My skills have special effects.

Chapter 90
Lin Yan could see the astonishment on Chen Yuan's face at a glance, and the ebony crutch was weak, so he didn't dodge, just raised his arm and let the ebony crutch fall.

With a strong body shield, it can't hurt him at all.

"Grandma! Don't spank Grandma!"

Chen Yuan quickly grabbed the old woman's arm to prevent her from continuing to drop the stick.

The old woman pulled Chen Yuan behind her and pointed at Lin Yan with her crutch: "Xiao Yuan'er, did this apprentice bully you?"

"Grandma, you have misidentified the person, he is not Xiao Changsheng, you can take a closer look?"

"I'm wrong?"

The old woman stared at Lin Yan carefully with her cloudy eyes, and recognized him from top to bottom: "He is quite handsome and pleasing to the eye, but I won't admit that he is dressed in green clothes and dog skin!"

After finishing speaking, he raised his ebony crutch and wanted to smash it again.

"Grandma!"

After a lot of tossing, the old woman finally understood that Lin Yan had nothing to do with Xiao Changsheng, and the three of them sat down again.

"Junior brother Lin, this is my grandma. Grandma, I mentioned this to you, the knowledgeable junior who taught me arithmetic."

The old woman was leaning on crutches: "Young man, you are in good spirits. You took the risk to come in. Are you looking for my little Yuaner?"

"Yes, old man."

"Okay, that's really good. I came here as soon as I heard that Xiao Yuan'er was in danger. It's much better than those silver pewter gun heads that are usually so affectionate and can't be seen now, right, Xiao Yuan'er?"

"Grandma, where are you talking about?"

"Yes, yes, business matters. Xiaolin, how old are you this year?"

"eighteen."

"The grade is a bit younger, Xiao Yuaner is already 23. However, you are all practicing martial arts, the difference of four or five years is not a big deal."

"...Old man?"

"Hey, what's your name, old man? Just like Xiao Yuan'er, she's called Grandma."

Lin Yan: "..."

"Grandma, what kind of business is this? You are enough!" Chen Yuan, who has always been sassy, ​​held the old woman's hand tightly with her fingers tensed and her cheeks flushed pink.

She turned to Lin Yan and said, "My grandma's surname is Xu, you might as well call her Mrs. Xu."

"it is good."

Actually, it’s not bad to be called Grandma...

"Didn't you just ask me why I'm here? Actually, I was 'invited' here by the Song family together with Grandma."

"why?"

Chen Yuan sighed: "It's not because of the ancient ruins in the Guangchuan Mountains. After the collapse of the Longmen Pavilion, my Chen family has no luxury, so I have no choice but to rely on the Song family to survive.

"The Song family heard that my grandma could recognize some ancient characters, so they forcibly 'invited' my grandma here."

"Mr. Xu can recognize ancient characters?!" Lin Yan's eyes flashed.

"I'm old and rotten. When I was young, I liked to read some weird ancient books. Over time, I gained some insight into ancient characters. I didn't know much about them, so I guessed three or four out of ten."

Lin Yan looked at Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan was quite embarrassed: "I have been with Grandma since I was a child. She told me a few ancient mathematics classics, and I was fascinated by them. I also know a little about ancient characters, so I wanted to help Grandma."

"Little Yuan'er was actually worried about my old age and frailty, so she came to take care of me together. Although I can't help you much, Grandma still understands this kind of heart."

Chen Yuan: "..."

She really came here because she thought she could help!
Lin Yan said: "So that's the case, I thought, Sister Chen, you have encountered some kind of danger."

Chen Yuan shook her head: "The Song family is notoriously abiding by the rules. Besides, my family is still there. Grandma and I are here. Apart from the trouble of Xiao Changsheng, there is nothing else."

Lin Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and he took out the human skin with countless small characters engraved on it from his arms: "To be honest, Senior Sister Chen, I was also exploring issues related to the ruins recently, and I happened to find this skin record. I want to ask someone to interpret it. Unexpectedly, there is nowhere to find it after breaking through the iron shoes, so I ask Elder Xu to give me some pointers."

Chen Yuan took a look and was slightly surprised: "Junior Brother Lin, where did you get this?"

"In a ruin."

"You are very lucky. Now the wealthy family is buying these ancient relics aggressively. This one alone is worth more than a hundred taels of silver."

"Grandma."

Chen Yuan handed it over, and after Mr. Xu took it, he squinted his eyes and struggled to read every word.

