Lantern: Reflection of the Peach Blossoms

With a low laugh: "Naively hope that others will treat you well, naively repay you with all your affection, naively believe that you will never be betrayed or hurt in your life..."

There was actually a hint of pity in his voice, but he didn't even notice it.

"No..." Fenghuang subconsciously shook his head in denial, but he seemed a little weak because of his lack of confidence: "No, that's not the case, I just..."

He gasped for a moment, then said blankly, "It's not like that..."

Jiang III inserted his fingers deeply into the cool hair on the back of his head, staring at Fenghuang's bloodless face, there seemed to be something deep in his eyes that people couldn't understand.After a long while, he lowered his head and kissed the cold and trembling lips, but the approaching fiery breath made Fenghuang suddenly tremble, and he stretched out his hand and pushed him away!

"Phoenix!" Jiang III said angrily.

Fenghuang staggered to his feet and rushed out of the hall, Jiang Sanshi suddenly ran after him.However, immediately after Fenghuang turned around, a string of glazed Buddha beads appeared in his hand, which suddenly turned into a pure blue seamless short knife as his robe sleeves fluttered, pointing straight at him and shouting: "Stop!"

"What are you going to do, go to the Buddhist hall to question? Don't be stupid!" Jiang Sanshi was full of anger in his heart, mixed with inexplicable embarrassment and embarrassment, which made him very irritable: "You think it's fine if you go to protest It's not good for Buddha! It's not as long as you don't want to! Fenghuang, I... I will treat you very well, don't you just want to find someone to accompany you? Other people may not be like me, so... "

"I'm not going to the Buddhist hall." Fenghuang panted violently, but his expression had calmed down: "I don't want you either."

Jiang III said angrily, "Why?!"

At that moment, Fenghuang remembered the words of Venerable Bati, you will have a second son with a person who is not in karma—not in karma, such a simple sentence, but it inspired the most tender and charming imagination of Phoenix.

Will he despise me for having an extremely evil look?Will he be nice to me?

Will he always be with me?

This stranger, who had never met before, was like a gloomy hope for the future in the ice and snow, which made him gain infinite confidence and strength from hope, and made him suddenly desperate for this dangerous situation and bleak reality. The heart of struggle.

"No reason," Fenghuang lowered his eyes, whispered but resolutely: "I want to leave here."

Jiang Sanshi was shocked, followed by anxiety and anger that even he didn't know why - the anger of being mercilessly rejected couldn't be compared with hearing this simple sentence "I want to get out of here".In an instant, he rushed forward and grabbed Fenghuang's hand, angrily said: "Where do you want to go? This is Mount Sumeru! If you want to go to the four evil realms, you will fail!"

Fenghuang turned his wrist and swung the saber, pushing King Jiang III away heavily!

He turned around and flew towards the outside of the main hall, but behind him, Jiang III King Ming turned into a hideous figure with three heads and eight arms, knocked down the stone pillars of the main hall, and chased after him in the blink of an eye!

Fenghuang had never seen King Jiang III's Dharma image, and in his eyes, Jiang III had always appeared normally, with two eyes and one hand, and there was nothing strange about it.

However, the Dharma appearances of the five authentic kings of Tantric Buddhism are all very terrifying. When the phoenix flew across the ice, he saw the shadow behind him in the reflection, his heart beat wildly, and he turned around in mid-air and slashed the knife horizontally, "Dang!" With a loud bang, he firmly resisted the halberd that King Jiang III Ming stabbed at his back!

Jiang Sanshi's three heads and nine eyes all stared at Fenghuang's still-shocked pupils: "If you don't stop, I'll have to call someone."

"..." Fenghuang raised his head uncomfortably, trying to distance himself from King Jiang III's gaze, and then he said coldly: "Do you think you will be saved if you call someone? No, when the time comes, you will be saved." It will still be promised to me—or if you don’t want to, the edicts of other Ming kings of Tantric Buddhism will turn out to be more terrifying and violent..."

