Great Swordsman

The strange sound of scriptures seems to be absent, and it comes from the depths of the cave like a cool spring. Wherever it passes, the murals on both sides of the cave seem to be washed by the spring water, blooming a bright yellow light of Buddha, and even the murals in the cave are washed by the spring water. The murals eroded by the years seem to come alive.

Li Mu listened to the scriptures, and the urge to be born in his heart became stronger and stronger, but he did not panic. After waiting for a while, the voice of the Buddha appeared in the depths of his heart, fighting against the scriptures of the Burning Lamp Buddha in the past.

The confrontation between the two scriptures kept Li Mu completely out of the way, and he quickly took the opportunity to follow the weight of the Buddha's voice in his heart and move forward at top speed!
After passing through countless forks, Li Mu finally came to the deepest part of the cave.

This is a huge cave. At the end of the gray-blue rock wall, there is a huge ancient Buddha statue carved, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, smiling face, and a stone lamp covered with grass moss in his hand.

At the feet of this huge stone Buddha, there are a large number of boxes. The boxes are cast in bronze and covered with blue-gray rust in the long river of time.

Not surprisingly, the Dharma of the Lantern Buddha in the past should be hidden in these bronze boxes.

While looking around, Li Mu stepped forward and found that these bronze boxes had been opened, and the inside was full of gray-black dust!
Li Mu guessed that the dust was formed by the complete oxidation of Buddhist scriptures when they encountered air.

It's just... what about Chen Yuan?

Where is Master Pang?

What about the doll?
What about the Buddha's son Xuanling?
Li Mu rose against the wind, and the violent sword power filled the entire cave in an instant!

He sensed that there was still some lonely and grand Buddhist true meaning left here, which should be the remnants of the Dharma inheritance of the past Buddha, but other than that, this place is already empty!
Li Mu took out the branch, silently recited the baby's name, and then threw it high.

slap.

The branch fell to the ground, and it was pointing in the northeast direction, which was completely different from the location of the Western Regions!

what happened?

Is it because my fairy guide is not working?

Or was it disturbed?
Li Mu tried again several times, but no matter how he threw it, the branch kept pointing to the northeast tenaciously!
interesting!
Li Mu sneered, turned around and was about to leave, when suddenly a group of people rushed out from the other side of the cave.

The leader is unexpectedly one of the masters of the Jiutian Yingyuanshen Palace, Grand Master Pang Weiran!

"Li Mu? Why are you here?" Grand Master Pang walked like a tiger, his eyes were like lightning, he quickly looked around, and said, "Where is Master Chen Yuan?"

"There was no one here when I came here." Li Mu kept walking, "Get out of the way!"

Since he is no longer the county magistrate, there is no need to give these dog officials any face!

The monks in the Shenfu all knew Li Mu's reputation, and they all avoided him after hearing the words.

This made Pang Weiran very embarrassed!

He snorted heavily, then turned his head to look at the stone wall next to him, pretending not to see Li Mu.

Although he didn't like Li Mu, he had to admit how powerful Li Mu was. In such an inaccessible place, if he annoyed Li Mu, the consequences would be worrisome!
Soon, Li Mu quickly disappeared along the passage of the Buddhist cave.

"Teacher, what should we do now?" The monks from the Shenfu gathered around Pang Weiran.

"Investigate here immediately, don't let go of any clues!" Grand Master Pang said angrily.

"Yes, Grand Master!" After everyone responded loudly, they immediately started a blanket search, but in the end, nothing was found.

"Chen Yuan is missing, and the monks from the Western Regions are nowhere to be seen, and the Buddhist scriptures of the Lantern Buddha are also gone. Could it be that nothing happened here?" Grand Master Pang frowned, "No, if nothing happened, why did Li Mu appear?"

He doesn't recite scriptures, so he probably didn't come here for the Buddha's Dharma.

Could it be that Master Chen Yuan came here?

They have a grudge?

Taishi Pang couldn't figure it out.

……

On the other side, after Li Mu quickly left the Buddhist cave, he immediately rose with his sword and shot towards the northeast.

On the way, he would guide the way from time to time, and the direction he pointed always pointed to the northeast!

And keep going in this direction, six days later, Li Mu found that the Daqian Emperor Capital was in sight!

This surprised Li Mu.

Could it be that the purpose of taking the doll away is to introduce herself into the imperial capital?
Emperor Ji Xuan wanted to arrest him?

Li Mu's face changed slightly.

