On the third floor of Mogao Grottoes, fine pieces of snow fell from the sky, the ghost king was wearing a cloak fluttering, and when Hong Jun was looking up, a ghoul guard came behind him.
"Your Highness." The guard said, "Ghost King is here to invite you."
"You can actually talk!" Hong Jun said in surprise.
"We all do." The guard replied, "It's just that unless necessary, don't speak in front of ordinary people, please."
Hong Jun: "But why do you call me 'His Royal Highness'?"
The personal guard didn't answer, but was polite, and took Hongjun to a high place, passing the stone ladder of Mogao Grottoes, when Hongjun looked down.
Mo Zhigen was in a daze on the second floor, and Ashinaqiong came in and out, looking at the murals in the Mogao Grottoes.
There are thousands of caves in Mogao Grottoes, and many painters gathered in small groups in the corridors on each floor, listening to Artest playing the Barbat, and the melodious sound of music drifted in the wind. In front of the nine-story building below the cave, a large number of Yumen Army soldiers gathered. Only then did Hong Jun realize that there were so many people in the Mogao Grottoes? ! I didn't see them when I arrived, but they all came out at this time.
The voices were loud and lively, and it was as prosperous as a small town.
Hong Jun was worried about what would happen to the ghost king and his personal guards when they came here, but he saw Li Jinglong talking to a group of soldiers in front of the nine-story building. He expected that he should be able to solve it, so he stopped worrying.
The guards of the ghoul and Hong Jun passed the second floor, and passed by many painting caves along the way. When the painters resting outside the cave saw the ghoul approaching, they clasped their hands together and saluted a little, obviously they had seen the ghoul.
Hong Jun turned his head to look at the painter and saluted accordingly. The guard just nodded and went up to another level, leading him to the center of Mogao Grottoes and entering one of them.
A painter is drawing a statue of a Bodhisattva. His skin is white, extremely gentle, and his eyes are full of compassion. Behind him is a flying statue in colorful clothes. The painter was a little brother who was about the same age as Hong Jun. It was the twelfth lunar month of winter, and the fire in the cave was blazing. He was barefoot, wearing only a pair of baggy trousers, barefoot, sitting cross-legged on a high shelf, with a full expression. With piety, one stroke by one stroke, depicting the arm of the Bodhisattva.
"Do you know him?" said the ghost king.
Hong Jun shook his head and marveled at the age of the painter. There are thousands of painters in Dunhuang, one person per cave, or several people per cave. The statues or wooden clay sculptures in the caves, and the murals are colorful. The solemn appearance of all living beings makes people feel awe Respectfully.
It was a tremor that reached deep into the soul, making Hongjun almost unable to breathe. Standing in front of the Bodhisattva, he felt that in that unreachable but real world, the gods and Buddhas of the heavens were looking at him with pity. his soul.
When the painter saw a visitor coming, he put down his brush, clasped his hands together toward Hongjun, and left the cave temporarily.
"Great Strength Bodhisattva," said the ghost king, "makes all living beings free from blood, light and swords. Mogao Grottoes are also called 'Thousand Buddha Caves'. After spending a life of mediocrity, ordinary people spend all their money and money, and hire these children to act as painters. I carved the body of the Buddha, painted the image of the Buddha, and sought to attain Purdue. Every time I went on a pilgrimage to the Mogao Grottoes, I often wondered whether the Bodhisattvas also protect our monster race."
Hong Jun: "These painters don't seem to be afraid of you, do they all know you?"
"I know." Ghost King said, "People here call us 'Asura'."
The ghost king lowered his head, looked at Hongjun's appearance, and said, "You look like someone I've seen before, but forgive me for meeting too many people in my life, and my memory has long been blurred, and I can't remember who it is."
Hong Jun untied the peacock feather, held it in the palm of his hand, and showed it to the ghost king.
The two were silent, the ghost king stretched out his finger, picked up the jasper peacock feather, and murmured: "Five-color Shenguang, you are Kong Xuan's child, that day..."
Hong Jun was startled, and the Ghost King's eyes turned to look at him.
"Have you met my dad?"
The ghost king frowned, and Hong Jun knew that the ghost king must have had a relationship with the Yaojin Palace. He gasped and said, "Ghost king, what kind of person is my father?"
The ghost king turned around and left the cave. Hong Jun chased him out immediately, and the ghost king climbed up the steps in front of the stone ladder, and came outside the palace of Mogao Grottoes. The setting sun slanted westward, descending into the winding Great Wall and the vast desert outside Yumen Pass.
