The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 312: The Nine Suns Remain in the Shurangama Sutra.
"Jueyuan, can you help me find a copy of the Diamond Sutra?"

A shout came from the first floor of the Sutra Repository. Monk Jueyuan, who was sorting books on the second floor, quickly responded loudly, took out a book from a bookshelf as if he was familiar with the place, and went downstairs with thumps and thumps.

Xu Xingchen came out from behind another bookshelf and watched the honest monk go downstairs. He thought to himself, "Strange! Strange! Why doesn't this Master Jueyuan have any power at all? Could it be that he hasn't started practicing the Nine Yang Magic Skill yet?"

Shaking his head slightly, Xu Xingchen walked between the bookshelves, his eyes scanning the covers of the books, all of which were Buddhist classics.

In the past few days, he has visited all the floors of the Sutra Library one after another, and was surprised to find that there was not a single martial arts secret book here.

".It seems that after the incident where the fathers of Murong Nan and Qiao Feng Bei stole the martial arts manuals from the Sutra Library, the monks of Shaolin Temple have moved the martial arts manuals in the temple and hidden them in another place."

".I told you, there are no experts here to guard. They only sent Jueyuan who doesn't know martial arts to clean the place and organize the books."

".If Jueyuan had other options, he would not have learned the 'health-preserving' exercises on his own after seeing them in the Shurangama Sutra."

I walked around the bookshelves on the second floor for a few rounds and found several copies of the Shurangama Sutra, but I didn't find the Nine Yang Divine Art inside.

Xu Xingchen even checked the scriptures that Monk Jueyuan often read, but found nothing.
Standing in front of a bookshelf, Xu Xingchen was holding an ancient book in his hand, flipping through the crooked Sanskrit on it, thinking to himself: "After searching for a long time, I found that this is the only Sanskrit version of the Shurangama Sutra. This is also the only book that looks like one of the four volumes of the Shurangama Sutra that I read in the last world."

". Monk Jueyuan probably didn't know Sanskrit, and there were probably very few monks in the temple who knew Sanskrit. This sutra was only slightly damaged, the paper was yellowed, and it looked very old."

Xu Xingchen put the Shurangama Sutra in his hand back into the bookshelf, and took out the other three books one by one, and sure enough, there was no Nine Yang Magic Skill in them.
Thump thump thump.
Listening to the footsteps of Monk Jueyuan going up the stairs, Xu Xingchen didn't take it seriously. He stuffed the scriptures in his hand back into the bookshelf and continued to wander around inside.

In the following time, although he and Monk Jueyuan were in the same room, they were like two parallel lines that would never intersect.

Monk Jueyuan was near this bookshelf, and Xu Xingchen was next to another bookshelf.
Monk Jueyuan cleaned the house, sorted the books, and revised the manuscripts.
Xu Xingchen took out books one by one and read them carefully, not limited to the Shurangama Sutra.

The two of them are busy with their own things and don't disturb each other!
Xu Xingchen has read many Taoist classics, and what he sees is the harmonious interaction between man and nature, and the supreme pursuit of the unity of man and nature.
When reading Buddhist scriptures now, what he reads from them is the cultivation and exploration of one's own mind, which emphasizes "subduing one's own mind" and the state of Tathagata, which is not to be happy with things or sad with oneself.
Taoists observed the heaven and earth and all things in the world, and comprehended the word "Yi", such as the "Yi" in the Book of Changes and the "The highest good is like water" in the Tao Te Ching.

Buddhists observe their own hearts and subdue their own hearts. What they realize is that in the face of changes in the universe, they can always maintain a state of mind that is "as still as a mountain."

The paths of cultivation of both parties seem to be diametrically opposed, but in fact they are closely related. Otherwise, there would not have been Wang Chongyang who integrated the true meaning of the three schools of cultivation of "Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism".

Xu Xingchen has read too many Taoist classics, and now he is reading Buddhist scriptures, which interpret the path of spiritual practice from a different perspective. As he reads, he becomes fascinated.

He is a top-notch researcher who does not differentiate between Buddhism and Taoism. He only sees whether he can be of use to me.
So, he was so fascinated that he stayed in the Sutra Library temporarily.

When I was hungry, I went to the kitchen in the backyard to find something to eat. If I wanted to eat meat, I went to the mountains to get some.

The rest of the time he stayed in the Sutra Library, reading with Monk Jueyuan.

Time passes quietly and the hot summer soon arrives.

Xu Xingchen also roughly read through some of the more famous Buddhist classics in the Sutra Repository, and gained some insights but also some doubts in his mind.

He had studied Sanskrit in his previous world, so he had read some Sanskrit manuscripts in the Sutra Library. He felt that the same sutra was written in two different languages, each with its own charm and meaning, which was quite interesting.

He still failed to find the Nine Yang Magical Art in the Sutra Library.
Before leaving, he had an idea and wrote his own adaptation of the Nine Yang Divine Art, which was suitable for the laws of this world, in the gaps between the words of the four volumes of the Sanskrit Shurangama Sutra.

Since Guo Jing has only cultivated to the second level of breakthrough so far, the cultivation methods of the first two levels of the Nine Yang Divine Art left by Xu Xingchen are the most detailed.

At the third level, with his extensive martial arts knowledge, he could still improve on it.
As for the last realm, it corresponds to the cultivation level of breaking through the realm four times.
After twelve years of comprehension and research, Xu Xingchen had gained some insights. However, according to his idea, the requirements for cultivating the last level of the Nine Yang Magic Art were extremely harsh. Whether he could succeed or not depended entirely on fate.
In this way, it is very consistent with the difficulty of practicing the Nine Yang Divine Art in the previous world!

When he finished the last stroke, Xu Xingchen picked up the long, thin brush in his hand, looked at the ink gradually drying up, chuckled and sighed: "This is really a cycle."

