Chapter 13: The Combalor

Ma Chongshan suspected that there should be some mechanism in this Buddha hall, and hid the real passage, so he ordered his men to enter this Buddha hall to find it.

The Tibetan guides hurriedly stopped them, saying that they were showing contempt for the gods present and would be condemned.

Ma Chongshan didn't believe in this at all, in his opinion, the so-called Buddha Lotus Holy Land is actually a treasure place, Buddhism is not the most particular about cause and effect, since they found here, it means that they are destined for this place.

Even if there are gods here, they only take a little bit of something, and the monks should not care about these things outside of their bodies.

The Tibetan guide wanted to stop him, but Ma Chongshan glanced over, and his subordinates stepped forward to knock him unconscious, tied him with a rope and threw him in the corner of the main hall.

The fog in the main hall has always been very thick, and it is impossible to see what the other party looks like from two or three meters away.

After everyone dispersed, Ma Chongshan and his brother walked towards the huge Buddha directly opposite, and they felt that the most special thing here was the big Buddha at the top, maybe the mechanism was hidden around the Buddha seat.

However, after some searching, the two found nothing.

Ma Chongshan was not discouraged, he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, anyway, he had already arrived at the Buddha hall, with a map in hand, and the Buddhist treasures inside couldn't run anywhere.

He took his brother back to the entrance of the original hall, intending to ponder the sheepskin map of the white scorpion sitting on the lotus again.

But when they shouted and walked to the temple gate, they found that there seemed to be only two of them, and even the Tibetan guide who had been tied to the corner at the beginning was gone.

The two of them were puzzled, and wondered what the situation was, could it be that his subordinates had already discovered the entrance first, and went in directly first, but they abandoned him and Ma Chongfeng, the two principals, here.

Ma Chongshan was angry in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was such a possibility, so he took Ma Chongfeng to walk around the edge of the hall from the right, if those people had already opened the mechanism, they would definitely leave traces.

However, when they left, they realized that something was wrong.

How could the main hall, which was originally within reach, suddenly become so big, as if it was endless, and it was impossible to walk to the end.

Ma Chongshan felt that something was wrong, and subconsciously turned around, but found that the place they had just passed in the rear had also been covered by a thick fog.

The two of them were a little panicked and wanted to climb up the ladder, after all, if they stood tall, they would naturally see farther away.

But in the blink of an eye, the staircase on the side where hundreds of Buddha carvings were originally placed disappeared, and even the white jade nine-turn lotus flower at the top disappeared together.

The two of them were completely trapped in the misty fog like this vast sea, the vast white covered their eyes, and they couldn't tell the direction at all.

After all, Ma Chongshan was older, and he was quite calm at the moment, he pulled Ma Chongfeng to sit down on the spot, intending to sort out what happened from beginning to end.

After this combing, they found that something was wrong, and Ma Chongshan realized that there seemed to be a problem with his memory.

All he remembered was what he and his party had experienced before they encountered the blizzard, but he had no idea what had happened after entering the hot spring cracks.

When I asked Ma Chongfeng again, I found that he was the same, they seemed to have lost a memory inexplicably at the same time, as if teleporting, and appeared here all of a sudden.

From the moment they smelled the enticing aroma in the hot spring cave, they had lost their minds, as if something had brought them here under their control.

And when they were separated from their men, they used the same method to unknowingly get the rest away.

Or were the two of them the only ones who were taken away, and the others were still where they were?

Ma Chongshan looked around, and felt more and more that the second possibility was more likely, that he and his brother had been brought here with something strange, and that they were unaware of it.

In an instant, this place that had been like a fairyland became eerie, and the previous alluring aroma disappeared, replaced by a cold aura floating around the body all the time.

I can't stay here any longer, Ma Chongshan had a premonition that something unexpected would happen next, so he hurriedly pulled his brother to stand up, and said urgently: "Let's go, let's get out of here first." ”

Ma Chongfeng was a little scared, "Brother, the fog is so thick here, where are we going?" ”

Ma Chongshan was speechless for a while, yes, the fog was really thick at the moment, and even the face of Ma Chongfeng, who was standing face to face, was very difficult to see clearly, let alone find the right direction.

