togophonebook Chapter 98 Confucius said
Chapter 98 Confucius said
Chapter 98 Confucius said
[Your compassion and kindness helped the monks of Guanyin Temple escape a tiger descending the mountain. Your boundless love moved Heaven, and you are rewarded with ten years of magical power.]
[Your compassion and kindness helped Guanyin Bodhisattva eliminate the Guanyin Temple that was profiting in his name. Your boundless love moved Heaven, and you are rewarded with the essay "The Tightening Spell".]
"A golden headband?"
Jiang Feng was slightly taken aback when he saw the reward.
The Buddha gave Guanyin Bodhisattva three golden hoops, each with a different corresponding mantra.
It remains to be verified which golden headband the one he obtained corresponds to.
Jiang Feng shook his head helplessly and continued on his way with Sha Wujing and the other man.
Meanwhile, inside the Black Wind Cave, a black bear spirit saw flames shooting into the sky from the direction of the Guanyin Temple and burst into laughter: "How could these monks be so careless as to let the temple catch fire? Let's go and save them!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure transformed into a black wind and arrived inside the Guanyin Temple in the blink of an eye.
Upon arriving in the courtyard, he stopped and looked up. He saw flames raging in the temple, the fire engulfing all the buildings. Many monks' bodies were burned beyond recognition, and it seemed they could not be saved.
Elder Jinchi was engulfed in flames, groaning in agony. His body was mostly charred, and he lay on the ground, repeatedly crying out, "Guangzhi, Guangmou, stop burning! I don't want that robe anymore! Stop burning it!"
The black bear spirit blew out the flames on his body and said with a look of sympathy, "Guangzhi and Guangmou have both burned to death. Old Abbot, what exactly happened to the fire in your temple?"
Elder Jinchi was overcome with grief and began to sob: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault! I saw that the holy monk of the Great Sui Dynasty had a brocade kasaya bestowed by the Buddha, and that one kasaya alone surpasses all my kasayas."
I wanted to possess it, so I set a fire, intending to burn them to death—it's all my fault—”
After saying that, his body twitched and he breathed his last.
The black bear spirit's eyes darted around erratically.
As far as he knew, Elder Jinchi had collected more than 700 kasayas in total, but one of the brocade kasayas of the Great Sui Holy Monk was better than his more than 700. What kind of treasure must that be?
A surge of greed rose in his heart, making the black bear feel unbearably itchy. He sensed that the Great Sui Holy Monk should not have gone far, so he hurriedly returned to his cave and sent his little demons to find out where Jiang Feng was.
By this time, the sky was already beginning to lighten. Jiang Feng, who had been walking in the night for quite a while, stopped and said:
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"Wujing, stop and start a fire to cook."
Sha Wujing opened a bundle, his eyes shining, and said, "Master, what do you think we should eat first?"
Jiang Feng glanced at the ingredients and said, "Let's make some braised noodles with monkey head mushrooms. How many bowls do you want? That way I can estimate how much noodles I need."
Sha Wujing grinned and said, "Ten or eight bowls are fine, as long as it's enough to make me, Old Sha, half full."
Jiang Feng was slightly speechless, then sighed and said, "Why do I feel like this is Second Senior Brother's poem?"
After saying that, he took out cooking utensils from his bag and began to process the ingredients.
A moment later, an enticing aroma wafted out. Sha Wujing swallowed hard, staring intently at the prepared braised meat, and said, "Master, may I have some braised meat first?"
"No, hurry up and get some water! Don't you know your water pouch is empty?"
Hearing Jiang Feng's reprimand, Sha Wujing gave a resentful "hmm," took several water pouches, and rode the clouds to find a clean water source.
Shortly after Sha Wujing left, a rustling sound came from behind him. Jiang Feng asked in surprise, "You're back so soon? You didn't just randomly pick a puddle by the roadside, did you?"
Turning around, he saw that the person behind him was not Sha Wujing, but a pale-faced Confucian scholar.
Jiang Feng was taken aback. Before he could even ask, the scholar approached Bai Suzhen with a fawning expression.
"May I ask your name, young lady? We are from the same clan, and it is fate that we meet here. We are truly a match made in heaven."
Confucius said, "A virtuous and beautiful woman is the object of a gentleman's affections. Would you be willing to return with me to my cave to enjoy the pleasures of love?"
Bai Suzhen's face turned cold, and she snapped, "Where did this lecherous fellow come from? If you don't leave, don't blame me for being impolite!"
The scholar laughed and reached out to grasp Bai Suzhen's delicate hand: "Confucius said, 'Food and sex are human nature!' What's there to be shy about, young lady!"
Bai Suzhen easily dodged his hand, then turned her gaze to Jiang Feng with tender affection: "If you want to take me away, you'll have to ask my husband first~"
"ah??"
Jiang Feng gasped, looking at Bai Suzhen in disbelief.
"What a clever trick to shift the blame! No wonder you're a disciple of the Old Mother of Lishan. It seems that besides honey traps, the Old Mother of Lishan has also passed on all her other secret skills for roaming the martial arts world to you!"
The Heavenly Mother of Lishan: This wasn't taught by me! I'm not some wandering swordsman!!
The scholar's heart was entirely focused on Bai Suzhen, and he seemed not to have heard Jiang Feng's complaints at all.
Seeing Bai Suzhen gazing at Jiang Feng with deep affection, he couldn't help but feel a surge of jealousy. He said bitterly, "What a frivolous monk! Instead of staying in the temple chanting scriptures and praying to Buddha, you actually try to get married, and such a beautiful young lady at that! You deserve to die!"
Jiang Feng looked at him like he was an idiot, and said with disdain, "Who are you? Did you come here just to embarrass yourself and make me laugh?"
The scholar roared, "I am the White-Robed Scholar of Black Wind Mountain! Remember this well, or you'll be in the underworld wondering who sent you there!"
Jiang Feng was immediately taken aback: "Oh, you're Wang Lun, the White-Robed Scholar? Shouldn't you be on Liangshan? What are you doing at Black Wind Mountain?"
The scholar in white gritted his teeth in anger: "What Wang Lun, Liu Lun? You've never even heard of me! You deserve to die a horrible death today!"
Seeing that he was about to make a move, Jiang Feng's face turned cold and he said, "I advise you to calm down."
Confucius said, "Food and sex are human nature."
If you continue to be so lecherous, I might as well heed the teachings of Confucius and eat you up!
The scholar in white:
"——"
No, can Confucius's words be interpreted in this way?
After a moment of confusion, he felt his knowledge had been challenged, so he spat out a mouthful of poisonous mist and sprayed it towards Jiang Feng's face.
The next instant, a flash of cold light appeared, and Jiang Feng's true form emerged from behind him, holding a demon-subduing pestle. With one strike, he pierced through Jiang Feng's gallbladder, pinning him firmly to the spot.
The white-robed scholar's eyes were filled with disbelief, and he then revealed his true form, transforming into a white-flowered snake.
Then Jiang Feng pulled out a sharp knife and shouted, "Confucius said, 'One should not be too particular about the fineness of the food, nor about the delicacy of the preparation of the meat!'"
In the next instant, countless flashes of sword light appeared.
In his final moments before his consciousness faded, he saw Jiang Feng disembowel his true form, the white-flowered snake, chop it into minced meat, and stir-fry it into a pot of snake meat stew.
Until his soul was completely destroyed, he was still pondering whether Confucius's words really meant that.
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