d smile, its really difficult to describe her elegance, Xu Zhu’s heart is moved: “The general facial appearance of this beautiful woman is quite similar to martial aunt.” he walk towards Li QiuShui and gave the painting to her.

Li QiuShui took the painting, she glace horizontally at the group of females, she laugh indifferently and said: “Your Master fought a fierce duel with me, in the end she is no match for me, all of you are like firefly, you dare to compete with the sun and moon for light?”

Xu Zhu turn around, the group of females are holding their sword hilt, their expression full of grief and hate, evidently they want to kill Li QiuShui to avenge Child Elder, however because they never receive the orders from their new Master, they don’t dare to act rashly.

Xu Zhu said: “Martial aunt, you, you…..” Li QiuShui said: “Your martial great aunt’s martial art is very good, but sometimes she is not very meticulous. How can i hope to resist if her helpers arrive here? Naturally i have to fake death, hei hei, in the end she die before me. Her bones and tendons are broken, her martial arts scattered, she can’t fake this method of dieing.” Xu Zhu said: “Previously during the fierce battle in the ice storehouse, martial great aunt also fake death and trick martial aunt, both of you are equally matched.”

Li QiuShui sigh and said: “In your heart, you are slightly bias towards your martial great aunt.” she unfold the painting, she look at it for a short period of time, however her expression change greatly, her pair of hands trembled, the painting also trembled, Li QiuShui said softly: “Its her, its her, its her! Haha, haha, haha!” her voice is full of pain and sorrow.

Xu Zhu cannot help but feel sad for her, he ask: “Martial aunt, what happen?” he pondered: “One of them said, its not her, the other said, its her, but who is this person?”

Li QiuShui stare at the beautiful woman in the painting for a long time, she said: “Take a look, there is a dimple beside the corner of her mouth, there is a small mole below her nose, correct?” Xu Zhu look at the beautiful woman in the painting, he nod his head and said: “Correct!” Li QiuShui said dimly: “She is my younger sister!” Xu Zhu was baffled, he said: “Your younger sister?” Li QiuShui said: “My younger sister’s appearance is similar to mine, but she have a dimple, i don’t have it, she have a small mole below her nose, i also don’t have it.” Xu Zhu grunt in agreement. Li QiuShui said: “Martial sister said martial brother drew a portrait of her, he kept it close at all times, i never believe her, but….but….but i never expect the person to be my younger sister. How….how…how did this painting come about?”

At once Xu Zhu narrated how Wu YaZi gave this painting to him before he died, how he have to go to Dali’s WuLiang Mountain to find someone to teach him martial arts, how Child Elder react angrily when she saw the painting, he narrated everything.

Li QiuShui gave a long sigh and said: “When martial sister saw this painting for the first time, she assume the woman in the painting is me, firstly our appearance is indeed similar, secondly martial brother is fond of me, moreover….moreover when i fought with martial sister, my younger sister is only 11 years old, martial sister will never suspect her, she never notice the dimple and mole. But a person will grow up, an 11 year old girl will turn into a 18-19 year old lady. When martial sister is about to die she finally notice the person in the painting is my younger sister, it is not me, thus she said three times: ‘its not her’, alas, younger sister, you are good, you are good, you are good!” she is in a daze and tears roll down her face.

Xu Zhu pondered: “As it turns out martial great aunt and martial aunt are devoted to my master, but my master have someone else in his heart. I wonder if martial aunt’s little sister is still living in this world? Master ordered me to use the painting to find a teacher to learn martial arts, as it turns out he is under the impression that the person in the painting is martial aunt.” he inquire: “Martial aunt, previously you live at Dali’s WuLiang Mountain?”

Li QiuShui nod her head, she gaze at a distant place, she seems to be thinking about the past, her thoughts wandering far away, she said slowly: “Previous your master and i lived in a stone cave beside ‘Sword Lake’ at Dali’s WuLiang Mountain, our lives free and unfettered, happy and joyous, it is better than being immortal. I bore him an adorable daughter. The two of us collect martial art manuals of all the sects and schools, we hope to create a wonderful skill that is all-encompassing and universal. One day, he found a huge precious jade, he carved a statue of me, when the statue was complete, he look at the statue everyday, entranced, henceforth he did not pay much attention to me anymore. I talk to him but he often gave me irrelevant answers, sometimes he even ignored me, his attention was completely focused on the statue. Your master’s craftsmanship is extremely brilliant, the jade statue is truly beautiful, but ultimately the statue is dead, moreover the statue is base on my appearance, i am obviously right beside him but how come he ignored me, he just stare foolishly at the statue, how come his gaze is full of love when he look at the statue? What is the reason?” she mumbled to herself, she questioned herself, she seems to forget that Xu Zhu is standing beside her.

