Day of Imprisonment

Those who frequent Youzuo Temple all know that in this 'local element' attribute scenario, the scariest thing isn't encountering monsters, or even receiving ominous fortune readings like 'burdened by sin' or 'doomed to bloodshed'.

It's being caught by the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas here and asked, 'Who am I?'

Because there's simply no correct answer to this question. Among the Memory Retrievers who enter here, many are scholars, and some even specialize in studying Buddhist scriptures.

They truly understand a lot.

But it's precisely because they understand so much that they know this question is impossible to answer. According to Buddhism, this question touches upon the essence of human existence and the core of self-awareness, inevitably having multiple layers of understanding and answers.

For example, the theory of the aggregation of the five skandhas. Buddhism believes that a person is composed of the five skandhas: form, feeling, perception, volition, and consciousness. But in reality, these five skandhas are impermanent and changing, with no fixed 'self' existing. Therefore, from this perspective, 'I' is just a concept formed by the aggregation of the five skandhas, temporary and fluid.

There's also the theory of no-self, which means there's no fixed, independent, eternal 'I' existing, and the theory of emptiness, and the theory of realms.

In short, it's just one sentence: east, west, north, south, yin, yang, positive, negative—whatever I say is reasonable. Conversely, whatever you say, I can say you're wrong.

It's simply being unreasonable.

In the past, some Memory Retrievers who considered themselves Buddhist masters tried this question, and the result was a tragic death.

It can be said that the question 'Who am I?' is a guaranteed death trap and an unsolvable problem in Buddhist interpretation.

Whoever encounters it, dies!

The crowd quickly moved away from Luo Xi because this Manjushri Bodhisattva was different from the other Buddha heads and wrathful Vajras. The others only asked once and then disappeared, while this big shot could ask three times, meaning he could kill at least three Memory Retrievers.

But this was already considered good. In other places, like the Tathagata Buddha in front, he could kill at least seven.

Relatively speaking, the chances of survival here were greater.

Otherwise, why would everyone choose to gather in this place?

"What a pity!" The long-haired beauty, Poison Scorpion, grinned at this moment, turned her head, and patted Seventh Brother: "Why don't we guess how he'll die? Decapitation, skinning, disembowelment..."

"... Uh?" Seventh Brother, who was about to speak, suddenly raised his eyebrows, his eyes widened. His originally cold expression lost control at this moment, appearing astonished and puzzled, with a hint of imperceptible joy.

Looking over there again.

Luo Xi leaned over, whispered to the Manjushri Bodhisattva statue, muttered a few words, and the latter actually nodded, said 'Great good,' and then turned around. The next moment, his figure was like wind-blown sand, instantly disappearing and then reappearing, but when he reappeared, he was in front of another Memory Retriever, smiling and asking: "Who am I?"

The Memory Retrievers who saw this scene were all speechless.

It was as if a thunderclap had sounded in their ears, and they were all stunned.

The Memory Retriever who was asked 'Who am I?' didn't realize what was happening until his death. Why was the previous person okay?

Could it be that he answered the question correctly?

"He's so interesting, so cool!" Seventh Brother felt her heart beating fiercely at this moment.

She had never felt this way before. The other person's ever-changing soul, with soul colors like a rainbow, had already made her pay special attention and be particularly curious. She didn't expect this person's ability to be so strong, even able to answer the inevitable death question of 'Who am I?' correctly.

To Seventh Brother, this man was unbelievably cool.

Especially since he was clearly entangled in two of the worst fortune readings, unable to move, but still calm and collected.

Looking closely at his eyebrows and features, her heart beat even faster.

"Damn it, you pervert, you wouldn't really have taken a liking to him, would you? Aren't you a tomboy? Aren't you a steel-and-concrete macho woman? Didn't you say you liked my type the most?" Poison Scorpion saw something in Seventh Brother's eyes and was immediately annoyed.

But Seventh Brother couldn't hear these words at all.

She took out a card and activated it towards Luo Xi over there.

[Inspire Soul Power].

The next moment, a stream of light fell on Luo Xi.

Luo Xi was also very surprised.

At first, he thought someone was attacking him with the power of a card, but when he felt a strange and violent power filling his body, he realized it wasn't a malicious attack, but a kind of buff.

It might be magic, or it might be some kind of curse.

But the effect was good. Luo Xi felt that the big-headed monk on his back seemed to be half as heavy.

This already allowed him to regain his ability to move, although it was still very slow, but it was better than the exhausted situation just now.

In addition to this, Luo Xi could also feel a very strange feeling.

His mental power seemed to have doubled, not only himself, but he could also hear some strange shouts.

It seemed to be coming from the depths of his mind, those personalities that he had suppressed.

"This woman's ability is very interesting!"

Luo Xi glanced at the cool, short-haired girl over there, and she smiled at him.

The Manjushri Bodhisattva statue killed a total of two Memory Retrievers.

Basically, whoever was targeted by him was doomed to die, but Luo Xi was the only exception.

Chaos, terror, and death began to return to normal with the gradually dissipating bell sound. The Buddha heads, wrathful Vajras, and Manjushri Bodhisattva that had emerged all disappeared with the dissipating bell sound.

It seemed that everything had returned to normal again.

Except for the few corpses on the ground.

