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The most exciting competition of the day was the battle between the blind swordsman and the broken monk.
The first competition came to an end because Mei Xinghe surrendered, which was very disappointing; the second competition was a duel between the broken-arm swordsman Fu Wentao and the Dali Temple patrolman Yu Chizhen. In the end, Fu Wentao defeated ten with one arm and easily won the After passing the sword, Yuchi really surrendered.
The third contest was quite comical in comparison.
Qiao'er, another Hun horse archer under Murong An, was naturally afraid of poisonous snakes and insects, and it happened that her opponent Yang Kang was the best at controlling poison. Yang Kang just showed off his move and released a poisonous snake from his sleeves, and Qiaoer was so frightened that he fainted. Yang Kang won this battle without a fight.
When Murong An saw this, his expression was so angry that he twisted his expression, and then left the stage silently without saying a word. Qiaoer was resting in a temporary tent nearby. When she recovered, she could not see where her owner was. She suddenly became at a loss. Soon, Taiping Taoists came to pick her up.
Today's last competition began as the sun set, and Toki Ren was still immersed in the jokes he had just made.
Two men and women dressed as Taoists supported each other and walked slowly to the center of the competition ground. The woman took the time to tidy up the man's appearance and wiped his sword, carefully and solemnly.
"Lord Yu Heng, please continue to wave the demon-breaking sword in your hand for the Heavenly Master!" Her voice was very thin and soft, but her inner strength was strong enough to spread this sentence throughout the entire Wengcheng.
The woman knelt down and knelt down solemnly, as if she were performing some kind of ritual. Everyone present was shocked - the swordsman seemed to be blind?
Soon, another warrior also appeared.
I don’t know when the story about the monk who broke the precepts started to be told: But it was said that this man was expelled from the temple where he grew up because he committed murder. Then he had an affair with a demon and committed crimes everywhere. Fortunately, he was the abbot of Xiangguo Temple. With some advice, he could cultivate his mind and nature and return to Buddhism.
Compared to the mysterious blind swordsman, everyone obviously preferred to discuss the topic of the broken monk.
Stories like putting down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha immediately are very popular in this place where Buddhist temples are everywhere. Believers don't care whether the story is true or false, as long as they think they can learn some Zen meaning from it, then it is a good fable.
In fact, they have unknowingly fallen into the trap of desire: It is not wrong to want to meditate on meditation and enlightenment, but the result of "enlightenment" with such a clear purpose is often contrary to the "emptiness of nature" that Buddhism emphasizes.
This is not enlightenment, it is just satisfying one's basic emotional needs.
All in all, no one doubted the authenticity of the monk who broke the precepts. Everyone thought that he came to the stage to compete with each other with good intentions and Buddha nature.
"Bang! Jingle bells." Juexin suddenly raised his Buddhist staff and knocked on the ground, "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, walking in the deep Prajnaparamita for a long time, saw that the five aggregates are empty, and survived all the hardships..." He raised a single palm, There are words in his mouth.
Someone who understands the scriptures asked: "Why did you start transcending for no reason?"
Juexin continued to recite the scriptures.
"Is it like what the rumors say? The monk who broke the precepts has converted to Buddhism again and does not dare to act rashly, so he has to recite scriptures to warn himself."
"It makes sense, it makes sense, it seems so."
The blind swordsman suddenly said loudly: "On the contrary."
"The master over there is trying to help me transcend, right?" The blind swordsman held his sword calmly and said, "He wants to kill me."
The common people in the arena were talking to each other and talking to the blind swordsman.
"What crazy shit is he talking about?"
"Is the Broken Monk more than just a story?"
"Even if this is true, how could General Bai Feng allow this to happen?"
The blind swordsman sneered and said: "Are you really not going to allow it? Why do I feel that someone will definitely die in this competition field?"
After a while, he finished reciting the sutra and raised his Zen staff again.
