Chapter 326: Ascending Mount Van Gogh
Entering the scope of the ancient temple and stone temple, a strong atmosphere of Buddhism greeted him, sacred and peaceful, but it was not the case for Ye Chen.
Coming here, Ye Chen obviously felt that the demonic nature under the cover of the Buddha's aura was even stronger, but this demonic nature was hidden very deeply, if it wasn't for the fact that the Yuan Shen had also been improved after breaking through the Holy Realm, I am afraid it would be difficult to detect it.
The distance between the monasteries here is not far from each other, and you can see people who come to pray for Buddha at any time, and before they enter the temple, the attitude of those people is already pious, and there are even people who bow their heads step by step and bow down to the Van Gogh Temple.
Looking at these people, Ye Chen couldn't help but shake his head secretly, no matter how pious he was, even if he knelt down and touched his forehead, it was useless, for the Buddha and the demon, all the people in this land were just tools to generate faith and thoughts.
Ye Chen and the others walked all the way to the Van Gogh Temple surrounded by ancient temples, and on the way, many monks from the stone temple cast their eyes, seemingly kind, but they felt the deep hostility and vigilance from it.
"These monks are all cultivators, and they have memories that are beyond the reach of mortals, and those who have come here for so many years to seek pilgrimage to the Buddha are already familiar with them, and we are unfamiliar faces, and it seems that they have begun to doubt. β
"Don't bother, the monks in these temples are nothing, except that their temples can be turned into golden bells. β
Ye Chen glanced at the Blue Flame Demon and the Fire Demon and said, "Don't use your divine thoughts to talk lightly!"
"Whenβ"
As soon as the words fell, a loud bell suddenly sounded in the void in all directions, and then the road ahead became hazy, and a heavy fog suddenly rose on the wide ancient road, and nothing could be seen clearly from a hundred meters away.
The Blue Flame Demon and the Fire Demon were silent for a moment, understanding that most of them were sensing by the mysterious qi machine by using their divine thoughts to talk without authorization, and now that something happened to the ancient road, the people of Van Gogh Temple probably already knew about it.
It seems that this Van Gogh Temple is far from being as simple as the world imagines, and it is said that the Van Gogh Temple is mysterious, but the mystery in people's eyes is far less terrifying. Ye Chen looked at the misty ancient path and sensed that the almost supreme version of the law qi was circulating, he pointed out and quickly carved a formation pattern in the void, and at the same time walked forward.
Ye Chen walked forward while carving the formation pattern, the formation pattern was imprinted in the void, and the fog in front of him gradually dispersed, manifesting pieces of ruins that exuded a terrifying aura, but when his footsteps fell, the ruins within a hundred meters in front of him disappeared in an instant, turning back into the ancient road.
A flash of fairy light flashed in Yu Linglong's eyes, and she said in a condensed voice: "I didn't expect that the Supreme Phantom Array was laid here, but fortunately, after a long time, the power of these Phantom Arrays is not as good as before, otherwise we may not be able to get close to Van Gogh Temple." β
The flame demons followed behind Ye Chen and Yu Linglong without saying a word, such a situation they had never encountered before, although they had become holy, but they did not dare to be careless in the face of the supreme-level phantom array, one wrong step could be a catastrophe.
After moving forward for about ten miles, there was already fog in front of them, but those fogs gradually dispersed with Ye Chen's formation imprinted in the void, always rising and falling in front of them a hundred meters.
They continued on their way, and when the fog lifted again, a mountain shining with Buddha light appeared in their eyes, blocking the ancient path and blocking their path.
This mountain is towering into the clouds, and there is mist on both sides of the mountain, and it is impossible to see how big it is, but it feels like it is cutting off the whole world, and the Buddha light blooms on it, and the powerful Buddha Dao qi permeates it, like an invisible heavenly universe suppressing down.
Ye Chen and Yu Linglong's expressions were calm, this kind of qi could not have the slightest effect on them, but the flame demons changed color slightly, they had already faintly felt the pressure, as saints, if they were other cultivators here, they would have to be crushed into meat puree in an instant.
"Buddhism emphasizes compassion, but I didn't expect to have such a domineering Buddhist power, which really opened Ye's eyes!" Ye Chen carried his hands behind his back, white clothes were better than snow, his black hair was scattered behind his head and in front of him, and his deep and intimidating eyes looked at the mountain coldly.
"Amitabha! My Buddha is compassionate, with the responsibility of transforming the suffering of the common people and crossing all sentient beings in the world, and the purpose and belief have never changed. The donors are full of demonic energy, trespassing on my Buddha's holy land, defiling the holy land, my Buddha's mercy has not suppressed you, it is already great mercy, don't leave quickly!"
"There is no point in saying these sanctimonious hypocrisy. Ye Chen brushed the corners of his clothes and said, "A few years ago, a senior monk in your temple promised Ye a certain matter, saying that if you let go of the two women and a man who have been suppressed by you for decades, I just want to know if what you say will fulfill your promise?"
The mountain suddenly calmed down, the time and space here seemed to have stopped, and after a while, a Buddha horn came from it, and the previous voice sounded again: "Amitabha, it turned out to be Lord Ye Shi, please forgive the old man for not being able to recognize it, when Master Huiming's nephew returned to the temple, he had already explained to the old man and others, and the old man and others had already agreed after discussion, and they had been waiting for Lord Ye to come here." β
"In that case, then please move this mountain away, is it the hospitality of your Van Gogh Temple that blocks our way like this?" Yu Linglong said lightly, not believing the old monk's words.