Hong Jun was full of urgency. He didn't ask his uncle Jia Zhou, because his father would only look like a mortal in front of him, and he didn't ask Chongming and Qingxiong, because their meaning was self-evident: you You have to find it yourself.
In front of the ghost king, Hong Jun felt more like he had found a long-lost father's friend in the monster clan.
The ghost king sat down on the top of the Mogao Grottoes, and motioned for Hong Jun to sit down too. Hong Jun didn't know why, and stared at the ghost king blankly.
"When you mentioned Chongming on the road." Ghost King replied, "I vaguely felt that maybe it was the son of an old friend who came. Are your parents okay?"
"They're all dead." Hong Jun replied sadly. He knew that the ghost king was always sleeping in the coffin and didn't know much about the world, but the five-color light in his hands meant that his father had already left.
Sure enough, the ghost king was not surprised, he just nodded his head and said in a daze: "That day he came to Hexi to find me, and we were sitting right here."
In an instant, Hong Jun felt a strange feeling deep in his heart, but the ghost king said thoughtfully: "Unknowingly, when I woke up, it has been so many years."
"At the beginning... what did he come for?" Hong Jun asked.
The ghost king pondered, looked at Hong Jun, and replied: "He wants to hand you over to me, and Liu Fei and I will raise you up."
Hongjun: "..."
"I'm just such a lonely tomb." The ghost king said to himself, "Liu Fei likes you very much, but living in an ancient tomb for a long time is always depressing. Now that I think about it, fortunately, I didn't let you stay. Down."
"I am a burden to him." Hong Jun whispered.
"No." Realizing Hongjun's loss, the ghost king said immediately, "Why do you say that? You had a special physique when you were young, so there were always monsters watching. He needs to free up his hands to deal with the prison. I'm afraid it will be difficult to protect you and your mother." ,so… "
Hong Jun understood, and nodded gratefully.
As he spoke, the ghost king stretched out his hand and put it on Hongjun's shoulder.
"Chongming took care of you very well." Seeing that Hongjun still seemed a little bit lost, the ghost king added, "Of course, if you stay by my side, you must be more white now."
Hong Jun was sad, but he laughed when he heard the words.
The ghost king pondered again: "That year he left Yumen Pass to see me without telling your mother, it must be because of your destiny that Bailu can have one soul saved..."
"What?!" Only then did Hong Jun realize that the matter of Bai Lu's rebirth back then had some connection with his father!
"You don't know?" Ghost King said indifferently, "After seeing me in the past, he felt that Xie Prison wanted to capture the white deer, so it was he who intervened and interrupted Xie Prison's spell."
Hong Jun couldn't help panting violently, no wonder he always felt that Lu Xu had a different feeling when facing him.
After listening to Hong Jun's description, the ghost king replied: "That's it. When Bailu was reincarnated, he must have seen your father in his soul body, and your appearance is similar to your father, so he always remembers it."
Hong Jun took a deep breath and nodded.
"Why..." he asked again, and at the same time his heart was beating violently, and he said, "all the demon clan...will come to me?"
In his dream, his parents were moving all the time, just to escape the troublesome intrusion. When he was a child, he even said, "There is a monster living in my body".
The ghost king pondered for a moment, and then replied: "I think you should ask your adoptive father about this. Maybe he is the one who knows the cause and effect of this matter best."
Hong Jun never expected that he would get such an answer.
"Tell me, Ghost King... Uncle Shi." Hong Jun said nervously, "You must know, you must know!"
The ghost king was silent again, Hong Jun frowned deeply, and looked at him anxiously, and he cast an inexplicable glance at the ghost king.
"They asked you to come down the mountain to find the kid with the heart lamp?" Ghost King asked again suddenly.
Hong Jun was even more puzzled, grabbed the ghost king's arm, recalled the past, and told the ghost king how Qingxiong let him go down the mountain that day, entrusted him with three things, and handed the heart lamp into his hands.
"Then... I think maybe they didn't intend to hide it from you." The ghost king said in a deep voice, "So that's how..."
"Why?!" Hong Jun asked anxiously.
The ghost king just looked at Hongjun in silence, and said after a while: "Little peacock, you are still not ready to accept it."
Hong Jun almost begged: "I just want to know what happened to me."
The ghost king suddenly said: "If time goes back to the past and you have the right to choose, would you be willing to come to this world?"
