At first glance, it looks like a faint golden color, but when you look closely, it sometimes flashes with some colorful light, and the whole gives people a magical feeling.

After everyone was silent for a while, the doll couldn't help it at first, and said in a low voice: "I'm going to go, what kind of situation is this, we won't really enter any magical supernatural space." Otherwise, how could such a strange light appear in such a place, and there would really be any powerful demons and monsters in it. ”

Mengshan Turtle said: "No, at least that huge stone gate, at first glance, it comes from the wisdom of our human beings, what kind of demons and monsters I am afraid that this does not have such intelligent means." If you want me to see it, maybe it's really some kind of treasure in the mouth of the leader of the guards. In this way, the ancestors of their boss did not deceive them, but they were not able to crack the mystery of this stone gate. I didn't expect us to easily find the location of this treasure, it seems that the blessings of our brothers are really not small. ”

Laughing Maitreya said: "Yes, I see this magical colorful light in front of me, it seems that it is very likely that it is emitted by a large number of rare treasures and gold, silver and jewelry. It seems that this time the turtle finally got it right, maybe we really made a fortune. ”

The lone wolf snorted softly, and then said coldly: "Okay, don't talk about dreams here, don't say that there may not be any so-called treasures here." Even if there really is, then you can only get over it, and you must not give birth to the greed that our brothers and sisters should not have. ”

Xiao Qingfeng said: "Okay, now Jingxin and follow me to take a look at the situation first, you are honestly waiting for my news here under the leadership of Brother Wolf, and no one needs to move." ”

After finishing speaking, Xiao Qingfeng and Jingxin briefly checked their respective equipment, and slowly began to continue to touch inside. The two of them pushed into it about seventy or eighty meters, and suddenly a big turn appeared in the dark passage, and the magical light here became brighter and brighter, even more dazzling than ordinary lighting. The two cautiously approached the bend and quickly turned in.

This turned in, and walked less than twenty or thirty meters, and even the two of them couldn't help but be stunned by everything in front of them. I saw a magnificent palace that I may never see again in my life, and I may never forget it for the rest of my life.

The short passage I just entered can be seen to be in a clear east-west direction. This gorgeous hall at the exit is about five meters high, about 30 meters from east to west, and about 20 meters from north to south.

The whole hall is glittering with gold, and the rock walls below are inlaid with many rare gems that cannot be named, and even the top and the ground are also some rare treasures that are scattered and naturally glowing. It turns out that it is these many rare treasures that naturally exude eye-catching light.

In the north position of this hall, sitting north and facing south sits a huge golden statue of Maitreya Buddha, and on both sides of him, eight golden-bodied Arhats are enshrined in turn.

From the east, there are Bindu Ravara Fallen Pavilion - sitting deer Arhat, Kano Ka Dai Dai - Joyful Arhat, Noga Varita - Bowl Raising Arhat, Subindra - Tota Arhat, Nogira - Meditation Arhat, Bhadra - Crossing the River* Arhat, Kalika - Elephant Riding Arhat, Vaja Buddha Dora - Laughing Lion Arhat, Heshu Boga - Happy Arhat, Half Toga - Tanshou Arhat, Rashara - Contemplative Arhat, Naga Rhina - Ear-digging Arhats, Venerable Injata - Budai Arhats, Venerable Vanabhass - Basho Arhats, Venerable Ashiduo - Long-eyebrow Arhats, boiling tea and half a tray

The Venerable Buddha is a watchman arhat, a total of sixteen golden-bodied arhats.

But the most bizarre thing is that these are sixteen golden-bodied arhats, all of whom only have body parts, but no heads. In such a solemn hall, it seems a little indescribably weird. And the face of this Maitreya Buddha statue in the middle is also very different from the appearance of Maitreya Buddha that everyone sees on weekdays, with a wide forehead, plump and kind, but the feminine atmosphere is quite heavy, very much like the appearance of a woman.

After being silent for a while, Jing Xin said slowly: "Aren't these headless Arhats here the same as the headless Arhat diagram that you saw earlier on the huge rock behind Tianxuan Peak, which can only be seen at a certain angle. ”

Xiao Qingfeng thought for a moment and said, "Yes, except that here is a real golden seated statue, and there is a simple line outline, there is almost no difference. Moreover, even in terms of location, this should be the location of the front mountain of that Tianxuan Peak, and the location of the boulder we found that pattern is the back mountain of this Tianxuan Peak. ”

Under the careful alternate cover, the two quickly conducted a series of searches around, but did not find any obvious danger. At this time, Xiao Qingfeng sent a safe signal to the lone wolves on call outside, so that everyone could enter this magnificent cave hall with confidence.

When everyone arrived, seeing this incredible everything, Mengshan Turtle was the first to press it and couldn't bear it, only to see his wrist flip, and he didn't know where to get a sharp dagger. Looking at the gold and silver jewels all over the sky, he smiled, and in a flash, he came to the largest statue of Maitreya Buddha in front of him. Since this Maitreya Buddha statue was sitting upright on the Sumeru altar below, he turned over a little and jumped directly onto the Sumeru altar above.

Before everyone could stop it, he used the dagger in his hand to gently slash twice on the buttocks of the Buddha's body.

