【Wine Ci】Ksitigarbha Statue

Chapter 24

The enchantment was almost broken at the same time.

In the final analysis, the formation of reversing time is not much different from the formation of building illusions and reversing yin and yang.Knowing that the eye of the formation is the Ksitigarbha Stone Statue, breaking it and getting out of it is a breeze for the two big ghosts.Ibaraki had just set foot on the dusty temple floor in autumn when someone grabbed his collar. He thought it was a foreign enemy, but his ready attack was interrupted by a ferocious kiss.Ibaraki opened his eyes wide suddenly, staring at the close forehead of his best friend in horror.Shuten-douji grabbed his collar and kissed him ferociously, like a ferocious beast looking for food.

The sharp teeth of the ghost and the ghost collided with each other. It was Shuten who continued to sweep at the beginning, but after Ibaraki reacted, the kiss turned into a conquest that both sides refused to give in to.The tongue unintentionally rolled over the sharp teeth in the fierceness, was cut and bled, and was licked clean by both sides.But in the end, the kiss gradually became tender.

Shuten finally left, Ibaraki still leaned close to Jiuten, eager to try and continue. "Okay." Jiu Tun smiled, leaned over and kissed the corner of Ibaraki's lips, "Let's go out and talk."

Ibaraki just gave up, as if he just realized what they did just now: "What's wrong with my friend?"

"Nothing." Jiu Tun wrote lightly, "I just wanted to do this suddenly." He stepped forward and looked directly at the dilapidated Jizo Buddha statue that was enshrined, "The last one left—it's still very strange, There is still no monster aura in the surrounding area, if it is a monster at this time, then he should have shown his face by now."

"It's human?" Ibaraki guessed, "There are also people who are proficient in formations and full of spiritual power among humans, such as Kuro Seimei."

"It's possible if it's just an illusion. Hei Qingming was able to reverse the yin and yang only after finding a few big monsters. With human power, it's still too far away from reversing the time." Jiu Tun pondered for a moment, "Well, the truth will come sooner or later Will come to you."

He charged at the statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

I don't know how many years ago that Buddha statue was built, I don't know how long it has existed, and I have seen how many worldly separations and warmths.It had a glorious time, when many believers kowtowed and prayed under its legs, but in the end, everything disappeared with just a snap of the fingers.Like everything in this world, no matter how stable it is, it will eventually disappear. Monks leave, believers die, temples wither, and Buddha statues collapse.It was now crumbling as if it would collapse at the touch of a finger—not to mention defending itself against an attack from a giant ghost.

But the miasma stayed an inch away from the Buddha statue.

It opened a barrier autonomously.The miasma of the ghost gourd hitting it was like hitting Abe Seimei's defensive barrier formed with spiritual power. A streamer of light rushed across the transparent barrier, and then the light suddenly won.The Gushan Han Temple was paved with a layer of bright golden light in an instant.

Jiu Tun said with a deep laugh: "Hey, I'm finally willing to show my clues."

They stood side by side and were surrounded by a blazing illusion. Far and near were bodhisattva statues with blurred faces and interlaced scales in ten directions.

For ghosts, this is probably not a fun and pleasant experience.There are also monsters who are talented and good at illusions, but whether it is a bamboo forest or a tranquil sea area, they all play the role of controlling the battle advantage to their own side.There are also traps used to confuse and trap people, but that kind of illusion, once the difference between reality and reality is realized, it will naturally and quietly break.But here the illusion is completely different, Shuten-douji still can't find the monster that casts the illusion, just like this is a formation that will automatically open when it touches it.

Sanskrit and Buddhist music came from afar.They come across the mountains and seas, and they seem to resound in the ears.

There were other voices, too.Other phantoms.They are like broken pieces of porcelain, a shadow of a bird flying across the water, giggling and running quickly in front of the faceless Buddha statue.

money--! !money!Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, I am tired of living in poverty.What if a dog is obedient?Can't marry a daughter-in-law.If you can hear me, open your eyes and let me make a little money.These steamed buns should be regarded as honoring you.

I want to go outside!The little girl is here to seek marriage.I don't want to live my life like grandma and mother, I don't want to marry those men in the village!Daming, can I marry Daimyo?You can also be a concubine!

May the family be safe and smooth, the husband and wife are harmonious, and my son will be safe for the rest of his life.

The young ones have never disrespected ghosts and gods. They must pay homage to Jizo on the way, and they must pay homage to shrines when they pass by.But God has no eyes!God, I just want to ask you, is the young one doomed to lose both parents, so life should be bitter?

God, Dizang, everything is fine, tell me, I come to kneel and beg you every day, but why is this still happening?

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, thank you for your enlightenment in your dream to save the lives of my family.I can't do anything, I can only come here to offer a stick of incense, worship you, be your believer, and fulfill my wish with you.

You can transform the six realms, you have great compassion, you are the savior of the non-Buddha world, the bad habits are over, the good deeds are the result, I have also worked hard but I have not seen the results!Why am I not the 'Son of God', I am a Buddha, why doesn't makeup save me? !

Ksitigarbha...help me, please, Buddha, help me.

