Chapter 159 Let’s Change the Buddha
Chapter 159 Let’s Change the Buddha
Many days ago, Xie Yinglian met Gu Zhuo in a temple.
At that time, she said a lot of words, which were full of expectation and optimism, hope and love, and these four words ultimately pointed to those two words.
——Break through the realm.
Xie Yinglian sincerely hopes that Gu Zhuo can make further progress.
Because in her eyes, defeating Gu Zhuo, who is still in the Cave Realm, is no different from wasting natural resources.
More importantly, it didn't make any sense to her.
Since her training, she has regarded every battle in her life as a banquet.
Some banquets were bland and tasteless, just like those opponents she defeated with ease. A few banquets seemed ordinary but had their own flavor. The best example was Lin Wanyi, which surprised her.
And Gu Zhuo had long been regarded by her as a feast.
How can we start the feast before it is fully prepared?
So Xie Yinglian rejected the request of his family elders and decided to talk to Gu Zhuo in person, to use words to gauge the firmness of his Taoist faith, and then to be more certain that his idea was correct.
Then, she openly told everyone in the world that she liked him, and even spread the word that she wanted to take Gu Zhuo into her room and favor him.
This is of course out of love, but Gu Zhuo obviously doesn't like this kind of love, he only thinks it is a humiliation.
It was human nature to be angry at being humiliated, and that was what she wanted, to make the feast more delicious.
The conversation with Lin Wanyi and the first battle today essentially have this purpose.
Therefore, when Xie Yinglian heard Yu Sheng tell her that Gu Zhuo was very angry, she smiled brightly and said, "That's exactly what I want."
Everything was just as she expected.
There was only one thing she hadn't expected.
She was unable to bear this anger.
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Xie Yinglian fell into the clouds.
Gu Zhuo's last words, which were filled with regret, were still lingering in her ears, echoing endlessly.
With her heart agitated, the light in her eyes quickly dissipated, as if the sky was covered by clouds, and the bright eyes that looked like the sun high in the sky could no longer be seen.
After the mouthful of blood spurted out, there was also a slight sound coming from her heart.
That was the sound of cracks appearing in the heart of Tao.
Xie Yinglian slowly closed his eyes.
Clouds and mist gathered, stopping her from sinking. Pure Zen Buddhist energy flowed into her body, stopping her not-so-serious injuries.
Then, a deep voice sounded. It was Monk Kuzhou saying that she had lost.
Xie Yinglian knew that he had lost.
She also knew that even if she tried again, even after learning about all the changes that had taken place after Gu Zhuo's breakthrough, she still had no chance of winning this battle.
If she wanted to defeat Gu Zhuo, the best choice would be to use the difference in their realms to overwhelm him on the day they first met.
This is the only possibility.
This was the fact that she couldn't accept.
The things that hurt people the most in this world are always facts - especially when Gu Zhuo personally expressed his regret for helping her break through, how could her Dao heart be intact?
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There was silence in the mountains.
Gu Zhuo stood on the top of the stone peak with no intention of leaving.
Everyone understood what he was going to do, and their eyes fell on the monk Kuzhou, waiting for that moment to come.
According to the rules of this Cihang Dharma Assembly, if no one challenges Gu Zhuo after half a quarter of an hour, the Kuzhou monk will take the initiative to arrange someone to fight him to avoid a dull situation.
However, this does not mean that it cannot be refused. If the person nominated by Cihang Temple is unwilling to fight, then another candidate can only be found.
After thinking this through, the teachers and leaders of each sect turned around without hesitation and advised their juniors not to accept the battle.
The reason is very simple.
Until this moment, these knowledgeable and powerful men from various sects still didn't understand what was going on with Gu Zhuo.
No matter how strong the true essence of a cultivator who has just entered the state of nourishing the spirit is, it is impossible for him to draw his sword as casually as he did, and each sword light was determined and did not decay at all from beginning to end.
The problem here is really huge.
If this problem cannot be solved, the only way to defeat Gu Zhuo may be to crush him with unstoppable force and avoid getting stuck in a protracted war.
How easy is it?
Some people recalled the strange scene of heaven and earth they saw yesterday, thought about the snowflakes that kept going back and forth with time as the thread, thought about the bright sword light that was not bound by the flowing clouds, and gradually some guesses came to their minds.
If this speculation is true, then the solution to break Gu Zhuo's ability to always maintain his peak state is most likely in his soul.
As we all know, Cihang Temple is very good at this.
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Yu Sheng stood on this peak and looked at that peak.
As early as ten days ago, she knew what path Gu Zhuo had chosen and had already imagined the magic in it.
