Chapter 254: Stealing a Man
Xu Zhenguan's tone was very calm.
However, Zhao Duan, who was protected by her behind him, caught a hint of well-hidden displeasure from the cold tone.
The moonlight poured down, sprinkling on a man and two women in the quiet courtyard.
Prajna Bodhisattva faced the current empress without any fear, and had a gentle smile on her face:
"Your Majesty, do you want me to speak here?"
What do you mean... What else do you want to say behind my back... Zhao Duan's expression became strange.
The next second, he heard the empress say to him:
"You go out and wait."
Immediately, Zhao Duan felt a flash before his eyes, and was enveloped by a gentle force.
When the scene became clearer, I was already outside the gate of Jizhao Temple.
"Yeah, Lord Zhao?"
The eunuch holding a lantern beside the carriage was startled and looked around:
"And His Majesty?"
Is this really martial arts?
Zhao Duan's curiosity exploded, and he said unhappily:
"have no idea!"
…
Next to the pool, after throwing the henchman out, Xu Zhenguan looked at the disheveled nun with a calm expression:
"explain."
Prajna Bodhisattva inserted a snow-white hand into the wet hair, and his slender fingers twisted the hair into curls.
With his other hand, he picked up a picture book-like scripture from the ground on the other side of his thigh, which was out of his sight, and said with a smile:
“Your Majesty, you know that I have not acquired many skills in my practice so far. If there is anything worth mentioning, it is that I have obtained the wisdom eyes of the Buddha.
Just from one look, I felt that this junior has a connection with Buddhism.
It just so happens that I, a poor nun, am suffering from the stagnation of my spiritual practice, and I would like to borrow him from Your Majesty, but I do not know whether Your Majesty is willing to part with him."
The autumn wind blows.
The Buddhist scripture album in her hand began to flip through the pages.
When the wind blew, the patterns on the pages of the Buddhist scriptures seemed to move and change constantly.
It turned out to be the famous Yin-Yang method in the Buddhist ancestral temple in the Western Regions.
Emperor Taizu of the Dayu Dynasty once collected this scroll of spiritual practice, and it is kept in the royal library in the palace.
Under the night.
The empress's fair cheeks seemed to turn red for a moment.
She sneered, not knowing whether it was out of shame or anger:
"I originally thought that sending Yunyang to a nunnery would give her some peace and quiet, but I didn't expect that I'd sent her to the right place. They're all the same, shameless people."
Prajna Bodhisattva smiled:
"It seems that His Majesty was not having a pleasant conversation with the Princess."
Xu Zhenguan was not interested in talking nonsense with her, he just stared at her:
"You want to practice dual cultivation with him? Practicing some kind of joyful Zen? Aren't you afraid that if this gets out, you'll be laughed at and your Shenlong Temple's reputation will be ruined, and Xuan Yin will come after you?"
The woman by the pool smiled gently:
"Your Majesty, why do you ask such a question when you already know the answer? You know me. Abbot Xuanyin and I are not of the same mind.
Those stupid guys are always thinking about how to merge the East and the West and fight for the status of orthodox Buddhism. It gives me a headache, so I come to Jizhao Temple to seek peace and quiet. Why would I care about what happens to that old monk?
As for joyful Zen, I don’t really care about it. It’s just that the precepts are a kind of confinement to me.
I've been looking for a satisfactory man to practice with, but I haven't been able to find one suitable. Tonight, he seems quite good, so it might be a good idea to break the taboo of lust."
Xu Zhenguan was speechless for a moment after hearing the shameless words of the monk in front of him.
The female Bodhisattva's eyes turned and her smile became wider:
"It seems that Your Majesty wants to keep him for his own enjoyment. In this case, it seems that I am the one who is causing trouble and stealing someone else's love.
But why haven’t you done the Cai Bu yet?
Hmm, could it be that you think his cultivation is too low?
If that's the case, I have an idea. Your Majesty might as well lend it to me temporarily and return it later..."
"Filthy language!"
The empress snorted coldly and left with a wave of her sleeves:
"Be a good abbot of your own abbey. As my subject, I will not allow others to interfere."
A breeze blew by, and Xu Zhenguan's figure disappeared.
With his legs immersed in the pool, Prajna Bodhisattva's cheeks suddenly flushed abnormally, and a trickle of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth.
She groaned, feeling the injuries in her body, but she just smiled, revealing her bloody teeth:
"What a big temper..."
She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with her fingers, shook her head, and picked up the jade bottle beside her.
Streams of clear wine poured into her lips.
Quickly repair injuries to the internal organs.
After a while, the white-robed Bodhisattva, who had recovered from his injuries, looked quietly at the clouds in the sky that blocked the moon, with a free and easy look, as if he were a god.
There was confusion in those strange "eyes":
"What on earth is hidden in that little fellow? Why does this lord desire him so much?"
…
…
"Your Majesty, you are out."
Outside Jizhao Temple, Zhao Duan was alone, sitting obediently in the carriage, and heard the voices of eunuchs coming from outside.
He hurriedly lifted the curtain and invited in the empress, who was dressed in a dragon robe and gorgeous attire.
"Return to the palace."
The empress gave the order expressionlessly. As the carriage started rolling again, she glanced at the anxious Zhao and said nothing.
Zhao Duan felt inexplicably guilty and hurriedly explained:
"Your Majesty, I heard a burst of singing and was inexplicably drawn there. The old nun actually wanted to take me in as a disciple, but I sternly refused, and she then..."
