Chapter 208 Canglin Tournament (23)

When Feng Bujue opened the door of the temple, he thought there will be old wood to make noise and aging dust coming.

In surprise, the door opened so smoothly that when the wooden shafts of the two doors turned. They barely made a sound or noise, as if they were brand new. And the scene inside the door was not a state that filled with cobwebs and dust.

Inside the door, there was a Buddhist Hall with no other room. The light outside went through the window space directly, so the player can see the scene inside even they didn’t use any lighting devices.

There were two beams and four columns. The floor was paved with turquoise bricks, and the walls were made of brick and wood.

On either side of the hall, there were two rows of red-painted copper shelves against the wall, with four floors each. These floors filled with white candles, while none of them had been lighted at this moment.

At the side which faced the main door, players saw a Buddha statue, it was a creepy headless Buddha.

The figure of Buddha stood upright with five fingers in his right hand as a palm, while his left hand was gone just likes its head.

“Well… From this gesture, it is hard to tell which Mr. God is this.” Feng Bujue walked to the Buddha straightly, while muttering: “Jiazhu with dry painting… Is it from the Yuan Dynasty? “[1]

All of a sudden, Rain pressed on Feng Bujue’s shoulder and pulled it backward. At this moment, a black smoke rose from the ground not far ahead of Feng Bujue.

He was focus to the figure of Buddha without paying attention to his feet. If Like Rain didn’t pull him, he will step on the smoke for sure.

They saw the black smoke rising, it gathered but did not disperse, and immediately a figure appeared from it.

The man who appeared in the smoke was an old monk wrapped in cassocks. He had purple skin and white beard and dark pupils. The weird thing is, he looked scary but had a good people’s face.

“Who are thou? Why did thee come to my monastery?” “Asked the monk.

“We’re just passers.” Feng Bujue said: “We heard there was a ghost making trouble, so we just come and take a look.”

“Passers? Hum… “The monk asked again:” Ic saw your spirit mind were all open, and I’m afraid you are not a normal person?”

“I see the excellency has a purple complexion, and with a feeling of monster, and I’m afraid you are not even person?” Feng Bujue asked back.

“Ha… Bahahaha… “That monk laughed:” Good, such a “You are not even a person”!!!”

The window of the temple was suddenly covered by a black fog, so the outside of the light was completely blocked. But it did not last long, and next moment all the candles around it were lit with green light.

During this period, the figure of the monk had changed greatly, he became the appearance of an Asura. Its height pulled up to ten feet 2), his cloth was supporting by muscles, and his hair had to turn into bloody red. He started the players full of fierceness angrily.

After Like Rain saw that, she wanted to raise her sword to fight. But Feng Bujue stood in front of her, slanted over and made a sign. He seemed to be saying……. You don’t have to do it yet.

“Is it right that you, like the tree, were transformed by a little girl called “Bella” so you became like this?” Asked Feng Bujue.

“Yes! Then what?” The voice of that evil monk also changed, that voice cannot use “rough” as a description, but “brutal” instead.

“I just want to ask, are you voluntarily to maintain this state, or it was under her control that she wanted to attack people who came up the hill and forced you guys?”

“If I were under her control, would you still be standing lively and talking to me now?” “Asked the evil monk.

“Then you are willing to be an evil monster and kill those people?” Said Feng Bujue.

“The reason I became like this was because of that child’s resentment. Unless she’s pissed off, I… And all the ghosts of this whole mountain, all of them will be trapped in this mountain and will never be allowed to enter the Samsara.” The monk replied, “But… We were voluntarily to kill those people from Cangling Town.

“Because the people in the town killed Bella wrongly?” Ask imperceptibly.

“Hum… “The evil monk harrumphed:” Presumably you are also the Daoist they invited?”

“Of course not. If so, would you still be standing lively and talking to me now?” Feng Bujue returned with an extremely arrogant tone.

“Huh?” Head this, the monk was stunned. He put his face forward and said, “You had such a big tone.”

