Chapter 11: Light Novel World: The End and the Beginning " " (2)
A temple stood amidst mountains, perched upon a mist shrouded peak, temple sprawled across terraces carved into the mountainside. Its roofs, tiled in emerald green, curved like dragon scales, catching the morning sun and scattering it into shimmering halos. Stone stairways wound upward through ancient pines.
At the heart of this temple, stood the Grand Hall of Pure Mind, inside where thousands of disciples' seated on mask, on their laps, their "Fuchen".
They sat crossed leg absorbed in meditation, at the front of them, sat three figures one a male, the one on the left side wore a blue Daoist robe, the one in the middle wore a red Daoist robe, the one on the right side wore a grey yellow Daoist robe.
They had their Fuchen's in their hands as they softly recited scriptures under their breath, before them Levitating cross legged in the air a young man.
He had Dark hair with tint's of yellow, and on him a flowing black-and-gold Daoist robe embroidered with celestial symbols — cranes, lotus blossoms, and the Bagua trigrams — each thread shimmering with golden light. In his hand rests a Fuchen, a ceremonial whisk whose white strands glimmer with divine energy, adorned with crescent moons, jade beads, and lotus charms. Behind him, the vast Yin-Yang wheel glowed like a halo, its golden radiance bending the mist around him.
His Echoed throughout the Grand hall, reaching the ears of all
"The Great Dao is infinite, yet it manifests in countless ways. Among the myriad paths, there is one that is subtle, hidden, and supreme
the Dao of Pure Mind.
All things arise from duality, yet duality itself is illusion, the way of Pure Mind is to strip away strength in body, mastery of flame, dominion over heaven's thunder, and cultivates clarity, to strip away illusion To see truth.
The mind is the mirror of Heaven and Earth. When dust settles upon the mirror, the world is distorted. When the mirror is cleansed, all things are revealed as they are.
Thus the Pure Mind is not empty, but vast. It holds shadow and light, joy and sorrow, benevolence and cruelty, yet it clings to none.
To sees the world's illusions, yet is not moved
To walk between the balance within Yin and Yang
and in that balance, becomes Dao itself.
"The Pure Mind is the still lake.
The moon reflects, the stars shimmer, the clouds pass.
Yet the lake remains unmoved.
This is the Great Dao of Pure Mind."
he then paused, his face still unreadable as he looked at the three, before him, the three then said in unison
"Sweep away dust, reveal the mirror.
Sweep away desire, reveal the Dao.
Sweep away illusion, reveal the truth.
The Pure Mind is vast, the Pure Mind is still.
Within stillness, Heaven moves.
Within clarity, Dao abides."
as they recited line by line, the atmosphere in the room grew, until they finished and then with a voice as high as the Heavens the disciples; behind them raised their voices in unision
Pure Mind, Clear Dao,
Shadow and Light, One Flow.
Sweep, cleanse, return,
The Dao eternal, The Dao supreme."
As they finished in unison all the disciple with the three at the front swept their Fuchen in the Air, then placed it on their lap and bowed saying
Disciples:' "Many thanks, Grand Daoist Master, for revealing the Dao"
The Three in the front Row:' "Many thanks, Master, for revealing the Dao"
The Man nodded his Head as he slowly stood in the air, before saying
"The Dao is vast, walk it with a pure heart.",
He then swung his Fuchen and with a smile left, disappearing into a yellow mist, after he left the disciples' stood up, Disciples place their right hand over their heart and extended their left hand outward with palm open. Then, they slowly draw the left hand back to the chest, uniting both hands together in the Daoist salute in the direction where the Daoist Grand Master had left.
And then slowly dispersed leaving the hall, only the three remained now, the one in Blue spoke first
"Have, have u been down the mountain elder brother and sister"
the one in yellow glanced at him and then spoke in a calm tone,
"SomePurifyingDude, i know what you want to ask, and what i can tell you is this, any matter below the mountain is none of your business, increase your cultivation then come back and ask again"
SomePurifyingDude, glanced at him but didn't say much, and turned to the one in Red, his eyes slightly pleading. The One in Red shook her head with a smile then said
"Junior, even if i told u what u would u do, and what you already roughly know the situation, so why are still asking us, and i can guess what you want to do, but its against the Masters rule, you haven't cultivated to a high level yet, so junior regarding the situation down the mountain you need to forget it and instead focus on your cultivation."
SomePurifyingDude, did not say a word, and bowed slightly, saying
"Senior Sister and Elder Brother, i know u mean well, but i know what i want to do and cannot ignore such things going down the mountain, over the years thank you for taking care of me, now i will go find Master"
"Wait..Wait" Echo said as SomePurifyingDude, stood up and vanished into a mist, the one Yellow looked deeply at the place where he dissapered and then sighed as he said
"Leave it be Echo, you know he has always been strong headed since young lets go and see, perhaps we could prevent master from taking drastic measures, after all this is not a small matter and if Junior is going to do what we think, he's practically challenging the Master's rule"
The Daoist Master, stood before a Mural, depicting a grand scene, his behind when, a knock sounded, his eyebrow lifted for a moment then he said, come in Disciple. The Door was opened and in SomePurfyingDude in his blue dress entered hands clasped, left over right fist and knelt(bowed) before the Master, his head touching the floor before saying
"Master i truly am sorry, but i must go down the mountain, i can no longer act as if i do not hear the wails and cries, below the mountain"
His Master, turned slightly his back still to him and then asked,
"What does our Daoist Linage, our Sect teach,"
SomePurfyingDude replied tremblingly as if a great pressure abound on him
"D...D...Dao of P..Pure Min...Mind"
His Master let out a laugh, before saying
"Dao of Pure Mind, Dao of Pure Mind, its good that you know, now what does our practice emphazie's"
"T....to Cultivate a P..Pur...pure...Pure..mind un.....unmoved by all"
The Daosit Master nodded his father, then said,
"it seems u know it, well then let me ask you this, why does the noises below the mountain affect you, why do you knowingly break the sect rules for this"
By the end of his sentence he had appeared before SomePurifyingDude Towering above him, his voice like thunder
"WHY!"
SomePurfyingDude, beared the pressure, his body trembling and bones shaking, the door opened as Cho and the Eldest Brother stepped in, seeing the situation Cho rushed to SomePurfyingDude side, but the Master waved his Fuchen a small breeze flew out but turned into a small whirlpool pushing Cho back away not Hardly neither too Gently, he then said
"Your Junior Brother is no longer young, and can make decisions for himself, do not interfere"
Cho wanted to say something, but the Eldest grabbed her shoulder and drew her back shaking his head. The Master turned to SomePurfyingDude saying
"Disciple, you still haven't answered me, Why?, why do you do this?"
SomePurifyingDude, was silent before raising his head looking to at the Master saying
"Because i can no longer endure, i can no longer cultivate this twisted art and turn into something not human, what the point of Cultivation if i lose my emotions, Master, Senior Brother, and Senior Sister, thank you for taking care of me over years, but i can no longer endure and grow to be this, Master respectfully speaking but your DAO is a fraud"