I am Su Mu.
A cunning merchant who has traversed into a world of cultivation and magic!
My motto? [Pay-to-win to become immortal, grind till the end!]
Spending my own money is not...
As the monsters and ghosts were wiped out, the place outside the temple suddenly became quiet.
In fact, everyone has a chance to capture alive these ferocious beasts under the snake demon, just like they did with the powerful tiger king and his men.
Even before the last wave of attacks was launched, several monsters were already kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, wanting to surrender and save their lives.
But the crowd ignored him and chose to kill him.
They are seeking revenge for their dead classmates.
Su Mu didn't stop them.
If the jungle was not full of unknown dangers and it was not clear where the evil demons and ferocious beasts that had previously attacked his classmates were hiding, Sumu would have wanted to lead a team to sweep the surroundings, kill these evil demons and ferocious beasts, and avenge his dead classmates.
After the battle, everyone cleaned up the battlefield, chopped off the heads of the evil demons and ferocious beasts, and built a Jingguan on the open space outside the Buddhist temple.
Although the scale of this Jingguan is not large, it is still quite scary to look at because it uses the heads of evil demons and ferocious beasts, which are either hideous or weird.
The Tiger King, who was tied to the armored vehicle, and his men were trembling with fear at this scene.
After exhaling a breath of foul air, the Tiger King couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, thinking that he had done the right thing by decisively admitting defeat, kneeling down to surrender and calling daddy in time!
Otherwise, a few of us would probably be piled up like a Jingguan, right?
"No, there are too few of us. We probably won't build a Jingguan. It's more likely that we'll just make a hot pot stew..."
No matter what the result is, it's terrible. Fortunately, I surrendered.
Those students who were unwilling to accept the result before no longer dared to do so.
Although I don’t know what means Su Mu used to kill the snake demon, he succeeded in killing it!
And it is very easy to kill, no different from killing chickens and ducks in the kitchen.
But the problem is that the snake demon is not a chicken or duck, but a demigod-level demon!
These people were completely convinced, and at the same time they were glad that they had not done anything stupid before.
A gust of wind blew and they couldn't help shivering. They found that they were already sweating profusely and their whole bodies were soaked.
Su Mu did not stop his classmates from building the Jingguan. He also personally carried the snake demon's head over and placed it on the top of the Jingguan.
Although the snake demon was killed and its soul was eaten by the drum, the snake head's nerve reflex was still there, and it tried to open its mouth and bite Su Mu.
Unfortunately, the snake didn't bite anyone, and Su Mu pulled out all the snake's fangs.
Although it finally bit Su Mu's hand, it did not cause any harm. Instead, it gave Su Mu a special feeling of suction and wriggling.
No wonder Xu Xian dared to ride a snake, there was a reason...
After Su Mu placed the snake demon's head on the platform, the Jingguan was completely formed.
Su Mu waved his hand, and the jade tablet carrying the souls of his classmates who died in the battle was lifted up by an invisible force and flew above the Jingguan.
This Jingguan is not only used to deter evil spirits and ferocious beasts, but also to commemorate the souls of classmates who died in the battle!
Su Mu took two steps back and waved his hand. Then a piece of incense flew out and he controlled it with the sword-controlling technique and distributed it to the classmates.
The students looked at each other, wondering in their hearts: How many incense candles did he bring?
Each person lit three incense sticks, held the incense in their hands, and bowed from afar towards the suspended jade tablet.
"We came too late and failed to save you. But we will definitely take your souls home with us!"
Su Mu swore softly to the dead soul in front of him, and inserted three incense sticks on the ground in front of the Jingguan.
Next came Su Ye, then Lin Jian'e, Kevin and others, as well as more classmates.
Soon, the mud in front of the Jingguan was densely packed with a large area of incense sticks.
The smoke rolled like clouds and fog.
A ghost figure flew out of the jade token. It was the soul of the classmates who died in the battle.
They stood in the mist-like smoke, clasped their fists and bowed to express their gratitude to Su Mu and their classmates.
After the memorial ceremony, everyone continued to clean up the battlefield.
Under the protection of Feili and other monsters, Su Ye touched the corpses one by one. Her classmates majoring in food and alchemy followed behind her. After she finished touching a corpse, she would go up and decompose it, taking off the parts that could be used as medicine or food.
After they finished, students majoring in talisman formations and weapon repair collected materials for making talismans and weapons from the bones and fur.
Students from other schools are still a little unfamiliar with doing these tasks.
But for schools like Qingcheng and Emei, which started challenge dungeons early on, their students are much more skilled at doing this, and it has become systematic, giving people a feeling of "one-stop service."
However, I am afraid that no one would actively experience this kind of "one-stop service".
Su Mu did not participate in cleaning up the battlefield.
The team had already reached a consensus that the spoils would be handed over uniformly and he would distribute them according to military merit.
Of course, the ones actually responsible for the statistics and distribution of military merits are Amiya and Xiao Ai.
