Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 212: The Confusion of Enlightenment
This Qiankunyiqi bag, in the hands of the monks in the main hall, is just a sturdy and durable item. Even though it is made of a special material, it is entirely possible to find a replacement.

To Huang Sixi, it is a unique "relic of a famous person" in the world.

He went straight to the point and made a deal with the monks in the hall:
"Masters, I want to buy this bag. Of course, it is a Buddha protection item. I will make a new bag to protect the Buddha statue from dust. In addition, I am willing to donate a sum of money to the temple, which is enough for you to use for ten years!"

After hearing Huang Sixi's offer, the monks in the main hall were all a little bit incredulous.

That bag is indeed peculiar. It has been stored in the hall for thirty years and is still as good as new. This shows how sturdy it is.

But the bag is actually not very useful. Master Kuhui placed the bag on the Buddha statue's hand mainly for fire prevention.

However, over the years, there has not been a fire in the temple, and the bags are of no use at all. Instead, the dust in the bags needs to be cleaned regularly.

The monks in the main hall all thought: "This donor Huang is really generous by offering ten years of incense money. We might as well exchange the bag!"

They were already tempted, but they shook their heads towards Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi saw this and thought that they were not satisfied with the price, so he said, "If you think the incense money is too little, I can increase it as appropriate. Please tell me a number!"

The monks in the main hall continued to shake their heads and began to sigh.

At this moment, Huang Sixi didn't understand what they meant.

Just as he was about to ask more questions, he saw them walk to the Buddha statue, take out the "Qian Kun Yi Qi Bag", shake off the dust, then fold it up and hand it to Huang Sixi.

They said, "Donor Huang rescued the great master from India and brought him back to the temple. You must have a kind heart. Since you like this bag, our temple is willing to give it to you as a gift to end your karma of saving the master."

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Huang Sixi originally thought that they would ask for a huge price, but he didn't expect them to be so generous and actually gave the bag away for free.

Huang Sixi guessed that they had encountered some difficulties, so he said, "Master Tianzhu is not a monk of your temple. The karma of my saving him should be settled by himself. I have the bag of your temple, and I am still willing to offer the incense money!"

After hearing this, they shook their heads at Huang Sixi and said, "Donor Huang, no matter how much money you give to our temple, we are not lucky enough to use it!"

Huang Sixi didn't understand: "Why is this?"

They immediately complained to Huang Sixi: "Although our temple is small and located in a remote place, most of the local people believe in Buddhism and come to the temple regularly to fulfill their vows, so the incense is sufficient!"

Shaolin Temple in the Western Regions is extremely far away from the Central Plains, and choosing to build the temple here was a helpless move, because only the people in this area worship Buddhism, and the rest are all other dioceses, where Buddhists are not allowed to preach.

Huang Sixi said: "There are many people who believe in Buddhism. This is a good thing. Is there any problem with that?"

They sighed and said, "The local government saw that our temple is very popular, so they asked us to pay taxes! Mr. Huang, please tell me how the money and food for the Buddhist sect comes from? It mainly comes from the people. If there are not enough people, we must go out to beg for alms, and sometimes we have to go to the government to beg for alms. Isn't it redundant to pay it to the government?"

Huang Sixi immediately asked them: "Masters, are you worried that the money I give you for incense offerings will be exploited by the local government?"

But they said: "Although the local government is greedy, the taxes are not heavy. We can afford it. It doesn't matter if we pay the taxes!"

Huang Sixi asked curiously: "Then what are you worried about?"

The monks in the main hall pointed to the south and said, "Bandits!"

"Since five years ago, a group of bandits have been entrenched outside the temple. They come to our temple once a year and every time they rob us of all the money we earn from offerings!"

"We originally relied on incense offerings and could maintain our lives even without leaving home all year round!"

"Since the bandits came, we have to go out to beg for alms from time to time. If we were young, begging would be no problem, but we are all old and can't walk anymore. If this continues, I'm afraid we will have trouble feeding ourselves!"

