Question, Understand, Become a Holy Lord

Besides, it doesn't feel bad to have someone standing in front of you...

"Of course it means literally." Bai Hen said to Kansuke with a grin, his eyes glowing red. "Don't you want to be redeemed after death? I can give you a chance of eternal life. As long as you think you have not been redeemed, you will live forever. How about this? Is this condition good enough?"

Kansuke admitted that he was tempted for a moment, but his mind told him that eternal life could never be a good thing. He shook his head again and again: "No! No need! People like me are not worthy of salvation. My best fate is to die on the side of the road."

"This is the favor given to you by the gods, you have to accept this choice with joy, although I cannot be called a god yet." Bai Hen raised his right hand and touched Kansuke's head through the air. Kansuke's body merged with the stone under him, and soon only a face appeared on the surface of the stone.

"Celebrate, you have achieved eternal life until you truly repent. Then, I will send you to your place of redemption!" Under Kansuke's horrified gaze, Bai Hen kicked the stone away, and it flew into the distant lake and sank to the bottom of the lake.

"Let's go, Kikyo, Bailing Mountain is not far away." These were the last words Kansuke heard before he flew away.

Chapter 44 Bailing Mountain

The two walked quietly on the path, and the setting sun stretched their shadows very long.

"You've known about his existence for a long time, right?" Although she was asking, Kikyo said it in a positive tone.

"Hmm." Bai Hen did not deny it.

"Something unexpected happened to Master Bai Xin." Kikyo understood Bai Hen's style more and more. She knew that something must have happened to Master Bai Xin and he did not become a Buddha smoothly. The reason why Bai Hen brought her here was because Master Bai Xin had something that could help her.

Baihen didn't respond to Kikyo's words: "I finally came back to life, isn't it a waste to keep thinking about returning to the underworld?"

"Even my soul has been reincarnated. Can I still be considered alive in this fake body? The dead should not stay in the world. This is the rule of the world."

Kikyo has let go of her obsession with Inuyasha and has long since let go of her own life, so during this period of time, she does not care about the loss of her spiritual power, and no longer deliberately abides by the rules of the shrine maiden, wanting to walk the last journey of her life freely.

Although she was indeed very grateful for everything Bai Hen had done for her, that was why she had been guarding Bai Hen diligently for some time. It was not only because of her duty as the former guardian of the Four Soul Jade, but also out of gratitude to Bai Hen.

But she still did not change her mind. After everything was over, she returned to dust and no longer interfered with the world of the living.

However, the appearance of Kansuke added a little desire in her heart. A person who has done evil all his life also dreams of being redeemed at the end of his life, and believes that Bai Xinshang can bring him relief.

So where is her salvation? Does Baihen want to be the one who saves her?

"The answer I want is with Master Bai Xin, right?" Kikyo asked a new question without waiting for Bai Hen to respond to the previous sentence.

"I don't know." Bai Hen gave an excellent answer.

Kikyo raised an eyebrow and looked at Baihen: "Hmm?"

"Do you really think of me as an omniscient god? Maybe I could give you a definite answer in the past, but now I just don't know." Human hearts are complicated and fickle. Bai Hen understands the former Kikyo because all of Kikyo's mental states have long been thoroughly analyzed.

But as for the current Kikyo, although Bai Hen can guess most of her thoughts, he does not dare to boast that he completely understands Kikyo's heart.

"Oh, really?" Kikyo seemed a little happy, and even her tone became cheerful.

"The moon is out. Let's rest nearby today." Bai Hen likes the starry sky very much. He likes the vastness of the starry sky, the brightness of the starry sky, and he likes the endless possibilities in the starry sky even more.

"What are we having for dinner tonight?" Seeing Bai Hen changing the subject again, Kikyo did not pursue the question. At this moment, she had already gotten the answer she wanted. She would talk about the rest after meeting Master Bai Xin. Dinner was more important now.

"We're going to have hotpot tonight. Can you handle spicy food?" Bai Hen took out a small simmering hotpot from the shadows.

"You can try it." Kikyo looked expectantly at Baihen taking out various ingredients from the shadow.

