The two quickly stepped into the elevator and pressed the button on the top floor.
This time, the elevator can start normally without using the room card.
In the closed space, the remaining light suddenly dimmed, and a burst of fragrance suddenly came from the small space, and it became pitch black.
There was a sound of electric current flowing, and the lights suddenly brightened again.
In the flickering darkness, Kong Sang and Zhao Yuecheng leaned together, both of them holding weapons.
suddenly:
"Hiss..."
Amidst another burst of electricity, the elevator suddenly lit up for a moment. Zhao Yuecheng saw a person standing behind Kong Sang through the reflection next to him!
The man had his back to them and stood in the corner of the elevator.
"careful!"
Zhao Yuecheng instantly pulled Kong Sang over and stabbed out with the fish intestine sword.
Because the space is small, it is difficult to use the Wolf Fang Knife.
"Pfft!"
The fish intestine sword should be filled with meat.
But at this time, the elevator suddenly dimmed again.
Kong Sang summoned the soul-suppressing hammer and suddenly felt something cold beside him. Without thinking, he just hit it.
"Boom!"
In an instant, the elevator became bright again.
Through the reflection of the elevator, both Kong Sang and Zhao Yuecheng could clearly see the face of the person whose back was turned to them.
"Yang Cheng!"
"Zhang Qi!"
"Why is it you!"
In surprise, they saw the two of them slowly straighten their bodies.
Under the flickering darkness and the rapidly rising sense of weightlessness, Zhang Qi and Yang Cheng looked at Kong Sang and Zhao Yuecheng through the elevator wall. In their empty eyes, the fibers of the immortal grass faintly stretched out!
At this time, the two of them were holding hands, each tilting their heads and grinning.
A large amount of blood spit out from the dark mouth.
The blood began to quickly cover Kong Sang and Zhao Yuecheng's ankles.
"Wow!"
In the blood, something seemed to be staring at them!
"Um?"
Kong Sang and Zhao Yuecheng had a tacit understanding. One of them directly drew out the Fish Intestine Sword, and at the same time took off the Wolf Fang Saber and slashed horizontally at the two people in front of them.
Kong Sang grabbed the Five Emperors Money Sword and pierced it directly below!
"Pfft!"
A feeling as if it was pierced into some flesh and blood.
With a shrill scream, the light bulb completely shattered!
Yang Cheng and Zhang Qi completely melted into the blood at the last moment when the light dimmed.
"Ding dong!"
The elevator door also opened at this time.
Kong Sang grabbed Zhao Yuecheng, and the two of them rolled backwards to avoid the gush of blood.
Looking closely, the blood water is filled with immortal grass fibers that look like seaweed.
Kong Sang looked at the electronic screen of the elevator.
"thirty."
"We're here."
Kong Sang stepped forward and pulled Zhao Yuecheng up, and the two of them looked around.
This top floor seems to no longer allow guests to stay, and the overall layout does not seem to have many guest rooms.
The spacious corridor no longer has the layout of a hotel, but rather... feels a bit like a Zen room in a Buddhist temple?
"Could it be that...this is really Lanruo Temple?"
Kong Sang has a strange face.
The antique Zen temple layout is filled with Buddhist scriptures.
At the same time, incense burners, red lamps, and candles are all available.
The entire corridor was filled with the smell of incense.
"This red wall with black characters... really looks a bit like the architecture of the Ming Dynasty." Kong Sang murmured.
Soon, the two came to the only entrance on this corridor.
The two vermilion doors are typical Buddhist temple doors.
The two looked at each other, holding weapons in one hand and pushing open a door with the other.
"Squeak..."
What comes into view is a huge Buddhist hall.
When the two of them stepped inside, they saw that thousands of candles were burning simultaneously in the entire Buddhist hall, illuminating the room without light bulbs.
Looking to the left, there is a black six-armed statue with a ferocious face and a five-sided skull crown.
"This is..." Zhao Yuecheng stepped forward quickly, looked at it carefully and said, "This is a Mahakala."
