The heaven and earth are silent and lightless, dead and dark...
But at this moment, Feng Qingyan unexpectedly saw a flying figure, which somewhat surprised him.
In the eternal night, it is really difficult to meet a living person.
This figure was flying hundreds of miles away, scurrying like a headless fly, and it was covered in clothes that he had never seen before.
"This is not the costume of Zhou Tianxia, nor is it the costume of the Western Regions..."
At this time, Feng Qingyan looked curiously, but did not catch up rashly. After all, Jiuge and Qingmang were following behind him, "Could he be from Kutuotian?"
The man had gray hair and his mental state was not very good. He seemed to be about to fall into madness.
Although the man was moving around like crazy, Feng Qingyan didn't feel any aura.
In the eternal night, perception seems to be cut off.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have noticed the other person's existence at all.
This is also the terrifying place of eternal night.
For example, Jiuge and Qingmang were clearly following behind them, very close, but Feng Qingyan did not feel the slightest aura, as if Jiuge and Qingmang did not exist.
Holding the black pottery flower pot in one hand, he quickly walked west, looking at the crazy figure from time to time.
This is at least the Great Sage level...
Feng Qingyan thought to himself.
It seems that Kutuo Heaven is a place for practicing Buddhism, and everyone practices Buddhism, but he is not sure how the realms are divided.
There is no record of this in Zhou Dynasty.
However, I think it should be similar to the realm of the holy way. At most, the name is different. But speaking of it, existences at the level of great sages are about to fall into a state of madness. How long have they been trapped?
Half a year, a year, or even longer?
Feng Qingyan was still watching curiously, that figure in the darkness that was about to go crazy.
Rumble——
There seemed to be a terrifying sound.
When Feng Qingyan saw that figure, a terrifying aura seemed to burst out from his body, causing black soil to fly around...
But the space was not torn apart.
The space of eternal night seems to be extremely solid and cannot be torn apart at all.
ah--
After a while.
The figure in the distance looked up to the sky and roared.
However, Feng Qingyan can only see but cannot hear...
crazy?
Feng Qingyan frowned.
That figure seemed to be really crazy, making weird and awkward movements, sometimes flying wildly, sometimes falling to the ground and rolling, sometimes roaring to the sky, sometimes covering its face and crying...
Feng Qingyan frowned and walked towards the figure.
Now that you encounter it, just save it.
However, when they were only a few miles apart, the crazy figure suddenly flew away and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Feng Qingyan frowned but did not catch up rashly.
Although he has Bianhuahua pointing to the west, he cannot determine the location of Jiuge and Qingmang. Who knows if Jiuge and Qingmang can be found after chasing them hundreds of thousands of miles away?
He wasn't sure.
He would not risk Jiu Ge and Qing Mang's lives.
Therefore, he would not leave Jiuge and Qingmang behind just to save a stranger...
He shook his head and continued heading west.
But after half an hour.
He met that crazy figure again.
This is an old man with disheveled hair and a ferocious face. He is wearing a dirty gray robe that is already in tatters...
At this time, he was rushing towards Feng Qingyan.
Naturally, he was not aware of the existence of Feng Qingyan, Jiuge and Qingmang, otherwise he would not have rushed straight towards the bullock cart.
Feng Qingyan immediately snatched back the bullock cart and took out a rope.
When the ferocious old man swept a hundred feet away from the bullock cart, Feng Qingyan immediately caught up with him and threw out the rope, quickly tying him up. But at this time, the ferocious old man seemed to have encountered a powerful enemy, and a terrifying aura burst out from his whole body, and he suddenly went to
Attack from Feng Qingyan's direction.
And the rope tied around the body.
Shattered instantly.
This is just an ordinary rope, so naturally it cannot tie a being at the level of a great sage. Even if it is not an ordinary rope, it cannot tie a being at the level of a great sage...
Feng Qingyan just didn't want to hurt the other party.
At this time, Feng Qingyan immediately changed direction to avoid involving Jiuge and Qingmang.
The ferocious old man also changed his direction and attacked Feng Qingyan based on the traces on the ground, but he was unable to let Feng Qingyan see the magnitude of the power.
However, according to Feng Qingyan's speculation.
Even if it is a great sage-level existence, its power will naturally not be that small.
"A gentleman is as immovable as a mountain, and can control thousands of miles!"
Feng Qingyan kept retreating and did not fight back. After all, the opponent fell into a state of madness and did not want to kill him.
So he immediately used his new trick.