Hong Jun had lost his patience and said, "I don't want to hear this anymore! You all know everything, why didn't you tell me?!"
"Answer me." The ghost king said seriously, and there was a faint majesty in his words, just like Chongming stood in front of Hongjun every time and taught him a lesson.
"I..." Hong Jun was in a state of confusion. For some reason, he remembered the joy when everyone in the Exorcism Department got together.
"Of course it's good." Hong Jun replied.
"Then even if you die tomorrow, you will never regret it?" Ghost King said again, "This is very important, little peacock."
Hong Jun said helplessly: "What regrets can there be? I..."
The ghost king nodded, and replied: "Since that's the case, it's okay to tell you that eighteen years ago, your birth was a disaster for your father."
Hongjun: "!!!"
Immediately afterwards, the ghost king raised his sword finger together, tapped on the center of his eyebrows, and then slowly left, with a warm blue light on his fingers, and then tapped lightly on the center of Hongjun's eyebrows.
With a "buzz", Hong Jun's consciousness was instantly pulled into the ghost king's memory.
eighteen years ago.
Kong Xuan sat cross-legged on the top of the Mogao Grottoes, right where Hong Jun was sitting, and the setting sun was setting. The young Hong Jun leaned his back against his chest, tilted his head, and fell asleep sitting up.
"Xie Prison is always looking for the Heavenly Demon Seed." Kong Xuan murmured, "I have tried everything, but I can no longer get it out of Xing'er's three souls and seven souls."
"Seek benevolence to obtain benevolence." Ghost King said in a deep voice, "Isn't this exactly what your two elder brothers taught you back then?"
"I don't know." Confusion appeared in Kong Xuan's eyes, his voice became hoarse, and he said, "Being a father is such a happy thing..."
Ghost King: "The one who will become the Heavenly Demon should be you."
Kong Xuan: "That's right, after two hundred years, the one who will become the Heavenly Demon should be me."
The golden light of the setting sun casts towards the Mogao Grottoes, shining into the bodies of the 100,000 Buddhas in the thousands of caves, showing compassion for all living beings.
"The person who tied the bell is still needed to untie the bell." The ghost king said in a deep voice, "If you don't ask your brother, what's the use of stumbling around in the world?"
Kong Xuan sighed, and replied: "Chongming and Qingxiong, just let me find a mortal woman at random, teach her the technique of yin and yang injection, and infuse her with my demon seed, which is a combination of god and demon, and cast it into a demon fetus. They don't care anymore."
"After all, in their eyes, only my life is the most important... Now, maybe even they don't expect that I am deeply rooted in love. Seek medical advice everywhere…”
The ghost king replied: "It's not that I don't want to help you, Kong Xuan, even if you turn your son into a corpse, the devil seed can't be wiped out. The only thing that can get rid of the devil seed is Fudo Ming Wang's Dharma image, when the six organs are united. .”
"The heart lamp may be fine." Kong Xuan sighed, "I have to find the heart lamp."
"It can't be done." The Ghost King said in a deep voice, "For a person possessed by demons, the demonic energy in the soul can be driven out with the heart lamp, but what is in your child's body is the seed of the heavenly demon. He is the introduction that condenses the demonic energy in the world. The mission that has been shouldered since then, the gods and demons are one, the doom of birth and death coexist... "
There was a loud bang, white light flickered, and the Ghost King's fingers left Hong Jun's forehead.
Hong Jun seemed to be in a dream, and murmured: "This is all true."
"Your father often blamed himself when he was alive." Ghost King said, "I regret that there was a mistake in one thought..."
"Why?" Hong Jun trembled, "Why?"
The ghost king replied: "There is hostile energy in the heaven and earth, so there are demons. Years reincarnate and ebb and flow. If the demonic energy is too strong, there is always a way to purify it. The demonic seed in King Peacock Daming is the seed that attracts this demonic energy. .After he became a demon, the ancient Buddha of Burning Lamp illuminated the world with his heart lamp, Fudo Mingwang combined the power of six organs to eliminate the demon, and Kong Xuan re-entered reincarnation, reincarnated, and lived endlessly like this.”
The ghost king said in a deep voice: "Now, answer my question again, little peacock."
Hongjun: "..."
"If you are destined to die in this life, will you still regret that you have come to this world and gone through it?"
Hong Jun stood up, with a little trance in his eyes.
