Chapter 84 Punishment
All eyes were cast on Xuan Bei, some were surprised, some were confused, and some were frowning.
ah? Meng Qi looked at his master in shock, wondering why he had to bear the blame for a crime that had nothing to do with him. Shouldn't he be even more curious and want to find out where he learned his "Ananda's breaking sword technique" from?
"Amitabha, sin, sin, sin." Kong Wen whispered the Buddha's name, his eyelids drooped, there was no joy on his face, he remained calm and kind.
As the head of the Discipline Hall, Wu Jing looked at Xuan Bei with sharp eyes: "Xuan Bei, why do you want to privately teach Zhending 'Ananda's Breaking the Precepts Sword Technique'?"
There seemed to be golden pupils condensing in his eyes, like a god or a Buddha.
Xuan Bei raised his head and looked at Wu Jing calmly: "Zhen Ding loves sword skills, so his disciple lent him many sword skills to study in order to give him guidance in the future. However, he accidentally saw his disciple practicing 'Ananda Pojie Sword Technique'. , highly respected and yearned for this sword technique, and showed his talent in this sword technique. The disciple loved talents and could not bear to delay his sword practice. He also thought that with the progress of his golden bell, it would be logical for him to gain enlightenment. "
Wujing didn't seem to notice anything, and Xuanbei's statement was reasonable. Everyone knew that Zhending had broken through the first four levels of the Golden Bell in three months. It was only a matter of time before he had enlightenment. Then he would go to the Sutra Pavilion to borrow "Ananda" "Ananda's Sword Technique of Breaking the Precepts" can cover up the private teaching, but no one can think that he will really encounter the danger of using "Ananda's Sword Technique of Breaking the Precepts". Under normal circumstances, he would not stay in the temple for another hundred years. There will be opportunities that require unreserved action.
"Is that so?" Wu Jing turned to look at Meng Qi.
Meng Qi's mind turned and he knew that lying could not hide Wu Jing. In the blink of an eye, he followed the master's words and came up with a countermeasure. He looked at Wu Jing without fear: "Looking back, thanks to the master's love, the disciple can The initial mastery of the 'cutting off purity' technique has absolutely nothing to do with Zhenyong and Zhenchang."
Every word he said was true, but his honest meaning would be completely different from what others heard - Meng Qi meant that if Xuan Bei hadn't practiced sword skills, he would have allowed himself to think about changes while practicing the Golden Bell Shield. , there is no preliminary grasp of "cutting off purity", and after others listen to Xuanbei's self-reported private teaching, they will only think that he is expressing that he can only learn "Ananda's breaking of the precepts sword technique" after receiving Xuanbei's private teaching. A formula.
As for his connection with Zhenyong and Zhenchang, Meng Qi had a clear conscience and spoke frankly.
Wu Jing nodded lightly and did not ask any more questions. He turned to the sky and heard: "Abbott, Xuan Bei violated the commandments and taught stunts privately. He should be severely punished. Zhending knew that he shouldn't and still practiced the 'Ananda Breaking the Precepts Sword Technique'. He should also be punished."
"Wu Jing, you are the leader of the Discipline Hall, how do you think you should be punished?" Kong Wen said peacefully.
Wujing thought for a while and said: "Xuanbei will be punished with a staff a hundred times, and he will copy the Prajna Sutra a hundred times. He will not be allowed to enter the Sutra Pavilion for five years, and he will not be allowed to learn any other magical skills."
"True concentration should be punished twenty times with a stick, copy the Prajna Sutra ten times, and you are not allowed to enter the Sutra Pavilion before the four orifices are opened."
"Zhen Ding and Zhen Hui discovered that Zhen Chang and Zhen Yong stole the scriptures, which is a great achievement. Please decide the reward, Senior Brother Wu Si."
His consistent philosophy is that every offense must be punished, and merit must be rewarded, but the merit should not be offset by the fault, lest anyone break the precepts based on merit.
Regarding this punishment, Meng Qi, who had indeed "secretly learned" the "Ananda's breaking sword technique", secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If the "Lord of the Six Paths of Reincarnation" was discovered, he would die without a burial place, and if not He had to explain to the "Lord of the Six Paths of Reincarnation" that Zhenyong and Zhenchang had stolen the scriptures, so he could not escape the connection. Therefore, just punishing the staff twenty times and copying the scriptures ten times was really nothing. After all, he had a golden bell. In body.
