Entering the room, Gu Zheng looked at the similarly shabby houses around him, like an ascetic, with almost nothing. The only thing that caught his attention was probably the few cassock-like clothes, which emitted violent fluctuations of spiritual energy.
At this time, there were scriptures scattered everywhere around him, occupying almost most of the surrounding space, and Wuxiang was sitting on a yellow futon in the middle, with a pillar of sandalwood burning slowly behind him.
"Donor Gu, I can feel your help these days. I'm so grateful." Wu Xiang stood up and said to Gu Zheng.
"What's wrong with you! Why have you suddenly become so vicissitudes of life!" Gu Zheng looked at Master Wuxiang's face and said in surprise.
Wu Xiang, who originally looked like a young man in his twenties, now seemed to have aged ten years. His whole face had changed into that of a man in his thirties, and even his aura seemed to have changed slightly.
"It doesn't matter, I just haven't had a good rest for a long time. I don't value appearance so much." Wu Xiang smiled slightly, as if he didn't care about it at all.
"I asked Master Wuxiang to rest, but he was not sure about resting. He kept saying that there was not enough time. I didn't understand. Wouldn't it be better if we stayed here longer." Xiaoying, who had followed over, complained to Gu Zheng.
road.
"Xiaoying herself is simple, kind, and extremely intelligent. I can see that you have things to do, so you might as well finish them all in one go. I will have a good rest then." Wu Xiang did not answer, but said to Gu Zheng.
"That's really troubling you. We are doing more to help you solve this matter." Gu Zheng said politely.
"The problem cannot be solved. The only way is to move everyone away. Fortunately, my mission has been completed here. I just can't worry about these people." Wu Xiangxin said with emotion.
"What else should I do? There is still a huge storm outside, I'm afraid I can't get out." Gu Zheng asked, feeling relieved after seeing that Xiaoying was fine.
What you can do will help you feel more confident when you open your mouth in the future.
"Then I naturally have a way. Now, the first is to mobilize the city to continue preparing for evacuation. I can send people to do this. The more important thing is to help get rid of some accumulated evil spirits in the city. Don't worry about small groups either.
The most important thing is that the four Arhat statues here must be completely removed and kept clean. They will be needed to activate the formation in the future." Wu Xiang said carefully.
"Just leave this to me. I have nothing to do anyway, so you should take a rest quickly. I'll take Xiaoying away and wait until you feel better." Gu Zheng agreed and said.
"No, I will continue to teach Xiaoying. This is the critical moment and cannot be interrupted at all. The worst is to rest for a few hundred years and wait until this period of time has passed." Faced with Gu Zheng's words, Wu Xiang was direct.
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"Master Wuxiang, don't be so anxious, there's still time on the way." Xiaoying said crisply from the side, her childish voice full of worry. After all, Wuxiang's appearance has changed too much.
"Haha, I know you are worried about me, but how can a person with my level of cultivation be exhausted? That's it. Wait a minute, Xiaoying, please continue to explain to me the book you just asked you to read.
, Besides, you are not saying that you have some new understanding of some techniques, and you cannot interrupt." Wu Xiang smiled slightly, but still rejected their proposal.
"Okay then, it is indeed a rare opportunity to understand the technique, so Xiaoying, please continue to stay here and wait until I get better, or wait until you finish." When Gu Zheng heard this, he said directly without forcing it.
"Then Master Wuxiang, I'll take my leave now."
After Gu Zheng finished speaking, he waved to Xiaoying and retreated out of the room.
Seeing the door closing again as he exited, Gu Zheng walked directly outside.
Now that you have agreed to the other party, let's start with the four Arhat statues in the temple.
Gu Zheng knew the location of the four Arhats. They were at the four corners near the middle. However, there were Buddhist powers on them to protect themselves. Basically, they were also places where pilgrims went to offer incense. Those evil spirits could not get close at all.
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Gu Zheng understood Wuxiang's meaning and began to check the four statues one by one to see if there was anything missing.
