Strange Sequence: Longevity from Guoshu

Chapter 285 Tibetan Buddhist Lama Temple, Temple of Impure Bones

Jiang You avoided the checkpoint at the entrance to LS City and entered the city, where he found his donkey tied up in an abandoned park.

The donkey was surrounded by a group of urchins. After the park was abandoned, it became their playground. After discovering a fat donkey with shiny hair, he found it novel and started playing with the donkey. Let's see who can ride on the donkey.

The donkey was annoyed by these children, but he didn't dare to move too much, for fear of hurting these little ones if he didn't pay attention, so he could only shake his head and tail, frightening the children who were about to turn over and ride on.

When these children went home for dinner, they told their adults that a big donkey suddenly appeared in the park, and the owner was nowhere to be seen.

When the adults in the family heard the news, they immediately became interested. The price of meat is not cheap now, and it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to eat a bite of meat. After knowing that there was an ownerless donkey in the park, saliva started to flow in their mouths unconsciously.

As the old saying goes, dragon meat is in the sky and donkey meat is in the earth.It used to be that conditions were good and donkey meat was not a curiosity. Now that I can have a bite of donkey meat, my life will be wonderful.

But at this time, I can't go over and take the donkey away by myself. After all, the donkey is tied, and the possibility of the owner coming back to look for it cannot be ruled out. But if the child takes action, the owner will come to the door later. He said that it is just a child who is not sensible. He lied and said it was a wild donkey, but he didn’t know it. When the time comes, he beats the child in front of others, and that’s it. As an adult, he can’t catch a child and not let go. By then, the donkey meat will have already been Did you eat it in your stomach?
It was not just one family that had this idea, so the next day, the children were all scrambling to take the donkey away.

When Jiang You arrived, he happened to witness this farce.

Jiang You smiled and watched this scene from a distance, letting out a little breath of his own. Donkey immediately felt a familiar aura. He looked forward and saw Jiang You. He was immediately overjoyed. Donkey With a cry, he raised his front hooves and drove away the children around him. Then he turned around and used his mouth to untie the reins. Holding it in his mouth, he rushed out of the encirclement with a movement of his hooves and headed towards Jiangyou.

The children were shocked. This donkey could untie the reins by itself. Could it be a donkey demon?When they looked in the direction where the donkey was rushing, there was no sign of the donkey. Soon, there were rumors of a donkey demon in LS City.

Jiang You left Leshan. Although this trip did not fully understand the reasons why big sects such as Emei and Qingcheng closed the mountains, it gave him a better understanding of immortals and gods. Generally speaking, the harvest was greater.

Jiang You's stay in Shu was not short, and he had no intention of staying for a long time, so he set off back to Qin Province.

Jiang You didn't want to go back the same way he came. He planned to make a circuit from Leshan from south to north, passing through Ya'an, Ganzi, Aba and other places before leaving Sichuan and returning home.

It can be regarded as a better understanding of the current situation of Shu.

Jiang You took the map given by Zhou Zhengfeng and bypassed several places marked as desperate situations. After planning the route, he patted the donkey. The donkey knew Jiang You's intention, and white air came out of its four hooves, and it suddenly sped up. Speed ​​up, climb over mountains and ridges, fly around lakes and streams as if walking on flat ground.

Jiang You in the mountains took the time to kill a few monsters and mend the strings of his piano. He spent the rest of the time practicing the seven-stringed invisible sword and recovering his mental power.

Soon Jiang You entered the Ya'an area. Walking all the way from the deep mountains and giant forests, Jiang You found that the strength of the strange and monster beasts also increased linearly. He passed by the monster territory several times, and the strength of the leading monster was Lian Jiang. Yuya couldn't help but look sideways. The aura on his body could reach the level of sequence seven if converted to a human being.

Those monster beasts originally saw a human being crossing their territory so openly and came to block it. However, after Jiang You killed a few of the monster beasts at the head, the monster beasts behind them smelled their own old man on Jiang You. The enemy's aura calmed down and ignored Jiang You.

Even though they are all at the level of Sequence Seven, the difference in personal strength is huge. Whether they also practice martial arts, how powerful the Sequence supernatural powers are, whether they can be awakened, and whether they have magic weapons, these factors have already affected the individual at the level of Sequence Seven. has a vital impact on combat effectiveness.

Under Sequence Seven, although these factors exist, as long as a long board is long enough, they can always make up for it. For example, Jiang You could fight against awakened people of the same level at Sequence Eight with his martial arts alone, but After the seventh sequence, martial arts Huajin obviously lacks stamina. Those who purely practice martial arts will fall behind before entering Gang Jin.

As for the power of Gang Jin, Jiang You doesn't know yet.

