#343 - People who are afraid of monsters are scarier than the monsters themselves (4000 words)

Xu Ming felt that this little monk, who called himself Maitreya, had calculated something, otherwise, he wouldn't have said those words.

However, the other party definitely didn't calculate much.

It's estimated that he only figured out that I don't belong to this world, but he doesn't know how I came to this plane, and he definitely can't calculate the system's existence.

Otherwise, the other party wouldn't have said anything about "not being able to see through."

Speaking of which.

Is this little monk really the "Future Buddha" of this world?

Or is it just a coincidence, and he just happens to be named "Maitreya"?

"Monk! Was the place we were just in created by you!"

A man stepped forward, staring fiercely at the little monk who called himself "Maitreya."

This man was covered in blood, some of it his own, some of it from others.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he looked on the verge of collapse.

The "Maitreya" little monk nodded, looking directly at the man: "It was indeed done by this little monk."

"You! You killed my wife! I want your life!" As soon as he finished speaking, the man held a long sword and stabbed it towards the little monk.

However, when the long sword in his hand was only three inches away from Maitreya, it was firmly welded in the air.

Golden light blocked the tip of the man's sword.

Maitreya's body was surrounded by an invisible golden spiritual energy罩.

This spell, Shi Xin, seemed to have used before as well.

The man tried his best to stab forward, but the result was that he couldn't move forward any further.

"Why does the benefactor want to kill me at the slightest provocation?" Maitreya asked in confusion.

"You fiend! You killed my wife!" the man gritted his teeth and said.

Maitreya pinched his fingers and calculated, and soon understood everything.

"Strange, strange." The little monk shook his head, "It's clear that the benefactor killed his own wife, how can you blame it on this little monk? This little monk didn't do anything."

The little monk's eyes were full of innocence.

"Nonsense! It was clearly you who harmed us, it was you who made us enter that strange place, and then used illusions to deceive us! At first, I killed seven or eight illusions.

But who knew that the last illusion was my wife.

My wife thought I was fake, and I thought my wife was fake.

You deliberately made us kill each other!"

The man said fiercely, tears streaming down from the corners of his eyes.

"Not so, not so."

The little monk shook his head and sighed softly.

"The illusions that the benefactor saw in that barrier were not created by me, but are manifestations of what you are worried about in your hearts, or what you are expecting.

In other words, the illusions in your mouths are just your inner demons.

Whether you see through your inner demons or not, it has nothing to do with this little monk, so how is it related to me?

Furthermore.

That barrier is the temple's protective formation.

It wasn't this little monk who let you in.

It was you who wanted to seek opportunities, because of the greed in your hearts, that you came to this place, and that's why you entered the formation.

Everything is your own choice, so how can you blame it on this little monk?

Taking ten thousand steps back.

When your wife saw you, you wanted to kill her without distinguishing between right and wrong, without distinguishing between true and false.

In that barrier, did all the inner demon illusions that the benefactor saw want to harm you?

I don't think so, right?

Among them, there must be many inner demon illusions that didn't want to harm the benefactor, because there must be inner demons that represent what the benefactor desires.

But the benefactor still thinks that he has seen through them, and then wants to kill those inner demon illusions, but those inner demon illusions didn't do anything...

Actually, in the benefactor's heart, he feels that all illusions will harm him, all illusions deserve to die.

But the benefactor has never given the illusions a chance from beginning to end.

In the end, when the benefactor met his wife, he didn't give her a chance either.

The benefactor doesn't distinguish between right and wrong, and thinks that the other party is evil, so he kills the other party, how is this behavior different from that of an evil person?

The benefactor killed his own wife, it was done by the benefactor himself, so how is it related to this little monk?"

"Nonsense!"

The man seemed to have lost his composure, and once again raised the long sword in his hand and slashed it down at the little monk.

"Alas" The little monk put his hands together, shook his head, and sighed.

"Boom!"

A loud noise spread out from the temple.

The moment the man slashed down at the little monk.

That sword of his seemed to have struck himself, and his whole body burst into a cloud of blood.

Including Xu Ming, everyone present frowned.

