Buddhist Cultivation: Starting from Divination

Chapter 64 Meeting Lu Wanqiu Again

At this time, Zhao Huai followed the starling all the way, holding the skull in its beak, leading the direction, as if it was like a compass.

Now he understands why mynah took so long to fly back.

First of all, Jinzhou is a big city, and it takes time to travel, and the time to get out of the city, plus the rugged mountain road, is really far away, but fortunately, Zhao Huai can fly with the sword, which saves a lot of time.

But this is the geographical location of Jinzhou. It is backed by the sea, and a big river passes through it. After leaving the city, there are countless lofty mountains nearby.

Zhao Huai went all the way out of the outer city of Jinzhou, and came to the mountains and forests near the outside of the city. Backed by the endless sea of ​​trees and mountains, when he entered the sea of ​​trees, he could not continue flying.
In front of him, there was only a winding mountain road, extending into the depths of the jungle, with no end in sight.

Today Zhao Huai was wearing a dark robe and a bamboo hat, with a mynah standing on his shoulders, he took a step and his body appeared on the branch.

Step on it lightly, like an afterimage, and then appear on another tree.

Such a hurry, the speed is naturally extremely fast, and a temple soon appeared in front of him.

Zhao Huai couldn't help muttering in midair, "There's still a temple here?"

After landing slowly, he walked up the stone ladder step by step, and soon came to an open temple with rubble and vermilion walls. The words "Mingyin Temple" were written on the plaque.

Looking to the other side, I found that there is still a road up the mountain, and there are pilgrims coming in and out in twos and threes.

At the entrance of the temple, there are two young monks holding brooms, cleaning the fallen leaves at the entrance.

Zhao Huai looked puzzled, stared at the starling next to him, and asked, "This is the road you lead, you can't make a mistake, right?"

The starling tilted his head and glanced at him, said nothing, but continued to fly into the temple with the bone in his mouth.

Zhao Huai followed and entered the interior of the temple. He walked so fast that the young monks sweeping the floor ignored him.

There is a large courtyard after entering the gate, and the incense hall is in front of it. The bronze statue of Buddha is in the innermost, and you can see the end at a glance.

Zhao Huai stopped a passing young monk and asked, "Master, excuse me, do you know any evil places in the temple recently?"

The place he was looking for now was nothing more than the location of Lantern Girl, maybe the monk here would know something.

The young monk made ten with both hands, and said earnestly, "Evil sect? This benefactor, are you mistaken? Our place is a pure place of Buddhism, how can there be evil sect?"

"If you really want to talk about evil sects, there is indeed one near the temple. For details, you should ask the abbot. He knows more than us."

After the monk explained, he left.

Zhao Huai nodded, and then continued to follow myna.

After arriving at the Xiangtang, the starling did not stay, but continued to fly towards the back mountain of the temple.

"So it's not in the temple."

Zhao Huai was slightly stunned, and was just about to follow up and call the bird back.

He saw a familiar woman in green skirt and an old man in cassock with white beard coming out of the side door side by side.

"Miss Lu?"

Zhao Huai couldn't help being surprised.

Isn't the woman in front of her the inner disciple of Wangxianzong, Lu Wanqiu?
Those long legs were still white, long and straight.

At this time, Lu Wanqiu was talking to the old man in cassock with a serious expression.

Suddenly, she keenly noticed that someone was staring at her.

As soon as he looked away, he happened to bump into Zhao Huai.

Seeing Zhao Huai, Lu Wanqiu smiled politely and said:

"It turned out to be Mr. Zhao. I haven't seen you for a long time since the fox demon left."

"Miss Lu, is this young master also here to deal with evil spirits?" The old man in cassocks raised his white eyebrows and immediately asked with a smile.

"The abbot misunderstood. It was Mr. Zhao who saved my life last time, and I was able to save my life. We are just friends, not from the same family."

