-like voice sounded again:

"The gate of the earth needs a bodhi child, and the bodhi child can only go to the gate of the earth."

"He won't go with you." Cang Yue Guming looked at the person in his arms who was still in a daze, and frowned, "The lonely king won't let him go with you."

"How can the sacred objects of the Buddhist world be defiled by the demon race." The other party's face remained unchanged, and he said indifferently, "Besides, how do you know that he is unwilling to forget the past and come to the gate of the earth?"

"He has bodhi seeds to protect his body. If there is no gap in his heart, how could the bell at the gate of the earth take advantage of the gap to enter."

"Wolf demon, it's your love that trapped his heart."

After saying a word, the corner of the grey-robed monk's mouth suddenly bent into a strange arc, he laughed ho ho, the laughter seemed shriveled and shriveled by iron filings.He turned his head, completely ignored the murderous Cang Yue Guming, looked at the golden pagoda not far away, and said:

"You have entered the range of the bell of the gate of the earth. Wolf demon, tell me, you have spent a lot of demon power for the teleportation method, can you still resist..."

"What about the bell this time?"

As soon as the voice fell, the golden pagoda suddenly swelled with a wave of airflow, followed by the bell, which was melancholy and loud, reaching the depths of consciousness.He reacted in an instant, retracted the claws of the wolf king, and hugged Qiao Tathagata horizontally in his arms. Regardless of how the gray-robed monk would react, he turned around and ran towards the opposite direction of the pagoda.

The monk didn't make a sound, nor did he stop him, he just kept the weird arc of his mouth, watching Cang Yue Guming run farther and farther holding Qiao Tathagata.He still let out a hoarse laughter deep in his throat, suddenly there was light and shadow flowing in his dark and white eyes, vague and indistinct, it was the darkest black and the most obsessed white.His mouth moved, and his voice was soft, melting into the long and regular bells:

"Niandala, waiting for you, throw yourself into the trap."

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Cang Yue Guming hugged Qiao Tathagata, while using the cloak to shield him from the cold wind blowing in front of him, and at the same time raised his strength to lead the person away with his fastest speed.

The bells sounded continuously, as if endlessly.Cang Yue Guming felt pain in his head, but it was not too difficult to bear, he gritted his teeth, hugged Qiao Tathagata tightly, and continued to run forward.

Qiao Tathagata still had dizzy pupils and a dazed expression.He was obediently embraced by Cang Yue Guming, neither struggling nor joyful, as if he had lost all his looks and emotions.

Seeing Qiao Tathagata's appearance, Cang Yue Guming felt a twinge of pain in his heart.He slowly condensed the monster energy in the palm of his hand, and pushed his own monster power into his body as he did to renew his life before.The pure monster power belonging to the wolf king spread in Qiao Rulai's body bit by bit, slowly calling back his mind captured by the bell.

The eyes of Qiao Rulai gradually became brighter, and the brows slowly relaxed. He felt his body fall into a familiar and warm embrace, and the person was leading him to and fro; he also heard the sound of the bell beside his ear After a while, the voice is clear, but it no longer makes me have a splitting headache.Those bright sun-like eyes blinked, the foreground gradually became clearer, the scent of green grass lingering around her gradually became stronger, and the figure of the person hugging her gradually became clearer.

"Cang... wolf..."

Qiao Rulai gently grasped the clothes on Cang Yue Guming's chest, his fingers sank into the soft fabric, and his full palm could not calm his restless heart.

"Don't be afraid, the lonely king used his demon power to break away the confinement of the bell on you. When the lonely king sends you out of the range of the bell's influence, you will be fine." Cang Yue Guming smiled, bowed his head in a pretty A kiss fell between Tathagata's hair.

Qiao Rulai clearly felt that Cang Yue Guming's lips were very cold.When he raised his head, he found that there was a thin layer of thin sweat on the face of the other party, and under the bright moonlight, there was a layer of dewy light, but the pain between the brows and eyes of the man gradually became stronger, and his breathing It also became more urgent and heavy, no matter how you look at it, it was caused by the heavy influence of the bell.