"In Tibetan Buddhism, the six-armed Mahakala is the most powerful protector left by Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva beside Sakyamuni Buddha."
Kong Sang also came over and looked at it carefully.
The Buddha statue is made of wood, and the carving skills are very high. Many details can almost be described as lifelike.
only……
"The layout of this Buddhist temple is similar to that of a Ming Dynasty Buddhist temple."
"Moreover, if this is really the legendary Lanruo Temple, it was also a Buddhist temple in Zhejiang in ancient times."
"Why is it that in the territory of Han Buddhism, the protector god of Tibetan Buddhism is enshrined?"
"If we put this into the Ming Dynasty, this would be impossible."
Zhao Yuecheng seems to have a different opinion.
"Kong Sang, don't forget, when we were at the factory, Liu Shiyu's clone said that you were the host of Lanruo Temple and the black-clad prime minister Yao Guangxiao."
"In Buddhism, Yao Guangxiao has a bad reputation. He is even called a monster monk."
Kong Sang's eyebrows moved.
Zhao Yuezheng's hints inside and outside his words were clearly understood by him.
Lanruo Temple can be said to be a ghost temple infested with ghosts in the Liaozhai story.
My previous life, Yao Guangxiao, was also famous as a monster monk in history. Even the Battle of Jingnan was launched because of Yao Guangxiao's contribution.
Such a murderous monk...
To ask him to worship a compassionate and kind Bodhisattva may seem out of place.
But if it is the protector...
In terms of the concept of the wrathful aspect of the Tibetan Tantric Dharma Protector God, it somewhat complements Yao Guangxiao's approach at that time.
At this time, Kongsang noticed a scripture in front of the six-armed Mahakala protector.
This scripture seems to be a manuscript and looks quite thick.
After opening it, I saw that every stroke of the text was filled with murderous intent!
"The Buddha speaks to Infinite Intent Bodhisattva, good man."
"If there are countless hundreds of thousands of billions of sentient beings."
"Suffering from all kinds of troubles."
"I heard that this is Guanshiyin Bodhisattva. He calls the name with one heart..."
Kong Sang frowned: "This Buddhist sutra... should be the "Pinmen Pin". It tells the story of Guanshiyin Bodhisattva rescuing seven difficulties and resolving three poisons."
"According to Buddhism, chanting this sutra regularly can eliminate one's own killing karma."
"But...if I remember correctly, the content of this scripture is not so thick..."
Saying that, Kong Sang turned over to the back and couldn't help but be stunned.
Because in the second half of this Buddhist scripture, it is not the recorded "Pumen Pin" at all, but...an autobiography?
Zhao Yuecheng also looked over.
"My name is Tianxi, and my dharma name is Daoyan."
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The first eight words made Kong Sang stunned.
"Dao Yan?"
"It's really Yao Guangxiao!"
"This is his autobiography!"
In surprise, I saw:
"I became a monk at Miaozhi Temple in Suzhou, but I meditated on Buddhism every day, but I felt empty inside."
"Buddhist classics may be useful in prosperous times, but they are useless in troubled times."
"These are troubled times, and it is difficult for Buddhism to save all sentient beings."
"Everyone in the world is suffering, so I can't just survive by myself."
"I began to travel around, studying Confucianism and Taoist classics, and also went to faraway places to practice Buddhist teachings in India."
"Under the guidance of fellow practitioners of the three religions, I came to the last Buddhist temple on my way home."
"This Buddhist temple has no name."
"I met a gentleman here, this man... his name is Ning Caichen."
Kong Sang couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Ning Caichen?
Did this person really exist in history?
Zhao Yuecheng on the side was also surprised.
Just as the two of them turned the page, they saw that the handwriting at the back was blurry, as if the ink had been scattered after being smeared by water.
suddenly:
"Wow..."
The bell hanging on the beam suddenly rang.
The two immediately turned around and looked.
But saw:
"Bang!"