At this moment, the atmosphere around him seemed to be frozen, and the ferocious old man seemed to feel the presence of immobility, and was suddenly stunned for a moment.
However, he still didn't wake up.
Instead, he became even more crazy.
boom--
At this time, something seemed to burst out from the ferocious old man's body, suddenly shattering Feng Qingyan's immovable force.
Feng Qingyan could only frown and retreat.
The gentleman's immobility is not as great as a mountain, and his power is still a bit lacking. He is unable to suppress the great sage...
But the Confucian level should be about the same.
However, it would be very difficult to capture him alive without any damage. His word-killing technique can kill a great sage in an instant, but it cannot capture a great sage...
At this moment, he retreated step by step, thinking about how to capture him alive.
After thinking about it, it seems that he still can't escape without any damage, or he may be captured alive with only minor injuries. His killing moves are very scary, and he basically rushes to kill the enemy.
So it's hard to control.
Especially the other party is in a crazy state and is even more difficult to control.
"Qing Jia."
At this time, Feng Qingyan shouted loudly.
However, Qing Jia did not move, leaving him stunned for a moment.
"Qing Jia!"
He thought, and a terrifying dark blue figure suddenly appeared, with dark blue scales all over his body, "Capture this person, don't hurt him."
Qing Jia immediately rushed towards the ferocious old man to greet him.
puff!
The ferocious old man's attacks all fell on Qing Jia.
But the green armor didn't move at all. He walked up to the ferocious old man step by step, stretched out his claws and grabbed the ferocious old man. The ferocious old man roared crazily, struggled wildly, and emitted a terrifying aura from his body, but he still couldn't break free...
Snapped--
Qing Jia patted the ferocious old man lightly, and the ferocious old man immediately fainted.
When Qing Jia came up carrying the ferocious old man, Feng Qingyan showed some surprise on his face and thought: "Qing Jia, can you see?"
Qing Jia said: "Huifu Lord, you can vaguely see it."
But Feng Qingyan didn't hear it.
"Qing Jia, I can't hear you. You can only speak with your mind." Feng Qingyan saw Qing Jia's mouth moving, but no sound was heard.
At this moment Qing Jia's mouth moved again.
Feng Qingyan still didn't hear it and didn't know what Qing Jia was talking about. However, he could roughly guess a few things and was afraid that Qing Jia wouldn't be able to communicate with him with his thoughts...
Feng Qingyan said nothing more and asked Qing Jia to return to the ghost gate.
At this time, he carefully examined the ferocious old man, but to his surprise, he discovered that after the ferocious old man fainted, he had a kind face instead.
There is nothing ferocious or scary at all.
At this moment, the old man's breathing was slow and he seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.
Maybe the old man hasn't slept for a long time.
Feng Qingyan hoped that the old man would be clear-headed and regain consciousness after waking up.
He originally wanted to move the old man to the bullock cart so that he could continue on his way, but he thought that the old man might still be crazy when he woke up, fearing that the bullock cart would be destroyed by the opponent in an instant, and that Jiuge and Qing might also be involved.
Reckless...
He couldn't always pay attention to the old man.
I can only stand aside and wait.
However, five hours passed and the old man still showed no sign of waking up.
Feng Qingyan had no choice but to carry the old man on his way. Before he could take a few steps, the old man suddenly opened his eyes and shot at Feng Qingyan.
When he woke up, he was still in a state of madness.
The breath of madness.
"Qing Jia!"
Feng Qingyan had an idea.
Qing Jia immediately appeared and knocked the old man unconscious with one claw.
Feng Qingyan grabbed the old man and continued to hurry. In the eternal night, which was not flat, he encountered many weathered skeletons and some stones with writings on them.
These words are basically about anxiety, restlessness, madness, etc...
"It's been a year, a whole year, and I still haven't found a way out. I feel like I can't bear it anymore and I'm going crazy..."
"Ahhhh——"
"Why is this happening? Why can't you get out?"
"I can't tell the difference between north, south, east, and west, and I can't tell the direction. I don't know where to go. It seems like I've been going in circles..."
"Ah, it's been three years, it's been three years, I feel like I've already gone crazy."
"There is no light, no sound, no direction. It's extremely scary, extremely scary! Even a Buddha would find it unbearable..."
And at this time.
Feng Qingyan was a little surprised.
Buddha?
He actually knew that Kutuo Tian was cultivating Buddhism.
However, people all over the world would never say, "Even a Buddha can't bear this." Instead, they would say, "Even a saint can't bear this."
so.
