Ji Ku paused and stopped mentioning the matter. After a moment, he asked: "I know that you and Xiao He from Guiyan Peak are close friends of life and death. I will go down the mountain to find him. Do you have anything to say to me?" ?”
Liao Kong didn't expect Ji Ku to ask him this question. He was stunned for a moment, but he still hurriedly replied: "This dispute with Liuguang Blessed Land actually happened for a reason. It is not entirely the fault of brother Xiao He. The matter has come to this. I only hope that Master Uncle We can bring him back safely.”
Ji Ku nodded with great understanding and said, "It's rare that you two have such a close relationship. I will definitely bring him back to Shaoshi Mountain safely!"
"Thank you, uncle!" Liao Kong knelt down and bowed.
Seeing this, Ji Ku quickly helped Kong Kong up and continued: "Brother Abbot has his own difficulties. Before I come back, you must calm down and never mention this matter again."
"Disciple understands!" Liao Kong replied.
"Besides..." Ji Ku looked a little embarrassed and stopped talking.
"Uncle Master, please tell me if you have anything to say. I will definitely answer everything I know." Liao Kong saw Ji Ku's thoughts and said immediately.
"That eminent monk cultivated the Ran Deng lineage. Is there anything special about his guidance to you?" Ji Ku asked his question.
Liao Kong didn't expect that his always taciturn Master Ji, who was always reticent, would ask about this matter. Even so, he just thought about it briefly and answered: "Indeed, the holy monk saw the Buddha's mirror stand that I was holding. , only then are you willing to let me practice in the Ran Deng lineage."
"Mingjingtai?" As soon as Liao Kong said these three words, Ji Ku immediately asked subconsciously.
"Exactly! This treasure was also obtained by my disciple through a strange encounter." Liao Kong said.
"Can I let my uncle take a look?" Ji Ku asked tentatively.
"It doesn't matter!" After Liao Kong said, he generously offered the Mirror Stand and handed it to Ji Ku.
Ji Ku looked at the Buddha treasure in his hand, his eyes flashed with unusual excitement, and he muttered something, whether to himself or to the sky: "Although I have never heard of this thing, I can feel the uniqueness of this treasure at a glance." Extraordinary product! Could it be that this treasure is the key to cultivating the Ran Deng lineage?"
Ji Ku asked, and Zuo Kong had no reservations. He told Ji Ku how the divine monk had taught him how to practice the Ran Deng lineage and the mystery of the "Miaofa Lotus Sutra".
After hearing this, Ji Ku couldn't get excited, but he quickly calmed down and said seriously to Kong, "Long Kong, what state of cultivation have you reached at this time?"
Liao Kong replied: "With the assistance of the Mirror Stage, the cultivation speed is indeed very fast. Now we are at the fourteenth level of the Trace Sect, and we are about to break through the bottleneck of the Trace Sect. According to the Lotus Sutra, the cultivation of our sect is the real It’s very difficult, every step forward is very difficult.”
Ji Ku nodded thoughtfully and said, "As you said, it's time for you to retreat and practice."
"That's right!" Liao Kong replied affirmatively.
"You come with me!" After Ji Ku said this, he took Kong with him to the top of the Sutra Pavilion. Liao Kong was already very familiar with the Sutra Pavilion and no longer had the scruples he had when he went upstairs with the monk that day. He followed Ji Ku and walked to the top of the building.
When he reached the top floor, Ji Ku did not make any stop, but continued to walk towards the small door on the top floor. This time, Liao Kong was a little flustered, and quickly stepped forward to stop him, saying: "Uncle Master, this is a forbidden place among forbidden places. ah!"
Ji smiled bitterly and said, "It's okay. This is what the abbot said. Just follow me." After saying that, he gently opened the small wooden door of the attic on the top floor and walked out.
Liao Kong responded hesitantly and followed Ji Ku out of the top floor of the stupa with hesitation.
