Chapter 242 The Great Evil
There were weeds growing on the ground, the doors and windows were broken, and the Buddha statue was gray. It seemed as if someone had pushed him directly from the lotus platform and fell to pieces. His head rolled to the wall, and he happened to "look" at Meng Qi and others with a compassionate smile on his face.
This made Meng Qi shudder a little. The Great Sage is a demon, Ben Bo'er Ba is a demon, and Grandma is also a demon. But their painting styles are completely different. Could it be that they encountered the latter?
Jiang Zhiwei and others looked at the meditation hall, but could not find anything noteworthy, nor did they find the enemy.
Ge Huaien looked solemn, took a few deep breaths, closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing for a moment, and then threw out a few copper coins in his palm.
Everyone knew that he was making predictions and did not dare to disturb him. They were all on guard in different directions.
Ding... The sound of coins rolling on the ground gradually dissipated. Ge Huaien took a closer look and his face changed slightly: "This place is very dangerous!"
"Which is more likely to happen?" Meng Qi asked. Anyway, everyone was blinded. They didn't know where they were and where the danger came from. So leaving according to the divination results was the last option.
Ge Huaien picked up the copper coins and tossed them several times. His expression became more solemn. With his calm and peaceful character, he also looked slightly gloomy: "There are omens of great misfortune in every direction. We seem to be in a desperate situation."
Everyone let out a sigh of relief, but they were not too disappointed. Otherwise, it would not be a death mission.
"In this case, it's getting dark. It's better for us to stay than to leave." Luo Shengyi expressed his opinion confidently, which was very contagious.
The sun was sinking in the west outside the window, dyeing the sky red, and the area already seemed dim.
Meng Qi nodded directly and said: "It should be so."
He is someone who has watched Journey to the West, and with the description of the Lord of Six Paths of Reincarnation as "demon chaos in the world", he can probably imagine the grand scene of a mountain with a nest of monsters, and many monsters are good at hiding and sneaking, often hunting prey at night, in this case , walking at night is very dangerous. If you accidentally get caught, you will be caught and steamed or fried. It is better to stick to this ruined temple and wait for dawn.
"Okay." Jiang Zhiwei had no objection to this.
Zhang Yuanshan worked calmly and meticulously, and immediately said: "Then let's inspect the temple together and eliminate internal hidden dangers."
At this time, everyone must advance and retreat together, and must not be divided or left alone, otherwise they will be just a corpse when they meet again.
There was no objection to his proposal. Meng Qi took the lead, and the others all had their own positions. As soon as he opened the door, a crow sounded, and a flock of crows flew from the roofs. There was a feeling of black clouds rising, and the ruins in the dusk The temple was made desolate and lonely, eerie and terrifying.
From what Meng Qi could see, the square outside the meditation hall was also overgrown with weeds, littered with bird excrement and animal feces, with broken walls and broken tiles everywhere. It looked like it had been neglected for countless years.
"The inspection must be completed before dark." Luo Shengyi was still used to giving orders, but he obviously respected the opinions of Meng Qi and others more than before.
Meng Qi nodded, holding a knife in his right hand and a sword in his left hand. He led everyone to search the Zen room courtyard one by one. He found that there was no one here. Some of the wooden tables and chairs were so rotten that they would collapse at the touch of a touch. Occasionally, a skinny animal could be seen. The mice walked by in a swaggering manner as if there was no one around.
About half an hour later, the sky became darker and darker, and it already felt like night. Jiang Zhiwei and Fu Zhenzhen lit the huozhezi, illuminating the surrounding environment.
They had probably finished searching the main body of the temple, but found nothing strange or valuable. Some of the rotting corpses of wild beasts had been chewed to pieces. Apparently there were wild dogs waiting to visit.
"It seems that it is not a monster that can drive ghosts." Zhang Yuanshan made a judgment.
There was an era in the main world when monsters were in chaos on the earth, and all kinds of monsters emerged in endlessly. Although they were later suppressed by the Human Emperor and hid in Tianhaiyuan and other places, they still appeared from time to time and caused disasters. Therefore, each sect has very detailed records of monsters. , Zhang Yuanshan, as the direct descendant of Zhenwu, naturally has various methods and know-how checks.
Meng Qi looked back at the temple gate, only to see the darkness outside, which seemed to contain endless dangers: "Then we mainly guard against the monsters outside."
The plaque on the main entrance seemed to have disappeared long ago, leaving them unable to know which temple they were in.
"Let's go back to the original Zen Hall first. The location is the most suitable." Jiang Zhiwei weighed the conditions of the various Zen halls and the distance between the gates, etc. before making suggestions.
Meng Qi was confident and walked in front again. It was obvious that the meditation hall just now was the main hall of this temple.
When he was approaching the meditation room, Meng Qi suddenly caught sight of a golden sparkle under the firelight.
"Hey, the gold paint on the Buddha statue has become dull. Where did the gold come from?" Meng Qi frowned slightly, walked over, and found that it was a plaque covered with moss and weeds, and the gold color was the one stroke of the text on it.
"Plaque?" Jiang Zhiwei asked with sharp eyes, "You can see what kind of temple this is."
Although we are in a strange world of reincarnation, it is useless to know the names of temples and places, but it is a Buddhist temple after all. It cannot be said that it is consistent with Buddhism in the main world. We can judge some situations from it, just like the Shaolin in the Duoercha world, except that it is not the same as the Shaolin in the main world. The layout is the same, and the one worshiped is Tathagata.
Meng Qi did know the names of several temples in Journey to the West, such as Jinshan Temple. He couldn't tell where they were from, so he used "whispers" to remove the weeds and moss on them.
