Mysterious Martial Arts: The Record of the Swordsman

Chapter 224 Missing the Tomb of Heroes of the Five Tombs

A building collapsed on a remote cliff, and the noise would not be much louder than a pillar burning in a warehouse. However, when Jiang Wen rushed to the mountain house, Abbot Hongbian had already brought his people to the place first.

The monks of Xitan Temple made way for a passage, and Jiang Wen passed through it briskly, facing the ruins that had turned into a mess. Abbot Hongbian bowed his head and chanted sutras. On Wen's body, but on Jiang Wen's face, there was still no hint of emotion.

The monks next to him were all stained with smoke and fire, and their expressions had not calmed down from the panic of the fire in the warehouse, and then they were facing a more severe situation. They may have imagined various possibilities, but they probably did not expect that Jiang Wen would Come back so fast.

"Amitabha, it's all my fault that I didn't think carefully, and was taken advantage of by thieves..."

Abbot Hongbian finally spoke with a sad face, still trying to take the blame on himself. He was very worried about Master Anren's safety, but what he was most worried about was Jiang Wen's sudden loss of reason—if Jiang Wen's martial arts madness I am afraid that the entire Xitan Temple will become an endless purgatory.

But Jiang Wen didn't speak, and stared blankly at the ruins in front of him. In the eyes of outsiders, this appearance seemed to be taken away by the catastrophe, and he couldn't break free from the shock for a long time.

Worried about his safety, Abbot Hongbian reached out to push Jiang Wen awake, but was stopped by a white, strong arm with perfect lines.

"Don't be impatient, great monk. Jiang Liu'er's benefactor is not in a trance. You can see that he is concentrating. He is clearly thinking and searching."

The old abbot Hongbian turned around and found that Dharma King Miaobao followed him up the mountain.

The Tibetan lama explained Jiang Wen's behavior in fluent Chinese, and sent some positive psychological comfort to the monks, "Mr. Jiang Liu'er benefactor said Zen in Huayan Sansheng Temple today. I came here in a hurry because of an accident, but unfortunately it was still a step late."

The lamas following behind Dharma King Miaobao respected the living Buddha even more at this time. They all saw clearly that Dharma King Miaobao sensed something happened on the mountain with his supernatural powers, and then relayed it to Jiang Wen to ask him to come back soon.

But a little consolation will not bring any real help to everyone, because whether it is Jiang Wen's usual self-proclaimed or everyone's perception, it shows that they are from the Jingnan Palace, and the rumors of the girl living alone in the mountain house are even worse. She is the favorite of Prince Jingnan's son, and now she was attacked by thieves for no apparent reason, and was taken away from the temple in panic.

"Jiang Liu'er benefactor, did you find anything?"

Dharma King Miaobao treated Jiang Wen very kindly. Seeing him gazing at him intently, he slowly stepped forward to inquire, but Jiang Wen just squeezed out a look of suspicion, and slowly approached the collapsed house, squatting down. Searching among the rubble - this made the monks of Xitan Temple even more uncertain.

The south wall of the mountain house obviously showed signs of being smashed and broken. After the demolition, another section of the wall stood still in the ruins, indicating that this was the first place to be destroyed by external forces, not like other walls. , belonging to the fragile structure implicated by beams and columns.

A few broken blue bricks are not far away. The cut surface is smooth and the fracture is delicate. Combined with the deep and visible knife marks on the beech wood door frame, it is obvious that they were smashed with a heavy knife edge, and this mountain has such a knife. In terms of skill, physical strength, and ruthlessness, Jiang Wen only knew "Yan Wing Saber" He Dao Wang alone, and the other party's identity was clearly revealed.

He already had a conclusion in his heart at this time, these people were also veritable desperadoes, and they found their own weakness by mistake.

But what Jiang Wen was worried about was different from what others thought. Although Luo Shuang'er's safety was worrying, it might not have fallen into the other party's hands.

Jiang Wen also took precautions before leaving the house, so he had entrusted Master Anren to guard nearby, and what he guarded against was that someone would not open his eyes to disturb and make trouble.

