After calling his parents and three daughters and giving instructions to Monk Tianzhen, Jiangshan followed Shi Wujian towards the back mountain of Shaoshi Mountain.
The front mountain of Shaoshi Mountain is the thousand-year-old Shaolin Temple, while the back mountain is an unknown place.
Here, there are warrior monks who can actually fly over rooftops and walls, there are barefoot ascetic monks, and there are monks who sit on the cliffs and practice Buddhism with sad faces.
There was no expression on these people's faces, only emptiness, and the feeling they gave people was completely different from those monks in the thousand-year-old temple outside.
The back mountain of Shaoshi Mountain is where the real ancient Shaolin Temple is located. It is like a sect, following an ascetic life.
"In the back mountain, there are a total of 862 disciples, of which only about 50 are above the Golden Core stage. As for those who have reached the Heti and Hedao realm, there are only a dozen or so."
Shi Wujian and Jiangshan were walking on a narrow cliff path, and Shi Wujian smiled softly at Jiangshan.
There are more than 800 people, but only more than 50 are above the Golden Core level?
Jiangshan frowned slightly. Isn't this ratio too small? Even in a first-rate sect, it is normal to have dozens of Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators.
As one of the Five Great Mountains, a thousand-year-old temple is actually not as good as a first-rate sect?
"We are completely different from the sects here. They cultivate realms, while we cultivate Buddha, Tao, and the great way of heaven and earth!"
"To put it simply, we are just a group of monks practicing Buddhism. We haven't devoted all our energy to cultivation, so the gap is quite large."
Shi Wujian seemed to sense Jiangshan's inner doubts and said with a slight smile.
"If you guys were to reach the front mountain, I'm afraid it would shock the entire Chinese land. Perhaps everyone's impression of Buddhism would also change."
Jiangshan shook his head and said softly.
"No one will step forward to speak out, because this era doesn't allow it. This world is no longer the place for people like us to be in charge."
"Heroes use force to disrupt the law. Our power is feared by all nations. It's okay for a few of us to appear occasionally in the secular world, but if all of them appear, then only death awaits us."
Shi Wujian said lightly, and Jiangshan nodded.
He is right!
Today's society is no longer the feudal dynasty era of hundreds of years ago. Even in that era, those in power would not allow these guys to interfere with the operation of the entire country.
However, the underdeveloped technology still gives these guys ample space to display their talents on the gorgeous stage and they are admired by countless people.
"Times have changed."
Jiangshan grinned.
As they were talking, the two came to a cliff. There was a deep abyss in front of them, but a hundred meters in front of the cliff, there was a mountain rising into the sky!
The mountain peaks were so steep that they made people feel intimidated when they looked at them. However, on one side of this towering mountain, Jiangshan saw a thatched hut!
"Young Master Jiang, please."
As he spoke, Shi Wujian tapped his foot and his figure instantly rose into the air, flying towards the mountain a hundred meters away, as if the Buddha were still alive.
Jiangshan followed closely behind, and with a tap of his toes, his figure soared into the sky at an extremely fast speed, like a blazing meteor, and in the blink of an eye he arrived at the top of the mountain.
The mountain is not too big. Apart from a small thatched house, there is only a stone table and two stone benches, and no other space.
However, right in front of the thatched hut, there was a strange rock standing on the edge of the cliff, with even half of the rock hanging in the air.
This stone stood at an angle and exuded a strange aura, which made Jiangshan feel attracted and unable to extricate himself.
"Master Jiang, sit down."
Shi Wujian smiled slightly, walked into the thatched hut, took out a pot of tea, poured two cups, and pushed one of the cups next to Jiangshan.
"Master, what is this stone...?"
Jiangshan didn't drink the tea, but pointed at the strange stone and asked Shi Wujian softly.
"Oh, you mean this stone!"
"This stone is called the Enlightenment Stone, and this mountain is called the Enlightenment Peak. It is because of this stone that the mountain got this name."
"It is said that Bodhidharma once again observed the stone for 81 days and finally attained enlightenment. He then named the stone the Enlightenment Stone, and people later called the mountain the Enlightenment Mountain."
Shi Wujian picked up the tea, took a sip, and then said.
The stone of enlightenment!
Jiangshan's eyes wavered slightly. He always felt that there was some mysterious aura in this stone. In short, it was definitely not an ordinary stone!
"I don't know, Master, what have you realized here?"
Jiangshan turned around and asked Shi Wujian again. Shi Wujian had lived here for a long time and might have some insights. If Jiangshan wanted to know the secret of this stone, asking Shi Wujian directly would be the best option.
"Wu, I don't dare to say."
"Look, Young Master Jiang, look along my line. Doesn't this Enlightenment Stone resemble an old monk with drooping eyebrows, holding up the sky with one hand and touching the ground with the other?"
Suddenly, Shi Wujian smiled faintly and said to Jiangshan.
boom!
Hearing Shi Wujian's words, Jiangshan was stunned. In his eyes, the stone seemed to have changed shape and turned into an old monk with white eyebrows!
He was wearing Buddhist robes, holding up the sky with one hand and stroking the ground with the other, his long eyebrows drooping to the ground, his face full of compassion, as he looked into the distance at the sea of clouds ahead.
Jiangshan took a deep breath and walked out of this fantasy.
"Yes, it does!"
Jiangshan nodded involuntarily and said that this piece of stone actually hid such a mystery. If Shi Wujian hadn't told him, he really wouldn't have been able to see it.
"But look at it from this side."
As he spoke, Shi Wujian brought Jiangshan directly to the edge of the cliff and tapped the enlightenment stone.
"Look from this direction and see what this stone statue of enlightenment is like!"
As Shi Wujian spoke, he looked at Jiangshan with a calm smile.
Jiangshan took a deep breath and focused his gaze on the Enlightenment Stone again.
boom!
The next moment, his expression changed drastically, his eyes flashed with brilliance, and his face was full of disbelief.
It has changed, this enlightenment stone has changed!
He seemed like a banished immortal with his finger pointing at a three-foot green peak and his sword pointing at the sky. His long robe swayed, and a breeze passed by along his robe.
The exiled immortal points his sword to the sky!
"How is that possible!"
"How is this possible!"
Jiangshan took a deep breath and muttered involuntarily. He just changed his position, but he saw two completely different existences.
"This is the peculiarity of the Enlightenment Stone."
“From all sides, there are differences.”
Shi Wujian said lightly.
"It seems that this enlightenment stone contains the great Dao of heaven and earth."
"Isn't that what life is all about?"
“Every glance reveals a different situation.”
As Shi Wujian spoke, he walked towards the thatched hut, leaving Jiangshan with a shocked look on his face.
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