into the city.

The master and apprentice went straight to the Jinguang Temple.

On the way, he also met the monks who were begging along the street that Xiao Bailong mentioned before, but Fahai did not have any contact with them.

Although he didn't know what the monarchs and ministers of this country looked like, Fahai only glanced at these monks and knew that they didn't have any merit on them... And because there are relics in Jinguang Temple, not to mention the daily incense of the Saiguo, it is the tribute brought by the four kingdoms when they worship the Saiguo, and it is enough for the monks of Jinguang Temple to worry about food and clothing.

In such a temple, don't talk about merit, there is no karma, and it has already been stained with the light of relics.

It is not that a person with a shaved head can be called a monk, or a person who has a temple script in his hand, and he is not necessarily a serious monk.

Fahai himself is a monk.

Therefore, the last thing he can see is this kind of "fake monk", of course... It can't be said that there are no monks in Jinguang Temple, but what you have seen along the way are just ordinary people.

They had enjoyed the blessings brought to them by the relics before, but now the relics have been lost... and that they may taste the suffering of the earth.

I don't know how to survive the suffering of the world.

Fahai could even imagine what kind of worship the monks of Jinguang Temple would receive in the country of sacrifice when the relics were still alive in the past.

And these reverences... What exactly is it to Jinguang Temple?

Or a monk of Jinguang Temple?

Or is it simply a relic on the top of the Jinguang Temple?

The so-called mountain is not high, and there is a fairy name; The water is not deep, and if there is a dragon, it will be spiritual...

How are the temples?

The lonely temples in the mountains are mostly dilapidated, and the Buddhist temples in the market are rich and noble.

And the Jinguang Temple, which is located in the capital of Shangbang in front of him, has long been without the incense of the past.

The master and apprentice looked at the seven golden characters written horizontally on the door: "Ejian Huguo Jinguang Temple", there was no human figure in it, a cold image, and it also made everyone sigh a little.

"Don't cultivate virtue, only rely on Buddha treasures." Fahai admonished several disciples: "It is inevitable that you will end up like this... You should also always remember that supernatural spells are only the way to protect one's body, and one's character is the foundation of one's life. Otherwise, if you have the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, you can't settle the sky and establish the people, and you can't punish the traitors and eliminate the evil... What's the use? ”

Bajie said with a smile: "Master's words don't seem to be ordinary Buddhists. ”

The Great Sage smiled and asked him, "What is an ordinary Buddhist person?" ”

"There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south." Bajie clasped his hands together and said with a smile: "Ordinary people in Buddhism should see through the red dust, the world is like nothing to me, let the Three Realms rise, I sit alone in the mountains and look at it coldly——"

"Huh." The Great Sage smiled and said, "According to what you say, the Bodhisattva is not an ordinary Buddhist person. ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Bajie stroked his palms and smiled, "There are so many Bodhisattvas in Lingshan, isn't there only one Bodhisattva?" Bodhisattvas are naturally unusual, otherwise wouldn't they be like Bodhisattvas in the spiritual mountains? ”

"Reasonable, reasonable." It was rare for the Great Sage to agree with the words of the Eight Precepts, and he also smiled on the side: "The Bodhisattva is like this, and so is the Master... It's just that the master said that he was an ordinary monk in the world, but he always did something extraordinary. ”

"No more gossip." Fahai scolded them with a smile and said, "Let's go into the temple." ”

When the masters and apprentices came in to watch, they felt even more lonely.

I don't know if I thought it was a wild temple in the mountains, but if the scholar came here, he might be able to meet some female ghosts.

The Great Sage took a cursory look around the courtyard, approached the master's side, and said, "Although the buildings in this temple are uncleaned, and they look dusty all over the ground, they are all in order, and there is nothing messy about it..."

Walking through the empty corridor full of fallen leaves and entering the cold ancient hall, the great sage saw that there was still some lamp oil on the candlestick, and wanted to go over and light it, but the master stretched out his hand to stop him, and said: "Don't hold the lamp first, in case you alarm the patrol in the city, and there will be branches." ”

"Master!" The Great Sage exclaimed, pointed to the abbot's residence in front of him, and said urgently: "Look, there are still a few little monks locked here!" ”

Everyone hurriedly stepped forward, and several little monks were dying, almost out of breath, and locked in the back, if it weren't for that... I won't find them until then.

The Great Sage didn't wait for the master's command, just stretched out his hand and lifted their shackles, dragged them with mana, and slowly dropped the little monks to the ground.

Each of them took a breath of clear air, guarding their minds and not letting them lose their spirits.

"Eight precepts." Fahai said to Bajie: "Go cook some hot porridge." ”

At this moment, Fahai doesn't care whether it is an extraneous branch, or it is important to save people.

"Alas!" Bajie agreed, picked up his own line and went to the kitchen, cleaned the stove, and began to add materials to make rice.

After Fahai probed a little monk one by one, and knew that they were free to die, he got up.