The relatively severe punishment was that he was not allowed to enter the Tibetan Sutra Pavilion before the four orifices were opened. Meng Qi had previously thought of reading the experience of his predecessors in practicing "Ananda's Breaking the Precepts Knife Technique" after the four orifices were opened, and then select two or three acupuncture points, punch points, and As for the auxiliary skills related to soul transfer, it seems that the plan has to be postponed now, but compared to exposing the secret or being "unjustly accused", this is not serious at all.
Kongwen glanced at the other leaders and elders, nodded slowly and said, "Amitabha, the punishment is appropriate. I have no objection. Wu Si, you decide the reward."
Wusi, the head of the Bodhi Courtyard shaped like a dead tree, announced the name of the Buddha: "Zhenhui practices 'flower fingering' and cannot be distracted by other stunts, so he is rewarded with a string of 'Emergency Buddha Beads' to purify his mind and brighten his mind, and to protect him with the light of the Buddha." Body; he is not allowed to enter the Tibetan Sutra Pavilion until the four orifices are opened, so he is rewarded with the opportunity to choose a unique move or technique."
Part of the "Outer Fifty-Four" secret skills are moves and techniques, regardless of the energy accumulation chapter, the awakening chapter, etc., just like the "Ananda Pojie Sword Technique", there are five moves in total, each move is at the scene level, and the energy accumulation period can begin Cultivation can only scratch the surface and cannot exert much power. There are very few people like Meng Qi who have understood the true meaning of a style.
Of course, there are also some moves and techniques that have very high requirements and require enlightenment or even an external realm to practice them.
When he first heard that Zhenhui had been rewarded with a Buddhist bead that was obviously a weapon-level item, Meng Qi was quite uneasy. If Wusi had given him a weapon-level sword, wouldn't he have redeemed the "Red Sun Suppressing Evil Sword" in vain? ? Fortunately, Wu Si's words later made him feel relieved, and he began to struggle and hesitate. Should he choose the secret technique of acupuncture and acupuncture, or the method of disintegrating the demon?
As for soul transfer and mental intrusion, you have the magic of transfiguration. If you only choose one, there is no need to repeat it.
After thinking for a while, Meng Qi suddenly laughed at himself: "I don't even know what the 'Outer Fifty-Four' are, so why bother now?"
"If there is a way to disintegrate demons, choose it!"
"Amitabha, I have no objection." Wu Jing agreed with Wu Si's reward for being the first in the Bodhi Courtyard.
The head of the Discipline Academy, who was responsible for rewards and punishments, had no objections. Naturally, the other elders and heads would not object and nodded one after another.
Therefore, Wu Jing said to Xuan Bei and Meng Qi: "Xuan Bei, Zhen Ding, if you secretly pass on your secret knowledge, you must be executed in front of the abbot. Xuan Kong and I will not hold back."
In the Main Hall, there were only two monks from the Discipline Academy, namely him and Xuan Kong.
"Disciple is willing to be punished." Xuan Bei took off the clothes on his back and knelt upright.
Meng Qi also followed his example and knelt down, exposing his back and standing up straight.
Wu Jing grabbed his hand, and a little glaze light seemed to appear in front of him, condensing into a transparent and illusory Buddha staff, and then he whipped Xuan Bei on the back hard.
when!
After being drawn, there was a sound like a drum in the evening and a bell in the morning. Xuanbei did not resist with any strength, and a scar immediately appeared on his back.
Although the expression on his face was still heavy with self-reproach and showed no trace of pain, it was a bit whiter. It was obvious that Wu Jing really didn't hold anything back.
Xuankong went outside the palace and borrowed a copper stick, walked up behind Meng Qi, and struck him hard with the stick.
The golden bell was unable to operate during the torture, so Meng Qi could only resist. His skin showed a dark gold color, and severe pain shot straight into his forehead.
One stick after another, streaks of blood appeared on Meng Qi's back. If it hadn't been for the golden bell's ability to automatically protect his body, it would have torn apart his skin and injured his lungs.
