Great Swordsman

Chapter 146 On Dao!

Entering the Qiyun Pagoda, you will see dozens of huge bookshelves filled with Buddhist scriptures, at least thousands of volumes!

"Li Mu, this way." Zhu'er bouncing towards the wooden ladder on one side.

The two went up the steps to the second floor of the pagoda.

The space here is slightly smaller than the first floor, but the layout is similar to the first floor, full of Buddhist scriptures, but there are a few more dilapidated wooden tables in the corner, with pens, ink, paper and inkstones on them, and several monks in white are writing. Quick book.

There is a door next to the wooden ladder on the second floor, leading to the outer corridor, where there are faint greetings from self-reported family.

The two went up the wooden ladder all the way, and when they reached the 20th floor, they saw many handsome men and women in fancy clothes reading Buddhist scriptures among the bookshelves.

And there are very few Buddhist scriptures here, sometimes only a few volumes are placed on a bookshelf.

"These Buddhist scriptures should be more precious. Does the White Horse Temple allow them to read them?" Li Mu was puzzled.

Zhu'er said: "Most of the Buddhist scriptures after the twentieth floor are obscure and profound, even monks find it difficult to comprehend them, let alone us ordinary people. If someone can comprehend them, doesn't that mean that they are destined for the Buddha? Well, the White Horse Temple hopes that there will be more and more people like this, so that they can be saved."

When Li Mu heard it, it made sense.

"Hey, Brother Li!"

On the 25th floor, Li Mu suddenly heard a familiar voice, turned his head and saw that it was Zhang Yulang.

Since the trial, the two haven't seen each other again, and they didn't expect to meet here.

Zhang Yulang held a volume of simple Buddhist scriptures in his hand, his eyes were a little tired.

Obviously, he spent a lot of time studying Buddhist scriptures, and it seemed that he had gained nothing.

At first glance, there is no relationship with Buddha.

"Brother Zhang, don't come here without any harm." Li Mu exchanged a few words, and then continued to climb the stairs with Zhu'er.

That was Zhu'er, the painting attendant next to the queen. Unexpectedly, Li Mu climbed onto the high branch of the queen. Hmph... Zhang Yulang was in a depressed mood, and could not read the Buddhist scriptures in his hand.

26th floor, [-]th floor...

Soon, Li Mu and Zhu'er climbed up to the thirty-story pagoda.

"Li Mu, this way." Zhu'er ran to the outer porch door next to the wooden ladder.

Li Mu followed, turned his head and glanced at the wooden ladder leading to the 31st floor, and found that densely packed Buddhist scriptures were engraved on the wooden ladder. These scriptures seemed to be integrated with the wooden ladder, as natural and harmonious as the texture.

Before Li Mu had time to take a closer look, Zhu'er dragged him to the veranda.

There were many people standing in the outer corridor, and the one standing in the middle was the queen Qin Mengyao.

She was still dressed in a bright red palace attire, with a phoenix hairpin on her head, her black hair pulled high, revealing her fair neck.

The bright red skirt fell to the ground like a rose in full bloom.

There are three daughters beside the queen, one of them is sword servant Leng Mei, that's no accident, the other two are piano servant You Lan and chess servant Xiaoju.

In addition, there are two other people, one of them is a eunuch, the other is a man of vigorous blood, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, quite handsome, and wearing a green dress and a purple belt, wearing top-quality warm jade on his waist, obviously also a member of the Hanlin Academy .

"Your Majesty! We are here." Zhu'er bowed and stood next to Leng Mei.

"I have seen the empress." Li Mu also bowed his hands.

"This is a place beyond the square, so there is no need to be polite." Qin Mengyao tilted her head slightly, her beautiful side face was like the god of Luoshui, and her beauty was soul-stirring.

"Are you Li Mu who wrote "Will Enter the Wine"?" The handsome man next to him came over and looked Li Mu up and down, but he was not tall enough, only 1.7 meters, compared with Li Mu's 1.8 meters, he was a bit petite.

