Gradually, the old monkey's breathing became heavier and longer, and the breathing interval became longer and longer. No matter how hard the white ape tried, the weak spiritual energy in its body could never help the old monkey.
"Gee... whee..."
In the cave, there was a blank cry of the white ape.
It sat beside the old monkey, watching the mother monkey who had raised it since childhood gradually lost its breath and gradually became cold, and felt a little flustered at a loss.
After the old monkey died, it panicked and shook the old monkey's body desperately.
But no matter how much it shook and shouted, the old monkey remained motionless and never opened his eyes to see it again.
In the dark cave, the voice of the white ape gradually decreased.
In the end, it suddenly turned into a shrill and painful howl that spread far and wide in the mountains and forests...
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When Lu Heng heard the commotion, he was still practicing in the underground shrine.
The Primordial Spirit Avatar floating in midair slowly opened his eyes with a slightly surprised expression.
With a thought, Lu Heng's Yuanshen incarnation appeared in front of the Wolf Temple.
Under the blood-red sunset, a white ape was kneeling in front of the Wolf Temple, howling mournfully, and kowtow desperately.
And in the arms of the white ape, holding a completely cold ape corpse.
A girl named Xiao Ai was standing on the steps in front of the Wolf Temple, preventing the white ape from entering.
The expression on her face was both distressed and angry.
"I said it! Lord Wolf God can't help you! Birth, old age, sickness and death are the order of heaven and earth, and it cannot be changed!"
"Don't mess around here, okay?"
"If you disturb the cultivation of Lord Wolf God, you will not be able to atone for your sins if you peel off your skin!"
The girl's words were fierce and vicious, but the white ape in front of her turned a deaf ear to the scolding, and just desperately kowtowed towards the Wolf Temple, howling shrill and desperate.
The shrill howl spread far and wide in the mountains, which seemed inexplicably sad.
This is what Lu Heng saw when he came out...
After a few seconds, Lu Hengcai sighed slowly and said.
"Okay, Xiao Ai, you don't have to blame it."
Patting the girl on the shoulder, Lu Heng said, "Let me hear the wish of this monkey head."
Xiao Ai was taken aback by Lu Heng's sudden appearance.
She quickly stepped aside, a little panicked, "Lord Wolf God, I have disturbed your practice..."
"It's okay, I've been underground for a long time, it's time to come out and take a look," Lu Heng smiled at the girl, and then looked at the white ape kneeling at his feet, his expression became serious.
"Do you want me to save it?" Lu Heng asked straight to the point, looking at the ape's corpse in Bai Yuan's arms.
White Ape was stunned for a moment, then nodded desperately, "Gee! Chi Chi!"
Lu Heng looked at it and asked, "Why do you want to save it? Is it important to you?"
"Gee! Gee!" The white ape shouted excitedly, telling the wolf god that the old monkey had raised it since he was a child.
Under the blood-red sunset, this white ape, who was holding the old monkey's body, screaming desperately, gesturing constantly, and his voice hoarse, looked so helpless and pitiful.
However, Lu Heng's expression did not change.
Standing in front of the Wolf Temple, he quietly listened to the white ape saying all the words, and then slowly said.
"This old monkey is very important to you, so after it dies, you immediately come and beg me to help you. But in your monkey group in the mountains, there are dozens of monkeys, including even your children. These monkeys are also very important to you. Very important."
"If they die tomorrow, will you also bring them to beg me to save them?"
Bai Yuan was completely stunned by Lu Heng's question.
It hugged the old monkey corpse in its arms and knelt there blankly, not knowing how to answer for a while.
Lu Heng looked at it like this, sighed softly, and then said.
"Birth, old age, sickness and death are the order of heaven and earth and cannot be changed. When you saw that I rescued Xiao Ai once, you thought that I had the ability to bring back the dead, so after the old monkey died, you immediately thought of coming to me and begging me."
"But have you ever thought that if I can really revive all the dead creatures and bring all things in the world back to life, can the world maintain its current appearance? Aren't those resurrected from the dead everywhere? ?"
Lu Heng's question left Bai Yuan at a loss.
It knelt there blankly, not knowing what to say.
Lu Heng continued, "Or, if I could revive the dead at will. Then why didn't I revive Xiao Ai's uncle? Why didn't I revive the deceased old people in Shuisheng Village?"
