Chapter 131: Ascension
At dawn, the four gates of the holy city of Rinkha in the hearts of the people of the plateau were opened, and the believers who had been waiting outside for a long time flocked in.
Although the believers who entered the city were crowded with each other and walked with some difficulty, they all tried to abide by humility and order, obeying the instructions of the monks, and almost no one would go beyond the ceremony.
Even if the city is already overcrowded, unless it is really unbearable, the soldiers at the gate will persuade the believers to stop entering the city, and the latter will not be dissatisfied, so stop there; Second, the guards at the city gate will not harshly reprimand the disciples of the gods and Buddhas, and censor them like thieves
Of course, this seems to rely mainly on the self-discipline of believers to establish order, but it is just a façade, and the four words 'loose on the outside and tight on the inside' are the truest portrayal of the city of Rinkha at this moment, with countless spies mixed in the crowd, and groups of monks lined up along the street to form a long line, dividing the crowd of believers. With a kind smile on their faces, the monks constantly reminded the crowd to pay attention to their feet, and sometimes chanted sutras to the believers who passed by, but under the wide monk's robes, there was a hidden blade under the armor, and everyone received the decree of the law and had the right to act arbitrarily, as long as they found anything abnormal, they could kill first and then investigate.
The monks are responsible for the order on the street, the flow of people, and the believers into the designated area, and the monks are all responsible for these things, and the shadows of the soldiers are not seen at all, and the swords and soldiers are ominous, and they should not appear in the Buddhist ceremonies in the name of compassion, in fact, the Tibetan people really have this confidence, the country of the plateau is also the purest religious country in the Middle Earth, and the people who come to Rinka for pilgrimage are not homeless, not wanderers, they are all devout believers, and the common faith makes them strong, patient, and humble, even if they encounter any changes, they will not have it easily. Blowing up the group' happens like this, and they want to trample on each other and hug each other, unless the Buddha shows up and becomes a demon on the ground.
It is simply impossible to assassinate a spirit child in such a place...... Straw thought about it. Thinking about what he should do if he wanted to assassinate or make trouble on the day of the celebration, he didn't lose his mind and forget his camp, he just 'substituted' the role and then plugged the loopholes, so as to be foolproof.
Straw is the best assassin, and he has the qualifications to 'substitute'. But after thinking about it, in the end he shook his head and gave up, although the crowd was surging. But instead of being a cover for the Assassins, the believers in this city were the eyes, minions, and death-defying guards of the Chaitso Tata, hiding in the crowd whenever the Assassins made the slightest move. Before the monks pounced, they would be held down by countless believers first, and there would be no chance at all.
It's not just straw, even if Song Yang comes over with all the good hands in the fiefdom, there is no chance.
However, even if Uda knew and trusted the believers well enough, he still made the safest arrangement... Just because you don't see soldiers in the city doesn't mean they don't exist: it's normal that countless buildings in the holy city are closed, and the owners of the households will walk up the long streets and approach the holy mountain in time for such events. Of course, no one in the house has to close the house. Therefore, no one would have thought that this building was already full of heavily armed soldiers, and they would rush out at the sound of a trumpet.
There was also the rooftop, and all the pavilions above two floors in the holy city were all controlled by the faithful disciples from the Chaitso Pagoda, and their lowered eyes could not hide their sharp gaze as they walked back and forth through the crowd.
As for the foot of Mount Kinabalu, around the ceremonial platform that you have set up for this grand ceremony. The guards were even more upgraded by a few grades, the top players from the Chaitso Pagoda, the cronies of the national teachers from the Great Lei Yin Terrace, and the iron-blooded warriors from the Tubo army, all of whom were dressed in bright red tantric costumes, standing firmly at their posts.
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There is a faint fresh fragrance inside and outside the holy city, this smell is very interesting, if you smell and smell carefully, you don't think there will be any smell, but inadvertently it may be a gust of fresh breeze blowing beside you, maybe it is a deep breath. You will suddenly find a faint fragrance wafting into the nose, which makes people feel refreshed.
It is also a miracle that from the dawn onwards, the Holy City and the seven Taranji emit a strange fragrance at the same time, with no flowers and no smokers, and no source and gratuitous fragrance coming and going with the wind. Dye a piece of auspicious joy.
