"On April 13th, at the same time, Kyoto Shimogamo Shrine. The third of the middle school competition - Kabuki. ”

In the morning of the same day, large notices were posted all over the city, and even the entrance to the hotel where the Ming envoy was staying did not leak.

When Ye Haotian led the singers, musicians, Ximen Long, Nangong Ying and others to the Xiaya Shrine, what he saw at a glance was the impermeable crowd inside and outside the shrine. After a little inquiry, I learned that in addition to the royal relatives and dignitaries, if you want to enter the game, you must buy a ticket. A ticket cost 1,000 taels of silver, but it was quickly lifted above 3,000 taels of silver, and even then, there were many people standing outside the door, expecting someone to leave the venue halfway.

Ximenlong deserves to be a businessman, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "There is a lot of ticket income! These people are very good at making money!"

Ye Haotian laughed and said: "No, we have to divide it too! Otherwise, we won't compare with them!"

Lan'er saw the crowding scene, and felt a little uneasy, and her eyebrows frowned slightly and whispered: "Why are the Japanese people so flamboyant? Could it be that they are sure of victory? Or are their kabuki really powerful? Or do they want to control the referee to win?"

Ye Haotian looked up at the high platform set up not far in front of him, and found that the platform was empty. Except for the prince who has not yet come, the other four referees have already taken their seats in the audience. They were calm and laughing, and they did not seem to be controlled by others, and it seemed that the Japanese people must have other plans.

Everyone was chatting and waiting for the game to start.

After waiting for a long time, when everyone was looking forward to it, they saw Ashikaga Yoshimitsu come up to the stage and said in a loud voice: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is suddenly sick and cannot come to watch the battle. Please send Mr. Tian to the front desk to speak!"

Ye Haotian walked unhurriedly to the side of the stage, bowed down, and asked, "What does the general command?"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu showed a rare smile on his tense face, and said: "There are not many referees, and now there is another person missing, do you think the ruling method of this competition can be modified?"

Ye Hao said in his heart: "It's here." But he said, "I don't know what the general's good plan is?"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu raised his voice slightly and said, "Whether it is singing and dancing or opera, it is more than the appeal of art, and it should be judged by the reaction of the audience. I suggest that cheers be used as the criterion for judging, and as for the four judges, they are responsible for recording the number of cheers. ”

Ye Haotian's face sank, he didn't speak, and said in his heart: "The audience at the scene is all widows, will they take the initiative to cheer for me?"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu naturally knew the concerns in his heart, and said with a haha: "If the envoy is not at ease, then it will be fine: as long as the audience does not cheer us five times as much as yours, we will lose, what do you think?"

Ye Haotian thought about it and felt that if he didn't agree, it would inevitably attract sarcasm from the other party, so he followed the "haha" and said with a smile: "Just what the general said! Although this is still a loss for us, we can also try it reluctantly." Anyway, we have already won two games, and even if we lose this time, we are still ahead of the curve. Having said that, he didn't even think about the possibility of losing. Because when he came, the emperor confessed that if he lost a game and went back, he would be punished with losing power and humiliating the country.

At this time, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said, "Kabuki in our country is very rich in content, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to show its strengths in one game. To make the game as enjoyable as possible, I recommend that each side play three tracks, and at the end the match is decided by the total number of cheers won. ”

Ye Haotian looked back at Lan'er and saw that she nodded slightly, so he smiled and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, but it's ...... Half of the ticket revenue will be shared with us!"

Lan'er couldn't cry or laugh, she didn't expect him to really say this, he had cultivated to the Shangqing Realm, what was the use of asking for silver?

What's even more strange is Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, whose head shook like a spinning top: "No, no, this can't work!"

