Dreaming for 10,000 years

Chapter 61 Strange Monk

A monk followed the sound and slowly came to the front of the wooden house.

Su Xinghe saw the man's appearance and attire and said, "Are you Xu Zhu, the strange monk from the New Shaolin Temple who has gained fame in recent years?"

In the New Shaolin Temple, there is the martial arts legend Fanci, as well as the strange monk Xuzhu.

When Murong Xing and Duan Yu heard that the monk in front of them was the legendary strange monk Xu Zhu, they couldn't help but look at him twice.

This monk doesn’t look that weird!

Xu Zhu put his palms together, shook his head and said: "There is only Shaolin Temple in Shaolin Temple, there is no New Shaolin Temple. I am just a poor monk, not a strange monk."

The temple founded by Fanci in Yuntaishan was the "Shaolin Temple".

It’s just that in order to distinguish the Shaolin Temple in Shaoshi Mountain from the Shaolin Temple in Yuntai Mountain, people in the martial arts world call the Shaolin Temple in Yuntai Mountain the “New Shaolin Temple”.

Su Xinghe saw that although Xu Zhu was ugly, he had a great demeanor, so he said, "Since you are here, why don't you try the Zhenlong chess game?"

But Xu Zhu shook his head and said, "I am not here to play chess, but to distribute invitations."

"On the fifth day of the fifth month of next year, our temple will hold a debate at Mount Shaoshi. We would like to invite heroes from all over the world to go to Mount Shaoshi to watch the ceremony."

"So I was instructed by my master to send out invitations to all heroes in the world."

“It was only after I came down the mountain that I discovered that some of the world’s best talents were attracted by the old man’s chess game.”

"So I thought, wouldn't it be easier to find talents in the world if I came to Cangshan Mountain, so I don't have to run around."

After hearing Xu Zhu's words, everyone present had strange looks on their faces.

So you posted on someone else's site?

Your new Shaolin Temple is too unrefined.

The strange monk is indeed a strange monk!
"Debate on scriptures?" Duan Yu suddenly thought of something and said, "Why do we need to debate on scriptures?"

Xu Zhu said righteously: "Shaolin Temple is the ancestral home of Zen Buddhism. How can it be occupied by a group of unlearned monks?"

"The sutras are not true unless they are debated! That is why our temple wants to debate with them in order to set things right."

You guys are the latecomers, right?

Duan Yu complained in his heart, but he also knew that this was a big deal in the martial arts world!
The New Shaolin Temple wants to debate with the Shaolin Temple!
Only one of them is Shaolin Temple!
After hearing this, Murong Xing felt that there was going to be a good show and his eyes lit up.

He remembers this day.

When Su Xinghe saw Xu Zhu say this, he knew that Xu Zhu had his own ideas, but he still did not give up and said:

"Tomorrow is the day for the Zhenlong chess game. Since you are here, why don't you try the game?"

"Sorry! I don't know how to play chess!" Xu Zhu said, "I have never been exposed to chess in my life! Not to mention playing, I can't even understand it when I see it!"

"..."Su Xinghe felt that Xu Zhu seemed to be here to disrupt the situation.

What are you doing here if you don’t know how to play chess?
Oh, you come to join in the fun!

The people in the New Shaolin Temple are really...

"In that case, do as you please!" Su Xinghe was a little helpless.

"Thank you for your understanding, old man!" Xu Zhu bowed and went to meditate aside.

Duan Yu continued to study the chess game with Su Xinghe, while Murong Xing was so bored that he went to the mountains to catch some game to fill his stomach at night.

He didn't learn how to play chess in Chanhe Village, but he did learn how to cook.

After all, in Chanhe Village, if he doesn’t know how to cook, he will really starve to death!

When he came back from catching some rabbits in the mountains, he saw Duan Yu and Su Xinghe still studying the chess game day and night. Hey, what's so good about studying chess!
Murong Xing cleaned the rabbit, sprinkled a handful of salt and spices on it and marinated it for a while, then roasted it on a pile of firewood until it sizzled.

After roasting for half an hour, he handed the roasted rabbit to Duan Yu and Su Xinghe, saying, "Persimmon, old man, it's time to eat."

"Thank you!" Su Xinghe looked at the roasted, red and fragrant rabbit and his appetite was aroused.

Oh, what a good child!

What a pity that I can’t play chess!

Duan Yu was already accustomed to Murong Xing's cooking skills, so he took the rabbit and started to eat it.

Suddenly, he saw Xu Zhu meditating nearby.

"Master Xuzhu, would you like to eat roasted rabbit?" Duan Yu asked.

He saw Xu Zhu meditating alone for a long time, and he must have been hungry for a long time.

At first he thought Xu Zhu was a monk who had broken his vows, but later he found out that he was from the New Shaolin Temple.

In his opinion, all the monks in the new Shaolin Temple were very strange. Eating meat was a big deal, and Fanci even took his wife in as his guardian.

It's simply... treason!

It’s just that Chinese Buddhism is divided into eight sects, and each sect and school has its own way of practice.

Shaolin Temple is a Zen temple that emphasizes "transmission outside the teachings, no written words, pointing directly to the human heart, and seeing the nature to become a Buddha"!
In the eyes of other sects such as Huayan Sect and Faxiang Sect, it is also a heinous crime!
They established detailed and complex doctrines and vows to explain the Buddhist scriptures, but if you end up "pointing directly to the human heart, seeing the nature and becoming a Buddha", then they made it so complicated in vain.

There is also the Lotus Sect, which believes that one can practice by just chanting the Buddha's name, and that one can gain merit and wash away sins by releasing animals. Isn't this too ridiculous?
Therefore, the eight sects of Buddhism each have their own principles and ways of survival.

In the past, when Buddhism was flourishing, they still debated and argued about some things.

Now everyone just stays at home and lives their lives, not caring about others.

What’s so strange about the fact that there is now a more bizarre “New Shaolin Temple”?

If you think that the "New Shaolin Temple" is heresy, why don't you go to Yuntaishan in person to seek advice from Fanci?
Fan Ci is not a vegetarian, and his "Tathagata Palm" is even less vegetarian!
After figuring this out, Duan Yu suddenly understood Xu Zhu. Maybe eating meat was their way of practicing.

When Xu Zhu heard Duan Yu ask him if he wanted to eat roasted rabbit, he opened his eyes, smiled and said, "You are welcome, sir."

"When we travel in the world, we help each other. It's just a rabbit." Duan Yu thought he was just being polite and gave in again.

"I have been traveling around the world for many days and I know that city dwellers have the best life." Xu Zhu said as he pointed to the bag behind him: "It has everything. As long as you have money, you can have everything."

"The second is the town, then the village, and finally the mountain."

"The people in the mountains were driven there out of helplessness. As a result, there is a lack of supplies and life is hard in the mountains."

After opening the bag, Xu Zhu said, "So, when I went into the mountains, I prepared a lot of food."

He took out a bag of lotus leaves and said, "There's roast chicken."

"There are also braised beef, grilled lamb chops, rice noodles, and roasted rice cakes..."

Duan Yu and Murong Xing stared blankly at Xu Zhu taking out a bunch of food from his bag.

Suddenly I felt that the roasted rabbit in my hand was not so fragrant.

Finally, the two of them saw Xu Zhu take out a pot of wine from his bag.

No, your bag is too big!
Who in their right mind would pack so much food into their luggage?
So you don't eat rabbit because other things are delicious!

"I can't finish all this food by myself, why don't you come and eat together?" Xu Zhu said to the three of them with a smile.

　Wonderful! Strange monks are just weird!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)