However, even she felt emotional after seeing today's battle with her own eyes.
There has never been an invincible road in the world, only invincible people.
This has been Yu Sheng’s thought all along.
Until this moment, her idea has not changed, but she has to admit... there is still no invincible road in the world, but there are roads that are close to it.
"I'm leaving."
Lin Wanyi's voice was a little lazy, and it was very pleasant to listen to.
Yu Sheng was a little surprised. He turned his head to look at her and asked, "Don't you want to look at him?"
"I'm still injured."
Lin Wanyi said as a matter of course: "And he was the winner in the end, what's so good about that?"
After saying this, the girl turned around and left without leaving a single step.
She had something more important to do.
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Half a minute passed in a flash, and no one took the initiative to stand up and fight Gu Zhuo.
The bitter monk's eyes swept across the mountains without stopping at any one place, because everyone he saw was rejected, and the rejection was extremely thorough.
No one is an idiot, and everyone can see that Gu Zhuo is just trying to make things difficult for Cihang Temple. So who would be willing to run into this bad luck?
Who doesn’t like to watch something exciting?
A Buddhist chant came from his mouth, carrying a hint of helplessness, but it was very shallow.
"Hongren, you go." said the monk Kuzhou.
After he finished speaking, the powerful men from various sects standing in the mountains looked at the monk who responded and thought that it was indeed the case.
The reason why the monk Hongren was so famous among the younger generation was not because he was in the same realm of Chengyi as Xie Yinglian, but because his spirit was extremely powerful, and the Zen scriptures he practiced complemented it.
Obviously, Monk Kuzhou also believed that Gu Zhuo's weakness lies in his spirit and soul.
However, there is still a problem.
The nearly one hundred stone peaks that seemed to be sculpted by the Buddha himself had been reduced to ruins after being destroyed by the sword light. Only the stone peak where Gu Zhuo was located was still intact.
This will undoubtedly affect the subsequent battle.
Everyone looked at the monk Kuzhou, but he didn't say anything. Just when they thought there was no way out...something strange happened in the scene.
The rocks cut down by the sword light were like fish, caught by an invisible line from the sea of clouds below the cliff and suspended in the air.
Then, thousands of pieces of broken stones began to fly around in front of people, meeting and combining, and finally forming nearly a hundred peaks again. The only difference from before was that the peaks were bare, and the tender green could no longer be seen.
But this is not the end.
A fresh breath descends here, bringing unimaginable vitality.
In just a few moments, nearly a hundred stone peaks were covered with vegetation, wild flowers bloomed, and green grass swayed in the wind.
The whole process was like an invisible hand fiddling with a bonsai that accidentally collapsed.
The picture is magnificent and magical.
Could those hands be the hands of Buddha?
What kind of realm is this?
Everyone was shocked and didn't know what to say.
Only Gu Zhuo and Yu Sheng remained calm, thinking the same thing.
——Monks just like to play tricks.
Hongren's monk robe fluttered as he flew to a stone peak far away from Gu Zhuo. He put his hands together and said in a deep voice, "Please teach me, benefactor Gu."
Gu Zhuo nodded indifferently.
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When that "hmm" sound fell into everyone's ears, the battle had already begun.
The difference is that outsiders have no way of seeing this battle with their naked eyes, because those scenes take place in the spiritual world of Gu Zhuo and Monk Hongren. Ordinary practitioners can only judge the battle situation by the changes in the aura of both sides.
There is really nothing interesting to see in a battle like this, and it is very likely that this kind of battle will fall into a long stalemate. In the eyes of outsiders, the two sides of the fight will just stand there motionless, which is really not in line with the tone set by the monks of Cihang Temple this time.
Thinking about these things, the monk Kuzhou felt a little tired.
Just as he turned around and was about to ask his disciples to make him a cup of tea and wait for the sky to change and time to pass... a cry from the mountains suddenly fell into his ears.
The bitter boat monk was stunned and looked back subconsciously.
In an instant, the fatigue in his heart disappeared without a trace, and what remained was the heaviness and ugliness that could not be concealed on his face.
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The battle process is very simple.
Hongren looked towards Gu Zhuo.
The two people's eyes met, and their souls also met.
The real world becomes increasingly distant.
In the end, the world in front of Gu Zhuo changed, and what he saw changed from a mountain to a stone tower.
A stone tower is a tomb.
Those tombs exude a tranquil and distant atmosphere, which makes people immersed in it unconsciously, and all evil thoughts and murderous intentions are eliminated.
