Thunder, lightning, gale, torrential rain, seemed to be howling incessantly beside his ears, his mind was in chaos, muddle-headed, seemed to be unable to distinguish who exactly he was? Just that in the intense pain, he felt waves of wind and rain brushing past him, heading towards an unknown place.
Someone beside him seemed to be speaking, that voice was unfamiliar, sounded anxious, indistinctly heard, "He seems a little not right, quickly take a look?"
An icy cold hand roamed around his body to check, the next moment stunned said, "Why is he so heavily injured?"
The person beside angrily said, "Rubbish, he is under that Zhu Xian sword, you think …"
He did not hear the rest of the words clearly, because at this moment a wave of dizziness hit his head, almost fainted, in his daze, he could only indistinctly feel the sky was still rumbling, the thunder rumbling.
The person beside him seemed shocked, quickly checked, that icy cold breath on his hand, made him slightly sober, heard that person anxiously said, "Oh no, his forehead is burning hot, I'm afraid he is having a high fever …"
So he was having a fever?
This was Ghost Li's last thought, after which, he fainted again, lost consciousness.
A rumble, woke him up from his unconscious state, his first reaction was that it was still the thunder rumbling in the sky. Just that for some reason, although he was slightly awake but it was still darkness before him, he tried his best to open his eyes to look around but to his shock, his eyelids were still shut, unable to open his eyes.
Following which, an intense pain was felt, but it was not from his heavily injured chest, but from his throat, he subconsciously moved his mouth, hoarsely and softly called out, "Water …"
There seemed to be no one around, leaving him alone helplessly lying on the ground, the thirst in his throat was getting more and more intense, like a fire burning. His lips moved slightly, without knowing where the strength came from, he moved his body slightly and the consciousness in his mind, seemed to be more awake.
"Ah!" Suddenly, a voice came from the side. This voice was different from usual, but it was as if he had heard it before. There was a hint of surprise in the tone of the voice. "You're awake. Senior Brother, come quickly, he's awake …"
The surroundings suddenly quietened down, the next moment footsteps swiftly neared, walked to Ghost Li. Ghost Li struggled to open his eyes again but for some reason, this time, all his strength was gone, he could only vaguely see two figures crouching beside him and behind them, there seemed to be a few more black figures. As for their faces, he could not see any of them clearly.
"Water …" He once again whispered.
This time, the people around him understood.
"Quick, bring the water, quickly."
His footsteps were hurried as he ran back and forth. After a short while, someone ran over. Then, a cold hand carefully lifted his head and a bowl-like object was placed next to his lips.
The clear water, touched his cracked lips, Ghost Li's face muscles twitched, opened his mouth with great effort and drank the water. The clear water entered his throat, like a sweet spring sprinkled into dry land, and dry land.
Ghost Li heaved a sigh of relief, immediately a wave of tiredness hit him and again fell asleep.
The people beside were shocked, immediately someone came over to take his pulse, after a while he heaved a sigh of relief, said, "It's not a big deal, his injuries are too serious and he also has a fever, his physical strength is completely exhausted, right now his life is not in danger."
Once the words were said, the surrounding people seemed to be relieved, and then, someone seemed to look at Ghost Li, gently sighed.
This sleep, not knowing how much time had passed, Ghost Li woke up a few times but after a moment of consciousness he immediately fell asleep again, in his impression, he only remembered that there was always someone beside him watching over him.
Indistinctly, he saw many people, his parents when he was young, the innocent and beautiful senior sister, the unforgettable BiYao, Lu XueQi, and many, many people, all flashed past before him, once, he even felt that he saw Tian Yin Temple FaXiang, FaShan senior and junior brothers, sitting beside him, chanting sutras to Buddha for him.
At that time he smiled bitterly but even he himself did not know, this bitter smile of his, whether his face could show it, maybe, it was after all just a dream.
It was as if this upside-down life was like a dream or an illusion!
Why chant sutras for me?
Chanting, what was the use?
In Ghost Li's moment of consciousness, he quietly thought about it in his mind, and then, he fainted again.
[Dong... dong... dong... dong...]
As if a deep bell reverberated in the horizon, unhurriedly travelled over, waking him up from his deep nightmare. That deep bell sound, from far to near, slowly, seemed to strike into his heart.
For the first time, he did not have the impulse to open his eyes, and just quietly laid there, not thinking, not caring, where was he, what world was outside him?
In the great thousand worlds, right now only waves of deep bell sounds were left.
[Dong... Dong... Dong... Dong...]
The bell sound was melodious, as if it would never stop, and just kept on striking. He listened attentively, breathing calmly, all his attention was immersed in the gentle sound, unwilling to leave.
How long had it been, this was the first time he was lying down without any worries.
Who knew, the days of carrying so many burdens, what kind of pain it was?
