Xiao Yan immediately stood up and bowed.
"King Northpeak's words are truly enlightening! I was enlightened. This poor monk's thoughts towards the King of Beiyue are like an ant to a swan. The ant only saw the grain of rice in front of him, but the swan saw the whole world.”
Su Chang smiled. "The Second Prince is too humble." Then, Xiao Yan, if I let you walk out one day…Are you willing?"
Xiao Yan immediately bowed.
"This Penniless Monk has already become a monk and doesn't care about the world. I appreciate King Beiyue's good intentions.”
Su Chang planned to let General Feng Qiao manage the West Prefecture City in the future. However, General Feng Qiao was impulsive. If she had a military counselor by her side, she could guard the West Region well.
General Feng Qiao hurriedly said,""Monk, why are you so ungrateful? The King of Northpeak invites you to come out of the mountain. Why do you have to be a monk?"
"Xiao Yan, can you tell me what you are cultivating?”
"King Beiyue. Cultivation was to cultivate oneself. As the saying goes, cultivate one's body, heart, and nature.”
"Since you want to cultivate yourself, why do you have to cultivate in the temple?”
Xiao Yan was stumped by this question. Shouldn't a monk stay in a temple?
"As the saying goes, wine and meat pass through the intestines, but Buddha's heart remains. Since it was to cultivate the heart, cultivate the nature, and cultivate oneself. Then where should he repair it? This was not important at all. Cultivating in the mortal world was more tempering than cultivating in seclusion.”
Xiao Yan thought for a moment and continued.
"The body is a bodhi tree, and the heart is like a bright mirror.”
Su Chang knew what he meant.
It meant,"Your body is like a bodhi tree, and your heart is as clear as a mirror." A bright mirror needs to be cleaned frequently. This way, he wouldn't be tainted by any dust.”
Xiao Yan said this to express that he was like a bodhi tree and envied the clean life of a mirror. He did not want to enter the mortal world and be stained with dust!
Su Chang looked at him and smiled. He picked up the teacup and took a sip.
"Xiao Yan, since you said that, it can only mean that your six roots are not clean. Moreover, you don't have any wisdom to speak of towards Buddha.”
Xiao Yan was shocked! He had already reached such a level, why could Lord Northpeak still say such things! He said that his six roots were not pure and that he had no wisdom.
Even General Feng Qiao and Shi Shi were puzzled.
The four sentences that Xiao Yan had just said were already the highest understanding of people in the mortal world after falling into the Void Gate. Why did King Beiyue say that Xiao Yan had not cut off his ties with the mortal world and had no wisdom at all?
Xiao Yan immediately bowed and said humbly, Lord Northpeak, please give me some pointers."
Su Chang stood with his hands behind his back.
"You said just now: The body is a bodhi tree, and the heart is like a mirror.”
"However, Bodhi is not a tree, and the mirror is not a platform. There is nothing, so how can it attract dust?”
What Su Chang meant was,"Don't talk about the bodhi tree, don't imitate the bright and clean mirror table. As long as your temperament is empty, there will be no dust anywhere."
These four sentences directly changed the original four sentences that Xiao Yan had said, and the meaning was even more profound! It was filled with wisdom!
Xiao Yan immediately knelt down. He put his hands together.
"Lord Northpeak is a powerful man. Xiao Yan felt ashamed. Xiao Yan is determined to enter the mortal world to cultivate."
"That's right! There was no Bodhi tree! The bright mirror is not a platform! If there were no distracting thoughts in his heart, he would be in the mortal world and in the temple. How could he get into trouble? Xiao Yan is too short-sighted."
Su Chang smiled.
"Good! Then it's settled. In the future, I intend to let you be a military advisor in the West Prefecture City to protect the land and love the people for me. Can I?"
"As you command, Lord Northpeak."
Su Chang stood up and held Shi Yi's hand.
"Eleven, let's go. Xiao Yan, don't forget your promise!"
"This poor monk obeys."
Su Chang strode forward.
General Feng Qiao was at the pavilion and did not follow Su Chang. She walked to Xiao Yan's side.
"Are you really the Second Prince of Daliang?”
Xiao Yan nodded.
