Meet the Gentleman

Chapter 686: The Poor Monk’s Compassion
In the eternal night.

The world was silent and dark, dead silent...

But at this moment, Feng Qingyan unexpectedly saw a flying figure, which surprised him somewhat.

In the eternal darkness, it is extremely difficult to meet a living person.

The figure was flying hundreds of miles away, running around like a headless fly, wearing clothes he had never seen before.

"This is not the clothing of the Zhou Dynasty, nor is it the clothing of the Western Regions..."

At this time, Feng Qingyan looked at him curiously, but did not rush to chase him. After all, Jiuge and Qingmang were following him. "Could it be that they are from Ku Tuotian?"

The man had gray hair and was not in a very good mental state. He seemed to be on the verge of going insane.

Although the man was rushing around frantically, Feng Qingyan did not sense any aura.

In the eternal darkness, perception seems to be cut off.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have been aware of the other person's existence at all.

This is also the terrifying part of eternal night.

For example, Jiuge and Qingmang were clearly following behind him, very close, but Feng Qingyan did not sense any breath from them, as if Jiuge and Qingmang did not exist.

He held the black pottery flowerpot in one hand and walked quickly westward, glancing at the crazy figure from time to time.

This is at least at the level of a great sage...

Feng Qingyan thought to himself.

It seemed that Kuta Heaven was a place for practicing Buddhism, and everyone practiced Buddhism, but he was not quite clear about how the realms were divided.

There is no record of this in the Zhou Dynasty.

But I think it should be similar to the realm division of the Saint Path, at most the name is different. But speaking of it, a great sage-level being is about to fall into a state of madness. How long has he been trapped?
Half a year, a year, or even longer?

Feng Qingyan was still watching curiously at the figure in the darkness that was about to go crazy.

Rumbling--

There seemed to be a terrifying sound.

When Feng Qingyan saw that figure, an extremely terrifying aura seemed to burst out from his body, causing the black soil around him to fly...

But the space was not torn apart.

The space of eternal night seems to be extremely solid and cannot be torn apart at all.

what--

After a while.

The figure in the distance was roaring towards the sky.

However, Feng Qingyan could only see but not hear...

crazy?

Feng Qingyan frowned.

The figure seemed to be really crazy, making weird and awkward movements, sometimes flying wildly, sometimes rolling on the ground, sometimes roaring to the sky, and sometimes covering his face and crying...

Feng Qingyan frowned and walked towards the figure.

Now that you have met him, just save him.

However, when they were only a few miles apart, the crazy figure suddenly flew away and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Feng Qingyan frowned and did not chase after him rashly.

Although he has the red spider lily that can point to the west, he cannot determine the location of Jiuge and Qingmang. Who knows if he can find Jiuge and Qingmang after chasing them for hundreds or thousands of miles?
He wasn't sure.

He would not risk Jiuge and Qingmang's lives.

Therefore, he would not abandon Jiuge and Qingmang to save a stranger...

He shook his head and continued walking west.

But half an hour later.

He met that crazy figure again.

This is an old man with disheveled hair and a hideous face, wearing a dirty gray robe that has long been tattered...

At this time, he was running towards Feng Qingyan.

Naturally, he was unaware of the presence of Feng Qingyan, Jiuge and Qingmang, otherwise he would not have rushed straight towards the ox cart.

Feng Qingyan immediately rushed back to the ox cart and took out a rope from it.

When the ferocious old man came within a hundred feet of the ox cart, Feng Qingyan immediately rushed over and threw out a rope, quickly tying him up. But at this moment, the ferocious old man seemed to be facing a powerful enemy, with a terrifying aura bursting out of his body, and suddenly attacked Feng Qingyan.

And the rope tied around the body.

Shattered in an instant.

This is just an ordinary rope, so it can't tie up a great sage. Even if it's not an ordinary rope, it can't tie up a great sage...

Feng Qingyan just didn't want to hurt the other person.

At this time Feng Qingyan immediately changed direction to avoid involving Jiuge and Qingmang.

The ferocious old man also changed direction and attacked Feng Qingyan based on the traces on the ground, but he was unable to let Feng Qingyan see the magnitude of his power.

However, according to Feng Qingyan's speculation.

Even if it is a great sage, its power will naturally not be small.

"A gentleman is as still as a mountain, and he can control thousands of miles!"

Feng Qingyan kept retreating and did not fight back. After all, the other party was in a state of madness and did not want to kill him.

So he immediately used his new trick.