After stuffing the Shurangama Sutra back into the bookshelf, he turned around and quietly left the Sutra Library. Three months later, when Monk Jueyuan was sorting out the sutras, he flipped through the four volumes of the Shurangama Sutra again and was stunned to see the hair-thin words between the characters.

"Were these words originally in the book?"

".Ah, this is the Sanskrit version of the Shurangama Sutra. I have hardly ever read it carefully, so I can't quite remember it."

".What is recorded in this?"

“It seems to be a way to maintain health.”

"I have nothing to do on weekdays, so I can practice."

From then on, Monk Jueyuan began to practice the Nine Yang Magic Skill in the book.
Xu Xingchen left Shaolin Temple, went down Mount Songshan, and walked back while sightseeing.

It was a hot summer day, the mountains were green and majestic, and a hot wind was blowing along the mountain roads, making travelers anxious.

Naturally, all this had no effect on Xu Xingchen, who had long been immune to cold and heat.

One day, he returned to Jiaxing, and when he met the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, they were overjoyed.

"Ah, Master Xu, you are finally back!"

"Mr. Xu, it's great that you're back!"

".Now, we are more confident"

Looking at the happy expressions of the few people, Xu Xingchen was somewhat confused and immediately asked: "What's wrong? What happened?"

Zhu Cong, the brilliant scholar, put away his black paper fan and said in a deep voice, "Jing'er is in trouble."

Then, without waiting for Xu Xingchen to ask again, he told him what had happened.

Not long after Xu Xingchen left Jiaxing, Yang Kang disappeared. Just as Yang Tiexin and his wife were anxiously looking for him everywhere, Mu Nianci also left a letter saying that she was going to look for Yang Kang, and then disappeared.

Not long after, everyone heard that Yang Kang, Guo Jing and Huang Rong appeared together at Lujia Village in Taihu Lake.
Since matters involving their own apprentice were at stake, the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan could not stand idly by, and they hurried to Taihu Lake to look for Guo Jing.

There, they learned that the owner of Lujia Manor and Mei Chaofeng were both disciples of the East Evil Huang Yaoshi.

Back then, Mei Chaofeng and her husband stole their master's Nine Yin Manual and escaped from Peach Blossom Island; the owner of Lujia Village and four other brothers were angered by their master, and their legs were broken and they were driven out of Peach Blossom Island.
Guo Jing and Huang Rong appeared in Lujia Village, Taihu Lake, by chance. Later, they met Yang Kang, who was gathering with the envoys from the Kingdom of Jin, and Duan Tiande, a Song Dynasty official who was welcoming the envoys from the Kingdom of Jin.
Lujiazhuang was originally the leader of the pirates in Taihu Lake. They robbed the ship of the Jin envoys and captured Yang Kang, Duan Tiande and others and brought them back to the villa.

As a result, during the battle with the owner of Lujia Manor, Yang Kang used the Nine Yin White Bone Claw and some martial arts from Peach Blossom Island, and was recognized by the owner of Lujia Manor.
Later, Mei Chaofeng came to seek revenge and clashed with the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan and Guo Jing.
Later, Huang Yaoshi showed up and saw that Guo Jing had learned the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms of Hong Qigong, the Nine-Fingered Divine Beggar. He was annoyed that Guo Jing and the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan were going to deal with his disciple Mei Chaofeng, so he tested him and ended up angering his daughter Huang Rong and driving her away.
Then the Jiangnan Seven Freaks recognized Duan Tiande as the culprit who had captured Yang Tiexin and Guo Xiaotian, and forced him to reveal the truth. They finally learned that the real murderer behind the scenes was Wanyan Honglie, the Sixth Prince of the Jin Dynasty.
Eighteen years ago, after Wanyan Honglie was saved by Bao Xiruo, he coveted her beauty and admired her kind nature, so he conspired with Song official Duan Tiande and others to capture Yang Tiexin, Guo Xiaotian and the other four, which led to the subsequent changes.
After Duan Tiande revealed the truth, Yang Kang, who was furious to the extreme, suddenly jumped up and crushed his skull with one claw.
Afterwards, Yang Kang and Mu Nianci were taken back to Jiaxing by the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan again; while Guo Jing and Huang Rong continued to travel in the martial arts world.
Not long ago, the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan suddenly received an urgent letter, which was brought by a beggar. The letter said that Huang Rong was forcibly taken back to Peach Blossom Island by her father Huang Lao Xie, and Guo Jing was going to Peach Blossom Island with his new master Hong Qigong to propose marriage for Guo Jing.

The two of them were not the only ones who went to Peach Blossom Island to propose marriage. There was also Ouyang Feng, the Western Poison, and his nephew Ouyang Ke...
Hong Qigong felt that Huang Lao Xie seemed to dislike Guo Jing, a silly boy, so in order to prevent any mishaps, he asked the little beggar to deliver a letter to Xu Xingchen, asking him to go to Peach Blossom Island to help.
As a result, the letter arrived in Jiaxing, but Xu Xingchen was not there.

The Seven Freaks of Jiangnan were happy that Guo Jing had become a disciple of Hong Qigong, one of the four great martial artists, but they were afraid of two of the other four great masters, Huang Yaoshi, the East Evil, and Ouyang Feng, the West Poison. They were undecided for a moment and didn't know what to do.

Just at this time, Xu Xingchen finally came back. How could they not be happy? !
After listening to Zhu Cong's story, Xu Xingchen was in a trance for a while, thinking: "I only stayed in Shaolin Temple for a few months, and I didn't expect that things have developed to this time period."

"Peach Blossom Island"

"The East Evil, the West Poison, the North Beggar, and an old naughty boy."

(End of this chapter)