global invasion

Since Yun Xianshi avoided the chaos of the Qin Dynasty, he brought his wife Yiren to this desperate situation, and did not come back, so he separated himself from outsiders—not counting the preface of the preface 500 years ago at the Dafu Lingjiu Temple in Wutai Mountain

Liu Nianzhi got down from the carriage, and Ah Man was wearing a straw hat, staring up at the blue stairs as long as a ladder in a daze.

There are delicate green grasses growing in the gaps of the steps, and hillsides and towering ancient trees are on both sides.Lush and solemn.

The melodious sound of the bell came from the temple, and the sound was empty and long.

Liu Nianzhi walked up the stairs, Ah Man hurriedly followed, the ponytail on his head flew up, black as silk, soft and delicate, but bound by the hairband.

"When I think about it, do we really want to listen to those bald men preaching Buddhist scriptures? It's so boring! And the food in the temple is not delicious at all, and the aroma is not good!"

Liu Nianzhi stretched out a hand to hold Ah Man, and said with a smile, "Let's go see someone."

Ah Man was confused and said, "Who is such a big showman and wants you to come and see him in person?"

Liu Nianzhi looked up at the brick-red temple gate at the top of the long stairs: "A senior."

"Senior?" Ah Man was puzzled, "Who will live longer than us, can be our senior?"

Liu Nianzhi smiled and said nothing, but Ah Man slowly realized, his face changed slightly: "The envoy before us?"

Liu Nianzhi nodded, and said slowly: "It took me a lot of effort to find some clues. I don't know why, but his mission is over but he hasn't left this world."

Ah Man said: "But without God's protection, wouldn't he die of old age?"

Liu Nianzhi shook his head: "I don't know either. So I came to see him."

Ah Man's face was still puzzled, but he didn't speak any more.

The two climbed the thousand steps and arrived at the gate of the temple. A young monk was already waiting in front of the gate.

"Amitabha, two benefactors, the elder has been waiting for you for a long time." The monk's face was beautiful and quiet, with a cleanliness that did not touch the world.

Liu Nianzhi smiled and said softly, "Please, little master, lead the way."

The monk clasped his hands together and recited Amitabha again, and led the two of them to the temple.

It's just that on normal days, there are not many pilgrims in the temple, so it is very quiet.

Occasionally passing by a few young monks, they all stopped respectfully, and respectfully shouted to the monk leading the way: "Senior brother."

Walk through the corridor, walk to the backyard, and then through the backyard, through a field full of sweet potato vines, to a single-family hut.

The young monk clasped his hands together and said softly to Liu Nianzhi: "Benefactor, please come in, the elder is waiting for you inside."

"Thank you." Liu Nianzhi pushed the door open and went in.

The room is brightly lit, with a rectangular window covering a quarter of the wall.

Sitting on the couch was a young monk in Tsing Yi, with a little cinnabar between his brows, very handsome.

Liu Nianzhi saw him and knew that he was a fellow.It's too obvious, those traces of not being human on their bodies.

"Why are you still in this world?" Liu Nianzhi cut to the chase.

The elder smiled slightly, calm and gentle: "There are loopholes in the rules."

Liu Nianzhi nodded, agreed with his statement, and then asked another question: "Why were you recycled?"

The elder said: "Because we have seen through the rules."

Liu Nianzhi frowned: "What do you mean?"

The elder raised his hand, Liu Nianzhi saw that his hands were full of dry wrinkles, like the hands of an old man.

"Benefactor, please sit down and listen to me slowly."

Liu Nianzhi sat down under the bench and looked at him patiently.

But Ah Man couldn't stay idle, his eyes rolled around.

The elder smiled gently and said: "Buddhists say that all living beings are equal, but it is a pity that this is not true in essence. All things are born unevenly. Look at the common people in this world, mountains, rivers, seas, animals and birds, nothing is equal. There are ups and downs on the ground. There are waves in the sea, human life is high or low, beauty and ugliness... the so-called equality of the gods is just a lie."

Liu Nianzhi thought about his words carefully, his heart beat a little faster.

The elder looked at Liu Nianzhi's face with gentle eyes, as if he was waiting for Liu Nianzhi to reply.

Liu Nianzhi was stunned for a long time, he didn't dare to think about what the elder monk's voice-over was.

He's thinking about the roles he's played over the years, the people he's been through, and things.

From the panic and nervousness at the beginning, and the cautious step by step, to the calmness, calmness, ease, and compromises and losses in the middle.

In order to achieve his goal, he pretended to be loyal, sincere or affectionate countless times, and waited until the other party lost his guard before stabbing him in the back.

In the past, every time I did these things, I still felt uncomfortable and painful, but after hundreds of years, I was already numb and insensitive.

He hasn't experienced the crazy jealousy and anger of watching his beloved flirt with others for many years.

And the killing scenes that made him toss and turn every night, are now like the wind, blowing past without a trace.

Time is like dripping water, flowing slowly, passing through stones silently.

Unknowingly, he lost almost all his emotions as a human being.Sometimes when he dreamed back at midnight, he would suddenly wonder if he was still human.

In this way, that thought became more and more like a curse, tightly entangled in his heart, ready to move whenever he had a chance.

God—does it really exist?

Are God’s mercy, God’s protection, God’s tolerance, and God’s existence really real?

"That rule..." Liu Nianzhi said hoarsely, "It's just inequality. Right?"

The elder monk smiled slowly and nodded.

Liu Nianzhi's complexion suddenly turned pale, and even Ah Man, who was ignorant at the side, darkened, faintly aware of something wrong.

"God divides his world and the human world into two worlds. This is a kind of inequality. We are the lower world here, and they are the upper world."

Liu Nianzhi blurted out in pain: "They want us to protect this world, not because of pity for sentient beings, but to protect our own foundation. So..."

The latter sentence seemed to have used Liu Nianzhi's great strength: "That's why they don't care about any massacres."

The elder monk nodded slowly, then looked at Liu Nianzhi silently, waiting for Liu Nianzhi to calm down.

"Gods divide the world according to rules, so they are also bound by rules, right?"

Monk reveals mildly unexpected admiration and ambition.

Knowing that he guessed right, Liu Nianzhi turned his head to Ah Man and said calmly, "Ah Man, I'm a little hungry, go find something to eat."

Ah Man was deep in thought, a little displeased to be called by Liu Nianzhi to run errands, but he also obediently obeyed with an expression of reluctance.

Only then did Liu Nianzhi look at the monk, and asked directly, "Are you going to die?"

The monk raised his withered hand and said, "Yes. The rules seem to be slowly reacting. There is still me, a fish who slipped through the net, and now I am taking my life."

Liu Nianzhi's expression was gloomy, and he was silent for a long time before saying: "I am willing to take over from your class and join your camp."

The monk looked at him quite surprised, and asked: "I haven't said what I want to do, you just want to join us, have you asked what your partner means?"

Liu Nianzhi said: "I will convince them."

The monk stared at Liu Nianzhi for a while, and asked, "Then, do you still want your belief?"

Liu Nianzhi was startled, and then said: "My belief is still the same, but I am not used by God. From now on, I will only fight for my own belief."

The monk shook his head and said, "I still have nine days to live. It will take three days to explain the plan to you, and you have six days to think about it. If you want to join us, you must first abandon your beliefs."

Liu Nianzhi was puzzled: "If you don't want to believe, why do you still have to fight with gods?"

The monk shook his head and closed his eyes, instead of answering the question, he said, "I'll wait for your answer here."