As for those who have entered Sequence Seven without concurrent training, because their physical strength and control are not enough, the effects of magical powers they exert will be reduced due to various realistic factors, and they are weaker than those who concurrently practice martial arts.

Now if Jiang You himself is grading the awakened people of the same level in his mind, then those like him who are involved in all aspects and have no obvious shortcomings will be the first class, and those like the White Lotus Sect witch who have both Dharma lineage or martial arts, magical powers Those who have awakened but do not have magical weapons are the second class. The third class is those who have not awakened their magical powers but have good martial arts skills, such as Qi Honghu and Chi Yun.The fourth class is those who rely solely on sequence, and this type of people is also the largest in number.

At this time, pure warriors with energy transformation can no longer be ranked.

Of course, there will always be outliers among them, such as Lu Xiaoxiao and Cheng Yuanhua. The sequence of magical powers is too outrageous, the long board is too long, and without a real life and death battle, it is difficult to estimate their strength.

At this time, Jiang You could already see Ya'an City from the top of the mountain. The situation here was similar to other places. The population of the surrounding counties shrank to the city, concentrating resources, trying to take root and survive.

It is now four o'clock in the afternoon. The sky was originally very clear, but a few dark clouds drifted in from nowhere. Soon the dark clouds joined together, covering the sky, and the sky suddenly dimmed.

Soon, heavy rain fell from the sky, like a huge waterfall, sweeping across the sky and the earth. Thunder resounded through the clouds, making the mountains buzz. Lightning cut through the dark sky, illuminating the world in an instant.

The wind roared hysterically, and the shrubs on both sides swayed wildly, almost being pushed to the ground by the strong wind. The raindrops whipped the earth like whips. The city of Ya'an that could be seen clearly just now was soon covered by the rising water vapor, and the mountains also changed. It was very hazy, with only two or three places where the white mist was thin showing a slight hint of indigo.

Jiang You looked at the violent storm and counted the time. Today was already March [-]th, which was the Waking of Insects!

During the Waking of Insects, yang energy rises, the temperature warms up, spring thunder strikes, insects awaken, rain increases, and all things flourish.

"Another Jingzhe Spring Thunder!"

Jiang You admired in his heart. There was a white light shrouding the outside of his body for a long time. No matter how heavy the rain was, it couldn't get in.

He rode on his donkey and headed towards the city of Ya'an.

Ya'an City is different from Leshan and Jinguan City before. There are no checkpoints in the city, just like before.

There were almost no pedestrians on the roads in the city. Everyone was forced to take shelter under the eaves due to the sudden heavy rain.

A water curtain like a bead curtain hangs from the eaves, and the people taking shelter behind are amazed. They haven't seen such a heavy rain in many years. The amount of rain is really surprisingly heavy.

When Jiang You entered the city, in order not to attract attention, he deliberately used his own methods and allowed the rain to wet his body. Those who were hiding from the rain saw a young man riding a donkey walking out of the misty rain curtain. Every time the hoof falls, it will inevitably splash white water on the stone slab.

"Where does a donkey rider come from?"

"Who knew that such a heavy rain came from outside the city, it should be an awakener."

"Oh, I see!"

Jiang You heard the people under the roof discussing him and listened to their voices. These people had long been accustomed to the awakened ones and did not have any fear or reverence.

"In troubled times, strength is respected. Why are the residents here so confident? Is it possible that there is a large organization here to regulate it?"

This question was quickly answered by Jiang You.

Jiang You soon discovered a popular temple in the city, but this temple had a different shape from the temples he usually saw. It was a lamasery!The Lama Temple is the style of a Tibetan Buddhist temple. The walls are solid and thick, painted with white paint. The roof is paved with golden glazed tiles. There is a huge gilt vase in the center. There are white pagodas on both sides of the door, and A section of the golden pagoda exposed inside echoes each other.

Jiang You thought in his mind that Shu was already bordering Tibet. It turned out that the best route to Tibet was to drive from Jinguan City.

It’s not surprising that there is a lamasery here.

Tibetan Buddhism was first introduced to Tibet during the Tang Dynasty when Songtsen Gampo married Princess Chizun and Princess Wencheng.

Later, it gradually integrated with the local political power, integrating politics and religion, and the supreme ruler of the political power was also a religious leader.

The monk's status also suddenly became a noble.

If a Buddhist country exists in reality, then Tibet is a Buddhist country!
But this Buddhist country is different from what people imagine. It can be said to be the complete opposite. There is no auspicious clouds, no bliss, no compassion, but only all-round exploitation and domination!
The most famous ones are using human skin to make thangkas, baby skulls to make utensils, and human bones to make rosary beads. In the eyes of ordinary people, this method completely coincides with the image of evil spirits.

