Wonderland

Chapter 852 The Compassionate Monk
Among the many ancient books in the Dancao Mountain Zangfa Building, there is no record about the Buddhist sect. Xiao Lin's knowledge of the Buddhist sect is only from the time when he was in the Liuli Immortal Mansion. I got it.

But there is one thing he is very clear about, that is, in the Middle Earth, the Ancient Buddha of the West Pole and the Great Emperor Haoran Tianzong are deadly rivals, and the two seem to be at war all year round, but Xiao Lin does not know why.

Following a group of faithful men and women, Xiao Lin walked into the Buddhist hall surrounded by incense. On the opposite side of the Buddhist hall, sat a bare-shouldered bald man with a Buddha statue. One hand was placed on the lap sitting cross-legged, holding a bunch of grape-sized prayer beads.

The exposed skin was golden, and Xiao Lin knew at the first sight that this Buddha statue was made of pure gold, and it was wrapped in a khaki robe, covering most of its body.

In front of the Buddha statue, there is a long row of incense tables, which are filled with burning incense. In front of the incense table, in the tens of feet wide hall, there are countless futons, each of which is kneeling. There was one person with his palms folded, praying devoutly.

At this moment, Xiao Lin is staring at the Buddha statue, with a blue aura shining in his eyes. During the hundred years of retreat and penance, after retreating every few days, he would wash his eyes with the dew on the nine obsidian grass.

The Jiuyao Grass he picked was also successfully planted by him beside the True Spirit God Pool. You must know that the Jiuyao Prairie originally grew by the bank of the Yellow Spring, and Xiao Lin also had the idea of ​​giving it a try. They all survived, which really made Xiao Lin very excited.

The dewdrops bred on the nine obsidian grasses have incredible supernatural powers. By washing the eyes with dewdrops, they can have spiritual powers after a long time.

After the Nine Yaocao is successfully cultivated, it can continuously provide dewdrops to Xiao Lin. Therefore, every few days, Xiao Lin will pick some dewdrops and wash his eyes. After a hundred years, Xiao Lin's eyes can already penetrate the clouds. Through the fog, although it is not yet possible to penetrate the mountains and rivers, it is still easy to see through some blindfolds and concealment techniques.

In Xiao Lin's eyes, the Buddha statue was surrounded by strips of golden mist, which surrounded the Buddha statue, and then penetrated into the Buddha statue.

Seeing this, Xiao Lin's eyes became more and more dazzling. At this time, Xiao Lin suddenly discovered that with the pious prayers of these devout men and women around him, faint golden light spots would emerge from the top of their heads. It was these golden light spots that gathered After falling on the Buddha statue, the golden enveloping air formed.

It seems that this is the power of faith.

Xiao Lin suddenly realized that this Buddhist supernatural power is really different from the fairy way, and it is actually cultivated in this way. In this way, does it mean that the more followers there are, the higher the cultivation level of Buddhist disciples will be?

If this is the case, isn't it true that all chances and hard work behind closed doors are just floating clouds?As long as there are enough believers, is it possible to become a Buddha in one day?
Xiao Lin had doubts in his heart.

In the Liuli Immortal Mansion, the words of those two monks made Xiao Lin very disgusted, and now with the fall of Fairy Yeyue, it made Xiao Lin reject these Buddhist disciples of the ancient Western Buddha Tianzong from the bottom of his heart .

But this also made Xiao Lin curious about the Buddhist sect's exercises. After all, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle.

"what?"

Xiao Lin, who was about to turn around and leave, suddenly stopped. He didn't pay attention at first, but the moment he turned around, he suddenly noticed that behind the Buddha statue, there was a golden light that shot into the wall of the hall for no apparent reason. Above, disappeared without a trace.

Xiao Lin frowned slightly, his eyes revealed a hesitant expression, after thinking for a moment, Xiao Lin stepped out slowly, his figure blurred for a while, and disappeared without a trace.

This made an old woman next to Xiao Lin's eyes widen suddenly, showing an unbelievable expression, rubbing her eyes vigorously, and then patted her forehead, her eyes showed confusion.

Behind the main hall, there are rows of houses, there are as many as hundreds of them. Each of these hundreds of houses has an independent courtyard, and the courtyard is also extremely wide, with a radius of tens of feet.

If you look down from the sky, you will find that these houses are like grids.

But in the center of these houses is a very large courtyard, which is as wide as a hundred feet. To the west of the courtyard is a house, which is much larger than the other houses.

At this time, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in the courtyard, and Xiao Lin's figure appeared.

