The strange movement of the abbot of Xianfeng Temple made Lu Xiao feel a little creeped out. He breathed a sigh of relief after confirming through his eagle vision that the old monk had indeed left the main hall.
I briefly looked through the handwriting left by the abbot, which recorded the speculation about the origin of "worm" and the real reason why the monks are obsessed with studying immortality.
Insect-possessed people are a unique and strange existence in Ashina Kingdom. According to the abbot's handwriting, it is speculated that the parasites that enter the human body should originally come from the main water source flowing through Ashina Kingdom, which is also the source of water that local people worship every year according to custom.
Based on the summary and analysis of information collected by Senboji Temple over the years, it can be roughly understood that the source water comes from the Valley of the Fall, and then merges into Ashina's domestic rivers throughout the country.
People in this era have not yet developed the habit of drinking cooked water on a large scale. Many people drink clear and pollution-free river water when walking in the wild.
Anyone who has received modern education knows that raw water contains a large number of parasites.
It is precisely because of this that the immortal insects mixed into the source water entered the bodies of some residents of Ashina Country who drank raw water, and they became parasites without being aware of it.
Being parasitized by insects is certainly not a good experience, but the monks of Xianfeng Temple accidentally discovered a problem while studying these parasites.
A monk parasitized by this weird bug will not die no matter how seriously injured he is, just like the "indestructible golden body" mentioned in Buddhist scriptures.
At that time, the master of Immortal Peak and the senior monks in the temple were ecstatic. They thought that the insects were trials and rewards given to them by the Buddha. Under the influence of the insects on the minds of the monks, they gradually fell into in-depth research on the power of immortality and could not extricate themselves.
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Senbo Temple has obtained a large amount of precious information that outsiders cannot know during years of research. They even began to pursue the Palace of Origin and Sakuraryu, the source of the immortal power.
The success rate of the experiment on the Son of Change is quite low. Most of the war orphans abducted by the Luanbo people died during the experiment. Only one lucky little girl survived the experiment and possessed some of the orthodox Sons of Long Yin.
Ability.
However, the son of Bianruo who was used as an experimental subject hated the executioners of Xianfeng Temple deeply. The moment she gained strength, she permanently closed the door to the inner hall and used the illusion that existed in Xianfeng Temple to separate the inner hall and the inner hall.
Completely isolated from the outside world.
Unless they get her permission, it is impossible for ordinary people to see her in person through the trial of the illusion.
Years of hard work were in vain. Under the enlightenment, the contemporary abbot of Xianfeng Temple finally woke up from his fanatical pursuit of the gift of immortality.
However, it was already too late at this time. Most of the monks in Xianfeng Temple who originally devoted themselves to practicing Buddhism fell into madness due to the erosion of insects. The few senior officials who were still sober were also lost in the study of the power of immortality.
The abbot of Xianfeng Temple, who was also deeply parasitized by insects, was unable to stop the crazy behavior of his monks. He had been hoping that an outsider could break through the guards of the monk formation, enter the illusion, communicate with the Son of Transformation and gain her approval, and use the Immortal Slash to end it.
The never-ending pain and madness of Senboji Temple.
The Everlasting Travel Scripture obtained by Lu Xiao in the cave described in more detail the results of Xianfeng Temple's research on the power of immortality. They even speculated on the origin of this alien dragon species through the existence of Yinglong - a dragon from across the western sea.
Ming Dynasty.
"really."
When Lu Xiao first played the game, he felt that the Sakura Dragon looked very much like what was described in traditional Chinese culture. The ending of Return of the Dragon even made it crazy clear that the next game would go to the other side of the sea to find the source of the Sakura Dragon.
However, Lu Xiao's world mission did not require him to go to the Ming Dynasty. If it was not necessary, Lu Xiao did not intend to get involved in this matter. After all, his motherland, which is vast and rich in resources, was much deeper than the island nation of Japan.
As for the third task, without any clues revealed, Lu Xiao ignored it for the time being. It was a non-essential task anyway.
