Chapter 253: Anecdotes
During these days, Wu Mian and Gui Bugui have been living in the capital and witnessed this bizarre thing with their own eyes. Seeing the alchemist and Shimen turned back and forth, Erlangzi could no longer understand it. He was like a sensible child, often pulling Gui Bugui to ask this and that, which made the old guy very upset.
Liu Yan's sudden favor made the Shimen prosperous again. Many young monks who were already preparing to return to secular life and planned to go to the alchemy sect to try their luck stayed in the temple again. Not long after, Liu Yan began to issue an order and asked the presiding monk of the White Horse Temple to enter the palace to preach Buddhism. At the beginning of the first few times, Kashyapa took his junior brother Zhimi Yuan and the others to enter the palace. However, not long after, Zhimi Yuan mistakenly said that his senior brother had a disciple named Guangxiao, who was a famous person in the alchemy sect who turned to Shimen.
After hearing that there were such people, Liu Yu became interested in Guangxiao and issued an order to recruit Master Kashyapa's master to the palace. After speaking a few words of Buddhism in front of the old monk, the emperor began to ask Guangxiao about the difference between alchemy and Buddhism, and who is better or worse.
After a smile, Guangxiao said to Emperor Liu Yan: "Your Majesty, your question is like asking the difference between heaven and earth. The art emphasizes personal cultivation in order to achieve immortality. When it reaches the pinnacle, there will be a god possession. Controlling wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and charming minds are no problem. People in the mortal world cannot get it for their whole life..."
When he said this, Guangxiao deliberately paused, and after performing the Buddha's rituals to the emperor and his master, uncle, he continued to say: "Buddhist law is not the case. What Buddhism says is to save all sentient beings. Buddha is in his heart. After sudden enlightenment, everyone in the world can become a Buddha..."
Liu Yan was still dissatisfied with Guangxiao's answer, and immediately interrupted the monk's words: "What I asked is not the difference between art and Buddhism, but the difference between the two. Master Guangxiao, you were once the master of Master Xu Fu Dafang, and later changed to Buddhism. If there is only one person in the world who can tell who is higher and lower than the disciples of the alchemist or the disciples of the Buddhist sect, then it is Zen Master Guangxiao, you are the one who belongs to you," he said.
When the emperor said this, Kashyamo winked at his disciple, but Guangxiao seemed to have not seen it. After smiling at Liu Yan, he said again: "Your Majesty, when Guangxiao was a alchemist, he was a disciple of Xu Fu, the alchemist in the past. Only Dafang Master was above me. Later, after he turned to the Sect, he became a disciple of my master, Kashyamo. At that time, Guangxiao had the smallest seniority, and all the monks in the Sect were my teachers and commanders. Even so, Guangxiao resolutely joined the Sect to start from scratch. Your Majesty, it seems that the alchemist, the disciple of the Sect, can tell at a glance which one is higher and which one is lower in the Sect…"
"Zen Master Guangxiao said it well." Liu Qing laughed after hearing this, then looked at the old monk Kashyapa, who looked a little dissatisfied, but could not express it in front of the emperor, and said, "Although the master is a monk from the Buddhist sect, he is old, so don't continue to mess with the master in the future. I want to listen to Buddhism and let Zen Master Guangxiao enter the palace," he said.
The old monk wanted to say something, but was stopped by the new emperor. After asking the eunuchs about Shichen, Liu Qi said, "I am also obsessed with Buddhism. It's so late after saying a few words. Kashyapa and Jimi Yuan are old. Don't accompany me in the palace. Let Guangxiao stay and continue teaching Buddhist scriptures. The two masters will go back to White Horse Temple to rest early..."
When Liu Yan said this, the eunuchs had already come to support the two monks. Zhimi Yuan also said that the old monk Kashyapa had already frowned slightly. However, the two little eunuchs had already helped him walk out of the hall. He could not help but remind Guangxiao, saying: "Guangxiao, just teach the Buddhist scriptures to Your Majesty. Don't talk too much about the Buddhist scriptures. Your Majesty is doing everything every day and don't delay Your Majesty's work on state affairs..."
"Disciple remembered." Guangxiao respectfully sent his master. When the uncle arrived outside the hall, he returned to Liu Yan. After a faint smile, he said, "Your Majesty should ask more than just Buddhist affairs,"
Seeing that Guangxiao didn't take what the old monk had just told him, Liu Yan frowned slightly, but he still told the question that had troubled him for a long time: "Your master has just said enough of Buddhist affairs, so Master Guangxiao is better to talk about nothing,"
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After hearing the emperor's words, Guangxiao suppressed the smile on his face, and then said to the emperor seriously: "Those who tell His Majesty that such news must be traitors. The alchemist has been passed down for nearly a thousand years. If they really don't have real talents and knowledge, but rely on illusions to deceive the world, will His Majesty think they can be passed down from the beginning of Zhou to the present?"
When he said this, Guangxiao had already realized that his tone was too heavy. He hurriedly took a few steps back and saluted the emperor, and continued: "Please forgive me. Although Guangxiao is no longer a priest, he has been studying in the priest school for hundreds of years. Although he has changed to the priest school, he cannot tolerate the priest school maliciously slandering the priest school," he said.
At this time, Guangxiao paused and saw that the emperor did not show a reproachful expression. He then continued to say: "Since the first Dafang Master in Zhou Dynasty founded the Taoist sect, the Taoist sect has been the leader among the Taoist sects, especially the Dafang Master Xu Fu, who is the best in the world. If he hadn't traveled east to sea..."
At this time, Liu Yan heard the problem from Guangxiao's words. Although the emperor was timid, his mind was better than his father Liu Zhuang. Liu Yan directly interrupted the monk and said, "Master Guangxiao, since Xu Fu Dafang is the best in the world, why do you still take the boys and girls to sea? Could it be that it is really for the First Emperor to find the medicine for prosperity and immortality? When Xu Fu Dafang was unified by the six kingdoms in Qin, he had been a Dafang master for hundreds of years. Even if he was not immortal, he was a god-like figure. Such people would be scared to run overseas. Then it is unknown whether their previous reputation was reliable."
Seeing that the emperor's interest in that period of news was far greater than that of Buddhism, Guang Xiao sighed slightly, and after hesitating for a while, he still spoke again: "Your Majesty, Master Xu Fu Dafang has been going to sea for more than two hundred years. Some things were unspeakable back then, but now it seems that he can say a little..."
Speaking of this, Guangxiao paused for a moment. Liu Yu could see that the monk who had been a priest was hesitant. But after a moment, he continued: "Your Majesty is right. Master Xu Fu went to sea to find the elixir of immortality for the First Emperor. To be honest, Guangxiao I, three other members of the Guang generation in the priesthood, plus the current Dafang Master Volcano, and several others are immortal bodies. It is the one who turns us into immortals. The elixir of immortality is close to you, so why bother to seek medicine overseas again?"
Speaking of their immortal bodies, Liu Yan's eyes flashed with a strange light.
Guangxiao seemed to have not seen it, and he continued to say: "Master Xu Fu went to sea not to seek medicine, but actually fled to the sea to avoid disaster. When Master Dafang made a fortune, he calculated that the alchemist sect would have a catastrophe because of him. In order to avoid disaster for the sect, he left the East China Sea and has not returned yet."
After Liu Yan looked at Guangxiao who was sitting in front of him respectfully, and said in confusion: "It's still wrong. Qin has been destroyed for many years, so why didn't Master Xu Fu return?"
Chapter completed!