Ge Ruliang nodded and said: "The counterattack moves in the Vajra Demon Subduing Formation are all ingenious and ingenious moves. If they are used by people with deep internal strength, they will naturally have a different look. Now, although the little masters are using them, they seem to have thunderous power." , but easy to crack..." He couldn't help but shook his head as he spoke.
Zhitong was shaken in his heart, but how could he admit it with his mouth? He stood up and said, "Your Excellency is indeed very knowledgeable in martial arts, but why do you need a young man with a fake hand to tell you what is going to happen?"
Ge Ruliang is less than fifty now and is slightly older than Zhitong. He speaks with a different dignity, while Zhitong is a little more polite to him.
Ge Ruliang still shook his head and said: "When it comes to martial arts, I am far behind Young Master Jiang. I haven't seen him in a few years. His vision and experience have improved by leaps and bounds. Compared to back then, it can be said that he has changed a lot." As he said this, he sighed. , His words came from the bottom of his heart, but Zhitong didn’t know what they meant, he only thought that he was making things up to humiliate himself.
Zhitong became more and more convinced that he was a disciple of the Southern Shaolin Sect. After all, that person didn't say that he "suddenly made his heart enter the Dharma Realm." He heard that there were many disciples of the Southern Sect who became famous at a young age, but the Dun Sect was a heretic after all, blindly suppressing the seedlings and promoting cultivation. After fifty or sixty years, it will eventually become inferior to the righteous path of the Gradual Sect. Although the young man in front of him had just demonstrated a great skill, he may not have much knowledge. I am afraid that the middle-aged man in front of him is the real leader. Since he deliberately concealed it, Zhitong decided to provoke this young man.
Zhitong couldn't help but sneered and said to Jiang Shuo: "This little friend has a great surname? Listening to your talk, does it mean that you already have a way to break the formation? I want to see if your Nan Sect has real skills."
Jiang Shuo crossed his hands and said, "Master Zhitong, my name is Jiang Shuo. It is true that we have nothing to do with the Nan Sect, but I did think of a way to break the formation. I don't know if it will work."
Ge Ruliang said: "Young Master Jiang, the monks won't listen to what you say now. Why don't we break the formation first and enter the mountain gate before we talk."
Ge Ruliang said this as if he had no doubt that Jiang Shuo could break the demon-subduing formation. Zhitong said angrily, "That's right! No one can enter the mountain gate until this formation is broken."
Jiang Shuo said "Okay" and immediately made up his mind, no longer afraid of offending the Shaolin monks, and rushed towards the monk with a stick. The monk naturally dodged according to the formation, and the monks on both sides swung their sticks to hit Jiang Shuo on the back. , wanting to isolate him alone.
According to the thinking of the two monks, all Jiang Shuo can do at this moment is to jump forward to get out of the way, or attack reflexively. If he gets out of the way, he will be caught in the formation. If he attacks back, the two monks will immediately withdraw, which is equivalent to turning back. Getting to the starting point is a waste of effort.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Shuo didn't dodge or turn around. He used his Qi on his back, and with a "bang" sound, the two sticks hit Jiang Shuo's back at the same time.
Seeing that Jiang Shuo actually took the two sticks forcefully, Dugu Xiang was frightened and said, "Brother Shuo, why don't you hide!"
However, the two monks hit Jiang Shuo's body with two sticks. Although the sound was loud, there was no solid feeling in their hands. The two monks were surprised. They tried to withdraw the sticks, but found that the sticks were stuck to Jiang Shuo's back. , couldn't pull it back. It turned out that Jiang Shuo had already noticed that the internal strength of the monks was mediocre, and all the moves he made were real moves. He hit wherever he pointed, and there were no false moves, so he concentrated on his back and caught the two monks with two sticks. .
Jiang Shuo had magical skills to protect his body. The two sticks were purely external skills and could not hurt him. However, he secretly used the internal skills of Nian Zi Jue to tighten his back muscles and instead firmly attracted the two long sticks.
The emphasis of the Vajra Demon Subduing Formation is to advance and retreat like water. When a stick is struck, no matter whether it is hit or not, it must be quickly withdrawn and moved for the next round of offense and defense. At this moment, the long stick hit Jiang Shuo but he could not pull it back, but he had never been able to do so. Something happened.
