Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 395 Going deep into the enemy camp
Xixia Kingdom, a large city in the northwest of Table State.

Hu Qian stood in the clouds with Tai'a sword on his back, overlooking the big city.

After consideration, he chose the safest way, which was to deal with the most important person first—Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

After all, he is an extremely powerful character, if possible, it is best to capture him alive, if not, then he can only be killed.

If he was captured alive, he might be able to use the Nightmare Prayer Ability to ask about the lupus poison from his mouth, as long as he knew how to deal with the poison.

Then even if King Ksitigarbha died and all the lupus on the people disappeared, he himself could first poison specific people—such as the Four Great Evil Men, claiming that the lupus had not completely disappeared.

Then he claimed that he could get rid of lupus, so that he could stably harvest a large amount of power of faith.

It's just that the premise of all this is to find King Ksitigarbha and capture him alive.

Judging from the fights in previous lives, Ksitigarbha's strength far exceeds that of Hu Qian.

Hu Qian couldn't resist any move.

But coming to this world is different.

What's more, now there are swordsmanship supernatural powers, nightmare prayers and demon-slaying supernatural powers.

I am not afraid of him anymore.

It's just that I don't know what he looks like now, if I can't find it, it will be very uncomfortable.

The sky gradually darkened, and in the evening, Hu Qian saw a group of people walking out of the city, or two or three people walking together into the night.

Hu Qian knew right away that this was what Duan Yanqing said about people suffering from lupus going to church at night to repent.

He landed on the ground under the cover of night, and the Ksitigarbha King must have found out about him in advance, so he pulled a piece of cloth to cover most of his face.

Although it is the season of autumn tigers, it is still relatively cold at night.

So it's all over the place and no one cares.

A group of people are moving slowly outside the city like a winding black.

In the dark night, there are people in the front and back not far away, but it is impossible to see who they are, and it is impossible to distinguish between men and women.

Just walking silently, Hu Qian even felt like a zombie.

He didn't know how long he had been walking, but when he was a little restless, a ray of light gradually appeared in the distance.

From a distance, it looks like two huge lanterns hanging on two parts of the city wall.

It was pitch black in the middle, and the team in front of him was like the soap on the assembly line that Hu Qian had seen before, falling one after another from the dark city gate.

Although he felt that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's current strength is definitely not as powerful as before, his experience is far inferior to that of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva who has been guarding the six paths of reincarnation for an unknown amount of time.

So it's better to be careful.

Thinking of this, he grasped his Tai'a sword vigorously, and slowly moved forward with the flow of people.

Getting closer, I saw a huge city wall.

The thick city gate has been cracked, the wall on one side is full of cracks, and one of the city gates has fallen down, and a small sapling half a person's height even grows underneath.

When the evening wind blows, it keeps shaking.

After passing through the city gate, there is a long street. Judging from the dots of fire coming from the windows on both sides, it should be inhabited.

It's just that for some reason, every family closes their doors at night and doesn't go out.

Hu Qian took a closer look, and there were even children looking out of the window.

It was pitch black, and although they couldn't see their expressions, Hu Qian could vaguely feel the fear in their hearts.

After a while, an adult came from behind, took the child away, and blew out the candles inside.

Looking up and looking forward, the original dots of fire have disappeared, and there is only a long dark street, and I don't know where it leads.

He thought for a while and continued walking forward.

After walking for another quarter of an hour, I saw a dark gate with two stone lions on both sides.

Above the gate is a vermilion plaque, which reads: Li's Mansion.

The Xixia dynasty was a dynasty with the surname Li, and Hu Qian knew about it, so it is conceivable that there were many powerful families originally surnamed Li in the country.

It's just that the Li's Mansion in front of him is not so much a home for the rich and powerful, but a gateway to hell.

It was pitch black, and the inside was also very dark, and it was impossible to see what was there.

It seems that as long as you sell this threshold, you will fall into the bottomless hell, and you will never fall to the bottom.

