Chapter 33: The Monster of the Seven Lives
Yue Mangong, who had returned again, heard that the luan bird had actually flown out of the prison, and he thought that this luan bird was deeply resentful, and I am afraid that it was indeed not necessarily a blessing, but a disaster to the national capital. Looking at Yue Mangong's resentment towards the Luan Bird, Jiu Ban was worried about the future of the Luan Bird.
Just when the three of them were silent, Wei Xicheng knelt in the main hall and begged the monarch to release his wife Xiaofan. It is said that men don't flick when they have tears, and men have gold under their knees, but at this moment, Wei Xicheng not only knelt down in the main hall, but also burst into tears. After hearing the cause and effect of the matter, the monarch sighed lightly and said to Wei Xiyan: "The laws of man punish evil and promote good all act on people, and the laws of heaven are determined by heaven and cannot be surpassed. Even if he is the king of a country, in the face of the actions of heaven, I am powerless. Hearing that there was no hope of rescuing his wife, Wei Xicheng's eyes instantly fell silent. Jiuhan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Wei, don't be so sad, I'll accompany you to rescue Xiaofan." Wei Xi responded, and his fists couldn't help but clench a little tighter.
After all, this is almost a helpless move.
After nothing else, Yue Mangong took the two of them and retreated directly. The Emperor immediately revised four handwritten letters and invited the other four countries to discuss the fight against the Three Kingdoms War Alliance, and jointly discuss the restoration of the country. Since then, the four messengers have left the city, but the road is long, and who has said what direction to go?
If the other four nations were all of the same heart, there would be a lot to be done. But if it is like a plate of scattered sand, I am afraid that it will be difficult to protect itself by fighting for each other.
"Brother Wei's wife was arrested by the monks of the Susu Temple?" When he went to his palace, Yue Mangong asked Wei Xicheng. Wei Xicheng replied yes, and then Yue Man clapped his hands and shouted, "Abbot of Qisheng....... I've been restless lately. But don't be afraid, since your wife is still alive. Then you are not afraid that you will not be able to save it. The three of you and I will go back to the palace to rest for a while, and then I will go with you later. ”
Wei Xi made a big bow to Yue Man, but because he was too excited, he was injured again, and coughed violently. Jiu Ban hurriedly took out the elixir he had brought with him and gave it to Wei Xi again. Yue Mangong ordered someone to ask for a doctor and waited in his palace. Then he took Jiu Ban and Wei Xi and walked towards his palace.
An hour later, with the palace's rich healing resources, Wei Xicheng's injuries were no longer serious and he could walk normally. It's just that it doesn't seem to be able to operate the spiritual power too intensely, so there is one less combat power. Nine and a half sighed secretly, but it was a pity. But Yue Mangong laughed out loud: "With this prince here, is there still a lack of combat effectiveness?"
Yue Mangong asked the horses to be prepared, and the three of them headed towards the temple again. After eating a few jars of wine in the palace, Lu Shu will be on the rise. He spread his hooves and rushed forward, but several times frightened the nine-and-a-half.
Fortunately, Lu Shu didn't drink a lot, and Jiu and a half could still control it, but there were indeed a lot of jokes along the way, Yue Mangong and Wei Xicheng both laughed forward and backward, as if they hadn't stopped along the way. Jiu Ban was helpless, so he could only keep his heart on guard all the time, and Lu Shu suddenly jumped out again.
When the three of them came to the gate of the Susu Temple again, there was only one monk guarding outside, and they didn't wait for Yue Mangong to report to his home. The monk folded his hands and said, "My abbot is already waiting for you, so please come with me." The three of them glanced at each other: dare to love these seven lives have been waiting, haven't they?
But since Qisheng knows, it is necessary to give enough face over there. The three of them turned over, dismounted, dismounted, tied to the side, and followed the monk in. It's still the same road that Jiuhan and Wei Xi took before, but at this time, the two of them had an extra heart, and they secretly recorded all the layout they passed through in their hearts. If this trip is not a success. Then only the night dive will take Xiaofan away.
