Chapter 222 The Sweetheart on Bailing Mountain
In the courtyard of the mountain temple in the depths of Mount Bailing, Aomori and Kikyo met the white lady in a monk's robe sitting on a black lotus platform.
The courtyard is filled with aura, which is higher than the concentration of the outside world. The monsters dare not enter, which saves them a lot of effort.
"The Buddha? Is he the Sweetheart?" Kikyo asked in surprise.
"It's true." Aomori stared at the solemn but terrifying face of the mummy, and nodded.
Sweetheart Baixin's skull-like face suddenly became vivid, two bright yellow eyes grew out of the dark eye sockets, and a mouthful of big white teeth appeared on his mouth, opening and closing, making a hoarse voice: "Who are you? Why? To break into my holy place."
"Still alive?" Kikyo immediately denied what he said just now: "No, the body became a Buddha, but the mind cannot be detached. Did it stay in the body?"
"She is the witch Kikyo, and my name is Qingtian, a passing god." Looking at the white sweetheart who just woke up and seemed to be not working well, Aomori introduced.
"God?" Sweetheart Baixin was taken aback for a moment, and after carefully looking at Aomori, he found that he was a spirit body that was crystal clear and difficult to see clearly. It was different from the humans, monsters, ghosts, etc. that he had seen before. The high-level coercion, I have already believed 70% in my heart.
"God, is this so? It must be that my behavior violated the power of God and shamed the Buddha, so you came to punish me. But since you exist, why didn't you come to let me be free?!"
"God?" It was the first time Kikyo heard Aomori's self-reported family. Although she had seen Aomori's extraordinary, she didn't expect to be from a god.
"Don't get me wrong, those guys above don't care about your business." Aomori said, "I said, I'm just a **** passing by, and I felt something, so I came to kill demons."
"Slay demons and eliminate demons?" Sweetheart Bai Xin sighed, "Yes, I have become a demon."
"Why?" Kikyo asked puzzledly: "You were such a highly respected holy monk during your lifetime, why did you choose to help that fellow Naraku? With your cultivation, you shouldn't be able to see that Naraku is an evil monster, right?"
"Of course I can see it, but whether he is an evil monster has nothing to do with me, I just do it according to my inner thoughts."
"Thinking in your heart? What kind of thinking is it that made a generation of holy monks choose to abandon the human beings who have always believed in you, and to help the monster Naraku? I am curious." Aomori asked.
“During my lifetime, I did wholeheartedly want to help everyone I met, without any confusion in my heart.”
Master Bai Xin recalled, "People trust me, respect me, and regard me as a holy monk. However, I am still a human being after all. I have a mortal body, and birth, old age, sickness and death are inevitable. Finally, because of the long-term famine and epidemics at that time, I fell ill. gone."
"People were afraid of losing my protection, and they knelt by my bed and wept. I couldn't bear it, so I had to promise everyone and make a promise, saying that I would become a Living Buddha and protect and protect the people on this land. Later, I followed It was agreed to be buried alive in the ground under the watchful eyes of everyone."
"Is this why you became a Buddha in the flesh?" Kikyo sighed, she could already guess what happened next.
"Do you regret it?" Aomori said.
This is the first time he has used an honorific title in the dungeon world.
"Regret? No, I don't regret being buried alive and becoming a Living Buddha, because this is my true heart, and I am willing to dedicate my life to people. I don't regret it! I should not regret it."
Sweetheart Baixin continued: "At that time, I was put into a wooden barrel and buried in the ground. The only connection with the outside world was a bamboo tube for ventilation. I kept ringing the bell inside, this When I stopped, I told people that I was dead. Everyone was praying outside, hoping that I would pass away smoothly. Everyone, wanted me to die."
"In the seemingly eternal loneliness and darkness, I had the first thought of regret. I have been helping people all my life, but why did I die so lonely. I didn't want to die before!"
"There is great terror between life and death. It is human nature to be afraid of death, no wonder you." Aomori lowered his eyes and said lightly.
