41st Generation Crab Zen Master

  On Mount Shaoshi there is an ancient temple called Shaolin, originally a monk named Damo from the Kingdom of Tenjiku came to China and spread Buddhism here, so it gradually prospered.

  In these years, the Song Dynasty government emphasized Taoism and suppressed Buddhism, making those monks wear Taoist robes, prohibiting them from wearing Buddhist robes, and not allowing them to be called monks, but instead calling them virtuous scholars. Nuns were also not allowed to be called nuns, but were instead called female virtuous scholars, all under the management of the Taoist Virtue Institute.

  Even the Buddha was renamed by the imperial court as the Great Enlightenment Golden Immortal, and other Buddhist deities were referred to as immortals or great masters. Guanyin Bodhisattva was also renamed Guanyin Dashi, which enraged Pudu Cihang and caused him to move to the South Sea.

  The Shaolin Temple's incense is also gradually not as good as before, and the monks in the temple rely on the land at the foot of the mountain to make a living. On this day, the abbot Zhi Shan (the person in charge) had a worried look on his face, and said to the intelligent Dao of the Dharma Hall: "The people brought by Lotus-born Daoist friends have ferocious faces, they don't seem like good men and women."

  "Intelligent laughter: 'Others have given a lot of fragrant oil money!'"

  Zhishan Dao said: "I heard that these people are going to look for trouble with the great Song Dynasty's Guo Shi. If the imperial court investigates, I'm afraid they will be blamed."

  "We can't afford to think about it too much, the monks in our temple have been starving until their skin is stretched over their bones. With the incense money they received, we can just buy some grain to get through the winter; otherwise everyone in the whole temple will starve to death!"

  "Alas, the age of decline, the age of decline!" said Zhishan Yuelai. He ordered a monk to burn some vegetarian dishes and personally delivered them to Lianhuasheng and others. Although Lianhuasheng and other monks were not forbidden to eat meat, they frowned at the sight of the vegetarian dishes. Tubo Guoshi and the four great offerings enjoyed eating raw meat, while the people of Liao were influenced by Han culture and had no taboos, so they brought over the vegetarian dishes and ate them with big mouths.

  The Tubo state master, Bohai Xing, gave a few monks a wink, and the Tubo sorcerer understood, came to the foot of Shaoshi Mountain, in a farmhouse yard, seized a cow and two pigs, moved them up the mountain, slaughtered them on the spot, dismantled the door as firewood, cooked pots and rice, making the temple full of blood stains, stinking.

  Inside the temple, a thin monk with yellow skin smelled the meat fragrance, his throat rolling up and down, swallowing saliva, his eyes staring straight at the wing room. Infuriated, Zhishan wielded his Zen staff to chase and beat the monks, knocking several of them to the ground. With tears in his eyes, he said: "In this degenerate age, such demons have appeared again at our doorstep, what a misfortune!"

  After eating and drinking, a beautiful bee the size of a water buffalo suddenly flew in from outside and danced the 8-character dance in the courtyard. The crooked-necked monk saw it and coldly said: "The Song people's Taoist priests have divided into two routes, one riding horses and the other walking on foot, and have already arrived at Mijiang Village thirty miles away! There are seven people in the group that walked on foot, who are ahead, while the three men and three women who rode horses fell behind.

  That monk jumped onto the back of the beautiful bee and flew out, buzzing. Lotus Born hastily said: "Master Zong Ka, where are you going?"

  That crooked-necked monk Zong Ka was ambushed by Wu Song, beheaded with one knife, and when he seized another person's body, his head was again made crooked by Wu Song. While others faced forward, he faced left, and walked sideways, so the Tibetan sorcerers ridiculed him, calling him "Crab Monk".

  Zongkai Zen Master's physical body was ruined by Wu Song. Now, his cultivation is not enough to cut off his head and reinstall it again. He hates Wu Song to the bone and says: "The woman who controls the mechanical beast is not by Wu Song's side, just go kill him to avenge!" Without saying anything else, he urges the beautiful bee to fly down the mountain.

  Lotus Flower was helpless, he was the nominal commander of Western Xia, but the several foreign monks who were invited were all his senior brothers, their cultivation was far stronger than his, and they didn't listen to his command. He had no choice but to turn to one of them, a tall and thin foreign monk, like a bamboo pole: "Gesang Master Brother, since Wu Song dares to come, he must have something in mind, I'm afraid Zong Ka Master Brother will be at a disadvantage, please help him with your strength."

  Nage Sang Zen master laughed and said, "The Song Dynasty is full of incompetent people, what's there to fear? This time I go, I will surely kill them all, and revive the prestige of my teachings!" He opened his mouth wide, and a small green snake slowly emerged from his throat, circled around his neck, slid down quietly, flapped its two small wings behind its head, and made a hissing sound.

  The little snake slithered on the ground for a few rounds, its body growing bigger and bigger. In an instant, it transformed into a giant python over ten meters long, forcing everyone to retreat. Gesang Zen Master jumped onto the python's head and sat down. The big python slid out of Shaolin Temple, sped down the mountain, and headed towards Mijiang Village along the mountain forest.

  The four great wizards under Bohai Xing are the evil cultivators of Jishishan, who like to kill people and often enter villages, killing all living things. They are brothers, so they are called the Four Demons of Jishishan. They were subdued by Bohai Xing and served as guardians in the palace of the Tubo Kingdom.