But moving forward, Li Mu found that although the direction of the immortal was pointing to the imperial capital, it was not the imperial palace, nor the location of Qin Tianjian!
That direction... Li Mu frowned slightly: "It seems to be the White Horse Temple!"

strange!
Li Mu felt more and more that something was wrong.

But since it was the White Horse Temple, he was more or less at ease.

Lowering the flying sword, Li Mu disguised himself and quietly entered the imperial capital amidst the crowd.

When he entered the city, he was somewhat nervous, because the city guard was Zhou Ziyi.

This city guard had dealt with Li Mu before. During the big tribute, the ghost country mission and Li Mu arrived one after another. During the conflict, Li Mu almost castrated him.

Therefore, Zhou Ziyi was very impressed with Li Mu.

Fortunately, Li Mu had mastered the art of restraining Qi and changed his appearance, so the Zhou Chengshou didn't notice the clue.

After entering the city, Li Mu immediately rented a carriage and galloped towards the White Horse Temple.

I haven't been here for nearly a year, but the White Horse Temple is still the same. In front of the huge mountain gate, there is a lot of traffic and people. Countless believers climb the mountain to worship Buddha, and the incense is flourishing.

When Li Mu came to the gate of the mountain, he immediately saw the little monk guarding the mountain, Zi Wu, who was busy.

Zi Wu didn't recognize Li Mu, he just took him as an ordinary believer and led him up the mountain.

"Cough cough." Li Mu coughed dryly, and said via voice transmission: "Little Master Ziwu, long time no see."

"Huh?" Zi Wu was startled, he stared blankly at Li Mu, he couldn't remember who this face was, but he felt that the voice sounded familiar, so he reacted, and put his palms together respectfully, Said: "It turned out to be the benefactor Li, Amitabha, the little monk didn't recognize the benefactor, please don't blame the benefactor."

Li Mu said: "I came here in secret, I hope the little master can keep it a secret."

"You must keep it a secret, little monk." Zi Wu hurriedly said, "Benefactor, are you here to find the abbot?"

Li Mu nodded.

"Benefactor, please come with the monk." Zi Wu said in a low voice.

There were four young monks in front of the mountain gate of the White Horse Temple. After talking to the brothers beside him, Zi Wu led Li Mu to climb the mountain quickly, bypassing the Daxiong Palace, and went straight to the Zen meditation room.

On the way, Li Mu threw a branch to ask the way, and found that the direction the branch pointed was actually the same as the direction of the meditation room!
Li Mu frowned: Could it be that Huineng is having an affair with Chen Yuan?
After twisting and turning, the two finally came to the quiet room.

"Abbot, benefactor Li is here." Zi Wu lightly knocked on the door of the quiet room.

"Amitabha." Huineng's voice came from behind the door: "Almsgiver, please come in."

squeak~
After the words fell, the wooden door of the quiet room suddenly opened from the inside, and a calming Zen fragrance came from the door.

"Benefactor, I will take my leave." Zi Wu bid farewell and left.

"Master Huineng." Li Mu walked into the quiet room, and the next moment, the door of the quiet room automatically closed.

Li Mu was not stage-frightened either, and walked straight forward.

Abbot Huineng was sitting on a simple futon, holding Buddhist beads in his left hand and a small wooden stick in his right. He was constantly beating a wooden fish in front of him, seemingly doing meritorious deeds.

"The benefactor is here for the doll." Huineng lowered his eyebrows, unable to see the look in his eyes.

Li Mu nodded: "Master Huineng, the doll disappeared strangely in the busy city, and I suspect that it was taken away by someone with magical powers."

"Walk with your mind to the place where the sentient beings of the ten directions go, and you can snatch the doll under the eyes of the benefactor. It is indeed only a supernatural power." Huineng said.

Li Mu said: "Afterwards, I used... the secret method to track all the way until here! Master Huineng, I wonder if you know Master Chen Yuan from Qin Tianjian?"

"Chen Yuan and Poor Monk are brothers, unfortunately..." Huineng sighed, took out a bell, and said, "The benefactor should be following this thing."

Bells?

Li Mu looked at the little golden bell in surprise, then his face changed slightly.

He remembered that this bell was exactly the one on the doll's left ankle!
It was this bell that I followed all the way?
Li Mu couldn't believe it.

"Master Huineng, where did you get this bell?" Li Mu asked in a deep voice.

"It's fate." Huineng sighed, "Last night, he went to the monastery to look for a poor monk, wanting to see the "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Fundamental Vows Sutra", but the poor monk refused him."

""Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Fundamental Vow Sutra"?" Li Mu felt more and more that this matter was not easy, and hurriedly asked, "Master Huineng, please explain to me."