The devotees gathered in the city of Rinkha, and the great masters with advanced practices ascended to the high platform one after another and took their places one after another. When the hour was halfway through, the bell rang loudly from the Chai Cuo Pagoda, and in a blink of an eye, it spread all over the four corners, and the spirit boy was hugged to the golden throne, and several red-clothed protectors stood close to the golden throne behind the spirit child.
When the spirit boy appeared, the believers broke out in a burst of cheers, and then all the people prostrated themselves and sang the praise tune on the plateau, the scene was spectacular, and the ascension ceremony began.
The rituals were carried out by a respected teacher, and the spirit child just sat and laughed.
The huge ceremony, the process is complicated and the time is long, and before you know it, it will be noon, and more than an hour has passed, but the spirit boy is the same as when he first appeared on the stage, without the slightest stage fright, let alone crying, he is always laughing. The corners of the mouth are curled, the dark eyes are bright, look at the sky, look at the earth, look at the countless believers in front of you, the white and chubby little hands occasionally wave a few times, and the elf clear little baby just laughs non-stop.
The whole holy city is the scene of the grand ceremony, and the believers who are farther away can't even see the figure of the little baby, but the plateau people who are lucky enough to crowd in the front row can still see the smile of the spirit child, and the more time passes, the more surprised and happy they become... Even if adults are stiff and tired, the spirit child still smiles naturally and happily. You must know that the spirit boy is not yet a year old, and the little guy who is not much older than a winter melon, has been smiling and laughing like this, and is very happy, isn't this a miracle and an auspicious omen?
Although the ceremony was solemn and should not be distracted, the news that 'the spirit boy is laughing and laughing all the time' spread from the believers in the front row to the back, and it didn't take long for the whole city to know......
The Genting Living Buddha is in the crowd, not too far ahead, because he and Wuyu have to hide their identities, not the feudal lords, not the illustrious Buddhas, although my Buddha disciples are not divided into high and low, but it is impossible for people without identity to squeeze into the VIP seats in front; But his position is not too low, because he is an old man, and the believers are hostile to outsiders like wolves and contemptuous like dogs, but they are courteous to their own people, especially the elderly and children, with the dense wrinkles on Genting's face. I can still change myself to a position where I can at least see the spirit child.
The Fishless Master followed Genting's side.
Such a distance, Mo said that it was an ordinary person, even Wuyu's superb eyesight, he couldn't see the appearance of the spirit child, and there was barely a silhouette in his eyes, but Yunding could, in terms of cultivation alone, he and Hua Xiaofei were between the best. Firmly ranked in the top three of Middle-earth, his eyesight is far better than those so-called masters.
From his expression to his actions, he could see everything about the spirit boy clearly.
While the other believers were uplifted and delighted by the laughter of the spirit child, the eyebrows of the Genting Living Buddha were trembling gently. The old living Buddha, who has always been indisputable with the world and has a calm heart, has been really angry at this moment!
Noticing his companion's abnormality, Wuyu frowned slightly, and looked at Yunding with an inquiring look in his eyes.
"The skin is laughing, and the spirit child is crying." Yunding's voice was transmitted into the secret, and the eight-word answer made Wuyu a little inexplicable.
Who is Genting? The heart and eye are peerless and straightforward to see the heart, and the smile of the spirit boy Xiaowa who was manipulated by the disciple of the national teacher Tianyu with evil arts, how can he escape his magic eyes. In the eyes of others, the little spirit boy's happy smile full of joy was as evil and ugly as a Rakshasa Heavenly Demon in his eyes.
Of course, it's not the doll that's ugly, it's the demon that controls the doll.
Even the spirit child dared to blaspheme, no matter how gentle Yunding's temperament was, no matter how calm his heart was, he couldn't help but be angry.
Wuyu's mind is very good, and after thinking for a while, he probably understands that the little spirit boy may be controlled by someone to laugh and say something from his heart. Although she and Tubo are hostile positions, they really don't think there is anything wrong with the other party's approach, and if they are displaced, Wuyu Shitai is likely to do the same.
