Looking at my expression, Jue Yuan probably understood that I really didn't know about this matter. He sighed, and then said: "It seems that your master has really protected you very well."
There was a little impatient expression on my face, not for Jue Yuan, but for these words, because too many people said that my master protected me very well. Unfortunately, he protected me very well. No matter how good it is, we are still on the same path as him.
Jue Yuan did not struggle with this issue. He is my friend and naturally understands how I feel. He also knows that my impatience is not directed at him, so Jue Yuan said simply: "This is our lineage. The test is a test that every monk of our designated lineage must pass."
"Come to Little Hell for a test?" I looked at Jue Yuan in disbelief.
This time the person who answered me was not Jue Yuan, but another monk. This monk was the monk who rowed the boat for Jue Yuan. He looked to be between 4 and 50 years old, somewhat weathered and taciturn. The way he wore his monk's robe was different. He looked like an ordinary monk, but a bit like a Tibetan monk. He was half-naked, with his hanging sleeves tied around his waist. His exposed body muscles were tangled, but also covered with wounds.
Looking at it this way, he looks a bit like an ancient Jianghu man, if he didn't shave his head.
"I came to the Little Hell for a test. If I can successfully save 108 souls here, I will be considered as passing the test." The monk answered my question simply.
But I looked at Jueyuan in disbelief, saving 108 souls here? is it possible? Just now, those evil ghosts took action first, and then Lao Xiao, and there were a group of us who were "holding the place". Jue Yuan could only save three dead souls.
Thinking like this, I couldn't help but ask Jue Yuan: "How many souls have you saved so far? How long have you been here? Why can you survive here?"
Jue Yuan did not feel impatient in the face of my continuous questions. He answered seriously: "I am ashamed to say that I have been here for a year and a half. Today is the day when I have saved the most souls, but I have only saved 3 souls." It seems like a trick. So far, I have saved a total of 23 dead souls. As for surviving here, you are not talking about surviving here. We come here every three days, and we never pass the boundary markers. We are active in the wild, and we have experienced here for generations. The ghosts here are not targeting us. It has become a conventional rule. We can transcend it, but we cannot take action, otherwise it will cause attacks from ghosts. It’s just that. Now... ."
"Master Jue Yuan, you talk too much." As soon as Jue Yuan said this, the monk next to him interrupted Jue Yuan.
Jue Yuan shook his head and said: "Not much, definitely not much. Don't you know who their ancestor is? It's Lao Li, and all his disciples and grandsons are here, so I don't say much at all. They should have the right to know the secret because they must enter the boundary monument."
"What, they want to enter the boundary monument? We are very familiar with this wilderness, including the distribution of ghosts. How can it be allowed within this boundary monument?" The monk was shocked and didn't understand why Jue Yuan was so sure that we would enter the boundary monument.
But Jue Yuan did not answer the monk's words. He just looked at me meaningfully and said, "Chengyi, your coming here must be related to your master, right? If so, you can only enter the boundary monument, because according to our Your master only left clues to the secret of the pulse in the boundary monument. And it’s the new city inside the boundary monument.”
Xincheng, what is Xincheng? I had no idea what Jue Yuan was talking about, but the monk next to Jue Yuan could no longer control his emotions. He said, "Jue Yuan, after entering the new city, who can come out? What do you mean...?"
"Amitabha, in my pursuit of Buddhism, I will not stop until I get the inheritance. I am ashamed of my master. As the saying goes, I will enter the new city with them." Jue Yuan said seriously, his expression still as before He was peaceful, but with the firmness in his eyes, anyone who looked at him understood that it was impossible for Jue Yuan to change his mind.
"Chengyi, it's going to be very dangerous. Do you want to go? I don't know what kind of place it is inside. Even the eminent monk who once went in with your master never mentioned what the situation is like inside." The monk over there was already hurriedly stopping Jue Yuan, but Jue Yuan ignored him at all and just looked at me and said.
I held a cigarette in my mouth nonchalantly and said to Jue Yuan: "I have experienced a lot of life and death. Every time I thought I was going to die, I was still alive. I will naturally enter the boundary monument, even if If I hadn’t met you, I would probably have crashed in if I was blind. If you followed us in, you might not be able to succeed.”
