Wudang

Chapter 8

"The poor nun has long heard the name of Chen Yuanwai, a great benevolent person." Compassionate Master put his hands together and said.

"The teacher is too generous. He is not a great benevolent person. He just wants to accumulate some virtue for future generations." Chen Yao hastily returned the gift.

"I heard that there is a Buddhist scripture pavilion outside the staff, which contains thousands of volumes of Buddhist scriptures. I wonder if I can see them?" Huolong Daoist said.

"The Taoist priest is just joking. It's all rumored by outsiders. How can there be thousands of volumes?" Chen Yao waved his hand, and a trace of doubt appeared on his face. "The Taoist priest is a member of the Taoist family, and he is also interested in Buddhist scriptures?"

"I don't know anything about the outsiders. Huolong Daoist not only has profound Taoism, but also has a deep knowledge of Buddhist scriptures and Confucian classics. He is a brother of the poor nun." Master Compassionate laughed too, "I heard that Shaolin once borrowed scriptures from members. To transcribe the text, the member is too modest."

Chen Yao was startled.

Just now, his main thoughts were on Master Compassionate, after all, the identity of the head of the Emei School is here.

Although Daoist Huolong came with him, he felt that Master Compassionate had to be the leader.

Now Master Compassionate says Huolong Daoist is her senior brother, which is amazing.

He traveled from north to south for most of his life, but he also knew a lot about the sects in the world.

Although the Compassionate Master and Huolong Daoist are different, the relationship between the two is obviously very good, and the disciples of the sect will be called brothers and sisters.

What sect is Emei? It is a Buddhist sect as famous as Shaolin.

To be able to make Master Compassionate call him a senior brother, this Huolong Daoist's Taoism is definitely not simple, and at the same time, he must be an expert as Master Compassionate said.

Chen Yao scolded himself secretly.

In fact, he can't be blamed, it's because Huolong Daoist looks too young.

Who would have thought that he and Mrs. Compassionate Heart were of the same generation, and Mrs. Compassionate Heart would call him Senior Brother.

"The old man can't see Taishan with his eyes, so don't blame the real person." Chen Yao saluted the Huolong real person, and his address changed from "Taoist" to "real person", an upgrade.

"The official's words are serious." Huolong Daoist said lightly.

"Then how many Buddhist scriptures are there in the Sutra Pavilion? Is it more than the Sutra Pavilion in Shaolin Temple? It is said that there are [-] volumes in the Shaolin Sutra Pavilion." Song Yixi asked curiously.

Zhang Junbao was also a little curious.

They have inquired about Chen Yao's deeds. He likes to collect Buddhist scriptures. During his business, he would try his best to collect scattered folk scriptures wherever he went.

Especially after Xixia, Jin Kingdom and Great Song Dynasty were destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty, many Buddhist classics in the palace flowed into the people, and Chen Yao collected a lot.

It is not an exaggeration that Shaolin Temple asked him to borrow and transcribe scriptures, it was true.

There are many Buddhist scriptures in the Buddhist scripture pavilion of Shaolin Temple, but we dare not say that they completely include Buddhist scriptures from all over the world.

They got some supplements from Chen Yao's collection.

"To tell you the truth, there are more than 500 volumes." Chen Yao replied.

"Yeah? It's really more than Shaolin Cangjing Pavilion." Song Yixi was really surprised.

Zhang Junbao felt a little emotional in his heart, he didn't expect that there are more books in the folk than Shaolin Temple, it's unbelievable.

"It's more, but it's very complicated, and most of them are incomplete. There are only 22 complete scriptures and less than a thousand volumes. Unlike the Shaolin Sutra Pavilion, which is full of Buddhist classics, there are countless complete scriptures, only a few There is something missing." Chen Yao explained.

Zhang Junbao nodded secretly, that's right.

Shaolin pays attention to quality, while Chen Yao does not refuse anyone, regardless of the quantity, many scriptures should still be incomplete.

