On the stone platform, three corpses lay, pale and pale.
This is the first step in the sky burial ceremony. The clothes of the deceased must be taken off cleanly, especially the leather products on the body, so as not to be regarded as an animal when reincarnated and mistakenly enter the animal realm.
They believe that people are born into this world with nothing and naturally return everything when they leave. Everything in the world is a shackles attached to people. Only by removing the shackles can people go to reincarnation without burden.
All the lamas began to put their hands together and recite sutras for the deceased with piety.
This is the second step of the sky burial ceremony. The eminent monk chants sutras to guide them to the paradise world.
Next comes the third step, which is also the most important part of the sky burial ceremony: decomposing the corpse.
After the old lama in the center arrived with a sharp knife in his hand, the rest of the lama also took out a knife.
It's just that the knives in their hands are of different sizes and have different functions.
Some are responsible for breaking down legs and feet, while others are responsible for processing broken bones.
Obviously their backs were to us, but we could clearly feel that drops of bright red blood were splashing on their faces, and some even splashed on the ground.
Puff puff, as the tip of the knife penetrated the flesh, blood continued to fly out.
The man in red who was leading the way looked at us and murmured something.
After Mou Xiangyi's translation, we understood what he meant. The lama was saying: "As the Romans do, if your distinguished guests are afraid, just turn around and close your eyes."
"Actually, it stands to reason that the sky burial ceremony cannot be seen by you, otherwise it will interfere with our chanting sutras and extraditing the souls of the deceased... But since the master said it, there must be a reason for it, so please don't be impatient."
Guru?
It seems that what the vulture king preached was the words of the master of Gonggar Temple. No wonder the red-clothed Lama Hui opened the door and let people go.
But why does the master want us to watch this sky burial ceremony?
What is his purpose?
Lao Jiang and others were used to seeing big scenes, so they were naturally expressionless about this scene, but I couldn't help it and closed my eyes in fear.
But the sound of the sharp knife going into the flesh kept coming to my ears, which made me unable to bear my curiosity. I squinted my eyes secretly, and I happened to see a huge hammer hammering on the bones. , I was so scared that I quickly closed my eyes again.
Not long after, the sound of flying came from the sky, it was the vulture coming!
I squinted my eyes again, and suddenly I saw a huge vulture pounced on the dismembered corpse on the ground, its sharp beak holding a bloody arm, which made me almost gasp.
The moment I looked away, I saw several other vultures vying for food, and my stomach churned.
I instinctively turned around, dug my fingers into my throat, and began to retching violently.
Fortunately, there was a gentle hand patting my back. I don’t know when Lao Jiang became so considerate.
Just when I raised my head to thank, I met a pair of malicious eyes, it turned out to be Mingyue Ye!
Mingyue Ye couldn't hold back anything, and smiled with a mocking look on her face: "You are like this, and you are fighting for the headlights with our Sanjiang Gang. If it weren't for Mr. Banban, you wouldn't even be qualified to go up the snow mountain. Li Jinglan, I I advise you to admit defeat as soon as possible and go down the mountain..."
I wiped my mouth, tried hard to suppress the urge to spray Ming Yue Ye's face, and snorted coldly: "I am a living person. When I see a bloody scene, I will naturally have an instinctive physiological reaction, unlike someone with a snake-like heart. A woman whose hands are stained with the blood of innocent people in Leizhen.”
Thinking of what happened in Lei Town and the mayor who sacrificed his life, my heart was filled with anger and my body straightened up little by little: "I will slowly settle this account with you!"
Suddenly, I thought of something and put on a evil smile.
He leaned into Mingyue Ye's ear and said, "In addition, what I want to tell you is, do you know what kind of woman I hate the most? It's a woman with a snake-like heart like you."
This sentence can be described as murderous and heartbreaking.
I could clearly see that Mingyue Ye, who was originally still arrogant and proud, turned from white to green in the next second, and his teeth chattered.
Ming Yue Ye might have been too angry, so she said without hesitation: "Of course I had my reasons for that time in Lei Town. Do you think I wanted to go? Humph, if that person hadn't used his father to threaten me, I would have..."
Halfway through her words, she seemed to notice the faux pas and immediately shut up.
Obviously, Mingyue Ye was afraid of revealing any secrets to me.
I was secretly shocked. Listening to this tone, Mingyue Ye seemed to have been coerced. The father she mentioned was naturally the Dragon King of Sanjiang, Wen Lingjiang. But who dared to threaten her with Wen Lingjiang's life, and who could touch the Dragon King of Sanjiang?
Could it be that in addition to the cooperative relationship between 'it' this organization and the Sanjiang Gang, there are more hidden existences?
At this time, my heart had drifted far away, but the sky burial ceremony was still going on.
As the number of corpses increased, the vultures' pecking sounds became louder and louder.
But I still dare not look at it, for fear of seeing my own kind being eaten up.
I turned my head to avoid the sky burial ceremony. I still couldn’t figure out why the master insisted on letting us witness such a scene with our own eyes.
It's just that except for me, Xue Jingxiang and others actually watched it with gusto. Originally, I thought that Xue Jingxiang was the weakest among everyone, but now it's just Luo Tuo and I, arming ourselves to avoid the scene behind us. .
There is a blue sky in front of you and the snow-white mountains in the distance. Everything is indescribably sacred.
But as the little black girl said, these vultures only eat dead bodies and do not harm living people.
Of all the people we had, not one of us was attacked by a vulture.
As the sun sets, it gets later and later. When I look at my watch, six or seven hours have passed.
Behind me, the corpses were still being processed, and the group of people were beating the chewy corpses and bones with hammers. Listening to the banging sound, I always felt that my soul was being carved bit by bit.
When the sun went down, the vultures finally finished eating. They flapped their wings and flew away with satisfaction.
The skull of the deceased was left behind and was wrapped in white cloth.
According to the little black girl, the skulls of these people will either be taken home by their relatives for worship, or left in the temple.
In short, there are many customs here that I have never heard of.
Mou Xiangyi glanced at his watch and said, "I can't believe that we have stayed here for so long and it's really Cheng Menlixue!"
For him, he was observing with an inquiring look, and time passed in a blink of an eye.
For me, I want to leave this place all the time!
After the sky burial ceremony was completely over, I discovered that the man in red who was leading the way had left the scene at some point.
The group of lamas across the street also packed up their things and left one by one after cleaning up the scene. They didn't even look at us and seemed to treat us like nothing.
But now there is no one around us who knows the way, so how can we know where to go to this huge temple?
"what to do?"
"Didn't you say that after watching the sky burial ceremony, the master will meet us?"
Everyone kept talking to each other, but they didn't dare to raise their voices for fear of disturbing someone.
Gonggar Temple is quiet at night, as if covered with a layer of blue night, and the whole world has fallen into stillness.
Just when we were extremely anxious, with a creaking sound, the door of a room in the distance opened.
A little lama dressed in red walked out from behind the door. He had a dark face and two touches of plateau red on his cheeks. He looked to be only thirteen years old at most.
After seeing this little Lama, Xue Jingxiang's eyes changed instantly, and she even felt uncontrollable excitement!
