Embers of Sword

Chapter 313 Buddha Country
"Brother Duan! You are here too!"

"Eh... who is this?"

There were many people on the top of Hongshan Mountain. Those who came to the Great Pudu Temple by chance were basically trapped here. When several young men from the Northern County families saw Duan Zhao, they hurried forward to greet him.

They knew that the young man with the heavy sword following Xie Zhen was a new disciple of Lotus Peak.

After the Northern Hunt was over, the misunderstanding on Yongan Street was resolved.

They came to Chen's house with gifts to apologize, and Xie Zhen accepted the apology.

In this way, the two sides can be said to have turned enemies into friends.

"You all are here indeed."

Duan Zhao responded with a smile, he scratched his head, thought for a while and said: “This is the disciple of the Taoist Tianxia Zhai master, and also the close friend of the little mountain master.”

The eyes of several young men suddenly changed from confusion to admiration.

"Is this Miss Deng who caused chaos in Qingzhou and used formation techniques to stop the tide festival?"

The case files of the Qingzhou case had long since spread throughout Da Chu.

This case made Xie Zhen famous all over the world.

The same is true for Deng Baiyi.

"Bai Yi greets all the fellow Taoists."

Deng Baiyi responded softly, bending her knees slightly to salute under the umbrella, but her eyes were somewhat confused. The clothes of these Beijun disciples seemed to be stained with blood, and their spirits and auras were disordered.

She transmitted, "Look at their collars."

Duan Zhao was stunned for a moment, frowned and looked at him, then asked a Beijun boy beside him: "Brother Gao, why is there blood on the corner of your lips? What happened?"

"Don't mention it."

This brother smiled bitterly, wiped the blood with his sleeve, and said with lingering fear: "I don't want to go through this Fanyin Forest again... I almost lost my life on that section of road just now. If it weren't for Master Fali's help, I would have collapsed on the way."

Deng Baiyi and Duan Zhao looked at each other and their expressions became serious.

"There are two ways to reach the top of Red Mountain."

The young disciple named Gao Shu sighed and said slowly: "After entering the golden light array, you can climb the mountain, but this Red Mountain is not easy to climb. If you want to reach the top, you need to pass through a dense forest, which is the 'Brahma Sound Forest'. The Brahma Sound Forest mainly tests the practitioner's soul and mind to see if they are firm... If you are determined, you can naturally reach the top of the mountain."

Duan Zhao raised his eyebrows: "What if the will is not strong?"

"It will be difficult to move forward."

Gao Shu said bitterly: "It gets harder and slower the further we go. We can either turn back or stop..."

Duan Zhao was puzzled: "Didn't you say before that there are two ways to climb the mountain?"

"good."

Gao Shu smiled bitterly again and said, "The master in charge of guarding the Brahma Sound Forest of Red Mountain is called 'Fali'. He is a fellow disciple of the one guarding the Golden Light Formation. If the climber cannot pass through the Brahma Sound Forest, it doesn't matter. When the soul reaches the limit, Master Fali will open the door and send you straight to Red Mountain. This... is the second way to climb the mountain."

This second method of climbing is called giving up.

Hearing this, Deng Baiyi was once again certain that what Xie Zhen said was correct. The guest's path and the path of the challenger were not the same path.

These people are standing on the top of Hongshan Mountain at this moment.

In fact, they are all losers.

Due to their lack of strength, they were unable to pass through the Fanyin Forest, so the Da Pudu Temple gave them a second way, the Taiping Road.

"Cough cough!"

At this moment, a door suddenly appeared in the void, and a figure staggered and fell to the ground, sitting in a puddle covered with red leaves, looking very pale.

"Senior Brother Lin!"

Gao Shu quickly stepped forward to support him, his eyes concerned: "Are you okay?"

Lin Yu looked grim, and slowly stood up, with a hint of unwillingness in his eyes: "I'm fine... just a little bit short, just a little bit short... If I could do it again, I would definitely succeed!"

obviously.

He failed too.

Duan Zhao watched this scene in silence. He didn't expect that even Lin Yu, who was in the eighth level of the Cave Heaven, couldn't pass through the Fanyin Forest.

"Mr. Lin, this mountain climbing can also be considered a kind of 'refining of the mind'."

After the portal opened, it did not close immediately.

The red leaves and rain were all sucked into the portal, where a towering and weathered figure was vaguely standing.

It is Fa Li.

The gentle voice of the old monk sounded faintly on the top of the mountain: "On the path of cultivation, the most fearful thing is to have demonic obstacles in the heart. If there is a flaw in the heart, even if you pass through the Brahma Sound Forest, you cannot pass the Bronze Man Wall... Mr. Lin, please stop here. Don't rush forward. It may be a better choice to stop here and take a look at the scenery of Hongshan."

"..."

These words made Lin Yu fall silent.

He thought seriously for a moment, and his aura calmed down a lot.

"Thanks for the teaching."

Lin Yu asked sincerely: "Master Fa Li...can you tell me about my senior brother's recent situation?"

"Master Wu has already reached perfection in the realm of cave heaven, and the Brahma Sound Forest is nothing to him."

The old monk smiled and said, "He is born with wisdom and has a connection with Buddhism. Even the bronze wall on the top of the mountain cannot stop him."

Say it.

The red leaves and rain gather and condense, and the door will shrink and close.

"Etc., etc--"

Duan Zhao pulled out the heavy sword from his back and thrust it into the door.

"Ok?"