In the main hall, Qisheng stands in front of the ancient Buddha, and on both sides are eight monks sitting in a cross-legged pan to send and chant Buddhist scriptures. Corresponding to the shaking of the ancient Buddha of the green lanterns on both sides of the hall, it is quite solemn and majestic.
After the three of them entered the main hall, the eight monks stopped chanting, and the seven beings turned around. Qisheng saw Yue Mangong at a glance, folded his hands and said to Yue Mangong: "How can you be in the temple, how can you come to my cold temple with such a heart from the prince? ”
Yue Mangong didn't accept this at all, waved his hand to stop Qisheng's words, and then said: "I heard that Qisheng ignored the laws of my lawsuit city, and actually arrested a woman from a good family in broad daylight, I wonder if the abbot of Qisheng can give me an explanation?" This made the Buddha of Wei Xi on the side see hope.
But Qisheng smiled, looked at Yue Mangong and said: "The temple is no longer among the laymen, there are only the ancient Buddhas of the green lantern and the scriptures and texts in their eyes, where can they put the law again." Moreover, our temple has always taken the protection of demons and the protection of our lawsuit city as its primary task. I don't know where I have violated the law in my journey to eliminate demons?"
Yue Mangong was speechless for a while, and sure enough, it would not work to use the method of governing people on the rule of heaven. But in that case, let's open the skylight and say something. Yue Mangong took a step forward, his eyes glaring: "You really refuse to let people go?" When he said this, Yue Mangong even used his spiritual power to transmit the voice, and the voice lasted for a long time in the main hall, and it was powerful and powerful.
Qisheng just squinted his eyes, stretched out his hand and beckoned in the air, and there was no spiritual power fluctuation, but the spiritual power fluctuation emitted by the Yue Man Bow had already been broken. Its intention could not be more obvious: "I took over the duties of the Demon Destroyer from my master in my seventh life, and I never thought that there would be a day when I would retreat, if I was so entangled, then I would not be blamed for turning my face and not recognizing people, even if you are the prince of this fierce country, I will not be wrong." ”
"You!" Yue Mangong didn't know what to say, he originally thought it was just an ordinary little demon, and he was also a little demon who had never harmed anyone, relying on his own prince's face, Qisheng said that he was not willing to sell this face, but Qisheng was extremely difficult to speak today, which made Yue Mangong's mouth, which had not prepared any words, even more unable to refute. I should have brought the most talkative staff around me if I knew it. It's just that the Seven Lives are so blunt, which makes Yue Mangong have doubts in his heart, the Seven Lives he saw before are not like this.
Helpless, the three of them had no choice but to withdraw from the temple and find a tavern to discuss how to act. Yue Mangong felt sorry for this, pulled Wei Xicheng and said that he had made a mistake, but what to say, he would also go with Wei Xicheng tonight to save Wei Xicheng's wife. Wei Xicheng saw that the prince was so concerned about his own affairs, and he was also quite emotional, and he picked up the wine bowl and did it.
So the three of them ate wine in this tavern, and ordered a few side dishes, and ate them here. After eating and drinking, I have the strength to sneak in tonight to save people. Wei Xi took this dart master who had experienced many battles, but he was very nervous today, and he kept holding the dishes to calm the unhappiness in his heart.
And Jiu Ban thought about the means used by the seven beings who met twice, and he couldn't see how the seven beings used spiritual power at all, and when he asked Yue Mangong about the strength of the seven beings, Yue Mangong frowned and said, "Very strong, the seven lives are really strong." If you say that you have to bring a team of people to defeat the enemy, maybe you can end up with the other party without moving for seven lifetimes. ”
Whether it was Yue Mangong deliberately exaggerating such an explanation, or Qisheng deliberately creating such a scene to make people jealous, after all, the Susu Temple was his home field. But Jiu Ban knew that compared to Qisheng, his strength was too small, even if he killed the Crying Grave and his ears and eyes were clear, he faintly felt spiritual power. But compared to Qisheng, it would take more effort to stretch out your fingers and crush an ant than to kill him. However, thinking of the promise made to him by the monarch of the fierce country, he has already revised the book to contact the four countries to discuss major matters.
