Chapter 11: The Four Protectors
The temple stargazing platform, the sun and shadow during the day, and the polar star at night, in order to be the morning and evening. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info blue masonry rock, magnificent atmosphere.
It was night, and the beacon fire was burning.
Lethe and I were tied to two pillars of the observatory, chained, motionless. The disciples gathered in the audience were expressionless, bowing their heads and bowing their knees, and their faces were pious. At the front of the high platform, Ou Rufeng and Feng Ling led a few people to guard in front of the huge bronze door, respectfully waiting for the elders to come out.
Suddenly, somewhere high in Zhuge Temple, a bell rang. The muffled sound of the bells, like thunder at midnight, came suddenly and disturbed dreams.
The bronze door, which seemed to have been closed for a long time, suddenly opened. Three figures walked out of it. When I saw them, they were dignified, dressed in wide gray robes, and were of high respect. The disciples in the audience all knelt down and shouted polite words such as greeting the exit. Even Ou Chen and Feng Ling were serious, bowing their heads to show the courtesy of their juniors.
It stands to reason that such a grand event has nothing to do with me and Lechuan. However, the person sent by Ou Rufeng said that the elders were out of the customs and amnesty, and anyone who moved the mind of the artifact and holy object needed to bathe his body with three fires. If you come back to life, you can not only atone for your own sins, but if you are found to be a disciple of the righteous path.
I asked, "What if it hangs up?"
The disciple said no more, and remained silent all the way.
When I was brought to the stargazing platform, I realized that I was the only one who had moved my mind. But thinking about Lechuan, he feels innocent, he was simply involved by me to save me. From beginning to end, the one who moved the Xuanguang Mirror's mind was not me?
Feng Ling secretly told me when he passed by, don't be afraid of him.
I was stunned for a long time, what a little adult!
The four protectors of Zhuge Temple: the great protector Ou Miaozi, the good qin, and its sound can take people's lives in the seduction. The second protector is like incense, good at painting, and it is said that the things he paints can be channeled into living things. The three protectors of Ruan Jiuqian, good at chess, and live in the art of Qimen Dunjia and the five elements of gossip. The four protectors of the Dharma are good doctors, and those who use poison as doctors are deviant but famous in the four cities.
Sixteen years ago, the Zhuge Temple changed, and the four protectors Ling Chenzi jumped off the cliff in fear of sin, and there were only three protectors left in the Zhuge Temple. After the Lord of the Four Cities changed hands, the three Dharma Protectors intended to select new Dharma Protector candidates from among the elite children and retire to the position of elders.
And Ou Rufeng, as the son of the Great Elder Ou Miaozi, and has excellent roots, is regarded as one of the best candidates for Dharma Protector. And this time the immortal cultivation test, one is to select righteous path disciples for the four cities, and the other is actually to select the rest of the candidates for the favorite Zhuge Temple Protector.
The three Dharma protectors are condescending and imposing. He ignored the disciples from beginning to end. Instead, without saying a word, he arrived in front of the stone pillar.
"You~" He pointed at me, his eyes widened angrily, majestic and cold: "It's the daughter of that nonsense hermit?" ”
I blinked and sneered: "Could it be that you are the Ou Miaozi who survived alone with a broken back and shame?" ”
"Looking for death~" After finishing speaking, a flash of inspiration, the air burst, and a big hand that conjured up grabbed my neck fiercely, and I was so short of oxygen that I almost spit out my saliva.
At the same moment, three voices came almost simultaneously.
"Don't touch her." It's Lethe.
"Father-in-law, be merciful." It's Ou Rufeng.
"Great Elder, stop." It's Feng Ling.
I don't know why, the more this time, the more clear such a voice is. If you ask me if it hurts at this moment, my answer is still like that, it doesn't hurt at all, it's just a little breathless.
I started to feel a little faint, and the light in my eyes became whiter. It's just that it's not a white starlight, but a blur in the clouds.
I just laughed and laughed like that, and I didn't know why I was laughing. I just feel that the person in front of me is really the same as I imagined, irritable and willful, indiscriminate. Looking at his excited and irritable demeanor, could he be the murderer who framed the old man?
"Senior brother~" For a long time, he held Ou Miaozi with one hand, which was like incense. She shook her head at Ou Miaozi and said, "All the disciples look at it, let's use the method of the three fires to test." ”
"Ahem~ahem~" The moment I got the air, my lungs were coughing violently due to lack of oxygen. Feng Ling walked up to me, pulled the corner of my skirt, and looked at me with a sad face.
I turned my head to look at Lethe River, and saw blood stains where he was bound by chains. I gasped, and I was afraid to look at him. Maybe it's guilt, maybe it's weakness. However, after following the master to dissect the corpse more, there was less fuss about flesh and blood.
I tried to know what the pain felt like, I slit my wrist with a dagger, I rolled in the thorns in the valley, I pierced my acupuncture points with a silver needle...... No matter what I do, it's all in vain.
The old man was dissecting the corpse that day, and the sharp blade of the knife fell from the corpse's chest to the belly, and the blood stains pulled the room to the ground. The old man said: You say that if they are dissected by me like this alive, how much pain will be worse than death? You won't be in pain, but it's another blessing. At least, there is no pain in life.
I understand what the old man means. Sometimes, people tend to suffer more than they rejoice, and if they don't feel pain, they only have joy. However, it hurts to be alive, isn't it?
Mortals have a very strange hobby, that is, to have joy, anger, sorrow, and sorrow, and taste all the pain and pain before they feel that they have lived a lifetime. Always think about doing something memorable and achieving the direction you want, so that you won't feel that you have lived your life in vain after a hundred years.
Unfortunately, I'm such a mortal. Sometimes I think about it, I'm just a sixteen-year-old girl. Perhaps, there is still a little expectation for the future, right?
As for how to live, I am more willing to take it one step at a time.
I never understood what the Three Fires method was in their mouths. It wasn't until someone held the three beads that I was even more confused.
The third elder, Ruan Jiuqian, stepped forward and read some unintelligible words to the beads. The three beads exploded, turbulent, swept up out of thin air, and flew above my and Lethe's heads with light.
My eyes widened, thinking that there was something strange about those three beads. Is it a breathfire? Or do you want to be like that Ou Miaoko, and mutilate my body? In the middle of the night, the bead shook violently in the sky. All eyes were on the beads, as if they were devout believers, following them closely.
"Ah~" Lechuan looked pained, and I could almost see the green tendons on his face and neck bulging. As Sanzhu became violently uneasy, Lethe's expression became distorted. Pale and gloomy, groaning in pain.
"Damn~" I cursed with a frown. I struggled for a moment, but the cold chains tied me to the ground. I bit my lip and came up with an idea that I wasn't afraid of death.
"What's going on?" Everyone was shocked!