The morning light poured down the clouds, and the flat roads gradually added to the uneven terrain. From a distance, the Gobi and grasslands were connected together.

In the early morning, Lu Liangsheng pulled the reins and stood there, looking down at the unfolded map in his hand, then looked around, and walked forward.

The old donkey shook the copper bell and followed slowly, occasionally turning his head, shaking his mane, and his ears shook the mermaid's curious hand, and whispered heavily, as if warning her not to touch her.

The bookshelf placed on the side of the donkey's buttocks were shaking, the toad Taoist hanged two short legs, pulled the rope around his waist, poked his head out, looked at the scholar who occasionally looked at the map in front of him, muttering: "I also said that I was lost as a teacher."

Then, the voice turned on and he shouted, "Liangsheng, can you tell the way clearly?"

"It's almost done."

In front, Lu Liangsheng responded, put the map away and put it in his arms, frowned slightly, the road ahead was low and the distant mountains and forests were sparse, but it was still no different from before. After going east from Constantine, he entered the Sassanian Persian territory, learned local Persian dialect, and asked about the road to the east. As long as he walked east and crossed the Pamir Plateau, he could enter the Western Regions, and then he could enter the northwest of the Great Sui Dynasty.

However... according to the pace, it has been several days since I have not seen the so-called plateau at all. On the contrary, it seems that the more I go, the lower the terrain is? The climate also becomes warm and humid.

At noon? It started to rain. Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey to a dense forest ahead to hide from the rain and rest? In the lead-green rain curtain, the little mermaid happily pounced into the puddle, flapping its tail with its fish tail.

The rain curtain fell down? The water splashed on the banana leaves and flowed down the tilted tips? The four scholars reached out and held the rainwater falling from the tips of the leaves and took a sip. They quickly untied their clothes and threw them aside, and simply watered and scrubbed them on their bodies.

Wow... The sound of rain in the banana forest gradually became less and less. The heavy rain came and went faster. Wang Feng, Ma Liu, Zhang Ti, and Zhao Tang spread their palms? Watching the rain fall slowly bit by bit? He ran out of the forest bare arms and looked into the sky for a while.

"God... how can there be no water at a critical moment?!"

"What's the matter with God? This dragon who is walking in the clouds and rain must be scammers!"

"Oh, let's make do with it, put on your robe quickly? It's a waste of barbarians and I'll see all my body."

"It makes sense? It's so embarrassing to say it, so you have to put it on."

Between the nagging words? Lu Liangsheng, who was sitting in the banana forest, also felt that the weather was strange, but the rain stopped? He was resting almost. Should he continue moving forward? While talking to the toad Taoist who was slowly grinding half a piece of cake over there, he put the book on the bookshelf.

"Master, it's almost time to rest, it's time for us to set off."

"Uh-huh."

The Toad Taoist held the hard pancake and glanced at a frog under the wet banana tree, jumped over, then looked at half a cake in his hand, spat out a bite, and spit out the cake residue.

Alas, it’s better that there are still little Taoist priests here.

He jumped off the stone, walked to the bookshelf with a frog webbing, and a blue light suddenly lit up, which shone out from inside, and the toad Taoist jumped backwards in a conditioned reflex.

Lu Liangsheng was calling out the little mermaid outside playing in the water. When he turned around, he saw the master standing there with one foot and holding his hands flat.

"Master, what kind of exercise are you practicing?"

While speaking, Yu Guang also saw the glimmer of light from the bookshelf. Lu Liangsheng was familiar with this divine power. He opened the small door on the other side of the bookshelf and took out a small statue of a woman inside and stood it in his palm.

"Hmph." The toad glanced at it, put down his hands and feet, and took it back behind him. He didn't bother to pay attention to it, so he turned around and walked to the small door, and skillfully tied the rope, "It turned out to be a barbarian god."

"Isis?"

When Lu Liangsheng closed the small door of the cubicle for his master, there was an intermittent voice from the small statue standing on his palm, "The East is the monk, Isis is going to say goodbye to you. You have left the limit that my divine power can reach... I hope to see you again in the future..."

