Buddhism and Taoism are quite close to the cultivators in ancient times, and they all pay attention to the word "penance".
There are also mortals who think that life in the temple is mostly accompanied by the ancient Buddha with blue lanterns, chanting scriptures and listening to the bell every day, without the troubles of the world, and they think it is quite leisurely. Leisure is not necessarily, but poverty is certain.
It has been mentioned in the conversion ceremony of Guiling Temple that all disciples, regardless of outer sect, inner sect, or direct lineage, would rise up upon hearing the bell, fall asleep upon hearing the drum, hear the banyan hall, and pass through the hall after hearing the bang. Life in the temple is like this every day, every month, every year, and there are very few people who can persevere.
As soon as Yun Qing arrived in the temple, he was immediately taken to the conversion ceremony by the disciple who received him.
The number of people who participated in the conversion ceremony unexpectedly reached thousands, which is still rare in the sparsely populated Northwest. Most of these are ordinary people who have been converted from the grasslands. They don't necessarily have to enter the Guiling Temple, but they are willing to participate in the conversion ceremony to strengthen their beliefs and baptize their spirits. Some of them are casual cultivators like Yun Qing, but they did not come through the Snow Mountain Ceremony, nor did they go through too difficult a test.
After a little observation, Yun Qing discovered that she was the only one who entered Guiling Temple among so many casual practitioners at the Snow Mountain Ceremony, and she didn't even come to become a monk.
The conversion ceremony is quite formal, but the content is simple, there are only two parts: confession and making a vow. When Yun Qing arrived at the scene, the first part had almost been completed.
There are all kinds of people kneeling in the main hall of Guiling Temple, including fierce hunters, beautiful shepherdesses, vagrants in ragged clothes, and pilgrims who are full of dust. There are ordinary people who seem to be drowned in the crowd at a glance, and there are also extraordinary ascetics. Some of them have gray hair, and some are just learning to speak.
The only thing in common is that their expressions are peaceful and stable, and there is an inexplicable sense of purity in their breath. This religious atmosphere is somewhat similar to that of the Hundred Flowers Festival at the Lutian Temple, but it is stronger than the belief at the Lutian Temple.
This was originally a ceremony used to strengthen the faith.
There was a skinny monk sitting cross-legged in the main seat of the main hall, Yun Qing couldn't tell that he was cultivated. He was wearing a bright red cassock, the corners of which were woven with gold thread, and the fine stitches looked very firm. He was so thin that he couldn't even support the large cassock, his whole body was covered with only a layer of skin and bones, and his cheekbones protruded sharply, but this appearance was not scary at all, but gave people a sense of kindness and serenity. There are protrusions on his forehead formed by years of prostration, which are red, round and amiable.
When the repentance was almost complete, the skinny monk opened his mouth and said: "I will take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha to the end of my life."
The sound spread throughout the entire temple, directly above the Lingtai, without any signs of exhaustion. Yun Qing felt that his technique was quite similar to that of the Great Mirror Imperial Master, but it seemed that it was still more than a little off. After all, the Imperial Master directly poured his voice into the minds of the people in more than a dozen cities without even opening his mouth, causing people to directly feel Belief in walking on the Temple of Heaven.
At this time, the thousands of people who participated in the conversion ceremony also said in unison: "I will take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha to the end of my life."
After repeating this for an unknown number of times, the voice gradually stopped.
At this time, those who were not going to worship at Guiling Temple got up and walked out of the main hall, while most of the rest were those who were going to worship their masters and cultivate Buddhism. Many Guiling Temple disciples also came out from the side of the hall, and began to prepare for the formal worship of teachers.
Yun Qing felt a person standing in front of her, glanced at her, and found that it was actually the person who led her to the door.
"Would the benefactor be willing to take the precept?" The man fiddled with the rosary and asked softly.
One after another, people around him received precepts one after another, and then worshiped at the gate of Guiling Temple, and left the main hall with other disciples who guided them.
Yun Qing shook her head: "Don't take the precepts first, just take the Three Refuges."
The guiding disciple just nodded slightly, and then said: "Forget it, take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, just now you have completed the three refuges, and the poor monk can also call you a fellow disciple."
"Brother?" Yun Qing called tentatively.
