Chapter 260: One plant, two beauties, twin flowers (6)
Taoist Master Xuanqing jumped onto the lotus seat of the Buddha statue.
This statue of Sakyamuni Buddha is painted with gold lacquer and decorated with colored glaze. It is both kind and peaceful as well as solemn and luxurious.
Lively and radiant, with a lifelong spirit, enduring all hardships.
His ears hang down to his shoulders, he wears a cassock with the right shoulder exposed, his left hand is in the meditation mudra, and his right hand is in the demon-subduing mudra.
Facing the 7-meter-tall Buddha statue, the slender Taoist Master Xuanqing looked extremely small even when he stood upright on the lotus seat, his height not even reaching the chest of the Buddha statue.
The Buddhist hall is filled with dim candlelight and sandalwood incense.
Taoist Master Xuanqing, a cultivator, could not help but put his hands together, lower his brows and look submissive to show respect in front of the strong oppressive feeling of the Buddha statue.
After he saluted, he made a move that Tokisou found strange.
Taoist Master Xuanqing pressed his face and ears tightly against the Buddha statue, then tapped various places with his fingers, as if listening to the sounds coming back from inside.
Some Buddha statues have treasures inside.
When craftsmen sculpted Buddha statues, they would first leave a hole somewhere in the statue, and senior monks would put scriptures, jewels, grains, and metal lungs and livers into the hole, and then seal it up, just like the internal organs in the human body.
This is called "loading and hiding".
Some monks with improper behavior and cunning officials and businessmen would use this method to hide illegal properties such as gold, silver, jewelry, and land deeds inside to conceal their tracks.
Who knows what treasure is hidden in this Buddha statue in Anhua Temple that attracted Taoist Xuanqing to come and look for it?
He walked around the lotus seat, tapping various parts of the Buddha statue with his fingers, observing and listening carefully.
Finally, Taoist Xuanqing walked around to the back and set his sights on the cassock behind the Buddha statue...
At this time, his body was completely covered by the Buddha statue. In order to see more clearly, Shisui tiptoed to another place on the eaves.
The materials used in the palace buildings are luxurious. Anhua Hall is an important place for worshipping gods and Buddhas. Even the roof is double-layered. The beams and columns above are densely packed, so the common peeping method of lifting tiles is useless.
Shi Sui could only hook her feet on the eaves, hanging upside down with her head downwards, and look inside through the small lattice window of the ventilation grille above the hall.
She looked closely and found that in just a few minutes when she moved, Taoist Xuanqing had already used his whisk to knock a large crack on the back of the Buddha statue.
The cracks spread along the lines of the robes, and it was not possible to see what was inside.
But Taoist Xuanqing could not suppress the excitement on his face. He used the internal energy of the Hunyuan School and moved his palms to apply pressure on the cracks again and again until the entire back of the Buddha statue was completely covered with dense cracks.
Hello...
This Buddha statue has a great history and is regarded as a national treasure!
Taoist Priest Xuanqing's actions are no different from digging up the country's dragon veins. It is a serious crime that will implicate nine generations of his clan.
It seems that the things hidden inside are extremely precious.
“Hey—whoosh—”
Taoist Xuanqing channeled his energy into his Dantian, shouted loudly, and used the end of the whisk handle to strike the cracked back of the Buddha statue hard, creating a big hole!
Crackling——
Fragments of gold, bronze, and clay tiles were scattered all over the ground.
After the dust gradually dissipated, Taoist Xuanqing picked up a lit lotus lantern for illumination and put most of his body into the Buddha statue to explore.
Shi Sui stared intently, every pore in her body on alert.
She smelled the dead.
Dongdong——clang——
With the efforts of Taoist Xuanqing, he finally pulled out a... dried corpse from the Buddha statue's belly?
It was a complete body of Buddha.
The so-called Flesh-body Buddha refers to a high-ranking monk who, after passing away in a meditative posture, had his remains placed directly in a sitting urn, the opening of which was sealed with lime slurry. When the urn is opened three years later, the Buddha's face will appear lifelike, his body intact, with his facial features, hair, and eyebrows clearly visible.
As for the body that Taoist Xuanqing pulled out... although it was not placed in the commonly used stone jar, the body was intact and was well preserved inside the golden bronze Buddha statue.
Since the founding of the country, a total of six emperors have sat on the throne of the Son of Heaven.
This eminent monk had been hiding there for at least 100 years, and now he has finally seen the light of day in this rather undignified way...
"Amitabha, I'm so sorry for the offense."
Taoist Master Xuanqing straightened the flesh-and-blood Buddha's body, brushed off the dust on his head, and sat down cross-legged in a meditation posture, facing the flesh-and-blood Buddha's body head-on.
He straightened his back, slightly clasped the fingers of both hands together, placed them on his knees on both sides, closed his eyes and began to gather his strength.
Taoist Priest Xuanqing moved his lips and quickly whispered an incantation that only he could hear. A light red light gradually emanated from his body, and a crimson seal gradually appeared on his forehead.
"It's the Resurrection Technique!"
Shisui from Huangquan is very familiar with this spell.
But the monk had passed away many years ago, and Shisui could tell at a glance that his soul had long since left his body and gone into the six realms of reincarnation.
No matter how hard Taoist Xuanqing tried, he could not bring the monk back to life.
Unfortunately, Taoist Xuanqing did not have the same profound skills as Shi Sui, so he probably didn't see it for a while.
His face flushed red as he continued to practice. The mark on his forehead became more and more obvious, and he continued to pour his magic power into the Buddha's physical body.
"Please, please wake up!!"
Taoist Master Xuanqing was lifted up by his own magical power and suspended in mid-air, which was mixed with the energy of the Yellow Springs. The two forces restrained each other, causing his breath to be disordered and his meridians to run smoothly.
Tokiho narrowed her eyes and said, "Hey, you'll go crazy."
As soon as she finished speaking, Taoist Xuanqing suddenly opened his eyes.
His eyes had turned blood red, and countless purple-red stripes appeared on his fair skin. The Hunyuan Qi and the Huangquan Qi collided violently in his body, fighting fiercely.
"ah--"
Taoist Xuanqing roared towards the sky, his eyes wild and confused, and he had lost his self-awareness.
If Shisui doesn't come to the rescue, he will go berserk and destroy things at will.
"Tsk. If you don't have the skills, don't take on the job! You only know how to cause trouble."
Shi Sui sighed, released her feet from the eaves pillar, did a 180-degree spin in the air, landed steadily, then rushed into the main hall at the fastest speed to stop Taoist Xuanqing, whose eyes were red.
She leaped high up, flew in the air, then gathered her spiritual power in her right foot and kicked him hard on the top of his head.
Click——
Taoist Xuanqing's skull was slightly shattered, and Shi Sui took the opportunity to hit him on the chest again, forcing all the Yellow Springs Qi out of his body.
His legs went weak and he knelt directly in front of Shisui, barely using his arms to support the ground to prevent himself from being completely paralyzed.
"I...cough cough cough..."
Taoist Xuanqing was breathing heavily, and the red mark on his forehead and the spots on his skin gradually faded away.
He looked up at Shi Sui in disbelief: "Princess... you... you really..."
Before he could finish his words, he felt a black screen in front of his eyes and fell to the ground unconscious.
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