After all this, Lu Liangsheng had basically understood why gods like Isis had declined. On the one hand, they all existed by faith. On the other hand, when dynasties change, faith change, a new country emerged, and a new sect would inevitably appear, gradually banning the original beliefs. The former old god gradually disappeared as the last believers disappeared.

In short, it is just forgotten. In fact, if there were no temples and faith, after generations passed, in addition to our word-of-mouthed ancestor gods, the gods in the temple would gradually decline.

"I hope one day I can still reach the West and talk to you."

Lu Liangsheng smiled and nodded at the statue. The light on it flashed twice, and then there was no movement. Then he found a silk cloth to wrap it and put it on the bottom of the bookshelf. After all, he was a medium for talking to Western gods, and a witness of his journey to the West.

Well, it's also a specialty.

After packing up the bookshelf, Lu Liangsheng whistled and called the old donkey. After putting it in, he called four scholars and walked out of the forest. At this time, the sky cleared up, and the clouds before dispersed. Under the bright sunshine, he continued to walk east along the deserted grassland in the east. Gradually, there were mud roads. There were also a mu of dry land on both sides of the road outside the mountains and forests. There were still many farmers in the countryside with their children to work. If it weren't for the high nose and deep eyes, the skin was dark, and he said something he couldn't understand, he thought he had returned to Miaojiang in the southwest of Jiuzhou.

Walking through the country road, a barren village is located at the foot of the mountain, with slight smoke rising from the cooking stove.

Moo~~

A thick bull shook his tail, dragging his family with his family to eat grass on the side of the road. The farmers passing by put their hands together and saluted respectfully to them. Most of the people working in the fields were pulling plows and turning over the soil, which made Lu Liangsheng puzzled.

"If you have a cow, you don't need it, but you pull the plow yourself. It's strange here."

The toad that had been sitting on the bookshelf for a long time lies on the head of the old donkey and glances at him: "Hmph, it may be that he has been fattened. After eating meat and working on the cow for a long time, it will make the meat too old and difficult to chew."

Speaking of food, the Toad Taoist smacked his lips, stared at the cows over there, and swallowed.

"Liangsheng, it seems that my teacher hasn't eaten beef for a long time. Why not go to this country and see if there is beef in the city? Buy some on the road, it's best to eat it. If you eat it, it's best to cook it. After it tastes good, add the secret ingredients specially made by my teacher. Just think about it, it's a bit greedy."

The long tongue couldn't help but stretch out and licked it. The little mermaid sitting on the back of the donkey followed and learned the laughter and applauded with the "Ji?!". She had the tricks made by Lu Liangsheng. It seemed to outsiders that she was just a beautiful girl sitting on the back of the donkey.

In front, Lu Liangsheng turned around and responded with a smile.

"Okay, Master wants to eat. I'll see if there are county towns nearby."

The sun shrank westward, and the sun shone through the distant mountains. There were many red forests and mountains on the road, but there were no villages on the road, but there were no cities. Instead, there were mostly three or four meters high pagodas on the roadside, pointed and round, sometimes one, sometimes several trees formed into forests, and almost every pagoda has traces of worship under it.

"It seems that the Buddhist rituals here are more prosperous than those in the Central Plains."

The sky became dark, and Lu Liangsheng and others who had walked all the way did not find the city. After passing a dense forest ahead, there were vague buildings and lights there. When they approached, it was a Buddhist temple with red walls and black tiles, and there were also wooden fish ringing.

"Master, it seems that your beef can't be eaten tonight."

The four scholars along the way were already exhausted, and urged them to squeeze over, pushed open the door of the temple, and the dim oil lamp was placed on the tribute table. The flames swayed a few times with the breeze rolling up when the door opened.

On the altar, a little white mouse dragged his tail to climb up the table and savored the sesame oil. When he heard the door movement, he screamed, jumped down quickly, and slipped under the table.

Among the shaking oil lamps, in front of the clay Buddha statue, an old monk turned his back to the temple gate, knelt in the cushion, knocking on the wooden fish, and chanting the scriptures softly.
Chapter completed!