The glazed tower has an octagonal base with layers of steps leading up to it, a total of thirty-nine steps, each engraved with a variety of patterns, including flowers, birds, insects, fish, as well as wind, clouds, thunder and lightning.
The eight gates were located in eight directions, and they all seemed to be ajar, leaving a mysterious black wind.
There are gilded auspicious cloud patterns on each door. When the light of the surrounding karmic red lotus shines on them, they flow and flicker gently, creating a psychedelic color.
Jianchou walked up slowly, gradually standing side by side with the other people, and asked, "How do you feel?"
This question is asked to everyone.
The flowery young man was holding a folding fan in his hand: "I always feel that there will definitely be obstacles in this heavenly palace."
"You'll know once you go in."
Xiahou She rarely interjected, but there was already a dark light flashing under his pair of dark red eyes.
Obviously, this young military leader is still very interested in the secret of "Nine-bend River Map".
Lu Xiangleng looked at the door facing them with some emotion and said, "I don't think Li Jun would deceive us for such a thing."
"But... but it's so quiet up there, isn't there a monster?"
A trembling voice sounded weakly beside him.
There are some...
It's inappropriate to be cowardly.
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look back.
Zuo Liu stood at the very end, holding his jade scroll in his arms, feeling really scared.
After realizing that everyone was staring at him, he stiffened his neck and shouted guiltily, "What are you looking at? Are you still Daoists? Do you have any Daoist love? It's normal for me to be scared! Aren't you afraid that a monster will suddenly appear here? Really..."
While shouting, he took two steps back.
At this moment, he was standing beside Lu Xiangleng, and this retreat directly retreated behind Lu Xiangleng. He looked so cowardly that it made people want to put a knife to his neck and force him in.
The flowery young man narrowed his eyes and suddenly laughed, holding his smooth chin with a paper fan, elegant and lazy: "Alas, Taoist Zuo Liu doesn't seem to want to go in at all. Isn't it dangerous? This young master has a very safe way to get in."
"Huh?"
Zuo Liu, whose heart was still beating fast, heard this and raised his head in surprise and delight. His eyes were shining as he looked at Ruhua Gongzi with an eager look.
"What is the solution?"
No one spoke.
The smile on the young man's face did not diminish at all, but even became more charming, and the fragrant flowers on his body seemed to bloom into a sea of flowers.
"This method..."
He paced leisurely, approaching Zuo Liu step by step.
For some reason, Zuo Liu felt a chill on the back of his spine.
Who is this Mr. Ruhua
He is ruthless and has a very strange temper. He won't even blink when he cheats others. It can be said that the more miserable others are, the happier he is!
It's bad!
At that moment, Zuo Liu finally realized what was wrong!
Along the way, the handsome boy has never shown his "ferocious" nature, but now that the crisis has come, he is going to eat people!
Subconsciously, Zuo Liu's scalp tingled and he wanted to run away immediately.
only…
How can I escape
Not only is Mr. Ruhua's cultivation level much higher than his, but he also has many more tricks than Zuo Liu.
The moment Zuo Liu turned around, he had already stretched out his hand and grabbed the back of Zuo Liu's collar, smiling brightly: "The safest way, of course, is to go in with us. Hahahaha..."
As he said this, Ruhua Gongzi stepped onto the stairs and at the same time stretched out his paper fan to open the half-closed door.
In an instant, golden light shines brightly!
Ruhua Gongzi and Zuo Liu, who were standing in front of the door, almost fell. Even with their level of cultivation, they couldn't help but squint because of the golden light.
All I could see was a psychedelic golden light, and I couldn't tell what was inside.
Jianchou below knew that although Mr. Ruhua had a strange temperament, he was very sensible in doing things in this hidden world. He would most likely just tease Zuo Liu and would not really take Zuo Liu into danger.
But the moment the golden light appeared, she couldn't help but feel terrified, and immediately wanted to fly forward and pull the person back.
However, before Jianchou could take a step, the dazzling golden light projected from the door had begun to gradually dissipate.
Ruhua Gongzi and Zuo Liu, who were standing on the thirty-ninth step, were unharmed. After the golden light faded, they were able to slowly open their eyes and look inside the door.
At that moment, the two of them couldn't help but reveal a look of shock, and even couldn't help but slowly raise their heads...
This is not quite right.
Jianchou didn't hesitate and flew up directly and landed next to the two people.
As soon as she looked up, she was stunned like the other two.
Afterwards, Xiahou She, Xie Buchen and Lu Xiangleng also followed. The moment they saw the situation inside the gate, they were completely speechless.
It was a scene that was both grand and terrifying beyond their expectations.
The door opened, revealing a magnificent world.
The entire ground seemed to be paved with golden bricks, and it was shining brightly.
