Chapter Ninety-Seven: Buddha or Demon? (Happy New Year!) )
After half a cup of tea, the two of them had already arrived at the foot of the hill where the temple was located.
A bluestone staircase leads to the top of the mountain.
Many devout believers bowed down to the mountain step by step, even if they stumbled, they did not stop at all, but their expressions became more and more excited.
There are also some like Chu Ge and them, who walk up the mountain.
Most of them are desperate and have no choice but to come to this temple to seek the last shred of hope.
After all, there are some people from Buddhism who have indeed received the "favor" of the Buddha and come out of despair.
And in this continent, there is obviously no shortage of desperate people today.
Chu Ge and Red Sleeves walked side by side on the stone steps, this bluestone step was five or six meters wide, and the believers were restrained and orderly, kneeling along one side, so it was not crowded.
The stone steps wind all the way to the top of the mountain.
In the shade of green trees, you can dimly see the majestic temple.
The bright yellow wall, the golden tile surface, and a layer of smoke gathered between the mountains, like an independent scene, solemn like something outside the world.
The solemn sound of chanting, accompanied by the crisp sound of wooden fish knocking, enveloped the entire mountain, and the occasional sound of the morning and dusk bells ranging, leisurely transmitted.
Chu Ge frowned slightly, there seemed to be some kind of hint in these voices, which made people can't help but revere Buddhism, and they are willing to give everything for it.
However, the hazy blue light emitted by the Immortal Dao Fetus easily blocked these hints, leaving Chu Ge unaffected at all.
And the red sleeves beside him are the four-rank witch Gu masters.
The Witch Gu Master, like the Daomen, has the deepest cultivation system for the Divine Soul, so naturally he will not be easily recruited.
If it is a random Buddhist temple, you can easily bewitch the four strong people, then Buddhism is the first sect in the world.
The two of them followed the winding stone steps all the way to the temple at the top of the hill.
At the entrance of the temple, there is a huge torii with a plaque of "Sangya Temple".
Sanga Temple? Mourning Temple?
What is the name of the ghost to give this auspicious name.
The torii at the gate of this kind of mountain gate is also called the three gates, because it is composed of one large and two small, three doors side by side, the middle gate is called the empty gate, the east side is the Wuxiang gate, and the west side is the Wuzuo gate, which is called the "three liberation gates".
Chu Ge entered the temple through the empty gate in the middle.
In the front yard of the temple, there is a quadrangular lotus pond, which is a bit depressed because it is winter.
The arrival of the two did not attract anyone's attention, and there were many worshippers in the temple, the incense was flourishing, and there were only two small novices in the front yard to guide the pilgrims who asked for directions.
Chu Ge and the pilgrims with red sleeves pretending to worship the Buddha continued to walk along the stone slab road in the middle of the front yard.
After passing through the lotus pond, you will arrive at the Tianwang Palace, the two sides of the hall are opposite bells, the second floor of the drum.
There is a high scripture building in front of the building, like a three-level pagoda, the body is engraved with scriptures, Chu Ge, who does not know much about Buddhism, naturally can't recognize which one is engraved on it.
The two walked into the Heavenly King's Palace.
Chu Ge glanced at it, except for the believers who knelt down to make offerings, he didn't see a single monk.
It seems that there is no fear of trouble.
There are so many faithful believers here, ordinary people make trouble, and the believers alone will not let him go, and they don't need to do anything at all. ….
It really deserves to be a Buddhist door.
Chu Ge wore red sleeves and walked around the Hall of the Heavenly King, which, like ordinary temples, enshrined the Maitreya Buddha, the Four Heavenly Kings, and the Vedic Bodhisattva.
However, the immortal Dao fetus and the power of luck in Chu Ge's body were faintly inductive.
There seems to be something hidden in these Buddha statues.
Come to the back of the Heavenly King's Palace.
Chu Ge glanced at the statue of Veda Bodhisattva in the Hall of the Great Majesty, this Bodhisattva is the head of the thirty-two generals under the throne of the Four Heavenly Thrones, subduing demons and subduing demons and protecting the Dharma.
Moreover, in a miscellaneous record that Chu Ge had read before, there was a detailed record
Section.
If Veda Bodhisattva carries the demon pestle in his hand on his shoulder, it means that this temple is a large temple, and he can entertain monks who travel here to eat and stay for free for three days.
If Veda Bodhisattva holds the demon pestle in his hand, it means that the temple is a medium-sized temple, and the monks who have traveled here can be entertained for free to eat and stay for one day.
If Veda Bodhisattva puts the demon pestle in his hand on the ground, it means that this temple is a small temple, and it is not possible to entertain monks who travel here for free food and lodging.
And the statue of Vedic Bodhisattva in front of Chu Ge, the demon pestle in his hand is on the ground.
It seems that this temple, which looks not small, can only be regarded as a small temple in Buddhism, so it is even more unlikely that there will be any masters.
