The copy of the universe from the journey to the west

Chapter 181 Time flies, and things take a sharp turn for the worse (asking for monthly tickets)

"The Venerable Buddhabhadra was in retreat the day before Daosheng went to Donglin Temple, which was the day after I broke into Longquan Temple."

"What happened at that time?"

Lu Chen's eyes were deep.

Only one thing happened, he broke into Longquan Temple and stole the relics of Buddhayasas.

It is an indisputable fact that Buddhayasas died outside the pass. Of course, after Buddhayasas came out of the pass, no other news came except for the "Sutra of Emptiness".

This happened more than ten years ago.

If he were still alive, it would be impossible that no news was sent back. After all, during this period, the monks in the Western Regions and the Central Plains had frequent exchanges.

Because the monks who came to the Central Plains did not know the whereabouts of Buddhayasas and had never heard any news about him, most of the time people subconsciously believed that he had passed away.

Therefore, the appearance of Buddhayasas' relics will inevitably cause resentment in people's hearts.

Especially since although Buddhayasas was a practitioner of the precepts, he also understood the top secret of the meditation school - the One Mind Three Treasures method.

There is naturally a deep connection between Buddhabhadra and Buddhayasas.

It was normal that once the relics of Buddhayasas were revealed, they caused disgust in Buddhabhadra.

Buddhabhadra was not a monk from Donglin Temple, he just didn’t have his own temple.

There were many practitioners who were die-hard Buddhabhadra, and he had some influence in the Buddhist community.

He was in the White Lotus Society in Lushan, not in Donglin Temple. He just had a good relationship with Huiyuan, so he wanted to spend his later years in Lushan.

"It seems that my visit to Longquan Temple once caused a great impact."

Lu Chen smiled and then looked at the last part.

It is the investigation of Huxi Bridge.

The strange phenomenon at Huxi Bridge was not a very secretive secret. At least many people, including the monks of Donglin Temple and the members of the White Lotus Society who frequently entered and exited Huxi Bridge, had seen it in the past six months.

So Daosheng just asked out of curiosity, and someone told him.

Just to be on the safe side, Daosheng even went to ask many different people.

The results are the same.

Anyone who pays a little attention knows this.

The identities of the three people in the vision had long been known.

Huiyuan, Tao Yuanming and Lu Xiujing.

But no one knew why it was the three of them. Most people associated them with the tiger demon that Huiyuan had suppressed.

They believed that the tiger demon was not dead and were acting as accomplices of the tiger. In fact, all three of them had become accomplices of the tiger demon.

Of course, this is a rumor.

What surprised Daosheng was that the strange phenomenon at Huxi Bridge had appeared many times, but the Donglin Temple had not mentioned any intention of checking it out.

Lu Chen looked at it with some confusion.

Logically speaking, Donglin Temple should not behave like this.

After all, Huiyuan is the founder of Donglin Temple!
The most likely possibility is that Donglin Temple knows what caused the strange phenomenon at Huxi Bridge.

This also explains why Donglin Temple did not pay attention to it.

However, Daosheng also said in the letter that Huxi Bridge should not be the cave, and he would find some time to look for it.

This is the end of the letter.

After Lu Chen thought for a while, he picked up his pen and wrote his reply.

He asked Daosheng to investigate the matter of Ganlu Ordination Hall again and again. If there was no chance, there was no need to take the risk of investigating.

Ensuring one's own safety is the first priority, and then he talked about Huxi Bridge.

Lu Chen plans to go and take a look when he is free.

Huxi Bridge is some distance away from Donglin Temple. It is outside Donglin Temple. If you want to go to Donglin Temple, you must cross Huxi Bridge.

Lu Chen’s identity made it difficult for him to enter the temple, but he could still walk around the bridge.

After writing it, he gave it to Ren Liansong and asked him to deliver it the next time someone came.

After the man with the face put the letter away, he continued, "Master, I have found out what you asked me to investigate. There are now more than fifty powerful monsters in Xunyang City, and the number is still increasing slowly."

Lu Chen frowned: "Why is it growing so fast?"

Before he went into seclusion, Zhongli Quan said that there were only more than thirty monsters in Xunyang City.

Now it's over fifty.

In just half a month, more than a dozen monsters came?
Could it be that the big monster under the cave is really about to break the seal and come out?
However, since Zhongli Quan had not sent any news, Lu Chen was not sure. He just asked someone to keep an eye on the situation while he was in seclusion.

"Wang Lingqi and others from the Shangqing Sect were invited by the governor to exorcise the demon three days ago, but they returned in disgrace after losing seven or eight disciples yesterday."

The man with the human face reported the news that Lu Chen wanted to know.

Lu Chen raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

Although Wang Lingqi is not an orthodox descendant of the Shangqing Sect, he is also a genuine Yuanshen Zhenren.

A monster that even he couldn't defeat, and even caused the loss of his disciples, must be at least a demon king!

"What kind of monster is it?" Lu Chen asked.

"I don't know."

The man with the face shook his head, a little fearful, "The monster is in the river, ordinary people can't see it at all, but I heard that it is a dragon, very scary. I watched it from a distance, it doesn't look like a dragon, but it is at least a big demon. Now some wealthy families in the city who have the conditions are ready to move out of Xunyang City."

