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Chapter 212: Infighting within Buddhism, heroes worship the mountain

Shaoshi Mountain, also known as "Ji Shi Mountain", "Jiuding Lotus Mountain" or "Yuzhai Mountain", is the west peak of Songshan Mountain and contains 36 peaks. The mountain is steep and steep, with strange peaks and strange views.

The bells of "boring, boring, boring" ring loudly and continuously on Shaoshi Mountain. This is the signal for Shaolin Temple to summon all the monks in the temple.Except for a few special festivals such as Buddha's birthday and Bodhidharma's birthday every year, Shaolin Temple rarely gathers all the monks.

At the foot of Shaoshi Mountain, Xu Xin asked the disciples of the Beggar Clan and Wu Laoda about the information collected during this period, and then went up to Shaoshi Mountain alone. He happened to hear the bell ringing to summon the monks, so he followed the sound and climbed up lightly. Come to the high wall of Shaolin Temple to overlook the situation.

I saw a lot of people inside and outside the main hall of Shaolin Temple. There were more than a thousand monks in total, arranged in different branches. Although there were many people, they were silent and silent.These Shaolin monks have probably learned martial arts, and with the foundation of thousands of people, they are enough to build an elite army.

"Namo Sakyamuni Buddha!"

Boring, boring, boring bells rang three times, and all the monks in Shaolin Temple announced the name of Buddha.

"Xuanci!"

Xu Xin stood at a high place and looked far away, and he could distinguish Shaolin Abbot Xuanci at a glance. Mainly for such grand occasions, the shape of the cassock presided over was very obvious.

Abbot Xuanci of Shaolin Temple and several Shaolin Xuan generation monks, wearing cassocks, accompanied the seven monks and walked slowly out of the back hall.All the monks in the hall bowed and saluted together.Xuanci and the seven monks first paid homage to the Buddha statue in the temple, and then sat down separately.

These seven monks are all quite old. Their cassocks and robes are different from those of Shaolin Temple. They are very tall and they are a Hu monk.The person sitting at the top was about seventy years old, short in stature, with piercing eyes, and looked very majestic.

"Lohan Subduing the Dragon, a man from the sacred mountain of Qingliang Temple!"

"Arhat Crouching Tiger, Abbot Xuanci of Shaolin Temple!"

Xu Xin's eyes lingered for a moment on the 70-year-old dwarf monk and the Shaolin abbot Xuanci Dao. After Xuan Cheng, the No. 1 Shaolin Xuanzi, went into trouble and lost all his martial arts, today's Central Plains martial arts and Buddhist masters, These two are the most famous.

In terms of martial arts, it is said that the abbot of Qingliang Temple, Shenshanren, is still above Abbot Xuanci.It's just that Qingliang Temple is smaller in scale, and its status in the martial arts is far inferior to Shaolin. Although the two are equally famous, the reputation of the people on the sacred mountain is far less than that of Xuanci.

There is a grudge between the people of Shenshan Mountain and the Shaolin Temple. When he was 17 years old, he went to the Shaolin Temple to seek a teacher. The abbot at that time, Zen Master Lingmen, talked to him and felt that he was too sharp and too small to teach the Dharma. So politely refuse.

The people from Mount Kailash later went to Qingliang Temple to practice martial arts. When they were only 30 years old, they built the entire temple and became the abbot of Qingliang Temple.He is also considered a generation of wizards, with great talent and insight. He has mastered the martial arts of Qingliang Temple to the extreme and earned the nickname of Dragon-Subduing Arhat.

However, the martial arts foundation of Qingliang Temple is not enough after all. The boxing scriptures, sword manuals, internal Kung Fu secrets, etc. stored in the temple are limited in number, and most of them are rough and crude, not first-rate Kung Fu.

For more than 40 years, the internal strength of the people on Mount Kailash has become increasingly advanced, far exceeding what is recorded in the martial arts classics handed down from the previous generations of Qingliang Temple. However, the boxing and sword skills are still lacking after all. Whenever I think of the 72 unique skills of the Shaolin School, I always feel sad. I can't help feeling envious and angry at the same time.

He came to the Shaolin Temple, but his junior brother Shenyin led a Tianzhu Hu monk to Qingliang Temple, describing that another Tianzhu Hu monk was detained by the Shaolin Temple, and wanted to ask the people of Shenshan Mountain to seek justice.