Chu Ge looked at the red sleeves beside him, although he had a light veil and was wearing simple rough clothes, he still couldn't hide his elegance, just looking at the seductive eyes that looked forward to his love, he guessed that this must be a rare beauty in the city.
Chu Ge said, "Let's go, let's go to the main hall and have a look."
The red sleeves tapped the mantis head, and in her divine soul perception, this temple, which looked solemn, brought her an indescribable sense of coldness.
It seems that under the faces of these clay Buddha statues, there is another unknown terrifying existence.
Although this feeling did not make her feel threatened at the moment, it was extremely uncomfortable.
The two walked out of the Heavenly King Hall and came to the spacious courtyard in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall behind.
In Buddhist monasteries, the main hall is the main hall, and there are also those called the main hall.
The Daxiong Hall is the core building of the entire monastery, and it is also the place where monks concentrate on practicing in the morning and evening.
In the middle of the courtyard in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, there is a large treasure tripod, engraved with the name of Sangjia Temple.
In the north of it, there is a large incense burner that burns incense for the Buddha, and the incense is flourishing inside, and many believers burn incense to worship again.
There is a pair of flagpoles in front of the main hall, and there is a banner bucket at the top of the flagpole, and a pair of carved dragon pillars are set up.
The two walked through the courtyard to the outside of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and saw a long queue in front of the hall, and there were several monks sitting in the hall gate.
Chu Ge saw.
Every person who wants to enter the main hall to pray must make an offering of sufficient wealth, and if the benefits are not enough, then they will not be able to enter the main hall, and at most they can only go to the side hall.
And those believers who have been deeply bewitched by Buddhism are willing to empty all their family wealth in order to enter the main hall.
For them, it is the supreme honor to contribute to the Buddha, even if they are hungry, they have to cast a golden body for the Buddha.
Seeing this scene of accumulating money, Chu Ge couldn't help but recall the Journey to the West in his previous life. ….
After the Tang monk and apprentice arrived at the Da Lei Yin Temple, they returned with some wordless false scriptures, and Brother Monkey went back to ask for the Dharma, but the Buddha smiled and said:
"You don't shout, don't pass the scriptures lightly, and don't take them empty, go down the mountain to the bhikshus and holy monks at the time, and recite this sutra to him at the house of the elder Zhao of Sheweiguo, to keep the living safe in his family, and the dead to be detached, and only ask him to come back with three buckets and three liters of rice and gold, and I also said that they are cheap, and teach future generations that their children and grandchildren have no money to use."
At that time, Chu Ge complained that this Buddha door was really stretched out under the coffin... He wants money when he dies, he looks compassionate, but he acts more like a black-hearted businessman.
And after reciting the scriptures, he asked for three buckets and three liters of gold, which was too little, which made Chu Ge's perception of Buddhism drop greatly.
I didn't expect that in this world, this Buddhism is almost the same as in the book, and it seems to be even more intensified.
It is really a wise move to leave the forbidden Buddha.
Chu Ge and Red Sleeves honestly lined up in the queue to enter the hall.
After a while, it was the turn of the two of them.
Chu Ge, who had already understood the approximate "price", took out a piece of silver from his arms, handed it to the monk who kept the account, and then smoothly entered the main hall with red sleeves.
The two noticed that the monk in charge of the Western Regions clearly showed a coveted Yin evil color in his eyes when he saw the red sleeves.
And after Chu Ge and the others entered the temple, the monk told the others to do things well, and hurried to the back of the temple
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Wrong.
However, the two who are confident in their own strength don't care, if the other party takes the initiative to make a move, then it may be more convenient for them.
Enter the temple.
The Buddha statue sits on the golden lotus platform, the left hand is horizontally placed on the left foot, the right hand is stretched out and droops, the forehead is wide and the ears are big, and the face is like compassion.
When Chu Ge saw this Buddha statue, the immortal Dao fetus in his body suddenly flashed blue.
Immediately after that, Chu Ge saw in his eyes that in this Buddha statue, there was a trace of golden light that was somewhat similar to the power of luck, but among these golden lights, there seemed to be a touch of blood, which made the original divine aura become a little weird.
Chu Ge blinked, and the vision faded.
Is that the power of faith?
It is normal for Buddhism to bewitch believers and collect the power of faith, but the power of faith with blood is obviously not that simple.
Thinking of the corpse of the official who he saw in the city before, and the appearance of the withered corpse after death, Chu Ge couldn't help but secretly say:
These demon monks are really more evil than evil ways.
Chu Ge glanced at the red sleeves beside him, his slight frowns, obviously he also noticed the abnormal aura, but it may not be as real as Chu Ge with the help of the Immortal Dao Fetus.
After seeing the golden Buddha statue in the center.
Chu Ge looked towards the rest of the hall, and on both sides of the main hall, the golden bodies of the eighteen Arhats were also enshrined.
Some of them are smiling, some are fanning, some are facing the sky, some are closed, some are sitting cross-legged, and some are playful monkeys......
