The old monk's words answered most of my doubts, but there was one key question that I still didn't understand.

So I asked, "As the old man said, just smear the blood on this ...... On the Divine Stone, the black shadow will not hurt us, but what I don't understand is that the black shadow in country H does not kill people indiscriminately, but is very selective, so why? Don't...... Your apprentice, you already have the ability to command the black shadow who to kill and who not to kill? ”

This question is obviously the one that bothers Gao Lingkai the most, so as soon as I spoke, Gao Lingkai's two eyes were only staring at the old monk, waiting to hear how he answered.

The old monk sighed softly and said, "The reason why the Divine Shadow is a Divine Shadow is really because of ...... After years of feeding them with blood, they are not only able to sense what is in our hearts, but we can also sense what the shadows see and hear! ”

These words made me a little confused, and I couldn't help but look at each other with Gao Lingkai.

Gao Lingkai blurted out: "That shadow...... It's just a shadow, it has neither eyes nor ears, and it can ...... What one sees and hears? ”

This question is actually a big question for me, but I think this unidentified creature from the ground

I can't say it's a living thing, because it doesn't have any of the characteristics of a living thing, but it's capable of moving independently, so I can only call it a "living thing".

And such an "unknown living thing" is definitely not good to understand with human thinking.

For example, we think that we can only "see and hear" if we have eyes and ears, but when it comes to this "unknown living thing", I am afraid that this law does not apply.

So I didn't translate Gao Lingkai's question, but asked the old monk: "What does the old man mean is that you release this so-called ...... Divine Shadow, when it attacks us, the old man sits in the backyard house, can you feel it clearly? ”

"Yes!" The old monk nodded, "But I didn't expect that after the divine shadow clinged to this little brother, this little brother not only didn't panic at all, but also stopped breathing, as if he was practicing some kind of kung fu!" Originally, I just wanted to scare you away, and I didn't want to really hurt your lives, but in this way, I wanted to see what kind of characters you two were, and how much more capable you were, so I didn't recall the shadow, but let it cling to this little brother until ...... When the sun sets, the shadow automatically returns to the underground! ”

"The one who kills...... Divine Shadow, has it also returned to the underground? I asked immediately.

"No, it doesn't!" The old monk immediately shook his head, "According to the legend passed down from generation to generation, at first, these three divine stones were not wrapped in divine shadows, but they ...... Just after being soaked in the blood of the monks for the first time, there were three divine shadows, and every day they no longer returned to the ground, but attached to the three divine stones! This is also ...... My three scoundrels will take away the Divine Stone, and at the same time, they will take away the Divine Shadow! ”

I looked down and asked him another question: "Then if we smear blood on the Divine Stone, what kind of ...... Can the shadow of the god who kills people also be able to feel our thoughts? ”

A smile appeared on the old monk's face, as if I had asked a very stupid question.

"Then do you think you can sense the Divine Stone or the Divine Shadow?" The old monk asked rhetorically.

Thinking about it myself, I can only shake my head.

The old monk said: "We have mutual induction with the Divine Stone Divine Shadow, which is the result of years of feeding them with blood, just smearing the blood on the Divine Stone once or twice, at most, it is just to let the Divine Shadow not kill you!" ”

"But your apprentice has a ...... Shenshi, several people have been killed in country H, how can we stop it? ”

"Can't stop it!" The old monk shook his head, "Even if you kill my criminal, it will only make the Divine Shadow even more uncontrollable and indiscriminately kill!" ”

"Then why don't we just destroy the Divine Stone? Can that be wiped out...... The so-called Divine Shadow? Gao Lingkai interjected again.

In fact, that's the question I want to ask.

Although I had a slight scruple in my heart, for fear that it would arouse the disgust of the old monk, this issue was too important, and I thought about it again and again, and I still repeated Gao Lingkai's words in English.

Sure enough, the old monk's eyes widened suddenly, as if he had heard something unbelievable.

"You want ...... Destruction Stone? It's a sacred thing, and once it is destroyed, I'm afraid it will be damned! ”

As a disciple of Buddhism, and he has been living in the mountains for many years, his thoughts must still be stuck in dozens or even hundreds of years ago, so it is not surprising that he would have such thoughts.

So I hurriedly said, "We just hope that the divine shadow will stop killing people, is there any way for the old man?" ”

The old monk thought for a moment, as if he was considering whether he should tell us or not.

I hurriedly said, "The monks are compassionate, if the old man has a way, it is equivalent to saving many lives!" ”

Only then did the old monk slowly spit out a word: "Vinegar!" ”

"What?" I didn't get it.

The old monk looked reluctant, and paused for a long time before he hesitated to speak.

