Seventy miles away from Chang'an City, there is a dilapidated village temple. It is said to be a temple, but it is not a Buddhist Bodhisattva Arhat, let alone a Dalun Mingwang, but an earth temple. But there is no doubt that as long as the temple is in the Sui Dynasty, don't expect it to be prosperous. The land master in this temple probably felt extremely aggrieved and moved away in a rage. Later, if there were not enough materials to build a house in the village, they would demolish it, so that after a long time, only four walls remained in the temple.
The dynasty of the Central Plains before the Sui Dynasty was called Dazheng, the Wang family of the royal family. But this Wang family and the Jiangnan Wang family are not the same family. After more than 400 years, they finally fell apart. However, the most similar thing between Wang's Great Zheng and the current Great Sui Dynasty is that these two dynasties are not interested in Buddhism.
The difference is that Dazheng has opened a gap for Buddhist sect. Some monks from the West went to the Central Plains to preach, although they did not make Buddhism flourish, they managed to gain a foothold. After the demise of Dazheng, Emperor Taizu of the Sui Dynasty decreed to expel the monks from the country. Since then, there has been no Buddha in the Central Plains. It is said that the reason why Emperor Taizu hated monks so much was because when he raised his troops, people from the Buddhist sect had secretly helped the Dazheng Dynasty. According to Taizu's tough temper, how could he bear it
That's why people from the Buddhist sect would say that the Central Plains is a place where demons run rampant, because those monks who built a few temples in Dazheng with great difficulty were all driven back. After a little hesitation, he hit him with a big stick.
This land temple has nothing to do with the temple of the Buddhist sect, but it was also implicated because of the exorcism of the Buddha in the Sui Dynasty. You must know that during the hundred years from the founding of the Sui Dynasty to the current Emperor Yang Yi, the Sui Dynasty was in a period when the whole people had no religious beliefs. Daozong was only highly praised after Emperor Tianyou ascended the throne. Before that, the only thing the people of the Sui Dynasty believed in was His Majesty the Emperor.
The people firmly believed that the Great Sui Emperor could bring them a rich and beautiful life.
And the successive emperors of the Sui Dynasty did this, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. The rich are not arrogant, and the poor are not humble. Such a beautiful life does not require any religious beliefs. And Fozong couldn't find anything to use to confuse the people to oppose the tyranny of the court. Even if there were some injustices in the world, they couldn't make the people feel dissatisfied with the court at all.
This is a very strange time, this is a very strange country.
A hundred years later, even King Dalunming gave up the idea of continuing to preach in the Central Plains. Of course, the current Dalun Mingwang is not the same as the Dalun Mingwang a hundred years ago. The succession of King Ming of Fozong is very mysterious. The previous King Ming will designate a successor before sitting down. Then King Ming will take this person into the sacred place of Buddha Sect, the secret room of King Ming’s Golden Palace on the top of the Snow Mountain. Seven days later, the new King Ming will walk out of the secret room. Inheriting the mantle, the body of the previous King Ming was kept in the secret room.
No one is allowed to see the corpse of the previous King Ming ever again.
Regardless of whether the new King Ming had a high level of cultivation before taking over, he would become the number one person in the world after receiving the inheritance. How these seven days turned an ordinary person into the strongest person in the Buddhist sect, no one knows except King Ming.
Many people have speculated that the Buddhist sect must have a wonderful method of imparting qigong. Before the old King Ming died, he passed on all his life's cultivation to the new King Ming.
The Earth Temple was dilapidated to the point of crumbling, and even the remaining four walls had collapsed a lot. It cannot be sheltered from the wind or the rain, and no one would come to this place if it were not for the occasional children from the village who come to catch crickets and play. Near the corner of the wall, an old monk in gray cloth put down the young man he was holding in his arms, frowned slightly after looking at the injuries on his body, and said a word of King Ming's mercy.
He took out a jade bottle from his pocket and poured out a dark green pill. Prying open the young man's mouth and stuffing the pill in, he found some rainwater accumulated in the ruined temple and fed the young man a few sips. The rainwater had fallen a few days ago, and it already smelled a bit fishy, but the old monk didn't seem to care about it, and after feeding the young man a few sips, he drank some himself.
