Chapter 56: The White Lotus Sect (6)
Wearing a simple blue robe, Qin Xiwang knew that his first step plan was successful, and after being admitted to the White Lotus Sect by Zhengtian Shiren, Qin Xiwang took a short rest for a day, and then was told that the initiation ceremony was about to be held.
Presumably, this so-called initiation ceremony is the "brainwashing" in the information given by Heinas, which is also the most difficult part of Qin Xiwang's feelings, once he doesn't survive this link, it is very likely that not only will he not be able to save Hoshino Mochizuki, but he will also put himself in. But Qin Xiwang had no choice, only in this way could he become an official disciple of the White Lotus Sect, and only in this way could he enter those "sect forbidden places".
When Qin Xiwang entered the Taoist temple of the White Lotus Sect as a disciple, he found that although the Taoist temple of the White Lotus Sect was no different from the ordinary Taoist temple when he looked at it from the outside, he found that the design and layout of the Taoist temple were particularly particular - there were four courtyard walls from the innermost to the outermost side, and each courtyard wall had only one opening for entry and exit, and these four courtyard walls divided the White Lotus Sect into five areas, the outermost area was the largest, and it was also an area where all disciples and tourists could enter and exit. The more you go inside the White Lotus Sect, the higher the authority required, and the innermost small area can only be accessed by White Lotus Sect Leader Wu Mozhen and Dharma Protector Yan Tingbai.
Qin Xiwang didn't believe that they would detain people in the innermost area, because there must be a more important area than detaining people. And if you want to be promoted in the White Lotus Sect, there are many ways, if you perform well enough in the initiation ceremony, you can have even higher madness. However, Qin Xiwang didn't know what this so-called "good enough" meant.
In addition, paying a lot of fees, as well as helping the White Lotus Sect to vigorously publicize, can gradually increase one's level in the White Lotus Sect. However, Qian Qin Xiwang definitely didn't have it, and even if the joint group or the academy were really willing to give this money, it might not have any effect. And the latter needs to be precipitated for a long time, Qin Xiwang doesn't have so much time and leisure, he must first let himself "perform well" in the initiation ceremony as much as possible.
He used his habitual way of relieving pressure again, pushed open the door of the room and walked into the White Lotus Sect, I have to say, if this is not a cult, it is a good place suitable for Qing cultivation, the scenery is excellent, there are many people coming and going outside the first layer of courtyard walls, but the second layer of courtyard walls is much quieter.
Qin Xiwang got up early this morning listening to the bell, he didn't deliberately set his biological clock, but also because there was no need to get up early today, according to the janitor disciple whose full name was "Khadgar Prasad Sharma Oli", the White Lotus Sect rang the bell three times in the morning, noon and evening, and the first bell was to wake up everyone in the White Lotus Sect, which means "the bell of praise the sun", which represents the beginning of a new day, praising the sun and ringing the bell for the sun. The second bell ringing means "the bell of a full stomach", which represents enjoying food at noon and being grateful to nature. The third ringing of the bell means "the bell of the extinguishing of the moon", which represents rest, and humans fall asleep with the moon.
Before the first bell rang, everyone couldn't leave their room, so Qin Xiwang slept until the time when the bell was ringing. I don't know why, since he stepped into the White Lotus Sect as a disciple, Ollie has been very close to Qin Xiwang. In this environment, Qin Xiwang naturally didn't think about making any friends, he once suspected that this guy was placed by the White Lotus Sect to spy on him.
But this guy is stupid, Qin Xiwang can't see that he has any bad intentions, not only that, but Ollie also told Qin Xiwang a lot of things about the White Lotus Sect, although most of them are some rules and habits, and there is no confidential content of the White Lotus Sect, but he, a person who can only stand at the gate every day, probably can only know these things.
Although he was talking about some well-known things in the city of Pokhara, Nepal, there was still some information that Qin Xiwang didn't know, including a piece of news that made Qin Xiwang creepy - there are two kinds of disciples in the White Lotus Sect, one is the inner disciple of the White Lotus Sect, and the other is the outer disciple of the White Lotus Sect.
The former refers to the disciples who have passed the initiation ceremony and can then live, live, study, and cultivate in the Taoist temple of the White Lotus Sect.
