My autobiography is definitely not a tragedy!
Chapter 653 - 412: Escape into the Empty Door_2

Chapter 653: Chapter 412: Escape into the Empty Door_2

No matter how you put it, "Raiders of the Lost Ark," Master Xuanzang braved his way westward, enduring countless hardships to finally restore the Heavenly Book.

And when he had accomplished his mission and returned to the Great Tang, this complete "Heavenly Book" ultimately fell into the hands of the "destined person," Xue Huaiyi...

Tang Xuanzang, born in the death-laden era of 602-664, Xue Huaiyi lived from 662-695, matching the timelines quite precisely!

However, Xue Huaiyi, it appears, was of "mediocre aptitude" and only reached the age of 32 before he "could no longer bear the burden"!

In comparison, his two "predecessors" were relatively long-lived.

Historically, it has been recorded that Dharma lived for 150 years, while Tang Xuanzang, slightly less, enjoyed 62 years, reaching retirement age...

Interestingly, both were High Monks deeply versed in Buddhist Law.

By the time Xue Huaiyi realized he was about to break apart, don’t you think he might have followed in the footsteps of his predecessors to try to solve his own issues?

Studying the mysteries of the universe is tough, but who doesn’t know how to copy homework?

This prompted Xue Huaiyi to turn to monkhood midway, solely to follow in the footsteps of his predecessors and explore the possibilities of extending life...

It was precisely because both High Monks recognized and interpreted this "Heavenly Book" that they officially began reshaping their worldview from Taoism to Buddhism...

Taoist Nature, Buddhist Emptiness.

If "Tao" is the perception of the outer Nature, then "Buddha" involves more exploration of one’s own human nature.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Dharma integrated the philosophical thoughts of Taoism and Buddhism to create the "Huaxia-characteristic Buddhism"... "Zen"!

Zen says, a flower represents a universe, a leaf a Tathāgata, one word is too many, and speaking at all is an error.

In a nutshell, it means to "empty the four elements"!

All laws in the world, everything is but an illusion. If one can understand this, their heart remains unmoved.

It was not the flag that moved; it was the mind.

The clear mirror never had a stand, where does the dust settle?

During the Tang Dynasty, after Master Xuanzang returned from the Western Regions, he founded "Consciousness-Only School."

The Consciousness-Only School believes that "all phenomena are mere consciousness," everything in the universe manifests from "consciousness."

Interestingly, the two major Buddhist schools that influenced the origins of Buddhism in Central Earth unanimously believed that only through "emptying the four elements" and "keeping the mind free of stray thoughts" can one achieve Buddha-hood.

This is undoubtedly another way to solve problems.

That is, in an ideal state, if everybody’s heads were utterly empty, emptying the four elements, then 0+0+0... would still equal 0!

Perfect tools! Fantastic!

However, this requires a somewhat outlandish level of spiritual realm, and also depends on aptitude.

Didn’t Mr. Xue even turn to a monastery and yet lived only until 32...

[Ring~Ring~]

While his soul was wandering far from contemporary concerns, pondering back to a thousand years ago, a notification sound abruptly pulled him back to reality.

Meng Lang glanced at the phone on his desk and found that it was Ning Shisan calling.

He activated the voice-changing software, then accepted the call.

Soon, Ning Shisan’s image appeared on the phone screen.

[Hey! I’ve safely retrieved the Buddha head, what now?]The other side cut straight to the chase.

"Hmm... You have a hammer at home, right?" Meng Lang was equally direct.

[Yes, what about it?]

"Good, use the hammer, put some muscle into it, and smash it!"

Ning Shisan: [...]

For Meng Lang, compared to Xue Huaiyi’s "experiential findings," the historical value of a mere Buddha head was utterly negligible.

To make full use of information capacity, this episode of the book provided only a "preface."

As for the detailed content of the scriptures, it still had to be obtained from within the Buddha head...

[Sorry, there might have been a bad signal just now, what did you just say?]

"I said use a hammer, put some muscle into it, smash it!"

The other side fell silent for a long while, only to finally flash a "#" on his forehead and nearly shout...

[Are you freaking kidding me? This is a national treasure!

Smash it? Do you think this is like cracking a golden egg!

We went through all this trouble just to smash it?]

"Hmm... Was it that tough?"

Ning Shisan: [...]

Is this really a question of whether it was tough or not!?

[If this is your aim, then I must refuse! I’ll figure out a way to return it to the museum as soon as possible!]Ning Shisan spoke righteously.

You could tell, the other party still very much had the conscience of a Huaxia person.

"That so? Then I might as well send over your entire video of stealing the relic from the museum too," Meng Lang suggested.

Ning Shisan: [...]

"Hmm... you have three minutes to think it over," Meng Lang wasn’t about to dilly-dally with him.

After a moment’s hesitation, Ning Shisan silently left the camera, then returned shortly with a hammer in hand.

Clearly, his conscience existed, but it wasn’t abundant...

[Really smash it?]

"Smash!"

[Since it has to be smashed, why don’t you take it back and do it yourself? Why make me the executioner?]Ning Shisan looked resentful.

"Hmm... The official line is it’s easier to transport, the real reason is it pains me a bit too."

Ning Shisan: [...]

Just stick to lies next time...

As the raised hammer hesitated to fall, Ning Shisan’s struggle was evident.

After all, with one strike of that hammer... That’s at least a few billion gone... Way too wasteful...

"It’s the relevant department... It’s the relevant department..."

He had to keep hyping himself up internally, and, gritting his teeth to suppress the pain, he swung forcefully!

[Bang!]Stone shards flew in front of the camera.

Five minutes later...

[What... What is this?!]

Shock was written all over Ning Shisan’s face.

Who would have thought that you could actually smash a grand prize out of a national treasure?

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