The Kawanishi Vault Chapter 4 Flowers in the Stone

The weirdo walked fast, turning around all the way, trying to avoid the light. The mist did not hinder his speed in the slightest, Fu Yu followed him as low as he could, and after a little relaxation, he disappeared into the mist.

He waved his left hand, and suddenly stopped, Fu Yu followed too quickly, and hit his arm at once.

Fu Yu looked around carefully, the fog was thicker, where the two of them were at the end of an alley, both standing under the wall, blending into the darkness, looking up, you could see a lot of bright light, obviously they were about to approach the Great Scripture Hall.

Smack.

The sound of something falling from behind them was heard not far away, and the two of them turned back at the same time, and a humanoid silhouette appeared in the mist, slowly approaching them.

Fu Yu stared at the silhouette that was about to appear in the mist, and glanced at the strange man from time to time, afraid that he would suddenly disappear.

The humanoid silhouette in the mist suddenly and gradually retreated, hidden in the mist, and Fu Yu dared to ask: "Someone is following us?" ”

"Probably not, I guess it's them."

"Who are they?"

"People like you."

"People like me?"

"Don't move here." The weirdo made another stop gesture.

Not far away, there was a yellow bright light in the shape of a single figure, bursts of Sanskrit sounds came from it, the strange man moved as fast as a black cat, only to hear a muffled sound, the yellow light dropped to a height of one person, and then disappeared.

"Here you go." A moment later, the strange man returned to Fu Yu's side, holding a Buddhist robe and coat, for Fu Yu to wear.

Fu Yu learned to be a stranger and put on a black hat in style.

The strange man handed him another torch, took out a lighter and lit it, then took a torch from behind his waist and lit it.

"Do you know how to recite scriptures?"

"No, it won't."

"Just think about it, but don't show it."

"This ......"

"Don't do that, it's almost time, come with me."

The strange man kept muttering, Fu Yu lowered his head and muttered, and the two of them easily blended into a pile of yellow light through the mist, and Fu Yu realized that the moving points of light were all torches, and all the people in the team were dressed in the same costume.

There are still people lighting with torches? Fu Yu muttered in his heart.

The queue continued to gather until it formed a long line, and it seemed that it was about to enter the Great Scripture Hall.

There were no inspectors at the entrance of the main scripture hall, and everyone entered without any obstruction.

"Strange!" The strange man was surprised, but no one could answer for him.

Looking at the strange man's reaction, he should be very familiar with this place, and he didn't know who he was and what he wanted to do, Fu Yu's heart couldn't help but be full of questions.

Inside the scripture hall, there is no fog, but the indescribable smell has always been there, through the firelight, you can see the general appearance of the scripture hall, but Fu Yu didn't dare to look up too obviously, just glanced at it with the afterglow.

During the day, Fu Yu observed this scripture hall, there are four floors, not very high, and there is a small red house on the top, but there are actually only three floors inside.

The internal structure of the Great Scripture Hall is somewhat like a theater garden, and there are places where you can sit on the second and third floors, but one is to watch the play and the other to listen to the scriptures.

Ever since he entered the scripture hall, Fu Yu felt uncomfortable, as if there were countless pairs of eyes staring at him, but except for the top of the main hall, all around were red by the firelight, and as far as the eye could see, there were monks dressed in the same clothes.

So many monks secretly gathered here in the middle of the night, I don't know what it is?

The advance of the team did not stop, and steps began to appear under Fu Yu's feet, it turned out that there was a cave under the hall, looking at the long queue where the fire did not know where to extend, Fu Yu secretly felt a little happy.

The steps under the feet are neatly repaired, and it seems that they have not been repaired for a long time, and such a large amount of work should have been planned early.

Spending so much manpower, financial resources, and material resources to build a dark passage, a normal person should understand that there must be other plans.

The secret passage can accommodate three people to pass through in parallel, and there are no lighting facilities on both sides, all relying on the torches in the hands of the monks.

The murmuring of the monks lasted for a long time in the dark passage, and it seemed that there were thousands of gods and Buddhas whispering in their ears, Fu Yu felt good at first, pure heart and pure desire, and then felt like wearing a tight mantra and listening to the nagging of ten thousand Tang monks.

There were no objects on both sides of the dark passage, and Fu Yu didn't know how far he had walked, so he could only look at his watch to estimate the distance, and he didn't stop walking for an hour.