When it got dark, Gu Zheng also walked out of the fourth statue. Everything was fine. There was no evil at all around the four Arhat halls.
"Hey, whose statue is this!"
Gu Zheng walked from the outside along the main road to the inside. He was about to go back when he saw a rather strange hall on the way.
There are no candles lighting up the surrounding area of this hall, as if it is deeply hidden here and is inconspicuous at all.
But this position seems to be facing downwards in the center. The door was closed before, but now it has been opened, revealing human figures and candles lightly lit by incense candles.
Gu Zheng thought for a moment and leaned over curiously.
At first glance, it is clear that this hall is not open to ordinary pilgrims, and it is unclear who is being enshrined inside.
For a time, many specific Buddhist figures flashed through Gu Zheng's mind, but he could not think of the reason why they were placed here.
When they walked inside, the three figures inside were startled when they heard the movement behind them. When they looked back, they found that it was Gu Zheng, and they let go of their vigilance.
"Who is this person?" Gu Zheng couldn't help but ask when he saw that Qi Cha, who had led the way before, was also here.
The statue in front of me is some years old. It is of a strange man. He looks older. The lifelike statue is full of wrinkles and looks more like an ordinary old man.
"Gu benefactor, this person is the master of Master Wuxiang, but he has passed away. Every seven days, we will come over to burn incense sticks for him and recite scriptures at the same time." Qi Cha asked when he saw Gu Zheng.
He said quickly.
The other two people continued to light incense candles, and the incense burner in front of them was almost full.
"That's it." Gu Zheng also took out a few sticks from the side, lit them, put them into the incense burner in front of him, and then said.
"Then you go on, I won't disturb you anymore."
As he said this, Gu Zheng took two steps back, but did not leave. He subconsciously began to look around for any evil spirits.
There was no one sitting on the ground below. He sat with his feet crossed, closed his eyes, and almost at the same time began to recite a ritual.
A faint murmur sounded in the slightly empty hall.
Although these three young monks can be said to have no cultivation level, a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere permeates the surroundings, making people feel very comfortable.
After scanning around here, Gu Zheng also found that there was no strange smell around him, so he was about to go back. Suddenly, a faint golden light flashed in front of him, which made Gu Zheng's figure pause and feel
It seems like there is something there.
Gu Zheng looked towards the place where the golden light was shining, and found that it was a book in the hands of the statue in front of him.
But looking at it now, I saw that the book was also carved from a stone statue. Except for the outline, it was impossible to open it. In Gu Zheng's eyes, it was just a stone, and it was also that gray-white color at this time.
But Gu Zheng noticed that the little smoke from the incense candle below seemed to be slowly being absorbed by the book.
Gu Zheng once again shifted his gaze to other places, and at the same time, he focused on the stone book that had just emitted a strange golden light.
But there was nothing suspicious about the other parts. Gu Zheng's eyes kept lingering on it. He believed that he was definitely not dazzled just now and would be able to detect it if the other party appeared again.
Half a day passed, and the voices of Qi Cha and the others began to grow deeper, as if they were about to end, and the incense candles in front of them only had the last bit left.
Just when Gu Zheng was about to give up, he suddenly noticed that the book he was paying attention to all the time suddenly flashed a golden color again, and almost turned into pure gold in the blink of an eye.
Gu Zheng, with quick eyesight and quick hands, subconsciously sucked forward. The stone book, which was originally a stone statue inlaid with each other, unexpectedly came out of it with a "swish" and fell into Gu Zheng's palm the next moment.
Gu Zheng stared at the golden book in his hand, which was as smooth as silk.
And it was originally a foot thick, but now it's only a few thin layers.
Glancing over it, I found that the entire book was transparent yellow, and I could see my palm through it.
The golden words like tadpoles were swimming on it, and they were all densely packed in front of Gu Zheng's eyes. He just glanced at it a few more times without even opening the page. He felt dizzy and quickly looked away.
"Gu Don, we have to leave and seal this palace." At this time, Qi Cha and the others got up and prepared to leave.