"My shadow didn't have a fresh-keeping function before, so the ingredients were all deep-frozen. The taste might be a little bad. I'll treat you to something better next time." The base material was also packed in ordinary bags. There was nothing special about it, but the fragrance still spread quickly, forcing Platycodon to add another layer of barrier to prevent the smell from leaking out.

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"What a powerful barrier, is this Bailing Mountain?" The function of the barrier is very simple, which is the most common to drive away monsters and people with evil thoughts, but the Bailing Mountain barrier is the only one Kikyo has ever seen in her life, both in terms of scope and strength.

"Master Bai Ling was close to becoming a Buddha during his lifetime, so it's no surprise that he has this kind of ability." Bai Hen was always full of respect for such people who were close to being saints.

However, respect does not mean no opinion. After all, Kikyo's performance in the original trajectory was enough to be called a saint. But Bai Hen still felt offended. Now he is just taking advantage of Master Bai Xin a little bit. I believe that Master will understand.

"Can your heart full of desire get in?" Kikyo said to Baihen with a smile on her face.

"My heart and my actions are as clear as a mirror, and everything I do is just!" It's just a small barrier, how could it possibly stop him from - stepping!

Unexpectedly, the resistance was so great. Fortunately, Bai Hen reacted in time and asked Zhi Ling to help cover his heart. Only then did he successfully step into the barrier after a short pause.

Bai Hen looked at Kikyo confidently: "How about it, even Bai Xinshang recognizes my pure heart."

"Yes, yes--." Kikyo also easily passed through the barrier without being blocked by the barrier like in the original plot.

Since Kikyo didn't expose it on the spot, just assume that she didn't notice it. If you bring up the past later, the timing will have passed. As everyone knows, you can no longer respond to the effect if you miss the timing.

The Bailing Mountain shrouded in the barrier seemed to be a completely different world from the outside world. There was no war, no demons, and people had almost no evil thoughts in their hearts. It could be said to be a perfect paradise. Just by walking in the mountains, Kikyo could feel the unique atmosphere of this world.

"Pure is impure, impure is pure.

Good is evil, and evil is good.

Life is death, death is life.

On the land of Master Bai Xin, Bailing Mountain is the home of the holy monk..."

"What is this?" Hearing the faint singing coming from afar, Kikyo asked, suppressing the throbbing in her heart.

"This is a nursery rhyme from Bailing Mountain. Of course, it was created to commemorate Master Bai Xinshang." Bai Hen gave the answer.

"I want to hear what people say about my beloved Bai, and then go meet him." Kikyo gave Bai Hen an opinion that was not an opinion, because she knew that Bai Hen would definitely agree, or this was exactly what Bai Hen would be happy to see.

The villagers of Bailing Mountain warmly welcomed Kikyo and Baihen, and did not give Baihen any special treatment just because he did not have any hidden dragon horns.

The Bai Xinshang that Kikyo learned from the villagers' door was just as powerful, selfless and kind as what the outside world said. In fact, the Bai Xinshang described by the villagers was even more perfect than what the outside world said.

"Excuse me, what does the nursery rhyme in Bailing Mountain mean?" Kikyo asked the question she wanted to know most.

"Well... to be honest, we don't really know. No one can tell when this nursery rhyme appeared. After it appeared, it spread naturally." The villagers looked at each other, not knowing the origin and meaning of the song.

"Thank you for your answers. We are sorry to bother you. We will leave soon." Amid the villagers' warm farewell, Kikyo left with Baihen, who had been watching.

Chapter 45: Bai Xin Shang Ren (4000 chapters)

"Has Naraku been here? He has made a backup plan in Bailing Mountain so early." Bai Hen was a little surprised when he saw the attitude of Master Bai Xin.

"Oh, so Naraku is dead?" Master Bai Xin opened his eyes and looked at the two uninvited guests with his haggard face. It was difficult to hear his thoughts in his calm voice.

