Record of Strange News in Northeast - C185

“Stop.” A deep and resounding voice rang out from behind me. This voice was filled with confidence, as though it was right next to our ears. For a moment, we all stopped moving.

I turned around and saw that the person who came was Old Buddhist Abbot, he had an angry look on his face as he hurried over and pointed at the Catfish Demon s in the pond and cursed. His actions made me at a loss, I never expected that this seemingly kind old monk would scold him, and the Catfish Demon floated on the surface of the water and stared at him, quickly sinking.

“What are you doing here?” Old Buddhist Abbot asked, I said: “Master Fang, this spirit almost ate your disciple yesterday, and almost ate my senior sister today. I came here to kill this spirit.”

“Ai, you guys can leave. You don’t need to manage this place.” The Old Buddhist Abbot said, “Master Fang, are you enchanted by that spirit? It’s not worth to pity. It wants to eat people.” “I know that I will manage it. Leave, no one will be harmed by it.” There was a tinge of sadness in the voice of the abbot, but the tone was unquestionable.

The senior sister was already somewhat more clear-headed and said to the abbot, “You old man, you actually raise such a monster in a temple, aren’t you afraid of the Buddha’s punishment?” Old Buddhist Abbot didn’t speak, his face darkened as he looked at the pond. I don’t know why, but I suddenly felt trust towards him, and it might really be like what he said, that demon wouldn’t come out and hurt people again. Or rather, this is a matter within their temple, and outsiders really don’t have the qualifications to interfere in this matter.

Old Buddhist Abbot sat at the side of the pond and looked straight at the water surface without saying a word. I pulled Senior Sister along and went out, jumping along the temple’s tall walls, Senior Sister said: “I never thought that this temple looks normal, but actually has such things happening inside. That old monk did not allow anyone to manage it, so I’m afraid that the people outside will find out and burn incense in their temple, right Junior Brother?”

My mind still lingered on the image of Old Buddhist Abbot, seeing that the two of us were trying to capture the Catfish Demon, he seemed to be very concerned, could it be that he and the Catfish Demon only knew something shameful, thinking about this, and thinking about how the Catfish Demon had changed into an adult, I felt my stomach churning, this old monk’s mouth was too heavy.

“No, we can’t just leave like this.” Let’s not talk about whether this Catfish Demon will harm anyone in the future. Leaving the Old Buddhist Abbot by the pond alone so late at night, I have to watch him leave. I dragged senior sister and asked her, “Why are you being so careful? This old monk is right. It’s not up to us to care about this place.”

I saw Old Buddhist Abbot sitting at the edge of the pond from a long distance away, looking at the surface of the pond while muttering to himself. I thought that this Old Buddhist Abbot was crazy, what was he saying to the pond? When we changed our angle, we could see that half of the Catfish Demon had stuck its head out, and the Old Buddhist Abbot was talking to it.

It was a quiet temple with an old monk sitting next to the pond inside. A huge fish head peeked out of the pond, and Old Buddhist Abbot continued to talk with an expression of reproach and heartache on his face. When the catfish opened its mouth and shut it up, it seemed to be talking as well, and the Old Buddhist Abbot reached out his withered hand to caress the catfish’s head with a kind smile, as if his grandfather was looking at his own grandson.

Old Buddhist Abbot touched his head, the Catfish Demon turned its head, and I could see a hint of pleading look in its eyes. Old Buddhist Abbot touched the head of the Catfish Demon, and seemed to be looking for something, and then pulled out three silver needles in succession, and along with three streams of blood. The silver needles were pierced extremely deep, and it took Old Buddhist Abbot a long time to pull them out.

Taking out the silver needles, Old Buddhist Abbot looked at the Catfish Demon lovingly, as if asking if it was still in pain. He then carefully put the needles away, and the Catfish Demon went up and down the water surface happily, like a happy child. The water splashed all over its body and the Old Buddhist Abbot smiled at it, his eyes filled with satisfaction.

Senior Sister and I looked at each other and sighed at the same time. Just as we were about to leave quietly, Old Buddhist Abbot suddenly took out a blade.

His movements were not fast, but he did not hesitate at all, as if he was already prepared. The two of us were attracted by his actions and did not know what he wanted to do.

Sabers are ominous, they were originally designed to take away everyone’s lives, sabers that are tainted with blood Qi all year round will produce a baleful aura, the sabre that kills livestock is a little bit weaker, as long as the sabre that has tasted human blood will have a dense baleful aura, the baleful qi will suppress ghosts and gods, and the executioner’s sabre will be borrowed to exorcise evil spirits.

It is obvious that this blade has tasted human blood. I do not know why Old Buddhist Abbot would bring a blade with him, nor do I understand why this cultivator’s blade carries such a dense killing intent.

When the Catfish Demon saw Old Buddhist Abbot take out his blade, it did not fear him at all. Instead, it became quiet and stared at him, “What does he want to do?” The senior sister nervously asked, “I don’t know either. I might have to cut my fingernails.”

Old Buddhist Abbot held the blade in his right hand and stabbed it into his thigh. His actions almost made me shout out loud, but fortunately, I covered my mouth in time.

