The Heartless Mage Chapter 50: Buddha’s smile

Chu Chenzi sat beside a black hole the size of a dog hole, put the lantern aside to illuminate the ground, chewed dozens of oil-stained twist biscuits, then turned on the kettle and poured a large mouthful of water, snoring He took a breath, turned his head and spit out with a "poof" sound. Wuxin didn't expect that Chuchenzi's mouth was like a water gun, so powerful that he almost stared blankly; and Chuchenzi was a very particular person, after rinsing his mouth, he took out a thin toothpick from his arms, covered his mouth with his hand and began to pick his teeth.

More than half an hour had passed by the time he picked up his big white teeth again. He untied the ribbon and re-tied his long hair, then backed the oilcloth pocket, picked up the lantern and prepared to drill a hole. Wuxin waited impatiently, and now seeing that he finally took action, he hurriedly knelt down behind him, and asked in a low voice, "Daoist priest, how do we get through this hole?"

Chenzi's stature is similar to that of Master Gu, with broad shoulders and broad back, so at this moment, he tried his best to shrink his shoulders, trying to make his figure look more delicate: "If Pindao remembers correctly, the end of this hole is still a pit. ."

Wuxin listened to it, and for a while I didn't know how to express my position. There were only three words to describe my mood, but it was not inferior. The tongue moved in his mouth, he couldn't help but said it out: "Fuck!"

Chenzi didn't have the same knowledge as him, so he said before entering the cave: "This pit is different from this pit."

Wuxin immediately came to the spirit: "What's the difference?"

Chenzi stuck his head into the hole: "The pit is bigger."

The hole is open to the hole, the hole is hidden, and the sun is not seen, no matter how you think it is a dangerous place. But Wuxin followed Chuchenzi into the hole, and found that apart from the dampness, there were not only no insects, but not even a hibernating snake. Chuchenzi crawled and crawled, took out a paper charm from his arms and stuck it on the wall of the cave. Wuxin listened to him faintly gasping again, suddenly suspecting that the air had changed, and hurriedly asked, "Master, how do you feel?"

Chu Chenzi replied without looking back: "Oh, I'm tired!"

Wuxin thought of another question: "Master, are you Gui Geng this year?"

Duchenzi ignored him.

Wuxin couldn't tell the age of Chuchenzi. If Chuchenzi was a little old, Wuxin planned to help him carry a gun in his backpack to lighten his burden; but since he was pretending to be deaf and dumb, Wuxin didn't bother to ask, so he saved the money. strength.

This hole is as described by Chuchenzi, with a small mouth and a big belly. Not long after Chuchenzi crawled, he could relax his shoulders and increase his movements; after a while, he simply stood up bent over, and trotted forward with the lantern in hand. Running and running, he stopped, but there were several more stone steps under his feet.

He stepped out on the stone steps, his head held high, and he was out of the hole. Wuxin followed behind, stroking the cave wall all the way. The walls of the cave were originally wet soil, but as I walked, layers of rocks began to appear. Wuxin thought that the Thousand Buddha Caves would never be a dirt cave. Once the stone appeared, it could be seen that the Thousand Buddha Caves should be close.

When he stepped on the stone steps and went out, he looked up and couldn't help being surprised. It turned out that he and Chuchenzi were standing on a dangerous big rock. Above the rock was a dark, jagged dome, and below the rock was a big rock pit that was as deep as the two of them. The bottom of the stone pit is rough, and there is a deep hole under the stone pit directly opposite.

Chenzi stretched out his hand and pointed to the hole: "There is the Thousand Buddha Cave!"

Wuxin ignores the Thousand Buddha Caves first, just looking up, down, left and right. The big stone under the foot protrudes from the stone wall, and it does not lean on all sides. How to get down to the bottom of the pit becomes a problem. If you jump straight down, the bottom of the pit is not soft soil, and you won't play if you slash your feet or twist your legs; if you climb down, the stone walls are bare and no vegetation, and there is nowhere to borrow.

