Myriad Paths

Li Qi went all the way to Sima's Mansion, brought gifts, and knocked on the door of Sima's Mansion.

The concierge was sleepy-eyed and angry as if someone had knocked him forcibly before he woke up. He said dissatisfiedly at the door: "Who is it? Are you smart enough to knock on the door so late?!"

"I'm ashamed to come here late at night, but I really have important military information to report. Please tell Master Sima that the White Rhinoceros Army has urgent military information and needs to make a decision quickly!" Li Qi said solemnly outside, and then from Through the small viewing hole in the door, a piece of broken gold was handed over, about one-fifth of gold, worth about two thousand yuan, which was not a small sum for the concierge.

Money makes it easier to talk. When the concierge saw this, he also put away his anger. He first took the gold from the small hole, weighed it, and then said: "You have been staying in Zhenguan and have never been to Guangyang. Military man, right?”

"I have indeed never been to Guangyang. Is there any problem?" Li Qi asked.

"If you want to find Sima, you have to go to Tianning Temple. Where can you find someone in Sima's house? If there is really an urgent military situation, just go to Tianning Temple. Those great monks are reasonable and won't stop you." The concierge said.

"They are all in Tianning Temple now?!" Li Qi was stunned. Although he had heard the vendor say it before, it wasn't like this, right?

"What else? I haven't been back here for a long time. If you really have an urgent military situation, go quickly. Do you know where Tianning Temple is? Do you want me to tell you?" the concierge asked.

"That's not necessary, then I'll go over there." After Li Qi finished speaking, he turned and left.

"Go, go, go quickly, otherwise I'm afraid you'll have to wait until tomorrow!" the concierge urged, and then closed the small viewing hole.

Li Qi left and came to the street.

Tianning Temple has become a landmark building in Guangyang. He had already asked about the location when he asked on the way here, so there was no need to ask again.

But is it really that outrageous?

A dignified Sima from one state doesn't go home at night and lives in a temple. Why don't you resign?

Li Qi felt that it was outrageous, but things still had to be done. To withdraw the army rations, the Sima had to sign.

However, looking at it this way, the other party seems to be very, very unreliable. Is the signing really so smooth?

Li Qi was worried, but things had to be done. Taking advantage of the fact that it was not yet midnight and the nightlife had not stopped, he mounted his old horse and accelerated in the city.

However, acceleration is limited. Flying is not allowed in the city, otherwise you will be knocked down. It is impossible to gallop on horseback. There is a constant flow of people on the street. It is the time to visit the night market. The roads are basically blocked, and there are pedestrians crossing the horse road from time to time. , it is difficult to accelerate.

But there was no other way but to let the old horse speed up as much as possible.

Just hurrying and hurrying, Li Qicai walked out of the city in about two-quarters of an hour. He walked out of the city faster, and in another quarter of an hour, he arrived at Tianning Temple.

The strange thing is that although there are lights in this temple, there are no doors.

There is no mountain gate, and it seems that people can come and go freely.

When he thought that the Zen Zhi monk here might be a high-level practitioner, and that there was another person inside who he already knew was a seventh-grade Sima Master, Li Qi dismounted at the foot of the mountain and asked the old horse to wait where he was, while he carried the wooden stick on his back. Cotton soap tent, walking towards the mountain.

He has martial arts skills, so he can go up the mountain very quickly.

Along the way, I saw many homes and farmland. It seemed that someone had settled on this mountain all year round. The originally barren mountain was now home to many people, but it was already night. Although there were lights, there were no people walking around outside.

Li Qi looked around and went straight up the mountain without stopping.

Going up the mountain, Li Qi had already seen a courtyard and... a pagoda.

A pagoda is a pagoda. The temple's courtyard occupies a large area, with seventeen or eight rooms and a main hall. Behind the main hall is a pagoda, which is twenty feet high and has five floors.

Li Qi glanced around, and just as he was about to move forward, he saw a skinny bald man walking towards him in the yard.

The bald man has a kind face and looks like he is in his sixties. He has sagging skin and a lot of age spots, but he seems to be in good spirits.

Li Qi stepped forward, but before he could speak, the old monk came forward and took the initiative to talk to Li Qi: "The donor traveled day and night and came here late at night. I think there is something urgent, but are you here to find this Guangyang Sima?"

Li Qi thought about it and felt that this might not be the same as the Buddha he remembered in another world, so he did not apply the experience in his mind, but asked honestly: "I don't know if this old man... still Is there a donor?”

