Just as Longhu Mountain was cautiously advancing step by step, abbot Chanjing was silently bowing to the three Buddha statues at the top of the main hall of Leiyin Temple and praying:
"... All disasters are the fault of the little monk... I hope that my Buddha will show great mercy and protect the sound of thunder..."
Xuan Bei stood aside silently, and after the Zen Pure Prayer was completed, he came up to him with a serious face and reported: "Abbot Qi, there is a letter from Longhu Mountain."
"They say that the soul tribe has a body-seizing technique in the southern barbarians, which is weird and difficult to prevent. Therefore, they want us to arrange for a senior monk to go over and learn how to break this secret technique."
Zenjing Abbot Amitabha said after he came to his aid: "Although Leiyin Temple suffered heavy losses this time, it is difficult to accompany the three sects in the southern expedition. But the monks in the world are one family. Since they have requests from us, we should send people there. .”
Xuanbei Amitabha said: "The master is kind-hearted, but I don't know who to send here this time?"
Chanjing was not in a hurry to answer, but asked instead: "Has Prajna Hall decided on a candidate?"
Xuanbei hurriedly clasped his hands and said: "Such detailed matters cannot be handled by eminent monks, great virtues, and poor scripture masters. The Xuanben of the Sutra Pavilion was voluntarily punished because of the loss of the Sutra Pavilion."
"But the young monk believes that the matter of the Sutra Pavilion cannot really be regarded as a loss of Xuanben."
"So the young monk thought that it would be better to release him to the Southern Barbarians. On the one hand, it complies with his wishes, and on the other hand, since he represents the face of our Leiyin Temple, he can naturally restore his status in Leiyin Temple."
"Three things, we hold it up high and put it down gently. In the future, when the time is right, we can call him back to the Sutra Pavilion."
Chanjing nodded slightly and said: "This is a very good proposal in Prajna Hall, so let's handle it accordingly."
Just when he thought the matter had been settled, he heard Xuan Bei continue to report: "In addition, the young monk has another idea. This time the Scripture Pavilion was stolen, the most important thing is that two extremely important volumes of scriptures were lost."
"And judging from our subsequent investigation, most of the disciples who died have been found. Only the disappearance of Junior Brother Faru who was in the Sutra Pavilion at that time is really strange."
"Although we cannot rule out that Junior Brother Fa Ru was killed, in view of the importance of the scroll, the leader once told us that we can only investigate the matter quietly and not reveal the slightest information to prevent the world from being shocked."
"Therefore, we have been very cautious about this candidate. Now Zhongzhou, Donghai, including our Western Region, have suitable candidates arranged, but the manpower for the Northern Xinjiang and Southern Barbarian undercover investigations has not yet been decided."
"The young monk thought that since we have arranged for Master Xuanben to go south to Nanman, we might as well entrust him with the task of searching for Fa Ru."
"Faru had an encounter with Xuan Benduo back then, and it was Xuan Ben who recommended him to enter the Sutra Pavilion. Maybe Xuan Ben knows him well and might be able to find out some clues."
Chanjing thought deeply for a while, nodded and said, "In that case, please bring Xuanben and I will give him instructions."
On the other side, on Mount Ashan in the East China Sea, this place has been renamed Kagyu Mountain.
The Dharma King was sitting in the newly built Mahavira Hall on the top of the mountain. After he politely sent away his visiting Emeishan colleagues, he turned to the back of the hall and looked at Saint Youping kneeling under the Buddha statue.
The Dharma King saw that Youping's skill had greatly increased at this time. Her aura was strong and her face was as smooth as a Bodhisattva. He nodded with satisfaction and said:
"You Ping, you have made outstanding achievements in the East China Sea this time, and I am specially allowed to be blessed by my tantric initiation. I see that your aura is perfect and your passage is unimpeded. It seems that the Vajra Prajna Tantra has been completed."
Saint Youping quickly leaned down and said: "Thanks to the mercy of Dharma King and the protection of our Buddha, Youping is willing to dedicate her body to my Buddha. Even if her body is broken into pieces, she will never regret it."
The Dharma King nodded and said: "This time we have a firm foothold in the East China Sea. It has nothing to do with you assessing the situation in the Western Region and allowing me to participate in the battle of Leiyin Temple in time. You can say that you have made a great contribution to my religion."
"This time, the three major sects came again, saying that the Southern Barbarian Soul Clan has a secret method of seizing a body, which is extremely difficult to guard against. I would like to send someone from the Tantric Sect to discuss the details together."
"I think since you happen to have greatly improved your skills, you are a suitable candidate to go to the Southern Barbarians."
"After you arrive in the Southern Barbarians, remember to assess the situation and put the interests of our religion first like in the Western Regions. In addition, you also remember to record the situation of all the factions in detail and report to me."
"I will give you another secret method. If the Southern Barbarians do anything beneficial to our religion, you have the responsibility to report it to me immediately. Do you understand the weight of this?"
Saint Youping quickly bowed her head and said: "How can Youping dare to accept the Dharma King's trust so much? All he can do is sacrifice himself for our religion!"
