Monk Anan was once young and reckless. He thought that he was a peerless genius.
Unlike Ouyang Xiu.
He could absorb the teachings of the Buddhist scriptures, he could also comprehend the principles in the Buddhist scriptures. Then, after pointers from older monks, he could even make analogies of the principles.
When he was young, he was very proud of himself. Although he looked modest on the surface, he was very proud inside, thinking that no one in the world was smarter than him.
At that time, the Great Thunderclap Temple was still around. He hoped to enter the Great Thunderclap Temple, so he headed to it.
But this path ended in failure.
He didn’t even pass the entrance examination of the Great Thunderclap Temple.
He had a mental breakdown.
He was furious.
The most embarrassing thing in his life was swearing like a shrew in front of the Buddha statue of Great Emperor Shakyamuni in the Great Thunderclap Temple.
Then, decades later…
The Immortal Court and the God Race started a war. A huge change happened in the world, and the Great Thunderclap Temple directly turned into a relic. No one knew the reason.
At that time, Monk Anan encountered the relic of the Great Thunderclap Temple. He was in a hurry and wanted to move Great Emperor Shakyamuni’s Buddhist scripture out and comprehend it himself. But he couldn’t comprehend it.
The thoughts transmitted by Great Emperor Shakyamuni’s Buddhist scriptures were in conflict with his strong rebellious thoughts from his youth.
Either he listened obediently to the thoughts transmitted by Great Emperor Shakyamuni’s scriptures or continued on his own path.
Monk Anan was in a dilemma for the rest of his life.
So much so that he became demonized.
After becoming a demon, he finally woke up and realized that he had gone to the extreme.
Then, he seriously reflected on his actions and reestablished the Great Thunderclap Temple. He became a fake Buddha and imparted the wisdom of the Great Thunderclap Temple to others.
As for himself, he had been constantly comprehending the scriptures.
As he aged and his experience increased, and as the thickness of his thoughts deepened, many of the scriptures that he thought were fake in the past were gradually recognized by him.
Hence, Monk Anan had an extremely complicated feeling towards Great Emperor Shakyamuni.
But in the end, thinking about it carefully, it was still just one word.
He [Love] Great Emperor Shakyamuni.
Hence, after 20,000 years, the relic of the Great Thunderclap Temple had been well-preserved without any damage by him.
Until now, Monk Anan brought Lin Jiufeng to the 10,000 Mountain Caves.
After opening the seal, what they saw was still a complete Great Thunderclap Temple that was buried deep underground. It was astonishing.
Monk Anan said, “After the Great Thunderclap Temple became a relic, it was buried deep in the desert. The 10,000 Mountain Caves was the name that I gave it. The desert is boundless and extremely lacking in water. The temperature is very high. No one is willing to stay here, so naturally, no one can discover this place. And I have always treated this place as the resting place of the soul, coming here once in a while.”
Entering the 10,000 Mountain Caves was equivalent to entering a strange and unbelievable underground world.
Just like the undulating mountains on the ground.
It was the same deep underground.
There was a mountain peak here underground. On it was carved a Buddha with his eyes closed. His palms were pressed together, and his expression was serene. He looked lifelike as if he was real.
There were also Buddhist scriptures carved on the stone walls. They were all original Buddhist scriptures. Some of them were even personally written by Great Emperor Shakyamuni.
Lin Jiufeng entered and looked around. He felt a special feeling envelop him.
These Buddhist scriptures were magnificent. These were the original scriptures from the beginning of Buddhism.
[Do you want to Sign-In before the relic of the Great Thunderclap Temple?]
Just as Lin Jiufeng was lamenting, a line of words appeared in front of his eyes.
Lin Jiufeng agreed calmly.
[Sign-In successful. Received the Three Lifetime Buddha Sutra!]
A Buddhist scripture appeared in Lin Jiufeng’s mind. Then, the chanting of a supreme Supremacy sounded. Sanskrit entered his ears, and along with the Great Dao, it was transmitted into Lin Jiufeng’s memory.