After a while, Li QiuShui said softly: “Martial brother, you are exceedingly smart and intelligent, but you are also exceedingly foolish, why did you fall in love with the statue you crafted, but why did you not love your martial sister, who can talk, who can laugh, who can move, who can love you? In your heart, you treat the statue as my younger sister, correct? I was jealous of the statue, i had a big argument with you, i seek out many handsome and elegant youngsters, i flirt with them in front of you, thus you left in rage and never came back again. Martial brother, in reality you don’t need to be angry, i killed all those handsome elegant youngsters, they are at the bottom of the lake, do you know it?”

She look at the painting again and said: “Martial brother, when did you draw this painting? You only know you are drawing me, thus you ask your disciple to bring this painting to WuLaing Mountain to find me. But unwittingly you drew my younger sister, you are not even aware of it correct? All along you assume the person in the painting is me. Martial brother, in your heart, you truly love my younger sister, why are you so infatuated with the jade statue? Why? Now i finally understand.”

Xu Zhu pondered: “Buddha say: ‘While alive, its difficult to escape from greed, anger and delusion, the three poison. Martial great aunt, master, martial aunt, the three of them are exceptionally powerful people, but they are entangled within the three poison, regardless of their supreme martial arts, the pain and suffering in their heart is no different from ordinary folks.”

Li QiuShui turn her head and look at Xu Zhu, she said: “Worthy nephew, i have some love affair with Ding ChunQiu, originally martial brother was not aware of it, your martial great aunt leak out this secret to him, the affair was expose. I cooperate with Ding ChunQiu and beat him off the cliff, at that time i really have no other alternative, your master condemn me to death, he wants to kill me to vent his anger, i will die if i don’t retaliate. But i am not heartless, i did not deal the finishing blow, although he was close to death but i pull Ding ChunQiu and left, i did not kill your master. Afterwards i went to Western Xia, i became the imperial concubine, an entire lifetime of wealth and glory. Your martial great aunt seek me out, she used a knife to carve the words well (井) on my face, however at that time my son succeeded the throne and became emperor…..”

“When your master accept you as his disciple, did he mention me? Did he think of me? Is he happy for the past few years? In reality, i am not really fond of Ding ChunQiu, in fact i don’t like him at all. I chase him away, is your master aware of it? I put a suicide note at the statue in WuLiang Cave, in the writings i ask to kill off all disciples of Carefree Sect, the purpose is to kill Ding ChunQiu and all of his disciples, is your master aware of it? If he knows, he will certainly be happy, he will know that till the day i die, in my heart i only love him…..”

Li QiuShui shake her head, she sigh and said: “Sigh, i don’t want to talk about it anymore, i can’t even manage my own affairs…..” suddenly she shout in a shrill voice: “Martial sister, both of us are pitiful creatures, even for martial brother, till the day he die he still don’t know who he truly love…..he is under the impression that he loves me, that is good! Haha, haha, haha!” she laugh three times, her body soften and collapsed on the ground.

Xu Zhu bend over to check, but she is bleeding from her mouth and nose, she stop breathing and died, it seems her death is not fake this time. Xu Zhu look at the two corpse, he don’t know what to do.

The old woman from Clear Heaven Division said: “Honorable Master, should we transport old Honorable Master remains back to Vulture Palace and bury her? I respectfully invite Honorable Master to give your orders.” Xu Zhu said: “That should be the case.” he pointed at Li QiuShui’s corpse and said: “This….this person is the martial sister of your Honorable Master, although she have some feud with your Honorable Master, but….but the feud is resolved when she died, in my opinion….in my opinion….why don’t we transport her back as well and bury her? What do you think?” the old woman bow and said: “I sincerely comply with your orders.” Xu Zhu felt extremely comforted, he is afraid that these green-cloak females hate Li QiuShui and they will refuse to transport her body back for burial, maybe they will even mutilate her corpse to vent their anger, unexpectedly they did not voice the slightest bit of objection. Xu Zhu is not aware that the group of females under the command of Child Elder are incomparably loyal and revered their Master, they don’t dare to defy the slightest bit of instruction, since Xu Zhu is their new Master, naturally his words are law, they will do whatever he says.

