Chapter 553 Heavenly Court counterattacks the Paradise of Elysium
Chapter 553 Heaven counterattacks Elysium
The inner world, Sanxiang City.
Late at midnight, the city became deserted, with only watchmen carrying gongs walking through the streets.
The watchman was in his seventies or eighties. Although he rarely appeared during the day, he was still aware of the rumors that had happened recently.
More than nine years have passed since the last Laba Festival. At that time, the number of Buddhist monks who ascended to the Paradise was several times the usual number.
Seeing that the cold moon is approaching again, the Laba Festival, which takes place once every ten years, has already begun to take shape.
More and more people are committing suicide, and gang members can be seen pushing carts every morning to dump bodies in mass graves.
He could guess from the frequency of corpse transportation that the number of monks ascending during the Laba Festival this year was even more than nine years ago.
After all, the watchman has lived for decades, and is vaguely aware of the truth behind it.
It's just that as a common man, he can only protect himself to the limit, so how can he have the courage to remind others to pay attention to Buddhist monks.
"Life is not easy, and you are always surrounded by wolves, tigers and leopards."
The watchman sighed and wrapped himself more tightly in cotton clothes. He just hoped that after the New Year would be completed in peace, the world would be better.
He went to the streets of the West District, and after walking through this area, he was considered to have done his duty.
But as the watchman gradually approached, he noticed several figures standing on the wooden shelves not far away from the wall. They seemed to be using rags dipped in paint to paint on the wall.
"who?!!"
The watchman was frightened, and he banged the gong in his hand, and then pulled out a water and fire stick as short as his forearm from the back of his waist.
"Someone is coming, go quickly!!"
"Let's go, don't get caught."
Several figures by the wall hurriedly jumped off the wooden shelf, and then ran into the alley. It was obvious that they had planned this.
The watchman frowned. The back of one of them looked more and more like the son of the old Li family. But the latter had already passed the examination and would be an official in the future.
His body is old and it is impossible for him to chase the figure.
The watchman lit a lantern and approached the wall to see what patterns there were.
I saw "Dragon King of the Four Seas" written on the wall with flying dragons and phoenixes, and a fairy with a dragon head and body, as if he was about to walk out of the wall.
He couldn't help but shudder.
In the past ten years, there were indeed rumors of immortals in heaven in various places, but according to Buddhism, they were all transformed by evil spirits from hell.
How did the Heavenly Court do it? It is said that all the towns in the south and north have been infiltrated, but they have always been suppressed by Buddhism.
Now that the Laba Festival is approaching, will heaven be resurrected again?
The watchman didn't dare to think about it and walked quickly towards the Yamen.
Not long after, before the people went to the early morning gathering, the wall-covered patterns had been cleaned up by the government officials, but they were still seen by many people and discussed secretly.
In the past two decades, Buddhism has become more and more unscrupulous in extracting merit.
In fact, many people are already aware of the dirty things inside, but they dare not say anything for fear of being dumped in the wilderness.
They originally thought that the wall patterns would be forgotten over time, and it would be impossible for Buddhists to find anyone who spread the word of heaven in Sanxiang City to hold them accountable.
But what I didn't expect was that within a few days, several people were escorted to the market entrance.
No matter how much he screamed for injustice, the moment the knife fell, the hot blood spurted out from his neck and the onlookers were covered in blood.
The watchman deliberately did not take a break and came to the market entrance to watch and behead people on the street.
But he stared at the body for a long time and didn't feel the figure of that night.
When the watchman discovered the Li family child who was secretly observing, he was even more convinced that Buddhism was trying to scare the monkeys, and the matter was not yet understood.
Sure enough, in just one month, more than 30 people were beheaded.
As if it was the beginning of a war, chaos broke out in cities and towns everywhere, and some small temples were even massacred overnight.
Taoist Heishui saw it, but he was not the instigator.
In fact, Ren Qing's instruction to him was to spread the name of Heaven, so Taoist Heishui never thought of dealing with Buddhism head-on.
But he didn't realize that there were only a limited number of insect warriors with the mouth-closing Gu.
With so many supporters in Heaven, it is impossible for Taoist Heishui to take care of more than a dozen towns, and they can only allow the situation to gradually worsen.
How could they hold back after knowing the truth about the meritorious monks?
Especially when the Laba Festival is approaching, it is the time when meritorious monks are most unscrupulous. In the two months before the Buddha's birthday, it is normal for tens of thousands of people to die.
"Something happened, uncle."
Ma Shan approached Taoist Heishui and gently interrupted the latter's thoughts.
Taoist Heishui came back to his senses, looked at Ma Shan, who had long since lost his youthfulness, and couldn't help asking: "Don't worry, what's wrong?"
"Someone in Linshan City leaked the news, and they were all arrested by the government."
Taoist Heishui pinched the bridge of his nose with a headache and quickly packed up his things and rushed to Linshan City. If the insect warrior who mastered the Silence Gu died, the Heavenly Court supporters in each town would be purged.
They did not dare to delay and went through the secluded mountain road that was opened up.
Then he entered through the side entrance of Linshan City. As a result, as soon as Heishui Taoist set foot in the city, he felt the oppression coming from his face, and there were various rewards posted everywhere.
Taoist Heishui's expression was astonished: "Isn't Buddhism crazy?"
Because according to the reward notice, on the day of Laba Festival, more than two hundred accomplices from Heaven will be taken to the vegetable market and beheaded.
Besides creating panic, what good does it do to them?
"Could it be..."
