Wife, you didn't really drug me, did you?

Chapter 545 You, how could you possibly have come out!

Chen Jie carefully examined the Sanskrit script on the wall. To be honest, he couldn't understand it at all. Looking at the characters on the wall, which resembled tadpoles looking for their mother, Chen Jie felt helpless and looked at Xue Nu.

The Snow Woman didn't keep him in suspense. She looked at Chen Jie and smiled, saying, "Let me translate it for you."

Chen Jie said, "Thank you for your help, Sister-in-law."

This title of "Master Aunt" can't be used for nothing; we should keep her around for a while. At this moment, Chen Jie looked at Xue Nu, who then began to translate sentence by sentence.

Chen Jie immediately began taking notes, frantically memorizing the formation's layout and key points. Soon, Chen Jie understood the formation's secrets; to put it bluntly, this formation was similar to Wudang's True Martial Seven-Section Formation.

Both are methods that can combine the strength of the group to enhance an individual.

It even has connections with the military formations in Yue Fei's "The Legacy of Yue Fei". It can be said that the great path leads to the same destination, which is absolutely true. This is the great path!
Whether it's Buddhism, Taoism, or the art of war, they all share some similarities. This may be the essential rule of this world. If we consider the world as a virtual world, then the Great Tao is the source code of this world.

Buddhism, Taoism, military strategy, and the various schools of thought all used their different methods to eventually find this source code, which they named Tao.

As Chen Jie listened to Xue Nu's explanation, Xue Nu, while translating, suddenly frowned, a look of confusion appearing in her eyes. Seeing this, Chen Jie asked, "Master, have you noticed anything wrong?"

The Snow Maiden said, "I find that I can't quite figure out this formation. It seems to be part of some grand formation."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie was taken aback. He then carefully studied the formation he had memorized and found that it was indeed so. It was as if a small piece had been torn off from a large formation.

Moreover, the formation only explains how three people should cooperate, without saying much more, which is strange. The formation clearly states at the beginning that the path of Buddha is accessible to ordinary beings, meaning that theoretically, more people should be able to participate in the formation.

Chen Jie looked at Xue Nu with a puzzled expression. Xue Nu was silent for a moment before shaking her head and saying, "This is all that is recorded here. There is nothing more."

Chen Jie said, "Then I understand."

Upon hearing this, Xue Nu said, "However, this formation is probably incomplete. But what is recorded here already includes all the techniques that Chang Mei and the others just used, so I think they probably don't have the complete Demon-Subduing Vajra Formation either."

Chen Jie said, "Well, having this is a pleasant surprise."

"Hehe, 94, I'm really starting to admire you more and more. Your greatest virtue is your contentment!"

Chen Jie looked at Xue Nu and said, "Contentment brings happiness. It's impossible for all the good things in the world to fall on one person. Do you think what I said is right, Aunt?"

The Snow Woman nodded slightly and said, "Yes, you're right. In this world, how can all the good things fall on one person?"

After saying this, Xue Nu felt a little sad for some reason. Back then, she was naive. Her father was the teacher of a country, and she had found the person she loved most. She thought that her future would be smooth sailing, but little did she know that it was just the beginning of a nightmare.

Sometimes, when you're too happy, you should realize that happiness is actually the beginning of a nightmare. If you don't realize this, you'll definitely suffer a terrible fate.

Having figured all this out, Xue Nu came to her senses and discovered that Chen Jie had taken out a piece of white cloth from his storage ring and then used ink to make a rubbing of the text on the stone tablet.

Chen Jie saw Xue Nu looking over and said, "Hehe, such a good thing must be kept."

Upon hearing this, Xue Nu glanced at Chen Jie and said, "Nine Four, actually, the inscriptions on this array diagram are not as valuable as the other inscriptions in this stele forest. If you were to make rubbings of all these inscriptions and send them back to the middle, it would be no less valuable than the Tripitaka Master retrieving the true scriptures!"

Chen Jie was taken aback upon hearing this, and then said, "What my master says is very true."

