Chapter 172: Deterrence

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

The doorman was sleepy and angry because he was not awake yet and was forcibly knocked. He said dissatisfiedly at the door: "Who is it? You are knocking on the door so late at night. Do you know how to behave?!"

"I am ashamed to come here late at night, but I really have important military information to report. Please inform Lord Sima that the White Rhino Army has urgent military information and needs him to make a quick decision!" Li Qi said solemnly outside, and then handed over a piece of broken gold through the small hole on the door. It was about one-fifth of a gold and was worth about two thousand coins. It was not a small amount for the doorman.

Money is easy to talk. Seeing this, the doorman also put away his anger. He first took the gold from the small hole, weighed it, and then said: "You have always stayed in Zhenguan and have never been to Guangyang, right?"

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

"To find Sima, you have to go to Tianning Temple. Where can you find someone in Sima Mansion? If there is really an urgent military situation, go to Tianning Temple. Those monks are reasonable and won't stop you." The doorman said.

"Are they all in Tianning Temple now?!" Li Qi was stunned. Although he had heard the vendor say so, it shouldn't be 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?" asked the doorman.

"That's not necessary. I'll go there now." Li Qi said, turned around and left.

"Go, go, go quickly, otherwise you may have to wait until tomorrow!" The doorman urged, and then closed the small hole for watching people.

Li Qi left and came to the street.

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

But is it really that outrageous?

As a Sima of a state, you don't go home at night and live in a temple. Why don't you resign?

Li Qi thought it was outrageous, but he still had to do things. He had to get the Sima's signature to withdraw military rations.

However, it seemed that the other party was very unreliable. Would the signature be so smooth?

Li Qi was worried, but he had to do things. While it was not yet midnight and the nightlife had not stopped, he rode on the old horse and accelerated in the city.

However, the acceleration was limited. Flying was not allowed in the city, otherwise it would be shot down. It was not possible to gallop on the horse. There were people on the street. It was the time to visit the night market. The roads were basically blocked. There were pedestrians walking on the horse path from time to time, making it difficult to accelerate.

But there was no way, so he could only let the old horse speed up as much as possible.

It took about two quarters of an hour for Li Qi to walk out of the city. He was faster after leaving the city. In another quarter of an hour, he arrived at Tianning Temple.

Strangely, although there were lights in this temple, there was no door.

There is no mountain gate, and it seems that people can enter and exit freely.

Thinking that the monk Chanzhi here might be a high-level practitioner, and there is also a person who is known to be a seventh-rank Sima, Li Qi dismounted at the foot of the mountain, let the old horse wait there, and he walked towards the mountain with the kapok cloth tent on his back.

With martial arts training, he climbed the mountain very quickly.

Along the way, he saw many families and farmlands, as if someone had settled on this mountain all year round. The original barren mountain has already been inhabited by many people, but now it is night, although there are lights, but there are no people walking outside.

Li Qi observed a circle, did not stay, and went straight up the mountain.

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

Pagoda is a pagoda. The courtyard of the temple covers a large area, with seventeen or eighteen houses, a hall, and behind the hall is a pagoda, twenty feet high, with a full five floors.

Li Qi took a quick glance and was about to move forward when he saw a skinny bald man walking towards him in the yard.

The bald man had kind eyes and looked to be in his sixties. His skin was loose and had many age spots, but he looked energetic.

Li Qi stepped forward, but before he could speak, the old monk stepped forward and took the initiative to talk to Li Qi: "Donor, you traveled day and night and came late at night. I think you have an urgent matter. Are you here to find Sima Guangyang?"

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

"Donors refer to people who have not become monks. Those who are willing to come to the temple to worship Buddha are all donors. As for the poor monk, the donor can call me Chanzhi. By the way, are you really here to find Sima Guangyang?"

Li Qi nodded and replied: "Yes, I have important military information, and I hope that Master Chanzhi... uh, Master Chanzhi will report one or two, and let Sima reply quickly. It concerns the lives of tens of thousands of people and cannot be delayed."

He looked very anxious, and the tens of thousands of people in his words also made Chanzhi realize the urgency of the matter.

"Guangyang Sima is on the five-story pagoda, meditating on Buddhism. If you really have an urgent matter, please go up quickly. No one will stop you." Monk Chanzhi pointed to the pagoda in the courtyard and said.

"Thank you, Master." Li Qi got permission and immediately went to the five-story pagoda.

He went all the way to the pagoda, but found that this pagoda was not an ordinary building.

"Magic weapon..." Li Qi frowned when he sensed the aura above.

This pagoda is actually a magic weapon, but I don't know what effect it has.

He looked at the pagoda carefully. It was made of wood and had a loose structure. It looked like it was built by splicing ordinary wooden boards piece by piece. Because of the poor craftsmanship, it looked shaky.

However, the aura of the Ten Thousand Family on it, as well as the Buddha's light, and many auras that Li Qi could not recognize, mixed together, making this pagoda that seemed to be simply put together look extremely luxurious.

To ordinary people, this thing is just an ordinary shabby wooden tower, and it is the kind that is built very badly.

But as a witch, Li Qi has the ability to observe the direction of the aura of all things in the world.

This kind of intuitive observation is not available in other ways, and it is a unique ability of the witch.

For example, if they are both dead air and evil air, a martial arts practitioner can rely on the sixth sense to know that he can't see anything in that place, but he can sense that there is evil air there.

But Li Qi can see that there is black and red air in that place with his naked eyes.

There are similar things, such as the military aura of the army gathering.

Other ways can only be perceived through military appearance, military flags, and that kind of momentum, but in the eyes of witches and shamans, the military spirit will really gather into entities, hovering above the military formation, and will have different forms.

