Chapter 111: Snow in June, Snowy Land Gods and Demons! [Subscribe]

"The master didn't say."

Tang Xiaolong shook his head angrily.

Hearing this, Lin Xuan's face darkened, and it was as if he had not asked at all.

"How is your cultivation of the power of the spirit going?"

"I can barely summon the spirit form within ten breaths, but if I use it for combat, it won't last for ten breaths either."

Speaking of this, the two looked at each other and sighed.

Lin Xuan comforted:
"Ten breaths is not a small amount. The victory or defeat of a life-and-death battle often depends on those few breaths."

Lin Xuan had seen the power of Tang Xiaolong and Chen Xiaohu's spiritual forms.

According to his inference, its strength is probably not lower than the attack of a strong man in the Spirit Refining Realm!
This killer weapon is definitely enough to save the lives of both of them.

As for Xiaolan's soul, it is definitely stronger than the other two.

Especially when fighting in rivers, lakes or swamps, the power is doubled!

After chatting for a while, Lin Xuan finished his dinner and went to the Sutra Library first.

Xiaolong and Xiaohu are different, they still need to practice.

……

Early the next morning.

The rooster crows, the clouds clear and the sun rises.

As soon as the sky brightened, Lin Xuan and the other three finished their morning class and had lunch, then went back to the house to clean up.

Soon, everyone carried their bags and walked out of the temple excitedly.

In front of the mountain gate.

Abbot Sanzang was discussing matters with Uncle Gongjin, Elder Longchuan and others.

Soon, seeing the children coming out, he smiled and said to Gongjin:
"Alright, I won't say any more. I have you in charge of Shaolin Temple, so I can rest assured."

After saying that, he took Lin Xuan and the other three and headed down the mountain.

……

This time when he went out, Abbot Sanzang did not choose to drive.

But walk on foot.

After all, everyone's direction is Lingbao, Henan Prefecture.

It’s not far to Lingbao.

It’s only about 200 kilometers.

If you walk slowly, you can get there in three to five days.

Abbot Sanzang took Lin Xuan and three others to Lingbao. They did not choose to take the official road, but instead chose a narrow path in the mountains.

As a result, everyone suffered a lot.

You know, it's summer time now and the weather is very hot.

There are many mosquitoes in the forest, and snakes and ants are also common.

Xiaohu, Xiaolan, and Lin Xuan were all country people, so they didn't think it was a big deal.

But Xiaolong can't do that.

He had never been to such an environment before and was soon tormented by the mosquitoes around him.

"I've had enough. Why do these mosquitoes always bite me?"

Xiaolong complained to everyone while brushing off the mosquitoes on his body.

"Maybe Master Xiaolong doesn't like nature, and nature doesn't like Xiaolong either."

Xiaohu couldn't help but laugh and joked.

Abbot Sanzang glanced at Xiaolong and said:
"Austerity is also a form of practice in Buddhism. Although it is an unorthodox path, it still has its merits."

"Xiaolong, calm down and learn to control the true Qi in your body to drive away mosquitoes instead of getting annoyed when you see mosquitoes flying towards you."

Talking about asceticism.

Lin Xuan has some insights.

He once read a letter from a senior Shaolin monk in the Sutra Repository.

The latter believes that asceticism is divided into "heterodox" and "orthodox".

The right path is the so-called "asceticism", which is aimed at worldly desires and pleasures. It is nothing more than the Buddhist practice of observing precepts to discipline the body and mind. It is the inevitable way to reflect on oneself and get rid of life and death. It is the middle way. Anything other than this is definitely not Buddhism.

But ordinary people's understanding of asceticism is that it is often labeled as heresy and alien.

It still comes from a Buddhist temple.

It is said that after Buddha became a monk, he practiced asceticism in the Snow Mountains for six years.

The Buddha practiced asceticism for six years before attaining enlightenment. Later, he gave up the sufferings of heresy, bathed in the Niranjana River, accepted the milk offering from a shepherdess, and sat under a Bodhi tree to attain Buddhahood.

The asceticism during these six years is called the asceticism of heretics.

