The official activities of the Four Kingdoms Tournament are divided into three parts, one is to visit the famous Golden Buddha Temple in Fuluo, the other is to listen to the real living Arhat Zhaowu lectures, and the third is to do instructional exercises with young monks and boxers, except that they cannot be photographed The venue is followed by the media throughout the process, which is quite formal.
In the afternoon, under the scorching sun and under the steam-like environment, Lou Cheng and others entered the monastery and admired the exotic Zen forest that is quite different from the domestic Buddhist temples at close range.
The buildings here are spiky and magnificent, and the characteristics of primitive Buddhism are overwhelming, because the Theravada regards Mahayana as heresy, does not recognize the Bodhisattva fruit status, and does not recognize the many Buddhas mentioned in the Sutras of the other party. The main hall here only enshrines The "World Honored One" Sakyamuni and his disciples, such as Kassapa, and others.
Outside the main hall, there is an urn pavilion, guarded by the "four-faced god" Brahma King, whose golden body is heavy and flooded, and his eight arms are stretched to hold things, so majestic.
Because it was an official event, Lou Cheng and Peng Leyun were all wearing the delegation's martial arts uniforms with red vertical stripes on a white background, which formed a sharp contrast with Tang Zexun and Yamashita Tigers, who wore traditional clothes that were not too hot.
And Weijia still wears a big-brimmed hat and a general uniform, walking like a dragon and walking like a tiger, with undiminished arrogance. It seems that he has forgotten the scars of losing to Tang Zexun, and the fact that she has not even forced out "Four Swallows Return".
Barnum was dressed as a typical Nanzheng boxer, with white bandages wrapped around his hands and feet. He habitually fell last and walked in a position where no one noticed. complement each other.
During the visit, they grouped into groups according to the different delegations, and there were clear boundaries between them. Lou Cheng took his mobile phone and acted as a conscientious tourist. Wherever he could take pictures, no matter how good or bad the craftsmanship was, he clicked Clicking on it, he planned to share it with his wife at night. As for An Chaoyang and Ren Li, their only role was to wait for their "stealing pictures"!
Peng Leyun? A guy with a broken cell phone camera and distracted mind from time to time is only worthy of being a salted fish!
Just after 3:30, they finished their tour and entered a lecture hall-like building. On the head sat a monk with a yellow face and a thin face, who described him as old. His eyes were half-opened and half-closed. It is the cultivation of the first fruit of Arhat, which is equivalent to Master Zhaowu who has just entered the realm of Waigang.
Zhao Wu did not lift his eyelids, and had a peaceful attitude. Seeing that everyone had gathered, he began to speak in Pali, which was written by the Buddha in the past. Xiangwen made a translation, the sound was superimposed, and echoed in the meditation hall, inexplicably, there was a feeling of deep, distant, solemn and deafening.
Lou Cheng was very interested in distinguishing and pondering, which can be regarded as increasing his knowledge, but after listening to it, he felt a lot of doubts.
Master Zhaowu is not talking about Buddhist scriptures, but the actual "Sixteen Vipassana Wisdom" practice method, starting from understanding the body and mind, step by step, such as unlocking and explaining, making people feel that something can really be practiced.
"No way, the practice of 'Sixteen Views and Wisdom' is so worthless, so you just tell us casually?" Lou Cheng moved closer to Peng Leyun, and said in a low voice.
This is equivalent to the core strength of the "Department of Ice" and "Department of Fire"!
Peng Leyun glanced at him sideways, his lips moved, and his voice was inaudible but went straight into Lou Cheng's ears:
"He's just talking about the introductory, and he won't talk about the more advanced content of the 'Sixteen Wisdoms'. If you really become interested in this and embark on this path, then he will definitely welcome you with both hands and feet, and personally guide you. Teach the Dharma yourself."
Seeing that Lou Cheng was stunned, he continued: "It's good to listen to, 'Sixteen Wisdoms of Wisdom' is not recorded in any Buddhist scriptures, it is the eminent monks who have attained Arhat status after Sakyamuni, um, they are called saints. , It is very interesting to summarize and extract the actual practice method and empirical method."
