Chapter 68: The Statue of Liberty
After waking up Shellis, Chen Xi and her drove back, and Shellis didn't ask Chen Xi what she had discussed with Taichen.
At the same time that Chen Xi returned to Shellis's house, on Liberty Island at the entrance to New York Harbor.
The world-famous Statue of Liberty stands on Liberty Island, and at the top of this massive 93-meter-high structure, the torch held by the goddess, two figures are standing. If anyone looks at the torch of the Statue of Liberty with a telescope at this time, they will be shocked, or they will think that they are dazzled, how can anyone stand at such a high place?
Visitors can take an elevator from the base of the statue to the top of the pedestal, and then follow the 171 spiral steps inside the statue to the crown at the top. The crown can accommodate 40 people at the same time, and there are 25 small iron windows around it, each of which is about 1 meter high.
From the crown to the right, you can also climb to the bottom of the torch at the height of the right arm of the bronze statue, which can accommodate 12 people to watch, because of safety reasons, this place is no longer open to the public, why can there be people in the middle of the night? And these two figures are not at the bottom of the torch, they are actually on top of the torch!
The hand of the Statue of Liberty holding the torch is very large, the fingers alone are more than two meters long, more than 1 meter in diameter, the nails are tens of centimeters thick, and more than a dozen people can stand on the edge of the torch. At this time, two people stood on the edge of the torch, swaying in the night wind.
A tall figure was facing the harbor, and only one back could be seen, followed by a bowed black figure.
"You say the church in New York wants to purge the Bloods? They still want to lure the Blood Clan to deal with those Eastern monks? The tall figure didn't look back, just a dry and harsh sound came from the sea breeze.
"There should be no problem with the news, that person is the one who wants to pass the news to the Taichen family. What do we do now? Do you want to pretend to be confused and take the opportunity to kill those Orientals first? Go back and clean up the church. The man in the back said.
"Kill the Orientals? No, no, they don't have any climate yet, and they can't be anything, so let's not touch them. Let's teach the church a little bit of a lesson first, so that they can be at ease. Well, I haven't been staring at them so closely in the past few years, but they have become arrogant, give them a lesson! A dry voice came to the back.
"Yes, we'll teach them a lesson."
"Nothing else?"
"No," the man behind him said with a smile, "Master, this is an election year, will our Skull and Bones Society support a president?" Who is the candidate? We're good at preparing. ”
"Bastard!" The tall man didn't look back, but he was already yelling, "Remember! That's not what you should know! You shouldn't ask! What you should know, nature will let you know. One more thing, don't just say the name of the Skull and Bones Society! ”
"Yes, yes, I was wrong, if you have no other orders, I'll go down." The person in the back apologized diligently, but his slightly raised eyes contained jealousy.
It took a while for the dry voice to come out, but it was just a cold snort.
The man in the back resigned with a sense of humor, and he jumped straight from the torch......
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Chen Xi proposed to go to Brooklyn the next day, and naturally, the people of the Sheng'an tribe asked Shellis to follow Chen Xi.
Chen Xi and the others didn't have much effort, they found the Fayuan Temple, which was not very remote and the place was not very big, but as outsiders, it was rare to build such a temple in New York, where every inch of land was gold.
There are many people in Fayuan Temple, most of them are Chinese, and there are also some people of other nationalities, but most of those foreigners are watching the excitement, and only a small number of people buy incense and candles to worship.
Although the whole temple is not very large, it is also divided into several halls, and the main hall is dedicated to the Buddha Shakyamuni, as well as the Buddha's two former disciples, Ananda and Kasya. There is a side hall next to it that enshrines the three saints of the West - Amitabha Buddha and Guanyin, and the two great bodhisattvas of Dashizhi. There is also a side hall dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva.
In the Chinese world, Guanyin Bodhisattva is the most close to everyone, whether they believe in Buddhism or not, most of them know that Guanyin Bodhisattva (Guanyin Bodhisattva) heard the voice of the relief and great inspiration. In overseas Chinese homes, Guanyin Bodhisattva is also the most enshrined. Now this Fayuan Temple is the same, Guanyin Bodhisattva is a single hall, and the incense is not less than other Buddha halls.
When Shellise saw this kind of oriental architecture, she felt that it was very rare, so she left Chen Xi and walked around it happily. Chen Xi secretly thought, maybe she wanted to create a separate opportunity for herself, right?
