Chapter 40 Stone Chamber
Under the glazed pagoda, Xin Ji's smile was peaceful and calm. He looked at Duo Er Cha who looked like a demon and said calmly: "Donor, your injury is not light."
"So what? It's more than enough to kill you!" Duo Er Cha said coldly, then he pounced with his fists like a hurricane, lighting up the sky, and was extremely ferocious!
Xin Ji smiled more and more indifferently, his voice was ethereal and peaceful:
"All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, bubbles, dew and lightning, so they should be viewed in this way."
The voice was not loud, and it echoed around. Xin Ji raised his right hand and made a flower-picking gesture.
Behind him, the glazed pagoda was shining, and Buddha's light was sprinkled out, and the sound of Zen was floating:
"All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, bubbles, dew and lightning, so they should be viewed in this way."
The Buddha's light was dotted, as if Arhats, Vajra, Bodhisattvas and Buddhas were all making solemn and ethereal Zen sounds together.
Duoercha's eyes fixed, and for the first time, a look of astonishment appeared on his face: "You can actually 'sacrifice yourself'?"
"I have only gained a little understanding in recent years." Xinji's figure gradually faded, blending into the Buddha's light bit by bit, and dissipated between heaven and earth.
"Damn it!" Duoercha's black robe swelled, and gusts of wind rolled in, making him look like a human-shaped storm, surrounded by a trace of lightning.
Xinji's body completely collapsed, leaving only a faint figure. His right hand, which was in the shape of picking a flower, gently flicked out, smiling pure and frankly, without a trace of dust.
The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the sky disappeared, and the Buddha's light was completely integrated into this finger. The surroundings became peaceful and harmonious, and only the Zen sound still echoed:
"All conditioned dharmas are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows, like dew and lightning, and should be viewed in this way."
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Za Za Za, Meng Qi and Qi Zhengyan entered the secret passage, groped on the inner wall for a while, and finally found the mechanism for closing.
"Now Duoercha should not be able to find us..." Meng Qi used nonsense to cover up the storm in his heart.
Qi Zhengyan took out a flint and a fire starter from his arms, dispelled the darkness, and illuminated the surrounding area.
This is a corridor wide for two people, with uneven stones above the head, rough and undulating stone walls on the left and right, covered with moss.
"It doesn't look like it was purely artificially excavated. It should be a natural passage transformed." Qi Zhengyan looked carefully, took a few quick steps, and put Zhang Yuanshan down in the flat and spacious place in front.
Meng Qi suppressed his inner emotions, followed Qi Zhengyan, picked a piece of soft ground, put Jiang Zhiwei down, and then said "solemnly": "Brother Qi, I will go ahead to explore the road, lest there are enemies hiding inside without knowing it."
Even an ordinary little monk can go in and out of the back mountain. Meng Qi believes that there are only stupas here, and no demons or monsters, so he bravely plans to explore this secret passage. Since the terrain of the Shaolin Temple in the two worlds is so similar, the end of this secret passage may reveal the secret of the Shaolin secret passage, and perhaps he will get a lot of benefits from it.
Moreover, Meng Qi, who is more "familiar" with the "infinite flow", has some guesses about this aspect after knowing that there is a "task evaluation" at the end of the last reincarnation. Exploring secrets may be an important reference standard for task evaluation.
Qi Zhengyan looked at Meng Qi expressionlessly, took out another fire starter from his arms, lit it and handed it to Meng Qi: "Junior Brother Zhending, I'm sorry to bother you. I have to stay here to guard Senior Brother Zhang and the others to prevent poisonous insects and snakes from invading."
Ah? Meng Qi prepared a lot of excuses, wanting Qi Zhengyan not to follow him to explore. After all, it was hard to say what was inside. If he became greedy, things would be troublesome. Unexpectedly, Qi Zhengyan was so knowledgeable and tactful that he volunteered to stay and guard before he said a word!
"Then I'll trouble you, Senior Brother Qi." Meng Qi didn't dwell on this matter. After lighting the fire starter, he walked deeper into the secret passage, guarding against possible enemies in the darkness ahead and alert to possible sneak attacks from behind.