"Dingling~"
Picking up the magic bell on the table and shaking it gently, the refreshing ringtone pulled Lu Xiao's consciousness into a magical spiritual space.
The main building in this space is still a Buddhist temple, which may be related to the life experience of the illusion builder.
The screen facing the entrance to the fantasyland is painted with three monkeys of different shapes, and the last screen is only blank.
"Ah... are we about to get to the part of catching monkeys that I hate the most?"
Lu Xiao slapped his forehead helplessly. He had put a lot of effort into catching four monkeys before. For him, catching monkeys was more difficult than beating the boss.
"first……"
"Squeak!"
As Lu Xiao suddenly grabbed it behind him, an invisible monkey let out a panicked cry, and was caught by Lu Xiao's big hand by the neck.
"Let's go!"
He picked up the monkey and threw it towards the blank screen without painting. As the monkey blended into the screen, a figure of an autistic monkey with his back to Lu Xiao appeared on the surface of the screen.
After all, the eight weeks are not in vain. After catching the most easily ignored phantom monkey, the remaining three are relatively simple.
The monkeys here are actually controlled by the souls of the dead Sons of Change. They are just to block the bad guys who try to contact and harm their companions.
The Buddhist temple located in an independent space gives people a sense of tranquility and solemnity. While searching for the three monkeys, Lu Xiao also met a monk from Xianfeng Temple who was here for unknown reasons.
Unlike other monks at Xianfeng Temple, this ascetic-looking monk showed no traces of parasites on his body.
"Monk, who are you and why are you in this illusion?"
"who I am?"
The monk scratched his head in confusion: "I don't remember. I came here to practice. Compared with the noisy outside world, this quiet place is more suitable for me to understand the true Buddhist way."
"Donor, are you here to catch monkeys too?"
The monk sighed: "Five years? Or 10 years ago? There once was a female donor who entered the illusion and tried to catch these monkeys."
"Unfortunately, after many failures, the female donor finally chose to give up. I hope you, the donor, can be more patient."
The monk, who couldn't remember his name, explained to Lu Xiao that the three monkeys were called the watching monkey, the hearing monkey and the speaking monkey.
You can roughly guess their respective abilities from their names.
Watching monkeys have good eyesight, hearing monkeys have excellent hearing, and talking monkeys are good at inciting phantom monkeys to attack their pursuers.
"A few years ago, someone came looking for Immortal Slash?"
Lu Xiao touched his chin thoughtfully, 'Could it be the two previous generation Long Yin group named Zhang and Ba?'
The husband is the son of Long Yin of the previous generation, whose gender is unknown, and Ba Ze is his (her?) attendant and the blessing of Long Yin of the previous generation.
Judging from Yongzhen's description of his master Dogen, this unusual disease, Dragon Cough, was once widely spread in Ashina Country.
Lu Xiao speculated that it should be caused by Tomoe, who was the one blessed by Long Yin, who died too many times while searching for a way to cut off immortality, and unconsciously absorbed the life force of other residents of Ashina Land.
Jo and Tomoe have never appeared in the Sekiro games, and we can only learn about their experiences from the descriptions of other characters.
Tomoe is a female warrior with beautiful appearance and superb skills. Even Isshin Ashina would be stunned by her appearance and temperament, and was almost killed on the spot by the angry Tomoe.
Ashina Genichiro also once studied under Tomoe, and learned from her the so-called heretical techniques of Tomoe's thunder and the flying sword technique.
Judging from the guilt-filled records in the letters left by the abbot of Xianfeng Temple, when Zhang and Ba came to seek the Immortal Slash, the abbot of Xianfeng Temple, who had not yet fully realized his enlightenment, deliberately hid the Immortal Slash in the inner hall on the other side of the illusion, preventing his husband from letting him.
Heba found it.
And Ba probably failed to pass the trial of the illusion, and naturally he did not get the Immortal Slash, and failed to achieve the severance of immortality sought by Long Yin's son-in-law.
'strangeness.'
Thinking of this, Lu Xiao suddenly discovered a paradox.
'Since Long Yin's son and Long Yin's blessing are both immortal, what happened to Zhang and Ba?'