Who could imagine that a person who has lost his head could still be alive!
"Sect Leader Lin, is he a monster?" Ning Xi asked with a look of horror.
Lin Yu's expression turned serious as he shook his head and said, "He's not a demon, he's a human!"
"Is it a person? But can a person live without a head?" Ningxi asked, puzzled.
Lin Yu nodded. "Some powerful individuals can do it. There were such people in ancient times, such as the legendary Xing Tian! However, these beings could only achieve this after cultivating and opening their meridians! Only when the primordial spirit leaves the body can one shed the mortal form and come and go freely! Even if the body suffers severe injuries, they can preserve their vital energy in their dantian and remain immortal!"
"However, people whose primordial spirit can leave their body usually don't care about their physical body, because they are already close to immortals. If they want, they can take over another body at any time, or be reborn. There is no need for them to be attached to their broken physical body! Unless... they have certain obsessions!"
The headless monk before us is clearly such a being!
Most likely, it's because of some kind of obsession that they remain attached to their physical body!
"Where's my head? Where's my head?! Give me back my head!!"
The headless monk became increasingly agitated!
He simply stretched out his hand, and whoosh!
In the center of the courtyard stood a statue of Guan Yu, holding a Green Dragon Crescent Blade, which suddenly flew towards them.
The headless monk grabbed a large sword weighing hundreds of kilograms with a single grab!
"Give me back my head!!"
He shouted and swung his broadsword at Lin Yu and the others!
"careful!!"
Lin Yu's expression changed, and he swept his arm out, immediately pushing Ning Xi and the others away.
Then, alone, he faced the headless monk.
Bang! Ping-pong!
The sounds of clashing weapons rang out continuously as Lin Yu clashed bare-handed with the headless monk wielding a large sword.
It was terrifying to watch!
Although Lin Yu's cultivation had long surpassed the mortal realm, this headless monk still posed a considerable threat to him.
After dozens of moves, my arms felt slightly numb, and I felt a bit powerless.
This greatly surprised him!
You must know that I cultivate immortal techniques, and now I have obtained a royal-level technique. Even if a saint comes, I can remain fearless.
This headless monk, with his mutilated body, is probably less than one or two tenths of his peak strength, yet he can barely fight me to a draw. One can only imagine how terrifying he must have been at his peak!
Lin Yu became increasingly alarmed as he fought, realizing that this headless monk was definitely no ordinary person.
However, the Buddhist community in ancient times was full of hidden talents and virtuous monks, so it is not surprising that it was full of them!
Bang!
After another exchange of blows, both of them were sent flying backwards, with Lin Yu sliding more than twenty meters on the ground before slowly coming to a stop.
I felt my chest heaving with blood and qi.
"Sect Leader Lin!" Ning Xi quickly came over and helped him up. "Shouldn't we retreat first?"
"Don't panic!"
Lin Yu shook his head, steadied himself, then suddenly clasped his hands together, parted his lips slightly, and began to silently recite scriptures.
It's still the same Scripture of Salvation that was used to seal Er Ya's father before!
As soon as the scripture was recited, Lin Yu was enveloped in a layer of golden light.
Like the eighteen Arhats on Mount Ling, they were solemn and dignified.
The monk ignored all that and rushed over, slashing down with his broadsword once more.
"Sect Leader Lin, quickly hide!"
Ningxi was extremely anxious, but Lin Yu remained motionless with his eyes closed, as if he were deaf.
Ning Xi's eyes widened. At this critical moment, she couldn't care less about anything else and immediately stood in front of Lin Yu, ready to defend him.
Wow!
The broadsword arrived with a chilling force, and before it could even strike, a powerful gust of wind had already split Ningxi's hair into a middle part, making her feel as if her scalp was about to explode.
She closed her eyes in despair!
If Lin Yu dies, they will all die, so they might as well die in front of Sect Master Lin!
However, after a while, I didn't feel like my head was about to explode.
She couldn't help but look up, and was shocked to find that the broadsword was hanging an inch above her head, while the headless monk remained motionless, as if listening to something.
This was naturally due to the effect of Lin Yu's "Scripture of Salvation"!
At this moment, Lin Yu continued chanting the scriptures, not daring to stop for a moment.
For a full half hour, he recited it a total of one hundred and eight times!
thump!
The headless monk sat cross-legged on the ground, and slowly put his hands together in prayer.
Lin Yu slowly opened his eyes and said calmly, "We were never meant to be. I don't know what kind of obsession you have that keeps you lingering in this world! But everything in this world is nothing but a dream, a bubble, a shadow, like dew or lightning! As the saying goes, form is emptiness, emptiness is form. If you seek it through the physical body or through sound, you cannot see the Tathagata! As a monk, if you still crave the physical body and cannot even break free from the attachment to self, what kind of path are you cultivating, and what kind of fruit are you attaining?"
Waaaaah!
Faced with Lin Yu's questioning, the monk burst into tears.
She cried so hard!
Ningxi and the others couldn't help but feel an urge to cry!
I wonder what this headless old monk went through!
"Waaaaah, we agreed to meditate together. I was supposed to enter a state of deep meditation for seven days, but I never expected that when I woke up, my body would be ruined by my jealous senior brother!"
"I hate it! I possess a body made of seven treasures, and could have attained Buddhahood in this very life, yet they destroyed my body!! I hate it so much!!"
The headless monk seemed to have finally regained a sliver of his senses and actually revealed the old grudge.
Lin Yu was slightly surprised.
To enter a state of deep meditation for seven days is absolutely the realm of a highly accomplished monk; one can reach a profound level of meditative absorption!
There are very few monks in this world who can cultivate to this level! In this meditation, it is normal to stop breathing and heartbeat. However, if one lingers in the meditation and does not leave for many days, it is easy for people to mistakenly believe that one has died!
No wonder this headless monk harbored resentment; he could have attained enlightenment in this lifetime, but his golden body was destroyed instead.
If one is reincarnated, everything has to start all over again. The pain of that is unimaginable!
I'm not reconciled!
Lin Yu sighed, "I sympathize with your plight! But Buddhism speaks of cause and effect across three lifetimes. If you haven't achieved perfection in this life, it must be because you didn't have enough good fortune in your past life. Rather than dwelling on resentment, you should reincarnate quickly and start over. Decades later, you might still be able to reach your original position!"
Upon hearing this, the headless monk trembled and slowly clasped his hands together. "Amitabha! Young man, I have been lingering in this desolate temple for a thousand years. You have awakened me!"
"Now my spirit is clear, and I'm going to be reincarnated! You're right, the cause and effect of three lifetimes, you are the one who awakened me, my benefactor. In the next life, even if it's to the ends of the earth, I will find you!"
"Amitabha! This old monk is departing!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the headless monk fell silent. His already dilapidated body could no longer hold on and gradually turned to ash!
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