"Master, Zhenren, I just got a Buddhist scripture a few days ago. It is said that it was unearthed from the underground palace of the Wanxiang Shrine that was burned down during the Wu Zhou period of the Tang Dynasty. I just don't know the authenticity. Can you help me identify one or two?" Chen Yao asked again. Said.

"Wow, really?" Song Yixi's eyes widened in disbelief.

Regardless of whether the scriptures are true or not, the matter of the Vientiane Shrine and the Underground Palace is very mysterious.

Zhang Junbao does know that the Vientiane Shrine is the Mingtang built by Wu Zetian. It is the largest wooden building in the history of the world and the pinnacle of Chinese architecture.

"Then take a look." Compassionate Master smiled slightly.

"this way please."

Under the leadership of Chen Yao, the group went to the Chen's Buddhist scripture pavilion in the backyard of the city mansion.

The Sutra Pavilion has three floors. On the third floor, Chen Yao took out a small exquisite mahogany box. After opening it, there was a scripture wrapped in silk.

The scriptures are a bit worn out, but they still look complete.

"Dayunjing Shenhuang Shuji Yishu"?
Zhang Junbao saw some faded words on the cover of the scripture beside him.

He knew that this Buddhist scripture, referred to as "Da Yun Jing Yi Shu", mainly refers to Huolong Daoist who is proficient in Buddhist scriptures. He once told him about some Buddhist scriptures, including this one.

Of course, Zhang Junbao didn't know the complete content even though he mentioned some generalizations.

This scripture is an explanation of the "Da Yun Jing", explaining obscure scriptures in easy-to-understand language.

It was Wu Zetian's male favorite Xue Huaiyi who presided over this work.

In order to build momentum for Wu Zetian's ascension to the throne, the monks headed by Xue Huaiyi searched hard, and finally found a "Dayun Sutra" among the vast Buddhist scriptures, which recorded that Jingguang Tiannv had heard the Great Nirvana Sutra. When he was alive, he was born as a goddess of pure light, and in later generations he sacrificed his body and was born as a woman to become a king.

This provides a classic basis for Wu Zetian to be the emperor as a woman.

It is said that Wu Zetian was "Maitreya was born as the master of Yanfu, and the Tang family merged with Wei, so Zetian was called Zhou in the revolution".

With Wu Zetian's acquiescence and support, "Da Yun Jing Yi Shu" was widely disseminated, implying that Wu Zetian was the reincarnation of Maitreya Bodhisattva, and to become a queen, all people in the world had to worship and surrender.

Later, Wu Zetian went to the emperor's title to pass the throne back to Li's family. Coupled with the war, "Dayun Jingyishu" was rarely circulated in the world.

Even if there are so far, there are only some fragments or some scriptures made up indiscriminately.

Just like "Sanfeng Danjue", many times I thought it was lost, but I didn't expect to reappear here.

The compassionate teacher smiled slightly after reading the last page: "Congratulations, the poor nun thinks this sutra is true, and it may be the only one in the world today."

Hearing this, Chen Yao was overjoyed.

"This is the words of the poor nun's family, so I have to ask Brother Huolong~~ Huh?" When Master Compassionate looked at Master Huolong, he found that Master Huolong's expression was different.

I saw him staring at the "Da Yun Jing Yi Shu" with a dazed look.

"Senior brother?" Master Compassionate's heart skipped a beat, could it be that he had misread it?
Is this sutra still false, or is there a gap?
"It's true." Huolong Daoist said.

Hearing this, Master Compassionate breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Huolong Daoist is also proficient in Buddhism, she is an orthodox Buddhist family after all, and her Buddhist attainments should be higher than Huolong Daoist.

Wouldn't it be embarrassing if I lost my sight?
"My heart is finally at ease." Chen Yao said with joy, "Master, I want to give this scripture to Emei."

