The White Horse Temple was founded in the 11th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty and was the first temple built after Buddhism was introduced to the mortal continent.

Legend has it that during the Yongping period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty had a dream, dreaming that a golden man with a height of six zhang and a golden light on his head flew from the west, and did not leave the palace for a long time, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was very surprised, and the next day he called the ministers to realize his dream, everyone was very puzzled, only the doctor Fu Yi said confidently: "I heard that there is a kind of immortal in the Xianchen Continent, called Buddha, which is exactly the same as the golden man dreamed of by His Majesty, and the golden man dreamed of by His Majesty is probably the Buddha."

Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty also felt that Fu Yi was reasonable, he thought that since the Buddha entered his dream, it must be fate, so he sent an envoy to the Xianchen Continent to seek Buddhism, and finally the envoy finally met a high monk Shi Morteng after many difficulties and dangers. Shi Mo Teng is a monk who has practiced for many years, he has traveled around for many years and is proficient in the Mahayana Sutra and the Hinayana Sutra, at that time Buddhism was just emerging in the Xianchen Continent, and Shi Mo Teng was quite famous at that time.

After the envoy met Shi Morteng, he asked him to come to the mortal continent to teach Buddhism, and Shi Morteng decisively agreed, and did not hesitate to trek through mountains and rivers, far away from his hometown to popularize Buddhism. After Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty saw Shi Morteng, he gave him warm hospitality, and since then Buddhism has taken root in the mortal continent. And the place where Shi Moteng was arranged to live is "Zhaoti Temple".

Legend has it that when the foreign invaders destroyed the temples at that time, when they planned to destroy the "Zhaoti Temple", there was a white horse around the pagoda in the temple at night, and the sound was extremely sad, so the foreign king got a revelation and immediately stopped destroying the temple, and changed the name of "Zhaoti Temple" to "White Horse Temple".

With the passage of time, the dynasty has been changing, and the White Horse Temple has disappeared into the rolling torrent of history. Today's White Horse Temple has no monks, and the original Buddhist temple has also been changed into a private residence, becoming the base of the Zhao rebel army.

Qin Fei led Ling Ning and others through the White Horse Temple, introducing the history of the White Horse Temple as they walked. He sighed and said: "The White Horse Temple is also a historic site, but it is a pity that the Zhao State is corrupt, the people live in poverty, and thieves are rampant...... I read the history of the White Horse Temple and changed this place into a base for the rebels......"

Ling Ning also sighed: "Now Buddhism in the mortal dust continent has long ceased to prevail, but the five major sects have risen...... It is a pity that such a thousand-year-old temple was destroyed in one fell swoop. ”

Qin Xi suddenly said, "Do you know what the most famous thing is in the White Horse Temple?" ”

Qian Mei'er took her arm and smiled, "How do we know? Xi'er, don't play dumb riddles, tell them quickly. ”

Qin Xi obviously had a deep impression of this approachable "uncle", and she said with a smile: "It is rumored that the White Horse Temple enshrines the relics of Shakyamuni Buddha, but no one has found any trace of it for thousands of years, and I don't know if it is true or false. ”

Phantom Ji said: "It's actually the relics of Shakyamuni Buddha, that's a Buddhist holy relic!" Well...... Generally, relics are enshrined in pagodas, but is there a pagoda in Hakuba Temple? ”

Qin Xi said: "This is the strange thing, according to ancient records, there is a 'Qiyun Tower' built in the White Horse Temple, but I don't know when this Qiyun Pagoda actually disappeared. For thousands of years, I don't know how many bandits wanted to take away the relics of Shakyamuni Buddha in the temple, but even if they dug three feet into the ground, they couldn't find anything......"

Phantom said, "This is really strange...... Hey, if I can get this relic, I'm afraid that those old monks in the Immortal Dust Continent will offer me up, begging me to give it to them, haha! ”

Ling Ning said: "Even if this relic is a holy relic, but we are not disciples of Buddhism, what is the use of taking it?" ”

Phantom Ji said: "I don't know this, if it is an ordinary monk relics may not be of great use, but if it is the relics of Shakyamuni Buddha, it may have unexpected effects, after all, it is the ...... left by the Buddha."

As night fell, Ling Ning and the others stayed in the White Horse Temple, where rows of houses were built to serve as military camps. Qin Fei arranged Ling Ning and the others in an independent house, Ling Ning and Qin Fei lived in one room, and Qian Mei'er, Phantom Ji and Qin Xi lived in one room.

