"Just because some Buddhist disciples misinterpret the meaning of the Dharma and deceive believers to amass wealth for the sake of the prosperity of incense, some even commit evil acts of seeking wealth and killing people, and they also house evildoers who violate the law in temples, causing many people to suffer. It is difficult to redress injustices... so resentment gathers and becomes a path of calamity."
Yan Zhongchang looked at the increasingly suspicious faces of Luo Xiaoyao and the others, sighed, and said: "The Lord of Heaven, because of the resentment in the hearts of the common people, used the hands of the emperor to resolve this calamity... But there is a Buddha. In order to prevent the true scriptures of the Dharma from being damaged and lost in the Dharma disaster, the family pretends to be someone who has eliminated the calamity, and takes action to prevent the Buddha's calamity from happening."
"But the Buddha's difficulty has its own fate. The people who eliminated the calamity forcibly stopped it, which only made the Buddha's difficulty disappear temporarily. After a certain period of time, it will be reborn... The three emperors Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty were in power. The legal tribulations that occurred during this period are the beginning and continuation of this Buddha's kalpa."
"Then what means does this calamity-eliminating person use to prevent the Buddha's calamity from happening...?" Luo Xiaoyao asked suspiciously.
"Since we are using the emperor's hand to create trouble, removing the emperor will make it difficult for the Buddha to be eliminated..."
"Ah?!" Luo Xiaoyao was shocked, "Mr. Yan, are you saying that the deaths of these three emperors were caused by Xiaojie people?"
Yan Zhongchang nodded and said thoughtfully: "And in this calamity when the Buddha enters the world, there are also people who protect him..."
"The person who protects the way? To protect this path of resentment...?"
"It can also be said that the life and death of the guardian is closely related to the emperor Yingjie. If the guardian is not lost, the emperor Yingjie will not die... And if the emperor Yingjie dies first, the resentment will become worse. On the next emperor."
"The person who eliminates the calamity is trying every means to get rid of the protector first. Once the protector dies, the luck of the calamity emperor will be greatly reduced, or he will be killed by others, or he will die of a sudden illness..."
Luo Xiaoyao and the others were shocked when they heard this. After a long time, Luo Xiaoyao looked at Yan Zhongchang, "Mr. Yan, did you say that the person who hurt my father was doing it to eliminate the calamity...?"
"That's right, only those who eliminate calamity know how to use the Hundred Calamity Fist."
"Then who is the Yingjie Emperor? And who is the protector?"
Yan Zhong let out a long sigh, "The auspicious energy descended from the sky on Qinglong Mountain, and I heard that it contained the resentment of the Buddha's calamity... Now the Emperor of the Central Plains issued an edict to demolish the temples and let the monks and nuns return to secular life. I think the emperor who should be punished was the Emperor of the Central Plains. "
"Ah?!" Luo Xiaoyao was shocked, and he and Xiao Muyun looked at each other, and their hearts were shocked. When they came to Youyun, they saw officers and soldiers demolishing the temple along the way.
But remembering what Guo Rong said in Bagong's original camp, Luo Xiaoyao concluded that Yan Zhongchang's prediction was correct. He suppressed the shock in his heart and said: "Then who is the protector...?"
Yan Zhongchang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This protector came into the world in compliance with God's will. He has the blessings of heaven to protect him, but it is not easy to find... I am afraid that the monk attacked your father just to find the protector."
Luo Xiaoyao was stunned for a moment and was speechless for a long time. After a while, he said: "Then Master Jue didn't let Mr. Yan take revenge because..."
Yan Zhongchang thought that he heard what he meant and snorted, "If Mr. Luo thinks that Master Mingwu can save Yan from the fist calamity, then he can slander Master Yan in front of Yan." If so... So what if Yan becomes an ungrateful person today?"