The old woman command the group of females, they wrap the two corpse with felt and put it on the camel, afterwards they respectfully invite Xu Zhu to mount the camel. Xu Zhu said a few humble words, since the matter already reach such a state he is obliged to personally witness the burial of the two corpse, afterwards he will return back to Shaolin Temple and admit his crimes. He ask for the old woman’s name, the old woman said: “My husband family is surnamed Yu, old Honorable Master calls me ‘Little Yu’, Honorable Master can call me whatever you like.” Child Elder is over 90 years old, naturally she can call her ‘Little Yu’, but Xu Zhu cannot address her like this, he said: “Grandma Yu, my religious name is Xu Zhu, we should address each other as equals, what Honorable Master, i really don’t deserve it.”

Grandma Yu prostrate on the ground, her tears streaming, she said: “Honorable Master please have mercy! Honorable Master can beat me and kill me, slave servant is willing to accept it, i beg Honorable Master, please don’t chase slave servant out of Vulture Palace.”

Xu Zhu said in alarm: “Quickly get up, why would i beat you or kill you?” he quickly support her up. The rest of the females all knelt down and beg: “Honorable Master please have mercy!” Xu Zhu is greatly amazed, he quickly inquire the reason, as it turns out, when Child Elder is extremely angry her speech will be unusually polite and courteous, the receiving party will undoubtedly suffer terrible tragedy, their pain indescribable. The reason is the same with Wu LaoDa and the various Cave-masters and Island-masters, when the people sent by Child Elder beat them and abuse them they have to throw a feast and celebrate as they avoid disaster. Currently, Xu Zhu is very polite and courteous towards Grandma Yu, thus the group of females assume he is about to mete out heavy punishment. Xu Zhu comfort and reassure them repeatedly, however the group of females are still anxious and worried.

Xu Zhu mount the camel, however the group of females simply refuse to mount the camel, they pull the camel and follow behind him. Xu Zhu said: “We have to return to Vulture Palace as soon as possible, if not when the weather turns warm, i am afraid…i am afraid there might be some changes to the remains of your Honorable Master.” The group of females don’t dare to go against his orders, however they mounted the camel and follow him from a far distance. Xu Zhu wants to inquire about the situation at Vulture Palace, unexpectedly it is not convenient for him to do so.

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The party travelled west for 5 days, while en-route they encountered a sentry scout from Vermillion Heaven Division. Grandma Yu issued a signal, the sentry rode back to notify, soon after the group of females from Vermillion Heaven Division arrived, all of them wearing purple garment, they move to the remains of Child Elder and cry to pay their respect, afterwards they paid their respects to their new Master. The chief of Vermillion Heaven Division is surnamed Shi, she is around 30 years of age, Xu Zhu address her as ‘Sister Shi’. He is afraid the group of females might get anxious again, thus he don’t dare to be courteous or polite with his words anymore, he only console them with a few words, he said their journey must be exhausting. The group of females were elated, they give thanks simultaneously. Xu Zhu don’t dare to mention words like ‘ we should address each other as equals’, he simply said he dislike people calling him ‘Honorable Master’, they can simply call him ‘Owner’. The group of females bow and complied with his orders.

They travelled west for several days, the Clear Heaven Division and Vermillion Heaven Division dispatch their riders and summon back the Scarlet Heaven Division, Sun Heaven Division, Mysterious Heaven Division, Serene Heaven Division and Phoenix Heaven Division, only Perfect Heaven Division have yet to receive news as they are too far west in their search for Child Elder. There is not a single man at Vulture Palace, Xu Zhu is travelling with several hundred females, he felt really embarrass. Fortunately the females are extremely respectful towards him, none of them dare to speak with him unless he have something to inquire, this made things much easier for him.

One day, while travelling, a green-clothed female suddenly rode back swiftly, she is a sentry rider from Sun Heaven Division who is scouting ahead, she wave her green flag, indicating that there is some unforeseen event in front. She rode to the chief of her division and report the matter quickly.