Ye Haotian said reluctantly: "Forty percent...... Sancheng...... 20 percent...... It's always okay to divide me into two, right? It's not easy for these singers under my command to come all the way to your country, so why should I let them earn a little bit, and the rest of my life will be better. ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu still refused to let go, and insisted: "No! Ah Gui is a beautiful woman known to women and children of our Yamato nation, and she is a newly elected saint of the Izumo Taisha in Shimane Prefecture. In order to repair the temple, Ah Wei did not hesitate to show up to raise funds and set up a theater in the downtown area of Kyoto to perform songs and dances. It is because of her efforts that Kabuki in our country has been able to flourish. Well, she's coming, you see, she's the one leading the cabaret later. ”

Ye Haotian looked in the direction of his finger and found that a group of girls were walking in from outside, all of them were bright and beautiful, dressed up in a showy manner, and the woman in the lead was even more beautiful in the world, probably the Ah Gui that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said in his mouth.

Ah Wei's appearance is slightly dusty, but the bright eyes flash but look very pure, which is very different from the usual art records.

Ye Haotian's eyes stayed on Ah Wei's face for a while, until the appraisal of the turtle mirror came from the bottom of his heart: "The inside and outside are clear, and you can see at a glance, you are not a cultivator, and you have no internal strength." Then came the voice of Jiupin Liantai: "This woman's heart surname is very good, not only is she not infected with the demon surname, but also the number of Buddha hearts is very high, like a virtuous monk." ”

"Well, she seems to be a good girl. Ye Haotian said to himself, and then said to Ashikaga Yoshiman, "Since this is the case, the envoy will not compete with her for this little money." I hope that she can build the temple well, which can be regarded as a merit. ”

At this time, Mr. Kameyama walked over with a smile on his face and asked which party would start the performance first.

Ye Haotian said without thinking: "It doesn't matter, as the master of your country, you might as well start first." ”

So Kameyama walked up to the stage and announced loudly: "The song and dance performances will start now, and there will be three performances in each of them." The four referees are responsible for counting the cheers, and only the cheers of more than 100 people in unison can be counted once, and the wild shouts of individual personnel are not counted! The first performance is the "Buddha Dance" led by Ah Wei!

As soon as the words ended, the audience cheered in unison, and the four referees hurriedly recorded the cheers.

When Ah Wei walked up to the stage and began to perform a solo dance, the cheers of the audience rang louder and louder, and then they kept ringing.

At this moment, even Ye Haotian doubted whether he had made a mistake. Because this kind of cheering has nothing to do with the level of singing and dancing, it is purely for the sake of one's own country.

After the tea, the people shouted that they were a little tired, and only then stopped to rest for a while. It was only then that they really turned their attention to Ah Wei's performance.

To be honest, Ah Gui's "Buddha Dance" is not very infectious, but it faintly reveals the charm of Buddhism's pure heart and refinement, and it can be regarded as a beautiful landscape in this country overflowing with demons.

"Chanting Buddha Dance" won a lot of applause. Even Ye Haotian and Lan'er felt good, and joined the applause and cheers without any worries.

Ah Gui's performance lasted for half an hour before it ended.

The result of the judges' statistics is: "Chanting Buddha Dance" won 80 cheers!

When it was time for the Chinese side to perform, Lan'er beckoned to the singers: "Sisters, come on!

The singers agreed to go on stage, and the ten musicians took out the pipa and opened the shelf under the stage, just waiting for Lan'er to give an order to start.

Ye Haotian frowned when he heard the name of "Cloud Gate Scroll".

He knew that "Cloud Gate" was one of the "six dances" of Yale dance, which was used to praise the great achievements of the Yellow Emperor in creating all things and uniting all people, and compared the Yellow Emperor's virtue to auspicious clouds in the sky. Grace dance is an orthodox dance that is taught by ritual music, and it is rich in content, but it is difficult for people to understand. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Wei Wenhou couldn't stop dozing off every time he admired Yale, and King Qi Xuan was so frightened that he changed color when he heard the name Yale. It can be seen that these so-called "elegant voices" are really unpopular.

Now if you want to perform this kind of spring and snow-like music to the Japanese people, isn't it playing the piano to the cow?

Lan'er saw that he frowned, hurriedly leaned close to his ear, opened his teeth lightly, and explained in a low voice: "The sage said: 'Happiness carries the Tao' and 'perfection'. Music and dance not only entertain, but also educate. Although Yale is difficult to understand, it can regulate the body and mind, childe, think about it, most of the Japanese people here are infected with demon surnames, and there are so many people, they are bound to not be able to kill them all, if they hear that Yale can restore a little conscience, isn't it also a matter of immeasurable merit?"