When Meng Qi's figure disappeared around the corner and the footsteps became farther and farther away, Zhang Yuanshan suddenly opened his eyes and said weakly but steadily: "Junior Brother Qi, I didn't expect you to choose to stay directly."
"I suffered a backlash and my strength has greatly decreased. I am no match for Junior Brother Zhending." Qi Zhengyan leaned against the wall, sat down cross-legged, and answered calmly, "If I follow rashly, when I encounter the kind of secrets or treasures that only one person can know, will you let Junior Brother Zhending kill me or not? Everyone has greed. I will not take the risk to "test" Junior Brother Zhending's Buddhist heart, so I just stay."
Zhang Yuanshan nodded lightly and suddenly smiled: "After you were seriously injured, you really talked more."
Qi Zhengyan's face suddenly darkened and turned his head to look to the side.
Zhang Yuanshan smiled, closed his eyes again, and continued to heal his wounds. Jiang Zhiwei has been concentrating all the time, as if she was unaware of what was happening outside.
Meng Qi walked forward along the secret passage for a while and felt that he had gone deep into the back mountain.
The firelight flickered, and the dim color dyed the road dull and gloomy, making Meng Qi feel an indescribable pressure, as if the fire would go out at any time, the world would return to darkness at any time, and the demons and monsters would emerge from the darkness and eat him alive.
After walking a little further, Meng Qi stopped in confusion, because it seemed that he had reached the end of the secret passage. The mountain wall was semicircular, surrounding a place that seemed to be an open stone chamber.
There was a rotten cushion, a stone bed and a stone table.
"Could it be the place where some master lived in seclusion?" Meng Qi guessed secretly, and observed the surroundings again with caution, and then walked over.
When he got closer, the firelight reflected on the mountain wall, and Meng Qi vaguely saw several rows of text.
"Hey, it's Sanskrit." Meng Qi was a "top student" in the lecture hall after all, and he was not unfamiliar with Sanskrit. He squinted his eyes and tried hard to identify it.
"If you don't enter the mortal world, experience the sea of suffering, and don't break the precepts, how can you know the true meaning of the rules, how can you break through the illusions of the world, see your own Buddha nature, and realize the wonderful existence of the vacuum?"
Meng Qi's knowledge of Sanskrit was not profound, and it was very difficult to understand the words. There was no guarantee that there would be no errors and omissions. Of course, he had already understood the general meaning.
"These words are quite mysterious..." Meng Qi muttered to himself in a low voice, moving the torch downwards to shine on the signature place.
"A...Nan...Ananda?" Meng Qi was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth. Isn't this the venerable person sitting in front of the Buddha?
Wait, there seems to be a Buddhist story about him breaking the precepts and leaving!
The name "Ananda" was written in Sanskrit like a dragon or a snake, and was carved with a knife or an axe. There was a hint of sharpness in it, but also a touch of tranquility and Zen. Meng Qi's eyes were attracted, and he stretched his right hand forward, trying to touch it.
As soon as his palm touched it, Meng Qi suddenly felt a chill that penetrated his bones. A flash of sword light burst out in front of his eyes, like a real dragon entering the sea or a tiger returning to the mountain. All obstacles were cut off with one strike of the sword.
The light of the sword was so frightening that Meng Qi was unable to react at all. He could only watch as the light of the sword approached him, undergoing various changes, and transformed into a world of mortals.
The living are suffering, the old are suffering, the sick are suffering, and the dead are suffering. The light of the sword has evolved into infinite mysteries, and finally it comes down to one sword, cutting off the shackles all over the body!
In the light, Meng Qi vaguely saw a monk. He didn't know how old or young he was, and he couldn't tell the difference between beauty and ugliness. He could only vaguely feel the bitter look and heavy determination on his face.
The firelight dimmed, and the Sanskrit words on the mountain wall turned to dust and fluttered down.
Meng Qi finally came back to his senses and looked at the scene in front of him in confusion. What happened just now? The changing light of the sword and the misery of the human world seemed to be deeply imprinted in my mind.
The dust fell to the ground and formed into words:
"Acquire the true meaning of 'Ananda's Sword Technique of Breaking the Precepts' and understand the remaining form of the first sword of 'Ananda's Sword Technique of Breaking the Precepts', 'Cut the Purity'."
