Buddha's Book of Beauty

In the past few days, Dongfang Yuan didn't move, and was very quiet, like dormant before catching prey, holding his breath and concentrating.

In the city, more and more people died due to the plague, and the smell of charred corpses was everywhere.Dongfangyuan asked Jie Zixun to spread the plague in the city through blood, wounds, breathing and close contact. The sick and seriously injured people are infected with each other, and the plague spreads at a visible speed.In just a few days, the plague has begun to spread, spreading from Luoyan Pass to Cangwu King City.It wasn't until Qian Huaming understood why Dongfang Yuan didn't want to kill all Cangwu's soldiers, but only seriously injured them.The longer the war, the more people will die because of the plague.

In just a few dozen days, the people in the city were already in a state of panic, and the rumors planted earlier that "monsters have brought disaster on Cangwu" now linger in the hearts of the people in the city like a nightmare.At first, one person tried to kneel in front of the military tent, begging Qian Huaming to give way to a sage, and then more and more people began to kneel in front of the military tent, begging, and Qian Huaming was sitting in the military tent , listening to the voices outside, looking at the unconscious Nan Moyan, there was no smile on his face.

When the courtiers heard that the king was injured, Qian Ren, Ji Yulin and Li Jin rushed to Luoyan Pass.Under the opposition of the ministers, the coach was replaced by General Qianren.

And when the group of courtiers arrived, Dongfang Yuan finally made a move.The army approached the city, and the dust was flying.The knife he gave Jie Zixun was tempered with a special gun made by Dongfang Kingdom. If Qian Huaming refused to surrender, within three days, Nan Moyan would die.He always knew that Nan Moyan was no longer the old him, but Qian Huaming refused to take such a risk.

"General Qianren, as long as you hand over Qian Huaming and cede half of the city, [-] million taels of silver and [-] million taels of gold, Dongfang Kingdom will immediately retreat and send the antidote." Ren proposed conditions.

"dream!"

"General, I respectfully call you a general now, but after today, I'm afraid you will have to call me a general!" The envoy was quite arrogant, and a group of old officials were angry, but he went down to rest quite comfortably.

After a while of scolding, Qian Ren said: "Is there no room for discussion?"

"It's not impossible to discuss. Our monarch has always had a clear distinction between grievances and grievances. Let's do this, as long as you hand over Qianhuaming, Dongfang Kingdom will immediately withdraw its troops."

"What?" Qian Ren frowned, looking at the old officials who were whispering.Most of the veterans here are peacemakers. For them, although the relationship between Qianhuaming has eased a lot recently, once the national interests and their own safety are involved, things that can be solved with a Qianhuaming naturally do not need to put the whole country into action Of.

"You old bastards, if you hand him over today, what kind of concessions will you make tomorrow?" Qian Ren slapped the table angrily.

"General Qian, haven't you always disliked the regent?"

"I'm happy! But if you want to hand him over, I definitely don't agree!" Ji Yulin quietly stepped aside.

"General Qian..."

"You people of Gou'an, how can my son feel sorry for Cangwu? Do you want him to live and die for Cangwu all his life?"

"General, the righteousness of the country has no choice but to do so!"

"fart!"

"General, why are you still scolding people?"

"It's you shameless old bastards who are scolding you! What is righteousness? It is for the sake of benefiting the country that life and death should be avoided because of misfortune and good fortune. This is righteousness and great righteousness!" It was said embarrassingly, "You really think that if you obey their request, you can avoid the war? Dongfangyuan swallowed the four kingdoms, how could you let Cangwu go? It's just teaching us to mess up and kill each other..." Qian Ren He spoke extremely angrily, with an upright and fearless expression, and some old officials were moved by what he said.

"General, it's our fault, please drink this cup to the brim, and treat it as my apology to you—" Ji Yulin stepped forward, his face full of embarrassment.

Qian Ren has an upright temper and will never think about what is wrong with this wine.He took the wine glass and drank it down, but his head became dizzy and he fell on the table. The shame on Ji Yulin's face immediately dissipated and turned into a sinister smile.

"Ji Yulin, what are you doing?" Li Jin wanted to shake Qianren awake, but Ji Yulin stopped him.

