Chapter 66

Fifty years!

A full fifty years!

The successive abbots of the Northern Shaolin Temple did not know that such a powerful figure was hidden in the Northern Shaolin Temple.

Twenty years ago, the Sweeping Monk was already a Land Immortal.

At that time, Xuan Ci was already the Northern Shaolin Abbot.

However, he knew absolutely nothing about this!

Xuan Ci's heart was filled with emotion!

This is a true enlightened monk!

If it weren't for the exposure by the Azure Cloud Ranking, I fear that even after another fifty years, no one would have discovered the existence of the Sweeping Monk!

At this moment,

The monk Kong Wen was heard saying excitedly, "Abbot!"

"Since our Northern Shaolin has such a high monk!"

"We should go and pay our respects!"

Other heads also spoke up, saying, "Yes, Abbot, we should go and pay our respects!"

Xuan Ci nodded slightly and said, "It should be so!"

"Junior brothers, please follow me!"

Saying this,

The monks, led by Xuan Ci, walked toward the direction of the Scripture Library.

At this time,

Outside the Scripture Library.

The withered old monk in green robes held a broom and swept the ground with a bowed back.

This monk was not young, and his sparse long beard was already completely white.

He was not anyone else; he was the Sweeping Monk.

He had become accustomed to the unchanging life of day after day in the Northern Shaolin Temple.

For the Sweeping Monk,

His life had seen glory and loneliness, but in the end, it was all just emptiness.

That was why, fifty years ago, he had the idea of escaping into the Buddhist gate.

These years, day after day of contemplating Buddhist teachings.

Had made his state of mind incredibly peaceful.

Even at this moment, when he saw his name appear on the Azure Cloud Ranking.

He felt no ripples.

As if this were a very ordinary matter.

However, when he saw the introduction about him on the Azure Cloud Ranking.

A trace of reminiscence appeared on his face.

Many years ago.

He was indeed called Li Li Zhongyu.

From the moment he was born, he was treated with the utmost honor.

He was the Crown Prince of Southern Tang, and he enjoyed endless glory and wealth.

However, even the most beautiful dream has a day when one wakes up.

The Zhao Song army destroyed Southern Tang, he followed his father to Zhao Song, and his father was imprisoned in Tokyo.

He was able to move about freely.

Thus, he secretly plotted to overthrow Zhao Song and welcome his father back.

However, before he could succeed, bad news arrived.

His father had passed away.

Rumor had it that Song Song Taizong had poisoned his father with the "Tethering Machine" poison.

To seek revenge, he disregarded everything.

Relying on his family heritage and decent martial arts, he snuck into the imperial city, preparing to assassinate Song Song Taizong.

As a result, he was wounded by imperial experts.

He fled all the way out of Tokyo in panic.

He almost died on the road.

If it hadn't been for Zen Master Master Wuxin's rescue.

He might have already met the King of Hell.

All these events of the past were vivid in his mind, but they also seemed as if they had not happened to him.

His heart felt not a single ripple.

At this time,

A golden light streaked across the Azure Cloud Ranking in the firmament and fell toward the Northern Shaolin Temple.

It landed directly in front of the Sweeping Monk.

The Sweeping Monk took it with a casual gesture.

The items wrapped in the golden light all fell into his hands.

The Great Vajra Subduing Demon Circle emitted a golden luster and was as wide as a person.

The Arhat Golden Body Method was recorded in a small booklet.

The Sweeping Monk flipped through it twice and then put the Arhat Golden Body Method away.

He would not deliberately practice martial arts, nor would he reject practicing them.

In his view, so-called martial arts were just methods to strengthen the body.

He practiced Buddhism, and in his heart, there was only Buddha.

All other things in the world were merely external objects.

Back then, the Buddhist seed that Zen Master Master Wuxin had planted in his body had already grown into a towering tree.

"Speaking of Zen, speaking of Zen..."

"There is no Zen in the world!"

"Now, I finally understand why Zen Master Master Wuxin, who had achieved perfect merit and was a Great Vajra, chose to pass away at the age of seventy."

"The world is chaotic; it is enough to have visited the red dust!"

At this time, the Sweeping Monk looked into the distance.

Over there, the bustling Northern Shaolin monks, led by Abbot Xuan Ci, were rushing toward him in a hurry.

Northern Northern Shaolin Temple.

