When Yifeng and the others heard Ben Xuan say that the person who assassinated them might be someone from the Xuanyin Sect or Solomon, they all became nervous, and the group hurriedly withdrew outside the crowd.

Finally squeezed out of the crowd and stood outside, the lights in the crowd were still bright, and the tens of thousands of lanterns were still brilliant and gorgeous, lighting up the cold wind raging night.

When the monk heard the news, he wiped the sweat from his head and asked eagerly, "Senior brother and sister, are you all right?" I just heard that someone was assassinating you, so I came over quickly. The master and the abbot were discussing matters with the elders, and they didn't know about it for the time being. ”

Xiu Gu replied first: "It's okay, Senior Brother Ben Chang, it's just two little thieves, and they were driven away by Senior Brother Ben Xuan!"

Monk Ben Chang saw Ben Xuan at this time, and hurriedly asked, "Senior Brother Ben Xuan, thank you for saving the little junior sister, why did you appear in the crowd watching the lanterns?"

Ben Xuan replied: "Senior Brother Hui Benchang, I am the commander-in-chief in charge of patrolling and guarding this Blessing Lantern Festival. Everywhere else, there are teams of warrior monks patrolling and guarding them, but when I saw that there were too few guards in the crowd, I personally patrolled the crowd to prevent mistakes, but I didn't expect to find something abnormal. ”

As he spoke, he turned his head and said something to the two monks beside him, who hurried away.

Ben Xuan turned around and said, "I asked the patrol guards to strengthen their patrols, and sent someone to hunt down the two black-clothed men just now." ”

He looked at Xiu Gu with a serious face, and said, "Little junior sister, just now I said the little thief, just to appease the people, these two black-clothed people, whether they are from the Xuanyin Sect or Solomon, are very dangerous. The Xuanyin faction is already our enemy everywhere in Yunzhou, and if it is Solomon, then their plans are bigger and more dangerous. You can't take it lightly!"

Xiu Gu was stunned, her face turned red, and she nodded.

Yifeng felt strange when he saw Xiu Gu in such a shy state for the first time, and said with concern: "Senior sister, why are you red, did the gangster just now scare you?"

Xiu Gu was stunned when she heard this, and then turned to a white glance and said, "It's okay, as long as you little fool is not scared!"

Yifeng scratched his head, his face puzzled.

Xiu Gu turned around and said, "Where is the second senior brother, where did he go?"

Shuli said: "He went to chase the man in black, we were watching you on the stone steps in front of the Daxiong Treasure Palace, and suddenly I felt that something was not right, so I ran to the side of Yifeng, and happened to meet the man in black walking assassination." As soon as they missed, the monk who was guarding them arrived again and scared them away, and the second senior brother chased after the man in black. ”

Monk Benchang said: "The temple is heavily guarded, presumably those two black-clothed people can't escape the round-up of the guards." ”

He glanced at Ben Xuan and said to Yifeng and the others, "I haven't introduced this junior brother to you yet, have you? This is the eldest disciple of Master Hong of the Zen Cultivation Peak, Senior Brother Ben Xuan." The first disciple is a lay disciple.

"Although the junior brother of Ben Xuan is not very old, he has a profound cultivation, and he has long been at the peak of the Hinayana realm, and his attainments in the magic power of the exercises are not small, and he has an amazing cultivation talent, so he can be said to be the first person in the Hinayana realm of Nanzong Temple.

"Moreover, the junior disciple Ben Xuan is steady, upright, and has a high prestige among the younger generation of the Zen Cultivation Peak. ”

Ben Xuan smiled and humbly said: "Senior Brother Ben Chang praises it, Senior Brother Ben Chang is the person I admire, he travels outside all the year round, in order to observe the world in order for Uncle Ran, he sleeps in the open air, and runs around day and night, which is really a model for my generation." ”

"Exemplar, stupid exemplar, right?" said a monk approached him, followed by five or six monks.

Everyone turned their heads to look and saw that the monk was tall and thin, with narrow cheeks, high cheekbones, and sharp eyes.

He was wearing a golden monk's robe, with a golden swastika trim on the Buddhist door, a bright red robe, black agate Buddha beads around his neck, and a dark green bracelet on his wrist.

As he approached, the darkness around them was lit up.

He squinted at the monk Benchang and sneered: "A cultivator of the Jade Vehiclea realm is not as good as an ordinary junior disciple of the Hinayana realm, the exercises and exercises are not good, and the supernatural powers and supernatural powers will not, every time he goes down the mountain, everyone bets on him behind his back, betting on whether he can come back." There are so many opponents in Nanzong Temple, we are all worried, hahaha. ”

Ben Xuan frowned and said, "Senior Brother Ben Yuan, don't talk nonsense. ”

Ben Yuan snorted: "Don't put a pig's nose in a green onion and pretend to be an elephant, what is the first person of the younger generation of Nanzong Temple, the great Nanzong Temple, the bearer of the young disciples, is it your turn to be a lay disciple?"

