From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

They'd meet force with force, and water with earth. What this silver-eyed nun's purpose was was insignificant; anything that threatened their lives—

They won't go easy on her just because she's old!

# Chapter 1006 Hearing about Snow Maitreya

A cold wind blows, and spring snow flutters.

After leaving Sengge Tsangpo, I headed east from outside Karamir and found a family home to rest for the night, and also hired a local guide.

It was the time when winter was turning into spring, the ice and snow were melting, and the water system beneath the glacier was crisscrossing, so much so that even people who had been here before might not recognize it.

Therefore, a local person is needed as a guide.

Jiang Liu had no objection.

After all, being so close to Kunlun made him more sensitive to the rhythm of the systematic primordial primordial energy, making it difficult for his insightful eyes and divine eyes to capture the corresponding information.

Although obtaining the six-syllable mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum" has endless uses and can further enhance his ability to capture information, it consumes mental energy.

Therefore, it must be used at critical moments.

Unfortunately, the local residents, though they received Jiang Liu and his group and showed great respect to the nuns and lamas, were not willing to act as their guides.

The local Tibetans mostly believe in gods and Buddhas. Knowing that Jiang Liu and his group were going to subdue the demons of the Demon Kingdom, they were naturally willing to go with them to accumulate merit.

But a pity.

This is at the time when winter is ending and spring is coming—

Why not at this time of year?

Jiang Liu was puzzled and asked the local village chief.

"Guests from afar, you do not know that every time the winter snow melts and the ice cracks, the Snow Maitreya will come down the mountain to catch our cattle and sheep."

The village chief looked worried.

What is Snow Maitreya?

The local village chief couldn't explain it either, only saying that it resembled a human, plump and snow-white, with a completely unremarkable face except for a mouth, like the Laughing Buddha in a temple. However, that smiling mouth was full of sharp teeth and claws. If it bit a cow or sheep, the cow or sheep would fall down instantly; if it bit a human, the human would also lose consciousness in an instant and fall to the ground, being devoured by the snow Buddha.

The local people all make a living by raising livestock, so how could they watch their hard-earned cattle and sheep have their blood sucked by that Snow Maitreya?

Therefore, every year when winter turns to spring and the ice and snow melt, the young and strong men of the village gather, armed with sticks and knives, to have a real fight with those snow Maitreya.

"So, those snow Maitreyas aren't that powerful after all."

Lu Jin pondered.

Without him.

The reason is that although the blue bricks in this village are relatively sturdy, the average height of the villagers is only about 1.6 or 1.7 meters, and none of them are people who practice Qi cultivation.

If it could defeat the Snow Maitreya, then the Snow Maitreya is most likely a strange-looking wild animal native to the Kunlun Mountains.

"How can it not be impressive?"

Hearing Lu Jin spout such "big talk," the village chief exclaimed, "You are outsiders and do not know how powerful Xue Maitreya is. He is not some brainless beast, but a monster who is more cunning than the wolves in the mountains and can even speak human language. He is a demon who has become a spirit!"

When cattle and sheep are bitten by them, their internal organs, muscles, skin, and brains will turn into a puddle of pus, and they will eventually be sucked up until only a skin remains!

If someone is bitten, their body may never be found!

To make his words believable, the village chief even had the villagers produce cow and sheep hides, each one intact and without any trace of stitching.

"In that case, that Snow Maitreya is indeed quite dangerous."

Zhang Zhiwei rubbed his chin. "It's poisonous. The poison is very potent. It can dissolve the internal organs, the primordial spirit, the brain, muscles, bones, and flesh."

Their intelligence, surpassing that of wolves, demonstrates their ability to cooperate.

It can even talk—

This is simply unbelievable.

The fact that they could be dealt with by ordinary people proves that they are not strong, and they shouldn't be considered spirits or monsters that have gained human form. But how can they speak?