Chu Ge looked at it one by one, and the Immortal Dao Fetus did not react, but Chu Ge's intuition still felt that these Buddha statues were not simple.
There must be something else inside.
But when Chu Ge turned to the inside of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, his brows were slightly furrowed. ….
Behind the huge golden body of the Buddha in the middle, it was actually empty.
Behind the Buddha statue in the normal main hall, there will be a Bodhisattva statue sitting south to north, generally the statue of Manjushri, Fuxian, Guanyin three major scholars, Manjushri riding a lion, Fuxian riding a six-tusked white elephant, Guanyin riding a dragon.
And behind the Buddha statue of this Daxiong Treasure Hall, it is empty.
Just when Chu Ge was thinking about the few understandings of Buddhism in his mind and thinking about whether there was any special meaning to this, the monk from the Western Regions who had left earlier walked towards Chu Ge and the others with a middle-aged monk with a square face.
Yo, the one who gave the head is here?
The two monks walked up to Chu Ge and Red Sleeves, and the middle-aged monk who had just come over, the monk with both hands recited a Buddha name, and then said:
"The two donors are outsiders, right?"
Chu Ge pretended to be a pilgrim who was influenced by the temple and had reverence for the Buddha, and he also said humbly with his hands folded:
"Master, my wife and I came from Shuzhou, just entered Fanzhou for a few days, today to visit your temple, originally out of curiosity, but since entering the temple, I feel the vastness of my Buddha's compassion, I can't help but yearn for it."
"This is the god that our people should believe in, Dali actually forbids the Buddha, goes against the will of the gods, and sooner or later he will be punished by the gods."
When Red Sleeves heard Chu Ge say that he was his wife, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
When the two monks on the opposite side heard this, they showed a smug look in their eyes, and the pure evil in their eyes became more obvious.
Chu Ge looked at the two people in front of him.
scolded in his heart: Is this a horse-stepping monk?
I have also learned some Buddhism in the Western Regions before, although I gather believers and converge my faith, but on the surface I still have a compassionate and decent style, and I restrain my desires.
After all, the entry of the nine qualities of Buddhist cultivation requires the precepts, and the precepts can only be advanced if they do not break the vows for three years.
Chu Ge had seen some of the ascetics of the Western Regions Buddhism in Dali before, and their temperament was completely different from that of the monks in the temples of Fanzhou.
When Chu Ge saw the scene of Fanzhou before, he just thought that Fanzhou was the Great Departure Boundary, so the Buddhists put down their compassion for the people of the enemy country and used extraordinary means to react in Dali
Before coming, quickly harvest faith and strengthen yourself.
And seeing the monks in this temple today, Chu Ge felt ...... It shouldn't be an internal problem with Buddhism, right?
Or is it a division?
It is said that there are two sides to a Buddha, one is a Buddha and the other is a demon, and good and evil are only in one thought.
Now the two in front of me can definitely be called demons.
If it is not the Buddha who enters the continent, but the devil, then the tragic situation of the continent seems to be more reasonable.
Made, the situation seems to be getting more and more complicated.
The middle-aged monk smiled and said, "The donor can be enlightened, he is indeed a person of great wisdom, and he is destined for my Buddha, the two donors please come with me, the Buddha is destined for people, and he should give the two donors a creation."
The other worshippers in the main hall showed deep envy when they heard this.
Chu Ge sneered in his heart, but he said:
"Thank you for your mercy, thank you for the guidance of the two masters."
The middle-aged monk said, "Two donors, please."
Chu Ge took the red sleeves and followed the two demon monks out of the Daxiong Treasure Hall and continued to walk towards the back of the temple.
Several people came to the back mountain.
Red Sleeves suddenly whispered, "There's an enchantment ahead."
Chu Ge nodded slightly, his eyes lit up with a touch of blue and gold, and he could clearly see the back mountain not far away, covered by an inverted golden bowl-shaped film.
There is an enchantment to protect it, and it seems that there should be something unsightly hidden inside.
The two pretended not to know the enchantment, and with the cultivation of Chu Ge and Red Sleeves, they restrained their breath when they didn't make a move, these monks who were just in the acquired realm couldn't sense it, and regarded the two as ordinary people.
To be on the safe side.
When passing through the enchantment, Chu Ge also shrunk the immortal neighborhood and released it, covering himself and Red Sleeves to prevent the enchantment from having any identifying effect.
Fortunately, everything is normal, and the two of them passed through the enchantment film, which did not cause any accidents.
The two demon monks continued to lead the way in front and led Chu Ge into a courtyard.
As soon as he entered, he heard the muffled chanting of scriptures, as well as the screams of pain and angry shouts coming from the courtyard.
Chu Ge's eyes narrowed slightly, and killing intent flashed in his eyes.
This is forcibly brainwashing the people who were brought, looking at the appearance of the courtyard, among these brainwashed people, there should be ordinary people who come to the temple for the first time like them, and some should be rebels against the temple.
At this time, they are all concentrated here.
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Meow at all