Fu Yu couldn't help but smack his tongue: "How long the hell has it been cultivated, even if there is a secret passage in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, it is estimated that it is not as long as this." ”

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, there was a gust of gloomy wind, echoing in this dark passage, and the sound was like a ghost crying wolf, which was terrifying.

Fortunately, the Sanskrit sound of the monks completely suppressed this voice, and Fu Yu felt at ease.

The dark passage suddenly opened, the top seemed to disappear, the walls on both sides were vertically upward, and the carvings on it were delicate but extremely irregular, and the fire of the people could not shine on the top of it.

The chanting of the monks became louder and louder, and they all bowed their heads and walked quickly, as if they could not stay here for a long time.

Fu Yu saw that the strange man was still holding his head high and striding forward, and everyone lowered their heads again, but their courage became bigger, and they raised their heads to look at the top.

Smack.

The unknown liquid that fell from the sky stuck to Fu Yu's hand, sticky like a large snot, making him nauseous for a while, and he couldn't shake it off for a long time.

Smack.

Another string of unknown liquid fell at Fu Yu's feet, as if there was something on the top, and it followed him all the time.

Fu Yu wanted to look up to see what was going on, but he was afraid that something like snot would hit his face, so it was better to let him die head-on.

He mustered up all his strength to finally shake off the unknown liquid in his hands, and as soon as he looked up, he saw a white grimace facing him, with only one finger between his two noses.

Fu Yu screamed and sat on the ground, all the monks stopped to look at him, and he hurriedly tightened his hat, not wanting others to see his face.

The strange man helped him up: "It's just a grimace mask!" ”

"The one who stepped on the horse scared Lao Tzu to death." Fu Yu emboldened himself, and found that there were such white grimaces scattered in the dark passage, with different expressions, but none of them were happy.

Before he had time to take a closer look, Fu Yu lowered his head and continued to walk with the monks, glancing at the white grimaces in the air from time to time, the white grimaces seemed to have sensed something, and looked at him in unison.

A big hand pressed his head down and whispered, "Don't look nonsense. ”

The lights ahead were bright, it seemed to be the end, like a long and narrow gate, for a moment, Fu Yu was in a trance, he was walking towards the unheard of and unseen future, and this door would take him to the new world.

With the light in front of him, Fu Yu could finally see the top of the dark passage a little, which was the upper body statues in various postures, and the irregular lines on both sides carved their lower bodies, all of which were fierce and hateful.

Some look down like ants, others are swaggering and empty-eyed, and some have a sly smile......

Fu Yu snorted secretly: "These stickmen are so ugly." ”

The strange man seemed to hear his contempt and chuckled.

Crossing this "gate", there is a sudden expanse of space, which makes people feel less like they are underground, more like they are standing on a wasteland, with a huge sphere in front of them, as bright as a galaxy.

Thousands of monks scattered around it, instantly losing their momentum and turning into a rabble.

The group of people closest to the ball of light became the size of sesame seeds scattered on the ground, making Fu Yu couldn't help but guess how big this ball of light really was.

The stranger and Fu Yu also took this opportunity to break away from everyone and secretly approached the ball of light.

Fu Yu asked with some concern, "Didn't you suspect me in the secret passage just now?" ”

The strange man smiled: "Of course not, because they have all been scared like this, but there are fewer and fewer newcomers." ”

"Newcomer?" Fu Yu asked puzzled.

"Yes, it's a newcomer like you."

"Have you ever been scared too?"

The strange man coughed lightly twice, pretending not to hear.

"What is this ball of light?" Fu Yu was also interested, and asked again.

"Just go and see."

Fu Yu no longer followed behind the strange man, but walked side by side with him, unwilling to miss the excitement in front of him.

"What the hell is this place, why is it so empty, are we still underground?"

"Absolutely. If it's on the ground, where does it take so much effort, but if that's the case, you and I won't have the chance to touch it. ”

The two of them got closer and closer to the ball of light, and the light became more dazzling, and they couldn't open their eyes any further.

"Do you see clearly?" The weirdo took the initiative to speak.

"See what?"

"Why does it glow, of course?"

"I didn't see it clearly, it was too dazzling."

The strange man was a little displeased: "Look carefully. ”

Fu Yu squinted his eyes and looked at the ball of light, and found that it was not the ball of light itself that was glowing, but a plant attached to its surface, and the rhizomes of these plants grew out of the large and small pits on the sphere, crawling all over the sphere, and it was the flowers it bloomed that glowed.

"It's ...... Flower in the Stone ......"

"That's right, for the sake of understanding, we also call it the flower in the stone."