Thinking of this, Chen Jiedu became somewhat excited. Guess what would happen if he made copies of these things and sent them to important Buddhist sites such as Shaolin or Wutai Mountain, or even gave them to his second brother, Peng Yingyu.

Although his second brother, Peng Yingyu, practiced Theravada Buddhism, Buddhism also went through a process from Theravada to Mahayana in its early days. This place contains the most precious early Buddhist materials, a valuable legacy left by Bodhidharma, so it should also be useful to his second brother, Peng Yingyu.

Thinking this, Chen Jie looked at the inscription on the stele, but copying it down now would take too much time.

Therefore, he shouldn't waste time here. After all, these monks might have some other way to make things difficult for him. With that in mind, Chen decided to go out first and then deal with other things.

Based on Chen Jie's understanding, since these monks wanted to trap him, they had most likely gone to find the Imperial Preceptor. Only if the Imperial Preceptor returned could he deal with him. This must be the solution that the long-browed old monk came up with!

Having figured this out, Chen Jie looked at Xue Nu and said, "Master, we should leave now."

“Or, nun, you can stay here for a while. I’ll go deal with those untrustworthy monks outside and then come back to find you.”

Upon hearing this, the Snow Maiden said, "I'll wait for you here. Just don't destroy these inscriptions!"

Chen Jie said, "Don't worry, Auntie, these inscriptions are very hard. I just tried hitting them with my palm, and they didn't budge an inch!"

Upon hearing this, the Snow Woman nodded gently and said, "That's good then."

Xue Nu then ignored Chen Jie, who then said, "Then Master, please rest here for a while. I'll be right back."

After saying that, Chen Jie vanished from the spot. His movements were extremely fast. With the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth combined with his martial arts domain, he could pass through even a wall as long as he was within the domain.

This reminded Chen Jie of the leader of the Zoroastrian Church, the Bright King Han Shantong. Han Shantong's Qiankun Great Shift was far superior to Chen Jie's, having reached the highest level of the Qiankun Great Shift. Moreover, don't forget that he even broke through the shackles of the Melting God Realm and briefly touched the threshold of the Land Immortal Realm. At that time, his domain space must have been extremely vast, and within that space, he was an omnipresent god.

Go wherever you want!
Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, he ultimately lost to another Living Buddha, Phagpa, who was also a terrestrial immortal. Although the Living Buddha paid the price, it is clear that Han Shantong did not truly become a terrestrial immortal in the end.

Thinking about this, Chen Jie felt a pang of emotion.

Amidst his emotions, Chen Jie continued to wander through the forest of stone tablets, each time covering a considerable distance.

Outside the stele forest, Long Eyebrow and another senior monk were seen rapidly moving stone tablets. This would quickly change the situation inside the stele forest. The stele forest was not meant to imprison anyone; its important function was to record important original Buddhist documents and to facilitate Buddhist enlightenment.

The changes to the Stele Forest are actually to enable those who are Buddhist to enter a state of enlightenment more quickly. And as long as you don't achieve enlightenment, it's difficult for you to leave the Stele Forest. This is the true function of the Stele Forest!
Of course, some people lack the comprehension to achieve anything in this Stele Forest, but they can't. You can't keep them trapped forever, so the outside is set up to be manually controlled whenever someone enters the Stele Forest to meditate.

People outside can move this stone tablet. If, after a few days, the person seeking enlightenment has not yet entered a meditative state and has gained some understanding, and wishes to come out, they can also move the inscription on the tablet and change the layout of the stele forest, thereby allowing the person inside the stele forest to come out. This is the true purpose of this stele forest, which is called a Zen forest!

Those who enter into Zen can communicate with both heaven and man.

At this moment, Changmei and the monk outside were using the Zen forest as a trapping formation, so they had to quickly move the stone tablet. At this time, the monk said, "I don't know if my nephew Xuantong has found the National Preceptor yet. I hope he can make it in time."

"Don't worry, the Imperial Advisor hasn't gone far. As long as we catch up in time, we will definitely be able to catch up."

