Volume 1 Gods and Demons in Troubled Times Chapter 17 The Tower of Suppressing Evil Spirits
On Buffalo Mountain, facing the sun, Lu Cong is like a light white ape, climbing up and down between the straight cliffs, from time to time brushing aside the layers of vines in front of him, looking for those golden bell nuts rooted in the mountain crevices and stone pits.
Lu Cong, who was light, wrapped a vine hanging from the cliff wall around his waist, rotated it around, and then wrapped his buttocks, grabbed the upper edge with one hand, pointed at the cliff with his toes, and gently lifted the dense vines in front of him with the other hand.
Lu Cong's hands and feet were fast, and after a while, the bamboo basket he was carrying was already filled with a small half, and for a while the fruity fragrance was overflowing, Lu Cong hung on the cliff, while blowing the mountain breeze, looking at the birds flying in the sky, he took out a few jujube-sized golden bell nuts in the basket and prepared to satisfy his hunger.
Lu Cong was eating, a forehead with two slender cyan flying feathers, a pair of eyes like gold jade, snow-white, tail decorated with colorful feathers Luo Huan bird seemed to be attracted by the aroma of the golden bell fruit, but was not afraid of Lu Cong at all, directly gathered his wings and landed on Lu Cong's shoulder, Lu Cong turned his head and smiled, took out a palm of the golden bell fruit and fed it to the Luo Huan bird on his shoulder, just like this, the boy and the bird, hanging between the green mountains and cliffs.
After eating the fruit, Luo Huan Bird said happily "Guta!" twice, then flapped his wings and flew in the air twice, then left Lu Cong and flew into the distance. Lu Cong saw Luo Huanniao leaving, came back to his senses, and continued to climb the vine to search for the golden bell fruit.
After an hour, the bamboo basket that Lu Cong was carrying was already full, Lu Cong covered the bamboo basket hanging on the side, shook it, and suddenly there was a rolling sound inside, and Lu Cong was happy in his heart. Today, this cliff has never been here, I didn't expect that there are so many golden bell fruits, Lu Cong was satisfied, looking at the faint golden light in the shadow of some vines on the cliff, there should be a lot, but Lu Cong didn't think about it, every year when he came here, he just took a bamboo basket, and after looking at the sky, Lu Cong planned to go back.
The center of the ghost domain, the evil tower.
On the edge of a huge, dark red abyss, the king of Hades took Lu Ju, and on the side there were the Bodhisattva of the King of the Earth and the King of Heaven Li Jing who came from the heavenly court, and several people looked at the top of the tower of the evil suppression tower in the abyss, each with their own thoughts.
Hades turned around and walked to a wordless stele next to the abyss, pinched the trick between his fingers, only to see the purple light flickering, Hades said in his mouth: "Now!", and then a groove automatically appeared on the stele, and Hades placed a dark purple token carved with two quaint characters of "Yama" in the groove of the stele. In just a moment, a "boom" sound resounded through the ghost domain, and the hundred ghosts were terrified, and six chains with countless swastika spells rubbed together, and a nine-story tower rose together in the dark red abyss!
In ancient times, the evil tower was built by the joint efforts of Buddhism, Taoism and ghosts, with the intention of suppressing the great evils in the world. The top of the tower of the evil town is divided into six eaves, among which the Buddha wood is the beam, between the layers and take the blue bricks and black tiles refined by the cold and frozen soil of the underworld, the black tiles are covered on it, the dense eaves are stacked, the charms are all over the place, and the eight heavenly dragons holding various magic weapons, the demon god of the town of evil stands between the eaves of each layer, if you listen carefully, there is also the sound of the Buddhas singing out.
Li Jing held the Linglong Pagoda in his hand, looked at the evil tower in front of him, and saw that the evil tower was not only shining with the golden seal of Buddha light on the surface, but also the evil black light lingering in it.
Li Jing hid a subtle look in his eyes, and said to Hades: "Hades, please!"
The king of Hades then asked the Bodhisattva of the King of the Earth to come forward, and the Bodhisattva of the King of the Earth fell on the back of the Diting, standing on the seven-leaf green lotus, and the Buddhist beads in his hand turned between his fingers with the scriptures in his mouth. The two walked together in front of the gate of the Evil Suppression Tower, and the eyes of the King of the Earth Bodhisattva, which had not been opened, were filled with blood at this moment, burning like hell fire, and the momentum was extremely strong, and even the king of Hades on the side was forced to take a few steps back. The Bodhisattva of the King of the Earth said in his mouth: "Prajna Ba Ma coax!" In an instant, eighteen Buddha beads flew up in his hand, suddenly enlarged, and reflected on the surface of the evil suppression tower, opening a portal, and then, Li Jing stepped forward, tore off the seal of the Emperor of Heaven on the gate, and put it in his arms.
Then the king of Hades took the lead, Li Jing followed, and the king of the earth and the Bodhisattva of the earth were at the end, and a group of three people entered the evil tower to check, stayed in the land judgment, and listened to the orders outside the tower.
The evil suppression tower is divided into nine layers, and the layers are different, and the great evils imprisoned are also different.
There are a group of ghosts and immortals imprisoned on the first floor, and the lowest is also the cultivation of the heavenly realm, which is all caused by fate and coincidence from ghosts into the Tao, as long as the cultivation obtains the law, maybe after attaining the Tao, you can also come to the underworld to seek an errand, but you are vainly trying to absorb the fire of mortal life in the world, refining yourself, but the result is that you are burned for thousands of miles, and not an inch of grass is born, so the emperor Fuxi personally took action, all of them were caught, locked in the first layer of this tower, tortured by Buddhism day and night, and never reborn.
