Chapter 648: The True Immortal of Longhu Mountain and the Monk’s Poisonous Scheme

Wu Man's fellow disciples in the Three Treatises... Zhang Zhiwei looked at the old monk who had just spoken.

The goal of the Three Treatises is to achieve the emptiness of the five aggregates and the emptiness of the four elements. Wu Man had reached the state of emptiness of the five aggregates before his death.

If we change to the more popular explanation given by the master.

The emptiness of the five aggregates is actually to polish the subjective self, get rid of the objective constraints, and maintain the independence of the subjective self.

Zhang Zhiwei nodded to Monk Mo Lun in response.

The Three Treatises did not participate, which shows that Buddhism is not a monolithic entity. This time, the mountain crossing may be much simpler than imagined.

At the same time, the ordinary people who came to listen to the Buddhist teachings also understood some of it from the fog. It was probably that the Taoist priests had attacked the monks.

There is no doubt that the Tiantai Sect really has Buddhism, otherwise they would not come, but in contrast, the Taoist priest who descended from the sky on a nine-headed lion is more like a fairy.

They extracted several key words from the abbot's words: Longhu Mountain...Tianshi Mansion...Little Tianshi...

They knew Longhu Mountain, Tianshi Mansion, and Tianshi, but the key to Little Tianshi was this little.

The little Tianshi was like a god, but what about the old Tianshi? Didn't he really become a god?

They came to Tiantai Sect to worship Buddha, and in the final analysis, they came to pray to the gods. Although they were pious, they didn't see the gods, and now...

They stared at the back of the tall Taoist riding a nine-headed lion in front of them.

They didn't know whether the other party was a god, but they had planted the idea of ​​going to Longhu Mountain to ask for the Tao.

Whether it was the ordinary believers in the audience or the believers with noble status such as warlords, wealthy businessmen, and celebrities in front of the Great Hall, it was the same.

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Zhang Zhiwei didn't know what the Buddhist believers around him were thinking. He looked at the old monk who was standing in the first place among the many monks. He was wearing a bright red cassock, with white eyebrows and beard, a haggard face, and holding a nine-ring staff.

He had read the information given by his master and knew that this was Master Ku Rong, the abbot of Tiantai Sect.

Master Ku Rong had a kind and compassionate face. He smiled with a little apology and said to the many Buddhist fellows and pilgrims behind him:

"Amitabha, it's my fault for not taking good care of you and frightening you all!"

After that, he took a few steps forward, walked to the railing, looked at Zhang Zhiwei, and said in a deep voice:

"Little Tianshi, our temple is holding a water and land ceremony, but you trampled on the platform. What do you mean by this?"

Zhang Zhiwei sat cross-legged on the back of the nine-headed lion and walked away from the main hall.

He had already arrived at the Tiantai Sect and crushed their altar with one foot, so he was not in a hurry to rush over.

After all, there were quite a lot of monks there, and he couldn't tell which monk was from which temple, so he couldn't just go over and suppress them all.

He was a person who always distinguished between gratitude and resentment. This time he only came for the Tiantai Sect and would never involve others, of course, except for those who took the initiative to attack him.

Zhang Zhiwei said slowly: "The monk Dehong of your temple colluded with the Japanese pirates and attacked me. I asked you to give an explanation, but you didn't, so I had to seek justice."

"Justice?" Master Kurong said: "My junior brother Dehong has not returned since he went to Longhu Mountain last time. We don't know his whereabouts. We only found a charred broken arm struck by lightning on your Longhu Mountain. My temple has not asked you for justice on Longhu Mountain, but you are the first to complain."

Zhang Zhiwei laughed and said: "Monk Dehong made up something out of nothing and came to Longhu Mountain to cause trouble. He deserved to have his arm broken."

"I have evidence and I came to your Tiantai Mountain to find you. If you have the ability to break one of my arms, then I have nothing to say."

"However, one key opens one lock, one thing is one thing, I will I came to ask you why you colluded with the Japanese pirates? "

Master Ku Rong said: "The little Tianshi is really good at accusing others. Junior Brother Dehong has a grudge against you, and you have a grudge against the Japanese pirates. This is the cause, and they attacked and killed you together. This is the result. In the end, it is all personal grudges. How can it be elevated to the level of the sect?"

Master Ku Rong's face changed, and he was no longer kind and gentle. He said with wide eyes:

"Since you have killed Junior Brother, the grudges are settled, and the cause and effect have disappeared. We have not asked you to settle accounts. You are the first to complain and come to our door to ask us to give you justice with empty words?"

"The little Tianshi of Tianshi Mansion is so impressive and majestic. He is so arrogant before he becomes a Tianshi. What will happen if he becomes a Tianshi in the future?"

"Should we go our own way and ignore the rules of the rivers and lakes and wipe them out when we don't like them?"

Master Ku Rong put a big hat on him.