While looking at it, he said, "It's very similar, it should be said, exactly the same."

"Old Xu?"

"I mean, it is very similar to the human skin I saw before. Several similar human skins were found in the Guangchuan Mountains before. I have seen one of them, and the engraved handwriting is almost exactly the same, as if it came from The handwriting of the same engraver."

"Elder Xu may recognize it, what is engraved on it?"

"I can't recognize it completely, but I can roughly guess it. The two human skins are engraved with the same prayer."

"Prayer?"

Chen Yuan explained: "It is the prayers used to recite the name of gods and pray for witches, similar to the articles recited when attending Zen and worshiping Buddha in Buddhist temples, or reciting sutras in Taoist temples."

Mr. Xu pressed the writing on the human skin with his fingers, and said with concentration: "There are many rare words in this kind of prayer, and I can only see the general meaning.

"This opening paragraph is probably a praise and chanting.

"Look at the previous words, their meanings should be close to those of World Honored One, God Buddha, Holy Emperor, etc. They all use beautiful words.

"The following paragraph seems to be talking about a special ceremony. The following words probably mean the body, eyes, and arms...

"Further, it seems to mean transformation and rebirth, and this, which means multiple and numerous.

"I guess, it may mean that after some kind of ritual, the body will undergo transformation and gain multiple powers? Or some kind of quantitative change?"

Mr. Xu was guessing, but to Lin Yan's ears, it was like thunder.

He was short of breath for an instant, and a turbulent sea was set off in his heart.

The Vajra with four eyes and eight arms seen in the ruins has multiple eyes and multiple hands!
Mr. Xu continued to interpret: "The following words are full of praise, which is not far from the previous one. By the way, I recognize this word. It means longevity, and it is inserted here. It probably means that after a ceremony, Can you get longevity?"

longevity...

Lin Yan thought of the leaked coffin, the eight-armed Vajra hanging on the roof of the quiet room, and the old monk's wooden carving not long ago.

longevity...

The hairs on his back stood up with horror.

"Huh? The last few words are completely different from the one I saw before..."

Mr. Xu seemed to be lost in thought, and then he said with half affirmation and half incredulous: "Could it be that this is a personal name?"

Chen Yuan said: "Grandmother, you mean, the last part of the two human skins are two different names?"

"Very likely. It is obviously a weird ritual to engrave words on human skin. Maybe the last name is the owner of this human skin."

As soon as these words came out, Chen Yuan touched her arm unconsciously, feeling a chill.

She glanced at Lin Yan, found him lost in thought, and said, "Junior Brother Lin, what did you think of?"

Lin Yan said: "Sister Chen, do you have a pen and paper here?"

"Wait a minute." Chen Yuan quickly found a pen and paper.

Lin Yan took a pen and paper and sketched. Of course, his painting skills were not good, but after the first stage, his control over the muscles and body was greatly enhanced, and he could barely draw the general physical characteristics of the four-eyed and eight-armed King Kong.

"This is……"

Lin Yan said in a deep voice: "I found this at the place where I found the human skin. At that time..."

He briefly described what he had seen and heard at the time.

Chen Yuan clutched her arms, feeling even more horrified: "Junior Brother Lin, what you said sounds like a ghost story. Is the four-eyed King Kong dead or alive?"

Lin Yan showed a helpless expression: "It should be dead."

On the other hand, Mr. Xu, with a wrinkled face, has been listening very seriously: "Interesting. Xiao Lin, these big families seem to have listened to some orders recently, and they seem to gather here like a honeycomb. But they don't have any power. You see these."

Lin Yan said: "Maybe it's my luck."

Elder Xu asked abruptly: "Xiao Lin, can I disclose the news you said to the Song family?"

The Chen family is now clinging to the Song family, if Mr. Xu knew about it and did not report it, he might be criticized.

However, Lin Yan's purpose was to find out the truth about the ruins, and he wished that the Song family could find out more information.

Naturally, he is not afraid of leaking: "There is nothing you can do, but don't mention my name."

"Okay, okay. Don't worry, I won't listen to your news in vain. In the future, you will know what the Song family knows."

Lin Yan's eyes lit up: "Thank you, Mr. Xu."

"However, the Song family has not found many things now. They only found a scripture carved on the wall of a cave in the ruins of a cave, and the rest are gone.

"There is nothing to say in that scripture, except for the final inscription, which reveals a little information, and I happen to know every word."

Elder Xu said softly word by word: "Tianmu Temple, Monk Guanshan stays."

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