Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 226 Passing on the Torch (1)
The barge sailed steadily southward in the dark night along the current.The words of Xian Guan and others were like a huge boulder being thrown, causing Feng Shen's already restless heart to stir up a thousand layers of turmoil.

Taoist Xianguan picked out one of the four volumes, pointed to the back and said, "Shen'er, you can take a look at this volume of "Looking at the Bone"."

Feng Shen looked at it according to his words, and found that the back page of "Looking at the Bone" had already been torn out. "Master, the last page that is missing in this book is the thing sealed in the scripture tube?"

Taoist Xianguan said: "What is stored in the scripture tube is not a book page, but a piece of human skin."

"Human skin?" Cantaloupe shivered. "Master...that sutra page is so good, how could it be turned into a piece of human skin?"

"Musangmelon, stay calm and don't be impatient, listen to me to tell you slowly..." Taoist Xianguan finished speaking, and then said to Feng Shen, "Shen'er, did your father tell you about Master Yanhui?"

Feng Shen was taken aback, "Master Yanhui?"

Tao Xianguan said humanely: "Yangui is his dharma name after he became a monk. Before the master converted, the layman's name was Shan Jiuling."

Feng Shen suddenly said: "Then Master Jiuling is Master Yanhui? No wonder Dad hangs his portrait in the secret room. It turns out that he is also a senior in our sect..."

Xianggua was stunned and said: "Brother Feng, there is a secret room in that mansion in Beijing? Why have I never heard you mention it?"

"Don't interrupt!" Feng Shen said to Taoist Xianguan again, "Master, although I have seen the statue of Master Yanhui, but I have never heard about his deeds and life history."

Taoist Xianguan said: "Then let me tell you. Master Yanhui worshiped under Wanxiang's sect before he became a monk. The master who taught him is Tianhong Daoist."

Feng Shen said: "Really Tianhong, like the great master, is also a Taoist cultivator."

Taoist Xianguan said humanely: "At that time, it was the Kangxi period in the early Qing Dynasty. Tianhong Zhenren and his two juniors refused to shave their hair and change clothes, so they cast themselves in the Taoist temple. Master Yanhui was the only descendant of the Wanxiang Sect at that time. Later, news came from no one knows where, Master Tianhong learned that outside the pass, there was a dragon vein left by Huang Taiji to his descendants."

Feng Shen was startled, "Dragon pulse?"

"Exactly!" Taoist Xianguan said again, "According to rumors, that dragon vein is related to the foundation of Manqing's luck, so after Master Tianhong learned about it, he planned to find that dragon vein and destroy it. Time to delay regret Master Tianhong was still young, so Master Tianhong asked him to stay in the Taoist temple. He took two juniors and set out to visit outside the pass. Before leaving, he was worried that the four volumes of "Xuanyuan Jue" were missing. A younger brother will carry it with him.”

Xianggua asked: "Master, did Master Tianhong and the others find the dragon's vein outside the pass?"

"I'm afraid not." Taoist Xianguan shook his head, and continued, "Reverend Tianhong and the others left, but there was no news of them. Master Yanhui stayed alone in that Taoist temple for several years before he saw Tianhong. The last side of the real person."

Xianggua asked: "What happened to Master Tianhong?"

Taoist Xianguan said: "Back then, Master Yanhui discovered Master Tianhong outside the Taoist temple. At that time, Master Tianhong was seriously injured and was dying. According to Master Tianhong, the two juniors who went with him had already died outside the pass. 'Xuanyuan Jue' must not be lost, so I risked my life, persevered all the way, and fled back to the Taoist temple."

"Amitabha!" Master Kong Ru proclaimed the Buddha's name, and said slowly, "If Tianhong Master did not sacrifice his life to protect the book, my Wanxiang Gate would have ceased to exist long ago. The immeasurable merit of Tianhong Master, Shen'er, you and Cantaloupe must be kept in mind!"

Feng Shen and Xianggua responded together: "Yes, Fourth Master!"

Cantaloupe asked again: "Hey? Master, what happened after that?"

Taoist Xianguan continued: "After Master Yanhui carried Master Tianhong back to the temple, Master Tianhong could no longer speak. Before he died, Master Tianhong pointed to the volume of "Bone Peeking", and Master Yanhui understood. So he hurriedly rummaged through the "Ghosting the Bone", until he turned to the last page, only to see strange handwriting written all over it with blood. ...As for Master Tianhong and his party, what they met outside the customs and who their opponents are, we will not know from then on."

Feng Shen looked at the "Bone Peeking" on the table, and said, "It seems that the bloodstain on the back page of this scripture is very important, otherwise Tianhong Master would not point it out when he was dying... Maybe, it has something to do with the person outside the pass. It's about dragon veins!"

Taoist Xianguan nodded, "Master Yanhui thinks so too."

Feng Shen frowned and said, "How come such an important thing was torn away? Could it be that the opponent found Master Yanhui again?"

Hua Wusheng interjected: "You don't need to guess wildly, the person who tore off the back page of the scripture is Master Yanhui!"

"It turned out to be Master Yanhui!?" Feng Shenda wondered, "But what is the intention of Master Yanhui doing this?"