Before Xiao Lin could make a move, the door of the house opened suddenly, and then a voice came out.

"The benefactor is a guest from afar, why don't you come in and enjoy a cup of fragrant tea?"

Xiao Lin frowned slightly, but he didn't show a strange expression. Long before he came to this courtyard, he had already scanned all the houses with his huge spiritual consciousness.

In each house sits a monk wearing a monk's robe, and the realm of these monks is generally in the Qi refining stage and the foundation building stage, only three of them belong to the golden core stage in Xiao Lin's eyes.

Besides, the person with the strongest cultivation is the monk in the house in front of him.

This person is actually the same as Xiao Lin, both in the realm of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, but Xiao Lin doesn't know whether the division of the realm of the Buddhist sect is the same as that of the immortal, and his judgment is only the Buddha power emanating from these people You can breathe.

"Those who are traveling abroad, don't take the liberty to interrupt, but still look at Haihan." Xiao Lin responded without being polite, and walked into the house at a leisurely pace.

The house is very simple. A young monk who looks like 27 or [-] years old sits cross-legged on a futon in the center of the house. Behind him is a golden Buddha statue. Four arms, two heads.

As for the two heads, one has a ferocious face, and the other has a benevolent face, which looks very strange.

With a wave of the monk's sleeve robe, a small table and a futon appeared in front of him. There was also a pot of tea and two cups on the table.

"The poor monk here only has a cup of rough tea, I hope the benefactor will not dislike it." The monk made a gesture of invitation and said to Xiao Lin.

"Thank you." Xiao Lin sat down cross-legged opposite the monk.

"The impoverished monk sees that the almsgiver's practice of immortality is not a noble spirit, and presumably he is not a member of the great emperor's awe-inspiring Tianzong. If so, the benefactor can become a friend of my Buddhist sect. Is the benefactor interested in joining our Tianzong of the ancient Western Pole Buddha? Achieving the honorable position of Dharma protector."

Hearing this, Xiao Lin immediately became very vigilant. As for this Dharma Protector, although he didn't know his actual status in the Buddhist Sect, Zhuo Haoran was obviously very concerned about this Dharma Protector in the Liuli Immortal Mansion. Very repulsive, obviously not an expected status. "

But Xiao Lin didn't show the slightest bit on his face, but said indifferently: "Lin has always been used to wandering wild cranes, and can't stand restraint. I appreciate Master's kindness."

Xiao Lin didn't say his real name, but chose his own character Lin as his surname.

After a pause, Xiao Lin continued: "But I don't know how to call the master?"

"The poor monk's Dharma name is compassion, and he once made a great wish to promote the secret law of my Buddhist sect, awaken the ignorant world, and strive to get rid of the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible, and return his soul to bliss. Anyone who can become the guardian of my Buddhist sect can be passed on The secret method of Buddhism, the unity of immortals and Buddhas, there is hope for detachment."

"Oh? Can Master Compassionate solve Lin's confusion?"

"Benefactor Lin, but it doesn't matter."

"Master Compassion keeps saying that it is to wake up the ignorant people, so that they can get out of the sea of ​​suffering and return to bliss as soon as possible, but when Lin saw those good men and women, he was in a trance and his eyes were confused. This phenomenon is obviously caused by the serious loss of soul power. Is the so-called power of faith the soul power of a mortal?"

When the compassionate monk heard the words, his expression changed, but he put his palms together and proclaimed the Buddha's name.

"Amitabha, the words of the almsgiver are heartbreaking, but the power of faith in my Buddhist school is the great wish accumulated by the people of the world when they pray sincerely. It is just an alternative way to operate the power of heaven and earth. Soul power, this kind of thing is done by demon cultivators, not the essence of my Buddhism."

After Xiao Lin heard the words, he showed a thoughtful expression. When the compassionate monk said, Xiao Lin understood a little bit. It is indeed like what he said. The power comes from itself, and then merged with a small amount of its own soul power to produce a strange power.

This strange power may be the power of faith mentioned by the compassionate monk in front of him.

But no matter what, this kind of devout prayer will cause certain damage to ordinary mortals, but a small amount of loss of soul power will not have a real impact on mortals. After all, after a period of rest, it will recover.

Xiao Lin originally knew little about Buddhism, so he chatted with the compassionate monk unceremoniously.

Monk Compassionate also patiently answered Xiao Lin's questions one by one, and they had a pleasant conversation.