Ye Haotian listened to her whispering softly, and couldn't help but raise his big fingers, and said very exaggeratedly: "The lady is reasonable, she is worthy of being the only successor of the 'music school' in the six veins of Confucianism, and Xiaosheng has been taught!"

Lan'er looked at him funny, her heart was sweet, she turned around and waved her hand, and gave the command of "start" to the singer on the stage.

All the singers are selected from the thousands of paintings in Qinhuaihe, each of them is talented and intelligent, and has many years of dance and music cultivation, so they can master the "Yale" taught by Lan'er in just ten days.

At the beginning of the performance, there were occasional cheers in the audience, and in a short time the crowd was dazzled and confused, and when it was almost over, everyone thought it was good, but they did not know what was good, so they all sat motionless.

Ye Haotian knew that it would be difficult to win applause for this performance, but he still felt a little frustrated when he saw that he didn't hear a single cheer until the end of the performance.

The faces of the singers are also very bad, and it seems that everyone is feeling a little uncomfortable.

Ye Haotian hurriedly comforted everyone: "The performance is very successful! I have already played to the level! I have a lot of rewards! Wait for 10,000 taels of silver per person!"

Seeing the half-believing looks on the faces of the singers, he took out a stack of silver tickets from his bag and shook it, which immediately won the cheers of the girls.

The result of the first singing and dancing competition: the ratio of cheers in the middle was 80 to zero, and the party had the upper hand!

Seeing this result, a smug smile appeared on Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's face, and it was clear that everything was expected.

The first performance in the second performance was Yu Fang, and the repertoire was "Narukami" dressed as a man and a woman.

The plot of "Narukami" is like this: the monk "Narukami Venerable" who lives in the cave of Kitayama is tempted by the beautiful "Jemunaka-hime" sent by the heavenly court, and his ability to break the vows is greatly reduced. The Clouds-in-the-Clouds Jemahime took the opportunity to cut the rope that the Venerable Master Narujin used to seal the dragon god, allowing the dragon god to escape, and the nectar fell from the sky.

The one who plays the role of Jemmy Ji in the clouds is a man. When he seduced the Venerable Master Narujin with his feminine charm, the Venerable Master Narujin couldn't help but start touching his body, and at this time, the Kumanaka Jema Ji was full of the surname of "woman", bewitching and gorgeous, a kind of completely illusory feminine charm that could not be found in real women. In the end, when she escaped from the angry Venerable Narukami, she remained delicate. She fled slowly, moving like a small-footed woman, with graceful gestures.

This performance attracted the attention of all the Japanese men present, and the cheers were much stronger than the first one, mixed with the sound of some people screaming wildly.

At the end of the performance, the number of cheers was 120, a total of 200 with the first performance! At this time, the cheers won by the Chinese side were still blank.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Lan'er had to take out a carefully prepared meal: "Go all out, "Neon Clothes and Feather Song!"

The ten singers cheered up in unison, and the musicians also stood up and moved their hands and feet, ready to show their majesty, so that the Japanese people knew what real singing and dancing is.

Lan'er didn't dare to be careless, and personally went on the field to serve as the leading pianist.

Ye Haotian's heart was also full of confidence.

Because "Neon Clothes and Feather Song" is a classic among the classics known to women and children in music and dance, according to legend, Emperor Tang Ming heard it from the Moon Palace, and its artistic appeal is not comparable to "Cloud Gate Scroll". What's more, Lan'er has been passed down by the noble concubine, and she is performing a real fairy song, which will never disappoint.

When Mr. Kameyama announced the repertoire, dozens of people cheered from the audience, and it was obvious that even in the Wa Kingdom, there were many people who had heard the reputation of this song.

At this time, the melodious melody sounded, the singers spun lightly like snowflakes, moved forward like frightened dragons, and hung down their hands as soft as willow silk. The dance skirt flies obliquely as if the white clouds are rising, the thrush is looking forward to the indescribable shyness, and the dancing sleeves are in the wind with ten thousand styles, as if Mrs. Shangyuan has attracted the fairy calyx Luhua, and it is like the Queen Mother of the West raising her sleeves to bid farewell to Xu Feiqiong.

