I had already ascended to heaven when the spiritual energy began to recover?

Chapter 87 Buddhist Temples

Bai Sheng had a sudden inspiration.

Quickly find the brass clasp you found earlier.

Use your divine sense to scan the engravings on it.

Sure enough, it was Sanskrit!

He was initially unfamiliar with these characters, but after seeing the robes and descriptions of monks in temples,

He grasped the key point immediately.

Now, looking at the robe in his hand again,

Embroidered with gold thread on a dark red background,

Although the gold thread is dull and black,

However, the exquisite embroidery is still evident.

I scrolled down further.

Several scriptures were also placed under the robe.

Bai Sheng took it out, glanced at it, then quickly put it back and carefully perused it.

He found the papers to be extremely brittle and dared not handle them forcefully.

The cover is entirely in Sanskrit.

Bai Sheng could barely make out a line of Chinese characters on the title page of one of the books:

"This sutra was personally copied by the abbot of Fudo-ji Temple before his death, and he instructed me to take it out and leave it for future generations."

The Six Paths Demon-Suppressing Formation described in the scriptures is actually the same as the Six Meridians Sealing Formation here, just with different names.

The signature was still "Nine Difficulties".

Bai Sheng couldn't help but think to himself, "This older brother must have done a lot of work for me during his lifetime."

How come all the work inside and outside the temple is done by this Ninth Brother?

Tsk tsk tsk,

It seems that Ninth Brother is also a poor, unfortunate fellow.

Thinking this through, Bai Sheng realized there wasn't much left to see.

He carefully placed the bronze alms bowl, prayer beads, robe, and scriptures back into the box one by one.

Close the lid of the box.

As for the monk Jiunan's dying wish to burn three sticks of incense to comfort the departed soul, that was naturally impossible.

There's no need for that.

Besides, he didn't have any incense on hand. Well, let his clone remain silent in this secret room for a second for the dead.

Currently,

The clues are already quite clear.

The Heavenly River Secret Realm is indeed one of the seals.

As for the place suppressed by Fudoji Temple, that was another point in time.

Bai Sheng was somewhat curious about what Fudoji Temple was.

But it's hard not to recall what the monk Jiunan said in his last words.

"You may not enter Fudo-ji Temple; once you enter, you may not leave!"

It's probably difficult to know the current state of Fudoji Temple, or whether the temple's magic array is still functioning.

"Never mind, I'll just search for it."

In any case, it's impossible for a real temple to exist in this era, one that no one has ever entered or left.

Perhaps as the spiritual energy waned, some kind of restriction on the Fudo Temple also dissipated.

Otherwise, if a forbidden temple were to appear in the Federation, could it withstand a barrage of missiles?

Bai Sheng picked up his phone, opened the map, and searched for Fudoji.

Zero search results!

Bai Sheng didn't give up, but then he thought about it again...

This name is either a translation of the monk Jiunan's name,

It's either an old name from the past, which has long since been renamed or abandoned.

Of course, either situation is a headache.

That's too broad a scope.

This does not even include the fact that the temple has already been demolished.

But upon closer examination, it's not entirely without any leverage.

Focus only on the main contradictions and ignore secondary influencing factors.

Since the so-called Immovable Temple is connected to the Heavenly River Secret Realm,

Could we assume that the Immovable Temple is very close to the Tianhe Secret Realm or Yangcheng?

He then searched for the distribution of temples around Yangcheng.

They compared the locations of each temple one by one.

The Heavenly River Secret Realm is located in the direction of due south-west of Yangcheng.

He began to check the location information of all the temples within the grid one by one.

Focus on temples that are close in location or that form a symmetrical pattern.

There aren't many temples around Yangcheng.

Furthermore, due to certain reasons, the Yangcheng area has a history of frequent anti-Buddhist incidents.

He quickly identified one of them.

The map shows that the temple is called Ryūin-ji.

Located in an undeveloped nature reserve,

There were no villages around, and the mountain road only went halfway up the mountain before it broke.

The nearest highway is about two kilometers away from the temple via a mountain path.

The entire route is through pristine forests.

I searched online.

The registration information from the cultural relics bureau shows Longyin Temple.

The main buildings of the site have been destroyed, with only some stone foundations and remnants of walls remaining.

This temple was a well-known Zen meditation center in the area during the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty.

At its peak, it is said that there were over a hundred monks.

It gradually declined after the end of the Ming Dynasty until it was completely abandoned.

The most recent cultural relics survey,

The survey team discovered several entrances to what appeared to be underground chambers around the temple ruins.

However, due to limitations in funding and manpower, no formal excavation has been carried out to date.

……

Bai Sheng didn't shout, but instead sent a clone out for a walk.

I'm planning to go and find this Dragon Hidden Temple.

The clone followed the mountain path,

Because the mountain roads were quite complicated, we were delayed for quite some time on the way.

Although it's possible to scan with divine sense, it's definitely unnecessary.

Observe the various aspects of life around the temple; you might make some unexpected discoveries.

It took almost an hour to walk.

Only after his clone found the Dragon Hidden Temple deep in the dense forest did he find it.

The clone that Bai Sheng created was quite handsome.

He practically pinched the faces of several young monks.

Although it lacks aesthetic appeal, it somewhat resembles the feel of Hextech character creation.

Longyin Temple has no mountain gate or courtyard walls.

There isn't even a decent road.

There are only a few sections of bluestone steps half-buried in the ground.

You can barely make out the traces that someone once walked there.

but,

Although the main buildings of the temple are old,

But it's obvious that someone is taking care of it!

The roof tiles of the main hall have been repaired in several places.

In the incense burner in front of the hall, three sticks of incense, recently lit, were inserted.

Wisps of smoke rose, dispersing into wisps of blue mist in the afternoon sunlight.

The clone looked around the courtyard.

Rear guard,

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps could be heard.

A middle-aged monk in a gray robe emerged from under the eaves.

He was holding an old enamel basin filled with freshly picked green vegetables.

Bai Sheng noticed a label on his head:

【Student Monk】

The monk was slightly taken aback when he saw the clone, then nodded slightly in greeting and asked in a calm tone:

"Are you here to offer incense, benefactor? The mountain path is difficult to traverse; it's rare for anyone to find this place."

Our temple is in a very remote location; apart from a few regular worshippers, very few people come here.

After he finished speaking, he placed the enamel basin on the wooden table under the eaves and casually wiped the water stains on his hands on his monk's robe.

Bai Sheng's clone bowed slightly in return and said, "I came here for a hike and stumbled upon this temple out of curiosity, so I came in to take a look."

"Hmm, are there still monks living in this temple? The conditions look quite poor."

The middle-aged monk paused slightly again.

I didn't expect Bai Sheng to be so direct.

However, he simply nodded and smiled, saying, "There are only three masters in the temple right now: besides me, there is a teacher and a young junior brother."

"May I ask if Master is in the temple?" Bai Sheng asked.

"Today, the teacher is gathering herbs in the back mountain, and the junior brother is chopping firewood in the rear."

Bai Sheng took the opportunity to ask about the temple.

The middle-aged monk said, "Longyin Temple was rebuilt recently and cannot be considered an ancient temple, but the original site is very old, dating back to the Ming Dynasty."

He pointed to a section of old stone foundation exposed beneath the main hall's foundation, "During the Ming Dynasty, this place was called Fudo-ji Temple. Ryūin-ji Temple was built on the ruins of Fudo-ji Temple."