Chapter 314 Ikkiu Is Much Scarier than He Looks in the Cartoon

Compared to the small temple I met before, Yuanxing Temple is much larger and more formal.

The first thing that comes into view is the mountain gate, which is also called the Sanmen Hall, and is the main gate of the Buddhist temple.

The three gates stand side by side, with the main gate in the middle and the small gates on the left and right.

It symbolizes the three gates of liberation: the gate of emptiness, the gate of no appearance, and the gate of no action.

Two of the three gates were destroyed, and Ye Xing entered from the only intact small gate.

After crossing the mountain gate, a broken tower appeared on each side.

"The one on the left is called the bell tower, and the one on the right is called the drum tower."

"There is an idiom called morning bells and evening drums. You should have heard of it. In temples, the bell is usually struck first in the morning, and the drum is responded to; in the evening, the drum is struck first, and the bell is responded to."

"There used to be a Heavenly King Hall in the middle of the bell tower and the drum tower, but it has collapsed."

It can be seen that the architectural style of this temple is typical Chinese style.

Ye Xing passed the Heavenly King Hall and saw a pond full of green sewage.

"This pond is called the Release Pond. Its main function is to store water. After all, it is too troublesome to carry water from the mountain. However, it has long become a pool of polluted stagnant water."

"Shukaku said that Yuanxing Temple was affected by the battle to seal the monsters and was destroyed like this."

"At present, the only intact thing left is an unknown room besides the main hall."

Ye Xing followed Shukaku and stopped in front of the main hall.

"I won't go in..."

"Don't try this on me!"

Ye Xing grabbed its neck and lifted it up, forcing it to go in with him to prevent it from doing anything.

Shukaku: (♦人♦)......

Two burning stone pillar lanterns were hung outside the main hall's gate.

A human face showing pain could be vaguely seen in the firelight.

"In ancient times, if a monk committed a serious mistake, he would be severely punished, and after death he would turn into ancient cage fire, which is a kind of ghost fire."

"The face we see is the expression he had when he was punished in his lifetime."

Luckily, Ye Ji was accompanied by her beauty, otherwise it would be a bit uneasy to see these ghost things alone.

Step over the threshold and walk in.

A row of strange white candles stood on each side of the hall, illuminating the interior.

To be precise, it's not the candles that are strange, but the lampstands under the candles.

Looking closer, Ye Xing was shocked.

The candlestand...is actually made of human body!!!

Because the wax dripped all over their faces and bodies, their original appearance could no longer be recognized.

Ye Xing zoomed in and gave a partial close-up.

[Damn it, I'm scared to death! ]

[Isn't this a Buddhist temple? How could there be such an evil thing? ]

[Weird and Quiet: This thing is called a lamp stand man. It first appeared in the Tang Dynasty. Once upon a time, there was a man named Qing Dachen who went to China as an envoy to study in the Tang Dynasty. Later, there was no news, so his son went to look for him. On the way to find him, he found a lamp stand man. The man's five fingers were cut off, his whole body was inked, his throat was poisoned, and there was a huge candle on his head. Looking closely, it turned out to be his father. ]

[ x-on:Weird and Quiet, who did it? ]

[Weird and Quiet: There are several theories. Some say that he had a dispute with others and was retaliated, and some say that he was discovered as a spy. ]

[Damn, today is my birthday. Looking at the white candles in the cake, I vomited~]

"I asked Shukaku, they are indeed lamp stand people, made of the bodies of humans who died in the mountains."

"As for whether it is true or not, it is unknown."

The more Ye Xing looked at it, the weirder it felt, and he felt uncomfortable all over.

Ye Ji Hongyan, who was used to seeing strange things, always had a cold face.

There was no altar for worshipping Buddha statues in the hall, but there were three cushions and some Buddhist instruments.

On the left and right cushions sat a tall and thin monk and a short and fat monk.

The tall and thin monk was chanting a sutra that burned his mouth.

The short and fat monk made a "dududu" sound of a wooden fish.

On the cushion between the two, sat a skinny and short old monk.

He looked like he didn't even weigh 20 pounds.

So thin!

The skin and wrinkles were like testicles.

The two eyes were more turbid than the three views of a gold digger.

The whole body exuded death, and there was no trace of life.

"Greetings, Master!"

Shukaku prostrated himself after seeing the mummy.

The old mummy actually raised his head, and the bones in his neck made a "crunching" sound.

"What a distinguished guest."

The old corpse seemed to recognize Ye Ji Hongyan's identity. Although he didn't see his mouth move, he could clearly hear his voice.

Ye Ji Hongyan stepped forward: "Master Yixiu, death is the natural law of nature. Why do you have to make yourself look like a ghost that is neither a demon nor a human?"

Master Yixiu laughed dryly: "Didn't the most holy witch in the past become a ghost? Why do you have to do this?"

Ye Ji Hongyan: "I have my mission."

Master Yixiu: "I also have my plans. I don't need you to teach me."

Ye Ji Hongyan: "Whether you are a demon or a devil, I don't care about this. I came here for the Four Heavenly Kings."

Four Heavenly Kings?

"This old corpse is Ikkyu, much uglier than I imagined."

"You all saw that his body had long been dead, and he relied on evil magic to stay in the world."

"Hongyan didn't say it in detail before, I always thought that the helper she was looking for was the monks of Yuanxing Temple."

"Now it seems that there is another purpose."

Ye Xing, who couldn't get a word in, listened with great interest and chatted with netizens.

[The Four Heavenly Kings: Zhang Xueyou, Liu Dehua, Liming, Guofucheng, you should go to Xianggang to find them. ]

[Are you a fool? How could it be the four of them? I think it's: Dhritarashtra, Virupaksha, Virupaksha, Rubocha, and Vaisravana. ]

[Fuck you, don't talk nonsense, it must be: Edward Whitebeard, Shanks Red Hair, Kaido the Beast, and Charlotte the Beautiful Girl! ]

[You've watched too many cartoons, I bet it's: Jack Ma, the Regretful Ali, Blind Dong, the Wisdom-faced Blind Man, Jianlin, the Poor, and Mahua Teng of the Ordinary Family! 】

"Don't make random guesses." Ye Xing seemed to have the answer in his mind. He made a V with his left thumb and index finger, dragged his chin, pointed his right index finger at the camera, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes: "There is only one truth, the true identity of the Four Heavenly Kings is..."