At first, the Japanese people who watched at the scene tried their best to suppress themselves, and halfway through the dance music, they had already forgotten everything, and even more forgot the difference between friend and foe, and the cheers rang out one after another.

Then the singers performed the rich and gorgeous dance music twelve times in a fast rhythm, the skirts flew out one circle after another, and the jade pendants on their bodies made a crisp sound from time to time, and the time was not big, and there were more than 20 cheers.

When the dance music was like a long crane chirping and the dance was like a flying phoenix with its wings folded, the result of the four referees was: "The Chinese side won 75 cheers!"

Ashikaga Yoshishi was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother, but because of his identity, he couldn't attack, so he could only sweep his knife-like eyes over everyone's faces.

Only then did the audience remember that they had made a big mistake, and someone slapped them in the face and said, "I'm damned, I'm a bastard!

However, that doesn't change the results of the statistics!

The current situation is that the ratio of cheers is 200 to 75. Since the Chinese side must win more than five times as many cheers, even if the Chinese side does not score a single point in the third game, the Chinese side must win 175 cheers. It's too hard.

Thinking of this, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's old face turned green.

At this time, the mysterious old monk dressed in gray once again appeared from the temple, approached Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and whispered a few words.

After hearing this, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's face suddenly improved greatly, and he stood under the stage and shouted: "The decisive game has arrived, please Yamaguchi Feiyan!"

The audience looked at each other, obviously very unfamiliar with the name of "Yamaguchi Feiyan". They looked around, wondering who Yamaguchi Feiyan was.

Under the gaze of thousands of pairs of eyes, a fair woman with a veil on her face slowly walked onto the stage.

As soon as she appeared, Ye Haotian's heart "chuckled". When she looked back at Lan'er, Lan'er's complexion changed suddenly!

Because that woman was none other than the dancing girl who had performed a solo dance in the Regent's Palace, and people would never forget the taste of flesh in March! It was a stunner that was rare in a thousand years, and it was a prop that the demon had painstakingly cultivated to confuse people's minds! If she performed to her heart's content, I am afraid that no one in the audience would be able to resist the tea work!

However, to stop her from performing on stage? This not only makes no sense in reason, but also loses the face of the Chinese kingdom. ”

Thinking of this, Lan'er bit her lip and shook her head slightly, and said, "Let her go." We're still quite a bit ahead anyway, and there's one more chance to come. ”

Ye Haotian thought about it, so he urged the prison ruler to protect his own people and wait and see the next changes in the situation.

The woman's performance soon began.

Her dance this time was very different from when she was in the Regent's Palace. Last time, the audience was a civil and military official with deep cultivation in Middle-earth, so her performance was subtle but not revealing, glamorous but not silver; this time the audience has been more or less contaminated with the demon surname, so her dance has also become debauched and uninhibited.

Ximen Long only glanced at it and said in astonishment: "God, the Heavenly Demon Dance that has been lost for thousands of years has reappeared in the world!

Ye Haotian hurriedly stopped him: "No, Elder Long represents our people, this performance is an upright competition on the surface, if you start to do it, I am afraid that the Japanese people will not be convinced." ”

Ximenlong rubbed his hands in a hurry, worried that he would not be able to control the situation behind him.

The dance had only been going on for a short while, and the audience was already shouting hoarsely, and everyone became extremely excited, as if they had taken madness. After a while, the crowd became more and more crazy, and many people danced wildly, tearing their clothes as they danced.

Lan'er couldn't stand it anymore, and she couldn't wait to drive the demon girl off the stage.

She retracted her gaze and looked at Ye Haotian anxiously: "Childe, you should think of a way!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ye Haotian hurriedly strengthened his skills, divided half of the divine power of the Heaven Ruler, turned it into an invisible energy, and silently attacked the demon girl on the stage!

In an instant, the woman's dancing body trembled as if it had been electrocuted, and her red cheeks turned pale, obviously the magic had been severely damaged.