The chief of Sun Heaven Division is around 20 years of age, she is called Fu MinYi, once she finish listening to the report she immediately dismount and ran towards Xu Zhu and said: “Reporting to Owner: My sentry rider scouted ahead, the slaves from 36 Caves and 72 Islands, they seize the opportunity when old Honourable Master is in trouble, unexpectedly they have the guts to revolt, currently they are attacking the Palace. Great Heaven Division is guarding the path up Misty Peak, those bunch of demons can’t get their way, however the sisters sent by Great Heaven Division to ask for assistance are injured by those demons.”

Xu Zhu already knew the intentions of the Island-masters and Cave-masters to revolt, he assume that since they can’t capture Child Elder, Taoist BuPing died by his hands, Wu LaoDa sustained serious injuries, thus they lack a powerful figure to take the lead and they will eventually retreat and scatter, unexpectedly the matter is 4 months long and they still gather together to attack Misty Peak. He grew up in Shaolin Temple since childhood, he never left the Temple, thus he is unfamiliar with worldly affairs, he really don’t know how to handle this kind of major event, he muttered to himself: “This….this…..”

He heard the sound of horse hooves, two horse riders are rushing over, leading in front is another sentry rider from Sun Heaven Division, the second horse carried a yellow-clothed female, her entire body covered with blood, her left arm is chop off by someone. Fu MinYi’s expression is sorrowful and indignant, she said: “Owner, this is the chief of Great Heaven Division, sister Cheng, i am afraid she won’t live.” The female who is surnamed Cheng had fainted, the group of female quickly staunch her bleeding to save her, her breathing is weak and faint, she is about to die.

Xu Zhu look at her injury, Mr Intelligent Su XingHe taught him how to treat such injury before, at once he urge the camel and rush forward, he flick his middle finger in succession, he sealed off the acupoints near the broken arm, the bleeding stop immediately. When he flick his finger the 6th time, he executed a move taught by Child Elder, ‘Star Pill Jumping Dice’, a stream of [Pure Energy of Northern Darkness] entered her ‘ZhongFu’ acupoint. The female cry out loudly and woke up, she shouted: “All sisters, quick, quick, quickly provide support to Misty Peak, we….we can’t resist anymore!”

Xu Zhu execute this technique and flick his finger at empty air, he is not trying to show off his divine skills, but merely because the female is a young lady in her prime, although he is not a monk anymore but he still adhere strictly to Buddhist regulations and keep a distance away from women, he don’t dare to stretch out his hands to touch her body, unexpectedly under his numerous flicking the end result is simply miraculous. Currently his body possess the internal energy of Child Elder, Wu YaZi and Li QiuShui, the three great masters from Carefree Sect, his internal energy is truly no small matter.

All the females complied with the orders of Child Elder, they treat Xu Zhu as their new Master, however Xu Zhu is too young, his words and actions rather foolish and stupid, in their heart they really don’t know how to respect him, moreover 80-90% of the females at Vulture Palace suffered great humiliations from men, they are either abandon by men or had their families wiped out, under the influence of the perverse Child Elder, they always regard men as vipers or ferocious beasts. At this moment, they witness Xu Zhu execute his moves and recognize it as martial arts of Vulture Palace, moreover his internal energy is extremely pure, unexpectedly it is far superior compared with their old Honourable Master. The group of females are extremely shock, they cheer in unison, all of them prostrate on the ground as if by prior agreement. Xu Zhu said in alarm: “What is this? Quickly get up, get up.”

Someone said to the female surnamed Cheng: “Honourable Master became an immortal, this youngster is the benefactor of Honourable Master, he is also her successor, he is the new Master of Vulture Palace.” the female is called Cheng QingShuang, she struggled to dismount her horse, she kowtow to Xu Zhu and said: “I thank Honourable Master for saving me, please….please…..Honourable Master please save our sisters at Misty Peak, everyone endured for 10 days, we are heavily outnumbered, we are really in extremely…..extremely critical condition.” when she finish speaking she lay prostrate on the ground, she can’t even raise her head.

Xu Zhu quickly said: “Sister Shi, quickly support her up. Grandma Yu, you…what do you think we should do?”

Grandma Yu travelled with this new owner for over 10 days, she is well aware that he is honest and naive, he is unfamiliar with worldly affair, she said: “Informing Owner, if we go to Misty Peak now it will require 2 days of travel, Owner can order slave servant to command my division, we will immediately rush ahead to provide assistance. Owner will lead the rest of our sisters and arrive soon after. When Owner arrives those demons will naturally disintegrate and vanish, there is no need to worry.”

