Wherever the ashes of fireworks go, dust and mist are bound to rise, like clouds and mist rippling the ground. The smell of sulfur smoke fills your mouth and nose, and even the lake surface is soaked, leaving a dense haze in the air that lingers for a long time.
Yue Guanchao and the others stood on the teahouse. Since they were close to the sky, they could no longer see the people underground. They could only see cheers coming from the thick fog, and bright fireworks rising from the thick fog, scattering into the stars in the sky.
"Why does there seem to be something in the fog?"
Yue Guanchao opened the bamboo curtain next to the window sill of the teahouse and could see at a glance that there seemed to be something in the mist, which was constantly emitting golden light. However, as he breathed, he could already see the golden light escaping outward like the rising sun.
"Amitabha~Amitabha~Amitabha~"
The Buddha's voice penetrated and the golden light shined brightly. Under this compassionate and compassionate chanting of the Buddha's voice, the golden light gradually converged into a golden mist. A tall Buddha statue poked its head out of the mist, looking down with angry eyes. All living things by the lake.
If you observe carefully, you will find that the Buddha is half taller than the White Pagoda. When standing next to the White Pagoda, he seems to be leaning on a pillar, directly cutting through the clouds and fireworks above his head.
The muscular body was dressed in Arhat colorful clothes, with muscles like bronze gold. His bare feet were on auspicious clouds, his hands were holding seals, his arms were wearing armbands, colorful silk was hanging around his waist, and he was wearing a necklace around his neck. A blue-scaled dragon was wrapped around his left arm. Over the head and twisted around the wrist of his right arm, the dragon god's scales emit a colorful halo as he meanders and swims, like an Arhat emitting a spiritual light to protect the law.
The strangest thing is the head of this Arhat.
Although Buddhist Arhats have thousands of dharmas with angry eyes, none of them have the heads of animals. Although the Arhat Bodhisattva in front of us has coiled snail hair, the front is obviously a mouse head, but after transformation and deification, it is less ferocious and has more of a Bodhisattva with angry eyes. Dharma.
Even so, one can tell that it is a giant rat head by its head full of golden hair, long nose and fangs, round ears that catch the wind, and gleaming rat eyes. If you look carefully, you can even see that this Arhat has three heads on the left and right, each of which is... It is a ferocious beast, looking like a giant rat, and it makes people feel cold behind them.
This thing is basically impossible to be real. When Yue Guanchao saw the Arhat image in front of him, his first feeling was that he was hallucinating. He quickly bit the tip of his tongue, trying to rely on the pain to return to normal. However, no matter how painful the tip of his tongue was, it was difficult to escape from the hallucination. Escape.
"Second uncle, what kind of Taoist technique is this? Can't you even recover from the pain?"
Yue Guanchao looked at the golden Arhat in the distance and narrowed his eyes.
"Not only can't you go away from the pain, but my Mind-Brighting Mantra has no effect. I have recited it dozens of times and still can't escape the Dharma in front of me. This illusion is really powerful."
Xu Xiake walked to the window sill and expressed admiration in his words.
Yue Qingshan just glanced briefly and said: "This is an old trick of the Golden Rat Society, called Dharma-xiang sentient beings."
He coughed a few times and explained the origin of Dharma-like sentient beings: "Back then, the incision of the Golden Rat Society was the result of the Buddha appearing as a saint and the Rat Immortal bestowing gold. What do you think the Buddha is? It refers to this Arhat..."
When the Golden Rat Society was first established, it was originally for the purpose of digging graves. In the end, it gave money and relief. It was just to rob the poor, give money to the rich, and resolve debts. At that time, if you wanted to achieve anything, you could only rely on a Golden Rat Society. The reputation is completely useless. You need to ride on the wind and take advantage of the momentum.
A person has to stand on a boat to cross mountains and seas, and ride a horse to travel thousands of miles in a day. The power that the Golden Rat Club borrows from is Buddha. There are many talented people in the Golden Rat Club, and there are also those who can do tricks and illusions. These people used to do magic in their early years. I've been to Golden Flower Gate and learned a lot of weird magic.