Long-browed Monk remained calm, but another monk, looking at the forest of steles before him, asked, "Brother, can this forest of steles contain that evil man?"

Long Eyebrows took a deep breath and said, "Let's leave it to fate."

The monk pondered for a moment upon hearing this, and then said, "Senior brother, there is something I don't quite understand. Why did you have to use trickery to lock him up in this stele forest? Although the Vajra Subduing Demon Formation Diagram is the treasure of our Yuanshui Temple, the inscription on the stele cannot be moved. It's not a big deal if he makes a copy of the inscription. Anyway, the stele is still there, and our treasure will not be lost."

“If it were just about the temple’s treasure, I wouldn’t say anything. But this matter is not about the temple’s treasure.”

"This Snow Maiden is the Grand Preceptor's Achilles' heel. If she were lost in our Gensui Temple, it would be a huge deal. What kind of retaliation would our Gensui Temple suffer? Our Gensui Temple would truly have no chance of recovery."

"But this villain doesn't seem to be much weaker than the Imperial Advisor. If we offend him like this, we might end up with no place to bury our bodies."

Upon hearing this, Changmei smiled bitterly and said, "He is just a passerby. How can he compare to the Grand Preceptor? If we offend him, we still have a glimmer of hope. But if we offend the Grand Preceptor, our Yuanshui Temple will truly have no chance of turning things around. If the Snow Maiden is lost from us, the Grand Preceptor will definitely eradicate our Yuanshui Temple from Siam!"

"Therefore, we would rather offend this passing strongman than offend the native Siamese national teacher!"

Long-browed's analysis was indeed spot on. Offending the passing traveler Chen Jie might not be the end for Yuanshui Temple, but offending the Siamese National Preceptor meant facing not only the wrath of a second-stage Fusion God, but also the terrifying pressure from the entire Siamese kingdom.

Between two evils, choose the lesser. This is Changmei's plan, and the root of why he is willing to take the risk.

Upon hearing what the long-browed monk said, another monk added, "But I'm afraid we can't stop this vicious person at all."

Long-browed said, "It should be possible. This great formation was set up by Bodhidharma, and ordinary people can't get out at all. Even if this person is at the second level of the Fusion God realm, if we don't have the corresponding methods, even if we can't imprison him for too long, at least a day and a night should be no problem."

"With this day and night, Xuan Tong should be able to find the Imperial Preceptor. As long as the Imperial Preceptor arrives in time, there is still room for things to turn around. At that time, the fight between the two experts at the second level of the Fusion God Realm will have nothing to do with our Yuanshui Temple."

Upon hearing this, the other monk sighed and said, "Alas, I never expected things to turn out this way."

Long-browed said, "What can we do? We were born out of greed. If we hadn't been greedy and agreed to let the Snow Maiden stay at our Yuanshui Temple, we wouldn't be in this mess today."

"This is what the patriarch meant when he said, 'The cause of tomorrow will be the effect of today.'"

Thinking this, Changmei sighed deeply, her face full of helplessness and a deep sense of powerlessness.

The two continued manually flipping the stone tablet in front of them, when another monk sighed and said, "I hope he doesn't get out."

Long-browed didn't speak, but his face was also full of solemnity.

Just when the two thought they could keep Chen Jie trapped for a long time, a voice rang out again: "Long-browed monk, you've got quite a deep mind!"

Upon hearing the sound, Changmei jumped in fright and turned his head sharply. He saw a person squatting on a stone tablet not far behind him, watching the two monks below who were turning the tablet with a playful expression.

"you you……"

Upon seeing this person, the other monk was greatly alarmed, his face filled with terror. He couldn't utter a single complete sentence when he looked at Chen Jie.

Long-browed Chen Jie was also startled by his expression, but quickly recovered and sighed, "Amitabha, it's truly a pity that Heaven doesn't bless my Yuanshui Temple."

Chen Jie looked at Changmei and said, "Changmei, it's clear that you've gone to great lengths for Yuanshui Temple. I'll give you face and spare your entire Yuanshui Temple today, but you two must pay the price for your actions."

