28. Soul Lamp

After Ji Chengyu entered the Crossing Gate, he has been walking in the dark. There is a faint point of light in front of you that is always lit up, guiding the way forward. Other than that, he could barely see anything, and he didn't know anything around him, what it looked like. Even if a wall or a stone wall or something suddenly appeared in front of him, he would crash into it without any reaction.

After walking for a long time, it seems that I have experienced something, and I feel as if I have experienced nothing. He seemed to have stopped, and he never seemed to stop. In short, he had not seen anything, had not heard any sound, and since he had entered the Gate of Tribulation, he had been alone, and then there was darkness, boundless darkness.

The darkness was long and heavy, and it weighed him down.

To his surprise, a slender light suddenly appeared in front of him, and when he approached, he found that it was a half-open door, and that slender light was penetrating through the crack in the door in the middle of the sky.

Pushing open the door, it was bright in front of him, and he saw Master Doom for the first time. For a while, I felt extremely cordial.

"Congratulations to the prince for successfully passing through the Tribulation Gate. Watari said with a smile on his face.

Ji Chengyu was a little strange and said, "I didn't see anything in the Tribulation Gate, I didn't suffer any tribulation, how can Master Doom say it smoothly?"

Master Du'e folded his hands together and said, "Amitabha, the so-called Bodhi is not a tree, and the mirror is not a platform. The prince didn't feel it, but he had actually experienced it. What the prince has experienced is just someone else's story, but what the prince has done is sincere and kind, but it comes from his heart. The prince keeps his promise to a woman, is not tempted by beauty, and guards himself like jade, which is a little love. Not moved by gold, but making a living for the beggars, is a great love. The prince combines big love and small love, which can be called a perfect person, and he admires and feels very gratified. He looked back at the cave in front of him and said, "Prince, please see, this is the cave of the catastrophe." ”

Ji Chengyu heard it a little foggy, and saw that the master had turned around, and he didn't want to say more, so he didn't ask any more, and carefully observed the tribulation cave in front of him.

This is just an ordinary cave, unartificially carved, with abrupt strange rocks on the four walls and stalagmites on the ground. In the middle of the stone cave, there is a coffin suspended out of thin air, the whole body is transparent, emitting a bright light, illuminating the cave as if it were day.

Strangely, the coffin was empty. And inside the cave, there was nothing but this empty coffin.

"Master, is there only this empty coffin in the Crossing Cave?" Ji Chengyu was surprised in his heart and couldn't help asking.

Master Doom closed his eyes slightly and whispered, "The prince only believes what his eyes see. But what the eye sees is not necessarily true. What the eye can't see, but it doesn't necessarily exist. ”

After listening to Master Du'er's words, Ji Chengyu took a closer look at the cave boy, but still didn't find anything.

Master Du'er clasped his hands together and said a sound in his mouth. Ji Chengyu felt that it was not like a scripture, but like a spell, but the text was extremely difficult to understand, and he couldn't understand it.

But a miracle appeared, soon after the master recited the incantation, there was a change in the cave, the hanging coffin slowly turned into a cloud of smoke and dust and disappeared, at the same time, from the ground and the four sides of the stone cave and the top wall densely drilled out of the flower stems, the main stem of the lonely straight up and upright like a cicada chrysalis broke the ground and gave birth to a number of flower buds with a sharp tip and a round bottom, a while, the flower buds bloomed into an umbrella-shaped flower the size of a disc, the petals rolled back like dragon claws, the color of snow white, clean like a drizzle, thousands of snow-white flowers, filaments and filaments connected, petals and petals connected, the whole cave became a world of white flowers, cold stone walls, stalagmites, and abrupt stones are no longer visible.

"The other side of the flower?" Ji Chengyu shouted in his heart. It is said that the red flowers bloom on the road to hell, and the white flowers bloom on the way to heaven.

Master Watar has not stopped chanting mantras.

In the place where the coffin disappeared just now, a lean old man slowly appeared, dressed in gray, with white hair and long beard, sitting cross-legged on a huge white flower on his knees, his palms stretched and stacked between his knees, and his eyes closed. A pale blue light emanated from all around him, like an illusion, like smoke and dust.

The old man slowly opened his eyes and looked at the two of them.

Wataru stopped chanting the mantra, bowed to the old man, and said, "Guide, I am the presiding officer of the Doom Temple." His tone was extremely reverent, and it was evident that he had great respect for the old man. Then he pointed to Ji Chengyu and said: "His name is Ji Chengyu, the prince of Ji, and he is a great man of love and loyalty. ”

The old man who was known as the guide smiled slightly, smiled and said, "If you can cross the robbery door and enter the robbery cave, you must be destined." I've been waiting for you for a long time, come close!" said him, beckoning gently to Ji Chengyu.

Ji Chengyu hesitated a little, the old man was in mid-air, and there were flowers on the other side below. If he stepped forward, he would inevitably step on them, and Ji Chengyu couldn't bear it.

Master Do'er said, "Prince, just go ahead." ”

Ji Chengyu didn't think much about it, raised his feet and moved forward, but a road paved with flowers on the other side appeared in front of him, and at the end of the road there was a huge flower on the other side that was exactly the same as the old man was sitting on.