Zhang Zhiwei tilted his head and listened, half smiling, how to say, although this monk was putting the blame on others, he was right to some extent.

After Master Kurong finished speaking, an old monk standing next to him, who was wearing a Kunlu hat, looked to be in his sixties, had long eyebrows and high cheekbones, exhaled and shouted:

"Brother, you are too much bullying in the Taoist sect. Do you really think that we monks who eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha have no temper?"

This person is the first seat of Tiantai Sect, Master Dexing.

The first seat is a position in the temple, usually the successor of the host.

In theory, after Master Dehong died, he should have succeeded Master Dehong as the host of Tiantai Sect.

It's just that Master Dehong's death was not glorious. Tiantai Sect did not make his death public. On the surface, he was just missing, so Master Dexing has not been able to succeed him.

Not long ago, Zhang Zhiwei said that Master Dehong colluded with Japanese pirates to attack and kill him, and was killed by him. He wanted to come to Tiantai Sect to seek justice.

This can be regarded as indirectly publicizing the death of Master Dehong on their behalf.

Since the host is dead, the first one should succeed. Therefore, Master Kurong took over the role of host with Master Dexin and convened a water and land Dharma meeting. Once the Dharma meeting is over, he will announce that Master De Xing will become the host and become his successor.

However, the Dharma Assembly had just begun when Zhang Zhiwei fell from the sky and was disrupted. This undoubtedly made Master De Xing very angry.

At the same time, on the mountain of ignorance in the dark.

Zuo Ruotong looked far into the distance and took in everything that happened on Tiantai Mountain. He sighed:

"Tianshi, what you said before is indeed correct. These monks are really eloquent and eloquent. In a few words, they avoid the important and take the easy. They pull the issue in a direction that is not good for little friend Yu Zhiwei. If Zuo goes there, I’m afraid even if I explain all the truth, I can’t make it plain!”

The Heavenly Master said expressionlessly: "Chief Zuomen, if the truth doesn't make sense, don't you still know a little bit about fists and kicks?"

Zuo Ruotong laughed when he heard this: "It doesn't make sense, so how can you dare to use fists?"

If he dared, he would have killed the Ghost Hand King back then.

Zhang Jingqing shook her head: "Chief Zuo is too reasonable. In fact, sometimes, you don't need to be so reasonable. The heart is the Tao, and the Tao is the heaven. If you know the heart, you will know. If you know the heaven, the heart is the reason. There is no reason outside the heart. If there is no heart, it is unreasonable. If it is against one’s will, it is against reason.”

Zuo Ruotong was thoughtful when he heard the words. He actually understood what Zhang Jingqing meant. It probably meant that external specific affairs or the connection between affairs would not make sense.

Reason is our subjective understanding of objective things or laws. It is the thought in our heart. Without the heart, there is no reason. If it violates the heart, it also violates the reason.

When objective truth conflicts with your heart, who is the reason? How to deal with it?

This path is too difficult and should not be practiced rashly. Perhaps it can be explained with the words of monk Jigong. After the wine and meat passed through the intestines, the Buddha left it in his heart. If the world learns from me, it will be like entering the devil's path.

He looked at Zhang Zhiwei seriously, wondering what kind of reasoning little friend Zhiwei would say?

But I never thought that Zhang Zhiwei didn't bother to respond at all. Anyway, in the end it was a chicken-and-duck talk, so his efforts were not in vain.

As for being persuaded by the monk, that determination is impossible. Maybe if it were the master, it would still be possible.

You must know that when the Wudang sect leader broke into Longhu Mountain, he was defeated by his master without a fight, and he was said to have been autistic in Wudang for many years.

Zhang Zhiwei couldn't help but smile when he thought of this.

At this moment, in front of the Main Hall, Master Dexing saw that his mouth was open and his tongue was about to burst into lotus flowers. Not only was the other party unmoved, but he laughed, immediately became furious, and said:

"Zhang Jingqing is unethical and actually taught such a madman. Abbot, everyone, in order to prevent him from disrupting the Dharma assembly and frightening many believers, how about we take action together and suppress him directly?"

This is the reason why they invited other sects to participate in the Water and Land Dharma Assembly. They wanted to push Zhang Zhiwei to be on the opposite side of the entire Buddhist sect, first labeling him a dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, and in the face of the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, colluding with Japanese pirates, It seems a bit unworthy of mention.

What's more, they can attribute their collusion with Japanese pirates to personal reasons and throw all the dirty water on the dead Master Dehong.

Sure enough, after Master De Xing finished speaking, several monks immediately became interested and were about to speak in agreement.

But at this time, Master Yuantong, the host of Puji Temple who was invited to watch the ceremony, suddenly said:

"Amitabha, no, this little heavenly master is indeed arrogant, and his actions are indeed inappropriate, but the world has its own rules. He came to invade the mountains alone, and we all swarmed him. If this matter spreads, won't he be ridiculed by his colleagues in the world?"