Upon hearing this, Changmei clasped his hands together and said, "Thank you for your kindness, benefactor." Chen Jie asked, "By the way, where is that monk Xuantong?"

Upon hearing this, the long-browed monk honestly replied, "I've gone to invite the Imperial Preceptor."

Chen Jie said, "Hehe, not bad plan. Temporarily trap me, then invite the Grand Preceptor to deal with me. Use one tiger to devour another. It seems that the great monk also knows some military strategy."

Long-browed Man, however, was quite open-minded and calmly said, "You flatter me. This old monk's skills are truly no match for yours."

Chen Jie said, "That's not quite right. With such insight, skill, and martial arts prowess, the monk should be considered a leading figure in Buddhism."

Long-browed man said, "Even Qiaochu has lost to you now."

Chen Jie said, "Hehe, great monk, although I really don't want to say it like this, I want to tell you that the so-called outstanding are just the threshold to seeing me. If you are not even an outstanding, I'm afraid you can't even meet the threshold to see me."

"You're nothing but a novice, how arrogant! How truly arrogant!"

He smiled bitterly, but he couldn't utter a word of rebuttal, because he had no way to refute it.

Although Chen Jie's words sound arrogant, if you think about them carefully, you'll find that although they are arrogant, there's nothing wrong with what Chen Jie said. He has the right to say such arrogant things!

This is Chen Jiu Si's confidence. Only by becoming a leader can you be qualified to meet him; otherwise, his subordinates are enough to deal with you.

Thinking this, Chen Jie looked at Changmei and said, "Hehe, that's about enough. Shouldn't we settle this once and for all?"

Upon hearing this, Long Eyebrow glanced at the Stele Forest and said, "This is where Bodhidharma once meditated. We cannot easily resort to violence. Could we find another place?"

After saying this, Chen Jie said, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do. I will naturally follow the arrangements of my senior."

Upon hearing this, Long Eyebrows smiled and said, "Thank you."

Then Long Eyebrows said, "Then let's discuss life and death outside the cave."

Chen Jie said, "Please."

Long-browed monk turned around and looked at the monk who was still somewhat dazed, saying, "Let's go, junior brother. There's no use hiding now."

After these words were spoken, the other monk also realized what was happening, and without saying a word, followed him out of the cave.

Chen Jie then said to the Snow Maiden inside the Stele Forest, "Master, I'm going to take care of some things outside the cave. Please wait here for a while."

"it is good."

The Snow Woman's answer was very simple and clear, consisting of only one word: "Okay."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie understood immediately and vanished from his spot in the next instant using a teleportation technique.

Outside the cave, Chen Jie looked at the two long-browed monks who were already posing as if they were about to die heroically. Chen Jie said, "The Vajra Subduing Demon Formation requires three people to form. Now only the two of you are left. Do you still have any fighting power?"

"I won't hold back!"

Chen Jie's cold voice pierced through the air. Upon hearing this, the long-browed monk said, "Although not everyone is present, we will certainly not spoil your enjoyment."

"Oh, it seems the senior monk is quite confident in his abilities!"

Long-browed man said, "Hehe, I was born dull-witted. At eighteen, I was still a sweeping monk at Yuanshui Temple. Now I have lived a mere seventy-two years. My path in martial arts has been full of twists and turns, and I have been surpassed by countless younger generations. Now I feel ashamed. And now I have met a talent like you. It is really hard to compare with you."

"Now it is time for this old monk to pass away."

"Ah, senior brother!"

At this moment, another senior monk spoke up and called out, "Senior Brother."

Long Eyebrows stopped him from continuing, saying instead, "Don't speak yet."

At this moment, Long Eyebrows looked at Chen Jie and said, "However, before this old monk passes away, I would like to make a small bet with you, benefactor. I wonder if you can grant me a small request from a dying man!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at the long-browed monk and said, "Great monk, you've already fooled me once. Do you think I'll fall for your tricks again?"

“If it were someone else, I probably wouldn’t have been able to get my request, but you are different.”

"What makes me different?"

Chen Jie wanted to see what other tricks this long-browed monk could pull.