They formed a raging torrent, with tentacles growing from the ground, rushing from all directions, like a hurricane.

Ibaraki Doji's pupils narrowed slightly, like a feline patrolling its territory, observing all this vigilantly.The next moment, Jiu Tun covered his front ears.He stood behind Ibaraki, leaned slightly, looked around from Ibaraki's shoulder, and at the same time his voice was very close, and his words made Ibaraki's neck itch: "Don't listen."

Youkai have a keen sense of hearing, and it’s not just that they can’t hear if they say they can’t hear after being covered—even so, Shuten successfully diverted Ibaraki’s attention, and Ibaraki turned his head slightly, and asked: “What are these talking?— —The Buddha statues in this illusion can be destroyed one by one by me.”

"No, it's not a Buddha statue." Jiu Tun said, "What Huo Xiaopo said is not wrong. These things are 'thoughts'."

"read?"

"The thoughts of human beings. Buddha statues are not real Buddhas after all, and Ksitigarbha statues are nothing more than carved stones after all. Thousands, tens of thousands of human beings worship and pray to a stone year after year, and their desires are all It became a 'curse' attached to the stone statue. Coupled with the incense, over time, I am afraid that even an unconscious stone should become a demon."

"My friend's knowledge is indeed profound and profound. In this way, it is the Ksitigarbha statue and the thoughts it uses that cause the time reversal?"

Jiu Tun nodded slightly: "It should be true. It took a long time to transform the demon, and I don't know how many generations of human beings prayed on the way. These thoughts originate from various nodes in the long timeline, causing the timeline to go back to nature. It's also easy."

"As long as you pull it out and kill it, it will be solved, right?"

Jiu Tun stopped for a while.

Like the ringing of the bell in the temple, the sound of chanting sutras in the morning class came faintly.But at the same time, there are more sounds, such as the sound of children playing, the rustling of leaves blown by the wind, the splashing of straw sandals stepping on the water pool, and even the singing of cicadas.Where does this place look like an illusion, it is clearly compressed, countless small fragments of fleeting time.

"...he is dead." Jiu Tun said suddenly.

"what?"

"The Ksitigarbha statue. He's already dead." Jiu Tun said, "If I'm not mistaken, this is the last thing left...all the messy 'thoughts', including his own 'thoughts' .These mixed things constitute this illusion almost in a state of chaos."

"My friend, you mean that there are no enemies...?"

"No. Brute force cannot break through such an illusion."

Ibaraki looked sideways at Jiu Tun, and then smiled and said: "Since my friend said so, he must have found a way to break this illusion. Just a few detections can accurately and decisively find the solution. Such a friend It made me fall in love more and more.”

Jiu Tun laughed loudly: "Okay! Since you have said that, I will definitely make you fulfill this statement."

He unloaded the ghost gourd and walked forward.The Buddha's light almost melted this big red demon, but for Ibaraki, Shuten-douji himself was the light source.He was more conspicuous than all the lights around him.Shuten-douji stood in the bright golden light on the ground, and began to walk casually in the courtyard. Ibaraki had seen it on Shuten-douji who was still a young monk, and it seemed to be a kind of Buddhist gait.He was a little surprised, because if it wasn't for this backtracking, he wouldn't have known that Shuten-douji would have this kind of footwork. During the years when he chased Shuten-douji and even walked side by side, Ibaraki had seen all of Shuten-doji's fights, But I have never seen Jiu Tun take this kind of footwork.

Shuten-douji began to formulate the formula, using the oni's sharp claws, which had killed people and monsters, to draw magic circles in the void.Ghosts have no spiritual power, so they use ghost energy, demon power, and even miasma.His movements were a little jerky at first, but soon became smooth, Shuten-douji and his childhood shadow overlapped.Ibaraki Doko thought vaguely, no wonder my friend is very familiar with Abe Seimei's tactics, and he also knows the attack techniques of mages in the world like the palm of his hand.No wonder he never took his time.These things that everyone has forgotten, even Shuten-douji himself may not remember again, still remain in his body, becoming a part of Shuten-douji-an evil ghost, and even the king of ghosts.

Ibaraki heard Shuten's voice.When he spoke, his voice was not loud, but he was calm and determined; in the whispers of countless soul thoughts, in the Sanskrit words and bells that were as magnificent as waves after an unknown number of days, the cicadas in midsummer and the torrential rain in spring The warblers were chirping, and in the hustle and bustle, Ibaraki Doji could only grasp the sound of Shuten.

"... Bodhisattva Bodhisattva Bodhisattvas of all worlds are in the same shape. Weeping and lamenting, he said to the Buddha: I have been guided by the Buddha since a long time ago, and I have gained incredible power and great wisdom—"

My avatars are filled with hundreds of thousands of billions of Ganges sand worlds, and each world is transformed into hundreds of millions of bodies, and each body saves hundreds of millions of people, so that they can return to the Three Jewels, leave life and death forever, and reach the bliss of Nirvana.At that time, the son of the elder made a vow, saying, "I will spend the future, and I will not count kalpas. For the sinful and suffering sentient beings of the six realms, I will provide a wide range of expedient methods, so that they will be liberated, and I will become a Buddha."