The heavy door suddenly closed. And at the main entrance of the Buddhist hall, on the filled spiritual tablets, the candlelight moved automatically without wind.
Kong Sang and Zhao Yuecheng looked at each other, and holding Buddhist scriptures, they slowly came to the spiritual tablets.
The first tablet that came into view turned out to be - Suzhou Ning Family, Ning Caichen.
Look around again.
The names on the spiritual tablets are not from the same clan as Ning Caichen, but are the names of people with different surnames.
There are men and women. Judging from the birthdays recorded on the spiritual tablets, there seems to be a big difference in age.
The youngest is seven-year-old Tong Meng.
The oldest one is an eighty-year-old man.
The handwriting on these tablets is the same as the handwriting of the scriptures in my hand.
Obviously, the spiritual tablets here were also written by Yao Guangxiao back then.
"Spiritual position..."
"Six-armed Mahakala..."
Kong Sang looked at Zhao Yuecheng:
"Dachengzi, generally speaking... in Tibetan Buddhist temples, are there enshrined Dharma protectors next to their spiritual tablets?"
Zhao Yuecheng thought for a while:
"Indeed... there is such a situation."
"Let's just talk about the Jokhang Temple."
"Generally speaking, after the death of a lama who has passed away with great respect and respect, or some great people, if necessary, their spiritual tablets can be enshrined in Buddhist temples."
"But... there are no such guardians as the six-armed Mahakala who are placed aside."
Kong Sang nodded.
The six-armed Mahakala is one of the incarnations of Avalokitesvara. According to Buddhist legend, he protects Sakyamuni Buddha.
It is indeed against the rules to place it next to the memorial tablets of some deceased persons.
But……
Kong Sang turned and looked to the right side of the entire Buddhist hall.
But I saw a solitary shrine.
There are many charms affixed to the shrine, which do not look like Buddhist methods.
After the two of them walked in, they found that the arrangement around the shrine seemed to be inexplicably sophisticated.
First, there are charms posted around the shrine.
Secondly, there are some special magical instruments placed around the shrine.
Such as golden flags, golden whips, rulers, hand stoves, etc.
The placement looks similar to the Bagua orientation, but the layers are stacked and seem to be particularly elegant.
The most important thing is that there is a female statue enshrined in the shrine, with four words written on it - Mrs. Linshui!
"Huh?" Kong Sang was stunned: "Mrs. Linshui?"
Zhao Yuecheng saw this and couldn't help but said: "You know?"
Kong Sang nodded: "Mrs. Linshui, also known as Our Lady of Shuntian, is a very special person in Taoism. She is regarded as the protector of unborn babies."
"And the most important thing is..."
"The six-armed Mahakala on the left, according to Tantra, is actually Guanyin Bodhisattva."
"And the one enshrined here...is Mrs. Linshui!"
"This method of worship is exactly the same as that of a special lineage in Taoism!"
"It's called... Lushan Sect!"
[Author's digression]: Little popular science:
The six-armed Mahakala mentioned in this article is a kind of protector god manifested by Avalokitesvara.
According to Tibetan, it is called Mahakala Gongbu and is the protector of Sakyamuni Buddha.
According to Buddhism, this protector is particularly prominent in increasing kindness and resolving problems.
Its shape is relatively sinister.
Wearing a tiger skin skirt around her waist, she has six arms shaped like bracelets made of venomous snakes, holding a magic sword, a rattle, a three-pronged fork and other treasures. There is a cinnabar mark between her eyebrows. A bloody skull is used as a chest accessory, and she wears a five-skull crown on her head, with a ferocious face.
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At the same time, the Lady Linshui mentioned in this article is one of the three ancestors enshrined by the Lushan Sect of Taoism.
The mages of the Lushan sect are divided into red-headed and black-headed mages.
The three main ancestors worshiped by Master Hongtou are Xu Zhenjun of Lushan in the middle, and Guanyin of the South China Sea and Lady Linshui on the left and right sides.
In some places, the location of worship will be slightly different.