Half a year later, Nanzong Temple.

A person stood at the foot of Lingyun Mountain in Nanzong Temple, looking up at this aura-filled Foshan Mountain.

A little novice ran down the stone path to Babel, looking very clever, and he took a note from his bosom, looked at it, and then turned his gaze to the man standing by the stone steps at the foot of the mountain, and stared at him carefully.

The man sensed Xiao Shami's gaze and smiled at him, and Xiao Shami immediately ran down and ran in front of him, and said with a smile: "Donor, are you the one who delivered the letter of recommendation to Mr. Yan in the temple?" ”

He nodded and said, "It's down." ”

The little novice smiled with satisfaction and said, "Donor, please go to the temple with the little monk!" As he spoke, he lifted his steps and led the way.

He followed behind, passed through the archway with the three big characters of Nanzong Temple written on it, and couldn't help but take a few more looks.

Xiao Shami stopped, waited for him to walk together, and said with a smile: "Has the donor been to Nanzong Temple before?" ”

"No, I didn't." He shook his head.

Xiao Shami smiled: "The donor may not know that Nanzong Temple has become a scorched earth since it was destroyed in the Buddhist and Taoist War three years ago, and all the Buddhist temples and Buddhist halls have been built in the last half a year!" ”

He nodded and asked, "Was this archway so simple before?" ”

Xiao Shami replied: "Don't hide it from the donor, the little monk is not the original Buddhist monk of Nanzong Temple, but he has followed Elder Juechen to Nanzong Temple a few times, and he has learned a little about various places, and now he has officially joined the door of Nanzong Temple." But I remember this archway very clearly, it was originally carved with jade, and now it has been replaced by this ordinary wooden, just painted with vermilion lacquer, although it is simple, but it is also generous. A few months ago, when Emperor Wu came to worship at Nanzong Temple, he proposed to use jade carving to restore the original appearance of Nanzong Temple, but was rejected by the abbot. ”

He asked, "Does Emperor Wu often come to worship?" ”

Xiao Shami shook his head and said, "No, I only came once, but he made a vow in front of the Buddha that the Wei royal family would come to worship once a year on behalf of the imperial court." ”

He nodded, and Xiao Shami asked strangely: "Donor, I heard from Master, you used to be a general in the Dawu Legion, why don't you know anything about these things?" ”

He shook his head with a wry smile and said: "At the beginning, during the Great Battle of Buddhism in Junzhou City, Emperor Wu ordered a truce to stop the attack, and I felt unprecedentedly tired, tired of these battles and fights, so I left the army that day and went all the way to the south. ”

Xiao Shami smiled: "I see, it's a pity that you don't see the ancient war, it really makes the whole world look sideways, even the historians have written and lamented, I don't know where to start, the battle situation is shocking the past and the present, it is really difficult to describe in words." ”

He was a little interested and asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Xiao Shami thought for a while and said: "Originally, we ordinary mortals, being able to see the gods and Buddhas descending to earth once is a lifetime of good fortune, throughout the ages, there are very few people who have this kind of good fortune, and they can only be calculated with their fingers. But on that day, the gods, Buddhas, immortals, and saints in Junzhou City sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and you sang and I appeared on the stage, turning the sky on the entire huge Junzhou City as a battlefield and stage in the heavenly realm.

"That day, the little monk was also lucky, because of his young age, he was arranged by the master in the rear of the monk corps, the front was fighting with the alien legions, and the rear was the battle of the gods and Buddhas, the little monk was fortunate to witness all the battle conditions, it was really thrilling to say.

"At the beginning, the great lord of the Shura Demon Heaven, Mahan Shura, came to Junju City, but was blocked by the Jizo King Bodhisattva who emerged from the ground, and I don't know where to hide to fight, and we can't see it. Later, the king of the earth reappeared, Namaran Shura ran away, and then the most wonderful came, the sky appeared in the legend of the Buddha Taoist guardian god eighteen Garan gods, it is really boundless Buddhism, see the little monk is the heart shakes, the mountain looks up.

"But I don't know why, that day, their expressions were different from the Garan gods that the little monk saw in the temple, murderous, hideous, and particularly scary, really, the donor, if it weren't for the little monk by the master's side, after two years of bloody slaughter on the battlefield, he would really be scared to death by these Garan gods."

Xiao Shami recalled this, stroked his chest with his hand, took a deep breath, glanced at him, and saw that he was listening carefully, before continuing: "Originally, the little monk didn't know what was going on, but at this time, the Yifeng Patriarch appeared. ”

"Yifeng, Patriarch?" He asked, frowning.

