Chapter 208: Calling Each Other Fellow Daoists

While Chu Yuan was talking to the Sweeping Monk, Xiao Yuanshan, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, had already woken up.

He opened his eyes and looked at everything around him blankly.

"Master Xiao, do you still want to avenge your wife's murder?"

The Sweeping Monk asked Xiao Yuanshan.

"I have killed countless people in my life. If the relatives of the people I killed come to seek revenge on me, even if I die a hundred times, it will not be enough."

"I almost made a big mistake. I turned a good deed into a bad one and killed the person who raised and taught Feng'er. I have sinned. I beg you to accept me as your disciple and teach me."

Xiao Yuanshan knelt in front of the Sweeping Monk and said.

He believed that most of the people he killed were those who deserved to be killed.

The only exceptions are Qiao Sanhuai and his wife and Master Xuanku, they are all innocent people who have done Qiao Feng a favor.

He felt guilty when he thought about how he had wanted to kill them just to make Qiao Feng loyal to Liao and hate Song.

"It's not too late to realize the truth. Look where..."

The Sweeping Monk pointed in a direction and said to Xiao Yuanshan.

Xiao Yuanshan looked in the direction pointed by the Sweeping Monk and discovered that it was Murong Bo, whom he regarded as his mortal enemy.

At this time, he was lying outside the Sutra Repository, motionless.

Looking at the big hole on the wall, it should have been punched out by a master. It seems that the person is dead.

"This is……"

Xiao Yuanshan's eyes were a little complicated. He didn't expect that he failed to kill the enemy whom he had tried every means to kill before. When he let go of his hatred, the other party was killed by someone else.

"You are blessed with great fortune and have not made any serious mistakes. You can still repent. But old donor Murong is not so lucky. He was just killed by Young Hero Chu."

The sweeping monk said again.

"Thank you, Young Master Chu, for avenging my wife's murder."

Xiao Yuanshan stood up and bowed solemnly to Chu Yuan.

After what just happened, he was put into a state of suspended death by the Sweeping Monk and walked between life and death. He gained great enlightenment and let go of his hatred.

But only when he saw his enemy dead did he feel completely relaxed and relieved.

"Uncle Xiao, there's no need to be so polite. I just don't want to see Murong Bo, who wants to disrupt the martial arts world, repent and have a good end."

Chu Yuan shook his head.

"I am just a monk sweeping the floor in the Sutra Library. I am not qualified and I do not intend to accept disciples. If you want to become a monk, you must seek ordination from the master of Shaolin Temple. I have a few words for you."

The Sweeping Monk said to Xiao Yuanshan and everyone present.

He politely declined Xiao Yuanshan's idea of ​​becoming his disciple, but did not refuse Xiao Yuanshan's decision to become a monk in Shaolin Temple.

The Sweeping Monk immediately sat down on the ground and began to preach.

The Sweeping Monk talked mostly about Buddhism, with very little mention of martial arts. Chu Yuan and others had little interest in them, but the monks in the Shaolin Temple regarded them as treasures.

Xuan Ku and several old monks behind him immediately listened attentively to the Sweeping Monk explaining the essence of Buddhism.

When the old monks heard the wonderful points, they were all delighted and felt respect for him. They knelt down one by one to accept his teachings.

Jiumozhi was a monk from the Tubo Kingdom. He studied Tantric Buddhism and looked down on the Buddhism of the Central Plains. When he saw that Murong Bo had been killed, he thought about leaving.

But seeing Duan Yu standing not far away, listening to Buddhist teachings with great concentration, it was like seeing a prey, and some crazy ideas came to his mind.

This time, he failed to obtain the "Dou Zhuan Xing Yi" heirloom of the Murong family, and he didn't dare to provoke Chu Yuan and Qiao Feng. However, he still dared to make a move on Duan Yu, the prince of Zhennan. If he could snatch the "Six Meridians Divine Sword" sword manual that he had been longing for from Duan Yu, then his trip to Shaolin Temple would not be in vain.

The reason why he was willing to accept Murong Bo's invitation this time and work with Murong Bo to deal with Qiao Feng and his son was that Murong Bo offered him the Murong family's heirloom martial art "Dou Zhuan Xing Yi" as a condition after the task was accomplished.

Who knew that a sweeping monk with unfathomable martial arts skills would suddenly appear in the Sutra Library and disrupt their plans.

Later, Chu Yuan and others arrived, and Chu Yuan killed Murong Bo with a palm, making his trip in vain.

Thinking of this, he took advantage of everyone's inattention and quietly moved closer to Duan Yu.

Duan Yu, the prince of Dali Zhennan, originally disliked practicing martial arts and his favorite thing was Buddhist scriptures.

The various adventures he encountered after he set foot on the martial arts world enabled him to acquire powerful martial arts. At this time, when he heard the Sweeping Monk preaching and explaining the essence of Buddhism, he was fascinated.