Surrounded by tantric believers, Wuyu's injuries have not healed and he can't use his internal strength, and he can't transmit sound into tantra like Yunding, so he can only stretch out his fingers and lightly scratch a few times on the arm of the living Buddha.
Master Wuyu sketched a tantric mantra. It symbolizes peace of mind and is used to persuade Genting to calm his anger.
On such an occasion, no matter how angry you are, it is useless, the heart and eye cannot be used as evidence, if the old living Buddha is angry and speaks out to accuse, he can only expose his identity and be beaten to death by countless angry believers in the court; Even if they could jump over and pull out the talent for casting evil magic. You have to admit that you have performed evil spells in person. With Yunding and Wuyu, there is nothing to do now, and if you don't want to die in vain, you have to be patient.
Yun Ding didn't understand this and didn't want to continue looking, but at this time, everyone stopped and looked at the high platform, if they turned to leave, it would be too eye-catching, he and Wuyu were still the Qin prisoners of Chaitso Tata. There is no other way, but to take a deep breath, barely suppress the anger in his heart, his eyes are lowered and his nose is looking at his nose and heart, and the spirit of Genting Living Buddha is introverted and no longer pays attention to the 'stage' in front of him.
Time passed quickly, as if in the blink of an eye, and an afternoon passed, and the ascension ceremony was grand and enthusiastic, during which countless believers cheered and cheered, until at dusk the grand ceremony finally came to an end, and only one last item remained: to send auspiciousness.
At this moment, the doll that has completed the ascension and officially changed from a spirit child to a little living Buddha should send an auspicious mantra to the believers, and all the people bow their heads to receive the blessings from the living Buddha, and then the believers will also open their mouths in unison and sing a string of mantras, and give thousands of blessings and countless auspicious gifts to the little living Buddha, and so on This thing will be successfully completed after the ascension ceremony.
In the past, when the little living Buddhas were ascended, they were all dolls, but at least they were sensible and able to speak. This time, the doll is too small to speak, and of course there is an elder teacher to endorse it, which is also in line with the rules. On the high platform, a tantric monk who looked older than Yunding stepped forward tremblingly, this lama was even higher than the previous Great Living Buddha, who had already retreated and cultivated, and this time he was invited out by Uda, and he replaced the little Living Buddha to 'send auspiciousness'.
The old lama opened his arms and waved lightly in front of countless devotees, and everyone in the audience, whether they were feudal lords or poor people, respectfully returned the salute, and then fell to their knees, raising their hands above their heads, making a gesture of receiving blessings.
Genting also breathed a sigh of relief, and fell to his knees with the crowd, and he ventured into the city to participate in this ceremony, just for this last item: to send a blessing to the little living Buddha.
The domain sect is a branch of the Tantric Sect, although it has long been a living Buddha, but Yunding has always been a disciple of Tantra, praying for an auspicious blessing for the spirit child when he ascends the throne, this is the duty of Yunding, is what Yunding must do.
The crowd bowed their heads, the city was silent, and the old master on the podium took a deep breath. Just as he was about to open his mouth to chant the scriptures, but before he could make a sound, a childlike and childish laughter suddenly sounded, the voice was not heavy, not how loud, but crisp and beautiful. It may be an exaggeration to say that the laughter spread throughout the city, but at least it was clearly heard by all the believers in the city of Rinkane.
The laughter came gratuitously and abruptly, and it was really scary to blend into the situation: an old man spoke, followed by a doll's laughter...... Everyone was shocked. I couldn't help but look at the high platform to see what was going on.
The old lama, like the believers in the audience, had a look of surprise on his face, and turned his head to look at the little living Buddha on the golden throne. The little one smiled brightly, his mouth opened slightly, and he laughed two crisp laughs.
Exactly the same laugh as before.
It wasn't until this moment that everyone suddenly realized that it was not the old master who made children's voices, but the beautiful laughter actually came from the little living Buddha, a baby who was less than one year old, and the laughter actually spread for several miles, is this a mana practice or a miracle?
The many tantric monks on the altar obviously didn't expect such an amazing thing to happen, and they were all stunned on the spot for a while. And after chuckling, the doll's mouth opened and closed, and the milk voice seemed to be a little difficult, and said two more words: "I'll come." ”
The lip shape is perfect, the tone is realistic, and the voice is steady and traveling...... The little living Buddha wants to personally come to do this 'send auspiciousness'?
