Xiao Han [Shooting Condor]

It turns out that in Duan's motherland there is a martial art called "Six Meridians Excalibur", which is infinitely powerful. It evolved from one yang finger, but it is proficient in one yang finger.The Six Meridians Excalibur was handed down to Master Yideng's generation, but it was lost for some reason, so it is just a legend. As for how miraculous it is, Xie Yao can't guess it.

He couldn't help feeling amused when he listened to the Tianshu, Xie Yao said: "I haven't even seen what a yang finger looks like, how to learn the more advanced six-meridian sword, let alone you don't know the six-meridian sword." Where is the Excalibur, and what is the use of our going to Dali?"

Tianshu said coldly: "If you don't try it, how will you know? You are always like this, you give up without trying, you are really cowardly!"

Xie Yao wanted to argue for himself that this was not cowardice, but the first consideration, why bother to do things that are obviously impossible?But now that I have nothing to do, and I always hear that Dali has outstanding people and a warm climate, this journey is like a tour.

Tianshu was afraid that he would lose confidence, so he nagged him several times a day about his enemies and self-protection, saying that it would always be beneficial for him to practice martial arts.Later, Xie Yao heard more about it, so he took it as his goal in martial arts training. It's all in his heart. As long as he masters the six-meridian sword, even Ouyang Feng can't do anything to him. Wouldn't it be a good thing once and for all?

Master Yideng passed the throne to his son Duan Zhilian after he became a monk, but Duan Zhilian was not blessed and died within five years of his reign. At this time, Dali was succeeded by Duan Zhilian's younger brother Duan Zhixiang, although it was not as prosperous as the Kingdom of Jin Wealthy and strong, but a corner of peace is better than the broken mountains and rivers of the Song Dynasty.

Today, Xie Yao and Tianshu have arrived in Dali City.Tianlong Temple should not be called Tianlong Temple, but Chongsheng Temple.But the people in Dali are used to calling it, so the name of Tianlong Temple can't be changed anyway.

Tianlong Temple was built in the early Tang Dynasty. It is located in the north of Zhongyue Peak in Diancang Mountain outside Dali City. It bears Cangshan Mountain and faces Ershui River. The ancestors of the Duan family who were emperors often avoided their positions as monks. They all became monks in this Tianlong Temple. Therefore, Tianlong Temple It is the family temple of the Dali royal family, and it is the most honored among all the temples in the country.

Xie Yao couldn't help being a little timid when he came outside the temple. He thought to himself: How could such a royal temple make him turn his head upside down and come to learn from the Six Meridians Excalibur?Thinking about it this way, he felt that Tianshu's behavior was ridiculous, and he didn't think carefully.

Just as Xie Yao was about to turn around and leave, and then he thought about a countermeasure, he suddenly heard someone calling from behind: "The benefactor stay here."

Xie Yao looked back when he heard the words, but saw a little novice coming forward, folded his hands together and bowed to Xie Yao: "May I ask if you are the benefactor?"

Xie Yao couldn't help being extremely surprised, he asked in confusion: "How do you know my surname is Xie?"

The little novice scratched his bald head and said with a smile: "Thank you benefactor, you are finally here, go in with the little monk. The presiding abbot has been talking about you for several days, so I guess you will come now. Let me take you there first." Reading books in the Sutra Pavilion, he still has a long time to sit in meditation, so I can't greet him personally."

Although Xie Yao was baffled, but after thinking about it, he guessed that Master Yideng had calculated his whereabouts and revealed it to the abbot of Tianlong Temple in advance. good.

Now Xie Yao followed the little novice into the temple. The Tianlong Temple was indeed large in scale and exquisite in construction, which was incomparable to the small temple where Master Yideng lived in seclusion.But behind the jade railings, it is not as quiet and remote as the small temple in the remote mountain.

Xie Yao followed the little novice from the Ruihe Gate on the left, passing through the Baotian Gate, Qingdu Yaotai, and Wuwujing, and came to the outside of the Sanyuan Palace. He saw a white marble building about two feet wide in front of the vast hall. , a large stove about two, three or four feet high.Xie Yao couldn't help asking, "What's that stove for?"

