Chapter 254: Stealing a Man
Xu Zhenguan's tone was very calm.
However, Zhao Duan, who was protected by her behind him, caught a hint of well-hidden displeasure in his cold tone.
The moonlight pours down and shines on a man and two women in a quiet courtyard.
Prajna Bodhisattva faced the current empress without any fear, with a soft smile on his face:
"Your Majesty, do you want me to say this here?"
What do you mean...what else can you say to back someone up...Zhao Duan's expression became strange.
The next second, he heard the empress saying to him:
"You go out and wait."
Immediately, Zhao Duan felt his eyes blur and was wrapped by a soft force.
When his eyes became clearer again, he had already appeared outside the gate of Jizhao Temple.
"Ah, Mr. Zhao?"
The eunuch carrying a lantern beside the carriage was startled and looked around:
"Where is your Majesty?"
Is this really martial arts?
Zhao Duan's curiosity exploded and he said angrily:
"I don't know!"
…
Next to the pool, after throwing the horse boy out, Xu Zhenguan looked at the disheveled nun with a dull expression:
"Tell me."
Prajna Bodhisattva inserted one of his snow-white hands into the wet hair, and twisted the hair into curls with his slender fingers.
The other hand, from the other side of the thigh, picked up a picture album-like sutra book from the ground in the blind spot, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty knows that the poor nun has not had many skills since he has been practicing cultivation. If it is worthy of praise, Yes, it is nothing more than gaining the World-Honored One’s wise eyes.
Just at a glance, I felt that this junior was destined to be a Buddhist.
It happened that the poor nun was suffering from sluggishness in spiritual practice, so he wanted to borrow him from your majesty, but he didn't know if your majesty would let him go. "
The autumn wind blows.
The picture album of Buddhist scriptures in her hand started to flip through.
When the wind blows, the patterns on the pages of Buddhist scriptures almost start to move, constantly changing.
Astonishingly, it is the famous yin-yang method in the ancestral court of the Western Regions of Buddhism.
Emperor Taizu of the Dayu Dynasty once collected this spiritual scroll, which is stored in the royal library in Dayu.
Under night.
The empress' plain white cheeks seemed to turn red for a moment.
I don't know if she was embarrassed or angry, she sneered and said:
"I thought it would be quieter if I sent Yunyang to a nunnery, but I didn't expect that I sent him to the right place. They are all the same, shameless."
Prajna Bodhisattva smiled:
"It seems that Your Majesty did not enjoy the conversation with the eldest princess."
Xu Zhenguan was not interested in talking nonsense with her, and just stared at her: "You want to practice dual cultivation with him? What kind of happy Zen? Are you really afraid that word will spread and make people laugh, ruin the reputation of Shenlong Temple, and Xuanyin will cause trouble for you?"
The woman by the pool smiled gently:
"Your Majesty, why do you ask knowingly? You know me. Abbot Xuanyin and I have never been the same person.
Those group of elm-headed people thought about merging East and West all day long and competing for the right to be the orthodox Buddhist sect. I felt a headache from hearing that, so I came to Jizhao Temple for some peace and quiet. How could I care about that old monk?
As for the joyful Zen, I don't really care about it, but the precepts are meant to restrict me.
I have always wanted to find a satisfactory man to practice dual cultivation, but I have been unable to find a suitable one. Tonight, he looks quite good. If I break the sexual precept, it won't be a problem. "
Xu Zhenguan was speechless for a moment when he heard the shameless words of the monk in front of him.
The female Bodhisattva rolled her eyes and her smile became brighter: "It seems that Your Majesty wants to keep him to enjoy it alone. From this point of view, it is a poor nun who is careless and wins the love of others.
But why haven’t you taken supplements for so long?
Hmm, could it be that he thinks his cultivation level is too low?
If this is the case, I have an idea. Your Majesty might as well lend him to me temporarily and return him later..."
"Dirty talk!"
The empress snorted coldly and walked away with a puff of sleeves:
"It's a good life to be your nunnery master and my subject, but I don't allow others to get involved."
The breeze blew by, and Xu Zhenguan's figure disappeared.
Prajna Bodhisattva, whose legs were immersed in the water, suddenly had an abnormal blush on his cheeks, and a wisp of blood came out of the corner of his mouth.
She groaned, feeling the injuries inside her body, but she just smiled, showing her blood-stained teeth:
"So angry..."
She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with her fingers, shook her head, and picked up the jade purification bottle next to her.
A stream of clear wine poured into her lips.
Quickly repair the injuries to the internal organs.
A moment later, the Bodhisattva in white, who had stabilized his injuries, looked quietly at the clouds covering the moon in the sky, with a free and easy expression, as if he were a god.
There is confusion in that pair of strange "intelligent eyes":
"What is that little guy hiding in his body? That makes me want him so much?"
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"Your Majesty, you are out."
Outside Jizhao Temple, Zhao Duan was alone, sitting obediently in the carriage, and heard the voices of the eunuchs coming from outside.
He hurriedly lifted the curtain and invited the empress in dragon robes and costumes. "Go back to the palace."
The empress gave the order with an expressionless face. As the carriage started rolling again, she glanced at the anxious Zhao and said nothing.
Zhao Duan felt guilty for no reason and hurriedly explained:
"Your Majesty, I heard a burst of singing and was led inexplicably. The old nun actually wanted to accept me as a disciple. I sternly refused, so she..."
