576 Buddhas Notes (2/2)

Deep inside the Buddhist temple, Sangsang had awoken from her meditation. She was reading a Buddhist scripture seriously.

Scriptures were scattered all around her.

Some of the scriptures were old and yellowing at the sides, while some were newly printed and still smelled of ink.

The light from outside the temple entered through the window and shone upon her.

A black cotton robe was wrapped around her slender body.

Her slightly dark long hair flowed down her shoulders.

She read the Buddhist scripture in earnest. She looked at ease and did not hear the voices outside the temple.

At the end of the next day.

Ning Que entered the meditation room. There was a copper plate by the window and in it, burned a stick of incense.

Sangsang lowered the Buddhist scripture and looked up at him with a happy smile, revealing two clean teeth.

Ning Que asked, ”Is it interesting?”

Sangsang nodded and answered, ”It's interesting.”

Ning Que said, ”The thing is, whether it's useful or not.”

Sangsang thought for a moment and said, ”Erm... it seems to be useful.”

Then, she explained softly, ”It's like, I don't have to think of it, and then my illness is forgotten and won't flare up again.”

”To forget it is not enough. You have to keep thinking about how to get rid of the cold aura.”

Ning Que sat beside her and reached for her wrist. After a quiet moment of perceiving, he confirmed that the cold aura deep in her body had become much calmer than the previous days.

He suddenly noticed the calmness in Sangsang's eyes. Her entire disposition seemed to have changed. He was surprised, and thought to himself wondering whether studying Buddhism really came with so many benefits.

Sangsang continued reading the Buddhist scriptures. Perhaps she was anxious to cure her illness for Ning Que to stop worrying about it, so she worked really hard. According to the common concept of Buddhism, this kind of meticulous idealism was not necessarily beneficial to the study of Buddhism; it might even be a great obstacle. But the amazing thing was that it didn't seem to affect her at all.

Ning Que sat by the window and began to read scriptures illuminated by the twilight.

He comforted himself in the knowledge that it was natural to read the scriptures in a temple. This was also a silent explanation to his Second Brother who insisted on slandering Buddhism.

He began to study Buddhism yesterday. While he did not possess a connection to Buddhism like Sangsang, his understanding was stronger than most. He read the scriptures quickly and when he encountered any difficulties, he went to consult Master Qishan...

Slap!

Ning Que suddenly closed the scripture he was reading.

The sound startled Sangsang, who looked up at him.

Ning Que shook his head indicating that nothing was wrong.

Sangsang continued reading scriptures.

Ning Que stared at the scripture in his hands, stupefied.

The scripture was very old, but the pages did not curl up because of this. It looked as if it few people ever read it.

The cover page of the scripture was empty; there wasn't a title on it.

Ning Que only recalled then, the complex expression on Master Qishan's face when he handed him the book. Master Qishan had looked comforted, freed, and extremely grave.

After some time, he slowly opened the scripture in his hands again.

The scripture was not profound, it was written by a monk describing the method to break the Knowledge barrier.

However, in the warm red glow of the setting sun, other words appeared on the yellowing pages.

There was a second layer in this scripture.

Ning Que carefully studied the binding of the scripture and confirmed that the page on Knowledge barriers was imposed on the original page in order to hide it.

With stable hands, he carefully pried the page open.

10 yellowed pages appeared before him.

These pages were made from an unknown material and written with unidentifiable ink. The colors made it look as if it had existed for tens and millions of years. They were extremely yellow but were not damaged at all. When he held them in his hands, they did not give any signs of flaking into dust.

The writing on the page did not look exceptional to Ning Que.

But when he saw the words, he did not blink even once.

The first paragraph was:

”Wise men, so were the Sun and Moon.”

Ning Que had seen this sentence... on the ”Ming” Handscroll of the Tomes of the Arcane.

So he knew that these pages were the notes written by Buddha after he read the ”Ming” Handscroll.