I also saw that there was a golden body of the Buddha in the hall, and I asked for incense and worshiped in front of the sea of law.

When the disciples saw this, they also bowed down.

As for how much sincerity there is in the heart, it depends on the individual.

If it is according to the thoughts of the great sage and others, it is not impossible for them to kowtow to the Buddha sincerely... The premise is that the Buddha has to be their master.

But Master didn't even want to become a Buddha, let alone become a Buddha.

Besides, if the master himself wants to be a Buddha, can the Buddha of Lingshan agree?

Although the Great Sage sometimes often talks about going to Lingshan and asking the master to succeed to the throne for fun, he also knows in his heart... This is the same as the idea that he wanted to be the Jade Emperor back then, and it was whimsical.

After the Buddha worship.

Seeing that Bajie was still in charge of the kitchen, Fahai said to Wukong and the others, "Then you wait here and go to the tower for the teacher to have a look." ”

Wukong also looked at the spire of the tower, and said on the side: "Master, there is some water aquarium in the tower. ”

Fahai thought for a moment and said, "I think it's the nine-headed worm and the Ten Thousand Saints Old Dragon arrangement... There was no demonic energy in his body, so he took the two of him and regarded them as a certification. ”

When Master Sanzang left Chang'an, he once made a vow in Famen Temple: to burn incense in the temple in the West, worship the Buddha in the temple, and see the tower sweeping the tower.

Now the incense has been burned, and the Buddha has worshipped... And he is also going to return the relics, and by the way, he will also clean up the filth in this tower.

Fahai found a broom, went out of the main hall alone, and went to the backyard.

The master and apprentice just watched for a ride, and no one followed.

The Lingyun tower is in the backyard of the Buddhist temple, there are many fallen leaves and residual flowers along the way, the road is paved early, there are many cobwebs in front of the eaves of the corner of the wall, the hanging bell has lost the Buddha rhyme, and the painted wall is like dust...

After a while, Bajie came over with hot porridge, and everyone put the hot porridge to cool first, so as not to burn those little monks.

And Wujing, who was watching the master outside the hall, suddenly spoke: "Although there is no sound of preaching in the temple, the bird song coming from the hall is also a little quiet and Zen. ”

The Great Sage sighed when he heard this: "What Master said is right, it is true that Senior Brother Sha has always had Buddha nature. ”

Xiao Bailong also echoed on the side: "It has to be mentioned by the third senior brother, it seems that in the eyes of the younger brother, there are only people who go to tea and cool down... Seeing this scene, at most the words are just a little desolate and lonely. ”

Bajie pondered for a long time, and said: "I'm different, I also see that worshipping Buddha is useless, and even my own believers can't protect it." ”

The Great Sage smiled on the side: "The difference between the Eight Commandments... If you are a sincere believer, how can a Buddha not be saved? According to my grandson, it was the insincerity of these monks who served the Buddha that made them suffer this calamity and deserve to suffer. ”

"But I don't know what it means to be sincere." Xiao Bailong shook his head, among his brothers and sisters, he has the worst talent in Buddhism, and his master's teaching to himself has never been above Buddhism.

"Like Master." Bajie said subconsciously.

Wujing asked, "Is Master sincere?" ”

The senior brothers were stunned for a moment, and the back looked at each other.

"The porridge is warm!" The Great Sage took a bowl of porridge and returned to the main hall.

The juniors hurriedly followed—

At this moment, he arrived at Fahai in front of the tower, and he also listened to their words, but he didn't know where they learned their habits.

Just the Buddha... What kind of existence is it?

It seems that the deeper my understanding of the Dharma, the farther away I am from the "Buddha", but it is not as good as when I first realized it, as if I could touch it with my hand.

Seeing the incense in Jinguang Temple, Fahai had only one thought in his heart-

Although there is an incense burner in front of the Buddha, the gray and cold flowers are empty.

Worshipping the Buddha is better than seeking oneself after all.

Perhaps those monks of Jinguang Temple who are outcast, compared to the carefree in Jinguang Temple in the past, can already be regarded as suffering... But compared to those who have no food to eat, no clothes, and only struggle on the edge of life and death... What's the point?

Maybe you can't do it at all, but how can you not save those who can be saved?

As for whether his heart to worship Buddha is sincere or not... Fahai thinks he is sincere, but this sincerity is towards the Buddha in his heart, not the Buddha of Lingshan.

At this time, the sky is full of stars and moons, and the drums on the tower are even more drummed.

The night was darker.

There is a slight cold wind, and the lights of thousands of homes are uneven.

It was during this night that the sound of some students chanting gradually reached Fahai's ears.

It is a classic of Confucianism in the Central Plains.

Fahai saw an old man, who was lighting a candle in a thatched hut on the outskirts of the city, surrounded by some ragged children, learning and reading sentence by sentence.

This is an evening class.

The gentleman seemed to have sensed it, turned around and looked at Fahai, and hugged Wenli.

Fahai repaid the Buddha salute.

