Chapter Forty-Nine: Love, Righteousness, Kindness, Don't Enter This Door
Shaohua Mountain, drizzle flying obliquely, grass deep wood spring, only occasionally seen broken walls and remnants tell the story of the catastrophe of Buddhism.
Stepping on the slippery soil and breathing in the fresh mountain breeze, two old men with bamboo canes and mango shoes climbed the back mountain, surrounded by several monks and men and women dressed as chivalrous.
Walking through the woods and arriving at the red boulder, a half-hundred-year-old monk with a hidden sadness folded his hands and whispered a Buddha name: "In the past, Duoercha died here, and his death was strange. ”
The old man at the head of the group had light eyebrows and deep wrinkles, and said with emotion: "I don't know who he died at, but judging from the wounds on the corpse, I can't erase the credit of Master Xinlone, and my luck has been reversed since then." ”
The hidden danger and sadness of the monk's eyes changed, as if recalling the catastrophe of the temple in that year, the wind and clouds, the thunder and fire, many monks sacrificed their lives, many heroes took righteousness, and their own master's heart was delayed and hit Duoercha hard, retaining the fire for the revival of Shaolin and retaining the fire for the exorcism of the barbarians!
He sighed: "There must be heroes in times of crisis, in addition to the family teacher, in the past, there were also hidden masters such as Zhang Gongzi and Buddha Sword Zhending to help, maybe the seriously injured Duoercha was killed by them." ”
"I don't know where they are now, or if they have died with Dolcha in the past. A young girl looked at the red boulder and thought of the heroic martyrs of her ancestors, "If it weren't for them, maybe our Central Plains martial arts wouldn't be able to wait for a respite." ”
The old man nodded lightly: "Now that the national teacher and the wolf lord are incompatible, there are many masters in the rivers and lakes, and the expulsion of the barbarians is just around the corner, so the old man came here to pay tribute to the martyrs." ”
The knights around him took out all kinds of sacrificial objects and placed them properly, the old man picked up three sticks of incense, bowed and saluted, others followed one after another, and several monks folded their hands. Recite the mantra of the past life.
In the cliff behind them, Meng Qi listened with his hands, and the green shirt was windless.
In the past few years, titles such as Zhang Gongzi and the Buddha Knife have been like vicissitudes for decades, and if they are not mentioned by outsiders, they are rarely haunted in their hearts.
Time washes away, and the things that I once thought I would remember forever will only be recalled inadvertently.
The stone walls on the left and right were rough, covered with moss, damp and cold, and Meng Qi looked around. Yesterday's various things resurfaced in front of us:
Senior Brother Qi, who talked a lot after being injured, Senior Brother Zhang, who fought side by side, Zhiwei, who was seriously injured and did not retreat with a sword, Gu Xiaosang, who was beginning to reveal his secrets, and Duoercha, a god and demon who seemed invincible at that time......
Taking a deep breath and getting rid of the nostalgic feelings, Meng Qi walked to the depths of the road with his hands down, and the chivalrous monks outside were still burning yellow paper to pay tribute to the heroic spirits of the past.
He didn't go out to show off. Because of the urgency of the matter, it is impossible to stay for two months, and the longer it drags on, the longer the interval between going back. It is prone to changes, such as the help of myths, so Meng Qi set a time limit of seven days for himself.
More than seven days, with or without a harvest. We all have to come back now!
When the time comes, there will be another trick, which is to use a reincarnation charm at the moment of return. I believe that it is impossible for the Nine Heavens Thunder God to interfere with the secret treasure, and he will be able to smash the pot and sell iron in exchange for powerful items.
However, the Nine Heavens Thunder God must have arranged a formation and other things in the place where he returns, and he must block left and right so as not to die, and he may not be able to use the reincarnation charm in time, so he has to plan for the worst, and forcibly use the incomplete "sticky cause and effect", carry the Qiē of the Nine Heavens Thunder God, and bear the Yan zhòng backlash.
