Sword God Wine Ancestor

Chapter 406 The Dharma Conference Begins

Su Bai smiled noncommittally and said, "How can I sit and discuss with the abbot?"

Without waiting for the other party to answer, Su Bai asked first: "I don't know why the abbot is here?"

Abbot Ruoshan didn't mention the matter of discussing Buddhism with Su Bai anymore, but said: "Because the poor monk was busy with the Dharma conference during the day, I didn't see the benefactor Pang Kong, so I came here to say hello."

It turned out that he came to look for Pang Kong, Su Bai thought that the old monk was fine and liked to listen to the wall!Although he secretly slandered him, he said with a smile on his face, "Brother Pang Da is in the room, the abbot can just go."

Abbot Ruoshan said with a smile, "Why don't Master Su come and have a sit?"

Su Bai repeatedly shook his head and said: "I still can't do it. I'm really tired after shopping all day today. I want to rest earlier."

"The poor monk won't bother you any more." Abbot Ruoshan nodded with a smile, and then walked towards the room where Pang Kong was.

When Abbot Ruoshan had left, Su Bai breathed a sigh of relief, and Yixiu put his palms together, saluted and said, "Su Benefactor, do you have anything else to ask? If there is nothing else, the monk will also leave."

Su Bai said with a smile: "Brother Yixiu, go and rest. By the way, Brother Yixiu, where are you usually? How can I find you?"

Yixiu thought for a while and said: "The little monk will practice in the 'Martial Arts Hall' in the morning, and in the 'Chanting Hall' in the afternoon, and sometimes he will go to the 'Chuanfa Pavilion' to listen to the teachings of his uncles and uncles, so it is not a fixed time. The place."

Su Bai had no choice but to wave his hands and said, "Forget it, we will meet if we are destined."

Afterwards, the two bid farewell, and Su Bai returned to his room.

For the next two days, because Su Bai knew that this place was not the "Shaolin" he was familiar with, he lost the interest in wandering around. He chatted with Pang Kong every day, teased Pang Qinglian, and sometimes met Yixiu. Just kidding with this simple monk.

Because it was too boring, Su Bai couldn't help but asked Yixiu to bring him a scripture, but he couldn't sit still after reading it for a while, not only because it was boring, but also because he didn't read it at all. don't know!So he didn't even believe a single punctuation mark when Abbot Ruoshan said that he had the root of wisdom!

These days, the number of people coming to "Shaolin" has gradually increased, and those who can live in "Shaolin" are also considered to be prominent figures, and many of them are masters on the Tenglong list, but Su Bai has always kept a low profile, so there is no dealt with these people.

Soon it was the fifth day of April, which was the day when the "Shaolin" Fa Conference was held.

"Shaolin" was very busy that day, all the monks seemed to be busy, and it was only then that Su Bai realized that there were so many monks in "Shaolin"!Roughly counted, there are at least 5000 people!Of course, most of them are real monks, and they don't know martial arts. The monks who really know martial arts should be in their early thousand years.

In the early morning, Su Bai followed Pang Kong and other guests to the square outside. At this time, the gate of the temple was still closed, but the believers who came to see the puja had already lined up from the gate of the temple to the foot of Shaoshi Mountain!There are so many people, but there is not much movement, and everyone spontaneously keeps silent.

The final preparations are still being made on the square, the censer for people to burn incense, the altar for teaching the Dharma, the monks for maintaining order, the relic for people to look up to, which is said to be the ancestor of Yan Fan, etc. After everything is ready, Abbot Ruoshan cleared his throat and shouted loudly: "Let's start the Fa conference!"

A group of monks responded one after another, and then got busy. Two tall monks opened the gate of the courtyard, and the believers entered in a file, but there was no chaos. Everyone was spontaneously maintaining order. The person holding the incense in his hand spontaneously He knelt before the censer and prayed, then put the incense into the censer and left silently.

Su Bai noticed that the people in the front were all gorgeously dressed, and they looked like they were either rich or noble. Could there be any particularity in this?
Then he asked Pang Kong who was at the side: "Brother Pang, the people in front seem to be very rich! What else is there to say?"

Pang Kong didn't answer, but the person next to him laughed and said, "Of course there is an explanation! You must know that the blessings you can get from the first few sticks of incense are always more than those from the latter, so everyone naturally wants to rush to burn them." The first few sticks of incense, but there is always an order, so how many sticks of incense should be served here?"

"Since we can't be sure, then we can only let the believers decide for themselves. The believers have no choice. In the end, they unanimously decided that whoever gives the most incense money will be ranked first! Hehe, 'Shaolin' only depends on the few sticks of incense , You can earn a lot of sesame oil money! Especially the first stick of incense, I heard that the price has reached 1000 taels of gold!"