Lu Heng looked at Bai Yuan and said softly.
"You saved Xiao Ai's life back then, so Xiao Ai wanted to repay you, so she taught you the method of cultivation, hoping to lead you to step into the path of demon cultivation, get out of chaos and ignorance, and live longer."
"In those days, she was exhausted physically and mentally, but she didn't dare to give up easily... Why does she have to work so hard?"
"If I can really revive the dead at will, then Xiao Ai just needs to watch you play in the mountains, wait until your lifespan expires and after you die, then hold you in front of me and resurrect me, you can continue in the mountains if you don't. Play, carefree? Why does Xiao Ai have to go to great lengths to teach you the way of longevity?"
Lu Heng said in a soft voice, without the slightest reproach in his eyes.
However, in front of the Wolf Temple, the eyes of the white ape who was kneeling blankly gradually became dull.
It understood what Lu Heng meant, and also clearly realized that the female monkey in her arms would never open her eyes again.
Slightly at a loss, Bai Yuan lowered his head and stared blankly at the old monkey's body in his arms.
The afterglow of the setting sun made the old monkey's face look old and tired.
The white ape suddenly discovered that the corpse in his arms was so heavy that it almost overwhelmed it.
It howled in despair, cried in pain, knelt in front of the Wolf Temple, and kowtowed heavily to Lu Heng.
"Gee! Gee!"
Chapter 57 Under the door of the wolf god, do not kneel
In the setting sun, White Ape hugged the icy old monkey's body and left sadly and desolately.
In front of the Wolf Temple, Lu Heng sighed slightly as he watched White Ape leave.
Behind him, Xiao Ai hesitated for a while, then whispered, "Lord Wolf God..."
"Huh?" Lu Heng looked back at her, seeing the little girl's self-blame.
"It's Xiao Ai's dereliction of duty to let this monkey head disturb your practice. If I had known, I should have kicked it out from the beginning..."
The little girl's guiltless self-examination made Lu Heng stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud.
"That monkey head is your benefactor. You treat it like this... No way, no way."
Lu Heng shook his head and laughed, and said, "But after this big change, this monkey head should learn to take care of himself. You can be stricter in front of the Wolf Temple in the future."
After speaking, Lu Heng looked towards the direction of the Xifeng Department camp outside the mountain.
There, he could see the fiery flames reddening half of the sky.
At this time, Grain Rain has passed, spring is coming to an end, and summer is coming. It has been more than five months since the two Li priests closed their doors and cast their swords.
That day, the casting of the robbery sword seemed to have reached the key point. Lu Heng in the underground shrine could occasionally feel a little thunderous anger leaking from the sword furnace outside the mountain when he was cultivating.
For the casting of this sword, most of Lu Heng's Tianlei sand was taken away. With such a huge amount of Tianlei sand as the foundation, I don't know if it can be the weapon that Lu Heng expects.
And thinking about it carefully, Lu Heng's retreat this time has lasted for a long time.
Since the end of the year, there has been no thunderbolt splitting the mountain in Hanyu Mountain. Although thunderstorms fall every month, there are no thunderstorms in the thunder and lightning flashes.
Although Tianlei practiced, there was no bottleneck. But the perception of the mind cannot be tricked.
Perhaps it is also because Lu Heng's foundation of enlightenment is Tianlei, which is too special. The process of his [Opening the Heavenly Gate] is obviously much more difficult than ordinary demon cultivators.
When ordinary monsters have reached this level, they only need enough monster power accumulated in their bodies to visualize the gate of heaven and enter the room in their hearts, and it will not take too long.
But Lu Heng has been stuck at this stage for nearly half a year. He even realized the special supernatural power of Yuanshen incarnation in the deep cultivation, but the knock on the [Tianmen] seems to be far away.
Vaguely, he had a deep understanding, it seems that his opportunity for enlightenment was not in this Hanyu Mountain, but outside the mountain...
In front of the Wolf Temple, Lu Heng stood silently for a long time.
It was not until the beginning of the moonlight and nightfall that he sighed softly and disappeared from the Wolf Temple.
After the Heavenly Tribulation Sword was cast, he couldn't leave at this time.
What's more, in this Hanyu Mountain, the white ape still needs to be taught. If the white ape can really concentrate on cultivation because of this big change, then Lu Heng should leave time for Xiao Ai and let Xiao Ai supervise the white ape's ascetic cultivation.