Lou Cheng looked Peng Leyun up and down, and said with a curious smile: "It's normal for me to hear it, but you say you are a disciple of a sect, half a monk, why are you here to listen?"
I decided to give Peng Leyun a nickname, "Taoist", a Taoist who travels all the time!
Peng Leyun said with a low laugh: "Since the Song Dynasty, Buddhist scriptures and Taoism scriptures have been mutually interpreted, in order to perfect each other's philosophical system, which also partly integrates each other's cultivation method, I will listen to the Hinayana stuff again, Maybe we can understand by analogy... "
As he talked, he seemed to think of something, his eyes began to drift away, and his thoughts were no longer concentrated.
And Lou Cheng's heart moved, he turned his body, raised his head, and just saw Master Zhao Wu looking at him, nodding his head slightly, neither angry nor sullen, neither happy nor smiling, but those half-opened and half-closed eyes opened suddenly up.
At the same time as they opened, Lou Cheng's eyes seemed to be radiant, and he saw that the skin of Master Zhao Wu who was sitting there turned golden, with three heads growing out, six arms stretched out, and flames all over his body, sacred and solemn !
No way? Is there really a so-called Arhat Golden Body? Lou Cheng was deeply shocked, and subconsciously condensed the "ice mirror" to reflect the surroundings, suspecting that his senses and spirit were affected by Master Zhaowu's miraculous powers, and had hallucinations!
In the "Ice Mirror", the water light swayed gently, and a golden Arhat with three heads and six arms shone brightly!
Really... Lou Cheng still didn't believe in evil, so he simply made a "returning strength", allowing the ice and fire to rotate and balance, forming a miniature "starry sky" where darkness and light, ice cold and high temperature coexist, so as to mobilize the existing people to the greatest extent. Part of the subtle premonition that blends into itself.
The surroundings seemed to become empty, Lou Cheng explained with all his strength, and looked at Zhao Wu again, and found that his muscles had already swelled up into a streamlined shape, and his skin was glowing dark golden, but how could there be three heads? , how can there be six arms, how can the whole body be full of flames!
No, in the void around him, the aura condensed like a substance, and two blurred heads and four arms holding objects were vaguely formed...
At this point, Lou Cheng understood roughly that the Arhat golden body he saw just now was half real and half false, half real and half false, composed of the alienation produced by Master Zhaowu's body and the aura condensed by the tyrannical spirit.
This is an expert who is similar to the realm of Waigang...
Thinking back to Master's scene of the white world at the beginning, he is really a land god...
While thinking about it, Lou Cheng's state of mind became peaceful, and he leisurely admired the undisclosed magic.
His eyes swept over Peng Leyun, and he found that the other party's eyes were out of focus, his expression was dull, he didn't know where he had been "wandering", and he didn't care about the Arhat's golden body at all.
Master Zhao Wu's winking eyes were cast on the blind man... Lou Cheng slandered, and looked away again, only to see Ren Li staring intently at her superior, the light in her eyes flickering, as if a storm was gathering, while An Chaoyang's expression was He muttered to himself with emotion, as if reciting a poem.
Reading poetry? Lou Cheng was surprised and listened to An Chaoyang's inaudible chanting:
"That year, I bowed my head and embraced the dust, not for the Buddha, but for your warmth..."
... The corner of Lou Cheng's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help laughing and cursing to himself:
Hehe, this group of salted fish!
Come to listen to the scriptures in vain!
Well, except Ren Li...
I have to tell Ke Xiaoke about this, I'm sure it will amuse her!
At 4:10, the lecture was over, and a group of people walked out of the meditation hall. Lou Cheng randomly sized up Tang Zexun, Wei Jia, and the others, trying to see the remnants of the reaction from witnessing the "Golden Arhat" just now on the faces of each other, but these few days All of them were determined people, their expressions had already returned to normal, and it was impossible to get a glimpse of the clues, but the other boxers and warriors were still in a trance, and they were obviously greatly shocked, as if they were about to doubt life.