"An empty shell full of vitality and a human being whose soul has been stained with darkness but has not been polluted. What a wonderful combination. So why are you two here today? Are you here to rebuke me, or to be rebuked by me?" Master Bai Xin stared at the two of them with his dim eyes.

"To be honest, I didn't quite understand the purpose of this trip before I met you, but after meeting you, I have some questions I want to ask you." It has been rumored for a long time that the saint who was spotless during his lifetime now appeared in front of her in this fallen appearance and was involved with Naraku. Kikyo knew why Baihen brought her here.

"What's that look in your eyes? Do you want to see through my heart?" Master Bai Xin noticed Kikyo's eyes and asked sternly.

"Even if I don't look, your heart has been exposed." The barrier that still covers the entire Bailing Mountain is the best answer to Bai Xinshang's inner thoughts.

"But I want to hear your thoughts with my own ears." Kikyo walked in front of Master Bai Xin.

After a brief silence, Master Bai Xin slowly spoke: "I saved many people without hesitation during my lifetime. No matter they were good people, bad people, men, women, old people or children, I saved them all equally."

"I passed away because of the famine that lasted for several years. Because the whole country was filled with corpses, epidemics arose. With this thought in mind, while I was helping the sick, I fell ill myself."

"People gathered around, sad, lamenting, full of fear. I had to answer them: 'Don't worry, everyone, I will become a living Buddha and protect the people of this land forever.'"

"After that, I was buried in the ground under everyone's watch as agreed. The only thing connecting me to the outside world was a trachea for breathing."

What Master Bai Xin said here is basically the same as the legend circulating in the outside world.

"I kept ringing the bell under the ground, so that when the bell stopped ringing, it would inform everyone that I was dead. Everyone was praying outside, hoping that I would pass away soon, hoping that I would die..."

Kikyo understood her beloved's feelings. Once upon a time, she was also asked by everyone to rest in peace again and return to the underworld. Such memories were full of despair and pain.

"For the first time, regret swept through my heart, and my obsession with survival and fear of darkness poured out of my heart."

"'I have served the world with all my heart, but why must I die?' With this question and resentment, I died."

"My remains became a living Buddha as people expected, but my soul has not been redeemed and is still stuck in that suffocating darkness."

"Then, that man showed up."

"Naraku told me that I could hate. Foolish people made me a saint, not allowing me any sadness or confusion. They forced me to promise them to become a living Buddha in the earth, and then threw me into the lonely darkness, expecting me to die."

"Those are the words that I have buried deep in my heart, but I just can't say them out loud." When Master Bai Xin said this, his emotions seemed to fluctuate a little.

"He told me that I could drop my pretense, walk with him, and live with him; he told me that I could hate, hate the world, and hate the world."

"It's ridiculous, isn't it? A saint who saves the world and forgives the world would die in confusion and pain, and in the end his soul would be saved by a monster like Naraku. You are the ones who defeated and killed Naraku, but unfortunately I don't even have the ability to avenge him." Master Bai Xin said in a self-deprecating tone.

"Have I been saved?" Kikyo whispered. His completely unconcealable sadness had clearly filled the entire space, but he still didn't have the courage to face himself?

"I am not a saint. I knew this the moment before I died." Master Bai Xin said slowly.

"Did you call yourself a saint?" The white trace that had been there for a long time reconnected with OMO.

"I have never claimed to be a saint, nor do I think I am qualified to be a saint."

"You are certainly not qualified to decide whether you are a saint, and no one is qualified to crown himself a saint." Upon hearing this, Master Bai Xin slightly widened his dim eyes and looked at Bai Hen.

"Why can't a person who does what a saint does throughout his life and is recognized by everyone be called a saint? Is it because saints also have confusion and fear in their hearts? Is it because even if there are human emotions in their hearts, they can still walk on the right path, that they should be called saints?" Bai Hen said this not only to Master Bai Xin, but also to Kikyo.

Bai Xinshang, Kikyo was silent for a moment.

Kikyo was the first to break the deadlock of silence: "I was the same when I was alive. I tried not to get lost and make mistakes."

"Sure enough, are you also a deceased person?" Kikyo's existence was too strange, which made Bai Xinshang guess about it before but he had never been able to confirm it. Now that he knew the answer, he was not surprised.

