Becoming a Wizard by Starting From the Mind Closure Technique-Chapter 963 - 76 A Spark of Fire

Chapter 963: Chapter 76: A Spark of Fire

Chapter 963 -76: A Spark of Fire

Monk Liao Chen walked away dazed and soulless.

Link didn’t escort him, but merely watched quietly as Monk Liao Chen left, his eyes exuding tranquility.

One’s convictions aren’t something that can crumble or be reshaped at will.

Moreover, Link never insisted on shattering Monk Liao Chen’s belief nor did he wish to reshape it.

Simply put, to be without desires is to be strong.

It was precisely because Link didn’t press this point that Monk Liao Chen had not found it odd.

All the current doubts about the White Horse Zen Institution and the Buddhist teachings had been brought upon himself by Monk Liao Chen.

After watching Monk Liao Chen depart, Link did nothing else but sat quietly in contemplation.

The Commandery Princess’s secluded courtyard.

Jasmine looked into the mirror before her and inquired silently, “Has he come?”

“He has.”

The mirror gave back an answer.

The maid beside her, oblivious to it, continued to dress and adorn Jasmine with great care.

“How is his state of mind?”

“As good as it could possibly be.”

“Does he have any plans?”

“As far as I can tell, no.”

“He…”

“You’ll be meeting him openly soon enough, legitimately together, so ask him yourself, why ask me?”

Lotson, the one communicating with Jasmine through the mirror, finally lost his patience, becoming irritated.

Jasmine pressed her lips together, suppressing a smile.

This, of course, she knew. The reason she kept pestering Lotson was partly to find out as soon as possible, and partly just to tease him.

That’s right, just to tease him.

It was because in recent days Lotson had been loitering around without purpose, even wandering around in front of Link.

Although it was just from standing atop a pavilion, watching from a distance, Jasmine still noticed the slight displeasure hidden beneath Link’s calm demeanor.

If her husband was displeased, then she, Jasmine, had to take it up, to vex the cheap younger brother who had caused her husband’s annoyance.

“Sigh!”

Lotson sighed deeply, “I’ve had enough of the two of you, constantly flaunting your love at every time and place!”

After sighing, Lotson severed the connection to the mirror and strolled out of the Guanglin Prince’s Mansion.

As a reincarnated Saint, and also a “soul seizer,” the uniqueness of Lotson certainly wasn’t limited to the mere fact that others obtained bodies upon arrival while he was only a soul.

While Link was pursuing the call of destiny, Jasmine was amassing power, Elise sowed the seeds of the White Lotus and stirred the embers of rebellion, and Frist and Medici were being haplessly hunted down, Lotson could already do many, many things.

Such as infiltrating the Prince of Guanglin’s study without making a sound.

Once inside, Lotson didn’t take anything, but instead, he left a letter.

The title of Prince of Guanglin was an interesting one.

In the succession of the throne in Song Country, there were two lines, one from the Great Ancestor and one from the Second Ancestor.

The current ruler hailed from the Second Ancestor’s line.

And Prince of Guanglin was the direct line descendant of Song Country’s Great Ancestor.

According to the rules of succession in Song Country, the Prince of Guanglin was the first in line to the throne, the appointed heir.

However, once the Prince of Guanglin came of age, the current Emperor of Song did not appoint him as the heir according to the rules.

That’s where it gets interesting.

Being the pinnacle of secular power, the current Emperor of Song was constrained to serve and yield to the many major temples of the Buddhist Sect. Thus, he dared not push things too far.

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Otherwise, if he by any chance angered the Buddhist Sect, they would swiftly replace the Emperor without any hesitation.

The two lines of Song Country’s imperial succession came to be for this very reason.

As a lesson from history lay before them, all the current Emperor of Song could do was to resort to petty schemes.

For instance, all the officials sent to Guanglin Mansion were the kind that shamelessly pleased the Buddhist Sect without any bottom line.

In an environment where the Buddhist Sect reigned supreme, no one could fault the current Emperor of Song for his actions.

On the contrary, people even had to praise the current Emperor of Song for his protective love for the Prince of Guanglin.

After all, if every county under Guanglin’s jurisdiction appeased the Buddhist Sect, didn’t that mean the Prince of Guanglin had won the favor of the Buddhist Sect?

This was seen as accumulating virtue and blessings for the Prince of Guanglin!

The Prince of Guanglin had his grievances that he dared not voice.

It was correct to venerate the Buddhist Sect, but the imperial throne of Song ultimately represented secular power, and one needed to maintain some dignity, some reputation among the major families, merchants, scholars, and the common people.

If this continued, the Prince of Guanglin’s reputation among the major families, merchants, scholars, and the common people would be completely ruined, and even if the Second Ancestor’s line returned the throne to the Great Ancestor’s lineage, bequeathing it to the Prince of Guanglin, he would find it unstable.

Therefore, the Prince of Guanglin secretly indulged the original Commandery Princess in wandering about, performing acts of chivalry, aiding the poor, killing the rich, and distributing food, in a bid to remedy the situation.

Unfortunately, the proverb holds true: “For every clever move, there is a counter move.”

The current Emperor of Song’s response had left the Prince of Guanglin feeling extremely frustrated.

This time, in arranging for the Commandery Princess’s marriage prospects, limiting suitors to monks from the Buddhist Sect, was an attempt to curry favor with the Buddhist Sect himself, to get closer to the Buddhist Sect and draw some of its power as his backing.

The letter Lotson left in the Prince of Guanglin’s study didn’t contain much, just a brief introduction of Master Wusheng, some of his deeds, and an implicit hint that he was likely reincarnated as Monk Liao Fan of the White Horse Zen Institution.

The Prince of Guanglin was seeking a solid backing, wasn’t he?

The White Horse Zen Institution might not count for much force, but Master Wusheng’s original temple, Sanyang Temple, was among the handful of great temples in Song Country and neighboring countries prized in the Buddhist Sect.

With countless Vajras, one hundred and eight Arhats, twelve Bodhisattvas, and a Buddha rumored to exist!

If he could link up with Sanyang Temple through the person reincarnated from Master Wusheng, not only would the Prince of Guanglin be able to rightfully inherit the throne of Song Country without issue, but he could even easily annex other countries should he wish.