Knife splashing

Chapter 115 The Origin of the Green Lantern in the Ancient Temple
Wow!
A flock of birds in the valley flew away in fright.

Li Yan looked to the left and saw a big tree there, so he jumped and landed on the tree trunk, using the force to land on the ground.

He looked up and saw only clouds and fog, and steep cliffs rising into the sky. He could not see anything above.

Li Yan thought, no wonder this place is hard to find.

There is a spectacular sea of ​​clouds on Tianzhu Peak. Although the scenery is magnificent and majestic, it also blocks the rift valley below, and forms a blind spot with other mountain roads.

Thinking of this, Li Yan held the hilt of the knife and looked around.

The mountain was too steep, and with Wang Daoxuan's weak skills, he would probably fall off the cliff halfway and would have to stay there.

It’s a pity that Wang Daoxuan lost his little ghost soldiers, otherwise he could have set up an altar on it and performed a ritual to provide remote assistance.

It seems that if I have time, I should help Wang Daoxuan get some ghost soldiers.

Putting aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, Li Yan held the hilt of the knife with one hand and practiced the Yang Jue with the other. He took a deep breath, and all kinds of smells in the valley rushed into his nostrils.

Then he looked at the ground in shock.

He is now so proficient in the use of his magical powers that he can use the smell to roughly outline the shape of an object.

This entire valley is buried full of soul bottles!

The soul bottle is not a wandering soul jar, but a kind of burial object that originated in the Han Dynasty. It has a pottery jar at the bottom and pottery pavilions, flying birds, corridors, musicians, etc. at the top. The style is extremely exquisite.

This object was originally a "grain bag" or "pottery warehouse", and was used to store grain when buried with the dead to prevent the deceased's soul from starving on the way to the underworld.

Later, they became more and more exquisite, and people placed their hopes on the dream of becoming an immortal after death.

To be honest, this thing is not uncommon.

These things were buried all over the valley, which made Li Yan feel a chill in his heart. Could it be some kind of evil formation?
But it seems that there is nothing unusual to smell.

Moreover, the valley had obviously suffered from a mountain flood, mud had accumulated, and most of the soul bottles underground were broken.

In any case, this is probably the place he is looking for.

Li Yan became alert and used his magical powers to explore along the valley. He soon made a discovery.

On a relatively wide flat land, people have reclaimed fields, and there are even some wheat stubbles that were harvested not long ago.

Then, a smell came to my nose.

Li Yan's expression changed slightly, he jumped sideways, dodged and hid behind a huge rock in the canyon, and said loudly: "Senior, I am here on behalf of Senior Wu Laosi, please don't misunderstand me."

He could smell someone aiming a bow and arrow at him from the upper right side of the canyon wall.

Sure enough, an old female voice sounded, "Brother Wu, is this coward finally dead?"

"Since you are a guest, please come up and have a cup of tea."

Li Yan narrowed his eyes and slowly walked out from behind the rock.

Looking up, I saw a protruding narrow stone path between the cliffs above, which was blocked by a few pine trees, forming a blind spot.

An old woman in black stood above.

She looked quite old, but had a ruddy complexion and a cold expression. Her gray hair was neatly combed into a bun.

"Please come up, guests."

The old woman had a calm expression and raised her hand to invite him.

That's putting it mildly. The stone platform was two stories above the ground, but there was no ladder and the stone wall next to it was steep.

Still testing people?
Li Yan sneered in his heart and rushed towards the stone wall. When he was almost there, his legs suddenly exerted strength and he jumped three meters high.

Clang!
The knife in his left hand sleeve suddenly came out of its sheath and stabbed into the crevice of the stone. Li Yan exerted force with both arms again, bounced his body, and flipped onto the stone platform.

Seeing this, the old woman frowned slightly and said, "Your skills are good, but why are you in such a hurry? Come over and I will put down the ladder."

As he spoke, he pointed down at his feet.

There was a ladder made of vines and wood. The old woman could lower the ladder with just one kick.

Li Yan: “…”

The old woman shook her head slightly. "Come with me. My family hasn't had any guests for decades."

Having said that, he turned around and led the way.

I saw a V-shaped cave passage on the protruding stone wall, which looked extremely narrow and hidden.

Li Yan had the ability of smell, so he naturally knew it long ago. He was secretly alert and followed the old woman into the cave through the gap.

After walking less than five meters, the view in front of me suddenly opened up.

Inside, there was actually a cave of considerable size.

On both sides of the cave, there are stone pillars carved out of rocks, and above them is a stone archway connected to the top, with four large characters "Sanctuary of the Netherworld" inscribed on it.

As the stone pillars go downwards, they are hollowed out and carved with various patterns, including cloud patterns, as well as legendary scenes such as volcanoes, evil spirits, hell, and the underworld.

Many of the stone carvings have become blurred, obviously due to their age.

