Chapter 128 Xiawei Temple: As long as he has it, he can take it!
After bidding farewell to the headless stone ghost, Yu Naixin emerged from the cave and saw the butter flower monk with a worried and shocked expression.
"Benefactor Yu!" The butter-flower monk lowered his voice, so as not to disturb the headless stone ghost inside the cave, his voice urgent and hoarse, "What you are doing is too dangerous!"
Yu Naixin didn't seem to mind: "I'm just going to the illusion again, it's nothing."
【Huh?! What do they mean by that? What do you mean by "going to the illusion again"? Didn't the female guest already enter that special memory illusion and then it naturally dissipated?! Can they really go back to it again?!】
[...It shouldn't be another trip to the illusion inside the temple, but rather some other illusion.]
[OMG! Yes, yes, yes, even the butter flower monk had a vision, so it's not surprising that the headless stone ghost also has one!]
[But how did the female guest know about it? The headless stone ghost itself seems unaware of this!]
[These top-tier program guests are really skilled; we can only watch and see.]
Yu Naixin blinked innocently, "The last time I went to your illusion, you personally led me to the entrance. You weren't this nervous then, were you?"
Butter Flower Monk: "..."
The monk who made butter sculptures was speechless for a moment.
Back then... how could back then be the same as now?!
At the time, he simply thought this female benefactor was an uninvited guest with a wildly imaginative mind, and he just wanted to keep her calm and prevent her from causing trouble at Xiawei Temple. Who could have imagined what would happen later...
The monk's face flushed uncontrollably again, whether from embarrassment or anger, it was hard to tell.
Seeing this, Yu Naixin laughed heartily: "Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore."
Her expression became more serious, and she earnestly comforted him, "Master, do you still remember my little straw man? I can buy three more of the same prop, so it's very safe."
Upon entering this instance, Yu Naixin's system balance exceeded 5,000 Sweet Coins. In the real-world instance, she only spent 2,000 Sweet Coins to buy two substitute straw men, leaving her with over 3,000 in savings.
Even if the special memory illusion of the headless stone ghost is more dangerous, and two substitute straw men couldn't solve the problem, a third substitute straw man will definitely be able to solve it.
After all, the headless stone ghost and the butter flower monk were guests in the same episode, so there wasn't much difference between them.
The butter sculpture monk is blushing again! This monk is so innocent!
[If you ask me, the little witch is so high-level, she's a perfect match for a male guest who's completely defenseless!]
[Congratulations to the female guest on the show "Heartbeat 1000%"! You have received 8 Sweet Coins from a viewer with the ID "Why Can't I Change My Name?"!]
Look closely at the female guest's expression; she's deliberately teasing the butter monk, using this method to help him relax from his overly tense state! It has to be said, this move was quite unexpected, but the effect was outstanding.
Wow, it really is! This female guest seems both gentle and mischievous, with a rather peculiar personality.
[It turns out the female guest also has feelings for the butter monk! Isn't this a two-way street?]
[Congratulations to the female guest on the show "Heartbeat 1000%"! You have received 5 Sweet Coins from a viewer with the ID "I'm already suffering so much, why can't I have something sweet?"!]
Standing on tiptoe, Yu Naixin patted the butter monk's shoulder one last time: "Just wait for me to come back."
Then, bypassing the butter-flower monks, Yu Naixin headed directly up the snow-capped mountain.
The butter-flower monk watched Yu Naixin's figure disappear into the vast white snow, wishing he could take her place and unlock the threshold of the headless stone ghost illusion for her, but in the end he was powerless to do so.
He had tried before, but this snow mountain not only cut off his senses, but also prevented him from setting foot on it.
With his hands clasped together in front of his chest, the butter monk bowed his head and closed his eyes, praying to the gods and Buddhas with unwavering devotion, asking them to ensure Yu Naixin's safety.
The butter sculpture monk had stopped believing in these things a long time ago, but at this moment, all his faith was rekindled.
The Buddha statues on that plateau never manifested their power, but the Buddha statues at Xiawei Temple clearly respond to the wishes of worshippers. They must have some kind of divine power, right?
—No matter the cost, as long as he has it, he can take it!
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After ensuring she was in the blind spot of the butter flower monk, Yu Naixin summoned the priest's folding fan and flew vertically upwards, arriving at her destination in no time.