"No, I can't forgive myself for being like this." Sweetheart Bai Xin said hesitantly, as if he had returned to that time and became that hesitant self.
"My dead body has become a living Buddha, but my soul is trapped in darkness, and I will never escape."
"So, Naraku came here and used the darkness in your heart to let you do things for him?" Kikyo said with a look of compassion on his face.
"Yeah. He appeared next to my soul and said to me 'hate, hate, you can hate'. He was the first person to let me do what I wanted. I was moved by him, In order to resurrect, I accepted his invitation. He helped me resurrect, and I helped him set up this barrier."
"This is the reason for everything." Baixin looked at Aomori and Kikyo, and said, "A respected **** and a shrine maiden who has turned into a ghost and lived in the world, are you going to reprimand me?"
"I never waste my words, I only believe in strength." Aomori said, "However, for the sake of your sweetheart, let me just say a few words."
"I'm all ears."
"You are wrong, you should not put yourself in such a high position, you are just a human being, you have nothing more than others, so when saving others, you should not use yourself as a bargaining chip .My own life is also my life, and should be valued even if it is not inferior to others. Therefore, I will save myself first, and then save others.”
What Aomori said is exactly what he has been doing.
He is not a saint who sacrifices himself for others. He can only help others under the premise of ensuring his own safety.
"My life doesn't need to be humbled by others, should I be saved?" Sweetheart Baixin shed two lines of tears and wept, "Should I be saved even if it's me?"
"Of course." Aomori nodded.
"Really? So you agree with what I am doing now? Now I have been saved by Naraku."
"Is it really saved? Then what's the matter with this passing sadness?" Kikyo said.
"Sad? Yes, why am I so sad?" Sweetheart Baixin covered her face, tears streaming down uncontrollably.
"What is right and what is wrong. Am I supposed to be a saint and not have any reckless thoughts?"
Aomori shook his head and said: "No, you are not. Others can regard you as a saint, but you yourself can't take it seriously. It is arrogant for mere human beings to regard themselves as a saint. The perfect existence of a saint only needs to be respected. He moves closer, not replaces him."
Jiangyou also saw the knot in Baixin's heart, and said: "In this world, do there really exist saints who are pure and innocent, without confusion in their hearts?"
She thought of Kansuke, who was very evil when he was old, but hoped to be redeemed, and thought of Sleeping Bone, who was good on one side and evil on the other.
"Good and evil, one of them cannot completely disappear."
"However, I wanted to be that kind of saint when I was alive, and I have been working hard to do it." Bai Xinren said.
"It was the same when I was alive." Kikyo said with a touch of sadness, "Try hard to keep yourself from being confused and from making mistakes, so I can somewhat understand your pain. We can't become saints, we can only be like Mr. Qingtian As I said, just move closer to him and try to do your best, don't be harsh on yourself."
"No, it's not too late." She took two steps forward, walked to the lotus platform, looked into Sweetheart Bai's eyes, and said, "I want to touch your soul, can I?"
"Do you want to appease me? Witch dead? Impossible, my soul corrupted by darkness is impossible to be redeemed. Even if I can, please come, Lord God." Sweetheart Baixin looked at Aomori with conflicted eyes .
He hopes that Aomori can help him escape, but he doesn't want his life to be denied.
"No, let Miss Kikyo come." Aomori sighed, "Although I have the confidence to save you, the form is not very good, and you may not be able to accept it."
"I'm just a witch, and I don't expect to save you." Kikyo said, "I just want to feel your sorrow."
"Is it my sadness?" After looking at each other's clear eyes for a while, Mrs. Bai Xin finally nodded and floated down from the lotus platform.
Kikyo squatted down, opened her arms, gently embraced Mrs. Baixin into her arms, and put her hands on his shoulders.
"Even if I touch your soul like this, I can't feel your hatred, only sadness."
"Why? I should hate. Why is there only sadness?" Sweetheart Baixin murmured.
"This sadness is not for the people in the world, but for myself alone."
