Chapter 262: Absorbing the Sun

Walking into the temple, you are faced with a large and quiet courtyard. However, rituals are currently being performed, and a temporary mourning hall has been built. Some monks are sitting upright, playing instruments, or reciting scriptures to save the souls of the dead. ""

Near the south, there is a longevity coffin, and in front of it there are many family members kneeling and crying.

Chen Jianchen glanced up and got a general idea. Immediately, a monk who knew the guest came up to him, asked the purpose of his visit, and said: "Mr. Chen, we happen to be performing a ritual for someone in this temple. I'm afraid this will have an impact on you..."

Chen Jianchen smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, we just stay one night and leave early tomorrow morning."

The monk Zhike took a look at him and saw that his clothes were simple. He expected that he came from a poor family and had no money to stay in an inn, so he did not avoid it and insisted on staying in the temple. "Since you don't care, please come with the poor monk."

After passing through the courtyard, he arrived at a side room and said, "Young Master can rest in this room tonight. This ritual will end at Haishi."

"Thank you very much."

This side room belongs to the outer courtyard. From the window, you can clearly see the situation in the courtyard. If the rituals are not stopped, the noise will be endless, which will really have a big impact.

The Buddhists advocate opening the door to convenience, so many side rooms will be set up in temples to provide accommodation for people staying overnight - of course, these people will be screened, and it is impossible to be generous enough to take in beggars and homeless people. To put it bluntly,

It is mainly prepared for scholars, who want to infiltrate the Buddhist scriptures into Confucian culture and expand their influence. Holy Church

In this way, we can completely take root in the Tiantong Dynasty.

The Buddhist family's measures to open the door to convenience quickly gained a reputation among middle- and lower-class scholars. Many poor scholars established relationships with temple abbots and even lived in temples for a long time, taking advantage of such a quiet place.

A place where you can study hard, copy, write, etc. can not only save on accommodation fees, but you can even have lights and some food.

You must know that except for children from rich families, ordinary scholars live a life of hardship that is simply unimaginable. Needless to say, the food is poor, and even a stable residence is difficult to achieve.

"Everyone looks happy" is not an exaggerated expression of art.

Chen Jianchen understands this very well. The life he lived in Jingyang Village was like this, but he experienced it personally, without any trace of moisture.

When a person is completely immersed in the so-called "books of sages" and is deaf to what is happening outside the window, and has no business skills other than that, his family life will never be good. That old bookworm Zhang Huan

Aggregate is also a living example.

"Sir, why are you doing all the rituals in the temple? Shouldn't they be at home?"

Yingning asked a little strangely.

Chen Jianchen replied: "Perhaps it is required by certain customs and rituals. It is not surprising."

——Performing rituals for the deceased contains the meaning of salvation and is also a very popular skill among Buddhists.

This ritual ceremony, which involved playing and beating, chanting and chanting, finally came to an end at Haishi. The monks all dispersed, but the coffin remained in the mourning hall, and some family members also stayed in the mourning hall. St.

hall

The whole temple began to become quiet, and there were insects chirping all around. I have to say that if there was no funeral, staying in Suyun Temple would be much better than staying in an inn.

The monks in this Suyun Temple are all ordinary people. They are not comparable to the temples in major cities in the world. After all, since the Buddhist family came to the west, there were not many real monks. They could only recruit some disciples with wisdom. Then send them to small counties or towns to serve as hosts, so as to spread their influence as much as possible.

When the environment became quiet, Chen Jianchen and Ying Ning went to bed, but they couldn't fall asleep for a while, so they lay there thinking about something.

Suddenly, there was a sudden movement in the world of Niwan Palace, and Haoran Yangwu Sword became restless and alert.

Chen Jianchen stood up quickly.

"Sir, what's wrong?"

Almost at the same time, Yingning also sat up.

Chen Jianchen raised his head and looked out the window, and saw a shocking scene: "Look!"

Yingning immediately looked over——

The mourning hall built in the courtyard has its opening facing the side room. There are red candles burning inside, not far away, so you can clearly see what's going on inside.

A coffin was placed upright in the center, but at this moment, the coffin lid, which had been tightly closed, moved to the side silently, and then, a withered and thin hand lifted it. come out.

This scene is so weird that if ordinary people saw it, they would be scared out of their wits and wet their pants.

"evil Dead?"

At the first moment, this idea came to Chen Jianchen's mind.

Beside the coffin, four family members were kneeling to keep vigil. They knelt down and bowed their heads. At this time, they did not notice what had happened to the coffin. They remained motionless, as if they were trapped in the grief of the death of their loved ones and could not extricate themselves.

The lid of the coffin was quickly removed by half, and a dry old man sat up like this. He was wearing a neat shroud, with three sparse beards floating on his chest. He looked very kind. But in this situation It's like this, but it can make people feel palpitated and frightened to death on the spot.

Chen Jianchen opened his eyes wide and looked. He had experienced a lot, but this was the first time he had witnessed such a supernatural scene. It was like a living ghost story.

"No, it's not a corpse..."

At this time Yingning said softly, she also held her breath.

Then I saw the old man floating slightly, like a feather without any weight, and floated behind the four people who were keeping watch.

The terrible thing is that the four people were as if they were under a restraining spell, like clay and wood sculptures, and they were completely unaware.

The old man stood behind the first person, bowed his head, and got close to his Tianling Cap, licked his lips, and took a slight breath——

call!

As if a breeze was blowing, visible to the naked eye, a thin line of light red breath was sucked out of the man's Tianling Cap, and instantly entered the old man's mouth like eating noodles.

thump!

The man was so limp that he seemed to have no bones in his body and fell to the ground.

Soon it was the second's turn, and then the third...

In response to this, none of the four people reacted with resistance, and they knelt there and submitted obediently.

"This, this is Yang-sucking!"

Yingning suppressed her voice and trembled slightly.

Sui Yang means absorbing Yang Qi.

Chen Jianchen can understand, but what he doesn't understand is why this recently deceased corpse can absorb Yang - demons and ghosts want to absorb people's Yang, have intercourse, devour flesh and blood, etc., which are all at a low level, and absorbing Yang, It is undoubtedly a high-level method. With one breath, it can suck out all the yang energy from a person's body, effortlessly and cleanly.

So, it stands to reason that for such a corpse whose death time was so short, even if it transformed, it would be impossible for it to know the art of absorbing the sun.

There is something very strange about this matter.

"It's coming to us..."

After sucking the four men who were guarding the body, the old man twisted his body and walked to the side room lightly.
Chapter completed!