"Boom! Jingle bell bell." He knocked on the ground again, and the Buddhist bell on the Zen staff made a crisp sound: "I hope the donor will put down the butcher knife and turn around."
The blind swordsman said nothing. He stood quietly. His appearance was delicate and charming. If he were not a Taoist, he would definitely be sought after by the girl next door. Although his eyes are always closed, his eyes and eyebrows are very slender, and he is very confident when he smiles, as if he has never been blind. Her hair was neatly trimmed and her clothes were spotless.
"Your Excellency is a blind man, and this young monk shouldn't use violence..." Before Juexin finished speaking, the blind swordsman sneered: "If you want to kill me, how can you do it without attacking? Master will not rely on debating scriptures alone. Come and let me commit suicide?"
"Then, I'm offended." Juexin raised the 'Magic Wand' and struck the blind swordsman in the heart. This long Buddhist staff can be used as a hammer or a spear.
The blind swordsman didn't have any intention to dodge, and took the move forcefully - not moving at all, and even the sword was not completely drawn out, only a small opening was exposed for defense. Yu Hengzi used some special skills to defuse the attack of Jue Xue's hard-hearted and hard-hearted bridge.
"Clang!" Sparks flew flying and brushed the tip of the blind swordsman's nose: "Is it a long Buddha staff with gold paint? It weighs more than eighty kilograms. It turns out that you are the monk who has been destroying Taiping Taoist temples in the past year."
It wasn't until he clearly heard the "sound" of the handover of weapons that Yu Hengzi made his own judgment, which was accurate.
Jue Xin instantly turned his hammer into a spear, and stabbed the blind swordsman straight with the pointed tip protruding from the top of the Buddhist staff.
"Dingling bells..." was so powerful that it shook the Buddha bell hanging on the Buddha's staff.
The blind swordsman listened with a straight face, not "looking" at the enemy, but listening with his ears. Time seemed to have suddenly stopped.
In an instant, he drew his sword with his backhand and "flyed the sword" out. In an instant, he appeared behind Monk Juexin.
"Dingling bells..." There was a Buddhist bell hanging on the tip of the sword. Yu Hengzi took it in his hand as if playing with it, and at the same time sheathed the sword and said, "The workmanship is good."
Juexin suddenly fell to his knees. He was injured at some point and his calf, arm, and right cheek were all bleeding.
"Ah!" He screamed, but he gritted his teeth and stood up, angrily launching a second attack: "Conquer the demon and defend the law!"
The monk rang the Buddha's staff for the third time since he stepped onto the competition stage. The solemn sound of the Buddha's bell can scare away inner demons and represents the "correct distance" when he is meditating and entering concentration.
Jue Xin is determined and determined to decide life or death with the next move.
Yu Hengzi suddenly felt his hairs trembling, and he smiled seductively. It seemed that his opponent's burning fighting spirit had also infected him. While he continued to hold the sword, his right hand never left the hilt of the sword.
The sky at dusk is divided into two obvious areas: one is the area where the setting sun is still there, still colorful; the other is the area where the moon's shadow first appears, which is already dark.
"To the blind, night is eternal day."
At this time, the general of the central defense, Bai Feng, suddenly stood up and called a halt to the contest, saying: "The broken monk Jue Xin, your steps are sloppy, your wounds are bleeding, and you cannot continue the contest. The winner is Yu Hengzi of Taiping Dao!"
"What?" Jue Xin was dissatisfied and was about to step forward to argue.
Bai Feng walked over and held Juexin's shoulders, whispering: "We just had a fight and he slashed your upper, middle and lower sides with swords. This is telling you that the 'Flying Sword of Ignorance' wants to seize the opportunity." It's easy to take your head."
At this point, the first day of competition ended successfully.
The winners are the Hun horse archer Ling'er, the one-armed swordsman Fu Wentao, the Breaking Bad master Yang Kang, and the last one, the blind swordsman Yu Hengzi.
