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In this tree, he felt a familiar aura, which was very weak, and it was exactly the same as the Brocade of the Huntian Ling that he found earlier in the backyard of the Temple of the Holy Mother of God in Mincheng!

Aubing was startled. He stared at the tree for a long time, feeling more and more strange.

When he entered this dilapidated temple before, he felt that the inside of the temple was quite cool. It was so sunny outside in summer, but it was so cool inside. It's so weird to enjoy the shade under a big tree.

At this moment, Ao Bing stared at this imperial tree carefully again. The huge tree trunk was stretched out like a big umbrella. It sounds like it is hiding the temple, but it seems to be in control of the temple. .

Ao Bing remembered the old demon who disguised himself as a mural and hid in the Temple of the Holy Mother of Heaven to learn the beliefs of pilgrims last time. Suddenly, he stretched out his hand towards the center of the tree's trunk.

Jindan's late stage cultivation should not be underestimated. Ao Bing snatched it with his hand, and within three or two seconds, he destroyed the magic circle around the god tree. He was rescued fiercely.

This old demon originally hid in the Yushenmu and practiced secretly, but he didn't expect that after suffering for thousands of years, he was about to take shape and produce spiritual wisdom. When he was about to make a move, he ran into such an evil star as Ao Bing.

It instinctively sensed the crisis as early as the first time Ao Bing entered the temple, knowing that the person who came in was a powerful character, afraid of being discovered by Ao Bing, the old demon hid in the corner of the tree trunk trembling, He didn't dare to show any difference.

It's just that what the old demon didn't expect was that it was so cautious, but it still couldn't escape Ao Bing's "poisonous hand".

Gods and demons have been inseparable since ancient times. In addition, when the gods fell into the Three Realms and were destroyed, it was all caused by a desperate battle with the demon world. Ao Bing has never had a good impression of demons. Besides, he was in Mincheng last time. He suffered a loss in the hands of Old Demon, so Ao Bing will never show mercy to Old Demon. As long as he encounters Old Demon, he will definitely destroy this harmful thing.

Last time in Mincheng, Ao Bing was still a weak chicken in the foundation-building stage, so it was inevitable that he couldn't do what he wanted when he was fighting against Old Demons. He was a little careless, and almost confessed to the backyard of the Temple of the Holy Mother of Heaven;

But this time it's different, Ao Bing took this old demon and crushed it easily with almost no effort. Leave.

Once the earth demon was destroyed, the aura around the god tree and the temple became different in an instant. It was sealed tightly by the earth magic circle, and the whole temple was incomplete, dilapidated, cold and damp. Normal people would feel uncomfortable when they walked in. Comfortable, but at this moment, it was like seeing the blue sky suddenly. Wisps of sunlight quietly fell from the roof of the ruined temple and the gaps between the tree trunks, and the whole yard felt the soft warmth of the sun.

Over there, a little novice monk with a broom walked in from the side door outside the ruined temple, as if he was going to clean up the fallen leaves in the temple. Unexpectedly, when he looked up, he saw Ao Bing standing in the middle of the courtyard.

The little monk's expression paused, anxiety and panic flashed across his eyes, and he hurried forward to drive Ao Bing away. As a result, he just walked to the front yard and saw the sparse sunlight all over the yard and the temple. The little beam of light, the little novice was stunned.

After being dazed for a few seconds, the little monk didn't sweep any fallen leaves anymore. He threw the broom in his hand and ran out of the yard impatiently. In a flash, he flashed through the side door he just came in and disappeared.

Ao Bing didn't care about the little monk, he stared at the sacred tree, because he just got rid of the old demon, and the thousand-year-old sacred tree became more and more vigorous. Cultivation, just set up a magic circle around the tree, but did not do anything to the tree.

But Ao Bing also knew with his toes why the old demon didn't do anything to the Yushenmu, because what the old demon was staring at was the magic weapon in the Yushenmu's body. With a steady stream of aura treasures, coupled with the faith power provided by the continuous pilgrims in this temple, it is only a matter of time before this old demon wants to cultivate and develop spiritual wisdom.

Unfortunately, this guy is not very lucky.

At this moment, the earth demon's seal was released, and the faint breath of Huntian Ling hidden in the Yushenmu became stronger. Ao Bing had nothing to hesitate, so he repeated the same trick again, poking his hand into the center of the tree trunk. After a long time, a box hidden in the trunk has been taken out.

After digging out the box, Ao Bing took a picture of the amulet on the thousand-year-old tree.

As soon as the talisman paper entered the trunk, the hole punctured by Ao Bing in the trunk of the imperial god tree healed at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye, and after a while, there was no longer any trace of human damage.