“Some animals can also mimic human voices, such as mynah birds or parrots,” Lu Jin gave two examples. “Then Xue Maitreya is probably in a similar situation.”

"Village chief, when did those snow Maitreya Buddhas usually come?" Jiang Liu asked.

"It's been within these last seven or eight days, so we've been preparing for battle. What's wrong?"

The village chief was puzzled, but he told him the truth and added, "If you insist on going into the mountains, that's fine, but we'll have to wait until half a month later."

Half a month later, the snow at the foot of the mountain melted completely, and the Snow Maitreya would no longer appear.

That would be relatively safe.

"To be honest, we are all cultivators, who not only subdue demons and monsters but also provide convenience for others. Seeing that Snow Maitreya is causing trouble here, preventing you from having peace every year, why don't we completely eliminate that scourge for you? What do you say?" Jiang Liu said with a smile.

"If you can solve this problem for us, every household in our village is willing to contribute our family property to support you until you grow old!" The village chief, being a generous person, directly offered his offer.

"No need! No need!"

Jiang Liu smiled and said, "We cultivators earn our own food and clothing, why should we need others to provide for us? When the time comes, you can prepare some tea and rice for us to satisfy our hunger."

The village chief thought Jiang Liu was exaggerating, but then he thought it wouldn't hurt to give it a try, so he called over a strong young man with bronze skin, who was tall and strong, about 1.8 meters tall, the same height as Jiang Liu, Lu Jin, and Zhang Zhiwei, and called him Fifteen.

The name "Fifteen" comes from the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar and also refers to the full moon.

In Tibetan—

The new moon is called "Dormachin," which represents new life and hope.

Especially in rural areas where people live a pastoral life, they will wander around on the night of the beginning of the month to admire the crescent moon and feel the meaning and value of life.

The crescent moon is called "half-yang," which represents danger and peril.

According to legend, the goddess Mackenzawi was forced to pull out her hair and fall to earth due to Buzhu's trickery, becoming the incarnation of Chang'e and forced to become an enemy of Hou Yi.

Hou Yi shot down the sun and half of the sun, and from then on, day and night were clearly distinguished in the world.

The full moon is usually called "Ceba Majaru," which represents light and purity.

In Tibetan traditional culture, the full moon is regarded as a sacred and inviolable symbol, and people will go together to celebrate this special day.

The cultural exchange and integration between Tibet and the Central Plains can be clearly seen from the cultural symbolism of the crescent moon, full moon, and crescent moon in Tibet.

Therefore, Shiwu could actually be called "Ceba Majialu". However, to actually use this name would be like parents in the Central Plains naming their child "Manyue" (Full Moon), which is too direct and hasty. Therefore, it is more euphemistic to call him "Shiwu".

The village chief called out "Fifteen" because in previous years, Xue Mile had always taken the same route down the mountain. The village chief, the villagers, and their ancestors had tried to find Xue Mile's lair during the summer and autumn seasons and eradicate it completely, but none of them succeeded.

The reason is that although Xue Mile's lair has been found, it is a crack. Below it, besides the ice that never melts, there is a bottomless underground river or lake. No one dares to go down.

As winter turned to spring, the locals were too busy to visit the crack.

Furthermore, since Snow Maitreya emerges from the crack at this time of year, if too few people go there, it will only serve as an "appetizer" for them beforehand, and will not be of much use. If too many people go there, the cattle and sheep in the house will be in heat and restless. Without enough people to watch over them, the loss of the animals that run away is no different from the consequences of being absorbed by Snow Maitreya.

Since Jiang Liu and the others were capable and volunteered, the village chief naturally hoped they would succeed quickly and sent the village's strongest man, the Fifteenth, to help guide them.

# Chapter 1007 "Jellyfish"

With Fifteen leading the way, Jiang Liu and his group, including the Silver-Eyed Nun and the five lamas she brought, traveled dozens of miles in less than half a day and arrived at the foot of Karamir.

