Tao Zang Xuan Zhi

About two more time after burning incense, something happened to the banquet in the temple. At every table, someone suddenly fell down and fell asleep as if they were drunk. Then more and more people felt dizzy and sleepy. Not long after, there was a large area of ​​the banquet, and there were people lying on the table. On the table, some people fell to the ground, half-hanging and half-lying, and some simply lay on the ground. Suddenly, snoring began everywhere. Even Zhong Wanling had several people fall asleep.

"What's wrong……"Just as Yu Gengze was about to ask, he suddenly felt dizzy. He shook his head and tried to wake himself up, but the sleepiness became more and more intense. After a while, he also lay down on the table.

Soon, Sun Zhaoyang and Han Cheng also fell.

Mu Xiaochuan was startled and wanted to get up and shake his classmates, but before he could get up, he only felt a weight on his right side, and Zhong Wanling fell asleep leaning on his shoulder. Mu Xiaochuan was stunned. Not long after, his body swayed and he fell down on the table.

In the dark night, the men and women in strange costumes had stopped singing and dancing, and stood silently on the stage, looking down at the sleeping banquet indifferently, like a row of paper dolls. Snoring could be heard in the banquet, as if this was an ordinary moonless night. Everyone fell asleep, but the bonfire was still burning tirelessly.

A row of people in black robes quietly passed through the crowds of people, and walked to the table in Pingdong Village. They worked in pairs, lifted up the five Zhong Wanling who had fallen asleep, and once again stepped over the villagers who were lying on the ground. , heading deeper into the backyard.

More than a dozen men in black robes carried the five Zhong Wanling people into the back hall, threw the five people into the back hall casually, and then quietly retreated out, closed the door, and left.

After hearing that everyone was gone, Mu Xiaochuan opened his eyes and stood up. He hadn't eaten anything to begin with, so naturally he wouldn't faint.

Mu Xiaochuan stood up and looked around. When he was in the outer courtyard, he looked at the degree of damage to the temple and felt that it had been abandoned for at least several decades. However, the back hall was well preserved. Not only were the walls, tiles, doors and windows complete, but also the hanging curtains and futon tables in the hall. Most of them are not damaged, but they have accumulated a lot of dust. Rather than saying that they have been in disrepair and have been abandoned for a long time, it is better to say that they were properly maintained a few months ago.

Mu Xiaochuan breathed a sigh of relief and began to look around. His breath froze for a moment - the Buddha statue on the shrine had its head cut off, and the faces of the Vajra Protectors painted on the surrounding walls were all scratched.

Mu Xiaochuan couldn't believe what he was seeing. He couldn't imagine how someone could do such a heinous and appalling thing.

No, it cannot be from this Buddhist temple.

It is impossible for a Buddhist disciple who even cherishes a futon to do such a terrible thing to the incarnations of Buddhas.

Who is it?!

Mu Xiaochuan couldn't help but want to get to the bottom of it

"Where are you going?"A female voice suddenly stopped him from behind.

Mu Xiaochuan shuddered. At some point, Zhong Wanling had already stood behind him dignifiedly and silently.

This shouldn't surprise him. Zhong Wanling just used his spiritual power. After wiping away the plums in the gauze curtain, she actually didn't eat a bite, so naturally she didn't faint. Not only did she not faint, she was also the one who reminded Mu Xiaochuan that he would pretend to faint and use it as a trick.

Zhong Wanling stared at Mu Xiaochuan intently."A few Buddha statues are worse than Is it important that your fellow disciples are here?"Zhong Wanling's tone was very light, but the meaning of reproach was clear.

Mu Xiaochuan frowned, but did not answer. Not only did he not answer, he did not even turn around.

Zhong Wanling said lightly:"You, because I am contrary to your ideal, And unhappy."

Mu Xiaochuan was shocked, but still did not turn around or answer.

Zhong Wanling's voice was very cold."We have different ideas, so we want to part ways? Okay, if you don't like it, you can leave."

Mu Xiaochuan turned around angrily, with an expression that was three parts shocked, three parts angry and four parts baffling."You... what nonsense are you talking about? When will I……"In the middle of his words, Mu Xiaochuan suddenly remembered the conversation he had with Zhong Wanling in the forest not long ago. He didn't agree with some of Zhong Wanling's actions, and felt that Zhong Wanling didn't need to do things so absolutely, but he was worried that this girl would be hurt by him, so how could he object to her?

"what are you talking about? I don't have any objection, I'm just...Master...you can't disagree with it, that means you are opposed to it? How could you...why don't you listen to what others say? I'm surprised, why do you always think you are right?……"

"It’s not that I always think I’m right, it’s that I’ve always been right, I just have a clear understanding of it."Zhong Wanling looked at Mu Xiaochuan coldly,"Besides, I don't need your approval, I am the leader of this trip. If you have any questions, you can leave and don't stand in my way.

When it came to this, Mu Xiaochuan also became a little angry."Yes, you have the final say." But you can’t gamble with everyone’s lives! You made the right bet before, can you guarantee that you will be right this time? Things are changing, and you can't always have the upper hand!

Zhong Wanling sneered and retorted:"What basis do you have for saying that I will be wrong this time?" Just because I was right last time, it may not be right this time? Huh, what logic?

