Chapter 35 Who Is Resting?

"This Bodhisattva statue?"

Li Yuan rubbed his eyes, and there seemed to be a trace of blood in the corners of his eyes.

Although he was facing away from the team, the induction of the weapon-controlling scroll would not be wrong. Could the Bodhisattva statue actually be considered a 'weapon'?

And...

Li Yuan silently took a step back and followed the crowd 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 two meters closer, a ray of light appeared in front of his eyes again.

It was a ray of blood with black.

[Thousand-eyed Bodhisattva Stone Statue (Second Level)]

[Skilled craftsmen used Qingjing Stone as the base, and painted the eyes with Jingchan Spirit Mud, and imitated... It was worshipped and sacrificed by thousands of people and gradually became spiritual...

Take the spirit mud under its eyes, and it can be transformed into a blood-sloughing pill...]

[Control conditions: First level of the God Worship Method]

[Control effect: Cholera Mind, Thousand-eyed Bodhisattva Picture, First level of the God Worship Method]

See the second level again!

The team offering sacrifices to the gods went away, and among the still restless crowd, Li Yuan was somewhat doubtful.

"Is this statue also considered a weapon? It can certainly be used to kill people... It's also second-level, why is the light of this statue so strange?"

Li Yuan felt a little nervous.

From just these few words, he became wary of the temple with a great reputation in Gaoliu County. It doesn't look like a proper temple...

"The condition for control is to enter the worship method? Does it mean the person who carved this Bodhisattva statue? For the current spiritual mud?

What kind of pill is the blood-transforming pill?"

Watching the team go away, Li Yuan turned and left.

Although he was a little jealous of the second-level weapon, the Bodhisattva statue was too strange, and there was probably a lot of water behind it, so he didn't want to get involved at all.

Next, Li Yuan strolled around the city.

The scale of the temple fair was large, much more lively than before the New Year. Not only did people from the towns under Gaoliu come, but also saw items and accents that were obviously not local.

"Another weapon of the first rank!"

Walking in the crowd, Li Yuan's peripheral vision kept scanning the pedestrians, or more precisely, the weapons they carried.

The Dayun Dynasty banned armor and crossbows, but not swords and knives. Anyone who went out would at least carry a sword and a knife for self-defense. The father and son who sold him a knife and sickle last time had to carry a sickle even if they didn't have a knife.

"There are many weapons of the first rank, but I haven't seen any second-rank weapons. They must be too expensive..."

With the great perfection of forging and familiarity with hundreds of weapons, he can tell the quality of weapons at a glance even if he is not within two meters.

Knowing weapons is something that must be learned in the forging room.

"If it is not of the first rank, it is an ordinary weapon. If it is of the first rank, it is a sharp weapon. A second-rank weapon is considered a top-grade sharp weapon. In the shop, one costs more than thirty taels. Few ordinary people can afford it."

Li Yuan thought to himself, and a big man with a big waist and waist walked by. The big man seemed to notice it, glared at him, and walked away quickly.

"Most of those with swords and knives have foreign accents. Are they all here to hunt down Nian Jiu?"

Glancing at the notice posted on the wall, Nian Jiu's reward has increased from 50 taels to 150 taels. Obviously, someone has raised the price.

Once the court's reward notice is posted, private individuals can also raise the price. This is what he heard from his apprentices later.

These outsiders are probably attracted by the reward. 150 taels is a sum of money that most people cannot earn in their lifetime.

But...

"The reward is so high, why doesn't Nian Jiu escape..."

A shadow flashed through Li Yuan's mind. He naturally knew the reason.

These days, any craft is kept secret. Of the three martial arts in the forging shop, he has only learned the White Ape Cloak Hammer so far. He has never seen the Green Snake Spear and the Tiger Roaring Knife.

The preciousness of superior martial arts can be imagined.

He suspected that Nian Jiu was hunted down and rewarded because he stole this martial art.

