The two rivers of Takaya and Kamogawa converge at Demachiyanagi to form a Y-shaped shoal known as the "Kamogawa Delta".

It was already 4 a.m., the darkest hour before dawn.

However, on the shallows of the Kamogawa Delta, there are human figures, all of them shuttling back and forth in the steaming mist by the river with solemn expressions.

Most of these people were Honganji monks.

Suddenly there was an exclamation from the river beach: "Found it! Senior Brother Hino's body has been found......

All the monks gathered over there, looked at the corpses dragged up from the river, and whispered: "Senior Brother Hino, it's a pity!"

"Who would have thought that he would collude with the Black Samurai and the Shadow Ninja to help those wicked people secretly create the 'Ghost Mother's Egg'?"

"That's right! Hino, as the leader of the younger generation of our Honganji Temple, although it is impossible to become the abbot of the twenty-sixth generation due to the ancestral teachings, but the position of the elder of the temple in the future cannot be escaped, why do you want to do such a thing?"

"Shhh......h

The old monk, who thought that his eyebrows were white, walked slowly from the night, and when he passed by several young monks who had just whispered, he suddenly stopped, and his eyes were fixed on their faces like electricity, making them feel like thorns in their backs.

There were two timid ones, and cold sweat was even breaking out on their foreheads.

Zen Master Wuneng shook his head and sighed: "Although Hino Toshimitsu is the leader of the younger generation of monks in Honganji, he has a mud plough in his heart, so he suddenly became nameless, if it were not for the desire and ambition in his heart that can never be satisfied, he would not be easily tempted and fall into the filthy earth...... I hope that you will take this as a warning and use the Dharma to refine the evil in your heart from time to time. ”

Several young monks knew that the conversation just now had fallen into the ears of Zen Master Wu Neng, and there was a slight trepidation in their expressions, because Zen Master Wu Neng was notoriously strict.

Fortunately, the monk who found the body just now suddenly exclaimed, "Uncle Wuneng, there seems to be something wrong with Senior Brother Hino's body......"

Zen Master Wuneng was stunned for a moment, gave up his preaching to these young monks, and strode over to the corpse of Hino Toshimitsu.

The corpse was indeed a little strange, it turned out to be with his eyes open, and his eyes were red and bloodshot, and it could be seen from the depths of his pupils that he had obvious panic and fear before he died, and he should have seen something terrible before he died.

Zen Master Wuneng recited a Buddha name, stretched out his right hand, and gently covered the corpse's eyes, trying to help him close his eyes.

However, when he let go of his hand, the corpse's eyes remained stubbornly wide.

Even when Zen Master Wuneng's hand left the corpse's face, the light and shade changes on the corpse's face due to the change in light, making him look as if he had a mocking smile......

Hiss!

It's a little scary!

A few young monks even involuntarily gasped and subconsciously took two steps back.

Zen Master Wuneng frowned and said, "What are you afraid of?"

The little monks "cooed", swallowed a mouthful of saliva in unison, and said in a panic: "No...... Nothing ......."

"You are the pillars of the future of Honganji, if you are even afraid of this, then it is better to be vulgar earlier!"

As soon as they heard that Zen Master Wuneng wanted them to return to the vulgar, the little monks suddenly panicked: "Patriarch Wuneng, we are really not afraid ......"

Wu Neng suddenly shook the tin staff in his hand, preventing them from continuing to argue, and suddenly raised his voice: "There is great fear in birth, old age, sickness and death! That's why some people become monks and practice, wanting to get rid of the bitter sea of birth, old age, sickness and death, and go to the Pure Land of Bliss!"

But if you have a fear of corpses, ghosts, and filth in your heart and can't get rid of it, how can you be reborn in the Pure Land of Bliss?

The reason why people are afraid is because of the unknown!

For example, some people are afraid of ghosts, but in fact, as long as you understand that ghosts are dead people, but people are ghosts who are not dead, you will understand that ghosts are not terrible at all......

Hino Toshimitsu's corpse failed to close his eyes, not because he couldn't blind his eyes, or because something strange happened, it was probably because he died too quickly when he jumped off the cliff, and he crashed into the cliff and died before he could fall into the water, and his reflex nerves had not had time to transmit the message of closing his eyes to his eyes, and the person was already dead!"

The little monks suddenly showed a hint of abruptness, and they felt a lot more relieved about the corpse that was not blind to death.

However, just when the heart they were carrying had not yet been completely let go, Hino Toshimitsu's corpse underwent a strange change again, and his pupils full of panic and fear suddenly lit up with blue light, and it was uncertain.

Whoa!

Several little monks couldn't control it for a while, and they were so frightened that they sat on the pebbles of the river beach.

Zen Master Wuneng was shocked and watched this scene in disbelief, and without hesitation, he sacrificed the tin staff in his hand and plunged it into the river beach near the head of the corpse.

"Bang!"

The golden rings on the tin rods slammed together violently, making a rapid crunching sound like wind chimes in a storm.

"Otani Mitsuhan, immediately lead everyone out of here and return to Honganji! After returning to the temple, please preside over the abbot and lead everyone to chant in the master hall for an hour!

Otani Mitsuhan is the future heir of Honganji, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but be a little worried about the safety of the old monk: "Master Wuneng ......"

Zen Master Wuneng's expression became more and more solemn, and he interrupted him categorically: "Go now!"

Seeing the look of determination in his eyes, Mitsuhan Otani immediately ordered all the monks in the Kamogawa Delta to follow him away.

After seeing everyone leave, Zen Master Wuneng squatted down next to Hino Toshimitsu's corpse and said thoughtfully: "Just jumping off a cliff of about sixty meters, with your strength, it is impossible to die!

"What frightened you after jumping off a cliff that made you so nervous before you died that you couldn't close your eyes when you died?"

"Whoa...... Whoa......"

The tin rod inserted in the ground suddenly sounded rapidly again, and the corpse that was lying on the river beach suddenly sat up, and the blue light in his eyes shone on the body of Wu Neng Zen Master, wrapping a layer of blue bubbles around his body.

There was a "poof" sound in the bubble, and a fire ignited.

Zen Master Wuneng suddenly changed color, and it turned out to be a karmic fire that burned everything in the world!