She struggled and jumped for another while, and then she couldn't hold on anymore, so she jumped off the stage and fled in a hurry.

The audience was silent, and many people were lying on the ground weakly, foaming at the mouth, as if they had just finished a seizure.

Everyone looked at the empty stage in amazement, wondering why the woman had left suddenly.

Ashikaga Yoshishi was so angry that he jumped like thunder, and the divine light in his eyes swept over Ye Haotian and his party, and he looked around again, but he didn't find a trace of abnormality.

The Chinese people were all motionless, and they didn't even raise their hands.

The old monk standing beside Ashikaga Yoshimitsu seemed to have guessed the reason, and his vigilant eyes fell on Ye Haotian and Ximen Long, but he couldn't find any evidence, so he could only watch and not have a seizure.

The results of the referee's statistics came out again: this unfinished performance won the Yue side 168 cheers, seven short of the minimum standard of 175 votes to win!

Ye Haotian secretly rejoiced: "If the performance of the demon girl is not terminated in time, the people on the scene will be exhausted even if they don't pass out." In any case, one thing is certain, these people no longer have the strength to give half a word of cheer for the Chinese side performance that follows!"

In this way, the Chinese side has one last game left and has already won.

Lan'er was already prepared, and once the situation was not good, she would personally perform "Gongsun Auntie's Sword Weapon Walk", showing the peerless sword dance of "Huo Ruyi shoots nine days and falls, is like a group of emperors and dragons, comes like a thunder to collect anger, and is like a river and sea condensing clear light". Unexpectedly, Ye Haotian could drive the demon girl off the stage with the power of the Heavenly Ruler alone. It seems that in addition to the powerful Heavenly Demon Dance, the demon girl's own skills are not too high, otherwise she would not miss so easily.

Ashikaga Yoshi's face was full of ashes, and he was extremely disappointed in his heart: "First chess, then martial arts, and now it is a song and dance performance, and I lost three games in a row in five games, will I have to compete next?"

When the audience was silent, the old monk standing next to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu muttered a few words in his ear.

Within a moment, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's face first showed a hideous color, and then became much more relaxed, standing under the stage and saying loudly: "Our Yamato nation will never admit defeat easily! Tomorrow at noon, there will be a fourth competition, Zen Buddhism!" As he spoke, he glanced at Ye Haotian from the corner of his eye, as if he was looking at a dead man.

That night, Ye Haotian didn't dare to be careless, and quietly arrived at the Golden Pavilion Temple with Lan'er, chatted with Zhu Ying for a long time, and understood the origin of Zen Buddhism in the Wa Kingdom.

For the sake of safety, he only took Lan'er and Ximenlong with him when he went out the next day.

The rest of the personnel remained in the hotel, and no one was allowed to go out casually.

When the three of them arrived at Shimogamo Shrine, they found that the atmosphere around them had changed a lot, first of all, the entrance of the shrine was full of soldiers, and secondly, there were a lot fewer spectators, about seven or eight hundred people came, all of them were equipped with long knives and sat still, one by one, like clay wood carvings, fierce and vicious, obviously all of them were extraordinary samurai, probably Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's right-hand men.

Looking at those people as if they were facing a great enemy, Ye Haotian said in his heart: "Could it be that if you don't win the competition, you can't come to a Hongmen banquet?"

Lan Er, who has the worst skill among the three, has also reached the realm of Taiqing Heavenly God, so she naturally doesn't pay attention to this little trick. So they walked generously to the front desk and found the closest seat to the high platform and sat down.

There were two futons on the left and right on the high platform, but there was nothing else.

The referee has sat down in the audience, and His Royal Highness the Prince, who is one of the referees, still has not appeared.

Just after noon, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu personally came to the stage and announced: "Zen Buddhism is about to begin, and I invite the national teacher Master Chenghai and the representative of the Ming Dynasty to ......" Speaking of this, he couldn't go on, I don't know which monk will represent the Ming Dynasty.

He saw that there were only two people who came with Ye Haotian, and Lan'er was a woman, thinking that Ximenlong might come to the stage to give a lecture.

