Lantern: Reflection of the Peach Blossoms

Chapter 39: No matter how ugly the truth is, I still hold on tight and don’t want to let go (2)

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With a low smile: "I naively hope that others will be kind to you, naively return all my feelings, naively believe that I will never be betrayed or hurt in my life..."

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

"No..." Phoenix subconsciously shook his head in denial, but seemed a little weak because he had no confidence: "No, it's not like this, I just..."

He breathed for a moment and said blankly, "It's not like this..."

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

"Phoenix!" Jiang Sanshi said angrily.

Phoenix staggered up and rushed out of the hall, Jiang Sanshi abruptly went after him. However, the phoenix turned around, a string of glazed Buddha beads appeared in his hand, and when the sleeves of the robe flew, it turned into a pure blue short knife, pointing straight at him and shouting: "Stop!"

"What are you going to do? Go to the Buddhist hall to ask questions? Don't be stupid!" Jiang Sanshi was full of anger, mixed with confusion and anger, which made his tone extremely irritable: "You think it's okay if you protest. It's not good for Buddha! It's not just what you don't want to do! Phoenix, I... I'll treat you very well, don't you just want someone to accompany you? If it was someone else, it might not be like me, so... "

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

Jiang Sanshi angrily said: "Why?!"

At that moment, Fenghuang remembered Venerable Ba Ti's words, that you will have two sons with someone who is not involved in cause and effect - not because of cause and effect, just such a simple sentence, but it inspired Phoenix's most tender and charming imagination.

Will he despise me for being extremely evil? Will he be nice to me

Will he always be with me

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

"No reason," Phoenix lowered his eyes and said in a low voice but firmly, "I want to leave here."

Jiang Sanshi was shocked, followed by anxiety and anger that even he didn't know why - the anger and anger of being rejected mercilessly couldn't compare to hearing this simple "I want to get out of here". In an instant, he jumped up and grabbed Phoenix's hand, and said angrily, "Where do you want to go? This is Mount Sumeru! If you want to go to the Four Evil Realms, you won't succeed!"

Phoenix turned his wrists and waved his sword, and pushed the King Jiang Sanshi Ming away!

He turned around and flew out of the hall, but behind him, King Jiang Sanshiming transformed into a hideous dharma with three heads and eight arms, knocked down the stone pillars of the hall, and caught up in the blink of an eye!

Phoenix has never seen the Dharma of King Jiang Sanshi Ming. Jiang Sanshi has always appeared in his eyes as normal, with two eyes and one hands, and there is nothing strange about it.

However, the appearances of the five authentic kings of the tantric sect are all very terrifying. When the phoenix flew over the ice, he saw the shadow clinging to his back in the reflection, and his heart jumped wildly. With a loud sound, it firmly resisted the halberd that King Jiang Sanshi stabbed at his back!

Jiang Sanshi has three heads and nine eyes, all staring at Phoenix's frightened pupils: "If you don't stop, I can only call someone."

"..." Fenghuang raised his head very uncomfortable and tried his best to keep the distance between him and King Jiang Sanshiming. The next moment he heard him coldly say: "Do you think you will be saved if you call someone here? No, then you will still be saved. Will be promised to me - or if you don't want to, the tantra's other Ming Wang's incarnations will be more terrifying and irritable..."

Phoenix was furious: "Shut up!" As he said that, he slashed the halberd and slammed the halberd away in the dazzling electric light!

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

The strength of the Phoenix is actually not as good as that of the five real kings. Although the number of demons is more and the record is more brilliant, it is only experience. In addition, he was seriously injured by the broken bones during the ninety-eight ringing of the King Kong bell, and he did not fully heal. This chase on the ice did not have any advantage at all. After being caught up by King Ming of the Third World, he was swept by a halberd. It shattered the huge ice slope in an instant.

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

The next moment, the phoenix tore his robes and rushed out from the other end of the lake in the wet, and rushed up the plank road with the sky full of water!

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 on the plank road amidst the roaring sound of the sky, and suddenly the entire bridge trembled, and there was an echoing roar from the depths of the mountain stream!

