At dinnertime, someone came to knock on the door, only to see a little monk come in with two bowls of rice in his hand, beckoning the two to eat, followed by the abbot of Shiran, and said when he entered the door: "The two donors came from afar, and they should have been hospitable, but the temple is now also limited in capacity, and can only prepare some coarse tea and light rice. ”

Pu Zixuan got up and said: "The pure land of Buddhism should be simple, how can we bother the abbot to bother." According to his usual habits, he would definitely give a piece of silver as food money, and ask for some good wine and food, but he expected that the abbot would not take it, so he had to accompany him.

The relieved abbot looked at Chen Shuqing again: "Can Master Chen's injuries improve after taking medicine?" ”

Chen Shuqing moved her arm and said, "The abbot's plaster is really a panacea, and it is much better." ”

"That's good, remember to take the medicine again before going to bed at night, and tomorrow it will be half better."

After the little monk left, the relieved abbot sat on the edge of the bed and asked the two of them: "It is rare for Master Pu Shi to awaken the power of purification at a young age, can you tell the old man who you are and how to learn this power of purification?" ”

In other words, Pu Zixuan will never easily tell the truth, but Master Shi is highly respected, and will never gossip about his affairs everywhere, and there are no outsiders here, since he needs his assistance, he should naturally tell him frankly, so he told him frankly: "I don't hide it, my ancestor is the famous purification messenger - Mr. Pu Songling, a resident of Liuquan." Others only know that he is a writer, and since the abbot knows about the existence of the purification envoy, he must not be a stranger to the Willow Spring monk. A piece of amber handed down from my ancestors, which contains the relics of Pu Songling, I wear it every day, and not long ago, in the battle against the monsters, I awakened this purifying power. ”

"Amitabha." The relieved abbot sighed, "It turns out that the benefactor is a descendant of the Liuquan monk, no wonder he can have this attainment." This purification power is extremely difficult to learn, as the abbot of a temple, everyone in the world says that Lao Ge is a monk who has attained the Tao, but I don't know how hard Lao Ge tries, he has no chance to learn this kind of divine power, and he can't personally subdue demons and eliminate demons, which is really ashamed, ashamed. ”

Pu Zixuan comforted: "Why did the abbot say this? As far as I know, whether or not I can obtain the power of purification is all determined by heaven, even if the nine generations of Pu Songling's descendants have already flourished and spread all over the world, only I am fortunate to receive the wrong love of God, which is by no means the abbot's fault. ”

The abbot said: "Whether it is destined by heaven or can be cultivated, it is difficult to say for sure, but if you want to become a purification messenger, cultivation alone is definitely not enough, every awakened person will often experience great pain first, and suddenly awaken by chance." This point of view is well-founded. ”

Pu Zixuan immediately thought of fighting with the werewolf that day, being beaten by others, and almost being killed by the white-haired banshee, all of which were life and death, thinking that what the abbot said was also reasonable, so he asked: "Then, how did the abbot know about the existence of the purification messenger?" ”

The abbot said: "Since the donor is a descendant of the Liuquan monk, he must be a righteous and generous person, so the old man might as well tell the truth." It's a long story, this Jiading Mansion has been a place of evil and chaos since ancient times, especially the confluence of the three rivers, which is really a place where all kinds of water monsters hide dirt and dirt, and many innocent people are buried here every year. In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, a twelve-year-old Banzhou disciple came to this Lingyun Temple, only for self-cultivation, but saw that the tragedy of the water monster destroying the boat and hurting people often occurred here, and he was sad, so he left the master at the age of 24, traveled all over the world to visit famous teachers, and sought the way to get rid of demons, which was the abbot of Lingyun Temple - Master Haitong. ”

Pu Zixuan nodded: "Uncle Tian also told us the superficial history of this big Buddha, saying that the big Buddha was built by Master Haitong. ”

Master Shi Ran said, "Exactly. Master Haitong was instructed by the master and knew the existence of the power of purification, so he practiced hard and tried to become a purification messenger, but more than ten years have passed, he has not been able to awaken when he is not confused, he blames himself unusually, sighs that he has wasted countless time, so he gave up cultivation, turned around and built a big Buddha at the confluence of the three rivers at the age of thirty-nine, hoping that Buddhism can suppress the water monster. However, the local corrupt officials were interested in extorting money on the grounds that Haitong had built Buddhism without authorization and destroyed feng shui.

One day, the county guard of Najiazhou heard that Haitong had a large sum of money in his hand, so he brought a large number of retinues to ask for it. Master Haitong flatly refused, and said categorically: 'You can cut off your own eyes, and Buddha's wealth is rare!' The county guard didn't believe that Master Haitong had the courage to gouge out his eyeballs, so he provoked: "Then you can dig it out and take a look!" In the face of the brazen county guard, Master Haitong picked up a copper plate, did not hesitate to gouge out one of his eyeballs and put it on it, and silently raised it in front of the county guard, frightening the county guard to flee in a hurry. ”

Pu Zixuan sighed: "He is worthy of being a high monk, and his temperament swallows mountains and rivers, which is really admirable!" ”

Chen Shuqing also said: "If you can endure what others can't bear, you will be able to do what adults can't." Master Haitong's move will definitely bring the great atmosphere of Lingyun Temple. ”

Abbot Shi Ran nodded and said, "What Master Chen said is extremely true, although Master Haitong lost an eye, it was this incident that stimulated him and made his purifying power awaken overnight. ”

Pu Zixuan was surprised: "Master Haitong is indeed a purification messenger!" Then this big Buddha must have the power of purification. ”

The abbot said: "However, more than a thousand years have passed, no matter how strong the purification power will fade, now this big Buddha, just an ordinary Buddha statue, the only thing that is still a little divine is that this big Buddha will close his eyes whenever he encounters the troubled times when the country is ruined and the family is ruined, and when he is prosperous, he will open his eyes again, and he has opened his eyes for more than a thousand years, and he has not known how many reincarnations he has experienced." More than 10 years ago, since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom riots began, the Buddha closed his eyes again and never opened them again. ”

Pu Zixuan sighed: "Although I believe in science and not in Buddhism, there are indeed many inexplicable phenomena in this world that need to be explored. Okay, Master Abbot, I have solved the mystery of this big Buddha, so what is the spell on Fengzhou Island? ”

The abbot said: "Although Master Haitong has the power of purification, but he is old, he knows that he can not complete the construction of the Buddha in his lifetime, and he can not descend to the monsters of Jiading Mansion, so he focused on cultivating a group of purification messengers as apprentices, and it took nearly a hundred years for the master and apprentice to build the Buddha, and the monsters within the three rivers were removed from a clean, but Master Haitong said that there are too many demons in the world, if the monsters here make trouble again after a hundred years and a thousand years, and I am afraid that there will be no purification messenger at that time, so I made nine hundred and eighty-one magic talismans, hidden in the ears of the Buddha. In this way, with the protection of the Great Buddha, the purifying power of its runes is enough to preserve for 2,000 years, but Master Haitong is afraid of being used by bad people, so he only passes on this secret from generation to generation by the abbot. There are eight of the amulets on the island, and the two donors must not tell outsiders about this secret. ”

Pu Zixuan responded: "I understand, the abbot trusts me, so he tells us the secret, and we should keep it a secret." ”

The abbot said: "Then now, I hope that the two of you can also respond to the concerns of the old man, that magic talisman will only prevent the monsters from entering and leaving, and it will have no effect on ordinary people and purification messengers, why are the two of you so embarrassed?" ”