From a refugee to a martial artist

Chapter 96: Sit in the well and see the world, cut off karma and cause and effect

The name of Elder Peacock easily reminds people of unbuttoning the peacock's tail.

Meng Yuan and Jie Kaiping had only met once, but he was deeply impressed.

Although this person, like Dugu Kang, practiced Buddhism in secret, he was not as presentable as Dugu Kang.

Dugu Kang pretended to be stupid and had few friends; whereas Jie Kaiping was quite famous among Confucian scholars and made friends from all over the world.

When he and Dugu Kang saw through each other's true colors, Dugu Kang was trembling with fear and only dared to eat the cake, which showed that his character was very bad; while Jie Kaiping remained calm, talked and laughed freely, and was very confident.

This person appears gentle, humble and polite on the outside, but is extremely decisive on the inside.

When he realized his identity had been exposed, he simply faked his own death and escaped without any further ado.

In this way, even if there is something unusual in his family, arrangements would have been made long ago.

For people like Jie Shen, all he has to do is pick up his knife and go for the chop without having to think too much.

People like Jie Kaiping are much more difficult to deal with than Jie Shen.

Regardless of the person's realm, just based on his mind and strategies, he is not easy to deal with.

Besides, Jie Kaiping's practice of Buddhism is the same as that of the Great-Tailed Venerable, the Earth-Shaking Vajra, and the White Ape Elder.

Considering the crazy talk of the Great Tail Venerable and the eagerness for quick success when the Earth-shaking Vajra led the monsters to chant sutras, we can know that beneath Jie Kaiping's decent appearance, there must be madness and paranoia.

Moreover, Jie Kaiping is smarter than King Kong, and can think and do things.

If that's the case, the person who faked his death and escaped should have laid low for a while. Why is he blatantly interfering in Luo Sect's affairs?
There was a Luo sect disturbance in the local area, and the guards could find out about it. The government office should also know about it. How could this man, being the son of the governor, not know about it?
Why did Jie Kaiping enter the Buddhist sect? His sect is used to preaching, are his parents abnormal? Have his friends been misled?

There are so many things, but no clues can be seen. Although the Buddhist demons are rampant, they have not caused any major trouble; although the Luojiao is present from time to time, its power is not as strong as the gathering of refugees.

The Third Miss had said that she would spread the news of the screen being untied, and someone would deal with it when the time came. But now it has been more than ten days, and no one knows how the Third Miss will arrange it.

Meng Yuan thought that it would be better to tell Master Nie about this and let the third young lady take the blame.

"Who are our foreign players? What's their level?" Meng Yuan was not reassured when he heard Gong Zihua say that he had helpers.

"I don't know, but I heard it's of the sixth rank." Gong Zihua replied in a low voice.

After hearing this, Meng Yuan felt relieved. As long as it wasn't someone like Li Weizhen, there should be no problem.

The group left from the east gate of Songhe Prefecture and then crossed the river.

After crossing the river, they continued walking for more than thirty miles and came to an abandoned courtyard. There were no villages or towns around. It was obvious that they were avoiding people.

Zhang Guinian ordered the troops to clean up and then rested on the spot.

The angel of good news was flying in the sky, and there were people patrolling the surrounding area, but there was nothing unusual.

"Brother Gong, please protect me." Seeing that there was nothing to do and it was not yet noon, Meng Yuan decided to meditate in silence.

Meng Yuan drank a lot last night, so he went to bed early. He didn't need to be so anxious about the mission today.

But thinking that the other party might have opened the screen, Meng Yuan did not dare to be careless, and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. He only hoped to make further progress and complete it as soon as possible, so that he could have a better chance when encountering the enemy.

"Don't worry." Gong Zihua said with a smile.

Meng Yuan didn't say much, just sat down cross-legged.

Now the reflection and depiction of the middle thirty-three days have been completed, and only the middle and lower two days are left to be connected.