Taoist Heishui thought of the scene of a monk ascending to the Paradise. Although it seemed ordinary, it was just the process of the body's gradual disillusionment, but it was still unimaginable for ordinary people.
Buddhism should intend to use this to establish its prestige and become the nourishment for the world's respect for the Buddha under the auspices of the Buddha's Enlightenment Ceremony.
It is very likely that the meritorious monks will see that they cannot hide their evil deeds and are ready to do the opposite.
As long as we open up the quota for Buddhahood and allow a small number of people to join Buddhism, the rest will naturally become willing subordinates.
Taoist Heishui shuddered.
He began to gather his companions in Linshan City. Unfortunately, it was only a few days before the Laba Festival, and Linshan City could only enter and not leave.
In the end, Taoist Heishui only found three people to accompany him, and they were unable to influence the situation at all.
Taoist Heishui did have the intention of contacting Ren Qing, but his means were limited, and the refining Gus were all auxiliary Law Order Gus.
He had no choice but to take it one step at a time.
A cold wind blows.
The aroma of Laba porridge permeates the city. Compared with Sanxiang City, the Laba porridge in Linshan City contains a lot more nuts and mountain products.
The only platform in Linshan City used to achieve Buddhahood is at Caishikou.
Against the backdrop of the festive crowd, there were men, women, and children hanging around with their hands and feet tied. The number was far more than two hundred, at least five hundred.
It can be seen that Buddhism has not spared even the relatives and family members of those involved.
The people are a little complicated, but most don't want to get involved in trouble.
By almost noon, the warm sunshine was shining on the street.
Hundreds of prisoners greedily enjoyed a moment of tranquility, but the moment was broken. A dozen old monks, surrounded by novice monks, walked towards the market entrance and greeted the people.
In the inner world, the meritorious monk is the incarnation of the Buddha and represents the supreme authority.
The leading monk is named "Kong Xin". He has a tall and thick appearance, wears extremely gorgeous cassocks, and holds a bunch of merit relics in his hand.
Kong Xin came to the platform and first asked tens of thousands of people to chant scriptures after him, and then he said: "Amitabha."
"In the recent troubled times, due to the evil influence of heaven, a total of 1,200 households in Linshan City lost their lives. The poor monk feels extremely guilty."
Kong Xin shed a few tears, causing the prisoner hanging in the air to glare angrily.
However, they had not eaten for a long time and had no strength at all. Even if they could speak, they were drowned out by the crowd's voices.
They are like meat on the chopping board, completely at the mercy of others.
Taoist Heishui had a cold face and used his eyes to signal his companions to disperse. After the meritorious monk became a Buddha and ascended, he immediately started to save people.
They waited patiently, and the Buddhahood Ceremony went on in an orderly manner.
The meritorious monks will swallow a relic every half an hour, and then the skin will gradually turn into a metallic color.
At the same time, their bodies lifted off the ground and sat cross-legged in the air.
Buddha energy emanates from the stomachs of meritorious monks, making them look like reincarnations of real Buddhas, and then their flesh and bones collapse bit by bit.
"Got you."
Kong Xin opened his eyes with a half-smile and stared at the Taoist Heishui in the crowd.
Taoist Heishui did not hesitate to pull out the soft knife hidden in his waist, and while the people were fleeing, he killed the meritorious monk in Nirvana.
"Amitabha."
Kong Xin said with his hands clasped together, and tens of thousands of people calmed down inexplicably.
"The Heavenly Court is composed of 3,746 men and women. Just when you appeared, the temples in each town had already been dispatched. They must have been under control at this moment."
Taoist Heishui shuddered because he realized that when a meritorious monk becomes a Buddha, it seems that he can really have supernatural powers like the Buddha.
Kong Xin's expression was fanatical, his hands were spread out, and hundreds of mortals were covering their necks.
Their faces turned red because the lack of oxygen led to insufficient blood supply to the heart. Their limbs couldn't help but twitch, and blood flowed from their mouths and noses.
Compared with the scenes of meritorious monks becoming Buddhas, hundreds of people dying seemed out of place.
Even ordinary people feel a deep sense of desolation.
The officers and soldiers surrounded Caishikou, like catching turtles in a urn, and slowly moved closer to the Taoist priest Heishui.
Taoist Heishui suddenly became sober. He looked around and activated the Law Order Gu, which allowed the creatures who heard the sound to remember what he said.
"The plague brings immortality!!!"
"You don't really think there are gods from heaven in this world, do you?"
Kong Xin looked at Taoist Heishui with a smile, and when he noticed that the latter had no doubts in his eyes, he suddenly realized it in hindsight.
Why does it feel like he has really seen the gods in heaven?
Mashan and others also followed suit and called out the name of the Plague Bringer Immortal.
Kong Xin couldn't help but panic, and wanted to execute hundreds of prisoners immediately, and then concentrate on ascending to the Paradise of Paradise.
At this moment, the sound of bones colliding could be heard from the gaps between the floor and wall tiles.
Bone hands stretched out from it, and the smoke dispersed. Soon, under the witness of tens of thousands of people, the smoke took on the shape of a tornado.
A graceful woman came.
"The slave family, the Heavenly Plague Department..."
"The plague brings immortality."
Mrs. Bones glanced at the meritorious monks above her head, and saw that including Kong Xin, they had torn off her own head.
The meritorious monk is still alive, with his head held in his hands, welcoming the arrival of heaven.
At the same time, under Ren Qing's deliberate arrangement, the Heavenly Strange Realm gradually came to the inner world.
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