Chapter 732 Going to the Red Temple
"Where is this stone temple?" On the stone cliff to the east, Li Jiangnan and Menglian had already arrived in front of the grotto Buddha temple, and also encountered obstacles. The small stone temple was closed by two thick stone doors, and people outside were not allowed to enter.
"I don't know what the name of this stone temple is, but according to the records on the Holy Treasure Map, you can enter the 'Red Temple' here. According to my understanding, maybe this stone temple is a front door temple of the Red Temple one after another, or maybe this stone temple is the so-called 'Red Temple' on the Holy Treasure Map." Li Jiangnan replied ambiguously.
Menglian glanced at him, spread her hands and said, "Show me the Holy Treasure Map. You are very unqualified. Even if you have a picture in hand, you can only be considered half a blind man."
How could Li Jiangnan give her the Holy Treasure Map?
The more Menglian wanted to see the holy treasure map in his hand, the more he felt that Menglian had a ghost in her heart and was as tempted as the Holy treasure of the White Lotus Temple. Li Jiangnan might only be careful about her.
"I'll tell you the last picture."
"Don't have unrealistic delusions, and don't always think about my pictures. You just need to do it, follow me honestly and answer my questions."
After saying that, Li Jiangnan ignored her and walked straight to the stone door of the Buddha Temple. He grabbed the cast copper on the two stone doors with both hands at the same time, first rotated left, then rotated right twice, and finally pulled at the same time.
With a dull sound, Li Jiangnan triggered the stone gate mechanism. The two stone gates should have been pulled by noose and slowly separated to both sides.
When the stone gate opened, Li Jiangnan saw the spacious Buddhist temple inside and a statue of Guanyin sitting-lotus worshipped. He nodded and said in a nod, "It's not bad. The effectiveness of the mechanism is still there. Being able to find this Guanyin Buddha statue means we are in the right place."
Mori looked at him, her eyes were a little complicated.
At this time, Li Jiangnan faintly heard the screams and howls of the crowd seemed to be coming from the west. He turned to look at the stone cliff in the distance to the west. He saw that there were already fires and people in front of the grottoes and Buddha Temple. He didn't know what had happened.
He took out the telescope from his backpack, picked it up, and carefully looked at the movement there.
At this moment, his face changed.
From the perspective, you can clearly see that Meng Jue took the lead, holding a long sword in his hand, and hurriedly ran to the bottom of the cliff.
Behind her, several strong men were following her in panic, and a little behind, there were groups of blue light spots flying in the sky. Looking closely, those light spots were flying beetles that could emit blue light. They flew out from the hole in the stone gate of the Buddha Temple, followed the fleeing crowd, and constantly attacked the fleeing crowd. As long as the blue light beetles hit the body of the fleeing people, at a speed visible to the naked eye, the fleeing people would scream and burst out a blue flame, then waved their hands violently, and turned into skeletons and black gray during the escape.
Seeing these shocking scenes, Li Jiangnan slowly put down his telescope and his face became solemn.
"What happened over there?" Menglian asked, seeing strange light spots appearing on the cliff to the west and hearing the faint howls from that side, she could guess that something bad must have happened over there.
Li Jiangnan did not directly answer her question, but handed her the telescope in her hand.
Menglian took the telescope, looked at the square carefully, and when she put down the telescope, her pretty face turned pale.
"Those flying beetles are legendary holy objects of the Master's sect, red blood beetles."
"I used to serve the sages in the Sutra Library in the Master's Sect to read the scriptures, and I saw the drawings of the red-blooded beetles in the secret records of the Master's Sect."
"According to the records in the drawings, the former Bailian Temple Master Sect would use a special phosphate ore powder to secretly raise insects, and there were such larger Tibetan beetles."
"After several generations, these beetles will produce new species that can emit blue flames. Their tail orifices can splash special phosphorus, which will burn as soon as they encounter air. Once the human body is contaminated, it will be immediately burned to ashes by rapidly expanding high-temperature blue fire, instantly burned to ashes, flooded with water and slapped with sand and stones."
"The red blood thunder that Meng Jue used to use that can explode the red poisonous fog is similar to the red blood beetles you see now. They are all special phosphorus powder mastered by the master as the initial raw material and are created with secret methods."
After hearing this, Li Jiangnan still looked at the side and said, "Since you know that the flying blue-ray beetles are red-blooded beetles, is there any way to deal with them?"
Mori shook her head and said, "There's no way."
"A large number of red-blooded beetles flew into the sky in groups. If they cannot avoid them, they will only die."
"Okay." Li Jiangnan nodded, looking at Meng Jue and others who were still running away in the distance, saying: "It seems that Meng Jue and others were targeted by the red blood beetle. The final result was that they could not escape death, which saved a lot of trouble."
He turned around and said, "Go away, Meng Jue and the others have escaped here..."
After saying that, he quickly walked into the stone temple where the lotus Guanyin was worshipped. Menglian was stunned behind him, and then quickly followed him.
In this stone temple, Li Jiangnan opened another secret secret passage. Behind the statue of Guanyin, the stone slab staircase extending down through the base of the statue.
Li Jiangnan beat a torch and led Menglian into the dark tomb passage. After walking for a while, he found that the tomb passage was particularly deep, and every 100 meters he would encounter a fork in the road. On both sides of the fork, there would be two bronze monk soldiers with the same size as the real person, guarding on both sides of the road like a door god.
It is not entirely true that it is said to be "monk soldiers", because although the bronze men are all monks wearing cassocks, they have the appearance of wolf-mouthed, canine-toothed, or other hideous beasts. They hold a big axe and hammer in their hands, like living things, and they will always smash the weapon in their hands on the heads of those passing by.
"You must not go the wrong way. This passage should have a maze. These bronze monk soldiers guarding the forks are the legendary guards guarding the holy land. According to the Buddhist scriptures of Bailian Temple, these monk soldiers with the image of hideous beasts are monsters that Wudao monks surrendered throughout their lives. After naturalization, they serve the Whitelian Temple."
The two stopped at a fork in the road. Menglian looked at the bronze monk soldier with wolf-headed fangs and holding a big axe in his hand and said, "It is said that under the enlightenment of the monkless monk, these monsters and monks can stay in the range of gods for thousands of years, so as to achieve the goal of immortality and sticking to the holy land forever."
Li Jiangnan looked at the two motionless ferocious monk soldiers and said, "What do you mean are these two bronze men guarding the fork or two living creatures?"
"If I go the wrong way, for example, when we walk into a fork, would they even chop me with the axe in their hands?"
Menglian shook her head and said, "I don't know. I just saw such rumors in the secret records of the Master's Sect, but it's not true, and I don't know very well."
"It's very simple, I'll know it after a try."
This time, Li Jiangnan deliberately did not follow the correct route in the picture, but passed the hideous monk soldier holding a giant axe and stepped onto the fork on the left.
Chapter completed!