Chapter 36 Thirty-fifth day punishment

"Just... just now, we saw fresh, red, tears flowing from the eyes of all the Buddha statues!" Chu Feng had no choice but to emphasize the bright red tears word by word, hoping that this "spiritual" who was nagging along the way "Living Buddha" can attract attention. "Blood and tears?" The little lama paused in his hands.He thought for a while, then continued with the work at hand, "This is the will of the gods and Buddhas to punish the wicked, what does it have to do with us?" "It has nothing to do with you?" Chu Feng laughed angrily.There is no one else in this valley, and it has nothing to do with them. This means that except for the three of them, the life and death of other people don't care.

"No, it has nothing to do with us, don't think too much!" The little lama stopped his work this time and said to Chu Feng seriously. "It's impossible!" Chu Feng knew clearly that if the legend was true, then when such a punishment from heaven came down, it wouldn't have the eyes to distinguish the good from the bad.Even if the "we" of the little lama includes himself, Sangbu, William and Xilin, how can we ensure that no one will be hurt by the next so-called punishment from heaven? "If the rumors of Helaoluojia are true, then I think the so-called Heavenly Punishment may really have eyes." Sang Bu is as familiar with the history of the Western Regions as Chu Feng, seeing such a miraculous omen, Like Chu Feng, he also remembered a certain legend.

"What is the 'rumor of Holaloka'?" Seeing that the anxious expression on Chu Feng's face gradually calmed down, William knew that the matter in front of him was not so urgent, and he was most curious about such rumors and legends. Grab Sangbu and ask. "'The Rumor of Helaoluojia', this is a legend between myths and real rumors. It was carefully recorded in "Da Tang Western Regions" by Tang Xuanzang, a monk who traveled westward to learn Buddhist scriptures in the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, many historians denounced it as absurd." Sambu said with emotion.At that moment, he saw that apart from William, even Xilin was very interested in this story, so he had no choice but to start the legend from the beginning:

"It is said that in the north of the ancient Khotan Kingdom (now Hotan), there was a peaceful and prosperous city-state named Helaoluojia who did not convert to Buddhism. One day, a strangely dressed wandering monk suddenly appeared on the street. Helaoluojia's When the king got the report, he actually issued an order saying: Anyone can dig up the soil and expel him. Therefore, not only could the wandering monk not get rid of the fast, but he was driven everywhere. Only a loyal elder who respected the Buddha statue expressed his concern and provided food in private. "The wandering monk told the elders that because the residents of this city drove me away by blowing sand, they would be punished with a catastrophe. After I left, the heavens would rain down a sandstorm to obliterate Holaluoka, and all living beings would be wiped out. You must hurry up leave.

"The benevolent elder rushed to report the news, but no one believed it, and was ridiculed and insulted. The elder saw that people were beyond reason, so he had to escape alone. At midnight on the seventh day after the wandering monk left, the whole city was sleeping. , The ferocious sand rain fell from the sky with the strong wind, and buried this prosperous city-state in an instant. From then on, Helaoluojia became a sand mountain and slept forever in the Taklimakan Desert! It is said that before the sand rain came, the city-state All the statues inside and outside the palace have blood and tears in their eyes!"

"Wow, this story is similar to the story of Noah's Ark in the Bible. The difference is that one is the rain of sand, and the other is the continuous heavy rain for forty days." After listening to the story, William smacked his lips, Made a lot of emotion. Chu Feng smiled wryly: "Who says it's not! There are stories like this of many peoples in the world, but the strange sign right now really makes one suspect that this thing might have really existed!" "Of course this matter is true!" The little lama looked as if it was a matter of course. "Tang Xuanzang was thinking like you back then!" Chu Feng couldn't help but smile when he saw the look on his face, "He also recorded the whereabouts of the elder who fled from Holaluoka in "The Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" , It is said that he came to settle in a prosperous oasis called Bimo. Then Tang Xuanzang himself visited this Bimo specifically on the way from Khotan to Jingjue. "

"Since he recorded it so clearly, you still doubt the authenticity of this matter. You can only say that your karma is too deep!" The little lama curled his lips, thinking that the wisdom of the people in front of him is not a problem, but the Buddha's relationship is very problematic . "Then, master who thinks it's true, can you tell me what we will experience now? How can we avoid the disaster that is right in front of us?" Although Chu Feng's tone was a little joking, his expression was extremely serious asked. "Are you asking me? Who should I ask?" The little lama pushed back confidently.

