The Exterminating Immortal Sword that once shone with extraordinary splendor and shook the heaven and earth actually broke the seal in the underworld. This was enough to prove how terrifying and mysterious this place was.
Xiao Chen and Oxman didn't say anything for a long time. There were a lot of things that people of their level couldn't understand. However, it was precisely because this place was filled with mystery that made them want to become stronger. They hoped to reach that kind of domain one day and advance to that kind of realm.
After crossing the desolate bloody land, Xiao Chen and the others had already walked in the dusky underworld for fifteen days. According to Emperor Chujiang, they should be close to the Ninth Underworld Platform.
They traveled as fast as lightning along the way. Xiao Chen wished he could get there immediately and find out how Keke was doing.
On the sixteenth day, Xiao Chen and the others had already traveled more than a hundred thousand miles. Although they still hadn't found the so-called Ninth Underworld Platform, they knew they were getting closer.
And just at this time, a faintly discernible chanting entered their ears. It seemed like there was a senior monk chanting in the northwest. A divine power rippled in the underworld.
In this dusky underworld, the power of the divine attribute was very distinct. That was why Xiao Chen and the others sensed it immediately.
"Let's go and take a look."
Oxman was a restless person. He urged the Black Dragon King and Xiao Chen to rush toward the northwest.
After traveling for several dozen miles, a glorious golden light flowed over. It was bright in front of them, as if daytime had descended into the underworld. The chanting was precisely coming from there.
An ancient temple. The ancient temple seemed to be plated with a layer of golden luster. An unending stream of buddhist power was rippling out from there.
"Hell's ancient temple!"
The fatty looked pensive and said, "Could it be that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is overseeing that place?"
Xiao Chen and the others didn't really get close. They stood on top of a brown rocky mountain and observed from over twenty miles away.
"Buddha is merciful!"
An abrupt voice resounded from the rocky mountain behind Xiao Chen and the others. They actually didn't sense anything before this.
"Clang!"
The holy sword hidden on the Black Dragon King's back was unsheathed in that instant. The holy light enveloped them.
Xiao Chen and Oxman turned around to look. They only saw a skinny old monk standing in front of the precipice behind them. His snow-white eyebrows hung down from the corner of his eyes to the two sides of his cheeks. His skin was dry and yellow, and his body was emaciated. He stood there quietly like a bamboo pole with his hands clasped together, chanting the name of Buddha.
His grey monk robe looked as if it had not been washed for hundreds of years. His clothes were filthy and filled with the marks of time. His tattered kasaya had long lost its original shape and was wrapped around his body like a fishing net.
Anyone would be incomparably shocked to see an old monk in this gloomy underworld. The instant Xiao Chen and Oxman saw him, they felt a chill run down their spines. The first thing that came to her mind was whether the old monk was a human or a ghost.
"You are a real monk. Or Ghost Monk? "
Oxman was on high alert. This poor monk has been dead for more than two hundred years. Back then, I was an ascetic monk. Currently, I am temporarily residing in the Ksitigarbha Temple. "
"Ascetic monk? You went through asceticism to Ksitigarbha Temple? "
Oxman asked in surprise.
"Ksitigarbha Temple has not shown his true body for several thousand years. There are countless evil spirits and great demons in the underworld. As a result, many of the ancient temples were occupied by demons. This poor monk had no choice but to wander around and hide in the ancient temple that Ksitigarbha Temple had built personally."
The old monk pointed at the sacred and bright land in front and said, "That is already the last land of Buddhism in the underworld. All of the other ancient temples have already turned into demon dens. This is the reappearance of Ksitigarbha Temple. I'm afraid it will be hard to take it back. Because it is no longer a problem of evil spirits. Because a few powerful demons from the Yang-Realm have entered the underworld with their physical bodies. Benefactors, are you willing to follow this old monk back to the ancient temple? "
"No, no, no. Thank you for your kind intentions, but we won't be going. "
Oxman hurriedly waved his hand. He would rather die than follow a ghost monk to his lair.
The old monk smiled and said, "You don't have to be afraid. I am not an evil spirit. I am just a monk soul that is wholeheartedly devoted to Buddhism. The Ksitigarbha Temple is not only filled with ghost monks. There are also two old monks of Ksitigarbha Temple who are still alive."
"No, no, no, we still have urgent matters to attend to. We really don't want to disturb you."
Oxman was unwilling to go no matter what.
"Very well, this poor monk will not force you. However, I have a request. Can I ask the three benefactors to give me a few drops of True Yang blood? The evil spirits in the underworld are too violent. Recently, the ancient temple here is about to collapse.
"This … Very well."
Oxman and Xiao Chen exchanged glances and helplessly agreed. This old ghost monk's strength seemed to be unfathomable. If he wanted to harm them, there was no need for him to go through so much trouble.
In reality, the old monk's main goal was the Dragon King's blood. After storing a few drops in a jade bottle, he chanted the name of Buddha to express his gratitude.
In the end, he earnestly and sincerely invited them again, "Before this poor monk's physical body died, I cultivated the Great Prophecy Spell. Although I can't predict everything that will happen in the future, I have a vague feeling about it. I feel that a precious treasure is about to be unearthed in the Ksitigarbha Temple. It is related to benefactors. That's why I invite you again. It can be considered as me repaying the kindness of giving you the True Yang blood. "
Even if it was a sacred ancient temple, it was already filled with ghost monks. Little fatty Oxman really didn't want to go, but Xiao Chen decided to go after thinking for a while.
