Chapter 64: Mount Xumi (XI)
Mount Sumeru, the realm of Pratyekabuddhas.
Lu Ren was in a small reception room at the moment.
It was only dusk now, but most people in the living room were already tipsy.
The room was covered with luxurious carpets, and unknown spices were burning in the incense burner on the table. The rich aroma spread throughout the wooden house. The smell was not as light and fragrant as Chinese spices, but rather rich and strong. When Lu Ren first entered the room, he felt that the smell was more like a slap in the face. But after being immersed in it for a long time, he gradually got used to it.
The afterglow of the setting sun shines into the room through the wooden window frames, seeming to cast a layer of false and short-lived golden light on everything in the house.
A party is being held here, and Lu Ren is one of the participants.
He was secretly observing his surroundings with his peripheral vision. There were several small tables on the cashmere carpet, and people were sitting barefoot in groups of three or five behind the small tables. They were dressed in bright clothes, with complicated gold ornaments on their bodies, hands and ankles, which made them look extremely gorgeous.
Lu Ren looked more like a tramp who had strayed into upper society. He twisted his toes slightly from his torn socks and hid deeper under the table.
"Oh no." Lu Ren thought, "I should have sewed the socks earlier."
However, no one noticed Lu Ren's torn socks. They were concentrating on watching the performance of the artist sitting in the middle of the living room.
It was a stringed instrument that Lu Ren had never seen before, and the sound it produced was also very novel. At the same time , several female Mori were dancing to the music.
On the table in front of Lu Ren were golden wine jugs and golden wine glasses, and even all the utensils for holding fruits and vegetables were made of gold. These exquisite but useless things exuded a luxurious and corrupt light under the sunlight.
Lu Ren followed the local customs and sat on the ground. Next to him sat a woman named Mori. She was wearing a veil, so her appearance could not be seen clearly, but one could vaguely tell from her tall nose and big, twinkling eyes that she was a beautiful woman. The woman also had many gold bracelets on her wrists, and every time she moved, the bracelets would collide with each other, making a pleasant sound.
The female Mori was sent by the host of the banquet to accompany Lu Ren. At this moment, she was conscientiously persuading Lu Ren to drink.
Lu Ren was at a loss for words. In fact, Lu Ren, who had never had close contact with girls, was a little uncomfortable. At the same time, he was busy hiding his torn socks. You know, showing his stinky feet with holes in front of a lady is a very rude thing no matter where you are.
Thinking about why he came to this banquet, Lu Ren couldn't help but look at Emperor Shitian who was sitting at the top.
At this moment, Indra's face was probably darker than the bottom of a pot.
Beside Indra, a man was holding a wine glass in one hand and his other hand around Indra's shoulder. He was talking and laughing at Indra, completely ignoring Indra's expression which was as dark as ink.
But Lu Ren knew very well that not drawing his sword to cut off the man's head on the spot was already a friendly gesture from Emperor Shitian.
Because the way this man invited Indra to the banquet was really strange.
That was half a day ago.
Lu Ren flew through the air on the carriage of Emperor Shi Tian. They planned to go to Shanjian City by air. It was said that if they flew in the air for a day and a half without stopping, they could directly reach the boundary of Shanjian City.
“We don’t even have to breathe too much of the dirty air from the Pratyekabuddha and Bodhisattva realms,” the soldiers said.
But Emperor Shitian's wishful thinking soon fell through, because the frame was knocked down in mid-air.
At that time, Lu Ren saw a transparent ball suddenly rise in the air. He asked the imprisoned soldier nearby with some curiosity: "What is that? "
The soldier may have thought that he wanted to divert the guards' attention and take the opportunity to escape, so he did not respond to his words, looked straight at him, and seemed too lazy to pay attention to him.
The frame of the carriage was wide, and Emperor Shitian, who was sitting on the main seat, was still some distance away from Lu Ren. At the moment, he was resting with his eyes closed, and seemed not to have heard their conversation.
Indra and the soldiers had their reasons for being so confident. After all, this was Indra's carriage frame, and the entire ox-drawn carriage was made of gold, and the ox that pulled the carriage was a divine ox that had grown up in the city of Shanjian since childhood. When the carriage frame was first completed, it was blessed by Indra.
There is hardly anything in this world that can harm it.
Lu Ren was not angry when he was treated coldly. He just leaned back to the car window and continued to look at the scenery outside.
The transparent ball rises up and falls down with regular movements, making it a good sleep aid.
Lu Ren stared until he felt a little sleepy. He yawned, leaned against the car window, and slowly half closed his eyes.
But the transparent ball in sight seemed to be getting closer and closer to their car. At first, Lu Ren thought it was his own illusion and didn't pay much attention to it. But gradually, an idea formed in Lu Ren's mind: "That ball, will it hit this car?"
As soon as this thought came to his mind, Lu Ren felt a bump, followed by an intense feeling of weightlessness.
Things people think are indestructible are always unexpectedly fragile.
