Yifeng and Master Hong were shocked when they heard that Emperor Dawu had issued three more golden dragon orders.

Buddhism has been brutalized by Emperor Wu to such an extent, what else does he want to do?

With gloomy faces, the group walked into the abbot's meditation room, and the abbot immediately closed the door.

He turned around and looked at everyone, there were only eight of the hundreds of elders in Nanzong Temple left, and two of them were not good at cultivation themselves, and they were in charge of miscellaneous matters such as washing and cooking, and he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.

Yifeng saw the change in Master Abbot's expression, and said comfortingly: "Master Abbot, don't be in a hurry first, explain things clearly, maybe there is a way to save it." ”

Master Abbot nodded, and said directly: "The three golden dragon decrees issued by Emperor Dawu this time are: First, confiscate the land and property of all temples in the entire Dawu Kingdom, and those who resist will be directly killed! Second, all temples in the Dawu Kingdom will be demolished and rebuilt! Third, the Buddha statues and Buddhist scriptures in all temples in the Dawu Kingdom will be destroyed!"

"What?!"

Even though Yifeng and Elder Hong were mentally prepared, they didn't expect the Golden Dragon Order to be so cruel and ruthless.

Yifeng's head was a little confused, and he was silent for a long time before he said: "In other words, there is no Buddha Dao in the Great Martial Kingdom from now on, is Emperor Wu already going to kill our Buddha Dao and cut the grass to the roots?"

Master Abbot's face was gloomy, and he nodded, "As it stands, it is true. ”

Silence ensued.

Everyone knows that things have developed to this point, and there is no need to guess Emperor Wu's intentions.

His intention to completely erase the Buddhist Tao from the Great Martial Kingdom is already well known, and what is even more cruel is that he wants to destroy all the Buddhist Taoist scriptures.

This completely cut off the opportunity for the Buddha path to take root and develop again, and cut off any idea of the Buddha path being lucky.

After a while, the abbot master said: "Before you came just now, a few of us were already dumb for a long time when we heard the news. ”

The most magnanimous Master Liu Hong couldn't help but sigh: "My Buddha is compassionate, why did I fall into such a situation!"

Elder Lifa slapped the table in the room and said angrily, "In this case, we can only break the jar and break it, and the fish die and the net is broken!"

Master Abbot couldn't help but look up to the sky and sighed: "Is Emperor Wu blinded by someone, acting like this is really against the sky!"

What to do?

Ichifeng tensed his face and thought carefully.

This was the first problem that Master Ran and his brothers and sisters encountered after leaving him, and it was also the biggest problem in his life so far.

Without the inspiration and advice given to him by his senior brothers, he had to think carefully about exploration, and it was likely that he made a wrong step and buried Nanzong Temple.

50,000 Yulin troops came to exterminate Nanzong Temple, and now Nanzong Temple still has the power to resist?

The total number of monks in Nanzong Temple is at most 5,000, and only half of them are monks with combat experience.

They were scarred and had not yet finished their rest, and they were severely injured by the Taiqing Gate at the Du'e Bridge, and now they had to face the massacre of the imperial court.

Even if they didn't care about life and death, how could they resist the army of 50,000 forest tigers and wolves?

Master Lihong immediately asked, "Senior brother, how much time do we have?"

Master Abbot said, "In five days at most, they will come to the bottom of the mountain." ”

Yifeng thought for a while and said: "We can't fight with them now, we don't have the strength and capital to fight hard at all, and the current number of people in the temple is not enough for the 50,000 Yulin army to stuff their teeth." ”

Hearing this, Elder Lifa shouted at him: "I know, as long as you are greedy for life and afraid of death, before the battle in front of the Mingwang Temple that day, when I rushed to the battlefield, I sensed your position, and I took a few of your senior brothers and sisters to watch coldly on the mountain, when I didn't know!"

Yifeng coldly retorted: "A war can never be overturned by one or two people, and in the same way, the battle of the survival and extinction of Buddhism is not something that can be decided by a war. ”

Elder Lifa sneered, "Didn't you still join the war later, and helped us win?"

Yifeng shook his head and said, "At that time, the two sides had already tried their best, and they were about to shed their last blood. In this case, whoever can still raise the sword will have the advantage.

