Chapter 158 Dust

Chapter 158 Dust

Chapter 158 Dust
Chen Shi and Li Tianqing hadn't seen each other for many days. They stayed up all night and got together in a room to talk about what they had seen and heard in the past few days.

When talking about the matter of Chen Shi's name being erased by Hei Guo, the two became excited. Chen Shi looked up at the window, only to see Hei Guo standing outside the window, leaning on the window, staring at them quietly and eavesdropping on their conversation.

Seeing Chen Shi and Li Tianqing's eyes looking at him, Hei Guo quickly lowered his head.

The two men quietly got up, walked to the window, and looked out secretly. Hei Guo was already lying under the car, taking a nap.

"The black pot is very smart."

Chen Shi described how he had his golden elixir leaving his body and peeped at Black Pot entering the underworld to look for the book, and said, "I suspect that Grandpa picked up Black Pot near that palace, but I didn't see what the palace was called."

"Most likely it's Yuanchen Palace."

Li Tianqing guessed, "But, I don't know whose Yuanchen Palace it belongs to."

It is rumored that Yuanchen Palace is the place where the Yuanshen resides, and everyone has his own Yuanchen Palace hidden in the underworld. Of course, this is just a legend.

Suddenly, Li Tianqing thought of Chuan Gu and his daughter, and quickly told them about the old monk and his apprentice, saying, "Master Kuzhu speculated that the father and daughter might be the ghost messengers who got lost on the Wangchuan River, and they also said what they were looking for. What do you think, if these two were the ghost messengers who got lost, would they break into the world of the living to look for the scapegoat, and that's why they got lost?"

He looked at Chen Shi with a flickering gaze, and said, "Or, it could be that he was looking for you! Your grandfather broke into the underworld several times to try to save you. The last time he rescued you, it must have been extremely lively! Maybe at that time, it was her father and daughter who were responsible for controlling you. If you were rescued, they would have a hard time explaining it to them, so they ran to the world of the living!"

Chen Shi laughed: "Impossible. They have already seen me and Hei Guo..."

Li Tianqing asked, "Otherwise, why did the father and daughter choose to ferry people in Xinxiang County? Why did they go to Gongzhou to ferry people when you went there?"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "If they came to arrest me, my grandfather was dead, why didn't they take the opportunity to capture me and take me back to the underworld? Wait, I remember! When I was chasing your Li family in Xinxiang County, this father and daughter seemed to be monitoring me and Hei Guo!"

He stood up excitedly and said, "It was raining heavily at the time, and Hei Guo was not looking at me and Mr. Fu when he was hiding from the rain..."

He exclaimed, "It seemed like Hei Guo was also monitoring the father and daughter! Gou Zi must have something he didn't tell me!"

Just as he said this, Li Tianqing hooked his sleeve with his finger and pointed outward.

Chen Shi looked out the window, but didn't see the dog's head. Instead, he saw a pair of black furry ears quietly standing up under the window.

Chen Shi was stern. Hei Guo was still eavesdropping on their conversation!

The two men lowered their voices and were speculating on the origin of the cauldron when they heard someone shouting that the old monk was dead.

"Zen Master Kuzhu is dead?" Li Tianqing was shocked.

The two men hurriedly put on their clothes and ran towards the sound, only to see Zen Master Kuzhu sitting on the bed.

When the old monk came, he was staggering and needed someone to support him to walk. Now he has finally run out of energy and died.

The young monk knelt aside, with a sad look on his face, silently chanting the mantra for rebirth.

Chen Shi looked at Zen Master Kuzhu and saw that this old monk still had a flesh and blood body when he came, but now his whole body was shining with golden light, like a god made of gold!

There was even a faint sound of Sanskrit coming from his body, as if someone was chanting scriptures inside his body!

Li Tianqing whispered, "Master Kuzhu practices the Golden Body Method, which is Vajra-proof. He seals his body to prevent his vitality from leaking out. It is said that he has escaped death several times. He is a great master in the Mahayana realm, the best in the world!"

He recalled the boat girl's words and said, "The boat girl on the pleasure boat said that people who live in seclusion and avoid death will die in a very terrible way."

