Chapter 583
“Looking for me?” Yuen Yau placed his wooden fish and stick down in a daze and stood up. “Bring me over.”
And he followed behind the monks.
After Yuen Tin betrayed Apex Temple, Yuen Yau became the leader of the disciples, and even those who broke through to the three-chambered state treated him with great respect. After all, Yuen Yau was Mute’s direct disciple, and he would most likely become the next abbot of their institution.
Yuen Yau reached the small pavilion of their temple, which was used to receive guests.Ne/w novel chapters are p/u/blished on no/vel(/bin(.)c/o/m
This was a structure commonly found in religious sects known as the Reception Pavilion. However, this building was rarely found in today’s world after Buddhism and Taoism declined. It could only be found in the few remaining religious sects in the North and here at Apex Temple in the South. Apex Temple was a Buddhist sect after all.
Yuen Yau walked towards Man Fai and his mother, bowing to them. “I heard that this benefactor asked to see me. May I know how I can help you?”
“I met the seventh teacher of Cloud Palace and he instructed me to come to Apex Temple with this for Master Yuen Yau, who would have an arrangement.” Man Fai carefully took out a pouch he had been holding onto.
Yuen Yau frowned.
Initially, he did not have any negative feelings towards Chui Yim, but he had a part to play in Yuen Tin betraying the sect, thus, Yuen Yau naturally bore dislike towards this seventh teacher.
But he took the pouch nonetheless.
The pouch felt warm the moment Yuen Yau took it; Man Fai obviously protected it like it was a precious item. The thought of this made Yuen Yau feel like laughing.
What does Chui Yim want?
However, Yuen Yau’s expression changed drastically when he opened the pouch.
He immediately closed it as if it contained something grave, which left the little monks behind him confused. The monks were aware of how calm and steady Yuen Yau was despite his young age, and it was rare for his emotions to fluctuate as suddenly as they did just now.
The name “Thousand-Leaves” came from how the sect was able to enjoy spring all year round because they possessed a great treasure.
While enjoying this weather, their ancestor was enlightened and created the powerful Thousand-Leaves Hand.
It was the most well-known style of their sect, even more so than Mount Meru Strike. Instead of keeping the style for himself, this ancestor spread the style, which consisted of five levels, to the sect's disciples, but they mostly ended up only reaching level two, with only a few reaching level three.
However, this could not erase the superiority of this powerful style. In those days, their founding master could transform a single hand movement into a thousand hands and palms, possessing the power to seize the wonders of heaven and earth. Many descendants of the Thousand-Leaves Sect could only lament their own lack of talent, unable to recreate the glory of their founding master.
Fortunately, after many years, a profound monk gained enlightenment with the Buddhist Zen concept of ‘condensing Mount Meru into a mustard seed,’ unifying countless variations into one and creating Mount Meru Strike, which helped the Thousand-Leaves Sect gain glory once again.
The Thousand-Leaves Hand became an important foundation-building technique after the sect’s disciples were unable to master it properly, until a rebellious monk of theirs that was locked in the mountains in the back garden turned over a new leaf and successfully reached level five of the Thousand-Leaves Hand, bringing the sect to the peak again and making it the strongest sect in his generation.
This rebellious monk was none other than their abbot – Ka Yi.
Compared to how surprised Mute was to receive the Flower Garland Scripture, Mute was less shocked, but it was still enough to leave him speechless.
He took out the letter that was written with elegant and dynamic handwriting just like there was a ball of flame on the paper. “Take good care of this boy. He’s highly talented and fated with the Thousand-Leaves Hand. You can pass the Thousand-Leaves Hand to your little monk, but you must teach the kid the Universe Divine Style.”
Mute looked up at Man Fai subconsciously.
Despite feeling uneasy being in a foreign place, his eyes were still shining and flowing with calmness, resembling stars cleansed by the rain.
So this is the person that the seventh teacher, who was born with Zen, regards highly?
After a long thought, Mute spoke to Yuen Yau in sign language. Yuen Yau was shocked, but it was what he expected.
The Thousand-Leaves Hand was so powerful that it was known as the best foundation to learn for zen martial arts, and the style started from the basics. Even if one was unable to reach the last level of this style, they would have extremely strong basics just by picking up the first two levels. This was also the reason the Thousand-Leaves Sect was one of the strongest Buddhism sects in the past.