Although the tiger demon was dead, its dead form was still useful to Li Mu.
Its soul had already been scattered by Xuandu, but its spirit was still in its body. Extracting its courage would be of great help to Li Mu in condensing the three reverse spirits.
Xuandu was a little disappointed, but he still said, "This demon has done a lot of evil and deserved to die. I still have some use for its tiger skin. If you want to extract its courage, you can do so yourself."
Li Mu walked to Li Qing and whispered, "Boss, how do I extract its courage?"
Li Changliang performed a hand incantation gesture, and a cloud of mist slowly drifted out from the tiger demon's body, which had been ravaged beyond recognition by Xuan Du.
Li Qing did not give the tiger demon's courage to him directly. It would only be useful after he had absorbed enough anger.
Xuandu looked at the completely dark sky and said to the two, "Amitabha, this place is not close to the county. It is difficult to travel at night. The Jinshan Temple is nearby. Why don't you two rest in the temple for the night and return tomorrow?"
Li Mu looked at Li Qing and waited for her to make a decision.
Li Qing looked at him and nodded, "Then we will disturb you, Master."
Since Li Qing agreed, Li Mu naturally had no objections. In this darkness, with her high cultivation, there was no problem for her to travel. To Li Mu, it was a little difficult to travel at night in the mountains.
Li Mu woke up the two weasel demons. When the weasels woke up, the first thing they did was to kneel on the ground and tremble, "Tiger King, please spare us, please spare us!"
Before the tiger became a demon, it was the king of the mountains. After becoming a demon, the demons had to hide. They did not even dare to emit a bit of demon aura. Otherwise, they would become food in the tiger's mouth.
It thought it was going to die, so it did not care so much and did not hide its demon aura. This attracted the tiger demon. Even if the two of them transformed, they were no match for the tiger demon, let alone now …
The weasel was sad. It was lucky not to be killed by human cultivators, but to be buried in the tiger's mouth …
Li Mu glanced at the frightened weasel and said, "Get up, the Tiger King is dead."
"D-dead?"
The weasel looked up and saw the tiger demon's corpse not far away. It was so scared that it sat on the ground.
Xuandu picked up the tiger demon's corpse with one hand and walked forward along the mountain path. Li Mu and Li Qing followed behind him. The two weasels also quickly got up and followed.
On the way to the Jinshan Temple, Li Mu learned that the name of the weasel was Yellow Rat. It was a weasel that had been cultivating for fifty years.
And the injured weasel was his wife.
A month ago, the weasel's wife was injured by a cultivator. That cultivator wanted to take its soul for cultivation. Although it tried to escape, its foundation was destroyed. If Li Mu did not help, it would not have lived for more than three days.
Li Mu just repaired a little of its foundation. If it wanted to fully recover, it would need to use the Light of Buddha a few more times.
After the incident with Lin Wan and the weasel's wife, Li Mu vaguely felt that not all Light of Buddha had such an effect. The Heart Sutra should have more than one use. It was just that he had not discovered it yet.
Xuandu said that the Jinshan Temple was not far from here. The three of them walked for half an hour.
The temple standing on the mountainside was not big, but it was not small either. Seeing Xuandu return, the two acolytes guarding the gate immediately trotted over and said respectfully, "Martial Uncle …"
Xuandu said, "These two benefactors need to stay in the temple for a night. Arrange two meditation rooms for them."
The acolytes looked at Li Mu and Li Qing and nodded repeatedly.
Although there was a rule in the temple that female benefactors were not allowed to stay overnight, Martial Uncle Xuandu had never talked about rules. Even the abbot could not do anything about it.
Xuandu threw the tiger's corpse on the ground and said, "This tiger demon has done a lot of evil. Carry it in later and put it in the woodshed. Tomorrow, give it to the tailor at the foot of the mountain and ask him to make a tiger skin mattress for the abbot …"
The weasel stood outside and looked at Li Mu. He said nervously, "Immortal Master, I can't enter the temple. I'll wait outside …"
As long as there were real Buddhist cultivators in the temple, it would be blessed by the Light of Buddha. It would be difficult for demons and ghosts to enter. Even if the weasel couple went in, they would be on tenterhooks. Li Mu nodded and said, "You can go back first. Wait for us here tomorrow morning."
He was not worried that the two demons would run away. The weasel's wife's foundation had not recovered. If she ran away, it would still be difficult for her to escape. Although the weasel was a demon, he was also affectionate and righteous. He would not run away alone.
The acolytes were agile and quickly tidied up two clean meditation rooms for them.
