Gu Zheng's eyes suddenly opened, and his ears seemed to be still recalling the painful cry. However, Gu Zheng had already seen at that time that the evil spirit had pierced the old man's heart, and he was afraid that the end would be bad.
However, before Gu Zheng could think of the ending he saw, an old voice suddenly sounded in Gu Zheng's ears.
"Donor, you're awake."
This made Gu Zheng suddenly startled, and he immediately sat up and looked in the direction of the rest of the message.
I saw a bald monk, wearing a familiar cassock, doing something slowly behind his back.
"Master, where is this place?" Gu Zheng hesitated for a moment, then asked.
At this time, Gu Zheng discovered that he was in a simple bamboo house, and not far from him, there was a small bed, and Xiaoying was still sleeping on it.
Judging from the past, she should still know what happens next.
"This is on the fourth floor of the nine-story pagoda. I brought you back here directly." The master turned his head and said with a smile.
"It's you!" Gu Zheng suddenly stood up from the bed and said in shock.
There is no other reason, because this old man is Wu Xiang's master, and his face is exactly the same as the one Gu Zheng saw in the temple.
"Isn't it shocking, but I am just the last ray of consciousness placed in the Nine-Storied Pagoda, and I died under the cave long ago." He seemed to be talking about other people's things, and it seemed that the person who died was not him.
"Master, that's not what I meant." Gu Zheng explained at first, and then said in shock, "Did you deliberately let us see that picture?"
"It doesn't count, it doesn't count. In fact, it was all evolved from the Wuxiang child closing his heart and staying here. It can be said that the first four floors, except here and the fifth floor, were all deliberately left here by the other party, and
Fight against inner demons above level 5." The master sighed and said.
"But now, that kid Wu Xiang is feeding a tiger. He doesn't know that the defense of the nine-story tower is in danger. When the time comes, the inner demon can completely devour Wu Xiang through this tower. It's a pity that I can only stay here and there is no way."
"Inner demon? You are the one from the outside. The evil spirit all over your body is the formless inner demon!" Gu Zheng thought of the evil formless spirit and then said.
"Well, after the little spirit wakes up, I will tell you and you will understand everything." The master sighed, then continued to turn around and do something else.
Gu Zheng walked over curiously and found that the master was carving a piece of wood that was only the size of his palm. It was his own image. From here, the carving was almost completed, and the master was still carving little details on it.
As for what it was, Gu Zheng hadn't seen it yet, so he had to look elsewhere.
"Don't leave this room. It's dark outside. This place is different from other places. You are likely to be contaminated with something you shouldn't be contaminated with. It's better to try to avoid the following."
Gu Zheng looked at the endless darkness outside the window to see if the sharp lightnings were falling. However, he could not feel any breath or sound outside here. When he was about to go out and take a look, he suddenly heard the master's warning.
Seeing this, Gu Zheng retreated from the door of the room.
It's not that Gu Zheng doesn't doubt the identity of the other party, but after his own observation, he found that although the other party has no strength, he can't pretend to be a Buddhist master. However, he still has to ask Xiaoying after a while, and the other party will definitely be able to tell the difference.
come out.
Gu Zheng waited quietly here, but this time Xiaoying fell asleep for a long time, twice as long as expected last time. Just when Gu Zheng was worried, Xiaoying finally woke up.
The anxious eyes immediately caught sight of Gu Zheng standing aside. His eyes immediately curved into a crescent moon, which was very cute. Before Gu Zheng could step forward to speak, the other person's face drooped and he spoke in a low voice.
"Sir, have we all gone to hell? I heard that Katana Ksitigarbha is also a Buddhist. Can you send us back again?"
"What kind of hell are you going to? Why are you thinking about it?" Gu Zheng couldn't laugh or cry for a moment, and immediately stepped forward to help Xiaoying up and said seriously.
"I say it again, you can't forget. Even if I go down, you won't go down, and no one else will even think of stepping on my body to hurt you."