Before the words fell, Ye Haotian got up and walked quickly onto the stage, first bowed to everyone, and then said loudly: "The envoy was in a hurry, and he failed to invite the senior monk to come with him. Now it's too late, so I have to come out in person to offer ugliness. Fortunately, I am a layman who practices at home, and I know a little about Zen theory, so I believe it will not be too embarrassing. If you don't say it right, please bear with me. ”

The people in the audience were silent, as if they hadn't heard.

Most of those people's eyes were focused on Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and they didn't pay attention to Ye Haotian's words at all.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu glared at Ye Haotian, his heart was surprised, and he sneered: "The envoy is really versatile, and he can even understand the scriptures and meanings of Zen Buddhism!

Ye Haotian laughed twice, quietly walked to the futon on the right, and sat down cross-legged.

After waiting for a long time, an old monk in gray came out with a Zen staff in his hand.

Ye Haotian could see at a glance that the person who came was none other than these mysterious monks who had repeatedly appeared beside Ashikaga Yoshimitsu!

The old monk's beard is silver-white, his face is full of red light, he is smiling like a flower, and the robe on his body is shining, and he looks like a virtuous monk.

However, through the cloudy eyes of the old monk, Ye Haotian could see that he was either lacking in cultivation or the six roots were not purified.

The old monk shouted the Buddha's horn while slowly sitting on the futon on the left.

At this time, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu stood on the stage and said loudly: "Since everyone here does not necessarily understand the origin of Zen Buddhism, we will first ask Elder Shinko of Kinikeji Temple to introduce the history of Zen Buddhism. ”

Hearing this, the scrawny Divine Light Elder stood up, first lifted the white eyebrows covering his eyes to the side, looked at the audience under the stand, and then said in an old voice: "Amitabha! ”

Then he squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, and said slowly: "Buddhism has a history of nearly a thousand years from Tianzhu to Middle Earth, from Middle Earth to Goryeo, and from Goryeo to Yuben. Ever since Prince Shotoku issued an edict to promote Buddhism during the Asuka period, Buddhism has gradually spread in the Shohon. By the time of the Tang Dynasty in Middle-earth, Buddhism had flourished extensively. At that time, there were seven major temples and six Buddhist sects in Nara, including the Three Treatises sect, the Hosho sect, the Kusha school, the Serumi school, the Kagon sect, and the Vinaya sect. After the late Tang Dynasty, Zen Buddhism began to flourish. Zen Buddhism was first introduced by Dao Zhao and Dao Rui. and Rongxi entered the Song Dynasty to learn Zen, and returned to China to establish the Rinzai sect. and Daoyuan's return to the Song Dynasty was the beginning of the Caodong sect. Since then, Zen Buddhism has developed rapidly, and now it has a large number of followers, while the rest of the sects are gradually declining...... Zen...... Nowadays people only know Zen Buddhism......"

After Elder Shenguang finished speaking, he recited a few words of "Amitabha" in a row, and then slowly sat back in his seat.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu nodded and said loudly to everyone in the audience, "Elder Shenguang is right. There are so many sects introduced from Middle Earth, but only Zen Buddhism can flourish in Zen Buddhism? All of you here are Zen believers, but who knows why Zen Buddhism is favored by the Chinese people? What are the mysteries hidden in it?

Speaking of this, he glanced back at the Chenghai monk, raised his voice and said: "The national teacher of Chenghai is a Zen master who is rare to see in our country for thousands of years, and the understanding of Zen Buddhism has a mastery that is difficult for ordinary people to reach.

Ye Haotian sat quietly motionless, and also wanted to hear what the extraordinary monk beside him would say.

Lan'er in the audience was smiling, and she seemed to know the outcome of this competition.

Ximen Long looked at Ye Haotian with some concern, not knowing how much he knew about Zen Buddhism.

Hearing this, Chenghai stood up and slowly walked a few steps forward, and with each step, the Zen staff in his hand was tapped on the ground, making a sound like gold and jade.

After hearing the first sound, Ximenlong frowned.

Lan'er felt lazy on her body, and even her limbs felt extremely comfortable.

Ye Haotian was shocked in his heart, and then his whole body tightened, as if he had suddenly been hit by a ghost in the autumn night, and it seemed to be wrapped in an impermeable silk cloth.