The so-called friendship between gentlemen is like water, and it is enough to have a smile when they meet.

At this time, Erlang Zhenjun also arrived at the sacrificial country, and behind him, Xiaotian Dog and Meishan Six General pressed the nine-headed insect and the Ten Thousand Saints Old Dragon and the Ten Thousand Saints Dragon Maiden, and Gu was the key offender.

They hid in the clouds in the sky and did not show up, but only emitted some breath, so that Master Sanzang could sense it.

At the same time, Yang Jian also discovered this Mr. Ziyu, who was preaching in the national capital of the sacrificial country.

There are two gentlemen in Confucianism, the one in front of him, one of Confucius's beloved disciples, Zeng, and Mingshen.

And the other Mencius, Meng Ke.

Gu is a sage of the human race, Zeng Zi was ordered to preach in the mortal world, and Confucius Menggu was in the Huoyun Cave.

Yang Jian didn't bother this Mr. Ziyu, who was preaching in the world, and the two also looked at each other, and after each saluted, they gave up.

Fahai stood in front of the tower, made a Buddhist salute to this tower, and said: "Disciple Sanzang sent to Lingshan to see my Buddha to learn scriptures from Lingshan in the Tang Dynasty, and he got a relic when he got rid of the demon in Bibo Pond, which was only a Buddha treasure of Jinguang Temple in Saiguo... At this point, I will sweep the tower wholeheartedly to clean up the dirt and return the Buddha treasure. ”

After all, Fahai is a Buddhist person, and these rituals are engraved in the bones.

After that, Fahai pushed open the tower door-

I saw that this tower was really towering, abruptly volleying into the air.

This tower is called the five-color glazed tower, because there is a relic on the top of the tower, and there are also individual names called Qianjin Relic Peak.

When looking at it from the outside, it is counted that this tower is thirteen stories high, which can be said to be the top of the clouds, creating a floating slaughter around the fog dragon.

If you climb to the top, mortals can look at it thousands of miles away, and your heart is as high as the nine heavens.

But at this moment, Fahai is in the tower, and he sees that there are glass lamps in the middle of the tower, but there is no fire in the dust; The white jade fence in front of the eaves step by step, but the dirt and flying insects were born early.

If he didn't have some mana, it would be really difficult to sweep this tower clean with just a broom.

The Buddha statue is seen in the middle of the tower, but the incense burner in front of the Buddha statue is full of cigarette smoke; Outside the window, in the corner, the cobwebs are knotted... Fahai didn't know how much rat poop he swept out along the way.

Fahai swept all the way up the twelfth floor, becoming more and more energetic, where is the slightest intention of slacking off to deal with it?

That is, a high monk like Fahai, if an ordinary monk comes here, he will not have so much energy at all.

Is it possible to go up to these twelve floors, and how much can this cleaning kung fu be as good as Fahai?

Because Fahai knew that there was a water tribe on the thirteenth floor, so when he was sweeping the tower, he didn't deliberately restrain his movements, he wanted to lure the two water tribe spirits down, hold them one by one, and ask the reason.

But I didn't expect... These two water tribe spirits were unmoved.

If the sea smells the wine, he thinks that the two of them will ambush him.

Seeing that he couldn't lead the two monsters down, Fahai didn't force it, so he walked up to the thirteenth floor with a broom... Sure enough, I saw two goblins sitting in the heart of the thirteenth-story tower, with a plate of rice in front of them, a bowl, and a pot, where they were guessing and eating... It's fun to have fun!

Fahai walked to his side, but he still didn't notice it, he looked drunk, just having fun.

"Evil Barrier!"

"Oops——!"

Fahai's thunder was deafening, and a "evil barrier" exited, which scared the two spirits half to death, and after screaming, they all fell to the ground, shocked into a cold sweat, and seemed to dissipate the smell of wine, and woke up suddenly.

The two spirits saw a monk wearing a big red robe but carrying a broom... I was wondering where the monks dared to come here to entertain them... Suddenly, a demon appeared in my heart... The name of the monk.

Master Sanzang!

Broken!

Tang Sanzang actually came!

But they didn't need to think about it, Fahai held the broom and struck twice, and the two spirits knelt on the ground with their heads covered, and told them again and again: "The holy monk spares his life, the holy monk spares his life, we are not monsters!" It's not a youkai! ”

They had obviously also heard about Master Sanzang's deeds, and knew that this Master Sanzang had crossed the man-eating demon without mercy, and besides... As long as they are not evildoers, there is a glimmer of life.

The two of them are the Bibotan Aquarium, a catfish monster, and a black fish spirit... Neither of them is a cannibal, and they think that they have never done anything evil before.

If you kowtow faster, you may be able to save a small life.

"Not a youkai?" Fahai said coldly: "What are you from, what are you doing here, you are truthfully recruited, if not..."

Before Fahai finished speaking, the two spirits kowtowed again and again, and said, "Recruited, all recruited!" ”