"Uh——" Facing this guy who is sometimes very wise and close to an old demon, and sometimes naive like a naughty boy, Chu Feng can only touch his nose and admit that he is unlucky. "Anyway, we should get to the top floor as soon as possible, clean up the mess on the Buddha's head, and leave before the punishment of heaven is lowered, it is serious!" The middle-aged lama is a blockbuster type.When he said this, everyone thought it made sense, and even the little lama nodded to him twice in a row. After making sure to make this plan, everyone acted quickly, and everyone looked for tools.Due to the urgency of time, according to the standards of the former young lamas, this cleaning will not be until next year, so we can only do a general cleaning.Even so, by the time they reached the fifth floor, there were already extraordinary celestial phenomena appearing.

"Inflation!" It was like a huge bomb exploding in the ears. When everyone was cleaning up, they were startled by the loud noise—it was a real jump, because some people didn't choose their feet after taking off. point, and forgot to maintain balance, many people became gourds when they fell. "What, what's going on?" This is the frizzy William. "Oh my God! Look, that half of the sky is red!" This is Xilin who is agile and has the sharpest eyes. "It's gray, okay? How could it be red?" William retorted. Before the two of them got into an argument, there was a sound of "boom--", the earth seemed to be injured, and a loud moan made them all open their pendulums.

"Why, why, why? I can't stand still!" Xilin was very surprised. "Get down quickly!" Seeing the silly boy still standing there, Chu Feng pushed him down to the ground. This is a volcanic eruption!Although there were earthquakes, the magnitude was not too great.Although everyone is on a stone wall, because these caves are very solid, as long as they are not buried alive, it should be no big deal! "The thing that rushed into the sky was volcanic ash!" The shaking of the ground calmed down for a while, William stood up and looked towards the western sky, which was the direction they were going to.