It took Meng Qi a long time to close his mouth, and he finally understood what he had encountered. According to what Jiang Zhiwei said before, the Dharmakaya and some of the peak-level magical skills and moves in the exterior scenes are not based on words, and the true meaning is inherited. They are just things that entrust the true meaning. It can only be carried once, and some can be passed down for many years. From the true meaning, it is the individual's own problem to understand more or less, and whether he can realize it or not. And when he completely masters these magical skills and moves, he can leave the true meaning inheritance.
Therefore, Jiang Zhiwei was able to understand the superficial meaning of "Sword comes out without self", and if the content she understood became a secret book, it would be worth at most eight or nine hundred good deeds, which would be less than one-tenth of the original value.
"I remember that the 'Ananda Pojie Sword Technique' in the temple is not a true inheritance..." Meng Qi thought doubtfully. Because Vajra Temple is good at sword techniques, Xuanxin specifically mentioned that Shaolin has a technique that can rival theirs. "Hard-to-Break Sword Technique" belongs to the pinnacle level of outdoor scenes. When it is perfect, it can touch the laws of heaven and earth. At the same time, he also mentioned that a senior monk in the previous generation lent secret books and mastered this sword technique and became a master of swordsmanship.
Therefore, Meng Qi knew that this sword technique was a secret inheritance in the Shaolin Temple.
Since he knew very little about the allusions in the temple, Meng Qi had no direction for his guess at the moment, and he didn't care about guessing. He quickly closed his eyes, concentrated on recalling what he had just learned, and pondered over and over again the changes in the "Duan Qingjing" residual posture.
You must know that the exchange price of "Ananda's Sword Technique of Breaking the Precepts" is nine thousand good deeds, three thousand in general, and one thousand two hundred in each style. If you forget it, you will suffer a big loss!
And getting the true meaning inheritance is equivalent to getting the general outline. It is just a general outline that needs to be slowly pondered and understood. Moreover, compared to the general outline, the true meaning inheritance can also directly understand the five-style sword technique.
Of course, this requires extremely high levels of understanding. For example, Meng Qi, who had received the inheritance directly just now, only understood the remaining form of the first sword.
"How come it's the residual form..." Meng Qi opened his eyes slightly disappointedly. The residual form means that he can't practice it yet.
Although to truly unleash the power of "Ananda's Sword Technique of Breaking the Precepts", one needs to step into the location and trigger changes in the outside world. But if you can master the basics now, you will have a trump card. Even if you don't have Jiang Zhiwei's tyranny of "the sword comes out without self", Definitely some wonderful and terrifying comments.
Taking a breath, Meng Qi put aside the matter for the time being and continued to search the stone room to see if there was anything else.
After walking half a circle around the stone chamber, Meng Qi saw something that looked like a stone door under the light of the fire.
Only faint traces of it remain on the mountain wall, and familiar words are engraved around it.
"Don't enter this door if you are kind and kind."
Meng Qi read these words and naturally pressed his right hand on the stone door out of habit, intending to feel it without any intention of pushing it away.
As soon as his hand touched it, bursts of unspeakable chill and terror invaded Meng Qi's soul. Corpses, rotting limbs, evil spirits and demons appeared one by one before his eyes.
Then, a ray of fire ignited in the dark air, burning everything, pointing directly at Meng Qi.
Meng Qi's face turned pale, and he retreated quickly, leaving the stone door. What he saw in front of him slowly disappeared.
After breathing for a moment, Meng Qi found that a dense layer of cold sweat had formed on his back, and his whole body was sore and limp, as if he had been seriously injured.
"It's really weird..." Meng Qi regained his breath control and no longer dared to touch the stone door.
At this time, he saw an unreachable small hole under the stone door. There seemed to be an indescribable flame burning inside, and a few small characters were written next to it.
"Kill those who have bad intentions!"
What the hell is this? Meng Qi thought helplessly.
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At the edge of the forest, Duoercha stood quietly, looking at the remaining traces.
His left shoulder and left hand completely disappeared, and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably, but he still stood upright.
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