Chosen Prophet [Unlimited]

The teachings of the Zhang Zhung Kingdom believe in helping the world and saving people, guiding people to be good, and practicing to the Dzogchen.

After their death, the corpses were placed on the celestial burial platform. The head, spine, limbs... Every inch of bone will be chopped and every piece of flesh will be shaved.

Finally, the believers will light the mulberry smoke to attract the vultures to eat the corpse, completing the last step of the funeral.

The believers will feed them bones first, and then feed them meat to ensure that they eat up the corpses, even the internal organs and brains.

Feeding birds and beasts with corpses can be regarded as a great public virtue, because it can not only be regarded as a gift to the creatures of nature, but also ensure that the birds and beasts will not attack passers-by walking in the desert after eating the corpses .

In this way, people can also cultivate merits and virtues after death, and their souls can go to heaven.

The celestial burial pays attention to the sacrifice of the body, so the question arises—why does this celestial burial deliberately keep the heads of each corpse, and gradually stack them into three walls of skulls?

Scanning the small courtyard from beginning to end, Duan Yi looked towards tomorrow and answered his question just now. "Of course, the next step is to ask the believers. There is obviously some secret hidden in this skull wall. Do you think there is a risk of death in it? You remember to hide behind me."

Looking at Duan Yi tomorrow: "You see, I have my own tent. So I have a position, not an ordinary soldier. I can transfer troops. If there is something weird here, then I should protect you."

"So our Xiaotian is still a little general?" Duan Yi smiled, turned his head to look at the three ordinary-looking rooms, and became serious, "At first we thought that the general and the prison were on the same side. But the prison The prison is on the side of the Wall of Skulls. Maybe the Cultists are on the 'Werewolf' side—"

The real boss may be the believers in this yard, not the general.

Duan Yi could see this, and when they saw Peng Cheng being imprisoned here, Hong Xian and others also saw it.

Seeing that Duan Yi was going to talk to the disciples, Hong Xian stopped him: "Hey, wait. Don't provoke the disciples so easily. We have to think long term."

"It's almost night. If you delay any longer, even if you don't consider the skills of the special priesthood, one less player will be voted, and one more werewolf will be killed at night. The number of players will be reduced by two at once, and the progress of the investigation will be further slowed down." Duan Yi said, "It's almost here It's the second night, and time is tight, so we should hurry up and find clues."

Taking out a black umbrella, Duan Yi added: "

If you're worried, don't follow me. "

Hong Xian sneered: "What you said is very funny. If you provoke the boss, we will suffer the same!"

Hearing Hong Xian's words, Bai Sinian took a step forward and said, "If there is any disagreement, let's decide by voting. When I was walking this way just now, I noticed some small vendors along the road. Maybe they have some clues. What Duan Yi said is right. That's right, now we have to hurry up and investigate. Players who dare not talk to believers here can go to vendors. Everyone happens to be divided into two groups."

Hong Xian squinted his eyes and looked at Bai Sinian. "Then which side are you on?"

Bai Sinian said: "I'm quite curious about the situation on the side of the believers. I'll stay here."

Duan Yi was quite curious about what other players would choose, so he turned sideways and looked at the others.

I saw Hong Xian raised his hand and walked to the west gate of the yard first. "It's like this. I don't mean that I'm timid or anything. I think it's important for everyone to recognize their own strength in this kind of game. No. 7 is very skilled, and he dares to fight the boss head-on. That's his business. Those of us who are not skilled can do something else. I think what No. 5 said just now is quite right. Talking to the vendors is also a way. If you want to follow me, come here."

Duan Yi has always despised Hong Xian's personality.

But Duan Yi had to admit that what he said was right.

When facing difficulties, it is also very important for a person to recognize his own strength and find his own position.In a team, there must be people who dare to fight in the front, and there must be people who are the backup force in the back.Team games cannot be won by the courage and strength of one individual, but by trust and cooperation.

Duan Yi knew in his heart that if he really wanted to start a hand-to-hand fight with the believers, the players who couldn't fight at all stayed, and it would hinder his own affairs.

So Duan Yi listened to Hong Xian's words, and added: "He said it well. Everyone should do what they can, and choose the position that suits them. This is not about standing in a team. It depends on whether you believe in Hong Xian or me. This is just a division of labor." Cooperation. It is very important whether you are looking for traders to explore or talking to believers."

Hearing what Duan Yi said, Bai Sinian seemed to have a new understanding of him, and immediately looked at him with a slightly sophisticated look, and involuntarily showed a little admiration in his eyes.

Duan Yi didn't notice this, but silently waited for the other players' choices.

Shu Rongrong was the first to walk towards Hong Xian.

While walking towards Ximen with a smile, Shu Rongrong said, "I hope we can still cooperate happily this time."

Hong Xian skillfully flicked his bangs towards her. "The tacit understanding between us has always been there."

After Shu Rongrong, No. 3 Tong Nian walked towards Hong Xian.

Not only did she walk over by herself, but she also grabbed Dou Shuang. "Let's go find a vendor. We really aren't good at fighting things like this, so let's do what we can."

