Volume 1: Wild Beasts, Changes Begin Chapter 49: Neighbors
"ah!!!"
The young monk who was decocting medicine woke up in sweat and sat up from the bed, only to find that he was no longer in the guest room, but in the abbot's meditation room.
The abbot, Master Lingmiao, was also in the room with several old monks standing behind him.
The other little monk was still lying in bed and had not woken up.
An old monk scolded, "Yuan Gui, why are you shouting like that in front of the abbot?"
In Honganji, the seniority of the monks is arranged according to the five words "Ling, Gan, Tong, Yuan, Jue". The Buddhist name of the young monk is Yuangui. The old monk who scolded him is a rigid person. He is in charge of the precepts, and the young monks are afraid of him.
Compass lowered his head quickly, terrified.
Master Lingmiao patted him on the shoulder and said, "Yuangui must have had a nightmare and woke up screaming. It's human nature. What's there to blame?"
The old monk said yes, and Yuangui said quickly: "Oh, I don't think I had a nightmare. I saw a big tiger over in the guest room, and I saw that old donor... That old donor was a monster, and his eyes would emit red light, and he burned all the windows."
When the old monks heard what he said, their brows furrowed deeply again.
Master Ling Miao smiled and said, "The big tiger is real, but it has been subdued by Old Benefactor Yue. As for the red light you saw, it was just an illusion. Don't talk about monsters in front of Old Benefactor Yue. That would be really rude."
"Ah?" The little monk was skeptical. "Is it an illusion?"
"That's right." Master Ling Miao explained patiently, "It's like when a person is walking on the road and suddenly a huge rock weighing ten thousand pounds falls from the sky and hits him on the head. Even if it doesn't really hit him in the end, at that moment, the passerby will have the illusion that he has been hit. This is the fear in people's hearts, which affects your perception of the outside world."
"When Elder Donor Yue showed his might, his aura was like that of a furious Vajra or a Heavenly King holding a sword. When you felt it, you would bring some of the images of the Heavenly King Vajra in your mind into your senses at that time, causing hallucinations."
Master Ling Miao warned, "If it weren't for the words of Elder Donor Yue, we would have been in danger of escaping the tiger's mouth. We still have to thank him again, and we must not accuse him of being a monster."
"So that's how it is." The little monk with compass suddenly realized.
He thought about it carefully and realized that he had indeed seen the story in Buddhist scriptures before, in which Vajra King got angry and red flames came out of his eyes. So he was really too scared before, so he unconsciously associated this image with the donor Yue.
The little monk threw back the quilt and got out of bed, saying, "Then I'm going to go thank Mr. Yue."
"Wake up the Torch, and let's go together."
Yuangui went to wake up the other little monk, and when the little monk was still not fully awake, he urged him to get out of bed and follow Master Lingmiao out.
Yuan Gui told Yuan Ju what had happened before. Yuan Ju’s eyes widened and he couldn’t wait to go see the old donor again.
However, as soon as they went out, they found that a lot of soldiers had appeared in the temple at some point. They were strong and stood in an orderly manner. That atmosphere immediately made the little monks shut up.
During the short period of time when the two little monks were unconscious, Yu Qingcong arrived with a team of soldiers from the Musket Battalion. When Master Lingmiao and others arrived, Yu Qingcong was saluting Yue Tianen in the open space in front of the guest room.
"King Yue Hai, this time it's thanks to you being here, otherwise, who knows how long this vicious tiger would have been on the run, and how many people would have been injured?"
"This tiger is indeed quite large, probably weighing more than 800 kilograms. This is the first time I have ever seen one. If you cannot stop it, it is not considered as a dereliction of duty on your part."
Yue Tianen answered while sitting on an armchair that he had brought from somewhere.
The little monk Compass was surprised to find that the old man's voice now was completely different from the sickly and old voice he had heard in the past few days.
Not only did the pronunciation become clear, but there was also a kind of exciting rhythm in the ending of each short sentence, like the sound of metal and stone hitting each other.