"He wants to drag us to death, but we still foolishly follow him? Qian Huaming has monopolized the power of Cangwu for many years. Isn't this a good time to return to the lord of the country?"

"This……"

"Dongfang Kingdom attracts millions of soldiers. Cangwu is really inappropriate to confront Dongfang Kingdom head-on right now. Let me bear with it for now. If Dongfang Yuan dares to tear up the covenant in the future, I, Ji Yulin, will be the first to stand up and fight him!"

"It makes sense..."

"Qian Huaming is the son of General Qianren after all. He is too excited to distinguish between public and private. Some decisions should be made by senior ministers!" Ji Yulin looked at the senior ministers.After several rounds of discussions, they passed with a majority vote and put Qian Ren under house arrest. They also signed the treaty in Qian Ren's name, affixed his handprint, and handed the treaty to Qian Huaming.

Qian Huaming looked at it, expressionless.He sat beside Nan Moyan, looked at him in a coma, and glanced at Cangwu's map, straightened his battle robe, and walked out of the tent frankly.

"We are fighting to the death, maybe we still have some hope... It would be too much to push the regent out like this..." Li Jin looked at Qian Huaming's leaving back, feeling a little unbearable and ashamed.

"Perhaps... it's just that people are like this, but there is an easier way, why do you have to do such a hard thing?" Ji Yulin said.

"Why didn't the regent resist at all...it's not like the usual him at all..."

"He never does superfluous things, never resists, maybe this is the last thing he will do for Cangwu..." Ji Yulin is well aware of his weakness, that's why he is so confident.

The two looked at the flag of the Eastern Kingdom under the city tower, and finally fell silent.

When Nan Moyan woke up, Dongfang Yuan sent someone to send a letter: Lord, I used the weapon you gave me that day very easily!Qian Huaming must also appreciate it very much, but you didn't use it on Cangwu Shibin, do you favor me more?Betrayed and stabbed by his junior brother, betrayed by his father and everyone in Cangwu, the regent is really pitiful!But the son of an evildoer, why should you feel sorry for him?You must have woken up at this time, if you died, how boring my life would be.Cangwu Peak, please watch me burn this evildoer to death.Oh, by the way, the fire will be lit in half an hour. I wonder if your regent can last until you come?

Nan Moyan crushed the letter into powder, stared at Ji Yulin and others who were kneeling, and all the ministers told the truth, and tried their best to prevent him from going to the rescue.

A thunder flashed across the sky, and he knew that this was a warning from the Emperor of Heaven.

"My lord...you can't..." Ji Yulin and the others knelt down and sent soldiers to block his way.Nan Moyan seemed to see in a trance that a high platform was built on the flat ground of Cangwu Mountain, with dry firewood drenched in oil underneath, and Qian Huaming was tied to the high platform.

"My lord, the regent was born of a monster, and his purpose is to provoke a war in the Seven Kingdoms, causing the people everywhere to suffer!"

"The regent surrendered to the enemy voluntarily, and we can't stop it..."

"Master Qianren personally signed the contract of surrender, with millions of troops, this is the only way!"

"The son of the evildoer can sacrifice for Cangwu, and his name will go down in the history of Cangwu in the future. This is also his best ending!"

"My lord, please think twice, Cangwu can't be without a master, please cut it off, give up Qianhuaming, and keep Cangwu peaceful..." All the ministers burst into tears, Nan Moyan sneered in his heart, but his face did not move Sensuality: "What Aiqing said is indeed true. Since Qian Huaming is an evildoer, even if he sacrificed himself for Cangwu, it is also a compliment to him!" He remembered the expressions of the people in front of him, "I have to reward those who have made great achievements. , Let him be promoted to a noble, who is the one who took the lead in signing the treaty?"

"Master, worrying about the country is a subject's job." Ji Yulin clasped his hands.

"It is the duty of a minister to bow and die and die."

"Yes..." Some ministers hurriedly came up to express their loyalty and ask for credit.

"You are all ministers who have contributed to the safety of our Cangwu!" Nan Moyan looked at these people, is it these people?These people who pushed Qianhuaming out for themselves are full of mouths for Cangwu, but their hearts are dirty, worse than pigs and dogs!Still kneeling in front of him, hoping for a reward?

