Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 483 The Position
Master Jueming finally brought Gu Xu and Luo Chuan into the temple.

Stepping into the mountain gate, a wide stone road winds up, and the pines and cypresses on both sides hide the buildings with red walls and golden tiles, which are scattered like a picture scroll.

"I'm bringing you in now, but I'm risking my life," Master Jueming said as he walked, "The most recent arrest warrant says that anyone who dares to cover up and conceal traitors will be guilty of the same crime as them."

"Master, don't be joking," Luo Chuan said with a chuckle, "Don't think I don't know, you, Lingshan Temple, actually don't care about the court's rules at all. If you didn't owe the court favor recently, I'm afraid even the emperor wouldn't be able to invite you Come out and catch the criminal."

Master Jueming hummed, not wanting to quarrel with Luo Chuan anymore, and pointed to a side road beside him: "Go this way."

Luo Chuan looked at Gu Xu beside him: "The emperor please first."

After a while, the three walked into a secluded and empty side hall at the end of the road.

This side hall seems to be seldom visited on weekdays.

There are no Buddha statues in the hall, no incense, and there are many cobwebs on the ceiling.Sunlight slanted in through the half-closed windows, and countless dust danced lazily in the light beams.

Gu Xu saw portraits of many old monks hanging on the wall of the side hall, with their dharma names and dates of birth and death marked beside them.

Only the one at the far end is covered by a black cloth, making it impossible to see its true appearance.

The three of them sat down on a futon each.

Luo Chuan habitually took out the tea set and tea leaves from the space instrument, poured three cups of tea, handed the first cup to Gu Xu with both hands, drank the second cup by himself, put the third cup on the ground, and pushed it casually In front of Master Jueming.

"This is the Mengding mountain tea known as 'immortal tea' in the Qi Dynasty. Would you like to try it?"

Master Jueming raised his teacup, took a sip, put it aside and said with a frown, "It's not as fragrant as the tea from the tree in my small temple."

"I didn't expect that there are good teas hidden in Lingshan Temple that even I don't know about." Luo Chuan deliberately showed an extremely exaggerated expression of surprise, "Why didn't the master share it with you?"

Master Jueming ignored Luo Chuan's teasing.

He looked at Gu Xu at the side: "Gu Xiaoyou, you—"

"—Dijun." Luo Chuan interrupted him and corrected him.

"Okay, Dijun," Master Jueming corrected obediently, "The sentence you mentioned earlier, 'Hell is not empty, I vow not to become a Buddha', is actually the last words left by the third generation abbot of Lingshan Temple, 'Ksitigarbha'.

"According to the records in the temple, Patriarch Ksitigarbha's cultivation was unrivaled in the world, and he ascended to the upper realm in just one thought, but he kept suppressing his cultivation until his lifespan was exhausted, and he passed away in the temple, and he was still reluctant to step out of that place. step.

"He called this world 'hell', and hoped to save all sinful and suffering beings in hell with his own strength.

"His ideas are regarded as heresy by later generations. The spells he created are also listed as forbidden spells because they often make the disciples of later generations go crazy."

As he spoke, he gently shook the Zen stick in his hand.

A breeze blows.

The black cloth at the far end of the side hall suddenly fell slowly to the ground, revealing the portrait hidden behind it.

It was an old monk in cassock, his whole body was as thin as a withered stalk, but his eyes were as bright as torches, as if he could penetrate all illusions and see the reality of the world.

Beside the portrait, in addition to the dharma name and the date of birth and death, there is also the sentence "Hell is not empty, and I will not become a Buddha"——

This is exactly what Gu Xu saw while standing outside the mountain gate with the help of the "star disk".

"He's right," Gu Xu pondered for a moment, then said calmly, "This world is indeed hell. But after all, there are only a few sober people.

"Most people have been living in the lies carefully crafted by Taishang Haotian, unaware of the suffering they have suffered."

"Taishang Haotian?" Master Jueming slightly raised his eyebrows, somewhat puzzled.

Gu Xu glanced at Luo Chuan next to him, and said lightly, "Wenchang, explain to him."

"Yes." Luo Chuan nodded.

Then he looked at Master Jueming, and briefly described the truth about the Great Wilderness, the grievances between Taishang Haotian and Emperor Ziwei, the secret behind the ascension, Gu Xu was the reincarnation of Emperor Ziwei, etc.

After listening, Master Jueming lowered his head and remained silent for a long time. It took a while to recover from the trance.

"This world is really like this." He sighed and said with emotion.

"You agree with me so quickly?" Luo Chuan smiled playfully, "Aren't you afraid that I'm fooling you?"

"A long time ago, I had similar vague guesses in my mind," Master Jueming said slowly, "especially after I heard the news that Chiyangzi had gone mad.

"But I'm not sure if it's true or not, and I haven't been able to find anyone to confirm it.

"Even when I was about to tell others about this guess, I would inadvertently forget about it.

"You guys are able to talk to me about these things without hindrance today, which proves that your identities are extraordinary. People like you shouldn't have traveled thousands of miles to Lingshan Temple just to have fun fooling me."

Hearing this, Gu Xu couldn't help but think of the terrifying vision of the iron net covered and the fire burning when he and Da Qi Guoshi went to pay homage to Chiyangzi's tomb.

At that time, he wanted to tell the national teacher the sentence "The Great Wilderness is a prison".

However, the moment he spoke the first syllable, a powerful and mysterious force stopped him, making his throat unable to make any more sounds.

But these days, he can discuss these wilderness secrets without hindrance.

Could it be because of Emperor Ziwei?

"Then what's your position?" Luo Chuan continued to ask, "After knowing all this, do you plan to continue hiding in the mountains and be a coward who stands by and does nothing, or do you want to change everything with us?"

"You have an eighth realm true monarch and an emperor alive," Master Jueming thought for a moment and said, "I'm just a monk in the seventh realm, how can I help you?"

"To break the cage of the Great Wilderness, we will undoubtedly have to kill the 'jailer' Emperor Tianxing," Luo Chuan explained, "and I have a formation called the 'Zhoutian Xingdou Great Formation', which can block the sky The connection between the emperor and the 'Tai'a Sword' made him an ordinary monk in the eighth realm, preventing Taishang Haotian from using his hand to interfere in our lower realm battle.

"However, the 'Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Formation' consumes a lot of real energy, and it needs a number of saints who are well versed in the true meaning of the Dao to work together to maintain its operation.

"We really, really need your help."

"It turns out that in your eyes, I am just a tool man to help operate the formation!" Master Jueming laughed at himself and shook his head slightly, "I have to think about your proposal. After all, what I represent now is not I personally, but the entire Lingshan Temple. If I fail, I will become a sinner of the sect through the ages."

Having said that, Master Jueming turned his head to look out the window and shouted: "Jingru!"

A thin young monk in a light brown cassock hurried over, bowed to Master Jueming and asked, "What is Master's order?"

This monk named "Jing Ru" is still an old acquaintance to Gu Xu - in this year's Lantern Festival competition, the two had an extremely fierce fight, and finally Gu Xu comprehended the new spell "Dongfeng Ye" "Put flowers on a thousand trees" to successfully defeat Monk Jingru and make him fall into Luoshui.

"These two distinguished guests came to visit our temple today." Master Jueming pointed to Luo Chuan and Gu Xu in front of him, "Take care of them for me."

(End of this chapter)