Mister Sea casually said, “How uninteresting of Hui Ke. If such naïve people really understand the real essence of Buddism, it is just increasing the suffering of people only.
Shen Lian thought Mister Sea’s words were not baseless, quite similar to one philosopher who said that the soberer a person was, they would know every form of torture in the world. If they did not have the ability to resist it, they would only suffer consciously.
Song Qingyi ignored him and said, “There must be someone who knows clearly that life is a sea of suffering, to begin with. They will figure their way out of the sea. Even if they do not succeed, at least they tried, and when they reach their end, they would have less regret and find peace.
Mister Sea calmly said, “What use is there to this. Foolish people who cannot go past this, whether they ‘know’ or ‘don’t know’, their ending would be the same”.
Song Qingyi snorted lightly, “Mister Sea, your words seemed to have included yourself. Other than Buddha himself, no one would dare say they have surpassed all things and escape from this sea of suffering called life”.
Mister Sea did not get mad, he only smiled and replied, “I guess I still have the change to reach the level of Buddha. As for these normal peasants, no change for them”.
His words were filled with confidence. If he was not a lunatic, he must possess a vast amount of power, which Shen Lian could not see.
Shen Lian never thought that he would encounter a powerful cultivator anywhere. He was also uncertain at this moment. As a special someone whom he could not detect any irregularity, the most harrowing part was that he should be near the level of Immortal Zhenren or earth gods.
There may be high-level secret techniques that enabled someone to hide their aura, but an extraordinary character must still possess certain features different from a normal person, just like when he first saw Xin Shisiniang, her looks were flawless, a feat so impossible for any normal human.
At the very least, this Mister Sea’s looks were no different from any normal person, except that he had some nice temperant.
Shen Lian smiled lightly and ignored him.
Mister Sea suddenly had this urge to chat, and said, “What is Brother Shen smiling about?”
Shen Lian would definitely not say that he was making guesses about himself, hence he said, “I just thought of a story from the Buddhist scriptures.
Mister Sea replied, “Since we both are free, why don’t you tell me about it”.
Shen Lian cited, “This is what I heard. That time when Buddha was at the Holy Mountain, The King of Heavens brought along his friends and family, offered some purplish golden lotus as present to invite Buddha to preach. Buddha did not say a word, picked a stalk of purple golden lotus with his two fingers, and showed it to his disciples with a calm face. His face was so calm and silent. At this moment, the disciples and worshipers of the Holy Mountain did not understand Buddha’s real intentions. Only Mahakashyapa, Buddha’s first disciple who was standing in front of him, understood this and smiled. Buddha then passed him this stalk of purple golden lotus and said, “I have the Eye that could see all cycles and laws, the Heart that feels all feelings. Now I pass these down to you, you shall uphold them and pass it on, without end’. Have you heard of this before, Young master?”
Mister Sea said, “Yes, this is from the scripture of ‘Enquiring with Buddha’. I have read it before.”
Shen Lian gives this Mister Sea another look. The Buddhist scriptures collect was so vast, and yet he could mention the origins of this excerpt, he must have a strong memory, transcending normal people.
Shen Lian smiled, “So tell me, do you know why did Buddha pluck a stalk of flower, and why did Mahakashyapa smile?”
Mister Sea could only smile and not say a thing. Once he opened his mouth, he would lose.
This was exactly Shen Lian’s intention. Words had been spoken, there was no point in arguing.
This questioning and answering, Song Qingyi had heard it all. He only sensed some rivalry, but could not understand it. Whereas Qi Xiu was the only one who stole a peek at Shen Lian, and then concentrated on her snack again.
As Hui Ke had done speaking, though her words were not flowery and flashy, every word and sentence pierced right through everyone’s heart, and it managed to silence all the monks.
It was not that Hui Ke had convinced them. It was just that she spoke of the real characteristics of a human, which touched their hearts, and got them to feel those words clearly.
Hui Ke got up and left, not towards the exit but went up to the second floor.
His zen heart was bright as the sun and moon, it shone through Shen Lian, which was not surprising, but it also pointed towards Mister Sea.
Shen Lian and the rest suddenly found out that, Mister Sea and Hui Ke were so near to them, yet it felt like they were in another dimension, not in the same coordinates as them.
That feeling was like Mister Sea and Hui Ke had formed an isolated water ink painting, where they were outside of the painting.
Mister Sea sighed, “I remember when I first saw you, and you were called ‘Shen Guang’”.
Hui Ke smiled lightly, “The past is the past. It was just mist and smoke. Young master had lived enough to see many smokes yourself, why would you keep that in the heart? Now I am just Hui Ke”.
“Are you not curious to see me here?” Mister Sea asked.
“All these decades, young master has been fighting with Baoyue the Venerable for more than ten times. This trip would not be any different with the previous trips,” Hui Ke calmly answered.
“Actually I just wanted to borrow a little something. He wouldn’t lend it, so I had to come and take it myself,” Mister Sea looked at Hui Kee deeply in the eye. This bald head from Ming Wang temple spelled trouble as well.
He thought that maybe he should get rid of this baldy before he could have attained the Buddhist path.
The reason that Mister Sea wanted to take the Buddhist relic was for self-breakthrough, and to terminate human disasters too.
Now he was just taking precautions.
When one was living in the world of sufferings, if they would go against the heavenly course of nature, they would naturally encounter nature and man-made disasters. Natural disasters might be dangerous, but it would be over, like a passing stream of knives, not leaving any remnants behind.
Whereas human disasters were much more complicated, which might involve not only himself, and very time consuming, entwined with so many causes and effects.
Only one with a very high level of mana and almost godly prowess to protect themselves.
Hui Ke calmly replied, “Do you Mister still remember when you met my Ming Emperor, what His Highness told you?”
As Young master heard these words, he hummed, “What he said was garbage”.
Hui Ke grinned, “You have your Buddhist spirituality, and the Emperor would not be mistaken. If you are willing to follow the San Bao religion, making us all disciples of Buddha, I believe that Baoyue the Venerable would not be stingy and lend you the relics”.
While the precedent Ming Emperor was still alive, Mister Sea had just attained enlightenment. He was egoistic and eager to test out his skills. He used certain tricks, found the Ming Wang temple and not one monk was his match until he rammed through to face the Ming Emperor.
At that time, Hui Ke was still a little monk sitting with the Ming Emperor, known as “Shen Guang”. Mister Sea utilized all his techniques, none of them repetitive, yet the Ming Emperor was immovable, undid all techniques released by him, without a hint of smoke or extra effort.
The brutality of the Mister Sea, Hui Ke could still remember clearly even though it had been eight lifetimes apart. Now he was in his ninth lifetime, being one of the candidates to become emperor.
That was when Ming Emperor said to the flustered Mister Sea, that he had a destined fate with Buddha, hence did not blame him for ramming through the temple, and released him.