The latter, on the other hand, are all residents living in Pokhara. The former does not need any expenditure after joining the church, but the White Lotus Church provides food, clothing, housing and transportation, and it is said that high-level disciples even have salaries to get, of course, this part is what Ollie heard, after all, he is just a janitor. The latter, on the other hand, needs to pay a certain amount of "favor fee" to the White Lotus Sect every month, which is said to be not very much, about 5,000 Nepalese rupees.
Qin Xiwang also just learned the news that the entire city was completely controlled by the White Lotus Sect, and after listening to Ollie, Qin Xiwang felt that this was another good hand played by the White Lotus Sect - Nepal itself is a backward country, if you can become an inner disciple of the White Lotus Sect, you can have no worries about food and clothing, and you can still have a high status in the local area. On the other hand, if you don't become an inner disciple, you need to be forced to become an outer disciple, not only do you not have any benefits, but you also need to pay a certain fee every month. In this way, all the outer disciples will sharpen their heads and want to become inner disciples, and the conditions for becoming inner disciples are very harsh, most Pokhara people want to become inner disciples have to go through the unified recruitment, and the unified recruitment is estimated to be a brainwashing process.
In this way, the "purity" of believers can be improved, and those who have no money want to stay in the White Lotus Sect for a long time, or if they want a higher status, they have to constantly brainwash themselves and continue to do some shady things for the White Lotus Sect, and over time, they will become the loyal "lackeys" of the White Lotus Sect.
It seems that even if you want to run a cult, it is not easy, and learning how to skillfully control people's hearts is the key.
Although Qin Xiwang didn't want to make friends with this Ollie, he did know a lot of useful things from his mouth, but about the "initiation ceremony", no matter how Qin Xiwang knocked on the side, this kid refused to reveal it at all. In the end, Qin Xiwang put on a look of "If you don't tell me, I won't play with you", Ollie said with a sad face, this is a taboo in the White Lotus Sect, and it is absolutely impossible to reveal the slightest thing about the "initiation ceremony" to members of the personality other than the inner disciples.
After getting this result, Qin Xiwang didn't continue to persecute him, after all, he seemed to be just a gatekeeper, even if he was an inner disciple of the White Lotus Sect, it was estimated that he hadn't done anything hurtful, and he didn't want to pull him into the water.
Walking in the Taoist temple of the White Lotus Sect, Qin Xiwang felt the gaze and discussion of countless people around him, which was very satisfying to Qin Xiwang. Because since he joined the sect yesterday, there have been rumors in the sect that he is a devout believer, which is still a part of Qin Xiwang's layout, and he must show himself like an extremely devout believer to the outside world in order to help him complete the next things.
The initiation ceremony is after the first courtyard wall, this will be the only opportunity for a large part of the White Lotus Sect to step into the area behind the first courtyard wall, and there are also two people in charge of guarding the door in the only place where they can enter and exit, but these two people look different from Ollie, the gatekeeper - I don't know if he is influenced by the atmosphere of the Black Nas Academy, Qin Xiwang feels that he can now judge who is dangerous and who is not dangerous by his first impression.
And the two people guarding the first courtyard wall obviously had an aura of danger, but now Qin Xiwang was not very afraid of these two people. It seems that Ollie's permission can only enter and exit the front courtyard of the White Lotus Sect, so Ollie sent Qin Xiwang here and stopped here, and then whispered to Qin Xiwang in English: "Qin Long! Come on! ”
The moment after crossing the courtyard wall, the atmosphere was quiet, there was no noise of travelers, even the sound of footsteps was rare, after walking dozens of steps, Qin Xiwang saw a low house, although this small house is very inconspicuous, but it is in a position almost facing the first courtyard wall door, although Qin Xiwang has not studied feng shui, but the Chinese have a heritage of some rules since ancient times, he at least knows that the position opposite the door is the main position, presumably there is a similar truth.
Before today's initiation ceremony, Qin Xiwang was specially told by the disciples of the White Lotus Sect to change into clean clothes, and to bathe, shampoo, and be spotless before the initiation ceremony could be held. Qin Xiwang did the same after ringing the bell for the first time, and when he arrived at the door, the door of the room opened automatically, and the inside was blood-red, and he found that although the house looked ordinary on the outside, the four walls inside were painted with red paint, and there were no windows, and it was almost completely sealed.
