Outside Qinzhou City, thirty miles to the east.
There is a mountain named Qituo.
The mountain is not high, but it is extremely wide, like a reclining Buddha stretching between heaven and earth.
There are lush trees and towering cypresses on the mountain. A wide Greenstone staircase with 999 steps winds up from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain.
This is where Jeweled Temple, one of the three major sects of Longyou Circuit, is located.
Longyou There is an old saying in the world: Longyou One thousand and eight hundred miles away, half of the incense belongs to Treasure Monastery.
Although this statement is somewhat exaggerated, it also reveals the terrifying background of this behemoth.
The night is already dark.
On Qituo Mountain, the lights are still bright.
The huge Mountain Gate stands tall, and the peeling red paint reveals the wood underneath, revealing the thickness accumulated over the years.
After Mountain Gate, there is the Palace of Heavenly Kings.
It enshrines the Angry-Eye Vajra, holding Law Artifact, with evil ghosts on its feet. It looks particularly ferocious under the flickering candlelight.
Further back is the Main Hall.
Golden Body The Buddha is several feet tall, its body is gilded, and its eyebrows are lowered. It seems to be overlooking all living beings, and it seems to be indifferent to the world.
On both sides of the hall, incense burns all day long. Even late at night, the air is still filled with a strong scent of sandalwood, mixed with the sweet smell of burning butter, which makes people intoxicated.
However, this is just the appearance of Jeweled Temple.
Behind this splendid front hall is the real core of this huge sect, and it is also the foundation for it to stand for hundreds of years in Longyou.
According to the ancient system, Jeweled Temple has four courtyards and one pavilion.
In addition to the Discipline Hall, who specializes in punishment and external killings, there are also Arhat, Bodhi, Zhike, and Scripture Repository.
Everyone performs his or her duties, and the hierarchy is strict.
Qituo Mountain on.
Under the dim moonlight, a dozen bare heads were vaguely visible, sticking out their buttocks and digging holes in the forest.
This group of young monks were all like frightened birds at this moment. They were sweating profusely and didn't even bother to wipe off their robes when they were stained with mud.
"Senior brother, this... how much deeper do we have to dig?"
A young novice threw down his shovel, shook his sore arm, and muttered, "We don't let anyone sleep in the middle of the night. They have to come to this wilderness to suffer."
A loud slap hit the little novice monk's bald head directly.
"Shut up! Do you want to die?!"
The leading monk glared and cursed, "If the prison hospital hears it, I will throw you directly to Bodhisattva!"
The little novice monk covered his head and shrank his neck in fear, his eyes were red, but he did not dare to say a word.
He glanced aside subconsciously.
There were seven or eight sacks piled there.
The sack is bulging, and if you look closely, you can see occasional slight squirming inside, or one or two whimpering sounds after being gagged.
"Senior brother..."
Another older monk next to him came over, his face full of worry.
"Is it necessary for us to do this? It's been some time since Demon Suppression Bureau's official document was issued... But after so many days, no one has come to search me Treasure Monastery."
The leading monk straightened up and wiped the cold sweat from his face.
"Why is it not necessary? If those officials have been secretly watching, just wait for me, Treasure Monastery, to relax. By then, wouldn't it be that I have been caught for no reason?"
"Besides..."
"Even the leader of Wangchen... is dead. Demon Suppression Bureau is probably serious this time."
At the mention of this name, all the monks present froze in their movements.
Wangchen.
That is the first one of the Discipline Hall! The power of the Core Formation Realm level!
In their eyes, he is a god-like figure. If he stomps his feet on weekdays, the whole Longyou will tremble three times.
But for such a big shot, he would be gone if he said no.
The leading monk gritted his teeth, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, but he held on hard.
"I don't know where that ruthless person came from. He dared to kill even the leader of Wangchen! I heard that the official document clearly stated that all temples in Longyou will be thoroughly investigated. Anyone found to be colluding with Demon will be killed first and reported later!"
"Behead first and then show off..."
He took a deep breath and looked at everyone, "When the time comes, aren't you and I going to be killed? Even if the abbot avenges us afterwards, so what? Everyone is dead, and revenge is useless."
"..."
There was silence all around.
The truth is indeed that truth.
Treasure Monastery is the bulk of Longyou, and no one dares to mess with it on weekdays.
But Demon Suppression Bureau is crazy this time.
Issuing such an official document is obviously to break up with him Treasure Monastery.
The elites and elders in the temple may not be afraid, but little monks like them will inevitably be caught and urinate.
"Okay, don't be stunned!"
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the leading monk quickly shouted, "Hurry up and deal with these! As long as we can't find any handle, our Jeweled Temple is the Longyou sect after all, and we have tens of thousands of believers to protect us, so they don't dare to mess around for no reason!"
As he spoke, he stepped forward and kicked a sack that was still squirming slightly.
"Woo--"
The monk looked impatient, "It's really troublesome. If that beast hadn't been in seclusion, why would these things still be there until now?"
Several monks quickly continued to work hard.
Just then.
rustle...
A very slight sound of footsteps suddenly sounded in the forest.
"Who?!"
The leading monk reacted very quickly, turned around suddenly, unsheathed his sword instantly, and shouted sternly, "Who is pretending to be a ghost?!"
The other monks were also startled. They grabbed the shovels and wooden sticks at hand and stared nervously at the direction of the sound.
How many breaths have passed.
"Ouch--woo--!"
A wolf howl pierced the night sky and echoed deep in the forest.
Hearing this movement, the little novice monk patted his chest.
"Scared... scared me to death... it turned out to be just a beast."
Several monks around him also let out a sigh of relief.
Everyone present has been practicing martial arts since childhood, and the most advanced ones are all half-step String-Hearing Realm.
The leader has been in the String-Hearing Realm for many years. Ordinary beasts, even jackals, tigers and leopards, are no different from chickens and ducks.
Unless it is Demon that has become a climate...
But don't you want to see where this is?
Not to mention that there are many experts in Treasure Monastery.
In its depths, there is the terrifying Bodhisattva...
How dare Demon not have the guts to mix up with Qituo Mountain?
"Okay, don't be stunned! Get to work quickly! Don't let this beast delay your business!"
The leading monk kicked the person next to him.
The monks laughed dryly and felt that their reaction just now was a bit embarrassing. They picked up their tools and prepared to continue filling the soil.
Only the slightly older monk paused.
"Strange..."
"What's weird?" The leading monk glared at him.
The elderly monk scratched his bald head and whispered:
"Senior brother... we have been here on Qituo Mountain for more than ten years, right?"
"The incense is flourishing on this mountain, and the bells in the morning and drums in the evening make ordinary wild animals hide far away."
"I have seen hares and pheasants..."
"But when was there a wolf on this Qituo Mountain?"