Qin Fei was busy with military affairs for a day and fell asleep when he entered the house, but Ling Ning was full of energy just after finishing the exercises, he walked out of the house and wanted to go out for a walk, only to see that the full moon was exceptionally bright tonight. At this moment, the White Horse Temple has become a military stronghold, not only day and night there are soldiers patrolling, even all corners also have sentries standing guard, these soldiers are strict in military discipline, full of spirit, not those "old and weak soldiers" encountered along the way can be compared, think these are the real elite of the righteous army.

Qin Fei had already introduced them to the sergeants, so he walked around the White Horse Temple without being hindered. But Ling Ning didn't like the crowded place, so he walked around and came to a remote pond in the temple, which was already on the edge of the temple, so there were no soldiers standing guard. There is a broken stone tablet standing on the side of the pond, which is faintly engraved with three ancient seals of "Toad Pond".

Hear a noise from the edge of the pond, close to see that it is hundreds of big toads are "croaking" at the moon non-stop, although many animals have the habit of "worshiping the moon", such as weasels, foxes, hedgehogs, etc., they take this to absorb the "yin" of the moon for their own use, but the toad will actually "worship the moon" This is the first time to see.

Ling Ning noticed that one of the toads in the group was particularly large, more than ten times larger than the others, and was actually half a human tall. This big toad has a plump and fat body, its whole body is golden, covered with flesh bumps, its eyes the size of copper bells are red like rubies, and its big mouth is open to reveal half of its tongue, and it is amazing that it actually has three legs! There are also two dark brown horn-like protrusions on the forehead, which I wonder if it is a sign of "turning into a dragon".

This big toad is surprisingly ugly, but it exudes a unique majesty, the toads around are consciously centered on it to form a circle, none of them dare to approach, there is a kind of "sitting alone in the pond like a tiger" momentum.

Ling Ning couldn't help but take a few more steps forward to see it clearly, but the big toad suddenly turned his gaze to him, and then opened his big mouth and said, "Stinky boy!" What are you looking at? ”

Ling Ning was stunned for a moment and then shouted: "The toad has actually become a sperm!" ”

The big toad let out an angry "crook" and shouted, "Fart, fart, fart!" What a toad into a fine! What an uninformed little ghost! ”

Ling Ning didn't expect this toad spirit to be quite temperamental, he smiled and said, "Is it a loss of words in the next moment, I don't know where the predecessor is sacred?" ”

The big toad snorted and said, "The old man of the White Horse Temple Toad Pond Sumeru Cave Tianjin Toad Immortal is also!" Ignorant boy still doesn't worship? ”

Ling Ning laughed and said, "You are not a small toad essence!" The toad cave is the toad cave, and there is a Sumeru cave? How to take Sumeru with a mustard seed? ”

Sumeru means infinity in Buddhism, while mustard means infinitesimal. When Ling Ning said this, he was mocking it, how could a small toad cave fit Mount Meru? It calls itself "Sumeru Cave Heaven", which is obviously overly arrogant.

The golden toad immortal looked up to the sky and laughed and said: "Don't you know that 'Sumeru hides mustard seeds, mustard seeds Na Sumeru'?" ”

Ling Ning was speechless for a moment, he remembered that there was a story recorded in an ancient book.

Li Bo, the assassin of Jiangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, met Zen Master Zhichang one day, so he asked Zen Master Zhichang for advice: "The Buddhist scriptures say 'Sumeru hides mustard seeds, mustard seeds accept Sumeru', I think it is too mysterious and bizarre, how can a small mustard seed accommodate such a large Sumeru Mountain?" I think it's a lie! ”

Zen Master Zhichang smiled lightly when he heard this, and then asked: "People say that you 'read more than 10,000 books', is there really such a thing?" ”

"Of course! I can't read more than 10,000 books! ”

Zen Master Zhichang asked rhetorically, "But where are all the ten thousand books you have read now?" ”

Li Bo raised his hand and pointed to his head and said, "Of course it's all kept here." ”

Zen Master Zhichang folded his hands and said, "It's really strange, I see that your head is only the size of a coconut, how can it hold ten thousand books?" Could it be that you are also lying? ”

Ling Ning secretly thought that this stinky toad was indeed a bit of a Taoist, and he was about to argue a few more words when he heard the golden toad immortal chanting again: "A flower and a thought are immeasurable, and everything is at the end of a millimeter." I took Sumeru into mustard seeds, realized the Four Noble Truths and attained Nirvana. ”

After a burst of golden light, Ling Ning opened his eyes, and the toad pool in front of him was still there, but the toad in the pool was gone......