Just that, this small world, in the end also could not last for long. A series of footsteps from far to near, walking towards where he was, disrupted his train of thought.
That bell sound which was striking in his heart, suddenly seemed to be far away from him, in a moment far away at the horizon.
Silence, sighing …
Slowly, he opened his eyes.
Buddha!
This was the first thing he saw.
A huge 'Buddha' word, hanging high on the roof, surrounding this word, a circle of golden patterns encircled it, and then along the periphery, circles of meticulously carved five hundred Arhats, forming another big circle. The Arhats were all of the same size but their expressions and figures were all different, arranged in rows, incomparably proper. And then, outside the big circle was a blue bottom black edge suspended ceiling, two chi higher than the 'Buddha' word circle in the middle. The style of the painting was also different, it was square squares, each square one chi square, with golden edges, inside were drawings of Qilin, phoenix, golden dragon, goat etc Buddhist auspicious beasts. These drawings, were the same in every square.
Although he was not an expert in carving and architecture but with one look, Ghost Li knew that this was a work of uncanny craftsmanship. On the roof, in this inner circle surrounding the 'Buddha' word, two golden chains hung down, with an everlasting lamp hanging upside down. Looking up from below, it was roughly a three chi large copper basin, most likely filled with lamp oil.
Ghost Li frowned, turned his head and looked around, this place looked very much like a meditation room in a temple, the room was rather spacious, the four corners were big red painted pillars, the floor was paved with green bricks, the door was made of paulownia wood, on each side there was a window, similarly painted in red, looking very solemn. On one side of the wall, a painting of Guanyin holding a pure water jade bottle, below it was an incense table, on it were four plates of fruits, respectively pears, apples, oranges, oranges; in front of the fruits was a copper stove, three sticks of thin sandalwood were inserted, wisps of light smoke were rising, drifting in the air.
And on the other side of the wall, was where Ghost Li was. There was a wooden bed, simple and sturdy, without any other decorations, most likely monks did not care about these kinds of things. The room was also simple, other than the mentioned things, there was only a round table in the middle, surrounded by four round stools. The table was all black, on the table were teapots and teacups, plain and simple porcelain.
And at this moment, the footsteps had already reached the door, the meditation room's door, with a sound, was pushed open from the outside, a person strided in. Ghost Li looked at him, couldn't help but was stunned, it was an unfamiliar young monk, his hand holding a wooden tray, on it was a new teapot, he walked in but did not look at Ghost Li, instead walked straight to the table in the room, swapped the teapot on the table with the one on the wooden tray.
"Who... are you?" Ghost Li opened his mouth to ask, but he had only said a word, suddenly felt pain in his throat, although it was not as intense as the last time when he was unconscious, but it was still extremely uncomfortable, his voice immediately turned hoarse.
Even so, it gave the little monk a fright, immediately turned around, in his haste, he almost overturned the wooden tray in his hand.
"Ah! You are awake? " The little monk seemed rather surprised but his eyes were filled with joy, smiled and said, "Then wait a moment, I will immediately call senior brother and the rest over to see you."
Speaking, he was about to run out of the door, Ghost Li towards his back, asked in a hoarse voice, "Little master, may I ask, where is this place?"
The little monk turned his head and smiled, his expression innocent and delicate, smiled and said, "Here? Of course this is Tian Yin Temple! "
Tian Yin Temple!
Ghost Li was stunned, as if he was struck by lightning. The little monk ran off, most likely to call for the others, leaving Ghost Li lying back on the bed, his mind in a mess.
Tian Yin Temple …
He was bewildered but for some reason, there was another sense of bitterness, rising from deep in his heart.
Tian Yin Temple... Tian Yin Temple... PuZhi …
Voices were heard indistinctly from afar, at the same time a few footsteps were walking towards the meditation room, someone seemed to be quietly asking the little monk something, that little monk was obviously young, innocent and lively, laughing incessantly as he answered.
For some reason, listening to those questions and answers, Ghost Li for a moment was in a daze, not thinking about his current situation, not thinking about the past grudges, at this moment, he suddenly envied this ordinary little monk for no reason. With his innocent and lively look, perhaps he still did not know that there is also bitterness and hatred in the world?
Young and ignorant, but in these many years, is it the happiest days for us?
The footsteps stopped abruptly, just outside the door, someone said to the little monk, "You do not need to go in, why don't you go to the backyard and inform Abbot Master, that Zhang Xiaofan patron is already awake."
The little monk smiled and said, "Alright. But Fazzan Shixiong, you have promised to teach me Great Brahman Wisdom, you cannot go back on your words. "
The person outside the door smiled and said, "Little guy, so greedy, quickly go, I have promised you, naturally I will not go back on my words."
