Chapter 60 Entering the game
When the people who came earlier heard Zhao Yushu's question, they all looked hesitant, but no one answered.
A pile of loose sand, this word popped up in Zhao Yushu's mind
If the ghost Buddha could rush in now, the whole hall would probably be in chaos.
Zhao Yushu subconsciously wanted to transform into Madam Xu. After a slight hesitation, he grasped the hilt of the horizontal sword.
"Brother, you don't need to ask them, just ask me." Zhao Yushu turned around and saw the fat man who just ran in behind him.
"May I know who you are, brother?" Zhao Yushu turned around and bowed.
"Hahaha, my name is Gao Xu, a casual cultivator, just like you, I'm also at the second level of cultivation," the fat man laughed, looking very familiar.
Zhao Yushu didn't deliberately hide his skills, so it's no surprise that the fat man could tell what he was capable of.
"Thank you for your courtesy, Brother Gao. I am Zhao Yushu. I wonder what you meant by just asking me directly?"
Gao Xu waved his hand, signaling Zhao Yushu to come over. Zhao Yushu whispered a few words to Bujie. Monk Bujie nodded and walked aside with the monks of Fenglin Temple. Gao Xu obviously didn't want too many people to hear. Everyone was very sensible.
"To be honest, I have the same idea as Brother Zhao," Gao Xu took Zhao Yushu to an empty corner and whispered
"Brother Gao, do you know what I'm thinking?"
"Hehe, although my last name is Gao, my cultivation is not high, so I am also very timid. But I am greedy for money. Ten thousand taels of silver is enough for me to buy a shop in Dongdu, marry a few concubines, and live the rest of my life in peace!"
Brother, I think the same thing, but my ideal is bigger than yours, otherwise I would have gone to Xijing to live a simple life.
Zhao Yushu held Gao Xu's fat hand and shook it vigorously: "You said it very well, Brother Gao, but what does this have to do with what I asked?"
"Hey, Brother Zhao, listen to me. I just wanted to join in the fun, but when I saw the ghost Buddha sitting at the entrance of the mountain, I didn't dare to go up, so I just stayed there for a few days."
"How many days have you been squatting there?"
"That's right, Brother Zhao, you and I hit it off right away, so I'm only telling you this. Actually, I, Old Gao, have a way to conceal my aura. Ordinary people can't detect me, so I hid at the mountain gate for two days, waiting for an opportunity to sneak in."
Zhao Yushu thought this method was amazing, and wondered if he could learn it. But then he thought of a question: "If that's the case, why can't you just cast a spell and come in?"
Gao Xu smiled bitterly: "There is a big problem with this spell. When it is activated, you cannot move..."
Okay, I'm a stone.
Gao Xu continued, "So in the past two days, I saw these people coming in one after another. Except for those who were scared away, as long as they wanted to enter the mountain gate, the ghost Buddha would stop them. But no matter how high or low their cultivation level was, it didn't stop any of them."
Damn it, it’s true!
Gao Xu lowered his voice and said, "When Brother Zhao asked me just now, I knew that you and I were the only smart people in this group of people. But we are still not smart enough. We have been tricked!"
Zhao Yushu closed his eyes. Yes, he had been tricked by the ghost Buddha. If the ghost Buddha really wanted to stop him, only a handful of people would be able to enter Longmen Temple. The ghost Buddha let these people in on purpose.
"Then Brother Gao, why don't you continue to hide?"
"It's been several days. From today till now, only the six of you have entered the mountain. I'm afraid the others don't dare to come. I hesitated for a long time for fear of missing this opportunity, so I finally decided to take a gamble. Who would have thought that this ghost was so powerful that I had to use all my strength to get in."
Zhao Yushu sighed: "People die for money and birds die for food. Brother Gao, if you have any problems, you and I can help each other."
“As it should be”
So, under the recommendation of Zhao Yushu, Fatty Gao Xu temporarily joined Bujie and Fenglin Temple. After Lao Zhao's concise explanation, everyone no longer felt like they had survived a disaster, but instead were filled with worry.
A bird in a cage
After a while, a few bells rang, and a group of monks lined up to enter the hall and began to chant. The monks who were originally sitting cross-legged and chanting stood up and left. It seemed that it was time to change shifts for lunch.
A monk walked up to the foreign aid and said, "Dear donors, please follow me to the dining hall for dinner."
Twenty or thirty people filed out of the magnificent Great Hall. Zhao Yushu looked up at the clear sky and saw dark clouds looming in the distance.
Although none of them are monks from this temple, and although everyone comes here for the bounty, Longmen Temple, as the local leader, still has the necessary structure.
The vegetarian meal was rich and delicious. Even Zhao Yushu and Monk Bujie, who always liked meat, ate two more bowls.
Gao Xu sat opposite Zhao Yushu, holding a large bowl of vegetarian noodles and eating heartily: "I have eaten the vegetarian food in Longmen Temple more than once. Although it is not as good as the Buddha, it doesn't cost money."
Lao Zhao looked up and asked, "Brother Gao, are you a local?"
"No, my hometown is Fengxiang, but my business is somewhat related to Buddhism, so Longmen, Wutai Mountain, and Jiuhua Mountain are places I often go to."
Bujie, who had been eating in silence, suddenly looked up and asked, "Did you go to Shaohua Temple last year?"
Lao Gao was stunned, and thought for a while: "I have been there"
Bujie nodded: "That's it, you are the fat man who buys the Buddha statues, you buy the Buddha statues consecrated by Shaohua Temple for ten taels each, how much do you sell them for?"
The fat on Gao Xu's face trembled. Who is this monk? Why is he so direct? Do I have to tell you if you ask me? This is a trade secret.
So the fat man took a look at Bujie's cultivation and thought, "Very good, I can't see through it."
"Two hundred taels"
Damn, you are so dark, no wonder you are so fat, you are a big dog owner
Before I finished my bowl of noodles, the light in the house suddenly dimmed, as if there were dark clouds covering the room.
"Is it going to rain?" Zhao Yushu stood up and walked to the window, looking up at the sky
A cloud of black smoke rose from the foot of the mountain, spreading upwards little by little, and just covered the dining hall.
The chanting in the main hall became louder and louder. Waves of golden light shone outside the temple, but it could not stop the black smoke.
Although he didn't know what happened exactly, Zhao Yushu was sure that it was the work of the ghost Buddha.
It is a lie that 9981 monks chanting sutras can ward off ghosts and Buddhas.
It is also false that the ghost Buddha only eats Wang's family and those who actively cause trouble for him.
Even the saying that ghosts and Buddhas can evolve only by eating humans is false.
All the evidence was deliberately fabricated by the ghosts and Buddhas. Their purpose is to make you call people and to make you pile everyone together.
When almost everyone had gathered, the ghost Buddha finally revealed its ferocious side and began to show its fangs to the turtles in the jar.
The black smoke filled the entire temple. Zhao Yushu suddenly felt dizzy and reached out to hold onto the windowsill. He subconsciously looked back and saw that the entire dining hall had collapsed.
Monk Bujie was shining with golden light and frowning, but after a few breaths, the golden light suddenly dimmed and he fell down.
Zhao Yushu felt that the scene in front of him was becoming increasingly blurry. In the end, he only had time to raise his left hand. The string of Buddhist beads given by the abbot of Xiangjiang Temple emitted a faint spiritual light.
Everything went dark before his eyes, and Zhao Yushu fell backwards.