There are three refuges and five precepts. It is permissible to take refuge first without taking the precepts, but regardless of whether you accept the precepts or not, breaking the precepts is a sin. The significance of receiving precepts is that the protection obtained after breaking the precepts is different. The more precepts you receive, the more protection you will receive, and the faster you will progress in practicing Buddhism.
Yun Qing chose not to precept because she was unwilling to create more causes and effects. In the end, she was just lurking in Guiling Temple, waiting for an opportunity to obtain a secret method hidden in Lian Xinxu.
She clearly knows that cultivating Buddhism is definitely not a path suitable for her. If she worships Guiling Temple by mistake, then she may obtain a complete inheritance of the Holy Land, with the guidance of a teacher and resources to use, and it will not be difficult for her to be promoted to a direct disciple after entering the Tao with her aptitude.
But that's not the way she's going.
The so-called orthodox inheritance is really something that can be counted in the monastic world. At present, Yun Qing has come into contact with the orthodox "Qianyuan Gentleman's Way", part of the orthodoxy of the devil's way, "Da Rihei Tianlun", and "Taishang Senseilu", a part of the orthodox immortal way. Maybe she will have a chance to see Buddhism and Taoism in the future. Part of the orthodox heritage. If each of these inheritances is cultivated to the extreme, it can surpass the heavens and the earth, and achieve the supreme avenue.
But there is only one heart, and there is only one path to choose. If you take a quick look at the flowers and get stuck in various inheritances without seeking a deep understanding, you will end up with nothing.
Yun Qing is still figuring out her own choice, so she started a journey of thousands of miles, asking about the laws of the world, understanding the way of the world, and wanted to pick out the most suitable one from these dazzling orthodoxy and inheritance, so as to achieve the Dao .
"Forget it, let's be a senior brother. It can be considered that I led you to the door. There is such a fate." The guiding disciple was silent for a while, and then replied gently, "The poor monk's name is Jue Luan. You have not received the precepts. As a teacher, should I call you by your common name?"
As soon as Yun Qing heard his Dharma name "Jueluan", she immediately affirmed the identity of the other party's direct heir. She thought that the "senior brother" she called really took advantage of most of the monks in the temple.
The Jue character generation is considered extremely high in the Buddhist sects of the world. It can be said that those who are still alive in the realm of comprehension are those who are higher than the "Jue" character and seem to be the "Zi" generation. No one has seen it. This Jue Luan doesn't look very old, after thinking about it, he can only be the direct disciple of some powerful descendant in Guiling Temple.
"Yun Qing." As soon as Yun Qing thought that he was facing a direct disciple who entered the Tao, he quickly used the heavenly book to cover up his secrets carefully again, "My common name is Yun Qing."
Jueluan nodded again, stopped fiddling with the rosary, and handed Yunqing a jade slip: "You came across the altar of the Snow Mountain, and I should have led you to this religious meeting long ago, but there are too many temporary ideas. I did some research. This time I will make my own decision, and let you be admitted to the inner sect."
In the jade slips, there were some trivial matters explained to the new disciples, and Yun Qing read ten lines at a glance, and quickly read them all.
After listening to Jue Luan's words, she finally understood why when she was led to the Buddhist Dharma Conference, the Dharma Conference was already halfway through. It turned out that the Refuge Law Association could not enter the venue at any time, but because of the extra test, she came later than those people. It seems that Jueluan's high status in the temple can already affect such a conversion ceremony of thousands of people.
"If there is something unclear about your practice, you can ask me in your spare time."
Yun Qing thanked: "Please trouble brother."
Jue Luan shook his head slightly: "I lead you into the temple, that's what I should do. Besides..."
Yun Qing raised her head and heard him go on to say, "It's unlikely that you have free time."
Yun Qing couldn't help laughing.
Seriously, this is not the first direct disciple of the orthodox inheritance she has seen.
Zhu Wuxia should be a direct disciple of the Shattering Heavenly Demon Sect. She can fly with a sword, appear and disappear, and act recklessly and freely in her own way of magic. But at that time, Yun Qing hadn't practiced Taoism and didn't know much, so the pressure was not great. Le Shu can also be regarded as a half direct disciple. He started cultivating Taoism right after he landed, and he was personally taught by Da Jing Guoshi. He was about the same age as Yun Qing and had already encountered the hurdle of entering Taoism. They are all slightly insufficient, and they are not enough to put any pressure on Yun Qing.
