unscrupulous spirit catcher

Chapter 20 Spirit Nest
"how is this possible?"

Song Yu touched the lines on the clock and was confused for a moment.

Not here.

Although Xiangguo Temple is a large place, there are people everywhere. More than 1000 monks have to eat, drink, and live, so there is almost no hiding place, let alone an empty room.

This is all she can think of, but is it not there?
Su Mian looked at her and asked, "Could it be underground?"

Song Yu shook his head: "If they were underground, those two spirits would have gone directly underground when they escaped last night."

"Could it be outside Zisheng Gate?" Su Mian thought it might be outside, as the place outside is huge.

"It's unlikely. If the spiritual nest is outside, the first one to suffer should be outside, not inside first."

After much thought, she returned to the Bajiao Glazed Palace.

This is where the spirit first appeared.

When the Prime Minister came, he lived in the Bajiao Liuli Hall to look after the scriptures. Zhong Liqing also came here to practice Zen. The spiritual nest is not in the bell tower, so it is here.

But this place is not big, not even comparable to the Main Hall. Outside is the Arhat Hall, which is full of crowded Arhats. There is also a Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara outside. There is only an incense burner in the courtyard, and the octagonal tower is behind it.

It's such a big place, and even if there are a few more people, it will feel crowded, and there's nowhere to hide the spiritual energy.

Song Yu felt that his head was not enough, so he knelt down in front of Guanyin and held the Buddha's feet temporarily.

She kowtowed and began to chant randomly.

Su Mian could never figure out what was going on in her weird head, so he decided to go out to spread her charm and look for some clues.

In the crowded Luohan Hall, there are only a lot of clay sculptures and a thoughtful Song Yu.

Song Yunian's mouth was dry. Seeing that he had no intention of blessing his soul, he said angrily: "You have so many eyes, how come you can't see where the spiritual nest is!"

She wanted to eat the mung bean cake offered by the Buddha, but suddenly she stopped and looked at the Buddha with Thousand Arms and Thousand Eyes.

This Buddha statue has a lot of history.

It is nine feet high and is carved entirely from a thousand-year-old apricot tree. There are Buddhas on all sides. Each side has six big hands and two small hands. Each palm is engraved with an eye. There is a total of one Thousand and 48 eyes are the real Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes Guanyin.

Its uncanny workmanship is difficult to describe. It took a carpenter 58 years to carve it.

The carpenter is still alive now, he is already eighty years old. In the outer city, Song met him when he went shopping.

This Buddha is big enough.

And it's stealthy enough.

No one would think that there would be something hidden inside, and the spirit was probably hidden in the apricot tree and was carved in unintentionally.

But if you want to open this Buddha, I'm afraid the people at Xiangguo Temple will not agree.

She circled around the large Guanyin statue.

The statue was too high and she was not tall enough, so she simply climbed up to the altar, looked carefully and smelled vigorously.

Gods and Buddhas do not exist in her heart. She is ignorant and fearless, and does not care whether the Buddha has unlimited power to retaliate and torture her.

Climbing up and down like a monkey, she finally found some evidence.

A nest of white silk threads, like nested silk, is between the lips of the Guanyin statue.

It overflowed from the inside out. If she was right, the entire Guanyin statue was empty and had been occupied by the spiritual nest.

"What did you find?" Su Mian leaned against the door and handed Song Yu a plain steamed bun.

He found no clues outside, only the kitchen.

"In here!"

Song Yu quickly came down and swallowed the bun in a few gulps.

"Inside?" Su Mian stood up straight and glanced at the gold-painted Guanyin.

"Yes, it's in it. I saw it. Go find the abbot quickly and ask someone to burn it."

The abbot was already so frightened that he almost ran away. But now that he heard that the man-eating thing was in the Bodhisattva's belly, he couldn't breathe and fainted on the spot.

He passed out.

After a while, he woke up and said, "No one can touch this Guanyin statue."

This Avalokitesvara with Thousand Arms and Thousand Eyes is carved from a whole piece of wood. It is a person's life's hard work. It is the treasure of Xiangguo Temple. How can it be demolished.

Moreover, this Guanyin statue was completely completed at the end of last year and has received incense for worship. It is one of the incarnations of the Bodhisattva in the world. If you dismantle the wooden sculpture and burn it, wouldn't it be equivalent to burning the Bodhisattva's clone.

Song Yu said: "Since it is the incarnation of Bodhisattva, how can Bodhisattva let bad things build a nest inside?"

The abbot said: "Everything that happens is due to fate."

"You call this fate?" Song Yu was dumbfounded, "I haven't read much, are you talking nonsense?"

The abbot made another round of remarks, such as "You can't say whether you are alive or not," which made Song Yu dizzy. In short, it was unreasonable to make trouble.

Since we can’t burn the Buddha statues, we have to take care of things.

It happened that Li Bi woke up at this time, and was supported by the three bald men and came over to cause trouble.

"Okay, why did I faint?" Li Bi asked Song Yu.

The three bald men didn't dare to tell him that he was knocked unconscious.

Song Yu was distraught: "You're the one who hit Xiao Mian on the stick."

Su Mian held the stick and said shyly, "Sir, I didn't do it on purpose."

"Forget it, girl, just bring a fire stick if you have nothing to do."

Li Bi waved his hand, listened carefully to the abbot's opinions, and then asked Song Yu to think of a solution.

Song Yu thought to himself: "Who am I working hard for, and why are you making things difficult for me just for a piece of wood? You didn't even give me a few bucks. Do you really think I am the Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves the suffering?"

Her dark eyes rolled around, determined to scare a few people to death.

"Then tear it apart. If my predictions are correct, it's empty now. I can tear it in half, burn the contents alone, and then seal it up."

This idea was quickly adopted. Li Bi personally went into battle and led a group of monks from Xiangguo Temple to first set up the Guanyin statue in the courtyard.

Strange to say, this Guanyin statue was originally very heavy, heavier than the bronze bell in the bell tower, and it was difficult to lift it. But now, it can be easily carried to the courtyard.

No need for Song Yu to say anything now, everyone knew that it had been eaten away.

The inside is empty, but the outside is still intact. To take it apart, you can only use a knife to carve a slit from the top to the bottom, and then use ropes to pull it from both ends.

As soon as the Guanyin statue was opened, everyone was stunned.

A fishy stench rose into the sky, and as far as the eye could see, the Guanyin statue was densely packed with white silk nests, and the silk nests were filled with countless baby-sized flesh worms.

The silk nest and the meat worm together form a huge statue of Avalokitesvara with thousands of hands and eyes.

The flesh worms were entangled and crowded in piles, and it was a pile of boneless rotten meat.

Even when they are sleeping, their mouths are open, revealing their sharp teeth. Apart from a pile of soft flesh, the rest of their bodies are their mouths and teeth.

With a "snap" sound, a meat worm on the edge lost its support and fell from a height of nine feet. The fleshy pulp overflowed and its stomach was full of insect eggs.

The fishy smell penetrated from the tip of my nose to my brain.

"vomit"

The three bald men took the lead and Li Bi opened the way. The monks came to the rear and all vomited wildly.

Seeing this scene of hell, the abbot kept chanting the Diamond Sutra, and intermittently mixed in a few vague words from the sutra: "Burn, everything is burned."

(End of this chapter)