White Bone Monkey King

Jin An was the first to chase the silly sheep away.

But he was the last to arrive.

This silly sheep is so lazy and so good at working.

He ate other people's dust, and when he finally caught up with everyone in disgrace, he saw that everyone had got off their camels and were watching something. He also jumped off the sheep's back and curiously stepped forward to check.

It turned out that there was a big rift valley blocking the road ahead. Everyone stopped at the edge of a cliff and looked down. The cliff was so deep that even the sun couldn't shine into the rift valley.

This is a majestic and magnificent Great Rift Valley, but the most magnificent and magical thing is that there are many ancient vines and vegetation climbing in the Great Rift Valley, and the cliffs on both sides are covered with huge stone statues of Buddha carved on them.

The smallest of the Buddhas are ten feet high, and the larger ones are thirty or forty feet high. A huge Buddha's head emerges from the Great Rift Valley facing the direction of the rising sun. When the sun shines on the Buddha's head, it is filled with golden light, and the atmosphere is solemn and sacred. It's like the Buddha's true body has come to the world, and people can't help but worship him.

This is what they saw visually while standing on top of the cliff. There are countless majestic Buddha statues standing deep in the invisible Great Rift Valley. They have survived thousands of years of wind and sun without falling.

They came to a desert Buddhist country!

In addition to the huge stone statues of Buddha in the Great Rift Valley, there are also several majestic long corridors carved into the cliffs on both sides. Once again, I can't help but marvel at the uncanny craftsmanship here.

There are many human buildings standing between these corridors, and the buildings on both sides are connected by plank roads. Even those plank roads are carved with a large number of Sakyamuni patterns and scriptures.

It's just that after so many years of feng shui and sunshine, those plank roads have long been decayed. Either the wooden boards are in tatters, or the wooden boards have completely decayed and only bare iron chains are left.

The vast yellow sand not only gives this desert Buddhist country a layer of mysterious religious color, but also brings a sense of history to this desert Buddhist country. A kind of artistic conception of heaven and earth, which is ancient and eternal, stirs up and down in the chest.

But this Buddhist country is dead.

The Buddhist kingdom was quiet and empty, not a single person could be seen.

Only the stone statues of Buddha that have remained unchanged for thousands of years bear witness to the former glory of this place.

In fact, Jin An was not surprised that a big rift valley appeared here. He had long guessed that the basin in the desert had been an ocean or a huge lake in ancient times, and it was normal to have ravines.

"There are so many statues of gods and Buddhas here, and ancient vines and trees appeared in the desert. I even heard the sound of water flowing. Could it be that...this is the Kingdom of the Immortal God we have been looking for? That sound of water flowing is the source of all rivers in the desert. Eternal River?" Someone muttered in a daze.

Another person also looked at the scene in front of him with the same shock: "Some people say that the pure land in the Buddhist Kingdom refers to gold. If you ask me, so many grasses and trees can grow in the dry and exhausted desert. This is the pure land of the human world, and this is the other shore. It was the Buddha who saved the world from crossing the sea of ​​suffering to the other side where there is no suffering or hunger.”

As the words of these two people fell, many people joined in, thinking that this was the Pure Land of the Buddha, the Kingdom of the Immortal God they were looking for.

Jin An looked at these people who were a little too happy with cold eyes.

Everyone understands that water flows downward.

The canyon terrain here first rules out the theory of the origin of desert rivers.

The sources of desert rivers can be summarized in two main points. One is the melted snow water from the snow mountains, rushing down from the mountains; the other is the underground river.

There is a legend spread in the desert that there is also an endless ocean under the endless desert. It is the melted snow from the snow-capped mountains that has flowed into the ground for thousands of years, and gradually formed an endless ocean. However, no one has been able to find the entrance to the underground ocean. It is another special world used by gods to protect desert animals.

There is the sound of water in this canyon. It should be that a tributary of an underground river is passing by.