Next, there is the link of guiding exercises. According to the arrangement of the organizing committee, they are divided into two groups. Several female players will first guide the younger female boxers, and the rest will go to the Zhaitang to taste the monk's meal and wait for the rotation.
Worried that Ren Li would get lost, the team leader Zhong Ningtao hurriedly followed after giving Lou Cheng a few words of advice.
Zhai Tang.
The monks brought rice one by one, the water was clear water, and the rice was coarse food, which was extremely simple. Lou Cheng, Peng Leyun and An Chaoyang each took a few mouthfuls before stopping their movements.
How can they torture themselves when they are not hungry
Speaking of which, he began to miss all kinds of delicacies from his motherland again... Lou Cheng swallowed.
After a while, the monks began to pack the tableware, and the tiger at the foot of the mountain not far away glanced at it out of the corner of his eye. Seeing that the three of them had no objection, and allowed the other party to take away the utensils in front of them, a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.
This monk has already been bought, and the tableware they used will be directly extracted by Dazhu Real!
Although Lou Cheng and the others dined out every day, they didn't make a reservation, so they couldn't buy them in advance, and their team leader would do something about it at the end.
This time, the team leader has been transferred!
At this moment, Lou Cheng suddenly remembered something, quickly stopped the monk who was about to leave with the tableware, smiled and said to Peng Leyun and An Chaoyang: "You guys, you are so careless! What kind of place is this, this is Nanyang! Sorcery is rampant, curses are everywhere, you can't leave anything closely related to yourself, lest it be used to cast spells!"
Well, this is what I came up with based on the leader's instructions!
Seeing Peng Leyun and An Chaoyang's stunned faces, Lou Cheng proudly wiped the rim of the bowl he had used, and wiped down the other tableware that was stained with his own saliva.
"This move is not bad." Peng Leyun praised spontaneously.
The control that can be achieved with flames without burning the cutlery itself is admirable!
Is Lou Cheng's transformation almost complete
While speaking, he also stood up, with silvery white coming out of his hands, and wiped all the tableware that belonged to him, leaving nothing redundant.
Seeing this, An Chaoyang also started eagerly. He hadn't practiced the ability yet, so he had to destroy it with a special wave, and finally took out the wet wipe shamefully.
The tiger at the foot of the mountain not far away watched quietly, dumbfounded.
...
When several female masters were teaching, a gust of strong wind suddenly blew away the dullness and brushed Ren Li's straight hair.
After practicing to the sixth grade, her hair is solid, and it is difficult to fall off without external force, and there is never a need to tie up her hair during the instructional practice.
At this moment, Tang Zexun, who was near her, quietly flicked her fingers, and a wisp of twisted wind, hidden in the natural environment, perfectly coordinated with the movements of the sparring girl, "twisting" Ren Li's two hairs Silk, tore them off without a sound, like a girl's move was accidentally caused.
No one can practice "response to stimulation" on hair!
The two black hairs with hair follicles fell down. Although Ren Li noticed it, she didn't think it was strange, and continued to feed the trial girl.
Tang Zexun's expression became more and more relaxed, and the smile on his face was still sweet. After the instruction, he pretended to drop something and rolled it sideways, so he walked over and bent down to pick it up.
...
When Ren Li returned to the dining hall, Lou Cheng told her again what he had said about the Nanyang sorcery, curse and witchcraft, and reminded her to pay attention at the end.
Ren Li answered confidently:
"It's nothing, I also understand curses."
"You also understand curses?" Lou Cheng was startled.
"That's right, there are some witchcraft and curse contents in the 'Department of Plague'. It takes a long time to prepare in advance, and it's too late to use in battle, and generally the materials that can be collected are useless, and they often fail. It's 100% for myself. Sure." Ren Li said thoughtfully, "I seem to have lost a few hairs just now, so I can curse in reverse..."
Having said that, she eagerly looked at Zhong Ningtao:
"Leader, I'm applying to go out and need to buy some materials."