Back mountain.

In a slightly old Zen courtyard.

Yin Yin Susu, who was alone, looked at the Azure Cloud Ranking in the firmament.

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

A look of shock flashed across her face.

"Northern Shaolin actually has such a figure?"

"Seventh rank of Land Immortal!"

"A figure that cannot be ignored!"

"In the Buddhist school, he is absolutely an incredibly formidable existence!"

"To think he has been hidden in the Northern Shaolin Temple for so many years!"

"It is simply too hard to believe!"

"Oh no!"

"If Zhang Cuishan and Zhang Wuji come and encounter this Sweeping Monk, wouldn't they be easily subdued by him?"

"Unless, Zhang Zhenren can come to the Northern Northern Shaolin in person!"

"Otherwise, Zhang Cuishan and Zhang Wuji are afraid they won't be able to save me from here!"

"Heaven, why..."

"Why is this..."

A look of anxiety flashed across Yin Yin Susu’s face.

After so many years of waiting, she had never despaired.

However, just when she had raised hope.

In the Northern Northern Shaolin Temple, such a great figure who could be called a Buddhist Vajra had suddenly appeared!

This almost shattered the hope she had just raised!

Great Ming.

Mount Mount Wudang.

In front of the True Martial Hall.

Zhang Zhang Sanfeng and his disciples and grandchildren all gasped.

Especially Zhang Zhang Cuishan, whose complexion was extremely poor.

"Northern Northern Shaolin, Scripture Library, and there lives a Sweeping Monk?"

"This person is actually already at the Land Immortal Seventh Grade realm?"

"This is too terrifying!"

Many Mount Wudang disciples were discussing it one after another.

Zhang Zhang Sanfeng stood with his hands behind his back.

Looking at the Sweeping Monk on the Azure Cloud List.

Looking at all the introductions about the Sweeping Monk on the Azure Cloud List.

Zhang Zhang Sanfeng sighed slightly and said: "Northern Northern Shaolin, it truly deserves to be the ancestral land of the Zen Sect!"

"Eight hundred years ago, Patriarch Bodhidharma founded Northern Shaolin."

"Northern Shaolin has been passed down to this day, divided into Northern and Southern Northern Shaolin; although it looks less powerful than before, its foundation is still there."

"The Sweeping Monk, unknown to the world."

"He has been sweeping the floor in the Scripture Library for fifty years."

"He swept his way to becoming a Land Immortal."

"Truly amazing."

"Unexpectedly, this person is the former Crown Prince of the Southern Tang Kingdom."

"Back then, Emperor Taizu of the Great Song destroyed the ten kingdoms and established the Great Song; Song Taizu died suspiciously, and Song Song Taizong succeeded to the throne."

"Song Song Taizong was a ruthless person; he only reigned for ten years and did many ruthless things, so much so that on his deathbed, Song Taizu’s own son rebelled."

"Thus, the vast Great Song Dynasty was split into two, becoming the Northern and Southern Great Song."

"The Northern Song Dynasty is the lineage of Song Taizong."

"The Southern Song Dynasty is the lineage of Taizu."

"Unfortunately, this Southern Tang Crown Prince could not hold his ground."

"Otherwise, if he had waited two more years and raised an army when Song Taizu’s son rebelled."

"Maybe he could have really restored the country."

"However, this is also the trickery of fate; the former Crown Prince of a country has now become a Vajra powerhouse of Buddhism!"

"Historically, Buddhist Vajras have been extremely difficult to appear."

"In the eight hundred years of the Zen Sect, only Bodhidharma and Zen Master Master Wuxin have appeared as Great Vajras; now that this Sweeping Monk is in the Vajra realm, he probably also has a chance to step into the Great Vajra realm."

"Still only in the Vajra realm, he is already a Land Immortal Seventh Grade!"

"His realm is no weaker than mine."

Zhang Zhang Sanfeng’s face was full of sighs and emotions.

Yu Yu Daiyan and Zhang Zhang Cuishan heard this.

Both were extremely astonished.

Yu Yu Daiyan said: "Master, are you saying that this Sweeping Monk’s realm is already not below yours?"

Zhang Zhang Sanfeng nodded slightly and said: "I am more than ten years older than this Sweeping Monk."

"Buddhism emphasizes affinity and sudden enlightenment."