Fenghuang was furious: "Shut up!" As he spoke, he swiped his knife horizontally, and smashed the halberd away in the dazzling lightning!

King Jiang III Ming was caught off guard, and when he took two steps back to steady himself, he saw that the phoenix had already escaped with a single blow. It was like a snow-white bird gliding on the ice field, and flew to the end of the ice slope in an instant; Sanshi sneered, rushed over like an arrow leaving the string, and shouted: "Stop—"

The strength of Phoenix is ​​actually not as good as the five real kings. Although they have defeated demons more times and their records are more brilliant, but that is just experience.In addition, he was severely injured during the 98 rings of the vajra bell, and he had not completely healed. This chase on the ice did not have any advantage at all. Crashed a huge ice slope.

With a loud bang, he fell into the lake under the ice. Jiang Sanshi plunged into it, swam in the piercing water, and grabbed the corner of his snow-white clothes floating in the water.

The next moment, Phoenix tore off his robe, and rushed out from the other end of the lake, dripping wet, and rushed up the plank road with water splashing all over the sky!

The plank road is a long bridge connecting the top of Xuebao Mountain and the main peak of Mount Sumeru, and below it is a bottomless deep stream.Jiang Sanshi stepped onto the plank road amidst the sky-shattering roar, and suddenly the whole bridge shook violently, and even the reverberating roar echoed from the depths of the mountain stream!

"Stop, don't run away!" Jiang III sternly said, "You can't leave Mount Sumeru!"

Phoenix gathered up his wet robe, his hair became blacker due to being soaked in water, and his face turned paler against the background. Against the background of the vast moonlight, it seemed to have a transparent texture like ice and snow.

His beautiful side cheeks were slightly blue and white due to the freezing, and the tip of the knife pointed down, and drops of falling water froze into ice in the cold wind.

This appearance even looked a little pathetic, but King Jiang III knew that he would not give in or surrender because of this.

He knew that this little phoenix, the little phoenix that looked so thin and weak, had many times thought that facing such heavy deceptions and blows, he would not be able to hold on anymore and would collapse; however, the phoenix never fell down every time. , with a resolute and stubborn attitude, he stubbornly clings to the tiny hope, and has never really bowed his knees to this painful reality for a moment.

King Jiang III's inner anger gradually extinguished, and he said in a deep voice: "Come back, Fenghuang, you have nowhere to go but Mount Sumeru. Do you need some time to accept me? I will take good care of you. I have always been ..."

But Phoenix shook his head.

"This is not the place for me," he said softly and stubbornly, "The person I need is not you."

His slender eyelashes turned his eyes, looking at the valley beside the plank road where the cold wind was howling.Jiang III King Ming suddenly felt bad, and suddenly stepped forward: "Stop—"

However, it was too late.

Fenghuang grabbed the railing painted with ink and gold, and jumped into the deep stream!

King Jiang III rushed to the railing, only to see Phoenix's figure plummeting in the air, like a kite with a broken string, and soon turned into an unclear dot in the field of vision.

In the next moment, that point burst out with golden light, even illuminating the entire valley. In the light, the phoenix turned into a flying bird, its tail feathers shone like stars like a galaxy, and the clear song resounded up and down Mount Sumeru, and then plunged headlong into the abyss!

Jiang III King Ming tightened his grip on the railing: "Phoenix—"

However, an indifferent voice came from the void in the next second: "Don't chase."

Jiang III raised his head suddenly, his pupils dilated.

I saw nothing in the dark night, surrounded by mountains on both sides, and the snow-covered mountain tops were shining with inconspicuous light spots under the night sky.After a while, there was a sound of wind coming from the mountain peaks, it seemed that the voice sighed very slightly from the dark sky.

Jiang III didn't move, he held on to the railing and waited.But then he waited for a long time, and the man didn't make a sound, nor did he give any instructions.