The top of the stupa is a broad platform. In the center of the platform, there is a square pillar with Fan Sutras engraved all over it. Above the pillar, there is a Buddha lotus, which is quiet and peaceful. The light yellow Buddha light around it haloes and diffuses, covering the entire temple. Muroyama.
The scene in front of him made him shocked. In the past, he only thought that Buddhism was open and people from all over the world were worshiping. He didn't know that Shaoshi Mountain was also protected by a magic circle. However, after thinking about it carefully, it made sense.
"How about it, I didn't expect it." Ji said with a wry smile.
"That's true." Liao Kong replied, "I believe that no one in Shaolin except the eminent monks of Ji generation knows about this matter."
Ji Ku shook his head and said: "It's not just the eminent monks of the Ji generation, only me and the abbot senior brother know about this."
Hearing Ji Ku's words, Liao Kong was even more shocked and couldn't help but said: "Is this so?"
Ji Ku did not answer him anymore. He just smiled slightly, raised his right hand slightly, and murmured Sanskrit sounds in his mouth. The Buddha lotus above the square pillar actually floated in Ji Ku's hand. Ji Ku said again: "Go to the stone pillar and meditate."
Liao Kong had no doubts, nodded, jumped up, and sat floating in the air above the square pillar, eyes closed.
Ji Ku said: "I will help you enter samadhi. You must be connected with the Mingjing Tower! Since you have reached the bottleneck of the Trace Gate, you cannot go down to the tower until you break this barrier."
"I will obey my uncle's decree!" Liao Kong said seriously.
As soon as he said these words, Ji Ku put his hands together and recited silently for a while, then raised his right hand and pointed his index finger at the center of Kong's eyebrows. He looked at Kong again. All six senses were gone and he entered a state of concentration.
At this point, Ji Ku seemed to let out a long sigh of relief, turned around and left. When he passed by the top of the stupa, he saw the Buddhist scriptures of the Randen line in the so-called forbidden area of Shaoshi Mountain, and he gave a disdainful sneer and walked away.
After leaving the stupa, Ji Ku said goodbye to Ji Guang and others again, and suddenly mentioned Kong, saying: "Brother Abbot, regarding Kong..."
Before Ji Ku finished speaking, Master Ji Guang smiled and said: "Don't worry, we can all see that you care about Kong on weekdays. Even if you are not in Shaoshi Mountain, we will not punish Kong." of."
"Senior brother is right." The short and fat Master Ji Bei also said: "What's more, now, not only you, but also the abbot senior brother also regards Liao Kong as the apple of his eye. I am afraid that if you want to punish him, senior brother will not be willing."
"Haha!" Ji Bei said this, and everyone smiled knowingly.
When the laughter stopped, Ji Ku said seriously: "That's not what I want to say."
Seeing Ji Ku's serious expression, Ji Guang also asked, "Junior brother, please tell me something."
"I just went to the stupa and wanted to say goodbye. I found that he was entering the bottleneck period of his cultivation, so I helped him retreat." Ji Ku said.
"This is a good thing!" Ji Guang was very happy after hearing this.
"In order to prevent Kong from being disturbed by the outside world during his retreat, can you order our disciples not to take even one step closer to the stupa until Kong comes out of retreat?" Ji Ku said.
After hearing this, Ji Guang nodded and said: "It is indeed necessary." After saying that, he looked around at the eminent monks of Ji generation and said: "Please pass on the order and no one is allowed to approach the stupa anymore. It is against the law." The order is handed over to the Law Enforcement Hall!"
After hearing this, several eminent monks clasped their hands together to express their agreement.
Ji Ku continued: "If the senior abbot agrees to this matter, I will send my Bodhidharma disciples to protect the Dharma for Kong around the stupa."
"Okay!" Ji Guang said, "Junior brother's arrangements are very appropriate."
"Senior Brother Ji Ku, you should be more careful when going down the mountain this time. Both Liuguang Blessed Land and Beiluomen are suppressing their anger, and they are afraid of causing trouble!" Master Ji Bei said from the side.
