"Are you Zhanran?" Miss Xiaoyuan looked him up and down, her bright eyes fell on his bald head, nodded and said: "Come with me, Miss, please!"
"Miss?" Li Muchan looked at her doubtfully.
Yu Chiming's expression changed and he hurriedly said: "The eldest lady wants to see the fifth junior brother?!"
Xiao Yuanming's eyes widened, she stamped her feet, pointed at Yuchiming with her little hand, and said coquettishly: "Yuchiming, stop talking nonsense to me and get out of the way!... Zhanran, just go with me, don't keep the lady waiting!"
"Elder brother...?" Li Muchan turned to look at Zhao Yuzhen.
He has an extremely accurate grasp of people's hearts. He has just entered Mei Mansion and has very little foundation. The only people he can rely on are a few senior brothers. It doesn't matter if his martial arts is stronger than them. It is beneficial and harmless, but he must not forget the order of seniority and youth.
Zhao Yuzhen pondered for a moment, clasped his fists and smiled gently at Xiao Yuan, and said: "Miss Xiao Yuan, I wonder what the eldest lady's instructions are to the fifth junior brother?"
Xiao Yuan calmed down her anger and said seriously: "Senior Brother Zhao, don't worry, Miss won't eat him!"
Zhao Yuzhen chuckled and said, "Fifth Junior Brother is here for the first time and doesn't understand any rules. I hope Miss Xiaoyuan will take care of me when the time comes."
Xiao Yuan nodded hurriedly and said impatiently: "Okay, okay, don't worry about it, it's a good thing!... Zhanran, stop dawdling, let's go!"
Zhao Yuzhen smiled at Li Muchan: "Fifth Junior Brother, go ahead."
"Okay." Li Muchan nodded and gave a tithe: "Miss Xiaoyuan, please——!"
Xiao Yuan twisted her waist, grunted and walked out. Zhao Yuzhen and He Nanshan escorted them out of Tianshu Courtyard, watching from a distance as they headed east and disappeared among the willow branches by the lake.
"Senior Brother, is it okay?" Yu Chiming asked nervously.
Zhao Yuzhen shook his head, slowly looked away from a distance, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, the eldest lady may be curious about the fifth junior brother, so I asked him to go and see him."
He glanced at everyone in a blink of an eye and said in a deep voice: "Fifth Junior Brother has become so powerful not long after he started. As senior brothers, how can we, as senior brothers, leave behind and practice hard!"
"Yes, senior brother." The three of them responded solemnly.
Li Muchan and Xiao Yuan walked eastward along the lakeside, walking slowly under the willow trees.
The breeze blows slowly, and the willow branches are swaying, like mist or smoke.
The surroundings are peaceful, the crisp chirping of birds can be heard, the air is fresh and moist, and the sparkling waves on the lake are like countless gems rolling around, too bright to look directly at.
Xiao Yuan walked in front, her waist was soft and slender, as if she had turned into a willow branch, blending into the willow branches next to her. Her round buttocks rolled under her thin peach red shirt, and a faint fragrance lingered around her, exuding a fatal temptation.
Li Muchan made great progress in practicing the Sutra of Observing Heaven, Humans and Gods. The white light on the lotus became stronger and stronger, and his desires became stronger, especially lust, which had the potential to burst the dam.
Fortunately, he has been practicing for more than ten years and has profound meditation skills. He has practiced the concept of impurity and the concept of white bones, and his concentration is strong, otherwise he would have been unable to restrain himself.
While he was recuperating at home, he was often moved by the beauty of his sister-in-law and couldn't prevent it. He had to concentrate and restrain himself at all times. When he saw Xiao Yuan's seductive beauty, his heart suddenly boiled with passion.
He shook his head and smiled bitterly, vaguely understanding that Xiao Yuan was deliberately so flattering to seduce him!
Taking a deep breath, he forcibly removed his eyes from her delicate body, focused on the mirror-like lake surface, and visualized the pictures of heaven, humans, and gods in his mind.
A picture suddenly appeared, a clear lake with lotus flowers as bright as jade, and a soft white light suspended above it, beating like a flame.