In fact, Ye Chen didn't believe the old monk's words, and felt that their move must have another purpose, but he didn't say anything, just quietly looked at the mountain in front of him, and saw that the old monk seemed to take the initiative to move the mountain away.
"Good! Wonderful! The old man heard that Ye Shi and the others had magical powers, and this time they came from thousands of miles away, and the old man also wanted to witness Ye Shizhu's magical powers, and I believe that a mountain would definitely not be difficult for Ye Shi Master, so why should Lao Wei take action. β
"Since the master said so, Ye will not work for the master. Ye Chen said lightly, he couldn't help sneering in his heart, it was obvious that it was not so simple to invite this mountain, the old monk of Van Gogh Temple just wanted to test his strength, and he didn't care about it, at the moment his tongue bloomed with spring thunder, and drank out the supreme mantra: "Hum, well, what, horn, Mi, huh!"
Six golden Buddha Dao Supreme Mantras rushed out of Ye Chen's mouth and flew into the mountains in front of them, rapidly growing larger in the process, and finally completely covering the entire mountain.
"Boomβ"
In the earth-shattering loud noise, the mountain collapsed, and the Buddha's light on it suddenly disappeared, except for the six-character mantra, all the Buddha's qi dissipated in an instant, and the remnants of the mountain after the collapse also disappeared in the space distortion, and finally turned into a flat and wide ancient road.
"Lord Ye Shi is really a good means, I didn't expect to really know the supreme divine mantra of Buddhism, it's really breathtaking. The old monk's voice sounded unusually calm at the end of the empty ancient road, without any fluctuations or surprise.
However, Ye Chen and Yu Linglong knew that the old monk's expression at the moment must be very exciting, from the beginning of his appearance, they would announce the Buddha name before they said a word, but just now they even forgot the Buddha name, you can imagine how shocked they were in their hearts.
Coming to the end of the ancient road, Ye Chen and the others finally saw the old monk who had spoken before, this old monk was wearing an old robe, his body was as thin as wood, and the most eye-catching thing was his eyes.
The old monk's eyes are very special, the area around the eyes is jet black, of course, this is not a dark circle, but the demonic nature in the heart has reached a certain degree and is reflected on the surface, which can be seen at a glance.
"Master, it doesn't seem that your face is very good, Ye Mou happens to have a volume of "Vajra Demon Sutra" here, I don't know if Ye Mou needs to read it to the master?" Ye Chen walked in front of the old monk with a smile, very easy-going.
When the old monk heard this, the muscles on his face twitched inadvertently, and then he looked compassionate and solemn, and put his hands on his chest: "Amitabha, thank you for the kindness of Lord Ye, this "Vajra Demon Sutra" temple also has it, don't bother Lord Ye, and ask Lord Ye to follow the old man to the temple, and pick up your friend earlier." β
"That's very good, then Master Lao will lead the way. Ye Chen said, with a kind smile on his face, but his heart was full of vigilance against Van Gogh Temple, and the old monk's appearance was too abnormal.
This old monk's demonic appearance has been revealed, but Van Gogh Temple still asked him to come to greet him, which shows that they will never be as easy as they say on the surface, and they will directly release Sakurako, Yafena and Voss, and they must have other plans.
At the end of the ancient road is a mountain with boiling spirit, this mountain is called Van Gogh Mountain, Van Gogh Temple is located on it, leading to the mountain is a bluestone staircase that slopes upward, the height is not at the top, and the halfway up the mountain is shrouded in smoke clouds.
Following the old monk, the journey was very smooth, Van Gogh Mountain did not sense any other breath except for the strong Buddhist and Taoist breath, and the atmosphere here was very peaceful, at least in the feelings of the fire demons.
However, Yu Linglong vaguely felt an indescribable dangerous aura, her Yuan Shen realm was not as high as Ye Chen, so she naturally couldn't sense it so clearly.
Ye Chen had told all the flame demons not to close the six senses and not to act in vain, although the realm of the Yuan Shen of Yu Linglong was much higher than theirs, but feeling the mysterious qi here, she did not dare to move her divine thoughts, worried that something would happen.
Halfway up the mountain, the smoke and clouds here add to the mystery, and when they walked out of the smoke-filled place, the whole world was filled with the golden light of Buddhism, and a magnificent ancient temple appeared in their eyes.
I don't know how many years this temple has been baptized, but those buildings have not left traces of the years, there are many temples, stone towers, halls, etc., in front of the temple gate is a vast square, where there are six emaciated old monks, and there are dozens of old monks behind, judging from the position where they stand, the six old monks in front are the highest.
Those old monks stood in front of the gate of Van Gogh Temple, calmly looking at Ye Chen and the others, but from this calm gaze, Ye Chen felt a deep greed. And their eyes were all black, even their lips were a little black, all of them were as thin as wood, and from the exposed fingers and necks, the flesh and blood were almost shriveled, and only skin and bones remained.
Such a few old monks look a little crazy, they don't look like humans at all, they look no different from zombies, but in fact they can't be zombies, just because they are too old, they should be sitting but forcibly renewing their lives with their mental power and leading their bodies to dry up, and their nostalgia for life makes them greedy, and the demons in their hearts are deepening day by day, so that they are born from their hearts and become what they are now.
At this time, Ye Chen no longer believed that they were just renewing their lives with one thought, he suspected that these monks were sucking people's origin essence to continue their lives, because he had already sensed the life essence from these old monks that did not belong to them.