Xiao Qingfeng was about to get angry, and the Mengshan turtle suddenly stood in front of the Maitreya Buddha statue with a backflip, and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to make a joke with Lafayette and scrape a little gold dust to keep a souvenir, who knows that it is also in response to that joke - empty Buddha, it must belong to you and me." What the fuck is this Golden Buddha, I'm afraid it's not even a refined bronze one. ”

Jing Xinwen stepped forward, touched it carefully with his hand, and said with a smile: "You turtle, this is a typical gilding process, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, let alone touch and damage them indiscriminately." This is a precious work of art left by our ancients, and its value does not lie in its own metal value, but in its exquisite craftsmanship and academic value. ”

When the doll heard this, she smiled evilly and said: "That's it, that's it, you look at the expression and tone of our young master Nangong's speech, is it becoming more and more like our Hou Ye, hehehe......"

The little Taoist priest said: "Okay, baby girl, don't always maliciously attack our meditation teacher, be careful for a while, and you will click on your laughing hole again, making you cry and laugh." ”

Speaking of this, the little Taoist priest suddenly changed his words and asked quietly: "Then what is gilding process? I have heard many times the words of reshaping the golden body, but I have never really understood what it means. ”

Jing Xin said: "Gilding is to synthesize gold powder and mercury into a gold amalgamation agent, evenly apply it to the surface of the copper, and then heat it to evaporate the mercury, and the remaining gold is firmly attached to the surface of the copper. The record of gold mercury was first found in the Eastern Han Dynasty alchemist Wei Boyang's "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Deed". The record of gilding technology was first seen in the Liang Dynasty. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica: Mercury Bars" in the Ming Dynasty quoted Tao Hongjing of the Liang Dynasty as saying: "Mercury can digest gold."

Silver is made into mud, and people are also plated. In fact, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, our wise ancestors had mastered this technology. ”

Sure enough, the little Taoist priest and the Mengshan turtle looked at the remaining sixteen Arhats one by one, and they all adopted the same gilding process.

The doll suddenly exclaimed: "We often talk about eighteen Arhats, why are there only sixteen Arhats here?" When I was in the hotel, I was a little puzzled when I heard that you had found a figure pattern of the sixteen Arhats on the huge rock behind Tianxuan Peak. It's obviously eighteen arhats, why are there two less? At that time, I thought that you had checked the wrong number, so I didn't squeak much. But when I got here, I clearly saw that there were indeed only sixteen arhats. The remaining two Venerables, the Dragon Descending and the Fuhu, were they ordered by the super king of Maitreya Buddha to go to patrol the mountains and did not return. ”

As soon as the doll mentioned this, Mengshan Turtle and the little Taoist priest also followed suit: "Yes, what are the eighteen Arhats and eighteen Arhats in martial arts, and even some of the current temples are made of eighteen Arhats." How come it is that when you get here, you are missing the two most powerful buddies who descend the dragon and subdue the tiger?"

Jing Xin looked at Xiao Qingfeng and Xiao Maitreya, who were smiling and silent, and the lone wolf who was noncommittal on the side, and said with a smile: "My good sister, let's talk about it together, if outsiders hear it, it can make a joke." Let's not talk about the Buddhist scriptures, but the term "Eighteen Arhats" only began to appear in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and this was only sixteen Arhats in all previous documents and legends. According to the water eighteen Arhat statues were first painted by Zhang Xuan and Guan Xiu of the five dynasties, and later, in the Jinguang Cave of Hangzhou Feilaifeng, the eighteen Arhat statues carved on the stone bed are only the works of the Song Dynasty. After the Yuan Dynasty, most of the temples were dedicated to the eighteen Arhats. Moreover, in the current Buddhist world, the paintings and sculptures of Arhat statues are mostly based on the eighteen Arhats. Since then, the world only knows that there are eighteen Arhats, and the original Tang Dynasty enshrined sixteen Arhats gradually became unknown. ”

After a slight pause, he continued to say: "As for the Arhats of the Descending Dragon and the Arhats of the Tiger, they are actually just the auspicious number of eighteen in our Chinese culture. The original sixteen Arhats, with the addition of these two, are obviously related to this 'eighteen' complex. The appearance of the sixteen Arhat statues here just proves some of our previous speculations, and everything in it should have existed before the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. ”

Xiao Qingfeng said: "Yes, this is a very strong evidence, I agree with your point of view very much. ”

After listening to this, the doll deliberately pestered: "What's the matter, Ben Gu Liang didn't understand it at all, I knew that the two of you sang me and, forever you will be so smart......"

After dodging the slap of meditation, she said in a yin and yang manner: "Even if these eighteen Arhats are evolved, but people say that they shape gold bodies and gold bodies, and they can't just get a little gilt to deceive people, it is estimated that the real gold has been stolen by the young master of Nangong and the big fat man and the fake Maitreya, fake Buddhists like you have been corrupted and stolen, hum hum ......"

When Maitreya heard this, he thought to himself that you even brought me with him, so he said with a smile: "No wonder college students like you order fish-flavored shredded pork in the restaurant, and then ask the waiter, where is the fish here?" It seems that China's education, alas, really makes the old man speechless......"