Embers of Sword

Chapter 385 The Way of Life

"She... died?"

Chu Guo stood there in a daze.

The scene of Pingzhi City being breached kept echoing in his mind.

The female swordsman who descended from the sky that day left a deep impression on his heart.

If it weren't for the female sword fairy who came to the rescue, he and Lao Zheng would have probably been killed in Pingzhi City...

It was this experience that made the young man decide to follow Xie Zhen in practicing sword skills.

If he could master the swordsmanship.

Then he also wants to save the world and help people!
"Dead. And died miserably."

Chen Chong said lightly: "Nalan Xuance's hook and clamp masters pulled out her nails, dug out her patella, and gouged out her eyes... The torture was not over yet, but unfortunately her spirit could no longer bear it and collapsed on its own."

Chu Guo's voice was hoarse: "Why?"

"This woman's name is 'Pelican'. She is a secret agent sent by the library to Liguo."

Chen Chong smiled and said, "She has been hiding in the country for many years. She should have continued to hide, but when the Pingzhi City was in turmoil, she stepped forward and chose to expose herself... This decision is not wise. The hook and clamp master caught her and naturally had to torture her thoroughly. How important and precious is she that she is worth sacrificing herself so resolutely..."

"I didn't expect that the fun was yet to come. No matter how hard the hook and clamp master tried, he still couldn't get any answers from this torture."

Chen Chong said meaningfully: "Young man, tell me, who is this woman defending so tenaciously for?"

"..."

Chu Guo looked pale.

He opened his lips, but no words came out.

For whom?
If he had asked this question twenty days ago, he would not have been able to give an answer at all.

Chu Guo never thought that this female sword fairy chose to show up just to save him.

But now, the answer is about to come out.

"The library really has a good hand."

Chen Chong stood up slowly, brushed off the grass debris on his body, and said with a smile: "A few days ago, a master of the 19th level of Yin Shen in Fangyuanfang defected. I thought... there would be no more interesting foreshadowing in the bookstore. It seems that I underestimated Chen Jingxuan. For you, a chess piece, he has been planning for at least ten years, or maybe even longer."

"General."

Du Yunzhong respectfully reminded, "It's getting late."

"……Um."

Chen Chong was about to speak.

Boom.

In the distance, a loud thunderclap was heard. The sound of thunder spread very far, almost covering the sky within a radius of several miles.

"Thunderous Dao intention?"

Du Yunzhong raised his head, his brows furrowed, his eyes filled with disbelief.

The dark clouds in the sky spread in all directions like a tide, and the blue thunder turned into thousands of small snakes, mixing in the clouds.

Du Yunzhong was very familiar with this Qinglei——

Isn’t this the great general’s power of the Dao realm?
The leaders of the Yu Camp and the Cang Camp, as Chen Chong's right-hand men in command of the Yuanzhou Iron Cavalry, each obtained a wisp of the power of the Dao Realm.

This trace of power of the Dao realm should have been used for comprehension when breaking through to the later realm of Yin Shen.

"Do I need to use the 'Thunder Dao Intent' to kill Xie Zhen?"

Du Yunzhong frowned, very puzzled.

Chen Chong restrained his smile, and there was a hint of solemnity in his eyes.

"Yunzhong, go and help Ajian!"

He gave a cold order, "I'll be there soon."

"General?!"

Du Yunzhong widened his eyes.

Having followed Chen Chong for so many years, even though Du Yunzhong was a reckless man, he had already been convinced.

He knew that Chen Chong was a master of military tactics and had the best ability to deploy troops. In the early years, during the northern expedition to the demon realm, the general had made every possible plan and defeated the demons. At this juncture, there was only one possibility for him to help Meng Kejian... The general was certain that Meng Kejian was no match for Xie Zhen!

This is not a big deal.

What shocked Du Yunzhong the most was the general's words "I'll be there soon".

Does the General think...

After I raided the camp, the two Yin Gods together were still no match for Xie Zhen?
"Go quickly."

Chen Chong spoke expressionlessly.

"Yes!" Du Yunzhong no longer hesitated and set off immediately. His whole body turned into a long rainbow and rushed towards where the green thunder was!

The sound of wind and thunder erupted and echoed in the hills.

With the departure of Du Yunzhong.

The pressure on the hill not only did not dissipate, but became even heavier.

That thin, skinny blue shirt clearly didn't give anyone a visually oppressive vibe.

Perhaps this is why Chen Chong no longer smiles at this moment.

Everyone felt as if a huge mountain was pressing down on their hearts.

"It's really getting late."

Chen Chong turned his eyes away indifferently, no longer looking at the young man standing in front of the wooden tablet mourning... Although the story of this little guy was interesting, he was not the purpose of his trip after all.