Gu Zheng knew that the other party still had too little experience and did not feel safe when encountering things. He had to reassure the other party. After this period of time, there would be no need to say more in the future.
"Yes!" Xiaoying nodded solemnly, as if she had taken Gu Zheng's words to heart.
"By the way, I saw the fish demon again just now, and the old monk." Xiaoying thought of something, and regardless of why she appeared here, she thought it was Gu Zheng who brought her here, and said hurriedly.
"Is this the old monk you're talking about?" Gu Zheng looked at the master and turned around, pointing at him and saying.
"It's him, it's him, the master of Master Wuxiang, the compassionate old monk." Xiaoying followed what Gu Zheng knew and looked over. A familiar face appeared in front of her, and she immediately subconsciously said loudly.
But as soon as she finished speaking, Xiaoying's body suddenly stiffened, as if frozen in the air, and she looked at the compassionate old monk. She looked at the other person looking at her with a smile on her face, twitching the corners of her mouth, and then turned her head little by little.
Xiang Gu Zheng had a questioning look in his eyes.
Gu Zheng's eyes flashed with a smile and he nodded slowly.
"You also said that we didn't come down, and we even saw the deceased Monk Mercy." A little fluorescent light appeared in Xiaoying's eyes, and she suddenly screamed.
"Okay, Master Mercy won't blame you. Don't try to fool around. Besides, we have nowhere to go." Gu Zheng sighed and said with a headache.
You don't need to look at the other person to know what he is thinking, let alone the compassionate master over there.
"Really?" Xiaoying said secretly again, covering her face with her little hands for fear of seeing her without tears.
Gu Zheng nodded, and then when he saw Xiaoying's face softening, she quickly jumped off the bed, walked towards Master Mercy, with a faint Buddhist light on her body, and gave Master Mercy a big gift.
"Xiaoying pays homage to Master Mercy. I am a lost soul who was taught by your disciple Wu Xiang. It was only under his teachings that I have such a level of Buddhism."
"You can see that I knew about it when you practiced in the secret room on the first floor last time." The compassionate master said with a slight smile, not minding what Xiaoying did to the child just now.
"Okay, I guess you should know that since I brought you here, I must have something to ask for, so I won't riddle you on this point." The compassionate master said to Gu Zheng in the distance.
"I don't know what Master Mercy's instructions are. If I can, I will definitely help you." Gu Zheng said firmly.
I have just communicated with Xiaoying and the others, and the other party is definitely not an evil spirit. From this point of view, it seems that the probability of him being Master Wuxiang is the highest.
"Help me, and I also help you. I know that you were captured by Wu Xiang and their inner demons. If you want to get out, then just take Wu Xiang's once closed memory out. And on the upper floor, there is a
Memory altar, bring his memory so that he will not continue to indulge in the bewitchment of his inner demon."
Master Mercy said so much in one breath, but Gu Zheng only understood a little bit.
"These are the memory fragments you came up on the first two floors. After you have seen the memory crystal I retained on this floor, you can become like this. Then when you are on the fifth floor, you must be careful. Although you have helpers,
But the opponent is more powerful, so you don’t have to fight hard, you can see the last memory by activating the altar, and you will naturally go out at that time."
"With all the inner demons gone, Wuxiang will naturally realize that he did something wrong. Unfortunately, I can't remind him. Everything depends on you, the donor."
Master Mercy's figure suddenly became blurry at this time, and his voice even became a little vague.
"Bring the statue on the table. If Wuxiang sinks too deeply, show him this and he will surely wake up. But don't give it to him until the end."
After Master Mercy said the last words, his entire body turned into a ball of blue crystal, with two similarly blue crystal fragments floating next to it.
"Master Compassion, didn't he forcibly break out of Master Wuxiang's memory and wait here specially for someone who can help Wuxiang?" At this time, Xiaoying suddenly thought of something and said with a horrified expression.
"Maybe so!" Gu Zheng also said solemnly.
In my memory, the cultivation of this compassionate master was not very high, and he was only in the middle stage of Daluo when he taught Wuxiang, but his magical power far exceeded his own level.