"This time it's not bad, only these few died." Old Jin, this middle-aged man, appeared from who knows where. He walked towards Luo Xi, and not only him, but the other Reminiscence People were the same, as if they had agreed in advance, surrounding Luo Xi completely.

"Brother, what did you say to Manjushri Bodhisattva just now?" Someone asked very directly.

"How would I know?" Luo Xi replied quickly.

He moved his arms, feeling that the power was actually surging out continuously, and the fatigue and sleepiness caused by carrying the Big Head Monk for too long before had also diminished by more than half at this moment, and his condition had recovered a lot.

What kind of card effect is this?

Could there be any side effects?

Luo Xi was very curious.

"How could you not know? You just don't want to say, huh, although you can't do anything here, there's no such restriction after you go out. Think carefully." The person who said this was obviously planning to scare him and freeload information.

Even if they really went out, the other party might not dare to attack, they were just relying on their numbers, and everyone wanted to know the answer, so they were coercing him.

"How would I know?" Luo Xi still said the same thing, with a playful expression.

"How about I give you some cards in exchange?" Coercion didn't work, so they started to offer incentives.

"How would I know?"

"Fine, you've got guts!" That person was a little frustrated.

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Old Jin then squeezed over: "Brother, don't bother with them, I think you are a real expert. Let's discuss it, you tell me the answer, and I will definitely make you satisfied."

As he spoke, Old Jin gestured with his hand.

At first, he held up three fingers, but seeing that Luo Xi was unmoved, he changed it to five fingers.

Seeing that Luo Xi still didn't react, Old Jin also shook his head: "Forget it then, I was very sincere, but if you're not willing, I can't help it."

After speaking, he sighed.

"Alright, you should all know that this kind of thing can't possibly be told to you for no reason. Go do what you need to do, it's a waste of time to hang around here." The Undead walked over at this time and began to drive people away.

Naturally, everyone knew that there was no free lunch in the world.

And even if the other party told them, they might not believe it, let alone risk trying it themselves.

So, it was better not to waste time.

The crowd slowly dispersed, each looking for other places to worship Buddha and obtain new divination slips.

After the Undead drove these people away, he gave Luo Xi a thumbs up.

"Brother, you're really awesome, I really thought you were dead for sure just now."

"Just lucky." Luo Xi also smiled.

The Undead then stretched out his fingers and began to count: "The Shakyamuni in the front hall, the Bhaisajyaguru in the side hall, here in the middle hall, Manjushri on the left, Samantabhadra on the right, oh right, there's also the Guanyin Hall over there, and the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Hall in the back. It can be said that the six directly accessible places are these six places to worship Buddha, which correspond to six divination slips. As for how to find the seventh divination slip, you have to go to some hidden areas, such as in the clouds, or under a dry well. It is said that there is another hidden area, but I don't know. All the hidden areas depend on luck, that's all I know."

Obviously, the Undead was returning the favor for what happened before.

Just like he thought in his own mind, if he didn't repay something, he would feel bad.

"Oh right, next, a bell will ring every ten minutes. If you haven't died by the third time, and you haven't obtained seven divination slips, all your divination slips will be forcibly taken away and you will be kicked out. You decide for yourself how to choose. I suggest you find a place to hide, and when the time comes, you can remove the negative divination slips."

The Undead was sincerely advising him.

Luo Xi could see that, so he sincerely thanked him.

After saying these things, the Undead bid farewell and left. He didn't ask Luo Xi what he had said to Manjushri Bodhisattva before, probably knowing that it was a secret, and since it was a secret, how could he easily tell others?

At this point, almost everyone around had left.

After all, everyone wanted to collect seven divination slips.

As for Luo Xi, he already had five divination slips, which were:

Medium-Auspicious Sign: Calamity of bloodshed is unavoidable, turning back is the shore for early cultivation;

Medium-Auspicious Sign: News from the horizon should be difficult to contemplate, do not rashly seek what is beyond your grasp;

Medium-Auspicious Sign: Accumulated evil deeds must eventually be repaid, accumulated good deeds will naturally bring blessings;

Supreme-Auspicious Sign: The darkest hour is just before the dawn, a gentleman shakes himself and emerges from the mountain;

Supreme-Auspicious Sign: Like a crane escaping from its cage, free from the cage, everywhere is empty;

This last Supreme-Auspicious Sign was obtained just now at the Manjushri Bodhisattva's place of worship.

In this way, he had already replaced all the Inauspicious Signs with Medium-Auspicious Signs. If only looking at the divination slips, it was already quite good.

The Undead said that Luo Xi still had two of the six locations, namely the worship places of Bodhisattvas Samantabhadra and Ksitigarbha. If he added those two, he would have exactly seven divination slips.

Because before, Luo Xi had already entered the clouds and worshipped the Future Buddha.

Looking around, Luo Xi was a little surprised that the two women hadn't come over just now, and he didn't know where they had gone at this moment.

Not to mention the long-haired poisonous scorpion, who was snobbish, realistic, seemingly shrewd, but actually extremely foolish.

The short-haired cool girl was very strange.

"Why did she help me?" Luo Xi analyzed several possibilities, but none of them seemed reliable, so he simply suppressed this question for the time being.

As for what he said to Manjushri Bodhisattva just now, Luo Xi had actually said it openly and honestly.

It was that sentence, 'How would I know?'

Of course, even if others knew, they couldn't replicate it, because they didn't have [Lies].

So only Luo Xi could deceive the Bodhisattva.