Hearing Master Ran's explanation, Yifeng fell silent.

Although he heard Master Ran's words in the room today, he was deeply touched and made a great wish, but even if he is a Buddha, what can he do now?

Just now, Master Ranran's lecture on Buddhist cultivation opened up a new world of his Buddhist practice, and made him realize that cultivation is really not easy, and it is even more difficult to become a Buddha.

Yifeng suddenly raised his head and asked, "Master, I have a doubt. ”

Master Zhiran nodded slightly, and Yifeng continued to ask: "Buddhism cultivation is so difficult, it takes three major tribulations, and it takes a lot of merits to accumulate before it can ascend to Buddhahood, and this is only the difficulties, tribulations and merits faced by Buddhist practitioners who have great opportunities, are they the ones that Buddhist practitioners must go through? Why? Who set this rule? Why is there no way to comprehend the Dharma more quickly and ascend to Buddhahood?"

"And those followers of the Buddha's path, those ordinary pilgrims and lay disciples, they don't have the root of wisdom, they can't cultivate, they have to go through birth, old age, sickness and death, but they are also devoutly believing in the Dharma, doesn't the Dharma say that all beings are equal? They are also human beings, so why can't they ascend to Buddhahood?"

Master Ran was taken aback by his series of questions, and hurriedly said, "Where did you get so many ideas?"

Yifeng touched his bald head, tilted his head, and blinked with bright eyes: "I don't know, that's what I think in my head." ”

Master Zhiran breathed a sigh of relief and pondered for a long time before he said: "After suffering and accumulating merits, this is the test of the Buddha's path for our practice, this kind of thing has been there since the birth of the Buddha's way, and this is the eternal rule for thousands of years.

"Not only mortals like us, but also bodhisattvas and Venerable beings, they have to go through many, many calamities to become Buddhas. For example, the Bodhisattva King of Jizo made a grand vow not to cross the hell and vow not to become a Buddha. They all have calamities, they all need merit, let alone us?"

Yifeng listened and fell into deep thought.

Master Zhiran said: "As for ordinary people who can't cultivate, they can't become Buddhas, this is also a helpless thing, although the Buddha said that all beings are equal, but the Buddha also said that the Buddha has a fate, they can't cultivate, there must be no Buddha's fate, this kind of thing, it's too normal, isn't it?"

Yifeng shook his head stubbornly and said, "No, I always feel that things are wrong, but I can't figure it out now." ”

Master Zhiran was afraid that he would drill the tip of the bull's horns, so he changed the topic and said, "Yifeng, don't think about it, Buddhism and Taoism cultivation is such a path, and it is useless to think too much." Don't you want to meditate and extinguish the exercises? I brought it to you!"

Yifeng immediately raised his head, and his eyes lit up.

So, Master Ran carefully took out a few yellowed, worn-out pages of paper from his bosom and handed them to Yifeng.

Yifeng took it, and after the tentacles, he found that the paper was not the same, there were broken yellow paper, there were also linen, silk, and animal skins, etc., which were densely packed with various fonts, writing a detailed explanation of the operation of the exercises, as well as some of the operation diagrams of the exercises.

Master Zhiran said to him, "This is the remnants of the meditation and silence exercise collected by the old man from different regions, and this practice is scattered in temples or scripture halls in various regions. Strangely, these fragments are all from a sutra book, which is called "The Great Brahma King Asks the Buddha to Resolve Doubts". ”

"What great Brahma king, what doubtful scriptures?" Yifeng had heard of this scripture for the first time.

Master Zhiran said with a smile: "It is the "Great Brahma King Asks the Buddha to Resolve Doubts", this scripture has a lot of content, there are Buddhist scripture stories, Buddhist concepts, Buddhist music scores, etc., and even this exercise. But this sutra is not common, and its content is almost identical, just like different Buddha fruits on a Buddha tree, which should have the same root, but each has its own appearance.

In addition, according to the research of the ancestors of Buddhist monks from all sides, there are still a large number of forgeries in this sutra, but it is not known for what purpose. Therefore, many people in Buddhism say that this sutra is a pseudo-scripture.

"Looking at the history of Buddhism and the overview of Buddhist scriptures, such a legendary but controversial Buddhist scripture can be said to be very strange and very rare. In order to find these fragments, Lao Qu and Nanzong Temple have spent a lot of energy. ”

Yifeng originally thought that he would be very excited, but at this time, he was surprisingly calm, carefully rubbing the fragments of these exercises, and said: "Master, since it is so difficult to find, why do you want to find it? With my current knowledge, I can't understand these things at all, so why do you want to show it to me? Do I have anything else to do with this scripture?"