"I'll count to dozens."

Chen Chong put his hands behind his back and said slowly: "In ten breaths, I will kill Miyun."

I don't know to whom this sentence was addressed.

The words were so loud that they echoed after they landed on the ground.

The entire hill was echoing with Chen Chong's words.

"???"

Kill Miyun after ten breaths? Deng Baiyi's pupils shrank when she heard this, and her first reaction was to run away.

But Chen Chong came in person.

Not to mention that Deng Baiyi's current realm is still low. Even if she really became a great array pattern master, it would be impossible for her to escape from the hands of the leader of the three states' iron cavalry if she fights alone.

laugh!
Deng Baiyi turned around and encountered an invisible barrier.

This barrier was forged by Yuanli and divine consciousness, and was extremely hard. When touched, it emitted brilliant blue arcs of electricity, which made Deng Baiyi's entire body numb, and he fell uncontrollably to the ground.

She held Miyun tightly and did not let go.

"ten."

However, Chen Chong had no intention of stepping forward to fight for it. He just looked at the end of the hill and began to count down.

"Nine."

Deng Baiyi's sea of consciousness was running wildly.

She could feel the temperature of the little monk in her arms rising.

The breath of the law of cause and effect is rising——

But this time is different from before.

The law of cause and effect did not break free on its own and actively evolve a method to protect its master.

In the face of absolute strength.

All the schemes are just empty talk.

She stretched out her hand, touched her waist bag, and took out the talisman. No matter what... these talismans were all her strength. She knew that she couldn't stop Chen Chong, but there were some things that she had to try.

"Crash!"

Deng Baiyi grabbed the talisman and scattered it out!

Countless talismans fluttered in the wind!
But Chen Chong just glanced at him expressionlessly.

clap clap clap!
A flash of lightning passed by, and the talismans could not even stretch out before they were torn into pieces!
"……seven."

Chen Chong stopped reading after this.

No need to read it again.

His sight passed over the fragments of talisman paper shattered by lightning and fell on the end of the hill hundreds of feet away.

The leaves in the forest fluttered and the wind blew.

Chen Chong finally met the person he had been waiting for.

"Everyone said you were dead."

"I am the only one who knows that you must still be alive."

"But who could have thought that even if all the Buddhist temples in Yuanzhou were torn down and all the Bodhisattva statues were smashed, you would still not show up?"

Chen Chong let out a long sigh.

Suddenly, a strong wind blew between heaven and earth.

The wind was so strong that it carried thousands and tens of thousands of fallen leaves, turning them into a huge cassock that covered the man at the end of the dense forest.

Thousands of dead leaves are swaying faintly.

A thin and dry figure was outlined. The thin and dry figure just walked in the strong wind.

Step out.

The distance of several hundred feet disappeared in an instant.

He came to the top of the hill and came to Deng Baiyi's side.

The dead leaves are scattered.

The cassock disappeared.

It turned out that what he was wearing was just an extremely simple blue cloth shirt full of patches.

Not even a monk's robe.

"Great monk..."

Chu Guo was shocked. He couldn't believe what he had just seen.

Just one step to go so far?

Is this what the thin and weak abbot of Yuanguang Temple, Facheng, who looks like a dead leaf, can do?

"Magic foot power."

Chen Chong put his hands behind his back and said with great interest: "I heard that the way to cultivate this magical power in Buddhism is extremely cruel, requiring practitioners to voluntarily cut off their legs... The 'future leader' you worked so hard to cultivate believed in the way of practicing the magical power and took the initiative to cut off his legs. But what about you? Your legs are so healthy, why are they different from the rumors?"

His divine sense swept over.

The skinny monk in front of him had no signs of broken legs at all.

The monk's robes fluttered.

The great monk Facheng did not say anything, but gently stretched out his hand and placed it on Miyun's head.

Deng Baiyi looked at this scene in surprise.

She felt a warm breath flowing through the big monk's palm and into the thin body in her arms.

Miyun, who was in a daze, slowly raised his head.

His vision was blurry.

All that could be seen was a tall figure burning with golden light.

"Master?"

Miyun spoke in a hoarse voice subconsciously. He felt a familiar warmth from the hand of the blurry figure.

It is...the power of the realm of life.

Overdraft caused by repeated use of the "Law of Cause and Effect".

At this moment, it was made up.

"..."

Facheng did not say anything. He moved his hand away with a compassionate look.

Miyun tilted his head and fell into a deep sleep, sinking into a sweet dream.

"The realm of the great life."

Chen Chong narrowed his eyes and stared at the skinny monk in front of him.

