Chapter Twenty-Four: The Beast Strikes
The third floor is even smaller.
The first thing we see is still a Buddha statue, the skin is still mottled, but we can see that the complexion is golden, and the left and right hands pinch a Dharma seal, and the face is graceful.
"This is the Southern Baosheng Rulai, which is the Baosheng Buddha." Budai monk said.
I nodded, and followed Liang Ruoyi to bow three times: "Hey, why do I think we are worshipping heaven and earth!" ”
Liang Ruoyi gave me a blank look and didn't speak.
I shrugged my shoulders and shone my flashlight around. Numerous Buddhist images hang on the walls of the entire third floor, most of which have rotted due to long-term exposure to the air, but are still of great value. The toad would have been very happy to see these things.
"Smack!"
"Boom!"
There was a sudden noise on the second floor overhead, and I didn't know what was happening. I frowned: "Seventh Master, they'll be fine, right?" ”
"Don't worry, that toad is a master, they'll be fine." Liang Ruoyi paused and said.
The sound of "pop" came again, but this time, for some reason, the wooden door we came down from was suddenly shut.
I couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and turned my head to look at the cloth bag monk.
"Be careful!" Liang Ruoyi suddenly screamed, stretched out his hand to push me away, and then I saw a black shadow passing by me, and halfway actually turned around and ran towards me again!
This thing is extremely fast, I haven't stood firm, it has come to the front, I subconsciously dodged sideways, or it was pushed on the buttocks, flew out two or three meters before falling to the ground, and the flashlight also fell to the side.
"......Ahh
"Are you alright?" Liang Ruoyi asked coldly.
I shook my head, got up and staggered to pick up my flashlight: "It's okay, what's it?" ”
As soon as my words fell, the cloth bag monk rushed out, the yellow robe on his body fluttered like a fairy, and in the blink of an eye, he went to two zhang away, shouted, pinched a Dharma seal in each palm, and slowly pushed out the left palm holding the Buddha beads, I felt a lag around me, and a roar came from the darkness in the corner!
Immediately afterwards, the Budai monk dodged and retreated, and the darkness rushed out of the corner, heading straight for the Budai monk.
The old monk pushed out lightly and stood two feet away, clasped his hands together and pinched a strange magic seal, his mouth was full of words, and he saw that the darkness was about to collide, and his hands slowly pushed forward.
Liang Ruoyi shoved the flashlight into my hand and attacked it. I was stunned, took two steps back, leaned on the Buddha statue and looked again, and saw that the darkness was stagnant under the old monk's palm, and then Liang Ruoyi took out the cold and shining short blade and stabbed directly towards the darkness!
There was a muffled sound of "poof", Liang Ruoyi was shocked, and between the lightning and flint, the thing smashed into Liang Ruoyi like a cannonball!
Because the distance was too close, no matter how fast Rao is Liang Ruoyi reacted, he was also hit on the shoulder by that thing, and he staggered and half-knelt on the ground.
"Huh......" The old monk took a deep breath: "This thing is so powerful." ”
I saw that the darkness had disappeared again, and hurriedly ran to Liang Ruoyi to help her up: "Are you okay?" ”
Liang Ruoyi pinched his shoulder and shook his head: "Master, what is that?" ”
"If I'm not mistaken, it's supposed to be a beast." The cloth bag monk said softly.
"Beasts?" I grinned: "Finally there is something I have heard about, I once read in the "Jin Taikang Chronicles" There is a record about the beast, this thing likes to eat human brains, especially the human brains of the dead, it seems that hundreds or even tens of thousands of burial people in the tomb of this Yongning Pagoda have become the food of the beast." ”
After that, I was stunned: "Master, can this thing live for so long?" ”
"All the species that are negative, most of them have a long lifespan, and a few of them can sleep for several years, of course, it is impossible to live for more than a thousand years, and the beast was originally determined to be extinct hundreds of years ago, and this thing should have lived in the tomb of Yongning Tower for several generations."
I nodded: "Let's hurry down, there is nothing on this third floor." I see, I see that this beast is not easy to mess with. ”
"It's better to fix it as soon as possible." Liang Ruoyi said hatefully: "Otherwise, we are in the bright and it is in the dark, and the longer it drags on, the more dangerous it will be." ”
As soon as Liang Ruoyi's words fell, a low roar suddenly came from behind us, and before I could come back to my senses, I was blown out with my whole body by a strong impact, and hit the wall with a "boom", directly knocking the wooden wall out of a hole and slamming it in!
"Run!"
Before I could stand up, I heard Liang Ruoyi shouting, I knew that I was by no means the opponent of this beast, I stood up with my teeth bared in severe pain, and staggered in the darkness along the road under my feet to the depths of the cave.
I don't know how long I ran, but I tripped over a rock under my feet and fell to the ground with a "pop" of a forward pounce, snorting and panting.
The aches and pains in my body made me a little numb, so I simply rolled over in the dark and lay down on the ground to rest.
I don't know where the flashlight has gone, and the backpack on my back has slipped off my shoulders and fallen to the side......
Soon I was catching my breath, and the silence of the darkness brought back the tension that had faded away, and I heard the sound of "ticking" water in my ears, and reached out and pulled a flashlight from the backpack on the side.
This is a hole that has been carved out of the way, and the surrounding stone walls have not been polished in any way, and they are uneven. I reached out and touched it, and I could still pick off pieces of soil, no matter how I looked at it, it looked like those laborers who built the tomb of Yongning Pagoda secretly dug it out and escaped for their lives.
In the silence, I could hear the faint sound of running water coming from outside the cave, which seemed to be very close to the underground river of the Luo River.
Liang Ruoyi and the Budai monk don't know what's wrong, when I ran in just now, I seemed to see Liang Ruoyi also followed, but I don't know where I'm going now, and the old monk doesn't know.
I looked back, wondering whether to go back or continue to walk deeper into the cave, and when I was hesitating, I suddenly heard a "knock" sound from the cave entrance, and my heart tightened, and I estimated that the beast was going to chase after me, so I simply continued to walk forward.
But if the beast chased after him, it meant that Liang Ruoyi and the Budai monk were not in the hole. I instinctively reached out to hold on to the stone wall on the side, but with a "poof" sound, as I fell to the ground, I pushed the stone wall out of a door!