"I'm right here." Li Mu looked down, "Your Excellency?"

"Ying Wei!" The handsome man raised his head, "You are the head of the Hanlin Academy!"

Oh, this must be the queen's confidant... Li Mu bowed his hands.

"Ying Wei is my cousin, Li Mu, from now on you need to get closer." Qin Mengyao said lightly, and casually asked about Li Mu's cultivation.

"Thank you for your concern, my minister has successfully condensed the five qi, and can step into the top-gathering state at any time!" Li Mu said.

"Oh, that's right, you're almost catching up with me." Ying Wei said with a smile.

This guy seems to be somewhat hostile to me... Li Mu glanced at him calmly, and then asked the queen what kind of natural materials and earthly treasures are suitable for gathering three flowers.

"Just ask me about this kind of thing." Ying Wei interjected, and said, "Spiritual creatures over a hundred years old can be gathered together. The higher the age, the higher the success rate."

Li Muning raised his eyebrows, this guy... doesn't seem to want me to talk to the queen, is he worried about falling out of favor?
But he is the queen's cousin, even if he falls out of favor, the blood relationship is still there.

Li Mu couldn't understand.

"It would be a waste of your talent to condense flowers with ordinary spiritual objects." Qin Mengyao pondered, "Li Mu, have you ever heard of Emperor Liujiang?"

"Emperor Flowing Ointment?" Li Mu's heart skipped a beat.

In the mythology of the previous life, the so-called emperor liquid is the essence of moonlight, could it be...

Qin Mengyao said: "Di Liuzhi is the essence of Taiyin, a rare treasure in the world!"

"Your Majesty, no!" Ying Wei's face changed slightly.

Qin Mengyao glanced at him, and said: "July [-]th, on the night of the full moon, Emperor Liujiang falls, but in my Dagan territory, there are only a few places that can receive Emperor Liujiang!"

Isn't the essence of Taiyin the essence of moonlight?
Li Mu suddenly thought of the huge moon on Taihu Lake, his heart moved, and he asked: "Madam, is Taihu Lake one of them?"

Ying Wei was taken aback, as if he didn't expect Li Mu to guess right.

Qin Mengyao smiled and nodded, she didn't think it was strange, because Li Mu was sitting on nine purple qi, the source of blessing must be deep, although it can't be said that you can pick up treasures when you go out, but it's not much worse!
There is absolutely no shortage of opportunities for such a person.

She said: "That's right, Taihu Lake is one of them. The Imperial Academy will send people there at that time. Li Mu, you can act together."

Ying Wei frowned, quite dissatisfied in his heart, obviously unwilling to share such rare treasures as Di Liujiang with Li Mu!
He was thinking about how to get rid of Li Mu, when he saw Li Mu tactfully refused: "Madam, I'm a loner, I'm afraid it's..."

Ying Wei heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately sneered: You want to act on your own, and the Emperor is alone?

Heh, do you know how to catch Emperor Ooze?

Qin Mengyao said: "That's fine. But the battle for Diliujiang is bound to be dangerous, so you have to be careful. In addition, you must use top-quality warm jade to receive Diliujiang, you have to keep this in mind."

"..." Ying Wei's face twitched slightly.

"Thank you for reminding me, Ma'am." Li Mu thanked.

While talking, there were more and more people in the square of Qiyun Pagoda Courtyard. Standing on a high place and looking down, it will soon be overcrowded.

However, there is still an open space under the pagoda.

"Li Mu, let me introduce you. These are Youlan, the piano servant, and Xiaoju, the chess servant." Seeing that the business was over, Zhu'er hurriedly introduced her little sisters to Li Mu.

"I've met Mr. Li." You Lan bowed and bowed. She has a sweet appearance and a gentle temperament, just like a lady from everyone.

"Hello." Xiaoju looks a bit neutral, with short, patchy hair and a sleepy look.

Li Mu simply said hello and stopped talking, after all, the queen is here, if he behaved too warmly, it would be unattractive.