"Stop, don't run!" Jiang Sanshi said sharply: "You can't live without Mount Sumeru!"

Phoenix folded up his wet robe, his hair darkened as it was soaked in water, and his complexion turned paler. Against the background of the vast moonlight, it seemed to have a transparent texture like snow and ice.

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

This look even looks a little pitiful, but King Jiang III knew that he would not be resigned or surrender because of this.

He knew that this little phoenix, who looked so thin and weak, many times he thought that in the face of such a heavy deception and blow, he would definitely not be able to hold on, and would definitely collapse; however, every time the phoenix did not fall , With a resolute and stubborn attitude, he stubbornly held on to the faint hope, and never really bowed his knees to this painful reality for a moment.

The vigorous anger in King Jiang Sanshi's heart gradually subsided, and he said solemnly: "Come back, Phoenix, you have nowhere to go except Mount Sumeru. Do you need a little time to accept me? I will take good care of you, I have always been …”

However, Phoenix shook his head.

"This is not the place for me," he said softly and stubbornly: "It's not you who I need."

His eyes wandered under his long eyelashes, looking at the valley where the cold wind whistled beside the plank road. King Ming of the Third World suddenly felt bad, and suddenly stepped forward: "Stop—"

But it was too late.

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

King Jiang Sanshiming rushed to the railing, only to see the figure of the phoenix falling sharply in the air, like a kite with a broken string, which soon turned into an unclear dot in the field of vision.

At the next moment, a golden light erupted from that point, and even illuminated the entire valley. The phoenix in the light turned into a bird, and its tail feathers flickered like a galaxy with bright stars. The clear sound resounded up and down Mount Sumeru, and then plunged into the abyss!

King Jiang Sanshi clenched his hand on the railing: "Phoenix—"

However, the next second came an indifferent voice from the void: "Stop chasing."

Jiang Sanshi suddenly raised his head, his pupils widened.

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

Jiang Sanshi didn't move, grabbing the railing and waiting. But then he waited for a long time, and the man didn't say anything, and didn't give any further instructions.

·

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

He should not have gone to the Four Evil Realms, but went down to Mount Sumeru and rested in a certain space-time gap at the junction of Heaven and Hell.

The experience of that night was not told to anyone, and no one on Mount Sumeru thought of asking the whereabouts of King Phoenix Ming. After all, many people's perceptions of Phoenix are very complicated. This immemorial divine bird, which was born with a very evil appearance, once brought too much ominousness to Heaven, and anyone who came into contact with it would suffer cursed bad luck. Over time, it became a semi-taboo topic.

Over the years, the Heavenly Dao's long and continuous suppression of the Four Evil Daos finally led to strong resistance from Asura.

The Liulitian under Mount Sumeru has been at the junction of gods and demons since ancient times. After Mount Sumeru failed to send troops to the Ashura tribe, the new Asura King Fanluo was entangled with the monsters of his tribe and the hell realm, and blatantly launched an attack on the heavenly realm. The impact occupied most of the glazed sky overnight.

Emperor Ming of the third generation received the order of Mount Sumeru to set out for Liulitian. Unsurprisingly, the periphery of the city was full of dense monsters, and the black air shrouded the sky, and the emptiness outside the city gate had already turned into blood. The momentum of the sea.

The moat surrounding the city wall was dyed blood red, and under the hazy sky, it was like a godless giant staring straight into the sky.

The border of Liulitian, a barren suburb.

King Ming of the third generation stepped into the Buddhist hall lightly, only to see light smoke lingering in the dark and dark front hall, the bluestone floor was warm and slightly shiny due to long-term friction, and the sandalwood floated in the air, letting all the golden and blue splendor brought down from Mount Sumeru. The breath instantly precipitated.

There was a thin figure kneeling beside the Buddha lamp, with a snow-white cassock, a light gray robe, long hair tied up by the side, and slightly curled tail hanging down on the robe.

"...Phoenix," Jiang Sanshi muttered.

Phoenix closed his eyes slightly, without turning his head, his fingers gently brushed a glazed Buddha bead.