Xu Zhu nod his head, but he still feel the matter is a bit inappropriate, he don’t know how to comment for the moment.

Grandma Yu turn her head and said to Fu MinYi: “Sister Fu, Owner will display his skill and those bunch of demons will be frighten off, but the cassock he is wearing is not spectacular enough. You are the divine seamstress of our Palace, quickly make a new cassock for Owner!” Fu MinYi said: “Precisely! Sister is also thinking about the same thing.”

Xu Zhu was startled, he is worried about urgent matters, how come they are making cassock now? Its really the opinion of married women. However these females are indeed married women, their views are precisely those of married women.

The group of females are all gazing at Xu Zhu, waiting for his orders. Xu Zhu lowered his head, the monk robe he is wearing is tattered and filthy, he didn’t wash it for 4 months, its extremely smelly and hard to bear. He was instructed by his master since childhood, he have to study the Five Aggregates of emptiness, he cannot hanker after clothes and food, thus he did not care about such matters at all, but now Grandma Yu mention the matter, he also notice his female subordinates are wearing gorgeous clothes, he cannot help but feel ashamed, moreover he is not a monk anymore but he is still wearing monk robe, its really not acceptable. In reality, the females already treat him as their owner, why would they make fun of his clothes? The group of females look at his expression and his eyes, whether he is happy or angry, his intentions, however Xu Zhu is feeling ashamed and inferior, his expression bashful.

Grandma Yu wait for some time, she inquire again: “Owner, slave servant will move on ahead first, what do you think?”

Xu Zhu said: “Let us go together, saving people is important. My clothe is simply too filthy, later i…..i will go wash, to avoid letting you all smell its stench….” he urge his camel and rush on ahead first. The group of females felt the same anger and hatred towards their enemies, they urge their mounts and followed him. Camel can run longer, while sprinting its speed exceeds a horse, the party rush for 10 li and finally stop to rest, they light a fire to prepared meals.

Grandma Yu pointed at a mountain peak in the north-west corner, she said to Xu Zhu: “Owner, that is Misty Peak. The mountain peak is shrouded in mist throughout the year, when you look at it from far it is faint and indistinct, thus it is known as Misty Peak.” Xu Zhu said: “Its seems we are still very far, the sooner we arrive the better, we should travel throughout the night as well.” The group of females said: “Yes! Many thanks to Owner for your concern for the slave servants of Great Heaven Division.” after finishing their meals, they mount the camels and travelled again, when they reach the base of Misty Peak its already the dawn of 2nd day.

Fu MinYi clasp a multi-coloured object and walk towards Xu Zhu, she bow and said: “Slave servant skill is crude and lowly, i invite Owner to reward me by wearing it.” Xu Zhu said curiously: “What is that?” he receive the object and shake it open, its a men’s robe, its patched together using many strip of brocade, red, yellow, green, purple, black, all kinds of brocade stripe, its luxurious and elegant. As it turns out, Fu MinYi cut off some cloth off the cloaks of the group of females, she made a robe for Xu Zhu.

Xu Zhu is shock yet happy, he said: “Lady Fu you are indeed worthy of being called Divine Seamstress’, while riding on camel unexpectedly you can make such beautiful clothe.” At once he remove his monk robe and wore the new robe, it fit him perfectly, the cuff and collar is made of gray mink fur, the mink fur is also cut off from the female clothes. Although Xu Zhu is ugly, but when he wore the luxurious robe at once his vigor is displayed prominently, everyone cheered. Xu Zhu expression is timid and bashful, he don’t know what to do.

At this time, the party had arrive at the intersection of the route up Misty Peak. Cheng QingShuang already narrate the situation while en route, when she got down the peak the enemy already occupied Broken Soul Cliff, they lost 11 out of the 18 natural stronghold at Misty Peak, the Great Heaven Division had lost more than half of its group, the situation is extremely dangerous and critical. Xu Zhu saw the base of the peak is quiet, there is no one nearby, a few green grass sprouted on the white snow ground, if he did not receive information in advance how can he imagine that this tranquil place contains endless killings and death. The group of females are worried, they are concern about the safety of their fellow sisters of Great Heaven Division.