“I don’t have time to talk to you and answer my questions.” Feng Bujue said: “Perhaps I can help you.”

“You? Ha… “The evil monk burst out laugh: “Do you know why this place is called “Hidden Bell Temple’?”

“Why?” Feng Bujue didn’t know, so he asked the question directly.

The monk turned around, he pointed to the headless Buddha behind him with his thick, big arms.” This was a cultivate place of an Arhat, and there was a secret item for Buddha – the Vajra Bell.” He lowered his arm and glared at Feng Bujue. “and I was the only monk in this temple.” At this moment, he seemed to think of what had happened years ago, and looked a little frightened on his fierce face: “but now? Look at me, what did I become?”

“Oh? Is that Vajra Bell very strong?” Feng Bujue asked, with his hands folded across his chest and an expression of disapproval.

“You little-fool-mortal-Daoist will not know how powerful the Vajra Bell is!” As expected, the evil monk fell into Feng Bujue‘s trap and began to talk incessantly: “the Vajra Bell is the most precious treasure of the Vajrayana, which can arouse the power of countless spells… Magic, Divination, Conjuration, Puppet, Blessing, Raining, Healing, Settlement of disaster… It can even guide people’s bad luck to the realm of liberation, subdue the evil spirit, get rid of desire, change all the five elements, Yin and Yang, eight characters, and change people’s fate in the end.

“Where is that thing now?” Feng Bujue showed nothing on his face, while shouted loudly in his heart: “The Vajra Bell, it must become your daddy Feng’s item.”

“How? You want to take the bell?” Asked the evil monk.

When the moment was asked, Feng Bujue had been confirmed, this is the mission FLAG!

He turned his head and looked at Rain, who did not reply but nodded her head for agreement.

“Yes!” Feng Bujue immediately answered.

 

[Main Task progress update]

[Go into the area in the Vajra Bell, find the spirit of Little Bella.]

 

Sure enough, the system pointed it out immediately, and the main task in the game menu was changed.

“If you say you’ll help us, I’ll see if you are able to do that.” The evil monk smiled. Then he stood on the ground like to crush a mountain. The stones of the ground were split in an instant, and there was a gap about two meters in length, in which the sound of a mournful whine seemed to be audible, but when players looked down into the darkness, they saw nothing.

“If you want the Vajra Bell, come to ask the child by yourself.” “The monk said, holding out his palm. On his palm, there was also a bell exactly like the one given by the tree. “Take the bell and jump down.”

Feng Bujue did not let Like Rain go to take, but he reached out his hand to take this item and then again put into Rain’s hands. Then he said kindly to the huge evil monk in front of him, “Thanks to the Master.”

“Stop talking nonsense, there were lots of people went in before, but the ONLY thing came back… was the bell.” The evil monk answered.

Feng Bujue felt that this part of the plot was almost done, so he turned to Rain, said: “Well… Let’s jump down together with a slogan.”

” First, I reject the slogan ‘you jump, I jump’.” She answered directly.

“Hmmm… “Feng Bujue showed an unhappy appearance that his little trick was seen through by Rain:” I will count one two three then.”

[1]Feng Bujue is really a talented guy, or let’s say the author is knowledgeable. The thing he mentioned here was Jiazhu, a Chinese traditional handcraft trick. As a method of painting the statue, first people will use clay to form a fetus, and then paste the linen on the outside of the mud with paint; After the paint is dry, reapply it repeatedly; Finally, get all the mud out, so it’s also known as the “Empty Statue”. In this way, the statue is not only soft and realistic, but also light in texture, so it is also called “Walking Image”. The way was used normally on the statues of Buddhas. The Japanese and Western way to call this is “Lacquer”. Also, readers in the USA could see this kind of statue in the Tang Dynasty in the Seattle Art Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[1]According to my research, it should be approximately 2.83 meters. (It’s true! Don’t ever think I made the number up)