Chapter Forty-Six: The Unspeakable
The moon and stars are scarce, and I saw a little bonfire flashing in a cave covered by artemisia grass at the foot of the Sihui Cliff. A thin figure was busy going back and forth in the cavern by the light of the fire.
It is a small domed cave, and the messy grass in the corners of the cave suggests that it was once a nest for some animals, but it seems to have been abandoned for a long time.
The bonfire was swaying, and at this moment, I saw a crystal clear purple crystal box placed in the middle of the cave.
On the ground around this crystal box, a strange pattern is drawn in cinnabar. Some of the more bizarre tortoiseshell branches are erected on the four corners of the pattern.
The combination of the two formed a strict and strange formation.
In front of the formation, there was a little boy with a delicate face and a black robe.
I saw this little boy holding a thick big book in his arms, looking down at the book for a while, looking up at the array on the ground for a while, his expression was both serious and nervous-
"Dry three times, ambergris is in the sky. Kun six broken, tortoise shell positioning. Shake the back, and the scales reflect the heart...... Well, there should be no mistake. ”
After carefully checking the book in his arms and making sure that the formation diagram was drawn correctly, the little boy put the book beside him with his backhand.
Immediately afterwards, the boy took out a strangely shaped oil lamp from his bosom and carefully placed it next to the purple crystal box—
I saw that the whole body of this oil lamp was carved from a bamboo tube, and the body of the cylinder was covered with Buddhist scriptures carved in navy blue ink.
Through the hollow in the middle of the bamboo tube, I saw a trace of cyan candle flame flickering slightly in the middle of the barrel.
"Sister, hold on, and you'll be resurrected in no time......"
The little boy looked at the amethyst box in the array and said a few words excitedly, and then opened his mouth and bit his thumb.
When the blood slowly flowed from his fingertips, I saw the little boy raise his fingers, his eyes closed and whispered:
"Blood is faith, green candle is the guide, sacrifice my body, redeem your soul!ah——!"
After speaking, I saw the little boy open his eyes suddenly, shouted, and pressed the bamboo lamp in front of him with his bloody fingers......
|“ Thunder Strike——!"
"Pop ——!"
Seeing that the little boy's bloody fingers were about to touch the green bamboo oil lamp, with a loud shout, I saw a green electric current coming first, and in an instant, it struck the bamboo lamp in the array, and immediately shook it away.
"Ah——!h
The situation suddenly changed, and the little boy immediately screamed when he saw this.
Then, the little boy instinctively looked back, and saw a few familiar faces appear at the entrance of the cave, so he was stunned for a moment, and the people who looked at the entrance of the cave said in a stunned manner:
"Nine, Brother Nine, Brother An, how do you ......?"
"Whew...... You unconscious stinky boy. ”
Looking at the little boy with a surprised face in the cave, Fan Tianjiu gritted his teeth and muttered.
Then, I saw Fan Tianjiu striding to his side angrily, raising his leg and kicking him to the ground, yelling at him:
"Xiucai——! what the hell are you doing here?!"
"Woooooooooo......oo Brother Jiu! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
Xiucai, who was kicked to the ground, immediately got up when he heard this, knelt in front of Fan Tianjiu with a puff, and then kowtowed desperately to him while crying out:
"Woooooooooo......oo Brother Jiu, I really didn't want to deliberately harm you and Brother An at the gate of the temple just now!
I really didn't know those two statues would come back to life! Please spare me——! spare me——!
"What?At the gate of the temple?So, it was really you who stole the book from the temple just now?!"
Fan Tianjiu looked at Xiucai, who was kneeling on the ground, desperately begging for mercy, and said with a look of disbelief.
"Hehe, not only is he the one who stole the book, I'm afraid that the traitor who was ordered by the big-bellied fairy and has been lurking in this school is also him......"
I saw Mu Tiezhu sneering and walking into the cave, picking up the bamboo oil lamp on the ground that had been knocked over by Fan Tianjiu, taking it in his hand and examining it carefully, and then said:
"Hmm...... This seems to be the 'green bamboo soul redemption lamp' of Jizo King Bodhisattva, and I once saw something exactly like this on the right hand of the Bodhisattva statue in Jizo Temple.
According to legend, King Jizo Bodhisattva once made a grand wish that hell would not be empty, and he would not become a Buddha.
And in order to transcend the unjust souls and demons in hell, the king of Jizo Bodhisattva carved a lamp with green bamboo, sacrificed his own blood and bones, and exchanged his 10,000 years of cultivation for the transcendent liberation of the ghosts of hell and re-entered the reincarnation ......"
Speaking of this, I saw Mu Tiezhu turning around with the Qingzhu Soul Redemption Lamp, looking at Xiucai on the ground and saying:
"It is said that this 'green bamboo soul redemption lamp' has the divine power to bring people back to life...... Boy, did you give this artifact to you by the Big-Bellied Fairy?"
"Wow——! Brother Zhu, Brother Jiu, Brother An, Sister Lan, I'm sorry you ——!."
As soon as he heard Mu Tiezhu ask, Xiucai looked at the people around him blankly, and suddenly wailed, knelt on the ground again and cried.
"Oops...... Why are you crying again?!If you have something to say, just say it! What does a big old man look like crying and chirping like this......
Looking at Xiucai who was crying and paralyzing on the ground, Fan Tianjiu suddenly felt that his head was as big as a fight, and he turned to Si Bi'an beside him and said impatiently:
"Anzi, go over and help him up, let him sit there and talk!"
"Oh, okay......"
