Master Empty hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.

Regarding the relationship between the Elder Scrolls and the Shaolin Temple and the Caodong Sect, Master Likong is not completely unaware, after all, he has been with Master Gai for many years, and was selected as the Buddha's hand in the "Five Hearts of the Buddha", and assisted Master Gai in dealing with many things related to the Elder Scrolls, so he still knows a little about the Elder Scrolls.

It's just that Master Likai is extremely cautious, and rarely confides a word about the Elder Scrolls, so for so many years, Master Empty still knows very little about the origin of the Elder Scrolls and the real secrets contained in it, only a general outline.

Master Change, who expected that he didn't know much, said slowly: "Since the head of the Huashan faction He Zhizhen Zhenren came to visit during the first and first years of the Yuan Dynasty, and handed it over to the then abbot of Shaolin Temple, Yueyan Yongda Zen Master, after he found the Elder Scroll Yang Scroll in the secret cave of Huashan, each generation of disciples of my Caodong sect, who served as the abbot of Shaolin Temple, have shouldered the heavy responsibility of interpreting this ancient scroll and seeking its secrets. ”

(For a detailed description of the relationship between The Elder Scrolls and the Shaolin Temple, please refer to Chapter 8 of the second volume of "The Doubtful Clouds", "The Elder Scrolls", and will not be repeated here.) ）

"On the day of the death of Master Songting Ziyan, he dismissed the other disciples and left Lao Ke alone, and it was to tell Lao Ke personally the secret that my Caodong clan has passed down from generation to generation. He not only passed on the position of the head of Caodong Zen Buddhism and the abbot of Shaolin Temple to Lao Gao, but also asked Lao Gao to shoulder the heavy responsibility of interpreting the secrets of the Elder Scrolls. ”

However, Master has been studying this Elder Scroll for many years, and with his wisdom, he has not been able to decipher the mystery in his years. Shizun naturally knew Lao Wei very well, and he understood that if he relied on Lao Qu's strength, it was absolutely impossible to crack the secret, so he suggested that Lao Ge choose a few senior brothers to assist in jointly studying and cracking the mystery. ”

Master Likai looked at his junior brother, Master Likong, and said with a faint sigh: "When you heard our conversation next to you that day, it should have been that Master Zun happened to make this suggestion to Lao Gao. It's a pity that at that time, the old man was in the prime of life, and he was full of ambition, and he had never come into contact with this Elder Scroll, so he didn't know the difficulties and profundities in it, and he didn't think much of the master's suggestion at all. ”

"Shizun is indeed very fond of you and junior brother, and he especially recommended you to Lao Wei. However, at that time, the old man thought that the less people knew about such a secret matter as the Elder Scrolls, the better, and the more people who knew, the more danger of leakage, so he excused himself. ”

A wry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Unexpectedly, the excuse of the old man was actually listened to by the junior brother on the side, so that for so many years, he has been misunderstanding and hating the old man, and it seems that it is the cause and effect of the old man himself at the beginning." ”

When Master Likong heard this, he looked at his senior brother in a daze, and his heart was in chaos.

It turned out that Shizun had never thought of passing it on to him, and it turned out that his resentment towards his senior brother over the past few decades was just a misunderstanding of wishful thinking!

It is also said that for such an important matter as the interpretation of the Elder Scrolls, how can a rough man be as knowledgeable and knowledgeable as the senior brother of the ancient and modern?

What is the purpose of all these years of resentment? Is it just because of jealousy of my senior brother?

His mind was messy.

Master Changeable slowly continued, "However, when the old man really took over the work of interpreting the Elder Scrolls

Later, I realized that the difficulties were far from what the old man could have imagined at the beginning. In the past three years, with the research results accumulated by the Shaolin abbot masters in the past hundred years, and the abundant collection of books in the Shaolin Temple, Lao Wei has not made a single progress at all, which is really ashamed of the entrustment and expectations of the master. ”

Under the pressure of interpreting the Elder Scrolls, Lao Ke did not have the energy to continue to take care of the tedious daily affairs in the Shaolin Temple, and at that time, Lao Ke did not notice for a while, and made a big mistake when dealing with the food in the temple, so after three years of succession as the abbot of Shaolin, Lao Ke resigned as the abbot of Shaolin on the grounds of physical reasons. ”

After resigning as abbot, the old man went into seclusion in this bamboo hermitage, vowing not to step out of the woods again, and to devote himself to the study of the secrets of the Elder Scrolls. However, at this time, Lao Wei thought of the suggestion before the death of the master, and felt that it was indeed a good word. ”

"The secrets in this Elder Scrolls are as vast as the sea, and it is tantamount to a fool's dream to quietly rely on the power of the old man alone to work behind closed doors. So, Lao Ke selected three disciples and one disciple, together with Lao Ke himself, a total of five people, to form the Five Hearts of the Buddha to help Lao Ke collect clues and information to solve the secrets in the Elder Scrolls. Among them, of course, it also includes you, junior brother, you are the Buddha's hand. ”

Regarding the matter of the "Five Hearts of the Buddha", in Lanzhou City before, Ye Feng had already listened to Zhou Ziran, the prefect of Lanzhou, a disciple of Master Gai, but he didn't know that its origin was so legendary.

