Chapter 54: Mount Xumi (I)
Lu Ren’s current condition is very bad.
He was pinned to the sand, with a knife hanging from his neck, and his body was clamped so that he couldn't move. The girl on him kept asking about the whereabouts of the vajra, and her strength gradually increased. Lu Ren's hand joints were twisted to the point of extreme pain.
Lu Ren cried out in pain, and the only thought in his mind at the moment was: "Is there anyone more wronged than me?"
He wanted to stand up and point his finger at the girl who didn't know right from wrong and scold her, but he had to bow his head under the power. Lu Ren didn't dare to lose his temper at all, so he could only patiently explain to the person on his body: "The vajra is not with me."
The girl obviously didn't believe it: "Impossible, you smell like a vajra!"
Lu Ren had used the vajra before, and a trace of the time and space power of the vajra remained on his body, which was the smell the girl mentioned.
Lu Ren wanted to explain, but his face was pressed too close to the ground by the girl, and most of the sound he could make was absorbed by the sand. This caused his volume to be too low and the tone too muffled for people to hear clearly, so he raised his head to get closer to the girl so that it would be easier for him to explain: "You..."
Who knew that his action would not only not help the situation, but also make the girl think that he was going to resist. She didn't even intend to listen to Lu Ren's explanation, but directly pressed his head to the sand and violently suppressed him.
Lu Ren instantly had a mouthful of sand in his mouth.
The girl on his back yelled at Lu Ren warily, "Don't play tricks!"
Lu Ren was being held in the palm of his hand like a soft persimmon. But even though Lu Ren was a soft persimmon, the chaos fragments above his head were not someone to be trifled with.
The chaos fragments, which had originally turned into cat ears and were trying to be cute, suddenly attacked the moment the girl's hand covered Lu Ren's head, and wrapped around the girl's forearm with an extremely ferocious posture.
The Chaos Fragments originated from Guixu and were born in Chaos. Although few people know of their existence nowadays, their existence itself is the end of all things.
Fortunately, the girl keenly sensed the danger and jumped off Lu Ren in an instant, and in the process quickly took off her cruising suit in order to get rid of the entanglement of the chaos fragments.
This was a good opportunity for Lu Ren, who was originally severely imprisoned. He finally broke free from the girl's shackles and quickly turned over. While getting a chance to breathe, he finally saw the girl's appearance clearly.
The girl has bronze skin, which forms a sharp contrast with her short silver-white hair. Not only her hair, but her eyelashes and eyebrows are also silver-white. She is very beautiful, with a tall nose bridge and big eyes, and her appearance is full of exotic charm. The girl wears a white cross-collared vest and a short skirt, which reveals a part of her slender waist, showing her graceful figure. She also wears two white wristbands on her wrists, and the whole person looks full of unrestrained vitality and wild charm.
The girl was staring at Lu Ren with her eyes wide open, so Lu Ren inadvertently discovered that her pupils were actually golden.
This must be a monster that has never been seen before, Lu Ren concluded.
The girl seemed to be afraid of the power of the chaos fragments. She hesitated not far from Lu Ren and did not dare to move forward.
Lu Ren, who finally didn't have to be forced to eat sand, took the opportunity to explain to the girl: "You are wrong, the vajra is not with me."
The girl didn't take it seriously. She thought it was just Lu Ren's excuse, so she said in a bad tone, "Impossible. The Vajra is a magic weapon of the Buddhist world. The ten worlds have been separated for a long time, and you are from the human world. If you haven't seen it, how can you know the existence of the Vajra?"
"I have seen it, but it is not on me now!" So Lu Ren patiently told the little girl the whole story of the Fengxu Village incident, including the evil Buddha and Guixu.
After hearing this, the girl's originally hard attitude seemed to show signs of softening.
So Lu Ren quickly struck while the iron was hot: "If you don't believe me, you can search my body. After the search, you will know that the Vajra is really not with me."
The girl agreed to this plan, but just as she was about to step forward to search him, the chaos fragments above Lu Ren's head began to show their dissatisfaction by showing their fangs and claws.
The girl was startled. She took another step back and said to Lu Ren in a bad tone: "Mind the thing on your head!"
Lu Ren quickly agreed, and he immediately negotiated with the Chaos Fragment above his head: "Cooperate with us and prove our innocence."
After Lu Ren said this, the Chaos Fragment seemed to agree reluctantly, and it changed back from its original protest state to its cute cat ears.
Why still cat ears? No matter what, Ah Ren promised that as long as he didn't return home, he could always have cute cat ears.
Seeing that the Chaos Fragment listened to Lu Ren so well, the girl belatedly said, "No wonder you were not repelled by the boundary force. It turns out that you have the power of Chaos."
Chaos is the debris left after the creation of the world. It is the origin of the ten realms. Naturally, it can come and go freely anywhere without any constraints.
Lu Ren thought of the evil Buddha who was tortured by the repulsive force, and then he realized that the chaos fragments were so useful. He couldn't help but praise the fragment on his head: "You are so powerful!"
The cat's ears twitched sheepishly.
