Thunder, lightning, violent wind, and heavy rain seemed to be roaring in my ears all the time. There were also roaring sounds in my mind.
Someone seemed to be talking next to me. The words were familiar and sounded anxious.
In the trance, there was another sound of knocking, which always lingered in my mind.
"Dong...dong...dong...dong..."
It seems like a bell echoing in the distance in the horizon, or like a low heartbeat coming from the bottom of the heart, making it difficult for people to distinguish the reality.
"Dong...dong...dong...dong..."
In this vast world, there is only one sound left. It seems that it will never stop.
Thousands of leaves, thousands of sounds, dreams are not like dreams, even if the lamp burns out, there will still be no end.
"Chu Cheng! Wake up!"
"Damn it, Mr. Chu! If you hadn't woken up, your whole life would have been over. Then don't blame Mr. Jian for not feeling you."
Suddenly, I opened my eyes.
When a ray of light enters the eye, it is the combined firelight of rows of candles.
The shouting was not a dream, and the sound of thunder and rain did not exist, but was an auditory hallucination caused by the drowsiness in the mind.
The first character that Chu Cheng looked at was a large word "Buddha" that occupied the entire front wall. Sandalwood scent floated in the room, making people feel clear.
In front of the walls on both sides, there stand carefully carved statues of Arhat Buddha. Although their expressions are different, they are extremely upright and lifelike, as if the Buddhas really came here from the west.
The sound of "dong dong dong" continued, which was the sound of wooden fish knocking. This was not one person, but dozens or hundreds of people knocking at the same time. In the faint, there was chanting of Buddhist scriptures.
Behind him, there is a large Buddha. An incense table is placed below, and six plates of spiritual fruits are offered above. In front of the fruit offering, there is a copper stove to offer incense.
It's just that these Chu Cheng are not facing each other and cannot be seen.
He lowered his head and found that his body was tied up with golden ropes. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break free. Instead, he was tightened even tighter.
"Where is this...I'm not..."
Chu Cheng was at a loss when he suddenly thought of something. His expression suddenly changed.
He went to Chunyang Palace with the Universal Master, and then the Universal Holy Monk deliberately asked him to divert his attention, falsely claiming that there was a disciple of the Chunyang Palace below, so that he could sneak up on him and knock him out.
"You are a universally qualified monk, why do you want to plot against me?" Chu Cheng frowned, filled with doubts in his heart.
"This is Daguangming Temple!"
Suddenly, Master Jian's voice came to Chu Cheng's ears. The anxious sound that Chu Cheng vaguely heard before was exactly the call from Master Jian.
Chu Cheng looked along the source of the sound and saw a large long object wrapped in cloth beside him.
"Da Guangming Temple!" Upon hearing this, Chu Cheng's pupils gradually narrowed, and he became even more confused.
"If this is Daguangming Temple, why did they tie me up?"
After all, Daguangming Temple is the leader of the righteous path. It is one of the five major immortal sects along with Chunyang Palace, Wangqing Sect, Taishang Sect, and Mingxiufang. It is reasonable to say that other sects have done such shameful things.
But monks are compassionate, not to mention the Daguangming Temple, an authentic Buddhist temple.
"You still have to think about it? Even your toes can guess this."
Master Jian let out a long sigh and cursed: "This thing called Universal is really nothing. He took advantage of your distraction and struck you with a sneak attack. If it weren't for such a close distance and no defense, it wouldn't have succeeded."
"Why did Universal Master tie me to Daguangming Temple? Could it be that he wanted me to enter Daguangming Temple?" Chu Cheng wrinkled again and again. As his whole body relaxed, the gold rope tied to his body became slightly looser and no longer so tight.
Tight.
"You are right, they want to shave your hair, convert you to Buddhism, and become a disciple of Daguangming Temple."
"...."
"I just realized that I have a destiny with this Buddha..." Chu Cheng was also stunned.
"Damn it, this universal master is not a disciple of Daguangming Temple at all. Master Jian heard you clearly while you were sleeping."
"This Universal World was indeed a disciple of Daguangming Temple. But he broke the precepts and was expelled from the disciples. In order to re-enter Daguangming Temple, he paid attention to you."
Chu Cheng became even more confused and asked: "Whether he returns to Daguangming Temple or not, what does it have to do with me?"
"Relationship? This connection is huge. You used it to defeat the mid-Xuanzhao monk with Xuanhuang Immortal Punch. People regard it as the Diamond Sutra of Daguangming Temple."
"This "Diamond Sutra" is the secret knowledge of Daguangming Temple. It was lost due to the departure of the demon-swallowing monk. The loss of "Diamond Sutra" greatly reduced the strength of Daguangming Temple. If it were not suppressed by several unique skills, it would have been long ago
Just withdraw from the five major sects."
"These monks regard you as a descendant of the demon-swallowing monk and believe that the Diamond Sutra is in your possession. Now that you have appeared, how can they let go? They must be holding on to you."
Chu Cheng, the demon-swallowing divine monk, has long heard that he is the only divine monk in Daguangming Temple who has returned to secular life to get married.
However, he did not possess the "Diamond Sutra", the secret knowledge of the Daguangming Temple.
"The problem is that I don't have the Diamond Sutra." Chu Cheng said with an extremely ugly face.
"You said no, but they think there is. What can be done? There are really damn strong Sky Realm experts here, and there are four of them. How can you escape?"
Chu Cheng had a bitter look on his face and was about to speak when he heard footsteps and voices outside the door. Master Jian stopped talking when he heard the noise.
"Universally, you are the most valued disciple of my master. Although you have committed the murderous prohibition, you are still an evildoer after all. The disgust has arisen from your heart. Even if it was a small thing at the time, it will become a big evil in the future. I hope you will leave me."
Thirty years later, I still have not forgotten the prosperity of my sect. I have gone through thousands of hardships to find the descendants of Guanzhen Patriarch. Now that the Diamond Sutra has been recovered, this is a great blessing for my sect."
"I have made the decision for you to return to Daguangming Temple and become my disciple. What do you think?"
"Disciple is willing! Thank you Master for taking me in..."
Another excited voice sounded, this was the voice of the Universal Master.
At this moment, footsteps came outside the door, and the door of the meditation room was pushed open with a creak.
Chu Cheng looked up and couldn't help but be startled. He saw a young novice monk walking in from the door carrying a wooden tray.
Behind the young novice, there followed an old monk with a face as warm as jade and eyebrows as long as feathers. Who else could be following this old monk but Universal?
When the old monk saw that Chu Cheng had woken up, he just smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to wake up so quickly."
The old monk walked up to Chu Cheng in one step, reached out and picked up the razor placed on the wooden plate held by the little novice monk, and said with a smile: "After all, I am a descendant of the founder of Guanzhen. It is reasonable to be the same as the old monk."
You pure people, from now on, except for me, Buddha, everything else in your heart will be empty."
"Junior Brother Jingkong, I will give you the three great precepts after I have tonsured you on behalf of my late master, shaved off your hair, and wiped away the memories in the mortal world. After that, you will be the fifth holy monk of my Daguangming Temple."