But he still straightened his back, without any weakness in his heart.
What's this pain? When we are shot like hedgehogs by crossbow arrows, when we are stabbed by Cui Xu's sword again and again, when our chest and abdomen are cut open by a long knife, what does this pain mean?
One stick after another, and the twenty sticks were quickly over. Meng Qi got dressed, stood up slowly, and looked at the master who was still being tortured, feeling very grateful in his heart.
Thanks to Master for shouldering the responsibility this time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
But why does he treat us so well and is willing to bear unexplained sins?
How to explain to him in private "Ananda's breaking of the precepts and sword technique"...
Amid complicated emotions, Xuan Bei also finished his torture, and Kong Wen asked him to take Meng Qi and Zhen Hui back to the courtyard to rest.
The moon was bright in the night sky and the autumn colors were slightly cold. On the way back to the courtyard, Meng Qi kept thinking about how to explain to his master.
Suddenly, Xuan Bei in front spoke softly: "Zhending, the past is in the past, no need to think about it anymore."
"Master?" Meng Qi looked at him doubtfully.
Xuan Bei walked in front without looking back: "No matter how you learned the 'Ananda's Sword Technique of Breaking the Precepts', it has passed now. I will not ask you as a teacher. Just remember to abide by the precepts in the future."
"It's just that through the true and eternal things, I would like to remind you, don't be greedy. If you are greedy together, you will easily fall into the sea of boundless suffering."
"My teacher can save you once, but I can't save you forever."
"Yes, Master." Meng Qi replied with blurred vision. No matter what Master was thinking, or whether he had any doubts, at least at this moment, he was very moved.
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Inside the Mahavira Hall.
"Wusi, how should we deal with the incident at the Vajra Temple this time?" Kong Wen asked Wu Si, the leader of the Bodhi Courtyard, in a casual manner.
Wusi pondered for a while and said: "Abbott, I, Shaolin, have always acted upright, and this matter should be the same. First, we should send monks to major sects and aristocratic families to explain this matter and show justice. Secondly, we should invite an elder to go to Jingang Temple. Ask them, see how they answer, and then decide whether to conquer the devil and defend the way, or to show mercy."
"It's a pity that I wasn't around when Zhenyong and Zhenchang died. Otherwise, if I could ask about the remaining souls, the evidence would be even more conclusive." Wu Jing, the head of the Discipline Academy, said with a hint of regret, "But Zhenyong's meridians, acupoints, physical body, etc. There are still traces of the Kongji Temple’s martial arts, and they can’t quibble.”
Kong Wen chuckled and said, "They can say that we deliberately falsified the truth, or killed the Vajra Temple disciples and pretended to be Shaolin traitors. However, Wu Si responded well, just do as he said."
"Abbot, which elder should be sent to the Vajra Temple?" Wuding, the head of the Zaozhuyuan, asked. It was his responsibility to arrange the monks' tasks.
Kong Wen pondered for a moment: "Just him."
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"The Art of Sacrificing the Body", after Meng Qi chose from thousands of choices on the third and fourth floors of the Sutra Pavilion, he gave up on magical skills such as "Ananda's Finger" and chose this unique skill.
It is similar to the method of disintegrating demons and is one of the seventy-two special skills. After using it, it burns the essence and blood, restores the skills in a short time and increases the strength by 30%. It can also concentrate all the skills in one blow, producing terrible effects. Conquer the devil.
And after it is over, the mild cases will become seriously ill and their martial arts will regress, while the severe cases will have severed meridians and become useless.
Of course, this is not a problem when there is the "Lord of Six Paths of Reincarnation" or other teammates with superb medical skills!
After copying a copy of "Sacrifice of Life", Meng Qi returned to Xuan Bei's courtyard with joy and no pressure. As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he saw Xuan Bei waiting there.
"Zhen Ding, pack your luggage." Xuan Bei ordered.
"Huh?" Meng Qi was confused.
Xuanbei nodded lightly: "The abbot sent a teacher to the Diamond Temple to question the theft of scriptures, and you and Zhenhui are important witnesses, so I asked you to go with the teacher."
Meng Qi was surprised and happy, could he leave the temple now?
(End of Volume 1)