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Chapter 1588 - Chapter 1588: Chapter Fifty-Four: Entering the Buddha Pagoda_2

Chapter 1588: Chapter Fifty-Four: Entering the Buddha Pagoda_2

Counting the days, the Jifeng Zen Assembly is about to begin, yet I fear the high-ranking old monk is still slowly making his way on the mountain path.

In the past, Fan Jia would definitely have arrived late with the old monk, but the current situation is such that he can afford to wait, while the residents of Jianmu City cannot.

Thus, realizing there wasn’t enough time, he explicitly informed the old monk of the critical situation and then started sprinting towards the Nanshan Legal Realm, rushing whether by fast or slow steps, he finally arrived.

Upon reaching the city gate, he saw a wooden sign engraved with the word “Fachuan,” and hurriedly asked the gatekeeper, learning that in the past few days, there have been young monks continuously waiting at the city gate for an old friend of Fachuan, which moved Fan Jia to tears.

After completing the transfer of precepts and inquiring about the whereabouts of the two young monks, Fan Jia dashed into the city and finally found Yuan Xiang and Yuan Xing with the guidance of other monks.

Breathless, Fan Jia looked carefully at the two young monks stopped in front of the Floating Pagoda.

‘A young monk with a tiger’s head and inexplicably confident!’

‘A young monk with gentle eyes and somewhat dull!’

‘Yes, these are the two!’

Though it was a question, Fan Jia was able to confirm that the ones holding the Fachuan sign and waiting for the master were these two young monks.

With a light spin of his upper body, he threw his scripture bag to his chest, Fan Jia buried his head into it to rummage through, and pulled out the letter personally written by the Sect Head of Fachuan, excitedly saying to them: “Little monk… no, the old friend the Sect Head of Fachuan is waiting for is my master!”

In front of the Floating Pagoda, the two imposing monks at the gate were instantly stunned.

The reason they dared to act senior just now was that the two young monks had messed up the instructions of the Sect Head of Fachuan.

But if these two managed it…

“Clang!”

The three were drawn by the sudden noise; it was Ben Chuan’s wooden staff falling from his hand, hitting the ground with a sad face.

“What’s wrong with Brother Ben Chuan!”

Exaggeratingly, Ben Heng went forward to help Ben Chuan up, then picked up the staff, loudly saying: “It must be because of guarding too tiredly these past few days, causing even the staff to slip, let me take you to rest.”

Watching the two gatekeeping monks helping each other disappear without a trace, Yun Xiu was stunned.

“They… just left like that?”

Perhaps happiness came too suddenly, Yun Xiu used a transmission to confirm with Tang Luo.

“Mmm, indeed they’ve gone far.”

Yuan Xing, the young monk, touched his bald head, and asked the young monk full of anticipation below the Buddha tower steps: “What’s the story with that monk below?”

“This one… is the disciple of the old friend that Sect Head Fachuan was waiting for?”

Yun Xiu struggled to clarify Fan Jia’s origin, then fell into distress.

If they were indeed Yuan Xing and Yuan Xiang, seeing the target of their task, they of course should report to the Sect Head of Fachuan at the first opportunity.

But now, with an impostor in the monk’s robes, where would the two disguised young monks dare to flaunt in front of the Sect Head of the Nanshan…

“Two honored young masters?”

Holding the invitation letter, Fan Jia looked at the two young monks in front of the Buddha Pagoda who didn’t respond after a long exchange of glances, thus tentatively called out.

Seeing this urgent demeanour, it seems like they probably couldn’t avoid it!

With a silent sigh, Yun Xiu turned and walked down the pagoda’s steps, took the scripture roll from Fan Jia’s hand, pretended to examine it for a moment, then asked: “What’s your master’s dharma name?”

“Monk Fan Jia, practicing at Jianmu Zen Temple.”

The young monk replied to Yun Xiu with hands pressed together in salute.

“So, it is Master Fan Jia.”

Yun Xiu asked further: “Where is your venerable master, and why didn’t he come with his disciple?”

“This…”

Fan Jia was embarrassed, yet still honestly replied: “My master is mobility-impaired, and it might take several more days for him to enter the city, so he sent me ahead first.”

“So that’s how it is.”

Yun Xiu nodded in sudden realization and turned her large, round eyes towards Fan Jia, saying, “Brother, you have arrived just in time. The Jifeng Zen Assembly has just begun. You might still catch some doctrinal debates at various platforms across the city!”

“Debate? No, no, no, Reverend Mother misunderstood.”

Fan Jia shook his head and waved his hands repeatedly, “This time I came to the city not to attend the Jifeng Zen Assembly, but to ask for the help of Sect Head Fachuan. So, please, both of you Reverend Mothers, lead me to meet Elder Sect Head, I beg you!”