He didn't know what to do, so he could only grit his teeth, "Just find a direction to take a look, maybe the blind cat will go out when it meets a dead mouse, it's such a big place, the reason why you can't see the road is probably covered by fog." ”

In any case, it is better to act than to sit still and wait for death.

The two of them held hands, lit the only remaining fire fold on their bodies, and took a step forward, and the air flow brought by them as they walked also made the fog around them sway.

Soon after the aroma disappeared, hunger quickly found them, the empty stomach cramped and throbbed from time to time, the two had not eaten for a long time, their weak feet stepped on the ground lightly, their eyes were faintly black, and the two of them were still walking forward by supporting each other.

Ma Chongshan was already so hungry that he smelled the smell of meat on his body in a trance, his shoulder suddenly hurt, and when he turned his head to look, he found that it was Ma Chongfeng, who was so hungry that he was dizzy, was biting him.

Ma Chongshan scolded vaguely, and slapped him without saying a word, because of the loss of strength, the slap only hit Ma Chongfeng's face lightly, and he didn't even hear a sound.

Ma Chongfeng's body shook and let go of his mouth in a daze, but the whole person suddenly shrank, and his legs fell to the ground as soon as he became weak.

Ma Chongshan hurriedly bent down to help him, but he couldn't do anything, and after several struggles, he fell to the ground and fell out of the fire fold in his hand.

During the ups and downs of consciousness, Ma Chongshan heard that someone seemed to be talking in his ears, stumbling, and he couldn't hear what he was saying.

He slowly raised his eyelids and looked forward, but he was stunned, lotus, golden lotus, a golden lotus flower bloomed in front of his eyes at some point.

At first, he thought it was an illusion caused by his hunger, closed his eyes, opened them again, and found that the lotus flower was still there, and Ma Chongfeng on the side was also staring at the lotus flower with his eyes, and he realized that what he saw was not an illusion.

Legend has it that Shakyamuni was born in the Lumbini Garden from the right side of his mother, Lady Maya, as the holy king of the wheel, and the Buddhist scriptures say that the Buddha walked when he was born, and walked seven steps, and each step would step on a lotus flower.

For a time, the incense wind is scattered, the flowers and rain are colorful, the fairy music ensemble, the heavens and gods praise in unison, and two springs also gush out on the ground, one cold and one warm, fragrant and pure.

Ma Chongshan was stunned for a moment, then ecstatic, took out the map hidden on his body and looked at it, the previous white scorpion lotus pattern on it had indeed changed again, and a straight golden line appeared in the original brown and cyan lines.

"Follow the Buddha Lotus...... Follow the Buddha Lotus ......"

Ma Chongshan muttered, and somehow his body surged with strength, he helped Ma Chongfeng up, and was about to take him forward, but suddenly found that the golden Buddha lotus in front of his feet was gone.

Ma Chongshan was startled, and subconsciously knelt on the ground again, and the Buddha Lotus suddenly appeared in front of him again, and it was not only the one he had seen before.

Around the golden lotus flower the size of Nebras's astrolabe, there are nine palm-sized golden lotuses clustered in the gap between the nine petals, blooming in the fog, hazy and holy, not as beautiful as mortal things.

Ma Chongshan realized that these golden Buddha lotus were actually carved on the floor, and a special gold powder pigment was used to color them.

Moreover, Ma Chongshan also found that the fog near the floor below seemed to be much thinner, and even his breathing was much easier.

Ma Chongshan knelt forward and climbed two steps, picked up the fire fold and shone it on the floor on his side, and after several tests, he came to the conclusion that only the large cluster of Buddha lotus in front of him would glow, and the Buddha lotus in other places would still be their original color when the fire passed.

After realizing this, Ma Chongshan was overjoyed, and hurriedly woke up Ma Chongfeng, who had fallen asleep, and told him that he had found a way out.

The two of them followed the route on the parchment paper and kept moving forward, and sure enough, they found the Buddha lotus in the next place that could also illuminate the light.

Driven by the instinct to survive, the two put their hunger behind them and followed the special Buddha lotus all the way forward, and after the fire broke out, they cut off the thick felt coats on their bodies with knives, lit them with flint and steel, and continued to move forward.

They don't know how far they've crawled, or how many times they've been unconscious.

