Chapter 161: The Sweeping Monk and the Fallen Prince

"Truly, a fallen phoenix is worse than a chicken."

"A crown prince of a nation, ending up as a monk!"

Lu Xiucai, standing to the side, said, "Shopkeeper, you are quite ignorant!"

"Do you know who Shakyamuni is?"

Everyone was baffled upon hearing this.

"What 'sha', what 'mud'?"

Tong Xiangyu looked completely confused.

Li Dazui cracked a melon seed and said, "Scholar, what strange and peculiar person are you talking about again!"

Guo Furong crossed her fingers, glared at Lu Xiucai, and said, "Lu Qinghou, speak like a normal person!"

Lu Xiucai immediately waved his hands and said, "Oh, oh, Sister Fu, don't use force!"

"It's like this."

"Shakyamuni is a person's name!"

"It was the Buddha's name before he became a monk!"

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly realized.

Li Dazui said, "So that's how it is, this Buddha is also quite strange!"

"To actually have such a name!"

"Shakya... what mud person was it again?"

Lu Xiucai said, "It's Shakyamuni!"

Bai Zhantang said from the side, "What does this have to do with the Sweeping Monk?"

Lu Xiucai said, "Legend has it that before the Buddha became a monk, he was also the crown prince of a small kingdom in the Western Wilderness."

"He gave up being a crown prince to meditate under the Bodhi tree for seven days and seven nights."

"And as a result, he became a Buddha!"

"So, it is very likely that this Sweeping Monk will also become a Buddha!"

"After all, he was also a crown prince before he became a monk!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately scoffed.

They couldn't be bothered to pay attention to Lu Xiucai anymore.

At this moment.

Bai Zhantang was heard saying, "Northern Shaolin is truly the ancestral land of the Chan Sect!"

"To actually have a Buddhist Vajra like the Sweeping Monk!"

Tong Xiangyu looked curious and said, "Zhantang, what is a Vajra?"

Bai Zhantang said, "The four paths of the world: Confucian, Buddhist, Daoist, and Mo!"

"The highest realm of the Confucian Sect is the Confucian Sage!"

"The highest realm of the Fomen is the Vajra!"

"The highest realm of the Daoist Sect is the Earthly Immortal!"

"The highest realm of the Mo Sect is the Earthly Heavenly Demon!"

"It is rumored that above the Vajra, there is the Great Vajra!"

"However, being able to reach the Vajra Realm is already an extremely formidable existence!"

"In the eight hundred years of Buddhist history, only Grandmaster Bodhidharma and the former Buddhist prodigy, Zen Master Wuxin, have reached the Great Vajra Realm!"

"This Sweeping Monk is already in the Vajra Realm; one would imagine he will also be a Great Vajra in the future!"

Guo Furong looked surprised and said, "Huh? Old Bai?"

"How do you know so much?"

"I didn't even know these things!"

Bai Zhantang heard this, and a flash of reminiscence crossed his eyes.

He smiled faintly and said, "Years ago, I met a storyteller in the Jianghu."

"He was the one who told me!"

Martial Dynasty.

Shendu!

Imperial Palace.

Empress Wu Zhao looked at the Azure Cloud List in the firmament.

Looking at the Sweeping Monk who had just appeared on the list.

A trace of astonishment flashed across her face.

"Unexpectedly, there is still a Vajra in the Fomen of this world!"

"Ever since Zen Master Wuxin of Hanshan Temple passed away."

"There has been no one left in the Fomen to carry the mantle!"

"Now, Northern Shaolin has produced another Vajra!"

"The Fomen's fortune is not yet exhausted after all!"

"It seems that leaving the Cihang Jingzhai behind back then was the right choice!"

Di Renjie, standing to the side, bowed slightly and said to the Empress, "Your Majesty is far-sighted!"

"Your subject admires you!"

Great Qin.

Qizhou.

Chunshui Immortal-Asking Pavilion.

A crowd of onlookers watched the Azure Cloud List in the firmament.

Everyone was extremely excited.

"Good heavens!"

"There is still a Sweeping Monk in the Shaolin Temple who is at the Rank 7 Earthly Immortal Realm?"

"It is rumored that thirty years ago, there was a saying about the four sacred sites of the Fomen in the world!"

"They were Cihang Jingzhai, Jingnian Chan Sect, Songshan Shaolin Temple, and Hanshan Temple."

"Unfortunately, after the Empress ascended the throne, Cihang Jingzhai was suppressed and nearly perished, and the Jingnian Chan Sect also declined because of this."

"Songshan Shaolin Temple has also seen its prestige greatly diminished since it split into Northern and Southern Shaolin."

"Hanshan Temple has also been unable to recover since the Buddhist prodigy, Zen Master Wuxin, passed away."

"Over these years, the four sacred sites of the Fomen have long existed in name only!"

"I thought the Fomen in this world was going to go downhill from here."

"Unexpectedly, now, another Vajra powerhouse has emerged in the Fomen!"

"Confucian, Buddhist, Daoist, and Mo, the four paths of the world!"

"Indeed, they all have profound foundations and are not so easily defeated!"

In the restaurant, there was no lack of knowledgeable people.

When talking about these Buddhist matters, they were also very articulate.

Duan Yu, standing to the side, listened and deeply agreed.

The Kingdom of Dali was originally a Buddhist nation.

The Dali Imperial Family had worshipped Buddha for generations.

Duan Yu had a deep karmic connection with Buddhism and had a natural sense of affinity for the Fomen.

Seeing that Northern Shaolin had produced such a Sweeping Monk.

His face was full of joy.

"Northern Shaolin is truly the ancestral land of the Chan Sect!"

"It is indeed extraordinary!"

"A Buddhist powerhouse in the Vajra Realm!"

"One doesn't appear for decades, or even centuries!"