Taiping Inn

On the other side of the Perfume River, there are indeed two heavens and earths.

With the Summer River as the boundary, the entire Hou Temple has become an independent cave heaven. There is nothing to be seen on weekdays, but as long as the cave heaven is opened, it will be like the ghost country of Zaoge Sect. People inside cannot go out, and people outside can enter. No. Therefore, you can attack when you advance and defend when you retreat.

The reason why Li Xuandu was able to leave this cave heaven just now was because he relied on the great heavenly master's skills, and the great heavenly master Zhang Jingxiu is still in the cave heaven at this moment.

Zhang Jingxiu carried his hands on his back, and the white whisk was held in his palm casually, looking leisurely, not at all shocked or angry at the scene in front of him, and smiled faintly, "Zen Master, you want to stop me."

The voice of Zen Master Hu came from the sky, "It was not that I wanted to stop Master Zhang Tian, ​​but that my old friend asked me to do it."

Zhang Jingxiu asked, "Is the Zen master talking about Qinghe layman? The Zen master said before that Qinghe layman once visited the Zen master, and the reason why we came to Dabaoen Temple today was also the work of Qinghe layman. From this point of view It was Mr. Qinghe who thought that I would come to visit the Zen master, so he asked the Zen master to take this opportunity to stop me. Without me, it would be much easier for Mr. Qinghe to do whatever he wanted to do outside."

Zen Master Hu was silent for a moment and sighed, "The Great Heavenly Master is worthy of being the Great Heavenly Master. After all, our little thoughts cannot be hidden from the Great Heavenly Master."

"The Zen Master is too humble." Zhang Jingxiu shook his head, "I was still hidden after all. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have been here, nor would I be blocked by the Zen Master. It was only now that I can't figure it out? With your calculations, from this point of view, I am not as good as Brother Xu or Brother Li. If they were here, I am afraid you would not have succeeded so easily."

Zen Master Hu whispered: "The great master is kind, and he is above these two people. People in the world, whether they are in the Confucian sect or in the Taoist sect, whether they are in the Jianghu. , I am still in the temple, and there are few people who do not admire the great master as a human being."

Zhang Jingxiu smiled and said, "It's just that his brain and mind are not as good as theirs, right?"

"I dare not have such an idea." Zen Master Hu's voice showed a little apology, "I hope the great master will forgive me. Today's offense will definitely come to the door to apologize."

"There is no need to apologize. I only ask the Zen master one thing." The whisk in Zhang Jingxiu's hands behind him was trembling slightly, "'Tian Dao' Qin Qing has a knife called 'Bie Fangwangdao', and the allusion comes from the gentleman, "The gentleman," It is hard to deceive him to the point of view. This sentence is said by your Confucian sage, and the sage also said similar words: 'What is the case? A gentleman can die, but it cannot be trapped. It is a deception, it cannot be ignored. 'This is the principle of Confucianism. You are from Confucianism, but what you are going to do today, what you have done before, and even what you may do in the future are in line with the principles of these sages Is it? "

Zen Master Hu was silent and said nothing for a long time.

Zhang Jingxiu continued: "You can deceive a gentleman reasonably, but you can't fool a gentleman. It seems that the Zen master regards me as a gentleman, so he deceives me reasonably. From this point of view, the Zen master and others are still well aware of these sages' principles. But it was not used in the right way, and did not think about how to be a gentleman, but how to deal with a gentleman."

After a long time, Zen Master Hu finally spoke, "What Master Da Tian taught me is that this is why we are hermits. We are hermits, gatekeepers, not gentlemen."

The whisk behind Zhang Jingxiu was trembling even harder, but the expression on his face did not change much, "Isn't a gentleman? Can you violate the teachings of sages if you are not a gentleman?"

Zen Master Hu whispered: "The things in this world are always divided into two levels: the inside and outside. People live for a lifetime, their personal situation is the second best, and their ability is the second most often. Some are due to the times. Some have become face, some The great master is also the leader of a sect, the lord of a Tao, and even the leader of a sect. You should understand a truth that you should be glamorous in terms of face, not only the ten fingers are not touched by the spring water, but even the soles of the shoes, you cannot There is a little mud, but there are so many things that cannot be used on the table, and someone has to do it all over the mud. If your own face is chatting and laughing with other people's face, your own inner world may have to live and die with other people's inner world. It's so simple Doesn’t the great master understand the truth?”

Zen Master Hu was heart-warming. Zhang Jingxiu nodded, "I understand, I understand. But in the words of the world, if you do this, it will break the rules and the scene will become unfavorable. Understand your difficulties. The reason why I put this discussion under the Dabaoen Temple and under your nose is also an open and honest intention, but you are still in a difficult situation everywhere, so you are a little embarrassed. This face has fallen Even if you are involved in fundamental matters, the Zen master should also understand this simple truth. "

Zen Master Hu said, "I understand the words of the Great Heavenly Master. I can also pay attention to the sincerity of the Great Heavenly Master. But at this point, it is no longer diverted by the will of a certain person. This is the common voice of many people. , that is, the general trend."

Speaking of this, it is already very clear. There is no room for maneuver. It is impossible for Zhang Jingxiu to leave this place immediately in a harmonious manner. Unless you forcefully break through this cave, or wait for the dust outside to settle, Zen Master Hu will open the cave.

