An hour later.

Xia Ji had already completed the carving of the eighteen prayer beads, and with his right hand in his hands, the eighteen prayer beads floated into the air and rotated counterclockwise in the palm of his hand.

The rosaries are connected with each other, giving birth to eighteen "swastika" phantoms, eighteen stacks into one, golden light, boundless power, and the power contained in them is even more eager to try, but is bound by him.

The power of the spirit may not be as direct as the true qi and strength, but it can be said that it is an unexpected gain to be able to endow this agarwood with the power of Xuanqi.

It's just that this kind of spiritual consumption can't be replenished by true qi, and Xia Ji has continuously carved eighteen prayer beads with the Rulai Zen method, and he can't help but feel a little tired at this time.

He condensed for a long time, and suddenly his palm was closed, and the golden "swastika" disappeared, the rosary fell one after another, and the gold pulp flowing out of it also disappeared, stopped on his palm, and was clenched and put away by him.

Xia Ji turned his head sideways, the light of dawn just penetrated the oil-paper window of the small building, and the footsteps of the palace maid who delivered the food were also far and near.

Before long, the door opened.

The palace maid walked in with a lunch box.

A bowl of white porridge, a stack of boiled vegetables, and even the flavorful side dishes are gone.

Xia Ji knew that this was Concubine Wan's "concern".

Under the admiring gaze of the palace maid, he ate the tasteless breakfast calmly.

After that, Xia Ji asked for more agarwood, as a prince, no one would stop him from doing woodcut carving rosaries, which was the same as the general going down to the field to farm, aiming to tell others that he had no intention of fighting for power, so soon, several large pieces of agarwood were moved to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion.

So, Xia Ji chanted during the day, and at night or dawn, he began to use Zen to carve prayer beads, which can be regarded as his hole cards in addition to his own exercises.

Take out the spiritual power in advance and store it in the rosary, although there is no chance to test it yet, Xia Ji can feel the terrifying power in the rosary, and this power is increasing with the increase of the rosary.

Just as he had carved more than two dozen rosaries, there was a knock on the door.

Knock knock.

Xia Ji smiled, he knew who was coming.

"Come in. ”

Squeak.

The door opened.

A cute little face poked out.

The Nine Emperor Maidens happily ran to her brother's side and shouted, "Brother!"

Xia Ji touched the princess's long soft hair, and said with a smile: "What good things happened again?"

The princess leaned closer to his side and whispered, "Today I went to pray for my brother's incense, and I met that little fox again."

The little fox's wounded paws had healed, and it ran up to me and pulled at the corners of my skirt, as if to take me somewhere, so I followed it.

The guard was worried about my safety and wanted to follow, but as soon as he did, the little fox would not leave, so I asked the guard not to follow. ”

Xia Ji's expression moved, the fox is so psychic?

Xia Xiaosu continued: "The little fox took me to a mountain village, there was a very beautiful girl in the village, the girl saw the little fox brought me over, so she came over and chatted with me, she said that her name is Hu Ling, and she is hidden in the mountains with many foxes as companions, and these foxes have already opened some wisdom, but they don't know how to read, and she doesn't know a few herself, so I hope I can teach them to read."

I was scared and curious, but Hu Ling looked at me expectantly, and dozens of other foxes looked at me with pitiful eyes as if they were sensible, and my heart suddenly softened, thinking that it would not be a big deal to teach a few words, so I taught them.

After teaching some of the Three Character Sutras, the foxes scratched their heads, a little happy, a little confused, they really understood what I was saying.

Miss Hu Ling was also very happy, she invited me to eat a lot of strange fruits in the mountains, saying that these foxes imitate human beings, know etiquette, honor and disgrace, know good and evil, benevolence and righteousness, and behave politely, and have long stopped eating raw meat, let alone human flesh, and now most of them eat Ganguo Mountain Spring.

Seeing that it was still early, Miss Hu Ling took me to a cave in the village, where there were many bookshelves, and she said that the books on these shelves were all out of print, and as a thank you, she could let me borrow one back.