Qin Xiwang hadn't gone in yet, just looking outside, he felt a suppressed feeling of suffocation. He didn't rush in, but took a closer look at the door, and it was worth mentioning that there was no one in the room. There is only a shrine-like thing in the center of the door, and the person enshrined on it Qin Xiwang doesn't know, but since the White Lotus Sect is a sect established with "Taoism" as the foundation, it is estimated that it should also be something like Sanqing.
Qin Xiwang was sure that there was nothing more to observe, so he walked into the room, and about a meter away from the shrine, there was a comfortable-looking futon, which was obviously for people to sit on. After Qin Xiwang entered the room, he found that there was a surveillance camera at the top of the four corners of the house, and there was something similar to a central air conditioner in the center of the ceiling in the house.
"Qin Long, please sit on the futon and meditate seriously."
Just when Qin Xiwang didn't know what to do, a voice came from a place, it seemed that there should be a speaker or other equipment in the room, Qin Xiwang sat on the futon, meditating quietly like in the movie, although it seemed to close his eyes and recuperate, but this was just a means for Qin Xiwang to deceive the person in front of the surveillance camera, he just squinted his eyes and secretly observed everything.
The next second, music suddenly came from the speakers, it was pure music without lyrics, and the music was very soft, giving people a very relaxed feeling. After maintaining this comfortable feeling for dozens of seconds, Qin Xiwang suddenly saw that there seemed to be a stream of gas spewing out from several bronze statues enshrined in the shrine, and that gas seemed to be red, blending with the color of the entire room, and it was very difficult to identify.
After dozens of seconds, a strange feeling appeared in Qin Xiwang's body, first it was difficult to breathe, and then there was a pinprick-like pain all over his body, but it was not just these painful feelings. Qin Xiwang's heart became inexplicably excited, and a certain part of his body couldn't help but have some reactions, as if he had taken a special medicine for men.
This double feeling of comfort and pain made Qin Xiwang gradually lose himself, his mind began to blur, and the music gradually became a little terrifying from the soft and comfortable at the beginning. Qin Xiwang's body tensed, trying his best to keep himself awake, but the picture that appeared in his mind was like a dream, bizarre.
I don't know how long this feeling lasted, until Qin Xiwang had just eased up, and the sound of jets came again.
Qin Xiwang only felt that something exploded in his nasal cavity, and then he felt a warm liquid flowing down from his nasal cavity, Qin Xiwang didn't wipe it, because at this moment, he felt that his body would even breathe in abnormal pain, this pain almost made him unconscious, and the pleasure just now had completely disappeared, completely replaced by various uncomfortable feelings.
Qin Xiwang's newly awake consciousness fell into that incredible world again, and he felt like a stone that couldn't move, infinitely falling and falling in a colorful world, and everyone in the world was as distorted as the abstract paintings he had ever seen. The fall suddenly stopped, Qin Xiwang felt that he was constantly rising, as if he saw a bloody mouth in the sky, and he wanted to swallow himself.
He clenched his hands hard, trying to sink his short nails into the flesh of his palms, hoping to use the pain to wake himself up. Unexpectedly, this level of pain was completely covered by the original pain on the body.
With the third jet, Qin Xiwang's soul seemed to enter endless darkness, and the external voice gradually became weird and terrifying, and it was even mixed with some words that Qin Xiwang should have been able to understand, but at this time, those words became like a spell, and it seemed to instruct Qin Xiwang what to do.
And Qin Xiwang's body involuntarily followed his instructions, at this moment, he seemed to have been stripped of his thoughts and body, becoming two completely separate individuals, and his body was still very painful, and it hurt even more than after the second squirt, but now Qin Xiwang was numb because of the pain.
He could feel a salty, warm liquid flowing from his ears, nose, and even the corners of his mouth, but he didn't want to pay attention to these things at all, and now he seemed to have become a sage in his consciousness, letting the passage of time and changes in the outside world remain unmoved, what his body was doing, he didn't know, but began to enjoy this feeling.
He didn't know how long this feeling lasted, because it seemed like decades, hundreds of years had passed in his consciousness, but he gradually woke up, and realized again that he seemed to be on the initiation ceremony of the White Lotus Sect.
The fourth jet, although Qin Xiwang felt afraid, his body did not obey the call at all, and his hands and feet seemed to be no longer his own. There was no sound in his ears, just meaningless tinnitus, and he could feel his body moving, but he just couldn't control it.