Let me tell you, people who were right the first time are more likely to find the right way out than people who were not right before. People who are right often remain right; people who are wrong often make mistakes again and again. Analysis and prediction are based on ability, not luck. Even if it is due to chance and luck, it cannot be caused by this naive theory of taking turns. This idea is just a desperate gamble by the most stupid gambler. There is no possibility of winning at all. That is inevitable. Just blindly following a sign in the opposite direction, with no intuition, no luck, no reason, blindness and no wisdom, and naturally a complete failure."

Mu Xiaochuan was speechless.

Suddenly, a whimpering moan came from the ground at Zhong Wanling's feet, and the two of them stopped talking.

Sun Zhaoyang struggled to push away Yu Gengze, who was half pressed on him, and covered his forehead with one hand. While struggling to sit up, looking half-conscious and uncomfortable,

Zhong Wanling let out an annoyed"tsk" and said softly:"Why is it you? Sun

Zhaoyang grimaced and protested:"Master, what you said is too much." Zhong

Wanling also felt that he had made a mistake and quietly changed his words:"I mean, you didn't faint at all." Sun

Zhaoyang said in his heart: You are turning too hard."Oh, I know those things may be different. While eating them, luck is secretly forced out of the body." I just didn't expect that the medicine was a bit strong, so I couldn't get rid of it completely, and I still fainted for a while."The implication is that I fainted and I just woke up. I didn't hear what you two were arguing about just now.

Zhong Wanling didn't point it out and glanced at him suspiciously,"Oh? Sun

Zhaoyang could only explain bitterly, while calmly changing the subject:"I can see that Master, you are pretending to eat through the gauze curtain... Moreover, Master, you are helping Junior Brother Mu to shirk it." I guessed that Master wanted to use a trick, but he was afraid that Junior Brother Mu was naive and would not know how to pretend, so I took the plunge to avoid ruining Master's plan. Besides, in such a weird environment, everyone is on guard. How can it be possible to actually eat it?……"Before they finished speaking, Sun Zhaoyang and Zhong Wanling glanced at the two people sleeping soundly on the ground. Sun Zhaoyang immediately shut up and could only smile awkwardly.

Zhong Wanling raised his eyebrows, his expression softened a lot, and his view of the bookish disciple in front of him also changed. She actually didn't know this disciple. Things happened in a hurry, and she didn't have much time to investigate before setting off. This disciple was originally a disciple of Wu Daozhi, and he was quite capable. However, most of Wu Daozhi's disciples were rigid and pedantic, and had no real talent. Zhong Wanling thought, why not bring them all out, whether they are donkeys or horses, you can tell by taking them out for a walk. I didn't expect that a simple and crude approach would be effective so quickly. This disciple named Sun Zhaoyang has a strong Confucian scholar spirit, but his mind is meticulous and his brain is quite clever.

Change is a change, but Zhong Wanling still has something else to do.

Zhong Wanling cleared his throat and said to Sun Zhaoyang:"Zhaoyang, wake up these two idiots, and then quietly return to the venue from the side. Don't scare the snake yet, pretend to be a villager, and wait and see what happens."

Sun Zhaoyang nodded,"Then Master And you?"

"Mu Xiaochuan and I went to the backyard to check it out."

"this……"Sun Zhaoyang looked at the uncertain Mu Xiaochuan in front of the Buddha statue with some concern.

Zhong Wanling said:"Those villagers are not evil people. The situation is unknown now. While you are protecting yourself, try to protect them as well as possible. Don't be reckless.""

"yes."Sun Zhaoyang accepted the order.

Zhong Wanling picked up the candlestick in front of the Buddha statue and walked to Mu Xiaochuan. The guy didn't know whether he was confused by Zhong Wanling's U-turn or was really angered by Zhong Wanling's previous words. He froze on the spot motionless..

Zhong Wanling secretly pushed him angrily and urged:"Let's go."

Mu Xiaochuan was unwilling, frowned, took the candlestick from Zhong Wanling's hand, and walked to the back with Zhong Wanling.

Mu Xiaochuan was half pushed and half dragged by Zhong Wanling into the room at the back of the hall through the door openings on both sides. This is There was a long and narrow room with yellow walls on one side and a couch on the other. There were a few futons on the couch. It should be a Zen room for Zen masters to meditate and take a nap. The room was very simple, with nothing else, and it was unobstructed. The two glanced at it, There is a simple door opening on the right, without a door leaf, and covered with a bamboo curtain. The door shape is not flat, and there are irregular peelings on the surrounding wall. It seems that it was dug out later.

Zhong Wanling and Mu Xiaochuan Lifting the bamboo curtain, what was revealed was a cave going downwards. There were no steps in the cave, and at least the slope was not steep.

Zhong Wanling motioned with his eyes to Mu Xiaochuan to follow her down, and touched a string of leaf-shaped forbidden steps around his waist with one hand. He pinched a small leaf and injected spiritual power. Mu Xiaochuan knew that this was not an ordinary forbidden step, it was a mother-child leaf that symbolized the relationship between master and disciple. Soon, Mu Xiaochuan felt that the small leaf hanging on his chest was slightly warm, and he Using Yuanling's perception, Zhong Wanling's voice came into my mind:

"Dai Xiaochuan hasn't reacted yet?"