Chapter 176: Hidden Dragon Temple
As an eternal holy mountain in the minds of the monks, Yinlong Mountain is another place that pilgrims yearn for in addition to Gara City. One of the three major religions of Middle-earth, the Hidden Dragon Temple, hangs on the mountain cliff, like a winding stone dragon straight into the sky.
The terrain around Lone Peak is a vast plain, giving people a strong sense of disobedience, and the mountain is like a boulder falling from the sky, smashing the flat surface. In fact, it is true that the formation of this mountain has to start from a piece of spiritual stone that gathers the spiritual thoughts of heaven and earth, absorbs the essence of the two worlds, and condenses the spiritual stone of the founding ancestor of the Heavenly Liberation Sect for a hundred years.
Legend has it that more than 500 years ago, Yan Dao, the ancestor of the Yan family in the Hidden Pavilion, was a soulful soul trapped in the hidden world by a curse, and realized the way of Shakya that "life and death are caused by the sky, and silence is extinguished in people". At this point, he changed his name to "Daoyan Patriarch", and came to Jialuo City to study all kinds of classics to practice the "Art of Soul Saving".
However, the text of the Xunshi kept by the Yin Ge Yan family was an extremely difficult piano sheet music to play, and even the erudite Dao Yan Patriarch could not do anything about it, and after many unsuccessful attempts, he had to hand over his life's wish to his descendants to complete it, and devote the remaining energy to the cause of propagating the Heavenly Liberation Sect.
Although the warriors of the Gara Kingdom succeeded in repelling all the invaders with the spirit of the doctrine of not fearing sacrifice, the war also destroyed the main altar of the Celestial Buddha Sect in Gara City, making the people suspect that it was the Celestial Buddha Sect that brought disaster to their country.
Since then, Patriarch Daoyan and his disciples have been in exile, preaching and preaching all over the world, and soon gathered a group of monks who believe in Taoist scriptures. When he returned to his hometown with the "Shakya Sutra" compiled by himself, he was surprised to find that the hidden spirit stone that he had buried in the soil had turned into a towering mountain.
Everyone thought that this was a good omen, and suggested that Patriarch Daoyan rebuild the main altar of the Heavenly Liberation Sect on the mountain. Dao Yan's apprentice named this mountain "Hidden Dragon Mountain", which means: a spirit stone from the land of the true dragon in the hidden world.
The project went well at first, but every night, the mountain would hear the wailing of the undead, so that the craftsmen who heard the rumors of the haunting did not dare to approach the Hidden Dragon Mountain.
It wasn't until the strike intensified that Patriarch Daoyan recalled the process of discovering this spiritual stone: it was lying on the rooftop of the Cathedral of the Hidden Heavenly Zhaocheng Cathedral, and below it was a dilapidated black piano, and every time he played the "Requiem", this stone would make a terrible and tragic cry, which was very terrifying.
In order to dispel superstition, Patriarch Daoyan decided to dig the mountain rock himself at night, he used his psionic ability to perceive the strongest ghost sound in a rock crevice, where he struck with a hammer, but the result was a spherical appearance of a silver copper bell, when he finished cleaning the rubble on the copper bell, the strange sound in the mountain also disappeared.
This bronze bell is the bell of epiphany in the seven artifacts, and the divine power of this bell gives the descendants of Daoyan Patriarch a prominent position and endless wealth, making them indulge in fame and fortune and forget the original intention of the founding of the religion. Since then, the Heavenly Buddha Sect and the Yin Ge Yan family parted ways, in order to completely sever the relationship between the two families, from the second Shakya, set up a canon: all the successive Shakyamas must be the disciples unanimously elected by the monks.
"In this way, another hundred years passed, and the Hidden Dragon Temple was finally completed with the concerted efforts of the eighteenth Shakya of the sect and the craftsmen and disciples, and in order to celebrate this event, Shakya returned to the Holy City, and the subsequent events and the discovery of the Grotto of the God of War are just as you have heard them say. ”
The hoarse and ethereal voice resounded in the pavilion, and the spirited Miaoguang Venerable Daohong lightly stroked his long black and white beard, and took the pulse of Mu Yunxi with his right hand: "You already have a general idea of the origin of this sect and the origin of the Epiphany Bell, if there is anything else you want to ask, just say it." ”
"By the way, where is the pavilion where Patriarch Dao Yan found the Bell of Epiphany now?" Mu Yunxi looked around.
