Lu Xiao was not interested in Jiulang and Yongzhen's conversation about wolves. After stimulating Jiulang's fighting spirit, he left the Star Observation Tower first.
Nagama's network of contacts in Ashina is very large. With her as Isshin's agent taking care of Kuro, Genichiro, who actually controls the power of Ashina Country, does not dare to be harsh with Kuro.
If you want to completely cut off the immortality of Ashina Kingdom, the Source Palace, the source of the power of immortality, is a place that cannot be bypassed.
Lu Xiao left the process of searching for information about the Palace of Origin to Yongzhen and Jiulang, who were locals. He planned to go to Xianfeng Temple first to get the Immortal Sword of Tears of Worship.
Mount Kumgang is located to the north of Ashina Castle, and Senboji Temple is located in a beautiful mountain forest.
You should be able to enjoy a lot of beautiful scenery when you come to such a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters during the day, but sneaking into Mount Kumgang at night made Lu Xiao feel creepy.
This mountain forest is so quiet that you can't hear the chirping of insects and birds that should be heard in the mountains.
While passing by a Buddhist temple at the foot of the mountain, Lu Xiao suddenly heard a vague call.
"Anyone passing by, please stay."
Lu Xiao stopped in front of this dilapidated Buddhist temple, frowned and looked around vigilantly. His eagle vision did not catch any trace of anyone's presence.
The clear female voice ignored Lu Xiao's search and continued to speak from the Buddhist hall: "This Xianfeng Temple has deviated from the teachings of Lord Buddha and gone into evil ways."
"The monks here have abandoned their duties of cultivating Buddhism and indulged in the study of the power of immortality."
After entering the Buddhist hall, Lu Xiao finally discovered the source of the misty female voice, which was a portrait of Buddha hanging in the Buddhist hall.
Seeing this picture, Lu Xiao suddenly said, "It turns out to be you."
"If you are captured in Xianfeng Temple, something terrible will happen. Please turn around and leave immediately."
"If you have to go to Xianfeng Temple to complete something, please be careful, remember, remember."
Having said this, the portrait stopped making any sound, and Lu Xiao looked around the Buddha portrait with interest for a long time.
‘Sekiro is indeed a magical world. This method of transmitting sounds through the air obviously has nothing to do with science.’
Lu Xiao's eagle eye vision has not been turned off since entering the range of King Kong Mountain. At this time, within the effective range of his eagle eye vision, he suddenly captured three targets flashing red light.
The movement speed of these three targets was relatively slow. They probably didn't find Lu Xiao's traces and were specifically pursuing them. The regular pace of the three of them was more like a routine patrol.
‘Is it a monk soldier?’
After leaving the Buddhist hall, Lu Xiao hid his aura in the bushes, and soon three monks in yellow robes came in groups along the road into the mountain.
Among the three monks, the one walking at the front was an old monk, holding a tin staff in his hand. The two behind him were relatively young. The three of them were all muttering something as they moved forward.
It seems to be chanting Buddhist scriptures.
From the outside, these three monks appear to be very devout in their faith in the Buddha.
But Lu Xiao could clearly see through the use of Eagle Eye Technique that there were small bugs burrowing in and out of their ears and noses from time to time. Some parts that were arched by bugs could also be seen under the dry and blue-gray skin.
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This disgusting picture was hard for even the well-informed Lu Xiao to accept. Just as the previous reminder said, these monks had entered a semi-crazy state in pursuit of immortality.
Their flesh has become riddled with holes under the bite of insects, and their shriveled bodies are almost completely filled with insects.
Although Lu Xiao instinctively wanted to bypass these monks, considering that there were a large number of similar ones in Xianfeng Temple, he suppressed his nausea and prepared to attack, intending to test the strength of these monks first.
"Whoosh!"
The poisonous phantom arrow from his left arm was shot first, and after a short flight, it was inserted into the temple of the old monk who was the leader.
"Oh!"
When the old monk fell in response, a howl that did not sound like a human voice came from the mouths of the two accompanying monks who were protecting the temple.
They immediately locked the direction of the attack, and the two of them took a stance, taking small steps one after the other towards the bush where Lu Xiao was hiding.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Xiao forced himself to ignore the insects inside and outside the monks' bodies, and engaged them in close combat.