"Here we come." Zhu'er suddenly pointed to the sky.

Li Mu looked, and saw a group of Taoist priests coming from the south to guard against the wind, and another group of white-clothed monks walking in the air from the north, growing lotuses every step of the way.

As soon as the two parties appeared, there were bursts of cheers among the crowd in the square.

"That's Abbot Huineng of the White Horse Temple!"

"That's the Taoist Master Quanzhen of Shenqing Temple!"

Standing beside Li Mu, Zhu'er excitedly introduced the winners on both sides.

Abbot Huineng looked to be in his eighties or nineties, with white eyebrows, wrinkled face, and a pair of cloudy eyes full of peace and tranquility.

In comparison, Daoist Quanzhen is younger, about 50 years old, with a fair face and beardless eyes, like clear springs in the mountains.

His black hair was tied into a bun, and a small wooden sword was stuck on it. At this time, he was flying towards the sky with his hands behind his back, and he had a bit of fairy air.

These two... are so strong! !
Li Mu sensed a little, and felt that the aura of these two people was like mountains and seas, boundless, far surpassing his own!
Their cultivation bases are at least three-flowered, and they may even have stepped into the earth-shattering realm!
Li Mu sighed, in terms of cultivation speed, he thought he was the best in the world, but he was so busy with chores, in the past few months, he didn't even have one-third of the time for cultivation!
And people like Abbot Huineng and Taoist Quanzhen have countless monks and Taoist priests under them, and they can entrust them with all kinds of chores, and they can also assign their subordinates to search for various auras, treasures of heaven and earth, etc., so that they can truly spend all their time. Spend on practice!
Thinking of this, Li Mu wanted to become a monk.

……

"I don't know where today's discussion of Dao came from." On the 29th floor of Qiyun Tower, Yan Wang Jihan's feather fan and scarf.

Next to him, grand master Jiang Mingyuan, grand master Pang Weiran and others were all there.

Even Ji Hui, who inherited the throne of King Shu, was there.

But at this moment, Ji Hui didn't pay attention to the bottom of the tower, but looked up slightly, as if he was staring at the peerless woman on the [-]th floor.

"Let Xuan'er come out." On the 28th floor, the left minister Yao Yan ordered the attendants around him.

"Yes, Master Xiang." The attendant entered the pagoda and called out a young man who buried his head in Buddhist scriptures.

"Father." The young man saluted respectfully. His name was Yao Xuan, he was the only son of Prime Minister Zuo, and he was also one of the Nine Talents of the Imperial Capital.

"Watch the ceremony well." Prime Minister Zuo ordered lightly.

"Yes, father." Yao Xuan replied firmly.

25 floors.

Zhang Ziyao, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, leaned against the railing and was carefully reading a volume of Buddhist scriptures in his hand, ignoring the monks and Taoists who came.

Zhang Yulang stood beside him, frowning, as if something was on his mind.

"Yulang, restless mind, things won't work, concentrate!" Zhang Ziyao said without raising his head.

"Father, I..." Zhang Yulang seemed to want to say something, but finally swallowed it back, closing his eyes and concentrating.

When monks and Taoist priests entered the open space under the pagoda, many young people who were reading Buddhist scriptures in the pagoda came to the outer corridor one after another and began to watch the ceremony seriously.

The boiling crowd in the square also quickly quieted down, looking forward to it.

……

On the open space in front of the Qiyun Pagoda, Buddhas and Taoists entered the arena. There were four or fifty people on both sides sitting opposite each other.

Abbot Huineng and Taoist Master Quanzhen took two steps forward, and after exchanging a few pleasantries, they announced: "Let's discuss the Tao today, let's begin!"

After the words fell, a young Taoist stood up and asked, "What is Buddha?"

"The Buddha is in the heart, and everyone is a Buddha!" ​​A young monk stood up and answered, and then asked the opposite side, "What is Tao?"

"Man follows heaven, heaven follows earth, earth follows Tao, Tao follows nature, everything in heaven and earth is Tao!" A Taoist priest stood up and answered, and then asked, "How to become a Buddha?"

"Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately." Another monk of Baima Temple replied, and then asked the opposite side, "How to become enlightened?"

"Know your mind and see your nature, and follow the sky and the earth!" A Taoist priest at Shenqing Temple asked, "How do you put down the butcher's knife?"

A monk got up and said: "The butcher's knife is obsession, evil, greed, anger, and obsession. Entering my Buddhist gate, the six roots are purified, and then the butcher's knife can be put down. Dare I ask, how to understand the mind and see the nature, and follow the heavens and the earth?"

……

At the beginning of the discussion, the two sides asked and answered, step by step, from the shallower to the deeper, and each asked dozens of questions in a blink of an eye.

Among them, the Zen principles and morality are getting deeper and deeper, and gradually, more and more people can't understand it, just like listening to a book from heaven.

And the people who answered the questions on both sides also changed from young monks and Taoist priests to old monks and old Taoist priests.

Not only that, sometimes it takes a long time for a Taoist priest to answer a question.

Thirty-story pagoda.

Li Mu said: "It's strange to talk about Taoism like this."

For a while, he thought that the two sides sent chariots and horses, and they did a few games.

A vulgar person... Ying Wei glanced at Li Mu with disdain.

Although he couldn't understand the words of these monks and Taoists, he knew that the function of discussing the Tao was to help both parties deepen their understanding of Buddhism and morality, and it was of great benefit to both parties.

"Stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade! This is the basis of discussing Taoism, and discussing Taoism publicly is for the convenience of everyone in the world to join in. If you think the other party's way is wrong, you can interrupt him and throw out your way." Qin Mengyao He spoke softly, as if he didn't want to interrupt the following discussion.

Ying Wei pretended to be relaxed and said with a smile: "Your Majesty thinks highly of him. Both the White Horse Temple and the Shenqing Temple are leaders in Buddhism and Taoism, and their respective Buddhism, morality and righteousness are approaching perfection. Deepen their own Buddhist and Taoist scriptures, let alone an outsider."

This outsider, he has a very heavy word, and he seems to be warning Li Mu, whether it is discussing the Tao or the Imperial Academy, he can only be an outsider!

Is there something wrong with this guy... Li Mu was about to yell at him when he suddenly heard a rather familiar Buddhist gatha.

At this time, only old Taoist priests and old monks were left to discuss the Tao under the pagoda.

An old Taoist priest asked the monk of Baima Temple: "All living beings are Buddhas, how dare you ask them how to save themselves!"

The old monks were silent for a while, and finally, Abbot Huineng stood up and replied: "The body is a bodhi tree, and the heart is like a mirror stand. Always wipe it diligently, so as not to stir up dust."

When some young monks in the venue heard this Buddhist gatha, they all showed a look of sudden enlightenment, and their bodies were overflowing with Buddha's light, and they actually entered the state of sudden enlightenment on the spot.

"It's good to say that the body is a bodhi tree, and the heart is like a mirror stand!" Qin Mengyao's starry eyes shone slightly, savoring the Zen meaning in it.

The plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums also got their own rewards, but Li Mu was stunned.

This... I can answer this question!

Seeing his expression, Ying Wei sneered and said, "Why, do you really want to participate in the discussion?"

Qin Mengyao and Mei Lan Zhuju turned their heads subconsciously and looked at Li Mu.

Li Mu came back to his senses, and became even more upset with this guy.

But asking him to discuss in public is really a bit bottomless.

"White Horse Temple and Shenqing Temple are both well-known families. Even if you say something wrong, it doesn't matter. They won't embarrass you. If you say something right, it will be beneficial to the discussion, and they will definitely remember your kindness!" Seeing his hesitation, Qin Mengyao couldn't bear it. After a few words of encouragement, she really wanted to know what kind of opinion the peerless talent who could make "Will Enter the Wine" would have.

That being the case... Li Mu glanced at the provocative Ying Wei, took a step forward, and said loudly, "Wait a minute!"

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