Chapter 208 Ancient Temples and Buddha Statues

In early spring, wind and rain always come together. The wind and rain blowing through the hills and trees, especially after nightfall, make people feel cold and frightened.

There was no one on the silent mountain road, only the cold moonlight. At the end of the mountain road, there is a dilapidated ancient temple.

There is a Buddha statue enshrined in this ancient temple. It may have been without incense for a long time, and the clay sculpture and golden body of the Buddha statue has fallen off.

In front of the Buddha, there are three big red candles burning. The temple's tiled roof had holes in it, and the surroundings were covered with dust. There was only a blazing fire in the dilapidated main hall with hanging cobwebs.

Next to the bonfire, there were several figures sitting, all wearing cloaks, and one of them kept coughing. The firelight shone brightly, reflecting on the faces of several people, and the images of times of brightness and darkness appeared.

"Cough cough cough..."

"Master Qiao, how are your injuries?"

Among the other people nearby, someone couldn't help but ask.

"It's okay, I just received a slap from that person that could cause a lot of damage. I used the secret method of the sect to suppress the injury for the time being, so it doesn't matter."

"Master Qiao" seemed to be exuding an invisible cold aura all over his body, and his face was also livid.

Under the man's cloak, the purple official robe he was wearing was a bit dank, but he did not change it. On his belt was an iron token. The top end of the token was in the shape of a Ruyiyun pointed-eared beast, with a It is square and has a flying bat pattern engraved on each side.

"'Plague Doctor' Sun Gui..."

Recalling the injury process, "Master Qiao" had a spasm on his haggard and pale face.

"I only know that this person is a monk from a side sect, and I had underestimated him before. That's why I was plotted by him and fell into his palm. Fortunately, I practiced the "Dragon Elephant Seal", which originated from Buddhism. The magical secret method of "The Five Phases of the Wheel of Samurai" has been cultivated to the extreme. The physical body can be blessed by the Buddha's power. It is infinitely powerful and the vajra is indestructible. Unfortunately, I have not yet reached this level of cultivation..."

"Master Qiao" sighed helplessly.

"Dragon Elephant Seal" is a magical power that Situ Haoxing, the leader of the Evil Slayer Division, learned from the "Five Phases of the Silk Wheel".

"The Five Phases of the Samakhara" claims that there are forty-eight kinds of great supernatural powers and one hundred and eight kinds of minor powers. Regardless of whether you understand any of them, you can find the door to the Tao.

Because of this, Buddhism dares to claim to "open the door of convenience to save countless people." Even if "Dragon Elephant Seal" is not a true Buddhist teaching, there is still a chance to gain enlightenment through "Dragon Elephant Seal".

"If I complete the "Dragon Elephant Seal" and I am indestructible, I will naturally not be poisoned by the Hundred Damage Palm, resulting in a severe loss of skill..."

"Master Qiao" said slightly weakly: "Tonight, you must guard this temple. Within three hours, I need to concentrate on using my skills to expel toxins from my body... During these three hours, during my exercise , have no time to pay attention to the outside world, you must be careful of someone taking advantage of my injury!"

"Master Qiao, don't worry!"

"Just leave this little thing to us."

The men quickly agreed, claiming that they would keep vigil throughout the night and ensure that they could spend the night safely.

"good."

"Master Qiao" didn't say much anymore. He swallowed a pill, closed his eyes silently, and practiced the Taoist method to heal his injuries.

In the ancient temple, the atmosphere also became calm, and everyone was silent. There was silence in the dilapidated hall, with only the occasional "cracking" sound splashing a little starlight in the firelight.

Suddenly, there was a sudden sound of horses neighing from outside the door, and the brisk sound of horse hooves.

"Hey, there is a Buddhist temple going forward here. It seems that we can find a place to take a rest tonight and refresh ourselves tomorrow so that we can rush to Tongbai Mountain..."

"somebody is coming!"

A man sitting by the campfire was about to get up, but was held down by a companion next to him.

"Don't rush to take action now. It's not too late to take action after you see who it is!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the wind suddenly howled, and the door was violently pushed open. Several figures stepped into the threshold. The one in front was a burly man in red, wearing a scarlet cloak, and a square face shaped like a Chinese character. Red as blood.

Behind him were a group of companions wearing red scarves, numbering seven or eight. When the man in red entered the hall, he looked at the people by the fire with a pair of sharp eyes.

"I didn't expect that there would be guests arriving at this kind of deserted mountain temple. How many of them are they from?"

"We are just traders passing through."

"Lord Qiao"'s men saw this group of people wearing red headscarves and did not want to cause trouble. They replied calmly: "I am just here to take shelter from the rain. I will leave after dawn. Please help yourself!"

"good."

The man in red couldn't tell whether the people from the Evil Slayer Division were real, so he could only take a few companions, find a corner, light up a fire, and bake them by the fire. However, both sides in the temple were From time to time, he cast a wary gaze towards the opposite side.

The night bats of the Evil Slaying Division were worried about "Master Qiao" who was healing freely, so they had no choice but to stay by "Master Qiao" and did not dare to act randomly.