"All living beings are mortal." The Ghost King said again, "Now, you must have understood what your adoptive father said."
Hong Jun was confused, walked down the steps slowly, turned around, staggered, and walked along the passage towards the end of Mogao Grottoes. His heart was full of lightning and thunder, strong wind and snowfall, but his expression was extremely calm.
The light of the setting sun poured into the thousands of caves and ten thousand Buddhas. He passed by the entrance of each cave. passerby.
In the evening, Li Jinglong walked out of the ninth floor quickly, Artest whistled downwards, and asked, "Where are we going?"
Li Jinglong did not answer, the sun was approaching westward, and a group of people came on horseback from a distance. When they got close, they dismounted and saluted Li Jinglong first, and said: "The general said that the defense of Yumen Pass is of great importance, and I dare not leave my post without permission. Bring some food and wine."
Li Jinglong said: "Thank you for your hard work, let's send them all in."
The soldiers moved the supplies into the nine-story building, and Li Jinglong replied to the height: "It's almost the Chinese New Year, and I will celebrate the New Year here this year, so there is no need to worry about it."
It was only then that Artest remembered that the end of the year was only three days away, and Ashinaqiong said, "I didn't expect to celebrate your Chinese New Year here this year."
Li Jinglong replied: "The most regrettable thing is that Yongsi didn't come, otherwise everyone would be there. Mo Zhigen! Come down and help!"
Mo Zhigen was still in a daze on the third floor. Hearing this, he glanced down and sighed.
Before nightfall, Li Jinglong collected the supplies and handed over the rewards to the soldiers. The accompanying people wanted to see the nephew and young master. Considering that Hong Jun was with the ghost king before, Li Jinglong sent them back first, saying that he would return to Yumen Pass to report safety soon. .
"Hong Jun!"
Li Jinglong ran up and down, looking for Hong Jun everywhere, but in front of the cave where Lu Xu was sleeping, he saw Mo Rigen standing like a stake.
"Chang Shi." Mo Zhigen said, "Let's talk about it. When is it? Are you still thinking about celebrating the New Year?"
Li Jinglong replied: "There will be a way."
"You mean it?!" Mo Rigen said anxiously.
Li Jinglong remained silent, side by side with Mo Zhigen, facing the outside of the Mogao Grottoes, the moon rose, and the sand dunes were bright with snow.
"What can I do?!" Li Jinglong glanced into the cave, under the mural, Lu Xu was still sleeping, and whispered to Mo Rigen, "Why don't you teach me?"
Mo Zhigen said: "The wolf and the white deer are destined to be a couple."
"That's right." Li Jinglong slapped the railing and said, "Either you go up?"
"Hey, excuse me for interrupting, have you two asked what Hong Jun meant?" Before the next floor, Artest stretched out his head and said to Li Jinglong.
The carp demon interrupted: "What are you asking? You don't need to ask, Chang Shi, you really are a match made in heaven!"
Ashina Qiong said: "I don't understand. In your eyes, is it possible that feelings come when you want? That's not right. Li, you are so confident? Let me teach you how?"
"I didn't say that!" Li Jinglong said irritably.
Mo Zhigen said angrily: "Turkic, do you want to fight?"
Li Jinglong pointed to one side, beckoned Mo Zhigen to go to the corner, and pushed him away.
Mo Zhigen said: "Come on, what can you do this time? Don't you reassure us every time? What you promise will definitely be done, right?"
Li Jinglong said: "You know the disguise technique, right? Or ask ghost kings and monsters, is there any magic that can make you look like me, and I will look like you again..."
Mo Zhigen said: "But is there any difference?! Even if you pretend to be me and go to have a romantic relationship, isn't it actually the same in the end?!"
Li Jinglong thought about it too, and asked: "Or will it be you in the end? I'll be on the sidelines..."
Mo Zhigen said: "What's the difference between not interfering with you in the whole process, and putting a heart lamp aside at the end?"
"This is just a possibility!" Li Jinglong said seriously, "Can't you try it?"
Mo Zhigen didn't want to answer.
Li Jinglong failed to make a plan, so he made another plan. After thinking for a while, he said: "Either go and find out, can we both move our souls? Attach my soul to your body..."
Mo Rigen said: "Chang Shi, is there any difference?"
"I said," Li Jinglong said earnestly, "You are still you, but my soul is attached to you for a short time."
Mo Zhigen suddenly thought that one body with two souls seems to be possible, but how can this be done
"Is the heart lamp in your soul or in your meridians?" Mo Zhigen asked.
