Embers of Sword

Chapter 398 Golden Cicada
The word "cultivation" requires more than just aptitude.

Sometimes, a little luck is needed.

Or in other words, luck.

It's the time and the fate. If you are born in a peaceful and prosperous era, you naturally cannot become a hero.

Xie Xuanyi was born with a defect in his previous life, so no matter how persistent and stubborn he was in pursuing the "second sword path", he was destined to be unable to obtain the divine fetus.

"I think it won't be long before the old name of the donor is heard all over the world again."

Miao Zhen spoke sincerely.

Although his eyes were clear and there was no trace of jealousy on his face, deep down he felt regretful.

Xie Xuanyi saw through Miao Zhen's hidden thoughts at a glance.

Miaozhen is a martial arts fanatic.

Before the battle in the Golden Body Tower, Xie Xuanyi felt Miao Zhen's strong "will to fight". On the night of eliminating the demon in Tailing, Miao Zhen wanted to fight with him. Unfortunately, due to considerations of the "Fanyin Temple", the battle was delayed again and again. Now the two of them are friends of life and death, and it would be difficult for them to fight again no matter what.

Xie Xuanyi said softly: "When you recover from your injury, I will come to Fanyin Temple to fight you."

Miaozhen was stunned.

He didn't expect to hear such words from Xie Xuanyi.

Fanyin Temple waved the flag and asked for war at Hongshan for seven days.

Xie Xuanyi listened to music in the alleys of the imperial city for seven days.

Isn’t this guy too lazy to fight with others?
"Kendo and martial arts are actually the same."

Xie Xuanyi said slowly: "The most difficult thing to find in this world is a confidant, and the most difficult thing to find is an opponent. We are equally matched and it is hard to tell who is better. It is something you can only encounter but not seek. If we meet again, I hope that the golden body that Brother Miaozhen has cultivated will not let me down."

Hearing these words, the extinguished light in Miaozhen's eyes rekindled.

"I will remember these words."

Miaozhen bowed.

He spoke again, changing his address and no longer calling him donor: "Thank you, brother. I'm leaving you with a private message. I guess you have something important to tell me, right?"

"The Zen Master is dead."

Xie Xuanyi went straight to the point and stared straight into Miaozhen's eyes.

The latter's lips trembled slightly when he heard this.

"..."

Miao Zhen gave a bitter smile and said, "Brother Xie, you know everything?"

"It won't be long before the whole world knows about it."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "Chen Chong successfully broke through and ascended to Yangshen. The remnant of the Zen master not only did not kill him, but helped him break through. I wanted to add another sword, but was stopped."

He briefly recounted what happened in Taoyuan.

Although Miaozhen received the memory of the law of cause and effect, Miyun did not see the scenes inside the Buddha's kingdom after all.

"Amitabha……"

Miao Zhen sighed and said with a headache: "I don't understand, since the Zen Master left a backup plan, why did he choose to deal with it this way?"

He has always believed in one truth.

Although the Buddhist principles are profound, people are willing to listen to them mainly because Buddhism’s fist is strong enough.

If you can only talk about empty principles, what is the use in this chaotic world of Liguo? When a scholar meets a soldier, he can't explain his reason clearly.

"I saw the Zen master in the long river of fate."

Xie Xuanyi continued to speak. In fact, the treatment of the Zen master was not something he cared about.

As long as he could return to Chu State safely, Chen Chong's life or death had nothing to do with him.

Xie Xuanyi raised his hand.

The scene of the long river of destiny at that time was condensed with the vital energy.

A golden cicada, shaped by vital energy, fluttered its wings and slowly flew towards the sky, but was instantly submerged by the yellow sand.

"This is?"

Miaozhen was a little confused.

"This is the 'thing' that the Zen master gave me in the long river of fate."

Xie Xuanyi said: "A cicada." "A cicada?"

I thought that by finding Miaozhen, I could at least get some clues.

But Xie Xuanyi didn't expect that Miao Zhen seemed to have even less clues than himself. He frowned and stared at the cicada, his face full of confusion.

Miaozhen thought for a long time and asked, "Is there anything special about this cicada?"

"It's all golden, nothing special."

Xie Xuanyi shook his head and said, "I confirmed again and again that this was just an ordinary cicada insect, and then let it fly away."

For a practitioner as gifted as him, his sword heart is clear and his mind's perception is extremely sharp.

If this cicada contains great opportunity and great fortune.

If you fly away like this, you will definitely feel a sense of loss.

But Xie Xuanyi did not feel such emotions... This was what he could not understand.

This cicada insect is neither chance nor destiny.

But it just wasted the Zen master's opportunity to take action in the long river of fate.

"In fact, in the past sixty years, no one except the Ninth Prince has seen the Zen Master."

Miao Zhen sighed and said, "The place where the Zen master is in seclusion is called the 'Red Pearl Chan Kingdom'. It is a nearly perfect cave heaven Buddhist kingdom. The 'Great Power Buddhist Kingdom' that I brought with me on this mission is a part of the Red Pearl Chan Kingdom. Generally speaking, only practitioners who have achieved the status of 'Arhat Venerable' in the Brahma Sound Temple have the opportunity to enter the Red Pearl Chan Kingdom."

The status of Arhat in Buddhism is equivalent to the Yin gods in the outside world.

Xie Xuanyi roughly understood that the Red Pearl Cicada Kingdom was equivalent to the "Xuanshui Cave Heaven" of the Dashui Sword Palace.

The most precious treasures of Fanyin Temple are all hidden here.

"The Zen master practiced for hundreds of years and comprehended the complete 'Great Way of Life'."

Miao Zhen said distressedly: "He has lived for too long, too long. Apart from 'reincarnated' people like me, there are not many people in Buddhism who have had a real conversation with him..."

“Perhaps this is a hint?”

Miaozhen rubbed his brows and spoke uncertainly, with a hint of speculation.

"Hint?" Xie Xuanyi fell into thought.

"The fact that we can meet in the long river of fate shows that you are indeed destined to be with Buddhism."

Miao Zhen said firmly: "It's just that the secret cannot be revealed. The Zen master can't speak directly in the long river and reveal the 'fate', so he can only choose this way to remind you."

Speaking of which.

Miaozhen's eyes suddenly lit up.

"and many more……"

Miao Zhen looked at Xie Xuanyi and murmured, "I suddenly remembered that a Zen master once told me a story several years ago."

Xie Xuanyi held his breath: "What story?"

Miao Zhen did not speak, but threw a question to Xie Xuanyi: "Do you... believe in reincarnation?"

Reincarnation?

Xie Xuanyi frowned, thought for a long time, and then slowly shook his head.

He doesn't believe in reincarnation in this world.

Just as I don't believe that there are two identical flowers or two identical rivers in the world.

"The Zen master told me that he once saw his past life in a dream."

Miao Zhen spoke in a hoarse voice, "He said that in his previous life, he was a golden cicada. He was born in the Waking of Zhe and died in the Winter Solstice. This life was extremely short, but he witnessed the spring rain, the summer solstice, the autumn harvest, and the winter snow..."

Xie Xuanyi was at a loss.

"This story seemed ridiculous to me at the time."

Miao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Although I believe in fate and destiny, I don't believe in afterlife. If there is really an afterlife... then shouldn't there also be a next life?"

Having said this, Miaozhen suddenly paused.

absurd.

It's ridiculous indeed.

Because the "self" who is saying these words at this moment has already lived a second life.

(End of this chapter)