noffsinger Chapter 1533 Vajra Zen Temple
Chapter 1533 Vajra Zen Temple
Ye Feng took out a map of the Tianyun Mountains from the black silk bracelet.
Their current location is almost directly north of the Tianyun Mountains. There are no more suitable places in this fan-shaped area from the main road to the northeast, so they can only continue searching to the west.
Ye Feng set his sights on the ruins of the Vajra Zen Temple.
Vajra Zen Temple was once the leading Buddhist sect in the Tianyun Mountains. It has existed for a very long time, almost as long as it was born at the same time as the Yunhai Sect.
Ye Feng found the name "Jingang Zen Temple" familiar and, after thinking about it carefully, remembered it.
When he and Shen Tianqi took the spirit tablet to the ancestral hall in the back mountain, the old ancestor Dugu once told them about the origin of the spirit tablet.
Long, long ago, a rogue cultivator in the Tianyun Mountains discovered a dilapidated cave dwelling left behind by an ancient immortal.
Inside the cave, the rogue cultivator obtained two treasures.
The first is the cultivation method, and the second is the underground spiritual veins of the three thousand-mile Tianyun Mountain Range.
The rogue cultivator originally wanted to destroy it, but he was worried that future generations would not be able to grasp the direction of the spiritual veins of the Tianyun Mountains, and he was also worried that the unprecedented cultivation technique would be lost.
So the rogue cultivator came up with a plan: he divided the cultivation method and the spiritual vein map into eight parts and engraved them on eight spiritual tablets, one side with the cultivation method and the other side with the spiritual vein map.
Before that senior rogue cultivator passed away, he handed over the eight spirit tablets to the eight larger sects in the Tianyun Mountains at that time.
They are Yunhai Sect, Danxia Sect, Xuanjian Sect, Fuyun Pavilion, Haotian Gate, Yunyin Sect, Xinghe Sword Sect, and Jingang Temple.
These sects had always kept this secret.
Until the Jiazi Immortal Hunting War two thousand four hundred years ago, these eight major sects suffered heavy losses. Among them, the Star River Sword Sect lost almost all of its members, from the sect leader and elders to the young disciples, in the battle at Mount Ling.
The spirit tablet kept by the Star River Sword Sect was then revealed.
Of the eight major sects that preserved the spirit tablet, only Danxia Sect in the eastern part of Tianyun Mountain and Yunyin Sect in the southern part still exist, apart from Yunhai Sect. The other five major sects have all disappeared, including the Buddhist Vajra Zen Temple.
After the Jiazi Immortal Hunt, Jingang Temple received strong support from the Buddhist community and enjoyed a period of great prosperity. For more than a thousand years thereafter, it remained the leader of all Buddhist temples and monasteries on Tianyun Mountain.
It wasn't until more than three hundred years ago that the previous sect leader of the Yunhai Sect, Master Xuanfu, prepared for hundreds of years before deciding to take action against Buddhism.
Not only was Tongyuan Temple expelled, but among the many Buddhist forces that were expelled at that time was Jingang Temple.
Ye Feng looked at the address of the Vajra Zen Temple, which was located on the west side of the Tianyuan Mountains, not too far from Xingluo Peak.
While discussing the location of the Vajra Zen Temple with Chu Liunian, Ye Feng caught a glimpse of a Buddhist stronghold nearby, a secluded Buddhist hermitage.
Shuiyue Zen Cave.
"Water Moon Zen Cave?"
Ye Feng was stunned. Wasn't this the place where his father-in-law, Shen Fulong, lived in seclusion? A few months ago, he and his cousins had gone there. He had even defeated Shen Fulong with his poetry and prose, making Shen Fulong write a big "I submit." At the same time, Shen Fulong had also lost Yun Shuang'er and Shen Tianqi to him as his wives.
He never imagined that Shuiyue Zen Cave was actually located dozens of miles southwest of Jingang Zen Temple.
