The old lama walked into the main hall and motioned for Qin Yu to follow. Du Ruoxi wanted to go in, but was stopped by Zangula.
"Amitabha, Master only invites Master Qin. Madam, please wait here."
Du Ruoxi's eyes flickered, not to mention that Zang Gula was blocking this place, don't forget that there are so many reincarnated soul boys in this temple, it would be impossible for Du Ruoxi to force his way in.
Not to mention Du Ruoxi, on the other side of the main hall, after Qin Yu followed the old lama into the main hall, the old lama did not stop. He crossed directly across the main hall and came to the back of the temple, where there was a stone cave.
"Master Qin, all the truth you want is inside." The old lama looked at Qin Yu, and after Qin Yu glanced at the old lama, he stepped into the cave without any hesitation.
The cave is not big, but it is deep and long. It can only accommodate one person to pass through. There is no light, but according to Qin Yu's eyesight, there is not much difference between darkness and day.
A quarter of an hour later, Qin Yu stopped, because he had reached the end of the cave. Qin Yu's eyes fell on a stone wall in front, where there were several murals.
It was these murals that attracted Qin Yu's attention. The bright colors of these murals, one after another, gave people a strong sense of impact.
If a mural master saw these murals, he would definitely be shocked and excited, because these murals are not only bright in color, but also the characters on them are very vivid and well-defined. This sense of three-dimensionality and layering is what makes them so beautiful.
The current level of mural painting may not be possible.
What's more, the sense of vicissitudes on this mural already shows that this mural has a history of at least a thousand years.
Qin Yu's eyes fell in front of the first mural. On this mural, there was an old lama. At this time, the old lama was sitting cross-legged on the edge of the cliff, not far from the old lama.
A lama is reciting scriptures.
Above Lama, there are goshawks circling one after another!
"Sky Burial!"
Qin Yu whispered when he saw this mural. This mural depicts the sky burial ceremony in Tibetan areas, where corpses are fed to eagles.
However, when Qin Yu's eyes fell on the second painting, Qin Yu rejected his previous idea.
Because the scene in the second painting is still on the edge of the cliff, however, the lamas are waving their Zen sticks to drive away the eagles. Obviously, this is not in line with the ceremony of sky burial.
It's just the third mural that Qin Yu can't understand.
Because the scene of this mural has changed, it is equivalent to a movie. It was shown well. Suddenly the scene changed and turned into another movie. The scene of the third mural can be said to be the same as the Lama.
It has nothing to do with Tibetan areas.
What appears in the third painting is a bird. This is a strange bird with nine pairs of eyes, that is, eighteen eyes.
However, except for four of the eyes, the remaining fourteen eyes had blood flowing out of the corners, which made the bird look even more weird and ferocious.
And the position where this weird bird is standing is on a tree, a bronze tree!
The fourth painting!
Under the bronze tree, there were countless people kneeling there, seemingly praying for something.
In the fifth painting, there are three people in the painting, an old lama, an old Taoist priest, and a man dressed like a Confucian scholar.
In front of these three people, there were three objects respectively, the weird phoenix, a bronze tree, and a black cauldron.
The old lama took away the phoenix, the old Taoist priest took away the bronze tree, and the black tripod was taken away by people like Confucian scholars.
The sixth mural is the weirdest one. In this mural, there are only faces, but there are ten faces on it, and Qin Yu can be sure that these ten faces all belong to the same person.
In the first picture, the person still has complete facial features. However, in the second picture, the facial features of the person have become blurred. By the fourth picture, only an outline is left.
In the fifth picture, this face has turned into a lot of lines. It can still be vaguely distinguished that it is a human face. But later on, the lines slowly reduce, until the last face, the entire face
There are only three lines left on it.
The seventh mural, but this is the one that Qin Yu can't understand the most except the third mural, because there is nothing in this mural, only colors.
And this is also the last mural.
"Master Qin, these are all the secrets." The old lama's voice sounded from behind Qin Yu, and Qin Yu's mouth twitched after hearing the old lama's voice.
Seeing these seven murals is like not seeing them. On the contrary, it only makes you more confused.
"If Master Qin has time, you might as well listen to me tell you a story."
Qin Yu turned around, looked back at the old lama, and nodded.
"Since ancient history, the pursuit of immortality has been an eternal theme of mankind. Even the masters who are selfless and impermanent are also pursuing it."
