My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 564: Entering the Ghost Temple Again
Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the glowing text and took the Vajra Barrier given to him by Ksitigarbha into reality.

It looks like a dark gold-colored round plate, engraved with scripture characters, emitting a faint golden light, floating in the air like a firefly in the dark night.

Jiang Xinghuo tried to activate the disc with his magic power, and suddenly he heard Buddhist music in his ears. The disc suddenly disappeared and turned into a light golden barrier, inverting the space about three meters around him into it.

However, just as described in the game text, after activating this Vajra barrier, the whole person can no longer move at all, as if he is completely welded to the sofa and the ground beneath him.

The speed at which his mana was consumed was also quite fast. Jiang Xinghuo felt that if he maintained this coverage range, he could last about fifteen minutes. Although he could not move, he could launch attacks from inside the barrier.

Jiang Xinghuo summoned the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Monsters from the acupoints, and made the two evil spirits with twisted muscles half-crouch on the ground and attack the barrier. His strength gradually increased, and finally he attacked with all his strength. He found that the stronger the attack from outside, the more mana was consumed, but the barrier showed no signs of damage.

"nice one……"

After experimenting for a while, Jiang Xinghuo removed the barrier and put the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Demons back into the acupoints.

The defensive power of this magic weapon is beyond doubt, but it is best to cooperate with teammates. If used alone, there are still some limitations.

If there is a teammate who is good at escape techniques, he can use them to escape to other places while the barrier is open. This will definitely save his life and protect himself. The key is that you don't know whether the escape techniques can work within the barrier.

Jiang Xinghuo's escape technique had been reduced to ashes by the Dianhuo, and his divine movement technique was restrained by the characteristics of this item.

The only technique that was not affected was the Demon Disintegration Technique, which was a completely self-destructive escape technique. Although it could be restricted by geographical areas and barriers, if used once, half of one's life would be lost.

It seems I have to wait for another opportunity to try it later.

Jiang Xinghuo put the things into the trick bag and started to move forward with the game.

"You have obtained the Eight Treasures Ruyi Incense +3."

"Eight Treasures Ruyi Incense (special consumable item), one of the keys to the Three Worlds Ghost Temple, an ancient ruin. All you need to do is light this incense in the dead of night without wind or moon, and then follow the path of the incense to find the path to the Three Worlds Ghost Temple."

"Ksitigarbha ordered someone to give you the only remaining Eight Treasures Ruyi Incense in the temple. He also knew that you wanted to use these three sticks of incense to enter the Three-Life Ghost Temple that was rumored in the secular world."

“However, the Three Worlds Ghost Temple is a relic left behind by the last secular civilization. It contains countless dangers and unknown secrets. Even Daozu and Buddha did not dare to explore it in depth. They just suppressed the six heavenly ghosts captured during the felling of the mountain and the destruction of the temple in the outer area of ​​the Three Worlds Ghost Temple, and used the power of the Three Worlds Ghost Temple to forever trap them in another time and space.”

"Moreover, the power of the secular world will be greatly suppressed there. If you want to go in and explore, it is best to master some methods passed down by the previous civilization."

"Back then, after the Buddha entered the Three Ghosts Temple, he obtained a Buddhist scripture inside. Anyone with wisdom can understand the way of cultivation from it. He can lend you this Buddhist scripture, but he also has a condition, that is, after you enter the Three Ghosts Temple, you must find a way to retrieve the remains of the Great Glazed Venerable."

"The Great Venerable Liuli, the Venerable of the Medicine Master Temple of Shifang Zen Forest, is also the junior brother of the Venerable Maitreya, and is also known as the Medicine Master Liuli Light King Buddha."

"Countless years ago, Great Glaze Venerable used three sticks of Eight Treasures Ruyi Incense to enter the Three Worlds Ghost Temple, hoping to find out the secret of the ancient ruins. But he was eventually trapped inside, and even his own Glaze Life Fire was extinguished. The inheritance of the Medicine Master Temple was also buried with him in the Ghost Temple."

"Later, in order to retrieve the inheritance of their own Dharma lineage, the descendants of the Medicine Master Temple entered the Three-Life Ghost Temple many times, but in the end no one came out alive. Ksitigarbha had no choice but to issue a decree, strictly forbidding his disciples to enter there again. Only the last three sticks of Eight-Treasure Ruyi Incense were left, and they have been passed down to this day."

"But you come from the race of the Exiles. Death is no threat to you at all. Ksitigarbha hopes that you can find the remains of the Great Liuli and take back the Medicine Master Temple inheritance from him. He will definitely reward you handsomely then."