It is the Ksitigarbha.

Ibaraki Doji listened to Jiu Tun read.But he was a young monk at that time, he was wearing monk clothes, sitting cross-legged on the futon, when the sunlight leaked in through the window, even though he was reading casually and extraordinarily loosely, a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth from time to time, which is not surprising.And for ghosts to recite Buddhist scriptures, it should have been extremely unharmonious, ironic and ridiculous.Ibaraki just stood where he was, staring at Shuten-douji in a daze.He has wild red hair, and his bare back has smooth and powerful lines—this is the abdomen and waist of a hunter. His movements are also lazy and casual, and his side face shows a half-smile, half-mocking expression.He is the light source.In a daze, Ibaraki saw a hidden statue behind the rampant and domineering ghost.

After Jiu Tun read the last word, it was like a boulder falling down.All the golden lights and all the Bodhisattva statues near and far began to shatter.The clamoring voices all started screaming.In the illusion, the world was turned upside down, someone pulled Ibaraki, suddenly he seemed to be wrapped gently by something indestructible yet extremely soft.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw stars all over the sky.

Jiu Tun was beside him, following him to look at the same piece of night sky, and after a while, Jiu Tun said: "Hey, did you hear what I said?"

"I heard it." Ibaraki replied honestly, "I heard it once at my best friend's place when I was young. I just didn't expect my friend's memory to be so amazing. Sure enough, my friend can grasp everything at the top. Those mortal sorcerers are nothing compared to my friends. Thanks to my best friends, I can leave the illusion smoothly--" At this point, he suddenly realized, looking around, the dilapidated temple had completely collapsed, and they Standing on top of the ruins.

Shuten spread his palms.He held a small group of light spots in his hand, and he slowly floated out of the bondage, probing his head ignorantly like a newborn child, like a little firefly. "Those thoughts have completely collapsed." Jiu Tun wrote lightly, "This is the only thing left... Maybe it is the obsession left after the death of the Ksitigarbha statue, and it will become the imperial soul in the hands of the onmyoji. The Tibetan scriptures are not a good thing, Ibaraki, don’t listen to my uncle read it once and go to read it foolishly.”

Ibaraki was told his thoughts, scratched his hair, and promised earnestly: "Good friend, I won't read it."

"It's not a good thing. It's about enshrining oneself in the six realms to save sentient beings. That statue of Ksitigarbha can become a demon, thanks to human's 'thoughts', and it died after becoming a demon. Humans have to be held accountable." It’s nothing more than a stone statue. After becoming a monster, I really thought I was a living Buddha. I couldn’t achieve Purdue, and even after I died, I still obsessed with delusion and went back to the past. It’s so ridiculous. Du is happy to be an evil ghost."

Ibaraki agreed: "My dear friend is right." He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Yuhun?"

Jiu Tun glanced at him, and said: "Humans have souls after death, ghosts don't have them after death. The fragments of power and obsessions left behind after being completely dissipated can be refined into imperial souls that can also be used by ghosts. "

"My friend just protected me—is it because of the Yuhun?"

"It is."

"I know that my friend is just as powerful without a soul. But is it possible to become stronger with a soul?"

Jiu Tun glanced at him and nodded slightly.

Ibaraki's eyes lit up instantly.

Shuten-douji was not watching him, but occasionally glanced in his direction.Just from the corner of his eye, he saw Ibaraki's brightened expression, and he suddenly wanted to touch him.This guy looks the same when he is a human or a ghost. After so many years, he is still the same as a little monster. He smiles, and he also looks happy. It's so easy to think about, and he hasn't changed at all.

He really wanted to touch him, rub his hair, or just fight.But the next moment he heard Ibaraki say happily: "Then if I die, I will definitely have obsessions. I will miss my friend and want to stay with my friend. My friend must remember to make me a Yuhun, this way I can still help my friend after I die!"

——I hate this point, and it hasn't changed since I realized it.

Jiu Tun was really flustered by anger, he stretched out his hand and rubbed on the Izuku wood as if venting his anger, and made the white hair that was not so smooth even more messy.But Ibaraki still didn't realize it, his golden pupils were shining brightly, waiting for Shuten's reply.So Jiu Tun simply lowered his head and bit his lip with a bit of force, but it tasted surprisingly good.

"Listen," he said when he let go of Ibaraki, "I have no shortage of souls. Being your big monster, Ibaraki-douji, will help me a lot more than being a soul named Ibaraki-douji. Listen. Understood?"

Ibaraki nodded blankly, not sure if he understood.Then he remembered something again, and asked Jiu Tun: "My friend, can you tell me where your home is now?"

Jiu Tun raised his eyebrows: "I really want to know?"

"really want to know."

"Then let's go." Shuten said inexplicably, he reached out to hold Ibaraki's hand, "Ghosts have no home—but if you want, then let's go. Wherever we go, we will stop there." home."

At this time, the sky was about to dawn, and some glimmers of light leaked from the east.It took them a lot of effort to walk over to each other, but now they are going forward side by side, no matter how far the journey is, they don't feel hard.