As for why there is so much vegetation here?

But don’t forget, there once was an oasis here, and a brilliant civilization was born here. The sunshine in the canyon is not strong, the evaporation of water vapor is not large, and there are tributaries of underground rivers passing through it. It makes sense that this place can become a small world of its own.

But Jin An later learned that he had guessed everything wrong, and that this Buddhist country was not as simple as it seemed.

Those who were discussing excitedly were all from Yan Kuan's side. Although Jin An had a suspicion in his mind, he was too lazy to waste time explaining. Master Yan and the mountain guard are not fools, and they should have seen this a long time ago.

Standing on the edge of the cliff and overlooking the miracles of the Buddhist Kingdom, I marveled at how hard these ancient desert kingdoms were able to build such a vast Buddhist kingdom in the desert. I muttered in my heart that religious belief is indeed invincible, and then turned around and walked towards the camel caravan next to me. .

Those camels were not their camels, but were left behind by the man who jumped off the cliff before and disappeared.

After inspecting some of the items carried on the camels, Jin An was relieved to find out that these camels actually belonged to those from the northern grasslands.

Seeing Jin An walking towards the camels, Mr. Yiyun also turned around curiously and walked over: "I just listened to Yan Kuan's people's discussion. They are going to go to the Buddhist Kingdom in the canyon to replenish water and wild fruits. Why don't you go to the Buddhist Kingdom with them to replenish the water? , instead of coming here to dig through the things carried by these camels?"

Hearing this, Jin An laughed happily and said: "These camels belong to those people from the northern grasslands. The terrain in the canyon is complicated. Who knows if there are ambushes or other hidden dangers. It's not as fast as grabbing them directly."

While he was talking, he put the water bag on the camel's back like an ant moving, and put it on the three camels of Old Sadiq. When he couldn't put it down anymore, he put it on the back of Mr. Yiyun's camel team, tossing it back and forth. Huh.

"Those northern grassland tribes harass our border gates in autumn and winter. They burn, kill, and plunder the border residents every year. This is my way of collecting some interest in advance for their crimes."

"Master Yiyun, don't be stunned. You and Qi Bo should also empty the water bags together. Call Ai Maimaiti and they will come to carry the water together. When Yan Kuan and others react, they won't be able to share it. "

Well.

Young Master Yiyun watched Jin An keep moving water bags like a little money man, and was also amused by Jin An's appearance. She smiled and said: "Aren't you afraid that this water was poisoned in advance and put here deliberately? ?”

Jin An was still carrying water: "What are you afraid of? Mark these water bags and let the silly sheep test the poison before each drink. Anyway, it is as strong as a cow, and a little poison can't knock it down. It has tried it before. Poison, it has the most experience in this area.”

Goat: "What?"

The three old Sadiks on the side felt cold sweat dripping from their foreheads.

Mr. Yiyun also joined in moving water: "You are not suspicious at all when such a majestic Buddhist kingdom appears in the desert? Are you not at all curious to go see what secrets this Buddhist kingdom has? Maybe the Nine Faces we are looking for The Buddha is hiding in this Buddhist country to practice?"

Jin An glanced at Yan Kuan and others who were still discussing countermeasures on the edge of the cliff: "We came to the desert to find the Kingdom of the Immortal God. If there is the Kingdom of the Immortal God, there will be the Nine-Faced Buddha."

"Moreover, since we entered the desert basin, the Guchi Kingdom, the Wuer clan, and the Baizu people we met along the way are each more crazy than the last. This Buddhist country is probably not simple either. I think it will be even more crazy than the Wuer clan and the Baizu people. More dangerous."

"So after we got the water, we continued along the ancient river. No matter what secrets there are in this Buddhist kingdom, finding the Kingdom of the Immortal God is our first priority."

Mr. Yiyun nodded thoughtfully.

Then he raised his eyes and looked at Jin An: "I didn't expect that Taoist Jin An's mind is still an exquisite one."