The people in front of them didn't seem to see anything, and they seemed to have gotten used to the environment here, one after another, they walked in slowly.

Hu Qian also hurriedly followed.So as not to be seen by others.

Entering inside, the originally dark portal suddenly became bright, and candles as tall as a person were lit everywhere.

The whole place is brightly lit, and the things inside can be seen at a glance, in stark contrast to the dark environment outside.

Hu Qian was a little surprised, and turned his head to look outside again, and it was indeed the case.

It was still pitch black at the back, it looked like a ghost town, but the inside of the threshold was bright, and the light from the extremely bright candle only reached the threshold, and it became pitch black outside, and nothing could be seen .

What's going on here, he is a little surprised, is it also caused by magical powers like Hutian?

From this point of view, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's supernatural powers do not seem to be weak, at least much more powerful than it seemed before.

Looking at the hall again, in the bright hall, everyone sat cross-legged on the ground.

This place is very spacious, even the football field in the previous life is still inferior.

He also sat down quickly, so as not to be seen as a problem.

Many people came one after another, and when everyone entered here, they were silent, as if they didn't know each other at all.

Hu Qian was a little surprised. This looked very strange. Could it be caused by the magical power of Ksitigarbha?
Or that these people don't like to talk at all.

But even if he doesn't like to talk, he can't be so quiet.

Because there were no less than a thousand people sitting in the hall, but none of these 1000 people seemed to exist at all. They just sat there quietly, with their eyes closed and their mouths tightly closed. No one spoke, and no one made a sound.

Everyone waited quietly, as if waiting for something to arrive.

Hu Qian was also sitting in the hall, but he didn't stand there in a daze like these people. Instead, he quietly looked left and right to find out what was going on here.

But after looking at it for a while, apart from finding that the evil spirit here is very scattered, there is nothing else to be found.

Could it be that there are too many monsters?Or did Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha turn into a monster?
In fact, this is also very possible. After all, Hu Qian can change from a handsome boy to a short and poor Wu Dalang, so how can Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva not become a monster?

This matter has not been confirmed, and no one can say for sure.

But if it is true, it might be good news for Hu Qian.

Because Hu Qian happened to have the supernatural power of killing monsters, it would be extremely lethal to deal with monsters or ghosts.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was originally a god, so the role of Hu Qian's supernatural power is not so great.

So he hoped that this was true. After all, if he could kill Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in one go, that would be fine.

Even if you don't have the power of faith, you can find a way from Goguryeo and Fusang.

Since Xixia has already surrendered, just bypass them. As for Dali, Hu Qian thinks they don't have the guts to say no.

It is estimated that after Duan Yu went back and told Duan Zhengming and Duan Zhengchun about the matter, after the two discussed it, [-]% of the time they would still agree.

So there is no need to worry about this, and you can continue to think of ways to go to the Indian Peninsula to help them punish good and promote evil.

Presumably, after seeing Hu Qian's strength, they shouldn't stop him.

After much deliberation, the general plan was decided.

He looked around, and slowly opened his ghostly powers. Wherever his eyes went, he didn't find any ghostly aura, but there were a few foxes mixed in the crowd.

Could it be that foxes are also poisoned by lupus?
This should be impossible, most of them are mixed in to learn Taoism.

After all, Ksitigarbha's strength lies there, even if he just said a few words casually, these low-level little foxes would benefit a lot.

Hu Qian doesn't have this ability, so thinking about it, it seems that he has to find time to practice.

After all, this was in ancient times, not a place where science and civilization were discussed. If they didn't have a solid tongue and the ability to deceive people, how could these foolish people in front of them obediently contribute their power of faith.

In fact, this kind of thing is not uncommon even in modern times, let alone in ancient times.

For example, the so-called successful master Hu Qian met before crossing, said "understand applause" one by one, which made the people below stunned.

In fact, how much ability they have, they themselves know best.

Anyway, Hu Qian himself never believed in these things.