"For myself?" Sweetheart Baixin finally remembered, "Yeah, I originally wanted to become a real living Buddha and passed away, but it turned out to be counterproductive. I don't want to see my weakness. I cried because I was defeated by my inner weakness. .”
"You have always regarded yourself as a saint, and you have been suppressing your emotions. It is very painful." Kikyo said empathetically.
"Yes, I am in great pain." Sweetheart Bai had a sad expression.
"You have given enough for people, please set yourself free."
"Is this okay?"
"Okay, that's enough."
"Okay." Sweetheart Baixin showed a relaxed expression, and the whole body emitted a holy light, which finally turned into tiny light spots and rose to the sky.
Sweeper Baixin's soul, with the help of Kikyo, was successfully liberated.
‘As expected of Kikyo, if I’m allowed to come, I can only use physical supersession. '
Aomori sighed, looked at Kikyo who was silent, and said what he always wanted to say: "What about you, Kikyo? When will you let yourself be truly free."
"My freedom?" Kikyo looked at his snow-white palm and said softly, "Wait until Kanaraku and Inuyasha are done breaking up."
"What is the end? Kill Naraku, hand over Inuyasha to others? Can this really be an end? Ask yourself, what do you really want to do?"
"What do you really want to do? I don't know." Kikyo sighed, "Even if I can see clearly the heart of my sweetheart, I can't know what's in my heart."
‘Sure enough, Kikyo is extremely smart, not the kind of person who is easily persuaded. '
Aomori smiled indifferently, looked at the aura around him that quickly dissipated due to the liberation of Bai Xinshou, and said: "After the aura dissipates, the barrier will also be released. Let's go out and meet Inuyasha and the others first, so as not to wait for them to be killed." I accidentally wounded."
"Accidental injury?" Kikyo nodded and said, "Okay."
Aomori rolled Kikyo and himself with his thoughts, flew at full speed, and evacuated this place together.
"It's so slow, they." Inuyasha was at the foot of the mountain, impatiently waiting, and there was an uninvited obtrusive guy dangling in front of his eyes.
"Kagome, wait a minute, you have to watch my heroic appearance in defeating Naraku." Gang Fang said with a smile on his hips.
He came to Bailing Mountain, but couldn't get in, and then smelled the smell of Inuyasha, and came to the door.
"Hehe, good." Kagome said politely, sweating coldly, holding Qibao who was still fainting in her arms.
"Go away!" Inuyasha was not polite to him, and said directly: "Your injury is not healed yet, so don't go over and cause trouble for us, just stay here and watch us defeat Naraku!"
"I've healed that kind of minor injury a long time ago." Gangya rubbed his nose, and confronted Inuyasha without hesitation, "It's you, you look very weak. Did you fight with some female monster last night? Alright."
"What nonsense are you talking about!" The speaker had no intention of listening to the listener, Inuyasha remembered that he met with Kikyo last night, and looked at Kagome with some guilt, and found that she was looking at the mountain, as if she hadn't heard their conversation , could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Well, Inuyasha, look at your eyes better, and see if there is something wrong with it?" Kagome said, pointing to the mountainside.
"Where?" Inuyasha looked in the direction she was pointing at, and found that the white mist there was constantly rolling, and then it seemed to dissipate, and he could see the mountains, rocks and trees originally hidden in the mist.
"Aura is dissipating?"
"No mistake." Gang Ya nodded and said, "The aura around me is weakening, and my strength is recovering."
"It seems that Mr. Qingtian and the others succeeded." Maitreya walked over with Shan Shan and said.
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go up the mountain!" Inuyasha has already sharpened his sword and can't wait.
"good!"
Everyone was about to rush up the mountain together, but saw a white light flying down in front of them from above, and the figures of Aomori and Kikyo appeared from it.
"Kankyo?!"
"Mr. Qingtian?!"
"Well, fortunately, the enchantment was successfully broken by us." Aomori smiled and nodded to them and said: "But you can go up later."
"Huh? Why?"
"Because there are too many monsters, let me clear the scene first."
(end of this chapter)