The transparent ball easily knocked down the frame of the so-called indestructible carriage. The magnificent oxcart fell into the Aral Sea like a meteor, as if it was heading for an inevitable fate. The people on the golden carriage were only concerned with fleeing, and no one cared about the whereabouts of the golden carriage anymore.
Lu Ren was lifted up by the collar of his clothes by a soldier and landed on the foothills of Mount Xumi.
There was a huge snake coiled there. The snake's body was coiled into a ball, but the snake's head was raised high, and it was opening its huge mouth towards the sky. The transparent bubble balls were ejected from the giant snake's mouth. At this moment, the transparent balls were still being born from it, then flew up to the sky, and then fell into the giant snake's mouth.
Lu Ren heard Emperor Shitian gnashing his teeth and shouting at the giant snake: "Na! Jia!"
When Naga heard Indra's voice, he was stunned for a moment, then he shook his huge head to look around, and finally found Indra and others not far away.
It seemed very happy to see Emperor Shitian, because Lu Ren clearly saw the snake's huge pupils curved. Then a flash of light appeared, and the giant snake turned into a man.
This man, Naga, had a pair of golden snake-like eyes. He looked very cold and unapproachable, but there was a frivolous smile on his lips. He raised his hand and waved, greeting Indra in a somewhat casual manner: "Hey! Little Heaven, what brings you to the Pratyekabuddha Realm?"
Naga was wearing a vest made of silver silk, inlaid with gorgeous gems. The vest was very short, and as Naga moved up, a part of his slender waist was exposed, and the area around his waistline was covered with inky snake scales. He stood casually, looking weak and boneless.
Lu Ren was curious about this person's origins, but in the blink of an eye, the Naga in front of him suddenly disappeared. Then Lu Ren felt a heavy object on his shoulder, and at the same time, the Naga's voice sounded in his ears: "What is this? Is it Xiaotian's new toy?"
Lu Ren turned his head in surprise and saw the Naga leaning on him as if he had no bones, saying words with great interest. Its golden snake eyes looked at Lu Ren, and Lu Ren inexplicably felt the fear of a small animal being stared at by a predator.
Lu Ren did not dare to move. Naga still leaned against Lu Ren, but his interest in Lu Ren only lasted for a moment, and then disappeared in the blink of an eye, and then Naga turned his head to look at Emperor Shitian beside him.
Emperor Shitian didn't seem to want to discuss Lu Ren with him. He just asked unkindly, "What were you doing just now?"
Naga tilted his head, as if thinking about what Indra meant: "What are you doing?" He thought for a moment, then said innocently, "It's too boring here, so I'm playing with my saliva, what's wrong?"
Lu Ren watched Emperor Shitian's expression change several times, but in the end he did not utter his accusation.
Yes, how could a great Emperor Shitian say something like "Your saliva destroyed my golden car". That scene was like a Maserati owner shouting at a child who was urinating on the roadside, "Your urine corroded my car paint". It was too much like a fraud and too embarrassing.
Face is a very strange thing. It can neither be eaten nor relieve an emergency. It does not even have any practical significance. But there are always people willing to live and die for it. It can even make Emperor Shitian swallow one of the few dumb losses in his tens of thousands of years of life.
Indra turned his head away and no longer looked at Naga.
Naga's eyes rolled around, he left Lu Ren, waved his long arm, put his arm around Emperor Shitian's neck like a brother, and said, "By the way, it's rare to meet you, why don't we go have a drink."
Indra was of course unwilling, but he didn't seem to have any intention of fighting with Naga. He could only be dragged away by Naga with a sullen face.
So, Lu Ren and Emperor Shitian were dragged to this banquet.
Lu Ren didn't know anyone at the banquet, but Naga was very good at dancing and called everyone's name familiarly. He moved among the crowd and drank skillfully with all kinds of people. He looked very happy.
But Lu Ren felt that his eyes did not look as smiling as they should be, but this might be because snakes' eyes were naturally like that. Who knows? Lu Ren, who did not know anything about Naga, did not dare to make a conclusion casually.
While dodging the grapes fed to him by the female Molly beside him, he looked at the host of the banquet openly.
Suddenly, he found that Naga was stunned unnaturally. Naga stared blankly in one direction, as if he saw something incredible, and then a trace of joy appeared in his eyes.
"So he can laugh." Lu Ren thought so and looked in the direction of Naga's gaze.
Then Lu Ren saw a person he didn't expect. Although he was wearing a veil, his short silver-white hair and bronze skin were very eye-catching.
It is Maitreya.
Miroku was queuing outside the banquet hall. If nothing unexpected happened, her show would be next. She turned around and said something to a tattooed burly man behind her.
Behind the sturdy man, there were three beautiful women with fair skin and affectionate eyes.
Lu Ren glanced at the three women, then said "Huh", then he rubbed his eyes and looked over carefully again.
Lu Ren thought in surprise: "Is it my illusion?" Why do these three women look a bit like Tushan Qiluo, Longnu and Baihua?