Chu Chenzi repeated his old tricks, still holding the chain and putting down the lantern first. The chain was not long enough, and the lantern just hung in the air. As long as there is a little light, Chu Chenzi can **** and grab the raised stone and climb down little by little. But after all, he was getting old. He remembered that he was easy to climb back then, but now he is clumsy and difficult.

When he fell to the ground, he inadvertently put the lantern up. Using his teeth to bite the lantern handle, he was much more flexible than Chu Chenzi. He went down to the bottom of the pit with three strokes, five divisions and two. He handed the lantern back to Chenzi, and then walked straight to the entrance of the so-called Thousand Buddha Cave. Chu Chenzi hurriedly called him: "Hold on, don't be reckless!"

Shoot a paper talisman on the stone wall, and Chuchenzi will paste another one for Wuxin. Wuxin waved his hand: "Daoist, I don't need it. You have never entered the Thousand Buddha Caves, nor have I, so I don't know what's going on inside. Use the paper talismans sparingly!"

Chenzi nodded: "It doesn't matter, I took out all the paper charms I painted over the years yesterday, and they should be enough." After speaking, he leaned down and put the paper charms in his hands on the ground. .

The two walked towards the Thousand Buddha Caves one foot deep and one foot shallow. Chu Chenzi grabbed Wuxin right in front of the entrance of the cave, and handed him the lantern, "Look, is there a Buddha?"

Inadvertently stretched out his arm to send out the lantern. Using the bean-like light in the glass cover, he looked inward and saw a statue standing on the left and right of the cave. The statue may not see the sun or wind and rain, but it still retains a layer of bright colors.

WuXin walked forward with the lantern and looked closely at the statue. Seeing that he was fearless, Chu Chenzi also followed. The statue is the image of a Bodhisattva, with benevolent eyebrows and drooping eyes, the complexion is pink and white, the texture is fine and smooth, and the color is also positive and even. When Chuchenzi saw the true face of the Bodhisattva for the first time, he had a lot of thoughts in his heart, and said to Wuxin casually: "I don't know which dynasty or generation of predecessors, but they have such exquisite skills. Today's masons have great skills. No way!"

Wuxin was paying attention to the situation in the cave, so she just answered casually. No matter how old the Bodhisattva looks, he can't get old, so he can't rejoice and praise him like a child from the dust.

Chenzi admired enough of the two Bodhisattvas, and then flicked his sleeves, holding a small flag in his hand. Wuxin watched with a cold eye, and when he saw him bent down and inserted the flagpole into the crack on the ground, he asked, "Maoshan Taoism?"

Chu Chenzi shook his head: "No, this family draws on the strengths of many families, how can they stick to one faction?"

Wuxin put the lantern in front of the flag: "Master, there is no need to do it, I dare not say it is deep in the cave, but it must be safe within 100 meters, and there will be no evil."

Chenzi knew that Wuxin was a bit of a skill, but he couldn't estimate how big his skill was. Pulling out the flag and picking up the lantern, he took a deep breath, then sighed, and stepped into the cave.

The outside of the cave is full of rocks, but the inside of the cave is getting smoother and smoother. Chuchenzi looked around and suddenly asked, "Wuxin, come and see, who are they?"

Wuxin looked at the colorful pictures on the stone wall, while recalling and guessing: "It seems to be the Eighteen Arhats..." He gently stroked the frescoes with his fingers: "Yes, it is the Eighteen Arhats."

Chu Chenzi smiled: "It seems that Pindao is very foresight, so it would be right to name it Qianfodong!"

Wuxin followed him slowly inwards: "Master Taoist, as the abbot of Qingyun Temple, in the secular world, he is considered to have both fame and fortune, why do you have to seek death? And even if you are tired of living, there is no such thing as The truth of dying in the Thousand Buddha Caves!"

Chenzi slowed down: "Because...because my ancestor wanted to imitate his great uncle."

Indifferently: "What was the result?"