First sit quietly to calm your mind, and then look closely at your Dantian.

I saw thirty-three silk threads connecting the internal organs, tendons and bones, and thirty-three silk threads connecting the skin and flesh.

All the wide acupoints are reflected in the Dantian through these silk threads.

Meng Yuan's mind moved slightly, and wherever the true energy hit, the corresponding acupoints had the ability to manifest.

Then the true energy hit the reflections of the middle thirty-three days and the lower thirty-three days in turn, and the sixty-six silk threads seemed like chains that were about to be torn apart.

All the silk threads are sometimes intertwined and sometimes separated, sometimes chaotic and sometimes in order.

Whenever the silk threads touch, there is a burning sensation in the dantian; whenever they separate, there is a pulling sensation.

After an unknown amount of time, Meng Yuan felt that the silk threads seemed to be disconnected and reconnected, and the total of sixty-six days in the middle and lower parts seemed to be connected.

In an instant, Meng Yuan's dantian shook violently and was forcibly stretched a lot.

Then his whole body began to tremble continuously. Meng Yuan felt as if there was some mystery in his body. The sound of Hong Zhong and Da Lu was deafening. He seemed to have seen a strange vision. There were rumbling thunder, raging rain, huge waves, and endless flames.

The vision seemed to break through the prison of the body, yet seemed to be completely contained within it.

Meng Yuan suppressed the feeling of discomfort and endured it for a long time before the strange feeling slowly faded away.

Looking at himself, his Dantian had expanded again, but it was not as effective as the three times of body tempering. Only a little bit of Qi was left, but it felt condensed.

“The next step is to break open the stone door and step into the seventh level. Then, you will be able to get a glimpse of the hidden secrets of heaven and see the vastness of the sky and the sea.” Meng Yuan couldn’t help but think of the Spring Thunder and the Floating Light Cave.

And the unexpected light of all things.

The light of all things needs to go up to the thirty-three heavens and open up in all directions, which is the method of pursuing the escaped one.

After a while, Meng Yuan exhaled and opened his eyes.

It was not yet evening, only halfway through the afternoon.

"Here." Gong Zihua handed over the water bag.

Meng Yuan took it and drank it all in one breath.

After eating a few more cakes, Meng Yuan closed his eyes and rested to recover his energy.

They waited until dark before setting off again.

"I was supposed to discuss wine and poetry with Nie Qingqing tonight. When I left the house this morning, I made a promise to refrain from speaking no more than seven times, but I didn't expect that I wouldn't be able to go back at all." This was Meng Yuan's first time going out, and he only followed Gong Zihua.

The group traveled north for more than ten miles, crossed the river to the other side, and then headed west, returning to the northern city of Songhe Prefecture.

No matter how stupid Meng Yuan was, he could see clearly that he had gone out of Songhe Prefecture's east gate and then went back to the north gate. This was clearly a circle.

This made outsiders think that they were heading east, but in fact they were making a surprise attack.

"Does our Wei You Luo sect have an accomplice?" Meng Yuan asked curiously.

"I didn't notice it, but there must be someone watching."

Gong Zihua did not hide it, "Generally speaking, if you go out to capture monsters, you don't have to do these. But if you go to find fake monks or Taoist priests such as Luojiao and Mijiao, you have to avoid them."

He lowered his voice and continued, "Because there are many people in this sect, maybe there are people from them in the government, or some big families are involved. Or maybe there are people from the guards."

"No way to check?" Meng Yuan asked.

"We can't investigate government officials, but we can investigate our own people." Gong Zihua smiled, "So far, our people are all fine. Zhang is just in case, he is used to being cautious."

Meng Yuan understood and didn't ask any more questions.

The group continued to move westward without lighting torches and did not move very fast.

But this direction is actually towards Muzhuang.

The herdsman was more than 40 miles away from Songhe Prefecture. After walking about ten miles, Zhang Guinian turned and headed northwest. Meng Yuan then realized that this trip was to Qingshui Town.

