Chapter 030 Grand Master!
At the same time as the roar from the mountain, there was also a burst of fighting sounds as dense as drums.
Hearing this noise, there was a sudden commotion on the river.
Many boats moored on the river were filled with martial artists armed with swords and knives. They stood on tiptoe, looked up at the mountain above the Buddha statue, and pointed and talked.
"Someone sneaked up to the top of the Buddha statue at night? What was he trying to do?"
"It is possible that he is an enemy of Buddha, who wants to destroy the holy relics of Buddha and damage the reputation of Buddhism!"
"Those who have reasons to do this and dare to do so are most likely from the Demon Sect!"
"Hey, this is going to be fun..."
Amid the discussions, the Buddhist masters stationed on the mountains on both sides of the Buddha statue rushed up, stepped on the treetops, and flew towards the mountain top above the Buddha statue.
The martial arts master monks stationed on the platform at the foot of the Buddha statue also became alert at the first moment, drawing their swords and whistle sticks to form a line of defense to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos on the top of the mountain to attack the foot of the mountain from the river and destroy the Buddha statue.
There were also secular masters who were friendly with Buddhism and shouted loudly:
"Please, my friends in the martial arts world, each of you should stay in your own place and do not cause any trouble. The scoundrels in the mountains will be dealt with by the great monks..."
As he was speaking, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted from the river bank opposite the Buddha statue:
"Found it, it's right here! Get away, you thief, and return my life to me!"
Amid the roar, a black monk who looked like a bear rushed to the river surface with a staff in hand. He had no support under his feet, but he was able to run fast on the river surface. His straw sandals stepped on the water surface, splashing white waves, but even the uppers of his shoes were not wet.
Such lightness skills made many martial artists' eyes twitch and they cried out in their hearts: Where did this great monk come from?
Even the red-robed man with a bronze ghost mask, revealing only his smooth forehead and slender sword-like eyebrows, couldn't help but show a hint of surprise in his deep eyes when he saw the monk's lightness skill. He thought that this monk was huge in stature, and the staff in his hand looked like it must be at least a hundred pounds. With such a heavy weight, he could still run directly on the water. This skill was probably no less than that of the so-called "grand master".
While everyone was wondering, the monk had already rushed straight towards the Buddha statue on the other side with great momentum.
When he encountered a ship moored across in front of him on the way, the monk was too impatient to avoid it and swung his Zen staff, hitting it with one blow, making a big hole in the middle of the several-meter-long ship. He then dived into the hole and broke through the wall of the other side of the ship in an instant.
Broken planks flew everywhere, and the hull with two large holes in it took on water like crazy, sinking rapidly. More than a dozen boatmen and passengers screamed and fell into the water, and two nearby boats rushed over to rescue them.
When everyone saw how cruel the monk was, how could they not know that he was definitely not a good person?
At that moment, a true Buddhist master shouted angrily:
"Where did this evil person come from? How dare he pretend to be a monk, injuring innocent people in front of the Buddha statue and destroying the reputation of Buddhism?"
When the angry shout arose, two Buddhist masters jumped up from the two large boats nearby, each of them released a fierce and powerful Vajra Palm force, and attacked the monk from the left and right.
The monk yelled, "Get out of here!"
He swung the Zen staff with one hand, sweeping out a large arc with the force of sweeping away thousands of troops.
Then there were two loud bangs, and the two Buddhist masters who were attacking from both sides fell back at a speed faster than when they came, crashing back onto the boat, spitting blood from their mouths, with their arms deformed. They were seriously injured by a single blow.
The monk's charge was not hindered at all. He rushed to the opposite shore unimpeded and stepped onto the platform at the feet of the Buddha statue.
On the platform where the Buddha's huge feet were standing, there were already martial monks forming a defense line. When they saw the evil monk coming ashore, all the martial monks shouted in unison, waving their swords and whistle sticks and rushed forward to attack him.
When the monk saw the other monks coming, he roared impatiently:
"You bunch of thieves, get out of here!"
He stomped his foot hard on the ground with a roar, causing the ground to crack and shake violently. The monk masters were shaken by the shock force that came like an electric current, and their bodies suddenly became unstable and their moves became a little messy.
The monk took the opportunity to swing his staff, and with another simple and unpretentious move, he swept through the enemy.
Wherever the Zen staff passed, strong winds whistled, as powerful as a tiger's roar.
After a series of clanging noises, the swords and whistle sticks of the martial monk masters broke and flew everywhere. All the monks whose weapons had collided with the Zen sticks had their knuckles cracked, their palms trembling, their chests as if struck by lightning, and they vomited blood and retreated violently.