The group of monks were stunned, and the flow of the formation immediately stopped. Seeing this, Zhitong said angrily: "Keep fighting, I don't believe that this boy can practice the Vajra Body Protection Divine Art at such a young age?"
As soon as he finished speaking, two more monks swung their sticks and hit him on the head. The two sticks were stuck to Jiang Shuo's back. If he dodged, the two monks behind him would be able to escape. If he didn't dodge, he would have to take two more sticks on his head. No matter how protected he was by his magical power. You can't use Tianling Gai to forcefully connect the two sticks, right?
However, the two monks once again fell into the misunderstanding of self-righteousness. Seeing the two sticks hitting their heads, Jiang Shuo suddenly raised his hands and grabbed the tips of the two sticks, one on the left and one on the right. The two hands were like two steel pliers, clamping tightly Two sticks, the two monks realized that they had been tricked. They tried to withdraw the sticks again, but it was like shaking the mountain. How could they pull it back?
More monks swung their sticks, swept them, smashed them, or poked them all over Jiang Shuo's body. He only had two hands, so it was impossible to catch all the sticks this time.
Jiang Shuo's move once again exceeded everyone's expectations. He grabbed the stick with both hands and pulled it downwards. At the same time, he twisted his body and clamped the two sticks stuck behind his back between his elbows and armpits. The four stick monks couldn't pull the sticks, but that didn't mean Jiang Shuo couldn't pull them. He held the four long sticks and turned them effortlessly.
With this turn of the body, the four stick monks were spinning together, like a big windmill with four sails. The monks who were coming up were hit by the four people and were immediately thrown into a mess. There was nowhere left to go. Fighting Jiangshuo?
The Vajra Demon Subduing Formation was originally supposed to open and close like a torrent, or spin like a whirlpool, in order to show its power. Now it was stirred up by Jiang Shuo, and it suddenly turned into a big quagmire. The monks seemed to be stuck in the mud, and they were floating on their feet and unsteady. Pushing each other and stacking them together. Jiang Shuo seemed to be able to spin around with more than a dozen people, but he still seemed relaxed and comfortable.
When Dugu Xiang saw the group of monks being moved by Jiang Shuo and spinning like a giant windmill, he couldn't help but clapped his hands and laughed and said, "Hey, how come this Vajra Demon Subduing Formation has become a Vajra Windmill Formation?"
Seeing that the demon-subduing formation was in chaos and was unable to continue, Zhitong was furious, shouted loudly, leaped high, flew over the heads of the chaotic monks, swung his stick and struck Jiang Shuo down, this time he had no reservations After using up 100% of the skill, it has the power to crack the monument and crack the stone. Seeing how fierce and vicious he was, Dugu Xiang couldn't help but worry and shouted: "Brother Shuo, be careful with your head!"
Jiang Shuo roared loudly, and suddenly let go of all the sticks. He raised his right hand, clasped his ring finger in his thumb, and flicked the tip of the stick. Zhitong felt a huge force coming from his hand. Unable to hold the stick any longer, he let go and flew out. He was also shocked and flew out into the air. He made several somersaults in the air before falling back to the ground on his head and feet. Once the monks who were being rotated by Jiang Shuo were separated, they immediately staggered and fell to the ground.
Only then did Zhi Tong understand why Jiang Shuo said that if this formation was sent by Patriarch Bodhidharma, it would be an invincible formation, but if it was sent by the monks, there would be major flaws. If a top master like Patriarch Bodhidharma came calling, how dare Jiang Shuo not avoid it? As long as the people in the formation dodge or counterattack, the formation will continue to rotate, eventually trapping the opponent. It's just that Patriarch Bodhidharma never imagined that there would be people who would "not move"! Being immobile is like a pillar in the whirlpool, the key to defeating the formation!
After Zhitong landed on the ground, he looked at the group of monks who had fallen to the ground. Suddenly, the demons in his heart disappeared. He stood on the same spot, clasped his palms together and said, "Amitabha, today I know how to charm the Dharma, practice one line of samadhi, and straighten the heart." "If you can't sit still, you can get rid of delusion and have no intention." "
Jiang Shuo couldn't understand what he said. "One line of samadhi" comes from the "Maha Prajna Paramita Sutra" by Manjushri. It is the fundamental method of Shaolin Zen practice. "One line" means walking, standing, sitting and lying down, and "samadhi" also means It is called Right Concentration, which is the foundation of wisdom and liberation. Huineng once criticized Bei Zong's emphasis on the form of "one line of samadhi", which is only superficial and does not reflect the essence of Bodhidharma's "realization that one's own nature cannot abide, and all dharmas cannot abide."
