In the clouds and mist, Zhang Jiuling slowly groped.

Suddenly, the clouds and mist rolled up, opening up an open space in front of the entire eye, and an ancient Zen temple appeared in front of Zhang Jiuling's eyes.

The temple has pagodas, Buddha statues, and vermilion gates.

"It's supposed to be an illusion, but it's so real. ”

Zhang Jiuling stepped forward, touched the vermilion gate of the Zen Temple, and said softly.

The last time he had bitten the wound disappeared in an instant after the first level, he had already realized that he might have entered an illusion.

In other words, the illusion was fabricated out of thin air by the one on Taibai Mountain.

They are not so much breaking through the level, but as long as they meet the expectations of the person on Taibai Mountain, they will be able to get out of the level in front of them.

Zhang Jiuling walked slowly to the front of the Zen courtyard, he gently pushed open the door and walked into the Zen courtyard.

The temple is deserted and has an extremely quiet atmosphere.

Zhang Jiuling strolled through the entire quiet Zen courtyard.

Looking around, there is a Buddha hall dedicated to Buddha statues, and on the left side should be the monk's room where the monks live, but there is no one at the moment.

On the right is a stupa.

After turning the entire Zen courtyard around, Zhang Jiuling began to think about the way out of this level.

"Nobody, it seems, has to find a way out here. ”

There is no exit door around the temple, and there is no way around it.

Zhang Jiuling simply stopped looking for it.

According to his speculation, everything around here is an illusion, and since it is an illusion, if you don't clear the level, you probably won't be able to get out anyway.

"The Zen Monastery is so big, how can you realize this?"

Zhang Jiuling looked at the sun shining in the middle of the sky, he raised his head and stretched out his hand to cover the sun.

"Has even the time changed?"

When Zhang Jiuling walked into the fog before, it should be the time when the sun is about to set.

But now it's noon.

"The temperature felt a little cooler than when I came in. ”

"The only thing hesitant is on the stupa. ”

Just as Zhang Jiuling was observing the sunset, a drop of water suddenly fell from in front of Zhang Jiuling.

But the strange thing is that the direction in which the water falls, not from top to bottom, but from left to right.

Water droplets swept in front of Zhang Jiuling and landed on the wall of the Zen courtyard in the distance.

"What is this?"

Zhang Jiuling stepped forward, but found that under the grass and trees in front of him, there was a huge water tank.

But this tank is out of place with a normal tank.

It stands on its side and then on the wall.

And the drop of water that just dripped from the side fell into the water tank.

Zhang Jiuling squatted down, but found that all the water in the water tank was subject to gravity from left to right.

"Strange!"

Such a strange water tank, is it some hint?

Zhang Jiuling was a little unsure.

After writing down this unusual, he walked into the Buddha hall, and in this Buddha hall, there are the three Buddhas of the Buddhist family.

That is, the Buddhas of the past, the Buddhas of the present, and the Buddhas of the future.

"The Buddha of the past lit the lamp of the ancient Buddha, the present Buddha is like the Buddha, the future Buddha Maitreya Buddha, the third Buddha of the Buddhist family is so magnificent, it seems to be able to be emphasized. ”

"Does the Three Buddhas have any intentions?"

Zhang Jiuling was a little uncertain.

Look at the monk's room again, the Buddha hall is different, the Zen temple is different, and the monk's room and stupa should also be different.

Zhang Jiuling walked into the monk's room and finally found a Buddhist scripture on a bed in the monk's room.

He opened the Buddhist scriptures, and there were only two sentences of the Buddha Tao on the Buddhist scriptures, one of which was from the "Diamond Sutra": "All the Dharma is like a dream bubble, like dew and electricity, and it should be viewed as such." ”

The other sentence is from the "Huayan Sutra": "Truthfully know all the law, hypocrisy and deceit, pretend to be for a moment, and deceive mortals"

"What does that mean it's a hallucination?"

"But I knew it when I came in. ”

"Let's go to the stupa again. ”

Zhang Jiuling strode towards the bottom of the tower.

Walking under the tower, Zhang Jiuling saw a few big words pasted on the door of the tower: The treasure of entering the tower can be obtained at the top of the tower at this time.

"The top of the tower?"

Zhang Jiuling looked at the tower, and then at the reflection of the pagoda at his feet.

Turning around and walking to the reflection of the spire, a box that Zhang Jiuling found in the reflection of the spire.