Xian Guandao said humanely: "Although Master Yanhui couldn't fully comprehend the bloodstains of those words and pictures, he knew that it was of the utmost importance. Fearing that the bloodstains would dry out for a long time, he followed the appearance on them and copied them in great detail. , all tattooed on his own back. After finishing the script, Master Yanhui was afraid that outsiders would see it, so he tore off the last page of the scripture and burned it."

Xianggua blinked his eyes, and said curiously: "Master, at that time Master Tianhong had already died, isn't Master Yanhui the only one left in that Taoist temple?"

Taoist Xianguan nodded and said, "That's right."

Xianggua was even more strange, "Then Master Yanhui, how could he memorize something on his own? Not to mention it's hard to touch, you can't even see it!"

"That's not a difficult task." Taoist Xianguan smiled and said again, "Master Yanhui first ground many double-ended steel needles, and arranged them on a wooden board according to the bloodstains on the back page. After the comparison is correct, press your back against the steel needle on the board. The needle point pierce the skin, wipe off the blood, apply light ink, and wait for the scab to swell and disappear, then the tattoo will be considered complete."

"Ah!" Cantaloupe grinned, and couldn't help touching his back, "How painful it must be to pierce so many steel needles..."

Taoist Xianguan let out a long breath, and sighed: "The pain of the stabbing is nothing compared to the suffering that Master Yanhui endured afterwards."

Master Kongru clasped his palms together and said: "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell? Master Yanhui sacrificed himself and forgot himself, and realized great courage. He has cultivated the true fruit of Zen Buddhism and received immeasurable merit. Namo Amitabha, Namo great compassion Bodhisattva."

Hua Wusheng also changed his usual attitude, and said respectfully: "What a tolerant person can't bear, what a capable person can't do, you really deserve to be an upright man!"

Xianggua asked curiously: "What happened to Master Yanhui afterwards? Please continue to talk, Master."

"Okay." Taoist Xianguan said humanely, "After Master Yanhui buried the real Tianhong, he studied all four volumes of "Xuanyuan Jue". Because there is no teacher to teach, Master Yanhui can only learn while comprehending, and the process is naturally slow. It was a lot slower. After a few years, Master Yanhui had achieved some success in what he had learned. But at that moment, there was a rumor in the outside world that 'the secret of Xuanyuan, if you get it, you can win the world'."

Feng Shen sighed: "This rumor is still circulating in secret, otherwise, there would not be so many criminals with ulterior motives rushing to disturb you. Sigh... Master, that 'Xuanyuan Jue' really has the potential to change the world. Can?"

Taoist Xianguan hadn't opened his mouth yet, but Hua Wusheng said first, "Foolish, stupid! Don't you hear that the pills stop in the eyes, and the rumors stop in the wise? Just relying on a 'Xuanyuan Jue', you want to win the world, what's the difference? Yu idiots talking about dreams?"

Taoist Xianguan also nodded, "That's right. No matter how wonderful the 'Xuanyuan Jue' is, it won't be able to change dynasties any more."

Feng Shen came to his senses, "What the two masters have learned is that, thinking about it this way, the rumors are really unreasonable."

"Finally, I have opened up a bit!" Hua Wusheng said again, "However, there are far more than one unreasonable places! Boy, think about it, we Wanxiangmen have always been invisible, how can the outside world know this? Is there a 'Xuanyuan Jue' in the world? And in the thousands of years since the founding of our sect, there have never been any rumors about Vientiane in the world, but why did such rumors arise out of thin air in the Kangxi Dynasty?"

Feng Shen pondered for a while, and said: "Could it be... related to the matter of the real Tianhong's search for the dragon's veins?"

"I'm afraid that's the case!" Taoist Xian Guan said, "Master Yanhui was also suspicious at that time. Thinking of the blood stains left by Master Tianhong on the back page of "Looking at the Bone", Master Yanhui decided to find out the truth. Therefore The matter was related to the imperial family of the Qing Dynasty, so Master Yanhui left for Gyeonggi. Emperor Kangxi lived in a deep palace, and ordinary people could not easily get in touch with him, so Master Yanhui found a way to invest in the residence of Prince Yong."

Feng Shen said: "Prince Yong is the future Emperor Yongzheng."

"That's right!" Taoist Xianguan said again, "Master Yanhui cast himself in Prince Yong's Mansion. He thought he could follow the vines and wait for the opportunity to find out some inside stories of the palace. He didn't expect that his martial arts skills would be favored by Yinzhen. Later, Yinzhen Secretly set up the sticky place in the palace, and appointed Master Yanhui as the first leader. In order not to expose his identity, Master Yanhui had to accept it temporarily. However, Yinzhen built the sticky place with other plans. The head of the "sticky pole worshiping Tang" inevitably did a few things against his will... In the end, seeing that the killing karma was too much, Master Yanhui gave up pursuing the rumors, secretly left the Yongwang Mansion, and hid in the Jietai Temple in Mentougou. Hiding incognito and becoming a monk."

Feng Shen said: "The disciple wants to come, but the whereabouts of Master Yanhui have finally been discovered."

(End of this chapter)