Chapter 104: Binding the Evil Bell
"In ancient times, there was a kind of creature that was born headless, with all five organs in its abdomen, especially its mouth and tongue, which could devour all things. If it could devour other spiritual creatures, it could take their heads for its own use."
Shangxing Jian explained to Cheng Mai.
Cheng Mai was shocked.
"But when Sui Xing exterminated his clan, I didn't expect that after so many years, there would still be descendants." These words seemed not to be spoken to Cheng Mai, but to himself.
This was not the first time Cheng Mai heard the name Sui Xing, "Kill the clan?"
"Sui Xing is in charge of evil beasts and peace in the world, so all the evil beasts that survive in this world are your enemies." Shang Xingjian explained with a smile, "Now you know how safe you are with me, right?"
Cheng Mai's silence was deafening.
Jian Wu, a businessman, laughed to himself and took Cheng Mai down from the tree after the people below left.
"The person behind this can control so many ferocious beasts. It seems that he is targeting you. After all, the hatred of genocide cannot be easily instigated." Shang Xingjian looked at Cheng Mai with a bit of schadenfreude. .
"Shang Xingjian, can you be more obvious about your schadenfreude?"
"It's probably okay, how about I give it a try?" Shang Xingjian seemed to have thought about it seriously.
Cheng Mai rolled his eyes and looked towards Hanshan Temple, "It will take at least four or five hours for these people to completely evacuate, and those people are obviously coming to find you. Maybe they will also take advantage of this time to do something else." "
"It doesn't matter what they want to do." Shang Xingjian walked towards Hanshan Temple, "I'll show you some good things."
Cheng Mai was confused, but still didn't ask, but followed him.
Hanshan Temple is built on the mountain and is completely embedded in the mountain peak. At this moment, the people inside seemed a little panicked because of the evacuation.
Shang Xingjian led Cheng Mai through the wall and entered the main hall.
At this moment, the candlestick in the main hall collapsed, which was obviously caused by the earthquake just now.
Cheng Mai raised his head and looked at the Buddha. The Buddha's eyes were dotted and he sat upright, his eyes full of compassion.
However, Cheng Mai knew that there was no real Buddha in the world for a long time. No matter how similar the Buddha statues were, there was no real Buddha living there.
At the back of the main hall is the abbot's room. The door is open at the moment, and the abbot is still meditating inside, seemingly unaware of the earthquake outside.
"The donor is here after all." The abbot clasped his hands together and said slowly.
Cheng Mai looked at Shang Xingjian. Shang Xingjian sat down naturally, as if he didn't know what politeness was, and even drank the tea on the table automatically.
"Abbot Jingming, you are well."
The abbot seemed to have finally finished reciting the sutra, and slowly opened his eyes, but this time he looked at Cheng Mai.
Cheng Mai didn't know why, so he looked at Shang Xingjian.
The abbot said Amitabha.
Cheng Mai: "..." Why does it feel like I want to transcend her?
"It seems that the things that my predecessors asked me to keep can be returned to their original owners today." The abbot said and got up to get the things.
Cheng Mai heard this call, senior?
So the donor just now was calling her?
"What on earth is going on?" Cheng Mai asked with a frown.
Shang Xingjian handed her the cup in his hand, "Snow Mountain Maojian, try it. This is a good tea that cannot be tasted outside."
Cheng Mai took it and glanced at his wrist, "Is it tea brewed with dragon bone water again?"
It’s true that people outside can’t drink.
Merchant Jian laughed softly and poured himself a glass. The abbot quickly came out of the room, holding a box in his hand. He couldn't stand the merchant and handed the box to Cheng Mai.
"Donor."
Cheng Mai put down the water glass and took the box. After confirming that Shang Jian asked her to open it, she opened the box.
Inside is a string of bells. The bells are transparent, as if they were carved out of ice by an ice sculpture master, without any impurities.
It's more like a bell than a piece of art, because it doesn't seem to ring.
Cheng Mai didn't take it, and it gave people a very cold feeling.
"What is this?" Cheng Mai asked Shang Xingjian first.
"The midnight bell."
Cheng Mai: "..." If it was really the midnight bell, she would be the first to ring it in his ear to see if she could scare him.
Shang Jian raised his eyebrows slightly. Isn't the bell that ferocious beasts are most afraid of the midnight ominous bell?
"The destiny of Suixing is magical. It appeared here a thousand years ago, so I gave it to the abbot for safekeeping. But I didn't expect that it took me a thousand years to find you."
Cheng Mai closed the box with a snap, "I just inherited her sanity, but I am also a mortal."
So she couldn't control any artifact at all, and she felt that Shang Xingjian wanted to use this artifact to freeze her to death, and it looked very cold.
"Would you know if you try it?" Shang Xingjian motioned for her to pick it up, "What if a blind cat encounters a dead mouse?"
Cheng Mai looked over with a cold look. Sure enough, a dog couldn't spit out ivory from its mouth.
"This is the evil bell, a magic weapon of the God of Wisdom, Sui Xing. After the death of the god Sui Xing, the evil bell never rang again. The abbots of Hanshan Temple for generations have been guarding the evil bell. Now it is also regarded as a thing. Returned to the original owner." The abbot said, saying Amitabha.
"It's hard to say whether it will be returned to its original owner. After all, a blind cat may not encounter a dead mouse." Cheng Mai sneered, opened the box again, and stared at the evil bell with a heavy gaze.
Her intuition told her that this was not a good thing.
So Cheng Mai looked at Shang Xingjian again and again. Shang Xingjian didn't urge her, but seemed to be waiting for her to do some mental construction on her own. This bunch of evil bells must be picked up.
"Is there an instruction manual?" After all, that Sui Xing didn't sound like a good person, and the people he offended were all vicious beasts.
Shang Xingjian seemed to think about this question very seriously, and finally shook his head with regret.
Cheng Mai stared at the bell, and when his hand was about to touch it, he suddenly pulled it back, "What will happen to me if it rings?"
One or two is okay, but if a group of ferocious beasts come, can Shang Xingjian protect her?
"Probably, you have some ability to protect yourself." Shang Xingjian seemed to be perfunctory.
He was so perfunctory that Cheng Mai didn't believe every word he said.
In line with the idea that it was always a knife, Cheng Mai quickly reached out and picked up the evil bell.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
The bell made no sound.
Cheng Mai didn't know whether he breathed a sigh of relief or was a little disappointed. He looked at Shangxingjian and said, "It seems that your dead rat plan is useless."
Shang Xingjian kept looking at the Shuji Bell in Cheng Mai's hand, watching her put the Shuji Bell in her hand and play with it. Perhaps because she felt that there was no danger at this moment, she relaxed a lot.
The evil bell was like a cooked walnut in Cheng Mai's hand, turning it expertly on her fingertips.
Shang Xingjian didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly laughed.
Cheng Mai was horrified by his smile, and instantly stopped what he was doing, subconsciously looking at the bell in his hand, but did it ring?
Is it just because she is a mortal and can't hear it?