The old lama's voice sounded in the cave, and the unique sense of vicissitudes of life made Qin Yu seem to have seen a thousand years ago.
"However, even these geniuses still have no choice when facing the end of death. They are also afraid of death."
The old lama smiled wisely at Qin Yu. In this smile, Qin Yu saw a hint of honesty.
Because, in Buddhism, there is a theory of reaching the Western Paradise through cultivation, but does this Western Paradise really exist? Who dares to bet on such an illusory place?
But as an old lama, such words cannot be said out of his mouth.
Therefore, only immortality can lead to immortality in the true sense.
But in this long process of pursuing immortality, there was one person who was ahead of everyone else, and that was the Queen Mother of the West.
The Queen Mother of the West here is not a god, but a queen from the Western Regions. This queen was the first to pursue immortality, and she also achieved a major breakthrough.
But no one knows what the specific breakthrough is. When people searched for the secret of the Queen Mother of the West, they discovered three magical existences, the phoenix, the bronze tree, and a black tripod.
These three things each have magical functions. The Phoenix can preserve a person's memory and pass it on in some form.
When a lama dies and his body is eaten by the phoenix, the lama exists in the form of a bird. The bird is the lama, and the lama is the bird.
And now, over the long years, it has become the ceremony of sky burial.
But this is an incomplete immortality, and no one wants to become a bird all the time.
Therefore, in the research of later generations, the theory of reincarnation emerged. In the process of studying why phoenixes can store memories, lamas discovered tattoos. They found that tattoos can also carry memories and can be passed down from generation to generation.
"Why can this kind of bird carry memories?" Qin Yu asked the old lama.
"Perhaps only Queen Mother Xi knows this." The old lama shook his head.
"If that's the case, will those who use this kind of phoenix tattoo eventually turn into a line face?" Qin Yu asked the question that concerned him the most.
Because, judging from the information he currently has, although the guano of the phoenix also has the effect of immortality, it has side effects.
"have."
The old lama nodded and admitted.
Qin Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, "If that's the case, then if you gather the bronze tree, phoenix and black cauldron, can you get perfect immortality?"
The reason why Qin Yu asked this was because he now knew the whereabouts of the black cauldron and the bronze tree. As long as he found the phoenix again, he would have collected these three.
"I have no idea."
The old lama still shook his head, but the next moment, he asked Qin Yu, "I wonder how Qin Guoshi understands immortality?"
"Immortal, immortal, non-reincarnation."
Hearing Qin Yu's answer, the old lama smiled and shook his head, "Even if you are immortal and do not enter reincarnation, it will only be this life after all."
Upon hearing the old lama's words, Qin Yu's eyes burst into light and he stared at the old lama with bright eyes.
However, the old lama didn't speak anymore, and Qin Yu didn't ask any more questions. After staring at the old lama for a while, the two of them came out of the cave at the same time.
Everything is left unsaid!
After leaving the cave, Qin Yu walked toward the front of the temple, but the old lama stopped. However, just when Qin Yu's figure was about to enter the hall, the old lama's voice came again.
"Master Qin, a thousand years of calamity is about to begin. This life will be the most glorious one, but also a life of destruction. Life and death are all in one thought. Thousands of methods and roads will eventually lead to the other side."
Qin Yu paused for a moment, but never looked back.
In fact, Qin Yu still had one question that he did not ask, and that was how these lamas achieved reincarnation after giving up their phoenix tattoos.
However, Qin Yu didn't ask, because he knew that it had nothing to do with him, and the answer he wanted was already given.
Qin Yu left the old lama and returned to the front yard without stopping. After looking at each other with Zangula, he left the Lotus Temple with Du Ruoxi.
"Qin Yu, what did the old lama say to you?" On the way down the mountain, Du Ruoxi finally couldn't help but asked curiously.
"The old lama told me that there is no real immortality in this world." Qin Yu replied with a smile.
Hearing Qin Yu's answer, Du Ruoxi curled her lips. In Du Ruoxi's heart, it was obvious that she thought Qin Yu was not telling the truth.
Seeing Du Ruoxi's expression, Qin Yu sighed slightly in his heart. By now, he had almost understood some things, and finally understood what the so-called life meant.
But it was precisely because he understood that Qin Yu's heart became heavy. The thousand-year situation was much more complicated than he imagined.
PS: The brain-burning plot is over. If you can understand it, just understand it. If you don’t understand it, just wait for the final reveal at the end. (To be continued)