"Yes," said the little novice, pouting, "donor, don't you even know this?" Forget it, I'll talk about it later, let's talk about the big war first. ”

Xiao Shami scratched his head and said: "Actually, the little monk can't understand it, when the Yifeng Patriarch appeared, the whole sky was boiling, and thousands of gods, Buddhas, and immortals appeared, like a huge vortex, surrounding the Yifeng Patriarch, and then at the end of the sky, there were three huge light clusters, I can't see clearly, it is estimated that everyone did not see clearly, only heard the thunder rumbling, and it sounded for a long time, and then the Yifeng Patriarch said what 'avenue', what 'true meaning', and then all the gods, Buddhas, and immortals were gone. ”

Xiao Shami's face showed incomprehensible confusion, and said: "The next thing is really incomprehensible, those Garan Gods actually used their magical powers to attack the Yifeng Patriarch, but the Yifeng Patriarch is so powerful, even the eighteen Garan Gods such an earth-shattering supernatural power can't hurt him, and the body of the Yifeng Patriarch is getting bigger and bigger, becoming a cloud of pitch black, almost covering the entire sky."

"Later, a black lotus flower actually grew out of the huge body of the Yifeng Patriarch, and a strange-looking Shura crawled out of the lotus. The Bo Xun Demon King didn't know what demon magic he used, which made many people dizzy, and I won't tell you, even the master almost fainted at that time, and the three-headed and six-armed barbarians opposite us also exploded directly one by one, and they died a lot, so miserable!

"However, evil is invincible, and later under the boundless power of the Yifeng Patriarch, the demon king was surrendered and directly melted into the body of the Yifeng Ancestor, and the Garan God who attacked the Yifeng Patriarch also used his magical powers to protect them in order to protect the people of Junzhou City, originally I hated them a little, but later I saw them do this, and my anger disappeared by half."

The little novice said, smiling embarrassedly.

"And then?" Although he was shocked in his heart, he didn't show it, and he forced a surprise question.

Xiao Shami touched his bald head and said, "Later, the face of the Eighteen Garan Gods seemed to be very depressed, and they said some cruel things to the Ancestor of the One Wind, and then reluctantly left and ascended to the Buddha Realm. When the Bo Xun Demon King was subdued by the Yifeng Patriarch, there was a voice that didn't know where it came from that said that the Yifeng Ancestor devoured a heavy Shura Demon Heaven, it was so powerful that even the Shura Demon Heaven could be devoured, so wouldn't the entire world be swallowed by the Yifeng Ancestor? ”

Xiao Shami stuck out his tongue and said with a smile: "But if it weren't for the Yifeng Patriarch being so powerful, it would be impossible for the tripartite alien legions besieging Junzhou City to be scared away, I heard that due to too much panic, the natal divine tree of the Northwest Wolf Clan's star god Kui Wood Wolf King was split by the green snake sword of the Shuli Master, so that the Kui Wood Wolf King was hit hard, Xingri Horse was killed by General Liu Yi, but he himself died, and the star beast in the north was also blown up by the Fire Monkey Master and was injured, after seeing the strong strength of the Yifeng Ancestor, he was also quite panicked, Hurriedly swept the wind and ran away. These are all things I heard when the Buddhist monks and Taoist friends of Beizong Temple bragged in Junzhou City, hehe. ”

"So, the alien invasion of the three parties was also defeated because of this?" He asked.

"Yes," Xiao Shami's chest straightened, "I also contributed, and the baggage supplies in the rear of my guards have not been destroyed!" ”

His solemn expression also relaxed at this moment, smiled, and said, "What is the situation of Nanzong Temple now?" ”

Xiao Shami also smiled: "After the reconstruction of Nanzong Temple, everyone elected Master Hontsune, who was originally a disciple of Master Ranran and also the senior brother of Master Yifeng Patriarch, as the abbot. ”

"Don't you have a monk's room? Ordinary pilgrims are good to live in the monk's room, right? He said a little strangely.

Xiao Shami shook his head and said: "The deeds of the Yifeng Patriarch against the gods and demons have spread, and Emperor Wu also advocates Buddhism very much, so the incense of Nanzong Temple is more than before, everyone seems to have come to admire the demeanor of Yifeng Patriarch, and there are countless wandering monks and monks from other temples, I heard that Yifeng Patriarch founded a new Buddhist path, and cultivating a new Buddhist path can get a Buddha more quickly, and they all came to Nanzong Temple to explore and exchange Buddhism and Buddhism, so there are only a lot more pilgrims and Buddhist monks in Nanzong Temple than before, That's a lot more! In this year's Blessing Lantern Festival, we only built a part of the Buddha hall, which was crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder, and was carried away by people when we walked. ”

A trace of worry appeared on his face, and he said, "In this way, isn't it the same as before, the Buddha Dao will expand rapidly, and he will have to follow the old path again!" ”

Xiao Shami shook his head with a smile and said: "The donor is too worried, although the current Emperor Wu admires Buddhism, but under the proposal of the Yifeng Patriarch, the imperial court has three aspects of control, the first is the incense money to pay taxes, whether it is the temple, after getting the corresponding amount of incense money, all the incense money needs to be taxed, but the level is different, the tax amount is also different, this is related to the second."