Xu Zhenguan stared at him with his dark eyes and said:
"Do you think she's the youngest?"
Huh? Is that the point?… Zhao Duan nearly sprained his back, forced out of his comfort zone interacting with his superiors.
"Uh... a 52-year-old Bodhisattva, of course..." Zhao Duan answered cautiously.
"But her appearance and body don't look old, do they?" Xu Zhenguan asked back.
"...I like young people." Zhao Duanfu said in a heart-warming tone, and then added:
"Of course, it would be best if she is a few years older than me."
Xu Zhenguan said "yes" with satisfaction.
Zhao Duan let out a silent breath, feeling that he had suffered an unexpected disaster.
He was afraid that the topic would continue to enter an area he was not familiar with, so he quickly changed the subject and said worriedly:
"Your Majesty, I was just controlled by that old nun. The energy in my body rushed straight to my head. Although it has calmed down now, I am still worried. However..."
Xu Zhenguan glanced at him and said reluctantly:
"Good news. Some of the Buddhist methods are indeed unique. That glance just now saved you at least several months of hard work in cultivation."
so good?
Is this an advance payment?
She's a pretty nice person, though... Zhao Duan felt a little regretful. If he had looked at her a few more times...
Xu Zhenguan glanced at him and suddenly sneered:
"It's just a little sweetness. If you look at her a few more times, you will really become a meat furnace under her control."
Zhao Duan was stunned for a moment, then said in horror:
"Your Majesty means..."
Xu Zhenguan's face was expressionless: "She didn't tell you about the art of collecting and replenishing energy?"
So, this is what you mean by asking me to help her practice?
No...why didn't you say it earlier...wait, what did she see in me?
Just because I said a few nonsense, I tricked Bian Ji?
That's not possible... Could it be that she saw something special about me? Was it my identity as a time traveler, or the 'Dragon Soul' dormant in my dantian? A cultivator of this level couldn't possibly be attracted to my looks...
Zhao Duan couldn't help but think wildly, and felt a wave of fear, with a look of relief on his face:
"Fortunately, Your Majesty intervened in time, otherwise I would have really fallen into the trap of that old nun."
Seeing that his expression did not seem fake, Xu Zhenguan felt inexplicably happy.
The tone has also softened:
"Although Prajna's temperament is very different from the monks in Shenlong Temple, I won't really force her, especially since I'm still in the nunnery."
Implications:
The female Bodhisattva by the pond mostly intended to scare and test... Yes, no matter how bold she was, it was impossible for her to snatch the court military officials under the nose of the empress.
Zhao Duan nodded to show that he understood.
I thought that it seemed that this was not the first time the empress had dealt with this Bodhisattva.
Xu Zhenguan didn't want to continue this topic and pondered for a moment.
Suddenly, two fingers gently touched her red lips.
It turned out to be a "light spot" the size of a grain of rice, emitting a bright white glow, that was spit out from the pearly teeth.
With a snap of his fingers, the grain of light suddenly turned into a stream of light and penetrated into the center of Zhao Duan's eyebrows.
In an instant, he felt a cool and comfortable feeling spread throughout his body.
He vaguely sensed that the "grain of rice" flowed along the meridians and flowed into his dantian in the lower abdomen.
"Your Majesty...this is..." Zhao Duan was stunned.
He found that after Xu Zhenguan spit out the "rice grains", his face became a little dim, but it returned to normal after a breath.
The empress said casually:
"This is the 'seed' of a warrior's inner strength.
Those who have the same martial arts heritage can transfer their own internal energy into their fellow disciples. Although it cannot be equivalent to an initiation, the internal energy seeds of high-level martial artists can be regarded as a tonic for you.
Although Prajna's method of ascension is unique, it is not from the same source as yours. My seed can circulate in your body for seven days.
If nothing unexpected happens, I can help you reach the perfection of the mortal body, and then you can impact the divine realm..."
Although she didn't want to admit it, the appearance of Prajna made her feel a vague sense of crisis.
Prajna gave him sweet benefits, and the empress felt that as an emperor, she could not be outdone by a nun.
Zhao Duan was stunned.
Before he recovered from the shock of being begotten by the empress, he was attracted by the four words "impact the divine chapter".
He asked in surprise: "Can I be promoted?"
The empress nodded and said:
"The Mortal Transformation into Divine Realm is not a major hurdle for cultivators with talent or abundant resources.
It's just that you advanced too quickly before, and I wanted to let you stabilize before trying to attack, but now it seems that your foundation is already solid enough."
After a brief pause, she glanced at the excited and impatient lackey and said helplessly:
"However, breaking through a great realm is not that simple. Although you can force it through with external force, that is the worst option. The best way is to reach a certain state of mind and achieve enlightenment.
It is hard to say how long this bottleneck will take.
Now that the traitor has been caught, you don't have to worry about the Shenji Camp anymore. I will order Eunuch Hai to teach you personally and help you understand as quickly as possible and achieve a breakthrough in your state of mind.
Perhaps, when the Buddhists and Taoists fight in the next few days, you will be able to enter the divine realm."
Having said that, the Empress frowned and said with some regret:
"It's a pity. If the Buddhist-Taoist duel had been delayed for two years, perhaps you could have represented my royal family and competed for the limelight. What a pity."
Zhao Duan was still immersed in the dream of advancing to the God level, but then he couldn't help but be surprised:
"Does the battle between Buddhism and Taoism have anything to do with our royal family?"
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