Tianfu is surrounded by mountains, and there have been many legends since ancient times, including Cuba Shu, Sword Immortal, Shu witchcraft, Buddhism, etc. There have been endless legends about cultivating immortals and immortality.
At the entrance of a village that looked slightly dilapidated, a pair of young men and women in Taoist robes chatted enthusiastically with a group of old people sunbathing. It was Tianci and Zhang Mengmeng. According to what Mu Yi said before, after passing this village, walk a few steps
After passing the mountain pass, we reached our destination.
"This mountain is called Dashu Mountain, and the temple on the top of the mountain is called Dafo Temple..."
Tianci asked the elderly people who were basking in the sun at the entrance of the village carefully about the relevant situation.
According to the villagers, Tianci’s target this time is called Big Tree Mountain, and there is a big Buddhist temple on the top of the mountain. It is said that a long, long time ago, there were big trees as thick as a person on the mountain. The temple on the top of the mountain had an enlightened monk; it was also famous far and wide.
The incense was very popular, but later, for unknown reasons, the temple gradually fell into ruins, and the big trees on the mountain died one by one. This place gradually became a forbidden area in the village. In the past two years, for unknown reasons, it suddenly became popular.
Strangers come from time to time.
"They all say that there is an underground palace in the temple, but in fact they are all deceiving people. In the early years, everyone in the village had entered the underground palace, and there were some magical weapons inside. They have been moved away long ago. Now there is nothing! I don't understand why these people are here.
What are you studying here? No, a group of people just entered in the morning, and the car is still parked there!~"
An old man in the village pointed to several off-road vehicles parked in the distance and said.
After bidding farewell to a few well-wishers, Goddess and Zhang Mengmeng sped up. Sure enough, after turning two mountain passes, they caught up with the team in front. It seemed to be a very experienced team, ten people, all of whom were professional wild survivalists.
Equipment, looking at the backpacks of the people in the middle, they seem to have weapons and equipment.
"Let's follow them first to find out their situation!"
Tianci and Zhang Mengmeng were together, silently following not far behind this group of people. Listening to their conversation, they also roughly knew the identities of this group of people:
‘The one who fights backwards’! Commonly known as the ‘grave robber’.
Not long ago, the leading man got the news from someone who didn't know where he came from, saying that there was an ancient temple on a barren mountain and an underground palace underneath, with countless gold and silver treasures inside.
It's inside. As the saying goes, "wealth can be gained through danger", these people think they have some skills, and when they are well prepared, they go together to make a fortune.
After Tianci thought for a while, he felt funny:
"As expected, this should be Mu Yi's credit."
When he led a team here to seek the chance of immortality, he was annihilated and left the God-given Dragon Subduing Wood inside. Although Tianci did not pursue the case and told Mu Yi where to practice, Mu Yi failed to practice.
, hope was dashed once again, so we reopened this place where we could not find out the truth.
I don't know how long it took, but the two Tianci chased the team up a hill. As shown on the map, they descended the hill and arrived at their destination.
The two of them did not rush to chase the team down the hill, but stood on the ridge and carefully looked at the "barren mountain" to the north.
The mountain does not look high, but it is surrounded by several mountains and is surrounded by mountains. According to the introduction of the villagers, the mountain is called Big Tree Mountain, but there is not a single big tree. The whole mountain is covered with yellow grass and black
, it looks particularly different compared to the surrounding mountains covered with green vegetation.
"It should be the big tree mountain we are looking for. What does it look like?"
"You can't tell, it's just an ordinary barren mountain!"
Zhang Mengmeng replied while looking at the barren mountains in front of her.
"If you look carefully, it looks like a seated Buddha, but it's just missing the Buddha's head. If I'm not wrong, the temple on the top of the mountain must be built according to human facial features, with artificial temples instead of the Buddha's head. This kind of place should be well laid out
It is a place of great kindness, but if not done well, it can be a place of great evil."
"Senior brother, do you still know Feng Shui?"
"Hahaha! I guessed it."
Big Tree Mountain.
Tianci and Zhang Mengmeng stood on a platform halfway up Dashu Mountain.
"Brother, according to what you said, this mountain is a seated Buddha, so the location where we are should be where the hands of the Buddha are in the seal, and the cave above should be the Buddha's navel."
Zhang Mengmeng pointed to the large cave three feet above and said.
"Yes, according to what Mu Yi said before, the entrance to this place is in this 'navel'. But that group of people has already gone to the top of the mountain, so let's go to the top of the mountain first."
"good."
When they were approaching the top of the mountain, the two stopped in unison and looked at each other, with a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.
"Senior brother, can't you go up?"
Because there are four more people on the top of the mountain. The team that followed before was ten people, but now there are fourteen people on the top of the mountain. These four new people appear, two men and two women. Listen to what people are saying, these four people should have been on the mountain all along.
Waiting for this group of people, there was an acquaintance among them: Mu Yi.
