Book 14 - Chapter 1 – Martial Art Master from The Other Side (1/2)

Book 14 Chapter 1 – Martial Art Master fro and drawn out, rising and falling, chanting voices that seehout the te an uninhabited place, as they clihed around a thousand catty, was hung, from where they looked down far and near to exa Nian Chanyuan were arranged neatly along the central axis, which ran directly froate, with the Copper Hall as the center of the s were sized unifors had tri-colored glazed roof tiles The color and luster looked new; perhaps soh to clean up, so that the tiles looked like this A the three colors, the peacock blue was the s would be resplendent under the bright sunshi+ne

From the bell tohere the three were located to the Copper Hall, there was only other building in between, but the distances were quite different; the former was far and the latter was near

In front of the Copper Hall there was a vast open area, approxi wide, covered in slabs of white stone, encircled by a fencea flat plaza

In the middle of the white stone plaza was a shrine with a bronze statue of Manjushri Bodhisattva, riding on the back of a golden- Next to the shrine were the painted clay figures with gold ornaments of Pharmacist Buddha, Sakyamuni Buddha, and Amitabha, the three-world Buddhas [Sorry, I am not faave , but there was a bit of out-of-place feeling with the general situation of the monastery

On all four sides of the white stone plaza, other than four gatehite stone steps, there were 500 luohan [arhats] scattered around; all were made of cast bronze, each one’s expression and posture was different from each other However, whether it opened its eyes wide and had protruding forehead, or with its eyes drooping down in self defense, every single one was vivid and lifelike, no different fros formed a whole entity with the main hall as at the axis; they were spread out in a clear and good order to the eight points of the co a divine atmosphere that was solee incense burner in front of the Manjushri Bodhisattva in the white stone plaza, burning sandalwood incense that the aroma permeated the air, so that the three could not help theiras if they had withdrawn fro into the distance, at the stone steps outside thedoard the foot of the ht hundred and eight steps; what a coincidence”

However, Kou Zhong and Ba Fenghan were unable to take their eyes off the Copper Hall, whichabout their plan of action

The chanting noise came precisely fro behind the Copper Hall, while elsewhere in the monastery there was not even half a shadow to be seen There was some kind of profound mystery that

The strangest thing was that other than the lanterns illu the white stone plaza and the statues in it, there was no other light Even thefro out the impression that as soon as one would step into the white stone plaza, one would iet

It’s just that tonight the bright lazed roof tiles, bringing out their extraordinary splendor, andthe pathways, inside and outside of the Te an unfathomable mystery onto the Te his neck to look down, Kou Zhong spoke in low voice, “What exactly is wrong? How co, standing on his other side, sneered and said, “This is called lacking in confidence in being a thief; you know that?”

Kou Zhong laughed and said, “I am definitely a thief, but I do not lack confidence Just think, the Jade Annulus of He Clan is an unusual treasure handed down froeneration for thousands of years, basically it does not belong to anybody, and only virtuous persons can obtain it Of course! nobody can decide whether someone else was virtuous or not Therefore, noe can only see whose luck is a bit better, whose fist is a bit harder”

Flashi+ng with divine light, Ba Fenghan’s tiger-eyes stared at the cast-copper building’s door; frowning, he said, “This copper hall does not have even half aThere are only four venting holes as big as hu Dashi+ is personally sitting inside to protect the treasure, and he did not forget to bolt the copper door, it would be strange indeed we are not going to have a headache just thinking about it”

Kou Zhong scooted over to hihan’s shoulder and then with brows raised in delight and eyes laughing, he proudly said, “I guarantee that won’t happen, unless he wanted to taste how fire-deviation would feel like This kind of old baldhead spends his ti in meditation is like lustful over wo ruefully, Ba Fenghan said, “Haven’t you heard Buddhist saying, ‘If I don’t go into hell, ould?’ Your guarantee does not amount to half a chance of success”

Astonished, Kou Zhong said, “I was only hoping that Liao Kong is not that great of a ive it a try?”

After pondering silently for half a day, while staring at Xu Ziling’s back Ba Fenghan said, “Ling Shao, do you have any idea?”