·

Phoenix disappeared from the deep stream, and there was no news for a long time.

He probably didn't go to the four evil realms, but went down Mount Sumeru, and recuperated in a gap in time and space at the junction of heaven and hell.

Mingwang III didn't tell anyone about the experience of that night, and no one on Mount Sumeru thought of asking Phoenix Mingwang's whereabouts.After all, many people have mixed feelings about Phoenix.This ancient bird with a very evil appearance once brought too much ominousness to the heavens. Anyone who came into contact with it would suffer a curse-like misfortune. Over time, it became a semi-taboo topic.

The long and continuous suppression of the four evil ways by the Heavenly Dao over the years finally aroused strong resistance from Asura.

The Liulitian under Mount Sumeru has been the junction of gods and demons since ancient times. After Mount Sumeru failed to send troops to the Asura tribe, Fan Luo, the new great Asura king, entangled his tribe and the monsters of hell, and brazenly launched a war against the heaven. With the impact, most of Liulitian was occupied overnight.

King Jiang III received the order from Mount Sumeru to march towards Liulitian. Unsurprisingly, the periphery of the city was filled with densely packed monsters. Black air lingered and covered the sky. The momentum of the sea.

And the moat surrounding the city wall was dyed blood red, and under the cloudy sky, it was like a giant godless eye staring straight at the sky.

The border of Liulitian, a barren suburb.

King Jiang III Ming stepped into the Buddhist hall lightly, and saw light smoke lingering in the deep and dark front hall, the bluestone floor was warm and slightly shiny due to long-term friction, and sandalwood floated in the air leisurely, making all the golden and emerald flowers brought down from Mount Sumeru The breath instantly settled.

Kneeling beside the Buddha lamp was a thin figure, wearing a snow-white cassock and a light gray outer robe, with long hair tied up by his side, and the ends of his tail were slightly curly hanging on the skirt.

"...Phoenix," Jiang III murmured.

Fenghuang closed his eyes slightly, without turning his head, he gently moved a glazed Buddhist bead with his fingers.

His health has improved a lot, at least his complexion is not as pale as that night.Jiang III King Ming stood beside him, his gaze was calmly sizing up the profile of his face under the temple hair, so careful that he didn't even let go of the slightly soft hair around his ears, and it took him a long time to see him put a circle of Buddhist beads on his head, stopped.

"What are you doing here?" He opened his eyes slightly and said lightly.

He didn't get up, nor did he raise his eyes to look at Jiang III.This alienated attitude is no different from before, as if that unbearable night has been completely erased, at least on the surface, there is not even a trace left.

"...I'm here to propose marriage," Jiang III said after a moment of silence.

"It's my sister Snow Mountain Goddess Shakti...you've seen her, if you don't like male King Ming, at least she..."

King Jiang III Ming paused for a moment, but only saw Fenghuang lightly flicking a prayer bead, as if a little tired: "Isn't she doing double cultivation with you?"

There are many ways to practice the Heavenly Dao, and dual cultivation is also very common, so there is nothing surprising about it.Fenghuang's tone was so normal that it seemed that he only asked a very common question, but it was because of this normality and normality that King Jiang III was suddenly extremely embarrassed, and he justified after a while: "That was a long time ago, it has long been—— "

"No," Fenghuang said, "you don't need to explain it to others."

He closed his eyes and continued to move the beads one by one slowly. The emerald green colored glaze was on his white and slender fingertips, and the color was as pure and beautiful as a painting.

Jiang Sanshi thought that he had gone to meditate, and he didn't stand or walk, so he stood there in a daze at a loss.

——But he didn't know that Fenghuang was not actually chanting scriptures.

When Fenghuang closed his eyes, what he was thinking about was the person who was not in karma.He knows that person is not Jiang III, not Shakti, and not any passer-by who can be seen on Mount Sumeru; every day, with tenderness and piety, he keeps fantasizing about what that person looks like, what kind of eyes and face he has, and what kind of person he will be. How to come from the crowd and stand in front of him.