"Then tell me, how are you going to thank me?"
"General," Xiao Yan said, puzzled. This is the first time I've met you, what's there to thank?”
"Do you know? Your foster father is the emperor of Daliang Kingdom. Before I behead him, he asked me to pass a message to you.”
Xiao Yan looked up at Feng Qiao.
"General, please speak!"
"He said that although he's not his biological son, he's still alive. But he has always treated you like his own son. After he dies, I hope you can let go of your hatred. When he was free, he would return to Daliang's cemetery. Take a look at him!"
Xiao Yan bowed slightly to General Feng Qiao.
When he first found out that his father was killed by his adoptive father, he really wanted to kill his adoptive father, the Emperor of Daliang. However, he had loved the Emperor of Daliang as if he was his own father for the past twenty years.
The sudden truth made him unable to make a choice. That was why he chose to become a monk.
Now that the Northern Mountains Army had killed the Emperor of Daliang for him, he was finally relieved.
"Your background was also told to me by the emperor.”
"General, where is his body buried?”
"The head will naturally be hung on the city gate. However, I also ordered people to give him a proper burial. Of course, I know the exact burial location. I'm the only one who knows. When you want to see him in the future, come and find me!”
As soon as General Feng Qiao finished speaking, she turned around and left.
She walked valiantly.
Xiao Yan stood in the pavilion and stared at General Feng Qiao's departing figure. His gaze refused to leave for a long time.
……
Mid-April.
Su Chang brought Shishi back to the Northern Territory.
The northern region was covered in snow again.
"Master! There was snow all year round in the Northern Territory. The scenery was really beautiful. I really want to live here forever."
"This is simple. You can stay here forever. This is your home."
At this moment, his heart felt very warm. She was especially intoxicated by the feeling of being with her master, Su Chang.
"Eleven, Master will take you to a place.”
"Master, where are we going?"
"You'll know when you get there. The most beautiful place in the world."
Su Chang mounted the horse with Shi Yi. He walked towards the huge north gate of the northern city wall.
The north gate was nearly 50 meters tall and 30 meters wide. It was the only passage between the Northern Territory and the Xiongnu tribe outside.
Last time, Su Chang captured the King of the Huns and his son, as well as nearly 10,000 soldiers.
In the end, they were all killed on the city wall of the Northern Territory. The Huns still did not surrender.
This was out of Su Chang's expectations. As expected, the history books he had learned in the past were not deceiving him.
The reason why the Xiongnu didn't surrender wasn't because the Xiongnu people weren't afraid of death, but because their internal strife was terrifying!
After the death of the King of the Huns, the other living sons immediately fought for the throne and had no time to care about their father's life and death.
Recently, the Xiongnu had retreated from the northern city walls. Within 10 kilometers, there was almost no trace of the Xiongnu.
So today, Su Chang was prepared to take him to a place outside the Northern Territory to take a look.
Outside the Northern Territory, the four seasons were a world of ice. Especially not far from the city wall of the Northern Territory. There was a world of ice sculptures that was famous throughout the entire continent.
This used to be the economic center of the Xiongnu barbarians. However, they had already given up on this place. The Xiongnu people had left without a trace.
Today, Su Chang came to watch this beautiful world of ice sculptures.
He dared to bet that he had never seen such a wonderful place in his life. This was a kingdom of ice and snow.
The path of ice crystals, the house of ice crystals, the table of ice crystals. Even the utensils left in the room were made of ice crystals.
Shishi was extremely excited. He was running in and out of the snow tribe.
"This place is so beautiful! Crystal clear. It was like a world of crystals. It also looks like a place where immortals live."
Su Chang smiled.
"Eleven, go deeper and you'll see more beautiful ones. Follow me.”
The white horse walked very slowly. The surface of the ice sculpture was very smooth. Half an hour later, a huge ice castle appeared in front of them.
There were ice towers, ice carriages, ice lions, ice fish, and ice pavilions on the ice castle.
It really felt like a fairytale world!
Not only was it timely, even Su Chang was shocked by what he saw.
He wondered if the historical Xiongnu Kingdom had such a strong artistic atmosphere.
How could simple ice in their hands transform into such a beautiful world?
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