When Li Yan saw it, he was immediately in awe.

He had guessed how this cave was formed.

The outside entrance is narrow and it is located in a deep valley with no roads available, so it is naturally impossible to transport it from the outside.

The entire cave was excavated bit by bit by humans.

Seeing his expression, the old woman seemed to have guessed something, and shook her head and said, "This place was built at the end of the Qin Dynasty. The world was in chaos, and the ancestors were tenacious in seeking the truth, so they were naturally able to open up the cave."

"As time went on, people's hearts became less sincere, so naturally no one excavated the cave anymore. Now, I am the only one guarding the green lamp alone."

As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced, then said calmly, "You took Senior Brother Lu's Netherfire Gun with you, so he must be dead too."

Li Yan was slightly startled and his back suddenly tensed up.

The old woman said calmly, "Don't be on guard. He killed his fellow disciples and used evil methods to prolong his life. If you kill him, I won't have to clean up the sect."

Li Yan felt relieved when he saw that he did not look fake, and asked, "Senior, have you also mastered the nasal ability?"

After the death of the sorcerer named Lu, Li Yan naturally wanted to find out.

Unfortunately, this guy is a poor guy. All he has except a few paper figures, a mourning stick and these two strange firearms.

This firearm may look inconspicuous, but it is actually finely crafted. It has a bamboo tube on the outside and a copper tube on the inside, and it is divided into several sections. When the copper wire at the back is pulled, phosphorous fire and incendiary oil can be sprayed out.

Li Yan had seen its destructive power, so he naturally took it into his possession.

I didn't expect this thing to be called "Hell Fire Gun".

He hid it in his arms, but the other party was able to find it. It must be the magical power of his nose.

"Ah."

The old woman nodded casually, seeming too lazy to say more.

The two passed through the stone archway and suddenly a temple hall appeared in front of them. Like the archway, it was also a hollow mountain carving. Many parts had been damaged and looked old and dilapidated.

On the altar stands a stone statue of the emperor, about one story high, with a simple shape and natural carvings. He is wearing an imperial robe and a crown. He has Fuxi bones on his head and a black beard like a halberd, with a majestic and awe-inspiring aura.

On the deity in front, it was clearly written that the Great Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu was in the process!

In front of it, there are five deity tablets, each with the title of the Five Ghost Emperors inscribed on it, but there are no statues enshrined.

As expected, this is the deity being worshipped.

Li Yan looked solemn, and did not even dare to use his magical powers to investigate. Instead, he respectfully lit three incense sticks, bowed again and again, and inserted them into the incense burner. When the old woman next to him saw this, her cold eyes softened a little, and she nodded and said, "Sit down, I'll go make tea."

After saying that, he turned and entered the cave at the back.

Li Yan found a place to sit down and looked around casually.

According to the old woman, this lineage of Dharma inheritance probably started at the end of the Qin Dynasty and has continued to this day, but now there is only one person left.

The old temple is lit with green lights. There is not even a boy beside the old woman, and she probably has no intention of accepting any disciples.

This is strange. Doesn’t the Dharma lineage attach great importance to incense?

Of course, Li Yan doesn’t care about the future of this lineage.

There is just one question in my mind:
This lineage of Dharma has never been broken.

Who is Lengtan Youshi?
Just as he was thinking, the old woman came out from the cave at the back, holding a tea tray, and boiled water and made tea on a small stove. Her movements were neither fast nor slow, which made Li Yan a little anxious, but he was embarrassed to interrupt.

The old woman seemed to have noticed something. She continued to make tea and roasted three red dates before putting them into the cup. She asked without even looking up, "Are you anxious?"

Li Yan was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

The old woman said calmly: "All people in the world are practicing, but because life is like morning dew, they are anxious to seek fame and fortune, seek magic, worship gods and gods, worship Buddha..."

"I have hurried through life, thinking it was not lived in vain, but it is but a bubble of dew. I do not know how many years have passed since the golden crow rose."

Li Yan was speechless. "It's no use not being anxious. People will die eventually. How many people can achieve immortality?"

The old woman looked outside the cave, her eyes calm, "I was like this when I was young, but after living here for a long time, I watched the plants wither and flourish, and watched the wind, frost, rain and snow, and I vaguely understood something."

"It is precisely because mortal life is short that we have to seek, and the torrent of humanity rolls forward. But if we want to practice, we need to extend the time."

"The ancients observed the four seasons of the year, and then they knew Shaoyin and Shaoyang. They observed the movement of the stars, and then they determined the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. They observed the secrets of all things, and then they had Cangjie create characters..."

“Sometimes, it’s better to go slow.”

"Senior is wise!"

Li Yan flattered him directly.

He felt that the old woman had indeed realized something, but perhaps it was because she had been alone for too long and wanted to talk whenever she met someone.

