Peach Blossom Island, facing the sea in the southeast of Anqi Mountain, is a thousand-meter-high cliff. Because the cliff slopes from top to bottom and inward, it is difficult for ordinary people to notice that there is a cliff that is submerged by sea water from time to time.
A small hole.
And some old fishermen who know about it also stay away from this place when sailing. Because this cave has a name, it is called Ten Thousand Snake Cave. With such a terrain, it is not exposed to the sun all year round, and it is extremely cold and dark, and is most affected by the water snakes.
Wait for the poison to like it.
Moreover, according to the rules for many years, if a fisherman is swept into this place by a storm, the monks on Peach Blossom Island will not only not rescue him, but will detain a boatload of goods, saying that they have broken into a forbidden area and should be punished. Therefore, over time, here
It truly became a forbidden area.
Maybe too many people died here. When the wind and waves were big, some people standing on the cliff seemed to hear the miserable wailing from below. Therefore, even the soldiers patrolling the island did not
Willing to be sent on duty on the cliff. This situation is even more prominent now that the East China Sea has become a sea of blood. In order to stabilize the order on the island, the new island owner Liu Daozhu threw dozens of "troublemakers" off the cliff one after another.
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At this moment, the two unlucky soldiers found a flat place to sit down far away from the cliff. They threw aside the heavy steel knives, lit a bonfire, each held a jar of wine, and punched it in their mouths.
While drinking, I grabbed lively fish and shrimp from a large water tank with my hands and stuffed them into my mouth. After a while, the mouth, the wine jar, and the water tank were all red and blood-red.
The two soldiers drank the last words, their mouths full of alcohol and blood. They seemed to be bolder and more ferocious. It seemed that in the world, they were the only ones who were afraid of them, not them.
So, they started to brag. One said that he had seen the big island owner, and with a wave of his jade sword, the entire East China Sea was divided into two. The other said that he had gone to sea with Miss Guo, and the country was beautiful and fragrant, with beautiful faces and fairies.
Style. It is whispered that Long Qian, the disciple of the three island masters, is conquering Fusang in Japan.
War, it won't be long before the entire Japan belongs to the East China Sea Monster Alliance. Then they will attack the mainland, hehe. The man laughed and said mysteriously, now that the Tianmen of Lushan is open, the three island masters will be here soon.
When the time comes to ascend to the immortal world, the East China Sea Demon Alliance will be renamed Penglai Immortal Sect!...
Suddenly, a whining sound came from below the cliff. The two people were startled and shuddered. Fortunately, the whining sound disappeared after a few sounds. The two people pointed at each other,
Laughing at the other person's timidity almost made him pee his pants.
At the end of the quarrel, the two started drinking heavily again.
"Oh, Xue Laoer, let's talk about something serious. Yesterday, a young man from a wealthy family was imprisoned. Do you know?" A man burped from wine and stared at him with red eyes.
The person opposite.
"I know, why don't you know? Mr. Shen... The Shen family in Zhoushan is also a big family... By the way, Zhao Laosi, Mr. Shen, do you know who he is?" Xue Laoer asked, shaking his head.
"Who is he? He is locked up in Ten Thousand Snakes Cave. Who else could he be?" Zhao Laosi put his hand into the blood-red water tank, "You don't know that the little woman who was arrested together with him was also arrested on the island that day.
The Lord had opened the bud, and he was determined to live or die. No matter how much he tried to persuade him, he could not be persuaded, and in the end he bit his tongue and committed suicide."
"You know nothing! There is something to say in this." Xue Laoer grabbed a tofu fish that Zhao Laosi had just picked up from the water tank.
"What's there to say?!. Xue Laosan, if you don't explain clearly, you won't be able to eat this tofu fish in vain today!"
"That little lady is also from the Jiang family in Zhoushan. The eldest, the eldest, and the youngest. We, the owners of the island, were originally going to use her as the wife of the village and the son-in-law of the Jiang family. When the time comes,
This huge family property belongs to us, the island owners!"
"That's it..." Zhao Laosi's eyes were shining brightly, as if the Jiang family's huge family property was all under his own name tonight, "So, the island owner doesn't
Killing that weak Shen family scholar and locking him up will also require the Shen family to pay for his redemption."
Tofu fish, the meat is tender and the bones are soft and thin. Xue Laosan stuffed it into his mouth, swallowed it whole, and said, "How can we guess the thoughts of the island owner? He said he sent someone
They asked for a ransom, but they imprisoned them down here. In my opinion, they won't survive the night."
On the cliff, gusts of cold wind blew the two of them awake.
Xue Laosan and Zhao Laosi glanced at the cliff from a distance, then stopped talking about taboo topics and started drinking.
The Master Shen mentioned by these two people, Shen Changqi, is currently lying under the cliff in the Ten Thousand Snake Cave.
It was dark all around, and from time to time, cold and smelly sea water rushed into the cave, rushing Shen Changqi to the rocks behind, and then rolled up into the air. When the sea water receded, Shen Changqi rolled down to the entrance of the cave. At the entrance of the cave, those ten
Several wrist-thick deep-sea black iron pillars stood densely erected. For Shen Changqi, the confinement object has now become a life-saving object. Otherwise, he would have been swept away by the waves long ago, and he does not know where he was washed away.
Where did it sink?
But all this seems to be meaningless to Shen Changqi himself. Because he is already heartbroken, and there are many water snakes entangled around his body, and mountain rats crawling around. If it were not for the violent destruction of Dongji Island, there would be blood everywhere.
