Seeing the seven monks' sitting postures, appearances, and the white lotus in the middle, Chen Lin felt a sense of wonder.
The scene in the secret ancient temple in Guyuan City appeared in my mind again.
The faces of Yu Dingyi from Qingyun Sect, He Xiao from Kaoshan Sect, Jin Molan, the woman disguised as a man from the Jin family, and others also became clear.
Could it be that the scene of this Demon-Suppressing Temple was formed based on the projection of the Demon-Suppressing Temple built by Niankong
Chen Lin carefully looked at the faces of the seven monks in front of him, and finally stopped at a monk with a kind face.
This person is Nian Kong.
He then turned his gaze to the monk standing next to Master Niankong. This man had a rat-like face and two goatees. He did not look like a great monk at all.
This is Nianqing.
The one who finally turned into a demon spirit.
When Niankong's relic was infused into his body, he obtained the other party's remaining memories, including the images of these two people.
Then, he looked at each monk, and the remaining five were undoubtedly Niankong’s junior brothers.
The original painting of the Seven Buddhas depicted the seven of them, including Master Niankong. The statues in the secret space were also of the same kind. The purpose was to enjoy the incense and increase their cultivation.
Buddhist practitioners are different from immortal practitioners. The improvement of their cultivation mainly depends on worshiping Buddha and absorbing the strange energy from incense.
After looking for a while, Chen Lin withdrew his gaze.
Although this may very well be a projection of the ancient temple in Guyuan City, it has no reference value.
Not to mention that it is impossible to be sure, even if it is true, it is a projection when Nian Kong and others were alive, not the stage when he entered.
Because these seven monks died later, Nianqing also turned into a demon spirit.
"Remember, don't touch these monks, each of them is terrifying!"
Seeing that Chen Lin's eyes never left the monks, Master Wan Meng immediately reminded him.
And the voice was very low, as if afraid of disturbing them.
Chen Lin nodded and suppressed his doubts in his heart.
Then he looked at the other party and asked, "Sir, there are no stone steps leading to the next floor. Is there some kind of trap, or is this the last floor?"
"It's definitely not the last floor."
Master Wan Meng shook his head.
"I found a book in the Sutra Library outside. It contained information about the Demon Suppression Tower. This tower has seven floors in total. It also vaguely mentioned that the fifth, sixth and seventh floors are special spaces, located between the cracks of the interface. It is because of this that I suspect that this place is connected to other interfaces."
"As for the passage to the next level," he hesitated and said, "there must be one, but we haven't found it yet. I suspect it's just below the white lotus."
After hearing the other party's explanation, Chen Lin suddenly understood.
No wonder the other party has been focusing on this scene, it turns out that they have obtained accurate information.
This also cheered him up. If he could find a node to enter other interfaces, he would have an extra way to survive.
However, to enter this place, one must have the abbot's robe, and the robe can only cover two people. Even if Master Wanmeng gives him the only spot, he still has three women and a daughter!
Then he smiled in his heart. This was only the third floor. It was not certain whether he could find the passage. It was a bit redundant to think about it at this time.
"What do you need me to do, my Lord?"
Putting aside all distracting thoughts, Chen Lin asked.
Since the other party specifically called him over, he must want to use his Buddha power to open some mechanism.
Sure enough, Master Wanmeng took out the relic.
"This thing is enshrined under the Buddha statue over there. Since I can't activate it, I don't know what it's for. I wanted to try to get the lotus, but I was hit hard by the monks at the same time. It took me a long time to recover."
Upon hearing what the other party said, Chen Lin looked in the direction the other party pointed, and sure enough, there was a Buddha statue, but it was very vague and could not be seen at all without careful observation.
At the same time, he was secretly shocked.
With Master Wan Meng's cultivation level, no matter whether it is a projection or a real body, its strength will not be weak. The cultivation levels of Nian Kong and others are mostly at the foundation-building level, and the strongest Nian Kong is only at the Vajra Realm. I didn't expect that he could seriously injure the opponent.
It seems that the projected people and creatures can no longer be inferred based on their previous states.
At this time, Master Wan Meng said, "Okay, this time I'm just taking you through the process. You can put away the Immortal Stone now and wait to leave. You can't use abilities other than spiritual consciousness in the projection state, and you can't activate the relic. We need our real bodies to come here."
Chen Lin nodded when he heard this.
He had wanted to talk about this matter before, but the other party didn't mention it, so he didn't say anything, for fear that the other party would think that he was unwilling to help.
The other party put away the Immortal Stone, and Chen Lin did the same.
In fact, he didn't use the Immortal Stone at all, he just took it out for show.
Ever since his soul underwent a transformation, his resistance to demonic energy has become extremely strong, and he has full control over it. He can retract his soul and spirit at any time, but he doesn't want anyone to know about this.
After a while, the figures of the two gradually faded and disappeared on the spot.