He opened the box, and inside was a key, just in time for the big golden lock.

He opened the door of the stupa and walked in, the stupa is nine stories high, and it is said that it was taken from the time when Shakyamuni was born, pointing to the sky with his left hand and the earth with his right.

It means the meaning of self-supremacy in heaven and on earth.

Going straight to the top, Zhang Jiuling didn't find any hints here.

"No, am I looking for the wrong one?"

Zhang Jiuling was a little puzzled, so he turned over the entire pagoda again.

"Still not, it seems that this stupa has a different purpose. ”

Zhang Jiuling returned to the Zen courtyard, and he walked to the water tank in the Zen courtyard.

"The Three Buddhas, referring to time and space, is there anything strange about time and space?"

"And what do those two sutras mean?"

"Illusion? like a dream or like an illusion, true and false, false and true?"

"Looking at it this way, it should mean that in this Zen temple, there are real and false, isn't it all my illusion?"

Zhang Jiuling walked to the water tank, and he stepped into the water tank upside down.

In an instant, Zhang Jiuling felt his center of gravity change instantly.

The gravity towards the ground shifted to the gravity towards the walls of the temple.

"What is this?"

Zhang Jiuling squatted in the water tank, watching the angle of the world change instantly.

"From this point of view, is it an illusion transformation?"

Zhang Jiuling suddenly had an assumption in his heart.

"Ma Weiba said that the so-called enlightenment, just like Zhuangzi's method of teasing the monkey in the "Theory of Things", as long as you know why, then if the three Buddhas in the Buddha hall are time and space, and the tips in the monk's room are true and false environments, then my perspective at this time is likely to be the real angle in reality. ”

"Then gravity is downward. ”

"If I'm facing down here, then the way out should be on this plane. ”

Zhang Jiuling looked around, and suddenly found that only the angle of the pagoda in his field of vision was so special.

"It happens to be on this plane. ”

"Go up and try it?"

Zhang Jiuling climbed out of the water tank and hurriedly ran towards the pagoda, all the way to the ninth floor of the pagoda.

"No, it's not high enough. ”

Zhang Jiuling climbed out of the paging of the pagoda, and then crawled towards the top of the pagoda.

He found that on the side of the top of the tower, there was just a rope.

"That's right. ”

"The angle of this Zen temple is not above my way forward, because the whole time and space should be inverted, the upper is not up, the lower is not the lower, the four directions are not the four directions, the direction I used to see the sun should be the direction of the real sun, this is the only reality I saw in the illusion, and the other point is the water tank, the water tank points out the direction of gravity, the sun points out the direction of the sunset before me. ”

"This is a game of finding a way out in the midst of being lost, and enlightenment is to realize the truth and falsehood of this time and space. ”

"Then here's it. ”

Zhang Jiuling stood on top of the pagoda and looked up at the endless sky.

According to speculation, the direction towards the sky in this time and space should be the direction he was advancing in Taibai Mountain before.

"Linglong Pagoda Pagoda Linglong, Linglong Pagoda top, let's see if you can let me escape. ”

After Zhang Jiuling whispered, he subconsciously glanced at the bottom of the pagoda, and below was extremely high in the air.

"Don't make a mistake, or you'll stumble and become a romantic figure for the ages. ”

Zhang Jiuling, who had reached the top of the highest level of the pagoda, stepped out and jumped towards the sky.

For a moment, it was as if heaven and earth had been distorted.

Everything in front of me disappeared.

What appeared in front of Zhang Jiuling's eyes was the familiar rocks of Taibai Mountain.

But Zhang Jiuling found that he was lying flat in the air.

Then he fell from a height of about half a meter on the ground.

"Suck... It hurts a little!"

Zhang Jiuling rubbed his knees and gasped.

The up and down before his eyes became the front and back of the present.

The place where he used to wander was a land wrapped in rocks.

"Sure enough, is time and space reversed?"

Zhang Jiuling touched the ground and said.

Then he saw the water tank placed not far away.

"This tank is real?"

Zhang Jiuling was stunned for a moment, he looked towards the water tank, and at this time, Gu Daojun came out of the water tank.

"What are you?"

"I must have passed the test, I was stranded on an isolated island, and then I finally found a way out by jumping from the highest mountain above the island, and then found a way out of the water. ”

Gu Daojun looked at Zhang Jiuling, whose clothes were also wet in front of him, and said, "Why are your clothes also wet?