The origin of the man in red was not simple either. He also noticed that these cloaked men were not ordinary people. However, he could not tell the reality of each other.

The two sides remained on guard against each other until the door of the Buddhist temple in the wilderness was pushed open again.

"It's raining so hard! If I can't find a place to go again and get caught in such a heavy rain, I'm afraid I'll get seriously ill!!"

At this time, the person who broke into the ruined temple was a young scholar. He was carrying a book basket and wearing a green shirt with patches. He boldly broke into the Buddhist temple. When he saw so many people in the temple, , was also surprised immediately.

"Brothers, I wanted to take a shortcut to a neighboring county, but I lost my way on the way. Today I want to borrow precious land for a night."

"It turns out he is a scholar."

The man in red laughed when he heard this.

"This temple is an unclaimed land, please do what you want."

The scholar took another look at the people from the Evil Slayer Division and found that they ignored him, so he nodded and entered the main hall of the temple.

"By the way, you look like you're dripping with blood. You might as well come here and warm yourself by the fire to avoid getting cold."

The man in red also kindly invited him to come over to warm himself by the fire, and the scholar fortunately agreed. He sat by the fire, took off his soaked clothes, and warmed himself up by the fire.

The man in red also took this opportunity to chat with the scholar. He was an old man, and after a few small conversations, he found out the identity of this poor scholar.

The scholar's surname was Zhang and his name was Junchen. He lived in Jinhe Prefecture. A relative of his had passed away and he was on his way to attend the funeral. Unexpectedly, it rained heavily in the middle of the night and he had to come to the temple to take shelter.

Zhang Junchen had a conversation with the man in red. In the middle of the night, he was so sleepy that he fell asleep on the ground with his luggage on his pillow.

He fell asleep quickly.

In the middle of the night, Zhang Junchen was woken up by the cold. He looked up and found that the bonfire had become much smaller and the main hall of the temple was flickering.

"There seem to be fewer people there!"

He yawned, glanced around, and found that the companions beside the man in red at the campfire were also dimming one by one, but there were originally seven or eight people, and now there were two less.

"You should have gone outside to relieve yourself, right?"

He didn't make any noise, closed his eyes and continued to sleep.

After a while, the rain stopped, the bonfire was extinguished, and a strange sound gradually sounded in the temple: "Click, click, click..."

It sounded like chewing bones.

This strange sound was a bit noisy, and the scholar Zhang Junchen was woken up again after a while.

He stood up to check and found that the bonfires on both sides were extinguished. This time, except for the fire on the man in red, even the group of people in cloaks surrounding the fire were also extinguished.

In the ancient temple, only the candles in front of the Buddha statues were still burning.

call!

A gust of wind blew by, and the three thick candles swayed.

"it's wired?"

Zhang Junchen murmured to himself.

"Why are there fewer people again?"

Yes, there were several fewer people in the temple. This time, there were only three or four people left among the seven or eight people around the man in red, and two people were obviously missing from the man in cloak on the other side.

Zhang Junchen felt a little uneasy. He turned around and closed his eyes, but this time he was pretending to sleep.

"Click, click, click..."

The weird sound also sounded again.

The cold wind blew over, the candlelight swayed, and a huge black shadow swayed slightly. The wind blew the candle and flashed past.

This time, Zhang Junchen, who closed his eyes, heard very clearly, "click, click, click", the sound of chewing meat and devouring bones.

"What on earth is it?"

Out of half fear and half curiosity, he quietly turned his head, opened one eye, and began to look at it secretly.

I saw a huge figure in the main hall, stretched out a hand, grabbed the man in red, opened his big mouth, and bit into it, making a creepy chewing sound.

Zhang Junchen's scalp was numb. He secretly opened one eye and saw clearly that the man-eater was the Buddha statue enshrined in the temple.

The Buddha statue was originally sitting on the altar. At this time, it leaned out and stretched out its huge arms, grabbing the remaining half of the body of the man in red.

"Click, click, click..."

After just a few mouthfuls, the lower body of the man in red fell into the abyss-like mouth. The Buddha statue's mouth was full of sharp teeth, closed up and down, and the corners of the mouth were dripping with blood.

Zhang Junchen was shaking all over, and the uncontrollable fear made him almost scream. He closed his mouth tightly because he knew that once he screamed, he would really die.

Suddenly, at this moment——

The head of the Buddha statue twisted mechanically.

It noticed Zhang Junchen lying on the ground, stretched out his dark arm, his five pointed fingers suddenly lengthened, and grabbed the scholar!

"Monster! How brave."

Accompanied by a loud shout, "Master Qiao" who was sitting cross-legged suddenly stretched his muscles and bones, his eyes that seemed to be open and closed suddenly opened, and there was a ten-thousand-character Buddha seal in his eyes.

boom!

"Dragon Elephant Seal" was activated instantly, golden light flowed all over his body, and the seals formed by his hands were blasted out. The atmosphere trembled, and the strong wind surged. The Buddha seals formed by "Master Qiao"'s hands hit the chest of this strange Buddha statue with one blow!