1RomanceEB Chapter 86 The Monk of Fudoji
Chapter 86 The Monk of Fudoji
The two clones acted independently.
The character designs for these two clones are completely based on background characters from anime.
At first glance, you'll just look like an ordinary tourist in a scenic area.
The first clone travels along the main road of the scenic area.
unhurriedly
Reaching the fork in the old road on the back mountain,
At this time, it seemed to be because it was mealtime,
There are practically no tourists on this road anymore.
Occasionally, a few elderly men and women who had been hiking would sit on the rocks by the roadside to rest.
The clone took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention.
He slipped into the side passage.
This road is more desolate than the one over at the ancient ginkgo grove.
The gravel on the road surface had been pockmarked and uneven by the weeds.
Both sides were completely covered with dense, impenetrable bushes.
The branches intertwined and tangled together.
It forms a natural barrier.
The clone pushed through the bushes and squeezed in, branches scraping against its clothes.
To be honest, no one would normally come to a place like this.
Even some young couples wouldn't come to this kind of place looking for thrills.
The further in you go,
The more clearly Bai Sheng perceived the fluctuations, the clearer they became.
No longer as vague as the first time they scouted the location,
It's like a very stable pulse.
After walking for about fifteen minutes,
Ahead, a rock wall crevice, hidden by shrubs, appeared.
The crack was extremely narrow, allowing only one person to squeeze in sideways.
The edges are jagged, as if it was torn open from the inside by some external force.
Bai Sheng let his clone slip inside sideways.
. . .
Meanwhile, the second clone was heading towards the pool.
Go around behind the stone wall.
Bai Sheng had previously learned from the security guard that there was a small hole sealed with cement on the back of the stone wall.
At this moment, after probing with divine sense,
They discovered there was a surveillance camera hanging nearby.
But judging from its condition, it seems to be broken.
Fortunately, both her clothes and face were relatively simple.
It blends in with the scattered tourists and is completely inconspicuous.
He walked to the back of the stone wall.
Sure enough, the hole was sealed off with cement.
Bai Sheng scanned with his divine sense.
The cement seal at the opening was very thick.
It looks to be at least ten centimeters long.
Because the surface was also coated with a layer of gray paint that was similar in color to the surrounding stone walls,
You can't even notice it unless you look closely.
Of course, if Bai Sheng carefully scanned every corner of the scenic area with his divine sense,
It's natural that clues can be found.
But if the security guard hadn't mentioned it, they certainly wouldn't have studied it so meticulously, and naturally wouldn't have discovered it.
. . .
After Bai Sheng's first clone entered the crevice, the view suddenly opened up before him.
This is a small, enclosed room.
Before me stood a large stone table.
Several broken pottery jars were scattered around the stone table.
Pottery shards were scattered all over the ground.
The clone turned the pottery shards over one by one to examine them.
Most of the pottery shards don't have anything underneath.
However, just as they turned to the bottom layer, a larger piece of pottery,
But they discovered something tiny underneath.
A copper buckle.
The copper buckle has rust on its surface, but its shape is very regular.
Bai Sheng flipped the copper buckle over; a very thin copper needle was welded to the back.
The tip of the needle was clearly rusted and broken, with an uneven fracture.
Bai Sheng deduced that the item had been torn off the clothes, breaking the stitches.
"Wait a minute, there seems to be a slight engraving on this brass clasp?"
Bai Sheng raised an eyebrow and scanned the area with his divine sense, discovering that this bronze buckle was no ordinary item.
An ordinary person would only see these bronze buckles and think they are just some engravings, but a scan with divine sense reveals that...
The engravings on the copper buckle, when magnified, clearly reveal a neat and orderly pattern that resembles text!
"It's actually quite aesthetically pleasing; it looks like some kind of writing system."
Bai Sheng couldn't see anything else that could be done, so he placed it on the stone table.
They found a second item in the pile of pottery shards.
A small piece of cloth.
The piece of cloth was sandwiched between two pieces of pottery; its color had faded so much that it was almost unrecognizable.
But the texture is very special; it's a woven fabric similar to silk.
This type of fabric is rarely seen in everyday life.
Moreover, judging from this situation, it seems to be the fabric used in temple robes or monastic robes.
How strange!
The clone reopened its divine sense and surveyed the entire stone chamber.
His gaze fell on the moss-covered stone wall next to the stone table.
The moss is unevenly distributed; it's thinner near the stone table and thicker near the corner.
However, there is a small area in the middle where the moss is noticeably thinner than the surrounding area, and it is shaped like an irregular rectangle.
Bai Sheng instantly sensed something was wrong and scanned the area with his divine sense.
They discovered that the area behind the stone wall was indeed hollow!
The clone walked over and gently scraped around the edge of the thin moss area with its fingernail, revealing a crack on the stone wall surface.
It's a hidden door!
Bai Sheng found himself to be relatively lucky.
The hidden door was unlocked, and there were no mechanisms around it.
It was just an extremely heavy stone slab embedded in the wall.
The clone gripped the edge of the gap with its fingers and pulled it outwards forcefully.
The stone slab was successfully pulled off.
A tiny secret room was revealed behind it.
"Good heavens, are there matryoshka dolls here?"
However, without the aid of divine sense, it is indeed difficult to discover the existence of the hidden door.
The secret room was about half a zhang square, with a damp and cold floor.
In the corner sat an extremely old camphor wood chest.
There were rows of characters on the camphor wood box.
Bai Sheng was able to understand these words.
So he bent down and examined it carefully, murmuring softly:
"Below the northern branch of the Tianhe River, there is a temple named Budong."
The monks of Fudoji Temple used their bodies as a barrier to seal off the evil spirits and strange veins.
We have been in the temple for more than three months. All the monks have passed away, and only the abbot's breath remains.
The abbot instructed me on his deathbed that the temple's protective formation must not be broken, otherwise a hundred ghosts would roam at night.
I will remember this well, seal the cave entrance, and leave this mark for future generations to remember.
If anyone ever comes here later, remember this: Do not enter Fudo-ji Temple; once you enter, you may never leave.
Signed: Master Jiunan.
Below that, an even smaller line of text was engraved, as if it had been temporarily added on.
"This humble monk has been infected with the evil poison and fears that I will not live much longer."
This box contains the relics of the monks in the temple. Anyone who enters this room may take what they wish, but please remember my advice.
If there is an opportunity, burn three sticks of incense to comfort the departed soul.
Bai Sheng read the passage several times, his brows furrowing slightly.
But for some reason, the temple of the Immovable Temple was built on top of the Heavenly River Secret Realm.
As for how Fudoji Temple disappeared, the explanation was vague and unclear.
Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. Why waste my brain cells?
Then, directly lift the lid of the camphor wood chest.
On top of the box was a tiny bronze bowl, its surface covered with dense Sanskrit inscriptions.
Bai Sheng naturally didn't recognize any of them.
A sweep of divine sense revealed a residual magical power within the bronze bowl.
It is clearly a ritual artifact that has been used for a long time!
Next to the bronze bowl was a string of sandalwood prayer beads, the lacquer on which had mostly faded.
A faint sandalwood scent lingered on the silk thread.
Beneath the prayer beads lay a neatly folded robe.
The material was exactly the same as the piece of cloth he had found in the pile of pottery shards.