Chapter 2: Sudden Conflict

The convoy escorting the pilgrims to Putuo Mountain for incense passed through the reef and dark waterway, and finally reached the southernmost ferry embankment of Putuo Mountain. The sea surface reefs around Putuo Mountain are numerous, and the reefs hidden under the sea surface are even more intricate, except that the birds in the sky can enter and exit Putuo Mountain at will, it is almost impossible for ships to pass through the sea surface of this reef forest, but there is a relatively small reef channel hidden in a small sea area in the southernmost part of Putuo Mountain, so the boats that come to Putuo Mountain to worship incense are sent by Putuo Mountain to lead the monks to chant and protect the Dharma to safely pass through this channel, and then go to the island from this ferry embankment in the southernmost part of the island.

After the escorted fleet had docked at the ferry embankment, the pilgrims on the boat disembarked one after another, and the novices led the pilgrims towards the Guanyin Temple, while the Master of Jingkong led the two men in black, one tall and one short, to the back of the procession.

When the three of them came to the main hall of Guanyin Temple, the pilgrims who walked in front had all crowded into the main hall, and the number of monks and pilgrims in the hall at this time totaled three to five thousand. Usually, more than 100 monks in the courtyard chant sutras and worship Buddha in this hall and do not feel how spacious it is, but today there are 35,000 people standing in the hall and they do not feel crowded, which is very amazing.

The two black-clothed men really didn't come to Putuo Mountain to make incense. The two of them didn't stay in the hall for long, and hurriedly walked through the main hall and headed north behind Master Clearance. The three of them walked for a short time before they came to the lotus pond behind the Guanyin Temple. Although it is not yet the season of lotus flowers, the lotus leaves in the pond are already sprouting, and the emerald green lotus leaves are dotted on the crystal clear water, which is picturesque. But the three people in front of the lotus pond had no time to pay attention to the scenery in the pond, and hurried away across a small bridge over the lotus pond.

After passing through the lotus pond, the three of them soon came to the main entrance of the Taoist temple called Sihou Temple, which is located in the middle of Putuo Mountain. The three of them were just about to walk up the stairs in front of the main entrance, but they were immediately stopped by the two leading boys. One of them, who was a little older and looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, immediately took a few steps forward, then waved the dust whisk in his hand, and respectfully saluted the master of the clear space and asked: "Master of the clear space, the trail is polite, seeing that the master is in a hurry along the way, I don't know what is urgent?"

"It turned out to be Yu Fei'er, can your master be in the palace? ”

"The family teacher is taking the brothers to do the morning class, master, don't worry, I'll go and tell you quickly. After saying that, the little Taoist priest ran into the temple.

A short time later, a Taoist master walked out of the temple. The chief was dressed in a purple robe, tied his hair in a bun, wore a flat Nanhua scarf on his head, held a whisk in his hand, and stroked his long beard lightly, as if a god was in the world, and his instruments were extraordinary. The purple-clothed Taoist leader came to the entrance of the stairs and asked the Master of Clearance, "I heard that my apprentice said that the master has something urgent to find me, I don't know what the matter is?"

The Master of Clearance quickly stepped forward and pulled Dao Chang's sleeve to the side, muttering a few words to the purple-clothed Dao Chief. After hearing this, the purple-clothed Taoist leader immediately showed a look of surprise on his face, glanced at the two black-clothed people, and then said to the Master of Pure Space: "Today is the birthday of Master Guanyin, and the affairs of your hospital are busy, I think Master Pure Space should rush back to the front yard to help, as for the affairs of these two donors, let the poor Dao deal with it." ”

"Then there is the chief of the road. Master Jingkong hurriedly turned to the two black-clothed men and said, "This is the Puci Daoist, the person the two donors want to meet, this Daoist will take you there, and the poor monk will retire first." ”

"There is Master Lao Jingkong, this Puci Dao person and Zai Xia are also old acquaintances, master, you can go back with confidence. The tall man in black replied.

The poor monk was relieved. After saying that, Master Jingkong refused to go to the Guanyin Academy to deal with affairs.

After the master of the pure space walked away, Puci Daoist looked at the tall man in black and said: "That Guanyin Hall is the secret place of my Putuo Mountain, even the disciples of Putuo Mountain are not allowed to enter and leave at will, although the two have special identities, but for the sake of secrecy, I can only take you to the Guanyin Hall alone, you see ......"

