The sound of the ancient temple bell echoed in the depths of his soul, and Ye Changsheng was at peace in his heart and climbed the stairs.

As the largest Buddhist temple in the Yunlong Principality, the majesty of Cifu Temple is naturally not comparable to Tangmen Temple.

From the wide stone staircase, you can see the center of the temple, a towering ancient pagoda.

This eighteen-storey ancient pagoda is the landmark building of Cifu Temple, each floor is dedicated to the statue of the Buddha, and the ancient inheritance of scriptures, hundreds of years of immersion, the whole tower is also covered with a layer of treasure.

However, the most precious thing is the Buddha's relics enshrined in the underground palace under the tower, although it is only a finger bone relic, but it also has boundless mana and is a real holy relic.

Since three hundred years ago, every twenty years, the royal family of the Principality of Yunlong will hold a grand ceremony to "welcome and send off the Buddha's bones".

The Buddha's bones will be taken out from the underground palace under the tower, escorted to the palace, and then welcomed by the palace, to the various monasteries in turn, and finally taken back to the stupa for sealing.

On the day of welcoming the Buddha's bones, the royal family and the monks who have attained the Tao chant the Dharma Protector, and millions of residents of Yunlong City and believers from other places kneel down on the street to worship, and the incense of Cifu Temple is full of incense.

The status of Jifu Temple as a national temple was determined, and after several reconstructions and expansions, it has the scale it has today.

Ye Changsheng walked forward, walked through the mountain gate, walked through the front hall, visited in front of the ancient pagoda for a while, and walked along the wide stone steps to the front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

On the square, the incense is at its peak, and Master Xuanguang, the abbot of Cifu Temple, wearing a purple and red robe, holding a ring bead, leads a group of monks to wait there early.

Such a big battle made Ye Changsheng flattered, and hurriedly stepped forward, clasped his hands together and saluted.

Master Xuanguang is a high-ranking monk, who lives in a simple place on weekdays, studying Buddhist scriptures in the meditation room, except for the grand ceremony of welcoming and sending off Buddha bones, he has rarely seen guests.

Not to mention the bell to welcome guests, the abbot himself came out to greet him, how could Changsheng not be afraid?

Master Xuanguang smiled back: "I came from afar without intention, and the Buddha's light followed me all the way, so the old man naturally didn't dare to slack off." ”

As he spoke, Master Xuanguang's clear gaze looked towards the sledgehammer behind Ye Changsheng, to be precise, at the statue in the sledgehammer's hand.

Ye Changsheng couldn't help but suddenly feel that the abbot had moved such a big battle, not to greet him, but to welcome this jade carving.

He nodded slightly, strode forward with a sledgehammer, bowed and saluted, opened the silk cloth covering the jade carving, and then handed the jade carving up.

The two monks clasped their hands together, strode forward, and respectfully took the jade carving.

This is a "harmonious" jade carving, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, all embodied in a statue, perfect and unified, but also without losing their own characteristics.

Different from the earliest one with a mass of harmony, the statue sent by Ye Changsheng is more focused on Buddhism, and Buddhist culture occupies a dominant position.

The owner of the ancient tomb has integrated his understanding of Buddhism into the exquisite carving techniques, because the entire jade carving exudes a peaceful light and reveals the supreme mysteries of Buddhism.

With Master Xuanguang's cultivation, he could naturally sense the Buddha light of this jade carving when Ye Changsheng was still under the mountain.

Although he was prepared, when he saw this jade carving in person, he couldn't help but have a brilliant light in his eyes.

And the monks behind him also set their eyes on the jade carving, or surprise, or contemplation, or chanting.

Everyone knows that the Tao is manifested in the instrument, but the jade carving in front of them, this instrument, has reached the extreme of the manifestation of the Tao.

If they hadn't heard of the jade carving, they would have suspected that this jade carving was made by a certain virtuous monk.

Ye Changsheng's gift can no longer be described as precious.

Behind Master Xuanguang, an elder couldn't help but ask, "Wuxin, this jade carving is one of the twelve jade carvings?"

Ye Changsheng also has an identity, he is a lay disciple of Tangmen Temple, and his law name is Wuxin.

Ye Changsheng lowered his head and said: "This jade carving is one of the many harmonious spirits of the tomb owner, but it is not among the twelve jade carvings. ”

Many monks couldn't help but be moved, the jade carvings in front of them are still like this, and the twelve jade carvings that will be auctioned should be so exquisite?

It is no wonder that the senior monks of the Fayan Sect and the Huixin Sect never came out as soon as they entered the Yejia Post House, which shows the attraction of these twelve jade carvings.

Several elders couldn't help but regret a little, they actually knew about this auction for a long time, but they didn't take it too seriously.

Of course, there are also royal reasons, so they deliberately kept a low profile.

If they hadn't had so many worries and had gone to visit Ye Changsheng earlier, they would have been able to observe the twelve statues.

However, now that the opportunity has been lost, the Huixin Sect, the Fayan Sect, the senior monks of the Fuji Sect, and the true people of the Dao Sect are already inside, and they are going again now, but it is abrupt.

A group of harmonious jade carvings was solemnly invited into the abbot's meditation room, and Master Xuanguang introduced the monks of Cifu Temple to Ye Changsheng one by one.

Under the abbot, the first Master Xuanjing, a chubby monk, smiled lovely.

Below the first seat is the west hall, the back hall, and then the eight deacons.

However, many eminent monks were not listed, and the hall master that Ye Changsheng was curious about, that is, the eminent monk of the Huang family, did not appear.

Master Juetong, who had dealt with him, also did not appear, and it is said that he was still practicing penance and self-punishment.

Ye Changsheng couldn't remember so many people for a while, he just saluted politely, and then, accompanied by a senior monk, entered the main hall and bowed to the statue of the Buddha with incense.

The incense is swirling, the sound of Buddha is in the ear, the Buddha light is flourishing in the main hall, and several statues are solemn.

The ceremony of worshiping the Buddha is simple and grand, Ye Changsheng acted recklessly, but there was no rudeness, this is the realm of the realm, and it also made the recognition of Ye Changsheng by the monks, which invisibly increased a point.

After the Buddha ceremony, he originally arranged to listen to the Dharma and sit on the Zen machine, but Ye Changsheng politely refused.

He moved his hand at the bottom of the mountain, and his body was stained with blood, but it didn't affect him to sit and talk, but it was somewhat disrespectful.

An important purpose of his trip is to observe the Buddha bone relics enshrined in the underground palace under the tower, and he didn't have much hope, but it is always good to be able to see it.

In the cognition of immortality, Buddha and demon are no longer simple opposites, but an entangled relationship that makes him want to distinguish and forget his words.

Probably only by recognizing from the source and sensing the Buddha's light from the Buddha's bone relics can he clarify the connection.

As soon as Ye Changsheng arrived at the meditation room where he was resting, a visitor arrived.

The first of the three monks was tall, with long hair and a shawl, dressed in white, barefoot, and nothing.

The bearded monk's face was vicissitudes of life, and although he was just standing casually, he gave people a sense of meditation.

Ye Changsheng was surprised, and saluted: "The lay disciple has no intention, he has seen a yogi!"