When Shi Kong saw Zhou Yi, his face did not have the usual warm and gentle smile like the sunshine in winter. Instead, he stared at Zhou Yi and Ren Ya behind him with a gloomy face. After a while, he lowered his voice and said, "Brother Qianbei Buzui, how are you?"
Zhou Yi had met Shi Kong once when he sneaked into the Jingnian Zen Temple to steal the Jinglei Zen Staff. He was quite surprised to see him here. However, in Zhou Yi's mind, this person should be in the same group with Lei Mingfei. Thinking of Lei Mingfei's kindness in quietly arranging everything for him in Luoyang, his heart warmed up and he bowed.
"I was disrespectful in Jingnian Zen Temple that day. I hope Brother Shikong will not be offended. I wonder why Brother Shikong is here today?"
"I'm here to kill you!" Shi Kong said without any expression on his face, almost without thinking.
"What?" Zhou Yi was greatly surprised and asked incredulously, "Why? Is it because of Wu Chongye?"
"I did promise Wu Chongye that I would come and kill you, but..." Shi Kong's face suddenly lit up, with an indescribable solemnity. He raised his head and smiled, "But a man like him is not worthy of me taking action."
Zhou Yi looked at the murderous intent rising from Shi Kong in front of him, and his heart trembled. He suddenly felt that this person's words about wanting to kill him were not false, so he asked carefully: "Why is that?"
Shi Kongdao said: "For the Buddhist sects in the world, after Emperor Wu of Liang's frenzied campaign to destroy Buddhism, we understood that the ownership of the world is closely related to the continuation of the Buddhist incense. Therefore, for thousands of years, we have always used Cihang Jingzhai as the leader to choose the master of the world for the Buddhist sect."
Ren Ya interrupted, "So whether it was Li Shimin or Zhu Yuanzhang, they both gave Buddhism a special status after ascending the throne. In today's situation, you need to re-select the person you support? But Wu Chongye is unlikely to become a big shot, so how could you possibly choose him?"
"Of course it can't be Wu Chongye, that stubborn guy. Our choice is Zhu Jianan, the chivalrous king of the Southern Ming." Shi Kong said, "But the Heshi Bi has the reputation of being able to conquer the world, so it's perfect to use it to build momentum. But I really can't understand why Ming Fei is willing to let you go and arrange everything for you. It's really..."
Zhou Yi's face darkened, and he interrupted Shi Kong and asked, "So you came here for the Heshi Bi?"
"Of course not!" Ren Ya jumped up anxiously, tugging Zhou Yi's collar and said, "Brother Qianbei, you are so stupid, can't you see this? That stinky monk is obviously jealous of Concubine Lei Ming's kindness to you! So he came to kill you, his love rival!"
"Silly girl, you..." Shi Kong never expected that he would be rebuked by this little girl on the spot, but these words almost went straight into Shi Kong's heart, and for a moment he could not find any words to refute.
Zhou Yi heard Ren Ya's words and shook his head helplessly. He didn't want to waste time on this meaningless topic, so he sent Ren Ya behind him, stepped forward and said to Shi Kong: "No matter what the reason is, this battle is only between you and me. The winner will take the Heshi Bi, but this matter has nothing to do with Ren Ya. If I unfortunately die in the hands of Brother Shi Kong, please spare Ren Ya."
Shi Kong nodded to indicate that he agreed to Zhou Yi.
Ren Ya was behind him, and asked eagerly, "Brother Qianbei..."
"Don't worry!" Zhou Yi touched Ren Ya's forehead with a smile, then looked at Shi Kong from a distance, and said with a smile: "It's not that easy for that bald donkey to kill your brother Qianbei!"
After saying that, Zhou Yi comforted the servant Ya and slowly walked towards Shi Kong's position.
When Shi Kong saw Zhou Yi slowly walking forward, his eyes suddenly became bright, and it seemed as if a soul-stirring divine light was emitted from his eyes and shot straight forward.
Immediately, Shi Kong moved.
It started without any warning, just like teleportation, as if it disappeared from the spot in an instant. The next moment, when it reappeared, it was already in front of Zhou Yi, and lightly slapped forward in a seemingly ordinary manner.
This palm move seemed ordinary, but halfway through it, it suddenly shook slightly, and immediately one palm turned into two palms, two palms turned into four palms, and four palms turned into eight palms.
Zhou Yi screamed in shock: "Thousand-handed Tathagata Palm!"
Before Zhou Yi finished speaking, Shi Kong's eight palms changed into sixteen palms, and then transformed into thirty-two palms, as if hundreds of giant hands, covering the sky and the sun, were lying in front of Zhou Yi.
The Thousand-Handed Tathagata Palm is known as one of the 72 Shaolin Kung Fu skills, and was specially developed by the Prajna Hall. It is the unique skill used by Master Fang Zheng in "Swordsman" to fight against Ren Woxing, and is known for its complex and ever-changing moves.
Although this move came extremely fast and was extremely clever, it was still within Zhou Yi's spiritual perception. Facing the ever-changing Thousand Hands Tathagata Palm, Zhou Yi did not draw his sword, contrary to his usual practice, but instead used the Wudang Mian Palm to fight back.
Wudang internal martial arts places the most emphasis on the cultivation of internal strength. Only after Zhou Yi's "Nine Heavens Sutra" can he make great progress. It is time to verify it with a peerless master like Shi Kong.
The sound of flesh and bones colliding continued to ring out. In just one second, Shi Kong had blasted out more than twenty palm strikes. However, Zhou Yi was already calm and unhurried, using a simple set of Wudang soft palm strikes to remove them one by one, attacking and defending with ease.
Bang!
After another heavy punch, the two men suddenly staggered and stood on both sides. It was obvious that the previous round of attack was evenly matched.
But this fact that they were evenly matched shocked Shikong extremely. On that day in the Jingnian Zen Temple, Zhou Yi only managed to defeat Lei Mingfei by being clever. Shikong, whose martial arts were better than Lei Mingfei's, was absolutely confident that he could defeat Zhou Yi.
But as far as the previous round of fighting is concerned, Zhou Yi's "Nine Heavens Scriptures" is not only extremely pure as rumored, but also his internal strength is incredibly strong. Even extremely simple basic movements such as chopping, stabbing, pushing, and teasing have enormous power. If he hadn't taken the initiative to attack, would he have been at a disadvantage by now
No, never!
Shi Kong's eyes suddenly released a gleam of light that could devour people, like an incomparable sword piercing straight ahead. How could he not be able to defeat Qianbei Buzui with his bare hands? This was absolutely impossible!
Shi Kong suddenly put his hands together, his eyes were like sculptures, without a trace of emotion, his body suddenly straightened up, his energy and spirit instantly reached the peak, and he muttered something.
A gust of wind blew by, without raising any dust, as if time had suddenly stopped.
"Amitabha!" Accompanied by a solemn and reverent chant of the Buddha's name, the earth suddenly lit up, as if everyone was bathing in a world illuminated by the Buddha's light.
The Buddha's words continued to be chanted, becoming faster and louder.
Suddenly, Shi Kong stretched out his palms, and the state of joining hands was instantly unfolded. With the movement of his hands, the true energy gathered instantly, and accompanied by endless Sanskrit sounds, one, two, three... dozens, hundreds of golden palm prints quickly formed behind Shi Kong, floating in an orderly manner behind Shi Kong.
Looking at the solemn and boundless Buddha light in front of him, Zhou Yi suddenly remembered a rumor about Shaolin Temple, and said in surprise: "Could it be that it is true?" (To be continued)