"Well... okay. Then we will get in the way if we stay." No. 2 Dou Shuang looked at Duan Yi, a little uncertain, "Then let's find out some news from the merchant."

"Go. Don't worry about our side." Duan Yi nodded towards her, Dou Shuang swallowed, and then really followed Tong Nian.

"Ahem, if so many girls go... Hong Xian, you can't protect them alone. Wait for me."

It was Hu Jin who said this.

After Shu Rongrong, Childhood, and Dou Shuang, he was the fourth person to go to Hong Xian's side.

Duan Yi did the math, Hong Xian and Shu Rongrong in their group were probably good guys, No. 2 and No. 3 were two best friends who were a wolf, and No. 6 Hu Jin also had a certain wolf face.

In this way, the number of good people and werewolves in Hong Xian's exploration team may be balanced.

But Duan Yi's premonition is not very good.

Not to mention Hu Jin on the 6th, he is not at ease on the 2nd and 3rd.

Probably Wu Junlan has the same worry as Duan Yi.

After a while, she stood up and said to Duan Yi: "I'll follow and have a look."

"But you—" Duan Yi was obviously worried about her.

At this time, Yun Hao, who was dressed in a business style on the 9th, said, "I'll go too. The seven of us should be fine."

As a result, the seven players including Hong Xian left temporarily, and only Duan Yi, Bai Sinian, and Dongfang Yu remained in the yard.

The sky gradually darkened, and the setting sun sprinkled the skulls, coating them with a layer of red.

Dusk is the dividing line between light and darkness. During this converging time period, the red-stained skeleton seems to be drenched in blood, and the empty pupils looking at people seem to be full of endless sorrow.

Staring at them for a moment, Duan Yi and Xiao Bing dressed tomorrow looked at each other, strode out of an old house, and knocked on the door three times.

After the knock on the door fell, the sound of chanting stopped temporarily.

Then a believer in brown-red clothes came out and looked at Duan Yi and his party in surprise, as if asking why they came here.

Finally, the believers set their sights on tomorrow. "Is there any order from the general?"

Ming Ming said: "No. These are distinguished guests invited by the princess from Huaguo. They will attend the funeral of the princess. I will take them around and pass by here, so I will bring them in to have a look."

"Prince's funeral? Ah, that's right..." the believer said, "Princess said she would not survive seven days. We have been preparing for her funeral these days."

While talking with the believers tomorrow, Bai Sinian walked up to Duan Yi and said, "This believer is not the one I saw last night."

Hearing this, Duan Yi frowned and looked carefully at the believers in front of him.

He is slightly chubby, with a lot of flesh on both cheeks, his eyes are squinted, and he looks like a smiling Maitreya Buddha.

Duan Yi asked him: "May I ask how many believers you have here?"

"Three." After the fat believer finished speaking, another believer walked behind him.

The new believer who came out was very thin and short, in stark contrast to the fat believer in the image of Maitreya Buddha at the door.

He only took one look at Duan Yi and the others, then stepped out of the room and walked towards a corner of the yard. He looked very indifferent, as if he ignored the rest of the people in the yard.

"Oh, that's our little brother. I'm the second brother." The chubby disciple introduced, "Our big brother is called Daguang."

Duan Yi asked Bai Sinian in a low voice: "The believer you met yesterday is not a junior brother, is he?"

Seeing Bai Sinian shaking his head, Duan Yi knew that the cultist who sneaked into the barracks yesterday should be the elder brother of the two disciples in this yard, one fat and one thin - Da Guang.

Duan Yi asked the second senior brother, "Where is Daguang?"

"He went out to give alms. The younger brother is going to make dinner now. Usually, the elder brother will come back during dinner. By the way—" Looking towards tomorrow, the second senior brother asked, "Do these guests want to stay for dinner?"

Let's take a look at Duan Yi after listening tomorrow.

Duan Yi nodded.

Tomorrow he said: "Okay. I'm tired."

"It's okay." The second senior brother clasped his hands together, his eyes passed by everyone, and finally settled on Dongfang Yu, he said, "Sorry, no female relatives are left here for dinner."

Duan Yi frowned when he heard this.

He always felt that the teaching of true inclusiveness should not discriminate between men and women.In addition, according to his understanding, certain sects of Tibetan Buddhism should not shy away from these things, and they even have the doctrine of dual cultivation of men and women.

But what is going on with the so-called believers at the moment, Duan Yi is still not clear, he can only hold back these questions for the time being.

After listening to the disciples' words, Dongfang Yu showed a little regret. "Actually, I really want to stay and learn about the situation here. But since there are such regulations... I will leave first. The people in their group should not have gone far, so I will meet them!"

"Success." Duan Yi said, "Then be careful on the road."

"Yeah. I will. See you tonight." Dongfang Yu waved to everyone, looked at Mingming twice more curiously, then turned and walked towards the west gate.

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At the same time, the skull wall and the celestial burial platform are about 2000 meters south.

The red of the setting sun is like lighting a fire in the desert, and the sky and the earth are all red.