Just when they got close to that resplendent and sacred temple, Xiao Chen knew the old monk was not lying. That was because the burial cloth, the Suiren Drill, and the two stone legs trembled at the same time. He couldn't help but look at the old monk in a new light. This old monk was probably very powerful when he was alive. One must know that the Great Prophecy Spell was the most profound.
Xiao Chen's heart was very restless. He dug out two mysterious stone legs one after another. Could it be that he was going to make another discovery this time?
Although it was an ancient temple in the underworld, the chanting was grand and the Buddha's voice was vast. Even though most of them were ghost monks, they still maintained their Buddha's power even after they turned into ghosts. In a sense, they could no longer be considered as Yin spirits. They should be a kind of pure Buddha's power.
Many old monks saw them enter the temple. They didn't say much and continued to sit cross-legged in the ancient temple, chanting sutras loudly. Although they were ghost monks, they had a more Buddha's aura than many of the so-called "enlightened" cultivators in the mortal world. This was a kind of irony.
It trembled slightly. The Suiren Drill left Xiao Chen's body and silently flew towards the most desolate ancient temples.
"Rumble!"
Not long after, a trembling sound could be heard. A few ancient temples collapsed. The Suiren Drill flew back and Xiao Chen caught it in his hand. He was shocked to find that there was an extra stone arm that was half the length of a finger.
Many ghost monks came over after hearing the noise. There were even two old monks who flew over.
"Who destroyed the ancient temple that Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva personally built?"
The two old monks had skinny bodies. They were the only two Arhats of Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva's lineage.
The ghost monk who brought Xiao Chen and the others over stepped forward and transmitted his spiritual power to report the reason.
The eyes of the two old monks emitted a sharp glint as they stared at the stone arm in Xiao Chen's hand. Their expressions were incomparably complicated.
One of them said in a trembling voice, "There was a rumor that the extremely merciful and wise Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva was once at a loss. He once muttered to himself that the stone man was divided into nine parts and three parts fell into hell. Apart from that, no one knew its origin. As for this arm. Legend has it that when Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva worshiped it, he treated it as a sacred object and sealed it in the foundation of the ancient temple. It was said that. The Tongtian Sect Leader, who dared to challenge the ancestor god Youchaoshi, dropped the Immortal Extermination Sword in hell during the intense battle with me. It just so happened that it fell on the remains of the stone man. In the end, he sighed and was unable to pull out the Immortal Extermination Sword. "
Hearing such news, Xiao Chen found it hard to calm down. What exactly was the origin of this ordinary-looking stone man? Suddenly, he thought of something and couldn't help but ask, "Could the stone man be the body of ancestor god Suirenshi?"
Although the stone man was very small. Ancestor god's magical power was unimaginable. It was not impossible for it to become like this after death and petrification. Moreover, it was found by the Suiren Diamond, which was also a stone tool. Furthermore, the burial cloth could also sense it.
The ghost monk who brought Xiao Chen and the others here could be said to be extraordinary when he was alive. He cultivated the great magical power of prophecy. If there were no accidents, this kind of person would have become a Buddha. It was unknown why he died and fell into hell. He shook his head and said, "Definitely not. When the stone man was divided into nine parts, ancestor god Suirenshi was still alive. However, we can get some clues from some nameless ancient scripture. When I was in the world of the living, I once obtained a remnant of an ancient scripture. It's not a Buddhist scripture, only a few pages remain. Some of the records are very vague. The gist of it is that Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and a few other ancestor gods once divided a broken stone man and a few stone tools equally. I don't know if it was a stone man that was divided into nine parts. The long stone tool in the young benefactor's hand is very similar to a stone tool mentioned in the ancient scripture. "
Hearing these words, everyone was very shocked. The two old monks of Kṣitigarbha's bloodline were not only shocked, but they also put their palms together to pay respect to this ghost monk from the world of the living. At this moment, they could already see that he was not ordinary.
Xiao Chen was incomparably shocked. He originally thought that the Suiren Diamond was a sacred object of ancestor god Suirenshi when he obtained the Dao. He didn't expect that Suirenshi obtained it by chance. It seemed like this stone man was really not simple! It gave people endless daydreams … …
"The Buddhists pay particular attention to fate. Since it was obtained by you guys, it should come into being."
The two old monks of Kṣitigarbha's bloodline did not make things difficult for Xiao Chen and the others.
Under the guidance of the ghost monk, Xiao Chen and the others finally arrived at the Ninth Underworld Platform three days later. They could already see a mountain-like huge shadow in the distance.
And in these three days, Xiao Chen was shocked to discover that the remnant of the stone man hidden in his internal organs had undergone an astonishing change. The two lower limbs formed by the stone legs were no longer standing upright. They actually sat down in a cross-legged position. And the two legs and the left arm were actually connected by a faint radiance. The radiance fabricated the other parts of the remnant body. A figure made of light, other than the two legs and the left arm, the other parts were indistinct. He (she) was quietly sitting cross-legged on Xiao Chen's chest. It seemed like he was silently cultivating.
There was not the slightest bit of incongruity. On the contrary, it seemed to have fused with Xiao Chen. It was so natural and harmonious. What made Xiao Chen even more incredulous was that the Suiren Diamond that even the golden halberd and the jet-black metal engraving were helpless against actually shrunk to the size of a fingernail. It appeared on the left palm of the similarly sized stone man. The palm faced the sky, quietly supporting it.
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