Enhanced by insects, the attack and defense power of these two monk soldiers were much greater than ordinary people, but their moves seemed a bit slow.
Lu Xiao used his gauntlet-wearing left hand to deflect the punch that was thrown at him in the chest. His left hand followed the trend and the hidden sword that popped out stabbed the monk soldier in front of him in the chest.
A strange thing happened. The monk whose heart was pierced did not shed a drop of blood, and his movements were not hindered in any way. As if he could not feel the pain, his back hand followed up and smashed Lu Xiao's Tianling Cap from top to bottom.
Lu Xiao's movement speed was much faster than that of the monk soldiers. After retracting his left hidden sword, he nimbly dodged the two monk soldiers' attacks and circled behind them at a speed fast enough to pull out the afterimage.
This time, he chose to target the head. The two hidden swords took advantage of the monk soldiers' stiff bodies to turn out of reach, and stabbed them into the back of the head at the same time.
"Well!"
Hoarse and unpleasant screams came from the two men's mouths, and the monk soldier whose brain was hit finally weakened and fell down.
Holding back his nausea, Lu Xiao threw the bodies of the three people under the cliff of Mount Kumgang. Lu Xiao summarized the gains from the battle while continuing to move forward.
"The first crossbow bolt destroyed the old monk's head. The hidden sword that penetrated the heart failed to stop their actions. It seems that the head is their weak point... Why do they feel like zombies?"
Strictly speaking, the monks of Xianfeng Temple can no longer be regarded as human beings.
Except for a small number of determined monks, their minds have long since died under the erosion of insects, and they only retain their body's instincts to continue their daily living habits.
Following the mountain gate and continuing deep into Xianfeng Temple, Lu Xiao successively killed 7-8 groups of crazy monk soldiers patrolling the mountain forest, and finally came to the closed gate of Xianfeng Temple.
Through the gate through eagle vision, Lu Xiao was able to capture a large number of red dots behind the door, but none of these monks fell asleep at night, and many monk soldiers subconsciously wandered and patrolled the temple like wandering souls.
If it were not for the restriction of magic power, Lu Xiao would really like to carve a set of runes on the gate of the temple and burn down the entire temple, which covers a huge area.
Aura blocking is of little significance to these monk soldiers who rely on instinct to act. The bugs in their bodies can always alert them when someone is approaching. Lu Xiao's infiltration process was not smooth.
"Crack!"
Pulling out the Hidden Blade from the head of the last monk wearing a bamboo hat, even Lu Xiao, who had an amazing physique, couldn't help but feel tired.
"Huh~ This should be the last one in this area."
There were more than 20 corpses lying in random directions near the Jieyinden Square of Xianfeng Temple, and some insects were still scurrying from between their facial features.
Lu Xiao carved ? runes on one of the monk soldiers, and all the surrounding monk soldier corpses were ignited by the magic flames. During the burning, the screams of a large number of insects could be heard.
Feeling the massive loss of magic power and the slow replenishment speed, Lu Xiao rubbed his brows with a headache.
"Sure enough, the supplement can't keep up with the consumption. It's better to use it sparingly."
The sending and receiving of magic flames was completely controlled by Lu Xiao. After confirming that all the bugs were burned, Lu Xiao extinguished the flames created by the runes and continued deep into the main building of Xianfeng Temple.
Unfortunately, the bridge directly leading to the main hall of Xianfeng Temple was damaged for some reason, so Lu Xiao could only take a detour to the dangerous training path.
Entering the cultivation path, Lu Xiao finally saw a living person here. It was the Xianfeng Temple's exclusive ninja - Luanbo Zhong, whom he had killed in front of the Star Observation Tower.
"clang!"
This group of short ninjas tried to jump down from the top of the training path while Lu Xiao was not paying attention, but Lu Xiao had already captured the positions of all the Luanbo people through his eagle vision.
After using his arm armor to block the short knife swung by the first jump-scare ninja, Lu Xiao, who was well prepared, used his left hand armor to grab his opponent's head, and his right hand's hidden sword mercilessly stabbed into the hearts of the crowd.
Looking at the five short ninjas gathered around him, Lu Xiao deliberately used words to provoke: "You are quite enthusiastic. Isn't it fun to guard a group of crazy monks controlled by insects?"