Chapter 1361: Chapter 653: Major Events in Longzhou Chapter 1361: Chapter 653: Major Events in Longzhou “`
After teaching Xu Chengyuan the little trick of integrating and devouring, Tang Luo turned and left the training ground.
The little girl who had been anxiously observing the situation inside the training ground saw her elder brother coming towards her and hastily ran away.
Ultimately, it was while saying goodbye to their mother that she saw her little sister again, perhaps still unprepared for the interaction, the girl stood behind Xu Shuhui the entire ti, massaging her shoulders.
Only when her elder brother had left did she raise her head, her lips moved as if she wanted to say sothing, but then they closed again.
Mother knows her daughter best, and Xu Shuhui had long since sensed her daughter’s restless heart from the variable pressure on her shoulders, so she sighed and said, “Between siblings, there shouldn’t be so much hesitation. When Xing’er fainted from training in the Martial Hall, Luo Er didn’t have much of a reaction, and here you are just worried about Chengyuan’s sword training progress, and he’s already rushing over to solve the problem for you. Although Luo Er, like your father, isn’t good at expressing himself, he does his utmost for everyone in the family…”
“Oh Mother, Nuannuan understands~”
Little Nuannuan interrupted her mother’s narrative with a coy complaint, whispering, “Next ti we see sister-in-law, Nuannuan will thank big brother.”
“Hmm, our Nuannuan is truly sensible.”
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People often think ti is endless, and the world is boundless, so they casually say goodbye.
Especially among family mbers—perhaps it is excessive familiarity that always leads them to believe there is plenty of ti left to spend together.
It’s like a simple thank you, seemingly if one were to run from Jiejiang City to Aran Mountain, they could et the person and express their gratitude face-to-face.
But when Little Nuannuan finally mustered the courage to say that thank you, she discovered that her elder brother was even busier than she had imagined.
She went three tis in March, yet didn’t catch a single glimpse of him; either Aran Mountain was closed for the season, or Tang Luo was out inspecting the training progress of the sect’s disciples.
By the ti she looked back, it was the end of the year, with heavy snow falling. It was at the clan’s annual ceremony that she saw her brother once more.
But the multitude of relatives who ca to offer their toasts and congratulations swallowed the thanks she wanted to blurt out ti and again, until the ceremony was nearly over and the clan leader had summoned her elder brother away—the thanks remained unspoken.
And the Longzhou Calendar moved on to the year 1789.
That year, several significant events occurred in Longzhou.
The first, on the fifth day of the second month, Ying Yan, the champion of the twenty-first Longzhou martial arts tournant, defected from the Hundred Herbs Immortal Mansion, injuring two fellow sect brothers before vanishing without a trace.
The second, on the ninth day of the third month, the Longzhou Alliance reached a formal agreent with the Evil King Palace after a standoff that had lasted a year and a half.
The Tang Clan gained a few decent secret technique manuscripts, and the Evil King Palace took back Duan Longjie, who had been impersonating the Devil Lord and causing trouble.
Both sides signed a non-aggression treaty of thirty years, which put an end to the turmoil in Longzhou’s political landscape.
The last event, the Buddha Son, Supre Master Yankong of the Wuxiang Zen Temple, founded his own sect on Fuyun Mountain in Chaochang, with monks from all over coming to offer their congratulations.
The long-lost Sutra of No Suffering and Extinction was officially added to Buddha’s Country as the 84,001st text in its canon.
And Fuyun Temple on Fuyun Mountain was recognized as the ancestral temple of the Sutra of No Suffering and Extinction, given the authority to pass down the teachings as a main temple and sub-temple.
The Temple Head Yankong, the Head Monk Yanshan, and the Sect Head appointed by Wuxiang Zen Temple, Great Zen Master Yanfan, took on their duties.
Additionally, ten highly respected and profoundly cultivated Zen masters were assigned to assist Abbot Yanshan in managing the temple—Head of the Hall, Rear Hall, Western Hall, Du Jian, Usher, Receptionist, Disciplinarian, Secretary, Provost, Robe Custodian, and Treasury Chief.
This was the first ti since the establishnt of Buddha’s Country that the orthodox ancestral temple opened a branch outside of Zhongzhou, and naturally, everyone waited to see how Martial Saint Mountain would react.
