Chapter 65

Great Heroic Hall.

Northern Shaolin Abbot Xuan Ci and the Northern Shaolin monks were all furious at this moment.

They were all denouncing Yan Yan Kuangtu!

"Abbot Brother, that Yan Yan Kuangtu is too abominable!"

"I don't know when he stole our Northern Shaolin Temple's divine techniques!"

"Moreover, he even stole and learned the Reed Crossing the River passed down by Patriarch Bodhidharma!"

"Yes, that Reed Crossing the River is a supreme light-body technique!"

"Even those in the Heaven-Man realm might not be able to master it!"

"Yet that Yan Yan Kuangtu actually mastered it!"

"Yes, since Patriarch Bodhidharma created it, in the history of our Northern Shaolin Temple, only three seniors have ever mastered it."

"That Yan Yan Kuangtu's talent is indeed outstanding, but a thief is still a thief!"

"Even if he is a Land Immortal, he is still a thief!"

"Abbot, we must severely punish that Yan Yan Kuangtu!"

At this moment, Xuan Ci sighed and said, "Severely punish?"

"How can we severely punish him!"

"Yan Yan Kuangtu's power is profound!"

"He is already a Land Immortal!"

"And he is not just a newly entered Land Immortal!"

"Where in our Northern Shaolin now is there anyone who can fight him!"

"Sigh, our Northern Shaolin has a long history and many legacies, but we have too few talents!"

"So much so that our Northern Shaolin divine techniques were learned by others, and he even achieved the Land Immortal realm!"

"This is a disgrace!"

"We must know shame and then be brave!"

"At present, in the Confucian school, there are Land Immortals like Xu Changqing, and first-class sword immortals like Su Zhe."

"In the Daoist school, there are also figures like Zhang Zhang Sanfeng!"

"Our Northern Shaolin is the orthodox Buddhist school, yet we don't even have a single Land Immortal!"

"How pathetic is this!"

At this moment, someone said, "Abbot, this Azure Cloud Ranking still has four spots left!"

"Perhaps in our Buddhist school, there are also Arhats and Bodhisattvas comparable to Land Immortals!"

Upon hearing this, Xuan Ci looked up at the Azure Cloud Ranking in the firmament.

A look of hope flashed across his face.

"Could there be?"

At this moment, a golden light flashed once more in the firmament.

A new figure had appeared on the list!

[Fourth Place on the Nine Provinces Azure Cloud Ranking—Sweeping Monk!]

[Identity: An unnamed old monk responsible for sweeping the Scripture Library at the Northern Shaolin Temple on Mount Song. His martial arts are unfathomable, and he possesses great wisdom.]

[In fact, he was not originally an unnamed old monk. Fifty years ago, he was a hero who shook the Northern Song jianghu, known as Li Li Zhongyu.]

[Li Li Zhongyu had a deep family heritage; he was the eldest son of Li Yu, the Last Ruler of Southern Tang. After Southern Tang was destroyed, he followed his father to Song, was appointed as the Grand General of the Right Thousand Ox Guards and Inspector of Yingzhou, and had been secretly plotting to rebel against Song.]

[Later, upon learning that his father Li Yu had been poisoned to death by Song Song Taizong with the "Tethering Machine" poison, he went in a fit of rage to the Tokyo Imperial Palace to assassinate Song Song Taizong, but was wounded by imperial experts and fled in panic.]

[At the brink of life and death, he encountered the then-living Buddha of the Buddhist school, Zen Master Master Wuxin.]

[Zen Master Master Wuxin came from Hanshan Temple and was known as having "no Zen to contemplate." At that time, he was regarded by the world as a Buddhist Great Vajra and was the universally recognized living Buddha of the jianghu. He was the number one person in the Buddhist school fifty years ago.]

[Zen Master Master Wuxin had profound Buddhist power; he saved Li Li Zhongyu, who was on the verge of death, and cleared all the meridians in his body.]