"Donors refer to people who have not become monks. Those who are at home and are willing to come to the temple to worship Buddha are all benefactors. As for the poor monks, the benefactor can call me Zen Zhi. By the way, the benefactor is really here to see Sima Guangyang? "

Li Qi heard the words, nodded and replied: "Yes, I have important military matters, and I hope Zen Zhi... Well, Master Zen Zhi briefed Master Sima for a quick reply. It affects the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people, so there is no delay. "

He looked very anxious, and the tens of thousands of people in his words also made Zen Zhi understand the urgency of the matter.

"Sima Guangyang is studying Buddhism on the five-level pagoda. If there is an emergency, please go up quickly. No one will stop you." Monk Zenzhi pointed to the pagoda in the courtyard and said.

"Thank you, Master." Li Qi received permission and immediately went to the fifth-level pagoda.

As we headed all the way to the pagoda, we discovered that this pagoda was no ordinary building.

"Magic weapon..." Li Qi sensed the energy above and frowned.

This pagoda turns out to be a magic weapon, but I don’t know what its use is.

He looked at the pagoda carefully. It was made of wood and had a loose structure. It seemed to be built piece by piece with ordinary wooden boards. Because of the poor workmanship, it looked shaky.

However, the popularity of thousands of people on it, as well as the Buddha's light, and a lot of energy that Li Qi couldn't recognize were mixed together, making this pagoda that seemed to be held together simply by virtue of it look extremely luxurious.

To ordinary people, this thing looks like an ordinary shabby wooden tower, one that is poorly built.

But as a shaman, Li Qi has the ability to observe the flow of energy in all things in the world.

This kind of intuitive observation is not available in other paths and is the unique ability of the witch path.

For example, death energy and evil energy are both the same. A martial arts practitioner can rely on his sixth sense to know that there is something there, but he can detect that there is evil energy there.

But Li Qi could see with his naked eyes that there was black and red gas in that place.

There are similar ones, such as the strength of a large army gathering.

Other paths can only be sensed through military appearance, military flags, and momentum, but in Wu Jian's eyes, military energy will really gather into an entity, hovering above the military formation, and have different forms.

When the Taoist sect arranges formations to guide the energy of heaven and earth, it will constantly calculate the position of various qi through the yin and yang magic. In fact, it is to judge the qi through various techniques, but for Wu Jin, there is no need to judge, the qi is there where.

Very intuitive.

Just like radio waves, humans cannot see them and can only use various instruments to determine the location of radio waves, but witches can directly see the existence of this thing.

This is also the reason why Li Qi was able to intuitively detect the small county town of Yi County in Lizhou from the beginning.

And now, this ability is also reflected here.

Magnificent, huge, incredible.

This small pagoda allowed Li Qi to see innumerable levels.

This wooden tower is full of powerful intimidation, and it is very huge, like a whale jumping out of the sea. It is pleasing to the eye and shocking.

Li Qi himself, in front of this behemoth, was like a sardine next to a whale. The majestic pressure caused his hair and clothes to swing, causing him to stop, give up running, and stop in front of the wooden tower. Stepped down.

This pagoda... seems to be the projection of some kind of high-level existence.

Li Qi trembled all over just by sensing his existence, which made it difficult for him to run. He had to maintain a minimum of respect in front of him.

Wu Jin's intuitive feeling made him shocked by the extremely strong impact.

Sometimes, being intuitive is not an advantage.

Others thought it was a bit grand at best, but now, he seemed to be pressed down by a mountain, unable to move.

So he stopped in front of the wooden pagoda, clasped his hands, bent down, and bowed earnestly.

call--

It was like a big mountain was lifted off my back.

Li Qi was covered in cold sweat, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

What is this?

The wooden pagoda and the magic weapon can all be understood, even the popularity among tens of thousands of people can be understood.

But what is this oppression about?

Li Qi couldn't describe what it was.

But in his feeling, it was like...hundreds of billions of stars were within the palm of his hand, and the endless universe could not encompass his body. It was free, eternal, and everlasting. Some kind of special pressure, directly From bottom to top, it runs through the entire "time and space".

He clearly understood that this pagoda did not have such ability, and everything was just his 'illusion'.

Li Qi just noticed a certain essence contained in it.

It was as if he was a worm that saw a little bit of sunlight, then followed the path of the sunlight, looked up, and finally saw the sun.