Before long, Ling Yunzhi stretched and yawned, and walked out of the abandoned temple hall with his junior sister Qin Ying.
"Hey, Lao Ye, you two got up early! You two didn't stay up all night, just admiring the moon and stars, and then watching the sunrise together, did you? Do my junior sister and I seem a bit superfluous here? How about my junior sister and I go back to the Holy Maiden Sect first, and create some space for you two to have a date alone?"
Ye Feng said irritably, "Young Master, can't you be serious for once? Xingyun and I are discussing serious matters."
"Oh, talking about serious matters so early? This isn't like you guys!"
After exchanging a few words, Qin Ying asked, "Xingyun, how is it? Is this place alright?"
Chu Liunian shook his head slightly and said, "This place is very suitable, but it is only eighty miles away from Fenglei Sect. Sect Master wants to take a look at other places."
Seeing that Ye Feng wanted to explore other places, the group didn't linger and soon the four of them and Green Hair continued on their way.
This time they flew for more than two hours before landing around noon.
Their third stop was the Vajra Zen Temple.
Before even settling on the ruins of the Vajra Zen Temple, Ling Yunzhi gave everyone a brief introduction to the temple's history.
It not only reveals that Jingang Temple has an extremely long history in the Tianyun Mountains, but also that Jingang Temple was once one of the eight major sects in the Tianyun Mountains. Before the Yunhai Sect stood out, Jingang Temple was an existence on par with the Yunhai Sect.
Of course, Ling Yunzhi also mentioned the legendary spirit tablet.
Very few people in the human world know about the existence of the spirit tablet.
However, this kind of thing naturally couldn't be kept from Qingyun Pavilion.
After Ling Yunzhi finished showing off his superior knowledge and experience, Ye Feng said, "Young Master, I heard from Ancestor Dugu that the spirit tablet that was preserved by the Vajra Zen Temple back then has apparently been lost from Tianyun Mountain and fallen into the hands of Lingtai Temple. Does your Qingyun Pavilion have any specific information about this matter?"
Ling Yunzhi shook his head and said, "There are such rumors, but they are just rumors. There is currently no evidence to prove that the spirit tablet of Jingang Temple has fallen into Lingtai Temple."
However, our Qingyun Pavilion has evidence to prove that after the collapse of the three sects that were in charge of the spirit tablets—Xuanjian Sect, Haotian Sect, and Fuyun Pavilion—their spirit tablets fell into the hands of your Yunhai Sect one after another.
Furthermore, the earliest spirit tablet belonging to the Star River Sword Sect has most likely also fallen into the hands of your Cloud Sea Sect. All told, your Cloud Sea Sect currently possesses at least four spirit tablets.
Ye Feng chuckled dryly, "Young Master, we're talking about the Vajra Zen Temple, don't drag our Cloud Sea Sect into this."
"I'm just an insignificant young disciple in the Cloud Sea Sect. How many spirit tablets does the sect possess? It's impossible for them to tell me, much less let me cultivate the techniques on them."
Ling Yunzhi rolled his eyes and said, "It's not impossible for you to cultivate the techniques on the spirit tablets. As long as you become the sect master of the Yunhai Sect, you will be able to access the spirit tablets controlled by the Yunhai Sect."
Chu Liunian asked curiously, "I've heard my master mention spirit tablets before, but he didn't know much about them. Young Master, are the cultivation techniques recorded on these eight spirit tablets that are passed down in Tianyun Mountain really that powerful?"
As Ling Yunzhi flew, he said, "Yes, it's very powerful. It is said that the reason why Yunhai Sect was able to suddenly become powerful in a short period of time, surpassing the other seven sects in Tianyun Mountain Range and ultimately completing the unification of Tianyun Mountain Range, is largely due to the spirit tablet that Yunhai Sect obtained. In fact, the true techniques of Yunhai Sect and many powerful sword techniques and divine abilities all come from that spirit tablet."