"Oh!" Gu Zheng agreed subconsciously, and then walked out of the hall door with the golden book in hand.
"crunch"
The heavy door was slowly pulled back by the two of them. Through the increasingly narrow gap, Gu Zheng could clearly see that the stone book was still in the palm of the statue.
But the golden book in his hand still glowed with a hazy golden light, as conspicuous as a firefly in the already completely dark darkness.
"Gu Donor, we are going back first. Is there anything else we need to do? Please feel free to ask, Master Wuxiang has already said that anything can be done to fulfill your wish." Qi Cha was stunned when he saw Gu Zheng here. He spoke again.
"There is nothing you need to do. I have something in my hand. Can't you see it?" Gu Zheng looked at the other person's eyes and looked at him. He didn't even look at his hand from the corner of his eye. He couldn't help but put his palm on his chest and asked. road.
"There is nothing. Does the ancient benefactor have something for us to hand over?" A trace of doubt flashed in Qi Cha's eyes, and he asked with some confusion.
"It's okay, you go back first, I'll go back right now." Gu Zheng looked at the book in his hand, which was getting dimmer, and decided to go back first.
It was late at night before he knew it. Gu Zheng sat on the bed and looked at the scripture in his hand.
At this time, the tadpole on it was completely motionless, like a dead thing, but I couldn't understand the text. It seemed to be a very unpopular Buddhist text.
Gu Zheng carefully opened the book, which was as thin as a cicada's wings, and found that there were only a few pages. There were golden tadpoles scattered on it every night, frozen on it.
After a while, Gu Zheng put it away helplessly. He didn't understand anything at all. It was like a blind man lighting a lamp in vain.
It seems that when I have time to ask Wu Xiang, maybe he knows something, after all, the statue of his master suddenly appeared.
It's better to wait until Xiaoying comes out and then ask Wuxiang.
Early the next morning, Gu Zheng spent three days to completely eliminate all the larger evil spirits in the temple, and then turned around and walked out of the city.
"Guizi's father, what did you do? I just left for a while. Look at Guizi's body, covered with mud. Don't you know that you can't even afford to buy another one after washing it?"
"I just turned my head and he fell to the ground, and he knew money, money, money."
"It was you..."
"I.."
Gu Zheng was walking in a small alley when he heard that a person next to him got very angry because of a trivial matter, and he had no choice but to reveal all the shortcomings of the other person.
Looking at the bright golden shield in the sky, invisible golden light spots are falling from the sky all the time, falling downwards, constantly purifying the faint evil spirit in the air.
Therefore, all the people in the cities below are a little irritable and quarrel at every turn, but they try to restrain themselves because everyone knows that this situation is threatening and amplifying the negative emotions in their hearts.
Gu Zheng glanced at the normally invisible black fog and raised his hand, a large ray of light burst out from his hand and swept towards the surroundings like a storm.
After half a day, Gu Zheng walked towards another street again.
As the surrounding evil spirits were temporarily swept away, the couple who had just been quarreling suddenly stopped.
"sorry!"
The two people shouted at the same time, and the nameless fire in their hearts disappeared almost in the blink of an eye.
Three streets later, Gu Zheng returned to the temple again and swallowed a pill to speed up his recovery.
It lasted for another ten days. Fortunately, Shahai City was not a big city, otherwise Gu Zheng would have died of exhaustion there.
Even Gu Zheng felt that the situation was getting better and better now, and all the evil spirits seemed to have disappeared.
The people in the city were also mobilized, packed up their belongings, and waited for a suitable opportunity for Wu Xiang to lead them out of here and move to the nearest country.
On this day, when Gu Zheng finally finished everything, he returned to his room again as night was about to fall, only to find that small figures were already waiting for him inside.
"Master!"
The little voice sounded in the air in surprise.
"What a coincidence. I just finished everything here and you came back. It seems that Master Wuxiang's calculations are really accurate." Gu Zheng looked at Xiaoying and laughed.