The sky above was a wash of inky blue, with a bright moon hanging high in the sky and shining brightly. He felt his body cool down, his desire disappeared, and he returned to normal.
As soon as he had an idea, he immediately ended his visualization and returned to his normal state of mind.
A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Unexpectedly, the visualization was successful.
Normally, you often have to enter a state of concentration before starting to visualize. Otherwise, no matter how concentrated you are, the picture of gods, humans, and gods will not appear.
What mystery is hidden in this?
Is it possible that because I saw the real lake, I immediately meditated on the lake water, making it easier to meditate on the Divine Illumination Sutra?
"Hmph, you senior brothers have a good relationship, it's like sending you to the execution ground!" As he was thinking, Madoka's sweet voice sounded in his ears.
Li Muchan smiled and said, "I offended the young lady, so the senior brothers are worried."
Xiao Yuanhuo stopped suddenly and turned around to look: "You mean you defeated Sister Gong?"
Li Muchan smiled and nodded.
Xiao Yuan frowned and said displeasedly: "Who do you think the young lady is!... When the young lady heard the news, instead of being angry, she was happy. She said it was a good thing and could calm Sister Gong's mood.
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Li Muchan was startled, laughed, shook his head and said, "We are really frogs in the well. We are too short-sighted. Miss Xiaoyuan, please forgive me."
"You're a monk who knows how to talk!" Xiao Yuan curled her lips and smiled, which was light and sweet.
She looked at Li Muchan with her curved eyes, turned on his bald head, and said with a smile: "Zhanran, are you a real monk?"
Li Muchan nodded: "Yes, I have received full ordination and have been ordained for ten years."
Madoka took another step, twisting her slender waist, walking gracefully, her posture becoming more and more attractive, and said softly: "Then you became a monk at a very young age?"
The two of them approached unknowingly, and Li Muchan could feel her faint body fragrance lingering in front of his nose. He looked at her sweet and charming pear, which made his heart flutter.
Fortunately, he is now in a peaceful state of mind, as if he were immersed in a lake and immediately regained his composure after just one dip.
He smiled: "I grew up in a poor family, and my parents could not afford to raise three children. I started living in the temple when I was two years old."
"Alas... you are a pitiful person too." Madoka sighed, her expression softening.
Li Muchan took a look and saw that she was walking gracefully under the willow branches, her eyebrows furrowed in thought. She was no longer the little pepper she was before, and became sentimental.
He couldn't help but smile to himself, this little round girl had a changeable temperament and was truly a beauty.
The two walked east along the lake, about two miles away, and stopped in front of a small five-cornered pavilion.
With its Zhu pillars, carved beams and painted pillars, this small pavilion is extremely exquisite. There are three big characters written on the horizontal plaque: Guanhe Pavilion.
There are lotus ponds on both sides of the pavilion, with dense lotus leaves covering the water surface, and several lotus flowers standing tall and graceful. Some are goose yellow, some are jade white, and some are light pink, which is fresh and moving.
The pavilion leads to a moon gate via a cobblestone path.
Xiao Yuan turned around and said, "Zhan Ran, please wait a moment, I'll go in and make an announcement."
Li Muchan nodded gently and stepped into the Lotus Viewing Pavilion. He touched the red pillars and found that they were actually made of stone. The lotus flowers in the pond were bright and beautiful.
Xiao Yuan followed in and smiled sweetly: "Miss likes to enjoy flowers here very much. Zhanran, why don't you take a seat and look at the lotus flowers?"
After that, she smiled at him again, walked out of the pavilion and stepped onto the cobblestone path in the middle, and her plump and attractive figure disappeared into the moon gate.
Li Muchan withdrew his gaze, smiled and thought, her attitude towards him was changeable, first she was tempting, then she was kind, mostly because she was a monk.
Soon, Xiao Yuan appeared again, standing in front of the Moon Gate and waving: "Zhan Ran, come quickly."
Li Muchan walked over with a smile: "Miss Xiaoyuan, is the eldest lady inside?"