Li Mu thought that Li Qing would ask him something, but she only told Li Mu to rest early and go back to the yamen early tomorrow morning. Then, she walked into the meditation room next door.
After being busy for half a day, Li Mu was already a little tired. After coming to the Jinshan Temple, he became energetic again.
There was a sandalwood scent in the meditation room, which calmed one's mind. Li Mu's mind was focused on the sky. As he was habitually guiding the practice, he suddenly remembered that this was the holy land of Buddhism. It seemed to be a little offensive to practice Taoist cultivation here. Coincidentally, there was a Buddhist scripture beside the futon. Li Mu took it and casually flipped through a few pages.
There were two kinds of Buddhist scriptures.
One was the ordinary scripture, which was also the scripture that believers chanted daily. This kind of scripture could be chanted casually and would not appear the Light of Buddha. The other kind was the Dharma Sutra. The Dharma Sutra contained the magic of Buddhism. Chanting it could increase the Dharma power or perform Shentong. The Light of Buddha was the most common Shentong of Buddhism.
Of course, the Jinshan Temple would not put the Dharma Sutra in the meditation room. The one in Li Mu's hand was just an ordinary scripture.
A few days ago, when he asked for a few talismans from Li Qing and used them to search his memory, Li Mu found that among the few Buddhist scriptures that he had read, only the Heart Sutra could cause the Light of Buddha to appear.
He could not explain the reason, but he was not greedy. The Heart Sutra had saved him many times. As his Dharma power increased, he might find other magical uses.
He sat cross-legged on the futon and began to chant the Heart Sutra silently using the Art of Silence.
This time, there was no golden light on Li Mu's body.
Previously, he felt that when a monk cultivated, he should not become a walking light source, illuminating wherever he went. On the way to the Jinshan Temple, Li Mu asked Xuandu and found out that when chanting the Dharma Sutra, the Light of Buddha could be concealed.
Xuandu wanted to persuade Li Mu to convert. When he talked about this concealment method, he was not stingy and taught him immediately. Li Mu could finally cultivate Buddhism without worrying about the problem of the light.
While Li Mu was chanting and cultivating, in the Jinshan Temple, in the Buddhist hall.
A few novice monks looked up. Light and shadow intertwined on their faces, flickering.
If one looked closely, they would find that it was not their faces that were flickering, but the golden body of the Buddha statue in the hall that was emitting a golden light.
One of the novice monks reacted and immediately said, "Go and tell the abbot!"
Li Mu was cultivating when he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps outside the meditation room, disturbing his concentration. He thought that the Jinshan Temple was on fire. When he opened the door, he saw Li Qing coming out of the meditation room next door.
Li Mu was puzzled and asked, "What happened?"
Li Qing looked in the direction of the Buddhist hall and said, "I heard from the monks that the Buddha statue in the hall was shining for no reason just now."
Li Mu and Li Qing were only guests and it was not good for them to walk around in the temple. Therefore, although he was curious, he did not go and join in the fun. He only asked Li Qing, "The Buddha statue can also shine?"
Li Qing explained, "The Buddha statue in the Jinshan Temple has been worshiped by pilgrims all year round and has long been a kind of spiritual treasure. The Buddha statue will not shine for no reason. It should be because it is attracted by something."
Li Mu's heart skipped a beat as he suddenly remembered something.
That night, when he helped Lin Wan for the first time, it seemed that there was also a strange phenomenon in the nearby temple, but he did not think much of it at that time. However, the second time this happened, the possibility of it being a coincidence was very small.
He swallowed and asked, "Could it be because someone is chanting the scriptures …"
"It shouldn't be." Li Qing shook her head and said, "The masters of the Jinshan Temple chant the scriptures day and night. These Buddha statues have been here for hundreds of years. If there was a strange phenomenon, it would have happened long ago. It would not have waited until today, unless a new scripture came out …"
Li Mu's throat moved and he said, "Maybe, there is another reason …"
Li Qing looked in the direction of the Buddhist hall and said, "Half a month ago, there were many strange phenomena in The Ancestral Court of Fu Lu School. The Taoist scriptures trembled and the Taoist bell kept ringing, as if new Taoist magic arts were being created. It has attracted the attention of countless cultivators. Now, similar phenomena have appeared in Buddhism. Something must have happened in Beijun …"
"…"
Li Mu stood there in a daze. Li Qing noticed his strange behavior and asked, "What's wrong?"
Li Mu suddenly yawned and said with a smile, "I'm suddenly a little tired. I'll go back to my room to rest. Good night, boss …"
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