The Trick of Longevity, Paper-cutting Becomes a Spirit

Chapter 366 Three Monks
Lu Qian knew that this Guo Tu would never follow the route he set.

Hearing Guo Shoun's words, Lu Qian raised his head slightly and said impatiently: "What are you attracted to again?"

Guo Tuan smiled "hehe" and said: "My husband, believe me, it is definitely a good thing worth your efforts."

"pay?"

For a moment, Lu Qian didn't understand what she meant.

Guo Tu said: "It's nothing, it just requires my husband to put in a little more energy..."

As he spoke, Guo Tuan rolled his eyes and said, "Ms. sir, you are still waiting for me in that room."

After saying this, Guo Shoun turned his head and ran out.

Lu Qian breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Qin Yingying, who was standing motionless, and asked, "Aren't you going to go shopping anymore?"

Qin Yingying's eyes widened, she looked at Lu Qian a little uneasily and horrified, and said, "Ms. sir, is it really... okay for us to do this?"

have to.

It seemed that they didn't take a fancy to the item, but were just worried that Lu Qian didn't have enough money to buy it.

On the other hand, the scale of this ghost market is indeed large enough.

Especially at this time of year, the Five Color Mountain is open, and most of the Kailing Ghosts who heard the news will probably come here.

Moreover, everyone obviously has the same idea. Before entering the Five Color Mountains, they must carefully look for some things they need, especially things that can save their lives.

However, the vast majority of ghosts are actually not very wealthy.

The choice of most ghosts is naturally to sell things that they have no use for the time being on the ghost market in exchange for ghost money.

This created a short-term prosperity for the Prairie Ghost Market.

……

An hour later, Lu Qian and others left the ghost market and returned to the grassland on the ground.

At this time, noon has passed and the sun has begun to turn from the south to the west.

Although the sun is high, it is not too hot.

Lu Qian was followed by the girls.Except for Wang Zirong, everyone else looked beaming with joy.

After all the shopping spree, Lu Qian had received at least dozens of looks.

Even the manager of the ghost market, the old man squatting at the door, looked at him with doubtful eyes.

In this case, it would be unwise for Lu Qian to stay in the ghost market any longer.

In the end, Lu Qian spilled all the ghost money on his body, replaced it with "real objects", and then led the crowd to leave.

Of course, after his two newly acquired paper brides and two paper grooms were plundered by him, they were left with some useless things, and they still stayed in place to continue setting up their stalls.

When Lu Qian came out, what surprised him was that the three monks from Tianbao Temple who had been following him did not enter the ghost market.

I don’t know if they didn’t want to enter, or if the ghost market didn’t welcome Buddhists and turned them away.

However, these three monks will never give up, Lu Qian is very sure of this.

At this time, "people" in twos and threes were gathering outside, discussing something together.

If you look closely, you can see that these are all ghosts in human skin.

They had obviously just arrived from afar and were preparing to enter the ghost market.

When they saw Lu Qian and others coming out of the ghost market, they glanced at them without paying much attention.

Lu Qian looked at these people, then left and walked northeast.

It seemed that he had no intention of returning to Linglong Inn.

They had just left.

Dozens of figures emerged from the ghost gathering.

They looked around to see where Lu Qian was heading, and then quietly pursued him.

Lu Qian and others made continuous moves in the ghost market and purchased a large number of valuable things, which of course attracted the attention of interested people.

……

……

After Lu Qian and the others left the mound, they were still surrounded by endless grassland.

The further you go, the closer you are to Five Color Mountain.

After walking for a while, the ghost market behind was almost invisible, but a low hill appeared in front.

They are called "hills", but they are actually just a few bumps on the flat ground. The "hills" are also covered with grass, and they look like grasslands from a distance.

This kind of landform is very common on grasslands.

After walking for a while, Lu Qian and others came to the soil bag.

Suddenly, three people came out from behind a two-foot-high earthen bag in front of them.

Three monks wearing gray cloth monk robes.

Lu Qian was no stranger to these three monks. He had seen them all when he was at Linglong Inn.

The leader is none other than Master Zhiyuan of Tianbao Temple.

Since Lu Qian left Linglong Inn this morning, these three people have been following him from a distance.

After seeing Lu Qian leave the ghost market, he did not return to Linglong Inn, but instead walked in the opposite direction.

These three monks finally couldn't hold it any longer.

If they continued to follow Lu Qiang like this, the sky was getting darker and darker, and the distance to Linglong Inn was getting farther and farther, which was obviously hard for them to accept.

Seeing these three people, Lu Qian was not surprised at all. He took two steps forward with a smile, cupped his hands and said, "Masters, what are you doing here?"

The three monks clasped their hands together and bowed to Lu Qian. Then Monk Zhiyuan said, "This is our first time on the grassland. We went out for a stroll during the day, and unexpectedly we met Shopkeeper Lu. What a fate."

Lu Qian smiled and said: "The three of you have followed us all the way and traveled all the way. The fate is really not shallow."

