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The morning bell, the evening drum, day after day, seems to be endless.

Every day, as if it was exactly the same as yesterday, some people feel bored, some people feel at ease, the quiet years, long or short, in people's hearts.

In a blink of an eye, Ghost Li has been in Tianyin Temple for many days, listening to the bell in the morning, the drum in the evening, ringing on time every day from an unknown place in the temple, and living silently. Somehow, after only a few days, he seemed to have integrated into this strange environment, and he was silent every day, just stunned.

He is in the prime of life at the moment, and his body is excellent, although he is seriously injured, but firstly, his body is young, and secondly, his cultivation is high, and Tianyin Temple is unexpectedly generous to him, and he is not stingy with any good medicine, and he will use it on him casually. With the status and reputation of Tianyin Temple, the good medicine in the temple is naturally a first-class good medicine in the world, and the effect of the medicine is played quickly, and he is injured and sick, and it is very fast.

After a few days, he was able to get out of bed and barely walk, but when he walked, his chest still hurt sharply, and he had to wheezing after not taking a few steps. However, Rao is like this, and it has also made the Fa Xiang and others who came to visit him happy and happy, and praised that they had never seen a person who recovered so quickly in the past, and it seemed that he would be fully recovered in less than a month.

Ghost Li gets along with them lightly on weekdays, and occasionally talks, and both sides avoid talking about the opposing identities between each other, it seems that at this moment, in the eyes of the monks of Tianyin Temple, Ghost Li is just an ordinary person they kindly treated, not a demon demon who they are willing to risk the world's disapproval and snatch it from the hands of Qingyunmen. And Ghost Li never asked the question of why the people of Tianyin Temple wanted to save him.

Time passed like this, the ghostly body got better day by day, these days, he has been able to walk on the ground relatively easily, sometimes when the morning bell and dusk drum ring, he will pull a chair to open the window, sit by the window, listen attentively, it seems that the bell and drum in the Tianyin Temple, for him, there is another charm.

During the days when he was recuperating from his injuries, only the monks in Tianyin Temple often came to visit him, and almost none of the other monks came, let alone the Puhong Venerable and other Puzi monks. And because of his injuries, Ghost Li has never been out of this room. Except for the occasional window opening to look out, what appeared in front of him was nothing more than a small courtyard with red walls and green tiles, and a few dwarf trees planted in the courtyard.

It's just that for Ghost Li, such an ordinary and simple small courtyard actually has a somewhat familiar feeling that has not been seen for a long time, from the day he opened the window, although it was not revealed, but in his heart, he immediately liked this place.

Listening to the morning bell and listening to the evening drums, such a calm and leisurely time, but in a short period of time, he couldn't give up and was intoxicated.

Who knows that in his heart, the biggest luxury he once had was to live such a peaceful life......

Mount Meru, Tianyin Temple, in the vast and magnificent temples and pavilions, in a strange and remote corner and small courtyard, just live, live, live......

'Squeak!' The wooden door was pushed open suddenly, and Fa Xiang walked in alone, glanced around the room, and then landed on the ghost lying on the bed. Ghost Li closed his eyes, and he didn't know if he was asleep.

Fa Xiang smiled slightly, turned around and closed the door, and said to the ghost: "How do you feel today, do you still have pain in your chest?"

Ghost Li's body moved, slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Fa Xiang, and said lightly: "You have to ask this sentence every time you come, don't you feel annoyed?"

Fa Xiang smiled and shook his head, but he turned his gaze, but he walked to the other side of the wall, in front of the statue of Guanyin Dashi, he took three sticks of fine sandalwood from the offering table, put them on a thin candle next to him, lit them, and then inserted them into the copper incense burner.

Light smoke rose and drifted into the air, and the statue of Guanyin suddenly became a little foggy, and the air gradually began to waft with a thin sandalwood fragrance.

The Dharma is in harmony, and he bowed three times to the image of Guanyin, and then he turned around, looked at the ghost for a long time, and suddenly said, "Why don't you come to worship?"

The ghost was stunned for a moment, and involuntarily looked at the portrait, in which the Guanyin monk had a compassionate face, dignified and beautiful, with a pair of slender eyes, as if he was looking at all mortals in the world, and at this moment, he was looking at himself as if he was compassionate.