At this moment, the atmosphere around him seemed to be frozen. The ferocious old man seemed to sense the existence of an immobile force and was stunned for a moment.

But, he still didn't wake up.

Instead, it became even crazier.

boom--

At this moment, something seemed to burst out from the ferocious old man's body, instantly shattering Feng Qingyan's unshakable momentum.

Feng Qingyan could only step back with a frown on his face.

The power of the gentleman's immovable as a mountain has not yet been fully developed, and its power is still a little lacking. It can't even suppress the great sage...

But he should be at the level of a great scholar.

However, if he wanted to capture him alive without any damage, it would be very difficult. His killing technique could kill a great sage in an instant, but it could not capture a great sage...

At this moment he retreated step by step, thinking about how to capture him alive.

After thinking about it, it seems that it is still impossible to capture the enemy alive without any damage, or with only minor injuries. His killing moves are very scary, and basically all of them are aimed at killing the enemy.

So it’s hard to control.

Especially the other party, who is in a state of madness and is even more difficult to control.

"Witch evil."

At this time Feng Qingyan shouted loudly.

However, Wu E did not move, which made him stunned for a moment.

"Wu Evil!"

He thought, and a terrifying dark green figure suddenly appeared, covered with dark green scales, "Capture this man, don't hurt him."

Wu E immediately went towards the ferocious old man.

puff!
All the attacks from the ferocious old man fell on Wu E.

But Wu E didn't move at all, and walked towards the ferocious old man step by step, stretched out his claws and grabbed the ferocious old man. The ferocious old man roared wildly and struggled madly, with a terrifying aura bursting out of his body, but he still couldn't break free...

Snapped--

Wu E lightly patted the ferocious old man, and the ferocious old man immediately fainted.

When Wu E came up with the ferocious old man, Feng Qingyan showed some surprise on his face and thought, "Wu E, can you see?"

Wu E said: "My Lord, I can vaguely see it."

But Feng Qingyan didn't hear it.

"Wu E, I can't hear you talking. I can only hear you when you speak with your mind." Feng Qingyan saw Wu E's mouth moving, but no sound was heard.

At this moment Wu E's mouth moved again.

Feng Qingyan still didn't hear what Wu E was saying. However, he could roughly guess that Wu E was afraid that he couldn't communicate with him through his mind...

Feng Qingyan didn't say anything else and let Wu E return to the Ghost Gate.

At this time, he carefully examined the ferocious old man, but was somewhat surprised to find that after the ferocious old man fainted, he actually had a kind face.

There is not the slightest bit of hideousness or terror.

At this moment, the old man's breathing was slow and he seemed to be in a deep sleep.

Maybe the old man hasn't slept for a long time.

Feng Qingyan hoped that the old man would be conscious and regain consciousness after waking up.

He originally wanted to move the old man to the ox cart so that he could continue on his way, but he thought that the old man might still be insane after waking up, and he was afraid that the ox cart would be destroyed in an instant, and Jiuge and Qingmang might also be involved...

It was impossible for him to keep an eye on the old man all the time.

I can only stand aside and wait.

However, five hours passed and the old man still showed no signs of waking up.

Feng Qingyan had no choice but to carry the old man on his back and hurry on his way. Before he had taken a few steps, the old man suddenly opened his eyes and attacked Feng Qingyan.

The moment he woke up, he was still in a state of madness.

A breath of madness.

"Wu Evil!"

Feng Qingyan had an idea.

Wu E immediately appeared and knocked the old man unconscious with one claw.

Feng Qingyan grabbed the old man and continued to hurry. In the eternal dark night which was not flat, they encountered many weathered bones and some stones with words on them.

These words are basically about anxiety, uneasiness, madness, etc.

"It's been a year, a whole year, and I still haven't found a way out. I feel like I can't bear it anymore. I'm going crazy..."

"Ahhh-"

"Why is this happening? Why can't I get out?"

"I can't tell east from west, south from east, or north from west. I can't tell the direction. I don't know where to go. It seems like I'm going in circles..."

"Ah, it's been three years. It's been three years. I feel like I've gone crazy a long time ago."

"There is no light, no sound, no direction. It is extremely terrifying, extremely terrifying! Even a Buddha cannot bear this..."

And at this time.

Feng Qingyan was a little surprised.

Buddha?
He knew that Kutatian was a Buddhist.

However, if it were people in the world, they would definitely not say "This, even Buddha cannot bear it", but would say "This, even a saint cannot bear it".

so.