Immediately afterwards, Master Yuanzhen, the host of Fayu Temple, echoed:

"Master Yuantong is right. Buddhism and Taoism have existed since ancient times. How could we do such a dishonorable thing? From the old monk's point of view, if he comes alone, let's also send one person to take him down, so that we can show my Buddha's power!"

"The two senior brothers are right. There is no rule without rules. If you swarm the younger generation, what is the difference between that and the whole nature?"

Master Yuanzhi, the host of Huiji Temple, smiled.

Puji Temple, Fayu Temple and Huiji Temple are the three major Zen temples located on Putuo Mountain.

The three major Zen temples are one in front, one on the top, and one behind. They are the horns of each other, and they are both Zen sects. They even have the same generation, so they are connected by the same spirit. The outside world generally calls them the Three Putuo Temples.

In the plot, the Three Putuo Temples once united the four major families, Longhu Shangqing, to jointly plan the Battle of Mianshan against the Japanese pirates.

Needless to say, the attitude of these three hosts towards Japanese pirates goes without saying.

Over the years, although they have always known that the Tiantai Sect and the Japanese Tiantai Sect have close contacts, they only regard it as an exchange of Buddhism. After all, Buddhism has no national boundaries. This is understandable and there is nothing to say.

But they didn't realize the seriousness of the matter until they learned that Master Dehong, the head of the Tiantai Sect, had personally participated in the Japanese pirates' attack on the little Tianshi.

In their view, even though the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism has been going on for a long time, the Jianghu is the Jianghu, and this absolutely cannot be the reason for Master Dehong and the Japanese pirates to attack and kill Xiao Tianshi.

The Tiantai Sect may have been seriously infiltrated by Japanese pirates. After all, the abbot of the temple was complicit with the Japanese pirates.

If the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, how many of the monks below are complicit?

A speck of rat droppings can spoil a pot of soup. This is something they, fellow Buddhists, do not allow.

Therefore, taking advantage of the Tiantai Sect's Water and Land Dharma Conference, they came uninvited and wanted to find out the truth and see to what extent they had been penetrated.

Since they wanted to test the truth, they naturally could not do as the Tiantai Sect wished and attack Zhang Zhiwei collectively. On the contrary, they had to protect Zhang Zhiwei to some extent so that he could test the truth.

Even though they disliked Zhang Zhiwei very much, this was a matter of one thing and one thing only.

As I expected, the monks had different opinions... Zhang Zhiwei glanced at the three old monks from the three Putuo temples and silently excluded them in his mind, so as not to kill them by mistake when they fought later.

Zhang Zhiwei was also happy to see the monks fighting among themselves, so he did not disturb them. He just rode the nine-headed lion and swayed towards the main hall, hoping that before he arrived, these monks could divide into camps to facilitate his attack.

In front of the main hall, Master Dexing looked at the three old monks with some displeasure.

He and his senior brother knew the attitude of these three people towards Japan, so they were not on the list of invitees this time, but they came uninvited.

At that time, when he saw these three people for the first time, he knew that something bad was going to happen.

However, since the people were present at the Dharma Assembly, they couldn't drive them out, so they treated them warmly and invited them to watch the ceremony. Unexpectedly, something went wrong at the critical moment.

The three abbots of the three Putuo temples have a high status in Buddhism. As soon as the three of them spoke, the monks who were about to agree with Master Dexing suddenly stopped talking.

"This man is very powerful. If we attack one by one, I'm afraid..."

Master Dexing wanted to speak, but Master Ku Rong waved his hand, interrupted him, and said:

"What the three masters said makes sense. Since he came to the mountain alone, my Tiantai Sect will not bully the weak with the strong. I will send one person to deal with him."

"Brother..."

Master Dexing was anxious and used his telepathy to transmit his voice: "This little Niubizi is very powerful. He is unmatched among the younger generation. Even among the older generation, there are not many who can beat him. Brother Dehong and Guidao Shigeo failed to attack him together. We..."

"Brother, don't panic!" Ku Rong Master Rong responded with telepathy: "According to Jianghu Xiaozhan, this little calf-nosed man is ruthless and will not leave anyone alive. There are a few stubborn and pedantic people in the temple, so let him kill them."

Hearing this, Master Dexing's eyes lit up: "Great, great, senior brother is thoughtful. He uses this little calf-nosed man to eliminate dissidents. After all the people who should be killed are dead, he can use this Vajra's angry eyes to kill him at all costs."

Telepathy is the transmission and communication of ideas, which is faster and more secretive than voice transmission. The conversation between the two was only a moment, and no one noticed.

Afterwards, Master Ku Rong said: "Deyun, you are the head of the Discipline Academy. This little celestial master is coming to the mountain. You go to stop him. This person is coming with great momentum. In front of all the fellows and many believers, he trampled on the Dharma Assembly platform and made our temple lose face. This time, you can do whatever you want and kill him, regardless of life or death!"