All the way to the west, we arrived at the foot of Mt. Shomuro.

Looking at Shaolin Temple, Dugu Kang's calm mind suddenly became uneasy.

The world's martial arts learn Shaolin!

Shaolin Temple was the place where he challenged for the last time. After this challenge, Dugu Kang will fight with the Great Liao National Master Dry Bone Venerable on the top of Huashan Mountain, whether it is life or death, no one knows!

It's just that Dugu Kang knows that this battle cannot be avoided, just like the Jurchens can't avoid the Liao army.

Thinking back on the journey, Dugu Kang was extremely emotional.

In Liaodong, he studied hard for 18 years and achieved the innate realm; Heshuo competed with the heroes, competed in martial arts, and matured day by day. And at this moment, when you arrive in Shaolin, you have to see this holy place of martial arts.

In the world, there are many places to practice martial arts, but the only place that can be called the holy land of martial arts is Shaolin.

Men practice martial arts, if they don't worship Shaolin, it is a lifelong regret.

As soon as I walked to the foot of the mountain, I saw a monk who seemed to be waiting for someone. Seeing Dugu Kang step forward, he hurriedly asked, "Donor, but the Wind and Thunder Swordsman?"

Dugu Kang was stunned in his heart, nodded and said, "It's exactly below." It's just that compared to 'Wind and Thunder Swordsman', I prefer Sword Demon. Not crazy, not crazy. The devil becomes a Buddha. Maybe when I'm old, I'll abandon my sword and retire to Shaolin!"

The monk smiled: "If there is a day, I welcome it with both Shaolin hands!"

Dugu Kang asked, "Master, how do you know that I am coming to Shaolin?"

The monk said: "Donor, on the top of Huashan Mountain, the world knows, the donor has come all the way to the west, how can he not enter Shaolin!"

"That master, how do you know that a certain Dugu is seeking defeat!" Dugu Kang asked.

At this moment, the benefactor's sword aura is fierce and invincible, and he can compete with the world's heroes, not the donor, who is it?" said the monk.

"Ask the Master?"

"The poor monk is the abbot of Shaolin!"

Dugu Kang was taken aback, and then he was a little surprised, the abbot of Shaolin greeted him at the door in person, which was enough to give him face.

While speaking, Lonely Kang and the Shaolin abbot walked to the Shaolin temple and enjoyed the scenery in the temple.

At this moment, the scenery of Shaolin is pleasant, with ancient temples, ancient cypresses, bronze bells, etc., which are quaint and chic.

The main entrance of the mountain gate is a single-eaves hilltop building with a wide three rooms, and the plaque reads: Shaolin Temple.

As soon as you enter the mountain gate, you will see Maitreya Buddha in the Buddha shrine, the big belly is poop, the smile is often open, there is the wooden statue of Wei Tuo behind the shrine, the god stick is in the hand, it is the guardian god of Shaolin Temple. After the mountain gate, it is the Yongdao, the stele stone on both sides is like a forest, so it is called the stele forest. The hammer hall is on the west side of the stele forest in the mountain gate, and there are clay sculptures and wood carvings in it. After passing through the stele forest through Yongdao is the palace of the heavenly king, three heavy eaves rest the temple on the top of the mountain, there are two big King Kong outside, and the inside is the statue of the four heavenly kings, mighty and majestic.

Walk through the Hall of the Heavenly King, and then there is the Hall of the Great Hero. The hall enshrines the statues of Sakyamuni, Amitabha Buddha and Medicine Buddha, and the statue of Guanyin is hung behind the screen wall, and there are eighteen Arhats standing on both sides. After the Daxiong Treasure Hall, there are 8 million volumes of books in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, which is the place where the monks Tibetan scriptures and teachings. In front of the hall, there is a large iron bell cast during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, weighing about 65o kilograms. To the southeast of the Pavilion is the Zen room, where the monks meditate, and the west Zen room opposite is the hall responsible for receiving guests.

Sitting down in the hall, Lonely Kang chatted with the Shaolin abbot.

At this time, the little novice brought tea

Dugu Kang sipped the tea and sighed secretly: Shaolin Temple is weakened. At this time, Shaolin was somewhat strong on the outside and dry in the middle, far less powerful than in the Tang Dynasty.

And what surprised him even more was that this Shaolin abbot didn't know martial arts.

A dignified Shaolin abbot, as the head of the holy land of martial arts, does not know martial arts, which sounds a little unreliable.

However, after being surprised, Dugu Kang felt extremely normal, and vaguely, he caught a trace of strong qi in Shaolin. That strong man, his breath is constricted, and if it is not for meditation and induction, he will not be able to detect it at all.

Although this Shaolin abbot does not know martial arts, Dugu Kang is still full of interest. Not knowing martial arts does not mean that you don't know martial arts, sometimes bystanders are clear, and laymen know martial arts better than insiders.