"I understand what the Taoist chief means, I can go with the Taoist master alone, just let my apprentice Wang Bo wait here. After speaking, the tall man in black turned to the short man in black behind him and said, "Apprentice, you just wait here, and go to do something for the master and the Taoist to come back soon." Remember, don't make trouble here. ”

"Yes, master. His apprentice Wang Bo hurriedly agreed.

After the tall man in black finished speaking, Puci Daoist said to Yu Fei'er behind him: "Fei'er, you can take this little benefactor to wait in the courtyard, and by the way, tell those senior brothers who are doing morning classes in the main hall to go to the apse to sit in meditation." After speaking, Puci Daoist took the tall man in black through the side gate of the backyard and walked towards the Guanyin Hall in the north of Putuo Mountain.

Yu Fei'er answered, and after the master walked away, he took Wang Bo to the temple behind the temple. Yu Fei'er asked Wang Bo to sit down on a stone bench under a pine tree outside the hall, and then ran into the main hall to inform the brothers and sisters who were doing morning classes to go to the apse to sit in meditation. After all the brothers retreated to the apse, Yu Fei'er meditated and meditated in the main hall by himself.

That Wang Bo sat on the stone bench and waited for about an hour, but he still didn't see Puci Daoist and his master come back, and then Wang Bo, who was sitting on the stool, was a little bored, he stood up and began to look around. Yu Fei'er, who was sitting quietly in the hall, heard movement outside, and knew that Wang Bo must be bored waiting, and thought: "Anyway, I'm fine, so it's better to let me take him to this hall for a walk." So he got up and walked out of the main hall and said to Wang Bo, "Your name is Wang Bo, right?

"Just call me Wang Bo, you call Yu Fei'er, right? Before I came to Putuo Mountain, the master told me that Putuo Mountain is a Buddhist holy place, why is there a Taoist temple hidden behind the front temple, and the people in the temple are all dressed as Taoists?"

After hearing this, Yu Fei'er replied with a smile: "Yes, you can call me Yu Fei'er." Many pilgrims who come to Putuo Mountain to worship incense will have the same doubts as you when they see the temple decorations of the temple behind our temple and the clothing of the disciples in the temple. Usually, pilgrims are not allowed to enter the temple at will, which makes the temple even more mysterious. But it is not surprising that there will be a Taoist temple in Putuo Mountain, which is a place for Taoist cultivation and alchemy. Legend has it that when the Bodhisattva Guanyin of great compassion traveled to the Central Plains, when passing by Putuo Mountain, he saw the beautiful scenery of this island, the caves and rocks were all in place, and the clouds and mist were swirling, such as a fairyland on earth, the Bodhisattva loved it very much, so he decided to open an altar in this place to teach the Dharma. Many Taoist priests who practiced on the island were impressed by the Bodhisattva's profound power and the concept of helping the world and saving people and purifying sentient beings, and they took refuge in the Bodhisattva's disciples. With the construction of the temple jointly funded by the island's Taoist priests and nearby fishermen, Putuo Mountain has since become a Buddhist holy place. There are still a few Taoist priests on the island who insist on cultivating the Tao, although they have not converted to Buddhism, but in the process of cultivating the Tao, they will get the help of Guanyin Bodhisattva from time to time, so those Taoist priests who insist on practicing in Putuo Mountain gradually no longer only worship Sanqing, but also worship Guanyin Bodhisattva, and refuse to go to the Guanyin Temple behind the construction of the current temple. ”

"No wonder this place doesn't look like the Taoist temple you usually see, so where is the Guanyin Hall where my master and Taoist master went?" Wang Bo asked.

"Guanyin Hall is located in the northernmost purple bamboo forest of Putuo Mountain, not far from the location of our temple. I have heard Master say that although the two places are only separated by a few hundred meters of the sea, they hide the mystery of this shore and the other shore that are often mentioned in Buddhist scriptures. Anyone who enters the sea, no matter how long they have been in the sea, will find that they are still a hundred meters away from the other side. Looking back in confusion and fear, he saw that he had already moved forward a hundred meters. At this time, if you want to turn around and go back, the situation is immediately exactly the same as before, no matter before or after, it is always a hundred meters away from the shore, which is really a dilemma. Speaking of this, Yu Fei'er paused, and then said, "Actually, life is like this, so there is a saying that 'the sea of bitterness is endless, and turning back is the shore', don't wade into the sea of bitterness at any time." If you want to ask what is in the Guanyin Temple, Yu Fei'er has never been inside, and I don't know what is inside. Let's not talk about the Guanyin Temple, let me take you to the main hall of the temple behind this temple now. Don't look at this main hall as very small, in fact, there is something else in this hall!"