The long-browed monk then said, “You are a person from the Celestial Empire. I have heard people say that people from the Celestial Empire are all magnanimous and have a heart that can hold a boat. Therefore, I believe that the people of the Celestial Empire will not refuse the request of an old monk who is about to die.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie's lips curled up slightly as he said, "Old people are shrewd, and horses are slippery. This big monk wants such a big discount with just a few words. I'm not stupid. Do you think I can agree?"

The long-browed monk chuckled and said, "I feel that people from superior lands have a certain magnanimity, especially when facing an old monk like me who is about to die."

Chen Jie said, "Hehe, that's a clever way to provoke you. Interesting, very interesting. In that case, let's talk about your bet first."

The long-browed monk said, "Three moves. If I can withstand three of your moves, please spare my junior brother's life. He is honest and simple, not very cunning, and will not cause you any harm. How about sparing his life?"

"Three moves, and I'll spare his life?"

Chen Jie looked at the monk, who replied, "Senior brother, no, I must live and die with you!"

"Shut up!"

The long-browed monk interrupted domineeringly, then looked at Chen Jie and said, "What do you think, benefactor? This request shouldn't be difficult to agree to, right?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie glanced at the long-browed monk and said, "What if you can't withstand three of my moves?"

The long-browed monk said, "If I hadn't caught it, then it would have been the end of Yuanshui Temple. I wouldn't hold a grudge against you, benefactor. On the contrary, I would be extremely grateful to you!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie laughed and said, "I have a strong feeling that the person is dead, so how can I express my gratitude?"

The man with the long eyebrows said, "Death is just one form of reincarnation. Even if I die from this physical body, I will still pray for you in the Buddhist Kingdom!"

Chen Jie said, "Great monk, you really have a sharp tongue."

"Now if I don't agree, I'll be seen as lacking the magnanimity of a superior nation. Fine, fine, I'll accept your trap and bet these three moves with you!"

"I'll make you admit defeat wholeheartedly!"

Chen Jie spoke directly to the long-browed monk.

"Amitabha!"

At this moment, Changmei chanted a long Buddhist prayer, then put his palms together and said to Chen Jie, "Benefactor, you truly have the demeanor of a superior nation!"

Chen Jie said, "Enough with the talk, show me what you've got. Don't be so weak that you can't even withstand one of my moves!"

"Hehe, don't underestimate this old monk!"

"Amitabha!"

hum~
With a single Buddhist chant, a colossal Buddha statue appeared behind him, its massive golden form rising from the ground and forming a Buddha image directly behind him.

A powerful Buddhist force rushed directly towards Chen Jie.

Chen Jie frowned slightly at this moment. He hadn't expected the old monk to be so strong. Among the zero-turn Fusion Gods, he should be considered a top-tier candidate.

Moreover, the Buddha behind him was quite unique. It had four faces, each corresponding to a Buddhist emotion: compassion, mercy, joy, and equanimity. Chen Jie was surprised when he saw it. He knew this Buddha was the main Buddha of Siam, the Four-Faced Buddha.

In fact, he is not the main Buddha of the Central Plains Buddhist system, but one of the more ancient Indian Buddhas, and is the statue of Brahma, one of the three main gods of India.

He appears to be a Buddha, but he is not a Buddha.

At this moment, the long-browed monk released the four-faced Buddha behind him. His beard and hair stood on end, his long eyebrows floated, and his body radiated golden Buddhist light as he said, "Benefactor, can I withstand three of your moves now?"

Chen Jie looked at the long-browed monk in front of him, who was radiating golden light and exuding a Buddhist aura, and said, "Hehe, it seems, it's not good enough yet!"

Upon hearing this, the long-browed monk said, "Still not good enough? As expected..."

After the long-browed monk finished speaking, he suddenly stretched out his hands and stabbed them into his own eyes. In the next moment, he suddenly released amplified Buddhist light from his body.

As tears of blood streamed down the long-browed monk's face, he looked at Chen Jie again and said, "And now!"

(End of this chapter)