I am Buddha's demon, I am Buddha's enemy, I am the destroyer of Dharma, I am the destroyer of Buddhas, I am a heavenly demon unseen in an age...

Kong Chan pressed his palms together and said, "Shaolin also has a gift."

He waved a hand slightly, and a dozen or so monks stepped forward. One carried a bronze tray covered with red silk. Kong Chan said, "In the Buddhist holy lands of the west, there were once four great monasteries, the wellsprings of all Buddhist teachings under heaven. Later, while Master Moon-Hidden Auspicious Wisdom was debating Buddhist doctrine with Master Ronakasantī of the Great Esoteric Vajrayana, he suddenly attained an insight. He traveled far to the Central Lands, changed his name to Prajna Damo, and founded the Shaolin lineage."

"Several decades later, Patriarch Prajna Damo suddenly entered seclusion for ninety-nine days, then departed lightly, his whereabouts unknown. Three years later, a youth claiming to be the patriarch's personal disciple brought this kasaya to Shaolin. That youth was Shaolin's second patriarch, Ma Futu, and the kasaya was Shaolin's Dharma-Transmission Kasaya."

"Only later did we learn that Patriarch Prajna Damo had left the Central Lands to return to Vajrasana Monastery and seek out Master Ronakasantī for a hundred and twenty-one days of debate on Buddhist doctrine. Within a hundred days of their debate, Master Ronakasantī passed away in seated meditation, and the patriarch never appeared in the mortal world again."

"I have brought the Dharma-Transmission Kasaya as a wedding gift for my humble disciple and Miss Su."

Wang Chong had heard Chu Qiuzi speak of this before. He could not help letting his thoughts wander in fascination. I wonder what writings this master left behind before his departure.

He had little interest in the Wudang patriarch's stone slabs. After all, the only martial art anyone had comprehended from the Patriarch's Stone Slabs was the Thunder and Lightning Demon-Subduing Gang Art, and he did not cultivate that line of arts. But