Chapter 150: Incense for Worshiping Buddha

Chapter 150: Incense for Worshiping Buddha

Chapter 150: Incense for Worshiping Buddha
Luo Xi walked over and took a stick of incense and a stick from the old monk.

After touching these two things, Luo Xi was slightly stunned. He could see that there were faint words appearing on these two things, which were "incense for worshiping Buddha" and "log of destiny".

What are these two things used for?
Although Luo Xi has confirmed that the Youzuo Temple is a level scene, he doesn't know a lot of information about it, such as the level and attributes of the scene, which is very critical and related to the response strategy.

There are also scene rules, that is, how to "play", what is allowed and what is not allowed.

I don’t know any of this.

And judging from the old monk's expression, he had no intention of explaining at all.

This was the first time Luo Xi encountered such a scene.

The middle-aged man should know, but he would not tell me for no reason.

"Old man, this is my first time here. What does the first stick of incense mean? What should I do next?"

If you don’t understand, just ask.

The old monk pointed at the incense burner and said, "Pray to the Buddha. Then the Buddha will interpret your fortune. If you get the interpretation, you will have good fortune or misfortune. Buddhism talks about seven emotions, seven sufferings, seven impurities and seven dharmas. If you get seven interpretations, you can come to me again."

I ask again, the same question.

The old monk gave people a very strange feeling. He was like an NPC in the real world who was set with a certain fixed program. He could only answer fixed questions mechanically, and the content of the answers was also fixed.

No matter how much you ask, you won't get any results.

"Old man, what is the nature and level of this scene? What are the rules?"

Luo Xi simply began to ask tentatively.

Since you know that the old monk is an NPC, use the same method to deal with him as you would with an NPC. Ask him various questions and see how the old monk's answer mechanism will answer.

"Youzuo Temple is the first place in the world. I have already told you the rules."

This also answered some of Luo Xi's questions.

Because Luo Xi kept asking questions, it naturally took some time. The middle-aged man at the back became impatient and started to urge him.

At this time, a few more people came outside. They all seemed to be from Shiyi, and they were senior people with firm expressions and strong abilities.

"Damn, this guy always gets ahead of us." When the people who came in saw the middle-aged man, they couldn't help but curse.

"Old Jin, you are really good at calculating. You have taken the first stick of this incense many times. It's not fair to do this all the time." A bearded man said in a bad tone.

When the middle-aged man saw these people, he laughed dryly: "It's not me this time, someone got there before me."

Naturally, those people immediately looked at Luo Xi.

Over there, the old monk still responded with the same words over and over again: "You can draw lots by the incense burners in various places in the temple, but except for the first stick of incense, the first stick is free, and the rest require money. Just put the money into the merit box, and you can get incense to worship Buddha and a stick for your destiny. Then go and draw lots again. If you have seven sticks with answers, you can come to find me."

Luo Xi tried many ways and from many angles to ask, but no matter how he asked, the old monk just kept repeating the same few words.

Obviously there is no point in continuing to ask.

Fortunately, we can get a glimpse of the rules of this scene from the old monk's words.

What Luo Xi cares most about is the attributes and level of this scene.

Earth Yuan Yi.

Luo Xi knew that the most common attributes of the level scenes in the Day of Confinement were "chaos" and "yin and yang". The former was chaotic and disorderly and very dangerous, while the latter added unnatural elements of "weird" and "horror" to the chaos.

To put it more bluntly, there is a 'ghost'.

Luo Xi has experienced many similar situations and is very familiar with them.

So what will the scenes with the attribute of "local element" be like?
Luo Xi stepped back from the old monk.

The latter then shouted: "Next."

The middle-aged man Lao Jin immediately stepped up.

The few people from Shiyi who came later naturally lined up at the back according to the order. Many of them looked at Luo Xi, but did not say much. After all, they did not know him, and they were more familiar with this place, so there was no need to ask Luo Xi for information.

On the other hand, Luo Xi estimated that even if he ran over to ask, these people who had recalled their memories would not tell him the truth.

There is no free lunch in the world.

Moreover, the old monk has already made the basic rules clear. Use incense to worship Buddha, and then ask for the interpretation of your destiny. Then continue searching, get new incense and lots from the merit box, worship Buddha again to get the interpretation of your destiny, and when you get seven, you can come to see the old monk.

The rules are simple and there is nothing to ask.

Just follow this rule and see what happens.

As for this first incense stick and the first stick, the only advantage at the moment is that they are "free".

But whether this is the only benefit remains to be determined.

At this time, Luo Xi walked to the incense burner in front, lit the incense in his hand, held the incense with both hands, and waved it in the direction of the main hall in front. There was a cushion in front, and words were engraved on the floor next to it: Kneel down and ask for an interpretation!

So I worshipped Buddha.

