Chapter 167: Clay Statue of the Goddess
But the girl only took one look at Yan Chixia's room and turned away without hesitation.
Yan Chixia didn't wait for anyone, so he quickly opened the door and took a look, but there was no ghost.
"Why don't you come to me? Am I not handsome enough?"
Yan Chixia complained, "Or maybe your heroic appearance last night was exposed, so you don't dare to come?"
But the girl had already gone far away. She walked in Lanyin Temple, as if she was familiar with everything here and knew every blade of grass and every tree.
She walked to the palace, a brightly lit building with no name. She seemed completely unfazed by its solemn atmosphere and walked in easily.
The lights flicker and the orchid fragrance is rich.
All the decorations in front of the Buddha have disappeared, leaving only the brilliantly blooming orchids.
The girl looked up at the Buddha statue. The sacred golden Buddha had disappeared from the temple at some point, and was replaced by a holy statue of a flower-scattering goddess.
This celestial being wore flowing silk robes, her hair towering high, her figure graceful, and her gaze radiant. Her face was beautiful, her eyes full of affection. In one hand she held a golden plate containing several orchids. Her other hand, in a gesture of picking up flowers, also held an orchid.
The girl took the incense from the statue, lit it and placed it in the incense burner.
The fragrant white smoke mixed with the aroma of orchids, turning into billowing white mist that spread from the palace.
The girl's figure disappeared in the white mist, and there were vague shadows in the white mist, as if there were human figures dancing in it.
"Xiao Qian is back, why did you come empty-handed?"
"Don't talk nonsense. I brought a gift for grandma and was just about to pick it up." The girl snorted coldly.
White mist emerged, and all figures and sounds disappeared in it for a moment.
Thick white fog came from all directions, easily covering all the monasteries.
Whether it was the Lanxi scholar and servant in the east wing, or Ning Caichen and Ma Junji in the southern monk's house, they all fell into a deep sleep in the white fog.
Only in Yan Chixia's monk's room, a red light flashed, and the sword immortal dressed as a scholar broke out of the door and stood coldly in the courtyard, observing the ghostly aura that seemed to appear and disappear in the white mist.
Nothing could be seen clearly in the white fog, so Yan Chixia frowned and walked towards the doors of Ning Caichen and Ma Junji's rooms. He hung a cloth bag in front of Ning Caichen's door and a precious jade in front of Ma Junji's door, then returned to his room and fell asleep holding the sword box.
The fog is heavy and humid, giving people the illusion of sinking to the bottom of the water.
But from the water surface to underwater, it was as if I had passed through another world and everything became clear again.
The crows led the way in the cemetery. The dazed Ma Junji and Ning Caichen followed the crows into the orchid village, and then followed the chanting sounds and began to pretend to be monks at Zhen Niang's house.
This time no one disturbed him, so Yan Chixia was able to blend in smoothly and become a part of it.
The girl named Xiaoqian went to the east wing in person, wrapped the Lanxi scholar's waist with a ribbon in the white fog, and led him into the depths of the white fog.
The scholar from Lanxi was in a daze, grabbing the white silk and following forward until he walked into the "deep shade of orchids", passed through a path full of orchids, and stopped in a valley.
Lanxi Scholar suddenly regained consciousness and looked at Xiaoqian with a look of joy and a determined desire. "Miss, didn't you want to bring me to see the Flower-scattering Goddess? Why are you here?"
He moved forward along the white silk, wanting to get closer to Xiaoqian, but Xiaoqian suddenly let go of her hand, letting the white silk fly away and be held by the scholar from Lanxi.
Xiao Qian opened her arms and said, "Don't you want to see the Flower-scattering Goddess? Then look carefully!"
It suddenly got dark.
No, it wasn't that it was dark, but something blocked out the sunlight, shrouding the scholar from Lanxi in shadow.
The soil was surging and bulging, and the lushly blooming orchids seemed to be wrapped up in the soil, entangled like mud snakes and rushing out of the ground.
Mud kept falling from the mountains on both sides, and the scholar from Lanxi could not stand steadily and fell to the ground. He looked up at the blocked sky with an expression of great fear.
The ground beneath his feet kept rising, lifting him and Xiaoqian into the air, merging into one with the huge shadow in the sky.
Xiao Qian said, "Look, the Flower-scattering Fairy you wanted to see."
The huge shadow mixed with mud and orchids revealed a vague human face, which vaguely looked like a person. The whole body seemed to be a beautiful woman, with towering buns stacked layer by layer, looking extremely gentle.
But when this huge and beautiful human figure is constructed from countless pieces of mud and orchids, it gives people an uncontrollable sense of fear.
Tall and majestic, beautiful and terrifying, enchanting and evil.
Lanxi Scholar and Xiaoqian were held in her palms, with the mountains on both sides as her legs for sitting cross-legged. Mud was constantly rolling on her body, revealing "beauties" similar to her, made of mud and orchids.
This is the Flower-Scattering Goddess that the scholar from Lanxi wanted to see, the Flower-Scattering Goddess recorded in the county annals and the clan’s collection of books.
Xiao Qian asked, "Don't you want to see the Flower-scattering Goddess and your great-great-aunt?"
All the endless fantasies in Lanxi's heart were wiped out in an instant. He shook his head like a madman and backed away, retreating to the edge of his palm, shouting loudly: "It's gone, I don't want to see it anymore!"
Xiaoqian showed a sarcastic look, "Grandma, this is a gift I brought you."
The soil in the palm of his hand was churning, and a figure that looked exactly like the goddess enshrined in the temple broke free from the soil, revealing its true appearance.
She looked at the Lanxi scholar, laughed strangely, and said, "Great-grandmother?"
The mud crawled up from under Lanxi Scholar's feet, locking him like a vine and bringing him to the front of the Scattering Flower Goddess. The mud was like a pair of invisible hands, twisting his face and forcing him to look into the Scattering Flower Goddess's eyes.
The scholar from Lanxi wanted to beg for mercy, but he couldn't move.
Just when he thought he was going to die, the Flower-Scattering Goddess showed some surprise and said, "It really is my descendant."
Lanxi scholar burst into tears, but the earth had already gently laid him down. The Flower-scattering Fairy took out a handkerchief from somewhere and wiped his face, scolding him with a smile, "You little brat, you have such little courage, yet you dare to come to me."
Only then did the scholar from Lanxi gradually regain his composure, revealing an expression of embarrassment and shame.
The Flower-scattering Fairy looked at Xiaoqian and said with a smile, "Girl, you really brought me a good gift. Is that also a gift you brought me over there?"
Xiaoqian showed a puzzled expression.
The Flower-Scattering Goddess shook her head and said, "It seems you didn't bring it."
She looked towards the bottom of the giant hand, at the ground of the huge clay statue, as if there was something there. Xiao Qian looked over, but there was clearly nothing there.
"Hide your head and show your tail!"
Countless whips emerged from the holy statue made of a mixture of mud and orchids, like plant roots, twisting into the void.
It was as if something was broken and scattered into countless moonlights.
The ropes entangled one of the objects, but then they untied, leaving a tattered straw man on the ground.
The Flower-Scattering Fairy raised her brows and said, "Escaped? Where can you escape to in the deep shade of orchids? Chase him!"
Human figures made of orchids and mud flew out from the huge statue. They looked very similar to the statue, as if they were celestial maidens scattering flowers in a procession, chasing after Xiaoqian the way she came.
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