Hearing this, Si Bi'an nodded, walked to Xiucai's side, and helped him up from the ground to sit on the stone next to him.
Immediately afterwards, Si Bi'an took out a tissue from his arms and handed it to him, and said with kind words:
"Xiucai, don't cry~
Brother Jiu and I are your brothers, if there is any difficulty, you can say, Brother Jiu and I just fought for this little life, and I will help you to the end!"
"Woo, Brother Jiu, Brother An, I, I'm ......"
I don't know if I was moved by Si Bi'an's words, or if I cried too much, Xiucai looked at everyone choked up for a long time, and he couldn't say a whole sentence.
At this moment, I saw Ji Xuelan walk to the formation, bend down and pick up the purple crystal box from the ground and take a closer look, and said to Xiucai:
"There is a woman lying in this miasma amethyst box, you are doing these things for her, who is she?"
"Woo, that's my sister'......"
Hearing this, Xiucai wiped his tears with paper, and waited until he calmed down for a while, then looked at the amethyst box and explained:
“...... My parents died young, and my sister and I were the only ones who lived together since I was a child.
I have a weak personality since I was a child, and it was my sister who worked hard to pull me up, and for me, my sister is my mother and my life!
But more than a decade ago, there was a major earthquake in the area where we lived, and my sister and I were buried in the rubble.
I still remember the horror of being crushed in the rubble by the rubble—
It was pitch black all around, and his body was pressed by the boulder and couldn't move, and even gasping for breath became a luxury.
But the most terrible thing is the atmosphere of isolation and oppression, you will feel that you have been forgotten by the world, no one will come to save you, you can only stay alone in the dark and wait for death......"
Speaking of this, I saw the corners of Xiucai's mouth twitch slightly, and he said in a slightly excited tone:
“...... But at this time, my sister suddenly appeared next to me!
Although she did not have the strength to move the boulder to rescue me, she always encouraged me not to give up hope and did everything possible to find water and food for me to keep my life alive.
In this way, my sister and I were trapped in the rubble for seven days, and it was not until the eighth day, when the engineering team was clearing the rubble, that I was accidentally dug out of the earth.
They all said that my life was a miracle, because the golden time for disaster relief is 72 hours, and after three days, the chances of survival of the victims are very low......"
"Alas~ This is thanks to your sister, it seems that your sister is really a resolute and indomitable woman......"
Fan Tianjiu sighed when he heard this.
"yes, so the moment I was rescued, I pulled the rescue team back to the rubble to save my sister.
But to my shock, in the end, it wasn't her people who I found under the rubble, but ...... It's her corpse!
And judging by the degree of decomposition of the corpse, she should have been killed the moment the disaster happened seven days ago......"
Speaking of this, I saw Xiucai purse his lips and choke up with tears in his eyes:
"Alas...... In fact, I already felt strange when I was in the rubble, because my siblings had no one to take care of them since they were young, so life was relatively poor. And my sister has always been yellow and thin because of long-term malnutrition.
But when she was in the rubble, my sister suddenly became a round and jade look, with red lips and white teeth, like a rich lady.
The strangest thing is that my sister was still covered with a layer of white light, which looked very holy and very unreal......"
"Hmm...... It's the 'Good Sacred Heart Ghost'.
According to the "Hundred Ghosts Night Walking Map", this kind of ghost is generally transformed by a person with a gentle and kind heart after death.
And this kind of sacred heart ghost will be surrounded by a faint white light, this white light is condensed by the kind heart of the sacred heart ghost before his death, which can play a role in soothing pain and soothing people's hearts. ”
Hearing this, Si Bi'an took out the "Hundred Ghosts Night Walking Map" from his bosom and flipped it over, and then spoke.
"Yes, it was at that time that I learned that my sister was already a life in another world.
It was her concern for me that made her transform into a ghost and stay by my side until I was rescued......"
Speaking of this, I saw Xiucai reach out and wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and then said:
“...... Just when I thought I had become an orphan and was left alone in this world in the future.
At my sister's funeral, a fat Taoist priest suddenly appeared, and he told me that as long as I help him do something, he will have a way to resurrect my sister!"
"Fat Taoist, hehe, it should be the big-bellied fairy......
The corners of Fan Tianjiu's mouth curled up when he heard this, and he said disdainfully:
"Stinky boy, you actually believe that demonic nonsense?"
"I can't believe it! Because he allowed me to witness miracles happen!"
Hearing this, Xiucai suddenly became excited, raised his hand and pointed to the green bamboo soul redemption lamp in Mu Tiezhu's hand and shouted:
"The pot-bellied fairy found a dead dog, stood in my way, and resurrected it with this magic lamp!
Can you imagine the shock and excitement I felt when I saw that scene——?!!
Do you know how much this temptation can be for a lonely child——! you know——?!
"Well, we can understand this feeling, but ......"
Mu Tiezhu nodded in understanding when he heard this, looked down at the green bamboo soul redemption lamp in his hand, and then frowned:
“...... I'm afraid it's not that simple, I heard Captain Ji say that these artifacts made by the Big Belly Immortal all have the side effects of 'devouring the master'.
So if you want to resurrect your sister with this 'Green Bamboo Soul Redemption Lamp', I'm afraid you will have to pay some price, right?"
"Yes, and at a great cost......
According to the Big-bellied Fairy, if you want to resurrect a life with this 'Green Bamboo Soul Redemption Lamp', then there is only one condition......!
Speaking of this, I saw Xiucai gritting his silver teeth and whispering in despair:
“...... One life for another!"
As soon as Xiucai said this, everyone in the cave was shocked......