309: Chapter 148 Invincible Grand Preceptor_1 309: Chapter 148 Invincible Grand Preceptor_1 When a person is capable of solving any difficulty that everyone faces, the next time a difficulty arises, everyone subconsciously looks to that person.
When a person is watched by everyone, it’s nearly impossible for them not to be noticed.
Liao Kong followed the gaze of the crowd to the stranger dressed in a Peak Master’s attire and asked, “May I have the honor of your guidance, Peak Master?”
Cao Zhen immediately burst into laughter.
He had indeed come prepared.
Previously, after he had written ‘The Art of War by Sun Tzu’ at the Dao discussion platform of Military God Peak, he found the feeling of throwing down an ace in the other person’s face exhilarating.
There would certainly be others coming to the Hundred Peaks Sect for Dao discussions, and for the reward, he had to engage in them.
But at that time, he surely couldn’t write something on the spot every single time; what if he encountered someone with no patience who just walked away?
So, upon returning to the Five-Element Pill Ground, he took time out from his alchemy work to write some books in advance, including one of the Buddhist scriptures.
Cao Zhen took out one of the scriptures he had completed from his bosom and tossed it directly to Liao Kong.
Liao Kong reflexively caught the scripture and looked up.
The Prajna Paramita Sutra?
What is this scripture?
As Liao Kong opened the page, his entire being froze.
Standing there, he just held the book, motionless, speechless, not even turning a page, with eyes not flickering, as if he was under the spell of a Divine Skill that rooted him to the spot.
A moment, two moments…
The crowd stood by quietly, waiting.
But gradually, as the time for half an incense stick passed, Liao Kong still had not moved.
Finally, someone couldn’t help but speak up, “What’s going on?”
“Why hasn’t he moved at all?”
“I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but it’s not just his body that isn’t moving; his eyes are also still.”
“What should we do?”
“When Jiang Yan from War Edge Sect came to our Hundred Peaks Sect for a Dao discussion, Peak Master Cao gave him a military text, and Jiang Yan had an Enlightenment on the spot and conceded defeat.”
“It was the same with Qing Mozi.
After seeing the painting of Peak Master Cao, he also reached Enlightenment and conceded.”
“Although Liao Kong appears frozen as well, he hasn’t had an Enlightenment.
So what does that mean?”
The confused crowd turned their gazes towards Cao Zhen.
“If he’s stunned, then he’s stunned,” said Cao Zhen, shrugging his shoulders.
“That’s all the skill I have.
If he can see through the scripture, then he can win against me.
I can do nothing about that.
Let’s go.
We’re already at the entrance of the monastery anyway.
Leave it to the disciples guarding the gate.”
“We have no choice then,” Lan Pili instructed the disciples guarding the gate to keep an eye on Liao Kong before quickly leading the others away.
They were on their way to the Capital City of the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty and couldn’t afford to delay here.
As the crowd dispersed, one of the young disciples guarding the gate quickly left and returned to the Hundred Peaks Sect to report Liao Kong’s arrival to the sect.
“The young monk from Infinite Temple has come?”
“That young monk is outside the mountain gate?”
“What?
The young monk from Infinite Temple happened to meet Cao Zhen and his group, and Cao Zhen gave the monk a scripture to read, which he has been reading ever since?”
“Cao Zhen knows swordsmanship, painting, and military law, but does he understand Buddhist Law?”
“With Cao Zhen’s shameless demeanor, how could he understand Buddhist Law?
It must be some scripture he acquired from somewhere and tossed to the monk from Infinite Temple.”
“Just a scripture couldn’t possibly stop the young monk.
We must prepare right away.”
“The young monk is here, how troublesome.
Wu Xiang, take the disciples of your peak and study Buddhist Law more, especially the Four Agama Sutras.
I’ll go consult with the other Peak Masters,” instructed the Grand Preceptor.
The Peak Masters of the Hundred Peaks Sect involved in Zen Cultivation immediately became anxious and began to gather together to discuss how to deal with Liao Kong’s imminent visit.
After all, Liao Kong was the direct disciple of the great monk, and even if they put aside their pride and, with a generation gap, engaged in a debate on Buddhist Law with the young monk, they were not sure of victory.
The great monk from the past had been truly terrifying.
If the great monk allowed his disciple to go down the mountain, it was obvious with just a thought that the disciple must have received the true teachings of the great monk.
Despite all their discussion, they couldn’t come up with a good solution.
A day passed at the Hundred Peaks Sect, and all the Zen Cultivation peaks existed amidst intense tension.
The next day, their anxiety only grew.
The young monk might have been reading the Buddhist scripture the first day, but the next day might very well be when he finished reading and came to the Hundred Peaks Sect for a Dao debate.
They were even less certain of winning then.
They didn’t believe that a single scripture could hold back the young monk.
Yet, as a whole day passed, they were still waiting for Liao Kong to arrive.
“What’s happening?
It’s been three days; why hasn’t Liao Kong come yet?”
“Is he still reading that scripture?
Still standing in the same spot motionless?”
“What on Earth is going on?”
“Let’s check on him.
Don’t let any mishap befall someone from the Infinite Temple on our Hundred Peaks Sect’s ground.”
Unable to wait any longer, the Zen Cultivation Peak Masters of the Hundred Peaks Sect, along with their disciples, made their way out in force.