"Maybe this Sweeping Monk will be in the Great Vajra realm by the time he reaches my age."

"Do you know what a Great Vajra means?"

Yu Yu Daiyan on the side shook his head.

Zhang Zhang Cuishan was somewhat dejected and did not speak.

Zhang Zhang Sanfeng said: "The Vajra in Buddhism refers to figures with profound Buddhist teachings, basically referring to figures above Land Immortal Sixth Grade."

"And the Great Vajra specifically refers to the peak of the Land Immortal realm!"

"In the past eight hundred years, only Patriarch Bodhidharma and Zen Master Master Wuxin have reached such a realm in Buddhism!"

Yu Yu Daiyan on the side asked curiously: "Master, I know about Patriarch Bodhidharma, but who exactly is this Zen Master Master Wuxin?"

"The disciple knows very little about him."

Zhang Zhang Sanfeng smiled faintly and said, "Zen Master Master Wuxin is the next Zen patriarch of the Buddhist sect after Bodhidharma."

"Back then, there was a rumor in the Jianghu that eating a piece of meat from a Buddhist supreme powerhouse in the Great Vajra realm could grant immortality; back then, Zen Master Master Wuxin of Hanshan Temple returned from a ten-thousand-mile journey to the west, and demons from all over the Nine Provinces swarmed to Little Hanshan to besiege Zen Master Master Wuxin, including a demonic ancestor who had stepped into the Land Demon realm; despite this, he was still dispersed by Zen Master Master Wuxin with the Tathagata Palm."

"To dispel this rumor, Zen Master Master Wuxin cut off a piece of meat in front of everyone and gave it to an old man who was starving and dying; a few years later, the old man passed away peacefully, but he did not achieve immortality, so the rumor vanished."

At this time, Yu Yu Daiyan asked again: "Master, where is Zen Master Master Wuxin now?"

Zhang Zhang Sanfeng sighed slightly, looked at the firmament, and said: "Zen Master Master Wuxin passed away many years ago!"

Yu Yu Daiyan was astonished and said: "Such a figure must have lived for a long time before passing away."

Zhang Zhang Sanfeng shook his head again and said: "Zen Master Master Wuxin passed away at the age of seventy; in fact, according to his cultivation, living to two hundred would have been no problem."

"However, he chose to pass away."

"It is rumored that before he passed away, he said that the world is chaotic, and it is enough to have visited this red dust."

"A single Zen phrase made countless Buddhist monks sigh in admiration."

"What is seeing through the red dust!"

"In Buddhism, what is emphasized is seeing through the red dust."

"However, throughout history, how many people have truly been able to see through the red dust!"

"This is the reason why Zen Master Master Wuxin can be compared to Patriarch Bodhidharma."

Yu Yu Daiyan nodded slightly upon hearing this, his face full of emotion.

"This Sweeping Monk can also be considered a successor to Zen Master Master Wuxin."

"It seems that he indeed has a chance to become another Great Vajra of Buddhism in the future!"

"Master, what about Zhang Cuishan’s ten-year agreement with Kong Wen of Northern Northern Shaolin?"

"If Zhang Cuishan goes to Northern Northern Shaolin alone, defeats Kong Wen, and wants to take his wife away, what if this Sweeping Monk does not allow it?"

Zhang Zhang Sanfeng smiled slightly upon hearing this and said: "I have already made a decision; this time when Zhang Cuishan goes to Northern Northern Shaolin to fulfill the ten-year agreement, I will go with him."

"I think that Sweeping Monk is also a figure with the most profound Buddhist teachings and will not make things difficult for Zhang Cuishan."

"Furthermore, if I go, I can also see this Sweeping Monk."

Zhang Zhang Cuishan, hearing Zhang Zhang Sanfeng’s words, was suddenly energized.

He bowed deeply to Zhang Zhang Sanfeng and said: "Disciple thanks Master!"

Zhang Zhang Sanfeng helped Zhang Zhang Cuishan up and said: "Zhang Cuishan, you and I have been master and disciple for decades; in my heart, the biggest regret is that I didn't keep Yin Susu in Mount Wudang back then."

"This time when we go to Mount Wudang, I will definitely help you and your wife reunite."

Great Ming.

Mount Mount Kunlun.

Brightness Peak.

At this time, Brightness Peak was filled with a murderous atmosphere. ===== CHAPTER 159 =====