The vast Lanruo Temple was eerily quiet. Although it wasn't completely dark yet, a bone-chilling cold was already palpable.
While Daoyuan and Yan Chixia were talking, the newcomers in the group of thirteen were all observing Yan Chixia with great interest, while the veterans were carefully observing their surroundings.
It wasn't until Yan Chixia told Daoyuan to stay nearby that everyone came back to their senses.
Yan Chixia also looked at the other thirteen people in the group with a puzzled expression.
'Strange, who are these people? They're dressed so strangely. But this master has a profound aura, imbued with Buddhist teachings; he's a highly virtuous monk. We must be wary of the demons of Lanruo Temple harming him!'
In Yan Chixia's view, the outside world was too complicated. He lived in seclusion in Lanruo Temple, where he kept company with ghosts, which was a peaceful and simple life.
Before this, he had no intention of deliberately subduing the ghosts here. These wandering spirits were pitiful people in life and pitiful ghosts in death.
He bowed to Daoyuan and then went back to his room.
The fourteen people looked at each other. Although Lanruo Temple was abandoned, it was still quite large, with many rooms.
It was divided into a front courtyard, a back courtyard, and the original monks' quarters and main hall.
With a little cleaning, it could accommodate many people, but they have no intention of separating.
“Master Daoyuan, let’s stay in the room to the left of Yan Chixia. That room looks bigger.”
"You may decide, Benefactor Zhao; this humble monk has no other requests."
Daoyuan answered casually, but what he was really thinking about was how to convert the tree demon.
Whether the observer will send someone to help him take down the old glass tree spirit or has other plans, he shouldn't be able to harm himself.
A group of people opened the door and filed in.
Dust filled the room, causing the newcomers to cough repeatedly, while the veterans frowned and looked towards the attic.
"Countless innocent people have died at Lanruo Temple."
One of the female team members remarked with emotion.
The newcomers, seeing the seniors' appearance, followed their gaze to the attic, only to see dilapidated wooden planks.
But then something suddenly occurred to me.
In the movie, the attic of Ning Caichen's room was filled with dried corpses whose life essence had been drained by the tree demon.
Thinking about it this way makes me break out in a cold sweat.
I wonder if these so-called veterans of reincarnation can protect them.
Daoyuan suddenly realized that his sense of smell had become exceptionally sharp, as if he had received some kind of mental transmission from the observer and unlocked some kind of key.
The stench from the attic was unmistakable, and even the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill he was practicing seemed to have some kind of restriction lifted, giving it an indescribable and strange smell.
'Is it a perk?'
What Daoyuan didn't know was that the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill originally required enlightenment through Buddhism to master. Although he had studied Buddhism in seclusion for 66 years, it was more like Wu You had given him a cheat code, and he himself didn't have a deep understanding of the essence of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill.
So this time, with the obviously supernatural world, Wu You gave him another boost by adding the Buddhist elements.
Even if I don't know, it doesn't stop me from showing off. Daoyuan is bold and conceited; he feels the urge to boast whenever he has a little confidence.
“Amitabha Buddha, these corpses are neither human nor ghost, neither accepted by the human world nor by the underworld. It is not right to leave them here. Let this old monk deliver them from suffering!”
Daoyuan, guided by his senses, released the aura within him, and for a moment, a faint golden light, like that of someone practicing internal energy, appeared on his body.
Everyone saw the old monk take two steps forward, slowly put his hands together in prayer, and then a faint golden light emanated from his body, like the gentle morning sun.
A thunderous roar suddenly erupted.
"Thus have I heard..."
Rumble~~
The echoes around Lanruo Temple were like thunder.
"As...I...have heard..."
Unconsciously, the four characters of the Diamond Sutra, known as the "Lion's Roar" in Buddhism, have been used for a long time.
"Sizzle~"
A faint sound of flesh sizzling could be heard from the attic, and similar sounds could be heard not only in this room, but in all the rooms of Lanruo Temple.
Then came an even stronger stench.
Yan Chixia suddenly got up from his bed on the floor.
"The Diamond Sutra! This master is truly remarkable; I was worrying for nothing!"
Daoyuan was startled when he uttered the scripture, but he spontaneously used the Lion's Roar based on his intuition, and it seemed to have an unexpectedly good effect.
'Could a monk's lion's roar really subdue demons?'
Daoyuan had indeed guessed one thing correctly: the Lion's Roar skill, to some extent, imitates the might of Heaven, and when combined with Buddhist teachings, it has a miraculous effect in subduing demons.
The reincarnators were now completely relieved. As long as Master Daoyuan and Yan Chixia were there, and their own side was not to be underestimated, they should be able to get through this without much trouble.
Deep in the desolate forest, inside a huge mansion transformed by a tree spirit.
Countless little demons and lonely female ghosts are trembling in fear.
"What should we do, Grandma? There was a fierce-looking guy with a big beard before, and now this formidable old monk has come!"
Although the androgynous tree spirit grandmother looks different from the one in the movie, she is still as ugly as ever.
It soothes its minions like it would a child.
"Don't be afraid. Although that bearded man and the old monk are highly skilled, they can't do anything to me!"
"Just continue to find me blood food as usual, and don't provoke those two guys for now."
...
Outside the woods, the five people who had traveled together could not hear Daoyuan's scriptures because of the distance, but walking in the woods inevitably made them feel a little uneasy.
The howling of wolves could be heard from time to time in the surrounding area.
This made me somewhat less convinced that it was a prank or a pyramid scheme.
"Maybe we should go back... Maybe they weren't lying after all..."
"We've come this far. If we go back now, we won't even be able to see the path in the woods. We might run into wolves. Besides, do you really believe that time travel nonsense?"
Shh, there's someone up ahead!
The five stopped arguing and looked in the direction they were looking. In the distance, someone seemed to be carrying an ancient lantern-like lighting device and was stumbling and hurrying toward them.
The two sides walked towards each other, getting closer and closer.
The scholar carried a satchel, a long robe, a tattered umbrella, and a lantern. The closer he got to the five men, the stranger they felt.
A thought involuntarily popped into his mind: 'Could it be Ning Caichen?'
Ning Caichen had been walking with a heart full of fear the whole way, so he felt extremely warm and fuzzy when he suddenly encountered five people.
"Everyone, is Lanruo Temple in this direction?"
The five people were still staring blankly at Ning Caichen when the latter came up to ask a question.
"Uh...yes."
The five people looked strange, and their clothes didn't resemble those of ordinary people.
'Could they be robbers...? Their face is so clean, they don't seem like it... Let's go.'
"Thank you all, I have to go now."
Seeing Ning Caichen about to leave, one of the five suddenly spoke up and asked a question to his retreating figure.
"May I have your name?"
Ning Caichen quickened his pace, turned back and said, "My name is Ning Caichen," before hurriedly leaving.
The five people looked at each other in bewilderment.
"This... is such a realistic performance."
"Let's go, let's go quickly. Even if it really is a movie world, shouldn't we stay away from Lanruo Temple?"
"That's true!"
As darkness fell, the five of them stepped into Guobei Town with mixed feelings. If this were a prank show or a film studio, it would be too real.
Unfortunately, my good luck ran out before I could even savor it.
"Halt! Those guys are dressed so strangely, they must be wanted criminals!"
"Catch them!"
"Go! Capture them!"
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