No wonder some people say that Taoism is about cultivating life by defying nature and changing life. That is the core idea. No one can leave the essence of the practice, but Buddhism cultivates the heart.
It is said that with each level of mental training, there is a chance of realizing a great magical power. Its power is really unimaginable.
Perhaps Master Mercy's own state has long transcended his own cultivation, and he has no regard for life and death.
"Then we want to take a look? I feel that after we trigger it, the people below will have to leave here forcibly and go to the fifth floor above." Xiaoying looked at Gu Zheng and asked for his opinion.
"Has Master Wuxiang ever told you what the upper four floors are?" Gu Zheng suddenly asked at this time.
"I once mentioned that there seems to be some evil demon suppressed in it. It should be the demon suppressed by the magic circle from my memory." Xiaoying thought carefully before saying.
"Well, after Master Mercy blocked the blow for Wuxiang, what did you see after that?" Gu Zheng looked at the memory crystal in front of him, and did not grab it. Instead, he came to the table and saw a lifelike little crystal.
The statue is erected there.
The warm smile on his face was as if the compassionate master was in front of him.
After being stunned for a moment, Gu Zheng put the statue away. It seemed that this was just a small object carved from ordinary wood, with no power at all in it.
"Master Mercy, although he was fatally injured, he did not lose the power to resist. Not only did he kill the evil demon, he then burned his own soul and continued to preside over the formation. However, in the end, he still fell short and failed to completely block the place.
, before his death, he asked Master Wuxiang to seal this place to fulfill his last wish, and Master Wuxiang also left there."
When Gu Zheng stepped forward, Xiaoying quickly told Gu Zheng what she knew next in a nutshell.
"Then let's get ready to take a look. I don't know what enemies are up there. How about you enter the scroll first?" Gu Zheng took out the scroll and said to Xiaoying.
"Okay!" Xiaoying also heard Master Mercy's warning. She must be careful even in ancient battles. There must be dangers everywhere, so she should go in to save herself from the trouble.
However, the light blooming on the scroll only flashed for a moment, and the next moment it returned to calm, leaving Xiaoying who didn't know what was going on.
"This place is sealed. It seems you have to stay with me. Be careful!" Gu Zheng put away the scroll with an expressionless face and said solemnly to Xiaoying.
However, he didn't have much worries in his heart. As long as it wasn't an absolute danger, Gu Zheng had great confidence in taking Xiaoying out.
Seeing Xiaoying nodding, Gu Zheng put away the two memory fragments, and then stretched out his hand to grab the blue ball in front of him.
As soon as Gu Zheng's palm touched it, the blue ball suddenly exploded into blue light spots all over the sky, fluttering and swaying around, and finally attached to the surface of everything in the room.
A strange wave suddenly rose in the air, and the whole house trembled slightly. Everything began to retract, and the chairs, beds, etc. slowly merged into the walls next to it.
Gu Zheng and Xiaoying sat quietly on the ground, letting the room gradually shrink, leading them towards an unknown place.
In an endless sea of sand, there is a very simple temple with only a circle of walls surrounding only a few buildings inside.
In the only main hall, a kind-browed fish demon sat quietly, and the beads in his hand were slowly turning, but it looked very laborious, because the palms were not as flexible as humans, and the string of beads before
The master is human.
"Haha, it's really ridiculous. I didn't expect that a monster who studied black magic would actually practice Buddhism, hahaha!"
The peaceful atmosphere was broken by an intruding monster, and a thick and strong ape with thorns all over his body walked in from the outside. He laughed when he saw this scene.
However, the fish demon still closed his eyes and paid no attention to the other party. He still stayed in place quietly and listened carefully. It seemed that vague Buddhist words kept coming out of his mouth, which seemed to be the clearing mantra taught to him by Master Mercy.
.
"Why, has your temper even changed?" The ape came with evil intentions and said angrily, but the other party didn't pay attention to it at all. He didn't even move his body, as if there was a pile of air in front of him.