"We paid taxes to the government and reported the incident to the authorities long ago. The government did send soldiers, but they were beaten badly. We dare not provoke those murderers again!"

"Later, we decided to solve it ourselves. We gathered monks who knew martial arts in the temple and had them accompany our lay disciples to the bandit lair. But…"

"Hey!"

As a result, all the capable monks in the temple were ambushed by the bandits, and none of them came back alive.

Today, there are only a dozen or so old and frail monks guarding the temple gate.

The bandits did not kill them, not because they were moralists, but because they wanted to make a living by extorting money year after year.

Even if they are more than a dozen old, weak, sick and disabled people, as long as the temple gate is open, it can attract people from nearby areas to come and burn incense and fulfill their vows, and a considerable amount of money and food can be accumulated every year.

When Huang Sixi heard this, he realized that the bandits treated the temple as a secret treasury and came to withdraw money regularly.

"I can help you masters get rid of this gang of bandits!" Huang Sixi looked at the monks in the hall: "But I have an extra request, I hope you masters can agree to it!"

The monks talked so much with Huang Sixi, they must have had the idea of asking Huang Sixi for help. They first generously gave the Qiankun Yiqi Bag to Huang Sixi, in fact, they were just trying to build friendship.

Hearing Huang Sixi's statement, they were very happy, but they also told him the truth: "There are dozens of bandits. Five years ago, they first entered the temple and looted all the Buddhist scriptures in the Sutra Library. They have been practicing martial arts for many years and are getting stronger every year. Please do what you can! As for your request, as long as our temple can do it, we will agree to it!"

Huang Sixi's request was to ask them to hand over the martial arts secrets in the temple, but they were all stolen by the bandits? "Don't you have any secrets left in your Sutra Library?"

The monks in the main hall looked at each other and said, "When we followed Master Ku Hui, the scriptures we recited were all Buddhist scriptures. After the Sutra Library was robbed, we memorized several scriptures. If Mr. Huang is interested, we are willing to give them all to you!"

After saying this, several people stood up and went to get the scriptures.

When a few people came back, they put a pile of Buddhist scriptures in front of Huang Sixi. Huang Sixi looked through them and found that they were all non-martial Buddhist scriptures, so he changed his request.

He held up the Qiankun Yiqi Bag and said to the monks in the main hall: "My request is actually very simple. When I come back from defeating the bandits, I hope you masters can help me enlighten this bag!"

The monks in the main hall looked at each other in bewilderment, "Enlighten...enlighten? Donor Huang, how are you going to have us enlightened?"

They are just ordinary monks, how would they know what enlightenment is?

But Huang Sixi had to ask them to do it: "Do you know how to consecrate it?"

All the monks in the main hall nodded in unison: "We have consecrated Buddhist instruments before, and have presided over formal consecration ceremonies! Donor Huang, if you need consecration, we will prepare the ceremony right away!"

They all thought: "Consecration is a performance trick. No matter what you consecrate, it will not bring about any substantial changes. It is just to seek the Buddha's blessing. This donor Huang asked to consecrate the bag. He must be a devout Buddhist!"

At this moment, they already believed that Huang Sixi was sincere in fighting bandits for the temple, otherwise Huang Sixi would not have gone to the trouble of asking them to organize the Buddhist consecration ceremony.

How could they know that Huang Sixi was just casting a wide net.

The bag text of the 'Qian Kun Yi Qi Bag' reads: "A relic of a famous person: Qian Kun Yi Qi Bag, which contains the method of storing. After being enlightened by the holy monk, you can inherit and use it!"

It specifically states that one must be "enlightened by a holy monk," but it does not specify who the "holy monk" is.

This put Huang Sixi in a big trouble.

He could only resort to a stupid method and try it out on a monk.

He found the 'Qian Kun Yi Qi Bag' in this temple, and he must let all the monks in the main hall and the Indian monks verify it. For any other items, it is meaningless for the Buddhists to consecrate or enlighten them.