Knowing that his strength is difficult to kill Qisheng, even if his destiny is not good, if he can restore the country and destroy the iron-blooded alliance of the Three Kingdoms of Mocking Wind, then he will have no regrets in this life. Even if there is a lack of destiny, being able to fulfill one's long-cherished wish is the most important thing. Isn't borrowing life from heaven and earth just for your own long-cherished wish?
Wait until night comes, and the moon hangs high. When it was silent outside, the three of them came to the outside of the Susu Temple again, but this time they only brought Lu Shu over. If something bad happens later, take Lushu and leave first. And Qisheng didn't dare to do anything to himself for the sake of his own prince, and Jiuhan was a negative prince, and now he was a guest of honor in the country of Li, presumably the Qisheng would not be so boring.
So the three of them took advantage of the night, dressed in black night clothes, rabbits and falcons, and a few turned over and slipped into the temple. The three of them were cautious along the way. Yue Mangong led the way in front, and Jiu Ban and Wei Xicheng followed behind.
Of course, the one who listened to Yue Mangong was, after all, he was the prince of the fierce army, and he also had an understanding of the only temple in the national capital, and he had a rough idea of where the temple was in the temple and what it was for. What's more, since he came in pursuit of demonic energy, he felt the fluctuations of spiritual power in the air, and where he wanted it to be the strongest, that was the direction of this trip.
Along the way, the three of them held their breath and contemplated, and touched the place where the demonic energy was most strong in the temple. Although there were strong monks who had encountered them, a few people held back their breath and were not in the night, so no one paid attention to this side anymore. And they wouldn't have thought that someone would dare to sneak into the temple.
Walking and stopping along the way, Yue Mangong finally stopped, looked at a doorway hidden on the mountain rock not far in front of him, and said: "This is it, that's right, I feel that demonic energy." Brother Wei, your wife may be imprisoned here. ”
In that case, let's get in quickly. With joy, the three of them opened the doorway and walked all the way down. It turned out that this was a dark hole, but there was no one guarding it outside, which made the three of them puzzled, since there was no need to guard it, then why did it make such a dark hole?
There was not a trace of fire in the passage, and the three of them didn't care about lighting the fire here, after all, they had sneaked in, and they didn't know where it was arranged. If it is exposed because of this and attracts seven lives, it will be even more difficult to save Xiaofan next time.
After the three of them walked silently for a quarter of an hour, there was finally a light ahead, and there was a slight birdsong to hear. Wei Xicheng was overjoyed, and rushed there desperately, before Yue Mangong and Jiu Ban could react and pull him, Wei Xicheng had already rushed out. The two had no choice but to follow behind and show their weapons in case of accidents.
And after entering the bright light, the three of them found that this was a circular dark room, and in the middle of the dark room, a chain of spiritual power locked a bird, unable to move. Wei Xicheng knelt in front of the bird and asked if the bird was his wife.
And Jiu Ban and Yue Mangong looked around again, only to find that there were actually cell doors next to the wall of the dark room, and there were still several dying people imprisoned inside, and scattered around the middle bird were the bones of some humans and monsters. The more I looked, the more I realized that this dark room was so huge. As far as the cell door alone is concerned, it is not too much to fit forty or fifty people.
Those dying people couldn't even open their eyes one by one, and even if Yue Mangong went over and knocked on the cell door, they didn't react. "Isn't this place set up to imprison monsters? Why do you look at this cell door and this skeleton, it always feels like the secret of the Seven Lives? Could it be that Qisheng is secretly doing something shady and shady? Otherwise, why would he arrest this dying person and imprison him? I've never heard that the temple is still in charge of arresting people. The more Yue Mangong thought about it, the more confused he became.