From this incident, the people of Shenshan saw an opportunity to seize Shaolin martial arts. In addition, the death of their lay disciple, Elder Xu Chongxiao of the Beggar Clan, was also related to Shaolin, so they found several masters with high status in Buddhism to come together. Shaolin asks for an explanation.

"Jiu Mozhi has been watching the show for so long, are you ready to take action? The time is almost up, it's time to let those people go up the mountain."

Xu Xin suddenly looked at a place not far away. The Tubo Imperial Master and Maha Lun Ming King Jiumozhi had arrived early just like him. But before, the people on Mount Kailash and a few Tianzhu monks were just reasoning, but now they have a tendency to take action. , so Jiumozhi seemed to be unable to bear it any longer. "The great virtues of India and the eminent monks of China gathered in Shaolin Temple to lecture on martial arts. It is really a grand event for our Buddhist sect. Can I be an uninvited guest by chance and listen to the opinions of both parties?"

Jiumozhi's voice sounded word by word and was clearly heard in everyone's ears.The voice came from outside the mountain gate. It was so clear to the ears, but it was neutral and peaceful. It did not shock the ears, which showed the high purity of the speaker's inner strength.

In the Main Hall, Shaolin Abbot Xuanci's heart sank. He felt that today's matter was not that simple. However, after he was slightly startled, he used his inner strength and said, "As a fellow Buddhist, please come."

Before the Shaolin monks could go out to greet him, a middle-aged monk with a solemn appearance appeared at the door of the Main Hall. He clasped his hands together and said with a smile: "Monk Jiumozhi of the Tubo Kingdom, please see the abbot of the Shaolin Temple."

Jiumozhi took the lead in front of the Shaolin monks, and after several debates, Jiumozhi first shocked the Shaolin monks with the cassock demon-subduing skill activated by the Xiao Wuxiang Gong, and then continued to provoke the Shaolin monks, saying that he wanted Xuanci to agree and would The word "Jue" in "Shaolin's 72 Special Skills" has been changed. Shaolin Temple has lost its reputation and should simply be disbanded.

Jiumozhi's behavior was undoubtedly a serious provocation. Only then did many monks in the Central Plains realize that Jiumozhi had come to Shaoshi Mountain to attack the Shaolin Temple with his own strength.

If Jiumozhi can really accomplish this, he will be famous throughout the ages and it will be of great benefit to his country of Tubo.

Just when the Shaolin monks couldn't bear it, and the Xuan generation divine monk Xuandu couldn't help but stand up and wanted to fight Jiumozhi to restore the reputation of Shaolin, suddenly many Zhike monks hurriedly came outside the main hall, each holding a A large stack of name cards was handed to Xuanci with both hands raised high.

"Reporting to the abbot, the heroes of Heshuo worship the mountain."

"In response to the abbot's request, all the tycoons from Shandong will pay their respects to the mountain."

"Reporting to the abbot, all the heroes in Huainan worship the mountain."

"Abbot Qi, the two lakes..."

"Report to the abbot, all places in the south of the Yangtze River..."

Well-known guest monks sent greetings one after another, and people from Sichuan, Shaanxi, Guangdong and other places also arrived. Although they were thousands of miles apart from the north and the south, they all arrived in one day. It was obvious that the Beggar Gang had been preparing for a long time, as early as a month or two ago. He has already sent out a hero post to calculate the time for the heroes.

Shaolin Abbot Xuanci and many Shaolin monks looked at the greeting card without saying a word, feeling angry and worried in their hearts.A few days ago, the Beggar Clan sent a letter. The new leader Xu Qingfeng said that he would come to the mountain in person within a few days to listen to Abbot Xuanci's teachings and discuss the matter of choosing the leader of the martial arts alliance.

At that time, the letter did not specify the date of worshiping the mountain, nor did it mention inviting heroes from all over the world.Unexpectedly, today, all the sages gathered together, and the Shaolin Temple, which they had not heard before, was thrown into a panic.Although they haven't competed yet, Shaolin has already lost first.

The Beggar Clan's move made it look like they had already secured victory, so they invited all the heroes without saying anything. It was just that it was inconvenient for them to act as the masters of the Shaolin Temple. However, by spreading the hero message, it was really an invitation without invitation.

"Senior brothers, since guests are here, we can only put everything on hold for now, so as not to overstay our welcome."

Xuanci glanced at Jiumozhi, then at Shenshan and the others. Seeing that they had given themselves enough face not to continue their entanglement, he raised his voice and said, "Junior brothers, please follow me out to greet the martial arts heroes."

(End of this chapter)