Thunder, lightning, strong winds, and heavy rain seemed to be whistling in my ears all the time. In his mind, there were roaring sounds one after another.
Someone seemed to be talking next to him. The words were familiar and sounded anxious.
In the trance, there was another sound of knocking, which always lingered in my mind.
"Dong...dong...dong...dong..."
It seemed like a bell echoing in the distance in the horizon, or like a low heartbeat coming from the bottom of my heart, making it difficult for people to distinguish the reality.
"Dong...dong...dong...dong..."
In this vast world, there is only one sound left. It seems like it will never stop.
Thousands of leaves, thousands of voices, dreams are not like dreams, even if the lamp burns out, there will still be no end.
"Chu Cheng! Wake up!"
"Damn it, boy Chu! If you hadn't woken up, your life would have been over. Then don't blame Mr. Jian for not feeling you."
Suddenly, I opened my eyes.
When a ray of light enters the eye, it is the combined firelight of rows of candles.
The shouting was not a dream, and the sound of thunderstorm did not exist. It was an auditory hallucination caused by the drowsiness in the mind.
The first character Chu Cheng looked at was a big word "Buddha" that occupied the entire front wall. Sandalwood scent floated in the room, making people feel clear.
In front of the walls on both sides, there stand carefully carved statues of Arhat Buddha. Although their expressions are different, they are extremely upright and lifelike, as if the Buddhas really came here from the west.
The sound of "dong dong dong" continues, which is the sound of wooden fish knocking. This is not one person, but dozens or hundreds of people ringing at the same time. There was also Buddhist scriptures chanting vaguely.
Behind him, there is a big Buddha. There is an incense table at the bottom and six plates of spiritual fruits at the top. Before the fruit offering, there was a copper stove to offer incense.
It's just that these Chu Cheng are not facing each other and cannot be seen.
He lowered his head and found that his body was bound by golden ropes. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break free, but it was tightened even tighter.
"Where is this...I'm not..."
Chu Cheng was at a loss when he suddenly thought of something. His expression suddenly changed.
He went to Chunyang Palace with the Universal Master, and then the Universal Saint Monk deliberately asked him to divert his attention, falsely claiming that there was a disciple of the Chunyang Palace below, so that he could sneak up on him and knock him out.
"It's Universal... a highly accomplished monk. Why do you want to plot against me?" Chu Cheng frowned, filled with doubts in his heart.
"This is Daguangming Temple!"
Suddenly, Master Jian's voice reached Chu Cheng's ears. The anxious voice that Chu Cheng vaguely heard before was exactly the call from Master Jian.
Chu Cheng looked along the source of the sound and saw a large long object wrapped in cloth beside him.
"Da Guangming Temple!" Upon hearing this, Chu Cheng's pupils gradually narrowed, and he became even more confused.
"If this is Daguangming Temple, why did they tie me up?"
After all, Daguangming Temple is the leader of the righteous path. It is one of the five immortal sects along with Chunyang Palace, Wangqing Sect, Taishangmen, and Mingxiufang. It makes sense to say that other sects have taken such vile and shameful measures.
But monks are compassionate, not to mention the Daguangming Temple, an authentic Buddhist temple.
"You still have to think about it? Even your toes can guess this."
Master Jian let out a long sigh and cursed: "This thing called Universal is really nothing. He actually took advantage of your distraction and struck you with a sneak attack. If it weren't for such a close distance and no defense, it wouldn't have succeeded."
"Why did Universal Master tie me to Daguangming Temple? Could it be that he wanted me to enter Daguangming Temple?" Chu Cheng wrinkled again and again. As his whole body relaxed, the gold rope tied to his body became slightly loose and no longer so Tight.
"You are right, they want to shave your hair and let you enter this Buddhist sect. You will become a disciple of the Great Guangming Temple."
"...."
"I just realized that I have a destiny with this Buddha..." Chu Cheng was also stunned.
"Damn it, this universal master is not a disciple of Daguangming Temple at all. Master Jian heard it clearly when you were sleeping."
"This Universal Master was once a disciple of the Great Guangming Temple. But he broke the precepts and was expelled from the disciples. In order to re-enter the Great Light Temple, he paid attention to you."
Chu Cheng became even more confused and asked: "Whether he returns to Daguangming Temple or not, what does it have to do with me?"
"Relationship? This connection is huge. You defeated the mid-Xuanzhao monk with Xuanhuang Immortal Punch. People regard this as the "Diamond Sutra" of Daguangming Temple."
"This "Diamond Sutra" is the secret knowledge of Daguangming Temple. It was lost due to the departure of the demon-swallowing monk. The loss of "Diamond Sutra" greatly reduced the strength of Daguangming Temple. If it were not suppressed by several special skills, it would have been long ago Just withdraw from the five major sects.”
"These monks regard you as a descendant of the demon-swallowing monk, and have determined that the Diamond Sutra is in your possession. Now that you have appeared, how can they let go? They must be clinging to you."
Chu Cheng, the demon-swallowing divine monk, has long heard that he is the only divine monk in Daguangming Temple who has returned to secular life to get married.
However, he did not have the Diamond Sutra, the secret knowledge of Daguangming Temple.
"The problem is that I don't have the Diamond Sutra." Chu Cheng said with an extremely ugly face.
"You said no, but they think there is. What can be done? There are damn strong Sky Realm experts here, and there are four of them. How can you escape?"
Chu Cheng looked bitter and was about to speak. Just then, I heard footsteps and voices outside the door. When Master Jian heard this, he quickly stopped talking.
"Universal, you are the most valued disciple of my master. Although you have committed the murderous prohibition, you are still an evildoer after all. Your disgust has risen. Even if it was a small thing at the time, it will become a big evil in the future. I wish you to leave me thirty years ago. Zai, still not forgetting the prosperity of the sect, has found the descendants of Guanzhen Patriarch. Now that the Diamond Sutra has been recovered, this is a great blessing for the sect."
"I have made the decision for you to return to my master and become a disciple of Lao Na. What do you think?"
"Disciple is willing! Thank you Master for taking me in..."
Another excited voice sounded, this was the voice of the Universal Master.
At this moment, footsteps came outside the door, and the door of the meditation room was pushed open with a creak.
Chu Cheng looked up and couldn't help but be startled. I saw a young novice monk walking in from the door carrying a wooden tray.
Behind the young novice, there followed an old monk with a face as warm as jade and eyebrows as long as feathers. Who else could be following this old monk but Universal?
When the old monk saw that Chu Cheng had regained consciousness, he just smiled. Said: "I didn't expect you to wake up so quickly."
The old monk walked up to Chu Cheng in one step, reached out and picked up the razor placed on the wooden plate held by the little novice monk, and said with a smile: "My little friend is more of a descendant of the founder of Guanzhen. It is reasonable to be the same as the old monk." Pure people, from now on, except for me, Buddha, everything else in your heart will be empty."
"Junior Brother Jingkong, after I save you for my late master, shave your hair, and sweep away the memories in the mortal world, I will give you the three great ordination. After that, you will be the fifth holy monk of my Daguangming Temple."