When they heard the word "following", the expressions of the three monks all changed.

A middle-aged monk standing on the left said: "Shopkeeper Lu, to be honest, I have a question that I would like to ask for advice."

Lu Qian stretched out a hand and said, "May I ask your master's title?"

When the monk heard this, he clasped his hands and said, "I don't dare. I'm sure the young monk is there."

The monk standing on the right was the youngest, about 30 years old. Before Lu Qian could ask, he took the initiative and said, "Little monk Huineng."

In contemporary Buddhism, many temples, including Shuiyun Temple and Tianbao Temple, have their monks ranked according to the dharma title of "Wisdom of the world and space, wisdom, and the enlightenment of perfection."

Shuiyun Temple's "Kong" belongs to the generation of "Kong"; although Tianbao Temple and Shuiyun Temple belong to two separate temples, their dharma names are all based on the same generation.

The three monks in front of me, Zhiyuan, Mingyou and Huineng, respectively belong to the three generations of "wisdom", "ming" and "hui".

Lu Qian did not expect that the three monks in front of him were monks from the third generation.

However, although Monk Huineng is young and has a lower seniority, his cultivation is not weaker than that of Monk "Mingyou" who is a generation older than him, and he is also in the sixth-grade true spiritual realm.

And the monk Mingyou is in the fifth-grade Guiyuan realm.

Judging from the status he displayed when he was at Linglong Inn, he is probably one of the strongest in the Guiyuan Realm.

After Monk Huineng finished the introduction, Monk Mingyou looked at Lu Qian with a sinister look and asked, "Your surname is Lu? Do you dare to ask for your name?"

Lu Qian said: "I dare not, just name him with the word 'Qian'."

Hearing Lu Qian say the word "Qian", the faces of the three monks all showed a look of "it's really him".

The three monks looked at each other and saw a look of surprise in the corners of each other's eyes.

Then, Monk Mingyou looked at Lu Qian again and said, "We have been squatting in Quyang Town for many days, but we didn't expect that you would come to this northern grassland instead of returning to the mainland."

Monk Huineng said: "This donor Lu is indeed not a simple person. In a short period of time, he was able to sneak into Linglong Inn. But... do you think you can hide it from our eyes?"

Listening to the unfriendly words of the two monks, Lu Qian didn't seem to care and said, "Let's get straight to the point. Do you want to see me for anything?"

"it is good."

Monk Zhiyuan said: "Donor Lu, we just want to ask you one thing. Where did you abduct the Pingyuan Lake Water God and hide him?"

Lu Qian asked: "May I ask, what does this 'Water God' you call have to do with your temple?"

Zhiyuan said: "That's one of our guests."

Lu Qian asked back: "Guests locked up in the dungeon?"

Monk Zhiyuan's expression did not change at all, and he said confidently: "It must be that the people at Guanghua Temple are not treating guests well, or there is some misunderstanding. But in any case, this water god is a guest of this temple, so I hope you will Donor Lu can hand her over."

Lu Qian nodded and said: "I do have this plain lake water god. If you want it, just tell me earlier. Why go to such a big fight and make everyone unhappy."

Hearing Lu Qian's words, the three monks were startled.Although they came here with the attitude of "courtesy first, then attack", they were actually ready to take action.

Unexpectedly, Lu Qian admitted it outright, and there seemed to be signs of wanting to surrender.

"Amitabha--"

Monk Zhiyuan proclaimed the name of Buddha and said: "If Donor Lu had had such an attitude earlier, he would have avoided a fight."

The smile on Lu Qian's face turned cold, and he said: "You broke into my territory without saying a word, detained my people, and now you blame me? If you don't tell me, how do I know what you want?" ?”

Zhiyuan was well-behaved, but after hearing Lu Qian's words, monk Mingyou had a look of anger on his face.Monk Huineng directly rebuked: "It's ridiculous. You don't know who you kidnapped, but you blame us instead?"

Lu Qian glanced at Hui Neng coldly, ignored him, looked directly at Monk Zhiyuan, and said, "I only have one condition. I will give you the Water God, and you will also give back all my people."

When Monk Zhiyuan heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he immediately agreed: "You are talking about the flower demon Bai Tan, right? I can give it back to you."

Lu Qian asked: "Where are the others?"

Zhiyuan said: "The black bear spirit, green snake spirit and another human woman escaped at that time and are not in our hands."

Lu Qian stared at Monk Zhiyuan for a moment and asked, "Can the three of them escape from you?"

Monk Zhiyuan clasped his hands together and said, "Monks do not lie."

What a "monastics don't tell lies." The cold light flashed across monk Zhiyuan's eyes just now, and he clearly meant to kill him. The monk actually licked his face and said to him, "monks don't tell lies." .

Lu Qian stared at Monk Zhiyuan for a while, then narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "It's a deal."

"It's hard to chase a horse."

"Okay, I'll take you there right now."