His heart moved, but then he sneered: 'What do I worship her, if she really has a spirit, I don't know how many times I have begged God and the gods and Buddhas in the past, and I have not seen them show mercy!'

Fa Xiang looked at him for a long time, and the ghost looked at him calmly, with a sneer still on the corner of his mouth, and he didn't show any remorse. After a while, the Dharma Minister sighed, turned around, bowed his head to the statue of Guanyin Dashi Buddha, and gently chanted the words in his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

Ghost Li looked at him from behind him and sneered.

After the Dharma Minister finished saluting, he turned around, the compassion on his face gradually faded, and he replaced it with a peaceful smile, and said, "I see that you are looking good today, and your body has generally recovered recently, why don't we go out!"

Ghost Li was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Go out, where are you going?"

Fa Xiang smiled and said, 'Go where you want to go and meet the people you want to meet.' ’

Ghost Li frowned, then raised his eyebrows and said, "What, is it Venerable Puhong......

Fa Xiang nodded and said, "Yes, the master is very happy to hear that you have recovered, let me come and have a look today, if you are not tired, you can meet." I don't know what you think?'

Ghost Li stared at Fa Xiang for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "Okay, good, good, I've been waiting for this day for a long time, I naturally want to see him, don't say that the body is well, that is, he was seriously injured that day, as long as he is willing, I will crawl to see him." ’

The Dharma is in harmony and says: 'The donor's words are serious, please come with me.' ’

So saying, he led the way, went to the door first, opened it, and went out.

Ghost Li immediately followed, but when he was about to walk out of this room, for some reason, he suddenly looked back at the statue of Guanyin Dashi hanging on the wall, and in the light smoke between them, Guanyin Dashi was kind and smiled, and seemed to be staring at him.

Ghost frowned and snorted, but he immediately turned around, and without looking back, he went straight, leaving only fine sandalwood, gently wafting in the empty room behind him.

Walking out of the courtyard, it is a passage about two zhang long, four feet wide, red walls on both sides, more than two people high, the top is also covered with green glazed tiles, at the end of the passage is a circular arch, when approaching the arch, I faintly heard a sound outside.

At first glance, it seemed to be the sound of monks in the temple chanting scriptures, but there were other strange sounds mixed in with them, some of which should not have appeared here in the imagination of ghosts, such as village women gathering together to chat and talk, or believers shouting Buddha, and even faintly heard the sound of some children crying.

How could such strange sounds appear in Tianyin Temple, which is known as one of the three great sects of the righteous path in the world?

Ghost Li was shocked and uncertain, and looked at the Fa Xiang, but saw that the Fa Xiang's face remained unchanged, leading the way in front of the head, and walked out towards the arch. Ghost Li frowned, calmed down, and walked out.

Outside the door suddenly opened, but only to see the white jade for the stone, the flat shop for the field, the stone layer stacks, nine for a group, connected and up to the Daxiong Treasure Palace, there is actually nine nine eighty-one groups of high. And between the jade carved railings, only to see the palace majestic, extremely tall, thirteen huge stone pillars in front of the hall rise to the sky, more than ten zhang high, the golden wall on the top of the hall is brilliant, the eight ridges are equally divided on it, carved into the shape of the dragon's head, each ridge flies the eaves before the dragon's head, impressively carved with ten auspicious beasts, the forms are different, lifelike. (Note 1)

And His Royal Highness's various carvings are gorgeous and exquisite, which far exceed the imagination of the world, and can be made by non-idlers. Behind the Daxiong Treasure Hall, on both sides and in front, there are towering halls one after another, between which either the squares are connected, or the paths are winding together, and some are directly connected together, layer upon layer, which is magnificent.

It's just that although this building is majestic and gorgeous, it is indeed amazing, but at this moment, the most shocking thing is not these, but on such a solemn holy place of Buddhism, there are countless mortals shuttling non-stop at this moment, countless people holding incense, kneeling and worshipping the Buddha, step square, inside and outside the hall, the incense is unimaginable.

A huge Tianyin Temple, which has a high status in the righteous path of the world, is like an ordinary temple in the mortal world, open to countless secular people to burn incense and worship Buddha.

Ghost Li had never thought of this, he understood the strange sound just now, but he was even more confused about all this in front of him. Growing up on Qingyun Mountain since he was a child, he has long been accustomed to the so-called fairy style, the fairy mountain fairyland, which can only be owned by cultivators. On Qingyun Mountain, where have you ever seen an ordinary person come up to the mountain to burn incense and ask for a wish?