Iron teeth and copper jaws, golden voice and jade-like resonance, this is the true voice of Yue Tianen.
It’s just that because his condition worsened some time ago, Yue Tianen deliberately conserved his qi and blood and restrained himself a lot. But today, he encountered this ferocious tiger, and his qi and blood surged and has not yet calmed down.
The little monk Compass turned his eyes and saw the yellow and white fur behind Yue Tianen. He curiously moved a step to the side, stuck his head out, and his face immediately turned pale.
The vicious tiger was now being placed in a large wooden tub, which was used for bathing children. It had a large diameter but not too high edges. The tiger was lying inside with a small half of its body exposed . It could be clearly seen that the tiger's body was almost folded in half at the waist, with a large hole torn in its abdomen.
Yes, the wound was definitely not cut by a sharp blade, but was torn open by something with great force, exposing all the internal organs and the blood almost filled a bathtub.
And the Miss Gongsun, who had seemed so gentle and filial before, was holding a short knife and cutting up the tiger beside the bathtub without changing her expression.
Only then did the little monk Compass realize that the strange smell in the air was not brought by these soldiers he had never seen before, but the smell of the tiger's blood.
Yue Tianen didn't pay attention to the little monk's actions. He just asked Yu Qingcong about the deployment of the Musket Battalion and these mutant creatures.
"All the mutant beasts in the entire Donghai County are heading to the four counties of Linhai?" Yue Tianen had a strange idea after hearing the news. "It would be great if they all went to Pingshan County. It would be a good opportunity for those little guys in the martial arts hall to train."
"For the martial artists of Tian'en Martial Arts School, these mutant creatures are naturally a piece of cake." Yu Qingcong said with a smile, "Since King Yue Hai has this intention, why not just let Tian'en Martial Arts School cooperate with our military. At that time, not only can we use these mutant creatures to hone our disciples, but the government will also give us additional rewards."
The word "martial arts" was first seen in the "Crown Prince's Sacrifice to the Buddha" in ancient times, which said: "The great man is in charge of all things, inheriting the heaven and the saint; when the time is right, it will be prosperous, and when the luck is good, it will be righteous; he will put aside martial arts and promote literary laws; the common people will follow the trend, and all the people will look up to him."
The martial arts in this article refers to military and fighting techniques. In the Da Qi Dynasty, it was gradually used to refer to human fighting techniques.
However, the Great Qi Dynasty never had the idea of "suppressing martial arts". On the contrary, martial arts were very popular in many places, and the imperial court considered "being both civil and military, and proficient in archery and horsemanship" as a key point when recruiting talents.
Therefore, in this world, people who can be called great boxers or martial artists are respected figures wherever they go. However, to become such a person, like those famous figures in the literary world, it takes at least ten years of hard work and some talent. In some places, you may not be able to find a real .
However, the Tian'en Martial Arts School in Pingshan County was founded by King Yue Hai and has a history of nearly seventy years. Not counting those that have been scattered all over the place, there are nearly a thousand disciples in Pingshan County alone, from various counties in the eastern part of Da Qi. Among them, there are more than a hundred people who can be called martial artists.
This is exactly why Song Bidada said before that the number of musketeers going there could be reduced as appropriate.
In fact, Song Bidada was preparing to negotiate with Tian'en Martial Arts School these days, to have their disciples cooperate with the yamen runners to organize a search for mutant creatures in the county. By then, the musketeers there could be completely withdrawn, and they could even borrow more manpower to help in other counties.
Yu Qingcong knew what Song Bidada was thinking, so he spoke it out at this moment.
"Okay." Yue Tianen nodded, and suddenly turned to look to the west.
On a small hill in the west, a young man in a brocade robe with cloud patterns was walking away among the wild grass.
A moment later, Fang Yunhan returned to Changluohou Mansion and spoke to Fang Pingbo.
"Then I will move to Honganji Temple."
