荒墟牧神 - 第18章 荒墟少年非善類 - 錦書坊

All at once Shen Mu's vision plunged into darkness, and when his consciousness revived, he discovered with horror that it was inside the stone statue! "What happened?" He opened his eyes and tried to move his eyeballs, only to find that "his" eyeballs could move; then he tilted his head and found that his consciousness had a head. He looked down and saw that his consciousness had merged with the "stone statue" -- the statue's hands and feet had become his hands and feet! Consciousness should have no physical form, yet now his consciousness had a body; it was too strange! He felt that this "stone statue" was a kind of spirit, like energy yet not energy, like a soul yet not a soul, bizarre beyond easy explanation. "Primordial-Fetus Divine Treasury, Primordial-Fetus Divine Treasury ... Could the stone statue be my spirit fetus, and only because my consciousness entered it did the spirit fetus awaken? Is this what the Primordial-Fetus Divine Treasury means?" Shen Mu's spirit fetus blinked its eyes, and in an instant understood many things. The human body contains seven divine treasuries, and the Primordial-Fetus Divine Treasury is the first of them. But this divine treasury is sealed; ordinary people cannot open it, and so naturally cannot awaken their spirit fetus. A spirit body's divine treasury, by contrast, is naturally open, so one only needs the corresponding spirit blood, and with that spirit blood one can guide consciousness into the spirit fetus and awaken it. The spirit fetus -- this is what the spirit fetus is: the vessel that holds consciousness. And the divine treasury -- was it not that the gods gave humanity the spirit fetus? Or was it rather that the gods deliberately sealed the spirit fetus away? Just as this thought came to him, primordial qi suddenly surged in from outside and entered the sea of light, wisp after wisp, strand after strand, drawn into the little spirit fetus's body; threads of primordial qi passed in and out through its nostrils, a sensation of great comfort. And with every breath the spirit fetus took, his primordial qi became far purer! Not only that: Shen Mu also found the spirit fetus absorbing the golden light of the sea of light. The golden light passed in and out of his body together with the primordial qi, little flecks of gold adorning the qi; he had no idea what it did. He tried to make the spirit fetus stand, but the tiny infant could not rise, could not even shift its body. "How does a spirit fetus move? Hmm, I'll ask the village headman and Granny and the others when I get back." As he was thinking this, his consciousness suddenly returned to his body, and he opened his eyes. Violent coughing came from the temple. The monster was not dead; it was lying prostrate before the Buddha, coughing blood, spitting it out in great gushes. Shen Mu thought for a moment and stepped through the temple gate. When the monster saw him actually enter the ancient temple, it did not know whether to be afraid or glad, and hastily struggled to rise. Walking toward it, Shen Mu intoned: "Qike Duo Suomoye, Bo Re Bo Re Suomoye, Qike Duo Bo Re Suomoye!" "Wicked creature, how dare you still make a scene!" The monster shuddered with fear. Behind it, the golden Buddha began to shake again, blazing with golden light; the chains clanked loudly, dragging it back down to kneel prostrate! "Om mani padme hum!" A mighty Buddha voice resounded, and the monster was refined until it vomited blood, limp and drained. Shen Mu stopped chanting the demonic incantation, and the golden Buddha's chant sounded only once before it too fell silent. Under the Buddha image, the monster panted heavily. As it was about to rise, the demonic incantation came from Shen Mu's mouth once more. The monster shrieked and hurriedly hid behind the Buddha, only to find that Shen Mu had let out only a syllable or two before stopping. "You are the demon..." The monster cautiously peered out, staring in panic at Shen Mu entering the main hall, and said