Chapter 21: The Mutation of the Liberation Pond
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The night was like a wash, and bursts of cold air rippled from the calm surface of the lake. As far as the eye can see, under the dark night, there is no longer a lake as clear as jasper in the daytime, and in the cold moonlight, there is only endless black like ink.
Xu Lin stood silently in the crowd, and the monks around him looked at the lake in front of him with extremely nervous expressions.
Two columns of officers and soldiers stood neatly on the shore of the lake, their hands pressed on the hilt of their knives, their expressions were cold and gloomy, and Li Zhutou, who was standing at the forefront, also looked at the release pond with an expressionless face.
The release pond is said in the "Treatise on Great Wisdom": "Among all the remaining sins, killing karma is the heaviest, and among all merits, release is the first." Therefore, the release pond is a facility in many Buddhist temples, and it is generally an artificially dug pond, in order to embody the Buddhist "compassion for the heart, thinking of all sentient beings", so that believers will release all kinds of fish and turtles here. Believers accumulate virtue once they are born, which symbolizes the meaning of "auspicious gathering, solemn virtue". ”
But the seemingly calm lake in front of you has long lost its original meaning in the hearts of everyone.
A bubble with a gurgling sound, surging up quickly, the originally calm lake, finally changed, and it was such a small change, but it made everyone on the side of the lake look tight.
There was silence all around, after this bubble, it was even quieter, Xu Lin's expression also changed at this time, the sword heart and the bloodless heart quietly dispersed out of the body, feeling the changes around him, Xu Lin's brows were slightly furrowed.
Suddenly feeling that the corners of his clothes were gently pulled, Xu Lin turned his head to look, but saw that the little monk Wuwei looked forward nervously at this time, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "You said that there are really monsters under this release pool?"
Xu Lin's eyebrows furrowed, wanting to answer, but after thinking about it, in fact, Xu Lin himself was not sure whether this monster was or not.
According to previous rumors, on the night of the full moon, the water of the release pond will turn red like blood. But I have never heard of any demons and monsters that anyone has seen, but there are only a few people who disappeared near this release pond on the night of the full moon.
The little monk Wuwei didn't wait for Xu Lin's answer, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the other party, seeing Xu Lin's brows furrowed, and there was a hint of nervousness in his expression, so he said again: "Do you say that monster is powerful?"
Xu Lin suddenly grinned at the little monk Wuwei, in the dark night, this smile came very suddenly, and it was a little eerie and terrifying.
"What does it have to do with you?"
Looking at the fear in Wuwei's eyes, Xu Lin pointed forward with his hand and said, "If the monster appears, you can run away, and these soldiers will stand on top of it." ”
Grunt again, in the silent night, such a sound is particularly obvious, but it is a sound that makes people's heartstrings tighten, the moment it sounded again, on the night sky, the cold moon that was half covered by black clouds, finally revealed its full picture.
At this time, I don't know who exclaimed, "Look! The moon is full!"
Xu Lin and the little monk Wuwei looked at the night sky, only to see that the full moon was so eye-catching in the dark night sky, although there were countless starlights like thousands of lights around it, but at this time it became the foil of the full moon.
Gurgling, gurgling, countless bubbles surged up on the surface of the lake one after another, and as everyone's eyes moved here again, the entire surface of the lake, as if it was about to boil, and streams of bubbles quickly surged up from under the water.
On the side of the lake, the monks began to panic, and some tried to turn and flee, but the guards drove back to their places with scabbards and shouting and scolding.
"What are you doing?"
This voice just came out, and the person who answered the question swept the scabbard with a blow, and immediately hit the middle-aged monk in the face. Then the monk said "oops" and covered his face, but he was taken forward by a soldier and dragged back to the same place.
After a series of scolding and beatings, the monks became honest, Xu Lin stood at the edge of the crowd, frowning at this scene, and the little monk Wuwei next to him had a frightened look on his face.
"Wait a while, if this scene suddenly becomes chaotic, you will turn around and run, don't stop and turn back!" Xu Lin stared at the figure at the front of the lake shore, and said coldly to the little monk Wuwei.
"What about you?" asked the little monk Wuwei with a nervous expression and a little trembling.
The corners of Xu Lin's mouth curled, revealing a sinister smile and said, "Wealth is in danger!"
"Huh?" Wu Wei was nervous and stunned, and he couldn't understand what Xu Lin was saying at all.
But at this moment, someone in the crowd exclaimed, "Look! The lake has changed color!"
Everyone followed the sound and saw that the lake was as black as ink, and at this time, under the surging bubbles, it seemed to be boiling to the extreme, and the color of the lake began to faintly glow with blood-red light at some point.
Red can give people a sense of wealth and elegance, but the reverse can also be eerie, especially after being thick and bloody.
