Chapter 800: Chapter 682: Holding the Way’s Sect: Luohua Temple
In the deepest Buddhist Hall, a sound came: "Mr. Su, such a strong killing aura!"
As soon as the voice fell, yellow leaves flew to both sides, leaving a path leading to a secluded hall.
The voice was exactly that of Master Miaoyu from that day.
That position was also precisely the quiet room presided over by Luohua Temple.
"I thought on the day we met in Beijing, Master forgot me, but it turns out you hadn’t forgotten!" said Lin Xiaosu.
"On that day, Mr. Su was flaunting the face of Mr. Li. I remember Mr. Li, when have I ever seen Mr. Su?" said Master Miaoyu. "If Mr. Su hadn’t uttered the fierce words of ’killing the hundred thousand soldiers of Jiangnan’, I still couldn’t imagine there was such a fierce official in the world."
"Buddhism speaks of ’formlessness’, Master, you are caught in form!" said Lin Xiaosu.
"Caught in form?"
"Exactly! Master observes the good and evil of the world, seeing only the surface. In your eyes, killing the hundred thousand soldiers of Jiangnan is ferocious, but the 1.7 billion people of Huzhou tell me that eradicating the evil sect of Jiangnan is a benevolent act!"
"Buddhism does not speak of good and evil, Buddhism only values cause and effect! One day Mr. Su, after experiencing the red lotus nirvana, will naturally understand that beneath the butcher’s knife, cause and effect have long been determined!"
"Buddhism only values cause and effect, well said!" Lin Xiaosu said: "Master, you are originally of Great Buddhist Power, but you choose to fall willingly, resulting in retribution, which is also cause and effect!"
In the depths of the Zen hall, it was silent.
Yellow leaves drifted down, the entire mountain was silent.
After a long time, Master Miaoyu’s voice came: "Why has Mr. Su come today?"
"I have a list, totaling seventy-nine people, crimes committed, clearly wanted by the Ministry of Justice, please Master hand over these criminals to ensure cause and effect!"
Lin Xiaosu lightly waved his hand.
A sheet of paper rose straight to the sky.
True Yuan was applied, the paper expanded, visible to the whole mountain.
The seventy-nine names, original affiliations, crimes committed, current Dharma names, identities, all were complete.
The faces of a few old monks on the mountain subtly changed.
These old monks were among the seventy-nine.
Master Miaoyu said indifferently: "I know of those listed, yet they have all confessed before Buddha, their sins have dissipated, now they are no longer worldly criminals, but only devout followers reciting scriptures before Buddha. Why does Mr. Su insist on eradicating them completely? Why not let them end their years in this Buddhist pure land?"
Lin Xiaosu said: "Does Master guarantee their sins are completely gone?"
"The people on the list have been in this temple for at least ten years, reciting scriptures daily, the light of sin has long faded, what remains is only the celestial light of Buddha Tao, naturally they are considered free of sin."
"If so, fine!" Lin Xiaosu extended his hand, a white paper appeared in his palm: "Since Master is willing to vouch for them, please write on this paper that if they entered the Luohua Temple and their sins are not completely gone, any and all sins, Master Miaoyu will bear them instead!"
As soon as the voice fell, this white paper gracefully rose, traveling along the path of yellow leaves.
In the blink of an eye, the white paper traveled halfway.
But suddenly, the paper paused in mid-air.
Lin Xiaosu faintly smiled: "What? Has Master Miaoyu suddenly realized their sins actually aren’t cleared? Or is it that Master ultimately doesn’t have the selflessness of Buddha feeding the eagle with flesh, unwilling to bear the sins for your disciples?"
"Amitabha, Mr. Su actually understands the Law of Cause and Effect?" Master Miaoyu’s voice was very cold.
For she suddenly discovered something.
This white paper, it wasn’t ordinary paper.
It was inscribed with the Law of Cause and Effect.
If she dared to write any words on this paper, it would be seen as binding to cause and effect.
As long as she wrote down what Lin Xiaosu had just said, if even one of those seventy-nine had an issue, she would answer to cause and effect.
How could she dare?
"Is the Law of Cause and Effect that terrifying? Is it not something you often speak of in the Buddhist Path? Aren’t you confident that the Buddhist Path can dissolve all worldly evil? Since these seventy-nine people have been in the order for at least ten years, and you claim their sins are already dissolved, what are you afraid of regarding cause and effect?" Lin Xiaosu said: "Or do even you know, that the claim of sins dissolved is all self-deception?"
"Amitabha! Does Mr. Su not feel somewhat aggressive?" An old nun’s voice descended from the sky.
As the voice fell, it was as if a true Buddha had descended.
Before Lin Xiaosu and the others appeared another old nun.
This nun appeared older than Master Miaoyu, her monk’s robe was purple.
"Sir, this is another Holding State of Luohua Temple, Dharma name: Miao Shen." Zhang Tao’s voice passed into Lin Xiaosu’s ear.
Lin Xiaosu smiled: "Does Master know why I can be so compelling?"
"Because sir relies on being a third-rank official of the court, is it not?" said Master Miao Shen.
"Not so! I merely want to tell Master a basic principle, anyone without a straight reason and strong spirit cannot be compelling, to be compelling, there is only one situation, that is holding the right principle of Heaven, with no selfishness, one’s spirit naturally stands tall!"
Master Miao Shen coldly smiled: "You may have a thousand reasons, but I have one set rule!"
"May I ask what set rule Master possesses?"
"The pure land of Buddha is not to be disturbed... Amitabha!"
As the four words fell, three yellow leaves simultaneously flew up!
The three yellow leaves, from her hand, transformed into three Buddhist Hand Seals.
Dividedly striking Lin Xiaosu, Gu Suixin, and Zhang Tao.
Upon releasing the hand seal, all the celestial vibrations in the sky were instantly drained.
Zhang Tao’s face changed abruptly, with a swoosh, he transformed into a thousand-zhang Magic Body...
With his cultivation at the Peak of Divine Enlightenment, transforming into a thousand-zhang Magic Body, activating the strongest defense, theoretically, even if mountains toppled, he should be able to withstand it. However, this small yellow leaf formed into a Buddhist Hand Seal, suddenly expanded.
Boom!
Zhang Tao soared far away, falling heavily down Chanjing mountain.
Gu Suixin’s folded fan suddenly unfolded, fanning out, initially in the posture of a Jiangnan dandy, but as the fan moved, a giant tortoise suddenly appeared in front of him, the Black Tortoise, one of the Ancient Four Symbols.
