Chapter 296 Chapter Four: The Nine-Character Mantra

Exhausted, Kou Zhong climbed onto the beach, unable to hold on any longer, fell down on the sand. After swimming in the raging sea all night before arriving here, no matter how good his breathing is, it can only help him avoid the most violent blows of the waves from the bottom of the water at the beginning, instead of supporting him endlessly hour after hour , otherwise he will become a monster who does not have to breathe through his mouth and nose. After diving for more than ten miles in a relatively calm seabed, he finally reached the time limit of inner breathing, which is also the limit of the true energy in his body. The environment is bad, and there are still three or four miles away from the shore.

That was one of the most painful moments in Kou Zhong's life. Although the torrential rain stopped, the aftermath was still unabated. Kou Zhong struggled and swam to the shore with only his remaining physical strength in the waves, and suffered the torment of being thrown and swept by the waves involuntarily.If it wasn't for his determination, he would not be able to hold on, and his body would sink into the sea. When he came to the shore, his first thought was to not forget that he would warn Xu Ziling not to swim in the sea relying on his ability to breathe internally. His whole body is like being bitten by poisonous ants, every inch of his skin is tearing apart, at this moment even an ordinary expert can take his life.

The dark clouds dispersed half an hour ago, and the autumn sun sprinkled on his back from the clear sky, and also shone on Jing Zhongyue, which he almost abandoned at sea. He felt that the masks, secret books and other things wrapped in tarpaulins in his arms still existed, but it was almost certain that the sea water should penetrate deeply into the tarpaulins, and the paper things would be damaged. It's a pity that he hasn't read the "love letter" that Li Xiuning entrusted Shang Xiuxun to forward to him, if he says he has no regrets, he is lying to himself. well! Although remembering Lao Ba's warning, when the true energy is exhausted, it is the most refraining from being exhausted to conquer yourself, but you don't even have the strength to raise your hands, let alone get up and practice.

When he was about to fall asleep, there was a sudden sound of gongs and drums, and the sound of shouting and killing approached from far away. Kou Zhong looked up in amazement, under the dazzling sunlight, a group of men with axes and iron hoes and strange clothes were approaching him aggressively. Kou Zhong smiled wryly, and buried his face in the sand again. The Master of Mantra has a solemn treasure face, and said leisurely with a face full of holy light: "The three secrets of Buddhism are body, speech, and mind. Practice and thinking are equally important. Body is equal to speech, speech is equal to mind, and mind is equal to body. Although the name is divided into three, It is the same."

Xu Ziling suddenly said: "The master is indeed a master of Buddhism, and he explained clearly the profound meaning behind the five hundred statues of Arhats in the hall with just a few words." Master Mantra laughed three times, and said happily: "I have traveled all over the world, and only today have I found a predestined person who is as easy to understand as the benefactor. The benefactor knows that when the old monk told others to know in the past, although the other party seemed to hear the truth clearly, but But none of them really understand it, let alone use it in practice. They often gain their body but lose their mouth, take their mind and abandon their body."

Xu Ziling asked in astonishment, "Master, how does he know that I'm not just talking about it, but I'm actually no different from other people?" The Master of Mantra's gaze fell on his hands, and said with a smile: "When the old monk told the secret of the Three Secrets just now, the benefactor couldn't help but shake his fingers slightly, and he knew that the secret words had entered his ears and felt his meaning. If he didn't know the profound meaning of the Mantra, he might have drunk a few Tell the old sleeve to listen." Xu Ziling explained embarrassingly: "Since last night, my hands seem to be disobedient, ha!"

The master of mantra said: "The human body is a treasure raft for crossing the world, and it contains the secrets of heaven and earth. My nine-character mantra mudra communicates with the universe through the three secrets, through the human body, and achieves the unity of heaven and man. When the mind sees the nature, the body becomes a Buddha. It has nothing to do with being a monk, no matter whether the body is in the robe or not, a human being is a human being and will not become anything else." Xu Ziling slapped his legs and exclaimed: "The words of the master made the boy Mao Sai suddenly enlightened. I don't know if it is because of his personality, but the boy has no interest in the Buddhist way of life, which is full of dogma and strict rules. Only those who always think that Ruofo believes in him will be able to prove it." Zhengguo, the Buddha is too domineering!"

The master of mantras laughed dumbly and said: "The benefactor has a unique idea, which made the old man suddenly understand. The nine-character mantra is, hey! It's better to say 'all those who are fighting are in the front', so that the benefactor will be easier to remember." Xu Ziling lost his voice and said: "What? Is the nine-character mantra the nine characters that the master just thought of at random?" "boom"! I don't know who hit Kou Zhong on the head with a stick first. It's strange that although the pain was unbearable, the Tianling acupoint in the top center seemed to come back to life, sucking in a trace of external air that I didn't know where it came from, and burrowed through the dry meridians between.