Right in front of him was a long incense stick, which was covered with a thick layer of dust. On the stick were offerings and fruits that had rotted into ashes, and an incense burner with three broken incense sticks stuck in it.
Behind the eucalyptus tree is where they can look up.
It turned out to be a Buddha statue as tall as the sky!
Too big.
When they were standing outside and looking at it, they thought it was a multi-story tower, but no one expected that after opening the door, they found that the tower only had one floor!
This Buddha statue is sitting cross-legged on a lotus platform, with its head resting on the very top of the entire tower.
The light above was too dim, and they could only see the shoulders of the Buddha statue, but could not see what the Buddha actually looked like.
The Buddha statue is made entirely of gold. The thumb and middle finger of his left hand are twisted together, while the rest of the fingers are naturally stretched out. The right hand is bent and raised in front of the figure, with the fingers also naturally stretched out and the palm facing outwards.
Jianchou had visited many Buddhist temples on the isolated island, especially when he accompanied the Marquis's wife to worship Buddha, and there was often a monk to guide him.
She was very familiar with these two hand prints.
The left hand is the Dharma-speaking seal, symbolizing the Buddha's preaching; the right hand is the Fearlessness seal, representing the Buddha's great compassion to help all sentient beings, which is said to make sentient beings feel at peace and fearless.
Even though she couldn't see the Buddha's face, she could still feel its majestic appearance.
If it were just this one Buddha statue, it would give people a sense of grandeur, but it would never make people feel terrified...
What is truly terrifying are those things floating above the hall and in the high tower of the Heavenly Palace!
Human head!
One after another, all of them were suspended in the air, and were even swaying gently.
Some had their eyes open, some had their eyes closed; some had their mouths open with their tongues hanging out, but they had already fallen to the ground; some had their lips tightly pursed, as if they were maintaining the grimness of the moment their heads were cut off…
Some are young, some are old, some are beautiful, some are ugly...
Some of them even have only half a head, or only one eye, or one ear...
At a glance, there were so many human heads hanging densely throughout the hall!
Even though the four people from the Central Region had seen a lot and had experienced many storms, they had never seen so many heads!
What a terrifying shock that was
At that moment, I didn't even know where the reaction of sucking in a breath of cold air went.
Jianchou, like the others, stood in front of the gate, unable to react for a long time.
The dazzling golden light just now suddenly burst out from the Buddha statue.
It was not until the golden light, which had begun to dim, completely disappeared and stopped flowing that everyone gradually came to their senses because of the sudden dimming of the light before their eyes.
"What, what is that?"
The pent-up fear exploded almost in an instant.
Zuo Liu's voice trembled, his feet firmly on the ground, and he forced himself to resist the urge to run away: Of course, it was not because he suddenly became a man, but because the young man was still holding him by the back of his collar.
For a moment, no one spoke.
Because no one can answer Zuo Liu's questions.
His doubts and fears are also the doubts and fears of others.
The densely packed heads, high and low, almost fill up the entire tower. In front of it is a tall Buddha and eucalyptus...
On one side is sin, on the other side is mercy.
How ironic and weird is this combination
The cold air slowly penetrated into Jianchou's lungs.
She slowly came back to her senses, with countless guesses flashing through her mind.
Buddha statue
It was true that Buddhism was spreading on the isolated island, but when she didn't know about the existence of monks, she didn't pay much attention to the various theories they promoted.
After arriving at the Nineteen Continents, she realized that the monks in the Nineteen Continents each had their own path of cultivation. In the Northern Territory, there were two schools, the "Zen" and the "Tantric" schools, which practiced "Buddhahood".
However, the territories of those two sects only extend to the Northern Region, which is rare in other places in the Nineteen Continents, not to mention that there are temples everywhere like in the isolated islands on earth.
But now, a pagoda has appeared in the hidden world of Master Buyu, who is almost like a demon, and inside the pagoda there is a Buddha statue that is almost as tall as the pagoda
It's incredible.
Jianchou couldn't figure out what the connection was, but the next moment, his eyes suddenly fixed on the eucalyptus.
Apart from the round plate where offerings should be placed and the incense burner for incense sticks, there seemed to be something else in the thick dust of the eucalyptus, with a corner vaguely exposed.
Jianchou frowned suddenly, and before anyone else could move, he stepped into the hall!
At that moment, everyone was shocked and almost screamed out loud.
But the next moment, the exclamation that had not yet come out was blocked back -
Nothing happened.
“Pah.”
It was the sound of Jianchou's footsteps falling.
She took a step forward and entered the hall without any danger.
There is actually a layer of dust on the gold bricks on the ground, but it can hardly cover up their brilliance.
The entire ground feels extremely solid, and one can feel a sense of security as soon as one steps on it.