Therefore, when Buddhist disciples in later generations mentioned "asceticism", they often said that asceticism was a useless suffering, which the Buddha had abandoned and classified as a heterodox path.

Little do people know that in Buddhist scriptures, the word "asceticism" sometimes refers to the extreme "heterodox asceticism" and sometimes refers to the "orthodox asceticism" of practicing Buddhism. The two are completely different.

The ascetic practices of heretics refer to the various useless and extreme sufferings that are inflicted due to the ego's desire for worldly blessings and heavenly pleasures, such as being naked, observing the cow and dog precepts, working with fire, lying on thorns, etc. This is not Buddhism.

The sutra says: "This painful behavior is lowly karma, extremely painful and difficult, and is not the path of a mortal."

Right asceticism refers to Buddhists giving up worldly desires such as good clothes, three meals a day, and lots of sleep, and diligently practicing the Dharma, cultivating the middle way of selflessness.

These are all Buddhist disciples who follow the Buddhist teachings, restrain their body and mind, work diligently, and observe the precepts to practice.

Abbot Sanzang is able to look at it dialectically, which shows that he has his own views on Buddhist principles.

"Disciple has learned."

After hearing the master's advice, Xiaolong nodded.

Immediately, he followed Abbot Sanzang's instructions, calmed down, temporarily ignored the mosquitoes and flies, and let the Qi flow through his whole body, slightly releasing the Qi.

After a cup of tea, Xiaolong's eyes lit up.

As expected, I didn’t feel the mosquitoes and flies biting me anymore.

After this little episode, the group walked for about two hours.

Lin Xuan was a little thirsty.

He then discovered that the dense forest around him was gradually becoming sparse, and there were more low shrubs.

In this way, they walked for another half an hour and finally got out of the forest.

only.

At this moment, everyone stopped after walking a few steps, and their eyes were completely stunned.

Not only Lin Xuan and the other three, but Abbot Sanzang also stared with eyes slightly wide open, as if he could not believe it.

It turns out that in front of us is a world covered in silver!

If the place where we are standing now is a scorching hot summer, then the place ahead is a snowy and windy winter!
Looking at the thick snow on the ground, Xiaolong couldn't help but run over.

Every time a footprint was placed, there was a creaking sound.

It really is snow.

Xiaolong was shocked.

He bent down and touched it with his hand, and it felt like the cold touch of snowflakes.

So, Xiaolong couldn't help but exclaimed in amazement:
"Gosh!"

"It's incredible!"

"Where are we now?"

what!
Xiaolan exhaled lightly, and the air was filled with white mist.

She thought about it for a moment, then said to Abbot Sanzang seriously:

"Master, something strange must have happened here."

Xiaohu also said:

"Yes, it's summer, but it's snowing in June. This is out of season and totally abnormal..."

Hearing this, Xiaolong's eyes lit up:
"Snow in June?"

"Hey, Xiaohu, you reminded me that in the storybooks, when snow falls in June, it is usually because a great injustice has occurred, which makes the gods unhappy, so they send down snow as a warning."

Immediately, he analyzed seriously:

"I think there must be an injustice here, otherwise there wouldn't be snow in June."

"As the son of the prefect of Kaifeng, I have the obligation and ability to solve this unjust case."

Say it.

He looked at Lin Xuan expectantly and said:
"Brother, what do you think?"

Hearing this, Lin Xuan shook his head.

The scene before him reminded him of the plot in the anime "Snow God and Demon".

If his guess was correct, this was probably done by the Snow God Demon.

As for what Xiaolong said about "snow in June" and "wrongful case", they should be irrelevant to this.

Seeing his senior brother shaking his head, Xiaolong asked Abbot Sanzang again:

"Master, what do you think?"

"I don't know. Let's go over there and take a look."

Abbot Sanzang did not immediately guess that it was the work of the Snow God and Demon.

In fact, he was confused for a moment and could only go into the village to see the situation.

"Let's go."

"I can't wait to solve the case!"

Hearing this, Xiaolong took the lead and walked towards the village.

In the past, before he entered Shaolin, he had seen his father solve many major cases.

I admire and respect you very much.

I fantasize that one day I will be able to solve a big case.