"Where to go?"

"I placed her in Lone Wolf Ridge."

After hearing Lu Qian's words, the three monks all showed hesitation on their faces.

Lu Qian saw this and said, "Why, don't you dare to enter Lone Wolf Ridge?"

Monk Zhiyuan paused and said, "Then let's go."

Lu Qian nodded, slowly turned around, and walked south.

Three monks were following him.

After walking for a while, Monk Zhiyuan seemed to feel that Lu Qian was not acting out of the ordinary. He felt a little more at ease and said, "Donor Lu——"

Lu Qian stopped, turned around and asked, "Master, what advice do you have?"

Monk Zhiyuan said: "At this speed, we may not be able to reach Lone Wolf Ridge before dark."

Lu Qian nodded.

The three monks were obviously a little afraid of the dark night in Wuqin Grassland.

Monk Zhiyuan said: "Huineng, lead the way."

"Yes."

Huineng responded and took a few steps forward, crossing to the front of Lu Qian.

Monk Zhiyuan said: "Sixty miles ahead on the left, there is a safe place. We can spend the night there and then rush to Lone Wolf Ridge tomorrow morning."

Lu Qian was stunned and said: "This grassland, is there any other 'safe place'?"

Monk Zhiyuan nodded and said, "Not bad."

This time, something was beyond Lu Qian's expectation.

He couldn't figure out for a while whether there were any other secret strongholds on this grassland besides Linglong Inn.

Or is this old monk trying another trick?
Thinking of this, Lu Qian glanced at Wang Zirong cryptically.

The latter saw Lu Qian's eyes and nodded slightly with his eyelids.

Lu Qian saw this and said, "Okay."

This time, Huineng walked in front, Lu Qian and others were in the middle, and two monks, Zhiyuan and Mingyou, were at the back.

The group of people walked south, just slightly to the left.

Along the way, Lu Qian noticed that Huineng, who was walking in front, took out something from time to time and pinched the magic formula in his hand, not knowing what he was doing.

As for Lu Qian, apart from occasionally making eye contact with Wang Zirong, he made almost no other unnecessary movements.

In this way, after walking for about half an hour, Wang Zirong suddenly squinted his eyes and glanced at Lu Qian with a hidden look.

There was no expression on Lu Qian's face as he raised his eyes and looked forward.

Huineng, who was walking in front, was about five or six feet away from Lu Qian.

When he took a certain step forward, the green grass under his feet suddenly softened, and Huineng's foot actually sank.

However, the strange thing is that Huineng seemed completely unaware of this and continued to walk.

He continued to take three steps forward, and then completely submerged into the ground from the waist down.

Only then did Huineng stop.

He looked down and said "Huh".

In an instant, the Hui Neng in front of him disappeared.

In front of my eyes, it was pitch black.

The moment his eyes turned dark, Lu Qian's eyes flashed with a blue light.

Immediately afterwards, he felt his feet soften, as if he was about to fall underground.

When Lu Qian saw this, he didn't panic at all. He grabbed Wang Zirong beside him with one hand, and with his mental strength, his whole body was levitated with a slight movement.

At this time, he looked down and saw that the green grass under his feet had disappeared.

Instead, it turned into a dense mass of ghost heads.

These ghost heads are right next to each other, with only a small gap between them.

From these gaps, dark arms stretched out.

Countless hands were waving, grabbing at their feet.

Lu Qian's whole body was shaken mentally, and he secretly shouted in his heart: "Get up——"

Then, Lu Qian hugged Wang Zirong around the waist, and the two of them suddenly stood up from the ground, flying twenty or thirty feet up in the blink of an eye.

All around, it was still pitch black.

The blue sky is gone, the green earth is gone, the dazzling sunshine is gone, and the sun is gone.

At this moment, Lu Qian felt as if he was in endless darkness.

Only on the ground beneath our feet could we still see countless moving heads and waving hands.

Huineng, who had fallen into the "underground", seemed to be half-buried among these ghost heads at this moment.

Dozens of dark arms were wrapped around him.

More dark arms were still wrapping around him.

The monks Zhiyuan and Mingyou in the back were stepping on many ghost heads at the moment.

There were also countless hands grabbing at their ankles, seemingly trying to drag them into the abyss of hell.

The paper brides also flew up almost at the same time, surrounding Lu Qian.

Suddenly.

In all directions, in the distance, in the endless dark night sky.

In the haze, tall ghostly figures emerged from all directions.

These tall ghost figures are very faint, so faint that they are almost invisible.

After they emerged from all directions, they began to squeeze towards the central land.

As they got closer, these faint ghosts gradually became clear.

Lu Qian only glanced at it and ignored it.

He casually threw Wang Zirong to Zuo Qiuling, then headed upward, continuing to rise from the ground and fly high into the sky.

In just the blink of an eye, he threw away the ghosts around him, and the surroundings turned into darkness again.

It feels pretty damn good to be able to fly.

(End of this chapter)