(For the specific content of the "Five Hearts of the Buddha", please refer to the relevant description of the "Five Hearts of the Buddha" in Chapter 53 of the third volume of "Sand Sea Flying City".) ）

Master Likai couldn't help but sigh at this time, and said: "It's a pity that now, the Buddha's eyes and disciples have died in the capital, and Zhou Ziran, the apprentice of the Buddha Ear Lao, was also assassinated in Lanzhou City not long ago, and the Buddha's five hearts have died in name only!"

Hearing this, Ye Feng couldn't help but be taken aback: "What, Lord Zhou is dead?"

Master Ligai sighed gloomily: "It turns out that Ye Gongzi, you don't know that just when you left Lanzhou City and set off for the desert, he was assassinated in his mansion in Lanzhou City. ”

Zhou Ziran, Lord Zhou, was assassinated?

Ye Feng was really shocked.

Although Master Zhou is short and fat, with a fat head and big ears, a brain full of fat intestines, and usually hides very deeply, the game is dusty, but in fact, he is indeed an out-and-out first-class master.

One of his Shaolin 72 stunts, the legend of Congenital Arhat Boxing was created by the Shaolin Dharma Patriarch, who had practiced perfectly, and once beat the top killer merchant in the cold-blooded thirteen kills with one punch, and became a wasted person.

What kind of assassin would it take for a top master like this to kill him?

Ye Feng felt incredulous: "Assassin, who did this?"

Master Likai shook his head and said sadly, "I don't know. The Assassins fled without a trace, and no one saw them. The government investigated the moon, and in the end, it was all gone, only to know that he was killed by the sword. ”

Sword?Ye Feng's mind quickly turned away.

The most powerful swords in Lanzhou City are Guan Si and Mr. Arazuki.

But Guan Si had been hit hard in the ancient city of Loulan in the desert, and the whole person was already demented.

Mr. Arazuki, his swordsmanship was still practiced by Guan Si's guidance, to be honest, with his martial arts, I'm afraid he is not the opponent of Lord Zhou.

So, who will it be?

There are really not many masters on the rivers and lakes who can kill Zhou Ziran and Lord Zhou with a sword, and Ye Feng can't think of who it is for a while.

Master Likai looked at the junior brother of Likong who was stunned on the ground, and sighed: "I can't imagine that you have been in Buddhism for decades and have been deeply influenced by Buddhism, but in the end, you are still hard to get rid of, and your anger is difficult to eliminate, just for some resentment towards Lao Qu back then, you actually took refuge in Xuanyuan Gongzi and became a member of the Ten Palaces of Yama, helping to abuse and harm the rivers and lakes!"

When Master Likong heard this, his original expression suddenly changed, and he laughed hysterically.

After a long time, he stopped laughing and said, "I do have a grudge against what you said back then, but if you really think that I will do this Raushzi for the sake of such a trace of resentment, you are really wrong. ”

The face of the master changed, and he asked, "Then what are you for?"

Master Likong sighed and said, "Now that I have nothing to hide, I will tell you everything!"

He stared at the roof of the bamboo nunnery with his eyes and fell into deep memories: "It was more than twenty years ago, when the master was still alive, and you had not succeeded as the abbot of the Shaolin Temple. At that time, I had just become the first of the Luohan Hall, and I was qualified to start practicing the Shaolin 72 stunts, and I was very happy with the mysteries of the Shaolin stunts, as if I had opened a window in front of me and saw a new wonderful world, and I was naturally fascinated. ”

"Who knew that at this moment, suddenly a man in a black robe and a bronze grimace mask appeared in front of me. I saw that he was dressed very strangely, so I shouted and asked him where he came from. Who knew that he didn't say a word, and he started with me. ”

"I have never seen anyone with such high martial arts, and his martial arts are definitely not below the master, or even higher. He actually broke my Shaolin stunt with a single move, and every move made me unbelievable, unprecedented!"

Ye Feng and Master Gai couldn't help but glance at each other, and they all remembered a name in their hearts, Xuanyuan Gongzi!

There was a kind of fanatical excitement in the eyes of Master Likong, which was enough to show the shock that this ghost-faced man's martial arts had brought to him at that time: "He completely defeated me in just a few moves, and I was convinced. However, when I asked him for his name, he only called himself Prince Xuanyuan. ”

Ye Feng's heart moved, it was really him!

Master Likong sighed and said, "At that time, I didn't know who Xuanyuan Gongzi was, and I didn't know that he would become a big villain known to the world, I was just very interested in the tricks he used to defeat me, and I hope I can learn from him." ”

He generously agreed, but then he put forward his condition, that is, I would join his command, secretly become one of the ten Yamas under him, and obey his orders. ”

"Although I don't know what he wants to do and what his purpose is, but from the name of this Ten Hall Yama, I feel that it is definitely not a righteous organization, and how can I agree to him? ”

Ye Feng asked, "Then why did you join in the end?"

Master Empty sighed and said, "That's because, later, he took out something and made a condition that I couldn't refuse!"