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The Giant Buddha's knees were flooded, and the Lingyun Cave was set on fire!
This was a proverb of the local residents in Leshan, Shuchuan, in Wind and Cloud. It meant that when the river water reached the knees of the Buddha, the Lingyun Cave would be as hot as if it was on fire, and anyone who entered would die immediately.
In fact, ordinary people didn't know that the Lingyun Cave was set on fire when the water reached the Giant Buddha's knees. A peerless ferocious beast ran to the surface of the Lingyun Cave because the water in the underground palace of the Lingyun Cave was rising rapidly. Since water and fire didn't mix, it ran to the surface of the Lingyun Cave and hurt people. This peerless ferocious beast was known as one of the four auspicious beasts in Wind and Cloud, the Fire Kirin!
The Giant Buddha in Leshan was built in the first year of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. Leshan was the confluence of three rivers — Min River, Qingyi River, and Dadu River — at the foot of the Lingyun Mountain. The water was very fierce, and boats were often overturned here. During the summer flood, the water would hit the walls of the river, and the boats would often be destroyed.
At that time, there was a Dharma Master in Shu Chuan whose name was Hai Tong. When he arrived at Leshan, he saw the tragedy of the boat being destroyed and the people dying. He made a great wish to build a Great Buddha to suppress the water flow at the foot of Lingyun Mountain and the monsters in the river. In the end, after 90 years, he finally built a Great Buddha.
After the Giant Buddha was built, although the water at the foot of the Lingyun Mountain was still fierce, boats were rarely overturned. It was a miracle.
When Ye Xuan arrived at the Lingyun Cave, it was already noon the next day. If an ordinary person wanted to come to Shuchuan from Yuhang, it would take them half a month even if they rode at full speed. However, Ye Xuan was wearing the Iron Armor, which was a must-have weapon for traveling, killing, and arson. He could get there in less than two hours.
The sun was high in the sky. Ye Xuan followed the path dug by the ancients and came to the Giant Buddha. There was a three-story Buddhist pavilion named 'Lingyun Pavilion' in front of the Giant Buddha's knees. On both sides of the pavilion were two Guardian Kings and hundreds of thousands of Buddha statues. It was a great spectacle.
The Buddha's legs were naturally hanging down in a sitting position. Standing at the foot of the Buddha and looking up at the sky, one could see that the Buddha was like a tall building, at least sixty to seventy meters tall. Just the width of the instep alone was a meter, and from the instep to the knee, it was a full twenty-eight meters. Standing under it, one would feel like an ant standing under a human. I feel very small.
Like an ordinary tourist, Ye Xuan stood in front of the Buddha and observed it for a while. He spent a few coins to buy a stick of incense and burned it. Only then did he climb up the nine zigzag plank path left behind by the Buddha during the Tang Dynasty. When he reached the knee-level of the Buddha, he did not follow the path like the people worshipping the Buddha. Instead, he turned his feet and passed through a small path, arriving in front of a cave behind the Buddha.
The cave was ten feet tall and twenty feet wide. The stone walls and the entrance of the cave were covered with black vines as thick as a thumb. From the outside, the cave was eerie and frightening, like the gaping mouth of a ferocious beast, ready to devour anyone at any time.
In front of the cave, there was a stone tablet that was one meter tall and half a meter wide. Two lines of words were engraved on it: Lingyun Grotto, do not enter with caution!
After looking at the entrance of the Lingyun Grotto, he ignored the warning on the stone tablet in front of the grotto. With a single thought from Ye Xuan, the black vines surrounding the entrance of the cave were instantly pushed aside. A gust of wind blew into the cave that no one knew how long it had been since anyone had entered it.
"Squeak squeak squeak …"
Suddenly, dozens of sharp screeches sounded from the cave. Then, a group of bats flew out of the cave. They flew straight at Ye Xuan's face.
Looking at the bats flying over, Ye Xuan raised his eyebrows. He used his mind to set up a Divine Perception Wall in front of him. When the supersonic waves from the bats' mouths hit the Divine Perception Wall, they naturally flew away to the sides.
Looking up at the deep cave, Ye Xuan walked in without a trace of fear.
As soon as he entered the Lingyun Grotto, it was so dark that he couldn't even see his own fingers. A cold and damp aura immediately hit him in the face.
With a single thought from Ye Xuan, five searchlights with a power of two hundred watts appeared in front of him. With a snap, all five searchlights were switched on. With a thought from Ye Xuan, the five searchlights immediately rose into the air and scattered around. Under the illumination of the five strong lights, he could see the entire scene in the cave.
The cave was only the size of an ordinary house. There were a few puddles of water on the ground. The walls were covered with vines and moss that looked like pythons. A few mice the size of a fist were squeaking and hiding in a mouse hole at the side under the sudden illumination of the light.
As for these, Ye Xuan only glanced at them casually. Instead, he focused his attention on the three holes that appeared on the walls of the cave.
According to the records in "Wind and Cloud", the Lingyun Grotto was actually just an exit of a mysterious underground palace. This mysterious underground palace stretched for thousands of miles. Apart from the entrance of the Lingyun Grotto, there were other hidden entrances, such as the peak of a tall mountain, the bottom of a deep sea, the depths of a dense forest, or among cliffs.
As one of the exits of this mysterious underground palace, the paths of the Soaring Cloud Cave were naturally complicated. Usually, a cave would have two or even more forked entrances. Even if an ordinary person entered the cave without any danger, they would still be trapped to death if they ventured a little deeper into the cave due to these forked paths.
Ye Xuan's objective for coming to the Lingyun Grotto this time was to look for the holy spiritual fruit, the Blood Bodhi, which was mentioned in "Wind and Cloud". However, in the face of this underground palace that stretched for thousands of miles, the range of his Divine Telekinesis that could cover a distance of 2,000 meters was naturally insignificant in front of this underground palace. Of course, it would not be easy for him to find the Blood Bodhi.
Even so, Ye Xuan did not intend to search blindly. Before he came here, he had already thought of an idea.
With a thought, his Divine Telekinesis scanned the three caves like a laser. Then, he came to the leftmost cave and waved his right hand. The cave wall that was originally covered by the withered vines was instantly cleared, revealing a five-clawed mark the size of a cattail leaf fan.
The five-clawed mark was at least three inches deep into the rocks of the cave wall. The surrounding rocks were crystallized and seemed to have been melted by the high temperature.
"Fire Qilin!" Reaching out to touch the clawed mark, Ye Xuan smirked and walked directly into the cave.
This cave was not big. It was long and narrow like a corridor. The underground was not as humid as the caves outside. Instead, it was a little dry. Above him were withered yellow tree roots that hung down like thousands of poisonous snakes. It looked even more terrifying.
However, Ye Xuan was skilled and daring. He ignored the tree roots above him and walked along the stone corridor for nearly 50 meters. At the end of the stone corridor, there was another cave that branched into two sides. Ye Xuan kicked the ground with his foot, and four clawed marks appeared one after another in the cave on the right. In a flash, Ye Xuan walked in without hesitation …
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