Were the words on this stone left by someone from Kutuo Heaven?
In other words, the characters of Kutuo Heaven are the same as those of the Zhou world?

This surprised Feng Qingyan very much. After all, Kutuo Heaven and the Zhou world had been isolated for a long time and had almost no real communication with each other, yet they used the same writing?
However, this cannot be confirmed based on just this piece of stone.

He continued to walk forward, carrying the gray-robed old man, and from time to time he looked at the stones on the black soil to see if there were any words left there to help him understand Kutuotian.

The eternal night is not a flat land, but a desert-like shape, with some places high and some places low.

"I will go out..."

Shortly after.

Feng Qingyan came across the words left by Yan Shan on a stone.

Although it seems that Yan Shan's writing is very clear and his handwriting is very neat, without the slightest bit of sloppiness, this sentence explains.

Yan Shan encountered a dilemma.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have said this for no reason...

Feng Qingyan frowned, becoming more and more worried, wondering what Yan Shan's situation was. If he was lucky, he might be able to meet Yan Shan and save him from the eternal darkness.

But he couldn't understand why Yan Shan went to Kututian?
And alone.

a few days later.

Feng Qingyan encountered a stone about ten feet in size. One side was very flat and was engraved with words.

"Thus have I heard, at one time, the Buddha was in the Jetavana Grove in the country of Savatthi, with a great assembly of 1,250 bhikkhus. At that time, at mealtime, the World Honored One put on his robes and took his bowl, and went into the great city of Savatthi to beg for food. After begging in order in the city, he returned to his original place..."

Feng Qingyan read with a frown on his face, not quite understanding what he read.

This record doesn't seem to be about the Zhou Dynasty, but may be about the Kutuo Heaven. Moreover, it feels like this article contains a strong power, and it is a bit like a classic of the Holy Way...

Could it be the Buddhist scriptures?
Feng Qingyan was a little surprised.

When he read it, he indeed felt that it was like a "scripture", which contained the power and grandeur of a "scripture".

"Why would Buddhist scriptures use the writing system of the Zhou Dynasty?"

Feng Qingyan pondered.

There are two possibilities. One is that Kutuotian and the Zhou world used the same writing.

Second, there was a person from Zhoutian who traveled through the eternal night to Kutuo Heaven, learned the Buddhist scriptures and brought them back. However, when he came back, he could not travel through the eternal night again, so he translated the Buddhist scriptures into the language of Zhoutian and left them in the eternal night...

As to which possibility it is.

Feng Qingyan prefers the second option...

The entire Buddhist scripture was about five thousand words long. Feng Qingyan memorized it completely after reading it twice, but it was difficult for him to understand the entire scripture at once, let alone comprehend the profound meaning contained therein.

Very profound.

The main thing is that there are many phrases he doesn't understand.

He did not study it in depth, after all, he was not a Buddhist, so he carried the gray-robed old man and prepared to move forward.

But at this time.

The gray-robed old man suddenly opened his eyes and attacked Feng Qingyan for the sixth time, but was knocked unconscious by Wu E for the sixth time.

"Witch evil."

Feng Qingyan moved his mind, and Wu E appeared again, knocking the gray-robed old man unconscious for the seventh time.

But this time.

The old man in gray robe woke up quickly.

However, to Feng Qingyan's surprise, the gray-robed old man did not attack again, but seemed to be staring at the Buddhist scriptures in a daze.

Perhaps the old man in gray robe did not see it, but felt it vaguely.

Feng Qingyan was a little surprised, and with an idea in his mind, he brought the gray-robed old man to the stone engraved with Buddhist scriptures.

The old man in gray robe looked a little dazed. He stretched out his trembling right hand and gently stroked the Buddhist scriptures.

He seemed to be coming to his senses gradually.

Buddhist practice!

At this time, Feng Qingyan was basically certain.

This grey-robed old man is a great sage-level Buddhist practitioner from Kututian.

At some point, the crazy aura on the gray-robed old man became weaker and weaker, and it seemed that he finally woke up.

He gently stroked the Buddhist scriptures and seemed to sigh.

After a while.

He turned his head and looked, as if looking at Feng Qingyan.

However, he saw nothing and heard nothing, he just knew that there must be someone nearby.

Because it was the other party who saved him and woke him up from his madness.

At this moment, he turned around slowly, with a kind look on his face, and put his skinny hands together in front of his chest with his fingers interlaced in salute.

Feng Qingyan didn't know what the gift was.

But I know it is a courtesy.

