The Beautiful Boss's Personal Bodyguard
Chapter 533 - 532

Chapter 533: 532

After reaching an agreement with the Great Zen Master and Monk Kurong, the Great Zen Master said to everyone, "If there’s nothing else, let us head to the Body Seizing Platform."

Everyone was already impatient for this moment. A fight is just a fight; why must it be as formal as a gathering in the Martial World, waiting for people to arrive and chat? The idle talk is tedious. It would be better to take this time to have a good fight, with the winner taking the items and leaving, and the loser going back early to have a drink and warm up.

No sooner had he finished speaking than a group was about to walk out the door when someone inadvertently blurted out "sitting meditation," drawing everyone’s attention backward.

It was the Bodhi who had been sitting cross-legged the whole time. As everyone was about to leave, he too stood up. However, when he did so, the perfectly intact meditation cushion on the ground became powder in the instant he rose, drifting away with the wind.

Immobile for ten years, all for the sake of Proving Path!

Is this Bodhi? Is this the disciple of the Great Zen Master? Ye Tian felt even more that not only was he unable to defeat this person, but he might also dissipate into the air along with that pile of powder. This person is simply a freak! If those people back in Huaxia saw this, they would probably knock the guy out with a stick and drag him back for research.

Where could one find such a sturdy stick?

The Bodhi was wearing ragged clothes, not dressed in brocade Kasayas like the other monks but in a common, slightly shabby earth-yellow monk’s robe, with several tears showing the white undergarment underneath.

"Ten years of sitting, and he is a Buddha on earth. The Bodhi Master indeed has unparalleled talent."

Monk Kurong put his palms together in front of his chest and recited a string of Buddhist scriptures, and then uttered a phrase in admiration. Although the others said nothing, it could be seen in their eyes that the small conviction that remained in their hearts crumbled away when this person stood up from the cushion, daring not to entertain the thought of obtaining the Buddha Bead Relics anymore. Even if there were hundreds of Buddha Beads and thousands of relics before them, they wouldn’t dare to reach out for one. The Buddha Beads might be precious, but their lives were not so cheap.

The Bodhi’s rise eliminated the ambition of half the people in the courtyard, and the rest made one last effort.

"Divine Monk speaks too highly. The Bodhi Dragon Elephant Power of the Two Zen Temple is unrivaled. I’ve long admired it and might soon have the honor of witnessing the Divine Monk’s elegance."

"The Buddha Path is boundless, I am but a speck of dust."

After another exchange of bows, the tension rose again among the crowd in the courtyard. This Monk is from the Two Zen Temple!

What Ye Tian did not know was that this was Monk Kurong’s first time here. Except for that little monk, no one had seen this old Monk before. Initially, they thought he was just an aide in the temple, but surprisingly he had a significant background, hailing from Huaxia’s Two Zen Temple.

The founding abbot of the Two Zen Temple was One-Year Monk, who started in the Tang Dynasty and was said to have debated scriptures with Tang Xuanzang, and the name of the temple came from Tang Xuanzang’s mouth – The Zen of the world, My Zen, and His Zen.

Two Zen, as the old Monk said, with the Buddha Path encompassing three thousand, how can one thoroughly understand it? A world full of wonders, intricate and complex, how much of these three thousand realms can one achieve in a lifetime? But it is also simple; the Zen of the world comes down to two kinds: the Zen I practice and the Zen practiced by others. One-Year Monk grasped the meaning of Tang Xuanzang and thus established the Two Zen Temple.

One-Year Monk, true to the original aspiration, hence the name One-Year. It is unknown which generation of abbot Monk Kurong is in the Two Zen Temple, to the point where many have almost forgotten about the Two Zen Temple.

But Bodhi knew.

At this, the remaining half of those intent on vying for the Buddha Bead Relics disappeared once more; these two were enough to overshadow everyone.

Ye Tian felt mixed emotions. If this Monk were one of his people, all would be well. If not... heh, it seemed the Monk didn’t get along too well with Bodhi anyway. Let him be!

After the brief shock came the long-lasting wariness, relegating many to the role of bystanders. The group left the building and came to an open space outside, which was very spacious. Ye Tian remembered Jenny saying that the municipal planning department once eyed this land with the idea of building an amusement park here to bring in the United States’s Disney. However, when 30,000 Buddhists of Kathmandu marched in protest, it almost caused political turmoil, and the mayor who made this foolish decision was nearly ousted. It was only after the temple’s leader stepped in to mediate that the matter was smoothed over, and thus it ended there. But since then, no one dared to touch this land.

Regardless of what everyone thought, the Great Zen Master placed a brocade box on the ground, indifferent to how people looked at it, and then he walked away, tracing the periphery of the open space step by step, seemingly walking in a large circle. When the circle was complete, another half of those still harboring the mind to seize the body had vanished.

How profound were the Great Zen Master’s skills, and how great was his fate? No one could say for sure. Known as the most concealed person in the temple, he was very formidable, extremely formidable. But his casual stroll around made many more aware of just how formidable the Great Zen Master really was.

Each step was a Kunlun; every move held Profound Meaning. Walking this circle, a Buddha Light Barrier took shape without the need for a hand to tear the sky or sleeves to dance gracefully. It was simple and slightly clumsy walking that drew the barrier. Creating a Barrier was not difficult, but what astonished everyone and what they couldn’t achieve in a decade was the Great Zen Master’s composed and unforced spirit. It’s not hard to walk step by step; the challenge is imbuing each step with Zen. That’s the rare quality in thousands.

"Great Zen Master’s skill is admirable; another step further, and becoming an immortal on earth will be no difficult feat."

This was said by Monk Kurong, but to Ye Tian’s ears, it sounded a bit sour, rather uncomfortable to hear. The Great Zen Master just smiled, "Becoming an immortal on earth is not something I dare aspire to. I only hope to read more scriptures and comprehend more Buddhist principles."

"The Great Zen Master is too modest."

The brocade box remained on the ground as the Great Zen Master glanced at it then turned to the people around him and said, "Gentlemen, we may begin."

Suddenly, tension filled the air.

Fortune favors the bold. Life is crucial, but isn’t there also a saying, man’s greed is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant?

The first to enter the Barrier was Skull Master and a person dressed like the Black Ghost. Ye Tian didn’t know who that was, but he faintly heard someone in the crowd call out "Ghost Taoist," which must be the person’s name.