[Buddha-Heart Lamp Transmission] Wu Song Imbued with Spiritual Power; [Emergency Circlet] Successfully Developed! (Continued)

Wu Song was enlightened by Lin Chen's words, as if drenched in sweet dew; clarity suddenly dawned upon him!

Overjoyed, he came to a realization:

"Exactly so, Brother—you are absolutely right!

"Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Manjushri Bodhisattva have always been like twin branches from the same root within Buddhism, bound to one another and complementing each other.

"Manjushri governs wisdom, while Samantabhadra governs practice.

"Today, I shall wield Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's authority of [Great Conduct] to reclaim for Manjushri Bodhisattva the authority of [Great Wisdom] that has been tainted by that evil creature!"

"This is also what I ought to do as a Buddhist Ascetic Monk!"

Lin Chen nodded in satisfaction, his eyes full of approval.

Wu Song's comprehension was truly worthy of one born to inherit the destiny of the [Pure Loyalty Patriarch].

Lin Chen further helped him straighten out the Zen principle:

"Use Samantabhadra's 'practice' to liberate Manjushri's 'understanding.' That is true unity of knowledge and action!

"We must use 'practice' to shatter 'understanding' trapped in delusion.

"Only by effectively combining theory and practice can we utterly smash that nihilistic prison of idealism!"

Wu Song could understand the Buddhist principles from before and found them rich with Zen insight.

But as for those unfamiliar terms he had never heard before—"practice," "understanding," "theory," "idealism"—they left him utterly baffled.

Still, Wu Song had always been forthright and unconcerned with trifles.

He knew that Lin Chen would occasionally blurt out strange yet profound words. They were probably his unique "words of heavenly secrets"; it did not matter if he could not understand them.

Yet Wu Song's thick brows soon furrowed again as he recalled a fatal problem that remained unresolved:

"Brother, this Buddhist Heart authority is no steamed bun. It isn't something I can refine in a few bites—it will surely take time