Master Ran's eyes were confused, and he recalled: "This has to start with a legend that has been passed down from generation to generation in Nanzong Temple. According to the old master, the master of the master and the ancestors of the higher ones, generally speaking, only when the Buddha is in trouble, can a Buddha be born to help the Buddha to help the Buddha. Among them, there are also talented and intelligent people who are mistaken for Buddhas, but there is nothing special in themselves, so there are many fallacies.

"A thousand years ago, it is said that there were only two Buddhas who had been confirmed: the Buddha root and the merit fruit. This is their Buddha name, what their name and Dharma name are, which have been lost. They went through calamities and created supreme cultivation exercises for the Buddha's path, so they were revered by everyone in the Buddha world as the root of the emperor and the fruit of merit.

"They themselves have their own anti-heaven physique, which is beyond the reach of ordinary cultivators, this is undoubted. This is because it was the Emperor Shakgen who created the Canaan Sutra of Thoughtlessness, because of its simple and easy to get started, and the vast Buddhist principles that contain all the laws, and with this, the countless disciples of our Buddhism were introduced to a wider world of cultivators.

"And the merit fruit created the meditation and silence exercise, which can increase the speed of cultivation and advance the experience of the three eons, so the practice of quick success and quick profit has a very big risk, and although it has been destroyed now, it was a very attractive and powerful exercise at that time.

"Merit fruit created this practice with only one purpose, and that is to become a Buddha as soon as possible and return to the Buddha realm. His own spiritual power is very special, with the same amount of spiritual power, the power of his spiritual power is more than ten times that of others, so he went through the tribulation crazily, exerted supreme supernatural powers, and went deep into hell to kill demons, so as to make immeasurable merits and become a Buddha.

"But because of him, many people practice this exercise, but they don't have the amazing spiritual power like him, let alone go deep into purgatory to accumulate merit. There are some cultivators who have gone off the rails of the sword, so they have no choice but to stir up riots in the world, causing misery to the living beings, and then to resolve the evil karma and surpass the undead, so as to repeat his method of becoming a Buddha to speed up his cultivation.

In this way, this exercise is not only useless, but it is a great disaster, so the Buddhism sect joined forces to destroy this exercise. ”

Yifeng nodded and said, "This kind of exercise is indeed a scourge, but is the merit fruit misunderstood the exercise?"

Master Ran shook his head and said, "Speaking of which, this merit fruit actually went astray, and only then did he create this cultivation method that was not suitable for the mortal world at all, was too radical, and instead attracted trouble.

"Now some of the remnants are because when the merit is turned into a Buddha, he left a proverb that the next Buddha is the great Brahman, and this exercise has a relationship with him, but this statement is more secretive, and it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood. But many Buddhist monks believed it, so when they wanted to destroy this exercise, they secretly hid a copy, broke it down into many fragments, and scattered it all over the Great Wu Kingdom.

"Today, the various opportunities you have shown are not a coincidence, if you are really a Buddha, maybe you are a great Buddha. As for what you have to do with this exercise, and how to ignite this kind of Buddha's fate, it is really difficult for Lao Ge to know, this path to seek Buddha can only be taken by yourself. ”

Speaking of this, Master Ran suddenly looked serious and said in a deep voice: "But remember, this exercise is destroyed by the joint efforts of the Buddha's Dao powers, and it is currently a taboo in Buddhism's cultivation, and it must not be publicized to the public." ”

Yifeng nodded seriously, holding the fragments of these exercises, feeling apprehensive, not knowing whether the next development of things would be a blessing or a curse.

Just as he was about to carefully retrieve the torn paper samples and put them in his arms, Master Ran suddenly waved his hand at him.

Yifeng turned his head with a feeling, and he suddenly saw a huge hideous face, three huge eyes close to his face!

Yifeng's delicate face suddenly turned pale with fright, and he raised his hands, threw the exercises in the air, and fell backwards.

Master Ran grabbed him and pulled him to his side, facing the sudden appearance of the giant beast.

Yifeng's heart was about to jump out, his face was pale and he bent over and panted, he didn't understand what the hell this Tibetan Scripture Pavilion was, how could there be everything!

I saw that the whole body of the giant beast was dark blue, and there was a dark golden pattern from the neck to the hips, which spread out like a leaf, and spread on the dark blue fur, which was very delicate and beautiful.

It has a straight and straight furry tail behind it, and its head is very similar to the lion in the Buddha picture, but the three black eyes with golden light make it look hideous and weird, with a hint of mystery.

Its nose was slightly raised, and its huge mouth opened slightly to reveal the white giant teeth, especially the four huge canine teeth, which were shiny and silvery-white, as if giving birth to a cold cold, and its throat "rumbled" and roared, but the three golden giant eyes stared at the wind.

Master Ran's hands glowed with golden light, and he drew a complex golden light Buddha talisman in front of him, and when the giant beast saw it clearly, the rune dissipated into the air.

The giant beast obviously understood Master Ran's Buddha talisman, its hideous face relaxed a little, and the golden light in the three giant eyes dimmed a little.