Luo Xiaoyao was in a state of confusion. He had the idea in his mind that Master Jue would protect the people and prevent Yan Zhongchang from taking revenge. Hearing Yan Zhongchang's angry words, he was shocked and suddenly remembered that Master Jue had specially rushed to Zhenzhou. , using the 'Lion's Roar' technique to protect the gods of Luo Hanshui, his face turned red, he cupped his hands and said in salute: "This junior is confused and confused, and his words are meaningless. I hope Mr. Yan can forgive me..."
"Master Yan didn't want Yan to do useless things...that's why he stopped Yan from seeking revenge." Yan Zhongchang's face softened, he shook his head and said: "There are many sects and schools of Buddhism in the world, but you know
Xiaojie protects the Dharma scriptures and spreads them throughout the ages, and takes action to prevent Buddha disasters from happening. Some people think that Xiaojie’s actions are in line with the path of compassion. If Master Yan takes action to dissuade Xiaojie, it will cause the Daming Temple to disappear from the world...
…”
"And the birth of this calamity-eliminating person into the world is not accidental. It is also caused by the power of Buddhist incense and fire... Master Yan is a disciple of the Buddhist school. He knows that he has difficulties in his own destiny and is unable to enter the Tao, so he has to stay out of it."
"This person who eliminates tribulations has a golden body with the power of 'divine realm', 'outflow connection' and 'destiny connection'. He is not an ordinary person. You can openly dissuade him. If you want the Buddha's tribulation to follow the nature of the year,
And disappearing can never be reborn... The only feasible way is to prevent the elimination people from finding the guardian, but this guardian is not easy to find..."
"Young Master Luo's mood is understood by Yan as it is said that fathers and mothers are irreconcilable... but I think the master must know the power of it, and he is afraid that the young master is eager for revenge, so he is unwilling to tell what he knows..."
Yan Zhongchang paused for a moment, looked at Luo Xiaoyao, stood up, cupped his hands and said: "This is all what Yan knows, but I hope I can clear up some of the young master's doubts. Yan has something to do, so I will leave..."
"Thank you, Mr. Yan, for clearing up the confusion. I hope you will forgive me for my disrespect." Luo Xiaoyao hurriedly stood up and said politely.
After Xiao Siwen and Xiao Siwen sent Yan Zhongchang away to the study, Xiao Muyun looked at Luo Xiaoyao, who was stunned and silent, and said hesitantly: "Judging from what Yan Zhongchang said, this Yingjie Emperor is undoubtedly the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. As for the
Protector... Judging from the monk's behavior in looking for Master Luo, Master and the others must know who he is..."
Luo Xiaoyao nodded slowly, "Dad, when he was escorting the descendants of the Zhu family to the south... he already knew about the Buddha's calamity, and also knew who the protector was. He knew that this calamity-eliminating person was powerful, so he
Even after I woke up, I didn’t go looking for that monk to take revenge.”
"Are you saying that Master and Uncle Luo, in order to protect the Taoist Protector and prevent him from knowing his identity for the Eliminator, they held back and did not seek revenge on the monk...?"
Luo Xiaoyao nodded, "That should be the case. Master Mu must have known about it now... He went to look for Long Congyun that day just to find the murderer with his father. It was thought that Master told him the truth later.
He gave up the idea. If it were not for his old man's character, he would never have given up on finding the murderer because of his extraordinary cultivation."
"Then this protector must be someone we know...who could he be?" Xiao Muyun asked doubtfully.
"I think this protector may not be someone you and I know. Master and father should be protecting Emperor Yingjie...that is, your and my senior brother, Emperor Zhou. Master and father's thoughts are for the peace of the world, and they are concerned about the peace of the world.
Senior Brother Jungui greatly agrees with this emperor and thinks that he is a benevolent and virtuous emperor..."
"When I know that if the protector fails, Senior Brother Jungui will also be in trouble, I think no matter who the protector is, Master and Dad will protect him..."
Xiao Muyun nodded when he heard this, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Then what are senior brothers' plans now?"
Luo Xiaoyao pondered: "When my father came to Youzhou to meet the descendants of the Zhu family, he told me at home that I, the descendants of the Luo family, would do their best for world peace, and he would not hesitate to disband Tongbao Pavilion and devote all his energy to it.
