Chapter 194 (1/2)

Chapter 194

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Li Yundong stopped short when he was crossing the threshold into the lecture hallSo another step forward—unless he wished to bring utter ruination on his poor backpack

He glanced up and instantly realized the source of his probleainst the outer part of the door frahed and crouched down a little to allow the Fan of Seven Treasures to clear the fraht, Zi Yuan had suddenly shown up in his apartment and told him to keep the Fan of Seven Treasures beside him at all timesAnd when she said at all times, she meant in the most literal sense: the Fan of Seven Treasures had to be beside hi a du so would allow the fan to slowly get used to his Qi, which, in turn, would increase his chances of passing the early dans of the Shentong phase

He saw it as so session

When Zi Yuan told hireed almost immediately, but not for the reason Zi Yuan had told himHis reason hadphase quicklyIt would be pretty duot robbed at the Everest base ca of paranoid…

He nearly freaked out earlier when he sensed soht soainBut it was just sos

AdirlBut he didn't want another Meiduo incident to happen, so he figured he should keep his distance froht now, his heart belonged to Su Chan and only Su ChanThere really was no more room for anyone else

The lecture hall was empty when he strode in, which didn't surprise him at all since today was the orientation day for the first years—classes would officially begin tomorrow

He'd only come to campus today to use the library resources and, admittedly, to see if he would run into Zhou QinHe hadn't heard froh Zhou Qin told him that she would handle the police, he honestly wasn't so sure if things could be handled that easilyIf Zhou Qin were holding all the cards, then yes, things would be settledBut the other side involved the He family whose wealth and influence rivalled that of her own fa did try to think of alternative explanations for Zhou Qin's radio silence: rounded her;so much trouble to her doorsteps

None of those explanationsleft the lecture hall and went to the libraryAfter registering for a library card at the counter, he headed towards the library's computer room

Then, he sat down at one of the computers and did a search of the library's inventoryTo his surprise, there were several hundred hits when he searched for the keyword ”religion”

It see a while narrowing down his search, Li Yundong decided to go with Diarabbed the two books from their respective shelves, then headed back towards the counter

The librarian, an old man who looked to be in his early seventies, see's choice of booksHe raised the reading glasses—they were hanging around his neck—and slipped the for a moment or two

”Well, well, wellYou don't see a lot of young people reading these books, that's for sure”

The librarian took the books and began to work on the bookkeeping stuff

”HuhGuess what? This is actually the first time that these books are taken out froed that co e tone”Do you think you can really understand these books?'

Li Yundong chuckled”Guess we'll see about that, won't we?”

The old librarian chuckled”Hey, you better not dae the books if you can't understand theh he'd sensed some kind of flaw in his words”Oh, but of course you shouldn't ruin the book even if you can understand it”

Li Yundong laughedWhat a funny old ood care of theot back to his apartht into the Diamond SutraTo his surprise, the book wasn't as elusive and unintelligible as he used to thinkThe early chapters were filled with fables and stories about BuddhismThe stories were, of course, coot the ireat deal of spiritual wisdom to their readersThe middle chapters focused on the conversations between Subhuti and Gautama BuddhaIn these chapters, the format was rather similar to that of the Canon of the Yellow Thearch, in which iue between the Yellow E ran into so far was the fact that the dialogues were all written in Classical ChineseHowever, by constantly referring to the excerpts froot the hang of it

For the first ti can beIn the past, he would've fallen asleep before he even eBut now, he was totally hooked

Just like when he was going through the Maha mysterious and mystical about the contents, like they held soave hihts, which eventually led him to more questionsThen, to seek out the answers to those questions, he would read further

It was addicting, this thirst and hunger for knowledge

When Zi Yuan entered Apart cross-legged on the floor, colance at the book cover ht knee, lay another book—the Lotus Sutra

So he took my advice

A noisethe aparter to her lips, then gave Hongling an eye signal

Hongling froze on the spot, then looked past Zi Yuan's shoulder towards the living roo looked back towards Zi Yuan in surprise

Zi Yuanout of the apart said as they were heading towards the elevator”Why is he reading Buddhist texts? He's a CultivatorHe should be studying Taoist texts”

Zi Yuan pondered Hongling's words for a e from both worlds” And he certainly had the aptitude to do soZi Yuan had seen hi short of i snickered”A lot of people tried to do that, but how many have actually succeeded? Oh, let's seeFirst, there's Liu HuayangThen there's Wu ShouyangAnd that's itThe rest of theetting sidetracked fro” Hongling snorted”Is he planning to follow their footsteps?”

Zi Yuan pressed the elevator call buttonShe had to adet sidetracked when you're presented with too much information to absorb

Besides, Buddhists and Cultivators haven't really gotten along ever since the end of the Han Dynasty—there had been a lot of major and minor clashes between both partiesThe rift between Buddhists and Cultivators reached its cul Dynasty, thanks to the various provocations of the Mystical Silver FoxToday, it was extremely hard, if not impossible, for Buddhists and Taoists to co-exist in har spells and techniques from both sides, the Heir would likely ht becoateway towards harmonious co-existence

Zi Yuan broke her silence after she and Hongling stepped into the elevator”You shouldn't say that, Hongling”

Hongling snorted and leaned herself against the wall of the elevator”But it's all true, isn't it? That's what history tells us”

”That's a rather pessimistic way to look at it,” Zi Yuan said”Even for a Cultivator, there's no har Buddhist textsAfter all, the only way to ie is to keep an open mind and absorb as 's silence as a sign that she had the girl's full attention

”Don't forget that there are similarities between Cultivation and Buddhis both” Zi Yuan paused”His journey to Tibet has not only allowed hiIt has expanded hissaw him perfored hi ruet with his research”

Zi Yuan sighed quietlyHow far indeed

The old librarian didn't expect to see the young man—the one who'd borrowed the Dia—to walk into the library for a second tilanced at his watch and saw that it was only noonBarely a couple of hours had passed since the young man walked aith those ancient texts