There was another thunder in the sky, splitting a mountain to the west.

"Why, you can kill these people to protect yourself, but you have to sacrifice yourself to save them? Qianhuaming, you fool..." He stood up, "What you protect can't be more than a thousand years at most, and it will be destroyed." Turning into nothingness, for these nothingnesses, you have to give up your happiness and life that is less than a hundred years old, you are really...too stupid..."

Looking at the letter on the table, Nan Moyan felt mixed feelings in his heart, but most of them were distressed and unworthy.

A gust of icy wind blew, and a small ice peak formed under Nan Moyan's feet, separating him from the crowd.

"Monster... a monster..." Ji Yulin and other ministers looked at the change in front of them, shouted and backed away.

"A monster? Is this why you sold him to others in exchange for your own safety?" Nan Moyan's body began to freeze, slowly turning into ice crystals and shattering. A golden light descended, and a sacrosanct man with a sword came out from the shattered ice.

The red robe and golden belt, the technique of freezing, the golden order of lore, "The golden order of lore... the golden light... is the coming of the god of war..." The people on the city wall knelt down and worshiped, "Cangwu is saved... the god has come... , please save me Cangwu from the fire and water..." Everyone shouted in unison.

Nan Moyan was dead, and his body was shattered. It was Gu Tao who walked out.

"I'm sorry everyone, but I'm an executioner!" She raised her right hand and turned the person who asked for credit into an ice sculpture, then held the palm of her hand, and everyone in front of her eyes turned into broken ice crystals.

With the wind under her feet, she quickly drove towards the top of Cangwu.

The flames under the high platform, like bloody ice lotus, bloomed on the city wall.Qian Huaming's hands were locked with chains, and the corners of his mouth, face, and arms were covered with bloodstains from whipping. A sharp knife was inserted into his heart, and the blood on the handle had already solidified.Dongfang Yuan watched from the side, and the soldiers surrounded the high platform, watching the flames burn the man to ashes.

Dongfang Yuan didn't keep the time stated in the letter, and started one step earlier.He wanted Nan Moyan to watch with his own eyes, Qian Huaming died in front of his eyes, but he couldn't save him.This is also what Lie Yan Yunji meant, how she was powerless to watch her brother die at the beginning, now she wants Nan Moyan to watch Qian Huaming die with her own eyes.

The cold ice invaded the platform, and the still dancing flames immediately turned into various icicles.Gu Tao descended to the stage, held Qian Huaming's face in his cups, and pressed his forehead against his drooping head. "Huahua, Atao is here, just wait for me..."

"Tao, tell me...you, your real name..."

"Gu Tao, my name is Gu Tao."

"A Tao, I'm leaving, I'm so happy, I'm so glad I can still see you before I leave...to see your real appearance..."

"Qianhuaming, if you dare to die, I'll... just..." Nine Heavens God of War cried. In front of a mortal, she, who had never even cried before birth, cried for the first time for a person.

"You're crying... A Tao, can you promise me something?" His face was pale and his lips were bloodless.

Gu Tao knew what he was going to do, put the sword back into the scabbard, and put his hand on his heart, "I, Gu Tao, hereby swear that from now on, the mountains will be high and the water will be far away, and the road will be far away, and I will accompany thousands of flowers to brighten the road to the end of the world. Regardless of light or darkness, survival or destruction, you should use your spirit as a lock, protect each other with your life, and guard with your heart. Wherever you are, even if you are abandoned by gods, ashamed by demons, and resented by people, I will go there. Wuzhong Mountain, all spirits in the world, is the proof."

"I, Qianhuaming, hereby swear that from now on, the mountains will be high and the water will be far away, and the road will be far away. Wherever you go, even if you are abandoned by gods, shamed by demons, and resented by people, I will go there too. The mountains in Cangwu and all spirits in the world are proofs." Qian Huaming's breath became weaker and weaker.

"A Tao, A Tao, A Tao..." He called her name over and over again, until he lost his breath, his body turned into balls of flying petals, floating in the air, and there was nothing beside Gu Tao. Suddenly, those icicles shattered into ice slags.

