Chapter 016 - Like a Deity in the Dust

  In addition to the mortar and pestle, several others found broken incense burners, ring rulers, copper bells, and fishing drums.   Among them, the female classmate who was sympathized by Ye Fan and looked haggard at the class reunion found a special artifact. It was a complete string of rosary beads, only six of them, crystalline, light golden in color, as translucent as crystal, each as big as a dragon's eye.   "It couldn't be made of relics, could it?" The person next to him said in disbelief.   These six beads were all light golden crystals, much like magnificent gemstones, easily reminiscent of the relics left behind by ancient Buddhas after they had passed away, after all, this was an artifact that existed in the Great Thunder Sound Temple, and the material would never be simple.   This string of rosary beads is very unusual, is that the female students accidentally from the stone Buddha found on top of the head. Six beads were threaded together by a thin transparent thread, and on each of them was a blurred humanoid pattern in different poses.   This is after Ye Fan's copper lamp, Zhou Yi's mantle after the third intact artifact, of course, or that copper lamp is the most striking, after all, this is the only did not stain the dust of the ancient lamp, long bright, anyone can see extraordinary.   In the ancient temple there are several hot rays of light from time to time aimed at the copper lamp, although Ye Fan sensed it, but did not have any indication, he was very calm to face all this.   The Buddhist hall of the Great Thunder Sound Temple had already been searched and there were no more artifacts, so the people retreated.   Pang Bo was the most depressed, more than a dozen people had searched for the ancient artifacts, he was the first one to walk into the temple, but up to now he still had nothing, nothing was found.   Standing in front of the temple to re-measure the ancient temple, Pang Bo's eyes suddenly brightened up, he took big steps back, moved a few boulders under his feet, he will be engraved with the "Great Thunder Sound Temple" of the copper plaque off, immediately let the presence of a lot of people stared in disbelief.   Then everyone suddenly, this piece of copper plaque must be extraordinary, weathered, through time, and did not leave a drop of dust on it, it is very clean. To know all the artifacts in the ancient temple, only that bronze ancient lamp is immaculate, the bronze plaque is also so, obviously extraordinary.   "Really heavy ......" Pang Bo dragged the bronze plaque walked back, he just left the temple, the whole ancient temple will shake up, inside the stone Buddha even suddenly cracked, issued "click click click click The stone Buddha inside suddenly cracked and made a "click, click, click" sound.   And then, the Buddha's six true words rang out: "Buzz, Mani, Nai, Ba, Mimi, Un ......"   The grand Buddhist sound resounded through the heavens, shaking the firmament, and the six heavens and earth were trembling!   The compassionate, solemn, subtle, and esoteric Zen sound was incomparably vast, cleansing away the dirt and washing away the mortal dust, and all around the ancient temple were bathed in a divine and peaceful light.   This time it was by no means an illusion, not only did Ye Fan and Pang Bo hear it, but all the others were all as if they were carved in clay, shocked and speechless.   At the same time, all the artifacts found in the Buddhist temple, whether intact or broken, all emitted a soft light, brilliant light shining, so that everyone was shocked.   However, in the end, with a loud bang, the stone Buddha inside the ancient temple shattered and turned into flying ash, and then the Great Thunder Sound Temple also turned into pieces in a breeze.   "Poof!"   At the same time, the ancient Bodhi tree that accompanied it also crumbled, there were no wood shavings, no withered branches, there were just flying ashes that came down in the sky.   Next, the Buddha weapons in the hands of all the people converged in light, all dimmed, once again returned to ordinary.   Everyone all froze, not knowing why such a thing had happened, could it be due to the removal of the Buddhist artifacts from the temple and the removal of the bronze plaque?   The ancient temple only left behind a ground of flying ash, nothing was left, Ye Fan gazed at it for a moment before saying, "Taking away all kinds of Buddhist artifacts and plucking away the plaque of the ancient temple made the already deserted Great Thunder Sound Temple lose the meaning of its existence, perhaps this is the reason why it dispersed with the wind."   Zhou Yi was usually gentle and elegant, but at this moment, he was very excited, his eyes showing a strange light as he said, "I am now even more determined that there really are deities in this world, perhaps we can follow the footprints they left behind, and all the things we encountered today may be a great opportunity for us."   Deities, Buddha, immortality ...... These absurd legends are now being brought up, no one will feel that they are too ridiculous, these facts in front of them signify that many common sense can be subverted, and that gods are not absolutely nonexistent.   "Following the footprints left by the gods ...... is easy to say, but I don't see hope." Pang Bo slanted a glance at Zhou Yi and said, "Right now finding a way to survive is the most important thing, there is no village in front of us in this desert, there is no water source, there is no food, after another seven or eight hours, I'm afraid that the situation will become extremely bad."   "All the signs indicate that this planet is mostly Mars, and we all know that Mars cannot have an environment for survival." Li Xiaoman was clear and moving, and after some series of events, she became more and more calm, continuing, "If there really is a god that exists, then perhaps it can explain all of this, and this is merely a narrow piece of pure land on Mars."   As soon as her words fell, a burst of rumbling came from the reddish-brown earth, and the empty earth shook, as if there were a thousand armies galloping, and as if there was a furious sea raging.   "Sandstorm ...... super storm on Mars!" Cade, who was beside Li Xiaoman, changed greatly in color and exclaimed in his not fluent Chinese.   Mars was shrouded in raging sand for a quarter of the year, while the big typhoons on Earth were more than sixty meters per second, the storms on Mars were as high as one hundred and eighty meters per second, and the super big storms could sweep through the entire planet.   