"A great demon in the demon pill realm..."

Lu Chen frowned, and his spiritual thoughts began to expand towards the outside world.

The place where he lived was not far from the pier, only about seven or eight miles in a straight line.

Soon, the divine consciousness arrived at the dock.

The pier, which was once bustling with people, is now very desolate.

The surging river swept out some broken pieces of wood from old boats, and sometimes even some corpses, and then it became quiet again.

Lu Chen carefully explored downwards with his spiritual sense, and felt that there was a demonic aura rising to the sky beneath the river surface, but he did not see any trace of demonic creatures.

After finding this, Lu Chen gave up.

There is no need to go any further.

If he could win, Lu Chen wouldn't mind going over to check it out, but it's obvious that he can't win now.

Lu Chen withdrew his divine sense. There were some masters in the city. Lu Chen basically would not use his divine sense unless necessary, so as to avoid encountering others and causing unnecessary trouble.

Lu Chen looked at the face and said, "Pay attention to the governor's mansion these two days. If there is any news about Wang Lingqi, remember to remind me."

"Yes, sir." The human face replied.

"Master, the meal is ready."

Just at this moment, Xiao came in from outside with a plate in her hand.

After taking a look, Lu Chen nodded slightly: "Your cooking skills have improved in the past few days."

Xiao's pale face lowered slightly, as if she was a little shy because of Lu Chen's praise.

The human face smiled and said, "Master, you don't know that whenever Xiao Shi has nothing to do, she will go to those restaurants to secretly learn cooking skills. Although it has only been half a month, she has made great progress in cooking skills."

Lu Chen nodded slightly, and after taking a few bites, he found that the taste was indeed quite good.

After eating and drinking, Lu Chen took out another paper crane, cast a spell, and threw it into the sky outside.

The paper crane slowly flew into the air, and its image gradually changed.

It transformed from a paper crane into a real white crane, then spread its wings and flew high towards Mount Zhongnan.

This is a message to Yin Tong in Mount Zhongnan.

Dong Feng’s affairs cannot be investigated in a day or two.

But now there is good news. Although Dong Feng was not found, Zhongli Quan is by Lu Chen's side.

If Ma Jian can hold on, it would be good to let Yin Tong bring him to Xunyang and find an opportunity for Zhongli Quan to take a look at him.

If you can save it, then save it.

After releasing the paper crane, Lu Chen was preparing to continue his retreat.

At this moment, the door outside suddenly rang. "Haha, Master, it must be that little girl from the Zhou family coming again."

Ren Liansong said to Lu Chen, "In the past half month, this little girl has been knocking on the door every now and then, asking if you are there."

Lu Chen nodded and motioned for Ren Fengsong to open the door.

The figure of the man with the human face flashed, and he came to the gate and opened it.

It was indeed Zhou Zhaodi outside.

But at this moment, the little girl's face was full of anxiety: "Grandpa Lu, is the uncle here? My dad...my dad is dying."

Lu Chen's figure came from the side, and he also found something wrong. He flashed behind the door and walked straight over.

"Xiao Zhaodi, what happened to your father?"

Zhou Zhaodi sobbed and said, "I don't know. My father has been sleeping since he came back the day before yesterday. My mother thought he was drunk outside and he didn't wake up yesterday. He just woke up, but he vomited... vomited black blood. The doctor just came and asked my mother to prepare for my father's funeral. Uncle, please go and take a look..."

Lu Chen frowned: "Don't cry yet, let me go over and take a look first."

As he spoke, Lu Chen had already stepped into the Zhou family.

The little girl followed immediately.

Lu Chen had a clear goal and went straight to the room where Zhou Daping was.

At this time, there was a group of people standing in the room, both men and women. In the middle of the crowd, the crying voice of Mrs. Zhou could be heard.

Lu Chen stood behind and did not go in, but looking at Zhou Daping's face, it was indeed not looking good at this moment.

His face was blue, the circles around his eyes were still black, there was blood at the corners of his mouth, and his eyelids were trembling slightly, as if he was about to be unable to open them.

"Alas, the poison has already taken over my heart. There is nothing I can do. Please prepare for your death as soon as possible."

Beside the bed, an old man dressed as a barefoot doctor packed up his medicine box, stood up, and without asking for the consultation fee, he shook his head slightly, turned around and left.

Mrs. Zhou no longer had the energy to try to keep him, and she lay on top of Zhou Daping and cried silently.

The people around also came together to comfort Mrs. Zhou, and two or three middle-aged men came forward to talk to the dazed Zhou Daping, asking him if he had any last words to leave.

"Fortunately, it's not hopeless."

Lu Chen looked at Zhou Daping now, and he knew what was going on with just a glance of his divine sense.

Demonic poison enters the body!

Fortunately, his condition is much better than Qiao Yan's.

The evil poison is only in the blood and has not yet entered the lungs and bones and meridians.

Under this condition, an ordinary doctor might be helpless, but for Lu Chen at this moment, it is an easy problem to solve.