[At this time, Li Li Zhongyu was disheartened and had no desire for the red dust, so he wanted to take Zen Master Master Wuxin as his master and become a monk.]

[Zen Master Master Wuxin, for certain reasons, did not accept him. He taught him profound Buddhist teachings for seven days and seven nights, planted a Buddhist seed in his body, and pointed him toward a clear path: to go to the Northern Shaolin Temple on Mount Song and become an ordinary sweeping monk. This would allow him to avoid investigation by the Zhao Song imperial family and also to practice Buddhism in peace, 30 without asking about worldly affairs.]

[Thus, with the introduction of Zen Master Master Wuxin, Li Li Zhongyu entered the Northern Shaolin Temple on Mount Song.]

[He swept the Scripture Library for fifty years!]

[During these fifty years, in order to resolve the hostility in his heart, Li Li Zhongyu read through all the Buddhist scriptures in the Scripture Library.]

[Originally uninterested in martial arts, he became focused on Buddhist teachings, which completely activated the Buddhist seed that Zen Master Master Wuxin had buried in his body.]

[By the thirtieth year of his entry into the temple, he had learned all seventy-two Northern Shaolin unique skills and had integrated many of the Northern Shaolin Temple's divine techniques, achieving the Vajra realm.]

[In the twenty years that followed, his Buddhist teachings became increasingly profound. Although not comparable to Zen Master Master Wuxin of the past, he could be called the number one person in the Buddhist school after Zen Master Master Wuxin.]

[Martial Realm: Seventh rank of Land Immortal!]

[Potential Index: Twenty stars!]

[Combat Power Index: Thirty-five stars!]

[Danger Index: One star!]

[Current Age: Eighty-eight years old!]

[Lifespan: Three hundred and twenty-six years!]

[Reward: Great Vajra Subduing Demon Circle, a supreme treasure of Vajra subduing demons, possessing immense power!]

[Arhat Golden Body Method, a supreme method for attaining the Arhat fruit.]

Whoosh!

The appearance of the Sweeping Monk on the list immediately left the monks in the Northern Northern Shaolin Temple dumbfounded.

Looking at the Sweeping Monk on the Azure Cloud Ranking in the firmament, they were all filled with shock!

"What!"

"There is actually such a formidable Sweeping Monk in our Northern Shaolin Temple?"

"Heavens, how is this possible!"

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, how could I believe that there is such a figure in our Northern Northern Shaolin!"

"Yes, who would have thought!"

"It is simply too astonishing!"

"Seventh rank of Land Immortal, this is the seventh rank of Land Immortal!"

"An existence in the top three ranks of Land Immortals!"

"In this world, how many people can reach such a realm!"

"Is this the foundation of our Northern Northern Shaolin!"

"Too strong!"

"Truly too strong!"

"He actually learned all seventy-two unique skills and integrated many of the Northern Shaolin Temple's divine techniques, achieving the Vajra realm!"

"That is a legendary realm!"

"In the records of our Buddhist school, in the eight hundred years since Patriarch Bodhidharma founded the Northern Shaolin Temple, only two people have ever reached the Vajra realm!"

"The first was Patriarch Bodhidharma!"

"The second was Zen Master Master Wuxin!"

"I never expected that after Zen Master Master Wuxin, there would be another person who could enter the Vajra realm!"

"It is truly shocking!"

"Who says our Northern Shaolin has no one!"

"Who says our Buddhist school has no one!"

The monks of Northern Northern Shaolin were all incredibly excited.

The Sweeping Monk's appearance on the list truly allowed them to release the breath they had been holding for so long!

Especially Abbot Xuan Ci.

He looked at the Azure Cloud Ranking in the firmament with disbelief.

He had not expected that there was still a Buddhist Vajra in the world!

And this Buddhist Vajra was in Northern Northern Shaolin!

Right in the Scripture Library!