Sealing Sword

The Du'e Cave was in a mess, with knife marks and fist marks all over the wall, and blood splattered everywhere. Even taking a breath was like swallowing a bloody knife, cutting people from throat pain to lungs.

Sekong sat cross-legged on the ground, clasped his hands together and murmured "The Curse of Rebirth", while Bu Xueyao leaned against the cave wall, relying on blindness to see, his expression changed dramatically.

It wasn't until the Shimen was pushed open again that the strange silence was broken.

"Is the injection ready?" Zhao Bing'e pushed the door open, and the blood splattered on her face had dried up. She didn't raise her hand to wipe it, but took out a snow-white towel to wipe off the remaining blood on the blade. Go all the way, and see the cold light again.

Bu Xueyao straightened her body, and said: "Because the palace chief used him to practice kung fu and he couldn't be poisoned, he gave some anesthetics and sealed his three acupoints with three gold needles, which can keep him safe for three hours."

"It's rare that you can still do something, I hope there will be no trouble." Zhao Bingmo raised his lips, and put the cleaned scimitar back into the scabbard.

Sekong, who was chanting scriptures cross-legged, finally spoke: "Those people, how did you deal with them?"

"Are you asking me?" Zhao Bing's eyes fell on him, like the tip of a scorpion's tail, which hurt people, "Old bald donkey, just now you took a few lives from me, don't you know? "

Se Kong remained silent, Bu Xueyao felt a chill in his heart.

The battle just now started unexpectedly, and ended unexpectedly.

Zhao Bingye seems to have poured all the pain of bereavement on Sekong, with a scimitar in one hand, elusive, with strange sharp edges, and changeable sword skills. a blind man?

Sekong has been trapped here for many days, his body is already weak and blind, so he should have been slaughtered by others, but Bu Xueyao didn't expect him to have the strength to fight.

He was glad that he did not act rashly, even if the tiger fell to Pingyang, it was not the time for the wolfdog to go up and bite.

Zhao Bingmo's saber movement is treacherous, and his tricks are ever-changing in the blink of an eye, but the color and space are invariable to respond to all changes, and the attack and defense of fists and feet are impeccable, and the brakes are stopped with silence.Dao Feng approached his gate of life several times, but was blocked at the last moment. If it wasn't for Se Kong's efforts to save him and not kill him, the battle between him and Zhao Bing'e might be a dead end.

There is no mutual loss, only mutual death.

However, Zhao Bing'e was in excellent condition and wild, but Se Kong was in poor condition and had concerns. He could carry her for a while but couldn't stop her for a lifetime, and soon he was more than capable.

He snatched half of the lives of more than forty people from Zhao Bing'e's hands, and the rest were bloody on the spot.

The blood stained his monk robes red, and also splashed Zhao Bingmo's whole body. When she slashed Se Kong with her back, her gloomy face burst into laughter, and she leaned forward and backward in laughter, and her waist seemed to be broken.

Sekongren was under the knife, but he still stood upright. He stood in front of the sacrifices of those he had saved, and said: "The battle is over, you should let these people go as promised."

Zhao Bing's mouth was chewing and laughing, and his tone was sarcasm: "Everyone says you are 'Xi Buddha', you might as well be called 'Nud Bodhisattva', you can't protect yourself, and you still think about these trash... Oh, whatever, you are willing to be implicated Even to the point of death, I am happy to see your end, I will protect these people for you."

Bu Xueyao frowned at the time. They sneaked into Wenchan Mountain to do things in secret, and if they left one more mouth alive, it would be easy to leak the news. Although the more than 20 human victims have gone crazy and cut their tongues, it would be troublesome if they were seen by someone with a heart. Seeing them is a waste, why bother?

However, Bu Xueyao thought so in his heart, but there was no abnormal expression on his face. Seeing Zhao Bing'e looked over, he smiled slightly and said: "They are just two-legged beasts. Since Guardian Zuo has shown mercy, please forgive them." It doesn't matter if you die, it's just..."

"Since I have opened my mouth, I will deal with it myself. Don't worry about leaking the news." Zhao Bing'e glanced at him, saw Se Kong let go of his fist, and knew that the old bald donkey was willing to catch him without a fight, so he sneered, " I'll deal with these human animals, you stay and deal with this old bald donkey, don't let the duck fly away."

After saying that, she stopped glancing at Shi Kong and Bu Xueyao, blew the whistle on her fingers and summoned her 'magic scorpion', and escorted the remaining 20 people out of the Du'e Cave, and it took about an hour to go there.

Zhao Bing'e didn't have any good words when he opened his mouth, but Se Kong was never annoyed, he just smiled and said: "You never promise anything."

