"Bao 'er, go pour tea for the guest. Oh … use my snow lotus."
The strange man once again made a sound with his chest and abdomen. Although he could not speak, he was proficient in ventriloquism.
The little girl cautiously looked at Luo Kai and asked in a low voice, "Master, this may be a powerful guy. Could he be someone sent by the Heaven's Thunder Palace to capture you?"
The eccentric smiled and said, "No, go pour some tea."
The little girl was relieved and turned to walk towards the back hall.
The strange man's dark eye sockets turned to Luo Kai and said, "Little friend, please come in for a chat."
Luo Kai walked into the hall and sat across from the strange man. The cultivation method of Buddhism and the body cultivation of Taoism were completely different. If he was not wrong, this strange man cultivated a kind of Mind's Eye. Although his eyes could not see and his ears could not hear, all changes in the outside world could not be hidden from his "Mind's Eye".
The Mind's Eye was also known as the Five Eyes. It came from the Buddhist scripture "Diamond Sutra". It referred to the ability to see through things from the beginning to the end. It was divided into five levels: the naked eye, the heavenly eye, the divine eye, the dharma eye and the buddha eye.
Needless to say, the naked eye was the eye of the ordinary people. When it was promoted to the heavenly eye, it was not limited by distance, volume, brightness, nor was it limited by concealment or transparency. It did not need to reflect light and shadow. It was the reflection or refraction of spiritual power. As for the higher levels of the divine eye, the dharma eye and the buddha eye, it was not something he could guess.
While Luo Kai was deep in thought, the strange man was also "observing" him. After a long while, he suddenly said, "Little friend, your spirit is restrained and your mind is empty. You have already reached the state of the divine eye. In terms of cultivation of Buddhism, you are above me."
Luo Kai smiled faintly and said, "But I wonder what level the master's Mind's Eye has reached?"
The strange man looked ashamed and shook his head, "I am ashamed. I have been practicing since I was young, but my aptitude was too poor. When I was 15, I was active and naughty. My mind was unstable. When I first came in contact with Buddhism, I made a painful decision and cut off my limbs. I thought I could concentrate on practicing Buddhism, but when I was 18, I felt the temptation of the mortal world. I blinded my eyes, but still could not block the decadent sounds. Later, I completely cut off all external perception and practiced the Silent Cicada. A hundred years have passed and today, I have finally glimpsed a trace of Buddhism.
I have reached the state of the Mind's Eye. "Luo Kai was a little surprised. These ascetics were really not something that ordinary people could understand. No matter what religion it was, they all emphasized self-discipline. Self-discipline was excellent, but to the extent of self-abuse, it was too much. In his understanding, the true path of cultivation should be to follow nature and follow one's heart. Only by doing what one likes can one achieve twice the results with half the effort. It should not be to neglect the fundamentals and focus on trifles.
The girl named Bao 'er walked in and glanced at Luo Kai with some fear. She had heard the conversation between the two of them just now. She did not expect that this delicate-looking young man had reached the same level as her master, the level of the supreme Buddhist technique, All Seeing Eye. She carefully poured a cup of tea for him and quickly retreated to the strange man's side.
There was a white petal floating in the tea. It was very fragrant. Luo Kai took a sip and a trace of coolness rushed to his head. His somewhat tired spiritual energy seemed to have recovered a little. He was a little surprised. Spiritual energy on the level of consciousness was very difficult to rely on external forces to recover. This white petal was not ordinary. He opened his mouth and praised, "Good tea."
The strange man smiled and said, "It's good that you like it. As soon as I saw you, I knew that I had met a fated person. According to the words of Buddhism, the root of wisdom can reach the heavens and the earth. I have only broken this silent meditation twice in my life. The first time was when the life and death of the Sky Thunder Palace was at stake. This is the second time."
Luo Kai shook his head and said, "Master is too kind. In my opinion, the root of wisdom is not something that one is born with. It needs to grow."
The strange man's expression became serious. "It is not an exaggeration. There are not many people in the world that I cannot see through. You are one of them. To tell you the truth, I want to ask you to help me. This matter is related to the danger of the Sky Thunder Palace and also the danger of millions of people!"
Ever since he met the strange man, Luo Kai had a premonition that trouble was coming. He drank the tea and stood up. "Thank you for the tea. I am really sorry. I am just a passerby and do not want to be involved too much." He lifted his feet and was about to leave.
The strange man straightened up and said deeply, "Since you are deeply familiar with the teachings of Buddhism, you naturally know about the cycle of karma. You may have come to settle a karma."
Luo Kai stopped and hesitated for a moment. He sat down again and said, "Master, please tell me. I do not like trouble. If it is too much trouble, I can't do anything."
The strange man let out a sigh and explained the matter. His name was Zha Kun, and he was an elder of the Moke Sect of the Sky Thunder Palace. These years, he had been hunted down by the Kasyapa Sect and had no choice but to hide here.
The Sky Thunder Palace was one of the three holy lands of the human body arts. In terms of prestige and strength, it was far inferior to Shang Jing University and the Longyang Temple. This was because the Saints of the Sky Thunder Palace did not choose to educate the masses, but rather to hide from the world. They were not like the other two holy lands who gathered talents from all over the world. Generation after generation, the Sky Thunder Palace gradually declined. Even the inheritance of the Saints had problems.
After becoming a Saint, one could pass on one's own cultivation memories through some kind of secret treasure. Like the Book of the Universe that Yun Shan gave to Luo Kai, it could greatly increase the speed of the inheritor's growth and understanding of the outside world. The inheritance treasure of the Sky Thunder Palace was a Bodhi Sarira, which contained the cultivation memories of several generations of Buddhist Saints.
Today, the Sky Thunder Palace was divided into three factions. Among them, the Moke Sect still respected the ancient inheritance and emphasized seclusion from the world. They recognized that all Dharma was like a dream. As long as one did not get involved, one could naturally see one's true nature. The Kasyapa Sect believed that if one wanted to enter the world, one had to experience the world to witness the Buddha's heart, and also to carry forward the essence of Buddhism. The remaining Luozha Sect was the Guardian Vajra of the Sky Thunder Palace. They had always been in charge of traveling the world to hunt down heretics and resist ferocious beasts.
Among the three factions, the Luozha Sect had the least number of people and never participated in the inheritance of the Saints. All along, the Bodhi Sarira had been passed on to the Moke Sect. However, the previous generation of Sky Thunder Palace Saints did not pass away naturally and did not arrange for the inheritance of the Bodhi Sarira. Thus, trouble arose.
The Kasyapa Sect, which emphasized entering the world, was the most powerful. Their physical teachers were far superior to the other two sects. Now, the highest military and political officer of the Yunling Province, Grand Duke Skanda, was from the Kasyapa Sect.
All kinds of things in the secular world were no longer in the eyes of these ascetics. However, the Buddhist secret treasures involved in the advancement of the life level were different. The Kasyapa Sect suppressed the other two factions with extremely strong means and wanted to seize the Bodhi Sarira. For a time, there was a reign of terror and the entire Yunling Province was in turmoil.
It was not until the intervention of the Body Technique Association and the arrival of the disciples of the Longyang Temple, which was also a Buddhist Sect, that the dispute was stopped. However, the Bodhi Sarira was passed on to a disciple of the Luozha Sect by the Elder of the Moke Sect. The Luozha Sect was different from the other two factions. They focused on refining the body and did not focus on the spiritual power that Buddhism mainly cultivated.