Damn, I didn't expect you to be like this Ren Li... can't be offended, can't be offended... Lou Cheng couldn't help wiping off his cold sweat.
All will be cursed!
No, I seem to be able to rebound curses...
Thinking of this, he stopped talking, and together with Peng Leyun, An Chaoyang and others, went to the square to instruct a boxer or novice who was at most twelve or thirteen years old.
Seeing the other party's immature but dedicated expression and skillful and fierce movements, Lou Cheng couldn't help being touched.
In China, at this age, I have just learned martial arts, and I am still in the stage of laying the foundation and training my body. There are still several years before I can form combat power. development, causing various adverse consequences, and may also affect the child's mental health.
During this process, quality education will be supplemented to prevent one or two from becoming illiterate. If the road to martial arts is cut off in the future, they will not be reduced to useless people.
But this is not the case in the Holy Elephant Kingdom. Most of them are quite poor and their lives are very difficult. Although it is not so bad, it is not much better. They have to run around to support themselves at a very young age, doing various things For all kinds of jobs, it is a great thing to be lucky enough to be selected to practice martial arts. It is the common desire of several parties to be able to practice as soon as possible, to have combat power as soon as possible, and to serve the trainers as soon as possible.
And because there are few high-level strongmen, the referees of many matches here are not up to standard, and the fights often go out of control, filled with blood and cruelty, but similar boxing matches are extremely popular. Spend money on it.
According to the reports I have read, the boxers in the Holy Elephant Kingdom are a group with a high disability rate, and if they do not reach the level of inhumanity and root marrow alienation, after the prime of life, they will often suffer from many illnesses and pains, and suffer unspeakably. Maybe not even fifty.
Of course, compared to many other jobs, this is already very happy. Not only does it earn a good income, but it can also use force to bully the weak and grab some resources. The transvestite type is really brilliant for a while, but the pain for many years is fleeting.
The reason why there is such a difference between the two countries is that apart from martial arts, other aspects of Hua Kingdom have also developed very well. For children, practicing martial arts is mostly a dream and a future for the future. As far as I'm concerned, it's just survival.
With punch and kick, Lou Cheng guided with all his heart, no discrimination, only sighs.
The aptitude of the child on the opposite side can only be considered average, and it is impossible to pass the first diversion in China, and has to go to school...
At 5:30 in the afternoon, the event ended, Lou Cheng and the others didn't encounter any troubles, they found a place to have dinner and returned to the hotel.
...
In the evening, at the place where the Dongying delegation lived, the scientific researcher Dazhu really endured the excitement and began to conduct preliminary treatment on Ren Li's hair, intending to separate the hair follicles.
He was concentrating on the operation, when a faint light suddenly lit up in front of his eyes, and he saw the two hairs burning rapidly, turning into ashes in an instant, and exuding a faint fruity sweet fragrance.
"Why?" Dazhu was really dumbfounded.
A few minutes later, the phone in the room of the leader of the Dongying delegation rang. He picked it up and found that it was Dazhu who was trying to shout:
"Help, help..."
Help? The team leader hurried out, called for help, opened the door of Dazhu's real room, and saw him lying on the ground, bent into a shrimp, vomiting continuously, as if in pain.
"Yes, it's poisonous!" Dazhu said struggling after seeing the "rescue workers".
...
"It seems to have made a mistake..." Ren Li muttered to herself as she looked at the dazzling array of decorations in front of her in a daze.
"There should be no one around, right?"
"Forget it, it won't really hurt anyone, and it will be uncomfortable for a while."
"Yeah, that's a good deal!"
Ren Li clapped her hands, walked to the bathroom relaxed and happy, planning to take a beautiful bath.
...
The next day, August 27th, Lou Cheng, who had recovered from his injuries, felt that in two or three days, he would be able to completely complete his transformation and truly step into the realm of inhumanity.
After the morning sparring, he cultivated himself, watched the video, and waited for the next match, looking forward to experiencing the "Six Paths of Reincarnation".
As for who will win the championship between Peng Leyun and Tang Zexun, of course he is on the teammate's side!