"The second is the personnel control of the temple, according to the size of the temple to strictly control the personnel, or the same as before, by the imperial court household department issued the degree, the personnel are fixed, so that the cost of food and clothing for a year will also come out. If the incense money exceeds this fee, it will be taxed according to the number of temple personnel, so now each temple has a special Buddhist monk to be responsible for budgeting and bookkeeping, which is convenient for the state government to check.

"The third is that the temple is not allowed to store the land, all the food and clothing of the temple are deducted from the incense, except for the base of the temple, only the same share of self-cultivation land is allowed according to the personnel, and excess land is no longer allowed, and the land donated by pilgrims and believers is not allowed to be collected."

He couldn't help but nod his head and sighed, and said, "If this had been the case a long time ago, maybe the previous war of Buddhism and Taoism to destroy the Dharma would not have been able to be fought." However, it seems that it can't solve all the problems, for example, what if you have a fixed number of people and want someone to become a monk and practice Buddhism? In addition to self-cultivation, what if a temple does not have enough food and clothing, and incense? ”

Xiao Shami thought for a while and said, "I can answer the first question, according to the mind of Patriarch Yifeng, there are many ways to cultivate Buddha, and you don't have to be a monk, he said, all people have Buddha nature, and all people can become Buddhas." There is no need for temples, Buddha statues, dead reading and memorizing Buddhist scriptures, nor do you need to practice exercises and supernatural powers, when one day, the Buddha nature suddenly appears, and once you have an epiphany, you can become a Buddha.

"It has nothing to do with not being a monk, not even with good people or bad people. I think this is one of the reasons why the donor was able to receive a warm reception from my master. Otherwise, according to the previous understanding of Buddhism, you were once an enemy who slaughtered Buddhism, your hands were stained with blood, and you did not practice Buddhism, let alone understand the concept of Buddhism, I am afraid that you will never want to become a Buddha for the rest of your life.

"However, Patriarch Yifeng told us that all things have spirits, whether they are good or bad, no matter what they have done before, they can feel the care of the Dharma, as long as they put down the butcher's knife in their hearts, they are fellow Buddhists, and they can penetrate the Buddha nature, find the true self, and achieve the true truth."

He nodded in agreement as he listened, and said, "The second problem may not be properly solved by the imperial court, and there is a price to be paid for cultivation." ”

Xiao Shami was very happy and said, "Donor, you are the same as Patriarch Yifeng said, he also said that everything is created and grown, and there is a price. ”

After speaking, he took out a scripture book and said: "Yifeng Patriarch compiled a book of "List of Buddhist Dao Martyrs and War Souls", which was promoted to every temple in the Dawu Empire, and suggested that it be put into the ancestral hall of each temple for special offerings, which was intended to remember the Dharma names or names of all the martyrs in this war of extermination, and it was also to warn the Buddhist monks that if they want not to repeat the mistakes of the past, they must make Buddhism a real place of pure cultivation, rather than a dojo for wealth and profit. ”

"However," he smiled slyly and raised the sutra in his hand to the benefactor, "I still like this "Ranga Heart Sutra" compiled by Patriarch Yifeng, which records how to meditate with the mind, but I don't understand it very well, but I believe that one day, I will understand!" ”

He stopped, looked at the rebuilt mountain gate hall above the stone path, his eyes flickered, and asked, "I have one last question, what Buddha name did Emperor Wu give Yifeng a seal?" ”

Xiao Shami said with a smile: "After the war between the gods and Buddhas in Junzhou City, Emperor Wu thanked Patriarch Yifeng for saving the Buddha's way, and then organized a riot of gods and demons, saved the world, legislated to promote the Buddha's way, and treated all living beings in the world with the Buddha's way, so he gave him a noble Buddha name, called 'Da Mo Patriarch'." ”

"Patriarch Da Mo?" He pondered the title.

"Later, when the reconstruction of Nanzong Temple was completed, Emperor Wu came to worship Buddhism and Taoism, and once again sealed a title, calling it 'Daosheng'!"

"Daosheng Patriarch?" He pondered this title again.

Seeing him like this, Xiao Shami laughed, suddenly thought of something, and asked: "By the way, the donor, it was all the negligence of the little monk, and he didn't have time to ask your name, and he still wanted to ask?" ”

He exhaled heavily, with a hint of tiredness and emotion, and said, "My name is Wu Di. ”

Xiao Shami was happy and said excitedly: "Hello Master Wu, little monk number, 'Hui Ke'!" ”