The stairs are very narrow, only enough to accommodate the width of a person, and the top pressure is very low, you have to bend down when you walk in, Luo Sheng and An Yi are not short, so both of them are very aggrieved.

Luckily, it wasn't slippery underfoot, because the dark green moss on it seemed to be hairy, not greasy moss. It just feels like stepping on a mat, so you don't need to pay too much attention to your step, just be careful not to hit your head.

As we continued to descend, the moss faded away, leaving only black stone steps, slender and long, that slipped into the darkness below.

Luo Sheng walked in front, and neither he nor An Yi spoke. But Luo Sheng was thinking about how to say to An Yi about "the monk who peeled oranges", after all, these words are not as simple as they seem.

It was not very convenient to speak one after the other on the stairs, and besides, he bent over, and Luo Sheng planned to go down and talk to An Yi.

Soon, the staircase ended after two turns. Walking down, what appeared in front of me was a large circular stone room, with an open space, about ten meters high, and the size of an indoor basketball court of about half an hour. Below, there is a ring of candlesticks around the perimeter of the stone chamber. Luo Sheng asked An Yi to take a lighter and light up the four near the staircase, in an instant, the light drove away a large area of darkness, Luo Sheng took the lighter from An Yi's hand, and then went inside, and lit the innermost three, at this time, there is basically no place that cannot be seen.

In the stone room, except for Luo Sheng and An Yi who just came, there is no other, and there is no statue, a bare stone room, only in the middle of the ground, with two futons on one left and one right. Anyone who has ever seen a monk meditating will be unfamiliar with this kind of thing. But—

When Luo Sheng saw how it was two futons, he was stunned.

He remembers that when he first came, there was only one.

Then he listened to An Yi ask, "What about the monks?" ”

Luo Sheng looked at the two futons and felt strange, thinking back and forth in his mind, so he replied absentmindedly: "Monk...... I won't be here at this time, maybe ......" said Luo Sheng as he looked at the time on his phone - it was 2:38 a.m. at this time.

"It may have to wait, I can't say." After speaking, Luo Sheng squatted down and touched the futon.

There is no residual temperature, which means that no one has sat on it yet.

Hearing this, An Yi next to him couldn't understand it.

"Can't tell? How did you last see that? ”

Don't look at this policeman's usual calm and calm affairs, after getting along with him for a long time, I found that his temper like a gun came as soon as he said it, and it is estimated that at this time, it was also caused by not letting him sleep well in the middle of the night.

Luo Sheng pulled his arm and said with a smile: "Don't worry, come over and I'll tell you what's going on." ”

Then Luo Sheng sat down cross-legged, pulled An Yi to sit down opposite him, and then said, "Have you heard of the 18 legends of Siddha?" As he spoke, Luo Sheng gestured a few English letters with his fingers on the ground: Siddhar.

He continued: "Siddhar means enlightened perfectionist in Tamil, so they are also known as the 18 immortals. These 18 people are not ordinary people, they lived at least 5,000 years ago on a now-vanished continent in southern India, and they are all recipients of the secret of eternal life, or immortality. There are also those who call them the alchemists of India. Some accounts of Siddha can be found in ancient books about alchemists. For example, "Nikolai's Testament".

On the surface, Siddha is no different from ordinary people, and may appear in any capacity, such as a monk. But Siddha has 8 special abilities: the ability to shrink his body into an atom; the ability to turn one's body into a mountain; can make yourself as light as air; can make yourself as heavy as gold; It has the power to control all things; Have the ability to attract everyone; proficient in the art of reincarnation; Be able to fulfill your every wish. As long as he has one or more of his abilities, then he must be Siddhar.

And what I'm going to tell you now is that this orange-peeling monk is a Siddhartha. But the proof is not that I see some kind of ability in him, but oranges. ”

An Yi was silent, and nodded slightly to let Luo Sheng continue.

Luo Sheng unscrewed the mineral water bottle and took a sip, and continued: "I once read a book of research materials about Siddha in Cheng Yin's research room, which records: Siddha has always been in a state of stealth cultivation, but he will rest at a specific time, that is, with 1, 5, 7 time, but only time, not minutes and seconds. For example, 1 o'clock, 5 o'clock, 7 o'clock, 11 o'clock, 15 o'clock...... And so on, when Siddha is resting, he will appear, and when he appears, if anyone in the world meets him, he can ask him a question, even if it is a problem outside this world, Siddha will tell him the truth. ”

"What does that have to do with oranges?" An Yi asked.

Luo Sheng snapped his fingers, "That's a good question." As I said, Siddha looks no different from ordinary people on the surface, but those who have studied Siddha know that there is a way to distinguish it, for example, I have read the book of materials on Siddha, which is hidden in Cheng Yin's safe, and that method is to peel oranges. ”

An Yi suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "Now give me oranges, I will appear in the time period of 1, 5, and 7, and then peel oranges in front of you, then I will also be Siddha." ”

Luo Sheng had expected that with An Yi's logical ability, he would definitely refute him like this, so he slowly pushed An Yi's hand back, and said softly: "An Yi, you can peel oranges with ten fingers at most, but Siddha is not." ”

"How many does he use?"

"Three pairs of hands, thirty."

"......" was stunned for a long time, An Yi coughed, and then unscrewed the mineral water and drank it.

After drinking, An Yi looked at the time, it was almost 3 o'clock, so he said, "So, do we have to wait until 5 o'clock?" ”

Luo Sheng shook his head: "Not necessarily, he just appears in the time period of 1, 5, and 7, but it does not appear regularly, if he doesn't come at 5 o'clock, it will be 7 o'clock, and if he doesn't come again, it will be 11 o'clock, and there will always be a time to come." ”

"Then—you can rest on the spot, I'll keep watch, and I'll call you." An Yi said as he looked at the bandage around Luo Sheng's neck.

Luo Sheng knew that he must be worried that his previous wound was a little infected, and he was afraid that he would not be able to endure it due to physical exhaustion, so his heart warmed again, so he smiled: "It's okay, I can't sleep now, and besides, I still have something to tell you." ”

"What?"

"The last time I came, there was only one futon here, but now it'...... I don't know why there are two. ”

When An Yi heard this, his originally relaxed face became solemn again, and he muttered: "What do you mean to come?" ”

Luo Sheng shook his head, "I don't think so, Siddha is a lone ranger and never gets together-"

"And who's going to sit on this futon?"

During An Yi's questioning, Luo Sheng stared at one of the futons and thought for a while: "Then let's wait and see, it will always come." ”