"If that's the case, Nian Jiu will come to me sooner or later."

After taking a look at the city guards patrolling the streets, Li Yuan gave up the idea of ​​leaving the city. Temple fairs, temple fairs, the most lively ones are naturally the temples.

Of the nine temples in Gaoliu, seven are outside the city and only two are in the inner city.

"The Remnant Temple."

Unconsciously, Li Yuan came to the inner city.

From a distance, he saw another altar patrolling the streets, also carried by sixteen big men, with a lot of momentum.

"Could this be the statue?"

Li Yuan followed the crowd to within two meters, and his eyelids couldn't help but jump.

He saw the blood again.

[The Remnant Statue of the Earth (Second Level)]

[A skilled craftsman used the Remnant Rainbow Stone, supplemented by the Red Secret Sand, to imitate... It has been worshipped for many years and gradually became supernatural...

Take the Remnant Rainbow Stone to cast weapons, and the Red Secret Sand to refine medicine...]

[Control Condition: Remnant Limbs]

[Control Effect: Bewitching People, Calming the Mind, the First Level of the Remnant Earth Heart Technique]

Another one!

Now, Li Yuan was a little scared:

"Could it be that all the other statues are like this? Refining medicine, casting weapons... These statues are 'raised' by someone?"

There are one, two, and there can't be three, right?

Li Yuan couldn't suppress his doubts, and followed the crowd to the places where gongs and drums were played, and successfully saw the remaining seven statues.

"One, two... all like this?"

After seeing the last statue, Li Yuan confirmed his guess that these statues were definitely deliberately made by someone.

Thinking of this temple fair that was more important than the end of the year, it was hard for him not to think of the court.

Thinking of this, he was relieved.

"Old three?"

Li Lin stuck his head out and smiled: "I knew you would come out. When you were a child, you liked the excitement."

"Second brother, what are you doing?"

Li Yuan turned around.

Li Lin was carrying large and small packages of paper ingots and incense candles.

"Didn't you catch the cold at the end of July last year? At that time, your second sister-in-law took me to burn incense at the Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva Temple. I can't go to fulfill my wish today!

Your second sister-in-law has already gone, I came all the way from the blacksmith shop to find you..."

"You still wish?"

Li Yuan resisted and didn't want to go.

Although he was an unnaturalized Taoist priest in his previous life, he could not worship all gods and Buddhas, not to mention that there might be problems with these statues and temples.

"If you dare not go today, your second sister-in-law will go to the weapons forging shop to find you tomorrow!"

Li Lin said it didn't matter.

When his eldest brother Li Yue disappeared, he almost cried to death, and no god showed mercy. If it weren't for the fierce woman in the family, he would definitely not go.

"Then, let's go."

Li Yuan took the thing from his second brother's hand. He was now more than half a head taller than Li Lin.

"You are taller and stronger!"

Li Lin smiled and let go, feeling like he really wanted to fulfill his wish.

His family was in decline, his parents were dead, and his eldest brother was missing. The third child was really the only thing he cared about.

"Practice martial arts every day and eat more, and you will naturally grow faster!"

The two brothers were talking and laughing, and after a while, they arrived outside the Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva Temple. It was much more lively here than in the outer city, and there was an endless stream of people offering incense.

Some people even built a wooden platform and performed acrobatics on it, which attracted applause from time to time.

"Second brother, you go in first."

When he came to the outside of the temple, Li Yuan did not go in. He handed the large and small bags back to his second brother, then took out the money from his arms and stuffed them into his arms:

"I'll fulfill my wish later. I'll go get some nice clothes for my sister-in-law and buy some rouge and gouache."

"I can't keep taking your money... That's all, you can give it to me. You're not young anymore. I'll save it for you to get married!"

Li Lin was a little helpless, but he still took the incense and candle ingot and carried it into the temple.

‘The statue is not 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, holding 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 your fortune?"