Most people in the team have witnessed the super intelligence and computing power of these two rune figures, and they trust their statistics and allocations.
At this time, Su Mu walked into the Buddhist hall.
Like the temples dedicated to Shentu and Yulei, this Buddhist hall had been neglected for a long time and looked dilapidated.
Not only was there dust all over the inside, but the walls, roof, and other places were also covered with holes. It was no exaggeration to say that it was full of holes.
Kevin followed him into the temple, looked around, and suddenly said, "This temple was not built as long as the temple we stayed in last night."
"How do you know?"
Su Mu asked curiously, he really didn't notice.
Kevin smiled and said, "I have some experience in appreciating cultural relics. There are many cultural relics in my house. After being exposed to them for a long time, I can naturally figure out some things. In addition, I also studied archaeology when I was at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
"Also, there is an elder in my family who is a devout Buddhist. Influenced by him, I also have some understanding of Buddhist things."
"Huh?" Su Mu was stunned.
The elders of Kevin's family are also devout Buddhists?
In Su Mu's mind, a picture emerged: a guy with a white complexion wearing a black cape with a red interior, tasting the blood in the wine glass while chanting Buddhist scriptures...
This style of painting is so discordant!
Kevin rolled his eyes at him and said, "What are you talking about? Freedom of belief is good, I used to pray to God every day."
That's true. When Kevin's Chinese was not very good before, he would say things like "Oh God" and "I swear to God, I will kiss your ass hard with my shoe" every day.
Thinking about it, I miss it a lot.
But there was one thing that confused Su Mu: "If you want to believe in Buddhism, don't you have to be a vegetarian?"
“I’m a vegetarian.”
Su Mu really wanted to ask, can you vampires get used to eating vegetarian food?
But on second thought, in this world where cultivation and magic techniques are highly advanced, we cannot apply Earth’s concepts to it.
There are so many spiritual materials here, it is not impossible to create medicines and food to replace blood.
During the time Kevin was in Qingcheng Mountain, he only went to eat blood sausage occasionally.
Seeing that Su Mu had no questions, Kevin raised his hand and pointed at a wall, continuing the previous topic.
"Look at the murals on the wall. They are typical of the Sui and Tang dynasties! The craftsmanship and style of the two statues of Shentu and Yulei that you... ahem, invited to accompany us on this journey are even more ancient."
Su Mu followed the direction of Kevin's finger and saw the mural on the wall.
He did not study the styles of murals in different periods, but just thought in his mind:
"Sui and Tang Dynasties? That was around the time when the second secret realm descended. It seems that when the second secret realm descended, immortals, Buddhas and cultivators had counterattacked.
Unfortunately, we were unable to recover the lost ground.
However, the evil demons and beasts in the Yuanjiao secret realm were suppressed so severely, probably because of the counterattack of the immortals and Buddhas and cultivators..."
"what's on your mind?"
Kevin saw Su Mu staring at the mural in a daze and couldn't help but feel curious.
As he looked at the mural, he said, "Is there something magical about it? But I asked the classmates who stayed here last night, and they all said that apart from the chanting, there were no other strange phenomena."
"I was thinking about something else that had nothing to do with this mural."
Su Mu shook his head and looked away.
Following them in were other students, some of whom were Buddhists. They couldn't take their eyes off the murals and started taking pictures with their cell phones.
In the Yuanjiao Secret Realm, although there is no signal on the mobile phone, other functions are still available, the most commonly used of which is the photo and video recording function.
The only pity is that I can’t post to Moments in time, which makes everyone feel like something is missing…
"Brother, who is depicted in this mural? What is the content?"
Su Mu asked one of the bald brothers.
The bald senior brother quickly put down his phone and introduced: "Teacher Su, the painting on the wall is Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva preaching to the world."
Sumu knew that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was the great and powerful heavenly dragon, the Tathagata Ksitigarbha... ahem, no, he was the person in charge of hell in Buddhism, the Bodhisattva who had made the great vow of "not becoming a Buddha until hell is empty."
"So, this Buddhist temple is dedicated to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?" Su Mu asked.
He turned his head and looked towards the center of the Buddhist temple, where there was an altar.
The statue on the stage had disappeared, leaving only a stone lotus throne and rubble on the ground.
I don’t know whether the statue was destroyed or moved to some other place.
The bald brother shook his head and said, "It may not be the temple of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, but it is definitely related to him."
Su Mu nodded and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother."
The bald senior brother looked flattered and waved his hands hastily: "I don't deserve your advice, I don't deserve it."
At this time, Su Mu also saw the stone tablet standing next to the altar.
There is one stone tablet on each side, but the one on the left has been destroyed and only a small piece remains, while the one on the right is still relatively intact.
"Brother, you are busy. I will go over there and take a look."
After Su Mu said this to the bald senior brother, he walked towards the stone tablet.
A question popped up in his mind: First there were the temples of Shentu and Yulei, and now there is a Buddhist temple related to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Could this Yuanjiao secret realm have something to do with hell? It doesn't look like it...