"Do you want to agree to the conditions given by Ksitigarbha?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it carefully and felt that this matter was quite worthwhile for him. He had to explore the ghost temple in depth anyway. If he could find the so-called remains of the Great Glazed Venerable, he might as well help Shifang Zen Temple bring them out. At the same time, he could also obtain a Buddhist scripture from Ksitigarbha.

They have already advanced part of the payment, and there will be another generous reward when the remains of the Great Glazed Venerable are brought back. No matter how you look at this deal, you are not at a disadvantage. On the contrary, you can get some benefits. It cannot be said that you are losing money anyway.

"You agreed to the request made by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and signed a Buddhist contract with the other party. If either party violates the terms of the contract, they will be cursed and in danger until the day of their complete death."

"You have obtained the Buddhist scriptures."

"Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has handed the Buddhist scriptures to you. You can unfold the scriptures in the real world. Then, you can comprehend your own unique skills from them according to your understanding and wisdom."

Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the corresponding game text, and a scroll of ancient bamboo slips immediately appeared in his hand. But the moment he saw the bamboo slips, the appearance of the immortal scripture suddenly appeared in his mind.

Immortal scriptures, Buddhist scriptures.

The two scrolls of bamboo slips look almost identical, even the aura emanating from the surface is very similar.

According to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, this Buddhist scripture was brought out by the Buddha from the Three Ghost Temple.

Could it be that Daozu's immortal scripture was also obtained from other places? ?

Moreover, the methods of use of these two scrolls of bamboo slips are similar. Both provide the most suitable method of cultivation based on the cultivation and understanding of the person who opens them.

What he obtained from the immortal scripture was the Thunder Ancestor's Treasure Scroll, through which he could practice all the thunder techniques passed down by the Taoist Ancestor.

I wonder what kind of surprise this Buddhist scripture will bring him.

While thinking about these contents in his mind, Jiang Xinghuo unfolded the Buddhist bamboo slips in his hand. A faint golden light emanated from the surface of the bamboo slips, slowly soaking his body in it like flowing water.

At the same time, Jiang Xinghuo's consciousness seemed to have come to another world. Countless images of Buddhas sitting cross-legged appeared in front of his eyes, each with a different Buddhist hand seal in their hands. Finally, they turned into a towering giant hand like a mountain, which suddenly crushed and overturned him. His consciousness shattered and he opened his eyes again.

Jiang Xinghuo took the phone and checked the time. Less than two minutes had passed. He carefully checked the extra information in his mind and felt that a Buddhist hand seal of returning to nature appeared in his memory.

"The Tathagata's Great Hand Seal..."

Jiang Xinghuo murmured the name of the handprint, and the relevant text information came from the game at the right time.

"You have realized the Tathagata Mahamudra."

"Tathagata Mahamudra (special), legend has it that when the Buddha was attaining enlightenment, thousands of demons and monsters came to stop him. The Buddha simply formed a seal with his hands and lightly touched the ground, and thousands of demons and monsters immediately turned into ashes and dissipated. It is a simple killing technique, and its power can be infinitely increased as the cultivation level increases."

At this time, Jiang Xinghuo checked the Buddhist bamboo slips in his hand again, only to find that the light on the bamboo slips had disappeared, and even the bamboo slips themselves had become fragile and broke at the slightest touch, as if they had already decayed for many years.

"You have lost the Buddhist scriptures." "The Buddhist scriptures have their own spirituality. Each person can only view them once. After understanding, they will be automatically destroyed and returned to the Sutra Pavilion of the Ten Directions Zen Forest."

"Now that you have comprehended the Tathagata Mahamudra, it is time for you to leave here. Where are you going to go next?"

Is this the end? ?

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the interactive options given and did not choose to stay in Shifang Zen Temple.

The remains of Venerable Ding of the Flower-Nianza are still in his magic bag!

Jiang Xinghuo originally wanted to exchange for some more good stuff, but he didn't expect that this copy was temporarily ended. He wandered in the Shifang Zen Forest for a while, but still no relevant interactive options popped up.

In desperation, Jiang Xinghuo had to leave Shifang Zen Temple first, planning to wait until the remains of Great Venerable Liuli were recovered, and then return them together with the remains of Venerable Nianha. Maybe the reward would be even bigger by then.

"Where do you choose to go next?"

Jiang Xinghuo left Shifang Zen Temple and began to look at the options provided by the game.