Ji Ku also nodded and said, "Don't worry, junior brother, I will try to leave as quickly as possible during this trip."
"Alas!" Master Ji Guang sighed and said, "I often wonder whether it was right to take over this matter at that time. I always feel that it seems a bit overwhelming."
Ji Ku replied: "Brother, there is no need to blame yourself. The ancient Shaolin Temple acted as a mediator and there is nothing wrong with taking over the matter. Besides, there are many disputes between Shaoshi Mountain and Guiyan Peak. We also want to be on good terms with each other. In addition, there is an unknown god in our temple." The relationship between monks, whether public or private, cannot be ignored."
"It's just that the world is so big, where do you plan to start tracing?" Ji Guang asked again.
"Senior brother, don't worry." Ji Ku said, "I have already sent one of my disciples to investigate. Someone saw Xiao He heading straight towards the Juliu River."
"You still have to be more careful." Master Ji Guang asked again with concern.
"Thank you for your concern, senior brother. With that, I will go down the mountain." Ji Ku once again bowed to everyone with his hands clasped, turned and left.
The other eminent monks of the Ji generation looked at Ji Guang's back with concern in their eyes and worried expressions on their faces.
On the top of the stupa, Liao Kong's eyes were still closed, and he was in a state of concentration. No outsider could know what he was experiencing at this time. And under the stupa, it was surrounded by Bodhidharma Hall disciples. No one can cross the thunder pool even half a step.
Ji Ku, dressed in simple clothes, left Shaoshi Mountain and headed straight for Juliu River. Only he knew in his heart that he had never received any news about Xiao He's whereabouts.
At this moment in Guiyan Peak, there was a different scene. Originally, the whole sect had high hopes for Xiao He, but they didn't want Tianyanzi and his party to go back quickly, and Xiao He was nowhere to be seen. The other disciples didn't know the reason. Hou Zhu, Yu Qing, and Yu Kui kept silent about the matter. No matter how many other disciples questioned them, they couldn't find out the reason. In the meeting hall, the seven members of Guiyanfeng all had sad faces. Guiyanfeng was enveloped in an inexplicable atmosphere. It seemed that everyone could feel that something big was about to happen.
In the meeting hall, everyone's expressions continued to be sad. Tianjizi was the first to lose his composure and said, "Brother, please tell me what to do about this matter."
Tian Tongzi said: "This matter is neither big nor small. Now it seems that as long as Xiao He can protect himself and not interrupt the inheritance of Wudang Ancient Temple, he will be lucky. As for Liuguang Blessed Land and Beiluomen, Sooner or later there will be trouble."
"Hmph!" Tian Jizi slammed his fist on the stone table at hand, and said bitterly: "The soldiers are coming to block it, and the water is coming to cover it up. How can we be afraid of them?"
"Senior brother, don't be anxious, this is not the best policy!" Tianyanzi said.
"Fifth Junior Brother, you are just too kind. After experiencing the disaster that year, your courage has not improved!" Tianjizi's anger remained unabated.
"Second Senior Brother, please stop talking about Fifth Senior Brother like that. His two most popular disciples, Xiao He, fled and Xing Yu also went to Southern Xinjiang alone and has not returned. They must be very anxious," Tian Yuzi said.
Tian Tongzi also said: "Exactly, not to mention that head-on confrontation is really not the best strategy. We should think of a foolproof strategy."
When everyone heard this, they all bowed their heads and remained silent. Tianjizi also suppressed his anger. After a while, Tianyanzi said: "Xiao He is my disciple. I also took my disciples to the trip to Shaolin. If you come to Liuguang Blessed Land, If there is a problem, I will deal with it alone!" Without any excitement, Tian Yanzi finished these words, glanced sideways at Tian Yuzi not far away, and walked away without saying another word.
Tian Tongzi let out a long sigh, feeling sad in his heart. Could it be that God wants to destroy Wudang?
After an unknown amount of time, everyone dispersed and returned to their respective peaks.