Moreover, at that time, Zhan Yanzhang and Lu Tiesheng were not without the strength to fight. It's just that they don't want to bury their lives in a war, their goal is to exterminate all the Buddhist monks, and they are even more desperate for their lives, so they give us a chance to survive. ”

Elder Lifa snorted coldly and said, "Then according to your meaning, now we all abandon the thousand-year-old foundation of Nanzong Temple and run for our lives quickly? Or are we all going to return to the vulgar and be old men with our faces facing the soil and the sky for the rest of our lives?"

Yifeng hesitated for a moment and said, "Elder Fa, you still don't understand the current situation. Although this is indeed difficult to accept, I have to say that the thousand-year-old foundation of Nanzong Temple may not be able to hold on. ”

Elder Lifa slammed the table and stood up, startling everyone.

He shouted angrily: "What do you mean? Do you want to give up this thousand-year-old Buddhist temple to others? I can't do it, and I won't do it! I will die in Nanzong Temple! If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, get out of here, don't get in the way of Lao Tzu's eyes!"

Master Abbot persuaded: "Senior brother, don't be impulsive yet, aren't we discussing? You sit down first and calm down." ”

Elder Lifa sat down angrily and said with a grin: "There are still more than 2,000 people in Mingwang Temple who are coming to Nanzong Temple, and I sent a message earlier, so that all the remaining forces of Yunzhou Buddhism will accumulate in Nanzong Temple and resist the Wuguo Legion together."

"You don't know much about the power of Buddhism in Yunzhou, I used to be in charge of the deacon in the temple, and I am also familiar with the senior brother who collects money and grain, and I have a general understanding of the Buddhist monks in various parts of Yunzhou, even if it has been disrupted by the legion now, but the remaining strength is still considerable.

"The army of the Martial Kingdom really wants to wipe out all of us, and without the consciousness of dying together, I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve!"

Elder Lihong shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not that easy. My last disciple came down the mountain today, and his parents said that on the way to the temple, they saw an army fighting, on one side there were legions with artillery and huge bows, and on the other side were all bald monks.

They hid in the distance and did not dare to move, and when they arrived, they only saw that the bald monks were all dead. Although I don't know where they are Buddhist monks, the uprising of Buddhism in Yunzhou is probably not as optimistic as you think. Our power has been severely weakened. ”

Although Elder Lifa was still angry at this time, he calmed down a lot and said, "I can't escape, I can't fight hard, what are I going to do?"

Yifeng lowered his head and pondered for a long time, then stopped talking.

Seeing this, the abbot master said, "Yifeng, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Yifeng nodded and said, "Uncle Abbot, elders, with the idea of a disciple, since there is no way to run, and hard work is not a way, it is better to hide." When things ease up a little, maybe there will be a chance for 'dead wood in spring'. ”

Elder Lifa snorted coldly: "Hide, and say that you are not greedy for life and afraid of death?!"

Master Abbot couldn't help but shout angrily: "Tell the Fa, are you blind and can't understand the current situation? You have to fight hard, you can go by yourself, don't drag any disciple of Shangnanzong Temple!"

Elder Lihong frowned and said, "Actually, Yifeng's idea is okay, but where do you want to hide?" Lingyun Mountain is so big, there are thousands of us, they sent a few troops, and they found it by searching the sky above Lingyun Mountain casually. ”

Yifeng said: "There is a place that they can't enter if they want to. It's just that this place is not too good to stay in. ”

Master Abbot suddenly understood: "You mean the Secret Realm of Stele Forest Peak?!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, and they didn't think of Nanzong Temple, the most secret and magical place.

This place is indeed the biggest secret treasure of Nanzong Temple, and at the moment, it is indeed the best hiding place.

Not only that, but there are many places to use in it, and it is not difficult to obtain food, as long as someone leads it, it is not a problem to live in it for three or five years.

Elder Lifa was also much more sober at this time, and obviously thought of these things as well.

It's just that he couldn't pull it down, and still said: "Even so, is it possible that the Marquis of Ba Dun is a fool, won't they find out that we are hiding in the secret realm?

Master Lihong interjected: "They can't use the teleportation circle of the Forest of Steles Secret Realm, and they can't enter it if they want to." ”

Master Abbot said: "Although the secret realm is magical, the teleportation circle is not very complicated. There are many intelligent talents in the Martial Kingdom Legion, and their cultivation qualities are not below us, I am afraid that in less than a month, someone will be able to penetrate the magic circle and use it. ”

Yifeng shook his head and said, "I also thought of this, so the disciple thinks that once he hides in, he will completely destroy the entrance to the secret realm!"