In Lu Heng's heart, he still likes this smart and alert white ape.
There is an expectation for White Ape.
Therefore, after returning to the underground practice, Lu Heng did not completely settle down, but occasionally distracted to observe the situation outside.
It wasn't until he observed that the white ape had really changed that he felt relieved and settled down.
And after that day, the white ape, whose heart was beating, had indeed undergone tremendous changes.
It carried the old monkey's body back to the mountain, found the monkey group, and after handing the old monkey's body to the monkey group, the white ape left alone.
Since then, it has never returned to the mountains to search for the monkeys, and has completely cut off contact with the monkeys.
Under the starry night, it came to the Wolf Temple alone, and knocked its head several times outside Xiao Ai's door. The sound of kowtow woke up the sleeping Xiao Ai.
The little girl pushed open the door, and what she saw was a white ape kneeling in the moonlight, with blood on its forehead.
"Gee! Gee!" Bai Ape shouted loudly, never in the past had he been so reverent and respectful as he is now.
Xiao Ai naturally did not make it difficult.
Under the moonlight, the young girl said to the kneeling white ape, "If that's the case, you can practice with me in the future, don't blame me for being strict."
Bai Yuan was overjoyed and wanted to kowtow again, but was stopped by Xiao Ai.
"Under the door of the Wolf God, you can't kneel down," Xiao Ai said indifferently. "As soon as you enter the door of Lord Wolf God, you should be proud and arrogant."
"From now on, you are not allowed to kneel and worship anyone. Even this world is not worthy of your kneeling. Only by straightening your waist and strengthening your Taoist heart can you not disgrace the reputation of Lord Wolf God. "
Xiao Ai's words made Bai Yuan a little at a loss, and he didn't quite understand the meaning of the words. But it nodded vigorously, taking these words deeply into his heart.
Since then, White Ape has stayed in the Wolf Temple and practiced with Xiao Ai.
The room that Bai Ape lived in before was cleaned again.
The white ape who used to have a detached mind and would be distracted after sitting for less than a quarter of an hour, but now he has learned to calm his mind, and he can sit for about half an hour before being distracted.
And while Xiao Ai next to it is cultivating, he naturally supervises White Ape.
But today's Xiao Ai is no longer as strict as before.
Because Bai Yuan himself understands the importance of cultivation, even if Xiao Ai doesn't say it, he knows that he should devote himself to meditation. It's just that the monkey escapes, even if it tries hard to restrain it, it is too difficult.
So Xiao Ai arranged a daily plan for White Ape after pondering.
Going down the mountain to fetch water, splitting firewood in the back mountain, cleaning the fallen leaves in front of the court every day, and wiping the dust in the temple... These chores were divided into many pieces by Xiao Ai, one by one, and asked the white ape to practice for a period of time after a period of time. , to do some errands.
It is not only to let him stop and rest when he feels that his practice is boring, but also to let him do these chores to relax his mind, so that he should not be tired and lazy because of idle rest.
Since then, White Ape has repeated this life.
Every day, I follow the girl to practice in the mountains, and in the free time of practice, I can complete the chores arranged by Xiao Ai, which is full and simple.
This kind of life continued for ten days. The white ape has always been pious and serious, and it is no longer like before, when he persisted in less than a few days, his monkey spirit was revealed.
So Xiao Ai went down the mountain on the day she went to the market, went to the market in Xifengbu and Shuisheng Village to change a piece of cloth, and made two sets of clothes for the monkey head.
For the first time wearing human clothes, White Ape was quite excited. Jumping around in the wolf temple in that gray blouse, shouting loudly.
When Qianqian came to the Wolf Temple, she was shocked when she saw a child in a gray cloth sweeping the floor in front of the Wolf Temple.
It wasn't until the white ape turned around that Qianqian saw the white ape's face clearly and heaved a sigh of relief.
"Scared me."
She said, "I thought Lord Wolf God had accepted a new disciple."
Xiao Ai walked out of the hall and explained, "Since this monkey head started to practice, I made two sets of clothes for it. But now it seems that it is a bit nondescript when it is a monkey wearing human clothes..."
Xiao Ai shook her head and said, "Why don't you wear it."
This sentence made Bai Yuan hurriedly back away, holding his new clothes hard, for fear that the girl would really pick it up.