Now, Jiang Shuo has been training hard for ten years to break the Vajra and Demon-Suppressing Formation. It would be better to have a sudden enlightenment. The root cause is that the monks are obsessed with the form and forget that "all Buddha Dharma exists in one's own mind". He practiced the Demon-Conquering Formation for ten years. Years are just ten years of being a foolish monk who talks but does not mean anything.
Although Jiang Shuo didn't understand this Zen message, Zhiguang and the other stick monks did. Shaolin monks practice Zen more than martial arts. When they saw what Jiang Shuo did and heard what Zhitong said, they felt the same way. They stood where they were and looked at each other. He held the stick on his chest, put his hands together and chanted the Buddha's name together, and even stopped fighting at the same time.
Lu Jiong and others saw that the group of monks suddenly stopped chanting sutras but didn't know why. They looked towards Jiang Shuo and saw that the monks lying on the ground beside him did not get up. They all sat cross-legged on the same spot and started chanting sutras directly. Only then did they know that it was After Jiang Shuo defeated this strange formation, the monks stopped fighting.
Dugu Xiang saw that the group of monks suddenly stopped and started chanting sutras together, and said hurriedly: "Hey...big monks and young monks, please don't do your homework first. It's not too late to bring us into the temple and start chanting again..."
Ge Ruliang stopped her and said, "This is a critical moment for them to practice meditation. Please don't disturb them."
Dugu Xiang was quite afraid of Ye Ye, so he stopped talking.
After waiting for almost a cup of tea, Zhiguang and Zhitong came to their senses one after another. Zhitong bowed deeply to Jiang Shuo and said, "Thank you very much."
Xiao Tanyue, we have made great progress in practicing Zen today! Little friend Jiang has great blessings. He can help others and help himself, and his blessings will surely be endless in the future. ” At this moment, he only felt that his heart was full of light, his mind was clear and his nature was clear, and his joy was beyond words. As for the formation being broken by Jiang Shuo, he didn't take it to heart at all such "little things" as his long stick being bounced off by Jiang Shuo.
Jiang Shuo initially regretted flicking the long stick in Zhitong's hand, fearing that he would become even more angry and irritable. Unexpectedly, Zhitong was actually quite polite to him as if he were a different person. He didn't understand these things about practicing Zen and enlightenment, but Juezhitong's words were very polite. To be sincere, even though he didn't understand the reason, he immediately crossed his hands and saluted Zhitong and said, "Master, there is no need to be more polite. I wonder what happened in the temple today? We really entered the Shaolin Temple by mistake. We definitely did not sneak in intentionally."
Zhiguang smiled and said, "I think Zhitong must have misunderstood you all. But if not, how could we have received such a warning and made such great progress? It seems that Xiao Tanyue and I, Shaolin Buddha, have a deep relationship."
Dugu Xiang curled his lips and said, "Two masters, what you said is really confusing. You should say something we can understand."
Zhiguang folded his hands and said: "Today, the Heze God of the Southern Sect will come to perform a gatha battle. At this moment, in the temple, countless young people came down the mountain to help him and accomplices. Therefore, the abbot master asked me and other second-generation disciples to block outsiders outside the temple. In order not to disturb their peace, most of them were blocked on the corridor at the foot of the mountain. However, there were also people who infiltrated from the mountains on both sides. A lot of them were caught tonight, so Junior Brother Zhitong thought that you were also with Shenhui. "
Jiang Shuo and Dugu Xiang looked at each other, then turned to Zhiguang and said: "Although I am not from the Southern Shaolin sect, I have met Master Shenhui. I feel that even if he has different views from the Northern Sect, he will not find martial arts people to besiege Shaolin." ah?"
Zhidao: "However, the fact is that he brought the Demon Cult as a helper and is currently in the temple."
Jiangshuo's big surprise, the great monk Shenhui is with the Demon Cult? How is this possible? He hurriedly crossed his hands to Zhitong and said, "I think there must be a misunderstanding. Can Master take Shuo'er into the temple to find out what's going on?"