After drinking the water, he sat cross-legged in a fairly clean place and closed his eyes to rest.
After an unknown amount of time, the comatose young man suddenly coughed a few times, a stream of black blood poured out of his mouth, and his chest heaved extremely violently.
The old monk slowly opened his eyes and looked at him, only to see that the young man's smooth black hair fell to the ground like falling snow in an instant. After a while, not a single strand of hair could be seen on that head.
The old monk waited for the young man's hair to fall out, and he couldn't help nodding his head slightly when he didn't see him vomiting blood again. He got up and walked over, helping the young monk to sit up. He took a look at the torn clothes on his body, and found that the blood holes that had covered the young man's body before had scarred.
I don't know what kind of elixir the old monk fed before, but it has such a miraculous effect.
After a while, the young monk slowly woke up. When he opened his eyes and saw the benevolent old monk staring at him, he quickly got up and knelt down to kowtow.
"The disciple is incompetent, please punish the master."
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The old monk sat cross-legged on the ground, smiled and said to Chen Ya: "Before you come to the Sui Dynasty, I will count on you to have a catastrophe. If this catastrophe can be overcome, it will be a good thing for your cultivation base."
"Without the master, the disciple would have died long ago."
Chen Ya bowed his head and said.
"You idiot, I am your master, and you are my disciple. If I don't save you, who will save you? When you left Daxue Mountain, I gave you a Sumerian, just because I expected you would have This bloody disaster. It's a pity that you, an idiot, are so obsessed that you actually made the Sumidan into a murder weapon. Not only failed to defeat the enemy, but almost lost your life. You want me to use another Bodhi Pill to save your life. That's what I'm dissatisfied with."
"The disciple knew he was wrong."
Chen Ya bowed and said: "This disciple underestimated the Sui people, so you will lose today."
"Recognizing the mistakes you have made and introspecting yourself, this is growth, and it is not in vain for you to come to Tai Sui."
"Master, how did you come to Chang'an?"
Chen Ya asked curiously.
"Before you came, I told you that the western world is a pure land, and the eastern land is full of monsters. Don't think that you have a good cultivation base and ignore the monsters. Your cultivation base is still short, and you don't know that the Central Plains has appeared. There are so many big demons that even King Ming pays attention to. Eleven years ago, there was a demon leader who set out from Chang’an City in the Sui Dynasty and went all the way west, and entered the pure land of the Western Great Heaven and Earth. King Ming noticed it and sent his disciples to subdue the demon.”
"Who would have thought that the devil's cultivation level was so high that he would kill several arhats one after another, and there are many followers around him who are all of good cultivation level. King Ming heard that his disciple was martyred, so he sent my senior brother Da Zi Zai Tianzun and his junior brother Lingbao Tianzun went down the mountain to meet the enemy. Lingbao fought against the demon, but was defeated. Brother Da Zizai shot himself, but he didn't stop the demon from continuing westward. The pure land of the western world was devastated because of the arrival of those demons, and King Ming went down the mountain in person , sent Vajra Wrath, and then suppressed that devil."
"Eleven years ago, the incident of the demon's invasion of the West was sealed up. The disciples and the world were not allowed to know. Do you know why?"
"The disciple is stupid."
"Because if this matter is known, the status of my Buddhist sect will be shaken. In the whole world, except for the people of the Sui Dynasty, everyone believes in King Ming. Whether it is a disciple of the Buddhist sect or a layman, everyone knows that the king of Ming cultivates the world. Wushuang, but in that battle... Duke Ming was injured."
"ah?!"
Chen Ya suddenly raised his head, his face full of disbelief.
"Who is that person?!"
he asked in surprise.
"I only know that he is a member of the Sui royal family."
The old monk sighed: "If this matter is known to the disciples, it must be unbearable. King Ming has great wisdom, knowing that if this matter is publicized, ordinary people and Buddhist disciples who believe in King Ming will definitely attack the Sui Dynasty in anger. But The Sui people are all monsters, so why would they be afraid of war? Once a war breaks out, all lives will be ruined. I don’t know how many people will die and how many rivers and mountains will be destroyed. Since the devil has been suppressed, King Ming decided to seal up the matter.”