A believer in red came from the depths of the desert, holding a Buddhist bead in his right hand, and chanting scriptures in his mouth.His steps were slow and firm, yet with a sense of alienation.It seems that he does not belong to the world, but just a passer-by between heaven and earth.

At this time, a passerby was sitting on a stone by the roadside drinking water.

During the day, he went to the city to sell things and earned some money. Seeing that it was getting dark, he started to rush home.He didn't expect to hear such scriptures when he was resting on the way.

Putting down the kettle, the passers-by raised their eyes and saw the red-clothed believer, and their eyes widened in surprise.

——The believer came from the setting sun, he stepped on the desert, but the toe of his shoe was not stained with any sand.He seemed to be floating in the desert instead of walking.

As for the sound of the scriptures read from his mouth, it was obviously far away from the passer-by, but it seemed to echo in the passer-by's ears, like a Buddha's name from heaven.

In the eyes of passers-by, the most miraculous thing is that he saw the desert under the feet of the believers blooming.

——Every time a believer takes a step, a red flower will bloom in the desert land he passes by.

The petals are slender and numerous, without branches and leaves all over the body.

The believer came from the sky, and the blood-red flower seemed to bloom from his feet all the way to the sky.

I, have I seen the Living Buddha?

The passer-by stood up happily and excitedly, and knelt down towards the red-clothed believer.

After a while, when the believers passed by his side, he bowed to him devoutly three times, and then raised his hand to grab his monk's robe. "Living Buddha? Master? Or what should I call you, it's getting dark. Do you need me to hold a lamp for you?"

The red-clothed believer just smiled: "No need. I'm blind. I couldn't see it in the first place."

"That, that..." The passer-by was a little excited and incoherent, "May I ask what kind of flower is blooming at your feet?"

"Can you see the flowers under my feet?" the believer asked.

Contrary to the expectations of passers-by, when the believer said this, his tone seemed a little sad.

"Yes, I can see, what's wrong with this?" asked a passer-by.

The believer sighed: "This is the flower of the other shore, leading to the underworld. You can see it... it means you are going to die."

Passers-by were shocked and fell to the ground. "What, what can I do?! I... what should I do! I still have a wife and children at home who depend on me to raise them... what should I do, please guide me!"

The cardinal raised his arm, pointing in one direction. "I live next to the celestial burial platform in front. You come to see me tomorrow, and I will calculate the time of your death and prepare a funeral for you."

"You mean... I have a chance to go to the heaven?" When he asked this, the passer-by's arms trembled, and he didn't know whether it was joy or fear.

"Yes. If you can see me, you are a predestined person of the Xiangxiong Sect. I will personally hold a sky burial ceremony for you and let your soul ascend to the heaven. The body is just a carrier for the soul to suffer. Death is not the end, but It's the beginning. Congratulations on your escape from the sea of ​​suffering in the world of mortals. Let me take you...to the bliss of the Western Paradise."

By the time the red-clothed believer finished speaking, the fear on the faces of passers-by had gradually faded away.

When he heard that he was going to die just now, he was still trembling with fear.But now he actually had a smile on his face.

His eyes became a little erratic, and he didn't know if he really looked away, or was simply bewitched.

Finally, he knelt down again, grabbed the corner of the believer's clothes with his hands, and worshiped him three times devoutly. "Thank you! Thank you for your guidance!"

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the other side.

The seven players left the celestial burial platform and were on their way back to the military camp.

Shu Rongrong was walking at the end. She fell and sprained her foot. She was relying on No. 3 Tong Nian to help her walk, so the two of them were far behind the team.

Tong Nian showed a little displeasure. "Why did you drag me when you sprained your ankle? I have a good relationship with you?"

Shu Rongrong smiled at her and lifted her chin forward. "Those players have gone to chat with vendors, so you just let them go. Can't I pull you to be lazy with me?"

Tong Nian rolled her eyes and said nothing.

Shu Rongrong asked her: "Isn't it because of Hong Xian that you have any objections to me?"

Tong Nian immediately said: "Don't talk nonsense! I was deceived by his rhetoric at the time. Looking back now, I feel blind. I won't be as stupid as No. 10 Tang Xiao."

Shu Rongrong smiled and said, "Okay, it's fine if you're not stupid. Actually, one of you and No. 2 is a wolf, right? I'm curious. What would you do when you two are on opposite sides?" ?”

Tong Nian sternly pursed her mouth and said nothing, Shu Rongrong poked her cheek. "Little sister, don't always treat me like this. Yes, maybe you can't understand my character. But I can't help it. Do you know why I am like this? Because I was also cheated by my good sister. Would you like -"

Shu Rongrong's words were interrupted by Tong Nian's serious tone. "Did you hear the sound of chanting?"

"The sound of chanting? There was someone chanting in the courtyard just now. But we have been away from the courtyard for a long time, how can anyone chant?" Shu Rongrong asked in surprise, "Did you hear it wrong?"

"No, not the one in the yard." Tong Nian's face turned pale, "I feel the sound of chanting is echoing in my ears..."