There is no light in the corridor, the surroundings are dark and silent, it seems to hide the most terrible demons and monsters, Meng Qi's acupoint is opened, the great sun is empty, and there are two rounds of rising sun in his eyes, and the darkness retreats behind the stone wall.
At the end, familiar things appeared in front of Meng Qi's eyes again, and the end of the secret passage was semicircular, and the place where the stone chamber was suspected to be open was encircled, with stone beds and stone tables, and rotten futons.
The front mountain wall is engraved with the proverbs left by Ananda, but there is no true meaning, and there are faint traces on the wall not far from the left, like a stone door, on which the book "Love, righteousness, kindness, and benevolence, do not enter this door"!
There is a deep hole in the lower left of the stone door, if there is an indescribable flame burning, next to it is a small character with a fly's head, although it is a demon text that Meng Qi does not recognize, but the meaning clearly appears in his mind:
"Bad luck, kill!"
This qiē has not changed, and it is no different from what Meng Qi saw at the beginning, but his knowledge back then is not the same as what he sees now, and he directly sees all kinds of strange things.
It is rumored that the demon saint killed Ananda in Shaohua Mountain, and Xiao Kong's message of "the negative and the lucky one kills" seems to confirm this, but the strange thing is that the demon saint did not erase the proverbs left by Ananda and destroyed the inheritance of Ananda's sword-breaking method.
With her hatred at the time and the testament of "those who practice Ananda's sword breaking technique, the demon will be punished", it shouldn't be like this!
Combined with the residual breath of "Ananda" and the overlord in the Ancient Road of the Human Emperor, it seems to indicate that the demon saint did not succeed at the beginning!
-- When the Emperor of Man was alive, who could enter the Ancient Path? And the Emperor of Man sat behind the Demon Sage.
"Could it be that this is the beginning of Ananda's reincarnation, and even the Ananda who left proverbs and inheritances is no longer the Ananda of the day, he returned to the place where he was 'killed' to practice penance, and only remembered his own pursuits, some of the exercises, and the path of illuminating the wonderful use of the vacuum...... Meng Qi thought about Ananda nonsense, and felt more and more that this "great arhat" was mysterious and unfathomable.
Meng Qi's gaze moved to the stone gate, looking at the eight words "Love, righteousness, kindness, and benevolence, don't enter this door".
I didn't think it was before but now I see it, it's very strange, because it uses today's script, not the ancient seal script, but the text developed and evolved after the chaos of the Demon Buddha and was shaped thousands of years ago.
In other words, the person who left these eight words is not known how many thousands of years later than the demon saint and Ananda, and it is very close!
So why did he leave these eight words?
Doubts arose, Meng Qi walked to the stone gate with only faint traces, the opportunity to "dip in cause and effect" had not yet appeared, and it seemed to be inside.
This time, without touching, Meng Qi directly sensed the coldness and horror at the door, and there seemed to be rotting corpse stumps and demons in front of him, affecting his heart.
The spiritual platform is clean, without the slightest ripple, the strength and realm of today's Meng Qi and the Meng Qi of the past are very different, and the feeling of facing the horror is as immobile as a mountain!
Stretching out his hand and touching the stone door, the feeling became more and more intense, Meng Qi suddenly exerted force, and the stone door made a creaking sound, but it did not open.
Holding his hands down, Meng Qi exhaled and spoke:
"Open!"
The muscles around the body are swollen. He propped up his clothes, but the stone gate still only creaked.
Meng Qi took a few steps back, drew his sword, and gathered his strength, the supernatural was only in the zhang, the dark clouds were thick, the green thunder was like a dragon, and the shining sun hit the stone gate at the same time.
When he almost touched the stone gate, the sword was heavy, and the sword light shone. Suddenly there was a collision, and all the power was condensed in one point.
Just as the "Sunfall" was about to erupt, the stone gate swayed, the water waves spread, and the abnormality suddenly disappeared, and Meng Qi only felt that the sword was empty and had no power.
"It's kind of interesting. He withdrew his sword, and his body suddenly swelled to the top of the cave. Stepping down on the rock, the right hand is turned up, ancient and reckless, white and powerful. "Supporting" the sky, as if the fairy gods connecting the sky and the earth, but also like supporting the peaks of the sky.
