35. The Mystery of Kinkakuji Temple (3)
After a little sigh of regret about the misfortune of the iron-clad swordsman, Huang Chang began to check the information of the Golden Pavilion Temple itself. www.biquge.info Although this is a Buddhist temple, it has nothing to do with those Zen sects in the world of cultivating immortals - otherwise, there would be no need for the Kunlun sect to solve it. Of course, having said that, in the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which was protected by Western Kunlun, it was unlikely that Zen Buddhism would be allowed to develop its power, even if the relationship between the factions was good.
However, judging from the records in the records of Guobei County, it does not seem to be a simple mortal temple. Because according to the records of the county, the Zen master Zhiguang who established this temple still has some magical powers, and he has eliminated several disasters for nearby residents, solved several difficulties, and is especially good at surpassing the dead. During the decades that he presided over, the incense of Kinkakuji Temple has been very vigorous, and the scale was once very large, and it was even called the first jungle in Huangyang County.
However, there was no successor of Zen Master Zhiguang, and after his death, the rest of the monks scattered, and this magnificent temple quickly declined. Today, Kinkakuji Temple has been abandoned for more than 100 years, and there are only a few legends left in Guobei County. It stands to reason that a historic site so close to the county seat, even if no one operates it, should be able to become a famous attraction. Isn't this kind of place the most popular for young people to have nothing to do and enjoy exploring the ancient times? But the strange thing is that there are not many people in the county town who know about this place, and Huang Chang made a little inquiry in the market before, and many young people have never heard of this place at all. Some of the older people, on the other hand, still have some impression of the name "Kinkakuji", but they don't seem to care, as if everything that happens in Kinkakuji is normal, and it doesn't look like a place with a haunted reputation in urban legends - such places should have been spread by the people of the city a long time ago.
In addition, after consulting the files obtained from the county government, Huang Chang found that in the past hundred years, there have been wandering monks, and even Taoist priests who covet this ownerless foundation and want to move in to have a "dove occupy the magpie's nest", but none of them succeeded. Some fled, others died, or simply disappeared without a sound, like the iron-clad swordsman...... It is said that there are demons entrenched in Kinkakuji Temple, and it has been spreading since that time. However, judging from the files, there are actually not many people who died in the Golden Pavilion Temple, and there are only a dozen of them in more than a hundred years, of course, more people may not be recorded, after all, the files of the Guobei County Government will only record those who have come to report the case or the nameless corpses that have been found. If the case is not reported and the body is not left, the government will not ask for trouble.
"It's been more than a hundred years, and there are only a dozen...... Well, even if the real number of victims reaches ten times, it will only be more than 100 in a hundred years...... This demon is still quite restrained? Is it because of the strong self-control or is the strength too weak? But if it is the latter, Yao Xiu will not hang up...... Grandma's, is it so bad luck that you ran into a hot potato again?"
Huang Chang whispered to himself, and at this time he heard the sound of wings fluttering outside the window, so he went over and opened the window, allowing the little parrot Bobo to land directly on his arm.
"How about it, flew over and saw it?"
-- Bobo the parrot was sent by him to reconnoiter the scene, and the distance of thirty miles was effortless for the birds. Besides, Bobo is not an ordinary bird, and there is an important mission to send him......
"Do you feel the demonic energy?"
-Youkai are always more perceptible to the aura of their kind, and weak monsters like Bobo can easily arouse the competitiveness of other big monsters, inducing them to jump out and chase them down, just like the tiger demon before.
However, this time the wave wave did not succeed.
"No, there is only a big dilapidated temple there, and I don't feel any demonic energy. ”
"Didn't you?"
Huang Chang frowned, maybe there are no demons in the Golden Pavilion Temple at all? There are indeed many people who have died there, but it may also be just ordinary vendettas in the rivers and lakes, or mortal bandits seeking money and killing people, etc., and finally push it to the heads of demons and monsters - this kind of thing has never been a few in the world.
Although the members of the outer sect of the Kunlun Lower Court are not easy to be deceived, as long as they are human beings, they will inevitably make mistakes. There are no demons but they mistakenly think that there is, send a false alarm to the mountain, and finally let the mountain personnel run for nothing - it is not that those side branch courtyards in the Nether have not placed this kind of oolong.
But this time...... It shouldn't be fake news. Huang Chang shook his head, his instincts telling him it wasn't that simple. When the realm of immortal cultivators reaches a certain level, they will naturally have all kinds of supernatural abilities, what whims, pinching their fingers and so on, the unpredictable prophet is not a myth for monks. Of course, Huang Chang can't reach this realm, but he also trusts his own intuition. Seeing that he hesitated, Bobo said beside him:
"I was in a hurry just now, and I came back without looking closely, do you want me to fly over again?"
The little parrot was quite enthusiastic, but Huang Chang shook his head:
"No need, the birds don't fly around at night, and once they say they pass by, and they will attract attention twice...... Wait! You said you're back in a hurry, why are you in a hurry?"
Bobo tilted his head and thought for a moment, shook his head and said:
"I don't know, I just want to leave early. ”
Huang Chang smiled:
"That's right, although you didn't notice the demonic energy, but you instinctively felt the danger, so you didn't want to stay there for long, so you fled quickly...... There must be something strange about that place. ”
"Is it dangerous? No, there are still people in the temple. ”
Bobo recalled, Huang Chang was stunned:
"Anyone else?"
"Yes, when I passed from above, I seemed to see a light flashing in the house...... Someone will light the lights, right?"
“...... Really?"
Huang Chang pondered for a moment and nodded towards Bobo:
"Okay, I see, I've worked hard for you, go and rest. ”
............
The next morning, Huang Chang called Murong Ying, and the two changed their outfits and went out of the city to the Golden Pavilion Temple. As for Ji Ruo and the other three, as well as forty samurai guards, let them stay in the county and continue to play the role of "nobles who pass through here and rest", and secretly inquire about Kinkakuji Temple by the way.
Without the drag of mortals, the two mid-stage realm cultivators moved extremely quickly, but the two of them deliberately controlled their footsteps, and they didn't reach their destination until almost noon - exploring this kind of ghostly and evil place, whether it was related to ghosts or not, it was always safest when the yang energy was at its peak at noon.
After leaving the city and traveling about thirty miles to the north, I saw a large forest beside the road ahead, and in the depths of the forest, a number of corner eaves were exposed, and there were several relics pagoda tops, which should be the abandoned temple.