Yang Ning suddenly got angry, and Zhenming was stunned for a while. Then he said, “Ning, they are our senior fellow apprentices. Since they said that we can cultivate our minds if we eat less, they must be reasonable. Why do you get mad?”
Yang Ning responded crossly, “Little monk, are you foolish? He just bullies you as you are young. Do you really think what they said makes sense?”
“Amitabha.” Zhenming hurriedly put his palms together. “Ning, you can’t say something improper.”
He was only thirteen or fourteen years old, but he behaved like an adult. However, Yang Ning felt strange as he heard that the little monk called him junior fellow apprentice. He asked, “By the way, what is this peak’s name?”
“The top of the Tianbao Peak,” Zhenming told Yang Ning everything he knew. “The three peaks of Purple Mountain, Beigao Peak, Xiaomao Peak and Tianbao Peak are like a penholder…”
Yang Ning raised his hand and stopped him. “Y
Yang Ning was furious but more shocked.He knew that the little monk Zhenming was much more powerful in martial skills than him. Zhenming rolled backward briskly like clouds, but Yang Ning couldn’t do that anyway. He thought this was just an ordinary weak monk, but he misjudged unexpectedly and this monk was so awesome.The little monk moved lightly with enough power at an astonishing speed. Yang Ning’s fighting skill was not weak, but in front of this little monk, he couldn’t react in time.“Ning, will you chant scriptures at noon?” Zhenming asked again.Yang Ning knew that he met a powerful martial arts master. This monk was skilled in fighting and was stubborn, taking his master’s words as imperial edicts.At the moment, if he wouldn’t give up, he might suffer more losses.Yang Ning certainly knew that it was never too late to avenge himself and that a wise man does not fight when the odds are against h
Yang Ning was all smiles and told Zhenming to teach him Purity Scripture. The little monk was honest and taught Yang Ning. Yang Ning just thought that the formula of Purity Scripture was hard to read, though there were not many words. Zhenming chanted it for several times successively and then told Yang Ning to recite it. In this way, in less than two hours, Yang Ning could keep it in mind with difficulty.As Yang Ning expected, Purity Scripture was a mental cultivation method of genuine qi. He had thought that it was not easy to learn this method, but unexpectedly, after Yang Ning kept the cultivation method in mind, Zhenming didn’t delay but immediately taught him the way of breathing out and directing the strength according to Purity Scripture, and in less than two hours, Yang Ning knew how to direct the strength with this method.He knew the Skills of Six Directions. Although he learnt it with a muddled head in the past, after all, he had absorbed other
Some of the monks looked astonished, but most of them were used to it.Zhenbi stared at Yang Ning and sneered. “Aren’t you making trouble now? You think that you get too little food, so you dared to smash your bowl on the ground. Do you know how the Five Cereal Hall will punish the people who do something like this?”Yang Ning was stunned for a while and then sighed. “I thought it is a sacred place of Buddhism, but it turns out to be like society.”“What do you mean by saying that?”Yang Ning responded coldly, “Isn’t it said that there are many rules in the Temple of Great Light? It turns out that you can say anything randomly and it’s common to play the bully.” He asked, “You said that I smashed this rice bowl?”Zhenbi replied, “All of us have seen that. According to the rules in the temple, you can’t come to the Five Cereal Hall in the following three days. After three days, you will know how precious so much food is
Jingneng just looked cold and his expression didn’t change. He looked like a hot-tempered man, but he patiently listened to Yang Ning till the latter finished his words. As soon as Yang Ning stopped talking, Jingneng finally asked, “Are you done?”Yang Ning didn’t know if the wounds in his body were cured. Otherwise, he would have turned to leave.Jingneng continued, “You said something wrong. First, anybody should follow the rules in the Temple of Great Light after entering, no matter if he is a disciple or not. No matter how powerful or honorable you are outside the mountain, you need to forget your identity outside after you enter the temple.” After pausing for a while, he added, “Second, since the Temple of Great Light was established, none of the monks in the temple travels outside the mountain or spreads outside that all people are equal. Can you hear clearly?”Yang Ning was stunned.Jingneng stated slowly, “Many monks from o
Yang Ning found that as soon as Jingkong finished his words, many monks turned pale, and even Zhenming next to him trembled. It appeared that all these people knew who the visitors were.He had never heard of the Baiyun Island, but he knew the Eastern Qi State.The Eastern Qi State was a small kingdom located between the Northern Han State and the Southern Chu State, surviving in the crack. The country was small with few people, but they had a powerful navy. It was said that the crown prince of the Southern Chu State went to the Eastern Qi State to attend the ceremony of selecting the heir to the throne. The emperor passed away, but the crown prince was outside and delayed.Suddenly they heard a clear chirp and then saw something flying from outside the hall. It was colorful like a peacock, but it was much smaller than a peacock. After it entered the hall, all the monks raised their heads. The colorful bird circled in the hall but fell on a bea
Jingkong put his palms together. “Chi, the owner of the Baiyun Island came here that year but couldn’t enter the temple because it was not the right time for him. All of you, don’t need to care about it too much.”But Jingneng sneered. “What? Did you come to avenge him? I heard that the owner of the Baiyun Island has extraordinary martial skills. It’s said that his three disciples are great masters. But if you came to make trouble in the Temple of Great Light, we won’t let you act recklessly.”“Master, don’t worry. If we intentionally wanted to make trouble, we wouldn’t have been brought here by Lord Su openly.” Chi Danmei laughed. “Although the Temple of Great Light is heavily guarded, if we want to come in secret, the monks at the entrance may not be able to stop us.”Jingneng wanted to say more, but Jingkong called, “Jingneng.” He turned around and stopped Jingneng from speaking.Jingneng feared Jingkong obviously. Although he l
Jingkong said, “Since you want to fight three rounds, and it is not that we asked for a fight, but the respected guests came from afar and suggested it, we can do nothing but fight with you. However, the Baiyun Island and the Temple of Great Light had a minor conflict in the past, but we don’t have any enmity between us. We will learn from each other in the three rounds and stop at a certain point. We should try not to hurt anybody.”Chi Danmei chuckled. “Master, rest assured. We came to learn from you, not to become your enemy.”Jingkong had his own thought. The other party’s request was clear, and they would compete on the array technique, boxing and swordsmanship.He was more than fifty years old, so he certainly had seen a lot and found that Bai Yuhe’s swordsmanship must be excellent.Although there were many outstanding swordsmen in the Temple of Great Light, the number one swordsman Jingtong went to the imperial palace to att
Yang Ning was helpless after he was beaten by Zhenming on Tianbao Peak and therefore was in awe of the Temple of Great Light, but he took actions in the Five Cereal Hall and fooled the monks from that hall, making them unable to tell the directions, so his feeling of awe for the temple scattered instantly, and he merely thought that this temple was just so so.However, at the moment, seeing that the four monks from the Bright Building took actions in an array, he knew that he was too arbitrary. Since the Temple of Great Light was regarded as the first temple in the world, it wasn’t just in name.The four monks moved swiftly with good teamwork and acted quickly like lightning. Yang Ning couldn’t see clearly what was happening on the spot and realized that the monks from the Bright Building were extraordinary as expected.It was no wonder that the disciples in the Bright Building enjoyed the special treatment in the temple. They could enter the F