When Jue Luan arrived at the relic pagoda, Yun Qing was sitting in front of the relics of many eminent monks, slowly treating the wounds on his hands. en8. She wrapped her bloody left hand with a clean cloth. Although the bleeding was slightly stopped, her face was still very pale.
The stupa has always been deserted. Apart from the disciples guarding the door, there are only restrictions and formations everywhere. I don’t know what means Yun Qing used to bypass many restrictions and go directly to the top.
When Jue Luan stood in front of her, she didn't even raise her head.
One of them was sitting and the other was standing. There were grids of relics hidden on the four walls, and there was a deep sense of loneliness in the silence. Buried here are not only the bones of generations of eminent monks, but also the path to immortality of countless Buddhist practices. Those who truly achieve immortality will live forever instead of dying sadly in this remote tower.
The two of them were in a stalemate in the strange atmosphere for an unknown amount of time, until Jue Luan broke the calm with a sigh.
"I thought you could become the future of Guiling Temple." There was regret in his words, but his expression showed nothing of it.
Yun Qing replied simply and directly: "I am not a man."
Jue Luan shook his head: "You know that's not what I'm talking about."
Yun Qing replied calmly: "Neither the Yijin Jing nor the Marrow Cleansing Jing is the way I seek."
"You have an excellent understanding of Buddhism. If you need the idea of Lotus Heart Void Hidden Contemplation, just get started and I can teach it to you."
Yun Qing raised his head, his eyes closed, but he could see a little smile: "I've already got it, you don't have to worry about it."
"But you can't take it away." Jue Luan turned the rosary in his hand, looking kind and peaceful.
"Oh..." Yun Qing dragged out her voice, which was quite meaningful. She avoided the topic and said, "I'm not interested in the Yi Jin Jing and the Marrow Cleansing Sutra, but I am very interested in the inheritance you practice. , I wonder if senior can give me some advice?"
Yun Qing and Jue Luan had completely broken up. She no longer even tried to maintain the superficial calm. She simply changed her name and stopped calling her "senior brother".
Jue Luan stopped holding the rosary in his hand and took a deep look at Yun Qing. The girl was wearing a large white sacrificial dress, her left hand was stained with blood, and her face was pale but calm. She was at an absolute disadvantage in front of Jue Luan, but there was a calmness about her that could not be concealed. She was sure that she could escape from here alive.
"I practice the Heart Sutra of Rebirth." Jue Luan said gently. His expression was quite similar to that day when he was discussing Buddhism in Zizaiya. He had the unique tolerance and generosity of a guide.
Yun Qing seemed to have understood it for a long time and did not show any surprise: "Can it prove immortality?"
Such a Buddhist inheritance has never been mentioned in many records in the monastic world. However, since the Yi Jin Jing and the Marrow Cleansing Sutra are both superior techniques that can prove the great path, there is no reason why the inheritance practiced by Jue Luan should be better than this one. Two doors down.
"I don't know." Jue Luan's answer was somewhat unexpected.
Yun Qing asked in confusion: "I don't know?"
The two of them seemed to have returned to their previous mode of being brothers, asking and answering questions in a particularly harmonious manner.
Jue Luan explained patiently: "I am the first person to practice this inheritance. 'Elegance* Wen* Yan*qing*shou*fa'"
Create your own method of immortality, the first of its kind!
This sentence flashed through Yun Qing's mind, and he felt a sense of respect for the senior in front of him. In the monastic world, the secret knowledge that can prove immortality has not changed for thousands of years, but now there are people who are silently carving out their own path!
"I'm not the only one doing these things." Jue Luan seemed to see what she was thinking.
Yun Qing felt that she seemed to have touched the secrets of these people at the highest level. She raised her own question at the right time: "Many people are creating their own methods of immortality? Why do they do this?"
"It's not that there are many people... The only ones I have confirmed are the human saint Jingli, the ghost saint Mang Yi, and of course myself. But I think other traditions must have tried."
The Saint of Humanity was naturally Master Dajing. Yun Qing recalled the aloof aura of that person who was completely incompatible with the Qianyuan Dao of the Gentleman, and she believed his words in her heart.
"Why do you do this? Are there any flaws in the existing methods of immortality?" Yun Qing felt that the other party seemed to have avoided the second half of her question.
Jue Luan didn't answer: "This is not what you should know."
Yun Qing rarely saw him speak in such a ruthless tone, and he was a little worried about it. This probably involved many secrets about the people outside the painting.
"When you are done asking, please hand over the sacred scriptures of our temple. At least there is a fate, and I don't want to use force." Jue Luan said calmly.