He knew in his heart that going on like this was not an option, and while struggling, he said: "Canglang, you let me down, so that neither of us can escape." Seeing that Cang Yue Guming had no intention of letting go, his voice was also tinged with anxiety, But what flashed through my mind were those untimely and provocative words.

Qiao Rulai was stunned for a moment, and swallowed back the words that were about to escape.He knew in his heart that it was the words provoked by the other party to make him leave his mind, and he also believed Cang Yue Guming's affection for him, but those words that were erratic and unclear in the past were still like a sting in his throat. It will cause severe pain, but it cannot be easily peeled off.

Cang Yue Guming's eyes did not escape the short-lived strangeness of the person in his arms. He tensed his arms and hugged Qiao Tathagata tightly to his chest.He didn't know how far he ran, and he didn't know whether he and Qiao Rulai could escape smoothly. He could only do his best to send the person in his arms to a place far away from the dangerous place, so as to minimize the impact on him.

He thought of what the gray-robed monk said just now, and he also noticed the momentary stiffness and hesitation of the body of the person in his arms, and the thoughts in his heart turned for a few rounds, and suddenly became clear.Cang Yue Guming lowered his head again, kissed the imprint between Qiao Tathagata's eyebrows, and said in a low voice:

"Qiao Tathagata, the one who pleases the lonely king is you, you are the one from the beginning to the end, the one who will lose his temper and play with the lonely king, the one who will take the initiative to kiss the lonely king, and the one who will buy the lonely king roast chicken. "

"It's always you and only you that the lonely king is happy with."

"It's you in the arms of the lonely king, you who are lively and full of emotions and desires."

"It's not the... bodhizi who lives in memory."

"The Lonely King treats him only with respect and faith...to you..."

As Cang Yue Guming spoke, he felt the pain in his head intensify. His five fingers tightened due to the pain, but he forcibly stopped the tightening movement because he was concerned about not hurting the person in his arms. The cold sweat on his forehead flowed down Little by little, it flowed down from the side of the cheeks, soaking the braids on both sides of the temples, but it could not relieve the plight of the gradually blurred scenery in front of him.

He knew in his heart that he had consumed a lot of demon power to teleport to Qiao Tathagata's side, and he had used up a lot of demon power to dissolve the impact of the bell on Qiao Tathagata, and the remaining power was not enough to maintain clarity in his mind.The bell ringing in his ear gradually increased, while the steps he took became faster and faster.

The scenery on both sides of his body receded quickly, and Cang Yue Guming finally reached the edge of the impact range of the bell when his strength was about to run out. While he was relieved, he felt his mind was empty. Knowing something was wrong, he lowered his eyes , and dropped a kiss on Qiao Tathagata's slightly parted lips.

Heavy and gentle, it seems to have condensed all the love and pity he can hold in his thousands of years of life.

Qiao Rulai was suddenly kissed by him, opened her eyes slightly, and just wanted to ask him, when she heard a word that only two people could hear from the cold lips that were pressed against her:

"The Lonely King's love for you...is love..."

He suddenly opened his eyes wide, and at the same time felt his body lighten, and the warmth of Cang Yue Guming's embrace gradually moved away from him.Qiao Ru turned her head back and forth, saw Cang Yue Gu Ming maintaining the posture of holding him just now, raised her head, the look in her blue eyes gradually dissipated, and said in her mouth:

"I really want to eat it again, you bought it for the lonely king..."

Cang Yue Gu Ming's remnant demon power swept in, gently but firmly pushed Qiao Tathagata more than ten feet away.Qiao Rulai stretched out his hand, but he could only watch Cang Yue Guming's figure getting farther and farther away from him. The last thing he saw was a pair of godless blue eyes, and a pair of blue eyes appearing behind him. , gray-robed monk.

"The wolf—!"

A shrill and sad cry pierced the sky, but it could never call back the person who was in love with each other.