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Chapter 480 Deceiving the Buddhist Sect
Thinking of this, Yun Ye couldn't help but look the old monk up and down, and then said with a faint smile, "You old fellow, stop trying to play mind games with me."

"Speak plainly. We both know the truth. If you had truly given up all hope of living, why would you have made a special trip to see me before you passed away?"

"What if Lord Ben is angry and insists on reviving you? What will you do then?"

Master Yulin laughed heartily and immediately said in a straightforward manner, "Lord Yun is indeed generous!"

"Since that's the case, I'll be frank. Now that Baiyujing has emerged, with Master Sun in charge of the Taoist sect and the sect claiming to have received the inheritance of immortals, it's showing signs of becoming the dominant force and the Taoist lineage flourishing."

"However, yin and yang are in balance, with one waxing and the other waning."

"The future of our Buddhist sect is like this crippled body of mine. It may appear normal on the surface, but its fate has already come."

At this point, Master Yulin sighed deeply and said with a sorrowful expression, "Internal and external troubles have not yet been resolved, and the torrent of the times is rolling in, which this humble monk and the Buddhist community are powerless to resist."

"Whether I live or die is entirely up to Lord Yun!"

Yun Ye looked at Master Yulin with great interest and said, "You seem to understand things quite well... What, do you want me to show you mercy and save your Buddhist sect?"

Master Yulin put away his sorrowful expression and said solemnly, "Lord Yun is a celestial being. His thoughts and ideas are unrestrained and free. How could he change his mind because of a few Zen koans from this humble monk?"

"But at this time, Marquis Yun is not spending his days in Chang'an, but has suddenly come to visit Mount Song."

"Such a move is profound and makes us mere mortals think a great deal!"

very good!

Since this old bald monk knows everything, the rest of the conversation will be much easier!

Yun Ye's lips curled slightly as he chuckled and said, "Master Yulin, do you know why Bai Yujing chose to be born?"

Seeing Yun Ye suddenly change the subject, Master Yulin's heart skipped a beat, knowing that the other party was about to get to the point. So he immediately became solemn, put his palms together in a gesture of respect, and said:
"I beg Lord Yun for clarification!"

"Easy to say!"

Yun Ye chuckled lightly, then immediately turned around, his back to Master Yulin, and began to casually confuse him.

What ancient times, where humans and gods coexisted, what dissipation of spiritual energy, what an end times...

In short, Yun Ye forcibly adapted the general background of the spiritual energy revival to historical facts and told it to Master Yulin.

After listening, Master Yulin sat on the bed in silence for a while, then suddenly said softly, "What Lord Yun said does indeed align with my understanding to a considerable extent, but some historical records differ from those of my Shaolin Temple..."

"..."

Yun Ye raised an eyebrow, turned around, and said with a smile, "Then who do you think is in the wrong?"

"Of course it's my Shaolin Temple!"

Master Yulin answered without hesitation, and then solemnly said:
"Since it is the Dharma-ending Age, it is to be expected that the lineage will be interrupted and historical records will be incomplete!"

"Please rest assured, Lord Yun, after today, this humble monk will definitely order people to investigate and fill in the gaps, so that this lost history can reappear in the world!"

It's so refreshing to talk to smart people!

Yun Ye's lips curled into a smile as he said with pleasure, "The abbot is indeed a highly accomplished monk and a pillar of Buddhism. However, there's something you might have misunderstood..."

As he spoke, Yun Ye's smile faded, and he turned to look calmly at Master Yulin, saying:
“Every word I have said is true; there is not a single falsehood in it!”

Before he finished speaking, he raised his right hand and clapped his hands together to his side.

In an instant, a gale arose, and a howling airflow surged from his palm, turning into a whirlwind that swept in all directions, shattering the wooden chair beside him into a shower of wood chips.

In the blink of an eye, the perfectly intact solid wood chair disappeared in the gust of wind.

Wood chips fell in a flurry, but instead of spreading throughout the room, they were neatly piled up into a small heap under some kind of force.