Were the writings on this stone left by people from Kutuo Heaven?
In other words, the characters of Kutuotian and the characters of Zhou Tianxia are the same?
This surprised Feng Qingyan. After all, Kutuotian and Zhoutianxia had been isolated for a long time and had almost no real communication with each other. They actually used the same writing language?
However, this stone alone cannot prove it.
He carried the old man in gray robe and continued walking, checking the stones on the black soil from time to time to see if there was any writing on them, so that he could understand Kutuo Heaven more easily.
The eternal night is not a flat land, but is shaped like the Gobi Desert.
Some places are high and some places are low.
"I'll walk out..."
Shortly after.
Feng Qingyan found the words left by Yan Shan on a stone.
Although it seems that Yan Shan's writing is very sober and his handwriting is very correct without any sloppiness, this sentence shows it.
Yanshan encountered a dilemma.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have said this for no reason...
Feng Qingyan frowned, becoming increasingly worried as he wondered what was happening to Yan Shan. If he was lucky, he might be able to meet Yan Shan and rescue him from the eternal night.
But he couldn't understand why Yan Shan went to Kutuotian?
And alone.
A few days later.
Feng Qingyan came across a stone that was more than ten feet large. One side was very flat and covered with words.
"I have heard that at one time, the Buddha was in the Solitary Garden of Savatthi Province, together with a group of 1,250 great bhikkhus. At that time, while the World Honored One was eating, he dressed in robes and held an alms bowl, and went to the great city of Savatthi to beg for food. , I have begged one after another and returned to my original place..."
Feng Qingyan frowned as he read, somewhat unclear.
This record does not seem to be about Zhou Tianxia, but may be about Kutuotian. Moreover, I feel that this article contains powerful power, somewhat like a classic of the holy way...
Is it a Buddhist scripture?
Feng Qingyan was a little surprised.
When he reads it, it does feel like a "Sutra", which contains the power and grandeur of the "Sutra".
"Why do Buddhist scriptures use Zhou Tianxia's words?"
Feng Qingyan thought.
There are two possibilities. One is that Kutuotian and Zhoutianxia use the same script.
Second, there were people from Zhou Tianxia who traveled through the eternal night to Kutuo Heaven. After learning the Buddhist scriptures, they brought them back. However, when they came back, they could not pass through the eternal night again, so they translated the Buddhist scriptures in Zhou Tianxia's words. Stay in the eternal night...
As for which possibility it is.
Feng Qingyan prefers the second option...
The full text of this Buddhist sutra is about 5,000 words. Feng Qingyan read it twice and memorized it completely. However, it was difficult to understand the whole sutra for a while, let alone comprehend its profound meaning.
Very profound.
The most important thing is that there are many phrases that he cannot understand.
He didn't study it in depth, after all, he was not a Buddhist, so he just picked up the gray-robed old man and prepared to move forward.
But at this time.
The old man in gray robe suddenly opened his eyes and attacked Feng Qingyan for the sixth time, but was knocked unconscious by the green armor for the sixth time.
"Qing Jia."
Feng Qingyan thought, and Qing Jia appeared again, knocking out the gray-robed old man for the seventh time.
But this time.
The old man in gray robe woke up soon.
However, what surprised Feng Qingyan was that the old man in gray robe did not attack again, but seemed to be reading Buddhist scriptures dreamily.
Maybe the old man in gray robe didn't see it, but felt it vaguely.
Feng Qingyan was a little surprised, and as soon as his heart moved, he lifted the gray-robed old man to the stone engraved with Buddhist scriptures.
The old man in gray robe was a little stunned, stretched out his trembling right hand, and gently touched the Buddhist scriptures.
He seemed to be gradually waking up.
Buddhist practice!
At this time, Feng Qingyan was basically sure.
This gray-robed old man is a great sage-level Buddhist cultivator in Kutuo Heaven.
At some point, the madness in the gray-robed old man's body became weaker and weaker, and he seemed to have finally woken up.
He gently touched the Buddhist scriptures and seemed to sigh.
After a while.
He turned around and seemed to be looking at Feng Qingyan.
However, he saw nothing and heard nothing. He only knew that there must be someone nearby.
Because it was the other party who saved him and woke him up from his madness.
At this moment, he turned around slowly, his face showing kindness, his skinny hands joined in front of his chest, and he saluted with his fingers together.
Feng Qingyan didn't know what the other party's gift was.
But I know it is a courtesy.
Also return the gift.
