Although the three of them walked slowly, they had already entered a semi - arched moon gate and disappeared from my sight.
"Mr. Si, please enlighten me."
Master Zheb from Hongluo Temple also watched Boss Lin and the others turn through the gate until they were out of sight. Then he clasped his hands in front of his chest and bowed to Si Jiangchen.
"Master, the resentment in your temple is soaring up to the sky."
I knew Si Jiangchen couldn't see those ghostly images, so I pointed at the temple built against the mountain and said to Master Zheb, "The evil god you've been enshrining has grown powerful!!"
"Bold!"
The monk beside Master Zheb immediately changed his complexion. Since Hongluo Temple was built more than two hundred years ago, no one had ever dared to talk to the abbot like this. "How can you spout nonsense in this pure Buddhist forest?!"
"Have you wasted all these years of cultivation?!"
I hated being called a liar the most. They were not capable enough to see the truth but instead blamed others!
It seemed that Hongluo Temple had lived up to its reputation. None of these monks, old or young, had mastered the Heavenly Eye technique. I really didn't know what they had been doing in their daily chanting and meditation!
"May the heavenly laws be clear, and the earthly laws be spiritual. Reach the heavens and the earth, and follow all the laws. Yin - Yang magic mirror, quickly show your true form..."
I didn't wait for the monk to say more. I raised my hand, made a magic gesture, and wiped it across his eyes. This was the Heavenly Eye - opening spell, which was effective on everyone except Si Jiangchen.
The red - robed monk didn't know why I suddenly touched him. He quickly took two steps back. I didn't really target him. My move was just a feint. Taking advantage of his backward step, I had already reached Master Zheb. I wiped my sword - finger across his eyebrows from left to right. Master Zheb let out a soft "Huh" as my fingertips brushed across his forehead, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
After Master Zheb's Heavenly Eye was opened, his first look was not at the ghost - filled temple behind him but directly at me. He couldn't help but stagger.
I felt a little creeped out by his stare... The Heavenly Eye couldn't see the abnormalities between Si Jiangchen and me!
What had he detected?
"Abbot?!"
The monk beside Master Zheb quickly reached out to support him and glared at me angrily. "How can you touch our master like this, girl?"
"It's all right."
Unexpectedly, Master Zheb withdrew his gaze from me, pushed away the supporting monk, and turned to look behind him.
The thick, entangled ghostly aura in the temple made him take two steps back involuntarily. He looked up and stared at the place with the densest black air, which was the highest point of Hongluo Temple built against the mountain, the central main hall enshrining the Three - Life Buddhas!
At this moment, wisps of black air were rising from the golden glazed - tile roof. As if sensing Master Zheb's gaze, the black air suddenly condensed into a huge ghostly face. In an instant, it crossed the vast space and appeared in front of the master. It opened a blood - red eye and looked at him mockingly.
"Om Mani Padme Hum!!"
After all, Master Zheb was a living - Buddha master who had studied Buddhism for decades. Seeing that strange ghostly eye, he immediately chanted the six - character mantra to subdue the evil.
"Hehe..."
The single eye suddenly turned into a huge mouth that opened extremely wide, swallowing all of Master Zheb's incantations. That empty mouth was like an abyss. Not only the sound but even Master Zheb's soul seemed to be sucked in.
Master Zheb barely held on with the Heart Sutra against the blood - filled mouth transformed from the single eye. However, he had been entangled in the temple's mundane affairs for a long time and had no time to practice his Buddhist dharma. A faint blue aura emerged from his Baihui acupoint, which was Master Zheb's heavenly soul.
The abbots of Tibetan Buddhist temples were all living - Buddhas. They would achieve rainbow body transformation and reincarnate after each life. This heavenly soul was the soul for reincarnation. Now, in my eyes, it seemed to be snatched away by the One - Eyed Buddha Mother and merged into her consciousness?!
"You're really incompetent!!"
I thought angrily in my heart. I had already taken out an exorcism talisman and thrown it into the air. The blood - filled mouth in the black mist suddenly shrank, but its suction became even stronger. It pulled out Master Zheb's living soul from his struggling body...
"Ah!!!"
I couldn't help but scream. No matter what Master Zheb's cultivation level was, his reincarnated heavenly soul was truly full of spiritual power. I finally understood why the One - Eyed Buddha Mother had instructed Xue Shuo's body to come here!
The One - Eyed Buddha Mother was originally an evil god in Tibet. Although it was said that there were one hundred thousand living - Buddhas in Beijing, only the abbot of Hongluo Temple was a real god who had reincarnated for several lives.
The One - Eyed Buddha Mother not only wanted to avoid us but also wanted the soul of this multi - reincarnated living - Buddha to be her nourishment!!
I shouted and rushed over, trying to block between the Buddha Mother's big mouth and Master Zheb.
Unexpectedly, Si Jiangchen, who was standing beside me, took a step calmly and just reached Master Zheb's side. He gently patted the master's trembling shoulders in the red robe and said indifferently, "Master, why did you fall asleep standing up and have a nightmare?!"
After being patted by Si Jiangchen, Master Zheb seemed to be suddenly awakened. He shivered, and the light - blue soul on his head suddenly shrank back into his skull.
"Swish..."
At the same time, the exorcism talisman I had thrown had flown into the air and stuck precisely in the middle of the black mouth. A flash of lightning passed, and the ghostly image formed by the black mist instantly exploded like scattered sand and disappeared without a trace under the sunlight.
"I'm ashamed, ashamed!!"
Master Zheb was sweating profusely, and the red Buddhist robe on his back was already wet. He had been unable to control his mind just now and was almost forced out of his body by the demonic mind. If Si Jiangchen hadn't patted him in time and the powerful pressure with scorching spiritual power had re - condensed his soul, he would definitely have become the food of the evil god he had just seen!
The monks beside the master didn't know what had happened. Seeing that both I and Si Jiangchen had touched their master, they quickly came to support the staggering Master Zheb, and the others surrounded us.
Tibetan lamas often practiced martial arts to keep fit. The iron - rod lamas who protected the temple had already taken out their three - foot - long iron rods from their waists and stared at us menacingly.
"Stop, all of you!"
Master Zheb didn't have time to wipe the cold sweat off his face. He waved his hand repeatedly to stop his disciples. "Thanks to the great help of these two benefactors, I didn't get confused by the demonic path. They were inspired by the Three - Life Buddhas to come and save our Hongluo Temple!"
Master Zheb had originally received a call from Ji Chen, the general assistant of Leng Shan. Ji Chen said that his boss was going to the mountain to worship the Buddha.
Master Zheb thought it was just a noble person trying to be arty and fashionable by coming to this Tibetan Hinayana Buddhist temple. He didn't expect that the two of us were extremely powerful people who had instantly suppressed the evil god hidden in the temple!