On the third day of coming to Mangcun, the rain finally stopped, Bai Ye and Xu Changqing did not delay any longer, said goodbye to the village chief, and continued to climb the mountain.

After leaving Mangcun, Bai Ye still carried the boxes of the two people on the road as before, after all, Xu Changqing's body was too weak and he was too slow to climb the mountain.

Along the way, Bai Ye didn't say much to Xu Changqing.

In the past two days, Bai Ye and Xu Changqing had their own things on their minds, and they didn't talk about anything.

After Xu Changqing came into contact with the "Lost Love" APP, he became even more eccentric, in a daze from time to time, and his mood was not normal.

Bai Ye doesn't plan to care about Xu Changqing's affairs, whether it is a monk or immersed in the illusion of AI, it is everyone's own choice.

Unless the monks of Jiuhua Temple show their ugly faces, Bai Ye will not make a move.

However, under the contact of these days, Bai Ye felt that this was unlikely.

Although the behavior of these monks may seem rather strange, they have not done anything really bad, and they are very different from those in the General Services Department.

But consider it in this way...... Bai Ye became suspicious instead.

Able to coexist peacefully with the bloodthirsty hounds of the General Services Department who kill people without blinking...... Such a force may be good, but it is by no means simple.

"But now, my combat strength is very strong, and I don't have to be afraid of it anymore."

"If you can't talk, put a knife on their necks, and kill them all if you don't help me!"

A bloodthirsty emotion suddenly jumped from the bottom of his heart, and the corners of Bai Ye's mouth hooked up a cruel smile, but after a few seconds, this smile stiffened.

Bai Ye suddenly covered his cheeks, and his pupils contracted suddenly.

"Murder? Why do I have this thought? ”

"Isn't that the bandit mentality that only Johnny Silverhand has? If you can't get it, grab it, and kill what you can't get it? ”

Erode...... Deepened again!

The feeling of chill instantly dispelled the surging killing intent in his heart, and Bai Ye only felt like falling into an ice cellar, and his whole person shook for a while, almost fainting.

If this continues, am I still me?

Sooner or later, the person "White Night" will cease to exist and "Johnny Silverhand" will take his place.

"No way, even if I die, I won't let him replace me!"

Bai Ye gritted his teeth and took out the liquor and poured it violently.

"Tons and tons and tons of -"

A whole bottle of liquor went down, and Bai Ye felt a little better, holding his knees and panting.

"Little Brother Bai, are you okay?" Xu Changqing's face on the side was not good-looking, but he still asked.

"It's fine." White Night takes a deep breath and clears all the chaos in his mind.

"Let's get on the road."

A gust of north wind blew, Bai Ye felt a chill in his body, turned his head to look at the vast sky, and thousands of miles of clouds covered the sky, like a gray-black iron curtain.

I'm afraid it's going to snow soon.

Bai Ye carried two boxes, recovered his expression, and continued to climb the mountain.

......

"Hello, Hello—"

Xu Changqing's physical strength was far worse than Bai Ye's, and he had to rest for a while after walking for more than an hour.

Sitting on the stone on the side of the road, Xu Changqing's face was yellow and his head was covered with sweat.

At this time, his clothes were already soaked with sweat, and he shivered when the cold wind blew.

"This winter, it's so cold......"

"Change your clothes, or you're going to catch a cold." Bai Ye wordlessly helped Xu Changqing open the suitcase, turned out his clothes, and changed them for Xu Changqing.

"Thank you, thank you." Xu Changqing changed his clothes and got rid of the cold sweat, which made him feel better.

"Lao Xu, you exercise well, live a few more years, and you can talk to your AI sister more on your mobile phone."

Bai Ye said casually, Xu Changqing jumped up directly, "You, how do you know?" ”

"Of course I do." Bai Ye shrugged, "I'm not an ordinary person either. ”

"No wonder ......" Xu Changqing suddenly had a feeling of sudden realization, "You are the same kind of person as the monks of Jiuhua Temple?" No wonder that's the case. ”

"No wonder you came to Jiuhua Temple, and I wasn't too surprised."

"Who are you? Why is there such a technology that transcends generations? ”

Facing Xu Changqing's question, Bai Ye shook his head: "It's hard to explain, when you get to Jiuhua Temple, ask them in person." ”

"Okay." Xu Changqing didn't ask any more questions, and after resting, he continued to climb the mountain.

......

Two hours later, Bai Ye and Xu Changqing finally reached the finish line.

On top of the lush peaks, a row of long bluestone steps first appear, replacing the barren mountain path and leading to the summit.

Ascend the steps, a magnificent temple with vermilion walls, appears at the end of the steps.

The temple as a whole is solemn and simple, and the black plaque reads three big characters, Jiuhua Temple.