On the second floor, there are some ancient beasts, although they have lost their bodies, but their strength is still strong, when the three of them pass by, they are still roaring in the air, and the lotus finger of the Bodhisattva of the King of Jizo, who has closed his eyes and recuperated, changed the law seal, and suddenly the fierce beasts in the prison were silent.
The third layer is like a fairyland, with birds singing and flowers, spring water murmuring, and fairies playing in the lake, which is pleasing to the eye. Hades smiled, looking at the fairies who were throwing flattering eyes at him, as if they were about to step forward and get close, just when the fairies were about to reach out and touch Hades's cheeks, Hades suddenly smiled strangely, and whispered like a magic voice: "It's not visible yet! Stand down!" In an instant, the illusion in the third layer was like snow melting, retreating layer by layer, and when I looked at it again, there were only a few illusory misty life fires left, trembling in prison.
The fourth floor was unusually silent, and it was dark, and Hades sensed it slightly, and hurried by.
There was a fire in the fifth layer of prison, and a figure firmly locked by chains, kneeling in the burning dark red karmic fire and gritting his teeth to endure, Hades couldn't help but quietly glanced at Li Jing behind him, only to see Li Jing's expressionless face, and walked forward without squinting, Hades had to turn his head again. After the three of them left, the figure in the karmic fire also raised his head slightly to look at the direction of Li Jing's departure.
The sixth layer is a dark pool, the cold is pressing, at this moment, except for the sound of water dripping stones, but there is no other movement, the king of Hades sensed slightly, suddenly his face changed, paused, and said softly: "It's broken!
Li Jing stroked the pagoda with his hand and looked at the Bodhisattva of the King of the Earth, and then a divine thought came to Di Ting's ears: "Di Ting, quickly listen to the location of the candle nine yin!"
Immediately, ripples emanated from the center of the listening to the center, towards the endless distance.
Hades was horrified, but he didn't dare to stay, and hurriedly walked to the upper floor, thinking that nothing should happen to him!
The first monk on the seventh floor, dressed in a yellow robe, chanted the Prajna Heart Sutra in his mouth, and sat cross-legged in the center of the prison, ignoring the three people passing by.
A sturdy man on the eighth floor, sitting at a table and chair, holding a torn yellowed book, his face hard to see in the gloom. After the three of Hades saluted, they walked up, and the man reading the book looked up, and a trace of cyan strangeness flashed in his eyes.
The ninth floor is the highest level of the Evil Suppression Tower, a woman stands on the tower beam, not smiling, the King of Yama and Li Jing bowed, and the Bodhisattva of the Jizo King nodded in greeting, paying his respects to this true guardian of the Evil Suppression Tower although he was in prison.
Hades was about to ask, when a cold and heartless woman's voice immediately came: "I don't know!" and then returned to silence.
Hades smiled bitterly, so he had to pinch the magic trick in his hand and teleport the three of them to the door of the first floor.
The three of them stood still, and Hades took out a pitch-black key from his bosom and inserted it into a keyhole next to the door, and then the floor of the first floor collapsed, and a staircase leading to the ground appeared in front of Hades.
Hades felt uneasy in his heart, his calves and stomach trembled a little, and he walked cautiously in front, descending the stairs step by step, and when he reached the underground level, he saw that the crimson color of the prison was imprinted all over his eyes, and the fiery red prison railing lay in the middle, and the three of Hades were on one side, and the other was on one side, located in the lava.
Hades looked at this illusory figure like a demon god and was firmly locked by the iron chains from all directions, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, there was no problem here, and the king of Hades, who wiped his forehead, had not had time to be happy, and the Bodhisattva of the Jizo King on the side suddenly said in his mouth: "All appearances are vain!
Hades was shocked, his jaw almost fell to the ground, his eyes were about to pop out, and Li Jing on the side hurriedly said: "I want to tell Your Majesty quickly, I'm afraid I'm going to leave first!"
The three of them returned to the outside of the tower, and the evil suppression tower returned to its original state, sinking into the dark red abyss again. Di Ting on the side said: "Bodhisattva, the Teng Snake has left the ghost domain and is heading north at the moment. ”
Li Jing held the pagoda and said goodbye to the king of Hades and the king of Jizo Bodhisattva: "King of Hades, Bodhisattva, the matter here is very important, I want to tell Your Majesty quickly, and I will retire first!"
The King of Hades and the King of the Earth nodded together, and Li Jing immediately flashed with golden light and disappeared without a trace.
With a sad face, the king of Hades cried and cried to the Bodhisattva of Jizo, who was holding a Buddha bead beside him, "Bodhisattva, what can I do about this? This king has failed to do anything!"
The Bodhisattva of the King of the Earth smiled: "No responsibility, no cure!
Hades then followed the Bodhisattva of Jizo and headed for the underworld.
On the sea, a dark brown fire of life gradually showed its shape, a pale face of a middle-aged man, his body was like a dragon, thousands of miles long, if the color of red, a body was illusory, but it was a simple atmosphere circulating, and there were black clouds accompanying him, this was the candle Jiuyin who escaped from the evil suppression tower.
Candle Jiuyin's eyes flickered, and he said to himself: "I have to get a body first, otherwise with the power of my life fire god, I will encounter a great danger, I'm afraid I can't avoid it!"
Candle Jiuyin sensed that there were no cultivators left and right, and was about to go to many places to find people, suddenly, a breath burst out in front of him, Candle Jiuyin felt carefully, and after a little thought, he hurried towards the place where the breath was.
The direction in which Candle Jiuyin is going is Luoxiazhou!