The next day, Ling Ning told Qian Mei'er and the others about this strange incident, and everyone didn't believe it, so he had no choice but to pull them to the toad pond, but the original toad pond actually turned into a desolate and overgrown open space, not to mention that there were no toads, even the pool disappeared without a trace!

Qin Fei frowned and said, "Brother Ling, when we were stationed here, we carefully explored, as far as I know, this piece is a barren open space, and there are no toad pools, let alone toads. ”

"yes, we've been stationed here for years, and this is indeed an open space...... Master, are you sleepwalking? ”

"How is that possible! I never sleep, okay! ”

Qian Mei'er suddenly analyzed matter-of-factly: "Last night was the night of the full moon, not to mention that some animals would worship the moon, even if we and other monks practiced the exercises that were more or less negative, they would be more or less affected, so I judged ......."

Ling Ning looked at her expectantly: "Mei'er, you know the most about demon beasts, what do you think?" ”

Qian Mei'er snorted and smiled: "I judge...... You must have not rested enough to cause insanity, Xi'er, you should quickly take your master back to rest, and then be careful of going mad later......"

"Yes! Master, let's go back and rest......"

"Hey, hey, hey! I read that right! No insanity! Don't pull me to feed! ”

Phantom Ji suddenly said, "Huh? There is a stone monument here. ”

Ling Ning was like grasping a life-saving straw, and he hurriedly said, "That's right, that's right!" Stele! Is it engraved with the three ancient seals of 'Toad Pond'! Huh? No? How so! ”

Although the stele is heavily weathered, there is not a trace of inscription on it, and it is clear that it is just an abandoned piece of waste.

Phantom Ji said: "Since you said that you are not mistaken, could it be that you have fallen into the illusion?" But with your strength, you are already considered the top in the mortal dust continent, how can you fall for the illusion and you don't know it? Besides, I've probed carefully, and there's no spiritual power left around here at all. ”

This is also what makes Ling Ning the most puzzled, he has already used the pupil technique to probe last night, just as Phantom Ji said that he can't find any spiritual power remaining, so he will pull everyone to investigate together.

Ling Ning was dumbfounded: "How can this be...... Am I really dreaming? ”

Under Qian Mei'er's strong request, Ling Ning returned to the room and crossed his knees to recuperate, he kept thinking about everything last night, it was too real! It can't be an illusion at all!

"It's not a hallucination, you've met a very clever guy."

The palace master's voice suddenly came, Ling Ning was already used to her "sudden appearance" style.

"Palace Master, you're finally willing to speak! Why didn't you show up last night? ”

"It's just that I slept a little deep...... And it's not a big deal. ”

"So what the hell is going on? Why can't I see any spiritual remnants? Is my pupil technique not enough? ”

"It's not that your pupil technique is not enough, but that guy doesn't use spiritual power at all, but the 'natural power' he uses can also be called 'immortal magic'. A large part of the ancient power's ability to move mountains and reclaim the sea is with the help of the power of nature itself, plus a little power of law. ”

"The power of nature? Is this power also limited by the Xuanyuan Sword Formation? ”

"No, the power of nature is not really your own power, but a skill. This kind of power does not improve your own cultivation, let alone allow you to break through the status quo, it only strengthens your ability, and if used properly, it is a continuous supply. This force should not be within the limits of the Xuanyuan Sword Formation. ”

"In other words, immortal art can exert the power of the mortal dust continent beyond the early stage of the knot pill, or even far beyond the knot pill stage? It won't trigger the strangulation of the Xuanyuan Sword Array? ”

"That's right, in theory."

"Then can I also learn immortal arts? Will you, palace master? ”

"Naturally, I will, but the cultivation of immortal arts takes a long time, how is the homework I left for you?"

"I practice the method of exercise you gave me, but I practice well every day! So when will I be able to practice immortal arts? ”

"Then wait until you can split the attributes of the five elements into yin and yang, and then you can teach you immortal arts."

After the palace master finished speaking, he disappeared again, and Ling Ning sighed and could only cultivate silently.

At this time, Qin Fei suddenly knocked on the door to find him, and as soon as he opened the door, he said, "I found that demon monk!" ”