The opening of the cave heaven and turning into a closed and independent small world requires a short process. Although this process is very concealed, it can still be hidden from Zhang Jingxiu. At that time, Zhang Jingxiu had two choices, one was to leave here alone, and the other was to send Li Xuan out.

After a brief consideration, Zhang Jingxiu decided to send Li Xuan out and leave him here. First, it is because he has the confidence to break the world from the inside, and Li Xuandu is ok, and second, it is because he is really worried about leaving Li Xuandu here alone. For Zhang Jingxiu, Li Xuan is the key The key is that if there is a certain Confucian master hidden in the cave heaven, he will attack Li Xuan with Zen Master Hu. Even if Li Xuan is in the realm of heaven and man, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not repeat the mistakes of Situ Xuance back then. Instead, there are The sect leaders of each sect, including the Qian family, the Su family, and the Taiping sect, are safer than inside.

So Zhang Jingxiu sent Li Xuan out. Li Xuandu saved Qin Su from Shangguan Guan’s men at the critical moment. Zhang Jingxiu stayed on the other side of the Sushui River, and had this conversation with Zen Master Hu. .

Zhang Jingxiu turned his attention to the newly built Guanyin statue. If he had expected it was good, this was the key to the entire cave. Because at the earliest, there was no Guanyin statue in Dabaoen Temple. It was not until the second year of Tianbao that the pagoda was built, with a very similar face to the Empress Dowager Xie Zhi. It claimed to be to please Xie Zhi, but Zhang Jingxiu knew that As the seclusion place of Master Hu Zen, one of the seven hermits, Dabaoen Temple, although it is a royal temple, it may not be the royal temple. It is more likely to obey the orders directly from the seven hermits, and there is no need to do this. Then this statue of Guanyin becomes very suspicious.

Zhang Jingxiu raised the whisk in his hand, and there was no wind automatically. Every thin thread was surrounded by rays of lightning, making this whisk not like a whisk, but more like a thunder whip. Then he waved his lightly, and the "thunder whip" began to grow continuously, from the first two feet long to two feet, and then to twenty feet or two hundred feet, which was twenty feet high. The neck of the huge statue was wrapped around it, and then the entire "thunder whip" suddenly became straight. Zhang Jingxiu grabbed one end of the "thunder whip" and began to exert force to pull the huge statue to the ground.

Although Zhang Jingxiu is not a martial artist, under the urge of his vast energy, the wind and clouds change, the earth trembles, huge waves emerge out of thin air in the perfume river, the whole river seemed to be boiling and tumbling, and the statue of Guanyin was also It started to shake, and dust and gravel kept falling down, as if it could fall from the lotus platform at any time.

At this moment, Zen Master Hu finally appeared. He was holding a bamboo stick in his hand, which reminded people of the famous sayings of the past: "Bamboo sticks and straw shoes are lighter than horses, who is afraid? A raincoat can last forever."

Zhang Jingxiu looked at Zen Master Hu and smiled and said, "It is not easy for Zen Master to stop me. Just like Zhang Jingchen wanted to stop me, it was also difficult. I just saw the Confucian scholar's face. , for the sake of the years of harmony between Confucian and Taoist families, they are tolerant everywhere, which does not mean that I have no choice but to do anything to you."

Zen Master Hu stood up on his chest with one palm, "We have never underestimated the Great Heavenly Master. The reason why Qinghe lay Buddhist asked me to keep the Great Heavenly Master was because I had the most special situation among the seven people."

After the words came, Zen Master Hu paused the bamboo stick in his hand to the ground. For a moment, the wind stopped and the clouds dispersed, the earth returned to calm, the river water no longer boiled, and the shaking statue of Guanyin also stood firmly.

Zhang Jingxiu frowned and said softly, "Hedao."

In the battle of Beim Mountain, the righteous people attacked the "Ghost Kingdom on Earth". This cave was built by Zaoge Sect when it was prosperous. Even if it was defeated by twenty-one sects and left in the world, the remaining part of the world was still It should not be underestimated. It has the mystery of reversing the mystery of yin and yang and invading the creation of heaven and earth. Therefore, after the old man Zang merges with this cave heaven, he can exert the power of the immortal realm in the cave heaven, and the cave heaven is immortal and this body is immortal, so that Zhang Jingxiu and Li Daoxu, the two great masters of immortality, could not kill him, so he could only suppress him into the Demon-Suppressing Well, and forced the separation of the old man Zang and the cave heaven of the Ghost Kingdom with another cave heaven.

Although the Tibetan old man's move is powerful, he has endless troubles. He will inevitably be integrated with the cave heaven of the ghost country, and will eventually be completely assimilated by the cave heaven, and life is worse than death.

Zhang Jingxiu did not expect that Zen Master Hu was in harmony with this cave heaven, which was beyond his expectations.

Zhang Jingxiu said in a deep voice: "Now that the Zen master is in harmony with this world, he may end up in an inseparable situation, and eventually he will be completely integrated with the cave and heaven here, and he cannot leave half a step away."

Zen Master Hu whispered: "I am a secluded person. What does it matter if I can leave this place?"