I haven’t seen her for half a month, but there is a faint Buddhist light on Xiaoying’s body, as if she is an enlightened monk.
But there is also an advantage. That layer of Buddha's light actually conceals Xiaoye's aura, and even people in the late Daluo period may not be able to detect it.
"That's right, Master Wuxiang praised me and said I was a genius among geniuses. Hehe, he also asked me to spend ten years in a tower. It only took ten days in the outside world. I almost gave him all the knowledge.
It’s all gone, I’m so good.” Xiaoying’s smile was as bright as a flower, and she couldn’t help but spin around in front of Gu Zheng, as if she was asking for credit.
"However, I still haven't understood my own skills. I feel a little bit behind. Is it because I am a ghost? I can only improve myself by devouring others." In the blink of an eye, the happy Xiaoying stood up again.
He said with a sullen face and a bit of inferiority complex.
"Ten years!" Gu Zheng muttered in his heart, thinking that the nine-storied pagoda could even interfere with the passage of time, a world in a grain of sand. It seems that this time he really showed favor to the other party.
Although it is not for myself, I still have to bear it, after all, it is for my nominal soul child Xiaoying.
In comparison, what I did was a bit insignificant.
"No, I have never seen any ghost who can practice Buddhism and study it to such a profound level. Besides, you have only been practicing for a few days, and others who have been practicing for millions of years may not be as good as you." Gu Zheng said.
The side comforted him.
Although Gu Zheng didn't know exactly what level she could reach at this time, but based on his own observation, he could tell that the opponent had at least reached the Golden Immortal stage, which was really terrifying.
Although everything comes down to her own foundation, it is also said that her understanding is so amazing. No wonder Wuxiang wants to teach her so eagerly.
"Besides, some things also require chance. Maybe next time your inexperienced insights will be able to complete the idea in your mind." Gu Zheng continued to comfort him.
"Yes, yes, I understand." Xiaoying's face had dark clouds coming and going quickly. After hearing various words, she felt that she was a little eager to get things done.
"But I felt that in the end, Master Wuxiang didn't teach me anything. He explained it well, so he kicked me out. It's really a pity. It didn't feel like he wanted me to come back to meet you, but it seemed like he was driving me away.
It's so weird to go the same way." Xiaoying said with some confusion as she watched Gu Zheng walk into the room to rest at the table.
"Maybe there is something urgent. Take a look at this. Do you recognize it?" Gu Zheng took out the book he got, put it on the table, and said to Xiaoying.
"Something is familiar, but I can't recognize it." Xiaoying flew over and looked at the tadpoles above and said, "In the end, Master Wuxiang explained to me the origin of this kind of writing. I came out just at the beginning, but I recognized two of them.
word."
"Is it about Buddhism?" Gu Zheng asked with great interest.
"No, this and this are the words "hell" and "hell" respectively. It's really strange. The two words are so far apart. Why do they give me a very scary feeling?" Xiaoying suddenly shuddered.
His little face also turned pale.
"Then stop reading and don't force yourself." Gu Zheng put away the books in front of him and said in a deep voice.
"While it's not too late, let's go ask Master Wuxiang. Maybe he knows something."
With that said, the two people took advantage of the fact that the night was not completely dark and walked towards the back.
Their speed was not very fast, and by the time they reached the entrance of the backyard, it was completely dark.
At this time, a young monk came out of the backyard in despair, not knowing what to do.
"What's going on?" Gu Zheng grabbed the other person and found that he was a member of the group who performed sacrifices with Qi Cha last time.
"I'm going to inform the other fellow disciples that Senior Brother Qing has disappeared. I've been looking for him all over just now." The young monk saw that it was Gu Zheng and said forcefully.
"How is that possible? When I came out in the afternoon, I saw him guarding the door." Xiaoying subconsciously said in surprise.
"Forget it, you go first, let's go find Master Wuxiang first." Gu Zheng let go of the young monk and hurried inside with a serious look on his face.
