Chapter 125: The Successor of the Nyorai
Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Song An is an exchange student, and after filling out the admission procedures at the university, he can't wait to go out with his new Thai friends.
Along the way, Song An looked around at the scenery, his eyes were full of freshness, but his roommate Man Gerui was sighing for a long time, and kept saying that Chiang Mai was not like this.
In this city, known as the "Rose of the North", the traditional wooden houses that represent history have been replaced by reinforced concrete, and with the high development of commercial tourism, the peace and tranquility of the past have long been lost, and people's hearts have been corrupted by money and desire.
Song An disagreed, with the high evolution of human material civilization, it was an inevitable process for the original old buildings to be replaced. What's more, the whole city of Chiang Mai is expanded from the old city half a kilometer west of the Ping River, which is full of green trees, the air is particularly cool, and even the sky is the color of the blue sea.
Coupled with the elephants, monks and various stupas that appear from time to time, it is enough to make this believer feel like heaven.
That's right......
Although Song An was from China, he did not believe in Taoism but believed in Buddhism.
At this age when faith was at its peak, he was also considered a "heretic".
The three-wheeled vehicle is the main means of transportation in Thailand, and in order to facilitate travel, Song An also called a three-wheeled car, and the two of them sat on it.
As Miricycle shuttles back and forth in the city, it feels like everything in front of me has suddenly changed, and the low-rise wooden houses and old roads have replaced the prosperity of high-rise buildings.
Mangorui's eyes lit up, and he told Song An with great interest that he had come to the old city of Chiang Mai, which is the real Chiang Mai, and pointed to the golden spire temple not far away, and said: "That is Chiang Mai Temple, the oldest temple in Chiang Mai." β
As soon as he heard that it was Chiang Mai Temple, Song An's eyes lit up in an instant.
Thailand is the land of ten thousand Buddhas.
Chiang Mai is the capital of all Buddhas.
Chiang Mai Temple is the most authentic and claims to be the closest to the true Buddha.
It is precisely because of the existence of this temple that Song An chose to study in Thailand.
At this time, when he heard Man Gerui say this, Song An had no reason not to go, so he asked the coachman to go straight to Chiang Mai Temple!
After getting out of the car, Song An followed Mangorui to the Chiang Mai Temple.
As soon as he approached the temple, Song An's expression immediately became solemn and reverent, and he looked at the temple with his hands folded and muttered.
Not only him, but also many Thais and tourists around him are in this state, and they all come to worship the Buddha with awe.
After a while, the two came to the largest tower of Chiang Mai Temple, Changlong Pagoda.
It is about the height of a three-story building and has a magnificent golden spire. The whole tower is square, and the bottom of the tower is supported by rows of stucco elephants, and although there is a smell of decay everywhere, the solemn and solemn atmosphere still comes to the face. Those elephant sculptures are lifelike and very expressive.
Just as Song An wanted to admire the ingenuity and creativity of the Thai people, the sky suddenly darkened.
This was followed by dark clouds, lightning and thunder.
The raindrops the size of beans began to fall, and the sound was non-stop.
"It's raining, let's find a place to shelter from the rain."
Mangorui put his palm against his head to avoid the rain, and with the other hand he wanted to pull Song An.
But Song An froze in place, staring blankly in a certain direction in the distance.
"What are you looking at?"
Man Gerui followed Song An's line of sight, and saw that there were some cracks on the tallest Buddha statue in Chiang Mai Temple, and there were more and more cracks, and there was even a lightning bolt striking on it.
Clicksβ
The statue began to crack, and one by one the rubble smashed into the crowd.
Those who worship the Buddha are divided into two states, one is kneeling on the ground and begging for the Buddha's protection, and the other is running like a headless fly and calling for help.
Boom......
A piece of gravel fell, and it happened to fall on the two kneeling people, and the originally good people turned into two pools of meat in an instant.
Man Gerui said with a pale face: "We are too close, let's find a safe place to avoid first......
Song An hesitated: "Okay." β
But just as he was about to run away, he saw a little girl slumped on the ground and crying, and the girl's mother not only did not take her out of this dangerous place, but grabbed the girl's arm and asked her to pray to the Buddha with her.
Song An didn't want to take care of it, but another lightning bolt came down and hit the Buddha statue that was about to collapse again, the foundation of the Buddha statue was destroyed, and the statue body began to tilt, almost collapsing.
And the direction in which it was going to collapse was exactly where the little girl was staying.
Song An gritted his teeth and said, "You go first, don't worry about me!" β
With that, he ran against the fleeing crowd and ran towards the little girl.
"Let's go!"
Song An ran to the girl's place, yelled, picked up the girl, pulled her mother, and ran.
But Song An is an ordinary person after all.
With two burdens, he couldn't run past the collapsed Buddha statue after all.
And the greatest he can do is to push the mother and daughter away before the Buddha statue lands.
Boom Boom β
The Buddha statue fell to the ground.
Song An was a step away from the safety zone when he was hit by a Buddha statue.
The mother and daughter sat on the side of the Buddha statue exhausted, looking at the blood stains under the Buddha statue with fearful eyes.
At this moment, the solemn Buddha bell sounded in the Changlong Pagoda, as well as the quiet Sanskrit chanting of the monks, injecting a touch of cool tranquility into this heavy and oppressive atmosphere.
The sound of the Buddha bell is becoming more and more solemn, melodiously echoing in the sky above the Chiang Mai Temple, just like the old man full of vicissitudes telling the young people about the experience of a lifetime, and the listener has an epiphany in the moving epiphany; Sanskrit chanting is like a clear river, shining with the light of the sun in the rocky mountains, and the trickle washes away the evil and dirt of the world.
Is Song An dead?
No, he didn't.
The so-called collapse of the Buddha statue is just a trial.
After Rulai came to this world and was killed by Li Chanxuan in seconds, he began to look for a person who is dedicated to Buddha, kind in his heart, brave and fearless to inherit his strength.
Because only such a person can withstand the power of faith to the greatest extent and reach the level of tens of millions of gods.
After all, only tens of millions of gods can fight against tens of millions of gods.
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Am I dead?
Where am I?
Was the mother and daughter saved?
Song An's consciousness wandered in nothingness, and in a trance, he seemed to hear someone ask.
"Do you regret it?"
Song An shook his head and said, "No." β
"Good ......"
Then, Song An opened his eyes.
Touching the eye, all are golden Buddha statues, halo like the sunset, the bell comes from the void, each Buddha statue seems to be alive, the facial expression is no different from the real person, and the Dharma is solemn, holding the rosary and chanting in a low voice.
And in the center of the pilgrimage of the Ten Thousand Buddhas, Rulai smiled kindly......