Also return the gift.

At this moment, the gray-robed old man walked to the other side of the stone and slowly wrote on the stone with his fingers, leaving deep marks...

"I am a poor monk, and I thank you for saving my life."

The gray-robed old man wrote this.

He is indeed a Buddhist practitioner from Kutuotian.

Feng Qingyan was not surprised at all. He slowly walked to the stone, reached out and touched the words written by the gray-robed old man, and wrote next to it: "It's just a small favor. You don't have to be polite."

After writing, I patted Kuci.

Kuzi understood, and reached out to touch the words written by Feng Qingyan, slightly surprised, and then wrote: "The donor is from Zhou Tianxia?"

Then the two began to communicate.

"That's right. You must be from Ku Tuo Tian. I didn't expect that Ku Tuo Tian also uses the writing system of the Zhou Dynasty..."

Feng Qingyan wrote.

"Donor, this is the Buddha's writing, not the writing of the Zhou world. But how did the Zhou world understand it?"

Fortunately, the two did not continue to argue over the text, but everyone consciously exchanged information.

In the blink of an eye, several hours passed.

The stone, which was about ten feet in size, was wiped away by the two of them until only a thin piece was left.

That is the piece where only the Buddhist scriptures are left.

That Buddhist scripture was carved by Kuci.

"Donor Feng, I have to take my leave now."

Kuci finally said.

"Master Kuci is heading to Zhoutianxia?"

Feng Qingyan wrote.

"Yes, this is my lifelong wish..."

Kuci wrote.

"Then Qingyan wishes Master Kuci a safe journey."

Feng Qingyan wrote.

Ku Ci did not write any more. Instead, he clasped his hands together and bowed to Feng Qingyan, then continued walking into the darkness.

After Feng Qingyan returned the gift, he also went west.

One goes east and one goes west.

During these few hours of communication, Feng Qingyan learned a lot of information about Kutuo Heaven, such as the fact that there are indeed thirteen immeasurable Buddha kingdoms in Kutuo Heaven...

The largest temple in Kutatian is Kuta Temple.

Buddhist practice, like the holy path, is divided into nine major realms, namely: novice monk, monk, monk, lay scholar, Zen master, Vajra, Arhat, Bodhisattva, and Buddha.

Therefore, suffering and compassion are the realm of Bodhisattvas, and can be called Bodhisattvas.

Bodhisattva of Kuci.

However, according to Bodhisattva Kuci, he was trapped in eternal darkness for at least two years, but he could not remember the exact time.

Feng Qingyan became more and more curious about Ku Tuotian.

All the way west.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

At this time Feng Qingyan was a little surprised to see Kuci was actually dozens of miles ahead. Wasn’t he going east?

Why are you walking ahead of him?

While he was wondering, he suddenly realized that Kuci's condition seemed to be a little abnormal, and he might fall into madness again.

At this moment he moved forward and threw out a rope to see if he could wake her up again.

This time Kuci did not struggle.

Stand quietly.

Feng Qingyan approached and saw a stone not far away. He picked up the writing and handed it to Kuci, saying, "Master Kuci, what is this?"

"I would like to thank Mr. Feng for saving my life."

Ku Ci sighed and continued, "I'm afraid there's something wrong with my mind. I could easily fall into anxiety and madness. If I hadn't met Benefactor Feng..."

A piece of stone about a foot in size was wiped out after just a few words were written on it.

At this moment Feng Qingyan found another piece and continued to communicate with Kuci. Not long after, Kuci said goodbye again and headed east.

However, something Feng Qingyan could not have expected happened again.

He met Kuci again.

Kuci fell into madness again.

"Ku Ci thanks donor Feng for saving my life."

Kuci wrote with a sigh.

"Master Kuci, do you want to continue your journey eastward?"

Feng Qingyan asked.

At this moment, Kuci fell silent, as if he didn't know how to write.

He knew that he could hardly go any further east, and if he continued eastward, he would probably fall into terrible madness.

Finally, it turns into a handful of black soil in the eternal darkness.

But he was unwilling to do so.

He had always wanted to go to Zhou Tianxia, ​​see the world of Zhou Tianxia, ​​see the people and things of Zhou Tianxia, ​​and spread Buddhism in Zhou Tianxia...

"Master Kuci, please return to Kutuo Heaven."

Feng Qingyan persuaded.

However, if Kuci still wanted to go to Zhou Tianxia, ​​he would not stop him...

But will Kuci's luck still be so good?
Met him three times.

……

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