Unexpectedly, he really found the opportunity today!
Snow is falling in June, this must be a huge injustice!

If I could crack it, I would definitely become famous.

Maybe it will impress my father.

Seeing this, Xiaohu and Xiaolan hurried over.

There is a small river near the village.

However, due to the wind and snow, the river was covered with a thick layer of ice.

When he arrived at the village, the weather was much colder than Lin Xuan had imagined. The snow on the roofs was more than a foot deep.

The snow on the ground was almost above his knees. "Hey, is anyone there?"

"Is anyone home?"

"We are Shaolin disciples passing by. We don't mean any harm. Please open the door!"

"..."

Tang Xiaolong was originally very interested in finding someone to ask whether any injustice had occurred in the village.

Who would have thought that after walking around, he didn't see anyone.

at the same time.

It was quiet all around, every house had its doors and windows closed, and the only sound was the whistling of the cold wind.

It makes people feel a little uneasy.

Xiaolong, Xiaohu, and Xiaolan searched the area but found nothing, so they had to turn back.
"Master, this place is so strange. Why is there no one here? Is everyone hiding in the house?"

"It's almost noon, so it's time to make lunch."

"But there is no smoke at this time, Master, could this be a dead village?"

Hearing this, Lin Xuan denied it:

“It’s not a dead village.”

As he spoke, he pointed to a courtyard:
"Look, the firewood piled outside that family's house is freshly chopped."

Xiaolan looked over.

Just as Lin Xuan said, the firewood in that house was freshly chopped and looked very clean on the surface.

Then, Xiaolan frowned and said in confusion:
"That's strange, don't the people here welcome us?"

"Hard to say."

Lin Xuan smiled helplessly.

He couldn't just tell everyone that it was the Snow God Demon who froze people into ice cubes, right?

This is something that you have to discover for yourself.

"I'll try knocking on the door."

Xiaohu suddenly volunteered and said.

dong dong!

He ran to the courtyard gate that Lin Xuan had pointed at and knocked on the wooden door.

But no one responded.

"It's weird..."

Xiaohu muttered.

Not giving up, he knocked a few more times.

But still no one paid any attention to him!
"Is there no one inside?"

Xiaohu guessed a possibility.

So he squinted and looked over through the wooden door.

When he looked closely, he suddenly shuddered.

I couldn't help but shiver.

At this moment, a chill rushed straight to the top of my head!

In the slightly blurry vision, Xiaohu clearly saw that the whole family was sitting together at the table, apparently having a meal.

But the looks on everyone’s faces were terrifying!
Each one of them looked like a frozen sculpture, with a jet-white body, which was extremely scary!
"master!"

Xiaohu's face was filled with fear, and he shouted at Abbot Sanzang.

Hearing the shouting, Abbot Sanzang and others looked over.

When they saw his frightened pale face, they sensed something was wrong.

Come to him as soon as possible.

"What's wrong, Xiaohu? Why do you have that expression?" Xiaolong asked curiously with an anxious look.

Xiaohu pointed at the crack in the door and said with trembling lips:

"In the house!"

"Look inside the house!"

"What's going on in the house?"

Xiaolong frowned and looked in the direction Xiaohu pointed.

After taking a look and seeing clearly the situation inside the house, he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat!
"too frightening!"

"Everyone in the room was frozen into corpses."

As soon as I finished speaking.

He seemed to have thought of something, and he looked at everyone with a look of fear, and made a terrible guess:

"Could it be that all the people in this village have frozen into corpses, so they ignored us?"

"It's possible!"

Lin Xuan nodded, agreeing with Xiaolong's opinion.

Say it.

He leaped up and down a few times and arrived at another house.

Through the doors and windows, he glanced at the situation in the house and found that many people inside had been frozen into sculptures.

Speaking of which, Lin Xuan is quite courageous.

He was not afraid when he saw the people who were frozen like corpses.

After all, he had seen sphinxes and river dragons.

How could I be afraid of death?
Lin Xuan turned his head and said to the people not far away:
"It seems that Xiaolong is right. The situation in this family is the same!"

"Something is wrong, everyone be careful!"