Seeing that You Ping had such a noble temperament and was so loyal to Bai Jiao, the Dharma King was satisfied and gave her a gift: "You happen to have made great progress in your martial arts, so I guess you don't have the treasure yet. I hold a string of dense beads in my hand and will give it to you." Bar!"
As for Qian Yunsheng, since the last time hundreds of soul clans were wiped out, the Qingning Valley garrison has become quiet for more than half a month.
But he was also happy about it. He left all the outside matters to Wen Xinzhu to keep an eye on, while he hid in the formation to study his puppet technique. On this day, in Qian Yunsheng's hiding formation, a burst of "hahaha" laughter suddenly came out.
He could be seen holding a piece of grass, pushing away the countless materials piled around him with a loud bang, and laughed: "The sky has paid off, I finally found it!"
There was Wenxinzhu outside looking at the reincarnation formation, while Agu was hiding in the soul-taking flag and sleeping. After being woken up by Qian Yunsheng so loudly, he rubbed his eyes dissatisfied and came out and asked:
"What kind of person can you be without others? Have you discovered something extraordinary?"
Qian Yunsheng was so ecstatic that he didn't care about Agu's attitude, but couldn't help but said happily: "What do you know? After cultivating so much and trying so many, I finally discovered this!" After saying that, he stretched out his hand. Come.
Agu took a closer look and saw a short and inconspicuous vine lying in Qian Yunsheng's hand.
The vines are as curved as the roots of an old tree. The only thing different from the roots of the tree are the two slightly green shoots on it.
Agu couldn't help but asked out of curiosity: "I don't think there's anything surprising about this vine!"
"You should learn more, just know how to sleep!" Qian Yunsheng felt a pain in his heart at Agu's casual words, and secretly thought that if Wenxinzhu or Pagoda Spirit were here now, he might be able to share his joy.
He could only say patiently: "You may not think that this vine is surprising, but it has a powerful name, called Arato."
"Arato?" Agu was confused for a moment.
Qian Yunsheng could only continue to explain patiently: "As the saying goes, the heaven and earth have spirits, and when the spirits are gone, they will be desolate."
"This wilderness is an extremely domineering phenomenon, such as this wild vine. As long as it grows wherever it grows, nothing will grow. That's why it's called the wild vine."
"So when this wild vine grows, it can absorb everything around it into itself in an extremely domineering manner. Even if it is a huge tree in the sky, as long as it is entangled by this wild vine, it will definitely die if it is not discovered early."
"Therefore, this wild vine is extremely harmful to spiritual lands and fields. Basically, anyone who has any idea about the wild vine will be removed as soon as possible once discovered."
"Even if this place is accidentally occupied by Arato, even if Arato is eliminated afterwards, this spiritual land will be barren and worthless for at least a few years."
Agu was confused and said: "If Arato is so dangerous, then what are we doing here?"
Qian Yunsheng smiled triumphantly and said: "Although this wild vine is so vicious, on the other hand, it actually has a restraining effect on everything."
"Think about it, whether it's talismans, magic weapons, or even the soul clan, the demon clan, or even the ghost clan in the small world of Huangquan, this wild vine doesn't care about these. Its ability to absorb all things can restrain them all. role."
"Therefore, if we use this wild vine to make a puppet, no matter what magical powers, spells or even spiritual weapons are used to put it on it, I have tested it, and at most it can only achieve half the effect."
"On the other hand, Arato's damage to anything is multiplied. Moreover, Arato can produce large amounts of energy, making it the best choice for low-level puppets."
"Although this wild vine is invulnerable to water and fire, its only weakness is that it can be cut with a knife or axe. But we are not afraid of this. We can soak this wild vine in special tung oil and then put it into the earth fire to repeatedly calcine. In this way, It will naturally be stronger than gold and iron."
"Think about it, even though this low-level puppet made by Arato has no effect on high-priced monks."
"But in a battle between low-level monks, as long as there are enough and they don't care about sacrifice, this can even completely change the pattern of a battle."
Seeing Qian Yunsheng dancing, Agu touched his head and said, "Even if this wild vine is so powerful, how can we obtain it on a large scale?"
"Even according to what you said, as long as the environment is suitable, these vines will grow extremely fast. But the cost is also extremely expensive. We can't have so many places dedicated to these wild vines, right?"
Qian Yunsheng laughed mysteriously and said: "Originally, I was worried about this matter. Although this wild vine is extremely easy to grow, what I need is actually its core tendon, so a large amount of wild vines are needed to make one. Come out puppet.”
After speaking, he pinched the vine with two small buds growing out of it and said, "Until one time, I accidentally put this vine together with the Tiandao leaves that Hai Lanzhu gave me."
"As a result, I discovered that the Heavenly Dao leaves actually have a transforming effect on the wild vine."
"I have tried it. Although this wild vine is still so domineering, when it grows, it will follow our wishes and stop after absorbing a certain amount of spiritual energy. It will not use up a piece of spiritual land."
"This will leave us with a foundation for large-scale planting."
After saying that, Qian Yunsheng once again sat back among the pile of puppet fragments, pulled out the map of Nanman, and murmured: "Now that we have this wild vine, let me see which piece of spiritual land is suitable." Qing Ning Valley came to station."