While thinking wildly, a voice suddenly came from the silent hall.

"Whoever believes in me will have eternal life."

The crowd immediately became agitated, gradually stood up, then swept the dust off their bodies, and slowly knelt down with their knees on the ground, no one dared to raise their heads a little.

Hu Qian was a little helpless, although he didn't want to kneel, but if he stood upright or sat there, it would be too obvious.

Even if the people on the stage can't find themselves, the people around them will see it very clearly, and this will be exposed.

However, it is very difficult for him to make him kneel down and want to kill himself and his family over and over again.

So he just prostrated himself on the ground, pretending to kneel down, but in fact he was just lying there with his waist bowed.

Fortunately, Wuhan University's short body played a role, and for a while, no one found him as an outlier.

After a while, footsteps were heard from above, and then a person with a long stick walked in.

As he walked, he leaned on the ground with his stick, and continued to say: "Those who believe in me will have eternal life, and those who don't believe in me will fall into the eighteenth hell after death, and they will never be reborn forever."

Hu Qian secretly cursed a few words in his heart.

Seeing that everyone stood up, he stood up himself.

"I am a sinner..."

Everyone began to read it like a poem, but the meaning was very simple.

It means that being born in this world is a sin, and coming to this world is to suffer. Whether it is birth, old age, sickness, or death, or lupus on your body, it is the punishment of the messengers of hell. People will die after all. The difference is that after believing in hell religion , the pain will be greatly reduced.

Just like the lupus virus that is raging in Xixia now, if you don’t believe in religion, then you will feel the pain of death, and no one can avoid it, but if you believe in hell religion, come to confess and worship every day, then the pain will be alleviated.

As for why many people still died, it was because they did not have deep faith, could not uphold the religious rules, and could not maintain the kindness in their hearts.

Hu Qian shook his head secretly, this is so ridiculous.

Whether the belief is deep or not, no one can tell clearly except yourself.

Even if it is yourself, can you make it clear?

I'm afraid it's still unclear.

As for the latter few who can't uphold the canon and keep kindness, no one can know.

And as long as you are human, you will definitely have more or less problems. As the saying goes, no one is perfect, isn't this the problem?

Even if he is a saint, can he say that he has no mistakes?

So if you die, you don't have a deep belief. This sentence is completely an excuse for Ksitigarbha to kill someone.

These people do not understand, thinking that coming here, believing in the hell religion will alleviate the pain, then this sect is indeed useful, and even if he dies in the end, his family members, including those who know him, will think that it is the problem of the deceased.

I wonder if he did something wrong and was punished by the messenger of hell.

Instead of thinking that this so-called hell religion itself is a murder religion.

The fundamental reason is that they themselves have lupus, and they believe that as long as they believe deeply, as long as they remain kind and do not violate religious rules, then they will be saved.

Rather than feeling that the deceased had made a mistake, he actually didn't want to admit that he, too, would die from lupus.

This is like a theory that Hu Qian learned in his previous life, called the theory of victim guilt.

For example, a woman passed by a place without street lights at night and was raped.

Those onlookers may say that if she doesn't go there, nothing will happen, if she doesn't go out at night, she will be fine, if she is not so beautiful, she will be gone, if she doesn't dress so sexy, she will be fine.

She also has a certain relationship with herself, not exactly the person who blamed the crime.

In fact, this kind of person will think in his heart or subconsciously that I will not be like her in the future, so bad things, or crimes will definitely not happen to me.

In fact, this idea is completely wrong.

People who want to commit crimes don’t care whether you go out during the day or at night, whether there are street lights where you walk, no matter what you look like, even if you can’t find anything wrong with you, you can’t stop bad things from happening living.

There is no reason at all, and there is no law at all.

Those people who think that bad things won't be their turn, and that it happened because of her doing this or that, actually have a very serious fluke mentality in their hearts.

But now, the people sitting around Hu Qian are all such people.

(End of this chapter)