Yu Shenmu also seemed to have felt Ao Bing's kindness in removing parasitic foreign objects for it. After Ao Bing took the things away, its trunk swayed in the yard without wind, as if thanking Ao Bing for his help. .

Ao Bing was very happy. He looked at this old tree that was about to mature, and sighed in his heart that the Dharma is boundless. Places like temples are places where spiritual roots often appear and grow. This old sacred tree grew in the temple. After thousands of years, she has become enlightened without a teacher. It is estimated that after another 50 to [-] years, she will be able to open her spiritual wisdom!

After thinking for a while, Ao Bing rummaged through the mustard seeds and found the box where he held the lower-grade spirit stones. He took out three pieces and stuffed the spirit stones under the root of the god tree.

Buried three feet into the ground, just surrounded by intricate tree roots, after absorbing the aura contained in these three low-grade spirit stones, this old tree will definitely be able to open up spiritual wisdom, shortening the period of three to fifty years to three years. five months.

Ao Bing has always had a natural respect and affection for the spiritually enlightened creatures in the three realms. This was true for the sand koi carp he bought from a fisherman back then, and the old clam spirit he met in the Chentang River when he was sealed. , It is also the same when I meet this imperial god tree in this foreign country.

So in this case, he didn't mind taking this old tree stump with him, but at the same time, as long as he could help this old guy, that's all he could do. In this world where spiritual energy is thin, this tree stump It will still be very difficult for Yushenmu after it has opened its spiritual wisdom. How far it can go on the road of cultivation depends entirely on its luck and talent, and Ao Bing can't control that much.

Anyway, Ao Bing found what he was looking for when he came here. He looked at the box in his hand, but he didn't bother to open it. He stuffed the box into the mustard seed, turned around and was about to leave .

Because he heard hurried footsteps coming from the other side of the side door. Hearing the rhythm of the sound, this person was definitely not the little novice who ran out before, so Ao Bing didn't plan to stay in this temple any longer. Exit directly from the main entrance.

But what Ao Bing didn't expect was that just as he reached the entrance of the hall, the man behind him had already caught up and stopped him from behind.

This person speaks oriental language. Although Ao Bing's oriental language is not very good, he can still understand such a simple spoken language.

This one says "Sorry, please wait".

He paused, and couldn't help turning his head to look at the person who came.

The one who caught up was an old man dressed as a monk. His eyebrows and beard were gray at the temples. Wearing a belt and clogs on his feet, he chased after him. No wonder the footsteps were so heavy that Ao Bing could hear them from far away.

After the man caught up with Ao Bing, seeing Ao Bing turning his head, his eyes immediately stared at Ao Bing as sharply as a searchlight, as if he wanted to see something in Ao Bing.

Ao Bing turned around, and said to the old monk helplessly in an awkward Oriental dialect: "Kuu you Qiwa."

The old monk paused, and suddenly a smile flashed in his eyes. He raised his head, and looked at Ao Bing with a much gentler look:

"Are you from China?"

The monk no longer spoke Oriental, but Chinese, and he spoke very fluent Chinese, and the man looked at Ao Bing very firmly. After all, Ao Bing's iconic homophonic Japanese just now is too representative. It's hard for the old monk to guess wrong.

Ao Bing is not surprised that this person can tell that he is not from the East, after all, the greeting he just said was too blunt, but the old monk in front of him is at least 70 years old, and those who become monks these days will never leave their homeland and go abroad Come be a monk?So this person in front of him must be a local native of the East, but this person can actually speak standard Chinese with a perfect accent, which makes Ao Bing feel a little surprised.

But that's good too, at least it's much easier for the two of them to communicate, he doesn't want to talk to someone who doesn't understand Chinese, it's too embarrassing for him.

"Hello, I'm from Jin City, and I'm here to travel to Kyoto. May I ask who you are—" Ao Bing introduced himself generously.

The old monk looked at Ao Bing with a smile, and didn't answer who Ao Bing was. Instead, he went straight to the point and asked a key question:

"Are you a Taoist cultivator? Is it you who just got rid of that thing in the Jinghang Academy?"

Ao Bing was startled, and subconsciously wanted to deny it, or just pretended to be stupid, pretending that he didn't understand what the old monk was saying.

But this person seemed to expect that Ao Bing wanted to deny it, so before Ao Bing could answer, he continued hastily:

"You don't have to deny it. I am the abbot of Jinghang Academy. When this temple was handed over to me, it was already defeated. For decades, this temple has seen no sun, and the sun has never shined!"

Ao Bing almost staggered, he raised his head to look at the old monk in surprise.

He didn't expect that it would not be a day or two since the old tree couldn't get the sunlight in, so he destroyed the old demon and brought life to the temple, but it also exposed him to such a big flaw and flaw.

