Chapter 52: Ashoka, Buddha, and the Golden Sutra

Xing Jie and his entourage sat at the entrance of the mine, smoking cigarettes and playing with their mobile phones.

This is what General Asher saw when he arrived in his car.

Although he was very angry, he didn't have the slightest way to do anything about Xing Jie, after all, Xing Jie was not his soldier, and in addition, the actual situation in that maze had indeed changed.

It's not that the general deliberately concealed this, he really didn't know.

In this regard, Xing Jie and their psychology are very clear.

Because there was no need for General Asher at this time to do this.

The so-called bird is hidden in the bow, and it is only possible to do it after Xing Jie and his party open the gate and pass the assessment. Now, if you go too far, it will make General Asher look mentally retarded, and once the old man surnamed Zhu thinks that the food is too ugly and no longer cooperates, it will really be a big loss.

"General, it's not that we don't fulfill our contract, you also know that kind of mechanism can't be broken through at all. ”

"Tell me, what do you really want?"

"Let's put it this way, how can we get into such a place if you don't give us real information? Although my luck is better, it can't be that as soon as I come, the gate will open and the things inside will obediently line up and run in front of me, right?"

The general hesitated for a long time, and he didn't want to see things come to this point.

In the original plan, Xing Jie opened the door, and then the three parties jointly evaluated the level of things inside. The surname Zhu and himself take what they need, and the rest of those who want it are nothing more than some rags.

If Xing Jie didn't know the greed of lifting, then it would be good to kill them all. But the change that has taken everyone off guard is why that red and black diamond suddenly appeared in this place?

And there's no exact hint in the prompt, huh?

"I'm sorry, but we don't have exact information about this sudden appearance. Because today's breakthrough is the deepest so far. So, we don't know what kind of changes will happen in front of us. But one thing you know, this was once a place where the gods of both sides fought together!"

Jinni?

For this title, Xing Jie wanted to laugh a little. From the flying snow beast under the mountain god at the beginning, that is, the mutated snow leopard, to the seraphim, dragon-type combat creatures, phoenix-type combat creatures, etc., which were widely spread in later generations, that is not the legendary god? As for the supreme evil god Teizka Lipoca in South American mythology, the feathered serpent known as the sun god, haven't you seen it all?

Even in the Sanping Mountain ruins, the first layer that appears is the Huangquan Hirazaka in the myth of Dongying. Immediately appeared, the father god Izanagi, and the mother god Izanami, who was knocked into the crystal coffin.

And those legendary artifacts, the angel's horn, the 'apple tree' in the Garden of Eden, the bronze sacred tree, Dongying's three artifacts, the tail feather of the sky, the eight-foot mirror, and the eight-foot Qiong Hook jade, which is not Xing Jie's harvest?

Therefore, such a thing as a god is not uncommon for Xing Jie.

It's just some relatively powerful forces, relatively powerful combat creatures. Even if it's a feathered serpent, didn't he kill a few of them? Seriously, gods are not uncommon!

"General, I also did my homework a few days ago, and in this land of South India, there have been no legendary divine wars. But there have been a lot of wars. The most famous is the battle between Emperor Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. Although Ashoka is brave and unparalleled, there is still a long way to go before he can be called a god, right?" Xing Jie said.

General Asher nodded, glanced at Xing Jie, and said slowly: "You have done your homework well, but can you tell me that on the basis of winning the battle, you still have to kill 100,000 prisoners of war?" This number may be exaggerated, but the number will definitely not be small!"

Xing Jie was stunned for a moment.

This old man is right, 100,000 people is indeed unlikely, but tens of thousands of people, that is absolutely no problem. But then again, if nothing else, these tens of thousands of people alone were quite a lot of money at that time.

Also, at that time, soldiers in the war could be killed, but the officers belonged to the Kshatriya caste, and if they were defeated, they could be ransomed with ransom! However, according to the records, that war was not the same thing at all, and the high-ranking officers did not know how many were killed, and as for the bloodline of the Kalinga country, they were almost wiped out!

This was not in line with the habits of the time!

Even more ridiculous is another thing. After seeing tens of thousands of people slaughtered, Emperor Ashoka felt that he was deeply guilty, and then he devoted himself to worshipping the Buddha, and after that war, Ashoka was glorified as 'White Ashoka'! A man who was able to hack all his brothers and sisters to death, conquered the whole of India, and killed and wounded millions of people. Accustomed to seeing mountains of corpses and a sea of blood, he could feel unbearable because tens of thousands of people were slaughtered? This is simply the biggest joke!

"You mean that?"

"Well, it is said that he opened the ruins, and then he was recognized by the Buddha. ”

Xing Jie felt speechless, isn't the Buddha Gautama?

It is said that it is a prince, and then it has never seen much of the world. After seeing birth, old age, sickness and death, birds eating insects, he was shocked, so he meditated and became enlightened under the twin trees of Sharo.

When the Shaluo Twin Trees were destroyed, there was no vision of a violent storm and a heaven and earth, and there was no nine-turn heavenly tribulation such as lightning and thunder, which was actually not interesting. But his theory is very good, in simple terms, it is atheism, and then there is equality for all, the golden mean! Isn't it strange that the Buddha's ultimate idea is atheism?

Why could the son of a high-caste chieftain come up with such a strange philosophical idea? Also, he died more than 400 years B.C., and Emperor Ashoka destroyed the kingdom of Karinga in 261 B.C.

There is a gap of more than 200 years in the middle, and as the king of a country, it is probably impossible to say that I have never heard of Buddhism. So why did he not react before, but became a devout Buddhist after opening the ruins? As the supreme ruler of the Mauryan Empire, it stands to reason that he should believe in Brahmanism. Because Brahmanism is so beneficial to his rule, there is no reason to put it aside.

Could it be that Ashoka broke down after opening the ruins and seeing the so-called gods as they were? As for Gautama, I suspect that he has also entered this site, otherwise, he has no reason to oppose even Sanskrit unconditionally!" Xing Jie asked.

General Asher stared at Xing Jie for a long time and clapped his hands.

Two people came out of the darkness.

One is Zhu Lao. The other was a big man, and he was seen holding a black suitcase in his hand. And this suitcase has been carried with him since he came to India with Zhu Lao, and he is handcuffed and does not leave his body for a moment.

"Zhu Lao, I have long felt strange, when did you also start to learn from the President of the United States and start playing with the nuclear lockbox?" Xing Jie asked with a smile.

"You bastard, this isn't a nuclear lockbox. Zhu Lao said with a smile, and then he didn't hesitate to start.

There is only one book in the lockbox.

Xing Jie smashed it, smashed it, and then looked at General Asher and sneered.

Because that book is very special, it is a golden scripture book.

That's right, it's the golden scripture that Xing Jie got in the Pakistani ruins when he first came to India!