Chapter 1654: Testing
"The Buddhist temple is not to be taken lightly!" The monk Huiqi, who looked like a Taoist priest, waved his sleeves and was furious.
"Huh?!" After looking at the monk Huiqi for a few times and then at the Taoist priests behind Huiqi, the fat man's brain crashed for a moment. If it weren't for Huiqi's sudden change of dress, he would even suspect that this was a play by these people.
However, at this moment, Jiang Cheng Ye Qiutang understood a little. Jiang Cheng put his hands together and said to the angry Huiqi, "Master, calm down. Where do you say this is?" Jiang Cheng pointed to the building in front of him.
Although Huiqi was furious, he still put his hands together and answered: "Don't you know that this is the important Sutra Pavilion of our temple?"
Then Jiang Cheng looked at the Taoists not far behind Huiqi and asked the same question again, but this time, the result was completely different. The leading Taoist replied first: "Three pilgrims, what do you mean? Brother Xuanqi has already said it very clearly. This is the important Sutra Pavilion of our temple!"
Jiang Cheng stared at these people, his eyes swept across their faces one by one, but he did not find any trace of acting. He retreated towards the Sutra Pavilion little by little. Seeing this, monk Huiqi and the Taoists behind him pressed forward.
The next second, a strange scene appeared. When the Taoists passed the place where Huiqi had just stood, they changed their appearance. First, the Taoist robes faded a little bit, and then the tied hair gradually shrank. The speed of this change was surprisingly fast. It was probably just a blink of an eye, and the transformation from Taoist to monk was completed.
At this moment, the "monks" who changed later put their hands together and persuaded Jiang Cheng together with the monk Huiqi in the front, "Three donors, this is the important Buddhist Sutra Pavilion. Only monks from this temple are allowed to approach it!"
At this point, Jiang Cheng also understood that this change only exists within a few dozen meters of the Sutra Pavilion.
As long as they get close to the Sutra Pavilion, the Taoists in Qingfeng Temple will become monks in Zhijie Temple.
As for the reason, Jiang Cheng thought about it and it became clear. It must be that Taoist Lingxiao could not completely suppress the evil spirit that possessed Master Fu Ji.
The closer you get to the Sutra Pavilion, the stronger the influence of the evil spirit on the people around you. No wonder Taoist Lingxiao told you not to get close to this place during the day.
Everything is developing as Taoist Lingxiao said, but Jiang Cheng still can't figure out a few things. He turned around and walked quickly towards the Sutra Pavilion. The monks outside the gate wanted to stop him, but he dodged them one by one.
"Donor, no!" The monk holding the stick did not use force as Jiang Cheng expected, but still tried to dissuade him, showing the kindness of a monk.
Until Jiang Cheng touched the wooden door in front of the hall with one hand. Now he only needed to push the door open with a little force and see the scene inside.
But he did not, he was still waiting, waiting for the monk Huide who might suddenly appear like a ghost.
If Huide appeared again and stopped him at the moment when he was about to push the door open, Jiang Cheng could be sure that there must be something wrong here, after all, there would not be such a coincidence several times in a row.
But this time, the monk Huide did not appear, Jiang Cheng decided to increase the stakes again, he exerted a little force with his fingers, and the door hinge of the hall also made a "squeak" sound, and the door was pushed a little bit.
But at the last moment when the door was about to be opened, Jiang Cheng stopped. The monk behind him only dissuaded him, but did not use force throughout the whole process, and the so-called monk Huide did not even appear.
Jiang Cheng didn't dare to gamble. If what Ling Xiao Taoist said was true, he would have caused a disaster when he opened the door just now.
"Donor, you ignored the advice and broke into my important Buddhist place. What is your intention?" Monk Huiqi questioned.
Jiang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, slowly turned around and clasped his hands together in front of the angry monks, with a very sincere attitude, "I'm sorry, masters, I just want to see what this Sutra Library looks like. I'm very rude, I hope you can forgive me."
Fortunately, although these monks were in a bad mood, they didn't make things difficult for Jiang Cheng and the other two in the end. They just sent people to send them out. It was almost the same as escorting them. Two burly monks escorted them all the way to a long distance outside the courtyard.
Of course, when passing that critical point, the two monks became two Taoists again.
"Three pilgrims, this is a very important place in our temple, the Sutra Hall, and we will never allow outsiders to desecrate it."
After the stern warning, the two Taoists still did not leave. They turned around and walked back after watching Jiang Cheng and the other two walk away.
The fat man was so scared that his forehead was sweating. He was really worried that the doctor would open the door and then it would end badly.
"You don't need to worry. He was just testing to see if those evil monks would come to stop him." Ye Qiutang could see clearly. She could feel that although Jiang Cheng looked reckless, he was still reliable when doing things.
After turning a corner, they came to a secluded place. The three of them sat down to rest for a while. Before the fat man could catch his breath, Jiang Cheng called him, "Let's go."
The fat man stood up curiously, "Where are we going?"
Ye Qiutang sorted out his belongings and glanced at the fat man, "Where else can we go? Of course, we should go back and sneak back to see what the Sutra Library is all about."
Fearing that they would run into other Taoists on the road, Jiang Cheng and the other two made a big detour and took shortcuts. Fortunately, Ye Qiutang had a strong sense of direction, so he groped his way back to the Sutra Library.
This time they changed the direction and did not leave the forest at all. They hid behind a few trees at the edge of the forest and looked towards the Sutra Library.
In the open space, Taoist priests were chanting sutras and practicing swordsmanship. Taoist priest Xuanqi was among them, practicing swordsmanship in front of all the Taoist priests.
On the steps of the Sutra Pavilion, there were several monks sitting cross-legged in meditation, and another monk sweeping fallen leaves. The two monks were still on duty outside the door.
It all seemed weird and a little harmonious, but what was certain was that it was the same place as before they left.
"Could it be that we guessed wrong, that all this is true, and Taoist Ling Xiao did not lie to us?" Jiang Cheng was also a little unsure at this moment.
"Let's go back to Huicong and have a look." Jiang Cheng planned to verify it again.
The moment the three figures in Jiangcheng disappeared into the forest, the large square suddenly became quiet. Both the Taoist priests chanting sutras and practicing swordplay, and the monks meditating and sweeping the floor outside the door stopped at the same time, turned their heads, and looked at him with stiff eyes. In the direction where the three people from Jiangcheng disappeared, dozens or hundreds of eyes were all looking in the same direction. The scene was silent and strange.
After a while, it was like a switch was turned on, and strange smiling faces appeared on their faces.
"Fu Sheng... Infinite Heavenly Lord!
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