The little novice took a look at the stove, quickly put his hands together and bowed to the sky, as if he didn't dare to desecrate the stove at all.He explained with a respectful look: "Thank you, the first time you came to Tianlong Temple, you don't know something, this furnace is called 'Nirvana Furnace', and it is used for the great masters who are about to pass away. In the midst of tempering with karmic fire for seven days and 49 days, if you can survive, you will be a celestial being who realizes the eternity of birth and death; otherwise, you will be buried in the sea of ​​fire and directly reborn."

"Oh? Has anyone been in there for so many years?"

The little novice said: "Of course someone went in, but they all turned to ashes! Only one came out alive!"

Xie Yao couldn't help being interested, and asked, "Who is it?"

"Do you know Wang Chongyang who used to be number one in martial arts?"

Seeing the little novice's expression, Xie Yao couldn't help but smile slightly: "What? Is he the one who survived the Nirvana furnace?"

The little novice waved his hand and said: "That's not true. He has a friend who is a master from Shaolin Temple. We don't know his name, so let's call him the wine monk. This person came to my Tianlong Temple to compete with the abbot at that time. First, he heard the legend about the Nirvana Furnace, so he decided to go in and try it out. The karmic fire burned for nine days, and he couldn’t wait until he came out. Although he didn’t last until July 49th, it was still a big deal. !"

Hearing this, Xie Yao couldn't help turning his head to look at the stove again. For some reason, he felt that the white stove was extremely glaring in the sunlight.

After the little novice finished speaking, he suddenly raised his hands and gave himself two big mouths, clasped his palms together and muttered something in his mouth: "Amitabha, Amitabha, I have no intention of committing oral karma, please believe in the Buddha of the West Paradise and Guanyin of the South China Sea, don't blame me..."

Xie Yao couldn't help being amused when he heard him talking, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Believe in one's own nature is a Buddha, and only Buddhism recognizes that people and Buddha are equal. The five precepts and ten good deeds are all practiced by oneself, Tathagata Avalokitesvara and the others don't care about it." this."

The little novice was taken aback when he heard the words, patted his forehead, hurriedly rushed forward and shouted: "Thank you benefactor, thank you benefactor, what do Tathagata and Avalokitesvara care about!"

Xie Yao and the little novice came to the Sutra Pavilion, but it was inconvenient for the little novice to go in, so he waited downstairs.Xie Yao went straight to the Buddhist scriptures pavilion and looked through a few books at random, but they were all scriptures that emphasized the promotion of Buddhism.He couldn't help but think of the Sutra Pavilion of the Quanzhen Sect. The first floor is also full of these ideas. Don't think about it now, just go upstairs.

Tianlong Temple has one more advantage over Quanzhen Sect, and that is that there are no weirdos in the Shoujing Pavilion.Xie Yao went back and forth to complete the four floors, but did not find any books that were the same as the martial arts cheats.On the other hand, Tianshu was holding books one after another, and devoured most of them.

Xie Yao scratched his head, and simply sat down on the ground with his back against the bookshelf. He was bored and took out a book at random. It didn't have a cover, and he didn't know what it was about. But the scriptures were yellow, and it was still a few years old.

The first line of the book is "Nine grade lotus platform, turn the universe, wish to overcome all evil, wish to cultivate all good, wish to become an immeasurable Buddha."

Xie Yao couldn't help being slightly startled when he saw the words "Nine Grade Lotus Terrace", and thought of what Master Yideng said to him before he left, and asked him if he had really understood it.But understand what?What about love knots, hate knots, slow knots, ignorant knots, doubt knots, opinion knots, taking knots, stingy knots, and jealousy knots?He Xie Yao has tried his best in his life to be free from greed, anger, arrogance, ignorance, suspicion, wrong views, abstinence, miserliness, and envy. How do you understand this simple truth? ?

Xie Yao faintly felt that he had grasped something. He closed his eyes, recalled the inexplicable scripture that Master Yideng read when he left that day, and murmured involuntarily: "The Nine-Rank Lotus Terrace, the Nine Living Beings' Habitation, the Nine Merit Frame, Nine to understand the law. The essence of heaven, the essence of earth, the essence of gold, the essence of water, the essence of wood, the essence of fire, the essence of the sun, the essence of the moon, the essence of the stars, the essence of Zhanla harvesting, 36 breaths ...Zhanla harvests the essence, 36 breaths... 36 breaths...wait! 36 breaths!" Xie Yao suddenly opened his eyes, 36 breaths is a method of molesting martial arts, could it be...could it be...

Xie Yao stood up quickly, and said ecstatically, "I understand! I understand! Heavenly Book, I understand!"