Hearing this, Abbot Sanzang's face became serious, and he warned Lin Xuan and the others.

He had just seen those frozen corpses. In his opinion, the cause of death of these people was not human-induced!

But what exactly is going on?

Abbot Sanzang can’t figure it out yet.

at this time.

The wind and snow outside suddenly picked up.

At first, Abbot Sanzang didn't care much.

But after a few breaths, a cold wind howled across the sky!
The blizzard fell like cotton wool, and the frost came like a knife.

at the same time.

Ear-piercing screams came from all directions.

At this moment, Abbot Sanzang's face changed drastically.

He sensed something was wrong, a huge threat was approaching, and in an instant, he became extremely alert.

He hurriedly said to everyone:
"Children, hide!"

The voice just fell.

Suddenly, several huge figures dropped from the sky and rushed towards them!

Seeing this, Xiaolong, Xiaohu and Xiaolan hurriedly moved closer to Abbot Sanzang.

But it was too late for Lin Xuan. Just as he was about to use the Galan force to leap to the front of Abbot Sanzang, he found a pair of bat-like wings covering him.

In a hurry, Lin Xuan pointed his toes back and quickly retreated several feet to avoid the attack!
After successfully dodging.

Lin Xuan quickly came to the wall and carefully looked at the humanoid monster in front of him.

These humanoid monsters were each more than ten feet tall, with a pair of huge bat wings on their bodies. When stretched out, they were more than half a foot long!

It's easy to bring people close!
They have white hair and their long, thin bodies look very slender.

At first glance, the sea has a graceful figure.

The most terrifying thing about these monsters is that their faces are wrinkled and very haggard, like old men, with their pupils a strange lavender color!

"Snowland Divine Demon!"

When Abbot Sanzang saw these monsters, he recognized them at first sight!
"Snowland Divine Demon, what kind of monster is this?"

Hearing this, Tang Xiaolong asked in surprise.

Before Abbot Sanzang could answer, he saw several snow-covered demons rushing towards him!
See this scene.

With a clang sound.

Xiaolong quickly drew out the Wulu Sword!
In the reflection of the snow, the slender sword was as white as silver, and the cold light on it showed the sharpness of the sword.

There was hardly any hesitation.

Tang Xiaolong held the Wulu sword in his hand and stabbed directly at the attacking Snow God Demon. Suddenly, a cold light flashed like lightning.

The snow demon seemed to be afraid of the power of the sword. The moment it rushed over, its body tilted and flew directly over Tang Xiaolong's head.

at the same time.

Xiaohu and Xiaolan also took out their own weapons to deal with these snowy monsters!

After just a few rounds, he was at a disadvantage and the situation was critical!
This room.

Lin Xuan was also in a bit of a mess and could only rely on his body skills to dodge continuously.

Occasionally, a Prajna Zen palm would be thrown out and hit the Snow God and Demon, but it had no effect.

He originally wanted to strike out eighteen palms in one breath, but there were no less than three snow-region monsters besieging him, and he couldn't find a good opportunity at all.

It was completely different from the situation that day when Master Uncle stood there respectfully and let himself be beaten!

In his opinion, each of these snow-covered divine demons at least has the strength comparable to that of a half-step divine refining realm!
Roar!
Abbot Sanzang seemed to have already known how powerful these snow-region monsters were. After he beat back a few of them with his fierce and domineering boxing skills, he did not hesitate to use his primordial spirit to fight the enemies!
Instantly, a ferocious green lion jumped out from his body.

With just a few swings of his claws, his extraordinary strength was revealed.

As he leaped, he exuded his domineering aura and kept driving away the snow-covered demons that were attacking from all directions!

Thanks to the great power displayed by Abbot Sanzang, Xiaolong, Xiaohu and Xiaolan were able to breathe a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Abbot Sanzang shouted:
"Children, get inside!"

"Lin Xuan, come this way!"

"coming!"

Lin Xuan responded.

Soon, the white energy in his body began to surge and he began to roar like an elephant.

He also used the Six-Tusk White Elephant Sword to deal with these snow-region gods and monsters, buying himself a chance to escape!
……

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(End of this chapter)