The compassionate teacher shook her head too: "The kindness of the staff, the poor nun's heart~~"

"Master, listen to me." Chen Yao continued, "I, Chen Yao, devote myself wholeheartedly to the Buddha, and today I am lucky to meet Sansheng, the head of Emei..."

Chen Yao explained his reasons. First, he was grateful to the compassionate teacher and his party for helping his son and daughter-in-law take care of him. He believed that he would be able to conceive again in the future. If he could give birth to a son, it would be a great favor to pass on the family line; second, this scripture was an orphan. There must be no Emei, so I sent it as a thought. After all, Emei is also a Buddhist, which Chen Yao believes in.

Even so, Master Compassionate has no intention of accepting it.

"It's not appropriate to keep this sutra here." Huolong Daoist said.

Master Compassionate was stunned for a moment, unable to react for a while.

"Some evil animals have very good noses." Huolong Daoist said again.

When Master Compassionate heard this, his heart was agitated, and his face changed drastically.

"Brother, who are you talking about?" Before Master Compassionate could finish speaking, she sternly shouted towards the door.

At the same time as she spoke, a figure directly broke into the door.

"Push and push, why are you being polite? If you don't want it, I'll take the scriptures, huh?" A figure rushing in laughed, but when he saw the people in the room clearly, he exclaimed, "The old nun of Emei?"

The voice fell, and he hurriedly wanted to retreat.

"Where are you going?" Master Compassionate snorted and chased after her.

The visitor secretly miscalculated and was careless.

He knew that a Taoist and nun came to Chen Yao's mansion, but he never thought that it was Master Compassionate, the head of the Emei School.

Therefore, he retreated decisively. The old nun's skills were unfathomable, and he was not yet an opponent.

Seeing Master Compassionate chasing him, he swung his right hand back and shot several hidden weapons towards Master Compassionate.

"Master, be careful." Song Yixi exclaimed, "Ah? Snake~~"

At first he thought it was a hidden weapon, but after seeing it clearly, he realized that what shot out from the opponent's cuffs were three small green snakes three to four inches long.

The little snake opened its mouth wide, emitting a faint black poisonous gas.

Master Compassionate flipped his palm, and saw the three little snakes startled in mid-air, stopped their castration suddenly, and fell to the floor with a thud, like hitting their heads against a wall.

Then Master Compassionate waved his sleeves, and the poisonous gas spit out by the three snakes in mid-air immediately condensed into a ball and flew away.

"No~~"

This cloud of poisonous gas directly enveloped the person who came. He had already jumped out from the third floor, and he was in mid-air.

"Solution~~antidote~~" He fell to the ground, ignoring the injuries on his body, he hurriedly pulled his hands out of his arms, trying to find the antidote.

He released the snake, but if it was poisoned, he would have to take an antidote.

When he just took out a small porcelain bottle, he found that Mrs. Compassionate Heart had already arrived beside him.

"Si snake?" Master Compassionate said in a low voice.

The pupils of the person's eyes shrank, and the movement of wanting to take the antidote stopped.

"Haha~~ Have you been seen through?" He couldn't help laughing.

Master Compassionate's complexion changed, she strode forward and pinched his cheek, but it was already too late, only black blood oozing from the corner of this person's mouth.

The fire dragon real person also came down.

"One step too late, I killed myself by biting poison." Master Compassionate said with a serious expression.

"It's a bit difficult to catch these evil beasts alive." Master Huolong frowned slightly, "I just mentioned them, and they came here. Their noses are sharper than dogs. After decades of silence, are they going to be born again to stir up trouble?"

"Is it really the Temple of the Snake?" Compassionate Master asked with some uncertainty.

Master Huolong knelt down to examine the corpse and said, "It's unmistakable, it's them."

"Master, what is the Temple of the Snake?" Song Yixi walked over and asked.

Zhang Junbao was beside her, and he was also a little curious.

Listening to the words of Master and the others, this Si Snake Palace seems to be not easy.

(End of this chapter)