I will use all my money to help Senior Brother Jungui, and at the same time risk my own life to protect the secret of the guardian's identity... just to fulfill the wish of the ancestors of the Luo family."
"And now if I go to seek revenge on Xiao Jie, the master will not turn a blind eye, or will put him in a dilemma because of this, alas..." Luo Xiaoyao let out a long sigh, then began to think deeply, and suddenly his eyes lit up,
"I think Master knows where the Tribulation Man is and has found a countermeasure..."
"Oh?!" Xiao Muyun was surprised for a moment.
"Master knows that Xiaojie's cultivation is extraordinary, and he dares to take Master Wu, Master Hua and the others to Qinglong Mountain. He thinks he already has a countermeasure in mind... He is afraid that I will act rashly and ruin his plan, so he doesn't
Please tell me the place where the people who eliminate the calamity will stay."
Xiao Muyun thought for a moment, but felt that Luo Xiaoyao's words made sense, and nodded, "But if that's the case, you and I should go back to Moforget Island and tell Master what Yan Zhongchang said... I think he won't hide the truth then.
, and will also inform you and me of the revenge plan..."
Luo Xiaoyao hesitated for a moment and said: "I want to go to Qinglong Mountain with my group. Junior sister can go back to Moforget Island first..."
Xiao Muyun was shocked, "Why do senior brothers think so?"
"I can hide my cultivation like an ordinary person without any martial arts. Now with the mask of 'Cicada Wing Transformation', I can disguise myself as an ordinary woodcutter and go to Qinglong Mountain for a period of time to secretly investigate...
…”
Xiao Muyun knew that he was still grieving and resentful, and wanted to wait for an opportunity to act. In his panic, an idea flashed in his mind, "I happened to be in the land of Youyun now. I should go to Hengshan to check whether that Mu Taoist is the one."
The willow thief who fell off the cliff did not die... and based on Master Niang's inference, the person who killed the Miao Valley Master and his wife should also be this evil thief."
Luo Xiaoyao was concerned about Luo Hanshui's injury that day and took care of Luo Hanshui in the house. He didn't know about the conversation between Ma Xilan and Xiao Muyun. However, the murderer who wanted to kill Miao Xiuzhu and his wife might be Liu Gongwen. He was shocked and clicked.
Nodding, "Okay, let's go to Hengshan together tomorrow to find out..."
Xiao Siwen was stunned for a moment when he heard that Liu Gongwen was not dead. After a long time, he came back to his senses and said, "Tomorrow, I will ask Uncle Zhuo to take me to Yunzhou to mobilize soldiers to investigate with you."
But knowing that the cliffs were two to three hundred feet deep, no matter how skilled they were in martial arts, they would still need to borrow ropes and baskets to get up and down, so Xiao Siwen thought of calling in the army to help.
Now that the matter was settled, the three of them left the study and went to the hall. Xiao Muyun looked at Xiao Siwen and said with a smile: "I was just worried about meeting Mr. Xunyan, and I didn't have time to greet the princess and sister-in-law. Now I will trouble my brother to invite the princess to the hall."
, let me meet..."
If Luo Xiaoyao had not accompanied him, Xiao Muyun could have gone straight to the inner hall to greet Princess Yan. However, he was very polite and could only invite Princess Yan to the hall to meet him.
"I also said that you have forgotten about the princess who cares about you." Xiao Siwen smiled softly, "Princess, she is about to give birth, but she is overjoyed to have fetal gas. It is not too late to say hello to her after she gives birth."
"Ah!" Xiao Muyun was overjoyed when he heard this, "When will that be?"
"It's probably just these five or six days... If the princess hadn't been about to give birth, I would have gone to Yunzhou with you two." Xiao Siwen paused for a moment, then stood up and said, "I'll come as soon as I go..."
Luo and Xiao were confused. After a while, they saw Xiao Siwen holding a little girl of about three years old with smart eyes. He pointed at Xiao Muyun and said to the little girl: "This is your Aunt Muyun...