Jianchou took two steps at a time, surrounded by human heads floating high and low.
She was not affected at all. She just frowned and came to the eucalyptus tree. She saw clearly what was on the eucalyptus tree: it was a piece of dusty silk paper.
The color is old, and even the corners are a little rotten, only faint handwriting can be seen on it.
Handwriting.
To them who know nothing, this may be a very important thing.
Jianchou looked up at the huge Buddha statue in front of him, but still couldn't see it clearly.
"It's okay."
Zuo Liu behind him immediately felt relieved and followed him in. When he came to Jianchou's side, he exclaimed "Huh".
"What's this?"
“I don’t know yet.”
But there was writing on it.
Jianchou shook his head, but slowly took another step forward.
She did not draw her sword, nor did she reach out to tear the silk paper apart; her movements were very cautious.
Everyone became curious and walked in silently.
Jianchou blew lightly towards the silk paper, and all the dust on the silk paper flew up instantly, and the entire eucalyptus was immediately covered with a gray layer.
“Cough cough cough!”
Zuo Liu never expected that Jianchou would actually "blow" like this!
He was the closest and immediately started coughing, complaining aggrievedly: "Senior Sister Jianchou, please at least remind me next time."
This is a funny guy, and he is very suitable for Yashan.
Jianchou now treated him like his own family, and just patted his shoulder casually to comfort him: "I will next time."
There will be next time.
Zuo Liu had the urge to roll his eyes.
But this was just a small episode. Everyone knew that Jianchou's sudden coming in must have been for a reason. Now he blew away the dust on the silk paper, so he must have seen something.
Thinking of this, they immediately looked intently.
The moment they saw the condition of the silk paper clearly, they couldn't help but be shocked, but at the same time they admired Jianchou's meticulous observation and cautious handling.
After the dust settled, the surroundings became a little cleaner.
So they could clearly see that underneath the silk paper there seemed to be something not particularly thick covering it tightly.
God knows what will happen when this thing is revealed!
Everyone couldn't help but feel a vague sense of fear and uneasiness.
However, Jianchou was bold and careful, so he didn't care much. He just looked at the silk paper intently. Although there was still dust that could not be cleaned, the words on it were barely recognizable.
The words are written one after another in a winding manner, which are slightly different from the current fonts, but it does not affect reading.
"Since I started practicing Taoism, I have killed 3,671 people."
"I have been traveling for many years. I have been kind to others but no one has been kind to me. I have killed people who were evil. Their thoughts are hard to understand and their resentment is hard to dispel. So I cut off their heads and sealed their souls."
"Thirty-six years after the Buddhist sect moved north, they killed the holy son of the Tantric sect, Jiye, and seized a 300-foot-long pagoda."
"Hanging his head in a pagoda, offering sacrifices day and night, hoping to dispel his resentment and ascend to paradise soon."
…
The so-called "paradise" is a term used in Buddhism, referring to the place where happiness is, that is, the Pure Land of Buddha.
It is said that sentient beings in the Buddha's land have no sufferings and only enjoy happiness, so it is called the Pure Land.
Jianchou's mind was in a mess and he couldn't even figure out the relationship between them.
However, Mr. Ruhua reacted quickly.
"The Buddhist sect moved northwards at the turn of the ancient and recent times, which was about one to two thousand years ago. At that time, there were many sects in the Central Region, and there were occasional frictions between them. It is said that the Buddhist sect felt that this place was not suitable for the development of the sect, and eventually they all moved northwards."
"After the migration to the north, the Zen and Esoteric Buddhism split into two schools, the West Sea Zen and the Snowland Esoteric Buddhism."
"So, as a cultivator from the ancient and recent times, it is normal for Master Bu Yu to say 'bliss'."
normal
What's normal
Jianchou frowned, staring at the words "kill the holy son of Tantric Buddhism, Jiye, and seize a 300-foot-long pagoda", and suddenly felt an indescribable feeling.
"Is this man a lunatic..."
"Since he started practicing Taoism, he has killed 3,671 people..."
Zuo Liu was secretly shocked, his heart almost stopped in fear.
If such a person had not ascended to heaven and remained on the Nineteen Continents, what a bloody storm that would have happened
Just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle.
Zuo Liu immediately stopped the messy thoughts in his mind and was about to change the subject, thinking that they should first look for the handwritten letter related to the River Map left by Master Buyu.
Who would have thought that, with a flash of light in the corner of his eyes, he suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed: "It seems there are more words behind this."
The previous four paragraphs were written at the front, but on the other side there was a line of extremely blurry small characters. It was only because the edge of the silk paper was folded that the line of small characters was folded in as well, so no one saw it at the time.
Now that Zuo Liu had said this, everyone quickly looked over.