But before the three of them could come up with a rough idea, the spiritual power of this dark room fluctuated. Wei Xicheng, who was present, couldn't use spiritual power, and Jiuhan couldn't use spiritual power yet, only Yue Mangong noticed the spiritual power fluctuations in the air, but before he could say the word "be careful", the three of them were tied up by a chain formed by spiritual power.
The three of them couldn't move, and then a person came in at the door of the dark room and said to the three of them, "Amitabha." "The eyes of the person who came were solemn, and the majesty was self-generated, like the most angry eyes of King Kong. Who else could it be but Seven Lives?
Without waiting for Qisheng to speak, Yue Mangong scolded loudly: "Qisheng, what are you doing here, actually grabbing human beings to do some shady things, what are your intentions?" Aren't you afraid of being damned?"
Qisheng made a Buddhist handprint in front of him, looked at Yue Mangong and said: "I follow the wishes of my master, in order to ensure that I sue the city and the country's fortunes, where is it said that I am punished by heaven, His Royal Highness the prince cannot speculate." ”
"Then what are you doing in this dark room, these bones and monster bones. What about the dying people in the prison door?"
Qisheng sneered and watched the three of them being bound. He cursed: "It's stupid." ”
"In order to protect my national fortune, Shizun sealed Luan Feng in the bodies of a man and a woman, imprisoned them in the lawsuit city, and never could go out of the lawsuit city. When I grew up, the master explained to me why I couldn't get out of the lawsuit, because I was the baby boy who was sealed in the body of the phoenix beast!"
"It's ridiculous that my master only thinks about the fortune of the country, and uses all his cultivation on the fortune of the country, and also imprisons my freedom. But I'm unwilling, I'm the most talented person in the temple, and all the monks see me as the future. My master was no exception, and after the death of my master, the monk Huliu, I succeeded him in his place, and no one disputed this. So I immersed myself in studying those spiritual scriptures and kept practicing. ”
"I am a god, I should not stay in this dilapidated temple, as the abbot of this ruined temple, I should go out of the city of lawsuits, become a god, become a god to be worshipped, a god worshipped by all people. And that damn trick of national fortune has always haunted me. I want to break the shackles of my fate, I want to go out, I want to see the outside world, I want to explain to the world that I am their god. ”
As he spoke, Qisheng fell into a frenzy, pointing to the bones, and then to the dying people. He said to Yue Mangong and the three of them: "Look at them, they are also dying people anyway, it is better to use them for me, for me to try the method, find out how to break the curse of the country's fortune, and give me a piece of freedom, I will bring gods to this world." They died as they deserved. ”
"You madman!"
Yue Mangong spat and yelled at Qisheng. Qisheng looked at Yue Mangong, and suddenly laughed fiercely: "I'm crazy, what if I'm crazy." You are all just ordinary people, how can you know the sanctity of the gods? When I ascend, it will be the time of light for all eternity. For the sake of this great future, what is it to kill a few human beings. Isn't it worth it for them to die at my hands?"
These seven lives looked solemn and majestic on weekdays, but they didn't know that they had become demons in their hearts, and they wanted to become gods in the world, which was really a vain person.
But Qisheng's eyes suddenly became lonely, and he continued to open his mouth and muttered: "But this destiny can't be as I wish after all, I have tried the Fa many times, but they all ended in failure, and I even once wondered if what I did was really wrong." But I persevered, just when I failed again and became discouraged. I saw Xiaofan, I saw her baby, and I began to speculate through the Dharma. Finally got me to the point. ”
"The bird is a spiritual swallower and turns into a human form, and the baby it gives birth to is the key medicine I have been looking for, as long as I have that young baby, I'm afraid I can't find a way out of this method? ”
"Originally, I just wanted to take the baby directly in the name of eliminating the demon, but you just stopped me from doing it, since I was discovered, then the donors will go to the west to see my Buddha Rulai. ”