Zen Master Chenghai stopped, looked at the burning eyes of the people under the watchtower, and said: "Zen Buddhism came from China, but it has borne fruit in our own country, because we are naturally good at learning and have absorbed Buddhism wisely. We, the Yamato nation, respect the natural surname and never suppress and restrain personal emotions and desires, so our Buddhism also proceeds from respecting the surname of natural person, and has carried out a comprehensive 'abandonment' of the various precepts of Chinese Buddhism. ”

Speaking of this, he paced three steps on the stage with a Zen staff in his hand, making three crisp sounds in a row!

These three sounds seemed to knock on Ye Haotian's heart, making him feel very uncomfortable.

And the audience shouted in unison: "Good abandonment!"

Just as Ye Haotian stared at the old monk with his eyes unblinking, a gong-like voice sounded in the turtle mirror: "The eight-foot Qiongqu Jade is actually hiding in the Zen staff! No wonder it can't be measured, it turns out that it has changed its surname! From an artifact to a magic weapon, of course it can't be measured! Be careful, master, that guy has entered the top 100 in the magic weapon rankings, and is currently in the ninety-third place, which is not trivial!"

Ye Haotian's heart beat violently twice, and he hurriedly passed the news to Lan'er in a flash of thought, telling her to hold Yuan Shouyi and deal with it carefully, and then asked Ximenlong to take care of Lan'er attentively.

Lan'er was frightened, and hurriedly collected her thoughts, not daring to be careless.

Hearing this, Ximen Long expanded the body protection qi on his body by five feet, just enough to wrap Lan'er inside.

At this time, I saw Chenghai Guoshi glancing at Ye Haotian with the corner of his eye, and first knocked on the Zen staff twice, which shocked everyone's hearts trembling, and then raised his voice and said: "Zen Buddhism is straightforward, simple and easy, there are no difficult classics, just seek a normal heart, and comprehend Buddhism in walking, sitting, lying, talking and laughing." Therefore, it is extremely popular in our country, and has especially won the reverence of the samurai, and is called 'samurai Buddhism'!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu praised in the audience: "The national teacher is not bad at all!"

Chenghai Guoshi nodded to him, and said: "Zen Buddhism advocates the realization of life and death in epiphany, and achieves the realm of no life and no death. We, the Yamato people, learned from the teachings of Zen Buddhism the spirit of seeing death as if we were at home and fearless, and after a lot of tempering, it became the 'bushido' that everyone preached. ”

Everyone in the audience applauded: "What the national teacher said is extremely true! We are studying Zen in order to be loyal to the emperor and to serve the country by killing the enemy!"

Ye Haotian shook his head secretly when he heard this: "These people have all entered the Demon Dao!' 'Learning Zen is actually for killing people', this sounds unbelievable!"

Chenghai Guoshi walked around the stage as he spoke, and the sound of the Zen staff tapping became more and more urgent, and each time it was accompanied by the chorus of the audience.

The sound of percussion and the short shouts of the samurai became more and more imposing and unsettling.

On a few occasions, Chenghai Guoshi even walked to a place less than three feet away from Ye Haotian and struck the Zen staff hard, making a piercing sound of gold and stone. Obviously, he was constantly strengthening his magic power and launching wave after wave of attacks on Ye Haotian.

Ye Haotian held onto it, just urging the Heavenly Ruler to protect himself, and did not launch a counterattack.

He had to save the counterattack for last, and before that he needed to explain the true Buddhahood to the Uji.

Salute first and then soldier, it is the style of a great country!

Chenghai Guoshi repeatedly urged the Zen staff, but seeing that Ye Haotian always looked as usual, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

In desperation, he had no choice but to lift the monk's robe, take off a Buddha bell from his waist, and hit the cane while ringing the bell, while preaching the scriptures in his mouth.