Originally, I just looked at it casually, but after taking a look, I dispelled the idea of leaving, because, those are really legendary books, and even the secret collection of exercises, I read it for a long time, and I actually saw a book, brother, guess what it is?"

Xia Ji didn't answer, he raised his hand and gently stroked the eyebrows of his sister, and the soft spiritual power seeped into the princess's skin with his fingers, and he walked around in a small circle, but he didn't encounter any evil energy.

He is now at the ninth level of the two Zen methods, and his spiritual power is extremely strong, not to mention deliberately exploring, even if he is lying down and asleep, the demon will immediately notice when he is approaching, but he has walked around like this, and there is no abnormality.

Are these vixens not malicious?

Xia Xiaosu carefully took out an ancient scripture from his arms, there are still burnt marks at the beginning and end of the scriptures, but the overall content is complete and not missing, and four words are written on the first page of the scriptures: Future Maitreya.

The word "scripture" was burned.

"The Future Maitreya Sutra"!

This scripture is said to be one of the three secret books of the Great Leiyin Temple hundreds of years ago, and it is also the most important one, but the Great Leiyin Temple was destroyed by a catastrophe, and then there was a small Leiyin Temple that flourished with the business and was established near the imperial capital, which is now the temple on Mount Meru.

Therefore, Xia Ji knew that Leiyin Temple had the Sutra of Coming and the Sutra of Burning Lamps, but he also knew that there must be no Maitreya Sutra, because the loss of the Maitreya Sutra is almost known to people who recite some Buddhist books, and it is also a big regret for the entire Buddhist sect.

Seeing this, Xia Ji was really happy from the bottom of his heart, his sister was still a lucky star, such strange things can also be encountered, when people are really sitting at home, treasures come from the sky, the past, present, and future three secret treasures are obviously connected, so you can get a glimpse of this lost exercise.

Xia Xiaosu saw that the corners of Xia Ji's lips were upturned, and she was sincerely happy, and she was very happy that she could do something for her brother before she left for the Turks.

Xia Ji turned a few pages, and a great sense of mystery rushed to his heart, making him understand that this book was not fake, he was even more curious, stopped turning the book, and said directly: "Xiao Su, you have met a fox spirit, and the girl named Hu Ling should also be a fairy transformation." ”

The theory of spirits is not uncommon in Buddhist scriptures, and even many stories of monks and Taoists subduing demons have been circulated in the countryside.

Xia Xiaosu is not stupid: "I guessed that she is a vixen." ”

Xia Ji gave the girl a slap in the face, "The shemale has a different way!

Xia Xiaosu touched his head, stuck out his tongue, and argued: "I'm good to them, they're good to me, I teach them good and evil etiquette, they lend me books, courtesy, and gentlemen's friendship, which is much better than everyone else in the palace."

Brother, I can only stay in the imperial capital for more than two months, so let me look around for myself. There are so many restraints in the palace, you can leave me alone. ”

Xia Ji's expression relaxed, he pondered for a long time, and said softly: "Xiao Su, next time you meet Hu Ling, ask her, what does she want?"

As he spoke, he took out the agarwood rosary from his arms, counted fourteen of them, strung them into a bracelet, and handed them over, "Wear this, if you are in danger, concentrate on it, and then put this rosary on your eyebrows." ”

Xia Xiaosu took the bracelet, and then turned over her sleeves and put it on her wrist, she didn't take it seriously in her heart, her brother served the Buddha devoutly, I am afraid that this rosary is just a thought for psychological tranquility.

My brother said that she would just do it.

...

Late at night.

It's silent.

A fast horse came from the west, the horse's hooves broke through the calm in fright, and the people rushed to the west gate of the imperial city, shouting loudly: "The front line is urgent, open the city gate quickly!!"

The captain of the city gate raised his torch, stood by the wall, and looked down to see a face full of fear.

The messenger shouted while shaking the agreed signal, and continued to shout: "Urgent report from the front, open the city gate quickly!!"

His voice was trembling and rapid, with a hint of unease.

The city gate captain was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Open the door!"

"Yes, sir!"

Two guards hurried down from the city.

Piercing sounds.

The door opened.

Bad news was returned.