Certainly Kou Zhong was not surprised that Ba Fenghan would want to seek Xu Ziling’s advice first Because, just like Ba Fenghan, he had great respect toward Xu Ziling’s ‘perception’

Xu Ziling shi+fted his gaze to the night sky With yearning look in his eyes he said, “Have you noticed the way they are chanting? They are reciting the scripture in one breath; so chanting is like in-and-out breathing Plus they are divided into two groups: one group finishes reciting, the other group continues on without the slightest bit of interruption, just like the unceasing floater Not only it is pleasant to hear, it is also one kind of superb traininglooked at each other

The fact is that as soon as they entered the monastery complex, these two had their mind only on the Jade Annulus of He Clan They only listened to a feords of so of the sutras as the wind past their ears

Eth of the chanting is to be used as the criteria to , all the Buddhist y, plus each group ought to consist of about a hundredsaid, “More than two hundred monks with superior martial art skill, plus the Four Great Vajra protectors of the Te Chanzhu [dhyana !”

Xu Ziling spoke in heavy voice, “Therefore, weIf they are alarht have to stay here forever as Buddhist monks For me, I don’t have any probleht unable to endure it”

Breathing out athat we should go back e difficulty and turning back is not a real man’s conduct This is called a thief will have a thief’s way However, there is not a single thing in this Buddhist Hall that is rational Since shi+ Feixuan has the confidence to entrust the Jade Annulus of He Clan, which relates to the fate of the world, to theuard the treasure, and won’t let you easily crash into the Copper Hall to snatch and take it away just like that”

Ba Fenghan and Kou Zhong cast their gaze back toward the Copper Hall; they both felt big headache was co said, “Is it possible that as soon as the copper door is opened the alaret, but very effective, and there is no way to break it”

Ba Fenghan nodded and said, “That is indeed a very intelligentbells inside the door, as soon as we open those two copper doors that weigh a thousand catty, it would be strange indeed if we do not fall into a trap”

Chapter 1 - Part 2

‘Ding! Ding! Ding!’

Three sharp and clear chi prayer session was being held The sound of chanting stopped suddenly

The entire monastery fell into dead silence The sound of insects chirping gradually filled up the air over the Te , he craned his neck to look

“They are out!” Ba Fenghan hissed

One by one the le file fro said with a laugh, “After reciting sutras for that long, theyto bed Ha! If more than two hundred monks crowd into the latrine, I’m sure so for their turn Ha!”

Ba Fenghan and Xu Ziling did not knohether to laugh or to cry

And then their countenance changed

They saw that not only thesnake formation] did not scatter, they were, under the leadershi+p of oneblue robe instead of the grey robes of the other ht toward the white stone plaza

Other than the blue-robeda hundred-catty Buddhist Staff, all the monks had Buddhist beads in their hands Their eyes looked doard their nose, their nose looked doard their heart, they walked soleiven their field of viehich could not be narrower than that, they did not stumble and fall

“The latrine can’t be this way, can it?” Kou Zhong han speculated, “Perhaps it is the Te session all those baldheads are co their separate ways”

Seeing the dozen or socould not help shrinking two cun shorter, leaving only his eyes peeping down fro of the bell tower His scalp felt numb as he said, “I hope that is the case!”

The three watched helplessly as the two hundred thirty-two ed themselves in a dozen or so neat formations on the open space between the Manjushri Bodhisattva and the bell tower, facing the Bodhisattva shrine Although they were nu

In addition to the big and tallthe procession, there were three other monks also wore blue robe just like his Their shapes and sizes were all different All four of them took their position on the four corners of the plaza Hence it was very easy to guess that these fourNian Chanyuan

Fro a lot of trepidation in their hearts They secretly thought that if thesesideways and colliding straight on the battlefield, as if there was no one else there

Fortunately currently they all had their back to the three, so that they feel a bitfor that old fellow Liao Kong to coive his lecture Turns out his silent meditation is just used to cheat soled hard not to laugh

‘Creak!’

While the three were du in height, opened on its oithout any wind blowing, exposing the pitch-black interior They could not help rejoicing inwardly that a o they did not rush in Turned out there really was someone inside

Unless the copper door had wood core or perhaps hollow, the three realized that they did not have enough power to push the door that easily

And the one pushi+ng the door open uard of the door Only this kind of power has reached universally-shocking level

Although they were aware that Liao Kong was a ht that he was an expert of Ning Daoqi caliber

The crowd ofthe three that they ju overly fearful [orig ‘to see a bow reflected in a cup and thought it was a snake’] appeared in their heart

A tall and elegant looking monk, leisurely walked out of the Copper Hall and stood on the top of the white stone steps leading down to the plaza

Under the leadershi+p of the Four Great Vajra, the crowd of ether in salute