He turned his head and asked the monk behind him, "Tell me, is he worthy of being the first disciple of Nanzong Temple?"

"It's not worthy, where is it as decent as Senior Brother Benyuan, you have been a monk in Nanzong Temple since you were a child!"

"That's it, I don't even dare to shave, and I still say what to cultivate the Buddha's way!"

"Who said that he is the first disciple of this temple, who am I anxious about!"

Ben Yuan looked at Ben Xuan: "Did you hear that?"

Ben Chang and Ben Xuan's faces were ugly, Xiu Gu was also so angry that she blushed, and Yifeng was even more angry, only Shuli stared at Ben Yuan and them coldly like a cold ghost.

Xiugu is also a lay disciple, but she grew up in a Buddhist temple since she was a child, her ears and eyes are dirty, she abides by Buddhist teachings, and she has never thought about any difference between her brothers and sisters in practicing Buddhism.

Although the book rite escaped into the empty door, it was not restrained in words and deeds, and the etiquette such as shaving and receiving ordination was only an external appearance, and had little to do with Buddhist practice.

Yifeng stood up and saluted and replied: "Senior Brother Benyuan, this is a bad word, cultivating the Buddha and cultivating the mind, as long as there is a Buddha in the heart, there will be no external appearance, everything is empty, breaking the external appearance, and sticking to the Buddha's heart is the key to Buddhist practice." ”

Ben Yuan squinted his eyes and said, "Yohe, where did the little monk come from, dare to teach the Fa in front of me? Who do you think you are?"

Ben Xuan said at this time: "Senior Brother Ben Yuan, if you want to talk about seniority, no matter what, you are the junior brother of Senior Brother Ben Chang, but you are unruly in your words and have no respect at all, how dare you preach others?"

He put his hand behind his back and said with a solemn face: "As for whether it is the first disciple of the younger generation, I have no intention of fighting, but if someone insists on offending, I will not hesitate to take action."

"Ben Yuan, you don't need to worry, it will be the selection of the temple to go to the Junzhou Dao Conference soon, if you are really promising, you can shine in the selection, let everyone see what the first disciple of the temple should look like!"

Ben Yuan sneered: "Yes! I just wanted to say it! This selection, I heard from the master that the secret realm of the stele forest should be opened, hehe, when the time comes, you had better ask the Buddha to bless you and don't meet me, otherwise don't blame me for clearing the door for this temple!"

He snorted coldly and took the monks away, and everyone was dark, but there was no more dazzling feeling, and the warm yellow color of the previous lights was restored.

Yifeng said curiously: "Senior Brother Benchang, what is the secret realm of the Stele Forest he just said?"

Shuli and Xiugu also looked at Ben Chang, they were also curious, and seemed to feel very mysterious and dangerous.

Before Ben Chang could answer, Ben Xuan replied first: "The secret realm of the Stele Forest of Nanzong Temple has always been one of the secret treasures of Nanzong Temple, in addition to the Hidden Scripture Pavilion, which can stand tall in Yunzhou and even in the entire Dawu Kingdom.

"The secret realm of the stele forest is set up in the stele forest peak of this temple, which is usually guarded by the monks, and ordinary people cannot enter. The secret realm is a space opened up by the ancestors of Nanzong Temple with supreme power, and then perfected and expanded by many gods and monks, and then sealed on the Stele Forest Peak.

"Although many cultivators want to enter, ordinary people can't enter the secret realm without the unanimous agreement of the seven elders of the Meditation Peak. ”

Yifeng asked, "This secret realm sounds mysterious and dangerous, why do everyone want to enter it?"

Monk Ben Chang said: "Because this secret realm is an excellent place for cultivation, the original intention of the ancestors and the great power of the monks was to open up a space for the disciples to cultivate. However, in the later transformation, more elements of experience were gradually added, such as the formation of strange beasts and spirit beasts in the secret realm, forests, swamps, valleys, snowfields, traps, illusions, magic circles, etc., and so on.

"The purpose is that the experience of the disciples of Nanzong Temple is insufficient, and the disciples of Nanzong Temple, even if they practice the exercises and comprehend the Buddhist scriptures, they cannot be used concretely, and the Buddhist principles of the enlightenment must not be complete and in-depth, and the practice will be invisibly hindered.

"And in this secret realm, you can use the results of cultivation to constantly exercise the magic power of the exercises and temper the Buddha's mind, which is of great benefit to your cultivation. ”

Ben Xuan looked up at the bright stars in the night sky, and said leisurely: "The most important thing is that with the help of the secret realm, you can even experience the tribulation of the Buddha Dao as soon as possible, break through the bottleneck of cultivation, continue to climb new heights in cultivation, and become the cultivation giant of the Great Martial Kingdom Buddhism!"