"Of course." Zhao Bing'e kicked a stone away and smashed it against the cave wall with a loud noise, "I gouged out their eyes and broke their legs, lest these lunatics kill each other and destroy my promise and imprison them." I left water and food in a cave, and it all depends on God's will whether I can survive until this time and be rescued by others."

After a pause, she glanced at Bu Xueyao, as if she had caught a glimpse of a femme fatale, and said with a smile, "Before that, no one could find them."

Bu Xueyao was not annoyed by being punctured, and smiled frankly: "Guardian Zuo is very thoughtful, it's because my family is too timid, anyway, it has been dealt with properly, so I won't ask more questions."

"If that's the case, get out." Zhao Bing'er's face darkened, "You've been huddled in the Du'e Cave for so long, and the 'Sky Spider' is only enough to spin a web around here, don't let the prey tear it open when you turn around, It’s a small matter for you to lose face, but it’s an unforgivable crime if you ruin a major event.”

Bu Xueyao was even teased by her, and she didn't know if she had brought out her good temper all her life, but she didn't even refute her, she just rolled her eyes between her and Sekong, it didn't matter much The words went out in response.

The sound of personnel mobilization came from outside the door.It must be that Bu Xueyao took away the "Sky Spider" who was originally stationed here, and went to the cliff.

Only Zhao Bing'e and Se Kong were left in the stone room. The blind monk moved the beads cross-legged and murmured something. Zhao Bing'e looked at him condescendingly. of water.

Se Kong suddenly said: "Thank you."

Zhao Bing'e raised his eyebrows: "Thank me for what?"

Sekong tilted his head slightly: "Without you, those people might not be able to survive."

"It's your indecision that makes you in a dilemma."

Without outsiders, the dense layer of venomous thorns on her body seemed to be put away, and suddenly she had the desire to talk, and asked, "Vald donkey, you have been practicing Buddhism for so many years, and you are compassionate and save all living beings. What's the matter?" What do you mean?"

Se Kong flicked the fingers of the Buddha beads for a moment, then smiled and said, "You are at ease."

Zhao Bing'e sneered: "Live yourself as others want to see you, and you will get nothing but a vain name. What kind of 'comfort' is this?"

Sekong said: "It's what you want."

There are so many troubles in the human world, nothing more than striving for power, chasing fame and fortune, even if you work hard all your life and plan thousands of times, in the end, it will be nothing in the blink of an eye.

Only by doing what you think and what you think, can you be able to see what your heart wants and what your eyes can see, even if you do asceticism, you will be willing.

Sekong was born as an ascetic monk, unlike Sejian and Seruo, he traveled with his master since he was a child, and saw too many ups and downs and sufferings. superior.

Zhao Bing'e looked at him, and slowly clenched his five fingers into fists.

She asked, "So, do you think you can really become a Buddha?"

Sekong didn't answer, but said instead: "Let me tell you a story..."

Someone once asked the Buddha, what is the purity of the six sense organs?

The Buddha said, go through the calamity, investigate and break.

Thousands of people once asked the Buddha, what is the solution to the seven sufferings?

The Buddha said, pick it up and put it down.

There have been sentient beings who asked the Buddha, how to overcome the eight difficulties?

The Buddha said, choose, be willing.

"A person's six roots are impure because of the seven emotions, a thousand people's seven sufferings are solved because the five aggregates are not empty, and all living beings' eight sufferings are overcome by a single thought." Sekong raised his head, "Benefactor Zhao, do you understand?"

He was answered with a loud slap.

This blow by Zhao Bing'e was so hard that Se Kong's face was tilted to the side, his sallow and blue face immediately became red and swollen, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

His expression remained unchanged, but Zhao Bingye's eyes were red. If there was someone with long eyes here, he must have thought that she would cry the next moment.

But she didn't after all.

Just like those ruthless people who knock out teeth and swallow blood, Zhao Bing'e will never cry in front of others, even if they are blind.

Her eyes were red enough to bleed, but her expression became numb. After the slap, she didn't withdraw her hand, but slid down and landed on Sekong's shoulder and neck acupoint.

An extremely cold internal force pierced through the bones, raging domineeringly through the meridians, and went straight to the dantian, even with the power of color and space, he couldn't help but turn pale, and after a while, a thin layer of frost was formed on the eyebrows and eyelashes.

Beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, but the sweat was also cold and lukewarm, and when it rolled over his face, it seemed like ice scum fell off.

The limbs paralyzed by the drug trembled under the domineering and extremely cold internal force, and the golden needle sealing the big acupoint was ready to move, and Shi Kong's own internal force also grasped this gap, and began to resuscitate.