But at this moment, he felt a palpitation in his heart and a feeling that a disaster was about to happen, so he turned around and looked.

The Tibetan state teacher Jiumozhi, who had previously abducted him from Dali to the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River, was like a ferocious hungry wolf, quietly approaching him, ready to deliver a fatal blow to him...

Duan Yu's expression changed and he was about to resist and call for help.

Chu Yuan and the Sweeping Monk had already noticed it, and they attacked at the same time. The Sweeping Monk pushed out a palm force and hit Jiumozhi.

Chu Yuan used a move from the Tianshan Six Yang Palm that he had just practiced, called "Clouds and Mists Emerging from Xue Curtain". The powerful internal force surged out from his Dantian, and instantly gathered in his right palm through his meridians, striking at Jiumozhi.

Jiumozhi was caught off guard and was hit by two peerless masters of the time. He had no power to resist at all. After his body smashed the doors and windows, he flew out from the first floor of the Sutra Library and disappeared without a trace.

"Junior Brother Xuannan, please take some people to hunt down this foreign monk from the Western Regions!"

Xuan Ku said to an old monk beside him.

"As ordered."

Xuan Nan, who once led the Shaolin Temple disciples to Leigushan.

Most of the old monks in Shaolin Temple knew that before Abbot Xuanci passed away, he called Xuanku to his residence alone, and the two had a secret conversation, but no one knew what they talked about.

But everyone had a guess in their minds. It was probably that Abbot Xuanci gave the token of the abbot of Shaolin Temple to Xuan Ku before he died.

In other words, Xuan Ci designated Xuan Ku as the next abbot of Shaolin Temple during his lifetime.

Therefore, everyone has great respect for Xuan Ku, the next abbot of Shaolin Temple.

“No need. Jiumozhi was hit by the palm of the old monk and the donor Chu. Even if he is not dead, he is not far from death.”

The Sweeping Monk stopped him.

As he spoke, he glanced at Chu Yuan.

His original intention was to intimidate and stop, not to kill Jiumozhi.

But Chu Yuan's attack was a beat slower than his. As a result, the Western monk was hit by one of their palms. Even if he didn't die, he was probably close to death.

"Young Master Chu is too cruel and ruthless at such a young age. It would be better if he could be more merciful."

The Sweeping Monk looked at Chu Yuan and said seriously.

"I am not a Buddhist disciple, so I don't need mercy."

Chu Yuan shook his head: "That Jiumozhi has fought with me several times, but he has not changed his bad habits. He is still stirring up trouble in the Central Plains martial arts world and plotting to get the martial arts secrets of the Central Plains martial arts world."

Last time at Leigushan, after he won the competition, Jiumozhi took out the secret manual of the Tantric martial arts "Flame Sword", and he let Jiumozhi leave.

Who knew that Jiumozhi would get entangled with Murong Bo again this time, and just wanted to attack Duan Yu.

So he decided to teach Jiumozhi a profound lesson.

"Well, I hope he will take care of himself."

The sweeping monk shook his head.

After the Sweeping Monk finished his lecture, Xiao Yuanshan was ordained as a monk under the personal supervision of the Sweeping Monk and Xuan Ku.

However, it is not easy for an old monk of the Xuan generation to accept Xiao Yuanshan as his apprentice, because Qiao Feng is a disciple of Xuan Ku. If an old monk of the Xuan generation accepts Xiao Yuanshan as his apprentice, then Xiao Yuanshan and his son Qiao Feng will become brothers in the same sect, and the generations will be messed up.

Later, at the suggestion of the Sweeping Monk, Xiao Yuanshan decided not to become anyone's disciple and became just an ordinary monk in the Shaolin Temple like him.

His Dharma name is Liaochen.

Xuan Ku also took out the "Amber Rosary", the token of the abbot of Shaolin Temple left by Xuan Ci. With the witness of other old monks, he took over the position of abbot of Shaolin Temple and became the new abbot of Shaolin Temple.

"Look at how Young Master Chu performed the Tianshan Six Yang Palm just now. Young Master Chu's Xiaoyao Sect martial arts should have come from Wuyazi, right?"

After doing all this, when everyone left and the Sutra Library became quiet, the Sweeping Monk talked with Chu Yuan.

At this time, only Duan Yu, A-Bi and A-Zi were left in the Sutra Repository.

As for Qiao Feng and Azhu, they said goodbye to Xiao Yuanshan and left together to settle the other martial artists outside the temple.

The remaining old monks, led by Xuan Ku, went to appease the other monks in Shaolin Temple because the temple had a new abbot.

The reason why A-Bi and A-Zi stayed was naturally because of Chu Yuan.

Duan Yu stayed because he liked Buddhism and wanted to learn the essence of Buddhism from the Sweeping Monk. "Yes, Senior Wuyazi was previously paralyzed by his disciple Ding Chunqiu and lost his ability to move. I found a way to restore Senior Wuyazi's ability to move. He successfully avenged his disciple Ding Chunqiu who had murdered him. To thank me, Senior Wuyazi gave me several martial arts secrets of the Xiaoyao Sect, including the Tianshan Six Yang Palm."

Chu Yuan nodded.

"I have heard about what happened on Leigu Mountain." The sweeping monk said, "Speaking of which, the last time I saw Wuyazi was a long time ago. At that time, he was not the leader of the Xiaoyao Sect. Their master, Xiaoyaozi, was the leader of the Xiaoyao Sect."

Xiaoyaozi?
Chu Yuan looked a little dazed when he heard this, and his heart was shocked.

Sure enough, the Sweeping Monk also knew Xiaoyaozi and had even seen Xiaoyaozi.

From this perspective, the Sweeping Monk is indeed of the same generation as Xiaoyaozi.

Chu Yuan immediately asked: "Excuse me, Senior, is Senior Xiaoyaozi still alive?"

The sweeping monk shook his head: "I haven't seen him for a long time. He may be alive or he may have passed away. Who knows!"

Chu Yuan asked again, "It is said that there is a Changchun Immortal Valley in Dali, in which there is a spring of water that can make people immortal after drinking it, and a scripture that records the method of immortality. It was because Senior Xiaoyaozi went into the Changchun Immortal Valley and took the scripture that he founded the Xiaoyao Sect with the martial arts in the scripture. Is this true?"

The sweeping monk looked at Chu Yuan with a surprised look on his face: "How did you know this? I also heard about this from Xiaoyaozi when he visited me once."

Chu Yuan said: "I saw it in an ancient book!"

"This is absolutely true." The sweeping monk looked Chu Yuan up and down. "But I see that you are in good spirits and full of energy. I have never seen anyone with such abundant innate vitality like you. The martial arts you practice should be extremely advanced Taoist longevity skills. Even if you don't look for the Changchun Immortal Valley, with your current skills, you can at least live for 100 to 200 years. You are so young, only 20 years old, why do you want to find a way to live forever?"

Chu Yuan was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the Sweeping Monk could see through him so clearly.

The "Nine Heavens Magical Art" he created does have the effect of prolonging life.

Chu Yuan frowned and thought about how to answer the Sweeping Monk's question.

Duan Yu, A Zi and A Bi, who were standing beside him, were all surprised when they heard the conversation between Chu Yuan and the Sweeping Monk.

I didn't expect that there is such a hidden magical place in the world. I have never heard of it before.

Duan Yu in particular had never imagined that the Xiaoyao Sect, where he acquired his martial arts skills, actually had such a secret.

Without waiting for Chu Yuan to answer, the sweeping monk continued, "This old monk has specially learned about Young Master Chu. As far as this old monk knows, since Young Master Chu became famous, you have displayed many martial arts, all of which are extremely powerful, but they all have no origin, as if they appeared out of thin air. This shouldn't be the case. Every martial art in every school in the world has a history, even the martial arts of the Xiaoyao School are no exception, but Young Master Chu has no history. Could it be that Young Master Chu is not from this world..."

The Sweeping Monk's words made Chu Yuan's expression freeze. He didn't expect that his identity as a time traveler would be exposed.

Moreover, it was pointed out in public in front of so many people around him. This was the first time in history.

When the sweeping monk said this, he was also observing Chu Yuan's expression and movements. He smiled and said, "It seems that the old monk is right."

Chu Yuan was puzzled: "Why do you think I am not from this world?"

The sweeping monk said, "No one can match the martial arts of an old monk at your age, not even Bodhidharma. A genius like Qiao Feng, his achievements in martial arts are far behind yours."

Chu Yuan proposed another possibility: "Maybe he is gifted?"

The Sweeping Monk said, "Young Master Chu's rapid training in martial arts can be explained by his talent, but how do you explain Young Master Chu's use of martial arts that no one has ever heard of?"

Chu Yuan was silent!
Yes, how to explain those martial arts?

"Most of the martial arts I used before were created by me."

Chu Yuan told the truth. Although he was able to create those martial arts because he had special abilities, some of them were indeed created by him.

"You created it yourself? The martial arts that Chu Xiaoxia has practiced can not only condense Qi into Gang, making him invulnerable to swords and spears, but also cultivate innate vitality, which can prolong life. Could it be that Chu Xiaoxia is a genius like Bodhidharma? But even Bodhidharma couldn't have created such a powerful martial art at Chu Xiaoxia's age, right?"

The Sweeping Monk laughed.

"What do you think, senior?"

Chu Yuan asked the sweeping monk in return.

The Sweeping Monk saw that Chu Yuan didn't seem to be joking, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

"Reincarnation?"

The Sweeping Monk asked tentatively.

"I only know that two or three years ago, I had many memories in my mind that did not belong to me. In those memories, I lived in different dynasties. Although my name was the same, my identity was different. Among them were many martial arts secrets. Some of those martial arts were created by me, and some were obtained from other places."

Chu Yuan selectively recounted some of the things he had experienced.

"It seems that reincarnation is true. Listening to your description, it seems that the mystery of reincarnation has been solved. No wonder, as far as I know, Young Master Chu was very ordinary two years ago, but suddenly he seemed to have changed into a different person. In just one or two years, he has mastered peerless martial arts and became famous in the world."

The Sweeping Monk looked at Chu Yuan with a complicated expression.

In the past two years, because Chu Yuan was famous in the martial arts world, the young monks who entered the Sutra Library discussed Chu Yuan from time to time and held him in great awe and respect.

This also made him very familiar with Chu Yuan's situation.

According to Chu Yuan, he was able to create martial arts like the "Nine Heavens Divine Art", and was able to reincarnate and break the mystery of the afterlife. It can be seen that Chu Yuan must have had peerless martial arts in his previous life.

In the field of martial arts, he stands at the top of the world and is a top figure like Bodhidharma.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to achieve reincarnation and solve the mystery of the reincarnation.

"The mystery of the afterlife?"

Chu Yuan was puzzled.

"This is what Buddhism says. Taoism calls it the mystery of the womb."

The sweeping monk explained.

"Senior, do you believe me?"

Chu Yuan was a little surprised to see that the Sweeping Monk believed him so easily.

In fact, what he said was all true, not a single lie, he just had some reservations.

"There's nothing to disbelieve. This is not something incredible. There are even eternal spring valleys and springs that can make people immortal in this world. Not to mention reincarnation, which is mentioned in Buddhist and Taoist scriptures. It's just that this is the first time I've seen it with my own eyes."

said the sweeping monk.

According to his previous speculation, he thought Chu Yuan was an alien.

The Buddhist scripture "Great Wisdom Treatise" says:
"One hundred billion Mount Sumerus, one hundred billion suns and moons, are called the Three Thousand Great Thousand Worlds. The three thousand great thousand worlds of the Ganges sands in the ten directions are called the One Buddha World. There is no other Buddha in it. It is really only one Sakyamuni Buddha."

In his view, this world is just one of countless worlds.

But unexpectedly, he guessed wrong.

"However, since you have entered the cycle of reincarnation, solved the mystery of Yin, and awakened your memories of your past lives, you can already be considered a 'celestial being'. You don't have to call me senior. I see traces of Taoist training on your body, so I think you were a Taoist in your past life. You and I will just call each other Taoist friends."

The sweeping monk said again.

"Fellow."

Chu Yuan followed what the Sweeping Monk said and addressed the Sweeping Monk as a fellow Taoist.

"What a pity, I don't know where Brother Xiaoyaozi is. Otherwise, if he knew that there is another fellow Taoist like him in the Dao Sect, he would definitely be very happy."

The Sweeping Monk then sighed and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about this. If you want to find the Changchun Immortal Valley, I can't help you. I just heard Xiaoyaozi mention it a few times. But you can ask for help from Mr. Duan next to you. He is the prince of Dali Zhennan. With his help, the probability of Chu finding the Changchun Immortal Valley will be greatly increased."

Duan Yu immediately patted his chest and assured: "Second brother, if you really want to find that Changchun Immortal Valley, don't worry, I will let the whole Dali help you with all its strength."

Before, he thought that this second brother was just a lucky guy who had many adventures like him and whose talent in martial arts was slightly better than his.

Now it seems that the identity and background of his second brother are much greater than he imagined.

"Thank you very much."

Chu Yuan bowed to Duan Yu and thanked him.

He went to the Changchun Valley of Immortality not for immortality, but just to verify some guesses in his mind.

"You're welcome, second brother. You and I are family. There's no need to be so polite."

Duan Yu said.

After hearing Duan Yu say this, Chu Yuan stopped talking about it.

Chu Yuan invited the sweeping monk again: "Since we have met, why don't we have a fight?"

This is also one of the reasons why he came to Shaolin Temple.

Apart from Zhang Sanfeng whom he met in the first world, the Sweeping Monk in front of him should be the strongest person he has ever met.

However, the Zhang Sanfeng that he met at that time was already approaching the end of his life, and was using methods such as the "Turtle Breathing Technique" to survive, so the Zhang Sanfeng that he met was far from his peak state.

Chu Yuan had just been planning to have a fair fight with the Sweeping Monk if he could stop him from killing Murong Bo.

But the Sweeping Monk did not play by the rules and allowed him to kill Murong Bo without caring at all.

(End of this chapter)