Having said that, he bowed deeply.

“Brother, please stand.”

Yun Xiu helped Fan Jia up and said with difficulty, “Brother has the Sect Head’s token, and being an old acquaintance’s disciple, seeing him naturally wouldn’t be an issue. However, this session’s Jifeng Zen Assembly has undergone significant changes, and right now, Sect Head Fachuan is leading venerable monks from the eight schools on a tour of the Buddha’s pagoda–it might be difficult…”

“I can wait!”

Fan Jia’s eyes were bright as he said, “I will see the Elder Sect Head when he is free.”

“…That could work too, but don’t you feel it’s a waste?”

Yun Xiu gently advised, “It’s rare for the Jifeng Zen Assembly to be held in the Southern Boundary this time, with invited outstanding disciples from all eight schools. It’s a great opportunity to seek enlightenment, who knows when there will be another. Moreover, if brother excels in the doctrinal debates, you could directly reach the thirty-seventh layer of the Floating Pagoda to join in the enlightenment debates and meet Fachuan directly, wouldn’t that be killing two birds with one stone?”

“Hmm!?”

Fan Jia’s eyes lit up, “You mean, if I excel in the doctrinal debates, I could meet Sect Head Fachuan directly!?”

Watching the young monk running back to the city with his scriptures, Yun Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“What did you tell him?”

Tang Luo came down from the tower and asked softly.

“I merely told him that if he excels in the doctrinal debates, he can meet Sect Head Fachuan directly,”

Yun Xiu sighed and said, “It seems this young master truly has some troubles and seeks help from the Nanshan Legal Realm. He mentioned he practiced in the Jianmu Zen Temple; is it the same city as that child stuck in the mire?”

“This place is known as the Pure Land on earth. My lady, you must have seen how abundant the resources are here as we walked. Unless it’s a matter of survival, how difficult could other matters be?”

Sensing the worry in Yun Xiu’s tone, Tang Luo spoke softly, “If you are truly worried, after finishing this matter, we could ask that young master directly rather than making wild guesses.”

With the gatekeeper monk gone, Tang Luo led Yun Xiu into the pagoda, and the sight of the stacks of thousands upon thousands of scriptures in the Scripture Pavilion and the spiraling wooden ladder clinging to the pagoda wall as if making way for the scriptures cabinets left them astounded.

“Aren’t there supposed to be only 84,000 scriptures in Buddha’s Country? This level alone looks to have over ten thousand!”

“It’s not that difficult.”

Tang Luo smiled and said, “There are 84,000 Buddhist scriptures, but only eight methods to enlightenment, and Foundation Building is the same.”

“Yuan Xing’s ‘Great Vehicle for Foundation Building’; Yuan Xiang’s ‘Era of Formlessness’; the platform school’s ‘Wonderful Law Lotus Sutra’; the manifest school’s ‘Diamond Entering Wisdom’; Zen’s ‘Subtle Thoughts Entering the Abyss’; Pure Sect’s ‘Nerve Smoothing Marrow Cleansing’; Vinaya School’s ‘Four Directions Vinaya’, and the Esoteric Sect’s ‘Four Symbols Empowerment’.”

“Finding these eight Foundation Building methods is like finding the core of the 84,000 scriptures of Buddha’s Country. As for the rest of the scriptures, they don’t hold much reference value. It’s good if you can remember them, but no loss if you can’t.”

With a wave across the first layer of the countless scripture grids in the pagoda, Tang Luo casually said, “Of course, if one could devote just three to five months, it wouldn’t be impossible to go through all 84,000 scriptures.”

…

Vinaya’s Floating Pagoda Twenty-ninth Layer

The high monk of the Western Sequence of Nanshan Legal Realm was leading the outstanding disciples of the eight schools to observe the Buddha Fruits that Nanshan Legal Realm has cultivated over the years.

Martial arts, heart incantations, debate methods, golden bodies, formation skills–name it, they have it.

Such profound inheritances naturally evoke the desire in the high monks of the eight schools, and already several are planning to stay in Nanshan Legal Realm after the Jifeng Zen Assembly to study these grand scriptures.

Nanshan Legal Realm has always been renowned for its scholarship, so hearing such praises from the standout figures of the eight schools is naturally very gratifying.

Especially for Sect Head Fachuan, who is accompanied by his old friend Liaoyin, the Victorious Venerable of the Esoteric Sect. The two old friends reunited after many years have endless topics to discuss.

“That time, when I heard brother was hurt by the Devil Lord Kochen, I was furious and rushed to Vimazhita. Unfortunately, I was a step too late as the Devil Lord Kochen had already left. It’s even funny to talk about it later. Several times I set out following clues and ended up subduing impostors, uselessly busy for half a year.”

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