After three inaudible soft sounds, the three gold needles that Bu Xueyao nailed had been forced to empty his body under the internal and external pincers of two kinds of internal forces, Zhi Yang and Yin. Consciously curled up a few times.

"Helian Yu will be here soon, you don't have time to pretend to be dead." Zhao Bingmo straightened up, "This time, we managed to introduce the poisonous snake into the cave. If we don't hit Qicun, we will be the ones who die. Since you want to save all living beings , just give up your life as bait."

Sekong caressed his dantian, adjusted his breath to the internal force that suddenly broke away from the shackles, and smiled when he heard the words: "Okay."

He was old and lost his eyes again. With his bald head and gray face, he looked embarrassed no matter what, but this smile was like an old lampstand in front of a Buddha statue, lit with a big fire, but reflected a corner of it brightly.

That year, the monk by the Lanxi Bridge also had such a bright smile. He comforted the little girl he had just rescued. The smile dazzled the girl's eyes. She asked the boatman to stop the oars, and smiled crisply: "Monk, I will help put the She sent it to the town, you can tell me a scripture about Buddhism, okay?"

He chanted a Buddha's name softly, and said with a smile, "Okay."

The two voices overlapped together, Zhao Bing'e was in a trance, but this trance was only for a moment, and the next moment she calmed down again, leaving her past behind.

"He Lianyu had already reached the eighth level of "Thousand Tribulation Kung Fu" two years ago. Over the past two years, he has continued to practice martial arts with martial artists, and his skills have become higher and higher, and his temperament has become more and more sinister." Zhao Bing'e said indifferently Said, "Six years ago, I was able to influence the 'longevity Gu' in his body through the secret method, but now I can't feel the breath of the Gu, which means that his internal force is already enough to suppress the Gu insects."

Se Kong said: "You are afraid of him."

"Yes." Zhao Bing's lips were hooked, and his eyes were gloomy.

She is a smart woman and has always been very knowledgeable about current affairs, otherwise she would not have been able to secure her current position when her brother died and left power behind her. He Lianyu could use her but didn't believe her, and she didn't need his trust at all. What maintains the relationship between the two is nothing but interests and bargaining chips.

It's a pity that He Lianyu didn't intend to leave her with a three-point leeway.

"You are afraid of him, but you have to get rid of him. It seems that he has indeed done something that violated your bottom line." Se Kong's finger slowly moved the rosary again, "Is it the Burying Soul Palace, or..."

"All of them." Zhao Bing'e rolled his eyelids, "He has a big appetite, he wants to swallow the sky in one gulp, but he is not afraid of being burst."

The color is empty and clear: "Conspiracy."

"It's understandable that he disregards the rules of the world and wants to make a future, but the foundation of Burial Soul Palace cannot be destroyed in the hands of a bastard like him." Zhao Bing'e sneered, "Back then, I shouldn't have kept this bastard alive. Mu Qingshang..."

Sekong said: "The old things are gone, and regrets are hard to change. It will only increase troubles."

Zhao Bingye's smile became more and more vicious, but she didn't linger on the topic, but reached into her bosom, took out a small oil paper bag and threw it on Sekong.

Se Kong fumbled to open the paper package, and inside was a pill.

"You must have heard of the 'Huanyang Pill' of the Hundred Ghosts Sect." Zhao Bing'e stared at him, "When Helian Yu comes, you can eat it. It can also be delayed until we die together."

While she was speaking, she rubbed the scabbard with her fingers, and looked at Sekong without blinking her eyes, as if the other party had a little bit of timidity, she would pull out the scabbard and chop off his head.

However, Shikong's expression remained unchanged, even the fingers holding the pill didn't tremble a bit.

He just put the pills in his palm, turned his head in Zhao Bing's direction, and still said the same word: "Okay."

Zhao Bingye closed his eyes, turned around and put his palm on the stone door, and was about to push the door out, when Se Kong asked from behind: "He is also here for this martial arts conference, do you want to see him?"

Zhao Bing'e's footsteps stopped, without turning back, his voice was a little hoarse: "How is he?"

Sekong smiled: "Very good."

"...Then we don't need to see each other."

Zhao Bingye pushed open the stone door, the gap was very narrow, and it was closed again when she stepped out, leaving only a dark room and blood that hadn't dispersed.

Sekong fumbled a few times with his hand, then began to move the beads slowly, murmured with his chapped and white lips: "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, after practicing the deep prajna paramita for a long time, he can see that the five aggregates are all empty, and he can overcome all hardships. Relic, emptiness is not different from form, form is not different from emptiness, form is emptiness, emptiness..." (Note)

There was a sudden pause in his fingers, but it was only for a moment, and he continued to move.

"Form is emptiness, and emptiness is form."

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Note: From "Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra".