Walking along the dark and unlit mountain road steps, young people pass through the forest,

Run quickly towards the mountain.

There was a dead silence on the mountain, and the branches and leaves of the trees in the distance and near without wind disturbance stood quietly in the darkness, revealing only vague outlines.

The cold moonlight was also blocked by the dense foliage on the mountain, and only occasionally fell in front of him through the gaps in the foliage.

In front of and behind him, the young man could only hear the sound of himself stepping on the dead branches and leaves.

The occasional crisp sound of stepping on a dead branch was heard far away in this dead and silent mountain, and his already tense spirit couldn't help but beat with it, and then his heart beat violently,

Just like that, the slinger in his hand became tighter and tighter.

The young man still followed the road, panting, and ran to the north mountain, at the gate of Qingming Temple.

Then, he saw the Qingming Temple in the dark night, with the mountain gate closed.

Qingming Temple, he had accompanied his mother to incense before,

The gate of Qingming Temple is open during the day, for tourists to come and go to worship and worship incense, in the courtyard, the main hall is often green smoke, mixed with the prayers of some pilgrims and believers and the sound of monks and fish.

At this moment, the gate of Qingming Temple is closed, dead and silent, and you can't see the pilgrims coming and going, nor can you see the monks who receive the pilgrims.

On the gate, the original mottled lacquer color seems to be blurred and distorted into a strange and strange picture in this darkness.

"Whew...... Whew......"

Gradually gasping for breath, the young man looked back at the road that had been submerged in the night at the moment when he came up the mountain, and looked at the closed gate of Qingming Temple,

Unstoppable anxiety and hesitation.

Stepping back, I looked over the courtyard wall of Qingming Temple, and I couldn't see any light behind the courtyard wall.

Whether his mother hasn't arrived at Qingming Temple yet, or doesn't have Qingming Temple at all,

Or have you already entered the temple?

He obviously called the police, but why didn't anyone come?

Standing in front of the temple on the hill, the young man was extremely irritable.

He reached out for his phone again, and the faint light from the screen lit up in the darkness, and no one had contacted him on his way up the mountain.

He covered his phone and tried to make another call to a friend who had called before.

"Dut...... Toot ......"

The muffled ringing sound came from the young man's mobile phone covered by his hand,

But at the end, no one picked up, and the young man frowned.

He felt an unexplained anger, like blood was churning through his body.

This made him agitated and a little irrational,

The closer you get to Beishan, the more obvious the anxiety is.

Standing in front of the Qingming Temple on the north mountain at this moment, this inexplicable emotion has reached its peak.

But the young man seemed unaware.

He put away his phone, just frowned, stood on tiptoe, and looked into the courtyard wall of the Qingming Temple.

Still can't see anything.

Turning around, the young man wandered back and forth several times at the closed door of the Qingming Temple, and looked into the courtyard wall several times.

Suppressed the urge to shout directly at his mother.

The young man raised his head, followed the outer wall of this Qingming Temple, and looked around this Qingming Temple.

He wanted to see if there was any movement in the Qingming Temple, and whether his mother had arrived at the Qingming Temple.

So along the temple courtyard wall, it has been bypassing the front yard of Qingming Temple, the main hall, and the temple are still pitch black.

It seems that there is not even the light of the incense and candles that should be in the temple.

However, when he finally went around to the back of the Qingming Temple, outside the walls of the backyard of the Qingming Temple, the young man stopped.

The high exterior wall blocks nothing from being seen, but the light in the backyard inside the exterior wall is not restricted.

There are still lights on in the backyard of Qingming Temple.

Someone awake? My mother is in the backyard of Qingming Temple?

The young man took two steps back and looked at the light shining through the courtyard walls.

Then he leaned against the courtyard wall of Qingming Temple, trying to hear if there was any sound in the courtyard wall.

“…… Flesh and blood...... Flesh ......"

I don't know if it's across the courtyard wall or what, the young man lying on the courtyard wall just heard a little muddy voices of many people, and the faint subtle chanting,

It's like the chirping of insects in your ears and the flapping of your wings by flies.

He couldn't hear the content clearly, but it made him feel a little dizzy.

Some staggered, took two steps back, and almost fell to the ground,

After barely standing still, the young man shook his head, then raised his head to look behind the courtyard wall,

There is a lot of abnormal fanaticism and excitement on his face!

His mother is here, in this temple!

Turn around!

The young man's face turned red, and he stumbled straight towards the gate of the Qingming Temple.

ran all the way to the main entrance of Qingming Temple,

The young man knocked directly on the door of the temple.

"Knock Knock ......"

The knock on the door was clear on the dead hills.

Immediately after, the closed door roared, and there was a slight sound of footsteps,

It seemed that behind the closed door, there were people standing there in the pitch darkness, but they didn't make a sound.

"Who?"

A calm question came from behind the temple door.

The young man with excitement on his face paused, and then made a look similar to that on his mother's face,

"Flesh and blood...... Flesh and blood...... Master ......"

He muttered, repeating the words.

He thought about his mother's appearance before, pretending like this, he should be able to go in, right?

It's just that when the words came out of his mouth, he unconsciously felt some unexplained excitement and joy in his heart.

"Crunch ......"

The closed temple door was opened, and the young man saw the people behind the temple,

Dressed in a gray monk's robe, with a smile and fanaticism on his face,

"Flesh and blood...... Our Lord ......"

The fanatical monk in his eyes spat similar words out of his mouth, and then stepped out of the way,

"Come in, you're late."

“…… Flesh and blood...... Master ......"

Because he was suddenly excited for no reason, the young man who reacted couldn't help but jump in his heart,

Listening to the monk's words, he hurriedly repeated the previous words in the focus of his eyes, and then slowly walked towards the open door of the temple.

"Go ahead."

The monk pointed the young man in the direction of the backyard and stood still.

"Lord...... Master ......"

The young man had some inexplicable emotions in his heart, and he seemed to feel a vague, great, indescribable figure emerging in his shallow mind,

Inexplicably felt close and peaceful, and the previous anxiety outside the temple seemed to have been smoothed out.

“…… I'm here to find my mother......"

The young man repeated this sentence in his heart, and then a trace of confusion appeared in his eyes.

There was another voice in his heart at the moment, excited, as if urging him to hurry to the backyard.

“…… By the way, go to the backyard of the temple to find my mother......"

The young man quickened his pace, muttering as he walked towards the temple backyard.

Behind him, the monk who was still standing in place had a smile on his face as he walked away at the young man's back.

"Lord...... You are the master of all flesh and blood, you are the great master...... We are all your devout, lowly believers, the insignificant, flesh and blood ......"

The monk turned his head slowly, muttering a little fanatically.

……

To get to the backyard, you need to pass through the temple hall.

In the Daxiong Treasure Hall, it is dark and deep.

I don't know when the half-lit incense candle has been extinguished, and it stands in the incense burner, maintaining its unchanged appearance.

By opening the door of the hall and penetrating the moonlight, the Buddha statue that can barely be seen can still be seen, sitting on the altar, and the face of the place cannot be seen clearly.

I don't know if I'm crying or laughing in the night.

Following the statue of an Arhat with his teeth and claws, his mouth open and his head raised, the young man kept muttering, his eyes seemed to be out of focus, and he was in a trance.

Little by little, I passed through the main hall and finally reached the backyard.

……

In the backyard, the lights were on in the yard and the candles were burning in rows.

There were rows of people sitting cross-legged on the ground, and there were far more than one person.

There were young and old, men and women, all with fanatical expressions on their faces, and they were keeping their heads bowed and repeating something similar to a prayer.

An extremely strong smell of blood, the stimulating smell of flesh and blood decay, just entered the backyard, and it diffused.

The young man stood at the edge of the courtyard and saw his mother sitting among the crowd on the ground.

Seeing his mother's stimulation, and the stimulation of the bloody smell here, made the young man stop muttering in his mouth and sober up a little.

Then the hairs stood on end, and he suppressed the urge to pull his mother out of the place, and with some horror, the young man looked at the scene in the backyard.

Except for rows of fanatical figures sitting cross-legged on the ground,

At the front, there was a young monk sitting facing the crowd, the monk had a calm face, closed his eyes and kept chanting something,

Next to him was a long table that resembled an offering table, on which was something covered with cloth, and it was impossible to see what it was.

It doesn't look like a human being, it's just a big mass, but it seems to be writhing slightly, it's a living thing.

And the ground where everyone was sitting was a little black, as if some viscous liquid had solidified and adhered to the original soil.

A large part of the pungent fishy smell in the entire backyard comes from the ground here.

And the rest comes from these people,

In front of these people, there is a piece of raw meat that has been eaten or is still whole.

It looks like raw mutton or pork, with a lot of blood.

It was only for a short time that the young man saw one of the fanatical figures, whispering a prayer,

He grabbed the flesh on the ground, put it in his mouth, and ate it hoarsely like a beast, his mouth and body were splashed with blood, but he still had a smile on his face.

“…… The new arrivals take their seats. ”

At this time, the young monk in the front row raised his head and looked at the young man blankly,

The young man's heart was cold, he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at it, and then avoided the eyes of the other people sitting on the ground,

He walked around to his mother's place and sat down next to her.

"Son...... You're here too, aren't you? ”

His mother, whose face was covered in blood and clutched a piece of raw flesh in her hand, looked up at him with a smile.

