483: 57th Chapter: Karma and Buddha’s Destiny_2 483: 57th Chapter: Karma and Buddha’s Destiny_2 From beginning to end, his gaze did not shift in the slightest: “Let go!
Let me take a closer look, for this is the first time that I have encountered a postnatal Reincarnator!”
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A moment later.
The delegation from Fan Yin Temple set off again.
Inside the carriage driven by Iron Eyes Special Enforcement Officer, two figures with a look of grievance were added.
“We are on a diplomatic mission after all…”
Xie Xuanyi sighed: “Even if you don’t care about your own reputation, shouldn’t you at least think about the reputation of Chu Country?”
True Master Jun Shan and Deng Baiyi forcefully broke into the array patterns of Fan Yin Temple to enter Mi Yun’s secluded carriage.
This incident caused an uproar within the delegation.
Due to True Master Jun Shan’s identity as a “Reincarnated Yang God” and also because of Xie Zhen’s face, Buddha’s son did not stop them, only ordering a surrounding crowd, thus several young Array Protection Monks dared not speak their anger and could only give way.
It wasn’t until Xie Xuanyi appeared and took them away…
That the turmoil was finally quelled.
The carriage was utterly silent.
Xie Xuanyi said irritably: “Don’t you have any explanations you want to offer?”
“…This is not my fault.”
Holding a stack of scriptures, Deng Baiyi murmured quietly: “It was Senior Jun Shan who asked me to break the array; I just wanted to take a look at the Buddhist array inscriptions.”
“This is not my fault either…
Everyone says that Buddhist Array Techniques are exquisite; who knew they would be so fragile?”
True Master Jun Shan widened his eyes: “But come to think of it…
Xie Xuanyi, you’re the one who should be doing the explaining.”
“Miao Zhen had no intention to compete for a place on the Heavenly Pride List; this western expedition of the delegation was for Tanluan Buddha Bones!”
The young child in a Daoist robe abruptly stood up.
He questioned with a grave voice: “Buddhism is about to have a second Reincarnator!
You kept this news from me, fine, but even from the Book Tower?”
“Stay calm…”
Xie Xuanyi closed the carriage curtain, ensuring there was no issue with the array patterns.
He leisurely explained: “I know what you’re worried about…
The Heavenly Pride List no longer accounts for the fate of Reincarnators, even if Buddhism has one more Reincarnator, it won’t affect the foundation of the Taoist sects, will it?”
Though True Master Jun Shan appears to be “carefree and at ease,”
in reality, he cares about the Taoist lineage more than anyone, as well as the fate of Great Chu.
“A Reincarnated Yang God can at least influence the hundred-year fate of a Holy Land!”
True Master Jun Shan declared gravely: “Do you know?
Three hundred years ago, that Saint Tanluan comprehended the most profound Karma Dao!”
“So?”
Xie Xuanyi asked indifferently: “If you thought Mi Yun was evil…
You would have drawn your sword long ago, wouldn’t you?”
“…”
True Master Jun Shan fell silent.
Indeed.
This was also the crux of his dilemma.
Despite years of rivalry with Miao Zhen, deep down he still admired this opponent.
Fan Yin Temple is located in Li Kingdom; the conflict between Chu and Li continued for hundreds of years.
Buddhism saved who knows how many people’s lives…
Three hundred years ago, Tanluan also contributed significantly to the peace between the two nations.
He couldn’t possibly draw his sword against Mi Yun.
Thus, after realizing Mi Yun’s identity as a “Reincarnator,” Jun Shan chose to maintain his position in the array, to protect Mi Yun, seriously observing and contemplating the golden radiance emitted by the Buddha Bones, experiencing this extremely rare atmosphere of karma.
However, this method of protection was somewhat odd, causing discomfort to Mi Yun.
“Before Tanluan entered Nirvana, I had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with him.”
Jun Shan lowered his eyes and lamented softly: “I was very young at that time…”
“You met Tanluan?”
Xie Xuanyi was instinctively stunned for a moment; this statement seemed somewhat incongruous.
But upon careful calculation, it could actually be possible.
Three hundred years ago.
When Saint Tanluan crossed to the west, Great Pudu Temple was established.
This Saint Monk went into reclusion there for nearly a hundred years, bringing unprecedented peace to both nations…
and then came the tumultuous times, the Chu-Li conflict resurging, with Taoist Xiao Yaozi, Great Chu’s Zhao Chunyang of Da Sui Sword Palace, and the young talents from various Holy Lands, all making a name for themselves in this era.
Jun Shan, was born in this era.
“At that time, I was just an infant in swaddling clothes.”
True Master Jun Shan gave a bitter smile.
“My senior brother held me as he came to Great Pudu Temple to ask for a divination sign.”
His expression was somewhat wistful and sighing: “Back then, the Taoist sect was not yet the foremost under heaven, Fan Yin Temple’s luck was surging, and there were countless Arhat Bodhisattvas.
At that time, Buddhism, in terms of influence and scale, clearly surpassed the other two teachings.