Seeing this magnificent temple, Bai Ye and Xu Changqing were taken aback.

They really didn't expect that in such a remote and deep mountain, there would be such a temple.

And inside the temple, a black stupa rises to the sky, more than 30 meters high, ten stories high.

If you look closely, it's actually a signal tower made entirely of metal.

Deep in the mountains, I am afraid that Jiuhua Temple also relies on this signal tower to obtain the network of the outside world.

"How was this Jiuhua Temple built? Where did they get so much building material? It still looks new. Xu Changqing looked at the magnificent temple and sighed.

"Maybe it's all from Night City?" White Night stared at the huge metal signal tower, and felt as if it was a pitch-black giant standing on the mountain peak, looking down on them coldly.

In front of the temple, the gate is closed, but it is the same as it is said on the Internet.

Bai Ye stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after dozens of seconds, the door opened, and a monk in a brown monk's robe walked out.

Bai Ye noticed that this monk's eyes were similar to Jingchen's, and they were also replaced by electronic prosthetic eyes, except that this monk only had 2 electronic prosthetic eyes, while Jingchen had 7.

Could it be that in their Jiuhua Temple, the more prosthetic eyes there are, the higher the level?

When Bai Ye was guessing in his heart, the monk's electronic prosthetic eye swept over Bai Ye and Xu Changqing, and asked:

"Ladies and gentlemen, why did you come to our temple?"

"He's here to become a monk." Bai Ye pointed to Xu Changqing on the side.

The monk glanced at Xu Changqing, shook his head and said, "If you are a monk in Jiuhua Temple, you need to have a relationship with my Buddha, and please go elsewhere." ”

"I have this, is fate enough?" Xu Changqing frowned and patted the suitcase in his hand.

Bai Ye stood aside, coldly watched the monk take the suitcase, opened it for inspection, and made way for Xu Changqing:

"Donor, you can enter."

"It seems that your Buddha is still dying and asking for money." Bai Ye sneered.

After listening to the words, the monk turned his head to look at Bai Ye: "What is the matter with this benefactor?" ”

"I know Jingchen, she asked me to come." Bai Ye and the monk looked at each other and got straight to the point: "I want to see Fa Ming." ”

Hearing Jingchen's name, the monk's face changed slightly, and he immediately made way for Bai Ye: "Donor, please come in, Master Faming is in the Buddha Hall." ”

The gate of Jiuhua Temple was opened, and two more monks came up to lead the way for Xu Changqing and Bai Ye, both of whom had two black electronic prosthetic eyes.

Bai Ye saw that Xu Changqing was led to the other side of the temple by a monk, and Xu Changqing was talking to the monk, probably about the "Lost Love" APP.

And Bai Ye was led to a tall eight-open Buddha hall.

On the way, Shiraya passed by the black signal tower that stood in the middle of the temple.

Under the signal tower, several monks sit on the ground, around the signal tower, chanting sutras in their mouths and rhythmically knocking on wooden fish.

"Nan Wu Drink Hello Na Doro Night"

"Nan Wu Drink Hello Na Doro Night"

"Nan no Ah Yaye"

"Nan no Ah Yaye"

"Brahmatrian Emperor Shimmering Bowl"

"Brahmatrian Emperor Shimmering Bowl"

After listening to a few words, Bai Ye reacted.

"Great Compassion Mantra?"

This is a classic Buddhist scripture of Buddhism, which is widely circulated, and even Bai Ye recognizes the first few sentences.

"Namno, drink Ratana, Dora Night", which means "taking refuge in the Three Jewels." ”

"Nam Wu, Aya, Brahma, Shuo Bo Raya" means "to take refuge in the Holy Concept".

As Bai Ye advanced, he observed, and found that some of the monks who knocked on the wooden fish had three black prosthetic eyes, and some had five.

When passing by them, Bai Ye noticed that the monks who led the way had a more serious expression, and bowed slightly and walked briskly, the respect in his eyes could not be disguised.

It seems that these monks who knock on the wooden fish are all relatively high-end existences in this temple, and they are higher than these monks who lead the way.

"If these people are also gamers, are they delving into cyber modification or hacking?" White Night pondered.

"When I arrive, Master Faming is inside, and the donor invites me in."

Bai Ye entered the Buddha hall, only to see a huge majestic golden Buddha sitting on the lotus platform, the Buddha's eyes overlooking him.

Under the Buddha statue, an old monk with a white beard sits on a futon and is chanting Buddhist scriptures.

Bai Ye walked towards the old monk, and the footsteps echoed in the Buddhist hall, as if something had been alarmed, and the light and shadow around him dimmed a little.