"Soak the Divine Stone in vinegar, and the Divine Shadow will not appear! But don't soak it for too long, it will damage the stone! ”

I was overjoyed and blurted out, "How does the old man know?" Did the old man try? ”

"I haven't tried!" The old monk shook his head, "But this method has been passed down from generation to generation, and there must be any ancestor who has tried it!" ”

I understood, presumably among the generations of descendants of the temple, who realized how terrible this kind of murderous shadow was, so he devoted himself to research, and finally found a way to restrain the murderous shadow.

Of course, it is also possible that a monk accidentally poured vinegar on the "sacred stone", and found this miraculous effect.

And since weakly acidic vinegar can damage the "Divine Stone", if the "Divine Stone" is put into the strong acid, will it be able to completely dissolve and completely eliminate that kind of black shadow?

I think it's very likely!

However, I didn't tell the old monk this, after all, the old monk called the evil meteorite and shadow "Divine Stone" and "Divine Shadow", and once he knew that I was going to completely destroy this so-called "Divine Stone Divine Shadow", he might be hostile to me.

We didn't immediately cut our fingers and smear the blood on the "Divine Stone", since the old monk was able to control the black shadow with the power of induction, I don't think he would use the black shadow to kill us while we were sleeping.

And in the end, the black shadow has no power to attack at night, we get up early tomorrow morning, even if the old monk has other thoughts, he can't do anything to us.

Finally, I asked a very important question.

"Old man, what do you think are those dark shadows? Where does that crack in the ground lead? ”

I didn't expect to get a scientific answer from this devout Buddhist disciple, but I couldn't help but ask this question in my stomach.

Sure enough, the old monk glanced at me and said, "What else can it be?" It must be the shadow of a man of God! As for...... That crack in the ground, perhaps, is to hell together! ”

I didn't expect him to think that crack in the ground leads to hell.

Gao Lingkai blurted out, "Since you ...... Don't you feel terrible that the crack in the earth leads to hell? How dare you ...... Build a temple here? ”

I translated Gao Lingkai's words, and the old monk actually laughed and said a few Zen words casually.

But this Zen translation into Chinese is really incomprehensible, so he explained it to us in more popular language.

"If there is heaven, there will be hell, and conversely, if there is hell, it proves that there is heaven! Therefore, hell is not terrible to us, but it guards the entrance to hell, which can always urge us to devote ourselves to cultivation, and eventually we will ascend to heaven instead of falling into hell! ”

As a disciple of Buddhism, it was not surprising to me that he would answer like this.

I didn't ask any more questions, got up with Gao Lingkai, respectfully thanked the old monk, and went to the next door to rest.

The next day, I woke up early, washed up briefly, woke up Gao Lingkai, and the two of them said goodbye to the old monk and the little monk together, and left the Kalas Temple to meet the guide brothers.

As soon as Fang walked out of the Kalas Temple, Gao Lingkai whispered, "There is also a so-called divine stone in this temple, don't we care about it?" ”

"How?" I smiled bitterly and asked, "That old monk values that divine stone more than his life, if we really want to rob the divine stone, he will definitely fight with us!" And in the end, the black shadow can still obey the control of humans, so it is the human being who is truly evil, not the black shadow! ”

"I'm afraid that the divine stone will fall into the hands of the wicked, but it is a sharp weapon for killing!" Gao Lingkai said.

"The other two are already in the hands of the wicked! Fortunately, this place is far away from our country across the ocean, as long as we go and find out the root of country H and destroy it, basically nothing will hinder our country! ”

Gao Lingkai was right when he heard it, so he didn't say more.

Soon back to the place where we broke up with the two guide brothers yesterday, the two guide brothers didn't expect us to be able to come back so soon.

And I promised to pay them an extra thousand dollars if they took us out of the forest again.

Naturally, the two brothers were overjoyed, and busied themselves with giving us the meat of a hare that they had gotten up in the morning.

After that, we set out on the return journey without any problems along the way.

It wasn't until nearly noon, when I was about to rest for a while and eat something before leaving, that I suddenly heard a strange howl in my ears.

The two brothers were taken aback, and almost said in unison: "Oh no, let's go!" ”

When we came yesterday, we heard the howling of wild beasts from time to time, and the brothers were always very calm, either directing us up the trees to take refuge, or leading us around a distance to avoid direct contact with the beasts.

Once we hid in a tree and even saw a colorful tiger walking under the tree.

The two brothers did not panic in the slightest in the face of the tiger, and they did not know what kind of animal made this howl, which frightened the two brothers like this.

(See Chapter 562 "The Third Murderous Shadow")