"Don't look for it, it's exactly where the deity is at the moment. Daohong pointed to the futon under him, "The ten thousand scriptures of this sect are all stored in the three Tibetan scripture pavilions of Tianlu Pavilion, Tianyun Pavilion, and Tianlai Pavilion, and they are respectively in charge of the three venerables, but the bell of epiphany appears in the place where the deity is in charge, it seems that the will of heaven is so!"
Suddenly, a sharp pain hit Mu Yunxi's throat, and he hurriedly closed his eyes, palms downward, and used his spiritual power to force out the black qi remaining on the pinching marks.
It took a long time for Mu Yunxi to recover from the fatigue of night sweats.
"Have you ever heard of the world's most evil spell - the secret of the heart, just now I called for your pulse, and found that the technique you were hit in yesterday is exactly this trick, fortunately the wound in the neck did not penetrate deep into the body, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. Seeing Mu Yunxi shaking his head, Dao Hong couldn't help but sigh, "The Secret of Death came from the hands of King Lin Yun of the Ziyun Kingdom, which was originally created by him to cultivate the Fearless Sword, but who knew that it was countered by its powerful dark power, and then destroyed the entire country. It is said that a sorcerer who is killed by the Death of the Heart will be 'destroyed in all three souls and lose all seven spirits', and will be reduced to a 'container' for the soul of the practitioner, at the mercy of others like a puppet. ”
"No wonder it took the four masters to join forces to deal with Ling Wenxuan, I was too careless at the time. Mu Yunxi wiped away the beads of sweat between his eyebrows and stood up on his knees, "This demon slaying conference hosted by your sect must not be lost, if the anger in Ling Wenxuan's body is allowed to run wild again, I am afraid that the tenon formation will not be able to imprison it." ”
"Mr. Qi Qi Inspector, I and the other two Venerables have used up their spiritual power to set a ban around the Hidden Dragon Mountain, even if he has great ability, he will not be able to escape. Michihiro stood up and said, "However, the cause of this anger is still a mystery, and I will gather all the senior brothers to meet this person and find out what is going on." ”
Mu Yunxi's body bowed forward slightly, and he saluted back: "Regarding the specific matter of the punishment of relieving the heart, I still have to go back and discuss it with Abbot Dao'an, and come back another day to thank His Holiness for treating my injuries." ”
As soon as his feet crossed the threshold of the Heavenly Pavilion, he saw the Ju brothers and two disciples of the Heavenly Liberation Sect coming from the mountain path carrying two boxes one after the other under the guidance of the monk Pei Qiu. In this regard, Mu Yunxi didn't think much about it, and immediately made way for them.
As soon as they entered the door, the two brothers, Ju Chong and Ju Liang, had weak knees, knelt on the ground one after another, and Ju Chong reported the objects behind them to Daohong: "A statue of the god Uzelino, 100 pieces of jade, 50 paintings and calligraphy, and 150 volumes of various scriptures." There are a total of six boxes of Heavenly Liberation Sect artifacts we found in the God of War Grotto, and the other four boxes have been handed over to Dao Feng, the Lingguang Venerable of the Heavenly Law Pavilion, and Dao Qing, the Huiguang Venerable of the Tianyun Pavilion, respectively. ”
Ju Liang and the other two disciples opened the wooden box together and let Daohong and Pei Qiu examine it carefully.
"It seems that General Gomel has put a lot of effort into you two! As long as you are willing to reform and be good, you will not end up in such a bad fate.
"Thank you, Your Holiness, for the reminder, we will definitely learn our lesson. The Ju brothers said in unison.
"Stand down first! Remember to tell General Gomel on my behalf: pay more attention to the movements of the demon beasts in the Blood Shadow Valley in the past few days, and if you find anything abnormal, please notify this sect in time. ”
After the Ju brothers nodded in agreement, they left with the two disciples, leaving only Pei Qiu, who looked puzzled, and Daohong, who was deep in thought with his hands behind his back.