Chen Xi saw that there were some monks inside who were helping pilgrims and believers to make incense and answer questions, etc., and he didn't know who to go to. Coming to such a solemn place, Chen Xi naturally forgot many troubles and did not have any bad thoughts, he suddenly thought that he should bow to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas? In the end, it was because of the opportunity of the monk to give the Guanyin statue last time that he let himself turn evil all the way and get a body of cultivation.
Although he is not a Buddhist, he also worships one by one along the three halls religiously, and in front of the Buddha statue, Chen Xi can't help but feel that the Buddha power in his body is rapidly expanding, and he gets an infinite steadfastness and purity.
"It's the first time the donor has come to Fayuan Temple, right? It's really fateful. ”
When Chen Xi was worshipping in the Guanyin Temple, a young monk said to him with a smile.
"Since it's my first time here, how can I be considered fateful?" Chen Xi got up and smiled.
"We have a fate with you, so we can meet; It is precisely because of fate that you will come to Fayuan Temple. The monk smiled peacefully, "The donor is Chinese, right?" We are thousands of miles away from each other, and it is not fate to meet in this land? ”
I don't want to be religious yet! Chen Xigang wanted to say this, and suddenly remembered the purpose of his coming here, this is a good opportunity!
"According to the mage's words, we are really fated, I wonder if I have a chance to have a good chat with the mage?"
"Of course you can, Buddha has a fate."
Chen Xi looked around and saw that he didn't mean to invite himself to the inner room, so he said, "It seems that this place is too lively, I'll wait for the mage to find a clean place to talk to you when he is free." ”
The mage's face was peaceful, and he was still smiling, "The mind is calm, there is Bodhi everywhere, and there is no difference between the downtown and the quiet room." ”
"That's your cultivation, I'm just an ordinary person, how can I reach that realm?" Chen Xi naturally understood what he meant, but he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it, and he thought that he was insufficient.
"Since we are destined, then please come with me." The monk heard Chen Xi say this and took him out of the hall.
Chen Xi took out the phone and called Xuelisi, asking her not to go far and wait for her in the temple.
Chen Xi followed the monk and came to the monk's house behind. Even though it is the dusty urban area of New York, they still maintain the traditional way of living, which is simple and exudes the atmosphere of the mountains and forests.
The monk entertained Chen Xi with clear water. Now that it's quiet, Chen Xi doesn't know how to speak, let alone how to say what he means, could it be that the Catholic Church wants to deal with you, they want to bring a group of vampires here? This is something that normal people can't believe, how can we say that it can be better?
After the monk came to the back, he kept smiling and staring at Chen Xi, and he didn't make a sound.
"Master, it's really not easy for you to come to New York to build a temple!" Chen Xi didn't know what to say, so he finally squeezed out a polite word.
"You came all the way from afar, is there something important?" The monk asked kindly.
Chen Xi looked at him and nodded, "That's right, I have something important." ”
"Did your master call you?" The monk's smile widened.
"Master?"
This made Chen Xi inexplicable, where did he come from? Taichen? I can't be considered a master! He's already told this monk?
"How do you know my master? ...... you with him? "A vampire is friends with a monk? Chen Xi felt that everything was messed up, "Hehe, in fact, he can't be regarded as my master." ”
The monk patted Chen Xi's head, "What? You don't want to recognize me as an uncle? ”
"Division...... Uncle!? ”
Chen Xi was even more confused, and quickly explained, "I'm sorry, master, you may have recognized the wrong person, although I came to you for something important, but I am not your nephew, I have nothing to do with you, you are mistaken." ”
"How could you be mistaken? You can't go wrong. "That monk is a little weird.
"Well, I don't know you, and I don't know what your Dharma name is, do you know my name?" Chen Xi looked at the monk.
The monk shook his head, "I don't know what your name is. ”
"That's right! I am not your nephew at all, and you will not be my uncle, because I have no master at all. Chen Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
"But you obviously have the breath of my senior brother on your body, as well as his skills, although you have practiced a lot of kung fu, but the most basic cultivation is exactly this sect! I felt it as soon as you came in. The monk said without giving up. Didn't my brother ask you to come to New York? ”
Chen Xi originally wanted to shirk it, but when he heard his description, he suddenly felt shocked, could it be that the skill on the Guanyin statue was left by his senior brother? "I'm sorry, can you describe what your senior brother looks like, I'll see if it's someone I know."
The monk described his brother's appearance to Chen Xi, and Chen Xi suddenly remembered that it was the middle-aged monk who gave the Guanyin statue to himself!