Qingshui Town is located in the northeast of Songhe Prefecture, more than 20 miles away from Muzhuang. Although Meng Yuan has never been there, he knows the approximate location.

By midnight, they were two miles outside Qingshui Town and finally stopped.

The fairy who brought good news shouted, and three people came out from the dark.

Zhang Guinian whispered a few words to the three men, and then told Meng Yuan and others about the trip.

"There is a Qingshui River outside Qingshui Town, and next to it is an old house of the Yan family. The head of the house is a widow, with a young daughter and two old servants."

"Cult Luo is doing his homework inside now. When Elder Peacock shows up, someone will deal with him. We are only dealing with the five little ones. Don't let them get away!"

After Zhang Guinian gave the orders, the group dispersed and slowly found their way to the Qingshui River.

Just keep your position and wait peacefully.

I kept waiting until the dawn and the red sun rose halfway.

Meng Yuan hid in the green leaves of a tung tree and looked around. He saw the morning glow rippling on the Qingshui River and there was no movement in a small house not far away.

After a while, a faint bell sound was heard coming from the woods on the east side of the river.

Then the ringing sound became louder and louder, accompanied by the sound of Sanskrit.

Meng Yuan looked closely and saw eight people carrying a sedan chair out of the forest.

The sedan chair has no roof and is exposed on all sides. A woman sits upright on the sedan chair, wearing a lotus crown on her head and a cassock-like thin shirt, brightly colored, exposing most of her body, with her hands in the shape of holding a flower.

Behind the sedan chair there was a man carrying a huge yellow paper umbrella with a bell on top.

There were ten people in total in the group, all of them were covered in morning glow, and they were chanting Buddhist scriptures rapidly. It was really weird and confusing to listen to them.

The last time Luo's mother went out at sunset, this time Elder Peacock went out at sunrise, and he had to borrow some sun.

Meng Yuan held the bow in his hand and looked around, but no reinforcements came.

Zhang Guinian jumped out, took out a scroll, looked at it, took two steps forward, frowned and asked, "Madam Yan?"

"Amitabha." Madam Yan held flowers in her hands with a smile on her face.

Her voice was very kind, and there was indeed some compassion in it.

"Why doesn't Elder Peacock dare to show up?" Zhang Guinian knew that this was because Madam Yan had been cast under a magic spell and was now speaking for others.

"There is no difference between Madam Yan and Peacock. They are both people who have been burned by the fire of karma."

Madam Yan smiled and replied, clearly admitting it. "Donor Zhang, I never dare to kill, I only want to save the world. Why do you keep bothering me?"

"Anyone who practices evil and crooked ways should be punished!" Zhang Guinian shouted.

"The world doesn't want people to live." Madam Yan smiled slightly, "I am a widow with only a little daughter. My late husband's brother colluded with outsiders and wanted to swallow up my property. Fortunately, Princess Xin was able to see through it, so I was saved. She sent someone to give me a token, saying that if I am bullied again, I can go find her."

She picked up a flower with her fingers, sighed quietly, and said: "If everyone in the world is as kind as Princess Xin, wouldn't it be a world of great harmony? Wouldn't it be a paradise? However, Princess Xin is a living Bodhisattva. Although she can protect me for a while, she can't protect me for my whole life."

"Elder Peacock, is this the reason you tricked Madam Yan into joining the Luo Sect?" Zhang Guinian sneered.

"All living things are suffering from the pain of being burned by the fire of karma. If I save one person, it is only that one person's merit." Madam Yan clasped her hands together.

"Evil monk! I found you!" Suddenly, a long howl was heard in the distance, and then a Taoist in a gray robe was seen flying into the forest with a whisk in his hand.

"Amitabha." Madam Yan ignored her and smiled more kindly, "If sentient beings refuse to turn back, how can they see me, the true Buddha?"