Upon seeing this, Master Yulin's pupils constricted, and he was filled with horror.

Yun Ye gently raised his right hand, manipulating the water vapor in his palm to condense into a Buddha image, and said calmly:
"Songshan is remote, and there may not be a precise understanding of Baiyujing."

"But it doesn't matter. I am Bai Yujing, a wandering official. If the abbot has any doubts, I will use a few tricks to show him!"

Before he finished speaking, the crystal-clear ice Buddha landed on the bedside table with a thud.

Master Yulin regained his senses, suppressing his shock, and stared intently at the ice Buddha that exuded a chilling aura.

He had originally thought that Lord Yun's actions were intended to get Shaolin Temple to cooperate with Bai Yujing, but judging from his current appearance, it seemed that he was being presumptuous and had misunderstood Lord Yun.

Could it be that the ancient era and the resurgence of spiritual energy were all real?!

Master Yulin's mind was in turmoil.

After calming down a bit, he suddenly spoke, his expression complex, and asked, "According to Lord Yun, the end of the Dharma era is nearing its end, and it is about to rise from its lowest point, with spiritual energy reviving..."

Yun Ye nodded and said, "That's right!"

Master Yulin slowly said, "Why would Lord Yun tell this humble monk such a secret of heaven and earth?"

Yun Ye looked at him in surprise and said, "Didn't you understand just now?"

Master Yulin shook his head and said frankly, "This humble monk thought he understood, but now, having witnessed Yunhou's mysterious and unpredictable immortal methods, this humble monk suddenly realizes that he was just a frog in a well."

"If I truly wish to glimpse the vastness of the world, I must ask Lord Yun, this man outside the well, for some guidance..."

Any advice?

You need a guarantee, right?

Yun Ye glanced at him and said indifferently, "My request is very simple. Since it is a matter of spiritual energy revival, it is a matter for the entire land of China. How can I, Bai Yujing, be allowed to have the sole power?"

"In that case, wouldn't Bai Yujing become a shield for you all?"

"Although I am a strong enough shield to withstand a hail of arrows, some things cannot be solved by force alone, so..."

At this point, Yun Ye deliberately dragged out his words, not finishing them.

This time, Master Yulin readily accepted the challenge. "Therefore, Bai Yujing needs to support a scapegoat within our Buddhist sect, and this humble monk is the spokesperson chosen by Lord Yun."

"Well, you could say that."

"..."

Master Yulin hesitated for a moment, then asked softly, "This humble monk still has a question I do not understand."

"explain."

Master Yulin, with piercing eyes, slowly asked, "In this world... is there truly a Buddha?"

Yun Ye raised an eyebrow and glanced at Master Yulin, saying, "You've been chanting Buddhist scriptures for eighty years, and you still need to ask me this kind of question?"

Master Yulin shook his head: "Before today, I thought I had a rudimentary understanding of Buddhist principles. To me, dog excrement is Buddha, mud is Buddha, and all things in the world, all aspects of human life, are Buddha."

“But this Buddha is the Buddha in my heart, while the Buddha I asked about just now was the Buddha on the offering table…”

Yun Ye laughed and said, "You're quite insightful; you even dare to speak out about such a treasonous question."

"Alright, then I'll answer you directly—there truly is a Buddha in this world!"

what? !

Master Yulin's pupils contracted sharply, and a storm raged in his heart.

But then, Yun Ye changed the subject, saying leisurely, "However, gods and Buddhas are all high and mighty figures. Our world is just a small world among billions of worlds, and it is not worthy of their attention!"

"Don't worry too much, old monk. If the sky falls, someone taller will hold it up."

"Even if the gods and Buddhas truly return, you Buddhists and Taoists need not worry about it..."

Master Yulin stared blankly at Yun Ye, muttering incessantly, as if digesting the information Yun Ye revealed and comparing it with his own knowledge.

Yun Ye didn't give him time to process this. He waved his hand again and took out sixteen ordination certificates from his storage ring, placing them in front of Master Yulin.

This supernatural ability to conjure objects out of thin air naturally shocked Master Yulin.

He stared blankly at the ordination certificates in front of him and realized that these sixteen certificates were not ordinary certificates, but ordination certificates of senior monks.

With these sixteen ordination certificates, Shaolin Temple could send out sixteen monks to establish sixteen temples within the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, it won't work in places like Guannei, Hedong, Hebei, and Longyou, but it will definitely work in the grasslands and Lingnan.

Without a doubt, this was brought by Yun Ye from Chang'an, and it was also the will of the imperial court and Emperor Li Er.

Leaving aside the question of which is superior, Buddhism or Taoism, Buddhism is indeed far more adept at assimilating foreigners than Taoism.

The imperial court allowed Buddhist temples to be built in Lingnan and the grasslands, naturally intending to use the power of religion to Sinicize the barbarians.

To be honest, if it were before, upon seeing these sixteen ordination certificates, Master Yulin would have immediately made a statement, and would have uttered grand vows such as "I will not become a Buddha until hell is emptied" without hesitation.

But now, he is more concerned about something else than the high monk's ordination certificate.

Meeting Master Yulin's gaze, Yun Ye smiled slightly and said leisurely:
"Besides the ordination certificate, I also possess three volumes of Buddhist scriptures and six Buddhist texts, all of which are orthodox Buddhist and Taoist texts!"

"If one cultivates Buddhist principles to the highest level, one can at least sculpt a golden body and attain the Arhatship!"

Upon hearing this, Master Yulin's aged body trembled with excitement.

Yun Ye didn't keep anyone in suspense and directly took out the Buddhist scriptures and cultivation techniques provided by Yan Chixia with a wave of his hand.

Master Yulin disregarded his image and jumped out of bed, his hands trembling as he picked up the Buddhist scriptures and began to read them.

It must be said that Master Yulin was indeed a great monk of his generation.

While perusing Buddhist scriptures, he muttered to himself and unconsciously began to circulate his internal energy, drawing the surrounding spiritual energy into his body.

These spiritual energies all originated from the spiritual veins that Yun Ye had just planted, and were therefore extremely pure.

After finishing reading the scriptures, Master Yulin raised his head, his eyes shining brightly, the wrinkles on his face receding, and his hair and eyebrows showing a hint of black, as if he had suddenly become about twenty years younger.

"This person...has entered the Dao?"

Yun Ye looked at Master Yulin with some surprise.

When he came to his senses, he couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.

No wonder my elder brother always says that the path to immortality relies on cultivation, while the path to Buddhism relies on enlightenment.

The sense of qi that ordinary cultivators take many years to achieve, the old monk Yulin accomplished in a short time.

This certainly includes the accumulation of his lifelong practice of reciting the Buddha's name, but it is also a unique characteristic of Buddhist practices.

Of course, success or failure both depend on understanding.

Once a Buddhist practitioner hits a bottleneck, it's entirely possible to remain stuck for a lifetime.

Even those with exceptional comprehension face the immense risk of becoming a Buddha or a demon in an instant, despite their rapid advancement in cultivation.

In this respect, the gradual accumulation of knowledge and experience by cultivators has an advantage.

"Excellent, excellent, indeed it is the true scripture!"

Master Yulin touched the scriptures with his fingertips, his fingers trembling with excitement.

But soon, he raised his head and asked in confusion, "Didn't Lord Yun say that there were three volumes of Buddhist scriptures and six parts of Buddhist practice? Why are there only two volumes of Buddhist scriptures and four parts of Buddhist practice now?"

Yun Ye came to his senses and smiled slightly, saying, "Master Xuanzang's journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures was a grand event for the entire Tang Dynasty. I have a good personal relationship with Master Xuanzang, so I have placed the three most important volumes of scriptures in India."

"Once the Venerable Xuanzang arrives in India, someone will present the true scriptures to him with both hands..."

(End of this chapter)