He turned his head to look at the Fa Xiang and asked in amazement, "This ......?"

Fa Xiang smiled slightly and said, "Today happens to be the first day of the new year, so there are more people. Although the incense in this temple is vigorous, there are not so many people on weekdays, but on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the people in a radius of hundreds of miles nearby have the custom of coming to worship the Buddha. (Note 2)

Ghost Li shook his head, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked, "No, I think it's strange, how can you let the people come in and burn incense and worship the Buddha?"

It seemed that Fa Zhi would ask this question, nodded, made a posture of walking this way, and then walked towards the back of the Daxiong Treasure Hall with the ghost Li, and said as he walked: "Actually, the early Xianyin Temple is also the same as the Qingyunmen and other gate valves, and it is not open to the world, but after my mentor Puhong took over as the abbot, he and the other three uncles joined him to comprehend the Buddha's teachings, made a great wish, and said: The Buddha is the Buddha of all living beings, not the Buddha of my alone. So he decided to open the mountain gate to accept the people. ’

At this point, the Fa Xiang stopped, turned around and pointed to the path leading to the countless steps leading to the Mahavira Treasure Hall, and said, 'Have you seen that long stone staircase?'

Ghost Li nodded and said, "What?"

The Dharma is in harmony with the ten paths: 'That was when a master saw that the mountain road was steep, and although the people had the heart to worship the Buddha, there were many weak people who were unable to move and could not go up the mountain to make a vow. ’

Ghost Li couldn't help but be in awe, his face became solemn, and he said, "There is such a great senior, may I ask his name?"

Fa Xiang glanced at him, and after a moment of unexpected silence, he said in a low voice, "That uncle's name is Pu Zhi, and he has been dead for more than ten years. ’

The ghost's body stiffened violently, like the word 'Puzhi' like thunder on a sunny day, hitting his mind alive, and it shook him to the core.

Fa Xiang looked at the unpredictable, suddenly sad, and suddenly resentful face, sighed, and said in a low voice: "That's it, let's go, the abbot is still waiting for us!"

The ghost followed the Fa Xiang violently, but his originally relaxed pace had become extremely heavy at the moment. After walking a few feet, he suddenly turned back with a complicated face, only to see a crowd of people in the distance, countless people walking through the stone steps, old people, men, women, children, one by one with a pious face walked on the stone steps, chanting the Buddha's name in their mouths, as if they had walked this road, that is, closer to the Buddha.

The expression on Ghost Li's face was complicated and incomprehensible, and his hands were clenched into fists and slowly released, and after a while, he finally turned his head slowly and walked forward. The Dharma Harmony Ten Buddhas who were waiting in front of him did not say much.

The two of them went together, leaving only these countless believers and the silent Buddha path behind them, in the world.

This was originally the world, and it was no longer the realm of immortals and Buddhas.

Walked through the Daxiong Treasure Hall, there is still a long string of temples and temples behind, Tianyin Temple is a famous sect after all, and the style is not comparable to ordinary temples. It's just that Fa Xiang walked backwards with the ghost power all the way, but he didn't stop at any of the palaces and pavilions, just walked towards the back mountain.

Ghost Li just followed behind Fa Xiang along the way, without saying a word, his face was full of thoughts, and he turned a blind eye to the gorgeous and exquisite buildings around him.

It was only in the end that Fa Xiang took him out of the back gate of Tianyin Temple and walked on a small mountain road to the top of Mount Meru, and Ghost Li frowned and said, "Why, Master Puhong, is he not in the temple?"

Fa Xiang nodded and said, "Yes, although this monastery is open to the world, which is a meritorious act, but after all, the monks need to be pure, and the teacher and several uncles are all quiet people, and they have always lived in the small temple on the top of the mountain, which we generally call "Little Tianyin Temple". With that, he smiled slightly, revealing two white teeth.

Ghost Li nodded silently, didn't say anything more, and followed the Fa Xiang towards the top of Mount Meru.

Although Mount Meru is not as high as the Qingyunmen Tongtian Peak, it is definitely not low. The Tianyin Temple they came out of just now was already in the middle of the mountain, but they went up this time, and walked for half an hour, and then they saw the plaque of the Little Tianyin Temple.