He said sarcastically, "Nalan Xuance told me that Buddhism is the most hypocritical and shameless sect in the world. I didn't believe it at first. Now I have to believe it... You have mastered the 'Realm of Life', but you have never appeared in the world to save people. You have the 'Divine Foot Passage', but you did not stop the Yuanzhou Iron Cavalry's anti-Buddhist action. You have the 'Heavenly Eye Passage', which can see the miserable conditions of countless monks in Yuanzhou, but you only appear when the young leader who inherited the 'Tanluan Buddha Bone' is in crisis. Is the equality of all beings often said by Buddhism just bullshit in your heart?"

The skinny monk did not respond.

He just looked at the scholar in blue with a look of pity.

The entire hill was shrouded in a strong sense of Taoism, and the sky was covered with dark clouds, producing countless green thunders.

The green thunder overlapped, and after a few breaths, it turned into a thunder dragon.

The Thunder Dragon slowly poked its head out and hovered above the green-shirted Chen Chong.

"..."

Deng Baiyi looked pale.

She once felt the suppression of the Taoism of the Yin God.

Now, this thunder dragon slowly descending to the human world reminded her of the "Tide Festival" performed by King Youhai.

"Master! Now that you have shown up, why don't you say anything?!"

Chen Chong's voice was low, like thunder and a divine command.

Every word exploded.

The entire sky is echoing with thunder!
The entire Peach Blossom Land was now being suppressed by the huge Thunder Dragon Dharma Image...

The fleeing monks and refugees all looked up at this terrifying sight that made their hearts and lungs tremble.

This thunder dragon has every hair standing upside down, looks lifelike and looks awe-inspiring!

It seemed like just one bite.

It can swallow everyone!

Chen Chong said no more and did not wait any longer. He stretched out his hand and grasped it in the air. Countless lightning bolts gathered in an instant and turned into a spear. The leader of the Three States Iron Cavalry, who had reached the pinnacle of Yin Shen, threw the spear directly!
The distance of more than ten feet was reached in an instant!
This spear.

The skinny monk didn't dodge at all!

laugh!
The spear pierced through his shoulder, leaving a trail of blood.

Deng Baiyi looked at this scene in shock.

She looked at the wound pierced by the spear in disbelief. The blood spurting out from it was not red... but golden, like a rain of light, and did not look like blood at all. As for the skinny monk standing on the top of the hill, blocking her way, it did not look like he was stabbed.

The skinny monk didn't even retreat.

He stood there, his expression calm, neither angry nor sad, just glanced down at the spear that was stuck in his shoulder.

"..."

He still didn't speak.

He just bowed slightly and saluted.

Just after this bow.

Thunder roared, and the pressure exerted by the sacred thunder dragon was supported by an invisible force!
The sky was covered with dark clouds and it began to rain without any warning.

This is no ordinary rain.

Instead, it was like the blood spilled from the monk's wound, a golden and hot rain of light.

The rain fell without any smell of blood.

Instead, it brings warmth and vitality.

"……this?"

Deng Baiyi was shocked again. She silently felt the soft light falling on her.

She knew very well what kind of power this was.

This is the power of life!

In the scorched earth trampled by the iron cavalry, all those who raised their heads and knelt in worship felt this invisible rain.

Suffering, difficulty, pain...

Under the touch of this rain of light, they all dissipated.

Facheng opened his mouth with difficulty. His lips, which had not uttered a word in decades, trembled slightly at this moment, and finally the sound was vibrated, compressed, and transmitted from his belly.

This was a heavenly sound that even Deng Baiyi had never heard before.

"You are wrong. This is not the realm of life."

“This is… the way of life.”

Between the eyebrows of the skinny monk, a ray of light burned, which was extremely similar to the dense clouds. This ray of light was like a vertical pupil, but it burned with endless life force.

He was originally mute.

But under the reliance of this great power, it can "speak".

the reason is simple.

All the imperfections in this world are actually a gift.

This is the significance of the "supernatural powers" of Buddhism. The Buddha, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats of Buddhism encourage all living beings to practice together. It does not matter if they are born with disabilities. With the blessing of great aspirations, even if they are disabled, they can still achieve the right results.

Those with broken legs can cultivate themselves to become the fastest people in the world.

The visually impaired can see thousands of miles away.

The existence of every supernatural power is Buddhism’s salvation for all living beings.

“Aren’t you a Zen master?”

Chen Chong suddenly realized something was wrong. He frowned and stared at the skinny monk in front of him.

"You're wrong again."

Facheng shook his head and said softly and gently: "I can be a Zen master."

"But the Zen master you want to see is definitely not me."

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(PS: I update it on time, so I post it first and then revise it. If you feel that it doesn’t read smoothly, you can refresh it.)
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