"I haven't said hello yet." Yun Qing smiled and tilted his head as if he was sizing up Jueluan.
Yun Qing has always pretended to be humble and meek, and Jue Luan didn't know that she could be so naughty.
He sighed again and said, "If there is anything else, let me ask you all."
Yun Qing raised his eyebrows, with a bit of malice in his expression: "Just a question."
"Should I call you Senior Jueluan or Senior Zihong?"
The two of them fell into a deathly silence, and Yun Qing could even hear the sound of his own blood flowing clearly. She stared intently at the man in front of her, trying to detect even the slightest abnormality in his expression, but unfortunately there was none.
But Jue Luan's next words made her heart drop from her throat.
"Fu Hui Zhi Zi realizes that the fundamental truth can be understood. From the first generation of my ancestors in Guiling Temple to the end of the last generation, I am every one of them."
You guessed it right!
This sentence flashed through Yun Qing's mind quickly, and she remained calm: "Then it should be Senior Zihong."
Jue Luan seemed to frown and wanted to say something else, but as soon as Yun Qing confirmed his idea, he did not give in.
She said quickly: "I didn't see the relic that was rumored to be in seclusion in the relic pagoda, but I saw his relic. I guess you are going to fuse it next? Senior Zihong is really a powerful monk. I dare to do things that Buddhists in the world do not do. I originally thought that only those heretics are easy to go astray, but I didn’t expect that Buddhism and Taoism are orthodox. Oh, the Heart Sutra of Rebirth has not proven immortality, so it is not orthodox... I didn’t expect that such direct descendants of Buddhism can also go astray. .”
Jue Luan fell silent, neither interrupting nor refuting, but somewhat encouraging her to continue.
Yun Qing was stalling for time, so he was happy to explain when he cooperated.
"At first, I just suspected that you had too much power as a direct disciple. It doesn't make sense that Liaoyuan would obey your words, and that even the host of Juezi generation would do the same."
"Later I left Zizai Cliff to rescue the herdsmen who suffered from the snowstorm, and there I met an old woman who had fallen into evil ways. The old woman had visited Guiling Temple two years ago, and she also visited Guiling Temple. I also had no contact with outsiders. I didn’t think much about it at the time, I just thought she encountered something on the way back, so I followed the route she took and found the Walking Dead Sect.”
"But when I turned into a disciple of the Walking Corpse Sect and tested the elders in the sect, I found that the Walking Corpse Sect never accepts old people as disciples. This way, the suspicion that she became a disciple of the Walking Corpse Sect is self-defeating. Then she fell into evil ways. There is only one opportunity left, which is Guiling Temple. I did find traces of Guiling Temple in the Walking Corpse Sect, such as the Sanskrit written on their bodies when they changed bodies, and the corpse king in their corpse cave. .”
"It is precisely because I saw that corpse that I am sure that you are not Jue Luan at all."
Jue Luan, or rather Zihong, silently turned his rosary and said calmly, "That is Jue Luan's body."
"That's right." Yun Qing smiled, and she began to tell her guess, "After returning to the temple, I heard some things, such as Jue Luan was born on the day Zi Hong was enthroned, and Jue Luan was Zi Hong. Hong used the method of drawing lots from a golden urn to select his direct descendants. For example, Jue Luan was extremely talented and profound in Buddhism. You told me about Zi Hong's publishing of books during his lifetime. At that time, I felt that your tone was a little wrong, because that was not true at all. It’s like talking about someone you’ve never met.”
"I didn't expect you to notice it so early." Zihong didn't feel dissatisfied, and there was even a hint of praise in his expression.
"It's earlier than that." Yun Qing used the Heavenly Book to check the situation on the other side of the boundary mountain and tried his best to prolong the conversation between the two.
"oh?"
"You said something, and I've always kept it in mind." Yun Qing said, keep half of it and put it off as long as possible.
"What are you talking about?" Zihong also cooperated.
"I never leave Zizi Cliff." Yun Qing imitated his tone.
This is what Yun Qing said to Yun Qing inadvertently when he applied to "Jue Luan" to participate in the Jieshan site selection two years ago.
"I was just doubtful before, but now I can explain it clearly. Senior Zihong is young and promising, and his ambition is not at all in the two inheritances of Yi Jin and Marrow Cleansing. You have devoted yourself to studying and started to develop another method of immortality, which is the Heart Sutra of Rebirth. . I guess this method is somewhat similar to the immortal body dissection, but the Heart Sutra of Rebirth is obviously more profound. This inheritance allows people to put on a new body, carrying all the memories and cultivation of the previous life, but not stained by the cause and effect of the previous life. . It doesn’t even have the disadvantages of dismemberment at all, and can be reincarnated indefinitely without any limit on the number of times.”
