Chapter XXXVII. Pure Land of Bliss (1)
Autumn night, the bright moon hanging high in the sky under the clouds, condescending to look down on the world in the moonlight, at this time located in the suburbs of the provincial capital in the Jingle Temple, the annual annual festival of bliss has just ended, although there are no tourists in the temple now, but the red lanterns are still hanging high on the wall to emit a festive red light. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
At this time, the staff of the temple was cleaning up the mess of the place, and at this time, a painful groan suddenly came from a side hall of the temple that was not open to the public, which attracted the attention of the staff and monks who were cleaning up the garbage outside the door of the side hall.
Human life is a matter of heaven, the monks hurriedly found the key to open the rusted lock, but because it has not been used for a long time, the keyhole has been sealed by rust, the lock can not be opened, in desperation, people have to take a big axe to split the chain and break into the side hall.
I saw that in the dark and empty side hall, a bald monk was lying on the ground near the window and was motionless, and the staff stepped forward to check, only to find that the other party had become a dried corpse! The skin on the surface of the body has dried up.
Everyone present was so frightened by the tragic situation of the corpse that they retreated outside the temple gate, and everyone looked at each other, unable to believe how the big living person who was still twitching on the ground just now turned into a corpse that seemed to have been dead for a long time in just a few seconds.
After forensic examination, the deceased has been dead for ten years, but judging from the newer monk's robe on the person's body and the commemorative plaque of this year's Bliss Annual Meeting on his arm, this person should be a monk who has just entered Jingle Temple.
Xiaoyao tea is a rare spiritual tea that only some large-scale immortal cultivation sects in Qingzhou can afford to purchase, and the price of this kind of spiritual tea made by mixing and stir-frying dozens of spiritual grasses is amazingly expensive, and some small sects cannot afford to purchase it at all.
Legend has it that after drinking this tea, the human soul will be separated from the time and space where the physical body is located, and enter a space that is not controlled by time, where there is no time, no hustle and bustle, no disturbance, and meditating in it for a hundred years is only equivalent to the time of a stick of incense in reality, which is a shortcut for immortal cultivators to quickly improve their cultivation in a short period of time.
But this tea production method has always been a mystery, and the yield is very scarce, so the price outside is very expensive, or according to the number of tea roots!
We also have two Xiaoyao teas in our Tongling Tea House, and when the ancestors were looking for a big gate to collect debts, the other party had no choice but to take out a few Xiaoyao tea leaves that had been collected for many years for us to pay off debts.
According to legend, there were people in the Buddha world who created a world without troubles and pain, where there was abundant spiritual energy, laughter and laughter, and there was no time control, and the creatures inside lived a carefree and immortal life, and that place was called the Pure Land of Bliss, and it was also a place that countless immortal cultivators yearn for and find.
Today, our story will tell about this legendary world where there is no time constraints, only laughter.
On the weekends, I sat behind the counter of the new Tongling Tea House, intently reading the books (those ghost books that the old lady left me), while Moon Dance sat on the chair behind me and took a quiet nap.
The glass door was gently pushed open, and an old Taoist smiled and poked his head in, "Lotte hasn't seen you for a long time, no, you should be called a little post officer!" ā
As soon as I saw it, people suddenly froze, isn't this Guang Yuanzi who was looking for the soul of Fan Hanlun in the first place! What's the matter, this person always wants to come to me on credit and can't get it? I must not allow his plot to succeed.
"Yo, isn't this the head of Guangyuanzi, why did you come to me today, do you want to buy some tea? These teas are all authentic and high-grade spiritual teas from my grandfather! It's not cheap......" I proudly said, pointing to the cans of green tea behind me.
The old Taoist priest sat down at the counter with a smile and said, "I'm not here to buy tea, this time I'm here to run an errand in the provincial capital, and by the way, I'll visit the little post official."
I didn't bring any gifts when I came all the way to visit me, I was not sincere...... And looking at his old face smiling like a weasel, he must have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace.
I brought Guang Yuanzi a cup of tea and asked, "I'm afraid it's not just to come to see me, what are you doing here today?" ā
"Hehe, look at what you said, I came this time, firstly, I really came to visit the little post official, and secondly, I want to ask you when the annual meeting of Bliss in Jingle Temple will start?" Guang Yuanzi held the tea that was given for free and explained his intention with a smile.
"Jorakuji?" Sitting in a chair, I searched my mind for information about related words, Jingle Temple, an ancient temple located on the outskirts of the provincial capital, where it is said that a performance of the annual festival of Bliss is held every year in the late autumn season, and it is a famous tourist attraction in the provincial capital.
What does this old Taoist run to the monk's temple if he has nothing to do, kick the hall and smash the field or surrender and mutiny?
"Why are you looking for a temple when you have nothing to do, and you can't think about it for a while?" I leaned on the counter and joked at Hiromotoko.