"Oh, I'd like to see it. After speaking, Wang Bo followed Yu Fei'er into the main hall.

After Wang Bo followed Yu Fei'er into the hall, he immediately looked around the hall. I saw that the pillars in the hall were carved with various "dark eight immortals", and there were many sika deer carved on the beams, and the image was lifelike. At this moment, two cranes suddenly jumped out of the prayer flags hanging in the hall and fluttered between the beams in the hall. As the pair of cranes kept shuttling between the beams, the sika deer on the beams immediately followed the two cranes and ran happily. When Wang Bo was looking out of his mind, he heard a flute sound in his ears, he hurriedly looked in the direction where the sound came from, and Han Xiangzi and He Xiangu among the eight immortals appeared in the hall, only to see Han Xiangzi holding the flute and blowing beautiful music, and He Xianggu was standing on a lotus flower and dancing, which was beautiful.

Just as Wang Bo was intoxicated by the beautiful scenery in front of him, the pair of cranes flying in the air suddenly showed a fierce light in their eyes, and then rushed towards Wang Bo like an arrow off the string. Wang Bo immediately woke up from his intoxication and hurriedly hid to the side. Although his body was not hit by the pair of cranes, the hat on his head was crushed by the cranes that collided.

Wang Bo was furious in his heart at this time, and raised his hand to throw a black flame at the pair of cranes. Seeing that the black flame was about to catch up with one of the cranes, Yu Fei'er, who was standing on the side, rushed forward with an arrow step, and shouted loudly: "Hugh wants to destroy my magic weapon." At the same time, he waved the dust in his hand and threw himself at the black flames. When the dust in his hand wrapped around the flame, Yu Fei'er shouted, "Extinguish." The black flame immediately extinguished in the dust, and then a cloud of black smoke slowly drifted out of the dust in his hand.

Due to the small space in the hall, it was not suitable for a big fight, so the figures of the two quickly jumped out of the main hall. At this time, Wang Bo no longer had the hat on his head, and Yu Fei'er finally saw his appearance clearly. That Wang Bo looked about the same age as Yu Fei'er, only fifteen or sixteen years old. I saw that his face was as pale as paper without a trace of blood, and a purple and somewhat blackened mouth was particularly conspicuous on his fair face, but the most conspicuous thing was his pair of pointed and long ears, human beings would never grow such strange ears, it seems that this young man named Wang Bo should not be human.

Wang Bo saw Yu Fei'er staring at him, and said to Yu Fei'er with some annoyance: "Okay, you Yu Fei'er, you deliberately teased me." ”

Yu Fei'er was also a little angry at this time, and reprimanded angrily: "I took you to visit the palace for a long time, but you want to destroy the Taoist magic weapons in my hall." Judging by your appearance and the fact that my Taoist magic weapon will suddenly take the initiative to attack you, I guess you must not be from my human world. The kind of spell you just cast is extremely vicious, far from my righteous path spell, who are you? If you come to my temple to make trouble, I will definitely take you down and hand you over to my master. ”

At this time, Wang Bo couldn't hold back his anger in his heart, and replied: "Don't quibble, see what you can do with me." At the same time, he had already raised his hand and threw two black flames at Yu Fei'er.

Yu Fei'er easily dodged the two black flames shot out by Wang Bo unhurriedly, and then looked at Wang Bo proudly and said, "Don't want to hurt me." As everyone knows, the two black flames he dodged had quickly turned into two giant pythons behind him, twisting in the air and then rushing towards Yu Fei'er. When Yu Fei'er noticed that there was movement behind him, it was too late, and in a panic, although he dodged the attack of one of the black pythons, he was tightly tied up by another black python, and the black python that was dodged by Yu Fei'er before had turned around and bit Yu Fei'er's chest at this moment.

Yu Fei'er knew that something was wrong, but at this time his body was already unable to move. Could it be that Yu Fei'er's life is really going to be cut off under Wang Bo's spell?