Chapter 627 — The Venerable Brahma Heaven King Buddha
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It was he who had called Shen Mu's sword elixir the way of demons and heretics, yet the Crown Prince of Moonlight had wanted to compete with Shen Mu in swordsmanship. This time Shen Mu's hand-seal had been upright and proper; the Yin-Yang Heaven-Overturning Hand was at a glance an orthodox seal technique, and to call it the way of demons and heretics would make him a laughingstock.
Still, he was not entirely at ease. The Crown Prince of Moonlight was his descendant, an outstanding figure among the younger generation, and he had not had time to display his own skills before Shen Mu caught him off guard and beat him all the way, costing him and the Heavenly Court face.
Moonlight's strength was not weak; it was only that he had misjudged, thinking Shen Mu was saluting him, and had not defended. Had the Crown Prince of Moonlight been fully alert from the start, then judging by the strength Shen Mu had shown, it would still be hard to say who would win. Dharma King Molun looked toward the Buddha Ancestors of the other heavens and smiled: "Though the Buddhist sect of the lower realm is tucked away in a corner, its Buddhist powers have not fallen behind, which is admirable.
Brother Ancestors, they have come to seek learning and scriptures; we might as well give them what they ask.
" The Buddhas nodded and agreed. Dharma King Molun smiled at Shen Mu and the others: "My Moon Palace Son of Heaven treasury contains the Moon Palace scriptures, which cultivate the true Dharma of the Buddha.
In the Moon Palace scriptures there are three thousand Buddhist sutras. Since you cannot carry them away, you may stay in my Mituo Temple and study them well for a hundred years or so, and once you have comprehended them thoroughly, you may spread the Dharma in the lower realm. That too would count as a great merit of mine.
" Monk Chenghuai's expression changed slightly.
Three thousand Buddhist sutras, a hundred years of study, and moreover the Dharma of a true Buddha — this was plainly a hundred years of house arrest! Shen Mu said carelessly: "Does my Buddha have the imperial throne scriptures? If you transmit the Dharma, transmit the true Dharma; if you transmit scriptures, transmit the true scriptures. As for ordinary teachings, our Great Tingming Temple has them too.
" Dharma King Molun's face darkened slightly, and he sneered: "You look down on my Moon Palace scriptures? What poor manners!
That I grant you the Buddhist Dharma and charge you not a single coin of incense money is already compassion. Yet you pick and choose!
" Monk Chenghuai poked the motionless Xuanliao the Demon Ape, and Xuanliao the Demon Ape Zhankong stepped forward, his Brahma Silence Twelve-Ring Zen Staff clattering, and said: "Much, false. Little, true! " Dharma King Molun was startled, thinking the ape meant to debate the Dharma with him, and as he pondered the meaning of these four words, his head swelled three sizes.
Hariti King Buddha coughed once and said: "Dharma King, they have come seeking the true scriptures. Give them what they ask.
" Dharma King Molun sneered: "They have come for the Imperial Throne True Scripture.
Where would I have it?
The Imperial Throne True Scripture — even Emperor Shakra Heaven King Buddha does not possess it. Only the Brahma Heaven King Buddha has a copy. The Brahma Heaven King Buddha has always kept aloof from worldly affairs, and in tens of thousands of years has scarcely ever shown himself. In all my years in the Buddha realm I have never seen the true body and Dharma form of the Brahma Heaven King Buddha, much less the Imperial Throne True Scripture. That I bestow my Moon Palace scriptures on them and take not a single coin is already a great bargain for them. .
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" What he said was also the truth, and no one could refute it. The Heavenly Court had been watching the Buddha realm for many years.