Chapter 44: The Mysterious Man

For some time afterward, Xin Pu stayed in the empty nest monastery and was taken care of by the lonely Zen masters, Lisao and Huaisheng.

Lichen returned to Bukong Mountain, and soon announced his retreat!

The time of the descent was beyond my expectations, but the harvest was equally amazing.

At Kongoji Temple, he learned the "Mud Plough Knife Method" and the "Immeasurable Seal Method" (below).

He also learned the "Immeasurable Seal Method" (I) in the Da Lei Yin Temple, and thus practiced the complete "Immeasurable Seal Method".

Later, in the Ten Thousand Buddha Cave of Landa Temple, he obtained the "Free Printing Method".

In this way, Lichen obtained four of the six realms of Dharma: the Infernal Seal, the Killing Seal, the Immeasurable Seal, and the Freedom Seal.

The six paths of Bodhidharma are the avenues realized by the Bodhidharma patriarch.

The Patriarch of the Void Sect was a scholar of heaven and man, who was once known as a genius in the cultivation realm once in a thousand years, and on the basis of the "Six Ways of Dharma", he added his own understanding and further derived the ingenious "Six Strokes of Write-off".

Before Lichen visualized the word 'cause' behind the waterfall, he had already comprehended the "Breaking the Road of Cause" and "The Destruction of the Cause".

In this retreat, it is bound to be comprehended by the two strokes corresponding to the "Immeasurable Printing Method" and the "Freedom Printing Method".

……

Killing Temple, the northern foot of the Washing Pulp Peak.

This is where the red gold ore was found in the temple.

Most of the captives captured by the Temple also served here.

After this period of excavation, four neat and tidy mine caves have appeared at the northern foot of the entire Ximei Peak.

Each cave is several feet high, and there is red gold spilling out inside.

Surrounded by reinforced wooden stakes, the entrance to the cave is a knotted fairy rope and a cloud tower.

This Immortal Suo and Yunsheng Tower are the organs made by the Five Laws Zen Temple of the Killing Temple.

Anyone who enters the Yunsheng Tower and pulls the immortal rope can pass through the clouds and rise into the air without consuming spirit stones.

Ascend from the foot of the mountain all the way to the top.

The miners themselves are all monks who have been captured by the Killing Temple, and they are all evildoers.

They were placed at the foot of the Mt. Ximarrow and were guarded by the disciples of the Three Treasures Monastery.

Every day, you can enter the red gold mine cave through the Yunsheng Tower and the Immortal Rope.

And Shen Shi took the Yunsheng Tower down again.

It was daytime, and it happened to be the time when the miners were in full swing.

In the mine, there was the sound of metal crashing one after another.

Whenever there is a sonorous crunch, a rare piece of red gold ore is produced.

Ordinary pickaxes are cut through red gold ore.

The pickaxes used by the miners were not ordinary pickaxes, but cold iron pickaxes specially made by the Five Laws Zen Temple.

Red metal fire, cold iron belongs to water.

Water can overcome fire, and only a pickaxe made of cold iron can cut off red gold ore.

Although such a pickaxe is sharp, it is extremely heavy because of the cold iron, and few people can wield it freely.

And in the depths of the mine, a figure is like a finger, relaxed and cheerful.

The pickaxe lifted high and fell down again.

Sonorous~

If you're lucky, you'll soon be able to see a red-gold section.

At this time, a smile will bloom on the black face, and a pair of sesame seed-sized child holes tremble slightly.

Who would have thought that this person would actually be the ghost saint son of the dignified ghost sect.

Obviously, he has adapted to his current identity and has a new life goal: to become the strongest miner in the Pulp Washing Peak!

Apparently he does have a talent for mining.

His ghostly eyes, in particular, remain unaffected even in the dark.

This alone is enough to make him more efficient than other miners.

And as it turned out, he had more red gold in his basket than any other miner.

It's another piece of red gold mine~

Today's goal has already been accomplished, and when he thinks of having a full meal in the evening, a happy smile appeared on his face.

I don't know when he has completely liked the feeling of throwing off his arms and groping alone in the dark.

You never know what you can get with a pickaxe.

Even though he had already achieved his goal, he still did not let up.

This is because only one person can become a gold miner every day, and each gold miner gets an additional black-footed chicken.

This chicken is delicious and full of aura, and eating it can nourish the body and make your mining faster!

And the Ghost Son has a strong contender...... Blue Devil Venerable.

This old thing relied on his forging body to cultivate high, and the mining flew up quickly.

The Blue Devil has been a gold miner for three days in a row, and he can't let him continue to succeed today!

Gotta eat chicken tonight!

Thinking of this, he began to bury his head in hard work again.

The pickaxe swung faster and faster, leaving an afterimage in the air.

Sonorous~

Another purple and gold glow.

The corner of the Ghost Son's mouth curled: The strongest miner is none other than me!

Just as he was about to lean over to pick up the ore, he suddenly became stunned.

A wave of panic rose inexplicably in my heart.

Then he turned his head and looked in the direction of the entrance of the cave, and the sesame seed hole in his eyes vibrated up and down.

……

Southern Xinjiang, wild.

Nameless tombs.

Peng!

There was a loud bang, and the stone shattered.

Stone chips are flying all over the sky, obscuring the clouds and the sun.

When the dust settled, I saw a tall figure, standing in the mess.

He put his hands behind his back, and his breath lay dormant.

Although it was motionless, it seemed to be wrapped in wind and thunder.

A cold wind blew, the tips of the giant's hair swayed slightly, and the fallen leaves on the trees fluttered.

Before the cool breeze could sink into the ground and the fallen leaves returned to their roots, the figure had disappeared.

Quack~

At some point, a flock of crows suddenly arrived.

Da-da-da-da.

The sharp beak makes a crisp sound when it hits the ground.

The floating earth shook off, and the white bones of the forest were covered with rotting flesh and blood.

A fishy stench permeated the entire valley.

All that was left was the jubilant, hoarse crow.

Thirty miles away, a miserable white cemetery.

Barren, withered, decayed, stale......

Only three lamps and candles are placed in front of the tombstone, which adds a bit of vividness.

No one knew that this was the home of the Ghost Cult.

The Ghost Cult is both fortunate and unlucky.

Fortunately, it was born in southern Xinjiang, where there is no Killing Temple.

As soon as it appeared, it swept through the eight major sects in southern Xinjiang with the momentum of destroying and decaying.

Countless forces were attached, and thousands of monks poured in.

For a time, it seemed to have become the largest sect in southern Xinjiang.

And unfortunately, when it was about to sweep away all obstacles and unify the Southern Wilderness, the Killing Temple was born again.

Just a small killing Buddha has defeated the Ghost Cult several times.

Half of the Four Venerables became captives, and even the Ghost Son became miners.

Finally, for the last time, when he was involved in the Killing Forest with Wanshou Villa, he was completely subdued by the Killing Buddha.

Later, one of the four great Venerables, the Chilian Venerable, exchanged the water spirit jade from the Killing Temple at the cost of the Nebula Banner, so as to keep the incense of the Ghost Sect continuous.

Since then, the Ghost Cult has been a man with its tail between its legs, and rarely haunts southern Xinjiang.

This also tacitly acknowledges the fact that the Temple of Killing has re-emerged in southern Xinjiang.

Crash~

The three candles flickered.

When it was time to settle down, the mysterious man was standing in front of the tombstone.