"Bang!" A muffled sound was heard!
Just as Shen Luo hesitated, the incense burner in Zhan Guo's hand had already smashed down on Chan 'er's head.
However, his body was trembling, and his hand was not steady. This time, he did not hit Chan 'er's head. Instead, it brushed past the corner of his eyebrows and smashed onto the floor behind him. Then, it suddenly bounced up and fell to the side.
There was a cut on the corner of Chan 'er's eyebrows, and fresh blood mixed with incense ash stained half of his face.
Shen Luo's heart tightened, but seeing that Chan 'er's eyebrows did not knit during the whole process, he was slightly relieved and resisted the urge to push the door open and enter.
After Zhan Guo smashed the incense burner, he began to smash around the room like a madman. He knocked down the furnishings in the room one by one, and even tore down the curtains on the bed and tore them to pieces.
After the room was in a mess, he rushed back and punched and kicked Chan 'er. After a long while, he was exhausted and collapsed on the futon opposite Chan' er, gradually quieting down.
At this time, Chan 'er's face and body were covered in bruises, and half of his face was covered in blood. His whole face was half clean, half dirty, half pale, and half black. He looked like a person of two different worlds.
When Zhan Guo finally calmed down, he slowly opened his eyes. There was a faint light in his eyes, and they were very peaceful. There was not the slightest trace of blame or anger.
He nodded at Shen Luo, indicating that he was fine. Then, he slowly closed his eyes and continued to recite scriptures.
Shen Luo watched for a while. Seeing that Zhan Guo did not continue to be violent, he was slightly relieved and slowly withdrew his gaze.
However, this time, he did not continue to meditate. Instead, he gently leaned against the door and quietly listened to Chan 'er recite scriptures.
Unexpectedly, this wait lasted for three days and three nights.
It was not until the evening of the third day that the sound of the wooden fish in the room, which had lasted for three days, finally stopped. Chan 'er's recitation also stopped. Suddenly, there was a warm white light in the room, penetrating through the crack in the door.
Shen Luo and Bai Xiaotian immediately approached the door crack and looked inside carefully.
Inside the house, Chan 'er's face was as pale as a sheet of paper. However, a white light shone from within the clothes on his chest. It formed a blurry halo around him, illuminating him like a Buddha.
"This is … Buddhist light!" Bai Xiaotian exclaimed in surprise.
On the other hand, Shen Luo noticed that Zhan Guo, who had been sitting opposite him with her head lowered, suddenly raised her head. She combed her messy hair behind her head with both hands. Her expression was calm and her eyes were no longer as lifeless as before.
He knelt on the praying mat and bowed three times to Chan 'er.
"Zen master, I am no longer obsessed with the debate between good and evil, but I still have questions in my heart. Please enlighten me," Zhan Guo said with a hoarse voice.
"Lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot. The so-called 'butcher's knife' does not refer to the blade of sin alone, but refers to the obsession related to the three thousand worries. If the four elements are all empty, what is emptiness? It's not that things don't exist, but that the heart doesn't exist. Only by truly letting go of the obsession can one truly practice Zen, "Chan 'er said slowly.
"Zen master, are you saying that if an evil person lets go of the sin of killing, he can become a Buddha? But a good person has no sin of killing, so how can he let go? "Zhan Guo asked again.
"You only see the evil person letting go of the butcher's knife in his hand, but you don't see him letting go of the butcher's knife in his heart. The extinction of evil thoughts and the emergence of good thoughts is only the beginning of becoming a Buddha. Cultivating Buddhism while bearing evil karma is only the beginning of penance. A good person is the opposite. He has no evil karma, but he has an obsession with karma. When he has an epiphany, he has already become a Buddha, "Chan 'er continued.
Hearing this, Zhan Guo was silent for a long time, and finally bowed again.
After that, he stood up with a radiant face and walked out of the room with a smile on his face.
Inside the house, the Buddhist light on Chan 'er's body gradually faded. Suddenly, with a "poof", he spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.
Shen Luo was shocked. He rushed into the house and picked up Chan 'er. After a careful examination, his expression eased.
"How is he?" Bai Xiaotian asked hurriedly.
"In the end, he is still a mortal. He has not eaten or drunk for three days and three nights. Coupled with excessive thinking, he has suffered serious internal injuries. Fortunately, there are no major problems. He just needs to recuperate for a while." Shen Luo sighed and said.
…
One day later, the news that Chan 'er, who came from the Tang of the East, had been enlightened by Zhan Guo, quickly spread throughout the entire Crimson Valley City and caused a sensation.
After all, Zhan Guo's reputation spread far and wide. It was difficult to determine the cause and effect of what had happened back then. Even an eminent monk like Zen Master Lin Da was unable to enlighten him.
When Zen Master Lin Da heard that Chan 'er had been seriously injured, he immediately came to visit. But because Chan' er was still unconscious, he did not see him. In the end, he only left behind a bottle of healing elixirs and left.
In the next few days, the various Chan Lin Monasteries from the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions had sent their eminent monks to gather in Crimson Valley City one after another. The citizens of the surrounding cities did not care about the distance they had to travel as they gathered in Crimson Valley City.
The originally bustling Crimson Valley City suddenly became overcrowded. Everywhere seemed to be congested.
Helpless, the arrogant King had no choice but to issue a royal order. He required the people from outside the city and even from other countries to camp outside the city and not continue to enter the city.
At the same time, Zen Master Lin Da personally went outside the city to tell the people that because of the limited space in the city, the location of the Mahayana Dharma Assembly was set at the West City Gate, which was relatively spacious.
Therefore, not only the people from outside the city, but also the people who originally lived in the city began to pitch tents outside the city early in the morning. They were waiting for the day when the Dharma Assembly would be held. They would be able to see the eminent monks from the Tang of the East and listen to them personally.
However, it was not until half a month later that the King issued a proclamation to the people. As there were too many people from various countries who came to watch the Dharma Assembly, the West City Gate was congested. At the last minute, the location of the Dharma Assembly was moved to the west and completely into the desert.
In just half a month, the King had ordered his men to build a wooden platform with a circumference of a thousand feet in the desert. On top of the platform, there were seventy-two podiums, each of which was a hundred feet tall, for the eminent monks of the thirty-six kingdoms to sit on the platform and preach.
On the day that the proclamation was issued, tens of thousands of people from various countries traveled night and day, moving their tents to the surroundings of the Dharma Altar. At night, bonfires were lit in the desert and stretched for dozens of miles, contrasting brilliantly with the stars in the night sky.
On the morning of the second day, the West City Gate of Crimson Valley City opened. Arrogant King Lin Da led the Queen and several princes. Under the urging of two red-robed monks, they rode a cloud carriage and slowly rose into the sky from the gate. They were the first to fly in the direction of the Dharma Assembly.
The monks of the thirty-six countries and those who possessed mana flew into the sky and followed closely behind the King's cloud carriage. The mortals were also led by cultivators. They either rode on flying boats or magic treasures and flew away.
Below them, a large number of people followed. However, they could only ride horses, camels, or walk.
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