However, Lu Chen did not take action directly. Instead, he called Zhou Zhaodi out, wrote down a prescription, and handed it to Ren Liansong, asking him to prepare it.

Not long after, Ren Liansong came back with a few small packages.

Lu Chen asked Zhou Zhaodi to wait for a while, then went into the house. He then enlarged the furnace, started to light the fire, and began to refine the pill.

It didn't take long for the medicinal materials thrown into the alchemy furnace by Lu Chen to melt and merge with each other. Then, under the control of Lu Chen's Alchemy Technique, they turned into small pills.

After receiving the pill, Lu Chen checked it and knew that it was successful.

This simplest detoxification pill was absolutely no pressure for him.

After putting away the pills, Lu Chen walked outside and handed them to Zhou Zhaodi: "After you go back, give your father one pill to swallow. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, swallow one pill as well. In the following days, take one pill every two days. This will take ten days."

Zhou Zhaodi was a little confused, but at this time she was already in a state of panic.

He did not think too deeply about Lu Chen's words, but just regarded them as his last straw. He took the pill and ran back to his home.

This time, Lu Chen did not go over, but asked someone to guard the door. After not seeing anyone coming, he continued to retreat.

This retreat will last another seven or eight days.

However, just like last time, Lu Chen still got nothing.

I haven't found out what 'fire' is.

Well, it cannot be said that nothing was gained. Lu Chen’s cultivation has improved greatly.

Because of the long period of seclusion and the use of Yin Shen's divine thoughts, the solidity of Yin Shen has also been improved to a certain extent.

At night, the Yin Spirit was released, and it was more than ten feet high.

Of course, using the Yin Spirit to fight is not the method of Inner Alchemy.

However, there was no progress in the "Secret of the Great Pill", so Lu Chen did not continue.

He felt that this was probably because he had deviated from the key of "forget" in "concentration, forgetfulness and cessation".

Forget means to do things naturally.

To realize the spirit naturally is the right way.

During his two retreats, not only did he fail to achieve this, but he was too focused.

This gave Lu Chen a vague feeling in his heart, but this feeling was still covered by a thin veil, preventing him from touching the truth.

The weather has turned cooler at this time.

The leaves inside and outside Xunyang City have turned yellow and begun to fall, which is a sign of late autumn.

Lu Chen asked Ren Liansong about the current situation in Xunyang City.

The number of monsters entering Xunyang City is increasing.

Now, let alone the government, even the common people have noticed that something is wrong.

The number of deaths and missing persons in the city began to increase, and people began to become panic-stricken.

Many people want to escape from Xunyang City.

However, Xunyang City seems to be even more dangerous now. Some people would go out of the city in groups on the first day and would run back in a hurry the next day.

They all said that they encountered monsters outside the city.

Obviously, without the strong protection of the city, the environment outside the city is even worse than inside.

In the city, those who dare to take action are probably powerful monsters.

But outside the city, I’m afraid even a monster would dare to attack people!

The time for the Water and Land Dharma Assembly at Donglin Temple has also been confirmed and it will be held next month.

After being severely injured, Wang Lingqi and others became quiet, but the patrols of ordinary officers and soldiers increased a lot.

But even so, people often go missing or are killed by unknown forces.

Some are heartless and some are without human skin.

The situation seemed to have taken a sharp turn for the worse in just a few days, as if countless strange and bizarre things had taken advantage of this period to sneak into Xunyang City.

"After Zhou Daping recovered from the poison, he wanted to visit you, Master. He came this morning."

Renliansong then talked about the situation of the neighbors across the street.

After Zhou Daping recovered from the poison, he was recruited by the prefectural governor's office and is now a government servant in the city.

This is normal. The poison in Zhou Daping's body is a demon poison. It is obvious that he has fought with some demons.

This is a talent for the current prefectural government.

Lu Chen listened to the news and asked, "Is there no movement from Tianshi Temple and Longquan Temple?"

The human-faced man shook his head: "Longquan Temple has no intention of dealing with the monster. Tianshi Temple Liu Bing has contacted Jingzhou's chief priest several times in the past few days, but the other party has no intention of coming to help eliminate the monster. It seems that he is quite afraid of this matter."

Lu Chen was not surprised at all. It was obvious that Donglin Temple had focused its attention on the possible caves in Mount Lu.

Holding a water and land ceremony is of primary importance.

It’s just a Longquan Temple, which is not as good as Wang Lingqi and his gang.

The probability of them taking action is extremely small.

However, before and after the water and land ceremony, he might show his saintly power to create momentum.

But, this is just a possibility.

As for the current Tianshi Dao, it has been rotten from the root. It is no longer the Tianshi Dao of Zhang Ling's era that cut down mountains, destroyed temples, and slayed demons and eliminated monsters.

In the Tianshi Dao, there are many people who indulge in pleasure, but few of them are truly capable.

Lu Chen secretly sighed: "They probably don't care if a few ordinary people die. As long as it doesn't conflict with their status and interests, the possibility of them taking action is very small. Even if Dong Feng's inheritance and the cave heaven don't come out, maybe everyone in Xunyang City will die, they won't take action."

(End of this chapter)