When Chen Shi heard this, he was shocked. He saw that Master Kuzhu's upper eyelids covered his eyes tightly, his ears were big and wide, his tragus blocked his ear canals, and his outer ears covered the tragus.

His nostrils also blocked his two nostrils, not leaving any energy in them.

Zen Master Kuzhu's upper and lower lips were closed and his mouth could not be found.

This is a way to prevent the loss of physical essence!
Chen Shi suddenly asked, "Master, after Master Kuzhu sealed the seven orifices, are there two more orifices that are sealed?"

The young monk was chanting scriptures. Hearing this, he opened his eyes, looked at him in surprise, and said nothing.

Chen Shi asked loudly, "I heard from my grandfather that if a person who has cultivated a golden body wants to reincarnate, he must first avoid the Yin Messenger. So before dying, he must seal his soul in his body to prevent his soul from returning to heaven and earth and his soul from returning to earth, and his human soul from being locked away by the Yin Messenger. Is Master Kuzhu preparing for reincarnation?"

The young monk chanted the Buddha's name and said, "Amitabha, good, good. My master's last wish was to return to Jinli Snow Mountain and be enshrined in the Great Baoen Temple. There is no such thing as reincarnation. Don't speak nonsense!"

Chen Shi heaved a sigh of relief and said, "I hope so. If Master Kuzhu is reincarnated, I'm afraid he will kill people. But Master Kuzhu can't seal his own energy, and there are two orifices, which will cause the energy to be lost and attract the Yin messenger."

The young monk frowned slightly and asked, "May I ask, sir, which two orifices are they?"

"One orifice is at the navel, and the other is at the gate of heaven."

Chen Shi said, "The navel is the place where the innate qi enters and exits when the baby is in the mother's womb. It is sealed after birth, but if there is a huge amount of essence in the body at the time of death, it will inevitably break the seal. The other orifice is the gate of heaven, where the fontanelle is located. It is the place where the heavenly soul enters and exits, so children under the age of three can see ghosts and gods. After the age of three, the fontanelle closes, and the gate of heaven is sealed. But we cultivators who cultivate the golden elixir, the primordial infant, and the primordial spirit need to open the gate of heaven for easy entry and exit."

He pointed at the scar on the monk's head and said, "The first scar that Master Kuzhu gave you is where your Tianmen is. Is that right?"

The young monk looked at him deeply and said, "You know the Buddhist practice method. Yes, my first scar is the gate of heaven. My master said that this is the place where the Yin and Yang spirits come in and out. You are arrogant because of your talent and look down on the orthodox Buddhism. What you know, I also know!"

He chanted the Buddha's name, like the sound of a huge bell, and the breath of Zen Master Kuzhu also resonated with it. Suddenly, a swastika appeared at the top of Zen Master Kuzhu's head.

And under the patchwork robe of Zen Master Kuzhu, there is also a swastika on the navel!
"The golden body of Buddha is admirable!"

Chen Shi clasped his hands together, saluted to Zen Master Kuzhu, and retreated.

The tenth and eleventh orifices that he just mentioned were all told to him by his grandfather. Now it seems that the cultivation and knowledge of this Zen Master Kuzhu are also extremely high, not inferior to his grandfather.

Li Tianqing asked: "What is the name of a monk?"

The young monk glanced at him and said nothing.

Li Tianqing said: "I am Li Tianqing, from the Li family in Quanzhou."

The young monk was slightly moved and said, "So you are the descendant of a loyal and righteous man. I am Wuchen, the monk, and I am honored to meet you, Mr. Li. Who is this young donor?"

Chen Shi said: "I used to remember my name, but now I have forgotten it."

Monk Wuchen said calmly: "The donor has actually achieved the status of being nameless. Nice to meet you, nice to meet you."

Seeing that Chen Shi was not from a noble family, he didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Li Tianqing asked, "Master Wuchen, are you here to take the exam as well?"

Monk Wuchen nodded and said, "I am practicing with my master in Dabaoguo Temple. If you want to be an ordinary monk in the temple, you don't need to take the imperial examination. If you want to be a lecturer, a fifth teacher, or even a dean, you need to take the imperial examination."

Chen Shi didn't understand the rules of Buddhism and was surprised, "How could this happen?"