The young man looked up at his mother, reached out and grabbed his mother's hand, then looked around at the men, and sat down again.

No one around looked at him anymore, but each whispered a prayer.

“…… Lord of Flesh...... You are the king of flesh and blood......"

"You are the Lord of all blood and life."

"Thou hast mercy on all flesh and blood...... You are a great, unspeakable being......"

The young man sat in the crowd again, and heard the prayer more clearly,

These sounds entered the ears, and the young man's brain instantly felt dizzy, and the spirit that had been stimulated and slightly awakened was instantly drowned.

The vague outline of the great figure came to his mind,

How great is this figure, who is the Lord of all life and flesh,

He is so gracious and generous.

The young man seemed to feel a long-lost peace and calm in his heart.

“…… New Christians, allow you to behold the Lord's splendour......"

The young monk spoke again at this time, and reached out and tore off the cloth covering the table next to him, revealing what was under the cloth.

This time, the young man's face showed frenzy and excitement, and he unconsciously raised his head and looked at the offering table.

It was not an animal on the table.

It's a twisted, wriggling flesh with a fascia attached to it, and there seems to be blood bursting out of the flesh under the fascia.

There seemed to be some eyeballs flowing in the blood, looking for an opportunity to emerge from the flesh.

Just a glance,

The young man fixed his gaze!

His expression was more fanatical and excited, excited for the greatness of the Lord,

This flesh and blood is so perfect, it is really the most perfect existence in the world,

He was full of life and vigor, an insignificant extension of the majesty and greatness of the Lord,

But for him, it is already the presence of truth.

Great, indescribable!

“…… Host...... Host...... You are the Lord of flesh and blood, you are the Lord of Life...... You are the master of our filthy flesh and blood, and I am your devout believer! ”

The young man was crazy, and his mouth kept reading,

He seemed to see, to see the great figure in his mind.

Yes...... Lord, that's the Lord he will serve all his life!

“…… Lord, you filthy, lowly believer, pray that You will come to our world...... The lost lamb awaits your master......"

The young man prayed frantically, and he didn't know when, and there was an extra piece of raw flesh dripping blood in front of him.

This is the gift of the Lord, this is the symbol of flesh and blood, it is the truth, it is everything,

He took and bitten, he longed, he longed for flesh,

Longing to bask in the glory of the Lord.

The young man prayed, and the others next to him prayed even more frantically as they looked at the twisted and deformed flesh.

In the midst of these people's prayers, in the frenzy, the flesh seemed to have a regular heartbeat.

"Knock...... Knock ......"

The sound of a heartbeat beating is powerful, like a heavy drum being beaten.

The young man's heart was beating unconsciously, and he felt that the flesh and blood were dominating the mighty power, and he was even more pious and fanatical.

It's just that

Just when young people are crazy and fanatical,

An image unconsciously came to his mind.

“…… Tell your mother not to go out these days, especially not to go up into the mountains. ”

“…… I still have some food shortage at home, so I think the food at that stall is good......"

It was the picture he had seen when he unsigned in front of the mysterious gentleman's booth.

As soon as this picture came out, the young man frantically chanted the prayer and frantically froze.

The whole person is like waking up from a nightmare, and he is excited.

Looking at the still fanatical figures around him, and the twisted flesh and blood on the table,

From him to the foot of Beishan Mountain, until he arrived here, the picture in the backyard of Qingming Temple appeared clearly in his mind,

Gone is the devotion to the 'Lord of Flesh',

Just feel a strong fear,

What is he obsessed with? How could you be so impulsive and break in alone?

Unable to stop his fear, he turned his head to look at the terrifying scene in the Qingming Temple.

What the hell is that mass of flesh?

Even now, he still felt that the flesh and blood were perfect.

It's just that his common sense tells him that it's something horrible beyond common sense!

"Flesh and blood...... Lord of Flesh...... I'm ......."

Looking at his mother, who was still praying feverishly next to him, the young man did not dare to show anything else.

I can only sit cross-legged on the ground with my head down, learn from the people next to me, pray over and over again, and eat raw meat.

It's just that

At this time, even if he is sober and gnaws raw meat, he still feels delicious.

It seemed that something had already changed when he was fanatical and religious.

The young man muttered in his mouth, and his heart couldn't stop sinking.

What to do?

Such......

It lasted until late at night, when the horrific sight in the backyard finally ended.

With the young monk's announcement, the ritual to the Lord of Flesh seemed to be over.

The crowd got up and began to leave, and the young man held his mother's hand in silence.

Following the others, he walked down the mountain.

Until the bottom of the mountain, he looked up, but still did not see anyone he called.

It's like it hasn't happened to him before he called the police.

Turning his head, the young man looked at his mother with a smile on her face again, and couldn't help but feel terrified in the bottom of his heart......

What to do......