Under the gaze of everyone, the color of the lake gradually changed, and this change was very fast, and after a few breaths, the lake water completely turned into red water, and the red of the water surface continued to increase.
The boiling red water, the bubbles that are constantly rising are gradually getting bigger, and then they are concentrated at a certain point. At that point, the ripples began to rotate slowly, and at the same time, the range of rotation was constantly expanding, but a whirlpool on the surface of the water was formed.
Facing the cold wind that was gradually blowing, watching the release pond finally begin to show its hideous side, Li Zhutou, who was standing in front, burst out of his cold eyes like knives. With a snap of his hand, a silver-like light accompanied by a humming sound, instantly emitting its coldest and brightest light.
Li Zhutou had a big knife in his hand in front of his chest, and the heavy blade seemed to be like a light feather in his hand, without any sense of weight, and then Li Zhutou also shouted loudly: "Get on the arrow!"
The soldiers lined up behind Li Zhutou quickly and skillfully stretched the bowstring on the crossbow machine and tightened it, and one by one thick and sharp arrows were placed under the combined force of the three of them, and the direction of the arrows was where the largest whirlpool was.
Xu Lin stared coldly at the scene ahead, since going down the mountain, Xu Lin has also experienced some things, for the present, Xu Lin knows what is the most important, calm.
Looking at the huge whirlpool on the lake, turning faster and faster, Xu Lin also raised his perception to the limit at the same time, and at this time, the most surprising thing for Xu Lin was not the change in the picture, although the change in the release pool was a little creepy, but the change in the vitality of the heaven and earth at this time was even more staggering.
It was originally a faint layer of heaven and earth vitality that appeared on the surface of the lake, but at this time, with the ups and downs on the lake surface, it did not disperse, but with the beginning of the change of the color of the lake, it became more intense. And the center of that whirlpool, in Xu Lin's perception, is the source of this vitality.
With a bang, with the start of the sudden explosion in the center of the whirlpool, a column of water suddenly erupted from the bottom of the water, and the water column became larger and thicker at the same time, and went straight to the sky, but around Xu Lin, there was a rain of blood.
The monks panicked again, and while the monks were reciting Amitabha Buddha in their hearts, when they wanted to flee in all directions, they were suppressed again by the soldiers guarding around.
In the midst of a wail, Xu Lin saw two blood-colored red lights in the constantly surging and expanding water column, like two lanterns, shining with brilliant brilliance.
With the rising water column, when it finally reached its extreme at a certain height, there was a bang, and the water column burst out all around, and the pouring rain violently dispersed all around.
For a while, there was a huge wave on the surface of the lake, constantly lapping the shore of the lake, and Li Zhutou, who was standing at the front, did not move at all under such drastic changes, and the big knife in his hand was raised high, but it seemed to be waiting for a moment to come suddenly.
Staring at the two bright red lights tightly, in these two lights, Xu Lin only felt an infinite sense of terror. Followed by. The column of water that reached up to the sky had already collapsed, and above the undulating surface of the lake, a huge black shadow stood there like a huge rock.
"Shoot!" As Li Zhutou's broadsword slashed and fell, the bow and crossbow behind him suddenly made a deafening sound. The arrows were like shooting stars, fast through the huge waves on the surface of the lake, shooting straight towards the black shadow.
The waves were still roaring above the lake of the release pool, and the soldiers quickly replanted their arrows into the bow and crossbow troughs, and then watched nervously at the distant shadows.
There was silence for a while, only the howling of the wind and waves.
The monks were no longer restless, and watched the scene with horror on their faces.
Xu Lin's expression was indifferent to the changes in the aura around him, and there was a hint of horror in his eyes.
Li Zhutou retracted his knife and raised it again, the cold blade straight at the shadow of the lake.
There was a bang, a furious sound, like thunder and explosion. The stormy waves rolled up layer by layer, and then smashed violently on the surface of the lake again, and at the same time the blood was bright, only to see the center of the release pond, the shadow like a huge rock, slowly emerging its original appearance.
Its head is angular, uneven, and when it rises slightly, there are two points of blood-red cold, and at the same time, the essence of light flashes, but it makes people feel weird and gloomy.
In the huge mouth, the hideous sharp teeth and fangs were exposed, and when it opened its mouth, it roared like thunder, deafening.
Its neck was long, covered in scales, a blood-red color, and attached to its massive body was a large tortoise shell. Although it is also red, there are aquatic plants and mosses growing on the texture of the tortoiseshell, but it is difficult to hide the hideous red color on the turtle's body.
Xu Lin's forehead was sweating, and the cold jade sword in his hand was held even tighter, but at this time, he heard Li Zhutou's high voice shouting again: "Shoot!"