The little monk was obviously very happy. He chuckled and skipped away. The wooden door opened, in the creaking sound, as if someone paused outside the door, took a deep breath and then, walked in.
It was indeed Fazzan, and behind him, it was still that tall and big monk, FaShan.
Dressed in White Moon Monk robe, fair and clean face, holding prayer beads in his hand, FaXiang's appearance, seemed to not have changed at all in these ten years. He slowly walked towards the wooden bed where Ghost Li was lying, when he reached the bed, his eyes met with Ghost Li's, both of them, did not speak.
The atmosphere in the room, for a moment, was a little strange, after a moment, FaXiang's lips revealed a trace of smile, placed his palms together and bowed to Ghost Li, said, "Zhang patron, you are awake?"
Ghost Li's eyes twitched, suddenly coldly said, "My surname is not Zhang, I have long forgotten that name."
FaXiang's expression did not change, only looked at Ghost Li, after a while, softly said, "Whatever name you use is naturally up to you, just that, if you don't even want your surname, have you thought about how you are worthy to the parents who gave birth to and raised you?"
Ghost Li's countenance changed, snorted but did not say anything, turned his head and did not look at him anymore.
FaXiang also did not blame him, both him and FaShan, when they looked at this Evil Faction sorcerer who was despised by the world's Good Faction, their eyes were filled with kindness. FaShan moved two chairs from the round table behind him, placed it beside the bed, quietly said, "Senior brother please take a seat."
FaXiang nodded, sat down on the chair, looked at Ghost Li, said, "How do you feel now?"
Ghost Li did not need him to ask, in fact he had already secretly checked his body, the ribs that were fractured from the serious injury had been completely reconnected, right now it was wrapped with thick bandages, obviously to help stabilize it, as for the many external injuries on his shoulders, all of them were also bandaged, although there was pain coming from the wounds but indistinctly there was a cooling sensation, evidently the wounds were covered with excellent medicine to have such an effect.
FaXiang saw that he did not reply but was not angry, smiled and said, "When you were unconscious, I had already helped you to reconnect your broken bones, the other external injuries are not serious, just that your internal organs are heavily injured and must be carefully recuperated before you can fully recover, luckily your body is strong, if not even a highly skilled person, with such serious injuries, I'm afraid you will also not be spared."
He paused for a while, and said, "Just now my little junior brother also told you! This place is Tian Yin Temple, other than a few people in our temple, no one in the world knows that you are here, so it is very safe. You just have to focus on recuperating here … "
Ghost Li suddenly interrupted his words, looked straight into his eyes and said, "It was you all who saved me?"
FaXiang's smile froze for a moment, as if hesitating, he turned and looked at FaShan, FaShan lowered his head, softly chanted.
FaXiang turned back, no longer hesitating, nodded and said, "Yes."
Ghost Li snorted, said, "Don't tell me you all don't know, if your actions are known by Qing Yun sect, what kind of situation would it be?"
FaXiang indifferently said, "Of course I know."
Ghost Li sneered and said, "Since it is so, why did you still go behind your teacher's back to save me this Evil Sect sorcerer?"
FaXiang glanced at him, for some reason, his gaze was somewhat strange.
Ghost Li frowned and said, "What are you looking at?"
FaXiang smiled and said, "How do you know, I definitely went behind my teacher's back to save you?"
Ghost Li was stunned, said, "What?"
FaXiang leisurely said, "Qing Yun sect at that time the seven branches leaders were all extraordinary, each of them had their own extraordinary points. Return of the Wind Valley leader Zeng ShuChang was also one of them, that day when I fought with him, to hold him back and not expose our sect's skills in a short period of time, this level of skills, I am sure I am still unable to do it. "
Ghost Li stared at FaXiang, stared for a long time, FaXiang faced him calmly, his smile unchanging. After a long time, Ghost Li suddenly closed his eyes and did not look at FaXiang anymore.
FaXiang nodded and said, "You have yet to recover from your serious injuries, you still need more rest."
Ghost Li closed his eyes, suddenly said, "Why did you all save me?"
FaXiang was silent for a moment, indifferently said, "This question, I cannot answer you."
Ghost Li inhaled deeply, said, "Why?"
FaXiang quietly chanted a Buddhist mantra, said, "You don't have to be anxious, after a few days when your injuries are better, naturally someone will tell you."
Ghost Li opened his eyes, frowned and said, "Who?"
FaXiang's lips moved, seemed to hesitate again but eventually still said, "There is no harm in telling you, it is my teacher, TianYin Temple Abbot PuHong Master!"
Ghost Li was stunned for a moment, the next moment, he looked at FaXiang's face and knew that he would not be able to get any more information, simply let out a long sigh, buried his head and laid down.
The melodious bell sounds from afar, once again faintly travelled over.
[Dong... Dong... Dong... Dong...]
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