Judging from Jiang Wen's eyes, Master Anren's martial arts is not considered weak. Even if he is unable to win the attack, he can resist the enemy and stick to it until rescued. Unfortunately, the Pingxi Palace's attack was cruel and shameless, and it used such means as setting fire to disturb the sight. completely diverted everyone's attention...

There are some things that outsiders can't see clearly, but Jiang Wen's thoughts on this matter have always been calm and clear, and he was not easily blinded by the tragic situation that turned into ruins in front of him—now not only Luo Shuang'er disappeared, but also Master Anren Well, if the thieves wanted to kidnap Luo Shuang'er, blackmail Jiang Wen or seek other benefits, then it would be impossible to kidnap a smelly and tough old monk.

If you want to see people, if you want to see people, if you want to see corpses, what about corpses?

The traces of the fight at the scene are quite complete. There are footprints on the ground, and the footwork has its own characteristics. Jiang Wen can even use this to restore the scene of four people besieging the old monk in his mind, but Jiang Wen even searched carefully. , and no blood-stained limbs or even a bloodstain of any one of Master Anren was found, which was contrary to the scene where there were no traces.

Then again, Luo Shuang'er's internal injuries have healed now, and she possesses the cold mountain internal strength with strange origins, and her boxing and light skills are all excellent. She also learned the secret sword technique taught to her by Jiang Wen two days ago, and she is not a monk. It is impossible for the delicate woman in my eyes to sit still.

Therefore, the biggest possibility now is not that the bandits have succeeded in plundering people, but that Master Anren knew that he was invincible because of the outnumbered enemies, so he led Luo Shuang'er out of the siege, and then fled into the deep mountains and dense forests behind the peak. Followed it away, leaving only a mess.

Based on this inference, Jiang Wen quickly found several footprints winding their way into the forest under the ruins. The number and direction were exactly in line with Jiang Wen's inference. His expression finally softened.

"The footsteps disappeared on the other side of the cliff. The thief must have crossed the mountain from here. It's not too late. Jiang must track it down now."

Jiang Wen approached Abbot Hongbian calmly, and put forward his own idea, "But Jiang knows little about Jizu Mountain, and it is easy to get lost if he goes there rashly. Can the abbot send someone to guide me?"

At this time, it is imperative to enter the mountain.

The Pingxi Palace's obstructive behavior, Jiang Wen can fully understand that the other party does not want him to continue the fight, at least it is not in the interest of the Pingxi Palace to end the dispute at Xitan Temple as soon as possible.

Things should be viewed from both sides. The more the enemy cares about something, the more they are afraid of something, and it means that they have hit the opponent's weakness.From the current point of view, the Pingxi Palace hopes that King Miaobao can take advantage of the opportunity to take away the "Huayan Great Repentance Sutra", and does not want to see the possibility of Xitan Temple leaving a comeback, so it is understandable for him to focus on it .

Now that Prince Pingxi's mansion has released his trump card, he may not have explosive moves - as long as Luo Shuang'er can be found as soon as possible, everything will be in time.

Abbot Hongbian looked at him hesitantly, and was not surprised by Jiang Wen's thoughts at this time, but he looked around at the monks around him, but only saw faces of panic, so he also hesitated. I don't know how to answer.

"Monk, is there any difficulty in this matter?"

When the King Miaobao asked, he obviously felt the urgency of the atmosphere. Even under the bright sun at noon, there seemed to be a gloomy coolness moving among the crowd.

Abbot Hongbian said with difficulty: "You two don't know that there are cliffs behind Manyue Peak, and there is only a small path leading directly to the valley path in Jizu Mountain Yin. Besides, there are dense forests surrounding the mountain roads, and miasma appears at [-] o'clock in the afternoon. , many supernatural beings are impossible to guard against, and no living person has set foot here for hundreds of years, so going there recklessly may be more dangerous than good, Tanyue may have a long-term plan..."

Jiang Wen didn't waver in his determination, and continued to frown and asked, "Abbot, what's so difficult about the difficult road? There are so many people in Xitan Temple, but none of them know the mountain road?"

