Chapter 53: Hui Wu

When Yue Shan woke up, it was already three days later.

It's just that when he woke up, there was no one around.

The wounds on his body have scabbed, and he lies down on a wooden bed, and the surroundings are unfamiliar.

Rubbing his head, Yue Shan recalled what happened before he fell unconscious.

He fought a bloody battle against the disciples of Songshan, and he was defeated at the last moment, but he had the impression that a monk saved him.

Now I looked around and found that the surrounding environment was pure and elegant, with Buddha statues, futons, and prayer beads hanging on the side and Buddhist scriptures on the side.

Raising his arms and legs, there was some pain, but Yue Shan didn't care about these pains, he endured and got up from the bed and walked outside, he wanted to figure out what the situation was now.

Pushing open the door and leaning on the door frame to look out, a breath of fresh air came to my face.

The outside environment is elegant, pine and cypress, as far as the eye can see, the ground under your feet is all paved with bluestone, smooth and smooth.

In the distance, a majestic pagoda plunged into the clear sky, and Yue Shan looked up and felt a little dizzy.

"Where is this?".

Leaving the room, I walked forward step by step, but I didn't see anyone.

Suddenly, a bell rang in the distance, and the gold and iron were melodious.

"This bell? It seems that I heard it once when I first came to Dengfeng two days ago, and others said that it was the bell of Shaolin, am I in Shaolin Temple?"

In the distance, there was the sound of running in order, and a procession of about forty people appeared from the front yard, and then passed not far from themselves, heading out for the backyard.

The leader was an old monk, who glanced at himself, smiled and did not speak, but ran behind with the young men in black clothes.

Yue Shan had the heart to greet the old monk and ask, but they didn't stay at all, and ran farther and farther.

"No, I'm going to go with you."

Yue Shan didn't care about the injuries on his body, stumbled behind, and went behind.

Those people didn't run particularly fast, they were tall and had big steps, and they could barely keep up, or they didn't mean to throw themselves off.

But after all, there were injuries on his body, and by the time Yue Shan followed, those people had already stopped by a lake.

Forty people stood in a neat line, and the old monk stood at the forefront of the line, already in a posture, and seemed to be ready to practice boxing.

"Roar!".

The old monk suddenly shouted, and hit a black tiger on the spot.

"Roar!".

The forty people behind followed in unison and let out a loud roar, and together they shot a black tiger heart, which was magnificent.

Yue Shan sat down with great interest and watched from a distance, although these young people's skills were average, but the old monk gave him a very powerful feeling.

"Hah!".

The old monk is another rhinoceros looking at the moon.

"Hah!".

Those young men in black also followed suit.

After that, the punch became faster and faster, and the old monk's mouth kept shouting.

"Dance!".

All the young men in black followed and made a double wind piercing the ears.

"Move its circle!".

Everyone came to hug the moon in their arms.

"Practice it!".

Together, the double clamour of palms.

"Know!".

The old monk shouted and gradually pushed out of the crowd, and among the black-clothed people, a handsome-looking boy stood up and took the place of the old monk.

The old monk walked towards Yueshan.

For monks, Yue Shan has always been very respectful, and when he saw this old monk who might still be above him in martial arts, he hurriedly stood up.

"Donor, are you better?" asked Guan Shanyue.

Yue Shan hurriedly returned the salute: "Thank you, master, it's much better."

After thinking about it, he said: "Master, that day in Dengfeng, I remember that there seemed to be a monk who saved me, I don't know but you saved me?"

Guan Shanyue waved her hand: "No, the person who saved you is the abbot of this temple and the master of the first ring."

Hearing that it was the abbot who saved him, Yue Shan's eyes rolled, and he said with some excitement: "Then I don't know where the abbot is now? Yue Shan wants to thank him in person."

"The abbot is in the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda to participate in meditation, and the donor can go by himself."

Yue Shan thanked Guan Shanyue again, and then returned to the temple.

Although others are careless, they are not ambiguous about the issue of wanting to become a monk, and he feels that it is very likely that his dream of becoming a monk will come true this time.

When he came to the edge of the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda, Yue Shan brushed his hair with his hands, which was very rare for him, and for many years, he rarely cared about his image.

But today is different, thinking about it in Yueshan, as the abbot of Shaolin, he must be a highly respected monk, and he must not be used to his sloppy appearance, so he should try to be as clean as possible to give the abbot a good impression.

After tidying up twice, Yue Shan stepped into the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda.

It's early in the morning, and the ventilated windows inside the stupa are all open, and the interior is brightly lit.

After entering, there was no one on the first floor, Yue Shan came to the Buddha statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva to worship, and then walked to the second floor.

Worship the Buddha all the way, all the way up, all the way to the ninth floor.

When he reached the ninth floor, Yue Shan saw a monk sitting in front of the Buddha statue, but he could only see his back, not his face.