Everyone present knew that the little monk hadn't actually made a move.

Just now, that man was killed by his own sword rebounding.

To be precise, that man died at the hands of his own long sword!

And according to what the little monk just said, Xu Ming also vaguely guessed what was going on here.

Previously, Hong Xiu had told Shi Xin that the Rootless Secret Realm was actually a fragment of the main world that was shattered in ancient times. This fragment became a small world, and later generations named it the Rootless Secret Realm.

Therefore, the Rootless Secret Realm has many things left over from ancient times.

If there are no accidents, this temple should have existed in ancient times.

And in this temple, a formation was set up. When you step into the formation, you will enter a barrier.

Some of the things that appear in that barrier are illusions, and some are real.

This temple combines the true and the false, the illusory and the real, making you even more confused.

The most difficult thing to distinguish in the world is the thing that is both true and false.

At first, you thought that everything you saw was an illusion, and then you killed all the illusions.

But later, when you see a real person, especially when you see someone important to you, you are still too murderous and treat all illusions "equally", then what you kill will be the most important person to you.

The cultivator just now was an example.

And Xu Ming was almost tricked as well.

At that time, if he hadn't recognized Shi Xin, Shi Xin might have died at his hands.

But speaking of which, what did this little monk just say?

What he encountered inside was his own inner demon?

And the so-called inner demon is the thing that you most look forward to, or the thing that you are most afraid of.

At that time, Shi Xin rushed towards him and hugged him.

Could it be that what I hope for in my heart is to gain Shi Xin's love?

"No way" Xu Ming frowned.

He admits that Shi Xin is indeed very beautiful. Basically, if you are a man, as long as your sexual orientation is not a problem, and you are not some LGBT or something, you will basically have a good impression of Shi Xin.

But a good impression is a good impression.

If you think a girl is good-looking, you wouldn't think about molesting her, you just appreciate her beauty.

Similarly, Xu Ming thinks that Shi Xin is good-looking, and it's just out of instinct. Xu Ming feels that he hasn't thought about being with Shi Xin.

It can only be said that he is still controlled by lust.

Apart from Xu Ming being in a daze, Shi Xin was also in a daze.

Shi Xin was also thinking about what the little monk had just said.

Shi Xin thought of how good Xu Ming was to her in the secret realm, and then drew his sword and slashed at her.

"Could it be that in my heart, I just hope that Xu Ming will be nicer to me?

But what if Xu Ming is nice to me or not? What's the point?

Why do I expect Xu Ming to be nice to me?

Later, Xu Ming drew his sword and slashed at me, why is that? Am I worried that Xu Ming will harm me? Why am I worried that Xu Ming will harm me?"

Shi Xin was very confused in her heart.

Shi Xin found that she seemed to care about Xu Ming very much, but she didn't know why she cared about him so much.

"What is the difference between humans and demons? What is the difference between humans and devils?"

The little monk paced back and forth in front, speaking as if he was lecturing on Buddhism.

"What is a good person, what is a bad demon, what is an evil devil?"

The little monk stopped, put his hands together, and bowed to everyone.

"The so-called good and bad are just in one's heart.

There are no real saints in the world.

In this world, there is no perfect holy Buddha.

Once upon a time, there was a scholar who saved a fox, and the fox originally wanted to repay the scholar's kindness.

But as a result, the scholar killed the fox because he had a dream of a fox eating people.

People always think that demons are scary.

But ah, people who are afraid of demons are more scary than demons.

If you can understand this, it may be more important than any treasure.

However, since you want to come and seek opportunities, this little monk will not let you return empty-handed.

The Rootless Secret Realm is about to be annihilated, and those treasures don't want to dissipate here either.

It's just that they don't want to follow masters they don't like.

So this all depends on the benefactors.

Taoism emphasizes cause and effect, Buddhism also emphasizes cause and effect, and even that old man from Confucianism also emphasizes cause and effect.

There must be a result for every cause in the world.

If you don't give anything, how can you get anything?"

And just as the little monk's words fell, the entire temple trembled violently.