Abbot Hongbian sighed with emotion: "Not only Xitan Temple, but also looking at Jizu Mountain, and only my junior brother Anren can dare to say that he can climb up and down Jizu Mountain..."

After Jiang Wen heard it, his judgment became more and more certain, and his plan to enter Jizu Shanyin became more determined, so he insisted on asking him to be in Sanyin, but the abbot Hongbian was in a dilemma, and he seemed to be unable to find a feasible solution.
"Amitabha, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Master Hongbian wants to save people. Why don't you let the old monk lead the way?"

There was a gruff response from the crowd, and an old monk dressed as a wandering monk stepped forward and volunteered to Abbot Hongbian and Jiang Wen, "Benefactor, do you still remember this old monk?"

It wasn't until the old monk came up to him with a green bamboo stick that Jiang Wen realized that this man had a kind face, so his expression showed a little surprise.

"Master, so it's you? Don't think that you just drifted away at the foot of the mountain. I didn't expect to meet again on the mountain!"

The old monk on the opposite side had a relationship with Jiang Wen before, this relationship is not much, but it was he who mercifully gave up the hollow ancient tree at the foot of the mountain, so that Jiang and Luo had a place to live I don't know why I haven't seen him for such a long time, but the old monk's face seems to be more weathered and haggard.

"It turned out to be Elder Qingzhu from Chongshan Temple in Nanning!"

Abbot Hongbian even chanted the Buddha's name, and obviously recognized the old monk who was dressed differently from the monks in the temple, and quickly said, "The elder has been meditating in the depths of Jizu Mountain all the year round, so he should be the most suitable candidate. It will hurt your body, if you don't cultivate properly, you may be in danger of your life, how can this old monk have the heart to speak."

"Crossing personnel is urgent, how can I manage so little!"

Seeing Elder Qingzhu's resolute attitude, Abbot Hongbian explained the reason to Jiang Wen. This elder Qingzhu from Guangxi has devoted himself to asceticism in the mountains for 20 years to reduce the blazing fire of troubles of heretics. Fa and Wojing are omnipotent, and they have gone deep into the Yin of Jizu Mountain to practice hard on weekdays. They do not eat or drink, which is admirable, but just after this hard work, if they forcefully enter the mountain, they will easily die on the spot.

Hearing such an explanation, Jiang Wen could only bear with his excitement just now, and fell into a predicament again.

"Abbot, let me take the benefactor there!"

A clear and clear voice sounded, mixed with the sound of shortness of breath, and a young novice squeezed out from the crowd. It turned out to be the little monk Pinzhao who had disappeared for a few days.

The old monk Dajing came to the cliff with the product photo, and he smiled brightly at Jiang Wen, "Benefactor, the road in Jizu Shanyin is full of strange things, besides Master Anren, this child should be the only one who knows."

Abbot Hongbian's eyes lit up, and he held Pinzhao's hand and sighed, "Good job back! Pinzhao!"

Elder Qingzhu also smiled and nodded and said: "Amitabha, I forgot that this little master is also a suitable candidate. Old monk, I am old and frail, and I am afraid of delaying my journey. It is best to have such a good candidate."

Then the old monk threw out another important message, "I know that there is a road that leads directly to the bottom of the valley, so today I will take you to take a shortcut down to the col, which is a small effort."

Jiang Wen was overjoyed, and lamented that he had finally turned the corner and turned the corner, and that it was an unexpected harvest from being at a loss just now to the abundance of talents now.

Without these help, Jiang Wen knew that it would not be a trivial matter to enter the mountains. There were no savages in Shennongjia, and there were many people who lost their way.

Once you get lost in the mountains, you may not be able to get out even if you walk for a few days and nights. Naturally, the more reliable the guide, the better. Pinzhao is young and strong, with vigorous steps. It will be much easier to catch up with the people in front .

"Jiang Liu'er benefactor, the little monk will also go with you."