The mind is no longer active, but is in a white landscape, as if it is an endless cage, although there is nothing to restrict, but in reality it can never get out. Qin Xiwang felt that this feeling was wrong, although it was very comfortable and relaxed, but he always felt that if his consciousness remained in this state, then his body would no longer belong to him.
But he had no way to resist, he felt that his body was getting weaker and weaker, his consciousness was becoming more and more blurred, and his perception of the outside world was becoming weaker and weaker, but he didn't know how long it took, Qin Xiwang suddenly woke up, and his consciousness seemed to have recovered a little, but the price was that the pain in his body hit again, which made him cry out heartbreakingly.
The fifth jet sound came, Qin Xiwang wanted to reach out and touch the shrine before his eyes could not see anything clearly, Qin Xiwang realized that his move was a little inappropriate, but the instinct of his body was to do this, and Qin Xiwang couldn't control it at all. But in the next second, the voice sounded again, and all the movements of his body stopped, out of his control.
Once again, thoughts were drained.
Who am I? Where am I? What am I going to do?
Qin Xiwang seems to have fallen into this "philosophical problem" that has been studied in ancient and modern China and abroad, he fell into a pitch black, nothing, he couldn't see, he couldn't hear, he couldn't touch, he couldn't smell, his five senses were lost, he began to wonder if he was still alive? It should be alive, otherwise how could it be possible to think? But I can only think, will the living have no sense?
Qin Xiwang didn't know how long he had been in the dark, the feeling of not feeling anything seemed to last for thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, he seemed to have experienced the extinction of the dinosaurs, the separation of continental plates, the change of dynasties, and the extinction of the universe, and it seemed that after going through everything he could experience, he saw a glimmer of light in the darkness.
The light gradually amplified, and finally filled Qin Xiwang's entire eye socket, similar to the feeling of waking up from the hospital in Heinas when he was seriously injured for the first time, his throat was dry and thirsty, and his body hurt badly, but there was still no severe discomfort after the catastrophe, he looked around and confirmed that he was lying in the room, he endured the pain and turned his head slightly, and saw Ollie's face next to him.
Qin Xiwang was startled, and along with his movements, there was another sharp pain.
Ollie immediately calmed Qin Xiwang: "You have just finished the initiation ceremony, don't move, the teacher said that your body needs to rest!" ”
Ollie's words made Qin Xiwang realize that he seemed to have gone through the initiation ceremony, but Qin Xiwang didn't feel anything mentally except for some physical discomfort. However, he recalled the earth-shaking and bizarre feelings during the initiation ceremony, and he couldn't help but shudder.
It was indeed terrifying, Qin Xiwang felt that it was really possible for ordinary people to not be able to carry it, and it was even possible that they would go insane after the initiation ceremony. But right now, what Qin Xiwang wanted to know most was the result of the initiation ceremony, and he looked at Ollie: "How is it?" I'm ...... now Is he a disciple of the White Lotus Sect? ”
"What do you say? Of course! Ollie's expression was unusually happy, as if it was not Qin Xiwang who passed the initiation ceremony, but himself, "You are too powerful, it has been two years since anyone directly became a disciple of the Five Heavens during the initiation ceremony." ”
Regarding the concept of the Five Heavens, Ollie had also told Qin Xiwang before that the rank of the positions in the White Lotus Sect, from low to high, was the First Heaven, the Second Heaven, the Triple Heaven, the Fourth Heaven, and the Fifth Heaven. Then there are the Little Heavenly Master, the Heavenly Master, the Dharma Protector, and the Sect Master.
The Fifth Heaven was already the best manifestation of the initiation ceremony, but Qin Xiwang was not complacent because of this, because he knew that this was just the beginning. He began to think about the relationship between the initiation ceremony and the rank, Qin Xiwang remembered that the shrine had been sprayed with red gas a total of five times before and after, and the feeling in his body after the second breath was no longer something that ordinary people could bear. Presumably, every time he experienced a jet, his level would increase by one level, and Qin Xiwang survived five jets.
However, what made Qin Xiwang most curious was what that gas was, it was really terrifying. Ancient criminal laws were only for physical suffering, but of course a small part of the criminal law was used to torture people's spirits. Once that gas is inhaled, it is a double torture of body and spirit, which can stimulate people's pain nerves, but it cannot cause substantial damage to people's bodies.