"Yes, the lady will let you go." Xiao Yuan approached him and said with a slight smile, "Don't worry, the lady is very nice."
Li Muchan smiled and nodded, the fragrance penetrated into his nose, his mind wandered again, he was busy but concentrated and restrained, he secretly sighed, the beauty of women is really hard to guard against.
Stepping into the Moon Gate, you will see a clear small pool in front of you, about two feet in diameter, with a rockery next to the pool.
A spring gurgled down from the rockery and poured into a small pool. In the center of the pool was a large king lotus with disk-like leaves. Two water drops fell on it, crystal clear, like a jade plate catching dew.
On the right side of the pond is a hibiscus tree, which is full of hibiscus flowers.
Madoka leads the way, with a charming gait.
Follow the cobblestone path around the pond, head east into an elegant garden, then turn east again in the garden, pass the rockery, go around the bamboo forest, and stop in front of another moon gate.
There are two words written on it: Qiyuan.
These two characters were engraved on the bluestone directly above the Moon Gate. It was easy to miss them. The font was elegant yet elegant. Li Muchan's eyes fell on these two characters.
Seeing him like this, Xiao Yuan chuckled and said, "Miss, these two words were written with her fingers."
Li Muchan looked at him in surprise: "Finger strength?"
Xiao Yuan smiled and said: "Yes, Miss's martial arts are very high."
Li Muchan walked along, admiring the scenery and feeling strange that there was not a single guard in such a huge garden, and there was no open or hidden sentry.
Is it possible that the eldest lady is so confident in Mei Mansion that no one can break in?
It turns out that she is very powerful in martial arts!
Madoka's crisp voice sounded again: "Let's go, the lady is inside."
Li Muchan adjusted his monk's robe, held a Buddhist bead in his left hand, and walked slowly into the garden with a calm and solemn expression.
As soon as I stepped into the garden, I saw a patch of sparse plum blossoms, occupying half of the yard to the west. To the east of the yard was a small martial arts training ground.
Beside the field is a continuous rockery, which is so majestic and dangerous that there are mountains and rivers.
There is a small pavilion on the rockery with octagonal eaves, like an eagle spreading its wings to fly.
Walking through the plum blossom forest, Li Muchan saw the sword light flashing on the martial arts field, and the clear light swaying, like a clear spring sparkling in the sun, which was dazzling.
Li Muchan's facial features were sharp and he could clearly see the slender figure in the sword light, but it was Gong Qingyun.
A woman in a purple shirt stood quietly on the sidelines, with her back to this side, her arms folded over her shoulders and motionless, only her clothes were fluttering.
Li Muchan took a look and saw that she had a graceful figure, slender figure, and a very beautiful back. Without seeing her true appearance, he had already concluded that she was a beauty.
Xiaoyuan said: "Miss, Zhanran is here."
Gong Qingyun's sword force paused, the clear light suddenly disappeared, and the sword was returned to its sheath.
She frowned and looked over, cupped her fists and said, "Miss, I'm going back first!"
"Well, let's go." The purple-robed woman nodded lightly, her voice as clear as a cold spring.
Gong Qingyun's figure was like a white cloud, and he passed by Li Muchan. His clear eyes turned to his face, he snorted coldly, and disappeared quickly.
The faint fragrance still lingered, and Li Muchan smiled bitterly and shook his head.
The girl in purple clothes turned around, a blurred gaze fell on him, and she said lightly: "Are you Master Zhanran?"
"Little monk Zhanran." Li Muchan tithes.
He smiled in his heart and did not feel disappointed. This eldest lady was extremely beautiful. Among all the women he had ever seen, only the second sister could compare with her.
She has an oval face, a sharp chin, a small cherry mouth, a straight nose, eyebrows that are curved into the temples, and a pair of extremely beautiful eyes, like mist and smoke, blurry and changing, as if they want to suck people's hearts in.
"I am Mei Ruolan." The girl in purple robe titheed, pointed at the small pavilion on the rockery, and said calmly: "Master Zhanran, let's go over and sit down and talk."