This time the voice sounded, and the person who volunteered was even more unexpected. It turned out to be the Miaobao Dharma King who was on the side of the attendant just now, and at this time he also took the initiative to get involved in this matter.

Jiang Wen said with some doubts: "His Majesty, this matter is Jiang's private matter, so there is no need to bother."

But Dharma King Miaobao showed a slight smile: "This statement is wrong. If Jiang Liu'er's benefactor is uneasy, the monk may not be at ease, and if Jiang Liu'er's benefactor is not going well, the monk will not be able to take care of himself alone. Isn't this reason enough? "

After Jiang Wen listened quietly, he glanced at Dharma King Miaobao with a strange look, and felt that the lama in front of him looked so innocent that he was too popular all night.

Dharma King Miaobao would say this and do this because he clearly saw through the fact that someone was using him to deal with Jiang Wen. Since ancient times, Asuka has done his best to hide his bow. Once the balance of power created by Jiang Wen disappears, he will inevitably be the next one to be targeted.

At the moment, the focus of attention is still on the Sino-Tibetan discussion of Buddhism. His Majesty Miaobao does not want to be a gun in the hands of others, so the best way is to volunteer to enter the mountain together, so that the main forces on both sides will disappear at the same time. It won't ring.

Sure enough, this time even Abbot Hongbian showed a relieved smile.

"Okay, then King Laofa will accompany you."

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The mountain road behind Full Moon Peak is winding and narrow, straight up and down like a ladder hanging from the sky. This is the shortcut that the Guangxi monk Elder Qingzhu said, and it is also a naturally formed mountain road. The speed of going down the mountain from here is much faster, but for ordinary people I'm afraid it won't work at all.

The scenery of the mountains beside me is also very strange at this time. I can see the clouds on the top of the mountain are transpiring to stop the rain, and the white clouds are flying high from the valley, condensing among the dangerous peaks and cliffs, surrounding the strange rocks and rocks. Temporary stay, silky strands curling around.

When a few people climbed down the rock, it was like walking on clouds. As long as clouds and mist floated past, light dewdrops would hang on the fluff of the grass leaves on the cliff. On the road, I just feel vast and indifferent like falling clouds.

Fortunately, this team of searching for people in the mountains is composed of Jiang Wen, Dharma King Miaobao, Pinzhao, and Elder Qingzhu. Fa Wang showed extraordinary attainments in lightness kung fu, and his speed of running between dangerous peaks was no slower than Jiang Wen's.

The mountain of Jizu Mountain rises steeply, several mountains branch out like chicken feet, and the end of the mountain forms the most precipitous ridge. It is famous in the southwestern border for its towering shape.

In the Buddhist kingdom of Tiankai, Jizu Mountain has forty strange mountains, thirteen perilous peaks, thirty-four cliffs, forty-five secluded caves, and more than one hundred streams and springs. The mountainous mountains created a sunny temple complex, and also cast deep shadows to cover the canyons and streams hidden in the crevices of the shadows, hiding unknown details.

Jiang Wen only found out that the place where the sun does not shine is inaccessible, and it is covered with extraordinary tropical rainforest. It was as dark as night.

"Jizu Shanyin has such a face, it really opened my eyes..."

The towering trees in front of him shaded the sun, and strangulation vines with thick wrists could be seen everywhere tightly intertwined. A few bright red strange flowers among the bushes were taller than a person, and some of them were left by birds, beasts or insects. The woven balls are hung on the trees and shaken, transforming into pillars, door couplets and red lanterns to welcome distinguished guests.

Jiang Wen slowly admired the scene in front of him. He only felt that even if he traveled to the Jurassic era, what he saw was nothing more than such a huge scene in front of him. Ordinary people were instantly reduced to a drop in the midst of it. The idea of ​​confronting the Greatest Creation.

"This shortcut is more desolate than the usual road, everyone just needs to be more careful."

According to Elder Qingzhu, the intersection point of this road and the regular road is exactly where he said he lived, and he did not find any traces along the way, so they walked deeper and deeper, accompanied by strange birds and ghosts in their ears. The intermittent chirping of poisonous insects maintained an unusual silence.