"I really don't understand why Master wants me to do things for His Majesty the Emperor, and to threaten a small country to reach a peace agreement by such despicable means is really contrary to our purpose as a decent family. Pei Qiu clenched his fists without raising his head.
"Then what do you think the Gara Kingdom wants most?war or peace?" Michihiro turned around and sighed, "This is a world where the law of the jungle eats the strong, and if the country is backward, it will be beaten, even if the Gara Kingdom has the Holy City of the Heavenly Liberation Sect, we can't influence any decision of the rulers of the Lobelon Empire, not to mention that under the suppression of the Tianyao Sect, the influence of our sect today is not as great as before." ”
"Please rest assured, Master, I will definitely break the body of that parade priest into ten thousand pieces to avenge the conversion of Jia Luo City to the Tianyao Sect. ”
"There are many grievances in this world that cannot be resolved by hatred, the Tianshi Sect is a gentle religion, and it never forces the people to believe in religion, on the surface, the cause of this incident is the expansion of the Tianyao Sect's power, but it is more of our own problem. Dao Hong's face was sad, and he opened half of the scroll and slipped back into the box, "The theft of the God of War Grotto has caused a huge loss to the Heavenly Liberation Sect, and our sect has lost not only a large number of cultural relics and monuments, but also Dao Yan's lifelong mastery of the "Sakya Sutra", with the fall of the Blood Shadow Regiment, the "Sakya Sutra" has been left in the world and is missing. As a result, most of the disciples who studied the path of Shakya in later generations only knew the surface, and because they could not understand the true meaning, they became apostasants, and the number of people who believed in the Heavenly Buddha Sect decreased year by year. ”
With that, Daohong stared at Pei Qiu and didn't say anything for a long time.
Pei Qiu scratched his head and expressed puzzlement: "Master, what do you mean by this?"
"If anyone can find the Shakyamuni Sutra, they will be able to revive our teaching. Daohong patted Pei Qiu's shoulder and showed a long-lost smile, "As the most outstanding disciple of my sect in the past hundred years, I really can't find a more suitable person than you." ”
"Master, are you trying to drive me away?" Pei Qiu was so frightened that he took half a step back.
Dao Hong waved his hand: "No, the current priority is the upcoming Demon Slaying Conference, remember: Don't kill Ling Wenxuan unless you have to, otherwise no one will know the whereabouts of those three artifacts." ”
"So far, no one has survived the heart relief trick, and once this trick is made, as long as everyone recalls the past that makes them regret and guilt, and is tortured to death by cruel memories. Pei Qiu bowed his head and expressed helplessness, "The power of the sword technique is so powerful that even the recruiter himself is difficult to control, how do you tell me to put it away freely?"
When Pei Qiu raised his head again, he noticed that Daohong had wrapped around his waist with a very fast body, and struck violently at the scabbard tied to his waist, and the Tianshi Sword came out in response and flew straight towards the Tianlai Pavilion, just at the moment when the tip of the sword was about to touch the wall, Daohong rose into the air, turned his palm into a finger, held the hilt of the sword, and stabbed him back. When your feet are stable on the ground, you can pick up the blade of the sword, which is like a thousand styles, and the sword shadow is unique.
These two sword moves saw that Pei Qiu did not move at all, and let Dao Hong infuse the moves into his temples with spiritual power, so that he could remember them.
"Do you understand?"
When Pei Qiu came back to his senses, the Tianshi Sword had returned to the scabbard, and he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Thank you Master for your advice, the apprentice understands!"
"The Heavenly Liberation Sword Technique is not only one trick to release the heart, the Interpretation of the Heart is not even the strongest move, these two moves taught to you by the teacher are also one of the Heavenly Liberation Sword Recipes, but it is a pity that the strongest sword spectrum has long been lost, otherwise your cultivation can be more refined. ”
"If I can learn these two tricks, I am already very satisfied, and I dare not ask for more. ”
Thinking that the altar was not far from the Heavenly Pavilion, Pei Qiu's mood that he would soon be able to try new moves was self-evident.