"You, you're not Nan Moyan, who are you?" Dongfang Yuan's expression had already changed drastically, and he backed away repeatedly as he looked at the person walking towards him in front of him.

"I originally thought about your friendship with this body, and didn't intend to kill you, but you are so rampant, you dare to touch my people." Thunder came one after another, and there seemed to be the sound of chariots rolling by in the sky.Dongfang Yuan had long since lost the calmness he had before. Instead, he held up his sword and questioned him to cover up his inner panic and fear. "You, there is golden light around you, red robes and golden belts... Gu Tao, Gu Tao... that god of war in the heaven? No, no... There is a contract between the gods and the human world. Gods cannot slaughter humans. Even if you kill me, I will kill you." You can still be reincarnated, but you will surely fall into a place of eternal doom. It’s not worth it, it’s not worth it!" Dongfang Yuan showed a hideous smile on his face, "The final winner is still me...hahahaha!"

"I only do things based on my heart." Gu Tao looked at the enemy soldiers surrounded by the audience, as well as Dongfang Yuan who was waiting for an opportunity to attack, "However, it's really not worth it!" Gu Tao moved his boots lightly, "If I kill you , you can still enter reincarnation, and if you have a chance, you may be among the immortals... I am afraid that one of the unsatisfactory ones will overwhelm the heavenly palace..."

"You, who are you?" Listening to her tone, Dongfang Yuan obviously didn't mean to kill him, but he felt a bone-penetrating chill inexplicably, he was in a hurry and couldn't move at all.

"A god who prevents you from reincarnation, breaks your celestial relationship, and destroys your Buddhahood!" She walked beside him. At first, he thought she was looking at him, but only now did he realize that there was a nine-pointed star formation under his feet, and He is standing in the middle of this star formation.Dongfang Yuan has never been so afraid. He is terrified of the unknown powerful force, and of this supposedly benevolent but cruel god in front of him. "You, what are you going to do?"

Gu Tao ignored him, and chanted the Falling Curse. This is an extremely vicious spell. The caster of the spell cannot be used unless he is at the Diwei level. For various reasons, the caster will not be able to enter reincarnation, and will not be able to practice immortality. The way of Buddha.Once the body dies, it can never exist in this world.Even the most vicious sorcery is not so vicious.And the caster will also be punished by heavenly thunder and karmic fire.But Gu Tao has always been perverse and ruthless when doing things. Once someone touches her bottom line, she will never let him go easily.She didn't have any bottom line before, but now she has it, but she just reacted.Laughing at herself, she had a terrified face and chanted a spell in her mouth.

After casting the spell, looking at the terrified Dongfang Yuan, she condensed out an ice sword and stabbed at his heart.A gust of evil wind came and took Dongfang Yuan away.Gu Tao looked at the nine-pointed star formation, snorted coldly, turned around and looked at the soldiers holding swords, spread his wings, rose into the air, condensed ten thousand ice swords, and pierced their hearts, bleeding and drifting under the high platform, lying dead Everywhere.Gu Tao wiped away the tears under her chin, and looked down at the camp of the Dongfang Kingdom army stretching for seven hundred miles, "Since you like setting fire so much, then I will help you set more!" Spreading her white feathered wings, she flew to the Valley of Flames Go up, take out the fire, the chariot roars behind him, Laojun and a group of heavenly soldiers and generals hold up the heavenly flag and grab her with a heavenly net.

"Nine Heavens God of War, turn back in time, the crime is still forgiven!"

Gu Tao didn't look back, the sky net was laid, she drew out her sword, and slashed the net with one sword, all the soldiers were horrified, the Nine Heavens God of War refused to return to heaven, and openly resisted arrest, this is to challenge Tianwei!

"Offended, God of War!" The old man threw down the vajra cut. This weapon was smelted from kun steel, and it was made by returning pills. It cultivated a whole body of spiritual energy, good at changing, not invaded by water and fire, and can be attached to all kinds of things.Gu Tao drew a bloodstain on the palm of his hand, caught the Vajra Zhuo with his bare hands, and threw it back.Laojun took it and looked at the blood on it, it's the late stage of Emperor Wei!Under such circumstances, the God of War's cultivation has actually advanced to another level! "The Demon King Equaling Heaven is gone, and another Demon God is here. When will the heavens be truly peaceful?" Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals did not dare to do anything lightly for a while, after all, the God of War was famous for his cruelty in the Three Realms.

