463: Chapter 47 Robbery and Fate_2 463: Chapter 47 Robbery and Fate_2 “Pathetic.”
Deng Baiyi subconsciously transmitted her voice to scold, “If Xie Zhen were to flee, how could he not bring you along?”
“Yes, he could.”
Duan Zhao’s tone was filled with grief and indignation, “Last time, that’s exactly what he did.”
Deng Baiyi found herself at a loss for words for a moment.
Because she realized that Duan Zhao was right.
And that so-called last time…
seemed like it was not long ago.
“Golden Body Tower has been sealed for so long without any disturbance; how could this be the work of a single sword strike?” Duan Zhao became more suspicious as he thought about it: “The young master’s sword is incredibly fast.
With this amount of time, ten thousand swords should have been unsheathed by now…
If Fa Li’s eyes were blinded by the young master, then what else could these two do upon meeting, other than fight?
They couldn’t possibly be talking about love in there, could they?”
“…”
Deng Baiyi remained silent for a while.
She shook her head, calmly saying: “You observe carefully, although Fa Li is blind…
he does not harbor any anger.”
With these words, Duan Zhao was momentarily stunned.
“It’s very difficult for a person to completely conceal their emotions.”
Deng Baiyi narrowed her eyes and slowly transmitted her voice: “Happiness, anger, sorrow, and pleasure, not showing on the face, indeed, there are those who can achieve this.
However, Fa Li’s current emotions are clearly not within the ‘anger’ state…
He isn’t hiding his emotions, although his eyes are bleeding, he is very calm, even the blood on his cheeks wasn’t wiped away, isn’t that strange?”
“…This is indeed very strange.”
Having heard this, Duan Zhao calmed down.
He observed Fa Li carefully and found that the old monk was truly steady as a rock, his breath completely concealed, not at all like someone who had been injured.
“Master Fa Li, what’s wrong with you?”
From the crowd, a guest elder who had good relations with the Buddhist sect, couldn’t help but step forward, wanting to inquire and greet him, only to be stopped by Mi Yun extending his arm.
Hum!
A layer of bright golden array patterns rose from the ground, completely enclosing a three-foot radius around Fa Li.
“…
There’s no need.”
Although the little monk was young, after awakening the Karma Dao, his entire temperament had become much more composed.
He spoke calmly, “Honored benefactors, I ask that you do not come forward to disturb.
Uncle Master Fa Li is currently in a state of ‘sudden enlightenment’.”
“Sudden enlightenment?”
Duan Zhao raised an eyebrow and murmured, “Sister-in-law, you really guessed it right…”
A person can only exhibit such a state when they fall into sudden enlightenment.
Their heart like still water, their body like a rock.
Again with the term ‘sister-in-law’, which made Deng Baiyi’s heart blossom with joy.
“Tsk.”
Deng Baiyi let out a soft cough, lowering her voice to chastise: “When outside, be cautious in speech and conduct!”
“Got it, got it…
The young master hasn’t come out yet, has he?”
Duan Zhao chuckled.
He wasn’t fooling around.
By now, he had thoroughly seen through it.
‘Sister-in-law’ was a good term to use.
Despite Deng Baiyi’s words of rebuke, she did not mind being called that at heart.
This first disciple of the World Pavilion Master must like her own young master.
Just as the words fell.
From the direction of the Golden Body Tower, suddenly a tranquil and harmonious sound of a bell and drum was heard.
“Ding—”
With the spreading of this serene sound, the Buddha Country Barrier descended again.
The next moment, halfway up Red Mountain, a dazzling golden light formed a gateway.
Two figures became faintly visible within the golden light.
…
…
Standing on the side of the golden gateway, one could see the scene outside.
As his gaze fell on Fa Li, Xie Xuanyi appeared unmoved on the surface, but in his heart, he couldn’t help but feel a twinge of pity.
His Divine Soul swept over lightly.
Confirming once again.
Fa Li had gone blind…
Because of measuring his own Divine Sea, Fa Li had paid a huge price.
This was not his own wish.
In the end, it was because Miao Zhen gave a push at a crucial moment.
“Buddhism emphasizes that karma and trials go hand in hand.”
Miao Zhen spoke calmly, “If I had told you earlier that the push was for his own good, you certainly wouldn’t have believed me.”
“…If you had said that earlier, the Sword Intent I would have summoned could likely have been even more ruthless.”
Xie Xuanyi was now certain that Miao Zhen’s push wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision.
This fellow’s journey to the west, every action taken, was almost the result of “careful consideration.”
After leaving the Buddha Sound Forest, his Heart Lake’s Sword Intent boiled over, and his momentum reached its peak in the ascension battle.
As for Fa Li, he seemed to have become a sacrificial pawn.
But that’s not actually the case.