Sister Shi pull out her sabre and shout loudly: “Out of the nine Heaven Of Misty Peak, eight Heaven Division went down the peak, only one division remain to guard, those thieves took advantage of the situation and attack, they are extremely shameless. Owner, please give your orders, everyone will rush up the peak and fight those thieves to the death!” she is extremely agitated and angry. However Grandma Yu said: “Sister Shi don’t be impatient, the enemy is powerful, Great Heaven Division fully relied on the 18 natural stronghold, that is why they can endure for so long. Now we are at the base of the peak, the enemy turn into the host, they occupy the high ground and have the advantage…..” Sister Shi said: “Then in your opinion what should we do?” Grandma Yu said: “We should remain calm and silent, quietly go up the peak, the longer the enemy takes to detect us the better.”

Xu Zhu nod his head and said: “Grandma Yu is correct.” Since he already said it, nobody dare to have other ideas.

The eight divisions arrange into troops, they quietly move up the mountain. As they move up the peak, their level of lightness martial arts became apparent immediately. Xu Zhu look at Grandma Yu, Sister Shi, Fu MinYi and the other division chiefs, although they are women but their footwork is solid and nimble, he pondered: “Sure enough, there are no poor soldiers under a good general, the divisions under martial great aunt are all truly capable.”

They move past various strongholds, but the areas are littered with broken sabres and swords, marks on trees and crushed rocks, they can deduce that when the enemy pass by, fierce and tragic battles broke out. They move past Broke Soul Cliff, Broken Bone Cliff, 100 Zhang Cave and arrived at Heaven Connecting Bridge, however the metal chain bridge between the two cliffs is cut off by some precious sabre. The two cliffs are separated by 5 zhang, its extremely difficult to cross over.

The group of females are overwhelmed with shock, they pondered: “Could it be the sisters from Great Heaven Division all sacrifice themselves in this disaster?” The group of females knew the Heaven Connecting Bridge is an unavoidable route that links to two strongholds, 100 Zhang Cave and Immortal Worry Gate, although its called a bridge but its just an iron chain that stretch across two cliffs, underneath is a deep ravine. Those who arrive at Vulture Palace must naturally be martial art experts, its not difficult for them to step on the chain and cross over. When Cheng QingShuang went down the peak, the enemy only attack up till Broken Soul Cliff, they are far away from Heaven Connecting Bridge, moreover the Great Heaven Division is well prepared, they send people to guard the iron chain, when the enemy arrive they will release the lock in the middle of the iron chain, the iron chain will separate into two parts, the ravine is 5 zhang wide, its difficult for a person to jump across even if he possess extremely high level of lightness martial art. Currently, the group of females notice that the iron chain is cut off by a sharp blade, most likely the guards from Great Heaven Division did not have time to release the lock when the enemy attack the bridge.

Sister Shi brandish her Willow-leaf sabre, the sabre wind made ‘HuHu’ sound, she shouted: “Grandma Yu, quickly think of an idea on how to cross over.” Grandma Yu said: “En, how to cross, it is really not easy….”

She did not complete her sentence, suddenly they heard two miserable ‘Ah Ah’ cry from the opposite mountain, its female voice. The blood of the group of females are boiling, they knew their sisters from Great Heaven Division encountered the enemy, they wish they could sprout wings and fly over to fight the enemy till death, but no matter how they shout or curse, their wailing unending, they still can’t fly and cross over the stronghold.

Annotate: Buddhist believe that life is full of pain and suffering, they cannot break away from it: the main source of trouble is in “three poison” (Trini Akusalamulani), they are also known as “three evil”, namely, “greed” (Ragah), “anger” (Dosah), “delusion” (Mohah). “Greed” is desire and craving, the desire for all kinds of material or mental wants, love, pursuit of fame and profit or power, etc; “Anger” is hatred and hostility, detest and complain, losing hope, causing harm, injuring others, mentally torturing others, loathing others, jealousy, taking joy in other people’s misfortune, etc; “Delusion” is the lack of realization, making mistake, absurd thoughts, hallucination and fantasy, having false opinion, “delusion” is the being of idiocy and not the being of infatuation. Buddhist sometimes address “non-Buddhist” as “ignorant common man”, it stems from a type of benevolence as they believe they should not act hostile against members of another religion, the reason is merely because they have yet to understand Buddhist doctrine, they don’t understand the truth, thus those who have yet to understand the truth is known as “deluded”. The common understanding of Chinese scholars with regards to “delusion” of the “three poison”, is that it refers to infatuation, being infatuated with, the mistake