Li Jinglong remembered it instantly, and immediately said: "In my meridians, no, this can't!"
Mo Zhigen: "..."
Ashina Qiong glanced curiously, shrugged at Artest, and spread his hands.
Artest said with a smile: "It should be because I was used to being romantic and unrestrained in the past, so I gave Chang Shi this confidence?"
Ashinaqiong moved Artest, motioning him to look.
Under the moonlight, Hong Jun shuffled over, sighed, seemed very tired, and looked around.
Ashinaqiong said with a smile, "Hongjun?"
Hong Jun didn't answer, and went into one of the caves.
Lu Xu lay quietly in front of the mural, and the ghost king's personal guards lit seven lamps on the ground above his head, shoulders, waist and abdomen.
"What kind of spell is this?" Hong Jun asked.
The personal guard replied: "Your Highness, this is the seven-star lamp to appease his soul."
Hong Jun nodded, and suddenly remembered that the God of Plague and Xuannv had not been eliminated. At this moment, they didn't know where they were hiding, and whether they were planning to make a comeback. But since the ghost king is awake, he is not afraid of the plague, let alone the cold, and he has not fallen asleep, so these two monsters must not be so stupid as to provoke him again.
He leaned against the mural, sat beside Lu Xu, stretched out his hand, and put it on Lu Xu's forehead.
At that time, his father originally wanted to save his son's life, but he didn't expect to save Lu Xu instead by mistake. For some reason, he hoped that Lu Xu would wake up, let him return to his dream, see his father and mother, and say a few words to them, even though the dream was full of his own memories.
Did he regret this decision
Does the mother know what's going on behind the scenes
Although these have long passed away and no longer have much meaning, Hong Jun still persistently wants to know every bit of the past. His past is a cloud of fog, and his future seems to have nowhere to go. When will he replace his father and become a celestial demon, and where will Fudo Mingo, who will kill him, be
The ghost king's words made him fall into confusion, as if his life in this world was meaningless, and his value was nothing more than a sacrifice in this vast world.
"Lu Xu." Hong Jun whispered, "My father is a good man, isn't he?"
Lu Xu lay quietly, still in a deep sleep.
Hong Jun smiled bitterly: "He saved your life, but left the cruelest thing to me."
He looked sideways at Lu Xu. At this time, he didn't know who to tell, but he knew subconsciously that when Lu Xu let him fall into a dream, he must have seen everything in his memory, including his past and his life experience .
Lu Xu's eyelashes moved slightly, Hong Jun frowned, approached him, and looked carefully.
He opened his eyes and replied to Hongjun: "Your fate is far more cruel than what you see in front of you."
Hongjun: "..."
Suddenly Lu Xu grabbed Hong Jun's arm and dragged it suddenly, Hong Jun shouted: "Let go!"
A monstrous black air surged up, enveloping the two of them, Hong Jun pushed Lu Xu away violently, and shouted: "Your horn is broken! You have no mana!"
Immediately afterwards, Lu Xu sneered, and said in a hoarse voice: "I still have a soul." Immediately afterwards, black air exploded, rolling from Lu Xu's body to Hong Jun, and Hong Jun's heart suddenly hurt. I caught a glimpse of the black air on Lu Xu's body connected to his chest, and then the black air burst out, sweeping the entire cave!
At the same time, Li Jinglong grabbed Mo Rigen by the collar and was wrestling with Mo Rigen. Li Jinglong shouted: "Mo Rigen!"
Suddenly Mo Zhigen let go, and the two turned their heads instantly, looking at the cave not far away.
The monstrous black air burst out from the cave, and the ghost king, personal guards, Artai, and Ashinaqiong all ate at the same time.
"Hongjun has gone in!" Ashina Qiong shouted.
Accompanied by a fierce hoarse cry, the black air rushed out of the cave and erupted!
Li Jinglong and Mo Zhigen ran away almost at the same time, and rushed towards the entrance of the cave at high speed. Before it was too late, the entrance of the cave, which was emitting black air, suddenly closed inward!
"Lu Xu!" Mo Zhigen roared.
Li Jinglong: "Hong Jun!"
In the cave, Lu Xu and Hong Jun were lying side by side, but the black energy was quickly recovered, pouring towards the mural, and was sucked into the mural in an instant, and disappeared in a flash of light.
Li Jinglong: "..."
Mo Zhigen: "..."