After chatting for three or four hours, Xiao Lin got up to say goodbye. After Xiao Lin left, Monk Compassionate's expression suddenly darkened. He looked at the direction where Xiao Lin disappeared outside the door, and remained silent for a long time.

After a while, with a wave of his sleeve robe, the door of the house was immediately closed.

After Xiao Lin left the Jinluo Ancient Temple, he found an inn in the city and stayed there.

Sitting cross-legged on the wooden bed in the room, Xiao Lin was also thinking. Originally, he wanted to inquire about Fairy Yeyue, but after thinking about it, he still didn't ask Monk Compassionate.

If this compassionate heart hears that she is inquiring about Fairy Yeyue and becomes malicious, she will startle the snake and put herself in a passive situation.

Today, through the conversation with the compassionate monk, he has a certain understanding of Buddhism.

The realm of Buddhism is the same as that of immortality, and it is also divided into five realms, namely first awareness, great enlightenment, Buddha's light, prajna, and extinction, corresponding to the qi refining, foundation building, golden elixir, nascent soul, and transformation of gods of immortality.

And the Buddhist disciples who have cultivated to the Buddha's light will also condense the Buddhist golden elixir, and if they can go one step further and enter the prajna state, they can break the elixir into a baby, manifest the Buddha baby, and thus possess all kinds of incredible supernatural powers. surgery.

Therefore, in Xiao Lin's view, the realm of Buddhism and the realm of immortality are quite different. Although there are some discrepancies in the names, there is actually not much difference.

But Xiao Lin's doubts were also answered in the conversation with the compassionate monk before. It is not that the more believers in Buddhism, the higher the level of cultivation. The five major levels of Buddhism, and the power of faith that each level can withstand is also the same. capped.

Just like Xiao Lin today, as a monk in the middle stage of Nascent Soul, the maximum mana that can be contained in his body is only what the current state can carry. If he wants to carry more mana, he must break through and enter the late stage of Nascent Soul. Row.

The same is true for Buddhist monks. When they reach a certain level, the power of faith they collect will only increase in quantity, and will not produce a qualitative change. As for breaking through each level, it is also related to personal luck and aptitude. .

The only difference is that in the process of accumulating mana, the monks of the Immortal Dao must either retreat and practice hard, or collect various spiritual herbs, refine the elixir, and increase mana after swallowing them.

But the process of accumulating Buddhist power in Buddhism is to constantly develop believers and collect the power of faith.

They are all the same in essence, which also opened Xiao Lin's eyes wide, and he understood what the Dao Sanqian is.

At the same time, Xiao Lin also understood why he didn't see the figure of the immortal cultivator when he was walking around in the city. The Barbaric Frontier City is located at the southernmost tip of Middle Earth, and it can be regarded as a barren land. Ordinary immortal cultivators would never come here at all. go here.

In addition, the territory of Nanluo Kingdom originally belonged to the jurisdiction of Tianzong, the ancient Buddha of the West Pole, so Buddhist disciples would spread Buddhism here and develop believers. Jinluo Ancient Temple is not only the largest temple in Nanluo Kingdom, but also the largest temple in Nanluo Kingdom. state religion.

Monk Compassionate is the abbot of Jinluo Ancient Temple, and his monks are those whom Xiao Lin sensed through his spiritual consciousness.

After understanding these, Xiao Lin also understood the cultivation method of the disciples of the Buddhist sect, and also had a general understanding of the Buddhist sect.

And Xiao Lin also learned from Monk Compassionate where the Tianzong sect of the ancient Buddha of the Western Pole is located - the Western Jitian Mountain Range.

In the next few days, apart from wandering around, Xiao Lin chatted with the compassionate monk. Consciously or unconsciously, he also inquired about Fairy Yeyue. Of course, Xiao Lin did not directly name Fairy Yeyue. , but cryptically asked about the recent major events in the Tianzong, the ancient Buddha of the West Pole.

But apart from learning that the Buddhist soldiers of the ancient Western Pole Buddha Tianzong fought a battle with the great emperor Haoran Tianzong's heavenly army, nothing else happened in the past hundred years.

And after the great battle, the two major Tianzongs also died down, retreated to their own controlled areas, and recuperated.

Obviously, both the two Tianzongs felt that they could not really destroy their opponents, so they did not come out with all their strength, nor did they use all their strength.

Although Xiao Lin was a little disappointed by not getting any information about Fairy Yeyue, he also understood that the ancient Jinluo Temple is located on a slant, far away from the Western Jitian Mountain Range. It was all a hundred years ago.

So Xiao Lin left Nanluo City and continued heading north.

(End of this chapter)