Jiang Wen also looked up occasionally, and found a sky that was not covered by branches and leaves after looking for a long time, but all he could see was dark and overlying cliffs, layered up as if they were about to collapse, and his body was covered by shadows. The suffocating shadow, and the clouds that accompanied them down the mountain before, suddenly changed at this time, like a thick white curtain hanging upside down above their heads, and seemed to be falling down on their heads with more and more intensive gongs and drums.

"Master Jiang, the cloud above is the miasma in the valley. It is usually harmless, but when it lands at the bottom of the valley, it will kill people invisible. Fortunately, the miasma only appears in Jizu Shanyin at [-]:[-] noon. If we don't find it sooner People must find a place in advance to avoid the poisonous miasma."

Pinzhao explained to Jiang Wen in advance, and Jiang Wen also listened very carefully, fully understanding this spectacular scene of "clouds at dawn and rain at dusk", once the romance is stripped away, all that remains is naked Natural horror.

Pinzhao then took another deep breath, pointed to the slippery and mossy rocks behind and said, "Benefactor, it's hard to find the road inside, no matter where you go, you must make sure you can see the mountain wall of Manyue Peak, and it's best to be close to it." If you walk along the mountain wall, you will not get lost. If Master An Ren is safe, he will definitely follow the same route as us."

Jiang Wen nodded slightly, then turned to look at Elder Qingzhu who was out of breath. After all, he was old, weak and overworked. If he could retain his strength and climb up the cliff again along the path, it would be a rare thing.

"Amitabha, I'm fine. If I want to enter Jizu Shanyin to search now, I have to find a foothold. It just so happens that I know a place that can shelter from the wind and rain, and the few of you come with me, and then The old monk will not delay you."

After the elder Qingzhu took a breath, he walked forward with a bamboo stick in his hand. Jiang Wen didn't expect that the old monk's asceticism would be so hard-core. The hollow ancient trees are regarded as self-cultivation and relaxation, so what is the difference between the two.

As a senior traveling friend, Elder Qingzhu planned things with great foresight. They set off in the afternoon, and when they arrived at the bottom of the mountain, the sun began to slant westward. If you delay until it gets dark, you will be unable to move an inch. You really need to plan well. A place to serve as a base camp.

"Okay, let's do what Elder Qingzhu said. Everyone should also pay attention to searching for traces on the road, and pay more attention to the places where the grass and trees are fallen and the branches are broken."

Jiang Wen walked forward while talking, the bamboo stick in Elder Qingzhu's hand was infinitely useful at this time, it could not only knock rocks to explore the way, but also find the way to open the way, and the Hanwang Qingdao in Jiang Wen's mobile phone also came into use, They were used to cut down the thorny thorns along the way, and the few people walked slowly to the depths where no one cared.

A few people walked and stopped, and the elder Qingzhu finally led everyone to the foothold. The dim sight remained, but the number of dense forests in the distance decreased slightly, and many thick and strange short trees grew irregularly in the woodland.Because the mountain shape here is not smooth, but more shrubs are covering the surroundings, turning into green garden walls like ink, blocking Deng Tuzi's sudden peeping of the wall in the middle of the night.

"This is the only way, everyone can start searching, don't worry about the old monk, I will go back by myself when I regain my strength."

In this primitive, savage and inexplicably harmonious atmosphere, Jiang Wen approached to carefully identify the traces, and soon found that the things in front of him not only looked like fences, but were clearly covered with green bamboo shoots and intertwined vines. The intertwined ruins, in a strange and ancient way, depended on each other and never fell down.

He let out an exclamation, as surprised as if he found porcelain in the muddy clay. Looking carefully, he found that there were similar green walls everywhere in this weird rainforest, which should have been stone foundations, steps, roof ridges, The place where the gate is closed has now become a culture medium for climbing and multiplying!
If these buildings are placed today, they can be called magnificent, but after the prosperity is gone, they only feel that Ruyu's skin is festering, and finally there is a graceful skeleton covered with dark green corpse spots, which is different from the aggressive barbarism in front of him. All in one.