"when"! The hoe hit the back of the hoe, and it hit Jing Zhongyue's scabbard. The attacker's tiger's mouth was shattered, and he sat backwards, so tired that the three companions fell together with him. Everyone backed away in horror. Kou Zhong worked hard to prop up half of his body, glanced around, and saw that there were men and women who surrounded him heavily, all of them were holding primitive weapons that should be used for farming, and their clothes were colorful. Wearing sheepskin gowns, women all wear long skirts of different lengths like barrels, some are short to the knee, and some are long enough to drag the floor.Whether you wear trousers or skirts, put on leggings, not only to keep warm, but also to prevent poisonous insects and mosquitoes.Women also wear colorful handkerchiefs with complex structures, and various tassel-shaped handkerchiefs, which are eye-catching in color.

Kou Zhong didn't understand why he still had the leisure to think about so many trivial matters under such a bad situation, he also found it funny, and shouted: "Who knows how to speak Chinese." This group of peasants and natives are obviously not evil people. Seeing that he was invulnerable with a stick, they were very timid. You looked at me, and finally a timid girl came out from the crowd and said bluntly: "Aren't you a pirate?" Kou Zhong was amused in his heart, secretly thought that even if he was a pirate, he would never admit it under such circumstances.He hurriedly said, "Not only am I not a pirate, I'm also an enemy of pirates. Look! It's because I fought with pirates that I became like this, ha!"