When the Taoist sect arranges the formation and guides the qi of heaven and earth, it will constantly calculate the position of various qi through yin and yang numerology. In fact, it is to judge the qi through various methods, but for witches and shamans, there is no need to judge, the qi is there.

Very intuitive.

Just like radio waves, humans can't see them, and can only use various instruments to judge the position of radio waves, but witches and shamans can directly see the existence of this thing.

This is also the reason why Li Qi was able to intuitively perceive the small county town of Yi County, Lizhou at the beginning.

And now, this ability is also reflected here.

Magnificent, huge, incredible.

This small pagoda allows Li Qi to see inexhaustible levels.

This wooden tower is full of powerful deterrence and is very huge, like a whale leaping from the sea, pleasing to the eye and shocking.

Li Qi himself, in front of this behemoth, was like a sardine next to a whale. The overwhelming pressure made his hair and clothes sway constantly, making him stop and give up running. He stopped in front of the wooden tower.

This pagoda... seemed to be a projection of some high-level existence.

Just sensing its existence, Li Qi trembled all over, making it difficult for him to run, and he had to maintain at least respect in front of it.

The intuitive feeling of the witch shocked him with an extremely strong impact.

Sometimes, intuitive feeling is not an advantage.

Others may feel that it is magnificent at most, but now, he seems to be pressed by a mountain and cannot move.

So, he stopped in front of the wooden tower, put his hands together, bent down, and bowed seriously.

Huh——

It was like a mountain was unloaded from his back.

Li Qi was covered in cold sweat, as if falling into an ice cave.

What is this...?

The wooden tower and the magic weapon can all be understood, even the popularity of the Wan family in it can be understood.

But what is this oppression?

Li Qi couldn't describe what it was.

But in his feeling, it was like... hundreds of billions of stars were in his palm, the endless universe could not contain his body, free, eternal, and constant, a special kind of pressure, directly from bottom to top, through the entire "time and space".

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

Li Qi just perceived a certain essence contained in it.

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

Fortunately, he was a witch, so under that sun, he was considered a worm with eyes. If he was a ninth-grade worm of other paths, he would probably be a worm without eyes, and could only feel the warm light, but he didn't know what kind of horror was hidden behind the warmth.

However, no matter how terrifying it was, he still had to go in.

The lives of hundreds of thousands of people were in his hands, and he had to wade through even the mountains of swords and seas of fire.

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

When he walked into the first floor, he saw a plaque hanging on it, which read "Arhat Hall".

One hundred and eight Arhat statues were enshrined in it. Beside the Arhat statues, there were demons, lying low, as if a scene of Arhats subduing demons was being performed.

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

Li Qi walked through the 108 Arhats, some were angry, some were compassionate, some were calm, some were subduing demons, some were lying or leaning, and their postures were different, but the only thing that was the same was that they were all lifelike. Walking through them, it was as if he was being scrutinized by 108 people at the same time. If he felt guilty, he might not even be able to walk through this road.

Li Qi only felt that the gaze seemed to penetrate his body and perceive all the secrets in his heart, which made people unable to help but fear, or even manic.

If someone felt guilty, he might have the idea of ​​smashing all the Arhat statues here.

Fortunately, Li Qi was upright in his conduct and righteous in his treatment of others. With justice in mind, he was clear-headed. Even though he was being watched like this, he still walked leisurely and slowly passed through the first floor.

All the way to the second floor.

There was also a plaque on the second floor, which read: "Bodhisattva Hall".

When I came up to this floor, I saw ten statues of Bodhisattvas.

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

Some were the Zen heart of the bright moon and the wonderful source of Prajna.

Some were the natural clear water moon and the drum of Dharma that gathered fish and dragons.

Some were supported by divine power.

Some were the merits of the glass bottle water and the auspicious clouds of the tassel niche.

But there were many Bodhisattva statues, with fragrant incense condensing the canopy, the light of many treasures staying in the body, the spiral bun tassels, and the lotus on the feet. Although solemn, they also looked gentle, not as oppressive as the Arhat statues below.

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

When he reached the third floor, there were no Buddha statues, but some books were placed, and there was also a plaque with the words "Jingtan".

There were about hundreds of scriptures and incense basins displayed here, which seemed to be available for people to read at will.

When he got here, there was not much sense of oppression.

Li Qi's bookworm nature came out, and he walked up to the scripture desk, wanting to read a few, but he changed his mind and thought that if he read these things, he might question his own path.

Classics, this kind of thing has been mentioned before, and only in the classics can there be a description of "Tao". Regarding this path of cultivation, what is the thought, what is the core, what is the pursuit, and what is the essence, only in the classics can there be some description.

If you read too much of this kind of thing, it is easy to be led by others, which is not beneficial to cultivation in the early stage. After you have walked out of your own path in the later stage, it is meaningful to read these analogies.

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

So he suppressed his bookworm nature and went upstairs again.

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

In the hall, there are three big Buddhas.

The three Buddhas have the same appearance, just like one person, and there is almost no difference, but their postures are different.

One Buddha wears a cloud robe, leans on a bamboo stick, and holds a Sanskrit book in a shell. This Buddha is extremely old and has some paint peeling off.

One Buddha hugged his knees and shrugged his shoulders, looking like a ghost king, terrifying and inexplicable, as if he was going to devour the others. This Buddha was brand new and looked like it had just been made.

One Buddha sat in the mountains with his eyes closed, his long eyebrows brushing the ground. This Buddha had not yet been built, only a clay figure.

These three Buddhas made Li Qi shudder.

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

Behind these Buddha statues was an indescribable magnificence, where everything seemed to be cut off, then shattered, and finally coupled together to form a "boundless light" that ran through all time and space.

When he came here, Li Qi swallowed his saliva.

Then, he hurriedly ran up to the fifth floor.

(Monthly ticket... Recommended ticket...)