"
"Auntie..." The little girl was not afraid of anything, and looked at Xiao Muyun with her dark eyes.
Xiao Muyun felt happy and stepped forward to hug her, "Tell aunt, what is your name?"
"Daddy calls me Third Young Master..."
"Third Young Master?" Xiao Muyun was stunned.
"Haha... When she was born, my mother said that she was similar to you when you were a child. At that time, I wanted you to give her a nickname. Unexpectedly, it took nearly three years to wait. Now you will give her a nickname.
Name, right?"
Xiao Siwen has been married to Princess Yan for nearly four years and has given birth to three daughters, two of whom were born from concubines. He is the daughter of Princess Yan who he loves the most. And he has a deep relationship with brother and sister Xiao Muyun.
Xiao's mother said that the third daughter resembled her sister Xiao Muyun when she was a child. She thought that Xiao Muyun liked to dress up as a man, so she called her the third son.
Xiao Muyun was overjoyed when he heard this. He looked at the niece in his arms carefully and said in deep thought: "Your mother was named the Princess of Yan Kingdom, and you were born in Youzhou, Yan Land... My aunt will give you the nickname Yan Yan.
"
"Yanyan, okay, hehe..." The little girl named Yanyan hugged Xiao Muyun's neck like a bird and said with a smile.
"Okay, then the third young master will change his name to Yanyan from now on, haha..." Xiao Siwen laughed heartily.
In the early morning of the next day, Luo and Xiao, Zhuo Wu and Xiao Siwen said goodbye, rode their horses and whipped their whips and headed towards Yunzhou. By the time they arrived at the Xiao family's residence in Yunzhou, it was almost Haishi.
When Luo and Xiao were sleeping, Zhuo Wu took Xiao Siwen's order to the guard general's house in the city and ordered him to summon a hundred soldiers and bring them ropes, bamboo baskets and other cliff-climbing tools.
After dawn, Luo Xiaoyao and Xiao Muyun led a group of people towards Hengshan Mountain. When they found the place where Liu Gongwen fell on the cliff that day, Luo Xiaoyao and Xiao Muyun were stunned for a moment. It turned out that Chu Nanfeng
He and Mahilan were sitting cross-legged in the open space on the edge of the cliff, as if they were specially waiting for their arrival.
Zhuo Wu was also greatly surprised. Luo Xiaoyao and Xiao Muyun, who had both come to their senses, stepped forward to salute Chu Nanfeng and his wife.
"I thought Xiaoyao and Mu Yun would bring soldiers, and sure enough, they did." Chu Nanfeng looked at the soldiers and smiled, then turned to Zhuo Wu and said, "Mr. Lao Zhuo asked the soldiers to find some rocks to help me.
Seal the hole in the cliff..."
Everyone was shocked for a moment, then heard Chu Nanfeng say again: "Three days ago, Mr. Ma and I brought five servants from Mingyue Villa to this place. More than fifty feet down here, we found a
In a cave..."
Chu Nanfeng paused for a moment and sighed, "I think Liu Thief's fate was not fatal, but he was allowed to fall on the protruding cliff in the cave, and he had a strange encounter in the cave...
…”
"An adventure?" Zhuo Wu was shocked.
Chu Nanfeng looked at the soldiers holding thick ropes in their hands, "Mr. Zhuo, you can ask the soldiers to connect the rope basket, load it with gravel, and lower it more than fifty feet from here. Xiaoyao and I will catch it below.
I will have a detailed discussion with Mr. Zhuo after the cave is sealed..."
Zhuo Wu did not dare to neglect, so he ordered the soldiers to tie the rope to a rock on the edge of the cliff. After connecting several long ropes nearly 60 feet long, he dropped one first and let Chu Nanfeng and Luo Xiaoyao go down the cliff.
, and then ordered the soldiers to find gravel, put it in a bamboo basket, and put it down.
Luo Xiaoyao followed Chu Nanfeng and slid down the long rope to a depth of more than fifty feet. As expected, in the mist, there was a cliff stone that was more than two feet long and nearly ten feet wide protruding from the cliff.
