Chapter 54: The Netherworld
The three huge golden characters of "Netherworld Temple" radiate dazzling light in the silent night.
The temple surrounded by green trees and green grass seems to hang on the mountainside, and the apricot yellow walls and crimson gate are no different from ordinary ancient temples and Buddhist places from the outside.
Mu Ke'er looked around, but could not find the person who sneered and spoke. Lin Yulan looked at her and said, "The voice came from inside, obviously it led us in!" ”
Before Lin Yulan's words fell, she heard a "squeak" sound, and the two crimson doors spread out to both sides. Strangely enough, there was no human figure in sight, and I wonder who opened the heavy wooden door. The evil ghost man who brought them over entered the Netherworld Temple like a smoke, and disappeared in an instant. The female ghost didn't care about saying hello to Lin Yulan and them, and actually floated into the Netherworld Temple with the evil ghost man.
Lin Yulan pondered, worried, looking at this strange place, the stairs and tunnels that led them to them were long gone. Advance, may face great danger, retreat, but there is no way to follow. Mu Ke'er had already turned around, but Lin Yulan dragged her back and strode towards the inside of the gate. A cold and strange aura came to the face, making people feel as if it was not the tranquility of the land of Buddhism.
The faint moonlight makes everything here hazy. The courtyard is not very large, but there are three Bodhi trees standing in front of the door, which looks particularly huge. Walking further in, I saw several large halls, and from the Zhu Pavilion in the window, it could be seen that the dim light inside must have come from candles. When the two approached the door of the main hall, there was another "squeak" sound, and the door opened. What was different from just now was that a bald little monk in a yellow monk's robe stood inside the door, making a gesture of "please" to them.
Lin Yulan persuaded herself in her heart to calm down, but she could still feel her heartbeat several times faster than usual. Mu Ke'er had almost half of her body close to Lin Yulan, holding her hand tightly, with an expression of "sisters are companions, not alone on the Huangquan Road".
There is a large Buddha platform in the main hall, on which incense and candles are readily available, and the walls are hung with portraits of eighteen arhats and bodhisattvas. Oh, and if you look closely, there is a larger portrait on the wall directly above the Buddha platform, with a wide body, a fat body, a majestic face, a straight nose and a wide mouth, and two earlobes. I've seen it in movies and TV dramas, isn't this a portrait of the Buddha!
On the ground in front of the Buddha platform is a row of straw round futons, and in the middle of the futon is an old monk meditating cross-legged. Fat body, round face. Because its eyes are slightly closed, the size of the eyes cannot be distinguished, but the short, white eyebrows are clearly visible like two spring silkworms lying horizontally. The nose is straight and the mouth is square, but there are some blessings of Buddhism. The old monk was facing the direction of the main entrance of the main hall, and there were three on his left and right, but they were all facing the Buddha platform. Lin Yulan once went to the temple with her mother to worship the Buddha when she was a child, although she didn't know too much about Buddhism, but at least she had seen the monks meditate and participate in Zen meditation postures were uniform.
Don't ask if this person is waiting for them, and then look at the movement of twisting the Buddha beads in his hand with his eyes slightly closed, there is always such an absent-mindedness. The sound I heard outside the temple before, could it be ...... From the mouth of this one? Lin Yulan thought of this, and her fear increased sharply.
Thousands of miles of sound? Peeping through the wall? This is something that ordinary people would not be able to do without the use of any modern communication and electronic equipment. But this one can do it, and the more Lin Yulan thinks about it, the more she feels that this person is by no means an idle person.
"What about female ghosts? Where did the stinky Qi Shuangling go? Throw us ...... Lose...... Leave it here and leave it alone? ”
Mu Ke'er asked with a quiver of lips.
"If you have come, you will be safe." Lin Yulan comforted Mu Ke'er, and at the same time, she was emboldening herself. She didn't know where the female ghost went, but she knew in her heart that the female ghost would not leave them alone, but as for whether she could take them out safely, Lin Yulan didn't know the bottom in her heart.
"Come, give a seat to the two female benefactors."
The old monk suddenly opened his mouth, and his voice was as loud as a bell. Lin Yulan was stunned for a moment, but she didn't find that there were seats in the hall! At this moment, a puff of smoke suddenly rose from the floor in front of him, and two people came out of the ground. One was a young monk who was about a teenager, and the other surprised Lin Yulan!
"Why is it him again?"