The seven monks remained motionless, but if you look closely, you can see that Niankong's eyelids moved slightly.
Return to the secret place.
Master Wan Meng checked the surrounding situation and after making sure there was nothing unusual, he put away the two corpses and took Chen Lin back to the secret room in the City Lord's Mansion.
But they did not leave. Instead, they activated a teleportation array in the secret room, and the two were teleported to an underground space.
Then he used the earth escape technique to rise to the ground.
What surprised Chen Lin was that this place was actually near the entrance of the Hanhai Fairy Palace.
Although this place has changed a lot over the years, he still recognized it at a glance because he was standing at a high place.
Seeing his surprise, Master Wan Meng explained, "Speaking of which, it was quite accidental that I was able to discover the spatial node of the Demon Temple scene. More than three hundred years ago, I saw in a classic book that there was a material I needed in the Vast Sea Palace, but the palace had not yet opened, so I came here and used a treasure to test each place one by one, trying to find the weak spot in the secret realm and force my way in. I didn't expect to find the spatial node by chance, but after entering, I found that it was not the Vast Sea Palace, but the Demon Realm."
As he explained, he took out the Boundary Breaking Talisman and drew it at a certain point in the void, causing ripples to appear there.
Then, he took out a brand new boundary-breaking talisman and handed it to Chen Lin, saying, "It's very dangerous to enter with your real body. You have a defensive magic treasure, which does increase your safety, but there is no guarantee that there won't be any accidents. I'll give you this talisman. Once you and I are separated in there, you can leave on your own."
Chen Lin was just wondering how to approach the other party to trade this item, but he didn't expect the other party to offer it to him on his own initiative. He immediately took it and said, "Thank you for your consideration, sir."
Master Wan Meng smiled and said, "Although finding a passage to leave this world is also useful to you, you are still helping me after all. After the exploration is completed, I will give you some benefits."
After saying that, without waiting for Chen Lin to reply, he looked at the space ripples and said, "Hurry up and go in. The scenes in the demon world are not static. If you delay too long, accidents may happen."
Upon hearing this, Chen Lin put away the boundary-breaking talisman and took the lead in entering the space node.
The body seemed to pass through a layer of water, and then came to a large hall. There were bookshelves all around, with books on them.
"This is the Sutra Library. It's full of Buddhist scriptures. There's basically nothing useful here. If you want to understand Buddhism, you can take a look at it. You can also try to see if you can take it out."
The figure of Master Wan Meng appeared, and then he spoke to Chen Lin.
Chen Lin shook his head. He had no interest in Buddhism and it was impossible for him to believe in Buddhism. After all, he had three wives.
"This Sutra Library doesn't have any special rules. You just need to remember the locations of the nodes. If I'm not here, you can come in and explore in person if you want."
After saying this, Master Wan Meng took the lead and walked out.
The two did not stop along the way and followed their previous steps all the way back to the third floor of the Demon-Suppressing Tower.
Seeing that everything was the same as before, Master Wan Meng was obviously relieved.
He took out the relic, handed it to Chen Lin and said, "You and I will step back a little. After activating this thing, see if there will be any changes. Remember to be ready to retreat to the previous level at any time!"
Seeing the other party's serious tone, Chen Lin did not dare to be careless.
He took out the basalt shield from the storage bag with one hand, held the relic in the other, and slowly backed away until he reached the stairs.
After standing still, Master Wan Meng also took out a fist-sized ball, which exuded a rich spiritual aura.
Chen Lin took a look at it and thought that this thing should be the magical treasure owned by the other party. He wondered what specific powers it had.
Of course, he would not ask about such things. He just took a look and then looked away.
"Let's get started!"
Master Wan Meng didn't say anything else and directly asked Chen Lin to activate the relic.
Chen Lin nodded and practiced the Vajra Body Refining Technique, injecting the Buddha's power in his body into the relic in his hand.
The relic suddenly glowed with fluorescence, and rich Buddhist power emanated from it.
"winter!"
A slight sound was heard.
Chen Lin and Master Wan Meng's expressions were both moved and became nervous.
The two of them had been looking at the seven monks and noticed that the slight sound was caused by one of the monks striking the wooden fish.
And Chen Lin also saw that the one who struck the wooden fish was none other than the sneaky-looking Nian Qing!
"winter!"
Before the two of them could react, the sound of wooden fish rang out again, but this time it came from the monk next to Nian Qing, not Nian Kong, but the one on the other side.
Then, the remaining monks also struck the wooden fish one by one, and finally Nian Kong ended it.
At the same time, the seven monks opened their eyes at the same time and looked at Chen Lin and the others.
The person with his back to them actually turned his head towards them, looking extremely scary.
Then, something even more bizarre happened. The seven monks threw up the wooden fish at the same time, and then the seven wooden fish were lined up in a row, floating not far in front of the two men!