From the outside, the small Tianyin Temple really can be called a small character, in and out of the courtyard of only three entrances, and the magnificent Tianyin Temple on the middle of the mountain is very far away, but here is far away from the world, only to see the surrounding pine and bamboo, dense forest, the mountain wind blows, loosen the bamboo shake, the indescribable quiet and elegant, compared with the bustle under the mountain, it is another taste.

The ghost is healed from a big injury, walked this many roads, his forehead has been slightly sweaty, he stopped and rested for the time being, looked back, and saw the incense in the Tianyin Temple in the middle of the mountain, and the wisps floated up, it was so far away, and he could see it clearly, and there was a faint voice in it, and he couldn't say the pious and solemn meaning.

Ghost Li looked at it for a long time, stunned, and didn't know what he was thinking, after a long time, he turned around, Fa Xiang nodded, and led him into the Little Tianyin Temple.

It's much simpler here than down the mountain, the two of them walked through the middle Buddha hall, turned two corners to the right, and walked into the back hall, where there were three pure meditation rooms. Fa Xiang stepped forward, walked towards the door of the Zen room in the middle, and said loudly, "Master, Zhang Xiaofan's benefactor has already come. ’

Immediately, an old but kind voice rang out in the meditation room, saying, 'Please come in!'

Fa Xiang turned around and made a gesture of invitation to Ghost Li, who hesitated for a moment, and then walked into the house, but Kanxiang stopped outside, and didn't seem to have any intention of going in together.

Walking into the meditation room, Ghost Li glanced around, this meditation room is simple and unpretentious, and everything is almost exactly the same as the Zen room where he was recuperating at the bottom of the mountain. And today, the master of the righteous path, the abbot of Tianyin Temple, Master Puhong, is sitting cross-legged on the meditation bed, holding a string of prayer beads in his hand, looking at him with a smile on his face.

'You're here. Master Puhong said with a calm voice and a smile.

Somehow, in the face of this divine monk, Ghost Li's originally somewhat turbulent heart quickly calmed down, took a deep breath, and nodded, "Yes." ’

Venerable Puhong looked at him carefully, from top to bottom, his eyes flashed with a strange kind of compassion and light, and the rosary in his hand also turned slightly, and he said for a while, 'You should have something to ask me?'

Ghost Li immediately nodded and said, "Yes, I'm very curious, why did Tianyin Temple take the risk of turning against Qingyunmen to save me, and why did you ......?"

He was in a hurry, and his voice was extremely fast, but he was only halfway through the question, but he involuntarily stopped, only to see Master Puhong stretch out his right hand and stop in mid-air, preventing him from continuing.

The ghost was puzzled and looked at the Venerable Master Puhong in confusion, and the Venerable Master Puhong bowed his head and chanted a Buddha name, but he got off the meditation bed, stood up, and said to the ghost: 'Before you ask me, I'll take you to meet someone!'

The ghost was stunned and said, "Who is it when you see someone?"

Pu Hong didn't answer, but went to the layman, and said slowly: "This person has wanted to see you for a long time, and I know that you must want to see him too." ’

The ghost was stunned, but subconsciously followed, for some reason, his palms were sweaty, and his heartbeat suddenly became faster, as if there was a terrifying existence in front of him.

Fa Xiang had been standing quietly outside the meditation room, and when he saw Master Puhong walking out with a ghost so quickly, his face did not change, he only took a step back and stood aside. Master Puhong glanced at him, nodded, and without speaking, he walked in the other direction with a ghostly force, which was the last small courtyard in the courtyard of the three entrances, leaning against a mountain wall.

Note 1: The carved beast on the eaves of the temple is a unique building regulation in ancient China, with very detailed rules of division, from the emperor to the official to the ordinary family, there are detailed regulations, which cannot be exceeded, otherwise it is disrespectful and criminal, enough to kill and exterminate the clan. There are ten beasts on the roof, since ancient times, there is only one place in China, that is, the Forbidden City Taihe Palace, the only one in the world. This is fiction, and you readers laugh at it.

Note 2: Burning incense and worshiping the Buddha on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is quite popular in China, where Buddhism is widely spread, or Dharma affairs, or Buddhist meetings, from the Lama Temple in Beijing to the small temples in the southern Fujian villages, most of which are so. I grew up watching my grandmother burn incense, and I still do it now, and when I write it, I can't help but sigh when I think of it.