The first option is to light the Eight Treasures Ruyi Incense and immediately enter the Three Ghost Temple to explore.

The second option was to go to the Dafazong Temple that Dipankara had told him about.

The last few options were for him to go to Guandong or Beiping to look for the fragments of the Yunmeng Tianbei map there.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the text on his phone, then looked at the real time. It was almost seven o'clock.

There is no need to go anywhere else so late at night, so we should strike while the iron is hot, light those incense sticks and see if we can enter the Three Ghost Temple. It will not be too late to talk about other things later.

"Do you want to use the Eight Treasures Ruyi Incense?"

Jiang Xinghuo nodded.

"The Eight Treasures Ruyi Incense has been lit."

"Tonight is a moonless night. After you light three sticks of Eight Treasures Ruyi Incense, you close your eyes and walk slowly forward in the direction of the strongest incense smell."

"You only feel gusts of cold wind all around you, as if countless demons and evil spirits are roaring and howling, and countless lascivious sounds are ringing in your ears, as if they want to completely lead you into that land of gentleness."

"Do you want to open your eyes and see what's around you?"

Jiang Xinghuo directly chose no, not because he was not curious, nor because he didn't want to open his eyes.

The key point is that this Eight Treasures Ruyi Incense is a consumable item. It is gone after use. There is no formula to make it again, and his Tathagata storehouse cannot crack it.

Therefore, it is better to be careful. Being too curious may not be a good thing sometimes.

"You suppressed the urge to open your eyes and continued walking forward along the road. You didn't know how long you had walked before you suddenly felt the sounds in your ears disappear without a trace, and the smell of incense lingering in your nose also dissipated with the wind."

"You have arrived at the Three Ghost Temple."

Seeing the prompt message in the game text, Jiang Xinghuo took out the Sunshine from the magic bag and clicked on the text to choose to use it.

Immediately afterwards, a strong sense of weightlessness and a tidal darkness invaded, and the surrounding space was quickly stretched infinitely away until it turned into a small dot and disappeared from the field of vision.

When I looked up again.

Jiang Xinghuo found himself in the wilderness, wearing the Huaishan Xiangling robe equipped on his character, and the sunflint in his hand was shining brightly, and it disappeared after a long time.

An ancient temple full of traces of vicissitudes of time stood not far ahead, with four large characters engraved on the iron plaque on the lintel - Three Generations Ghost Temple! !

"Finally I'm here..."

Jiang Xinghuo stretched his body, walked to the side and picked up a branch. The golden-red flame bloomed like a lotus, and he made a simple torch for burning incense. It could illuminate the way and dispel some unclean things at the same time.

Then, Jiang Xinghuo took a deep breath, walked over, pushed open the heavy door, and once again walked into the ruins of the last secular civilization.

When you enter the temple, what you see are still one-meter-square bluestone slabs, paved neatly, forming an ancient bluestone road under your feet.

Just like last time, there are many bronze incense burners on both sides of the ancient road. It extends forward along the ancient road to the first temple.
But after Jiang Xinghuo took a glance, he found that something seemed wrong.

So he counted them one by one again and found that several incense burners on both sides of the ancient road were missing, and no one knew where the six heavenly ghosts and gods that were suppressed here had gone.

Jiang Xinghuo displayed his talent of seeing through things like seeing fire, and carefully observed his surroundings, only to discover that the ancient temple, which seemed unchanged, was actually very different from the last time.

Not only did the six heavenly ghosts and gods imprisoned here disappear, but the ground and surrounding buildings also showed signs of damage, but they looked very subtle. If it were not for his natural ability to see through things, he would probably have found it difficult to notice these changes.

It seemed as if a fight had broken out here not long ago, and some dried bloodstains could be vaguely seen on the edges of the cracks in the ancient bluestone road.

"Was he killed... or rescued? Or... escaped?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked up at the incense burners on both sides of the ancient bluestone road, slowly closed his eyes, and at the same time opened the Six Heavenly Ghosts and Gods Eye between his eyebrows, wanting to use the power of this eye to check the status of those Six Heavenly Ghosts and Gods.

As a result, he found that the bodies of those six heavenly ghosts were covered with hideous scars, and blood was still flowing out of their bodies, finally gathering on the bluestone ancient road, forming a flowing river of blood.

And those seriously injured six-day ghosts and gods also discovered Jiang Xinghuo's existence. They let out angry roars and shouts, as well as greed that could not be concealed, and wanted to rush over to occupy his body.

But the chains on their bodies bound their bodies firmly in place, and they could not move at all.

(End of this chapter)