Chapter Five Hundred and Ninety Nine - From Diamond Terrace to Tree Roots Road
After making a long stay in the shrine (in fact, it was just the skill of drinking water), the group left the Xixin Pavilion and continued to walk towards the Jintang, the main hall in front.
"Huh?" Fujiwara frowned as soon as he arrived at the large platform where the Kintang of the Palace was located from the micro entrance of the Vajra Life Academy, which was facing the 99-90-Shasando Hall.
"What's wrong?" Firefly, who had been leaning against him, turned his head and looked at Fujiwara who was frowning with curiosity.
"In front of the shrine here..." Fujiwara looked at the guardian beast on both sides. "It's not a dog, but...ah, it seems to be right."
Generally speaking, the shrine should be placed in front of two roosters (that is, the so-called stone lions that pass through China). However, the shrine here is not roosters, but... two tiger sculptures with their shoulders shrugging and roaring in a half-squat posture?
"What's wrong?" Takeda looked at Fujiwara. "It's perfect to place the Amoo Tiger here if you worship Visakh Monten, right?"
"What does it mean?" Ai Haibara asked Chiyu in a low voice.
"You also know that the worship of Visakhsamtian here is a tiger," Qianyu explained to her immediately. "And the worship of Visakhsamtian is a tiger, so it is not surprising that the worship of A Moo Tiger, which shows the changes of all things in the world, is A Moo Tiger with its mouth open, which represents the beginning of all things, and the worship of which closes its mouth tightly is just a moo Tiger with its end of everything."
"Then what is the hexagram under our feet..." Ai Haibara nodded, but turned his gaze to the ground ahead - on the ground in front of them, there was a sixteen-pointed star engraved on a square ground of special material, with eight-pointed star sets and six-pointed star sets and a small triangle pattern.
"I don't know," Qianyu also had a confused expression. "To be honest, I can only think of the Jews when I see this hexagram."
"This is a cage pattern," Yuma, who stood beside them and looked at these patterns, turned his head and said to them. "Do you don't have such patterns in your family? The cage pattern that exorcises evil spirits and avoids demons."
Haibara Ai has only focused on professional things since he was a child. Although Chia has learned a lot of knowledge, he still lacks the understanding of traditional culture, so he naturally does not know the origin of the hexagram here.
The stone floor in front of them is called "Vajra Bed". It is said that the Golden Hall of the Anma Temple is built on the dragon's cave where energy is constantly gushing out. This energy connects the universe and the earth, and its power is very powerful. The small triangle engraved in the middle of the highest sealing technique, the cage pattern, which symbolizes the complete sealing of evil spirits, is exactly where this powerful energy gathers.
"You," at this moment, Fujiwara, who was standing not far away, asked them. "Can you go in and visit? It is said that it is quite effective."
...
"Are we going to the Kyuki Shrine?" Qianyu asked on the other road down the mountain together.
"It's just that there are attractions here, so I have to walk here." Fujiwara said as she walked in front. "Many attractions related to Genyosuke are here. For example, the one in front of the back - uh..."
In front of them, Yijing Gongbing Bishi - as the name suggests, the legendary Yuan Yijing once measured her height here when she was sixteen years old, but...
"Use this to measure height?" Qian Yu felt his eyebrows twitch. "Can I understand that the Source Meaning Sutra was not taller than this stone at that time, so it was used to measure height?"
"..." Takeda's mouth twitched for a moment. "I think...yes?"
However, the problem is that this stone is indeed a little shorter. Qianyu estimated that the height of this stone may not exceed 1.5 meters... Well, for people of that era, there may not be too much.
"But... Genyoke's image of Hideaki Kamiya collapsed," Ying chuckled and expressed her opinion. "Well--to be honest, although Ryuma Sakamoto was handsome at that time, he probably looked like a greasy uncle now, right?" (The hairline is very high, the hair is messy, and all combs backwards orz)
...
As the group continued to walk down, the trees around them suddenly changed. The Anma Mountain was full of tall and dense fir trees, but this section only looked a little strange. All the roots were winding and curled on the ground, making the ground that was quite flat elsewhere extremely rough.
"Tree Root Road," Fujiwara looked at the rugged ground in front of him. "It is said that Genyosuke has practiced sprinting here before, so he has practiced a good light craft... But this is obviously quite troublesome for us - especially now I feel that the bark here is wet, so be careful."
As he said this, Fujiwara took the initiative to hold Firefly's hand. "Be careful."
"Okay~" Ying immediately grabbed Fujiwara's arms with both hands, and then gently stuck out her tongue at him.
"Sprint in this place?" Qian Yu looked at the tangled tree roots and twitched his lips. "To be honest... I admire his athletic ability..."
"Yes," Haibara Ai nodded. "This kind of person definitely doesn't need to take any medicine. His flexibility is enough to meet the most stringent requirements of the sports performance test."
"That..." Takeda said to Yuma hesitantly next to them. "It seems to be slippery here, so..." As he said this, Takeda gently stretched out a hand to Yuma.
"Well..." Yuma nodded, then carefully placed his hand on Takeda's hand. "Then... let's go..."
In this way, a few people walked down the rugged tree root path.
"Woo—" With a scream, one of the feet that fireflies stepped on the root of the tree suddenly slipped, and their entire body fell forward.
"Yeah—" Fujiwara's reaction was quick, and immediately tilted his body's center of gravity backward to balance the forward rush. With a muffled groan, the Firewara, who had already fallen forward, was pulled back to Fujiwara's arms.
"Is it okay?" Fujiwara was about to ask, but found that Ying's brows had already frowned - even if she wanted to act coquettishly, she would not show such an expression. This expression only represents one thing besides distress.
"It seems that there is a more troublesome situation..." Ying grabbed Fujiwara's shoulder with both hands, and supported one foot on the ground, while the other foot just hung in the air like this. "It hurts a little..."
"Have you been sprained?" Fujiwara looked at the shoe that was barely tentative but obviously couldn't run freely.
"Well..." Ying nodded slightly.
"I really can't do anything to you," Fujiwara sighed softly. "Do you need me to hold you down?"
After Ying nodded slightly, Fujiwara looked at the terrain in front of her, then leaned her arms behind Ying's back and at her knees. "Lear down."
Chapter completed!