Even for someone like the eldest senior brother, there was no chance to meet the ‘Zen Master,’ and in the end, he took me to meet Saint Tanluan…
using a Taoist ancient seal carried on his person, he traded for a thread of Karma and Buddha’s Destiny for me.”
The eldest senior brother mentioned by Jun Mountain is none other than the current Sect Leader of the Taoist sect, the reclusive Xiao Yaozi!
“I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but not long after that meeting.”
“Saint Tanluan passed away from sitting meditation…”
Jun Mountain extended a finger, touching the spot between his eyebrows, muttering to himself: “A Taoist ancient seal traded for a thread of Karma and Buddha’s Destiny.
Elder brother has never spoken to me about this matter until I turned eighteen and was given the Taoist name ‘Jun Mountain,’ when he told me the truth.”
This past event was known to no one.
Xie Xuanyi and Deng Baiyi both listened very seriously.
“Karma and Buddha’s Destiny…
what is that?”
After hearing this, Deng Baiyi was full of confusion: “Is this something similar to luck?”
“I’m not sure either.”
Jun Mountain smiled wryly; due to reincarnation and relearning, his mentality had also changed.
He often acted with an air of elderly wisdom.
But no matter how you looked at it, he seemed like a child.
Jun Mountain murmured: “All I know is that, that year, the eldest senior brother had already possessed the qualifications to fight a Yang God…
Among his peers in the Da Chu Dynasty, the only person who could fight him was Zhao Chunyang of the Sword Palace.
That year when he took me to the Great Pudu Temple, it was certainly not just for seeking a simple fortune.”
“Luck, mysterious and profound.”
“Fate, ineffably wonderful.”
Xie Xuanyi said softly: “These two things are the most inexplicable.
Perhaps your ability to undergo reincarnation and relearning benefited from the thread of Buddha’s Destiny that Xiao Yaozi sought for you.”
“In truth.”
Jun Mountain rubbed his cheek, his expression becoming solemn: “Since the age of six, my Divine Sea began to gradually awaken…
Perhaps due to that thread of Buddha’s Destiny, my Divine Soul’s progress was extremely fast.
While other Taoist disciples were still studying Qi Refinement, I had already succeeded in Foundation Establishment, and even the most difficult Qi Control took me less than half a year.
Before reaching the Yin God Realm, I often had bizarre dreams, and after waking from them, I would naturally break through to another realm.”
“…”
Deng Baiyi listened with a bellyful of frustration.
Is this what they call the talent of a Yang God?
Encountering a bottleneck, just needing to sleep it off?
“Several years later, I realized that these bizarre dreams weren’t just dreams.”
Jun Mountain said with a complex expression: “What I saw in my dreams was all Tao Rules.”
“Tao Rules?”
Deng Baiyi became more unsettled.
With her talent, to practice to the Qi-controlling Realm, who knew how long it would take, let alone condensing Tao Rules, which would take even more years.
True Master Jun Shan had been comprehending “Tao Rules” in his dreams since the age of six?
“Oh…”
Xie Xuanyi raised an eyebrow and said in a deep voice: “There are no free gifts in this world…”
“Yes.”
“I later asked elder brother, only to know that these fragments of Tao Rules in my dreams corresponded to the Karma Dao.”
True Master Jun Shan sighed: “This must be the consequence of inheriting Tanluan Buddha Destiny…
Before the age of eighteen, I contemplated on the fragmented ‘Karma’ Tao Rules in my dreams…
Does it sound familiar?”
Xie Xuanyi and Deng Baiyi both had strange expressions.
More than familiar?
It was exactly the same!
Isn’t this just a carbon copy of Mi Yun?
“If I wanted to, I could have entered the Yin God Realm at the age of eighteen, just by using the ‘Karma’ Tao Rules.”
Jun Mountain asked again: “Wouldn’t this be considered the fastest cultivation to the Yin God?”
“Probably so.”
Xie Xuanyi nodded…
This speed was a lot faster than his own in the past.
However, to achieve the Dao through gifts from dreams, could this still be considered earned through one’s own cultivation?
“No.”
Jun Mountain shook his head and said: “Elder brother made me give up ‘Karma’ as a means to attain Dao, and he told me…
the role of this thread of Buddha’s Destiny was not to condense the Karma Principle.”
Xie Xuanyi knew.
Later on, Jun Mountain understood the Thunder Technique as well as swordsmanship, becoming the only person to hold the positions of masters in both disciplines within the Taoist sect.
He gave up the Karma Principle.
And instead practiced other Dao.
Xie Xuanyi asked, baffled: “So…
what is the role of the Karma and Buddha’s Destiny?”
“I don’t know.
After my reincarnation, I cultivated in silence within the Taoist sect, waiting for elder brother to emerge from seclusion.
He must know the answer.”
Jun Mountain lowered his gaze, murmuring: “But…
maybe you are right.
The ‘Karma and Buddha’s Destiny’ given by Tanluan back then might be related to my reincarnation.”