Now Ao Bing also knew that it was useless for him to pretend any more. The old monk looked old, but his eyes were full of light, and he was very shrewd at first glance, so it was not easy to fool him.

So he chose to remain silent, neither denying nor admitting, whatever the old monk wanted to say.

The old monk also seemed to see the resistance and impatience in Ao Bing's expression, and knew that if he didn't reveal his identity, the young man might not have the patience to waste time with him here, and he would probably turn around and leave if he disagreed with him.

So he explained without hesitation:

"My name is Ru Nan. My biological mother is from the East, but my father is from Hua."

Ao Bing looked at the old monk in surprise. The old monk actually has half of the Chinese blood. No wonder he can speak Chinese so fluently.

The old monk sighed, looking at the mottled sunlight in the courtyard, with deep and long eyes, he said:

"I was born in the early summer of 1946. My biological mother was an oriental female student. I was dispatched to Huaguo in 44. In name, I joined the National Army Logistics Support Corps as an intelligence officer. But in fact, after entering Huaguo, I was forced to Reduced to comfort|comfort|wife, she resisted and fled, and was rescued by my father, a simple Chinese teacher from Huaguo."

"The city where my father lived was already occupied, and he also fled outside, but after learning what happened to my mother, he still risked his life and took my mother's oil bottle."

"We have been together for a long time, and the two have feelings after being connected with each other. However, not long after the two were together, militarism was shattered, and the emperor announced the end of the war. He recalled all the invaders in China and the captured and defeated. His biological mother was also found by Shangfeng of the national army at that time and forced to take her away."

"At that time, my biological mother didn't know that she was pregnant with a child. After returning to China, she was severely punished by her motherland for her betrayal of the national army. The family could no longer accommodate her, so she gave birth to me with difficulty. , entrusted me to the old abbot of Qingshui Temple, and committed suicide."

Ao Bing finally showed a look of shock on his face. He never expected that this old monk, Ru Nan, would have such a rough life and fate.

Similarly, Ao Bing didn't understand why this old monk would tell him such an important and secret life experience. You must know that they had never known each other. They just met by chance in this temple, and they haven't been familiar with this kind of life experience yet. The degree of honesty, right?

Ao Bing said with difficulty: "You—"

Ru Nan interrupted him by raising his hand, only turned around and signaled to Ao Bing:

"Come with me."

Ao Bing didn't know why, so he didn't know what the old monk was looking for him for, but if the difficulty had gone far, Ao Bing was still curious in his heart, and his cultivation base was not low, so he wasn't afraid that anyone would disagree with him. He was disadvantaged, so after a little hesitation, he still took a few steps to follow.

Following the old monk out of the side door of the Jinghang courtyard, he turned around on the secluded path for a long time, and finally came to a secluded courtyard.

Surrounded by bamboo forests, the courtyard looks quite quiet and elegant.

Going further inside, he was led into the meditation room of the old monk. There was a young monk sweeping the floor in the meditation room. It was the little monk who entered the main hall of Jinghang Academy with a broom before.

Seeing the old monk come in, the little novice immediately put his hands together and bowed respectfully, but waved his hand to let him go out first if it was difficult, then led Ao Bing into the room, and motioned Ao Bing to sit down on the futon in front of him. .

After sitting down, Ao Bing couldn't stop looking around. The more he looked, the more he felt that the old monk was not simple, because he found that the layout of the Zen room was very Zen-like, and he even sensed the influence of several objects in the room. When it came to the aura, although the aura was very slight, it was not as strong as the aura on the string of nine-eyed dzi beads that Ao Bing fished from the bottom of the sea, but it was enough to show that the sacrifice of those objects was successful!

Can this old monk be an ordinary person if he can sacrifice a magic weapon?No wonder this guy can ask if he is a Taoist cultivator when he sees Ao Bing. I dare to say that this old monk is also a fellow, but this old guy is a Buddhist cultivator and does not belong to the same system as Ao Bing. I am afraid that there is no common language along the way of cultivation, and there is no way to exchange experiences.

Seeing Ao Bing looking around at his room, the old monk was not annoyed, instead he just smiled and looked at Ao Bing casually, but he turned around himself, entered a small compartment behind the meditation room, and found a Long box.

After sitting down at the short bench, the old monk pushed the long box in front of Ao Bing.

Ao Bing was puzzled, and looked up at the old monk wonderingly.

"Open it and have a look." The old monk motioned.

Ao Bing hesitated for a moment, but opened the wooden box as he said.

The lid of the box is embedded, and when it is pushed and pulled open, a long scroll inside is revealed.

Unwrapping the tape on the scroll, Ao Bing was stunned after unfolding it.

It turned out to be an ancient painting that was rolled up and preserved quite well, with a red seal printed on it. Although Ao Bing didn't recognize this painting, he still recognized the name on the seal.