The right hand is flipped down, and the front of the palm is dark and dark. The void shook, as if the heavens and the earth were overturned, and all the qiē was about to shatter. Can't dodge, can't dodge!
The stone door was hit, and it shook violently, and the debris flew sideways, revealing a trace of the gap, but it still stubbornly held on, and let the movement die down, and no sound came out.
Meng Qi took another breath, maintaining the law of heaven and earth, his left hand withdrew the "Wound of Heaven", his eyes were half-open and half-closed, his breath was reckless and distant, and the surroundings were chaotic, as if the beginning of a qiē and the cause of all effects.
Suddenly, his eyes opened, and darkness and depth appeared.
The light of the knife lit up, the darkness broke, the depth broke, the chaos broke, and there was an extra crack in the stone door silently, almost penetrating it, leaving only a little stone skin.
But before Meng Qi could strike another blow, the stone grew rapidly, closing the gap.
Turning back to its original state, Meng Qi frowned, if he had already stepped through the first layer of the ladder, he would definitely be able to break into the door directly, but now he was a little behind.
As for the rest of the broken stone wall, Meng Qi believed that there would definitely be no way to enter this strange door.
His mind was tumbling, seeking a way to break the stone gate.
Suddenly, he saw Ananda Proverbs next to him, and his heart shook violently.
"Why did Ananda choose this place for penance?"
"Is there a certain connection between the Ring Breaking Knife Method and the opening of the door if it is left here?"
Just thinking about it, Meng Qi once again mentioned the "injury of the sky", running "cause and effect", closing his eyes and inducting, only to feel that the stone gate was chaotic, without cause and effect.
Odd...... Meng Qi said secretly, and waved the knife in his hand, what will happen if he uses "cause and effect" without cause and effect?
This knife is ordinary, ordinary, no change, not heavy, not subtle, only a faint weirdness, which seems to melt into the void, turning into an invisible swimming fish, shuttling in an inexplicable line.
The long knife slashed at the stone gate, Meng Qi saw a flower in front of him, only to feel the chaotic changes, the stone gate moved forward, and he had appeared behind the door!
Looking back, the stone gate stood in the void, clinging to his back.
All around was a black earth stained with blood, and there were rotting bones everywhere, and none of them were whole, all of them were missing!
It seems that the demon world is not the demon world, and it seems that the nine shadows are not the nine shadows...... Meng Qi looked to the side, his swords were clenched in his hands, and he saw a black aura in the distance, shrouded in something.
............
The mountain behind the lotus platform is noon, and the sun is shining.
Teams of monks take turns patrolling the area, and from time to time you can see an elder or a head in a yellow robe.
Near the entrance of the secret passage, there was a sudden wave of water, flowing into it along a few gaps, silently.
This secret passage leads directly to a certain level below the stupa, but there is a fork in the middle, which is guarded by high-ranking monks at the location level all year round.
At this moment, an elder in a red robe sat in front of the fork in the road, his breath like dead wood.
But right behind him, there were four figures strolling!
On top of their heads is a tortoise shell, on which are the numbers of the five elements of yin and yang, mixed with black and white dots, like books.
Everywhere they were shrouded in tortoise shells, they seemed to have escaped from the world, and no one could notice them, even if they were behind the monks on the outside!
One of them is as beautiful as a woman, dressed in a white robe, with an embarrassed face, as if he has been ill for a long time, as if he is Wang Siyuan, who is "counting all his lives"!
After reaching the end of the fork in the road, he looked at the stone gate in front of him and coughed lowly:
"Kong Hui has a dark wound on his body, he has a seizure at noon, and he is unable to control the divine weapon, if he only has the Ananda knife, as long as he is not close to the core area, he will not be discovered. ”
He seemed to be explaining to the person next to him.
There are also eight big characters engraved on the stone gate:
"Love, righteousness, kindness, don't enter this door. ”
But they are glazed and Zen-like, like seals! (To be continued......