When walking in this illusory world of Tallinn, one must be calm and composed, otherwise one will not be accepted here.
Hongren walked out from behind a stone pagoda, looked at Gu Zhuo, and said with compassion: "In this world, if you want to defeat me, you must let go of the obsession in your heart at this moment."
Gu Zhuo didn't say anything.
He didn't even look at Monk Hongren. His eyes fell on a stone pagoda and the face carved on the stone wall.
Hongren looked at him and said seriously, "I don't understand why you have such strong hostility towards this temple. I believe that you are a wise person. You cannot be unaware that this Dharma Assembly exists because of you. And you clearly know all this. Even if you don't want to accept this kindness, you should at least let things have a decent end. Isn't this the truth of the world?"
Gu Zhuo still did not respond.
Hongren's face gradually became solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "And the thing you should not have done the most... was to humiliate Patriarch Daoxiu in public yesterday."
Gu Zhuo finally paid attention to him.
"It sounds like... you want to kill me?"
"You're overthinking."
Hongren shook his head and said, "Buddha is merciful. How could I kill you? I just want you to know that you have done something wrong. The elders are not able to take action against you due to their status, so the responsibility falls on us, the younger generation."
Gu Zhuo stretched out his hand, pointed at the stone tower in front of him, or rather the face engraved on it, and said with a smile: "Is this person more deserving of death than me? Or is his status not as high as mine, so he can be killed by you?"
The stone pagoda is a tomb, and naturally there are people buried in the tomb.
They are all people who died in Hongren’s spiritual world, or people who were saved by his Buddhist teachings.
Hongren's expression suddenly turned cold, and he said slowly, "Donor Gu, please know one thing."
Gu Zhuo smiled and said, "What's the matter?"
Hongren suddenly took a step forward and shouted angrily: "You must know that Buddha also has the wrath of thunder!"
As these words were spoken, Buddha’s light rose up from nowhere, and the sound of countless Buddhist chants came rolling in.
All of this was pouring towards Gu Zhuo.
Anyone at this time will subconsciously develop a desire to resist, and then come into conflict with the root of this illusory world, which will in turn bring on even heavier and more terrifying mental pressure until the soul can no longer bear it.
At that moment, the Buddha's light will penetrate into Gu Zhuo's soul, and the chanting of Buddhist scriptures will forever linger in his sea of consciousness, until all the evil thoughts and murderous intent in his heart are completely purified, leaving only the purest tranquility.
This is undoubtedly one of the most powerful methods in Cihang Temple and even in the entire Zen Buddhism.
If it weren't for someone like Hongren, who was born with an extremely powerful soul and an unshakable Zen mind, how could he have cultivated this method in the realm of Chengyi?
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The Buddha is merciful, but also has the wrath of thunder.
Gu Zhuo thought about these two sentences, looked at Hongren who was standing not far away, and asked curiously: "So your current thunderous rage is not murderous intent?"
Hongren said expressionlessly: "Without the thunderous means of punishing sentient beings, how can there be great compassion to save the world? This is naturally the anger that my Buddha wants to see, because my Buddha wants you to understand compassion."
"Don't try to threaten me with words. No matter how sweet your words are, even if I get scolded and punished by the teacher afterwards..."
The monk stared into Gu Zhuo's eyes. There was no more anger in his voice. It was calm and indifferent. "Today you must pay the price for what you have done."
As he spoke, the Buddha's light had already enveloped Gu Zhuo's body, bringing him an invisible and terrifying flame that burned towards his heart.
All those obsessions and murderous intentions will turn to ashes under this Buddha's light.
At the same time, the whole world still exudes a peaceful and distant atmosphere.
If Gu Zhuo wants to fight, he will still be an enemy of this world.
If you fight, that is when obsession arises.
If you don’t fight, then you will be saved for the sake of Buddhism.
How to break this game?
Gu Zhuo quietly bathed in the sunlight, the smile on his lips fading.
"So……"
He asked: "Can you and this world withstand my murderous intent?"
After saying this, Gu Zhuo released the murderous intent in his heart without any hesitation and collided with the Buddha and the world.
The whole world went silent.
The Buddha's light disappeared without a trace, and the Buddha who was chanting the scriptures also closed his mouth, as if trembling in silence.
The stone tower collapsed and the illusion was shattered.
Then Gu Zhuo took a step forward.
One step is the truth.
He looked at the monk Hongren in the distance, whose face was covered in blood but still pale. Seeing the monk kneeling on the ground without strength, he smiled and kindly suggested: "It seems that your Buddha is not very good. Why not worship another one?"
(End of this chapter)