Jue Yuan was holding a rosary. There were 23 rays of light on his rosary that were particularly different. He suddenly smiled and said to me: "I believe that if I follow you, there are 108 beads in this rosary." Everything will light up and I will succeed.”
After saying that, Jue Yuan put his hand on Hui Gen'er and said, "For the time being, Hui Gen'er will be my guardian monk, right?"
The monk whose body was covered with scars sighed and said: "Jueyuan, I have been your guardian monk since you entered the temple. We have been through life and death countless times, with only a few actions. , you and I are not together. Now, do you really not need me for such an important inheritance test?"
Jue Yuan sang a Buddhist chant and said: "Dingyuan, you and I have been here for a year and a half this time. Although we have never entered the boundary monument, huge changes have occurred in the new city. Haven't you and I discussed it? Don't you know it in your heart? I'm not abandoning you, but asking you to go back. It's time to go to the branch master and see how they will deal with it. By the way, let's also go to Hui Gen'er's master."
"Amitabha." The monk named Dingyuan heard the instructions and sang a Buddha's name. After that, he stopped talking and performed a Buddha salute to all of us. He turned around and jumped on them. The little boat is about to drift away.
"Don't be busy, just wait." I thought of something and quickly stopped Dingyuan.
Dingyuan and Jueyuan both looked at me in surprise at the same time, wondering what I meant by suddenly stopping them.
"I don't know where you will go back from, but I'm afraid it's not safe to go back. Do you know the Lake Shou lineage?" I said loudly.
"Which Shouhu lineage are you talking about?" Jue Yuan looked at me seriously and said.
Is it possible that there are two more of the Lake Guard lineage? I didn't have time to ask any more questions, so I just said to them: "The Lake Shou lineage presided over by Uncle Zheng was surrounded by ten thousand ghosts four days ago, and all contact with the outside world was completely cut off. They are still guarding! As far as I know, a ghost Rakshasa also went there this time. In addition, a huge change has occurred in this Lake of Ten Thousand Ghosts, and it may not be safe to leave here."
Jue Yuan's expression suddenly became solemn and he said: "The Lake Shou lineage presided over by Uncle Zheng is your Lake Shou family. And our Buddhists in this little hell have different ideas from your Taoists, so naturally we also have ours." Lake guard. But I didn't expect that the situation would turn out like this... But it doesn't matter. Dingyuan and I just came from our side a day ago. There has been no trouble on our side. Dingyuan, you go quickly. Well, if it’s too late, things will change.”
There is such a secret. Taoists and Buddhists are stationed here to guard the lake? I feel that I am involved in a big situation again. I say that I am so ignorant, but it is like this every time. Is the welfare of a child's life
The news I told undoubtedly made both Jueyuan and Dingyuan nervous. After Jueyuan finished speaking, Dingyuan actually set up the boat without looking back and turned back quickly. It looked like that, I'm really anxious.
Jue Yuan looked at the sky silently, and suddenly said: "It seems that the balance that has existed for hundreds of years will be broken here, or else the world will change and shocking truths will be exposed in front of ordinary people. Otherwise, let’s completely solve the problem here.”
I was speechless. I didn’t expect that a search for my master’s footprints would turn into solving a huge problem. The Taoist Lake Shou lineage was still waiting for my master’s opportunity to break the situation. Now all the manpower is available. You are trying hard to contact the outside world, will it happen then...
I couldn't imagine what kind of chaos it would be, so I just said to Jue Yuan: "It seems that you Buddhists are luckier than us Taoists. At least you are not surrounded by thousands of ghosts. When you enter this small hell, there will be no ghost attacks." .”
Jue Yuan gave a bitter smile and said: "Now it seems that this is the case. These ghosts are more cunning than we imagined! They clearly just don't want us to unite."
"What's going on in the new city? Is there an old city?" I suddenly asked.
Jue Yuan pointed in one direction and said to us: "Go there, that's where the boundary monument is!"