"You know how much I paid to get my revenge on you. I didn't expect you to be hiding here. If I hadn't heard what the humans in the distant town said, there was a gentle and scumbag human monk here who actually accepted a monster.
As a disciple, I will not look here." The ape continued to laugh.
At this time, Wuxiang's movements suddenly stopped and he suddenly raised his head. His eyes, one red and one black, shocked the ape.
"Say it again, my master is a well-known master, how could you insult me like this?"
"I think you are stupid. It's true that the master transformed you into a monster when he saw you, and you can still be his disciple. It's really a nest of snakes and rats. I guess the two of you are plotting something shameful.
Thing." The ape here felt courageous, and before he could finish his words, he took advantage of disturbing the opponent's mind and launched an attack directly towards the opponent.
"No one can blaspheme my master!"
An angry shout burst out from Wu Xiang's mouth, and at the same time a black energy suddenly swept out of his body, instantly surrounding the apes in front of him.
"I'm not afraid of this little trick. I'm going to smash your head in repayment for the previous humiliation." The initially confident voice suddenly turned to panic.
"What's this?"
The black ball turned around and ran outside, but after only running a few steps, his whole body remained motionless in the air. As an unknown strong wind suddenly blew, the original ape suddenly turned into a black fish monster.
The formless inner demon finally appeared.
"You are finally willing to let me out, haha, believe me you will never make a mistake."
"Don't talk nonsense to me. Tell me how you can turn me into a human being. Otherwise, I would mind killing you right away!" Wuxiang's eyes returned to normal at this time, waiting for the inner demon in front of him to speak.
The hostility seemed to have completely disappeared along with the incarnation of the inner demon.
"Of course I know, but I've told you the consequences, don't blame me when the time comes." The Wuxiang inner demon just appeared at this moment, and it was still very weak. He looked at the Buddha beads in Wuxiang's hand and said immediately.
"Of course I know, do you need a nine-story pagoda? I do. Only in this way can I gather some people to help the master fulfill his wish!" Wuxiang stood up from the ground and walked outside.
After exiting the door, it was like entering a cave, with human skeletons lying on the ground who had been dead for an unknown amount of time.
The young Wuxiang, who had become a human body, was quietly reciting the mantra of rebirth. After a long time, he waved his sleeves and a black smoke came out of his body, transforming into the inner demon Wuxiang in the same human body.
The inner demon looked at the bones below, opened his mouth, and a black light penetrated into the bones. When he came back again, the bones on the ground had disappeared.
"It's really delicious, but the fresh one is more delicious. I'm just saying, why should I be so excited!" As soon as the inner demon opened his mouth, he felt a wave of Buddha power surging around him and said quickly.
This damn body actually transformed into human life and broke through the shackles of the Golden Immortal. If I had known it, I would have come out later, and I have been promoted along with it. Now I have no power to resist at all.
"I have worked hard to find these bones of lonely souls for you, don't be dissatisfied." Here Wu Xiang then dispersed the Buddha's power in his hand.
"I'm not saying, when will you be able to gather enough popularity when you are looking for people like this? Look at your temple. It is not gorgeous and is built in the desert. Only ghosts are willing to come. Why don't you refer to the suggestions and quickly fulfill your master's wish?
." The demon here rolled his eyes and said immediately.
"You know, regardless of the seal below, it will be broken out sooner or later."
Wu Xiang thought carefully for a while, and then said cautiously.
"If I don't go to hell, who will?"
"Wouldn't it be better this way? The birth, old age, illness and death of mortals are enough to maintain your human form. When you completely fulfill your master's last wish, the massive merits will be enough for you to maintain your human body forever, and I can also use this to take off the skin and truly become a human being.
Be independent!"
The inner demon seemed to know the desire in Wu Xiang's heart, and said cautiously again. After seeing the determination in Wu Xiang's eyes, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The screen turned again, Wu Xiang was flying in the sky, looking at the desert city that had been formed below, and nodded slightly.
"Master, I will definitely not disappoint your expectations!"