The girl retreated to the tribe, and chattered a lot to the people who came over from Weilong, even Kou Zhong didn't understand why she could translate her two simple sentences into a long speech with embellishments. Although the girl is not considered beautiful, she looks elf and delicate.Her goat jacket is even more unique. It doesn't have half a button, but a strap protruding from the back to cross the chest, and then go back to the back to fasten the sheepskin from the lower end. The end hangs naturally, like a tail, lively and lovely. Kou Zhong buried his face in the sand again, and heard the girl's eager voice: "Will you help us fight pirates?" Kou Zhong moaned, "As long as you guys let me sleep well, even if I want to beat the emperor, I'm fine." Master Zhenyan said as if nothing had happened: "Don't underestimate these nine characters. They come from the Dengshe chapter in the inner volume of the Taoist treasure book "Baopuzi" written by Ge Hong in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. When you look at it, everything is done.'” Xu Ziling was even more bewildered, and said in great astonishment: "What I don't understand is not the origin of the nine-character mantra, but the wonder that the master thought it up on the spur of the moment, and the master is a Buddhist, why did he borrow the classics of Taoism? " Master Zhenyan stared at him for a long time, then said softly: "This old monk is going to use this to explain to the benefactor that the truth is more about the spirit than the form, and the trick is the use of the three secrets. Buddhism and Taoism are not the same in the end." Xu Ziling respectfully poured out of his heart, nodded and said: "The boy is taught!" The mantra master suddenly shouted "Ling", raised his hands above his head, clasped tightly like flower buds, raised his ring finger at an angle, and pressed the fingers together. Xu Ziling said in shock: "Amazing!" Master Mantra put down his hands and said happily, "What did you notice?" Xu Ziling said: "The boy feels that the master has become a lofty mountain, and no one can shake the master." Master Zhenyan said: "This is exactly the fundamental mudra of moving. Although there are thousands of types of mudras, moving is one of the nine basic methods. Therefore, although the old monk said only nine kinds of mudras today, in fact, if you compare all the mudras Pass it to you together, see." He rises up suddenly, but still maintains the posture of sitting cross-legged in meditation, but makes a series of seals with his hands, changing in no way, and suddenly shouts: "Soldier!" After changing, show another basic mudra. Xu Ziling responded to the mantra as soon as the top chakra became hot, and when it bounced up, Master Zhenyan tumbled and fell into the distance, saying: "This is the Great Vajra Wheel Seal, which can exorcise demons and cure diseases for people. As for how to use it to subdue demons and defend the way, it depends on the benefactor himself. !" Xu Ziling saw that his hands could not stop changing endless handprints, and he began to understand why Master Zhenyan still can't find anyone to teach the Dharma to this day.In fact, the mystery of it can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words. To understand is to understand, and it is useless to explain it if you don’t understand. Then Master Mantra showed the other basic seals one by one, which are outer lion seal, inner lion seal, outer binding seal, inner binding seal, wisdom fist seal, sun wheel seal and vase seal. Each basic mudra has hundreds of different variations, and Xu Ziling displayed more than a thousand kinds of mudras while he was engrossed in his eyes. If it weren't for Xu Ziling's experience in the Arhat Hall, he would have been dizzy and didn't know why. At this moment, he understands it by heart, and his hands unconsciously make different seals everywhere. Even when the sun goes down and time shifts, I don't even realize it. Kou Zhong woke up, he didn't know where he was for a while, the surroundings were full of boiling shouts, mixed with the neighing of cattle and sheep. He sat up abruptly, only to realize that he was sleeping on the earth pit of a simple and narrow thatched hut. The flickering torch light came in from the window, and he could vaguely see that the peasants who brought him back were dragging their men and women, fleeing as if fleeing. rushing towards a certain direction. "boom"! The wooden door was pushed open, and the native girl rushed in, with a panicked expression on her face, she said, "Hurry up, the pirates are really coming!" Kou Zhong was stunned, thinking to himself, isn't he a great hero against pirates?Why did you tell yourself to run for your life with them?At this moment, he regained consciousness and said: "Don't be afraid, I will take care of everything, where is my knife?" The girl pointed at the wall and said: "Have you never died? Go away!" Ignoring Kou Zhong, she just slipped away. Kou Zhong looked at the wall, Jing Zhongyue was hanging there quietly, secretly praised the villagers for their simplicity and honesty, in this day and age, even if it is so inconspicuous and dilapidated, it can still be sold for a good price. The sound of people went away, and there was no sound outside. Kou Zhong stretched his waist, and found that not only his gong power had recovered, but it was better than before, he felt strange, and wondered to himself, could it be that after exhausting his true energy, he would improve a little when recovering?If this is the case, then there is one more way to practice Kung Fu. Concerned about the safety of the villagers, he jumped off the pit, took down Jing Zhongyue, and walked outside the door. The whole village composed of more than a hundred mud huts was as quiet as a ghost land. None of the dogs stayed. Suddenly, I felt something different. I looked to the northeast, and I saw a few miles away, the flames were burning, the sun was covered by thick smoke, and there was a faint shout. Kou Zhong was shocked, who was so cruel that he openly set fire to another nearby village. Immediately, murderous intentions arose, patted Jing Zhongyue on the back, and rushed at full speed. Xu Ziling, who turned into a scar-faced hero, walked on the streets of South City, Chengdu, looking for the contact address Zheng Shiru had left for him. Although he hadn't really practiced the "Dafa of Changing the Sun" on Yueshan's legacy scroll, he felt reborn. His martial arts can be said to be a product of the past few years.And every time a new trick is created like an epiphany when the crisis is in danger, most of it is often forgotten afterwards.The advantage is that it is unpredictable, and the disadvantage is that it cannot become a complete exercise. The Master of Mantra passed down his "Nine-Character Mantra Handprint", which is like an ocean that accommodates all the rivers and streams of the Sichuan and Han Rivers into one, allowing him to turn all his previous comprehension into a complete and creative system. Even he himself didn't know that when he bid farewell to Master Zhenyan and stepped out of the gate of Dashi Temple, he already possessed the supreme mentality of Buddhism and Taoism, which established his greatness in the Central Plains that no one except Kou Zhong could match in the future. Guru status. Xu Ziling's mood at this moment is as if everything is starting again. The frustration caused by Shi Qingxuan and Shi Feixuan has become an untouchable old thing, and it can only occupy a very small part of his current mind. There are many differences in personality between him and Kou Zhong, but both of them don't like to be controlled by others, and they don't like to act under the arrangement of others.So even though he promised Shi Qingxuan and Shi Feixuan to lure Xi Ying out to punish him, he was only willing to do it in his own way, let alone get any help. Frankly speaking, at that time, he also had some subtle mentality between men and women who wanted to hurt Shi Feixuan and Shi Qingxuan. But all this is a thing of the past. The Master of Mantra is another Lu Miaozi who makes him climb a higher mountain and see things and realms he has never seen before. Xu Ziling stopped leisurely, looking at Zheng Shiru's mansion from across the street. On the surface, it looked like a wealthy family, but since the head of the household greeted famous martial arts figures like Zheng Shi, of course he was probably a family member, at least he had close ties with people in the world. come and go. While trying to figure out how to sneak in to investigate the situation, a group of five or six people came out from the open door and walked north along the street. One of them was Zheng Shiru. Xu Ziling applauded in his heart. He still didn't believe that Zheng Shiru and the Yin Gui faction were just the kind of relationship he explained, and now is a good opportunity to prove whether Zheng Shiru is lying. In any case, he wanted to spread the news of Yue Shan's arrival in Chengdu through Zheng Shiru, the best candidate. Just as Shi Feixuan guessed, Xi Ying's blatant oppression of the monks of Dashi Temple will never be as simple as it seems on the surface, but wants to lure the mortal enemy "Heavenly Sword" Song Que away from Jianan and deal with it. And Xu Ziling has his own ideas. If Xi Ying is really that kind, he can directly challenge Song Que, then Song Que will come to accept the appointment no matter how far the journey is. It can be seen that Xi Ying did not dare to fight Song Que fairly, in other words, there must be a conspiracy. Sichuan is Xiehui's land, why is Xi Ying so confident? One of them may be that Xi Ying has the Yingui faction behind him, which is why Zheng Shiru and Hou Hou came here from afar. Assuming his deduction is consistent with the facts, maybe he can meet with Xi Ying tonight. Xu Ziling flashed into the side alley, and when he came out from another alley, he had turned into a "tyrant sword" Yue Shan, and strode towards the group of people walking towards him, including Zheng Shiru.