"What does this have to do with your coming to Central Plains from afar, Master?"
Chen Ya asked.
The old monk was silent for a while, then slowly shook his head and said, "Not long after you entered the Sui Dynasty, another demon headed westward."
"ah!"
Chen Ya was shocked by the things the old monk said one after another, feeling like his heart would jump out of his throat: "But... but is he as fierce as the devil eleven years ago?"
"It's not as good, but it's almost the same."
The old monk said: "Eleven years ago, King Ming was not able to enter the seclusion. Brother Shi Yuan from the Discipline Institute took the golden monk soldiers down to the Daxue Mountain to meet the enemy. Brother Da Zizai was afraid that the Sui people would have backup, so he asked me to go to the Central Plains to check. After all, it has been eleven years The former demon was traveling west with hundreds of followers, but this time, this demon only brought one person with him, which is extremely strange. Brother Da Zizai was worried that the Sui people would have other tricks, so I came here. I wanted to check secretly, and then bring Just go back, you never imagined that there are still many masters among the Sui people, even I have to be surprised by the strong demonic nature of the Sui people."
"Master, shall we go back to Daxue Mountain now?"
"Well, of course I have to go back."
"But… "
Chen Ya paused for a moment, then stopped talking.
The old monk said calmly: "But you are unwilling, right? You came to kill Fang Jie, but you almost died here. If you don't kill him, you will not be at peace, right?"
"yes!"
Chen Ya bowed his head and said: "King Ming once said that there is dust in the disciple's heart. If you can't get rid of this dust, you will not be able to achieve consummation after all. I have practiced for many years but I don't know what the dust in my heart is. After the Sui Dynasty, I thought this dust was against the strong. The fear of the enemy, but after a tribulation, the disciple suddenly realized that the dust in the disciple's heart is that Fang Jie, not the Daoist Taoist Crane, if he is not eliminated, there will be no peace of mind."
"Idiot."
The old monk shook his head and sighed: "I thought you would be able to understand the teachings of the transparent king after going through this difficult time, but who would have thought that you would get deeper and deeper."
"Master, please clarify."
Chen Ya bowed down, touched his head to the ground and said sincerely: "This disciple is stupid and cannot comprehend the true words of King Ming's wonderful method."
The old monk looked at Chen Ya with pity and said: "You are the most intelligent disciple under my seat. I thought that you can understand it by yourself without teaching you anything. Now it seems that the more intelligent people are, the easier it is to find them. No direction. The dust in your heart is not any enemy, but yourself."
"Myself?"
Chen Ya was stunned for a moment and said, "Disciple doesn't understand."
"You always feel that you can achieve consummation, so you are eager to complete it. This is the dust in your heart. Since you were young and started to practice, you have considered yourself very high. It is my fault that I didn't point it out. Today I will tell you that you, this dust , is your obsession. When you no longer obsess about consummation, you will be able to achieve consummation."
"Obsession?"
Chen Ya was silent for a while, bowed down again and said, "Disciple understands."
"No...you don't understand yet."
The old monk smiled and said, "If you understand it, you won't say you understand it. How can you understand the beauty of Buddhism if you just want to understand it?"
At this moment, the old monk pointed to the outside and said, "What is that?"
Chen Ya took a look outside, and saw a person walking towards here in the distance. Carrying a package and holding a wooden stick as a crutch in his hand, he obviously traveled a long distance.
"That's from Sui."
Chen Ya said.
"wrong."
The old monk said calmly: "That's a monster. The Sui people have human skins, but the skins are full of devils."
He looked outside and asked, "What is that?"
"That's a demon."
"wrong."
"Ah? Why is the disciple wrong again?"
"He is from the Sui Dynasty, and his demon nature has not yet been born. Before the demon was born, he was still a human being."
"The disciple doesn't understand."
"It's fine if you don't understand, and you don't understand if you understand."
The old monk got up, and Yaoyao pointed to the people who were walking this way. The man trembled, and then fell limply.
"Bring him, let's go."
"Why did you bring him?"
"Are you hungry?"
The old monk suddenly asked such a sentence.