When I came, I saw a cave entrance in the recess of the cliff, which was six feet high and more than three feet wide.
Thinking it was left by Chu Nanfeng who came down three days ago, there were torches and fire sticks placed three feet inside the entrance of the cave. Luo Xiaoyao hurriedly lit the torch and guided Chu Nanfeng forward for nearly ten feet, then turned to the left and turned slightly.
There is a curved cave passage, and after walking straight for more than ten feet, you will see a cave about two feet square.
Under the light of the torch, I saw that on the cave wall parallel to the left cave passage, I could see a line of words written with a finger deep into the wall:
All dharmas return to their true self, and I can enter eternal life. The divine form and the five great powers are outside, and the human Yuan Dan cultivates the true nature.
Directly opposite the wall of the cave with the inscription, there is a skeleton that looks like it is sitting cross-legged. The cloth robe on the body has decayed. There is a blue-covered and white-lined book beside the skeleton, but I don't know what is written in it.
What content.
Luo Xiaoyao was confused when he heard Chu Nanfeng sigh: "The bones left by Yuhua were left by the immortal chief named Xuan Kongzi whom I met in Xuankong Temple. I didn't know his identity, but fortunately
It was the lack of merit in front of him that made me recognize him..."
When Chu Nanfeng arrived in front of the Xuankong Temple that day, he met Xuan Kongzi and a Qingding monk arguing about the origin of the Xuankong Temple.
When Feng Xun came to the cave, it was from the records on the merit list that he recognized that the person who had emerged was Xuan Kongzi.
"Although the cave stone is solid, it is possible to dig a hole and bury the remains of the Immortal... But I don't want to disturb the Immortal, I just want to seal the cave."
"I didn't prepare a bamboo basket when I came here three days ago... Your wife, I doubted that you would come here to find it, so I didn't even think about buying it in the city." Chu Nanfeng took out a red pill from his arms as he spoke, and said
Said: "I think you recognize this pill. It is the Guiyuan Pill of Yaowang Valley. I found it in the cracks in the passage. There are still a few blood stains soaked under the stone and covered by dust..."
"It should be that Liu Gongwen was injured and fell down, which made his blood boil. He rushed into the cave, vomited blood, and took out the Guiyuan Pill for treatment. In the panic, one of them fell into the crevice of the stone.
…”
After saying a few words, Chu Nanfeng led Luo Xiaoyao to the cliff outside the cave. At this time, he saw the hanging basket filled with gravel being slowly lowered.
Chu Nanfeng looked at the top of the cliff, pointed at the two cypress trees that grew along the cliff, with a height difference of more than ten feet, and said: "When Liu Gongwen fell from the cliff, it broke more than ten feet away from the top of the cliff.
The distance between the trees on the cliff... slowed down his fall, and the two cypress trees were almost in a straight line with the one he broke. Once his falling body was stopped, he thought that he felt calmer, that is, through
These two small trees have slowed their fall again."
Looking at the deep valley at the bottom of the cliff in the mist, Chu Nanfeng sighed, "This place is at least a hundred feet deep from the bottom of the cliff. If it weren't for this protruding cliff stone, I think he would have fallen to death. Alas... This thief has not yet
In order to fall to death, he was allowed to obtain the 'Taiyi Heart Sutra', and then he killed Miao Xiuzhu and his wife. It's really unpredictable..."
"Taiyi Heart Sutra?" Luo Xiaoyao was surprised for a moment.
At this time, three bamboo baskets with gravel tied around them were placed in front of the two of them. Chu Nanfeng said: "Seal the entrance of the cave first and wait until we get up..."
The hanging basket went up and down five times, and the gravel dropped was enough to seal the entrance of the cave. The master and the apprentice grabbed the long rope and used their strength to climb up, and reached the top of the cliff in an instant.
After Zhuo Wu sent his soldiers down the mountain first, Chu Nanfeng told Zhuo Wu what he saw in the cave, and Xiao Muyun listened to it, but they both shouted that the law of heaven was unfair.
