"Senior Brother Li? Do you have anything to do with me?" Sun Baolu asked with caution in his voice.
Li Huowang raised his chin toward the outside, put the crutch under his armpit again, and limped toward that side. "Let's talk alone."
Sun Baolu stood there and hesitated for a while with an uneasy expression, and finally started to follow him up.
As night falls, the streets between the tents outside become very dark, and the number of people becomes very rare.
The biting cold wind slightly blew up Li Huowang's hem and Sun Baolu's sleeves behind him.
Sun Baolu's face looked a little ugly at this time, and he was thinking about how to answer Senior Brother Li's question. He didn't expect that the other party would discover the lie so quickly.
"Stop inking, we have to travel tomorrow. Why did you say that human bone is a horse bone? How many things are you hiding from us?"
After Sun Baolu hesitated for a moment, he sighed softly. "Senior Brother Li, I don't want to hide it from you. I just think that since you are just passing by, there is no need to explain too much about some of Qingqiu's customs. If I tell you,
I’m afraid you will think wildly.”
"Chop people into pieces and feed them to vultures, then break the bones into pieces and decorate yourself. Is this really just a custom? I don't think so."
The scene he saw this morning shocked Li Huowang greatly.
Hearing the doubt in Li Huowang's voice, Li Huowang quickly defended: "Maybe in the eyes of others, this is indeed shocking, but this is indeed Qingqiu's custom. Except for those who die from illness, all people in Qingqiu must be sacrificed in heaven after death.
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"Burying people in the soil is also rotten. It is better to let the creatures in the sky take them away. This way we can feed some people. We have long been used to it."
"After all, no matter what, the reincarnation of all living beings will ultimately be determined by the Immortal Heaven."
Li Huowang calmly looked at Sun Baolu who said this in front of him, "Eternal Life? Is this the god that Qingqiu people believe in? Where is he usually?"
This is the second time he has heard this name.
Sun Baolu pointed to the moon in the sky with his hand, "There, the Changsheng Heaven cannot touch us or find us, but he will always have what we desire."
"Huh?" Li Huowang raised his head and followed him to look at the full moon.
"That is the navel of the Changshengtian. The entire Mahakala sky is the shadow of the Changshengtian. The shadow cast by the two candles!"
"The whole night is His shadow? What about during the day?" Li Huowang continued to ask.
"The sun during the day is the two candles held by Changshengtian in his hands! Changshengtian is watching us silently behind the candles. We all depend on Changshengtian for our survival."
Sun Baolu spoke categorically, as if what he said was the truth.
Hearing this, Li Huowang looked thoughtful.
The so-called five Buddhist realms mentioned by the monks of Zhengde Temple, the Da Nuo mentioned in the previous Nuo opera, the Bai Yujing that I saw with my own eyes, and the so-called Immortality Heaven mentioned by Sun Baolu now.
In this world, everyone has a different worldview, and some of it is even contrary to it.
Li Huowang has seen something with his own eyes. There is no Immortal Heaven, no Great Nuo, and no Five Buddha Realms.
In his eyes, there is only a completely crazy world. Whether it is the humans living below or the existences above that he cannot imagine, they are all suffering along with the whole world.
Li Huowang should firmly reject other completely irrelevant worldviews. But he tried hard to control himself.
"Maybe what I saw was an illusion, and maybe what they said was true. After all, no matter how you compare it, those worlds are far better than the crazy world I saw."
When he saw Li Huowang standing there indifferently, Sun Baolu said bitterly: "Brother Li, you must not believe it, right?"
After Li Huowang pondered for a while, he slowly said: "I believe it. What you said makes sense, so what's the matter with them decorating their bodies with dead people's bones?"
"This is also a rule passed down by the Qingqiu people from ancient times. It is said that human bones can store a person's courage and strength. Carrying it on the body can increase strength and courage. It can also ward off evil spirits."
"Only those who are powerful are qualified to be snatched by others, while those who are unknown only deserve to be buried underground."
"Are your Qingqiu customs so evil??"
"Not evil, isn't this a normal thing?" When Sun Baolu said this, it was very natural.
After Sun Baolu explained the customs and myths of Qingqiu to Li Huowang, it seemed that the horrific scenes he had encountered before seemed to become more reasonable.
However, Li Huowang looked at Sun Baolu in front of him with a hint of suspicion.
Sun Baolu felt this trace of suspicion, and a trace of bitterness appeared on his face.
"Senior Brother Li, we are all brothers who escaped from Qingfeng Temple together. You have sacrificed so much to allow me to go home. I can't lie to anyone else."
"I really have bad intentions in everything. Why didn't you do it before you woke up? You are so powerful. If you can even lift a finger, I can't beat you."
Li Huowang nodded, "That's true what you said. Since you trust me so much, can you tell me why your clothes are tightly wrapped around you?"
There must be some story about Sun Baolu, but Li Huowang has never been able to find out in the past. Now he wants to know what Sun Baolu is hiding.
Sun Baolu's expression suddenly changed, he hugged his clothes tightly with both hands, and quickly took a few steps back cautiously.
He had no idea why the other party suddenly brought up this topic while chatting.
"What are you taboo about? What's wrong with showing it off? We people have all kinds of flaws. Do you really think we will laugh at you because of our flaws? No matter how bad you are, you are not as bad as I am now?"
Sun Baolu's face showed extreme humiliation, his eyes were red, and he said with a trembling voice: "Senior Brother Li! I... am really different from you! I beg you, if you force me again, I really have no choice but to die.
Got it!"
Seeing the other party's huge reaction, Li Huowang came to him on crutches.
"You are leaving soon, and we will probably never see each other again. How do you still want to hide yourself in this situation?"
Sun Baolu took a deep breath and said vigorously: "Okay! I... I will tell you after I get home, just you! You promise not to tell anyone! Otherwise, I will tell you.
I will die in front of you now!"
Seeing how serious Sun Baolu was, Li Huowang came to his senses and realized that the other party was not his enemy after all, but his companion. There was no need to be so stiff.
Since being deceived by Zuo Wangdao, Li Huowang found that he had become too suspicious.
"If you don't want to tell me, forget it, I'll just ask."
Li Huowang, who believed Sun Baolu's words for the time being, walked towards the tent inn on a crutch.
Sun Baolu wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, walked over and helped the other person go inside.
When he was about to arrive, Li Huowang's right ear moved slightly and his head looked towards the dim street on the right, where the light was moving towards this side.
Just as Li Huowang was about to step into the tent, he retracted his feet and regained his balance. "Wait, there seems to be something wrong with that light. It's too diffuse."
Gradually, as the light in the distance approached, Li Huowang's eyes opened wider and wider.
"Bao Lu, didn't you say that Qingqiu is not evil? Then tell me what it is?"
"This is not an evil spirit, this is a lion dance. Senior Brother Li, don't you have a lion dance?" Sun Baolu said in surprise.
This chapter has been completed!