"You should understand that the intuitive epiphany of Zen Buddhism is conducive to cultivating a samurai's keen surname. When the famous samurai Yagyu Matajuro learned swords from the famous swordsman Musashi, Musashi first asked him to settle down as a loyal servant and establish the patience he had learned in ten years. For three years, he didn't say a word about the sword, and he was not allowed to touch the sword, so that he could let go of his desire to do so. Later, while Yagyu was working, Musashi often struck him with a wooden sword unexpectedly, so that he had to taste the taste of being hit sooner or later. This kind of perception is not acquired by thinking, but by professional instinct and meditation training. ”

Chenghai Guoshi said while paying attention to Ye Haotian's every move, thinking that the other party would not support him for long.

However, to his disbelief, Ye Haotian always sat still with a smile on his face, and he didn't even frown.

Chenghai Guoshi still refused to give up, so he simply put the Zen staff on the ground and took out a small golden pot!

As soon as the little pot appeared, Ye Haotian heard the news from the turtle mirror: "This is the 'Jin Duomu Pot', I didn't expect it to be turned into a magic weapon by the demon!

Cheng Hai held the ampulla in his hand, and while using the gong to urge the magic power, he said loudly: "As a Yamato samurai, zazen, swordsmanship, and jiu-jitsu are all key training methods, and meditation can become the commander of the army and the secret of swordsmanship." ”

As he said this, a faint puff of yellow smoke came out of the Jin Duomu pot, enveloping Ye Haotian.

Ye Haotian urged the Heavenly Ruler on the one hand, and on the other hand, he opened the mouth of the bag slightly, and silently put the yellow smoke into it little by little.

At this time, he clearly heard the voice of the Nine Treasures of Open Heaven speaking.

But Wen Jiupin Liantai said: "Quickly dodge, this is a rare magic mist, which can turn artifacts into magic weapons and immortals into devils." Let me come, this thing is good for me......"

Before the words fell, I heard the Demon Suppression Pagoda shouting loudly: "I want it too! I can refine the demon smoke! Master...... Don't kill the demon, it's better to clean him up slowly and suck all his demon surnames over. ”

Then even the Heavenly Ruler spoke: "You just say that you don't work, you might as well not say it! Don't you see that I'm trying to absorb it?"

Ye Haotian passed on his divine sense: "Is this possible? Will the number of Buddha's hearts be reduced? What is the difference between you acting like this and the true god refining other people's skills for your own use?"

The Jiupin Lotus Platform and the Demon Suppression Pagoda shouted at the same time: "It's different! In the "Ten Laws of Artifacts", it is said that every time you refine a demon surname, you can increase your Buddha's heart. This yellow smoke is catalyzed by the demon's luck, also known as the 'Yellow Marrow Demon Mist', and the demon surname contained in it is extremely high, second only to the 'Heart Devouring Demon Mist' of the true god, and much more powerful than the 'Black Blood Demon Mist' of ordinary demons. Whether it is livestock or humans, as long as they stay in the demon fog for a hundred breaths, they will fall into the demon path and become demons. ”

Ye Haotian was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly turned his head to look at the audience, but found that there was not much yellow smoke in the audience, and the yellow smoke was mainly concentrated around him, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly urged Qiankun to speed up the absorption of yellow mist.

At this time, the national teacher of Chenghai was still reciting the words: "The surname of heaven is innate, not to be taught, no need to learn, no reluctance, no thought." We say that this Zen Buddhism is different and can fully satisfy everyone's desires and feelings. Spring is just around the corner, the fragrance of plum blossoms is gently wafting in harmony with the fragrance coming from the depths of the bamboo forest, and I feel as if I have been in the realm of the living Buddha......"

He talked endlessly, until he had consumed most of his magic skills, and he was tired and sweaty, and he was tired and short of breath, only to find that the magic mist he had emitted with all his efforts seemed to sink into the sea, and Ye Haotian on the stage was not only unharmed, but became more and more calm, and the smile on his face became even more charming!

At this time, he was like a catfish lying on the shore and about to die, looking at Ye Haotian with wide eyes, unable to say a word for a long time!

After a long time, he walked back to his place with great difficulty, and sat down on the futon, looking extremely depressed.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in the audience looked at Chenghai Guoshi in astonishment, not knowing why he suddenly stopped halfway.

turned his head, but found that Ye Haotian had stood up at some point!

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