I Can See Your Combat Power - Chapter 1585 - Chapter 1585 Chapter 53 The Truth

Chapter 1585: Chapter 53: The Truth Chapter 1585: Chapter 53: The Truth Nanshan Legal Realm became bustling without any forewarning, especially in each Zen monastery within the realm, which was directly assigned by the two executive orders of the Nanshan Sect to arrange a Dharma altar within the temple hall in two days.

Faced with such a mysterious deployment, how could the Zen temples of the Nanshan Legal Realm accept it wholeheartedly? They sought to pull strings and reach out to the Nanshan Sect.

However, when the monks from the Eastern Sequence revealed the tokens of the three halls of the Sect Head, these monasteries preaching in the Nanshan Legal Realm could only bow and obey.

Furthermore, in the spirit of making the best use of everything, Sect Head Fachuan also used these discontented monks as messengers.

Spreading the news of the major changes in this session’s Jifeng Zen Assembly to each monastery, reaching the ears of the monks waiting in line.

For a time, the entire Nanshan Legal Realm was discussing the changes in this session’s Jifeng Zen Assembly.

After all, for most monks, the Jifeng Zen Assembly was a place to listen to venerable and high monks discuss Buddhist principles or engage in formal Zen debate.

In the past, only those of the stature of Great Zen Masters and Buddha Sons, leaders of the Eight Buddhist Sects, were entitled to speak at the Jifeng Zen Assembly.

Disciples from second-tier monasteries like theirs could at best engage in private debates with peers.

But those they could find in their surroundings were either inferior in their Buddhist practice or already trapped in their karma, unable to break free.

Over time, outstanding disciples of the Zen school had become increasingly unwilling to interact with their fellow monks in the monasteries, preferring to ponder alone.

It’s not bad to practice quietly, but which among the outstanding young monks, even those of the Zen school, doesn’t want to stand on that brilliant stage and let the many wonders in Buddha’s Country know their understanding of Buddhist teachings.

They had thought such opportunities might only come when they reached the Great Zen Master Realm, but now they saw hope in the Nanshan Legal Realm.

The wandering monks who were hanging around spread the word, even unwilling to participate in the preaching of the Great Zen Master, instead excitedly discussing what they would say if they could take part in the debates.

Suddenly, the entire Nanshan Legal Realm seemed to come alive, with beings spending day and night drafting interpretations of scriptures, wanting to make a splash in the small-scale Zen assembly.

The senior monks and venerables of the Nanshan Sect were originally concerned that Fachuan’s proposal was too abrupt and would be unaccepted by the monks who were accustomed to the traditional Jifeng Zen Assembly. However, they were surprised that simply by releasing the news, it boosted the participants’ morale so high.

This also allowed the monasteries, along with the executive monks from the East and West Sequences, to breathe easy and go all out. With Dharma altars materializing out of thin air, it seemed truly like a sign of fulfillment.

Hearing about the situation in the realm, Fachuan himself felt mixed emotions. He was naturally pleased that his last-minute remedy received affirmation, but writing two hundred Zen debate topics was not so simple.

Turning his head to glance at the small scrolls stacked in three layers next to the lamp, a wry smile appeared on Fachuan’s face.

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Outside the yellow walls of the Nanshan Legal Realm
Two novice monks stood beside the massive arching door, holding a wooden plaque with the name “Fachuan” in front of them, listlessly scanning the monks entering and leaving the Legal Realm.

The Nanshan Sect could be regarded as vast, or small, particularly since the competition of West Sequence had just ended and some could still vaguely recognize the forms of Yuan Xiang and Yuan Xing.

Therefore, even though the actions of the two were odd, no one was overly suspicious. Even those who approached out of curiosity stopped asking further when they learned that this was for Sect Head Fachuan to greet an old acquaintance.

“Fachuan Monk really is our benefactor,”
When nobody was around, Tang Luo quietly transmitted his voice to Yun Xiu: “His modification to this Jifeng Zen Assembly really facilitates things for us.”

The Novice Monk Yuan Xiang, dutifully holding the wooden plaque, asked without turning his head: “How so?”

“Think about it. If there were only one main hall for the meeting, then the executive monks of the East Sequence would only have to protect one venue. Now, with two hundred Dharma altars, their burden will be greatly increased, which will make it much easier for us to look up the scriptures.”

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Two days later, in the Nanshan Legal Realm
With the cooperation of executive monks from the East and West Sequences, as well as the monasteries within the realm, two hundred Dharma altars had astonishingly been set up in just two short days.

This further heightened the anticipation for a very different kind of Zen Assembly among the invited 4,864 monastic disciples, as well as the wandering monks from Buddha’s Country who had come from afar.

In contrast to the tradition of simply entering the main hall to listen to senior monks and venerables expound and debate,
This time, the Jifeng Zen Assembly would present two hundred varying depths of debate topics, allowing all monks present to choose subjects they are interested in and enter the corresponding Dharma altars.

As long as they passed the preliminary debates, they could participate in the incisive debates within the altar, and if they performed outstandingly, they could finally ascend to the pinnacle of the floating stupa in the Legal Realm to discuss and debate the Way of Zen.

Today is the day the topics will be released, with countless monks gathered in front of the mountain gate of the Vinaya School, awaiting the debate topics.

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Inside the Nanshan Sect, at the Sect Head’s Zen Monastery
A West Sequence Sect Head with a bitter face was buried among the piles of scriptures on the desk.

His pen snapped once again, and the arched ink strokes on the golden paper seemed to mock his overestimation of himself.

Thinking of two hundred debate topics in two days, the difficulty of this work proved even more arduous than combat.

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At first, it was naturally easy; Fachuan composed the preliminary debates effortlessly, with lofty intentions yet profound simplicity.

Some, even when he reviewed them himself, were very satisfying, feeling a sense of almost levelling up in his Buddhist practice.

But this leisurely writing ceased after the eighteenth and twentieth topics were completed.

From then on, he had to rack his brains to write a proposition that was barely passable.

Then came the real torment, writing out debates that were either too profound or inscrutable and difficult to comprehend.