Monk Wuchen didn't want to pay attention to him, so Li Tianqing asked him, and then he said: "We monks take the imperial examination. The martial arts test is the same as yours, but the literary test is different. Our literary test is about the debate on scriptures such as the Diamond Sutra and the Lotus Sutra. If you don't pass the exam to become a scholar, you can't even be a novice monk in the temple. A novice monk needs to be a scholar."

Li Tianqing understood the rules here and explained to Chen Shi: "If you don't have a meritorious service, you can't stay at other temples as a monk. Without a meritorious service, no one will take you in."

Monk Wuchen said, "We monks do things according to our own discretion. We will take the examination in Gongzhou when we pass by. My master passed away here, and I must find a temple to house his golden body. I will go find a temple after daybreak, and then I will trouble Mr. Li to help me look after my master's golden body."

Li Tianqing agreed.

Soon, it was dawn and Monk Wu Chen left in a hurry.

Chen Shi was puzzled and asked, "Aren't monks free from all worries? Why are they so snobbish?"

Li Tianqing laughed and said, "The temple cultivated land without paying taxes and raised private soldiers, so how come it has nothing?"

After a while, Monk Wuchen returned with a few monks and a bullock cart. When the monks heard that he was from Dabaoguo Temple, they flattered him and served him carefully.

Monk Wu Chen was also used to it.

Chen Shi said, "Wu Chen, when you transport the Zen master's golden body to the temple, you must be extremely careful. Don't bump into the Zen master's golden body, and don't let it bump along the way. When you get there, you must also handle it with care. Don't let people with bad intentions open the Zen master's eyelids or ears. If they do, something bad will happen."

Monk Wuchen smiled and said, "Donor, I know as much as you do about Buddhism."

Chen Shi said: "I hope so."

The monks lifted up the Zen Master Kuzhu and said in unison, "It's so heavy!"

Seeing that they were planning to put Master Kuzhu directly on the ox cart, Chen Shi quickly took a cushion and stuffed it into the cart.

The monks placed the golden body of Zen Master Kuzhu on the cushion, Monk Wuchen sat in the cart, and the monks led the ox cart away.

Chen Shi frowned slightly and watched them go away.

Li Tianqing asked, "What would happen if someone with good intentions opened the eyes of Zen Master Kuzhu?"

Chen Shi's face was solemn, and he said, "The energy he has sealed up will leak out. If he has absorbed moonlight before, his energy will turn into evil energy, causing evil energy pollution."

He exhaled a breath of foul air and said, "The higher the cultivation level, the heavier the evil energy. If it has been dead for a long time, it will evolve into demonic energy, and the pollution will be even more serious! However, Master Kuzhu just died and has not been exposed to the moon."

Li Tianqing hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard from the boat girl that Master Kuzhu should have died a long time ago, and he survived by sealing off his vitality with his golden body and hiding from the underworld with the Buddha's light. So, he should have looked at the moon a long time ago... Xiao Shi, does this count as absorbing moonlight after his death?"

The two looked at each other.

The ox cart was pulling the golden body of Zen Master Kuzhu towards the Daxing Zen Temple in the city. When passing a bump, the cart suddenly jolted violently.

Monk Wu Chen hurriedly checked the golden body of Zen Master Kuzhu and found nothing unusual, so he felt relieved.

After a while, the ox cart arrived outside Daxing Zen Temple. The monks carefully carried the golden statue of Zen Master Kuzhu into the temple. A monk smiled and said, "The temple must be cleaned up. There will definitely be important people coming to pay homage to the Zen master's golden statue, and our temple will be more popular."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt his eyes itchy, so he rubbed them.

Unexpectedly, the more he rubbed it, the more itchy it became. As he was rubbing, he suddenly sneezed.

"puff!"

His eyes popped out of their sockets and rolled to the ground.

The monk smiled and said, "This is much more comfortable."

I saw two mushrooms appearing in his eye sockets and growing outwards.

Monk Wuchen was shocked: "The eleven major orifices of Master's golden body are all sealed tightly, it is impossible for them to be broken!"

At this time, he saw a thin golden light shooting out from the Tanzhong point on Zen Master Kuzhu’s chest.

The golden light was extremely thin, as thin as a hair, and was emitting dust.