Presumably this is the abbot of Shaolin's first ring, Yue Shan did not dare to walk up recklessly, but gave a salute in the distance, and said loudly: "In Xia Yue Mountain, thank you Shaolin Abbot for saving his life."

"The poor monk didn't save you".

The monk turned his back to himself and said a word, listening to the voice, it seemed that there was no feeling of old age.

Yue Shan paused for a moment, and saluted again: "Master, it was you who saved me, I have a memory, and just now below, Master Yichen also told me, it's you."

"No, the person who saved you is yourself, if you don't resist desperately and be brave and fearless, then even if the poor monk arrives, it will be too late to save you, and people can only save themselves."

Yue Shan thought for a while, nodded and said: "Abbot, thanks to your rescue, Yue Shan doesn't know how to repay him, it is better to become a monk in Shaolin Temple in the future, and serve the abbot before and after the saddle, in order to repay the grace of saving his life."

"Confused!".

A reprimand sounded, and Yue Shan's ears were buzzing, and he was horrified, and he was so high in his heart that this abbot was so good at kung fu, he could actually make himself uncomfortable with a shout.

The monk never looked back, but continued: "The poor monk saved you, not because you became a monk because of gratitude, Shaolin is bitter, you are also a man of wine and meat, and now you are grateful to the poor monk for barely staying, he must be tired of it in the future, so it is better to leave quickly, so as not to cause more trouble."

Yue Shan heard the abbot's refusal, and hurriedly said, "No, no, abbot, I'm not because of this."

"And why are you?".

At this time, Yue Shan's thinking became sensitive, "Abbot, this temple, I like it very much, there are so many people practicing martial arts outside, I can also practice with them, and I came to this Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda, I feel comfortable all over my body, I have been to the temple before, but it is not as comfortable here as anywhere, I feel it, this place is the most suitable for me, as for eating meat, I promise not to eat in the temple."

Huo Yuanzhen smiled dumbly, this Yue Shan is also interesting, he actually promised himself not to touch wine and meat in the temple, if other abbots heard this, they were afraid that they would have blasted him out.

But Huo Yuanzhen is the only outlier, he wanted to abolish this vegetarian precept a long time ago, but in reality, most people who believe in Buddhism still value this very much, so Huo Yuanzhen suppressed this thought.

But don't say it, it doesn't mean that Huo Yuanzhen agrees, it's okay to be restrained on a large scale, even if someone really eats meat in private, Huo Yuanzhen won't care about it.

What's more, Yue Shan is still a talent that he urgently needs, so of course this problem is nothing.

The sound of the wooden fish echoed in the pagoda, it was the abbot who knocked it, and at first Yue Shan quietly observed the abbot's actions, and then he stopped observing, but stood there with his eyes slightly closed, not knowing what he was thinking.

After another while, Huo Yuanzhen turned around and came to Yue Shan's face.

Yue Shan opened his eyes and couldn't help but be a little surprised to see that this abbot was so young, but he didn't show any gaffe, he just bowed his head slightly to Huo Yuanzhen.

Huo Yuanzhen raised his hand, put his hand on the top of Yue Shan's head, and then said: "Yesterday you were nothing, the past was nothing, in my Shaolin, you are no longer the past you, whether you are kind or resentful, it is all a pillow of yellow sorghum, the past has gone to the old time into emptiness, you can realize this realm, you can get Hinayana Nirvana, Yue Shan, can you feel the realm of nothingness?".

Under the magic sound of the wooden fish and the bewitchment of Huo Yuanzhen, Yue Shan also entered the state, nodded and said, "Abbot, I feel it."

"Nothingness is the truth of everything, no eyes, ears, mouth, tongue, nose, body, mind, no sound, fragrance, touch, taste, sense, no vision, and even no consciousness. There is no ignorance, there is no end to ignorance, there is no old age and death, and there is no old age and death. There is no obstacle in the heart, and there is no terror, Yue Shan, from today on, there is no Yue Shan, you are Shaolin Huiwu, can you write it down?".

Yue Shan's always tyrannical heart became more and more calm under Huo Yuanzhen's persuasion, and he didn't think about becoming a monk in Shaolin Temple in order to repay his kindness, but he just felt that he should belong to Shaolin, and the days of the past few years were wasted.

Hurriedly kneeling down, Yue Shan said: "Poor monk Hui Wu, meet the abbot teacher."

"Get up, go out to the dining hall to find your uncle, and let him shave you."

Yue Shan nodded yes and prepared to go down the pagoda.

Huo Yuanzhen suddenly shouted in the back: "Oh, by the way, the razor seems to have been broken yesterday when it was used to cut vegetables, you go to find a clean woodcutter and use it, no way, I have built a new Shaolin building, and many facilities have not been perfected."

A drop of sweat flowed from Yue Shan's forehead, and he nodded again and said that he was going down the tower, and he had a dreamlike feeling about what he had just experienced.

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