The lot that Luo Xi had obtained before had nothing on it, but after praying to Buddha, words slowly appeared on the bamboo stick.

"The worst fortune. I got treasure in my dream but nothing when I woke up. I thought that the South Mountain was just a hoe."

The next moment, the words on the bamboo sticks glowed and emitted some invisible power. Luo Xi felt that this thing was like a strange and weird mark hitting him.

"Is this considered an interpretation of the fortune? It's not that difficult." Luo Xi thought to himself.

But this is just the beginning, and we will have to wait and see what happens next.

According to the old monk, there are many merit boxes and incense burners in the Youzuo Temple, so you need to go find them.

Luo Xi did not waste time. The advantage of the first incense stick fortune was not only that it was free, but also that he could go to other places to get the fortune interpretation as soon as possible.

Without delay, Luo Xi immediately went around from the side to the back, passed through a corridor, and saw a merit box and an incense burner in front of him, corresponding to a Buddha statue.

I went up and took a closer look, and I saw something written on the donation box: No matter how much you donate, it is a blessing.

In other words, how much you put in is entirely up to you.

This is the most deceptive thing.

If you stuff a lot of stuff in there and get a good ticket, then this thing becomes a bottomless pit.

Of course it is called a merit box, but in reality you can't put money in it, you have to put 'cards' in it.

Luo Xi also asked the old monk about this.

Interestingly, the types of cards you can insert are not limited. You can insert the most basic [Memory] cards, as well as high-level functional cards.

However, at this stage, what Luo Xi has the most is [Memory].

So I stuffed one in.

A stick of incense and a stick of lottery immediately fell out from under the merit box.

Take it and look at it carefully.

The incense is the same as before, and the fortune sticks are also bare without any words. Only by praying to Buddha for an answer will the answer appear.

Then make good use of the time and worship the Buddha. Luo Xi looked up at the Buddha statue.

It’s different from what I saw in the Main Hall.

This is normal. Generally, different Buddha statues are enshrined in temples. Many believers or non-believers worship when they see a Buddha, but they don’t really care what kind of Buddha they worship. It seems that as long as they worship, they can get protection and fulfill their wishes.

The Buddha that Luo Xi saw should be the Medicine Buddha, the ruler of the Eastern world, depicted as holding a medicine jar, representing the healing of all living beings.
"In the main hall is Sakyamuni Buddha. So will the interpretation of the fortune be affected if you worship different Buddhas?"

Luo Xi's mind moved.

He felt that this possibility was very high, but it was obvious that this was a hidden rule that needed to be explored by the person who collected memories.

"The last fortune was a very bad one. I dreamed of getting a treasure but nothing when I woke up. I thought that the South Mountain was just a hoe. A very bad fortune means that all my efforts are in vain and all is for nothing."

"The interpretation of the fortune here is unlikely to be just a worthless text. It may actually have a corresponding impact."

Luo Xi guessed in his heart.

If this is true, then this solution is actually some kind of horrible debuff.

"Bad luck is just one kind. There may be worse ones. In this case, I have to bless myself with all seven kinds of fortune-telling. If I have bad luck and get a fortune-telling similar to death, won't I die immediately?"

Luo Xi began to understand the danger of this scene.

He looked at the bamboo stick he had obtained earlier and tried to throw it away.

But he soon discovered that no matter how he threw it, this thing would eventually appear in his hand strangely.

"If it can't be lost, then it shouldn't be damaged either."

Luo Xi said this, but his actions were even faster. He broke the stick and threw it into the incense burner.

Almost the next second, when I looked at my hand again, I still held the stick.

"really!"

The interpretation of the fortune sticks that have been obtained cannot be thrown away or destroyed.

In addition, Luo Xi also discovered that after he got the incense for worshiping Buddha and the fortune stick, he could not leave the five meters around the corresponding incense burner and merit box. If he forced to walk, he would hit the air wall.

"That is to say, we cannot accumulate lots and have to ask for the solution together. This rule is reasonable, but it blocks all possibilities of taking shortcuts."

Luo Xi had a lot of thoughts in his mind.

As a result, he found that the middle-aged man, Lao Jin, was running over in a hurry. Seeing that Luo Xi was still there, he sneered, quickly stepped forward and stuffed the two cards into the merit box.

If you put two cards in, you will also need a stick of incense and a fortune stick.

Then, without hesitation, he lit incense and prayed to Buddha to get the interpretation. Then he glanced at Luo Xi and left immediately.

This is the speed of a skilled worker. Luo Xi is still exploring the scene, while the other party has already started speed running.

"It seems that every incense burner and Buddha statue must be preceded by the same act of praying to the Buddha and asking for divination."