Facing the two of them, Zhao Huai looked normal, and said with a light smile, "I just came to the temple to offer incense, but I didn't expect to see a girl again."

"It's really a coincidence." Lu Wanqiu responded with a smile.

"Shopkeeper Zhao, this is Abbot Mingguang of Mingyin Temple." Lu Wanqiu introduced from the side.

Both Zhao Huai and Abbot Mingguang nodded to each other.

"I heard the abbot just mentioned the word evil?"

Zhao Huai did not forget the conversation between the two just now, so he asked quietly.

If there are disciples from the sect, there must be traces of demons.

When mentioning Xie Chong, Lu Wanqiu's expression obviously became a little more serious, and she nodded slightly:
"Yes, recently, a very powerful evil spirit appeared near the spiritual mine excavated by Wang Xianzong. It is said that it can kill people in dreams. It often falls asleep and never wakes up again. Many workers have been brutally murdered."

After hearing these words, Zhao Huai suddenly thought, isn't the big man who bought the coffin not long ago a worker of the Ling Mine?
He said that whenever someone went home at night and passed a hillside, someone died suddenly the next day.

So this is the ghost of Lantern Girl!
Thinking about it this way, Zhao Huai seemed to know where the skull came from.

Could it be that this skull was dug out in the spirit mine?

Originally, they were in a state of peace and harmony, but because of the spirit mine, the grave was dug up, so the skull was brought back by mynah?
"Amitabha."

Abbot Mingguang uttered a Buddha's name, and said with regret: "In the final analysis, that evil spirit is also a poor person."

"But all monsters are extremely cruel, how can you say they are pitiful?"

Zhao Huai said very curiously.

He saw that the abbot was not an ordinary person, so he must know part of the inside story of the Lantern Girl.

Abbot Mingguang slowly said: "This evil has been passed down for a long time, and it has been passed down as a story by word of mouth. Now it is rarely known. I also heard the story when I was a child, and I knew it from the abbot in the temple."

"As early as hundreds of years ago, there were no temples here, and Jinzhou City was not called Jinzhou. At that time, under the rule of Dayan, this evil spirit was originally a lady of a family in the state. A down-and-out scholar.

The two fell in love quickly, but the woman's father did not agree to the marriage. A fierce quarrel broke out between the woman and her father, but there was no result, so the woman took her dowry and ran away with the scholar.

The two found a mountain and lived in seclusion. They lived happily ever after and agreed to stay together forever.

But after a long time, the scholar was free, so he planned to take the imperial examination. The woman also supported him and paid for his study. A few years later, the scholar set out on a long journey to take the imperial examination in the capital. The woman spent all her money and used it as travel expenses for the scholar. , and go out to see each other.

However, things didn't go well.

When the scholar left, there was no news, not even a letter, and when the list was released, the woman did not wait for the scholar's good news.

So one day late at night, she went out with a lantern, came out of the mountains, and looked for her husband.

But she couldn't find it anyway, and finally died in the mountains. This yearning finally turned into obsession, and she also turned into an evil spirit.

After hearing this, Zhao Huai fell into deep thought.

The story was not new, on the contrary, it was very bad and vulgar. He had heard many such ancient stories.

Is this an evil creature hundreds of years ago?

That really caught a big fish, no wonder the strength is not weak.

However, in Zhao Huai's view, this story is still suspicious.

He can understand that Lantern Girl is looking for a husband.

But why did it turn into evil spirits?
Seek, this is kindness, and kindness will not become evil.

But Lantern Girl's frightening appearance doesn't look like an ordinary evil, which shows that there must be some resentment that made her so powerful that she turned into a nightmare.

At this time, Zhao Huai habitually tossed the copper coins to see the result.

After all the calls came out.

The hexagram in front of him finally changed.

【Hexagram [-]: Siqian tonight, the intestines should be straight, Yu Lengxiang soul hangs the grave guest, relieves resentment, your instructions are "blessings". 】

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