At 7:30 in the evening, they had enough to eat and drink, arrived at the icon hall, entered the locker room, and made the final adjustments before the game.
Outside the door, there are huge crowds of people, and the heat wave is in full swing. It doesn't look like watching a final, but like participating in a festival ceremony. Inside the door, Peng Leyun is holding a mobile phone, and the video of the battle between Lou Cheng and Tang Zexun is playing on it. However, the focus of his eyes But it’s not on the screen, I don’t know where it “flyed” to, and what did it remind me of.
Ren Li, who was doing nothing, was also playing with her mobile phone with her head down. As her thumbs slid, her beautiful eyebrows frowned from time to time, as if she wanted to argue with someone, but she finally endured herself, while An Chaoyang wore headphones and listened quietly. Listening to music is like being in no man's land.
As for Lou Cheng, of course he was chatting with Little Fairy.
"If you capsize, I can laugh at you forever~" Yan Zheke "covered her mouth and snickered".
For a lifetime... Lou Cheng curled his mouth and typed: "It feels so scary... I have to think about how far I've gone in the waves!"
Just like that, time passed by every minute and every second, Lou Cheng put away his phone, and planned to close his eyes and rest for fifteen minutes.
At this time, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Peng Leyun's "return". His eyes regained his spirit, and he couldn't help but remember something, and asked in a low voice, "What do you mean by the curse? It feels weird and scary." , is it based on the principle of quantum entanglement?"
He guessed with his half-understood knowledge of physics.
Peng Leyun glanced at him sideways, then smiled lightly and said:
"This has touched my blind spot of knowledge, I'm only an undergraduate..."
"Hey, you know this trick?" Lou Cheng blurted out in surprise.
"I'm not a primitive person." Peng Leyun shook the phone in his palm amusedly.
Both he and Lou Cheng were quite relaxed.
...
Where the Dongying delegation is, the team leader took a breath, put all kinds of distracting thoughts behind him, stared at Tang Zexun and said:
"how do you feel?"
Next is the battle of honor for the Great Eastern Kingdom!
Tang Zexun moved his hands and feet, smiled slightly and said, "That's right, the injury has almost no effect."
"Okay." The team leader nodded in satisfaction.
...
Another locker room.
Gu Cai, who was preparing, saw the team leader approaching, and heard him say in a deep voice:
"Lou Cheng defeated the Yamashita Tigers, defeated Barnum, and even made Tang Zexun have to resort to 'Four Swallows Return'. He is recognized as the top four in this competition. As long as you defeat him, you can fight for yourself." Rectify the name, rectify the name of our Holy Elephant Kingdom, you will receive the praise of everyone and all the glory!"
Gu Cai is also a successful monk. He was not excited when he heard the words, but calmly replied:
"He is a real strong player. There is a certain gap between me and him, and it is unlikely to win."
And he was also injured during the battle with Peng Leyun!
"Don't worry, we have already communicated with Wu Sheng from Miluo, he will be the referee for the match between you and Lou Cheng." The team leader said with a little satisfaction.
"This will be discovered by Lou Cheng, and everyone will suspect it." Gu Cai slowly shook his head.
"No, because he won't affect the other party, nor will he interfere with your battle. It's just that his alienated ability can help you perform better without attracting attention at critical times! Fight with your heart, Go and show everyone what Fa-rectification is!" The team leader waved his hands passionately.
It is too conspicuous to enter the finals, and the third place is just right!
After a moment of silence, Gu Guai replied:
"I only know how to be myself, as for other things, I haven't heard."
"Very good." The team leader left satisfied.
Waku who followed from the side watched quietly without saying anything.
This may be the hurdle of Gu Cai's practice, and he has to experience it before he can comprehend it...
When he wins against Lou Cheng, but because of this incident, he often feels guilty, troubled, and unable to find out, only then can he understand the falsehood of body and mind, despise everything in the world, and give birth to the intention of giving up...
Gu Chai sat there without moving for a long time, until the radio outside sounded, and suddenly shook his terrible fat, and stood up like a mountain.