It lowered its head, stared at the paper rags that had just been scattered, opened its limbs, walked to the nearest one, lowered its head and sniffed it, took two more steps, and sniffed the other.

Don't look at its huge body like several bison combined, but it didn't make a sound when it walked, and finally scratched the piece of paper with its claws, and suddenly the blue-black claws and the dark bottom plate sparked, making a sharp and piercing "squeak" sound.

The paper was instantly ignited by sparks, and Yifeng let out a loud "ah" in fright, and the strange beast was stunned for a moment when it looked at the suddenly ignited paper, and immediately slapped it with its claws to extinguish the fire.

Yifeng breathed a sigh of relief, and he remembered the strange noise he heard before going upstairs, and it turned out that the giant beast was scratching the ground on it. But the texture of this dark ground is very hard, and even if there are sparks, there are no scratches.

Master Ran saw that the strange beast was in a daze at the paper there, and he whispered to Yifeng: "This is the pavilion protection spirit beast of the Hidden Scripture Pavilion, called Turbulence, it is a water spirit beast, and it is good at concealment and secret attacks. It usually doesn't appear very often, and it does appear on the top three floors of the Scripture Pavilion.

"It also has a habit of sometimes sitting on the top of the Scripture Pavilion in the evening and watching the sunset. Therefore, some people often see it squatting on the top of the tower, but it is not clear from a distance, but it does not prevent it from becoming a famous scene of Nanzong Temple, which is called 'the top of the sun'. Because it lives in Lingyunding, many people call it 'Lingyun Beast', but the vast majority of people have not seen its true face. ”

Yifeng remembered that when he first came to the abbot's courtyard and looked in the direction of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, the black beast squatting on the top of the tower of the Hidden Scripture Pavilion.

Suddenly, the Spirit Cloud Beast raised its head, and the three giant eyes emitted golden light again, staring at Yifeng, Yifeng lowered his head as if he had a feeling, and saw the magic conch on his chest emitting a faint golden light.

Yifeng's heart sank, and his heart said, it's troublesome!

He had seen the attraction of this magic conch to foreign beasts, but he didn't expect to be so unlucky that he was targeted by the Spirit Cloud Beast again.

The Spirit Cloud Beast spewed out a breath of air from its huge nostrils, hunched its waist, bared its huge teeth, and slowly approached Yifeng, who was so nervous that his heart was about to jump out of his throat!

Although Master Ran's face was calm, he looked at the Spirit Cloud Beast that was getting closer and closer, and was obviously in an attack posture, and his palms gradually clenched, ready to deal with it at any time.

The Spirit Cloud Beast stopped in front of Yifeng, its huge head lowered, and its three glowing eyes did not look at Yifeng, but stared straight at the glowing conch on his chest.

The conch was still glowing unknowingly, but Ichikaze was eager to take it off and throw it away.

What's going on with this conch today, it's not normal when I'm looking for a boxing book, and now I'm not at ease in the face of this big beast!

Yifeng carefully and slowly reached to his chest and gently stroked the conch, which also seemed to feel Yifeng's uneasiness, and gradually dimmed until the golden light was extinguished.

The three giant eyes of the Spirit Cloud Beast that emitted golden light gradually subsided, and its tail flicked occasionally behind it, making a "whirring" wind sound.

But it still raised one of its front paws, carefully poking into Yifeng's chest, and the tip of a very thin and sharp claw stretched out, and flicked the conch, but the conch did not move.

So it withdrew its paws, wiped it on its face a few times, and tilted its head in bewilderment.

Ichikaze was about to stop breathing as his sharp claws reached his chest, and Master Ran was beside him, quietly patting him on the back to reassure him.

Now it doesn't seem to be any trouble, Yifeng also breathed a sigh of relief, he looked at the confused look of the Spirit Cloud Beast, and even felt a little cute, he slowly stretched out his hand and stretched it towards the Spirit Cloud Beast's head.

The three eyes of the Spirit Cloud Beast immediately stared at his palm, but there was no other movement, and Yifeng's palm gradually approached the Spirit Cloud Beast's face, and he touched the bridge of its wide, slender and hard nose with great care.

When Yifeng gently touched the bridge of its nose, it was also covered with dark blue fur, but it was as smooth as silk to the touch, but he didn't dare to touch it hard.

Master Ran was obviously taken aback by Yifeng's boldness, but he didn't dare to stop it loudly.

But the Spirit Cloud Beast was obviously not very angry, it just wiped the bridge of its nose with its claws again, looking disgusted, then shook its head, turned around and left, its furry tail suddenly turned sideways, startling both Master Ran and Yifeng.

I saw it close to the crimson wall on the edge of the attic, and its dark dark blue fur glowed faintly blue, and then its head slowly pierced through the wall······