“What mystic technique is this Three Lifetime Buddha Sutra?” Lin Jiufeng asked curiously.
Currently, he wouldn’t be able to understand Buddist scriptures yet.
A hundred years ago, due to Emperor Yuan’s reforms, the Buddhist sects in the Jiangnan area were too rampant, causing Lin Jiufeng to have a poor impression of them. After that, he never studied the Buddhist sects in detail until now.
Hence, he needed to figure out what this Three Lifetime Buddha Sutra was.
[The Three Lifetime Buddha Sutra is a supreme technique of the Buddhist sects. It represents the crystallization of Great Emperor Shakyamuni’s comprehension of the Dao. It consists of the Maitreya Sutra of the past, the Buddha Sutra of the present, and the Lifeless Sutra of the future. These three sutras represent the three supreme states recorded in the Buddhist scripture. Together, they are the Three Lifetime Buddha Sutra.]
This piece of information made Lin Jiufeng look up in surprise. It turned out that the Three Lifetime Buddha Sutra was actually a supreme technique that involved time.
“This is too powerful. I have to study it seriously.” Lin Jiufeng began to learn this technique. The Three Lifetime Buddha Sutra flowed like water into his heart.
Silently, Lin Jiufeng became stronger again.
Monk Anan opened the barrier and said as he walked in front, “The Great Thunderclap Temple was originally built in the mountains and ravines. It was incomparably magnificent, but later on, it declined. The world changed drastically. A huge desert fell upon this land and turned the Great Thunderclap Temple into what it is now.”
“Everything in the past has been buried beneath. If I hadn’t discovered it early, who knows how long the Great Thunderclap Temple would have been hidden for? Then, no one would know of the legend of Great Emperor Shakyamuni.” Monk Anan chuckled and said proudly.
These words were also true.
Lin Jiufeng agreed.
Because without Monk Anan building the fake Great Thunderclap Temple in the Western Desert and spreading it for 20,000 years, the legacy of the Great Thunderclap Temple would have long been broken.
Although Monk Anan wasn’t from the orthodox Great Thunderclap Temple, he had the scriptures of the Great Thunderclap Temple, the techniques of the Great Thunderclap Temple, and the heritage of the Great Thunderclap Temple.
It was because of him that the legends of the Great Thunderclap Temple still existed in the Western Desert.
“I have a feeling…” Ouyang Xiu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly raised his hand and said hesitantly.
“What?” Lin Jiufeng looked at him.
Monk Anan also looked at him.
From the moment he entered the desert to the 10,000 Mountain Caves and then the relic of the Great Thunderclap Temple, he had been very quiet.
It was as if something seemed to have happened that made him troubled.
“I… sensed the energy fluctuations of a senior of the Immortal Court,” Ouyang Xiu swallowed his saliva and said.
He himself was shocked too.
Monk Anan’s eyelids twitched. His heart skipped a beat as he asked in disbelief, “What did you say?”
“This is the relic of the Great Thunderclap Temple. I’ve been here alone for 20,000 years. How could it be that there are the people of the Immortal Court here?” Monk Anan shook his head frantically, not believing in this matter.
Lin Jiufeng’s expression turned serious. He didn’t speak. He was waiting for Ouyang Xiu to explain.
“But I really sensed it. Look.” Ouyang Xiu raised his left hand.
His left hand emitted a luster and transformed into a [Immortal] word symbol.
“This is the energy of the Immortal Court’s supreme treasure, the Eternal Dragon Boat. It can sense the people of the Immortal Court within a 500-mile radius, even if they are just corpses. I came to the Western Desert because I wanted to use this to find the army of the Immortal Court.”
“Then, when I came here, It lit up on its own.”
Monk Anan closed his mouth and kept quiet.
Lin Jiufeng’s gaze was deep as he said, “In other words, there are people from the Immortal Court within a radius of 500 miles.”
Ouyang Xiu looked at Lin Jiufeng in fear and nodded.