"So I understand your pain to some extent. People are always confused, so they want to become noble."

"I failed to become a Buddha during my lifetime. My obsession with survival has caused my soul to fall into hell." These were the only words that Master Bai Xin could say in response.

"It's not shameful to shed tears for cherishing life." Kikyo responded gently.

"Do you want to appease my soul? But no matter what you want to say, my soul that was buried alive and filled with resentment and hatred cannot be redeemed." Master Bai Xin still insisted.

"I don't think that I, a mere priestess or a ghost who also appears with resentment, can save your soul. I just want to know, what are you sad about?"

"You mean...sadness?" Master Bai Xin opened his eyes wide in disbelief.

"Even though I'm so close to you, all I can feel is sadness, not resentment or hatred. Why are you crying?" He was clearly feeling sad from the bottom of his heart, but he still used the non-existent resentment and hatred as a fig leaf and was unwilling to face his own heart.

Bai Xinshang was like this, was she like this too? Kikyo couldn't help but question herself.

"By the way, I wanted to pass away peacefully as a saint, but the opposite happened. I don't want to know my own weaknesses at all. I am crying because I was defeated by my inner weakness." Master Bai Xin lowered his head and hid his face in the shadows.

Kikyo said in a sad tone: "You must have been in a lot of pain at that time."

Master Bai Xin said in a choked voice: "It's very painful..."

Kikyo soothed Bai Xinshang's crying soul with a gentle tone: "You have done enough for people, please...please set yourself free."

"Is this okay?" Master Bai Xin murmured.

"Okay."

Hearing Kikyo's affirmative answer, Bai Xinshang closed his eyes in peace, and his body gradually turned into...

"Wait!" Bai Hen hurriedly interrupted the ascension ceremony of Bai Xinshang and forcibly kept Bai Xinshang, whose body had become translucent.

"?" It didn't feel good to be dragged back halfway through flying. Bai Xinshang looked at Bai Hen with a question mark on his face. Even Kikyo was confused by Bai Hen's operation.

"Master Bai, please give me some time. It won't be too late to ascend to heaven after you help me solve some doubts." Bai Hen said with a smile on his face.

Master Bai Xin wanted to take back what he said at the beginning. This man's soul must have been completely black a long time ago. Even an old man like him who had died once and half died a second time was forced to stay and work overtime.

"Then do you have anything else to ask?" Master Bai Xin's good upbringing allowed him to quickly regain his composure to face Bai Hen.

Bai Hen was not polite and went straight to the point: "What does it feel like to become a Buddha?"

"I have not become a Buddha." This is also one of the few regrets that Master Bai Xin has at this moment.

"I know. Now what?" Kikyo finally understood Baihen's meaning, and her beautiful eyes widened slightly in surprise.

"I..." Bai Xinshang wanted to repeat himself, but he suddenly realized that the person in front of him was not the kind of person who would do meaningless things casually.

So Master Bai Xin closed his eyes and felt with his heart.

'It's so chaotic outside, but we can still find such a paradise here, all thanks to Master Bai Xin.'

"Master Bai, please bless me and Xiaochun to have a smooth relationship."

"Master Bai, I was wrong. I shouldn't have lost my temper with Sanlang and caused him to get hurt in the mountains. Please keep him safe."

"My dear Bai, I..."

"My dear Bai..."

"What is this?" Master Bai Xin opened his eyes in shock. He actually heard the voices of all the villagers in Bailing Mountain.

Prayers, thanksgiving, confession, or simply daily greetings, the sound flowed continuously from his heart, accompanied by a strange power that warmed his dry and cold body.

"For a person who can turn into a devil just because of a little guilt, becoming a Buddha doesn't seem to be a particularly difficult thing, right?" Bai Hen handed over a mirror and asked Bai Xinshang to see what he looked like now.

Master Bai Xin looked at himself in the mirror. His withered face and dim eyes had disappeared, replaced by the familiar face of his youth. His complexion even looked rosier than when he was alive.