The old Taoist god looked around mysteriously, and then whispered in my ear, "I heard that there is a gate connecting to the Pure Land of Bliss in Jingle Temple, and that gate seems to only open when the Elysian Annual Meeting will be held, so I specially came to ask the little post official if I know when the Elysian Year will start, and then go to Jingle Temple to try my luck."
"Pure Land of Bliss?" I feel like I've heard it somewhere, but I can't remember it for a while.
Moon Dance, who was still asleep beside me just now, woke up at some point, nodded to Guang Yuanzi and explained to me, "According to legend, the Pure Land of Bliss is a mysterious space created by the Buddha of Joy, where there is no time constraints, no pain, no sorrow, no sickness, and those who enter it will enjoy the eternity of time and the carnival without end."
"And it's filled with an extremely rich aura, and the benefits of meditating and cultivating in it for a quarter of an hour are as good as retreating outside for hundreds of years! It was also a long time for me to learn that Kek Lok Temple could lead to this treasure land! Guang Yuanzi said excitedly, with excitement flashing in his eyes.
"I'm afraid there are a lot of people who flock to such a good place, how did the Taoist know that the Pure Luck Temple can lead to the Pure Land of Bliss, and you don't worry about getting fake news?" I remind Guang Yuanzi not to be deceived.
Guang Yuanzi's eyebrows twitched proudly, his eyes narrowed into a thin line, and he smiled and whispered to me, "Little post official doesn't know, I learned that there was a strange case in Jingle Temple when I came to the provincial capital last year to do goods, last year a monk in Jingle Temple was found inexplicably dead in a closed hall of the temple, and the most strange thing is that he went to Jingle Temple for the first time to participate in the Bliss Annual Meeting, but the forensic doctor identified that he has been dead for more than ten years!" ā
"How is that possible! How could a big living person suddenly turn into a corpse that had been dead for more than ten years! I shouted in disbelief.
"Little post officer, be quiet!" Guang Yuanzi nervously shushed me, and then looked around nervously for fear that the wall would have ears.
"There is only one possibility that a big living person can instantly turn into a corpse that has been dead for decades, that is, it is very likely to enter a place beyond the jurisdiction of time, and after coming out, it will quickly age and die due to the impact of the time difference between the two places!" Guang Yuanzi whispered in my ear with excitement on his face.
I turned my gaze to Moon Dance to ask her opinion, but Moon Dance pondered for a moment and nodded, "If this has something to do with the Pure Land of Bliss, it's not impossible."
"Therefore, I came to Zhongzhou early this year to consult the little post official when the Bliss Annual Party will be held."
I deliberately pretended to have an indifferent expression, scratched my head, drank water, and ignored the old Taoist priest in front of me, if this old guy really went to the Pure Land of Bliss to cultivate for hundreds of years, then he would not be able to repay the foreign debts he owed me, and I couldn't let my children and grandchildren go to Guangyuanzi, who had already attained enlightenment, to collect debts after a few hundred years, right?
"Dao Chief, the Pure Land of Bliss is so magical, I'm afraid the information related to it must be very valuable," I rubbed my thumb and forefinger together, making a gesture to count the money to hint at the old Tao in front of me.
"Little post officer, this is the tea money I owe in the past few years, look at the amount!" The old Taoist priest slapped his head and suddenly realized, and immediately took out a thick stack of banknotes from his pocket and handed it to me.
I happily took the banknotes and counted them, and glanced at Guang Yuanzi, "It is said that immortal cultivators will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals, and the information related to the Pure Land of Bliss is invaluable, if this news spreads, it will really cause a bloody storm, right?" ā
Guang Yuanzi nodded with a heavy expression, "Hey, the most needed resources for cultivating immortals are nothing more than aura, elixir and time, among which the aura elixir is easy to find, but time cannot be increased in vain, if you can enter the Pure Land of Bliss, it is equivalent to increasing the lifespan of hundreds or thousands of years in vain, once you cultivate in it, you can get rid of the shackles of time and become immortals, and live with heaven and earth, who doesn't want to go to such a good place, don't hide it from the little post official, every time the news of the Pure Land of Bliss appears in Qingzhou, I don't know how many immortal cultivators will fall innocently!" ā
"Then you're not worried that you'll become the fate of the deceased last year, and you will age hundreds of years in an instant when you come out?"
"Don't worry, this little post officer, our immortal cultivators have a long lifespan, as long as they cultivate to a higher level, their lifespan can be increased by hundreds of years, so I have also made the determination to die to find the Pure Land of Bliss! If you can't become an immortal, you will become a corpse! ā
What is the Pure Land of Bliss, all that has anything to do with it is bloodshed and death, and the world has paid so much for the pursuit of the so-called Bliss, and in the end what they get is really the Pure Land they desire?
Now that Guang Yuanzi has come up with the consciousness of becoming a benevolent if he doesn't succeed, I will no longer make it difficult for him, take out my mobile phone to check the time of this year's Bliss Annual Meeting, and then tell Guang Yuanzi, "You can wait patiently for a week, the annual meeting will be held next week's weekend."