Ji Chengyu walked on the white road paved with this flower until he reached the end, sitting upright on the other side of the flower like an old man.

The old man said, "The prince frowned, as if he had a knot in his heart. ”

Ji Chengyu said, "Yes." It is rumored that I am a lonely body, a woman of destiny. Sixteen years ago, the women who were born on the same day as me all fell ill and died. And the woman I dated recently has also become a fake death. There are also Lu Shen and others, who also died because of me, and I feel pain for this, and I beg a guide to teach me how to crack it. ”

The old man smiled and said, "The prince has doubts in his heart, and only by becoming a spirit master can he solve it. ”

Ji Chengyu asked puzzledly: "What is a spirit master?" ”

The old man said slowly: "People in the world have only a hundred years of life, and when the body dies and the soul is destroyed, everything is empty and turns into reincarnation. However, if there is a wish in the heart, the soul will not be extinguished for a long time, and it will harm others, and ordinary people are powerless to drive it away. In addition, the beasts in the mountains, and even the flowers and trees, are immortal for thousands of years, and they can also transform into demons and charm the world. The spirit rider is the one who destroys evil spirits and demons and protects the world, is the prince willing to be a spirit master?"

Ji Chengyu did not hesitate and said firmly: "Chengyu was born between heaven and earth, and he should make a life for the people of the world, I am willing." ”

The old man smiled and said, "Let me give you the Spiritual Lamp, if the prince is its master, the spiritual lamp will be integrated into your body, if not, it will be a pity." ”

Speaking of this, the hands were slowly raised in parallel, to the chest stopped, and then flipped, palms facing each other, slightly curved, a moment, between the two palms slowly appeared a transparent blue lamp, the lamp body is a foot, the lamp head is like a flower on the other side, the wick is not burned. The old man's palms slowly pressed forward, and the Spirit Lamp moved towards Ji Chengyu, staying at his forehead, slowly melting into a thin blue mist, from his forehead into his body.

Ji Chengyu didn't feel anything, and he didn't feel anything abnormal in his body.

The old man rejoiced and said, "The Spiritual Lamp has found its master." He turned his head to look at Du'e and said, "Du'e, you have done another good thing." ”

Du Er bowed to the old man and said, "It is the responsibility of Du Er to find the master of the Spirit Lamp. ”

The old man looked at Ji Chengyu and said, "The lamp of the spirit control is the soul of the spirit master, and it will accompany you for a lifetime." Once you have cultivated your aura, the wick of the Spiritual Lamp will be lit, which will generate powerful spiritual power, giving you infinite power and helping you see hidden souls. The place to practice spiritual energy is in Yunshan in Zhongnan Mountain, and it needs to go all the way to the south, which is far away, and it requires extremely strong perseverance to reach it. ”

Ji Chengyu said decisively: "Ji Chengyu's wish has been decided, even if the road to Zhongnan Mountain is so difficult, he will never back down, he will definitely achieve positive results and break the curse." ”

The old man said, "Even if he becomes a spiritual master, the prince should not only become a small self with a small love, but should treat the world with a great love." ”

Ji Chengyu's upper body curled slightly, and said: "Ji Chengyu remembers the teachings of the guide. ”

Ji Chengyu stood up from the flowers on the other side, bowed deeply to the guide, and walked down the road paved with flowers on the other side.

The old man said, "Master Doom, my mission is complete, it's time to go." After speaking, he smiled, and his mood seemed to be extremely comfortable. After laughing, it gradually became blurred, and finally turned into dust and disappeared.

The flowers on the other side withered and disappeared, and the cave returned to its original appearance, leaving only a transparent empty coffin suspended in the air, emitting a bright light, illuminating the cave as if it were day.

Seeing Ji Chengyuwu looking at the place where the guide disappeared in a daze, Master Do'er said, "Prince, it's time for us to go out." ”

The two of them went out of the cave together, this time Ji Chengyu did not pass through the dark passage, but came out from a passage on the side, this passage is much shorter, it only took a few steps, and they have already come to the door of the catastrophe, the little master of the heart and the old ape did not know when they came, standing there and looking inside, it can be seen that their hearts are full of curiosity, but they dare not enter the door rashly.

Seeing the two of them come out, Duxin finally let go of his heart, let out a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Master, you have finally come out, and the old ape and I are in a hurry, so we will come over to have a look." As he spoke, he squeezed his eyes at the old ape, and it seemed that they were already very familiar with each other.

Ignoring him, Watar turned to recite a spell towards the gate, and the stone closed silently.

The three of them walked back and forth. Watani Lalaji took the sleeve of the feather and said, "Prince, what is it like in the Cave of the Tribulation?

Ji Chengyu didn't know what to say, opened his mouth, and finally didn't say anything. provoked Wataru to pout, very unhappy. Ji Chengyu looked at the young Duxin, and suddenly remembered the words of the guide, and couldn't help but think: "If you die, you should be guarded by Duxin, and then look for the next spirit master, right?"

This Crossing Tribulation Cave turned out to be the storage place of the Spirit Lamp, and the host of the Crossing Temple was the guardian of the Spirit Lamp.