Ahead was a hillside with a slope between forty and sixty degrees, covered with snow and ice. Because it was the time when winter was turning into spring, the snow and ice were melting, but because the earth had not yet truly warmed up, the melted snow water had frozen again, giving the snow a fluffy texture. When you stepped on it, it would make a "crunching" sound.

This type of snowy terrain is the most dangerous.

Not only is it slippery, but if you step on a hollow area below, you'll fall and suffer serious injury, if not death.

Jiang Liu and his group were unharmed, but the five lamas brought by the silver-eyed nun were not so lucky, and all of them stumbled several times.

Upon reaching the top of the hill, Fifteen explained, "This is Gaqing Slope, also known as Little Kunlun, the 'toe' of Kunlun Mountain, and the crack is just ahead—"

Looking in the direction of the fifteen fingers, four winding cracks can be seen. Judging from their length, the shortest crack is about twenty meters long and the longest crack is about fifty meters long. The width of each crack is three to five meters. From a high place, they really look like the five toes of a giant.

From each of the four cracks emerged a chubby creature that looked like a human, but was much fatter. It was completely naked and snow-white, with no facial features. However, it seemed to have smelled the scent of Jiang Liu and the others, and it walked upright and rushed toward them.

"It's Snow Maitreya! They've come out!"

Fifteen exclaimed in surprise, quickly drawing a machete from his waist. He swallowed hard and asked Jiang Liu and the others, "Friends, can you really handle them? If not, let's go back the way we came and fight them together with the villagers!"

"Relax."

Upon seeing Xue Mile in person, Jiang Liu was completely relieved and said to Zhang Zhiwei, "Brother Zhiwei, it's your turn to make a move."

Zhang Zhiwei stepped forward, looked at the group of snow-white Maitreya Buddhas, spread his five fingers, and white lightning shot out from his palm, as if a thunder god had descended to earth.

Wherever the lightning struck, a group of Snow Maitreyas fell. The remaining Snow Maitreyas who were lucky enough to escape the calamity all had eerie, upward-curving smiles on their faces, filled with sharp teeth. Tentacles sprouted from their foreheads, dancing without wind, as if they were communicating with each other.

whoosh-

One by one, long nails were thrown out by Lu Jin, and under the control of the human magnetic field, they accurately pierced through the foreheads of those snow Maitreya Buddhas.

Even if they possess intelligence, how can they move if their brains are damaged?

Before long, all of the more than one hundred snow Maitreyas lay on the snow, some with charred bodies, others with their heads pierced and oozing pus.

"This...this!"

Fifteen stared wide-eyed, stammering, unable to utter a single word.

Upon seeing this, the silver-eyed nun's eyes flashed with a sharp light, a mixture of surprise and wariness, but it vanished in an instant.

"Let's go and take a look."

Jiang Liu took the lead, stepping on the ice and snow, splashing up snowflakes, and slid down to the corpse of a snow Maitreya Buddha. With a slight lift of his finger, the corpse's face separated from its body and floated silently in front of the others who followed closely behind.

It was a jellyfish-like creature, pure white, with tentacles on its underside and a mouth-like opening at the edge, filled with sharp teeth.

Looking at the corpse again, although it was still extremely bloated, one could still vaguely see its distorted features, riddled with holes—

This was a human corpse.

"These jellyfish-like creatures attached to the corpses are the true form of Snow Maitreya!" Lu Jin used his magnetic field to pluck a "jellyfish" from one of Snow Maitreya's corpses.

The so-called Snow Maitreya is nothing more than a peculiar "jellyfish" that lives in underground rivers and lakes. It can attach itself to a person's face, and its tentacles can penetrate into the eyes, ears, mouth, nose and other orifices, thereby controlling the brain and thus indirectly obtaining a mobile human body.

This method is similar to the corpse-driving technique of the Corpse-driving lineage, but it is cruder, because these "jellyfish" only control their bodies by instinct.