She looked around at everyone, and did not forget to glance at Meng Yuan in the tree.

"Sitting in a well and talking about the vastness of the world, angrily pointing fingers at the universe and saying it is wrong." With a bang, Meng Yuan shot an arrow, breaking the yellow paper umbrella, and then jumped down from the tree, "You will never become a Buddha."

Mrs. Yan had a kind and smiling face, but upon hearing this, she immediately glared and said, "We have the heart to save the world and save thousands of suffering beings. This is Buddha."

"Reciting scriptures cannot save suffering beings, and it will not make you a Buddha." Meng Yuan drew his knife, but did not say anything else.

The eight people who were carrying the sedan collapsed to the ground, and Madam Yan fell down and then fainted.

"It can be considered as a delay of a few breaths." Zhang Guinian glanced at Meng Yuan and shouted: "Enter the house and arrest him!"

The group was already prepared and entered as planned.

After a busy work, all five monks stayed, including three ninth-rank monks and two eighth-rank monks.

As for the people who came to listen to the lecture, there were seventy or eighty of them, mainly elderly people and women.

Meng Yuan captured an eighth-rank demon monk alive, and never tried to compete with others for credit. Anyway, just one credit was enough, and when he was promoted to the seventh rank, the general flag would be stable.

"My benefactor! My benefactor!"

Meng Yuan was just about to ask about the Taoist priest when he heard a familiar voice.

Following the sound, I saw two familiar faces among the people recruited by Sect Leader Luo. They were clearly Sister Hua and her brother.

"Why are you here?" Meng Yuan walked forward and asked with a frown.

"My benefactor, my benefactor!" Sister Hua knelt on the ground with a smile on her face.

"Didn't I give you money so that you could live a good life? Why did you join Luo Sect again?" Meng Yuan asked.

"I didn't go in. I remembered what my benefactor said and stayed away from the Luo Sect's affairs!" Sister Hua moved forward and tried to grab Meng Yuan's clothes.

Meng Yuan immediately took two steps back and asked, "Why did you come to Qingshui Town?"

"Qingshui Town is my mother's hometown!" Sister Hua knelt on the ground and said as a matter of course.

"Come with me." Meng Yuan led them out of the crowd and came to a secluded place. He looked at Sister Hua's brother and said, "You tell the story!"

Hua's brother said quickly, "We got the money from the benefactor, so we came back here. We rented a house and we grind tofu to sell."

Hearing this, Sister Hua put on a coquettish look, but she was still crying and had no charm at all. She said, "Selling tofu is too hard! I get up before the cock crows, and work like a donkey, but I still don't make as much as I do selling tofu! Benefactor! Please help me again."

"Put away your expression!" Meng Yuan was not the type to let others ask for things, so he just asked, "I asked you why you got involved with Luo Sect again?"

"Someone asked us to come here." Sister Hua's brother said, "They gave my sister ten taels of silver and told us to come here to listen to the preaching."

Such a huge investment? Meng Yuan didn't quite believe it and asked, "Then what?"

"That person said that when we get here, we'll see acquaintances, and asked us to pass on a message. Isn't that a benefactor?" Sister Hua interrupted.

"Is that person around thirty years old, elegant and quiet?" Meng Yuan immediately thought of Li Kaiping.

"Yes, yes, yes! That's it!" Sister Hua said immediately.

"What message did he want to convey?" Meng Yuan asked.

"Cut... cut what?" Sister Hua hesitated for a long time, but couldn't remember it. Instead, her brother whispered, "Cut off karma and cut off cause and effect."

Meng Yuan understood immediately that Jie Kaiping meant that Jie Shen's business was not finished, or that the business of the rosary was not finished.

"It's just right. I didn't plan to finish it." Meng Yuan pressed the handle of the knife.

　I was dragged to a blind date after get off work, and I came back too late, so I only updated once. I will make up for it tomorrow. I will definitely make up for it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)