"Wait a minute."
Under the leadership of Mu Yi, the crowd began to walk down the mountain.
The two people from Tianci climbed to the top of the mountain from the side. The top of the mountain is three progressively rising platforms. There are huge temple ruins around each platform. The three platforms are connected. Its scale is much larger than the average temple. You can imagine the temple in those days.
prosperity. Nowadays, there is only a piece of foundation left in the surrounding area. Only the main hall on the middle platform is in tatters and there are still some house supports, which bear witness to the prosperity of the past and the loneliness of today.
"Senior brother, such a huge temple must have been prosperous for a while, how could it end up in such a miserable state?!"
"Yes, a temple of this size will definitely not be unknown. We have never heard of this temple before."
Tianci stood on the highest step, closed his eyes, and felt the place quietly.
"Junior sister, look."
Tianci pointed around and said to Zhang Mengmeng:
"Surrounded by mountains, there is no way out. The entire Buddha is trapped here; the sitting Buddha has no head, and the temple that was originally the Buddha's head is dilapidated and lifeless; and there is not much aura in this place. I guess the short mountain in front should be
It was built by humans in the later period. It was originally supposed to be an entrance and exit, and this place must be a holy land for cultivation. However, the mountain pass was blocked, and there was no way in or out around it. The holy land turned into a dead place. I wonder who did it?!"
"Well, senior brother is right! Let's go down the mountain, get the Dragon Subduing Wood, and leave here quickly. I feel uncomfortable here."
"Walk!"
When the two of them appeared under the "Navel" cave again, there was no one there, and all the previous people had entered the cave.
"Let's go in too!"
In a corner of the cave, a deep cave was revealed under a removed stone slab.
"Walk!"
With a bit of luck, the two of them flew towards the 'navel' cave together. The entrance of the cave was not big, but there was a cave inside. After walking down about ten meters along the entrance of the cave, there was a square stone chamber with three large characters engraved on the door:
‘Tianwang Palace’
The four heavenly kings with angry eyes are carved on the walls on the east and west sides of the stone chamber.
After passing the Tianwang Hall, the passage gradually ascends along the steps, and after more than ten meters there is another stone chamber:
‘Mahatma Palace’
There is a stone statue of Buddha enshrined in the middle of the stone chamber. There are some freshly lit incense sticks in front of the stone statue, which should be the salute of the team in front. The east and west walls of the stone chamber are carved with stone statues of eighteen Arhats.
"What a big project! Amazing!"
Tianci looked at the statues of the Eighteen Arhats on the wall and sighed to Zhang Mengmeng beside him.
"Yes, it's a pity that there is no spiritual energy."
The passage behind the Main Hall slowly went up, and soon we came to a stone room. However, the stone room was not square like the 'Tianwang Hall' and 'Main Hall' below. This stone room was round. A round stone room.
Sitting in the middle was a monk, a withered corpse that had been dead for an unknown period of time, wrapped in a ragged cassock, with its back facing the two people who came in; the mummy clasped its hands together and faced the hole on the other side of the stone chamber.
Looking at his pious posture, we can imagine his superb Buddhist practice during his lifetime.
Tianci bowed deeply towards the 'old monk'. Does Tianci believe in Buddhism? No! Tianci actually doesn't like Buddhism in his heart, and even hates it. It may be related to the group of invaders in the Lotus World, or it may be related to the people he encountered before.
It was related to several swindling fake monks. But facing the corpse of this devout old monk, Tianci naturally wanted to worship:
"The master must have profound Buddhist teachings during his lifetime! The younger generation admires him!"
After the salute was completed, Tianci followed Zhang Mengmeng to look at the murals around the stone chamber. Zhang Mengmeng, who grew up in Taoism, was not interested in the monk's corpse, but was very interested in the surrounding murals and had begun to study it long ago.
The murals are very simple. They are painted along the walls. There are six paintings in total. They look like a story:
In the first picture, an old monk leads his disciples to dig a cave, with the Heavenly King Hall and the Mahavira Hall behind him... It is the cave that God gave them to walk into;
In the second picture, in a magnificent temple, an old monk soared away while surrounded by many disciples;
In the third picture, a demon suddenly appears in the temple, and many disciples die one after another;
In the fourth picture, a great monk led many disciples to suppress the demon;
In the fifth picture, many monks demolished temples, blocked the exits of the mountains, and carved countless symbols on the surrounding mountains, seeming to seal off the place;
In the sixth picture, an old monk is sitting in a stone chamber, and under the seat is the suppressed demon.
At the end of the mural, there are some messy, seemingly disorganized symbols, which appear to be words engraved on them later. When Tianci deepened his consciousness into the symbols, a clear Buddhist sound appeared in his mind:
“There is no Buddha or demon in the world;
You are traitors to the Buddha;
Namo Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!
May I stay here forever to atone for the Buddha’s sins;