Luo Xi could only burn incense and pray to Buddha. The words on the fortune this time were: A medium fortune, the red wheel falls in the west and the rabbit rises in the east, the yin is long and the yang is short, and everything will be prosperous.
The meaning of this sentence can be simply summarized as: Yin is good for women but not for men.

In other words, if this lot is drawn by a woman, it is a good thing and everything she does will go smoothly, but if it is drawn by a man, it will be different.

After the fortune was revealed, Luo Xi could leave here.

So he continued to move forward, and when he passed the front, he saw two forks on the left and right, leading to the same direction but different places.

Since it was his first time here, Luo Xi had no experience to draw on and could only choose randomly.

"Men go left and women go right. Since my interpretation is favorable to women, should I go to the right?"

Luo Xi took two steps to the right, but his foot slipped and he fell to the ground.

He fell so hard that he was dizzy and Luo Xi was stunned.

He looked carefully and realized that he had stepped on moss on the ground. The moss was slippery, which caused him to fall.

But the situation is obviously not that simple.

"I walked very carefully, but still slipped. Could this be related to the fortune stick I was holding?" Luo Xi felt that this was very likely.

You have to be more careful when walking next time.

He now has two interpretations, one is bad, and the other is average, and the average is 'long yin and short yang', which means he is still plagued by bad luck and everything goes wrong.

After walking through this road full of gloomy plants, there is a small courtyard in front, and also a Buddhist temple with a merit box, incense burner and enshrined Buddha statues.

Look carefully, it is Guanyin Bodhisattva.

"The vegetation here is lush, moss is everywhere, and there are small bamboo forests, which is quite appropriate."

In a short period of time, I have encountered the third merit box and incense burner. At this rate, it doesn't seem to be a difficult task to get all seven interpretations of the fortune sticks.

Luo Xi stepped forward and stuffed a [Memory] in, got the incense stick, and then prayed to Buddha to ask for the interpretation.

But this time, the interpretation is: Zhongping, the clouds and fog cover the road in front of the mountain, and evil spirits hide in it.
Just looking at the content, you can tell it’s not a good thing.

Sure enough, when Luo Xi looked up again, he found that the road ahead was indeed uphill, but there was fog coming from nowhere, which completely covered the road ahead.

"So, are you going to leave or not? Or, go back?"

Luo Xi pondered in his mind, looked back, and gave a helpless dry laugh.

Because the road he came from was also covered by fog.

It's settled now.

Unless you stay here and don't leave, you will have to enter the area covered by clouds and fog. According to the interpretation of the fortune, there are evil spirits in there.

Of course, it may not be possible to encounter it.

Maybe with luck you can get through safely.

But the problem is, judging from the interpretation of the fortune that Luo Xi has obtained so far, his luck can be said to be very bad, so the possibility of encountering evil spirits is almost 100%.

To go, or not to go?

For Luo Xi, this is not a multiple-choice question, because he will never stop because of threats.

At this moment, Luo Xi frowned.

The splitting headache came back.

In fact, he had felt something was wrong just now, and it was obvious that the painkillers he had taken before were beginning to lose their effectiveness.

A headache is not a good thing in this situation.

He was already plagued by bad luck, and if his ability to think was weakened, he might actually die here accidentally.

He took out a few more painkillers and stuffed them into his mouth.

Just bite it into pieces and swallow it.

While waiting for the drug to take effect, my head was buzzing, everything I saw was double, and there was a serious sense of image tearing. For example, when I turned my head to look in another direction, the previous image was still there, and the two overlapped, which looked very strange.

In addition to the visual trance, the hearing also changed in pain.

Luo Xi actually heard some strange noises.

Someone is chanting.

Some people are whispering, some are laughing, and some are crying.
"Hey, hey, I'm calling you!"

In that kind of overwhelming trance, Luo Xi heard a voice standing out from the numerous noises. Amid the other party's continuous shouting, the noise and the feeling as if the soul was leaving the body quickly dissipated.

Luo Xi looked up and saw a woman looking down at him with a frown and a hint of contempt in her eyes.

"Have you come to your senses? Was this guy sick just now? Otherwise, he was just scared." Next to the woman, there was another woman with short hair, a tattoo on her neck, earrings and lip piercings, and fair skin, but she wore many strange rings on her fingers, and also had tattoos.

Compared with the woman who woke Luo Xi up before, they have two completely different styles, one normal and the other extremely alternative.

"Newbie? You probably haven't collected all your professional cards yet, so why are you here in Youzuo Temple?" The normal-looking woman with long hair asked. But before Luo Xi could answer, the alternative short-haired woman next to her laughed and said, "Why else? You don't know your own limits. It's not like you haven't seen this kind of person before."

Luo Xi shook his head at this time.

It still hurts.

However, it is much weaker than before, and it is obvious that the painkiller has worked.