"Look, it's raining fire!" Xilin felt that what he saw in this life was enough to recall for a lifetime.He pointed to the sporadic fireballs falling under the gray mist in the west. "That's burning volcanic rock." Chu Feng replied smoothly, "That's how many precious stones come from!" "Look, look, the magma is flowing down!" Xilin was very excited, how lucky he was to see the eruption of the volcano with his own eyes. "Oops!" Seeing the fiery red magma flowing down the hillside from the west, Chu Feng immediately yelled that something was wrong.I don't know if the mountain wall here can stand the erosion of such hot magma. If it can't stand the collapse, wouldn't my group of people be dead? "Quick! Go to the upper floor!" Chu Feng hurriedly greeted the others.Only the three young lamas insisted on not going up after cleaning, forcing Chu Feng and others to help them clean all the nearly thirty grottoes on this floor. The sixth floor is at the waist of the standing Buddha. The higher you go, the fewer the grottoes and the better the quality. Chu Feng didn't care too much, so he shared the work with everyone and went up as fast as possible. The seventh floor, the eighth floor... By the time they reached the ninth floor, the magma had already reached the bottom of the mountain wall.Everyone watched the scorching heat rising from their feet, and also saw the red magma bubbling bubbles at the bottom of their feet, and their hearts couldn't help twitching. hurry up!Hurry up!Holding a big broom, Chu Feng and others rushed into each grotto with a wave of head covering, and then retreated, the next one. On the tenth and eleventh floors, there are very few grottoes, only three, but each grotto is very deep and large.Chu Feng and others only felt that the murals inside were exquisite and the statues were miraculous, but they didn't have time to stop and watch them one by one, so they had to rush up desperately. "Oops! This mountain wall seems to be softened by magma. Do you feel that we are leaning a little!" William had the illusion that he was about to fall into the magma. "That's right, half of the bottom of the mountain wall has been melted, and the mountain is tilting towards the magma. If we don't hurry up, we will soon fall into the hot magma." Chu Feng's mind has not stopped since entering the formation , he calculated very clearly. "Then what are you waiting for? Let's hurry up!" William rushed upstairs immediately. "Wait, the Little Living Buddhas haven't come out yet!" Chu Feng stopped him, "We have to go out together if we come in together!" "No need!" The little lama came out at this time, and behind him followed the middle-aged lama and Bingbu as always, "Our decision has not changed, we still want to stay here, the top is the top floor, and the heavenly book told me that there are people who go out there." Lu, go quickly!" "It's not good, it's dangerous to stay here. If we leave, you probably won't be able to get out again!" Chu Feng was very anxious. When is this time? Some of his teammates still have such thoughts. "You don't need to persuade us. We have made up our minds and we must stay. The sand and rain will fall in a while, and you will not be able to leave if you want to. Now, hurry up." The little lama's face was very solemn.Seeing this, Chu Feng had no choice but to give up trying to persuade him. "Forget it, since it's your wish, we can't stop it arbitrarily. The most urgent thing right now is to go to the center of the formation as soon as possible. We have to save Ling Ning, and we have to stop that Tang Mo." Seeing that the three people were so devout, Chu Feng thought There is an indescribable feeling: Is this the power of faith? "Brother Chu, I found that since we fell on the platform of that cave, not to mention other electronic products, even my Swiss mechanical watch has stopped moving. I don't know how long we have been delayed. Ling Ning can't wait." William had a sad face. "I said earlier that the time and space in this formation are not those that you can understand conventionally. We can't use the methods of calculating time outside here. Even if the time is calculated here, it is only the time in the formation. , is out of sync with the time outside." Chu Feng replied casually.Suddenly, his eyes flashed: time?space?Does anyone seem to have talked about a similar topic, involving that mysterious symbol? It's Ling Ning.She once speculated that "the 'cross' symbol may refer to a certain time and space coordinates!" "The coordinates where time and space intersect?" Chu Feng didn't take her words to heart before. He used to think that the speculation representing the "earth position" was already very bold. This kind of time-space overlap, intersection, coordinates Such speculations, he just laughed it off at the time.But it's different now, since the formation itself has proved that the arrangement of time and space is not what he always thought, why not try to regard them as the possibility of intersection? Thinking of this, Chu Feng suddenly lifted his spirits—if he did this, could he not go through each formation one by one, but directly enter the center of the formation?That's what Tang Mei did, right?Sure enough, inertial thinking kills people!Chu Feng smiled wryly. He still hadn't mastered the newly emerged memories, and the consistent understanding of the past thirty years hindered his progress even more. "I hope it's not too late!" Chu Feng sighed secretly, leading everyone to the top floor. There is no grotto on the top floor, and it is just above the head of the standing Buddha.It turned out that the way to leave was just above the Buddha's head, no wonder the toad squatted here.Chu Feng saw that the whole sky had turned red, and knew that the sand rain that the little living Buddha said was about to fall was by no means a lie, so he didn't dare to be negligent, and jumped on the top of the standing Buddha with an arrow. This Buddha statue is so huge that more than three people can stand on just one ear, let alone the top of the head.After Chu Feng jumped over, he found that the place was still spacious, and the array eyes arranged didn't take up much space here. After some previous experience, he has a deeper understanding of this big formation, so the calculation is more accurate. "We have to wait a few more minutes before we can leave!" Chu Feng already felt shaking.The feet of this standing Buddha were soaked in magma, and it is a miracle that it is still standing here.But he had to give this answer after calculation, and then jumped back to the top of the mountain wall. "I always feel that this formation seems to make sense!" Sambu had a vague feeling. "That's right! I feel the same way. It seems that in an formation with a certain content as the scene, there will be a way to break the formation related to it." William is also a high-savvy person. "That's right, I didn't notice it at first, and I almost took everyone on the wrong road. Fortunately, I found out quickly, otherwise the consequences..." Chu Feng broke into a cold sweat as he looked at the original target mountain that had turned into a volcano. "That's right!" Xilin couldn't understand what they said at first, but suddenly thought of what Ama once said, good things are rewarded with good things, and felt that this should be the truth. We have to clean up and make amends to the Buddha, otherwise the Buddha will not let us leave from his head, this is called retaliation, right?" "Tit for tat doesn't mean that, but you are right to say that!" Chu Feng touched his head with a smile, and then looked up to the sky. It doesn't mean that every formation has a corresponding legend Bar?Where is Ling Ning? The sky didn't answer his question, instead it became more and more red. Then, suddenly, they felt their feet shaking more and more, and the sound of "crackling" began to sound above their heads, and the sand rain fell!And the momentum is fierce, hitting people, it hurts. "Okay, let's go! Attention everyone, let's jump together!" Chu Feng took William with his left hand and Xilin with his right hand, greeted Sangbu, and everyone jumped to the top of the Buddha's head together.