He saw Old Buddhist Abbot cutting his thigh as if he was cutting beef, and very quickly, a large amount of fresh blood flowed down the leg of his pants, and his expression did not seem to feel any pain, he cut off a piece of meat carefully and seriously, and held onto the Catfish Demon’s mouth with one hand. The Catfish Demon had been waiting a long time, and swallowed it in one gulp, and then looked at Old Buddhist Abbot with its mouth wide open, as though it was still waiting.

The Old Buddhist Abbot stood up shakily and waved his hands towards the Catfish Demon, indicating that he was done for. He then took out some water to clean the wound and carefully cleaned the blood on the ground. Only then did his face reveal a bit of pain.

The Catfish Demon stared at her husband’s back for a long time before it finally sunk. Senior sister and I stared at each other in confusion.

“Junior brother, this old monk is too weird. Let’s follow him and see what he’ll do once he returns.” The Senior Sister said, “Yes, I think so too.” We made a deal to get up and catch up to Old Buddhist Abbot. Old Buddhist Abbot’s leg was injured and he walked with a slow limp, so we followed him at a distance, not too close, all the way until he returned to his remote room.

He gently closed the door and entered without making a sound. When he entered the room, Senior Sister and I quietly crept towards the window and peeked inside. Old Buddhist Abbot sat inside the room for a while as if he was resting, then got up and took out some gauze and medicine from the cabinet.

When he revealed the wound, we saw that not only was there a wound on his leg, there were also wounds on his thigh and lower leg. The wounds were all big and small, and were extremely shocking, some were very new to look at, and some had completely healed, just that they were different from the surrounding skin color. This made Senior Sister and I feel fear, oh heavens, who the hell is this Old Buddhist Abbot, what does he do, why would a monk be covered with wounds.

Thinking about how he used a knife to cut off my own flesh to feed the Catfish Demon, I seemed to have realized something. Could it be that the Old Buddhist Abbot was using his own flesh to raise that demon? Thinking of this, I couldn’t help but swallow my saliva. This old monk is really … I don’t know what to say about him. I can’t think why he did it, unless he was in a trance.

The old monk took care of his wounds and laid down. Senior apprentice sister and I squatted under the window and looked at each other, unsure of what to do. “This old monk is crazy. Let’s not worry about him. Let’s quickly leave. This temple is not a good place.” The senior sister whispered. I thought for a moment and said, “This won’t do, if this goes on, he will kill himself sooner or later. Let’s go and capture the Catfish Demon. We can’t let it harm anyone else.” The Senior Sister thought for a moment, then said, “Okay, but do what you can.” I nodded.

Just as we were about to leave, we heard a coughing sound behind us, so clear in the silence of the night that we stopped in our tracks.

“Why did you get involved?” Old Buddhist Abbot’s aged voice sounded from inside the room, mixed with helplessness and sighs. So he knew about our existence now.

“Just in time, ask him what happened.” The Old Buddhist Abbot had already woken up and was sitting upright with his eyes closed. Seeing him like this, I had nothing to hide, so I asked directly: “Master Fang, what happened to the demon? Why did you give its meat to it?”

Old Buddhist Abbot didn’t say anything and just sat there with his eyes closed. Monks couldn’t run away from the temple, so I sat down and said: “Master Fang, you have to tell me what happened no matter what, otherwise I won’t be leaving.” I’m not leaving either. ” The Senior Sister said.

Old Buddhist Abbot was really patient, he just sat there for two hours, until I lost all my temper. I wanted to kick the wall twice, but I was afraid of waking up the other monks, so I could only hold it in.

“Sigh …” Old Buddhist Abbot finally spoke out. Although it was just a sigh, it still made me extremely excited. He just needed to open his mouth, so I jumped up, “Master Fang, quickly tell me what happened to that demon.”

Old Buddhist Abbot opened his eyes and carefully removed the bandages on his legs. What was he doing? When he removed the gauze, Senior Sister and I were both stunned. The wound under the gauze had almost fully healed, it was just that it was more recent than the other healed wounds, according to common sense, cutting off a piece of flesh from my leg would take at least a week to recover from this, even if my body’s recovery rate had greatly increased due to the Fox Blood, it would not be as easy as cutting off a piece of flesh to recover in an hour. I was greatly taken aback by this.

There are too many mysteries on Old Buddhist Abbot. I don’t know what to say, so I just stared at him, afraid that he would disappear with a whoosh. I believe in whatever he can do now.

“Since someone has blocked the disaster, why do you want to know the truth? Furthermore, it has nothing to do with you. Why can’t you pretend that you didn’t see it.” Old Buddhist Abbot said with a slow and weak voice. While speaking, his forehead was already sweating.

“I… I just don’t want to see anyone hurt. ” I said, “Alright, then I’ll tell you. As long as I’m here, it won’t harm anyone. Everyone will naturally do everything in this world. This is my merit.” The Old Buddhist Abbot said.

“Is it also a merit for you to use your own flesh to feed that man-eating demon?” I asked, the Old Buddhist Abbot said, “Sigh, what demon is there? You said that it is a man-eating demon, and in its eyes, you are also someone who kills demons. From the looks of it, there seems to be no difference between you and it.” “But …”

The words of the Old Buddhist Abbot caused me to be speechless. Yeah, we both wanted to take each other’s lives, what difference did the two of us have?