Monk Wuchen was filled with awe: "Master once said that when he was young, he had reached the peak of his golden body. He met a strong enemy and was pierced in the middle of his tan with a needle, breaking his golden body! But he was able to refine his golden body back, and it's even stronger than before! Master, he... still hasn't been able to refine his golden body to the middle of his tan!"

The dust is extremely fine and sprays out from the eye of the needle.

Suddenly, there was a popping sound. Monk Wu Chen looked in the direction of the sound, but saw that the monks had disappeared, and in their place were several large mushrooms almost as tall as humans, wearing monk robes.

The mushrooms were pink and white, growing, and emitting dust-like spores.

Monk Wu Chen hurriedly covered his mouth and nose, and saw that the needle hole on Zen Master Kuzhu’s chest was gradually getting bigger.

In the post station, Li Tianqing thought of the boat girl's instructions again and said, "Xiao Shi, the boat girl advised me not to go into the city..."

Chen Shi was shocked and immediately said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Let's leave the city immediately!"

Li Tianqing was startled and said with a smile: "Leaving the city now? What the boat girl said may not be true..."

"If she is a ghost messenger, it is absolutely right to listen to her! We must leave the city!"

Chen Shi thought of Hongshan Hall and said quickly, "I want to go back to Hongshan Hall and ask the brothers in Hongshan Hall to take everyone in the city out of the city to hide!"

Li Tianqing gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go with you!"

The two men immediately walked out, and Chen Shi shouted, "Listen up, all scholars! Something might happen in Gongzhou City, everyone leave Gongzhou City immediately!"

Upon hearing this, the scholars in the post station looked at each other in surprise.

Chen Shi shouted loudly several times, but no one moved.

Upon hearing this, the postmaster at the post station ran out in a rage and rushed towards Chen Shi, shouting, "If you continue to spread rumors and confuse the people, I will punish you!"

Chen Shi was helpless. He raised his hand and knocked the postmaster to the ground. He stepped on his head and said, "The Zen Master Kuzhu who just died has been dead for who knows how many years. Before he died, he sealed the eleven major orifices in his body. If he can seal them, it's good. If not, he will turn into a demon! Run now, it's not too late! Feifei, Feifei!"

Hu Feifei ran over and said with a smile, "My dear, what can I do for you?"

"Take these scholars out of the city!" Chen Shi ordered.

Hu Feifei said quickly: "Okay!"

She transformed into a fox demon, squatting on the ground, more than one meter tall. She opened her mouth and spit out the demon clan's golden elixir, then wagged her tail. Suddenly, the scholars were attracted by her beauty and came out of the post station involuntarily to follow her.

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing hurried towards Hongshan Hall.

The two men activated the Jiama Talisman, stepped on the breeze, and rushed forward at an extremely fast speed.

Li Tianqing thought of something and said, "Xiao Shi, when you saw Monk Wuchen just now, why did you ask him whether Master Kuzhu wanted to reincarnate?"

Chen Shi said, "My grandfather once said that people who have cultivated a golden body will be reincarnated before they die and live another life. This method requires sealing all of the body's acupoints and conserving the essence. After seven days, when one has avoided the pursuit of the underworld officials, the gate above the head will be opened and the soul will go out to reincarnate. That's why I asked this question."

Li Tianqing asked doubtfully, "Is there really reincarnation?"

Chen Shi hesitated for a moment and said, "Maybe. I haven't seen it. When the soul reincarnates, it needs a new container, so usually it will be found early..."

He paused and didn't continue.

When the two men arrived at Hongshan Hall, Chen Shi immediately broke into the incense hall and summoned everyone in Hongshan Hall to inform them of this matter. Everyone was shocked when they heard it.

Master Lu Xiang said, "Relocating all the people in the city is a big deal. If you are not careful, you will be charged with spreading evil and misleading the people. The court is very sensitive about this matter. I am afraid that the whole family will be executed!"

Everyone was silent.

This is a matter of death, and it means the death of the entire family!

If Zen Master Kuzhu really underwent a demonic transformation, countless lives would be lost, but if he did not, many would be dead without a burial place!

Everyone in Hongshan Hall has their families, who would dare to gamble?

At this time, Yu Tiancheng's voice came: "Everyone listen up, follow the instructor's orders immediately! I will take all the blame!"

(End of this chapter)