Painkillers are only a temporary solution and do not address the root cause. Moreover, as the frequency of use increases, the body will develop drug resistance. Not to mention the side effects on the body, the pain-relieving effect will also be greatly reduced.

"I suggest you give up. You've only solved the lottery three times and it's like this. As the number of times you solve the lottery increases, all kinds of negative effects will be added to you. It will be difficult for you to die comfortably. This is not how you play in a scene with earthly attributes."

The long-haired woman said, and then changed the subject: "But before you leave, you can exchange fortune interpretations with us. I just saw that you have a fortune interpretation that is very suitable for us."

Luo Xi knew what the other party was talking about.

That's a neutral sign, the red wheel falls in the west and the rabbit rises in the east, the yin is long and the yang is short, so everything will go well.

"Can the fortune sticks be exchanged?" Luo Xi asked at this time.

"As expected, this is your first time in Youzuo Temple." The long-haired woman smiled slightly, "The fortune-telling can be exchanged, but other than that, you are not allowed to directly attack or rob other people of their belongings, including any financial assets, including fortune-telling. You can only exchange them."

Luo Xi guessed this.

If it weren't for this rule, he would probably have his pants taken off by now.

"I can exchange with you, but I want to know the various rules of Youzuo Temple." Luo Xi said.

The long-haired woman said, "Actually, there aren't that many rules. Apart from what the old monk told you about collecting the seven kinds of fortune sticks, as I just said, people who collect memories cannot attack or rob each other. If they do, the gods and Buddhas here will see them and punish them, and then it's over."

"Where is the signing?"

"There are many types, but they are generally written very clearly, divided into three types: best, medium, and worst. Each type has many different interpretations. It seems that there are good and bad ones, but in fact, it depends on who it is for. For example, the 'Yin Long Yang Short' in your hand is a bad sign for you, but it is a good sign for us."

Luo Xi also agreed with this statement.

"Okay, let's change it. What interpretation do you want to exchange it with?" Luo Xi agreed. To him, that interpretation of the fortune was indeed of no benefit to him.

"Take a look at this and see if it works." The long-haired woman smiled and took out a stick to show it. It said: Zhongping, news from the horizon is hard to guess, don't force it.
"If you don't understand, I can help you explain. This fortune interpretation means that it is better to be quiet than to act. Trying every possible means will only be a waste of effort. How about being conservative? Maybe there will be a chance of a turnaround. Isn't that bad?"

Obviously, what the long-haired woman said was right. Compared with Luo Xi's "Yin is long and Yang is short", the long-haired woman's interpretation is better.

At least it's not a negative effect.

Luo Xi had no reason to refuse.

"Okay, let's exchange."

"Come, let's exchange in front of the Buddha. This will serve as a witness." The long-haired woman walked to the Guanyin statue and knelt on the cushion. Luo Xi also came over. The two said that the exchange of lots was voluntary and sincere and they would never regret it.

Then it’s about exchanging with each other.

"Is that all?" Luo Xi asked while holding the other party's money.

"Then what else do you want? This is already complicated enough." The long-haired woman was very happy. As a woman, Luo Xi's interpretation was indeed of great benefit to her.

After the fortune was changed, the long-haired woman ignored Luo Xi.

Obviously, her goal was achieved and she was too lazy to say another word to Luo Xi.

On the other hand, the short-haired alternative woman looked at Luo Xi and kept persuading him, "Let's go before you die. Without strong enough abilities and means, you won't get any benefits here. You should know that just to get seven fortune-telling solutions, you have to pay at least seven cards. If you are unlucky, not only will you die, but the seven cards will also be wasted. Why bother?"

"Seventh brother, why are you saying so much to him? Let's go. Whether he continues or not is none of our business." The long-haired woman was completely different from before. Before, she wanted Luo Xi to agree to exchange lots, but now that her goal had been achieved, she didn't look happy at all.

On the contrary, the short-haired woman named "Seventh Brother" looked unusual and abnormal, but her eyes did not contain the contempt and indifference of the long-haired woman.

"That's true. I don't know you either. Why bother saying so much? You may not listen to me." She laughed at herself and stood up to leave. But after thinking about it, she turned back and said, "There are also mutual promotion and restraint between the interpretations of the divination. Exchange more with other people, and perhaps you can get a money interpretation that suits you. If there are some particularly bad interpretations, you can also use other money interpretations to neutralize them."

After saying that, he waved his hand coolly and left quickly.

She is really cool, the kind of cool that comes from the inside out.

Luo Xi watched the two people leave, then stood up and stretched his limbs.

In his eyes, the passages in front and behind were still shrouded in fog. Since he couldn't escape, he might as well face it directly.

"It's fine if you don't encounter evil spirits, but if you do, you'll be unlucky!"

Luo Xi took a step and walked into the fog.

(End of this chapter)