"Abbot, how many realms is kendo divided into?" asked Lonely Kang.

"Kendo is divided into six realms!" Shaolin Abbot said, "Ordinary people, just practice swordsmanship, copy other people's sword moves, and never enter the threshold of kendo for life, this is not into the flow of kendo!"

Dugu Kang asked, "What's the next realm?"

"The young man was hot-blooded, at that time he was sharp and sharp, there was no superfluous calculation, no fancy changes, only an invincible edge, a will to break a qiē, a firm belief in himself, and a sword in his hand. It's like the donor, the three swords of wind and thunder, not to mention the mystery, if it is about the grade of swordsmanship, it is just extremely ordinary, not to mention the superior swordsmanship, but in the hands of the donor, it is the vertical and horizontal river, with the year of the weak crown, and the group of heroes!"

"It's like back then, when Zhou Chai Rong fought the world, it didn't rely on conspiracy and trickery, not on all kinds of calculations, but on the blood in his heart and his sharp edge. If it comes to conspiracy and calculation, the Later Tang Dynasty, the Later Han Dynasty, the Later Shu Dynasty, the Liao State, etc., are all talented people, and Chai Rong is not as good as him, but he has been defeated by Chai Rong many times!"

"And later, my Northern Expedition was defeated by the Liao army many times, not because of insufficient conspiracy and trickery, but because I lost my heart!"

The abbot of Shaolin said, it seems to be talking about people, swords, or countries.

"I'm in this realm!" Dugu Kang nodded and said.

The Shaolin abbot said: "This realm, let's just say, is a sharp sword!"

"The edge will be frustrated, and the rigidity will be broken! Then the next realm, isn't it necessary to sharpen the edge?" Dugu Kang asked.

"The way of the sword, without the edge, is it still the way of the sword? The edge will be frustrated, just because it is not sharp, and if it is rigid, it must be broken, just because it is not rigid!" The Shaolin abbot continued, "Good steel makes a good sword, many materials are not good, and naturally a good sword cannot be refined." ”

"The next realm is not to give up the edge, but to have a trace of impermanence!"

"The Sword of Impermanence?!" Dugu Kang asked, his mind a little puzzled.

"At this level, the edge of the kendo is still there, but there are a few more changes, a little more pondering!"

"What's next?"

"The sword without a blade!" the Shaolin abbot said: "No edge, it's not that there is no edge, but there is a edge everywhere." It's like a Tarzan towering on the top. Taishan pressed down, without a trace of edge, just because it was extremely heavy, and it was even more oppressive!"

Dugu Kang nodded, somewhat understanding.

Ordinary people, slashing people with a sword, no matter how sharp the trick is, how impermanent the change, is always a sword move, and the fear brought is limited, but when a Mount Tai falls in the air and smashes into the body, it destroys not only the body, but also the mind.

A bladeless sword, slaying the mind!

"What about the realm?"

"Not stuck in things, plants, trees, bamboos and stones can be used as swords, this realm with weak things as swords, can be called the realm of weak swords!" Shaolin abbot said, "The sword of edge, the sword of impermanence, and the sword of no edge are all to use external objects, or rely on external objects to give confidence to the soul." And when I reach this state, I have completely abandoned external things, only the self, and only the heart is real!"

"Completely abandon external objects, only self, only the heart is real!" Dugu Kang thought, a little confused, a little confused, and a little enlightened, uncertain, and chaotic.

"To completely abandon external objects is not to use external objects, but to magnify the mind to the maximum. All things are finite, only the heart is infinite. Heaven and earth are as big as your heart is, and how broad your heart is, how strong your sword will be!" said the Shaolin abbot.

Suddenly, Dugu Kang only felt that the morning bell was drumming at dusk, and his heart was difficult to calm down for a long time.

This is no longer what he can expect!

"And the highest realm of the way of the sword is the realm of no sword!" said the abbot of Shaolin, "There are three realms of the Tao, the Tao is in me, which can be Daluo, I am in the Tao, I can be a saint, and there is no self and no Tao, which can be chaos." Selflessness is not that I do not exist, but that I break through the limitations of the self, and that there is no way, that there is no avenue, but that the limitations of the avenue are broken!"

As he spoke, the Shaolin abbot used his finger to dip his finger in the tea and draw a circle on the table.

"The road is like a circle, and we know that it is within the circle, and we do not know it, it is outside the circle. Only the ignorant will say that the world is invincible. The stronger it is, the bigger the circle, the more you perceive your own ignorance. Only by breaking the circle and opening an opening can we get rid of the shackles of the Great Dao!"

"When you reach the extreme of the sword, you will feel that the way of the sword is a burden and a constraint, and only by abandoning the sword can you see a broader world!"

Dugu Kang shook his head, this had already exceeded his understanding, and he couldn't understand it!

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