Li Muchan nodded lightly, and the three of them climbed up the rockery and entered the small pavilion.
He didn't expect that this eldest lady would be so polite to him, a little more polite than Madoka. He felt strange in his heart and kept his expression calm as he slowly looked around.
Looking closely, the color of the pavilion has faded, and traces of the passage of time remain everywhere, revealing a sense of vicissitudes.
Standing here, you can overlook the entire Mei Mansion. The bright lake in the distance is like a mirror, and the willow branches are like the rim of the mirror.
In the center of the pavilion is a stone table, which has been polished to a polished finish.
Mei Ruolan sat down elegantly, took the tea cup from Xiaoyuan, and asked lightly: "Master Zhanran is the younger brother of Deacon Li and the abbot of Chengjing Temple. Why does he want to enter the mansion?"
Li Muchan sat across from him, took the tea cup, smiled at Xiao Yuan, turned around and said, "I heard that Mei Mansion has the magical power of indestructibility, which is a unique Buddhist teaching."
Mei Ruolan took a sip of the fragrant tea, put down the tea cup gracefully, and said calmly: "Commander Jin asked me for this spiritual method, but I don't agree with it."
Li Muchan put down the tea cup and looked at her with a smile.
Mei Ruolan said: "Although this mental method is powerful, it is difficult to practice. Since the former monk Huiguo created this method, no one has mastered it."
"I want to give it a try." Li Muchan said.
Mei Ruolan's blurred eyes turned away from his face and said: "Over the years, the Mei Mansion has been full of amazingly talented people, whose qualifications are not inferior to yours. They have also tried to practice this skill, but none of them have succeeded."
Without waiting for Li Muchan to say anything, she continued: "However, since you have such talent, there is no harm in giving it a try."
"Thank you, Miss." Li Muchan tithes.
Mei Ruolan shook her head gently: "No need to thank me, Master Zhanran is a Buddhist, and the indestructible magic skill of Vajra is a Buddhist sect. Maybe there will be a turn for the better... If this unique skill can be revived, it will be beneficial to Mei Mansion."
Harmful."
She took out a plain white post from her arms and put it on the table: "This is an invitation from the Snow Seal Goddess, inviting Master Zhanran to attend the Yingyue Dharma Ceremony on the eighth day of April."
Li Muchan frowned, not expecting the Snow Seal Goddess to send the invitation here.
He shook his head and said, "Miss, I won't go."
"Oh——?" Mei Ruolan was startled, breaking the lightness of the clouds, and looked at him carefully, her bright eyes twinkling, becoming more and more confusing, like an illusion or a dream.
After a while, she returned to normal and said calmly: "The Yingyue Dharma Assembly is a major event in Buddhism and has far-reaching influence. All those invited are eminent monks and great virtues. Master Zhanran, you are so young that you can be invited. It is really incredible."
Go to glory!"
Li Muchan smiled slightly and said nothing.
He naturally understands the importance of the Yingyue Dharma Assembly. Once he participates, he will become famous all over the world.
But he doesn't value these things now. He just wants to practice martial arts well, be able to protect himself, and live at ease in the world.
He often discusses the Dharma with the Snow Immortal Nun, and they have been arguing with Li Yurong for more than ten years, and they are inseparable.
He majored in philosophy at university in his previous life. During his schooling, he devoted himself to the study of philosophy and came into contact with various philosophical schools, which broadened his horizons.
In his eyes, Buddhism itself is also a philosophy. In this era, in terms of the breadth of vision, even the great Buddhists can hardly compare with him.
In the eyes of the Snow Seal God Nun, he has a transcendent state of mind, profound Zen skills, and awe-inspiring wisdom. He can truly be called an eminent monk.
Seeing his indifferent smile, Mei Ruolan frowned and nodded slowly: "That's fine, you don't want to go, and I won't force you."
"Thank you, Miss." Li Muchan tithes.
Mei Ruolan waved her hand gently, indicating that there was no need to be polite, and suddenly showed a smile: "Qingyun said that you are very fast with your sword and have the power of lightning. I want to see it."