It's just haunted!
Things are incredible. It is completely beyond common sense, but the miracle in front of us is not necessarily more incredible than the many visions such as the butterfly flying in Taranji, the birth of a group of babies, and the resurrection of the dead. As Yanding said before, the miracle of the seven Talanji has been paved, and it has become a natural thing for the little living Buddha to speak again. And more importantly, this miracle is what believers need, and they want to believe. So they will believe!
Surprise soon turned to ecstasy, and after a moment of silence, cheers suddenly erupted from the crowd, and countless people wept bitterly, and the feeling that faith had been proven and piety would be rewarded was incomprehensible to outsiders...... The little living Buddha continued to laugh. It was as if he brought joy to the believers, so he himself was extremely happy.
After a long time, Wu Dacai, the person in power in the Chaitso Pagoda, walked up a few steps and waved his hand to signal the believers to shut down: "Also send auspicious, living Buddha gifts." While smiling, there was still a little surprise on his face, he was very good at acting, and the shrewd old man of the former Living Buddha had been undercover by his side for thirty years.
The believers immediately reined in their cheers and fell to the ground again with joy, and after a while, the doll's voice sounded again: "Together." ”
The little living Buddha wants everyone to sing sutras with themselves... Auspicious mantra singing, a tune that is well known to plateau people, no one can sing, but no one has ever thought that one day they will sing this tune with the little living Buddha, which is a great honor and a great encouragement.
The believers agreed with a bang, but the Genting Living Buddha in the crowd was trembling all over, and their hearts were furious!
In addition to the conspiracy mastermind on the stage, only Yunding can hear that the pleasant children's voice comes from the demon magic, which also hides many evil magic doors such as dementorship and sloppiness, which are unconsciously induced... No matter how fierce the evil art is, it is impossible to bewitch tens of millions of people at once, but the demon does not need to bewitch, everyone in the audience already believes it, and it is enough for him to induce it a little.
This evil art was originally transmitted from the Western Regions to the Eastern Territory, and Yunding traveled to the plateau when he was young, and in line with the tantric demon eradication duty, he had eradicated demons who were proficient in this art, so he knew a lot about it. Before the magic is cast, the baby has to be drugged, and then it can be 'pulled by the needle' to control the mouth shape and expression, and the doll will suffer a lot of damage in the process.
At first, he only saw that the little baby was being controlled and laughing, and Yun Ding hadn't thought of this evil art, and it wasn't until this moment that the little living Buddha opened his mouth and he suddenly woke up...... The same thing fell in the eyes of Song Yang, Wuyu and even the kind-hearted Shi Xiaoxiao, it is inevitable to be angry, but it may not be like Yunding, so you can use extraordinary practices at all times; But in the eyes of Yunding, this matter is completely of another nature, in the name of the Buddha to buy people's hearts, in order to achieve the goal, he did not hesitate to harm the spirit child, if he succeeded, what is the use of Yunding's cultivation, even if the domain sect can develop and grow, what is the use!
The Genting Living Buddha's eyes were red, and he clenched his fists tightly, and his knuckles seemed to be a little unable to withstand this huge force, and they clicked softly.
At this time, the auspicious mantra from the little living Buddha has been gently sung, and all the people echo it in unison, some with tears in their eyes, some with ecstasy on their faces, and many people like cloud tops, their bodies trembling like chaff, and they are so excited that they can hardly kneel.
So Yunding's trembling was not conspicuous, and only Wuyu understood Yunding's anger, Shitai sighed secretly in his heart, knowing that he couldn't persuade him, and he simply didn't waste that effort in vain, Buddhism pays attention to cause and effect, and what should come will always come, since the antecedents are destined to die here today, Shitai didn't have too much anxiety, and accepted it calmly with a calm expression, quietly waiting for Yunding to erupt, and then the two of them died together under the attack of countless believers.
But what Wuyu didn't expect was that Yunding, who had been furious to the point of irrepressibility, did not burst into trouble, let alone rush to the high platform, but took a breath with his arms in his arms, and then he sang the auspicious mantra along with the living Buddha on the stage and the believers around him......