Stone chips and dust from the houses kept falling from the roof.

The ground of the temple kept cracking, and the pillars were gradually disintegrating. The entire temple was constantly collapsing.

The only things that remained still were the Buddha statues.

“May Buddha have mercy, and may good fortune be with you all.”

The little monk closed his eyes and gradually dissipated in place.

“Roar!”

A dragon's roar echoed out.

The claws of a verdant dragon reached in from the roof, smashing several cultivators to death.

The Buddha statues in front of them also cracked completely.

In the next instant, beams of light shot out from these Buddha statues, broke through the roof, and fled.

Taking a closer look, they were treasures, one after another.

There were first-grade spiritual artifacts that had already developed artifact spirits, many semi-immortal weapons, and even immortal weapons!

Everyone's eyes instantly turned red.

Not to mention the value of the semi-immortal and immortal weapons.

Just the first-grade spiritual artifacts with artifact spirits were unimaginable opportunities.

Firstly, first-grade spiritual artifacts were already extremely valuable.

Secondly, it was even more difficult for a first-grade spiritual artifact to develop an artifact spirit.

When a first-grade spiritual artifact developed an artifact spirit, it meant that it had the potential to become a semi-immortal or even an immortal weapon.

Although it would require a lot of rare and precious materials and a certain amount of luck for a first-grade spiritual artifact to become a semi-immortal or immortal weapon.

Regardless, there was still room for improvement, while the vast majority of first-grade spiritual artifacts did not even have this qualification.

Secondly, after a first-grade spiritual artifact developed an artifact spirit, it was much stronger than ordinary first-grade spiritual artifacts.

And most importantly, if a cultivator did not gain the recognition of an immortal or semi-immortal weapon, they would not be able to refine it into their natal magic weapon.

But first-grade spiritual artifacts were different. As long as you obtained it and conquered it, even if it didn't really recognize you, you could forcibly refine it into your natal magic weapon.

In other words, you could only use gentle methods with semi-immortal and immortal weapons.

But you could use forceful methods with first-grade spiritual artifacts.

In an instant, cultivators rushed out of the roof, wanting to obtain those first-grade spiritual artifacts.

However, the process was not that simple.

These first-grade spiritual artifacts, semi-immortal weapons, and immortal weapons had all transformed into artifact spirits.

If they were humanoid artifact spirits, they would hold their own bodies.

Anyone who rushed towards them would be mercilessly killed.

You could conquer them, but first, you had to use your life as an entry ticket.

If they were non-humanoid artifact spirits, they were generally some peculiar divine beasts or even ferocious beasts, and their artifact bodies would transform into certain characteristics.

The verdant dragon and the Heluo fish were also fighting against the cultivators.

They were actually artifact spirits as well.

However, Xu Ming was curious about what the original forms of the verdant dragon and the Heluo fish were like. What kind of weapons could they be?

“Which one do you want?” Xu Ming asked Shi Xin.

Shi Xin tilted her head, puzzled, “What?”

Xu Ming repeated, “I'm asking which weapon you want, or which artifact spirit you're more interested in. I'll help you get it.”

“I also have a favorite artifact spirit. I wonder if Young Master can help me get it?”

“Nonsense, of course…” Xu Ming turned his head, and just as he was about to refuse, he saw Qin Qingwan walking towards him.

“Of course, I can!” Xu Ming nodded, looking at Qin Qingwan.

For some reason.

When Xu Ming saw Qin Qingwan, he always felt a little guilty.

Especially after Xu Ming had an in-depth exchange with Wu Yanhan, Xu Ming felt even more guilty, fearing that she would see something.

But soon, Xu Ming took a deep breath in his heart and calmed his mood.

What's done is done. Since he had done it, he had to take responsibility. What was there to be guilty about? So what if Qingwan found out? Could he run away?

Besides, Yanhan wasn't here, so he didn't need to panic even more.

“Really? That's really too kind of you, Young Master~”

Qin Qingwan said with a smile, then said to a woman not far away.

“Yanhan, why are you so far away? Come over here quickly. This young master is going to help us seize treasures~”