mesbooks Chapter 511 If you don't want to walk the Ladder to Rebirth, then cross the Bridge of Helplessn
Chapter 511 If you don't want to walk the Ladder to Rebirth, then cross the Bridge of Helplessn
"Ridiculous!" The man seemed to have been angered and left, leaving Wang Zanghai alone drinking tea.
The surface seemed frozen in time, but the harsh scraping sound continued unabated, as if telling some secret.
Jieyuhua was puzzled as to why there was such a scene here. It looked like an illusion, like a modern invention, since the earliest phonograph was invented in the Qing Dynasty.
The dim candlelight illuminated the table, as if Wang Zanghai and that man had played a game of chess on this very table a hundred years ago.
On the table lay an unfinished chess game, the pieces scattered in a well-organized manner, the situation intricate and complex, making it difficult to predict the outcome. Each move embodied boundless wisdom and strategy, as if telling the story of a thrilling duel.
One pressed forward relentlessly, while the other retreated to advance; neither was willing to back down.
Xie Yuhua stared at the chessboard, trying to find clues. He noticed that several moves in the game seemed random, but actually contained hidden strategies. Xie Yuhua felt that they were somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen this game before.
Just as she turned around, a gust of wind seemed to cause the candlelight to flicker for a moment. Jieyuhua's gaze followed, and she discovered that the shadows cast by the candlelight formed a strange pattern on the chessboard.
The Snake-Eyebrowed Bronze Fish... What on earth is going on? The chessboard before me is reflecting the phantom of the Snake-Eyebrowed Bronze Fish! Could there be some secret hidden within?
He stared at the chessboard, lost in thought. He tightened his grip on Ling Xiao's hand, gently resting his face against Ling Xiao's drooping forehead. He was no longer facing this alone; his child was with him.
The moment he turned back, he noticed something unusual about the chessboard. He took the child over and found that the chessboard seemed to be able to rotate. He gently twisted it with his hand, and with a crisp "click," the entire chessboard began to slowly rotate.
As the fish's body rotates, a mysterious stone staircase quietly appears before your eyes.
Each stone step above is densely covered with ancient and solemn Sanskrit inscriptions: "Namo Amitabha Buddha, I take refuge in the Tathagata of Immeasurable Life. Tadyatha then recites the mantra: (So-called) Amitabha Buddha, Immeasurable Light. Amitabha Buddha, Immeasurable Siddham Buddha, Auspicious Light. Amitabha Buddha, Immeasurable Vikaranta, Unobstructed Conduct. Amitabha Buddha, Immeasurable Vikaranta, Immaculate Conduct."
Xieyuhua couldn't understand the Sanskrit, but he wasn't the type to rush up there rashly. He would never take a child up to a place where Buddhist scriptures appeared.
He tried to turn the chessboard again, but it seemed to be stuck and he couldn't turn it any further.
He tried moving the chess pieces again and found that they could be moved. Each time he moved a piece, the projection of the fish would change, but slowly it was no longer the snake-browed bronze fish, and the stone steps disappeared. The chessboard still could not be turned.
He tried to restore them again, and this time the snake-browed bronze fish reappeared. However, the stone steps did not rise again; instead, the wall behind collapsed, revealing a glacier below, filled with countless frozen corpses. The corpses were baring their fangs and claws, seemingly trying to climb upwards, but they had already turned into ice sculptures.
It was called a bridge, but it was just two iron locks. Xie Yuhua could clearly see the stone steps on the other side. Holding the child, he couldn't help but feel a little lucky that he hadn't actually taken the child up. The steps were broken, and once you climbed up, there was basically no way back. You would be worse off than a person who was more intact below. If you fell on this ice, you would only be broken into pieces.
However, this bridge wasn't much better. There were several large characters written on it: "If you don't want to walk the Ladder to Rebirth, then come and cross the Bridge of Helplessness."