“Among the Buddhist Six Divine Skills, there is one called ‘Heavenly Ey Technique’.” Miao Zhen said softly, “The cultivation of this Heavenly Eye Technique is extremely difficult.
For ordinary monks to open the ‘Heavenly Eye,’ either they have exceptional talent, or they engage in arduous practice.
The former cannot be replicated…
and among the many methods of practice for the latter, one of them involves ‘blinding’.”
“Pluck out the physical eyes to cultivate the Heavenly Eye?”
Xie Xuanyi felt that the Buddhist Divine Skills were indeed somewhat absurd.
“The physical body is but an unnecessary addition.”
Miao Zhen spoke with a calm tone: “The existence of the Heavenly Eye Technique serves to remind people that when looking at anything and everything, one should not just look at the surface, not just use the physical eyes…
but the heart.
Only with the heart can one truly see the world.
Now that Fa Li is blinded, it may not necessarily be a bad thing.
If he can overcome this trial, who’s to say his eyes will not be ‘reborn’?”
“Can his eyes be reborn in the future?”
Xie Xuanyi spoke in disbelief.
He silently lowered his head, looking at his own palm, where deep within the core, nestled a very faint wisp of Primordial Fire, mixed with the yet incomplete Principle of Life.
The Principle of Life, gradually growing under the soaking of the Undying Spring.
This principle, still nascent, if one day he achieves Yin God status, perhaps he can achieve “Reattach Broken Arm,” “Meat and Bone.”
But to heal Fa Li’s eyes…
it’s very, very difficult.
Allowing the blind to regain sight is much harder than regenerating a lost limb.
Are the Buddhist Six Divine Skills really so miraculous?
“Indeed, most of the Buddhist Divine Skills are cultivated in such a manner.”
Miao Zhen remarked with emotion, “To gain, one must first lose.
My ‘Divine Steps,’ for instance, was cultivated in this very manner…”
“You didn’t chop off your own legs, did you?”
Xie Xuanyi couldn’t help but tease.
However, Miao Zhen shook his head, smilingly said: “I was born with disabilities, with troubles in my legs…
After enduring such trials for over a decade, I finally cultivated the ‘Divine Steps,’ able to traverse a thousand miles in a day, through mountains and seas.”
“…”
Xie Xuanyi remained silent for a moment, then asked, “What about your ‘Heavenly Ear Technique’?”
Once again, Miao Zhen said, “I was born deaf in both ears…”
The identical sentence structure sounded like a joke.
But Xie Xuanyi couldn’t laugh anymore.
He looked at the monk before him with complex emotions.
If what Miao Zhen had said was true, the monk’s first incarnation was indeed rather pitiable.
“Venerable Xie, there is no need to look at me with such eyes.”
Miao Zhen said with a light and airy tone, “From the looks of it, you seem to not fully believe what I say?
In the Cultivation World, there are many whose beginnings were more wretched than mine, and also many who have gone further.
If you are interested, actually, I could teach you the cultivation of Buddhist Divine Skills.
As long as one is sincere, the Mahayana Buddhism, anyone in the world can practice it.”
“Me?”
Xie Xuanyi shook his head, declining, “I don’t need it…
I was born quite alright, with limbs intact and senses in order.”
“The Buddhist Divine Skills don’t necessarily require one with impairments to cultivate them.”
Miao Zhen slightly lowered his eyelids, saying self-deprecatingly with a smile, “Those with extraordinary talents grasp Buddhist Divine Skills naturally faster and stronger.
If you were to practice, you would naturally follow the first path I’ve mentioned before.”
He had reviewed Xie Xuanyi’s dossier.
This is a true genius.
Whether he enters the Taoist path, Da Sui Sword Palace, or Buddhism…
he is destined to achieve considerable success.
Xie Xuanyi shook his head again.
He changed the subject, curiously asking, “I am very curious.
What kind of person is the Zen Master, exactly?”
“Zen Master…”
Upon hearing this, Miao Zhen fell into a brief contemplation.
He sighed deeply, “Few people have seen the Zen Master, and even fewer truly understand him; unfortunately, I happen to be one of those people.”
“Hm?”
“Many say that the Zen Master is a ‘Seeker’ struggling in the sea of suffering.
To cultivate the Heavenly Eye Technique, he blinded his eyes, to cultivate the Heavenly Ear Technique, he pierced his ears, to cultivate the Divine Steps, he cut off his legs…
nearly every Divine Skill, he used the most foolish methods to succeed in cultivation.”
Miao Zhen sighed softly, “But do you know?
Being able to cultivate to completion is itself the highest talent.
While it is said that karma and trials go hand in hand, in these thousand years, only the Zen Master, by himself, has managed to…
cultivate all Six Divine Skills of Buddhism to Great Success.”