"I heard your Master Yi say that the 'Taiyi Heart Sutra' is also called the Sutra of Immortality. Its techniques are also divided into Qi Movement Chapter and Sword Style Chapter, and its sword technique is called the Immortality Sword Technique..." Chu Nanfeng
Looking at Luo Xiaoyao, he said: "All dharma will return to the true state, and I will be able to enter immortality... It means that no matter what kind of practice you originally practiced, as long as you are within the state of returning to true state, you can practice the Taiyi Heart Sutra to reach the realm of Nascent Soul.
."
"The Divine Form Five Supreme Beings, the Human Yuan Dan Cultivation Realm... means that if you enter the realm of divine thoughts, unless you are a person who has practiced the 'Five Supreme Heart Sutra', otherwise you will not be able to practice the 'Taiyi Heart Sutra' to Yuanying."
To achieve this state, we need to borrow the power of Waidan."
The Taoist dual cultivation method for men and women is also called "Ren Yuan Dan Gong", and those who practice "Ren Yuan Dan Gong" all need elixirs to enhance the yin and yang energy in the body to make Yuan Dan successful, and this Yuan Dan is
It is just like the natal fetal elixir in the Baodan realm, except that it does not need to be stored in the Dantian to solidify. When the elixir is completed, it can be directly entered into Tianguan to warm it up.
Luo Xiaoyao and Xiao Muyun now understood why Liu Gongwen, whose pseudonym was Mu Taoist, went to Yaowang Valley to obtain the Medicine Sutra and why he colluded with Lu Qiongxian. He had already entered the realm of spiritual thoughts, and he had cultivated
The technique is not any of the five techniques of the "Five Tai Heart Sutra". To obtain the "Tai Yi Heart Sutra", it is necessary to borrow the power of the elixir to step into the realm of the Nascent Soul.
However, taking elixirs will also cause the yang energy in the body to become unstable and the yin and yang to be imbalanced, which requires the Taoist practice of male and female dual cultivation to adjust it. Liu Gongwen took a large amount of elixirs in order to speed up his level of improvement, but this caused the yin and yang in the body to become unbalanced.
, but you need to find someone to practice the art of dual cultivation.
But if you go out to kidnap a good girl, you will eventually alarm the government and people in the world. However, Liu Gongwen in Liao and Central Plains did not dare to hide there, so he found the land of the Southern Han Dynasty where the court was corrupt, and used Lu Qiongxian's power.
, collecting women for his use.
When he came to the Medicine King Valley, he thought that he knew that the 'Baicao Jing' contained a formula for elixirs that could balance yin and yang, so he went to seize the medicine.
He single-handedly killed the people in the valley, but he didn't expect to encounter Luo Hanshui and Weng Mu.
All the great success methods in the world, whether spiritual consciousness into martial arts or physical martial arts, strive to combine hardness and softness. However, although Liu Gongwen's current state has reached the great success of holding pills, just as Anna Mae expected, the power of the pills
If his Qi is too strong but not soft enough, and he fights with people in the same state, after twenty or thirty moves, his stamina will be insufficient. It is not as good as the state cultivated by the "Taiyi Heart Sutra", in the Nascent Soul state.
Under the circumstances, he is only half as good as anyone in the same situation.
"This evil thief's martial arts requires the help of manpower and material resources, so he must seek refuge with officials. Now he doesn't dare to stay in the Southern Han Dynasty... It seems that the only places where he can escape are Jiangnan and Shu.
When the master comes out of seclusion, I will go with him to catch this evil thief and avenge my senior brother." Zhuo Wu said in a hateful voice.
When he mentioned Mu Daocheng, he thought of Xiao Muyun who had deceived him to go south to Prince Xing's Mansion. He felt uneasy for a moment and looked at Chu Nanfeng, "Master... has the master been released from seclusion?"
Chu Nanfeng smiled slightly, "When your wife and I arrived at Mingyue Villa, I heard what your Master Ma said... When Senior Mu entered the seclusion, he told him that he would be in seclusion for at most two months. After that, it should be two more