The old monk stopped chanting, looked at Bai Ye with a smile, and folded his hands:

"Amitabha, the old man is very polite."

"Hello Master Faming, my name is Bai Ye, and Jingchen recommended me." Bai Ye looked carefully and found that the old monk also had an electronic prosthetic eye, which was the same as Jingchen, which was seven.

The seven prosthetic eyes are probably the highest level of identity in Jiuhua Temple.

Feeling the silence in the Buddha hall, Bai Ye's heart was not impatient.

After all, I finally arrived at Jiuhua Temple, and a stone in my heart finally fell.

"Master Faming, how much do you know about Night City? What does a cyber world have to do with your Buddhism? ”

"Could it be that in the cyber world, gods really exist?"

Bai Ye thought for a moment and asked the question he had always wanted to ask.

Hearing Bai Ye's inquiry, Fa Ming did not answer directly: "What the donor said is only the surface of the world. ”

"Buddhism has clouds, all fate originates from the heart, and everything is created by the heart."

"If you think God exists, then it exists."

"That God can not exist, for me." Bai Ye frowned, Fa Ming's answer was obviously unsatisfactory.

"Master Faming, did you know that the General Services Department is arresting players? Why didn't the men in black from the General Services Department arrest you? ”

"Amitabha, our Jiuhua Temple has an agreement with the General Affairs Department, so we will not be hunted down, as long as the donor stays in the temple, no one will come to kill you, it is safe here."

Bai Ye's attitude was very calm, similar to Jingchen's, and he continued to speak as if he was still asking questions:

"Jiuhua Temple, how did it become like this?"

"I heard Jingchen say, you are the first person to listen to the Sanskrit sound, and you are also the first 'player' of Jiuhua Temple?"

Hearing this, to Bai Ye's surprise, Master Faming shook his head:

"No, in fact, the first monk to listen to the sound of Sanskrit was Master Jingchen."

"She was the first player of Jiuhua Temple and passed on the Sanskrit sound to us."

"After that, we studied Buddhism, listened to the instructions of Sanskrit, delved into the techniques of the Night City, built a tower of Buddhism on earth, and spread Sanskrit to the villagers of Mangcun."

"This is what Jiuhua Temple has been going through for a month."

"As for where the first Sanskrit sounds that Jingchen listened to came from, I don't know very well."

After listening to Fa Ming's narration, Bai Ye thought: "Most of them are consistent with what Jing Chen said, but if the original Sanskrit sound came from Jing Chen, why did she lie and say that it was Fa Ming?" ”

After thinking about it, White Night decided to jump right into the topic:

"Master Faming, do you know that I have a problem?"

Fa Ming clasped his hands together, and his gaze composed of seven electronic eyes swept over the white night, and said, "The donor wants to solve a strange existence attached to you, his name is Johnny Silverhand. ”

"How can an electronic virus go so far as to even convert other ordinary people into players? What exactly is Johnny Silverhand? ”

Bai Ye frowned and asked the answer he had been wanting all along.

In White Night's heart, he has always wanted to figure out, what exactly is Johnny Silverhand?

As an electronic virus, Johnny Silverhand seems to be overpowered, not only invading Hakuya's consciousness in the game, but even extending to reality, occupying Hakuya's body for the entire night.

In that smoky bar, White Night witnessed Johnny Silverhand preaching in the crowd, and the crowd followed him like crazy.

Johnny Silverhand borrowed the body of the White Night and organized a violent group of "players" overnight, which sounds like a fantasy, but it just happened.

This kind of enchanting situation even infected the school flower Su Wan, causing her to mistake Bai Ye for her leader and become a little fan girl.

During this time, Su Wan secretly sent messages to Bai Ye every day, shushing the cold and asking if she wanted to send money over, but Bai Ye did not reply.

"What the hell is going on?"

Numerous questions are piled up, and Bai Ye is desperate to get answers at the moment.

Bai Ye looked directly at Master Fa Ming, looked at the other party and was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly asked:

"Master Bai, do you know how many Buddhas there are in Buddhism?"

As he spoke, Fa Ming looked at the golden Buddha in front of him and said:

"The Buddha means the enlightened one, the one who has realized and understood all the dharmas of the three worlds."

"According to the scriptures, there are ten Buddhas: east, west, south, north, southeast, southwest, northeast, northwest, upper, and lower."

"There are three more Buddhas: past, present, and future."

Bai Ye's brows were tightly locked, he didn't know why Fa Ming wanted to open his mouth to give him popular science knowledge of Buddhism at this time.

"What does this have to do with Johnny Silverhand? I just want to know, what exactly is Johnny Silverhand? ”

Master Faming's eyes were calm, and he turned his head to look at Bai Ye: "He is a Buddha." ”