Chapter 35 Who is resting?
“Is this Bodhisattva statue?”
Li Yuan rubbed his eyes, and there seemed to be a trace of blood in the corners of his eyes.
Even though he had his back to the team, the sensing of the Weapon Scroll could not be wrong. That statue of Bodhisattva could actually be considered a 'weapon'?
and……
Li Yuan silently took a step back and followed the flow of people a few steps closer. At this moment, there were many people chasing the team, and he was not conspicuous among them.
Finally, when he was about two meters away, a glimmer of light appeared before his eyes again.
It was a streak of black blood.
[Thousand-eyed Bodhisattva Stone Statue (Level 2)]
[Skilled craftsmen used bluestone as the base, and painted with Jingchan magic mud, imitating... and it was worshipped and sacrificed by thousands of people, and gradually became magical...
Take the spiritual mud under the eyes and turn it into a blood-sloughing pill...】
[Control conditions: Introduction to the worship method]
[Control Effect: Cholera Mind, Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva Picture, First Level of God Worship Method]
See you at level two!
The team offering sacrifices to the gods went away, and Li Yuan was still a little confused among the restless crowd.
"Is this statue also considered a weapon? It would be no problem to use it to kill someone... It's also a second-level statue. Why is the light of this statue so strange?"
Li Yuan felt a little nervous.
Just from these few words, he became wary of the famous temple in Gaoliu County. It didn't look like a proper temple...
"The condition for control is to enter the art of worshipping gods? Does it refer to the person who carved this Bodhisattva statue? For the sake of the current spirit mud?
What kind of medicine is the Blood-Slaughtering Pill? "
Watching the team go away, Li Yuan turned and left.
Although he was somewhat envious of the second-level weapons, the Bodhisattva statue was too strange and there must be something fishy going on behind it, so he didn't want to get involved at all.
Next, Li Yuan strolled around the city.
The temple fair was huge and much more lively than the one before the Chinese New Year. Not only did people from the towns and villages under Gaoliu come, but we also saw items and accents that were clearly not local.
"Another advanced weapon!"
Walking in the crowd, Li Yuan's peripheral vision kept scanning the passers-by, or to be more precise, the weapons they carried.
The Dayun Dynasty banned armor and crossbows but not swords. However, anyone who went out would at least carry a sword for self-defense. The man and woman who sold him a sword and sickle last time had to use a sickle even if they didn't have a sword.
"There are quite a few weapons that have entered the first level, but I haven't seen any second-level weapons. They must be too expensive..."
With his mastery of the forging technique and his familiarity with all kinds of weapons, he could tell the quality of a weapon at a glance even if he was not within a two-meter range.
Knowing the art of war is something that must be learned in the forge room.
"If it is not of a certain rank, it is just an ordinary weapon. If it is of a certain rank, it is a sharp weapon. A rank two weapon is considered a top-grade sharp weapon. In a shop, one of them costs more than thirty taels. Few ordinary people in the martial arts world can afford it."
As Li Yuan was thinking, a burly man walked by. The man seemed to notice something, glared at him, and quickly left.
"Most of those carrying swords have foreign accents. Are they here to hunt down Nian Jiu?"
A glance at the notice posted on the wall showed that Nian Jiu's reward had increased from fifty taels to one hundred and fifty taels. Apparently someone had raised the price.
He later heard from his apprentices that once the imperial reward notice was posted, private individuals could also add to the price.
These outsiders were probably attracted by the reward. One hundred and fifty taels of silver was a sum of money that most people could never earn in their entire lifetime.
only……
"The reward has been raised so high, why doesn't Nian Jiu escape..."
A shadow flashed through Li Yuan's mind, and he naturally knew the reason.
Nowadays, any skill is kept secret. Of the three martial arts in the weapon forging shop, he has only learned the White Ape Cloak Hammer. He has never seen the Green Snake Spear or the Tiger Roaring Knife.
One can imagine how precious superior martial arts are.
He suspected that Nian Jiu was being hunted down and had a bounty put on his head because he had stolen this martial art.
"If that's the case, Nian Jiu will come to our door sooner or later."