Tianshu turned from the next bookshelf and asked, "What do you know?"

"I misunderstood Master Yideng! I was too frivolous. Master was kind, but I regarded him as unwilling to teach it." Xie Yao sighed, touched the meridians on his body, and said in a low voice: "Hand Taiyin lung The sutra, the first rank of the merit frame, is for not being greedy, attracting the essence of the sky, trembling the breath to lift the horse, not paying attention, and exhaling the thumb after 36 breaths; , dragging the horse..."

Tianshu interrupted him and asked, "What do you mean?"

Xie Yao smiled slightly and said: "I am not very bright, but Master Yideng did teach me the Yiyang Finger. The Buddhism he taught me in the past two years is the foundation of this Yang Finger. The last few sentences But it is the essence of the exercises. If the cultivation base of Buddhism is not well understood, it will only be counterproductive to forcefully cultivate one yang finger. One yang is also Shaoyang. Non-stop. However, the most important thing is Jiuwu. Whether I can realize it depends entirely on myself. There are very few human meridians that can pass 36 breaths, and all of them must be passed through fingering. Eliminate them one by one, you can find these nine meridians, and use the Yang finger from the running acupuncture point."

Listening to his eloquence, Tianshu somehow found that he couldn't understand Xie Yao.

"Really? Congratulations."

Xie Yao said inexplicably: "Aren't you happy that I have penetrated the Yiyang Finger? We can go, and we don't need to learn the Six Meridians Excalibur here."

"Six Meridians Excalibur?" There was a sudden cry from downstairs, Tianshu was startled, before he could react, Xie Yao grabbed him and stuffed him into his arms.

Xie Yao walked down the stairs and asked, "Who is downstairs?"

The person who happened to be speaking was also going upstairs, and the two met on the stairs as they went up and down.The person who came was wearing a cassock, about sixty years old, with a youthful face and bright hair, and he was the abbot of the monastery, Monk Faxuan.

Monk Faxuan was taken aback when he saw Xie Yao, then smiled and said: "Benefactor, I haven't seen you for many years, you have grown up."

Xie Yao was a little dazed when he heard the words, he didn't know how the monk knew him, but he didn't recognize him, so he hesitated and said, "Dare to ask the master's name?"

Faxuan looked a little unhappy, clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, don't you even remember me?" Even so, Faxuan told Xie Yao his name.

Xie Yao nodded: "This junior has a bad memory, Master Faxuan, don't take offense."

Seeing him being very polite and very happy, Faxuan said, "I just heard you mention the Six Meridians Excalibur, what's the matter?"

Xie Yao also had a good impression of this smiling host, so he said, "Master Faxuan, I heard that Tianlong Duan's most superb martial arts is the Six Meridians Excalibur, but I went to discuss Buddhism with Master Yideng some time ago, but he If you don’t know how to do this, why is that?”

Fa Xuan couldn't help being taken aback: "Have you met Master Yideng?"

"That's right, but Master Yideng lives in seclusion in the mountains, and doesn't want to be disturbed by the world."

Faxuan said: "That's right, Master Yideng has such a temperament." He paused, sighed, and continued: "Who wouldn't want to learn such a kung fu as the Six Meridians Excalibur? But this kung fu was taught by Emperor Baoding long ago. After a while, it will be destroyed!"

"Destroyed?" Xie Yao stopped and looked at Fa Xuan in surprise.

Faxuan sighed again, and then said: "Back then, the eminent monks of Dalun Temple in Daxue Mountain came to our temple to provoke and insisted on snatching Duan's Six Meridian Sword. A master used one yang finger to burn all six volumes of secret books, and since the death of Emperor Xuanren, this six-veined sword has been lost."

Xie Yao couldn't help feeling a pity when he heard the words, and said: "It's really a pity that I can't witness the demeanor of this skill with my own eyes."

Faxuan let out a "hey", and suddenly said: "At that time, the eminent monk of Dalun Temple was repelled by Emperor Xuanren, so the six-veined sword was not completely burned, and there were still fragments left. Benefactor, if you want to see Style, come with me."

Xie Yao couldn't help but his eyes glowed, and he said with great joy, "Is this true?"

"When did uncle lie to you?" Fa Xuan said, then turned around and went to lead the way.

Xie Yao was a little puzzled, frowning and muttering: "...uncle...uncle?"