"I went through a lot of hardships to create the River Map. After half a lifetime of hardship, I finally realized the great Dao. I recorded forty-eight short reflections on my understanding of the River Map in a scroll, called "Forty-eight Records of Qingfeng Temple", and hung it on the top of a pagoda to give to those who are destined to know it..."
The last few words disappeared on the other side, but it did not prevent people from reading the meaning hidden in this line of tiny calligraphy.
Master Buyu wrote down his understanding of the River Map into a volume called "Forty-eight Records of Qingfeng Temple"? And hung it on the top of a pagoda
Top of the tower
At that moment, everyone was stunned for a moment. The next moment, they all looked up, stood in front of the Buddha statue, and looked up towards the height!
At first, I was only focused on seeing what the Buddha statue looked like, but it was all dark and I couldn't see anything clearly.
But at this moment, when everyone turned their gaze back to the darkness and no longer observed the Buddha statue, there was a faint light, faintly visible in the darkness, which seemed a little unreal.
It was a foot-long ray of light. Although it was so dim that it almost blended into the darkness, everyone could see clearly: it looked like a scroll!
"Forty-eight Records of Qingfeng Temple"!
That must be it!
At that moment, Jianchou looked back almost subconsciously.
The cold gaze turned into a throat-cutting blade and they collided in an instant!
Crackling!
She was looking at Xie Buchen, and Xie Buchen was also looking at her.
The two people turned their heads almost at the same time, looked at each other, and at the same time understood the deep meaning hidden in each other's eyes!
The next moment, two people leaped out almost at the same time, rushing towards the heights like two lightning bolts!
The people below were once again stunned by these two people: they changed their expressions as soon as they said they would, and no one was vague. Damn, can you at least consider the hearts of the onlookers!
Everyone almost had an urge to faint.
Zuo Liu's mouth twitched: "Why are these two people so greedy... Isn't it just a scroll... Hmm? What is that?"
He stood beside the eucalyptus and was still complaining hypocritically.
Unexpectedly, halfway through the conversation, I suddenly felt something shaking beside me.
Zuo Liu turned around in surprise and saw the eucalyptus tree next to him.
At that moment, the blood in his body seemed to stop flowing!
Before, Jianchou carefully blew away the dusty silk paper, but it disappeared without a trace.
A gray-haired mouse was standing on a slightly higher incense burner, its cold black eyes staring at them motionlessly. The piece of rice paper that was spread flat on the eucalyptus had been grabbed by the gray-haired mouse's two paws at some point!
Without the cover of the silk paper, the thing underneath was immediately exposed—
An antique bronze mirror was now facing outside, emitting a golden light that was getting brighter and brighter!
"Fuck! Your mother!"
Zuo Liu, who had been dumbfounded for a long time, finally came back to his senses from the almost absurd shock, and without hesitation began to chatter about the eighteen generations of ancestors of the gray-haired mouse!
At the same time, he, who was standing closest, grabbed the mouse with one hand without hesitation, and raised his sleeve with the other hand, trying to cover the bronze mirror whose function was unknown.
It’s a pity that it’s still a step too late!
The gray-haired mouse looked at them obscurely.
A blazing golden light burst out from the bronze mirror. In the blink of an eye, six thousand-petal lotus Buddha lamps appeared out of thin air above the ground. They seemed to be burned by the golden light, and six clusters of green flames appeared instantly!
At that moment, Zuo Liu only felt a huge suction force coming from the flames. He had no power to resist and was directly sucked into the flames.
"Left flow!"
The young man Ruhua beside him was suddenly horrified and had no time to grab the person. The same suction force came from another green lamp and directly pulled him towards the flame wick!
No one in the entire hall was spared.
There are six green lamps in front of the Buddha and six monks in the hall.
Even Jianchou and Xie Buchen, who were about to approach the volume of "Forty-eight Records of Qingfeng Temple" above, could not escape.
The patterns on the scroll gradually became clear. Jianchou slashed to the side with his knife, wanting to force Xie Buchen to retreat and grab the scroll first.
Who would have thought that the knife had just been swung out and had not yet hit Xie Buchen, but he saw his whole body suddenly sink downwards and unexpectedly avoided it.
Before Jianchou had time to think whether it was a coincidence or he had to avoid it, the next moment, her whole body suddenly sank!
How fast you go up, how fast you go down!
A branch of eucalyptus below continued to grow larger in her eyes, and a gray-haired mouse that was still pulling the silk paper also became clearer.
How could Jianchou not know that after all his planning, he was still tricked by a rat!
An absurd impulse suddenly arose in her heart: This hidden world is such a fucking trap!
There are six green lamps on the ground.
Jianchou was completely unable to control his body, and crashed into the flame of one of the green lamps.
The thousand-foot lamp of the mortal world!