——Tang Yin, also known as Tang Bohu, a famous painting master in the Ming Dynasty of Huaguo, one of the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River, the most well-known and familiar event related to this person is probably Dian Qiuxiang.

Ao Bing doesn't know how to appreciate ancient paintings, but Tang Yin has a great reputation, and almost every one of them can be regarded as a national treasure. Even ordinary people like Ao Bing can often hear news about Tang Bohu's paintings being auctioned at sky-high prices in auction houses , so he knew that this painting, which was so difficult to get out, would definitely not be a cheap work. If it wasn't an authentic work, the old monk wouldn't call him over so solemnly.

Ao Bing didn't know what the old monk meant. Could it be that he was invited to appreciate ancient paintings?But if it is appreciation, Ao Bing really doesn't have the talent and talent in this area, he pretends not to know even if he asks three questions.

Ru Nan seemed to see Ao Bing's embarrassment and doubts, and explained:

"This is the "Picture of Scenic Sites of Jinshan Mountain". It was the only relic I carried in my baby when my biological mother entrusted me to Qingshui Temple. The old abbot gave this relic to me when I became the governor."

"I found the letter hidden by my mother in the relic, and only then did I know the origin of this relic."

"This ancient painting was found on the ship when she was forced to bring it back to China by Shangfeng. At that time, there were still many things hidden on the ship, all of which were treasures and cultural relics looted from China. My mother had limited energy, so she only hid them secretly. She didn’t dare to move the rest after she had acquired this painting. After she gave birth to me, she gave this painting to the old abbot for safekeeping. I hope that when I become an adult, the old abbot can hand over the relics to me. inside."

"In the letter, my mother explained my life experience, and her only last wish was to return this ancient painting to Huaguo when I became an adult. Now I am entrusting this painting to you, please pass it on for me. "

Ao Bing was stunned: "Why don't you hand it in yourself? The relationship between Huaguo and Dongyang has eased a lot now. You can go to Huaguo to visit your relatives, or you can go to find your roots and ask your ancestors. I think you should hand over this painting to Huaguo yourself. The National Museum is more appropriate."

Ru Nan's eyes were hard and embarrassed, after a long silence, he added in a low voice:

"My biological mother committed suicide because she knew that the national army had committed an unforgivable crime, and she was also a member of it. She felt that my birth was the greatest proof of this crime, so she did not allow me to go there again in my lifetime. Hua Guo must recite sutras in the temple to atone for her sins and pay her and her family's debts, so I have recited the formulas of the past and the longevity scriptures day after day these years, and have never left Qingshui Temple."

Now Ao Bing really doesn't know what to say, he wants to say that such a decision is not fair to Ru Nan, but the monk's eyes are calm and gentle, and he seems to be trapped on this mountain by his biological mother's last wish There are not many complaints, and he can have an epiphany in Buddhist practice, and he can even sacrifice a magic weapon. This person can definitely be regarded as an eminent monk, and he needs to have a high understanding of Buddhism to achieve this level of attainment.

Ao Bing has not experienced the massacre of the invaders 70 years ago, but this does not mean that he can naturally forget that unforgettable national humiliation in a corner after living a stable and peaceful life.

Although he felt that Runan had a rough life experience, he was not a bad person. How many Japanese people today still remember the crimes their ancestors committed in Huaguo?There are very few like Ru Nan.

Now the rise of the Hua Kingdom was paved by the blood and lives of countless martyrs, so Ao Bing wished that there would be as many people like Ru Nan as possible. Naturally, the Holy Mother would not flood him to sympathize with him. If he really wanted to sympathize with him, then he The poor should also be those ghosts who died innocently under the bayonet, not the living people.

Seeing the firm look in Ru Nan's eyes, Ao Bing knew that the great monk would never step into the homeland of Hua, no, not the homeland, he was still on the side of Dongyang, even though he was flowing with Half of the Chinese blood, but he regards himself as an Oriental.

Maybe it wasn't that his biological mother regarded his birth as a stain, and he never let himself go. He imprisoned himself in the cage of Kiyomizu Temple, just to atone for his mother and family. Deep in his heart, he It is still seeking the sense of identity of the oriental island country, rather than going to China to seek the root salvation.

This point, whether it is now or in the future, will be a demon and obstacle on the path of Ruan Buddha's cultivation. He can't solve this knot by himself, and it may be difficult to make further progress on the path of Buddha's cultivation.

But Ao Bing didn't intend to make any mention of it.

Why, he has no obligation to mention something to a monk who fundamentally believes that he is an oriental person rather than a flower grower. Yes, he is so narrow-minded and narrow-minded, even if the monk took the initiative to return Tang Yin's authentic ancient paintings It's useless to give it to Huaguo!