In Japan in April, the night is dark.

Sitting in front of the window in a Kyoto residence, the inn is said to have existed since the beginning of the last century and has been visited by many Japanese celebrities. Looking from the window, the corridor in the small courtyard is full of twists and turns, but there are no mountains and no water in the courtyard. It's just white sand and strange rocks scattered in between.

This is a landscape that represents the highest level of Japanese gardening. The stones are used to symbolize the mountains, the white sand is used to symbolize the lake and the sea, and the lines are used to represent the water lines, such as a blank landscape painting.

Qin Mu sat in front of him, and his heart was also amazed, the artistic level of the scenery in front of him was extremely high, extremely fine, and ingenious, only to hear him suddenly speak: "Is it mountains and water, not mountains and not water, great monk, you look at the eyes, is it really illusory?"

But I saw a man wearing a black monk's robe and a hat on his head turn out of the corner of the courtyard, with his hands folded, and replied: "The donor is just looking at the appearance, and between the real and the illusory, it is nothing more than a mental testimony." ”

Qin Mu slowly stood up and said: "Are you from the Caodong Sect or the Rinzai Sect, the Japanese Zen Sect, and people like you who can restrain your mind to the realm of ignorance and unawareness, I only discovered you three meters away from me, and it is indeed worthy of your reputation." ”

However, it is said that after the development of Pure Land Buddhism in China, Zen Buddhism was greatly hit and gradually declined, and even almost broke off the inheritance during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period, and then it was the late Qing Dynasty when the layman Yang Renshan returned the classics from Japan, and gradually became popular.

However, although Japanese Zen Buddhism is completely transmitted from China, but the spiritual cultivation method of Zen Buddhism is very suitable for the characteristics of Japan's lack of resources and too strong sense of distress, so it has developed very prosperously, although now Japan has the largest number of monks, and the most extensive temple is not Zen Buddhism, but Zen Buddhism has been integrated into all aspects of Japanese life, such as tea ceremony, kendo, and even the dry landscape in front of Qin Mu's eyes, which is the embodiment of Zen philosophy.

In the world, the understanding of Zen Buddhism in Western countries is almost all derived from the promotion of Japanese Buddhist masters, so although Zen Buddhism was created by the six ancestors Hui Neng, but today, it has to admit that this Zen lineage, Japan is more prosperous.

This is like the national art to karate judo, the world is like this, Qin Mu can only sigh for his predecessors.

The Soto sect and the Rinzai sect are the two largest sects of Zen Buddhism in Japan.

But I heard that the monk still folded his hands and said unhurriedly: "Caodong, Linji, where are the similarities and differences, donor, this cherry blossom season, vainly use swords, it is unknown." ”

Qin Mu didn't answer his words, just glanced at the treetops in the distance, and said, "There are two more, let's come out together." ”

There was no one in front of him except this monk, but he heard a few very faint breaths in his ears, which seemed to be a turtle slowly breathing, and no matter how strong his ears were, it was difficult to hear.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a dense crossing, falling cherry blossom tree a hundred meters away from him, and a young man came out, dressed in black. On his wrist he wore a string of dark rosaries. At the same time, holding a long flute, he walked silently, and he was all panicked when Qin Mu drank it, but he just picked up the iron flute and began to play a bleak and typical Japanese Shinto style music.

Its voice is whimpering and tactful, as if there is nothing, like a ghost, and it is actually the most famous music of Japanese Shinto - the soul song.

At the same time, on the back of another tree, there was also a person who was only 1.5 meters tall and as short as a child.

However, the person who turned out from behind the tree, as soon as he appeared, his body clicked for a while, and after pulling out his bones and tendons, he became a person who was one meter and seven meters tall.

Obviously, this person's body has also been trained to the point of shrinking bones and tendons.

"I don't think there are still martial artists like you in the Japanese religious circles, I don't know who you are?" Qin Mu looked at the suddenly bigger martial artist and said.

"The contemptible Iga hero, the archpriest of the Izumo Society. I am a priest first and a martial artist second. Iga Hero looked at Wang Chao, and his eyes suddenly became very cold: "Please allow me to introduce it to you." This is the current head of the Daihonkyo Sect, Mr. Exit Yunlang. ”

The young man was extremely polite, bowed to Qin Mu, and said, "Exit Yunlang, come and see Mr. Zhang for a ride." ”

These three people suddenly appeared, all of them spoke extremely fluent Chinese, only to hear the Iga hero speak again: "This master is the sect master of my Rinzai Sect in Japan, Master Zongfeng Miaochao. "Between the expressions, extremely respectful.

When Qin Mu heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, this Zongfeng Miaochao is extremely famous in Japanese Zen Buddhism, known as the "Great Lantern National Teacher", and is the person with the highest status and the longest generation in Japanese Zen Buddhism.

The founder of the Rinzai sect, Zen Master Rongxi, was originally a monk of the Tiantai sect. According to the teachings of the Tiantai sect at the time, Buddhism existed to "protect the state", and the power of the state was above religion. Therefore, after returning from studying Zen in China, Eisai advocated the existence of Zen Buddhism for the purpose of "protecting the country", and was strongly respected by the samurai, the new ruling class of the Kamakura shogunate. The Rinzai sect was able to grow in Kamakura. Therefore, the Rinzai sect and the central government have a very close relationship, and the arrival of this Zongfeng Miaochao is because Qin Mu understands that he has been noticed by the Japanese government, and the real danger has just begun.

I saw that Zong Feng Miaochao raised his head, and suddenly shouted: "Donor, fighting for victory is a demon, and killing is evil." At this time, you still don't understand?" His voice was no longer hoarse and low at this time, but like Hong Zhong Da Lu, buzzing, through the curtain of the cloak, Qin Mu could see this monk who was over sixty years old, his face was white and beardless, and his skin was like white jade, shining brightly.

Qin Mu only felt that with his loud drink, a Buddha statue sitting on the lotus platform suddenly appeared in front of him, looking at him with angry eyes, as if he was about to come up with a demon subduing method immediately.

He immediately understood that the method used by this Zong Feng Miaochao was the famous method of the Rinzai Sect, if the will was not firm, or the person who had his own demonic barrier, he would often cry bitterly as soon as he drank it, and he had no heart to resist.

That Iga hero spied cheaply, and immediately stepped forward on a virtual horse, and hit Qin Mu with a straight fist and a short blow, hitting the back of Qin Mu's head.

Although Qin Mu was indulged in the monk's shouting, his body seemed to be conscious, and he turned slightly, and he wanted to avoid this iron fist, who knew that the head of the Great Sect was Yunlang, but as if he was an unknown prophet, he was already standing in the place where Qin Mu retreated, Tie Xiao turned around, and turned out a sharp blade in that Xiao's body, with a little cold light, and stabbed Qin Mu's throat!