"As soon as you created the prototype of the Heart Sutra of the Past, it became increasingly difficult to control your thoughts. Your own memory and cultivation alone may not be enough to reach immortality. What about the memories and cultivation of the seniors at Guiling Temple?"
Yun Qing became more and more energetic as he talked and couldn't stop at all: "You thought of this and then decided to take risks for this ancient and unparalleled inheritance. You did something that no Buddhist disciple has ever thought of..."
"Integrating the relics of the predecessors." Zihong continued her words. It felt strangely inconsistent for him to say such a treasonous thing with a solemn face.
Yun Qing nodded, not expecting him to be so frank. Perhaps in Zihong's mind, he could no longer escape from Guiling Temple.
She continued: "It's a pity that there seems to be some deviation in the fusion this time. According to the allusion of Shaishu, it is not surprising that Zihong's frivolous temperament has such deviation. None of the senior masters sitting here are inferior to you, So something went wrong with you after fusing the relic, and you can’t live without the relic.”
"The purpose of immortality is to be free from all things. If you are trapped in this small stupa, what is the meaning of immortality? Senior Zihong is also a man of great perseverance and enlightenment. You should sit in the stupa immediately. In the past, the Shengxin Sutra was reincarnated into Jue Luan's body, allowing people to guide Jue Luan to the door. But as soon as you start practicing in Jue Luan's body, you realize that something is wrong, because Jue Luan is also inseparable from the bondage of the stupa."
Zihong couldn't help but sigh when he heard this. He finally said: "That's right, I don't know where the mistake is in the Heart Sutra of the Rebirth, so I have been trying to perfect it for so many years. In the beginning, it was inseparable from the stupa. , I’m better now. I can walk out of the stupa, but I can’t leave too far. This is not enough for me. I tried to summon my true body to other places by the way of the Buddha’s descent, so as to break this Therefore, part of the content of the Heart Sutra of the Rebirth is passed on to the casual cultivators in the Snowy Mountains."
"This inheritance came to the hands of the Walking Corpse Sect after many twists and turns. Their Taoism mainly focuses on changing bodies and manipulating corpses. A hundred years ago, a man with wisdom appeared and merged the Heart Sutra of Rebirth with their own inheritance. It turned out that there was a strange difference between Yin and Yang. I called Jue Luan by mistake. But I soon discovered that something was wrong. Although my body was called elsewhere, my spirit still couldn't leave. Out of helplessness, I could only pass away again, this time to a disciple of the Wuzi generation. Body. I used the Yi Jin Sutra to change my appearance. No one in the temple noticed that this body was not Jue Luan's, and no one knew where the missing disciple of Wu Zi generation had gone."
"You must have a treasure that can predict the secrets of heaven, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't know so clearly." Zihong's expression did not change even after so many secrets were revealed. He still looked kind and gentle.
"But there's one thing you said was wrong before."
Yun Qing frowned. There was still no movement at the boundary mountain, but her conversation with Zihong was almost complete.
"What's wrong?" Yun Qing asked slowly, pretending to be thinking hard.
"The method of rebirth is not unlimited in the number of times." Zihong explained patiently, "Nine is the ultimate number, and you can be reincarnated up to nine times."
Yun Qing was stunned for a moment: "What about after nine times?"
"The fusion of nine lives, plus my original life, makes a total of ten lives. This can break the way of heaven and achieve perfection." Zihong said calmly.
Yun Qing's heart skipped a beat. She remembered what Zihong had said before. The order of generations in Buddhism is "Fu, Wisdom, Wisdom, Enlightenment, and the True Perfection can be realized." This means that he is only one step away from the Great Perfection!
"So... please hand over the secret scriptures of our temple and the relics of Master Yuan's nephew."
Zihong stared at the white cloth used for bandaging in her hand.
Yun Qing clenched her hand tightly, and she hid the destined relic under the cloth and stuffed it close to the wound. This was her biggest support now. The secret in Liao Yuan's body was not something she could deal with in a short while. She could only find a way to embed it into her flesh and blood and use her own destiny to cover it up.
But even so, he could not hide Zihong in front of him, the real person outside the painting.
Just when Yun Qing began to slowly dismantle the strips of cloth under the pressure of his gaze, there was finally movement on the other side of the boundary mountain!