But for the 'legacy of a famous person', it is possible for an extraordinary transformation to occur.

After Huang Sixi reached an agreement with the monks in the main hall and inquired about the location of the bandits' lair, he was ready to take action immediately.

The Indian monk who had been applying "Tianxiang Duanxu Glue" to the broken leg saw Huang Sixi was about to leave and hurriedly asked the reason.

Most of the monks in the main hall were from China who followed Master Kuhui to the West. Just now they were communicating with Huang Sixi in the Chinese language.

However, they had lived in the Western Regions for a long time and were proficient in the local language. Also, because Buddhism was introduced from India, they also had monk translators who specialized in Indian language.

When he heard the Indian monk asking questions, a monk translator immediately explained the reason to him.

He frowned after hearing this and shook his head at Huang Sixi: "The bandits have been entrenched for several years. They not only defeated the government soldiers, but also the monks in the temple. They must be very powerful. If Mr. Huang is not careful, he may die in the hands of the bandits. This trip is too dangerous, so it is better not to go!"

The monk translator quickly explained: "We didn't ask Mr. Huang for help. He took the initiative to ask to fight the bandits! Since he has such a chivalrous heart, he must have powerful martial arts skills, and fighting the bandits should be a piece of cake!"

The Indian monk frowned even more deeply: "If Mr. Huang is stronger than the bandits, he will definitely kill them all. Otherwise, it is better not to go! If he wipes out the bandits, it will violate our Buddhist precept of killing, which is also inappropriate!"

"Ah?" The monk translator was at a loss for words to refute for a moment.

Huang Sixi tried to smooth things over: "Even if I broke the precept of not killing, it was me who broke it. It has nothing to do with you masters. The Buddha will only blame me, and definitely not you masters!"

The other old monks noticed that the atmosphere was not right and hurriedly asked the reason.

The monk translated the situation.

After hearing this, the monks all bowed to Huang Sixi in unison and said, "Thank you, Mr. Huang, for your help!"

Their gratitude came from the bottom of their hearts.

The Indian monk knew that he could not persuade Huang Sixi, so he took out several glass beads from the cloth bag around his waist and gave them to Huang Sixi.

These glass beads look like pearls, as if something is hidden inside.

Before Huang Sixi could ask for details, the Indian monk began to give him a detailed introduction: "When I was traveling in my early years, I once rescued a monk from the Western Regions. Out of gratitude, he gave me these poisonous smoke beads for me to use for self-defense!
The bead contains a strange poison called "Ten Fragrance Softening Powder". When it is broken, it will release a colorless and odorless smoke. After inhaling the poisonous smoke, the muscles and bones of the whole body will become sore and weak, and the body will completely lose the ability to move. Even if the hands and feet recover as normal after a few days, the internal force will no longer be able to circulate at all! Huang Jushi, use it to fight the enemy!"

Huang Sixi was no stranger to the "Ten Fragrance Softening Muscle Powder". In The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, Zhao Min used this poison to subdue the masters of the six major sects.

Huang Sixi couldn't help but look at the Indian monk. The old man claimed that the poison bead was given by a monk from the Western Regions. What kind of monk could research such a strange and deadly poison?

The Indian monk has been dealing with poisons all his life. He can not only detoxify, but he is also good at poisoning. He is also a monk and advocates compassion, but he travels around all year round and it is inevitable that he will encounter criminals on the way.

The poison beads of 'Ten Fragrances Softening Muscles Powder' are specifically designed to defeat masters with internal strength. Even ordinary people can release poisonous smoke by throwing it on the ground without hurting anyone's life. It is simply the best means for the Indian monk to deal with criminals. It is normal to say that the poison beads were developed by him.

Huang Sixi did not ask in detail, but he had another kind of glass bead on him, which was the trophy of the assassination of the Persian Mingjiao Liuyunshi on Guangmingding. At that time, Liuyunshi used the glass bead to detonate a cloud of non-toxic smoke, which looked like a Japanese ninja.