The reason Yu Naixin avoided the sight of the butter monk was not because she didn't trust him, but simply because she preferred to keep some trump cards and backup plans for herself.
Yu Naixin handed over the task of clearing the snow from that small hole to the paper dog, letting the professionals do it.
Finally able to throw his whole body into the snow, the paper puppy wagged its tail happily and started working excitedly.
Soon, the dark hole was revealed.
A chilling wind emanated from the cave entrance, and even though Yu Naixin had tried her best to move to the side where she wouldn't be directly affected, she was still freezing to the bone.
[What?! There really is one! My God, this resentment seems even stronger than the one in the west wing! How terrifying!]
[Leaving aside what was stuffed into the illusion, the headless stone golem itself was filled with resentment, which backfired to the point that it was almost brainless, and its sins of killing were extremely heavy.]
Given the past of the monk who made butter sculptures, the past of the headless stone ghost is probably not so simple either. It's hard to say exactly where this sin of killing came from.
Yu Naixin ordered the priest's folding fan and paper effigy effects to be hidden again, and immediately bought two substitute straw men from the system's special shop and threw them into the cave.
Better than Yu Naixin's worst-case scenario, two lives were lost, and the cave was no longer blocked by any restrictions. The black substance suddenly began to spin wildly, sucking Yu Naixin in directly.
After a familiar dizzying sensation, Yu Naixin could feel that she had possessed the body of the newly born headless stone ghost.
As her senses gradually returned, the first thing Yu Naixin smelled was a strong dusty odor.
Amidst the swirling dust and stone chips, Yu Naixin saw a shirtless, robust middle-aged man using tools to chisel and hammer at the headless stone ghost's hand.
The man had his hair tied up in an ancient Chinese style, wore a gray-brown pair of shorts, and his straw sandals were tattered and worn, clearly showing signs of wear and tear.
Looking a little further away, you get a view of the mountains and forests from a top-down perspective.
That's right, the man is suspended in mid-air.
A thick hemp rope was tightly tied around his waist, suspending him from a height. He needed to control his direction and balance, stepping on the mountain wall next to the headless stone ghost, to carve the body of the headless stone ghost.
The chat room was stunned.
[?! So the headless stone demon used to have a head?!]
"Didn't you see the severed neck? That uneven surface clearly indicates there was a matching head beforehand!"
[Holy crap! Holy crap?! Don't tell me this is what the headless stone golem originally looked like?! Except for the size, it doesn't resemble it at all!]
[I'm also wondering, wasn't the headless stone demon supposed to be wearing some rather rough stone armor? How come in this illusion it's wearing such an exquisite... a cassock?! And so many jewels on its head and body!]
[What headless stone ghost?! This is clearly a complete Buddha statue! A Buddha statue painstakingly carved from the stone wall by ancient craftsmen at great expense!]
[Wait a minute! I remember someone speculating that the main Buddha statue in the main hall of Xiawei Temple was moved to the lotus pond by the butter-painting monks? But looking at the headless stone ghost... no, let's call it a stone Buddha, judging by its size and dimensions, it would be quite fitting for him to sit in the main seat of the main hall!]
The original headless stone ghost was indeed a complete stone Buddha.
The main hall in the backyard of Xiawei Temple is his domain, and he is rightfully the deity who should occupy the main position.
After the craftsmen finished carving the headless stone ghost, it began to develop a slight intelligence. Later, as the Buddha statue was painted and completed, the spiritual power of the headless stone ghost slowly accumulated over time.
Yu Naixin weighed the pros and cons and concluded that compared to the speed at which the butter flower monk naturally increased his spiritual power, the headless stone ghost's speed was undoubtedly much faster.
This is understandable, because for a long time, the butter flower monks were just small offerings at the feet of Buddha statues, while the headless stone ghosts, from the moment they were born, were proper gods and Buddhas who would receive offerings and worship.
The artisans dyed the robe on the stone Buddha in red, green, and gold, all colors with very low saturation. These colors complemented each other, creating a magnificent and exquisite picture.
Yu Naixin: "..."
When Yu Naixin first saw the headless stone goblin armor broken in the simulator, revealing the mottled red and green colors inside, it was exactly how the colors of this armor have faded and deteriorated over the years due to wind and sun.
There is a classic example of this color scheme in Yu Naixin's hometown.
—Dunhuang Grottoes murals.
In fact, the headless stone ghost that exists today is the largest of the Buddhist statues in this grotto.
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