Chapter 44: The Stupa
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There is a black-lettered plaque carved with three big characters of [Sanssouci Temple] on the gate of the ancient wood red lacquer, which is the name of the temple.
The temple occupies a small area, the incense is good, and there is a seven-storey quaint golden pagoda in the back mountain, which is Lu Yu's goal.
"What the hell are these things..."
Looking at the mutated writing wheel eyes, he saw that there were several nodes at the tower that emitted dazzling golden light, like treasures condensed purely by faith experience, these golden lights were so dazzling in Lu Yu's eyes that his heart and liver trembled.
"Pure experience of faith, how much does it take for such a light to shine......"
At this time, Lu Yu's heart no longer had any emotional entanglement between the red girl and the abbot, and his whole mind was attracted by the spire that exuded golden brilliance, and the beautiful golden brilliance ......
"Gotta get your hands on it"
Gritting their teeth and making up their minds, the group walked around the main courtyard where the fight was taking place and walked in the direction of the pagoda.
There are no weeds on the bluestone floor, and it seems that the monks of the temple have cleaned it often, but at this time, the monks in the temple were scared away by the two banshees, which saved Lu Yu a lot of trouble.
When the group followed the path to the tower on the mountain behind Sanssouci Temple, they found that they did not seem to be the first to hit the golden pagoda.
"I'll just say that the red girl has been a demon for 20 years, how can she catch a monk to get married, or only now...... So that's how it was," Lu Yu's eyes narrowed and he muttered to himself.
At this moment, there is a group of ghost-like demons around the Golden Pagoda, the number of which is about two hundred, and they are circling around the Golden Pagoda, and they seem to be quite afraid of the golden light emitted by the Golden Pagoda.
"But that doesn't seem right......"
Before Lu Yu could finish speaking, he saw a ghost leaning too close to the golden pagoda and accidentally stepped into the range of golden light.
In an instant, the golden light around the golden pagoda began to surge towards the ghost who stepped into the scope of the pagoda, and then in the wail of the ghost, the ghost was dissipated by the swarming golden light, turning into a wisp of green smoke and floating between heaven and earth.
"Shhhhh What a ruthless means"
Lu Yu gasped, no wonder these ghosts guarded the treasure mountain and did not enter it, it turned out that the golden light of this pagoda had a restraining effect on the ghosts, so that the ghosts did not dare to approach this treasure place, as long as they were close, they would be consumed by this golden light.
"Wait... What are they going to do? ”
Before Lu Yu was surprised by the ruthlessness of this Buddhist sect, he saw an amazing scene in front of him.
One by one, the ghosts spontaneously poured into the range of the golden light, and those who did not want to were driven and oppressed by the larger kind to rush towards the golden light, and even those recalcitrant ghosts were directly thrown into the range of the golden light by the more powerful kind!
"These ghosts are meant to use their own kind to dissipate the power of the golden light."
Behind Lu Yu, he said a word faintly, his tone was a little gloomy, as if he had done such a thing before.
After a pause, he said: "Based on the concentration of golden light around the pagoda, these ghosts have a high chance of success, if you want to get the things in the pagoda, just wait for them to open the way, and when they consume the golden light in the pagoda, there will be only a few left."
The voice of the fire was a little chilling, and it seemed to have returned to the sky-gazing mentality in the skull cave, but when Lu Yu looked at him, it still bent down and saluted Lu Yu.
"We'll open the way for you to climb up"
......
The truth is cruel, with the passage of time, the number of ghosts surrounding the outer stube becomes smaller and smaller, one by one the ghosts are thrown into the stupa by the same kind, and in the end, those powerful ghosts who seem to be a little stronger than Lu Yu are also voluntarily dedicated to the golden light.
It's like a funeral ritual with faith......
Lu Yu looked a little chilled, he didn't know what kind of reason could drive these powerful ghosts to sacrifice themselves, but the scene in front of him left a deep impression on his heart.
"It's almost time," Flame began.
At this time, the golden light on the periphery of the pagoda was already thin and difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and the remaining dozen or so powerful ghosts also began to march towards the main gate of the pagoda, and now it was time for Lu Yu and the others to make a move.
Lu Yu didn't move, at such a critical moment, he actually looked back at the fire.
"What did you mean by that?"
His voice was ethereal, and it was hard to remember what was going on in his mind.
After being asked by Lu Yu, the yellow flames in the skull of the fire shook for a moment, and then he responded, "The ghosts will sacrifice their lives for their lords, and so will we."
Lu Yu nodded at him, and then walked towards the pagoda first.
No matter what thoughts he had in his heart, he had Lu Yu's guardian contract on his body, and if he really wanted to turn his face, just one guardian contract would be enough to make this former skeleton lord suffer a lot.
Not to mention that Lu Yu himself is not a soft persimmon, if the two of them put it right, they really can't tell who loses and who wins.
Lu Yu strode forward alone, and the skeleton archers behind him also followed behind and marched with him, they made such a big movement naturally couldn't hide the ghosts who had already entered the temple first, but these ghosts just glanced back and continued to walk inside the tower, as if the roots didn't take Lu Yu and the others in their eyes.
"I'm so proud, it's a good habit!"
The corners of his mouth twitched, and without hesitation, the group followed these ghosts into the temple.
As soon as you enter, a large porcelain Buddha appeared in front of you. There are some small Arhats around the Buddha to make a demon subjugation, and the bodies of these Arhats are still flashing with a faint golden light and the golden light outside the tower is the same source, it seems that the golden light that has consumed the ghost is from here.
However, after these arhats "transformed" nearly two hundred ghosts, the golden light on the porcelain's body had disappeared, and they could no longer pose any threat to Lu Yu and the others.
Seeing that there was no ghost in the hall on the first floor, Lu Yu's brows furrowed.
"Leave a team of archers to guard the goal, and the others will continue with me"
As they spoke, the group was already walking towards the stairs on the second floor.
Lu Yu was not in a hurry, but led people to advance steadily step by step, since there is a golden light outside the tower, it is impossible to say that there is no defense in this pagoda, since those ghosts don't care about the yellow finches behind Lu Yu, then let them explore the way first.
The second floor of the stupa is different from the decoration of the first floor, compared to the first floor is a place to worship the Buddha, the second floor is like a normal person's residence, with beds and cushions, and a gilded statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the center.
Lu Yu thought about it, walked over and knelt on the ground, and poured a stick of incense on this compassionate bodhisattva.
This is Lu Yu's habit in his previous life, although he does not believe in Buddhism, he is still willing to bow when he sees Guanyin Bodhisattva.
As for the reason.....