When he knelt in front of the Buddha, what he thought about was how that person would appear; when he moved the beads, what he thought about was how that person would hold his hand and lead him away from this boundless lotus sea .

Jiang Sanshi looked at his calm face helplessly, not knowing what to say.Such a soft face seems to be separated by a transparent and invisible wall, blocking any curious touch and prying eyes, making it impossible for people to probe into the deep water-like heart.

"Shakti...is really your best choice," he finally said after a while, and persuaded him for the last time: "Your true identity is the phoenix that devoured the phoenix. If even the Snow Mountain Goddess refuses, go back to After Mount Sumeru, you may meet more people you don't like, and you may not be treated in that way..."

The meaning in these words is very real, but even King Jiang III Ming himself can feel the paleness and powerlessness of these words in front of Phoenix.

Sure enough, Fenghuang didn't open his eyes, he just shook his head slightly, signaling his refusal, and then took another prayer bead.

Jiang Sanshi's secret anger came out of his heart quietly again.

——Do you just insist on it, for a stranger who has never met before, and may not treat you well?

However, before he could open his mouth this time, hurried footsteps came from outside the gate, and then a King Kong figure rushed into the front of the Buddhist hall, and gave a deep bow: "Your Highness! Asura led the monsters to invade the Liuli Tiangong. In front of the city wall!"

King Jiang III Ming's heart was filled with anger immediately rushed to the top of his head: "What did you say!"

·

Glass heaven, in front of the city tower.

The huge black shadow of the Nine-Headed Infant hovered in the air, and the moat was filled with red waves, and the fire-breathing heads of strange fish kept popping out.King Jiang III stood on the city wall with three heads and eight arms, and threw the halberd in his hand into the sky. The next moment, it pierced through the huge forehead of the nine-headed baby, and the sharp cry of the baby pierced the sky!

"Lowly monsters!" King Jiang III roared, and his voice swept across the land filled with monsters like a huge wave: "If you don't surrender today, I will kill you here—!"

The Snow Mountain Goddess Shakti stood beside King Jiang III Ming, but her eyes moved away from the battlefield and looked at Phoenix on the other side of the tower.

The Phoenix King Ming is different from the image in the legend that has repeatedly swept across the sea of ​​blood and emptied hell, and seems to be very indifferent to all of this.The strong wind raised the sleeves of his light gray robe and the snow-white cassock inside. Although he was on the battlefield, it seemed as if he would turn away at any moment.

It's really beautiful, Snow Mountain Goddess thinks so.

Just like in the legend, it is so beautiful that it even gives people a...very ominous feeling.

She tilted her head with interest, and at the next moment suddenly saw King Fenghuang Ming looking into the distance, as if he had noticed something fixed his eyes, and at the same time, an indescribable change took place in his expression.

——Although this change was extremely slight and difficult to detect, Ming Wang Jiang III on the other side also noticed it, and immediately turned his head to look at Fenghuang, and then followed his gaze to the battlefield.

I saw a man in iron armor standing above the dense crowd of monsters in the distance. The void behind him seemed to be burning with raging flames. In the hurricane connecting the sky and the earth, it emitted a chilling strong magic breath.

It's too far away to see what he looks like, but his movements are very clear.The man raised the long knife, the tip of the knife dripped blood, and pointed straight at the city wall——

Pointing to the Fenghuang Mingwang on the city wall.

Fenghuang was slightly puzzled, and raised his slender eyebrows.

In the next second, the man threw his sword across his body, wrapped in a hot and powerful dark aura, and rushed towards him like a sharp arrow in the wind sweeping the world!

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Zhou Hui: 55555 Daughter-in-law, when I proposed, you shot me eleven arrows, the baby was upset, the baby felt bitter...

Fenghuang: Why are you here with a knife?