Not to mention people, even heavy tanks should be rolled up into the high sky!   In just an instant, the stars and moon in the sky all disappeared, and endless reddish-brown sand and dust completely covered the dome of the sky, and a great storm that swept through the entire planet Mars opened up.   "No, we don't have a storm here ......"   Just a moment ago, many people were alarmed, thinking that a catastrophe of doom had descended, but at this moment, the crowd realized that while the storm was heaving in the distance, the wind and waves were calm near the front.   Taking the five-colored altar and the Great Thunder Sound Temple as the axis, a hazy circular cover with a diameter of more than a thousand meters was formed, covering the sky above this territory and isolating this place from the outside world.   Li Xiaoman's words came true, this was indeed a narrow piece of pure land, there were supernatural forces sealing off the storms, indirectly proving that deities might exist, and that this might be a place where deities sheltered.   "Not good, that hazy shroud of light is dimming, it's about to disappear!" The face of a female student looking up at the sky turned snow white.   The dim light shield on the dome of the sky was gradually melting away, and it was feared that it wouldn't take long for it to disappear completely. Everyone changed color after seeing this scene, death was so close that no one could be at peace.   "What to do, are we ...... really going to die here?" Some people's words were trembling.   "I don't want to die ......," some famous female students cried out.   "If the light shield disappears, we will be crushed by the super storm!" Even the male students were terrified, this only pure land on Mars would cease to exist, and there would be no more room for survival.   "Rumble ......"   The storm was rumbling like muffled thunder, the whole earth seemed to be shaking for it, the sky and the earth were clouded, there was wild sand everywhere, and fear was spreading among the crowd.   Ye Fan still had clear eyes as he looked towards the overwhelming sandstorm and spoke calmly, "There may only be one way of survival today."   "We can escape? Quickly say what's the way!"   "This pure land will cease to exist, what other place can we survive?!"   At the moment of life and death, the crowd was incomparably anxious, and many of them were in disarray.   "Go forward along the path that the gods have traveled and leave this unviable environment." Ye Fan said this.   Immediately, some people understood Ye Fan's idea, but there were still quite a few people who did not understand.   "Not bad, this might be the only way to survive." Zhou Yi nodded his head in agreement.   According to Ye Fan's conjecture, in that distant past, there were gods who opened up ancient paths in the starry sky and could come to Flux from Earth, but this might not be the ultimate destination.   There was also a five-colored altar on Mars, most likely connecting to an even more distant starry sky, this was the path that the gods had once traveled, now they would be pushed to the brink of extinction, the only way to survive was to continue along this ancient path and leave Mars.   At this point, everyone understood and quickly rushed towards the five-colored altar.   Although it was only a distance of one thousand meters, the crowd felt as if they were separated by an ocean, this distance was a matter of life and death, if the light shield in the sky shattered before they reached the five-colored altar, all of them would surely die.   Vast ruins of the Heavenly Palace, rubble everywhere, this is a difficult journey, due to walk too swiftly, some people here broke their feet, but do not dare to stop for a moment, forced to endure the pain, fast forward, unwilling to fall behind.   Even if they arrived at the five-colored altar safely, whether they could open the ancient path of the starry sky was still an unknown, this was a huge shadow hanging over the hearts of the people, knowing that everything was passive when they were in Taishan. But at this moment there was no choice, there was their only lifesaver, right now they could only get there first and then think of a way.   "Ah ......" A female student was running through the rubble when she suddenly let out a miserable scream, "Gudong!" With a thud she fell into the dust and never moved again.   In her face was filled with a horrified look, in its forehead there was a thumb-thick bloody hole, blood gurgling, she died as if she had seen something extremely frightening.   "What's going on?!" The crowd felt a wave of creepiness, their hearts were filled with fear, a vivid life just suddenly died, just now it was with everyone, but now it was gone forever, it was so sudden and fishy.   "Don't go near her!" Ye Fan stopped the two male students who wanted to approach the corpse, he remembered the snow white skull he saw on the way here, also with a finger-thick bone hole in the center of the forehead, the same way of death, a bad premonition arose in his heart.   "We desecrated the Great Thunder Sound Temple, it can t be ...... the gods are punishing it." A female student's voice trembled, her heart filled with trepidation.   "Even if a god exists, the Buddha is merciful." Zhou Yi interrupted her, avoiding the spread of terror, saying, "There is no way for us to take her away at the moment, we can only let her rest here in peace, we must now hurry back to the five-colored altar."   No one hesitated, at the moment of life and death right now, they could no longer care about that female student's corpse.   "When ......" Suddenly, the bell sounded melodious, the sound was vast and solemn, like a yellow bell vibrating.   Extremely bright golden light rushed up from Prince Wen, his whole body was shrouded in brilliant golden light, like wearing a thick layer of golden battle suit, extremely dazzling, as if golden divine fire was burning.   In Prince Wen's hand the broken bronze bell was gently shaking, the magnificent sound was what it was emitting, and the brilliant golden light also originated from it.   "What happened?" Liu Yunzhi was closest to him and asked very nervously.   "Just now, something attacked me ......" Prince Wen was usually gentle, but at this moment, he was enveloped by the golden divine flame, as if he had put on a golden battle suit, and he was very imposing, simply like a god in the dust.