My Arms Can Turn into Blades-Chapter 352 - 219: Spirit If You Believe

Chen Lusi looked at the serious Xia Yue.

Not knowing how to react.

Because even if Xia said he was awesome and explained it, Chen Lusi still didn’t get it.

He didn’t even know what was awesome about himself.

After all, any ordinary person who can remember the titles of a few of the Eighteen Arhats is already amazing, let alone the Five Hundred Arhats.

Can’t even remember five hundred words.

Let alone five hundred random Arhat titles.

Chen Lusi would be mad to do so, plus he originally had no interest in these mystical things, you could say he completely didn’t understand now.

Or rather, barely understood.

According to his understanding.

This is like fortune-telling, saying some ambiguous things, then depending on your own enlightenment, if you get it, the master is incredible, if not, then you lack wisdom.

"..."

Xia Yue saw Chen Lusi’s expression and probably guessed what he was thinking. He suddenly pointed to the well behind Zen Master Huizhao and laughed: "Do you know what that well is called?"

"Rouge Well?" Chen Lusi looked back at the stone tablet.

"Right, but it has another name, called ’Shame Well’, and as for why it’s called this... it’s said that Emperor Chen Shubao was so decadent and indulgent, spending all day with his concubines, ignoring state affairs, until he was overthrown by Emperor Wen of Sui, not even responding when city guards urgently sought his help.

Only when he heard Emperor Wen of Sui entered Tai City did Chen Shubao realize he was in trouble, but it was too late to escape, so he hid with his two favorite concubines in Jingyang Well next to the Jingyang Hall. Because of the rush, his concubines left rouge marks on the well’s railing, and soldiers found them based on the rouge.

This is the origin of Rouge Well, and by the Song Dynasty, Advanced Scholar Zeng Gong wished to use Chen Shubao’s story to warn future generations, engraving an inscription on the stone well railing: ’The well is here, shouldn’t we take heed’, that’s the source of the alternate name ’Shame Well’.

Chen Lusi slowly nodded at hearing this... although he didn’t quite understand why Xia Yue suddenly mentioned this.

"After hearing this, can you imagine the scene of Emperor Chen Shubao panicking and hiding?"

Xia Yue asked with a smile: "But actually, this isn’t the real Rouge Well, the Jingyang Palace has long vanished, and so has the Jingyang Well. This Rouge Well here was just established by later generations to learn from Emperor Chen Shubao’s downfall.

Just like the Five Hundred Arhats, their titles and deeds aren’t recorded in Buddhist scriptures.

The Five Hundred Arhats were mostly pieced together from various texts or made up, just barely reaching five hundred. If you believe, then they exist; if they provide emotional value, then believe, just like this Rouge Well.

If you don’t believe, and they don’t provide emotional value, then it’s fabricated... if you don’t believe, so be it, disbelief is magical. For instance, I don’t believe there are only fifty-four; if I could find those Arhats, I’d want to confront them, especially the first fifty-three."

Chen Lusi: "..."

The Little Monk behind Zen Master Huizhao heard this and hid further behind Zen Master Huizhao.

He was quite afraid of this uncle.

Because he found this the first person who perfectly fit the term "Vajra’s Fury."

"Xia Yue Celestial Strategy."

On the other side.

Zen Master Huizhao was a bit helpless: "Sarvastivada Ten Recitations, Volume Four states: the World Honored One and Five Hundred Arhats entered Shoubo City... the Five Hundred Arhats were indeed real."

"Then just say whether their titles are made up or not."

Xia Yue casually said: "Sure, as long as you put me in the top ten, I’ll admit it."

"...Whether real or fake, receiving incense represents they’ve achieved the Arhat Fruit."

Zen Master Huizhao was even more helpless: "And Venerable Arhat Kasyapa is indeed real, not made up... didn’t Xia Yue Celestial Strategy say he didn’t care about these matters before?"

"That depends on the situation."

Xia Yue replied with a smile: "Back then Mount Tai was ranked over two hundred, Tang Language four hundred ninety-nine... I was the only one within a hundred, so of course I didn’t care. After all, racing a wheelchair always wins, but now there’s someone ranked first next to me, so I care."

Zen Master Huizhao: "..."

After Xia Yue’s interruption.

The atmosphere was indeed much more relaxed.

Chen Lusi curiously asked: "Tang Language and Mount Tai also came here?"

"Yes, at the time, they came to execute a mission, but failed, and Tang Language was almost suppressed on the spot."

Xia Yue shook his head and said: "That idiot told her not to enter the main hall, so she insisted on entering, entered the Celestial King Hall in her original form, saying she wanted to test its spiritual power, come to think of it, it’s almost been ten years."

"More precisely, it has been ten years."

Zen Master Huizhao seemed to feel sentimental at these words: "At that time, my junior brother hadn’t passed away, the three of you hadn’t ascended to high positions... I never expected that the three who rashly barged into the monastery and were chased around would all become Celestial Strategies of the Celestial Strategy Mansion."

Xia Yue, with a playful smile, said: "Want to recall who chased whom?"

Zen Master Huizhao sighed helplessly: "...Xia Yue Celestial Strategy is indeed a Vajra, the mightiest among metals."

"Ha, alright, I actually quite like that Venerable title."

Xia Yue didn’t dwell further and after lightening the mood, changed the topic: "So, did you really not know the question Chen Lusi asked earlier?"

"I really don’t know."

Zen Master Huizhao shook his head: "You should also know, this is theoretically impossible, considering beings like Jing carry the fortunes and incense of dynasties, changing their dreamscape to bring it back to reality... are both considered miracles.