Fali's expression was a little subtle.

"Master Fali, I have a question too."

Duan Zhao craned his neck to look at the monk floating in the air: "Since you are old enough to come, why don't you help me?"

"This..." Fali looked at the little guy, his gaze fixed on the young man's wind and thunder bracelet.

He clasped his hands together and sighed softly, "I am far from being worthy of the title of Grand Master. What do you want to ask, young donor?"

"It's nothing."

Duan Zhao asked with a smile: "Where is my little mountain master? When can I see him?"

"Your little mountain master is still halfway up Red Mountain."

Fa Li said sincerely: "He has not yet stepped into the 'Fan Yin Forest', so when we will meet... I don't know either."

There was a pause.

A golden tablet flew out from the void portal. This golden tablet was engraved with obscure Sanskrit, and reflected layers of light on the top of Red Mountain. The heavy rain bounced on the surface of the golden light, creating a gorgeous and dazzling picture… It was the scene under the Golden Body Pagoda, with dazzling golden light, mighty wind and thunder, and eighteen monks with bare upper bodies, holding knives, guns, sticks and all kinds of weapons, standing in front of the Golden Body Pagoda, like a fortress wall.

What is reflected on this golden tablet is the image of the bronze man wall at the third level!
Fa Li said softly, "Not only Donor Duan, but everyone on the mountaintop, if you want to see your own master, you might as well stay here... Anyone who has passed through the Brahma Sound Forest will come here."

After that, the sound of wind and thunder was heard from the gate again.

"hold on."

Duan Zhao still looked up and asked, "Master Fali, how many people have passed the Bronze Wall? What is behind the Bronze Wall?"

"..."

Fali looked helpless, but more importantly, he was at a loss as to what to do.

He chanted the Buddha's name softly and answered honestly: "Three people have passed the Bronze Man Wall. After that, they can climb the Golden Body Pagoda, but... no one has succeeded in seeing the Buddha's son yet."

"Three people?"

Duan Zhao's eyes lit up.

When he was about to get to the bottom of the matter and continue to ask who the three people were, the empty portal sneakily floated back a step. Master Fali shouted "Amitabha" and quickly closed the portal. A strong wind blew from Hongshan Mountain, leaving only red leaves flying all over the ground.

……

……

The leaves of the red mountain forest were blown up by the wind, fell into the puddle, and spun back and forth.

An old and helpless face was reflected in the puddle.

Fali lowered his head, watching the water surface return to calm, and couldn't help but sigh in distress: "How could this young man from Forget-your-worry Island appear here?"

“That’s how things always are.”

A whisper sounded at an inopportune time.

Fa Li was stunned for a moment.

He raised his head in disbelief and looked ahead, his gaze passing through layers of dense forest and falling on a few hundred feet away.

Standing there was an ordinary young man in black.

The young man had been standing on the mountain steps for a long time.

Fali looked at him.

He also looked at Fali.

"You read that right."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "That is the Wind and Thunder Bracelet from Wangyou Island. He is the offspring of those two."

"..."

Fali fell silent, not because he didn't want to respond, but because he didn't know how to respond.

At this moment he could be sure that Xie Zhen was not talking to himself.

He is talking to himself.

What puzzled him even more than Duan Zhao’s identity on Wangyou Island was… how this young man saw him?
It's impossible that this young man's spiritual realm is higher than mine!

"Da Sui Sword Palace, Dao Sect, and Fan Yin Temple...the three sects have different techniques."

Xie Xuanyi said slowly: "The Dasui Sword Palace has the Sword Qi Cave Heaven, the Taoist sect has the Tianyuan Secret Realm, and the monks of the Fanyin Temple can refine the land and water to become a Buddhist kingdom in the palm of your hand."

"I wasn't sure at first, until I waited here for a long time..."

Xie Xuanyi stretched out a hand.

A strong wind happened to blow at this moment.

The bamboo forest sways and the wind dances.

By chance, a red leaf floated in front of Xie Xuanyi and landed on his palm.

"If I'm not mistaken, the token that the Brahma Sound Temple delegation brought to the Great Pudu Temple should be a complete Buddhist kingdom, right?"

Xie Xuanyi gently twisted the dry and shriveled leaves.

It is early spring.

Where did the dead leaves come from in Hongshan?

If Hongshan was covered in the Buddhist Kingdom, then everything would make sense... The rules in the Buddhist Kingdom changed Hongshan, so there was the endless mountain road, the so-called Brahma Forest, and the Bronze Man Wall.

The Western Mission began to preach. On this last day, the Great Pudu Temple, which was covered by the golden light array, was no longer the Great Pudu Temple.

It is a Buddhist country with complete rules!

This is why Miaozhen put aside his wild words... Anyone who is predestined to step into the Dapudu Temple today will bring good luck to this Buddhist country.

The young man sighed and looked calmly at the bamboo forest in front of him.

In Fali's eyes, the young man's gaze penetrated countless leaves in the forest, penetrated layers of doubts, and fell directly on himself.

But actually.

The mountains in front of Xie Xuanyi are still mountains, and the forests are still forests.

"A few steps ahead is the Brahma Sound Forest."

Xie Xuanyi gently exerted force with his fingertips, crushing the dry red leaves that fell from the top of the mountain.

He said quietly, "When entering the Brahma Sound Forest, the heart lake and sea of ​​the cultivator will be measured and tested. But Fali... can you really measure my sea of ​​the soul?"

(End of this chapter)