Chu Chenzi replied in a low voice, "As a result...the result was that my master went into trouble, and despite my dissuasion, he insisted on doing his own thing."

Wuxin smiled noncommittally: "If the Eighteen Arhats were shoveled and replaced with the Jade Emperor Yuanshi Tianzun; or if the Master Ling shaved his hair ahead of time to become a monk, that would be right."

The two talked as they walked and walked all the way along the Yong Road in the cave. At the end of the road, Chu Chenzi took a step ahead and turned the corner, but then he exclaimed. Wuxin caught up in an instant, and saw that the Yong Road became more spacious and flat, and there was a Buddha statue with a height of one person standing every few meters on the side of the road. The Buddha statues are close to the cave wall, each with different shapes and expressions; if it is to be said, it is not inferior to the two Bodhisattvas at the entrance of the cave, and it is also of distinct colors. At first glance, it seems that two groups of living people are welcoming them.

Chu Chenzi saw it in his eyes, moved it in his heart, and thought that if he could transport this Buddha statue out of the same way, it would be really nice to use as a gift. In the dark, he vaguely saw the Buddha statues as if they were all majestic and solemn, not like the ferocious Yaksha Mingwang. He was even more satisfied, because Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were more in line with his aesthetics.

Chuchenzi is watching, and Wuxin is also watching. The first few Buddha statues are indeed gorgeous and elegant, and they are of the same style as the Bodhisattva in Dongkou. However, after walking a few dozen steps, Wuxin suddenly whispered suspiciously: "Master, look at the Buddha statue beside you!"

Chu Chenzi was walking forward with the lantern in hand. Hearing this, he immediately turned around. He raised the lantern to illuminate the face of the Buddha statue, and he was also stunned for a moment.

It turns out that before you know it, the appearance of the Buddha statue has changed. Different from the previous ones, Chuchenzi saw that although the Buddha statue in front of him was also brightly colored, his slender, drooping eyes were opened forward.

Step forward and take a photo of another Buddha statue. The eyes of the Buddha statue are getting wider and wider, the corners of both sides of the mouth are upturned, and the expression is very happy. There is endless darkness in the front and back of the cave. A little light shows the strange Buddha face above. Chuchenzi concentrated his mind, turned to Wuxin and replied, "I saw it."

Wuxin did not speak, raised his hand and removed the dagger behind his back. Taking Chuchenzi forward for a while, he stopped and looked at the Buddha statue beside him again.

The face of the Buddha statue has been changed to blue and white, with a cold expression, only one mouth is wide open, showing a meaningful abruptness. Turning around in place, he found that the Buddha statues on the left and right were all smiling.

The road ahead is not over yet, I don't know what kind of horror the Buddha statue will evolve into at the end. Chu Chenzi said softly: "I see, Dongzi has already warned us."

He turned his head to look at Wuxin: "The expression of the Buddha statue says everything. The outside is peaceful, so the Buddha statue is beautiful; the more you go in, the more dangerous it is."

Inadvertently looked him in the face: "Are you still going? If you don't go, we will go out immediately, and it will be too late."

Chenzi sighed: "If you go out, what will happen to the secret book?"

Wuxin shook his head: "Of course I can't help it."

Chu Chenzi turned to the front: "Then let's keep walking!" After he finished speaking, he took a step forward, but suddenly stumbled. Wuxin hurriedly supported him, and when the two looked down, they saw a small corpse lying on the ground, with a thin pigtail dragging on the back of his head, so it could be seen that it was a boy.

Inadvertently, he pulled out the dagger. Seeing that the little boy's two little hands were still full, as if not very rotten, he inserted the dagger under the boy's body, trying to turn him over. However, after careful testing several times, it was unsuccessful. Finally, he drew out his short sword, reached out and grabbed the little boy's clothes, forcibly picking him up.

Chu Chenzi took a picture of the lantern, then closed his eyes and turned his head. I don't know how many years the little boy has been lying on the ground, and the flesh on his face actually sticks to the ground. Inadvertently, the little boy's face was torn off.