The sea, those water snakes may have bitten and sucked it until only the bones were left.
As for the reason why Xue Laosan was puzzled, why the island owner wanted the ransom of the Shen family in Zhoushan but placed it here, Shen Changqi always remembered it.
Not only did he remember it, but he actually had the only memory about it in his mind.
Ever since he was caught by Liu Dahan, he had loudly questioned him. After all, we are all from the same sect, why do you, Liu Dahan, dare to act like this?! Could it be that the rules set by the three island owners of Dongji Island, he Liu Dahan
Dahan, a little mortal monk, dares to disobey?! When the time comes, not to mention the three island masters, he is his master, and he cannot afford to suffer the crime.
Shen Changqi still remembers Liu Dahan's answer clearly to this day. Every word is like an immortal's flying sword, circling and dancing in his mind.
"Junior Brother Shen! I called you Junior Brother Shen! You still don't understand?! The three island owners took your master to Mount Lu and will never come back!"
"What?! You don't believe it? Then see if Dongji Island is still there?! What does the East China Sea look like now?"
"I'm telling you, the latest news is that Lushan Mountain is now heavily restricted. Without real people's cultivation, you can't get in or out at all! Damn it, no real monks will come out at all! Everyone is thinking about ascending to the upper world!"
"Dongji Island, the Ten Thousand Demons Slaying Yuan Blood Sea Formation, forcibly extracts the spiritual power of the demon cultivators on the island and uses it to fight the enemy. Until now, the island has sunk and the sea has turned red. You still can't understand the thoughts of the three island owners. clear!?"
He heard that he was excited and disheartened, but Liu Dahan became more and more excited as he talked. When he got to the back, he seemed to be going crazy, and shouted to himself, "There is no distinction between men and monsters, treat everyone equally, but when we get to the back, everyone is looking after their own affairs." ?Dongji Island is no longer here, and you still talk about friendship with me? Damn it, I am the king on the island, and none of you humans should even think about it!"
Shen Changqi looked at Liu Dahan, who was already a little crazy, and said, "Shen happened to meet a real monk a few days ago. Speaking of which, you probably know him. This real monk is a member of the Buddhist sect. No. Wuxu."
"Wuxu? But the master Wuxu who has cultivated the Mandala Dharma Realm and went down to Mount Lu under the orders of the two true spiritual masters Basiba and Yuanfa?" Liu Dahan calmed down slightly and narrowed his eyes slightly, as if Fell into short memories.
Shen Changqi nodded, "Exactly! Our fleet arrived a few days ago and wants to go up the river."
"Where is Master Wuxu now?" Liu Dahan's expression was uncertain.
"When he saw the Dongji Island Island Protection Formation was opened, he broke in. Now... now, Shen doesn't know where he is." Shen Changqi thought for a while and said sadly.
"What chance of survival is there in the Ten Thousand Demons and Yuan Slaying Blood Sea Formation set up by the three island owners together?!" Liu Dahan couldn't help but became furious when he heard what Shen Changqi said. Then he laughed angrily and pointed at Shen Changqishan. , said three good words in a row, "Okay! Good! Good!"
"Junior Brother Shen has lost all his cultivation at this moment, but he still wants to go to Mount Lu and ascend to the upper world! I will help you! Come on!" Liu Dahan shouted loudly, and several monsters came forward.
"Throw him into the Cave of Ten Thousand Snakes! I want to see if he is a useless person. Tomorrow he will have no bones left, or he will go to Mount Lu and ascend to the upper world!"
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Mountain rats, water snakes, and Shen Changqi's body have been bitten to the point where they are no longer human-like; if it weren't for the cold sea water, I would have lost any sense of survival at all!
But what is the value and significance of such a sense of survival?
Sometimes, Shen Changqi feels so painful that he wants to scream loudly; sometimes, he feels like a puppet, even if snakes and rats wrap around his body, crawl around, bite and gnaw at himself.
Even sometimes, Shen Changqi wanted to laugh. When he thought of Liu Dahan, because he couldn't go to Mount Lu, because Dongji Island was silent, because he felt abandoned, because he no longer had any hope in practice, he was so angry with himself that he shouted hoarsely. Shen Changqi wanted to laugh. Especially when he heard that Monk Wuxu appeared in his fleet and ended up breaking into the Ten Thousand Demons and Yuan Slaying Blood Sea Formation, he had a constantly changing expression worrying about gains and losses. Shen Changqi took a look at it. , then you know that Liu Dahan is actually the same as himself, with the same broken heart, the same disillusionment of faith, the same endless sea of suffering, the same body being bitten by snakes and rats, and there is no relief until death.
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A wave hit me, but it was still cold. The rats and water snakes on Shen Changqi's body seemed to be unable to resist the coldness and impact. They all squealed and left, and then waited patiently for the wave to recede.
Woo——woo——
In the waves, a conch was washed over.
A flash of light suddenly appeared in the dark cave.
This bright light does not come from the thick iron door at the highest point of the stone wall behind the cave, nor does it come from the vast and bright stars in the sky.
This bright light rises inexplicably. According to Buddhist metaphor, it seems to be caused by a heartbeat and a single thought that causes ignorance.
As the saying goes
On the cliff near the sea/in the cave, snakes bite and rats eat the empty space.
The heart of Tao is broken and ignorance arises, and you will fall into the sea of suffering forever and have endless thoughts.