The workmanship of these two types of glass beads is exactly the same, but the things sealed inside the beads are different.

From now on, Huang Sixi will stay in the Western Regions and will have to fight against the Tartar soldiers frequently. It is likely that he will be surrounded by thousands of troops frequently, so he urgently needs a hidden weapon that can cause large-scale damage.

Although he has the Jade Bee Needle to use, it is still insufficient. The Glazed Bead to seal the poisonous mist is a good choice.

When he was assassinating someone in the palace, the Tartar soldiers would often gather in groups of dozens to besiege him. If he detonated a cloud of poisonous mist under his feet, the effect would definitely be better than the Jade Bee Needle. After all, releasing the Jade Bee Needle requires the consumption of internal energy, but releasing the Glass Bead is effortless.

Of course, this kind of hidden weapon is a mechanical device with extremely sophisticated workmanship. It cannot be made overnight. After returning from suppressing the bandits, Huang Sixi will consult the Indian monk again.

Thinking of this, Huang Sixi accepted the poison bead given by the Indian monk and went to the bandits' lair alone.

The monks in the main hall were preparing for the consecration ceremony while anxiously waiting for news.

They didn't have much hope, and two days later, Huang Sixi came back.

"Bang! Bang!" twice.

Huang Sixi took off two large packages from his shoulders and threw them in front of the monks in the hall.

The monks unpacked the packages and saw that the package on the left contained gold, silver and coins, while the package on the right contained all the Buddhist scriptures that were stolen five years ago.

These Buddhist scriptures were the Chinese scriptures that Master Kuhui brought from Shaolin in China. The martial arts secrets had been confiscated by Huang Sixi, and he returned the rest of the Buddhist scriptures.

The monks each took a Buddhist scripture and looked through it. They found that it contained their insights written down in essays when they read the scriptures in their early years. It could definitely not be false, as it showed that Huang Sixi had already cleared out the bandit's nest.

The monks were immediately overjoyed: "Master Huang, did you really wipe out the bandits?"

Huang Sixi told them: "There were a total of 62 bandits, and I have eliminated them all. I promise that they will never come to the temple to take advantage of others again!"

Huang Sixi said lightly, and then asked, "Have you prepared for the opening ceremony?"

The monks immediately bowed their heads and said, "It's settled. The consecration ceremony will be held in the Zen room of Patriarch Kuhui!"

Huang Sixi waved his hand at the monks and said, "It's better to go in sooner rather than later!"

Seeing that the Indian monk was not in the main hall, he thought that he must be staying in his room to recuperate, so he said, "Please invite the Indian master to come and participate in the consecration together!"

All the monks had no objection.

Unfortunately, after working for most of the day, Huang Sixi asked the monks to consecrate and verify it one by one, but there was no change in the 'Qiankun Yiqi Bag'.

He thought to himself: "These monks are definitely not the 'holy monk' mentioned in the bag text, but who could it be? Master Yideng?"

The most famous monk in the world is Master Yideng.

However, he did not plan to go to Dali immediately. It would not be too late to look for someone after he finished the war in the Western Regions.

After all, the "enlightenment of the holy monk" referred to in the bag text is mainly aimed at the "storage method", and does not affect Huang Sixi's use of the "Qiankun Yiqi Bag" to practice the "Nine Yang Magic Art".

Then he proposed to the monks in the main hall to stay in the temple for a while.

The monks were grateful for his help in suppressing the bandits and recovering the Buddhist scriptures, so they readily agreed.

In this way, Huang Sixi temporarily lived in the temple.

During this period, he paid close attention to the movements of the Mongolian Tartars, and even rode an eagle to the "Eagle's Nest" to check the terrain along the way. According to his calculations, it would take about a year for the Mongolian army to arrive at the "Eagle's Nest" castle.

Huang Sixi made full preparations to stay in the temple for a year and concentrate on practicing the "Nine Yang Magic Art".

(End of this chapter)