The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 753: The Narrow Gate (24)

"Ah, Oda..." Kong was a little surprised. How could such a kind-looking lady actually have such power? He had personally experienced how difficult the evil spirits released by Inuyama Heita were. So he widened his eyes and asked, "What on earth was that? When did it attack?"

Liuliyuan Hongming concentrated for a while and then said, "I just felt a negative aura from Mr. Oda, but the lady felt the opposite. I think it's not because she attacked Mr. Oda, but because Mr. Oda himself is not used to this place. I'd better go and ask him myself."

As he said that, he took the initiative to take a step forward and walked towards the aunt.

"Be careful, Mr. Liuliyuan." King Kong was ready. As soon as anything unusual happened, he would rush over to help.

Everyone watched Liuliyuan Hongming walk over without stopping him. If even he couldn't stop the enemy's attack, then the others might as well wait to die. You know, Liuliyuan Hongming is considered a top-level fighter in the alliance. He looks like a weak monk, but in fact, his defense in the ghost realm is no worse than that of King Kong.

"Hello, I..." Liuliyuan Hongming walked up to the aunt and was about to ask a question when the aunt shook his hand cordially.

"I haven't seen your face before." The auntie said enthusiastically, "Welcome to the other side of hope. Is there anything I can help you with?"

Her movements of holding Liuliyuan Hiroaki's hands were not fast, but Liuliyuan Hiroaki did not dodge. He closed his eyes and felt it for a while, as if he was in a daze, and then said gently: "Yes, thank you, I want to find Father Kamano, do you know where he is? I have something urgent to find him."

"Ah, now that we are here, we are all brothers and sisters, no need to be so polite." The aunt enthusiastically pointed the way for Liuliyuan Hongming and said, "Master Kamano, go that way. It hasn't been long since we passed by. Just go there."

Liuliyuan Hongming thanked the aunt profusely and said a lot of nice things to her. Then the aunt continued her walk contentedly.

Afterwards, Liuliyuan Hongming stood there with his back to them, motionless, as if thinking about something. Everyone walked towards him.

King Kong scratched his head: "Eh? It doesn't look that dangerous?"

"No... It's very dangerous here..." Cold sweat dripped down Liuliyuan Hongming's forehead: "It's extremely dangerous here, everyone, don't let your guard down."

Seeing his expression, Xingchang Rang exclaimed: "For someone like you who has practiced hard for more than ten years to show such an expression, it seems that this place is very unusual. What's going on?"

"False hope!" Liuliyuan Hongming quickly turned the rosary in his hand and said with lingering fear: "When I held your hand just now, I felt an extremely peaceful energy. I seemed to think that I came to the Western Pure Land, but then I woke up and realized that this is not that kind of place."

Qian Xiaoyi asked: "Then how did you wake up? What differences did you find?"

As someone who has personally experienced the power of this place, Liuliyuan Hongming said: "Faith, it contains an unquestionable belief that this place is always happy and there is always hope, and there is a master here, who is the only savior, and all other idols are false. It is this belief that reminds me that this place is different from the Pure Land."

"So that's how it is." Xingchang understood. Liuliyuan Hongming was a monk who had practiced for many years. If he had to believe, it would be in Bodhisattva and Buddha, so he was very wary of this kind of specious doctrine.

"The danger I'm talking about is not just this." Liuliyuan Hongming said, "In addition to the ubiquitous subtle influence that can corrupt our spirit, if you don't agree with that concept, you will be rejected here... This is a paradise exclusively for believers of the Church of Hope, and also a hell for pagans."

"Don't have a rebellious heart, otherwise you will become an enemy of the whole world." Qian Xiaoyi nodded: "It seems that we are not in danger at the moment, or it is because we have not made any attacking moves." King Kong was a little distressed: "In that case, how can we fight?"

Xingba Rang also said: "And we can't show obvious hostility, but if we do, it's equivalent to obeying the beliefs and rules here, which will accelerate the corruption of our cognition... I think I know why Fumu committed suicide in the end. I'm afraid he encountered this situation here, which made him unable to bear it mentally."

"But... this also shows a good news." Qian Xiaoyi said: "Father Zhiye is not omnipotent here. He must abide by the rules here, otherwise he can label us as heretics and exclude us from the entire space. Anyway, let's move forward. We need more information."

After ascertaining the current situation, everyone continued to walk in the direction indicated by the compass.

In this vast space, some seemingly ordinary pedestrians appear on the road from time to time. Some of them will nod and smile to everyone, while others will come up and say hello enthusiastically, as if everything is so peaceful and friendly.

Faced with such friendly behavior, even the most wary and hostile people will feel a little guilty, and this guilt will slowly expand and turn into regret.

If not for the fact that everyone was prepared and were determined exorcists, they would have been assimilated into a completely non-aggressive, crying state.

This was when other people did not come into direct contact with those people. Those passers-by who came up to hug and shake hands with them were all blocked by Liuliyuan Hongming. If it weren't for his presence, everyone would probably have been dragged down by these passers-by and unable to move.

As they continued to move forward, a road slowly appeared in the white wilderness where there was nothing, a road paved with stones.

Those travelers who wandered in the wilderness called this road the "Pilgrim's Way".

"I heard that if you keep walking along this road, you will reach the holy land." said an old man.

"In the holy land on the other side, the Patriarch and the Saintess live there." said a middle-aged woman.

"Only after completing the test of the saints can you meet the natural living saint." said a young man.

King Kong scratched his cheek and said, "This setting sounds familiar?"

Inuyama Heita said tiredly, "Is it the setting of Saint Seiya?"

After walking for such a long time, everyone had unconsciously become mentally relaxed and tired. They were incompatible with this land and were fighting against the erosion with their remaining will.

Finally, they saw a building in the middle of the road ahead, a church.

(End of this chapter)