After taking a look at the city guards patrolling the streets, Li Yuan decided not to leave the city. Temple fair, temple fair, the most lively place is naturally the temple.
Of the nine temples in Gaoliu, seven are outside the city and only two are in the inner city.
"The ruined temple."
Before he knew it, Li Yuan arrived at the inner city.
From a distance, I saw another altar parading through the streets, also carried by sixteen strong men, with great fanfare. "Could this be the statue?"
Li Yuan followed the crowd and approached within two meters, and his eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
He saw the blood again.
【Earth Remnant Statue (Level 2)】
[A skilled craftsman used the remnant rainbow stone and red secret sand to imitate... After years of worship, it gradually became magical...
Take the Remnant Rainbow Stone to forge weapons, and the Red Secret Sand to refine medicine...】
[Control conditions: residual limbs]
[Control effect: Bewitching people, calming the mind, the first level of the Earth Remnant Heart Technique]
Here comes another one!
At this point, Li Yuan felt a little nervous:
"Could it be that the other statues are all like this? Refining medicine, casting weapons...are these statues being 'raised' by someone?"
There are one and two, there can’t be a third, right?
Li Yuan couldn't suppress the doubts in his heart, so he followed the crowd to the places where gongs and drums were being played, and successfully saw the other seven statues.
"One, two... all of them?"
After looking at the last statue, Li Yuan confirmed his guess that these statues were definitely created deliberately by someone.
Considering this temple fair which was more important than the New Year's Eve, it was hard for him not to think of the imperial court.
Thinking of this, he felt relieved.
"The third one?"
Li Lin poked his head out and said with a smile: "I knew you would come out. You liked the hustle and bustle when you were a kid."
"Second brother, what are you doing?"
Li Yuan turned around.
Li Lin carried large and small bags of paper ingots and incense sticks.
"Didn't you catch a cold at the end of July last year? At that time, your second sister-in-law dragged me to the Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva Temple to burn incense. I have to go today to fulfill my wish!
Your second sister-in-law has already gone, I came all the way from the weapon forging shop to find you..."
"You still wish?"
Li Yuan looked resistant and didn't want to go.
Although he was an unnaturalized Taoist priest in his previous life, he couldn't worship all gods and Buddhas, not to mention that the temples with these statues might have problems.
"If you don't go today, your sister-in-law will go to the weapon forging shop to find you tomorrow!"
Li Lin said it didn't matter.
When his elder brother Li Yue disappeared, he almost cried to death, but no god had mercy on him. If it weren't for the shrewish woman in his family, he would definitely not have gone.
"Then, let's go."
Li Yuan took the things from his second brother's hand. Now, he was half a head taller than Li Lin.
"You've grown taller and stronger!"
Li Lin smiled and let go, but in his heart he really wanted to fulfill his wish.
His family fell into poverty, his parents died, his eldest brother went missing, and the third brother was truly the only one he cared about.
"Practice martial arts every day, eat more, and grow faster!"
The two brothers talked and laughed, and soon they arrived outside the Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva Temple. This place was much more lively than the outer city, and people came to burn incense in an endless stream.
Some people even built wooden platforms and performed acrobatics on them, which often drew cheers.
"Second brother, you go in first."
When they arrived outside the temple, Li Yuan did not go in. He handed the large and small bags back to his second brother, and took out the silver from his arms and stuffed it into his arms:
"I'll fulfill my wish later and buy my sister-in-law some nice clothes and some rouge and powder."
"I can't keep taking your money... Never mind, you can just give it to me. You're not a child anymore, I'll save it for your wedding!"
Li Lin was somewhat helpless, but still took the incense, candles and gold ingots and carried them into the temple.
"The statue doesn't look right, but the temple seems normal, and the monks are normal too. I'll take a look outside first..."
Outside the temple, Li Yuan narrowed his eyes.
A blind man with a black cloth covering his eyes, leaning on a bamboo stick with a banner with the word "fortune telling" written on it, slowly stopped in front of him:
"Little brother, can you tell me your fortune?"
(End of this chapter)