At this moment, the old man in gray robe walked to the other side of the stone and slowly wrote on the stone with his fingers, leaving quite a few marks...
"The poor monk is so kind and grateful to the donor for his life-saving grace."
The old man in gray robe wrote this.
As expected, he is a person who cultivates Buddhism in Kutuo Heaven.
Without the slightest surprise, Feng Qingyan slowly walked to the stone, reached out and touched the text written by the old man in gray robe, and wrote next to it: "It's just a small effort, you don't have to be polite."
After I finished writing, I took a photo of Kuci.
Kuzi understood, and reached out to touch the words written by Feng Qingyan. He was slightly surprised, and then wrote: "Is the donor from Zhou Tianxia?"
Then the two began to communicate.
"Exactly, you must be a member of Kutuo Heaven. I didn't expect that Kutuo Heaven also used Zhou Tianxia's words..."
Feng Qingyan wrote.
"Donor, these are Buddha's words, not Zhou Tianxia's words. But speaking of it, how did Zhou Tianxia understand it?"
Fortunately, the two did not continue to argue over words, but everyone exchanged information consciously.
In the blink of an eye, several hours passed.
The stone, which was more than ten feet in size, was wiped clean by the two of them until only a thin piece was left.
That is, only the Buddhist scriptures remain.
That Buddhist scripture was engraved by Kuci.
"It's time for the poor monk to bid farewell to the benefactor."
Kuci finally said.
"Master Kuci is going to Zhou Tianxia?"
Feng Qingyan wrote.
"Yes, this is the lifelong wish of this poor monk..."
Written with bitter kindness.
"Then Qingyan wishes Master Kuci a happy journey."
Feng Qingyan wrote.
Kuci did not write any more, but saluted Feng Qingyan with his hands together, and continued walking into the darkness.
After Feng Qingyan returned the gift, he also left for the west.
One goes east and one goes west.
After these few hours of communication, Feng Qingyan learned a lot of information about Kutuo Heaven. For example, there are indeed thirteen immeasurable Buddhist kingdoms in Kutuo Heaven...
The largest temple in Kutuotian is Kutuo Temple.
As for Buddhist practice, it is also divided into nine realms like the holy path, which are called novices, monks, Buddhist monks, monks, Zen masters, vajras, arhats, bodhisattvas, and Buddhas.
Therefore, suffering compassion is the state of Bodhisattva and can be called Bodhisattva.
Compassionate Bodhisattva.
However, according to Kuci Bodhisattva, he was trapped in the eternal night for at least two years, but he cannot remember the specific time.
Feng Qingyan became more and more curious about Ku Tuotian.
Head all the way west.
In the blink of an eye, another few days passed.
At this time, Feng Qingyan was a little surprised. He saw Kuci dozens of miles ahead, wasn't he heading east?
Why are you walking ahead of him instead?
In the midst of doubts, I suddenly realized that something was wrong with Kuci's state, and he might have fallen into a state of madness again.
At this moment, he leaned forward and threw out a rope to see if he could wake him up again.
Kuci didn't struggle this time.
Stand quietly.
Feng Qingyan approached and saw a stone not far away. He picked up the writing and handed it to Kuci, saying, "Master Kuci, what are you doing?"
"The poor monk thanks the benefactor for his life-saving grace."
Kuci looked a little sighing and continued to write: "I'm afraid there is something wrong with the poor monk's mind. He could easily fall into anxiety and madness. If he hadn't met the benefactor..."
A piece of stone no more than a foot long was wiped out after writing a few sentences.
At this moment, Feng Qingyan found another piece and continued to communicate with Kuci. Soon after, Kuci said goodbye again and headed east.
However, something unexpected happened to Feng Qingyan again.
He met Kuci again.
Kuci fell into madness again.
"Kuchi thanks the donor for his life-saving grace."
Kuci sighed and wrote.
"Master Kuci, do you want to continue traveling eastward?"
Feng Qingyan asked.
Kuci fell silent at this moment, as if she didn't know how to write.
He knew that there was basically no way for him to go eastward. If he continued to go eastward, he would probably fall into a terrible madness.
Finally, it turned into a handful of black soil in the eternal night.
But he was unwilling to do so.
He has always wanted to go to Zhou Tianxia, see the world in Zhou Tianxia, see the people or things in Zhou Tianxia, and spread Buddhism in Zhou Tianxia...
"Master Kuci, please return to Kutuo Heaven."
Feng Qingyan persuaded.
However, if Ku Ci still wants to go to Zhou Tianxia, he will not stop him...