Masaki listened to the words of the abstinence, until here, when he suddenly heard the word "Freemasonry", his eyes lit up, as if he had captured something. Fastest updates

"There are several possible sources of secret societies in the history of the Western world," Shoku continued, not noticing Masaki's expression.

"The first is the persecuted religion. In order to survive in this strict scrutiny, many believers have invented all sorts of secret rituals, passwords, and codes that prevent outsiders from easily infiltrating the real core of the gathering, thus greatly reducing their chances of being cracked (and less likely to be thrown into the arena or burned on the fire).

The other is the community of knowledge preservation, and apprenticeships are very important in the Western world. Teenagers must choose the mentor they want to follow in the future, and decide their future career through this. However, carpenters and stonemasons with their own specialties also want to have the ability to protect themselves. Whether in the face of those in power or in the face of various challenges, it is always safer to form a group. That's where guilds come in. Guilds are basically a collection of professionals, but at the same time, they also have the function of preserving a lot of expertise. This expertise includes architectural secrets, mathematics, alchemy, and so on, and the discovery of many of these secrets will not only lead to the leakage of untold secrets, but may even lead to the entire organization being considered an apostate group, resulting in the entire group being implicated. So, not only do these organizations have membership restrictions, strict certifications, and even many secrets must not be obtained until the person reaches a certain level. Moreover, these secrets themselves are imprisoned by layers of complex password and responsibility protection systems. Therefore, this kind of secret organization has always accompanied the growth of Western civilization.

The most famous of these organizations belonged to the "Freemasons", which were still powerful and openly active in the 20th century. The structure of the organization resembled that of an association based on the knowledge of architects and carpenters, and its symbols were compasses and a ruler. (According to their medieval stonemasonry, they are a continuation of the organization) but its internal workings and norms are very mysterious and not known to outsiders. However, this organization has been joined by many prominent celebrities and aristocrats in society since the Middle Ages. Mozart was a member of Freemasonry, and his famous play "The Magic Flute" used a large number of Freemasonic symbols, and Vice President Channey of the United States was also a member of Freemasonry. Until 1997, the world's most prestigious Oscars were held in Freemasonry halls."

Masaki listened to the words of the Void, and finally confirmed one thing at this moment, the coincidence and bizarre fate made him collide with the organization of the "Freemasonry" again, but I don't know if the Zen Temple is a member of the Freemasonry or the opposite of it.

"Freemasonry, have you heard?" said this, Jiekong took a light breath and looked at the sunset on the western side of the sea in the distance.

Zheng Jitou: "Well, I've heard of it, it's a very mysterious organization", he has not only heard of it, he has already fought with this organization directly or indirectly no less than three times, and even today he is here, it is all due to him, of course, he will not tell these to Jiekong.

"The rumors about Freemasonry that are circulating outside, some are true, some are false, and some even have a little legend, and the Zen Temple on this island is to monitor and counter the existence of this organization! Of course, it is not to compete with the entire Freemasonry, Freemasonry is also like a big society, you can't ensure that the whole society is full of good people, what we have to pay attention to is mainly the members who are hidden in the Freemasonry!" Jiekong took a deep breath and said Here, he inexplicably remembered the young man who made his senior brother sad! A gust of sea breeze blows from the sea, covering the whole town with a faint dust mist, and the clear light looks a little quiet and serene.

"In this way, you are here to fight against the establishment of Freemasonry", Masaki silently headed, I don't know why, after hearing this answer, his heart was inexplicably relaxed, it turned out that he was subconsciously unwilling to break with the Zen Temple.

"Not exactly," Jiekong's slightly obese body stood on the side of the staggered mountain road, with a craggy stone wall below, and the wind blew, puffing up his monk's robe, making him look like a monk outside the world at the moment, if he saw his fat face again, he almost thought that he was the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha, "The establishment of the Zen Temple, presided over by Zen Master Cihang, was recognized by the national security agency, and the main purpose was to make special plans for travel, and one day to be able to guard against that mysterious Masonic organization." ”

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??“ Country...... ...... recognized by the national security agencies!?" The more he listened to the political discipline, the more mysterious it became, and his mouth could already put a baseball, "I thought it was a secret temple, but I didn't expect it to be recognized by the state!"