"God of War, you should think about it, once you throw the fire, you will go to the Avici Hell and suffer the death penalty! This is a hundred times more painful than heavenly thunder and karmic fire!"

Gu Tao sneered, and ignored him, her hand was already burned by the real fire of Samadhi, she couldn't feel the pain, she just threw the fire on it.

Seven hundred miles away, the camp was suddenly engulfed in flames.Laojun shook his head, taking advantage of the moment when she was thrown into the fire, he threw a diamond to bind her. Gu Tao used the forbidden technique, and his heart was burned by the fire, so that the fire could spread for seven hundred miles without harming other natural creatures. Such a large-scale spell exhausted her spiritual power.

Wings retracted, she fell from the sky, Rong Yu appeared, and caught Gu Tao, "God of War..." Laojun looked at him, but he didn't bring any other magic weapon in his hand.

"I know, I will take her back to the heaven for trial myself." Looking at the sea of ​​flames, Rong Yu raised his right hand, frozen the time, and controlled the tongue of flame that had not yet spread, and the hundred miles of fire ceased. "Old gentleman, take back this kindling." Hearing this, Laojun hurriedly took out a small red vial and took back the kindling.

"That's it, God of War." Rong Yu nodded slightly, and carried the sleeping Gu Tao back to the heaven.

This year, the winter in the world came earlier, and it was colder and more difficult than before.

In such a winter, the Raging Flame Kingdom cannot escape.

All the real flames in the Flame Valley disappeared, and it became a snow mountain with thousands of miles of white snow. Who would have thought that cruel killings took place here, and how the founding monarch here spilled blood on the territory and spared no human life?

And Lieyan Kingdom, the last monarch and the only female monarch in the history of Lieyan Kingdom——Lieyan Yunji is not in the country at the moment, but is wearing a plain cloth, taking off her hairpin and plain face, and heading towards Kunlun.

That day in Lieyan Palace, Dongfang Yuan also said that there was a way for her to meet Yunxiu again, as long as she helped him destroy Cangwu, he would tell her.

Sending Qian Huaming to the fire platform, Dongfang Yuan seemed to be joking, but also seemed to be telling the truth: It is rumored that there is a deep in the northwest, its name is Li, and it is a thousand miles west of Li, if you can see Xianchi and Fusang come out Yan, I have to enter Kunlun, kowtow to the head of a hundred miles, circle the mountain three times, return to Liyuan, make a wish, jump into the abyss, freeze for several years, wait for the person to wake her up, the long-cherished wish may come true.Lie Yan Yunji had never heard such a rumor, and there was no record in the book, but she was willing to give it a try, even if she didn't know what was in the abyss.

Among the tens of millions of people, there are very few who can meet in the next life, and she doesn't want to leave the encounter to the next life.Even if they meet, they will not know each other and have no memory at all.She didn't want to take such a risk.

Yunji stared at the abyss, and the abyss also stared at her.

Far away from Yuanyuan, there are looming snow-capped mountains, which are endless.The clouds in the sky gathered and drifted away, and the clouds were in the endless pure white, as if they saw themselves wearing a red cloud dress inlaid with gold trimmed wedding dress, someone smiled extremely gently, and gently took off her hijab... The clouds dispersed , there are no footprints at Liyuan, it seems that no one has ever been here.

A white-haired man passed by and sighed secretly: "They are all idiots..." Then he took off the ice soul jade on his body, broke it in half, and threw it in.At the bottom of the invisible abyss, a huge ice wall formed.

The white-headed man flicked his clothes and left, muttering, "Although ashes return to ashes and dust returns to dust, I hope that the wind and rain will return together..."

The clouds gathered together, the sun set in the west, and a large cloud of fire appeared in the sky, red as blood, and golden, like the golden thread on a wedding dress, very warm and cheerful.