What happened later, the little Taoist priest also said, these Jinhua Taoist recruiters misjudged the business and fell in love with the government's gold mines. In the end, they did too much and were directly wiped out by the government's troops.
The Golden Flower Taoist was either captured by the government and sent directly to Ninggu Pagoda outside the Pass, or he escaped by chance in Lingnan and hid in the deep mountains and old forests. It was not until the news passed that they escaped from the deep mountains and old forests in Lingnan. He worked successively in the Hong Deng Zhao, Deng Ying, and Baihua Clubs to make a living. In the end, he was expelled because of his bad reputation and was taken in by the Golden Rat Club.
At that time, the common people were born in the chaotic end of the world, which was dark and unfair. Whenever they encountered injustice, they did not ask the common people or ghosts and gods. Everyone hoped for a savior to save them, so they naturally believed in gods and Buddhas. The Buddha had great influence among the people. Jinhua Taoist After joining the Golden Rat Society, he happened to use illusions to create the Rat Immortal Arhat, who used this method to show all kinds of miracles to all living beings.
These miracles are illusory and changeable, strange and real. Sometimes they are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, sometimes they are Arhats, and sometimes they are mythical beasts and kings. This completely deifies the Golden Rat Society and elevates it to the level where the Buddha appears as a saint. In addition, he is bestowed with gold. Relief to the poor people, whether it is a false sentiment or a pretense, the common people have no doubts about the Rat Immortal Buddha, and some villages even built temple statues of the Rat Immortal Buddha.
Yue Qingshan mentioned this and looked at the Mouse Immortal Buddha in the distance: "Today's Mouse Immortal Buddha's illusion skills have improved again, and even pain can't awaken his mind."
"Second uncle, since you know the Dharma and all sentient beings, you must also know who did it, right?"
Yue Guanchao didn't expect to hear the words Jinhua Taoist here again. It can be seen that the second uncle had known Jinhua Taoist before, but he didn't know why he deliberately concealed it.
Yue Qingshan walked to the curtain and looked at the terrifying Arhat, his eyes becoming more and more gloomy: "Indeed, such an illusion requires not only illusion secret medicine, but also internal strength and mental skills. It is not something ordinary people can do. At that time, Jinhua Taoist Among them, only Hua Guzi, Chen Duozi, Bai Shenque, Bai Xuanwu, and Luo Shiniang are the hall masters, and they have extraordinary magical powers. Even if they know that it is an illusion, if they don't understand the method, they will not be able to obtain their dharma."
"This illusion is so powerful, it's probably the work of a few of them."
"This is? Bodhisattva?"
"Kneel down and worship Bodhisattva quickly. Kneel down and worship Bodhisattva quickly."
"The Bodhisattva has appeared. Please bless the Bodhisattva..."
When a group of people were talking, the people below were already in an uproar. Seeing the Arhat's appearance, they were surprised and happy and knelt down to ask for the blessing of Bodhisattva. Even the dignitaries were dumbfounded and looked at the elders of the Junshan Town clan, as if to ask for help. Ask for an explanation.
In an instant, the Rat Fairy Arhat instantly transformed into a three-headed and six-armed flying Xiangyin God with a graceful figure flying around. The green dragon wrapped in his hand became more and more terrifying and restless. Even the Golden Rat Arhat's eyebrows became ferocious, as if he was furious. The Bodhisattva returned to his state of terror.
There was a thunderous sound in the sky, and there was a low trembling sound, which was probably the words of the Dragon King showing his sage, the Rat Immortal asking for his life, sins and debts being repaid, and the cycle of cause and effect.
Then, Qinglong suddenly broke free from the Bodhisattva's wrist and flew past the Longjun Temple, collapsing countless buildings along the way, and came directly towards the people, scaring the surrounding people to flee.
Some people died, but not completely...