"It's natural that such institutions recognized by the state include Zen Buddhism in Tibet, and the Sword Security Bureau, which has branches in the country and even in various parts of the world, the former is a sect in Tibet that aims to resist violence and fight violence and help the world with force. The latter is an organization that provides security or mercenaries on the surface, but inside it is directly under the state, specializing in investigating corruption and bending the law, investigating and punishing the criminals. ”

There was not much surprise on Masaki's face, because he had already guessed that this maverick organization might have something to do with the government.

He took a soft breath and looked at the beautiful scenery around him, although he did not conflict with the concept of the Zen Rest Temple, it did not mean that he wanted to stay in the Meditation Temple, "So, how can I leave?"

"You can choose to stay here for the rest of your life, or train with those people," Jiekong pointed to the crowd of people who were jumping up on the beach, on the training ground with countless stakes and facilities, "meet the appropriate requirements, be selected by the Elders' House as a Zen successor, and at that time, you can come and go as you please." ”

"What is this?"

"The successor of Zen Buddhism is equivalent to an agent in the spy agency who can go out of the mountain, and if you become a descendant of Zen Buddhism, you represent the entire Zen Temple, and you can have the right to choose the tasks you want to carry out, and you can also refer to any support in the Zen Temple," Jiekong paused, "That is, it is not the Zen Temple to command you, but you to command the Zen Temple, and the entire Zen Temple in front of you is your strong backing." ”

"I know, just like James Bond," Masaki began to revere, "as if by the head of a faction?"

"There is no power of the head of the house, in the Zen Temple, the most powerful is the Elders' House, followed by the Zen heirs, and then it is the turn of the abbot, the abbot only deals with the affairs of the temple, and the Zen heirs are the representatives of the Zen Temple in the outside world. Of course, you also have more ample time, because under normal circumstances, we at the Zen Temple will not make a move, and even if there is a move, after you become a Zen descendant, you may not be able to take action in a few years. ”

"Why?" Masaki was a little puzzled.

"Because before this, there were already seven Zen descendants, and they were all proven masters, and if there was any major task, it would be much safer for them to complete than for the newly selected novices. ”

The two chatted and chatted, and before they knew it, they had already walked down Conch Mountain, and a vast playground in front of them was where Masaki had just set foot here.

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?? Jiekong pointed to the playground clearing, "I also want to take you to visit the place of the Zen Temple, you should see that there are some dragon patterns on this playground, and the playground is also named after it, this is the dragon pattern playground where all the personnel of the Zen Temple are summoned every time they encounter an emergency." ”

Masaki only did to pay attention to his introduction to the scenery, he only cared about one thing.

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"What kind of test will it take for me to be selected as a Zen successor? ”

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??“ Becoming a descendant of Zen Buddhism, the conditions are very harsh, now in the place where you see the training ground, which one does not want to become a descendant of Zen Buddhism in their hearts, but now, they can only be regarded as a warrior monk of the temple," the eyes of the void revealed complexity, "Even I, I have fought for the position of the successor of Zen Buddhism, and in the end I have to be rated as the head of this Tibetan Scripture Pavilion......"

Jiekong seems to recall the original time, infinitely embarrassed.

"We in the Zen Temple, has always agreed with a view, that is, to violence, to stop violence, with strong strength, to crush the root of all evil, Zen Temple has always adhered to this concept, so, to become a Zen descendant, your physical fitness, reaction speed and hand-to-hand combat ability, almost unbeatable!"

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?? Zhengji secretly turned his head, in the end, it was to choose one of the strongest.

Jiekong continued, "Not only have strength, but also have enough brains to match the strength, the modern struggle is no longer the time when the problem can be solved by force alone, to become a Zen successor, the amount of knowledge to learn is quite huge, any Zen descendant, it is possible to become an expert in certain fields, and even reach the level of a person who has obtained the title of doctor in those fields." These include ballistics, physics, electronics, computers, finance, management, ...... You have to know a lot of knowledge, and you have to specialize in a few subjects to be able to pass the test and become a qualified Zen successor. ”

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