His body has improved a lot, at least his complexion is not as pale as that late night. King Jiang Sanshiming stood beside him, looking at his side face under his temples calmly, careful enough to not let go of the slightly soft broken hair in his ears. 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 Sanshi. This attitude of alienation is no different from before, as if that unbearable night had been completely wiped out, at least on the surface, not even a trace was left.

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

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

King Ming of the Third World paused for a while, but only to see the phoenix gently plucking a Buddha bead, and seemed a little tired: "Isn't she cultivating with you?"

There are many ways to practice the Heavenly Dao, and double cultivation is also extremely common, so it is not surprising. Phoenix's tone was so normal that he seemed to only ask a common question, but it was because of this common and normal that King Ming of the Third World was suddenly extremely embarrassed. After a while, he defended: "That was a long time ago, it has long been—"

"No," said Phoenix, "don't explain it to others."

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

Jiang Sanshi thought that he had gone to meditate on the scriptures, neither standing nor walking, and was stunned there a little bit at a loss.

- But he didn't know that Phoenix wasn't actually chanting.

When Fenghuang closed his eyes, he was thinking of the person who was not involved in cause and effect. He knew that that person was not the third generation, nor Shakti, nor any passerby he could see on Mount Sumeru; he kept imagining what that person looked like, what kind of eyes and face he had, and what kind of face he would have every day with tenderness and devotion. How about walking from the crowd and standing in front of him.

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

Jiang Sanshi looked at his calm face, not knowing what to say. A face that is so soft, but seems to be behind a transparent and invisible wall, isolating any curious touch and prying eyes, making people completely unable to probe into the deep water-like heart.

"Shakti... it's really your best choice," he finally spoke after a long while, and persuaded for the last time, "You are actually the phoenix who devoured the phoenix, if even the Snow Mountain Goddess refuses, go back to Xu After Mi Shan, you may meet more people you don't like, and you won't necessarily be treated like that..."

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

As expected, Phoenix didn't open his eyes, he only shook his head slightly, indicating refusal, and then plucked out another Buddha bead.

Jiang Sanshi's secret anger quietly stretched out his head from his heart.

—Do you insist on that, for a stranger who you have never met before, who may not be nice to you

However, this time he had not had time to speak, when suddenly there were hurried footsteps outside the gate, and then a figure of King Kong rushed into the Buddhist hall and gave a deep salute: "His Royal Highness! In front of the city wall!"

The anger of King Jiang Sanshi immediately rushed to the top of his head: "What did you say!"

·

Glazed Heaven Realm, in front of the city tower.

The huge black shadow of the Nine-Headed Infant hovered in the air, the moat was filled with red waves, and the fire-breathing head of the strange fish kept popping up. King Jiang Sanshi 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 penetrated the huge forehead of the nine-headed baby, and the sharp baby cry suddenly cut through the sky!

"Lowly monsters!" King Jiang Sanshi roared, his voice swept across the land crowded with monsters like a huge wave: "If you don't surrender today, you will be killed here!"

The Snow Mountain Goddess Shakti was standing beside King Jiang Sanshiming, but she looked away from the battlefield and looked at Phoenix on the other side of the tower.

Unlike the legendary figure who repeatedly swept the sea of blood and emptied hell, Phoenix Ming seemed to be very indifferent to all of this. The gust of wind lifted his light gray robe and the sleeves of the snow-white robe inside. Although he was on the battlefield, it seemed that he would return to the wind at any time.

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

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

She tilted her head with interest, and the next moment suddenly saw the Phoenix Ming Wang looking into the distance, as if noticing something, fixed her gaze, and at the same time her expression changed indescribably.

—Although this change was extremely slight and imperceptible, King Jiang Sanshiming 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 group of monsters in the distance, and the void behind him seemed to be burning with raging flames. In the hurricane connecting the heaven and the earth, it exuded a strong and chilling magical breath.

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

Pointing to the Phoenix Ming Wang on the city wall.

Phoenix was slightly puzzled, and twitched his slender eyebrows.

Immediately after the next second, the man swung his sword horizontally, wrapped in a hot and strong dark breath, and rushed towards him like a sharp arrow in the wind that swept the world!

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

Phoenix: Why did you come with a knife