Su Bai was very shocked when he heard the words. He never thought that such a thing would happen. Originally, he didn't believe much in praying for blessings. In the end, he bought a psychological comforter. In the end, someone would spend 1000 taels of gold for it. How much is 1000 taels of gold? money?That's 1000 million!
Su Bai was stunned to himself, feeling a bit unbelievable, originally he thought that "Shaolin" were a group of poor monks, it seems that he was totally wrong, they are not poor, they are rich!
In fact, he still doesn't understand these things. In fact, not only in this world, but even in the earth before traveling, if he encounters some famous monastery's pujas, it is also an opportunity for the monastery to make a fortune.

Su Bai thanked that person, then looked to other places, and saw that besides the place where there were more people gathered, there were also many people gathered at the place where Patriarch Yan Fan enshrined the relics. Kneeling in front of the relic, praying devoutly, Su Bai asked again: "What are these people praying for?"

It was the same person from before, and he replied after hearing the words: "There are many people who can pray for this. For example, there are those who wish for themselves or their family members to live a long and safe life, and those who pray for being the number one in high school..."

Su Bai was taken aback when he heard the words, interrupted the other party, and asked: "There are still people who pray for the number one scholar in high school? Shouldn't they be praying for Wenquxing! Does Patriarch Yanfan still have this ability?"

"Hey, brother, you are so rare and strange. You must know that Patriarch Yan Fan was said to be rich in knowledge back then! He is definitely a person with profound knowledge. I don't know who Wenquxing is. Anyway, he is the most intelligent person. I will recognize Patriarch Fan!"

The man chuckled, and said this, which made Su Bai understand, but it was still unimaginable.

Pang Kong on the side said with a little sigh at this time: "Actually, everyone has deified Patriarch Yanfan, and Patriarch Yanfan has become an omnipotent existence. Don't talk about praying for these, and even praying for early birth and more children. Sun's!"

The corners of Su Bai's mouth twitched slightly, almost laughing out loud, there are still people praying for this?Pray to a monk to give birth to a precious son early, to have many sons and grandchildren?There is no mistake!Shouldn't this be worshiping Avalokitesvara?How come you have something to do with Patriarch Yan Fan?If Patriarch Yan Fan knew, would he be exhausted to death again?
Su Bai also saw that Pang Kong was also mocking, and felt that everyone's behavior was really incomprehensible, but he couldn't say much.

Su Bai nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and continued to look at other places. There were nothing else, except that there were seven altars, and on each altar was a person wearing a red cassock with a benevolent face. The old monk of Zhixiang was explaining the Dharma, and the Dharma explained by each person was different, and Abbot Ruoshan was among them.

And under each Dharma platform, there are many futons neatly placed in rows, and believers can sit under which Dharma platform they want to listen to the lectures of eminent monks.Su Bai saw Pang Qinglian dragging his mother Li Hongshang to sit under a Dharma platform, listening intently, Su Bai couldn't believe it, with the other party like this, could he really understand?
Sure enough, the girl Pang Qinglian didn't listen for long, she stood up with a distressed face, and then sat down under the altar next to her. Unfortunately, she didn't realize that the reason why she didn't understand was not because there was something wrong with what the master said , but she herself has a problem...

After hearing that she had sat through all the seven Dharma platforms, Pang Qinglian walked back with a frustrated face. In fact, the reason why she was so curious was because it was the first time she had come to "Shaolin". , and will not let women enter the temple, today is a rare opportunity, of course Pang Qinglian will not miss it.

Seeing that there was nothing else interesting, Su Bai felt a little bored. After all, he is not a follower of Buddhism, so he really has no interest in such a grand event.

He whispered to Pang Kong next to him, "Brother Pang, didn't you say that the people from 'Leiyin Temple' would come to make trouble? Why haven't they disappeared yet? Could it be that they are hiding among the crowd?"

As Su Bai said, he carefully looked into the crowd, hoping to find the suspicious person, but after searching for a long time, he still found nothing.

Pang Kong shook his head and said: "Today is Patriarch Yanfan's birthday, and 'Leiyin Temple' is in the same vein as Patriarch Yanfan after all, so even if he wants to compete for the orthodox position of Buddhism, he will not make trouble today. The puja will be held for seven days, and even the people from 'Leiyin Temple' will not come in the first three days, and they will wait until the fourth day at the earliest."

Su Bai was taken aback when he heard the words, feeling very ashamed, look at his quality!I actually used the heart of a villain to judge the belly of a gentleman, thinking that others would sneak attack!It seems that Buddhism really needs to be purified.

Pang Kong then shook his head slightly, sighing a little: "Actually, the reason why we are here, and we were invited by Abbot Ruoshan to help us, is not the people from 'Leiyin Temple'."

"Oh? It's not to guard against the 'Leiyin Temple' person, so who is it to guard against?" Su Bai asked with some incomprehension.

"The main thing to guard against is those who want to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble. I told you before that 'Shaolin' has been sitting on the seat of the seven sects for a long time, and many people have other ideas and want to squeeze 'Shaolin' out." Go down, or come up with another sect, what we are on guard against are these people with ulterior motives." Pang Kong narrowed his eyes and said.

(End of this chapter)