When Ma Chongshan regained consciousness again, he saw a lot of people wearing ancient Tibetan robes around him.

There were all kinds of voices buzzing in his ears, and the language spoken by these people was very ancient, and it sounded somewhat similar to Tibetan, and Ma Chongshan had a hard time distinguishing it, and he could not quite understand the meaning.

When the men in the robes saw that he had woken up, someone went out to report the news, and soon a man dressed in a simple blue brocade robe, with a half-silver mask on his face, opened the curtain of the tent and walked in.

Ma Chongshan observed that those people around him had great respect for him.

He guessed in his heart that this man should be the head of this ancient tribe or a priest or something, because this person's figure looked very strong, and the wide Tibetan robe could not hide his majestic physique, and he was very imposing in his gestures.

The most obvious difference from the rest of the person's clothing is that this person has a fist-sized bronze octagonal bell hanging from his waist.

Because of the low viewing angle, Ma Chongshan could see very clearly that there were two human finger bones tied together with multicolored threads under the big bell, and it was impossible to see what was inside.

Ma Chongshan tried to communicate with the man in his broken Tibetan, but the blue-robed man didn't know if he didn't understand or what, he didn't pay attention to his words, just took off the big bell and shook it in his ear, Ma Chongshan suddenly felt that his muddy brain was a lot clearer.

After that, the blue-robed man said something to the other people around him, and everyone dispersed one after another, and Ma Chongshan saw that his younger brother was also wearing a Tibetan robe, and he was probing his brain on the edge of the tent.

Although his mind was clear, he still couldn't move his body for some reason.

Seeing that everyone was gone, Ma Chongfeng came to Ma Chongshan and comforted him, "Brother, don't worry, the two of us have been saved." ”

Ma Chongshan breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked him about the situation, "What the hell is going on?" Which tribe are these Tibetans from, and have we already left that snow-capped mountain? ”

"Nope." Ma Chongfeng shook his head, "We are now in the deeper part of the snow-capped mountains. ”

Ma Chongfeng woke up the day before his brother, and while the adults were not paying attention, he used a small dagger studded with gems that he carried with him to inquire about a little news from a little boy named Bai Mu Gesa, who was sent to guard him.

Hidden deep in the snow-capped mountains, this Tibetan tribe is called Khamballo, and the people here are very mysterious, wary and repulsive to outsiders, and it is said that the two brothers were found by the hunters of this tribe in a hot spring cave full of bells.

It was a forbidden place for the Khambalo people, and every few days, hunters specially appointed by the priests of the clan went to inspect there, and they happened to save the two Ma Chongshan brothers who were about to freeze to death.

"What do you mean?" Ma Chongshan didn't know why, "You mean, the two of us walked out of that Buddha hall by ourselves?" ”

"No, we didn't go in at all." Ma Chongfeng said with a serious expression, "Since we entered that cave to take shelter from the wind and snow, because we inadvertently touched the bell, we entered the maze realm, and those Buddha hall lotus flowers and the like were all seen in hallucinations. ”

Ma Chongshan was shocked, he couldn't believe that what he had seen with his own eyes could be fake, "What about the map?" Is that parchment drawing still there? ”

"Yes, there is indeed a lotus scorpion on it, but it is because something on it has met the sulfur in the hot spring, and it has changed color." Ma Chongfeng took out the parchment of the Buddhist scriptures from the chest of his close-fitting Tibetan robe.

Ma Chongshan raised his neck with great difficulty, and saw that there was only the scorpion lying on the lotus flower on the picture, and there was no other gold and silver thread or anything, so he believed Ma Chongfeng's words, and at the same time felt very disappointed.

"What about the others? Where have they gone? He asked.

"They're all dead." Ma Chongfeng returned the parchment to his brother, "Little Gesa took me to see their corpses, and Lord Ringorawa said that they were all taken away by the Iron Yama Raja in their sleep. ”

Ma Chongshan felt that his head was buzzing, and he didn't understand the long list of words that came out of his brother's mouth.

However, it can be guessed that it should be an intentional incarnation similar to a demon, similar to the concept of black and white impermanence of the Han people's underworld.

Thank you for the reward from the big guy [Amnesia does not lose you], than the heartΒ·Β· *

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