With just one move, he defeated and injured more than a dozen martial arts masters. The monk's strength and ferocity shocked people and made them speculate about his origins.
The monk broke the defense with one blow, stomped his foot on the ground, and as the gravel flew, his body shot up into the sky like a rocket, rising nearly ten feet high and landing directly on the right knee of the Buddha statue.
Then he stomped his foot again, crushing the Buddha's right knee so hard that the rocks flew out. He took advantage of the momentum to rush up again and flew towards the Buddha's shoulder.
This scene made the Buddhist masters' eyes burst with anger, and they shouted angrily:
"How dare you, monster!"
"Stop, do not damage the Buddha statue!"
"Amitabha, harming innocent people and destroying holy images, this is the devil!"
Amidst the various shouts and Buddhist chants, several figures appeared from various places, performing light skills and chasing upwards along the mountains on both sides of the Buddha statue.
Those figures moved at an incredibly fast speed, like phantoms. Those who recognized them exclaimed:
"Master of Truth! That's Master of Truth!"
"Venerable Emperor Xin! Master Jiaxiang! Master Daoxin! Master Zhihui! They are the four great saintly monks!"
"I never thought that the four great monks would come to Shu together!"
"The Buddha statue has appeared in the world, and it is only natural for the four great monks to come to Sichuan together to pay homage to the holy relics."
"Who is that eminent monk? How come I have never seen him before? He looks so young, but how come his martial arts skills are comparable to Master Zhenyan's?"
"Ah, that person seems to be... Master Liaokong of the Jingnian Zen Temple in Luoyang! Don't be fooled by his young appearance. He is actually a senior monk of the same generation as the Four Great Saints. His Zen skills are unfathomable. He has even reached the state of returning from withering to thriving and returning to youth..."
“Master Zhenyan, the Four Saintly Monks, Master Liaokong… I never thought that six of the world’s great Buddhist monks would come to pay homage to the Buddha’s holy relics! That evil monk came to damage the Buddha statue and provoke Buddhism, but he probably didn’t expect that there would be six great masters here!”
"With the six great monks joining forces, even if that evil monk has the power of a great master, he will still die here!"
Amid the exclamations of the crowd, the evil monk had already leaped onto the right shoulder of the Buddha statue, then leaped onto the top of the head, and unscrupulously stepped on the Buddha's spiral bun, then rushed into the mountains and forests.
Amid the angry shouts and rebukes of the monks, Master Zhenyan and six other eminent monks also rushed up the mountain like lightning, followed by dozens of Buddhist master monks and even some masters dressed in secular clothes.
On the boat on the river, among the martial artists who were watching the excitement, someone said:
"I seem to see the amorous young man Hou Xibai!"
"He is not a Buddhist disciple, so why is he joining in the fun with the Buddhists? Uh, who is that young man next to him? His movements are so graceful and beautiful, and his speed is so fast that it is not inferior to that of the sentimental young man..."
"Young Master? Although that person is wearing men's clothing, judging from her back and waist posture, she seems to be a woman... Could she be the amorous young master's new lover?"
While they were discussing, someone suddenly clapped his hands and shouted:
"Oh my! The fight between masters of the Grandmaster level is a rare martial arts event in many years. If we can watch and participate in it, it will be of great benefit to our martial arts! That sentimental young man is in a hurry to catch up, I'm afraid he wants to watch the Grandmaster fight!"
"Yes, this event should not be missed!"
At that moment, many martial artists jumped off their boats, some flew several feet to the shore, and some threw wooden boards into the river as a foothold. When their flying momentum was exhausted, they stepped on the wooden boards and took off again, rushing to the feet of the Buddha statue.
Many of the martial arts masters stationed at the foot of the Buddha statue have been injured, and a large number of masters are chasing the evil monk up the mountain. Besides, Buddhism also has to maintain its image, and it is impossible to argue with so many martial artists with different backgrounds. They can only let them cross the defense line, use their skills, climb mountains and pass through forests, and rush to the top of the mountain.
The two old men on the black boat where the red-robed man was were eager to try:
"Left Envoy, this is a big event, do you want to go and take a look?"
"Yes, Left Envoy, the Buddhist defense line is in chaos, so we can take this opportunity to go over and investigate."
The red-robed man hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said:
"Okay, let's go and take a look!"
After saying this, he waved his sleeves, and the small black boat under his feet was suddenly pushed by an invisible big hand. The bow split the waves, water splashed on both sides, and rushed towards the foot of the mountain to the right of the Buddha statue like a speedboat.