"Sponsor, this place was originally the ruins of a temple built by monks in the former Song Dynasty. It has been abandoned for hundreds of years without repairs. Only these isolated walls have not yet collapsed. As long as we build a straw shed, we can barely live there."

In a trance, the ancient ruins left by the monks of the Song Dynasty are in front of him. Jiang Wen seems to be able to see the figures of the monks who went to the mountains to promote the Dharma, but everything disappears in a trance, because the figure of King Miaobao is walking alone, staying In front of a slightly weird short tree.

"My lord, did you find anything unusual?"

Jiang Wen also stepped forward to check, but Dharma King Miaobao was gently stretching out his palm to push aside the branches and leaves of the dwarf tree, revealing the long-covered and mottled relief sculpture underneath, with weird lines coiling around it.

"Benefactor Jiang Liuer, although this picture has long been blurred, the little monk recognized it as a story in the Buddha's Jataka, and the engraving is a picture of Sakyamuni Tathagata riding a white elephant to reincarnate..."

Jiang Wen and Dharma King Miaobao glanced at each other, and both vaguely sensed something was wrong, and hurriedly pushed aside the vines in other places, and found that the carved patterns of these thick stone pillars were not the same, and the stone carvings had also fallen off, leaving only the top cover faintly It can be argued, but most of them are Manjusri Bodhisattva riding a green lion and Samantabhadra riding a white elephant. There must also be a stone gate relief carved between the two Bodhisattvas.

There is no need to say too much later, Jiang Wen can also guess from Elder Qingzhu's hidden expression and King Miaobao's dignified appearance that the carving on the stone pagoda is by no means an ordinary stone building, it should be in the style of a stupa.

The "dwarf trees" in front of me are similar in shape and shape, stretching to the depths of the dense forest, and the number of them is no less than a hundred. That is to say, the densely packed trees in front of me are buried in Jizu Shanyin for hundreds of years, and have not been seen until now. The remains of a monk that no one knows about!

"Don't worry about the benefactor. The monks of the former Song Dynasty died here for some reason. The remaining monks erected stupas for them, so there are many stupas left behind. The old monk has repeatedly entered the mountain for 20 years, in order to restrain these Buddhist ancestors. body, to comfort the spirit in heaven."

Elder Qingzhu tried to comfort the few people in an attempt to resolve the uneasiness in their hearts, but the strangeness in front of them became more obvious with the excavation. For example, the thickness of the carvings of the nearby stupas varies greatly, and some of them can be seen at a glance that they were carved in a hurry. It's so rough and simple that it's outrageous, it's more like someone is going to be buried in it in a hurry.

"Look! There's a dead body here!"

But before the nervous nerves were let go, they heard Pinzhao's shouts from the woods not far away. They rushed forward and found a dead body lying on the ground under a towering tree, with its right hand bent Ben in his arms wanted to take out the hidden weapon, but his life ended silently and forever at this moment.

Dharma King Miaobao looked at it carefully and said firmly: "No, this corpse has been dead for at least a month, and the exposed bones can't be covered. It is definitely not the people we are looking for."

Jiang Wen also nodded and said: "The bones are thick and there are traces of recovery from multiple blows. It seems that they should be the masters sent by the Pingxi Palace earlier. They will die suddenly here. The cause of death is unknown."

The three of them were looking at the corpse in the woods, trying to find more clues, but suddenly heard an unusual noise coming from behind, as if some ferocious creature was rushing towards it, the branches under their feet were broken and crushed, and their posture was awkward , There was a ghostly figure with blood spurs, pounced on the elder Qingzhu who was sitting quietly while adjusting his breath from the grass!
The figure of Dharma King Miaobao flickered one after another, and he and Jiang Wen parted ways to attack on the left and the right, and used a vigorous fist and palm technique. The momentum was like a stick, a pillar, a house, and a mountain, and it kept blowing up. The elder was rescued, but found that when the blood-stained figure flew upside down into the grass, it was still screaming for help.

"They're all crazy... run..."

(End of this chapter)