The humble and quiet monk in front of him is the most inconspicuous of them, but his sense of inscrutability is even greater than the former two.
Yun Qing asked some more trivial matters, and then bid farewell to Jue Luan.
As long as she is not precepted, she is relatively free in the temple, but on the other hand, she does not get any guidance, and her practice of Buddhism and Taoism is also very easy to stagnate.
But her original intention is not to practice Buddhism, she just needs to stay here for a while, until she finds out where Lian Xinxu is hiding. Once Lian Xin got the idea of Hang Kongzang, she was ready to escape here with Zheng Zhenzhen. When everyone repented, she quietly used the heavenly book to calculate Zheng Zhenzhen's whereabouts. Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhenzhen was also lucky, and he was already at the gate of Mianfenglang Mountain at this time.
I don't know how she is doing in Mianfenglang right now.
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The mysterious woman asked Zheng Zhenzhen to come to her side, Wen Linghua and Lu Ming saw her advanced level, so they didn't dare to go forward. Zheng Zhenzhen had a simple mind and followed without thinking too much. The woman led her to a three-way intersection, she went in from the right, and there was a dead body of a giant bear inside.
The mysterious woman didn't care, she sat on the complete bear skin and looked at Zheng Zhenzhen. Zheng Zhenzhen was startled by the giant bear, and it took a long time to react, and hurried forward to help her check the injury.
The mysterious woman's arm seemed to be seriously injured, but Zheng Zhenzhen checked carefully and found that it was all superficial injuries, and the root of it was not touched.
"It's fine to warm up with zhenqi, it's not a big problem." Zheng Zhenzhen tore off a strip from the sacrificial clothing and bandaged it for the woman.
The woman sneered: "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you again after you heal me?"
Zheng Zhenzhen was surprised: "This... can't be regarded as a cure, if you don't deal with it, it will heal naturally."
The woman didn't expect that her focus was not repaying kindness with grievances, but such trivial matters. She straightened her clothes: "Stupid girl, why are you so kind to everyone? A cultivator has no heart and no heart, you just concentrate on the way. Do you care about the lives of others?"
"I, I am not so good to everyone! I am very good to some people." Zheng Zhenzhen replied dully.
"Why can't you understand me? What I mean is, if you treat people well, they will bite you back. If you encounter an injured person, you might as well make up for it with a knife, so that you don't have to worry about your life, and you can get back from there." Get some benefits from the outlaws." The woman spoke earnestly.
"Ah?" Zheng Zhenzhen was stunned, "It's too vicious!"
"The way of heaven is not benevolent, why are you afraid of evil?" the woman asked mockingly.
"But I don't want to do this." Zheng Zhen had some thoughts in his heart, but he couldn't express them, "If I do this, I won't be me anymore."
The woman wanted to say something else, but Zheng Zhenzhen continued while clarifying her thoughts: "My nature is like this. I don't want to see other people suffer, and I don't want to see spiritual things die. If one day, I also kill people and rob goods, then I am not If you lose your mind, you will have nowhere to seek the way.”
"Hahaha, how naive you are. How many people have you read in the book that experienced a huge change and then became a saint?" The woman shook her head and mocked.
"They are them, and I am me. It is because I am me that I cannot do this." Zheng Zhenzhen spoke a little messily, barely expressing what he wanted in his heart.
The woman asked her, "You really think so?"
Zheng Zhenzhen nodded: "Well, I always have a heart of compassion and compassion, and I don't kill people because of resentment. I always have a heart of saving the world and saving the nation, and I am willing to give up to become a Taoist."
The miasma of peach blossoms dissipated from the woman's body, revealing her original face. Her temperament is dusty, her skin is as thick as fat, her eyebrows are the color of distant black, and her lips are dyed the red of frost and leaves. But this stunning appearance was ruined by a scar on her left face, the scar was dark brown, stretched from the left eye to the chin, it was hideous and terrifying.
She touched Zheng Zhenzhen's hair, and her voice was much gentler than before: "Heaven has no relatives, and is always with good people. Let me ask you, would you like to enter my Mianfeng corridor?"
If Yun Qing was here, she would know that this woman is the one who is hiding in the holy land among the many casual cultivators.