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However, the response from Martial Saint Mountain was surprisingly delicate, as they sent out the Saint Child Bu Xiao, along with so celebration gifts, to Chaochang to offer congratulations.
It was assud that this demonstrated the magnanimity of Martial Saint Mountain, but once Bu Xiao, who had delivered the gifts to Fuyun Temple, turned aggressive under the pretense of a friendly spar.
It was supposed to be a spar between the two, but Divine Thunder descended, ten thousand thunders flattened the sky, and the target was none other than the mountain itself, unprotected by any formation. Within half a day, Fuyun Mountain was razed to the ground, with its rocks and vegetation pulverized by the mystical thunder.
Only then did Bu Xiao pull back his hand, “My apologies to Abbot Yankong, it was an impulse that I failed to restrain. Now that Fuyun Mountain is gone, I suggest the master finds another place to establish the temple gate!”
Even Buddhas can anger, and more than ten high monks from Wuxiang Zen Temple, including Great Zen Master Yanshan, watched as their ancestral ho was destroyed, clearly understanding the situation.
This Buddhist Child from Martial Saint Mountain was clearly using congratulations as a pretext to prevent them from establishing their path. If this action was instigated by Martial Saint Mountain, then the ancestral ho would definitely not be able to stand.
And as for retaining Bu Xiao, that thought didn’t even cross their minds; he had destroyed the temple gate in what was deed a fair spar—how could they possibly hold him accountable?
Just as the monks were uncertain how to respond, Yankong spoke in a deep voice, “For the sake of narrow-minded sectarian views, Brother Bu, being a Dao Child of Martial Saint Mountain, your vision seems rather limited.”
If Martial Saint Mountain truly did not want Yankong to establish an ancestral ho here, they would not have employed such insidious thods, nor would they have sent Bu Xiao to do their dirty work.
Therefore, it could only have been Bu Xiao’s own decision, and the consequences of that decision, even for a Saint Child like him, were unbearable.
“As long as I, Bu Xiao, hold the title of Dao Child of Martial Saint Mountain for even a day, the ancestral hos of the Outer Continent’s holy lands shall not be established in Longzhou,” he declared.
Purple hair laced with streaks of lightning twirled around him, the stunningly handso visage carried a condescending look, and his eyes seed to surge with wild thunder, Bu Xiao said to the twelve high monks of Wuxiang Zen Temple, including Yankong, raising his voice.
“The Buddha’s light shall bless all beings and illuminate the universe, and you can’t stop it!”
“Then please wait and see,” Bu Xiao said indifferently, “Leave the gifts behind, we return to the mountain!”
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Kunwu Divine Mountain
Martial Saint Peak
As an otherworldly sanctuary, Martial Saint Mountain focused solely on the study of martial arts and did not concern itself with disputes over profits or the governance of territorial prefectures and counties.
But ever since the Ten Great Mountains had been established, their philosophies had begun to diverge sowhat.
Especially the Dapeng Mountain and Baize Mountain, these two holy peaks felt that Martial Saint Mountain should fully embrace worldly affairs and transform the entire Longzhou into a prosperous city-state like Kunwu County, governed uniformly by Martial Saint Mountain.
Originally, this approach had only a few adherents, as the masters of Martial Saint Mountain were more interested in their own research and had no desire to waste ti governing the ignorant masses.
But how could it be helped when Dapeng Mountain produced a strikingly talented Saint Child? Bu Xiao harbored a grand dream of unifying Longzhou.
Therefore, he wanted to preside over the Great Martial Conference and vigorously develop the secret guards, all in preparation for his future plans.
However, the other mountain masters of Martial Saint Mountain undoubtedly viewed this as a waste of ti and a violation of rules.
Three years of reflective confinent didn’t seem to make him realize where he had gone wrong.
In May of the Longzhou Calendar year 1789, Bu Xiao was stripped of the title of Saint Child by the upper echelons of Martial Saint Mountain and sentenced to a ten-year confinent on Qilin Mountain, to observe his repentance thereafter.
Thus, out of the Four Little Saints of that era, only Xu Laoying remained active in the world.
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