Xu Zhenguan stared at him with bright black eyes and said:
"Do you think she's the youngest?"
ah? Is this the point... Zhao Duan was almost knocked out of his way and forced to leave the comfort zone of interacting with the leader.
"Uh... a fifty-two-year-old Bodhisattva, naturally..." Zhao Duan answered cautiously.
"But the appearance and body are not old, are they?" Xu Zhenguan asked.
"...I like young people." Zhao Du felt happy in his heart and blurted out. After speaking, he added:
"Of course, it would be best if he is a few years older than Chen."
Xu Zhenguan said "Yes" with satisfaction.
Zhao Duan let out a breath silently, feeling that he had suffered an unreasonable disaster.
He was afraid that the topic would continue to enter an area that he was not good at, so he quickly changed the topic and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, I was controlled by the old nun just now, and the energy in my body was soaring to the sky. Although it has calmed down now, I still feel worried. Uneasy, but..."
Xu Zhenguan glanced at him and said reluctantly: "Good thing. Some methods of Buddhism are indeed unique. That glance just now saved you at least several months of practice."
so good?
Is this an advance payment?
Then she is quite nice... Zhao Duan is a little regretful, if he could have looked at her more...
Xu Zhenguan glanced at him and suddenly sneered:
"It's just a little sweetness. If you look at it a few more times, you will really become a meat furnace under her control."
Zhao Duan was stunned for a moment and said in horror:
"Your Majesty means..."
Xu Zhenguan's face was expressionless: "She didn't tell you about the art of collecting tonic?"
So, is this what you mean by asking me to help her practice?
No...why didn't you tell me earlier...wait, what did she like about me?
Just because I made a few nonsense remarks, I deceived the debater?
That's not true... Could it be that she saw how special I was? Is it the identity of a time traveler, or is it the ‘dragon soul’ sleeping in the Dantian? It is impossible for a practitioner of this level to take a fancy to my appearance...
Zhao Duan couldn't help but think wildly, and felt apprehensive. He looked thankful: "Fortunately, Your Majesty took action in time, otherwise I would have fallen into the old nun's trap."
Seeing that he didn't look fake, Xu Zhenguan felt inexplicably happy.
The tone also softened:
"Although Prajna has a very different temperament from the monks in Shenlong Temple, he is not really forced, not to mention that I am still in the nunnery."
The implication:
The female Bodhisattva by the pond is mostly trying to scare people... Yes, no matter how bold she is, she can't rob the court ministers under the eyes of the empress.
Zhao Duan nodded, indicating that he understood.
She thought to herself that this was not the first time the empress had interacted with this Bodhisattva.
Xu Zhenguan didn't want to continue this topic and pondered for a while.
Suddenly, two fingers gently touched the red lips.
A "light spot" the size of a grain of rice was spit out from the shell's teeth, emitting a bright white light.
With a flick of his finger, the rice grains of light suddenly turned into a stream of light and penetrated into the center of Zhao Duan's eyebrows.
In an instant, he felt a cool and comfortable feeling permeate his whole body.
Vaguely, he felt that the "rice grain" flowed along the meridians and merged into the dantian of his lower abdomen.
"Your Majesty...this is..." Zhao Duan was stunned.
He found that after Xu Zhenguan vomited out the "rice grains", his face became a little gloomy, but it returned to its original state as soon as he breathed.
The empress said in a casual tone:
“This is the ‘seed’ from which a warrior’s inner strength is condensed.
Those with the same martial arts inheritance can pour their own internal energy into the bodies of fellow disciples. Although it cannot be equivalent to an initiation, the internal energy seeds of high-level warriors can also be regarded as a tonic for you.
Although the method of uplifting Prajna is unique, it is not from the same source as you. This seed of mine can circulate in your body for seven days.
If nothing unexpected happens, I can help you reach the realm of mortal perfection, and then you can hit the realm of divine seals..."
Although she didn't want to admit it, the appearance of Prajna gave her a vague sense of crisis.
Prajna gave him sweet things, and the empress felt that as an emperor, she could not be compared to a nun.
Zhao Duan was stunned for a moment.
Before he could recover from the shock of being impregnated by the Empress, he was attracted by the words "Shock Divine Medal".
He said in surprise: "Can I be promoted?"
The empress nodded and said:
"For monks with talent or sufficient resources to enter the divine chapter from a mortal body, it is not a big hurdle.
It's just that you improved too quickly before. I originally wanted you to stabilize before trying to attack, but now it seems that your foundation is solid enough. "
After a pause, she glanced at the excited and impatient lackey, and said helplessly:
However, it is not that simple to break through the big realm. Although you can force the breakthrough through external force, that is a bad idea. The best way is to reach your state of mind and achieve enlightenment.
It’s hard to say how long this bottleneck will take.
Now that the inner ghost has been caught, you don’t have to worry about Shenji Camp anymore. I will order Eunuch Hai to teach you personally and help you understand as soon as possible and achieve a breakthrough in your state of mind.
Maybe, after a few days of fighting between Buddhism and Taoism, you will be able to step into the divine chapter. "
Having said this, the empress frowned and said with some regret:
"It's a pity that if the fight between Buddhism and Taoism were delayed for another two years, you might actually be able to represent my royal family and compete for the limelight. It would be a pity."
Zhao Duan was still immersed in the dream of being promoted to the Divine Chapter, but he couldn't help but be surprised: "Is the fight between Buddhism and Taoism still none of our royal family's business?"
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(End of this chapter)