It was impossible to carry such a big thing as a vajra close to one's body. So the girl just took Lu Ren's bag of daily necessities and looked through it. Seeing that there was really no vajra she wanted in it, she couldn't help but feel annoyed. She bit her lower lip tightly and said nothing, as if thinking about what to do next.
Seeing her like this, Lu Ren knew that she must have discovered that he didn't have what she wanted, so he quickly asked, "Well... since you have confirmed that the vajra is not with me, can you... let me go back?"
The girl, whose thoughts were interrupted, suddenly raised her head and looked at Lu Ren: "No, from now on, you are my hostage. When I get the vajra, you will go back!"
Lu Ren didn't quite understand the girl's bandit logic.
"I'm just a cleaner at the Investigation Bureau. You won't get what you want if you take me hostage." Lu Ren analyzed with the girl in a matter-of-fact way: "Why don't you send me back and tell the leaders of the bureau about your request? The Vajra was never ours in the first place. If you are the owner, then there is no reason not to return it to you."
Lu Ren's words made the girl wonder: "They already got the things, why would they give them to me so easily?"
Lu Ren was confused: "We in the Investigation Bureau never take anything from the public. Since the owner has come to find us, we will naturally return it to you."
But there has never been such a saying in the place where the girl was born. The magic weapon and opportunity belong to whoever grabs it first. How can you get it back with just words?
Lu Ren never thought that something he took for granted actually touched upon the girl's blind spot in knowledge. The huge amount of information made the girl stop talking for a long time.
Silence permeated the air, which was somewhat suffocating given the apocalyptic background.
Seeing that the girl was not unable to communicate, Lu Ren took the initiative to introduce himself: "My name is Lu Ren, and you? What's your name?"
The girl, whose thoughts were interrupted, simply replied him coldly with two words: "Mitsuraya."
Despite the girl's cold attitude, Lu Ren was not annoyed. He continued to ask, "Hello, Maitreya, can you let me go now?"
Maitreya shook his head and told Lu Ren the truth: "With my power, the gate can only be opened once every half a month."
Hearing this, Lu Ren was dumbfounded: "Half...half a month?"
The implication is that Lu Ren is trapped here.
Lu Ren covered his face with his hands. He didn't expect that he could be so unlucky. He couldn't help but sigh, "What should I do?"
Mi Le shrugged and said, "What are you afraid of? It's only half a month. It will pass in the blink of an eye." Then she raised her foot and walked in one direction, motioning Lu Ren to follow, "You follow me first."
Being unfamiliar with the place, Lu Ren did not dare to say no. He hurriedly followed, and asked while chasing after Maitreya: "Where is this place?"
After hearing this, Maitreya, who was walking in front, stopped. She turned back to look at Lu Ren, who was covered in sand, and said arrogantly, "This is Mount Xumi."
Mount Sumeru?
Later, on the way together, after chatting with Maitreya, Lu Ren finally had a little understanding of the Xumi Mountain where he was currently:
Mount Sumeru is the cornerstone of the four realms of Shanjian City.
From the foot of the mountain to the top, Mount Sumeru supports the realm of the voice-hearers, the realm of the pratyekabuddhas, the realm of the bodhisattvas, and the realm of the Buddhas. The beings in these realms are collectively called the Tinu, Mari, Posada, and the gods. Just like the clear boundaries from the foot of the mountain to the top, there are also strict levels between these realms. Among them, the Tinu is the lowest, and the gods are the most noble.
The rigid class system is as difficult to cross as an insurmountable chasm.
It is said that the city of Shanjian stands on the top of Mount Xumi. The reason why the gods are so noble is that they live in Shanjian city on the top of the mountain. Above Shanjian city is a passage to the universe, so the people in Shanjian city can learn endless knowledge from different worlds.
This knowledge turned into the power of heaven and man.
The place where Lu Ren and Maitreya are currently located is the outermost part of Mount Xumi. The black sea behind them is called the Salty Sea. Of course, it has a more famous nickname: the Boundless Sea of Bitterness. It is said that this sea is boundless and any creature that easily goes out to sea cannot survive. It is the boundary of Mount Xumi and the end of the universe.
Although Maitreya was not keen on chatting with Lu Ren, she basically answered all of Lu Ren's questions. During the conversation, Lu Ren also had some basic understanding of Maitreya's personal situation:
Maitreya comes from the realm of the voice-hearers, and she lives at the foot of Mount Sumeru. She needs the vajra to accomplish a great task, so she will do whatever it takes to capture Lu Ren.
But as to what the so-called big event specifically referred to, Maitreya was very secretive and unwilling to talk about it. Lu Ren didn't have the habit of digging into other people's privacy, so he didn't ask any more questions.
Lu Ren walked with Maitreya for at least an hour and finally saw a place that looked like a town. But before entering the city gate , Maitreya suddenly pulled Lu Ren to a secluded place, threw him a set of clothes, and said, "Change, your clothes are too conspicuous to enter the city."
Lu Ren picked up the set of clothes that Maitreya took out from her mustard seed space and looked at it carefully.
This is a women's outfit.
Lu Ren: “…”