  These four people are fond of killing, seeing "Crab Zen Master" and "Bamboo Pole Zen Master" go down the mountain to fight, they all stared at Bohr Star with eager eyes. Bohr Star waved his hand, the four men were overjoyed, turned around and left, extremely fast, only to hear strange whistles coming from below the mountain, those four people rushed down from the mountain in an instant.

  The Liao State's martial artists had only one person, Yelü Nanruo, who looked like a strange ape. He seemed to be ignoring this and continued to sip his tea slowly. There were also five or six foreign monks in the scene, all of whom were calm and composed. They had already heard from Lotus Flower Born and Zong Ka about the great battle between Wusong and Sazhou, and thought they knew everything about Wu Song's abilities. Except for Gong Sunyan, who was still a formidable opponent, the others were not worth mentioning.

  Wu Song had no choice but to split up and advance separately. Inside the Tianji Pavilion, there were a few female Taoist priests who were physically weak. If they followed him together, they would have to walk. The 200-mile journey was not too far or too near, which was enough for them to walk for six or seven days. Wu Song decided to split into two groups: one group rode horses, consisting of Lin Chong, Tang Guo, Gong Shu Yanran, Shi Xiniangzi, Li San Niang and Wang Laozhi. Wang Laozhi was persuaded by Wu Song to go together to compete with the three countries' Taoist priests, but he did not want to kill anyone.

  As for the others, they all walked with Wu Song. In front were Wu Song, Yang Zong and Lu Da, while behind them were Zhang Family Brothers, Tan Biao, Dong Cheng and Zhao Liu'er. These men walked extremely fast and actually surpassed war horses, going ahead of them.

  Seven people had just left Mi Village, and as soon as they looked up, they saw Mount Song standing in front of them. One of the peaks was Shaoshi Mountain, with overlapping green peaks, many steep cliffs, and strange rocks. The Shaolin Temple is located on a flat surface, Wu Song asked the villagers in Mi Village for directions, clarified the route to climb the mountain, and the seven people walked forward along the forest path, seeing that both sides were hundred-year-old trees, it was deep autumn, dry leaves flying everywhere, covering the ground with a thick layer, about one foot deep.

  Seven people trampled on the dry leaves, making a rustling sound, and their speed did not slow down. Tan Biao suddenly said: "Master, there is someone above our heads!"

  Wu Song stopped and looked up, only to see a large bee flying in mid-air, with a beautiful woman sitting on the back of the bee, wearing a black Buddhist robe, her eyes seemed a bit off, twisting her head to look at them.

  That monk took out a small drum and beat it loudly, only to hear a sharp whistling sound coming from above. Wu Song and the others hastily dodged, and in an instant, a string of poisonous darts over three feet long shot down from the air, piercing into the ground, leaving behind only a small hole!

  A puff of toxic smoke wafted out of the small hole, and the surrounding withered leaves suddenly turned black!

  Everyone was shocked by this, how could anyone withstand such intense toxicity?

  The beautiful woman bee on the top of the head shot down dozens of poisonous stingers like javelins, shooting continuously like a machine gun. The beautiful woman bee flew high, and the crowd had no way to deal with it. Zongkai Zen master saw Wu Song and others fleeing in all directions, and couldn't help but laugh loudly.

  Dong Cheng was a gambler who had mastered the art of throwing dice, and from a young age he had practiced with a five-colored die that he could control at will. Now he raised the five-colored die and threw it at Zong Que Chan Shi.

  The dice rose to mid-air, already the size of a millstone, flying and colliding ceaselessly. Master Zongka was startled, hastily manipulating the bees to dodge, but saw that the dice in mid-air were extremely agile, turning and bending towards him again.

  Zong Qian Zen Master couldn't help but chase and kill Wu Song and others, desperately controlling the beautiful bee to dodge and flash. Wu Song also let out a sigh of relief, looked up, and saw that in the sky, a huge dice was emitting five-colored light, chasing after a large bee, crashing back and forth!

  That die was unable to escape Zhōng Kǎ Chánshī, and Zhōng Kǎ Chánshī couldn't spare his hands either. The crowd couldn't help but admire Dǒng Chéng's skill.

  Luda saw the stalemate between the two, and suddenly remembered something. He took out a small drum from his bosom and lightly tapped it once. The sound of the drum shook the sky, startling everyone around. The beautiful woman was startled by the drumbeat and almost got hit by the five-colored dice. Luda saw that this move was effective and was overjoyed in his heart, beating the small drum with a loud noise.

  Zong Qian Zen Master was in a great hurry, and he desperately beat the small drum. The beautiful bee was dizzy from the two drum sounds, and it swayed back and forth in the sky. Suddenly, its wings closed, and it fell from the air like an inverted scallion. Dong Cheng saw this and quickly directed the five-colored dice to chase after it. The large dice, as big as a millstone, heavily pounded the bee's back, and in mid-air, it was beaten into a ball of minced meat.

  Luckily, Master Zongka's neck was twisted to one side, so he could see behind him without turning his head. He quickly jumped off the beautiful bee's body. From a hundred meters high in the air, the master plummeted downwards with a whoosh, and just as he was about to splat into a pancake, a snake's head suddenly popped out of the forest, sending leaves flying everywhere. The big snake stuck out its tongue, gently curled it around Master Zongka, and swallowed him whole.

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