"Master, who are the people who will fall into the endless hell?"

"No one is unjust, and all sentient beings are guilty."

"But the Buddha also said that the world is impermanent and there are all sentient beings."

"It is in the place of impermanence that we know sentient beings, and in the place of sentient beings we know all living beings. Congratulations, donor, where are you now?"

"Master, you haven't seen me sitting here on the threshold."

The ancient temple in the mountains was crowded with tourists. The old monk and I from the Ksitigarbha Hall of Chuanling Temple were sitting on the threshold outside the temple, chatting with each other. It was very interesting to go back and forth.

The temperature in the mountains was extremely cool, and it was very comfortable to breathe in the fresh air into my chest. I stretched my muscles lazily, and the old monk looked at me with a smile and said:

"Congratulations, donor, can you hold on now?"

I was stunned and looked at him.

The meaning of this sentence is to ask me whether I can keep the precepts now or not.

The Buddhists say that precepts are also called liberation. If you keep the precepts well, you can also be liberated and enter the path of Bodhisattva.

To put it more bluntly, this old man wanted to accept me as his disciple and become a monk with him.

How could I do this? I quickly waved my hand and laughed at myself:

"Hey, this can't last, Master, my six senses are full of filth. There are so many romances in this world, I haven't experienced enough yet."

The old monk was not upset after hearing this. He just smiled and said to himself:

"It seems that the poor monk asked too early."

"It's getting late. I'm already thirty-one. Even if I had wisdom in the past, I'm afraid it will be gone bald now. Master, please give up this idea."

I said this, but the monk didn't look at me, but looked at the other end of the corridor of the Buddhist hall. I followed his gaze, and a woman's figure appeared in front of me.

I sighed in my heart, but kept a calm expression on my face. The old monk stood up, and we put our hands together and bowed to each other.

Then, he entered the temple and walked towards his Bodhisattva.

But I stayed outside the hall and walked towards the woman.

"It's really here. Why are you so anxious? You don't even have to run to the mountain to find me."

I said as I walked, and when I came to Wenliang, her face was full of fatigue, and her chest was heaving and breathing heavily. I guess she had climbed a mountain.

But even so, I found that her eyes had been fixed on my face since I walked over.

She stood quietly and looked at me blankly. I touched my face and said, "Is there a flower on my face?"

She shook her head and asked, "Why did you get an appointment here?"

I smiled and said: "I want to lose weight recently, but I don't have the self-control, so I went to the mountain to eat vegetarian food for a while. You came just in time. The food in the temple should be in line with the diet of a big star like you to keep in shape. We will wait for you

Let’s try it together.”

"……good."

Wen Liang hesitated for a moment and then answered softly. In front of me, she never seemed to refuse anything.

This is not a place for chatting. We walked side by side in Chuanling Temple like tourists. We didn’t communicate during this period, but I knew that she must have something to say. Due to her status, we walked to the temple.

In a deserted pavilion in the back mountain, I leaned on the railing and looked down at the mountain scenery. I took out a cigarette from my bag, lit it, put it in my mouth, and took a deep breath.

"He...is gone."

Behind him, Wen Liang finally spoke hesitantly, his voice muffled.

"Who's missing?"

"...He Tianran."

"I'm right here."

I exhaled a puff of smoke and turned to look at her.

"I...I'm talking about another one..."

Wen Liang looked at me, saying this was a bit difficult.

I pretended to suddenly realize, "Ah, he... I know, I feel it."

"Feel?"

"Yes, it's just like the description in "Journey to the West" when Sun Wukong killed the six-eared macaque. It feels exactly the same."

I made a metaphor, but Wen Liang looked puzzled.

I didn't explain because I knew she was smart and she would eventually understand what I was saying.

"You don't like him?"

I know Wen Liang has also asked another He Tianran about this sentence.

"You should say, I don't like myself."

I corrected, Wen Liang's expression dimmed.

I raised the cigarette in front of my eyes and carefully looked at the flames burning on the cigarette butt. The smoke slowly blew out from my mouth and nose.

"Actually... it's not that I don't like it. If we look at it separately, he is braver than me, has fewer regrets than me, knows less than me, and believes more than me. He even acted out my stories.

It's very good. It's false to say I don't like it, and jealousy is real. But this kind of jealousy prevents me from feeling any hatred at all. Do you think I am a very contradictory person?"

I analyzed my emotions as I talked, and even I felt a little dazed. I rarely show this state in front of Wen Liang, but I believe that in this world, only she can understand.

There was silence in the small pavilion.

When he was a boy, every boy longed to be the lawless Monkey King. But when he put on a tight band, he left the flower and fruit mountain called "youth" and entered the society to experience the shackles of life.

After the Eleventh tribulation, someone became a Buddha and became mature and steady. He was respected by others, but his words were all changed.

Some people became demons, and in order to completely break the tight band, they bruised themselves all over. However, when they returned to Huaguo Mountain, they discovered that the place had become desolate and dilapidated, and it was no longer what they remembered.

As for most people, they have neither the qualifications to become a Buddha nor the courage to become a demon. Most of them are just wearing a tight band and running exhausted on the road to seek scriptures with no end in sight.

But no matter which of the above types of Sun Wukong he was, he didn't hesitate at all when he killed the six-eared macaque.