Fortunately, he is a witch, so under that sun, he can be regarded as a worm with eyes. If he were a ninth-level person on other paths, he would most likely be a worm without eyes. He could only feel the warm light, but I don’t know what kind of horror is hidden behind that warmth.

But no matter how scary it is, you still have to go in.

The lives of hundreds of thousands of people are in his hands, and he has to go through mountains of swords and seas of fire.

Putting away all disrespect, Li Qi followed suit and seriously walked into the pagoda.

When I walked into the first floor, I saw a plaque hanging on it that said "Arhat Hall"

There are 108 Arhat statues enshrined among them. Next to the Arhat statues, there are demons who are crouching down, as if they are staging an Arhat subduing the demons.

There is a large painted drum on the right side of the hall and a bell hanging on the left, which is majestic and solemn.

Li Qi walked through one hundred and eight Arhats, some were angry, some were compassionate, some were calm, some were subduing demons, they were lying or leaning, their postures were different, but the only thing that was the same was that they were all lifelike. However, it seemed like he was being scrutinized by one hundred and eight people at the same time. If he felt guilty in his heart, he might not even be able to walk through this path.

Li Qi felt that the gaze seemed to be penetrating through his body and aware of all the secrets in his heart, which made people unable to help but feel fearful and even manic.

If you feel guilty, you may have the idea of ​​smashing all the Arhat statues here.

Fortunately, Li Qi dealt with justice and treated others with justice. Under the word justice, his heart was open and honest. Even though he was being watched like this, he still strolled leisurely and passed the first floor slowly.

Go all the way to the second level.

There is also a plaque on the second floor, which reads: "Bodhisattva Hall".

When you come up to this level, you see ten Bodhisattva statues.

As soon as he came in, Li Qi felt a solemn aura. They were all dead things, but they made him feel a certain temperament...

Some are the bright moon Zen mind, the wonderful source of Prajna.

Some are naturally clearing the water and the moon, and Dharma drums gather fish and dragons.

Some are supported by divine power.

There are glass bottles with water that bring merits and virtues, and clouds in tassels and niches show good luck.

But I saw many Bodhisattva statues, with fragrant fragrances, condensed canopies, many treasures of light shining on their breasts, spiral buns with tassels, and heeled feet. Although they are solemn, they also appear gentle, not as oppressive as the Arhat statue below.

Li Qi walked more easily here. Although he was solemn, there was no resistance at all.

On the third floor, there are no Buddha statues here. Instead, there are some books and a plaque with the word "Sutra Altar" written on it.

There are hundreds of sutra incense basins on display here, which seem to be available for people to browse at will.

Once here, there is no longer much pressure.

Li Qi's bookworm nature came into play, and he went to the scriptures, wanting to read a few things, but then he thought that if he read these things, he might question his own path.

Classics, this kind of thing has been mentioned before. Only in the classics can the "Tao" be described. Regarding the Tao of cultivation, what is the thought, what is the core, what is the pursuit, and what is the essence, only the classics will describe it. .

If you look at this kind of thing too much, it is easy to be taken away by other people. It is not beneficial to practice in the early stage. In the later stage, after you have walked your own path, you can look at these analogies and make some sense.

Besides, this is another classic...it would be taboo to read it without permission.

So he suppressed his bookworm nature and went upstairs again.

Coming to the fourth floor, the plaque here reads "Three Buddha Hall".

In the hall, there are three giant Buddhas enshrined.

The appearance of the three Buddhas is the same, just like the same person. There is almost no difference, but their postures are different.

A Buddha is wearing a cloud-covered robe, leaning on a bamboo stick, and holding a Buddhist scriptures. This Buddha is extremely old and has some paint peeling off.

One Buddha hugs his knees and shrugs, looking like a ghost king. He is inexplicably terrifying, as if he wants to devour the others. This Buddha is brand new and looks like it has just been made.

There is a Buddha sitting in the mountains with his eyes closed, his long eyebrows brushing the ground. This Buddha has not yet been built, and only has a clay body.

The sight of these three Buddhas made Li Qi's hair stand on end.

He confirmed at a glance that this was the 'sun' he felt!

Just behind these Buddha statues is an indescribable spectacle. Everything seems to be cut off here, then shattered, and finally coupled together to form an 'infinite light' that runs through all time and space.

When he came here, Li Qi suddenly swallowed his saliva.

Then, he hurriedly ran up to the fifth floor.

(Monthly ticket...recommended ticket...)