The old woman didn't care and continued to make tea. After finally boiling the water, she poured the tea for Li Yan and asked, "Are you here to return the certificate at the request of Senior Brother Wu?"

Li Yan was not surprised at all that the other party could smell it, and nodded, "That's true, but now there is a little trouble..."

The other party called Wu Laosi "senior brother" and said that he wanted to clean up the scum Lu Shushi. In addition, his demeanor made Li Yan no longer hide anything and told him everything.

"Cold altar wandering master?"

Li Yan's words surprised the old woman. She frowned and said, "My lineage is almost at the end of its time, and I have no intention of accepting disciples. Where did this Lengtan Youshi come from..."

As he spoke, he didn't know what he was thinking of, his pupils shrank, and he asked, "What does the Lengtan Youshi look like?"

"Covered in blood, with chains piercing the body..."

After Li Yan's description, the old woman fell silent. When she looked at Li Yan again, her eyes were complicated. She sighed and said, "I think I know who you are talking about. It seems that he still won't give up."

These words completely confused Li Yan.

The old woman didn't explain. She sighed, stood up and said, "Come with me. You'll know when you get there."

After saying that, he stood up and went into the cave at the back.

Li Yan followed closely, full of doubts.

Coming to the back, there is another large cave, which has been carved out into a quiet room, a martial arts field, a kitchen, side rooms, etc. It seems that this Dharma lineage was once quite large.

Now, except for a few places, the rest are covered with dust, and it is obvious that no one has lived there for a long time.

The old woman lit a torch and led Li Yan inside.

Gradually, primitive caves appeared around, with no signs of artificial excavation, and even mountain spring water dripping.

After walking another hundred meters, a stone gate suddenly appeared in front of us.

There are stone ears on the stone gate, and dense copper chains pass through the stone ears, blocking the entire stone gate.

And on it, there were many old yellow talismans pasted on it.

Seeing Li Yan's shocked expression, the old woman said calmly: "The answer you want is in there."

"Originally, our master ordered that this stone door could never be opened. But since he has turned into a wandering master, he is most likely dead."

As he spoke, he stepped forward to open the copper lock, tore off the yellow talisman, and untied the chains layer by layer, pressing lightly with his palm.

Rumble!
The heavy stone door suddenly opened.

Wow, he’s actually a master of Hua Jin!

Li Yan was surprised, but soon he was attracted by the scene inside.

Inside was a stone chamber with a sarcophagus inside.

Around the sarcophagus, six stone lamps stand in the direction of the Southern Dipper.

Li Yan had seen this arrangement and it was very similar to what Wu Laosi had experienced when he passed through the underworld.

But the difference is that above the sarcophagus, there is a huge copper pillar hanging. It is thick at the top and thin at the bottom, like a sharp spike, and it may fall into the coffin at any time.

Inside the sarcophagus, there were also chains crisscrossing across a skeleton, piercing it up and down and left and right, as if preventing it from coming out.

"What kind of torture is this?"

Li Yan was shocked. No wonder the corpse in the cold altar was pierced with chains all over his body. It turned out that he was being punished in this way.

“It’s not torture.”

The old woman said calmly: "It's a corpse-suppressing device!"

"Zombies?" Li Yan was confused.

The old woman shook her head and said, "I don't know much about this matter."

"According to my master, this person is called Ju Chengshan. He is the most outstanding disciple of his generation. He has amazing talent and is not inferior to the talented people of the same generation in Taixuan Orthodox Sect. He also became a living ghost messenger very early."

"Everyone thought that he would be the next headmaster, but no one thought that he would go further and further down this path, and finally went completely crazy, saying that he had found the ladder to godhood."

Li Yan frowned, "What road?"

The old woman looked at him and said meaningfully, "Living ghost messengers are just walking around in the underworld. There are taboos on what to do and what not to do."

"But there are always people who want to find out the truth about the underworld, but just like a summer insect trying to see ice, it will end up dead in the end."

"He is just as bad, only crazier."

"Later, when his life span was almost over, he stole the forbidden technique that my lineage had learned from the Fang Xian Dao, the Taiyin Corpse Refining Technique, and turned himself into a zombie to prolong his life and kill living beings."

"We caught him after countless casualties among our sect. We used secret methods to suppress his body and soul, so that he wouldn't go out and cause trouble again."

"His evil magic backfired, and he knew he couldn't escape, so he begged the master to find someone to pass on his magic. The master naturally didn't allow it and directly sealed this place off and listed it as a forbidden area."

"There is only one certificate in our sect, and Senior Brother Wu inherited it from him. Maybe he had already tampered with it at that time, and after his death, he turned into a wandering master in the cold altar to look for a successor..."

That's it!

Li Yan had a headache, and he clasped his hands and said, "I naturally don't want to accept this evil method. I hope you can give me some advice on how to break it."

The old woman shook her head and said, "Crack it? It's impossible to crack it!"

(End of this chapter)