Even when Buddha saw it, he just sighed.

However, it is the lingering sound of this long sigh that seems to have passed through countless ancient times. It echoes in my ears and lingers for a long time.

This is how I feel about my other self.

"There will only be one He Tianran left in this world. The boy's existence only proves one thing that will happen no matter how many times he comes back, that is, he used his own disappearance in exchange for a correct future..."

I slowly revealed the truth, and the recovered memories swept through my mind again.

"You...what are you talking about?" Wen Liang was at a loss when he heard this sentence.

"The story is very simple. In fact, in September thirteen years ago, another story happened. I met a reborn girl. She turned a prank into a sweet dream. We fell in love, but in the end, she

She still left, leaving behind a me who was changed by her. This is what was not written in that book..."

"You also know the story that followed. Cao Aiqing and I were together, but the ending didn't end here. I traveled to the future and saw another version of myself and the one I longed for. I don't know how she became.

She was reborn from the future, but I know that she paid a heavy price to go back to the past. I feel sorry for her and don’t want her to be reborn again..."

"It's just that, as a person who may disappear at any time after time travel, what can I do in this black and white world? After thinking about it, I finally came up with a plan - I want to start everything over again, I want to become

Another me, so I can continue to stop her."

"I went back to September thirteen years ago again, forgetting everything that happened, all the misfortunes began to happen to me again, I forgot my love for her, and all that was left in my heart was the great humiliation... This

This hatred made me gradually become sullen, resentful, and unwilling, and finally, I became the He Tianran I hated the most."

At this point, the cigarette in my hand had burned to the end, so I threw it on the ground and stepped on it hard.

"Over the years, I have continued to take advantage of her guilt towards me to make her fall in love with me little by little. The pleasure of revenge once blinded my eyes. Until one day, that dusty memory suddenly woke up, and I suddenly

I suddenly remembered... I used to love her so much... I wanted to tell her everything immediately, but the awakened memory made me feel vaguely uneasy..."

"Not long after, I came to this world again as a boy. Just like before, he thought of everything, and then with the plan to move 'himself', he jumped into the fire pit again resolutely, and that him is now

Standing in front of you."

I finished everything with difficulty, and my eyes were slightly astringent.

Wen Liang was fascinated by what she heard. She walked up and hugged me slowly.

Her body was still so soft, and I couldn't help but wrap my hands around her back, greedily hoping that this moment would last longer, but in my ears, I heard this sentence——

"But... you know... your plan... will fail, right?"

"..."

"From the moment you meet your teenage self, or the moment your memory awakens, you know that you will fail... If that girl hadn't turned that prank into a sweet dream, he wouldn't have appeared. You

There will be no more memories.”

I was shocked that she could understand everything so quickly and hit the mark with her words. In her arms, she raised her head and stared at me, her eyes seemed to be filled with water, and her expression was full of apologies.

and regret.

"Of course...I'm sorry...I'm really sorry...Every time I think about how much harm I caused you when I was young and ignorant, I feel ashamed...I've watched you miss a better life several times over the years.

, my heart twitched and twisted... I know you approached me to lie to me... But if you do this, it will make your life more comfortable. If you lie, just lie... Because these are all things I owe.

Your...I should return..."

She tried hard not to let tears fall, she smiled, and then immediately looked away.

"Tianran, you know, from the time I saw that boy in this world, I knew he must be you, and I never regarded you as two people...because...the things you are missing should have been

It's up to me to make up for it..."

After Wen Liang said this, she seemed to have mustered up the courage in her heart. She wiped away her tears, her eyes as clear as the green mountains, and what was hidden inside was full of deep love.

She raised her head, smiled at me and murmured:

"Of course... what I love is all of you..."

All of me...

I tried hard to turn myself into a bad person, thinking that love and hate can ebb and flow, and the two have nothing to do with each other.

I tried hard to put the timeline back on the right track and bury all the memories after waking up in my heart.

I hid in the fog and carefully put away any clues that I loved her.

But even so, when the fog dissipated and my face was already devastated, she still said to me,

I like everything about me.

I silently felt her warmth in my arms and whispered:

"A-Liang, if there is a chance, let's get to know each other again. But, I don't want it to start like this."

"natural?"

Wen Liang looked at me in surprise. My hands gradually passed through her body until I could no longer hold her. I was like another self, and my body slowly became transparent.

It seems that my time has also come.

Ai Qing's side should have already made a decision.

The late sunshine cannot save the withered flower, so she can only save herself.

This "I" owes Ai Qing too much. She is innocent, and my disappearance means that she has returned to the past and is changing history.

In this world, from beginning to end, there is only one He Tianran.

Wen Liang desperately tried to hold me, just like a crying little girl trying to catch a stolen rag doll. She tried again and again, but every time it was undoubtedly in vain.

I looked at her with a smile, and she looked at me with tears.

She seemed to be saying a lot to me, but I couldn't hear a word clearly.

I don’t know how she will live after I disappear, how Ai Qing will live, and what kind of He Tianran will appear in this world.

But I know that this means a new beginning.

Yes, these two women, one is like a noble phoenix, and the other is like the bright moonlight.

In this world, who has ever seen people raising phoenixes?

Who else can bind the moonlight?

A meteor has its own direction of coming and going,

We naturally have our place to go.
Chapter completed!