"It's different, but in our environment, this tank should be real. ”

"Yes, but this tank is real, no matter which of you it is. ”

Ma Weiba walked out of the clouds, as if the sun had already set.

The endless red light illuminates the entire Taibai Mountain as if it is a fairyland on earth.

Ma Weiba patted on the top of the water tank, and the water in the water tank flowed directly to the ground.

And in the water tank, new water came out.

"This was the place where I drew water in the mountains. ”

Ma Weiba looked at the two of them and said:

"You guys are really strong, I thought you would be able to clear at most one person this time, but I didn't expect both of you to clear the level, and it was still so fast. ”

"I said that after going up the mountain, I can't break my promise if I talk to you about wine. ”

Zhang Jiuling smiled.

"I'll wait. ”

Ma Weiba smiled lightly, and then handed out a bottle of elixir in his hand.

"This is Bigu Dan, you can eat without sleep or food, you can continue to break through the level, Master Zun said, if you can break through seven levels in two days, you can directly become his personal disciple. ”

"Disciple?"

"I haven't seen the difference between a personal tradition and a true tradition, but naturally there will be a difference. ”

"Okay, that's without further ado, go ahead. ”

Zhang Jiuling took out the Bigu Dan from Ma Weiba's hand, and after opening the jade bottle, the paving was filled with an extremely rich aroma.

"This aroma is refreshing, is there anything special about the elixir?"

"There's water next to it, just take it. ”

Ma Weiba waved his hand.

After Zhang Jiuling and Gu Daojun took the pill, Ma Wei said domineeringly:

"There will be no more pauses in your progress. ”

"It's the best. ”

"Daojun. ”

"Huh?"

"These two times are my fast, it's better for them to bet, among the seven levels, there are still five levels left, let's bet on it, see who is faster in these five levels?"

"Bet on what?"

"Whoever loses, after the successful apprenticeship, will be treated. ”

"Okay, Brother Zhang, you wait to ask for leave. ”

"It's really an enviable confidence. ”

Ma Weiba smiled.

"When you are young, you are not young and vigorous, do you want to be rampant with an old and weak body after you are seven old and eight old?"

Zhang Jiuling smiled.

"Please!"

Ma Weiba made a gesture of please again.

"If we don't send you down the mountain next time we meet, then you will be my senior brother after that. ”

Zhang Jiuling and Gu Daojun strode into the clouds.

And Ma Weiba looked at their backs and sighed.

He really envied this talent.

I have to say that in the current world, his identity as the son of the richest man is not as good as the evaluation of the four words "excellent talent".

Hands clasped together and the mist of the mountain.

Ma Weiba walked slowly up the mountain.

On the top of Taibai Mountain, Ma Weiba, who walked out of the clouds and mist, walked to the top of the snow peak of Taibai Mountain, under the ancient trees.

Facing the supreme figure surrounded by golden light, he made a standard disciple salute and asked, "Teacher, how likely are those two under the mountain to worship under your door?"

"How many do you think?"

"The disciple didn't dare to speak up. ”

"You've asked, naturally you've thought about it in your heart, what don't you dare to say. ”

"The disciple originally thought that there should be less than one thousand, but after the first level, the disciple felt that there should be one thousand five, but now the disciple thinks that there should be one hundred and one. ”

"Actually, you can estimate a little higher. ”

"The qualifications of these two people are inherently talented, they were originally selected, and then sent to me. ”

"Elected?"

"The Empire wants me to have an apprentice. ”

You can't finish what you say, otherwise the disciple will lose room to think.

Ma Weiba lowered his head.

He had thought about it a lot.

A conclusion was drawn: the two men were arranged by the Empire.

"That?"

"Why did I take these two?"

Ji Man shook his head and said:

"They don't know, they don't know and go up the mountain, this is the fate, I have no reason to refuse, not to mention that I am a preacher, and there is nothing for me to have one more disciple. ”

"But this doesn't mean that they can directly enter my door, although there is fate, but there can also be fate, but if they can pass my seven levels, it doesn't hurt to accept an apprentice. ”

"Why, if I really accept these two apprentices, do you have the confidence to suppress them?"

"Me?"

Ma Weiba was stunned.

"You are my chief disciple, how can you not have this confidence?"

Ma Weiba came down, he really didn't have much confidence in himself.

"Da Ying Ruochong, great wisdom if foolish, Da Yin Xisheng, you should understand it well!"

On Taibai Mountain, Ji Man closed his eyes.