With his skill, the last word at the bottom quickly appeared, which was the Sanskrit word "Temple". If Meng Qi hadn't learned it in Shaolin, no one here would have been able to recognize it.
Scraping further upwards, the Sanskrit word "音" appeared. Meng Qi's face changed slightly, and his breathing paused a little. Could it be the "Little Leiyin Temple"? Not to mention the Yellow Eyebrow Patriarch who was taken away, any leader inside could eat them alive.
"No?" Ruan Yushu seemed to notice Meng Qi's nervousness, and everyone's breathing suddenly lightened.
Meng Qi shook his head and continued to scrape the weeds and moss. It has been eight hundred years, and the monsters here should have moved away long ago. After all, the Yellow Eyebrow Patriarch was taken away by Maitreya Buddha.
The golden Sanskrit was revealed bit by bit, and Meng Qi's heartbeat suddenly slowed down. It was really the word "雷"!
Little Leiyin Temple... Does this mean we are in Xiniu Hezhou? There are really monsters everywhere!
Feeling that he had confirmed the result, Meng Qi relaxed a little. Looking at the dilapidated appearance, it doesn't look like there are powerful monsters living there.
He casually removed the remaining weeds, intending to make the word "small" appear. Suddenly, he laughed in his heart: "It turns out that it is not the word "small", but the word "big", so it is not the Little Leiyin Temple, which is not bad..."
Just when he thought of this, his pupils shrank violently, his expression froze, and a storm of waves rose in his heart.
There is no "small" word, but the word "big", so isn't it the "Big Leiyin Temple"? The "Big Leiyin Temple" where the Tathagata Buddha lived in Journey to the West?
The Buddha's voice is like thunder!
This is not scientific...Meng Qi looked at a loss, how could this be the "Big Leiyin Temple"? If even the "Big Leiyin Temple" has become like this, wouldn't it be an unimaginable change? It's like giving himself a club as soon as he came!
Don't worry, don't worry, who knows which wild fox Zen took it by himself...Meng Qi's expression change made Jiang Zhiwei and others more alert, but his appearance made people dare not ask questions for a while.
Meng Qi stared at the plaque, and saw that the wood was green and still alive. The four Sanskrit characters on it looked ordinary at first, but a closer look gave people a sense of inner peace and tranquility. The Zen meaning was plain but timeless. It lay there quietly, as if telling the vicissitudes of time. It was motionless, and it was true.
"Could it be that it is really the 'Great Leiyin Temple'..." Meng Qi subconsciously inserted "Ziwu" back and picked up the plaque. When he looked back at the Zen hall, he realized that something was wrong. If it was really the "Great Leiyin Temple", except for the plaque, the rest of the things should be holy objects that have been contaminated by the breath of Tathagata Buddha for many years. Even if hundreds of years have passed, they should have an unusual smell like the plaque. Why would they be rotten and dilapidated, without any abnormality, and break when touched?
Could it be that this place is not the "Great Leiyin Temple", but the plaque is real?
But this guess is also unacceptable! Who brought the plaque of "Great Leiyin Temple" from Lingshan Pure Land out and threw it here?
When he calmed down, he found that his abnormality had attracted the attention and worry of all his companions. This matter was too incredible, and he could not control it with his current state of mind.
"What's wrong with the 'Great Leiyin Temple'?" Jiang Zhiwei asked doubtfully. The little monk was born in Buddhism. Could he know something?
According to some Buddhist scriptures in the main world, the Buddha lived in the "Nalanda Temple" in the Pure Land of Possa, but there was no "Great Leiyin Temple", so they were not surprised.
Meng Qi pondered for a while and said: "I have read a few Buddhist scriptures written by someone unknown. It is said that the Tathagata Buddha also has a Lingshan Pure Land, and there is a 'Great Leiyin Temple' in the center of the Pure Land."
Zhang Yuanshan, Luo Shengyi and others changed their faces slightly. Meng Qi was born in Buddhism. It was normal for him to read Buddhist scriptures that were unknown to outsiders. Could it be that the demons were disturbing the world and destroyed the Buddha's Pure Land, turning the Great Leiyin Temple into ruins?
This is impossible!
Where do demons get this ability? Even the demon lord who can open a world by himself can't do it!
Even if the demon saint is resurrected, he is at most equal to the demon lord.
Or is the Buddha here not the Buddha of the main world?
Countless questions emerged, and they all remained silent, waiting for Meng Qi to continue.
Meng Qi expressed his speculation, suspecting that this place was not the Great Leiyin Temple, but only the plaque. This point was agreed by everyone. Even if it was not the real Buddha, the normal residence of the Buddha should be full of holy objects, which was many times stronger than the relics of the Dorcha world at the beginning. Why is it like this now, broken by people like me.
"Maybe it is not necessarily a real plaque, maybe it was written by some great monk." Meng Qi himself did not believe this explanation. If Lingshan was normal and the Great Leiyin Temple was normal, which great monk would name his temple the Great Leiyin Temple?
Thinking of "Eight hundred years after the journey to the West, demons disturbed the world", Meng Qi smelled the breath of change.
He was silent for a moment and said, "The stories told in those Buddhist scriptures are somewhat similar to this world. Monsters are rampant, and there are many saints among monsters. We can't be careless at all." "If we really meet a powerful monster saint, it's useless for us to be careless. Relax." Jiang Zhiwei chuckled, fearless. As soon as the voice fell, everyone trembled, and a strong demonic aura rose to the sky! Countless weak demonic auras connected together, like a dark cloud, with the sound of wind, rushing towards this Zen temple. "Gather the wind?" Zhang Yuanshan's expression condensed. This is at least a half-step exterior level monster! Because monsters are born with magical powers, they can gather the wind half a realm earlier than the human exterior strongmen.