"Qin Long, do you know, you are already famous in the White Lotus Sect now, and Master Zheng Tianyi said that he will meet you in person tomorrow." Qin Xiwang didn't know what kind of happiness this guy Ollie was here, but Qin Xiwang could see through at a glance that this guy had a little secret hidden in his heart, and he should have something to ask for himself.
Qin Xiwang didn't like to hide it: "Do you have anything to tell me?" ”
"Me? No......" Ollie had already been recognized by Qin Xiwang, but he still pretended to be stupid and smirked.
"Nope...... Forget it! Qin Xiwang was about to endure the pain and turn his back, and at this time, Ollie finally couldn't hold it back, he hurriedly stopped Qin Xiwang, his inattentive movements made Qin Xiwang feel a headache from his head to his feet again, and gasped. Ollie seemed to realize that he had hurt Qin Xiwang, so he immediately withdrew his hand: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I forgot that you hurt." ”
Qin Xiwang returned to his posture just now, and Ollie finally said with a little shyness: "That, Qin Long." You are now a disciple of the Fifth Heaven, and it stands to reason that the disciples of the Fifth Heaven can recommend three people to become the inner disciples of the White Lotus Sect, I wonder if you can ...... Help me recommend someone. ”
This was a bit unexpected by Qin Xiwang, he originally thought that it would be some more troublesome things, but according to the relevant information that Qin Xiwang read on the way here, if he has a certain authority, this kind of thing is a matter of hand-to-hand capture, very simple.
"Who would you like to recommend?"
As soon as Ollie heard that Qin Xiwang did not directly refuse him, he immediately became happy like a child, he carefully took out a somewhat yellowed photo from his robe, and the clarity should be in recent years, but it was only a little oxidized by neglect of preservation. The photo above is a woman, looking like a local Nepalese woman, definitely not beautiful, at best just an ordinary woman.
"Her name is Kumari, she is my childhood sweetheart, we grew up together, I like her very much, she should like me too......" Ollie said the second half of the words, with a little unconfidence in his words, "Before I joined the White Lotus Sect, I once told her father that I wanted to marry her. But her father didn't agree, because I had no money and no status, and her father told me that if I could join the White Lotus Sect and let Kumari join the White Lotus Sect, he would agree to marry us, or else he would marry Kumari to Kathmandu. I definitely didn't want Kumari to marry into Kathmandu, so I took the entrance exam of the White Lotus Sect and successfully passed, but during the initiation ceremony, I only survived the test of one day and fainted in pain, and now I am only guarding the door every day in the White Lotus Sect, and I have no right to let Kumari come in at all. So, can you help me......"
Looking at Ollie's innocent eyes, although they are not good-looking, the feelings revealed in them are very real. If it is a normal situation, Qin Xiwang is also willing to push the boat along the river and fulfill the two of them. After all, there are no costs and losses for yourself.
But this White Lotus Sect is a veritable cult, just a ceremony of initiation can kill people, if Qin Xiwang agrees to this matter, then it is uncertain whether he is helping Ollie or harming Ollie.
However, looking at this guy's expectant appearance now, Qin Xiwang really couldn't refuse him, for fear that after he rejected him, he, a man who looked like he was in his twenties, would sit directly on the ground and cry, and might even roll on the ground. After weighing it, Qin Xiwang used the "delaying tactic" in the art of war: "It's not impossible to help you with this." However, I have just passed the initiation ceremony today, and now the rest of the White Lotus Sect may not have recognized me, if I have just joined, I will immediately use my power to bring others in, which will inevitably make people criticize me behind my back. In this way, you wait for a month, this month I will try to gain a firm foothold in the White Lotus Sect, and then let everyone recognize me, and then I can justifiably ...... your treasury"
The name of the Nepalese is too awkward, and Qin Xiwang's consciousness is not very clear now, so he can't remember the name of Ollie's crush for a while. Ollie immediately reminded him, "Kumari! ”
"Oh yes! You can justifiably bring your Kumari into the White Lotus Sect, and then the two of you will be able to live and fly together! ”
It seemed that he had thought of the appearance of the two of them flying in the future, Ollie's mouth was almost cracked to the root of his ear, and a touch of ruddy appeared on his swarthy face: "Thank you so much Qin Long!" Thank you! ”
Qin Xiwang laughed dryly, he only wanted to bring down the White Lotus Sect within a month, so that maybe Ollie would be able to sober up. However, when the time comes, it is estimated that Kumari will still be married to Kathmandu.