System: I Can Open Martial Arts Chests

Chapter 399: Chapter 231: Scandal

This scene was not only unexpected for Ling Xin, but also took Chu Qing on the roof by surprise.

No wonder earlier, when Ling Xin was seen holding a knife to stab someone, Chu Qing was planning to lend a hand, but was stopped by Wuchen.

So it turns out, Zen Master Hui Ji has such abilities?

At the same time, Ling Xin was still pondering what kind of lie to tell to make his actions seem justified...

But Zen Master Hui Ji obviously did not intend to give him such an opportunity. With a flick of his robe sleeve, Ling Xin was flung away.

His figure fell onto the kang bed, and he hurriedly pressed down on the little table on the bed, barely managing to stabilize himself.

He forced a laugh and said:

"Master Uncle, let me explain to you."

Zen Master Hui Ji looked at Ling Xin and sighed:

"So, is Wudao still afraid after all these years?

"The reason I wanted to avoid the entanglements of the Vajra Sect, even hiding at Guang’an Temple, yet you still relentlessly pursued...

"Why do it? Must I pass away for him to be completely at ease?"

Ling Xin’s forehead was covered in cold sweat, and not even his white monk’s robe and handsome face could conceal his current embarrassment.

He could only smile bitterly and say:

"I just... just heard from my master that Master Uncle’s ’Immovable Zen Sect’ is the first in our Vajra Sect.

"At a young age, you had already cultivated to the realm of Vajra Indestructible... So, I just wanted to test it out and take the opportunity to seek some guidance from Master Uncle... Please don’t misunderstand me."

Even with his profound Buddhist Techniques, Zen Master Hui Ji nearly laughed in anger upon hearing these words.

His gaze paused on Ling Xin, as if recalling:

"Saying this now, I truly regret it.

"My late master once said that the Vajra Sect is both a Buddhist Sect and part of the Martial World.

"It has both an inside and an outside.

"Inside are the disciples of the Vajra Sect, outside are the common people who depend on our Vajra Sect for their livelihood.

"It is only when the inside is stable that the people who rely on our Vajra Sect can live peacefully and happily.

"Do you know... when did my mentor say these words to me?"

"...I don’t know."

Ling Xin indeed did not know. He was young; back when these things happened, he was only two or three years old, what could he know?

The Buddha’s Son is not a reincarnated prodigy, lacking early wisdom.

At two or three years old, Ling Xin wouldn’t even know how to urinate or play with mud.

"That was after my senior brother, Zen Master Hui Ming, was killed..."

Zen Master Hui Ji’s eyes held an impenetrable depth of emotion.

On the roof, Chu Qing, upon hearing this, already understood.

Zen Master Hui Ming was Wuchen’s master.

Zen Master Hui Ji must have discovered something back then, which led his master to call him away and say some ambiguous words, the meaning of which was nothing more than to ensure the stability of the Vajra Sect to avoid internal and external troubles.

Zen Master Hui Ji obeyed his master’s orders and kept silent about it for all these years.

No need to ask further, it must be related to the death of Zen Master Hui Ming... and it is precisely this that has left Wuchen burdened with infamy for so many years.

But just what happened back then that necessitated Zen Master Hui Ming’s death?

"I regret it..."

Zen Master Hui Ji slowly began speaking at this moment:

"What happened back then was wrong from the start.

"My master’s insistence on favoritism was also wrong...

"The one most at fault is me, clearly seeing but not speaking, knowing reason but not distinguishing right from wrong, and after many years of Buddhist Techniques, not knowing where my cultivation has gone.

"Let us go, Ling Xin, I shall take you back to the Vajra Sect and recount all past events in front of all fellow disciples!

"To avoid... making mistake after mistake."

As he spoke, he reached out his hand to grab Ling Xin.

But as his fingers landed on Ling Xin’s chest, his expression suddenly changed, and he collapsed unexpectedly, lying directly on the couch.

Ling Xin exhaled in relief and pushed Zen Master Hui Ji aside.

The old monk’s face was pale, yet his eyes were not cloudy, but instead gleamed with a hint of realization:

"Thousand Mechanism Powder?"

"Indeed, it is the Thousand Mechanism Powder."

Ling Xin looked at Zen Master Hui Ji with lingering fear:

"Before Master Uncle returned, I had placed this in the lamp oil.

"As it burned with the flame, the poison has already spread throughout the entire meditation room.

"It’s just that Master Uncle’s martial arts are too high, though the Thousand Mechanism Powder is formidable, it took this long to take effect.

"Nearly let you escape a disaster..."

Zen Master Hui Ji’s eyes slowly closed:

"This is my retribution. Back then, Senior Brother Hui Ming died because of the Thousand Mechanism Powder.

"Now that this thing is used on me... it’s only fitting."

"Fitting?"

Ling Xin chuckled:

"My master was right, you people have too many, too heavy things in your heads.

"Always using ethereal things to bind your own hands and feet...

"Fearful in action, afraid of retribution falling upon yourself.

"Appearing as some great Buddhist virtue, but in reality, you are just a bunch of self-righteous fools."

He casually twirled the dagger in his hand and approached Zen Master Hui Ji:

"Don’t blame me, Master Uncle, for the master’s orders are hard to disobey, just like Master Uncle back then, weren’t you silent to Master Uncle Hui Ming’s life or death because of a word from the Grandmaster Uncle?

"It’s all because of the master’s orders, I ask for your understanding."

With that, he turned the dagger, intending to stab it into Zen Master Hui Ji’s heart.

Thousand Mechanism Powder is a potent poison, whose main effect can be summed up in four words: ’all mechanisms dissipate’.

If protected by Divine Skill, the Divine Skill dissipates, if possessed with Inner Breath, the Inner Breath dissipates, if of great strength? Then strength dissipates.