But in fact, the reason for doing this in the first place is to enable practitioners to understand the impermanent nature of life and see through external appearances.Moreover, the bones that can be used to make human bone instruments are not ordinary people's. They are the skulls of eminent monks who left their last wishes after passing away. Ordinary people are not qualified to do so.But later on in the development, it gradually deteriorated.

This approach may seem a little scary, but it is actually in line with the essence of Zen practice in Buddhism.

The five meanings of Buddhism: impermanence, suffering, emptiness, selflessness, and cessation, correspond to the five Zen methods: contemplation of impurity, contemplation of compassion, contemplation of causes and conditions, contemplation of worlds, and contemplation of counting breaths.

This cultivation method is the path of impurity contemplation.

The concept of impurity is mainly about abstaining from sexual immorality, which can be said to be the first level of spiritual practice.

Both Buddhism and Taoism believe that sexual immorality is the biggest obstacle to spiritual practice. Buddha Sakyamuni asked his disciple Ananda: "When you teach people to practice samadhi, you must first give up sexual immorality."

Chunyangzi, a Taoist poet, wrote a poem: "Twenty-eight beauties have a body as soft as a crisp, and a sword at their waists kills fools. Overtly, no one's head falls off, but secretly, the king's bones are withered."

The way to practice impure contemplation is to first visualize the skin, hair, internal organs, and bones of the human body in your mind.

After the visualization takes shape, find a secret room, place the newly deceased person (preferably a beautiful woman) on the stage, and watch the gradual decay of the body every day.

After seeing that the corpse was swollen, rotting, infested with maggots, and emitting a stench that was far worse than feces, the human body visualized in the mind also changed in the same way, and finally turned into a white skeleton, and that was it.

The concept of impurity mainly allows people to realize that impurity is the essence of the human body and other lives.

The human mind is crazy and confused by illusions, and only pursues the illusion of "purity", while "impurity" is the true nature of the world.

After realizing the truth about impurity, practice has taken the first step!
When Jiang You saw Tibetan Buddhism here, he couldn't help but think of the Tibetan monk who came from Shangjing to practice Joyful Zen, and he naturally felt a little disgusted.

"It seems that this place is a temple to suppress the weird things around. It should be done well, otherwise the people would not have this mental outlook!"

Although Jiang You doesn't like Tibetan Buddhism in his heart, he has to admit that Ya'an City is indeed the best city he has managed along the way.

When Jiang You saw that the temple door was open, he wanted to go in and check it out. He got off the donkey's back and climbed up the steps step by step.

Just as he was about to reach the gate, the treasure vase on top of the gate suddenly emitted a golden light and struck Jiang You.

Jiang You thought after seeing this. "It seems that this place is not very welcoming to outside awakened people!"

He punched the golden light, and the five-colored light on the fist flashed, scattering the golden light.

Just when Jiang You was about to move on, he suddenly noticed that the sound of rain in his ears suddenly disappeared, and a dark and thin man wearing red monk clothes, with bare arms and bare feet, and a wrinkled face appeared at the door. Old monk.

After the old monk appeared, he raised his palms and saluted Jiang You, "Om Mani Beimei Bang, donor, please stay!"

Om Mani Beimei Hong is a six-character mantra often recited by Tibetan monks. It is transliterated and has a similar meaning to "Amitabha" in Zen Buddhism. It is used as a meeting etiquette.

The old monk looked thin, but the six-character mantra was like a lion's roar, deep and deep, and there was a powerful energy in it that spread around Jiang You with the sound.

Jiang You raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Lama, this is a convenient door. Isn't it okay for me to go in and burn incense?"

Jiang You's voice was like a dragon's roar, dispersing all the hidden energy around him.

The old monk didn't expect Jiang You to be so powerful, and he destroyed the power of his mantra in an understatement.

"Kangsongzha Temple currently does not accept awakened persons from outside, please forgive me!"

The old monk simply shut Jiang You out. Seeing what others had said, Jiang You didn't want to force his way in. After all, the Kangsongzha Temple managed the local area well, so he couldn't just be with that person. Tibetan monks from Shangjing have trouble with all Tibetan Buddhist temples.

Moreover, this old monk's strength seems to be at the level of Sequence Seven. He has practiced Tibetan Buddhism. At present, it seems that his strength should be between the second and third levels. His strength is not bad, and he may not be the strongest person in the temple. Breaking in by force may not be enough.

"If that's the case, then I'll resign!"

Jiang You was rejected and turned around to leave.

When he walked down the steps, the sound of heavy rain came again, and he quickly disappeared into the rain on his donkey.

The old monk saw Jiang You disappear, then turned and walked into the temple.

Jiang You was riding on the back of the donkey and thought, "It should be that the vase on the top of his initial ill will towards the temple was noticed by him, so he launched a direct attack. The old monk simply refused!"

Jiang You couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this, "It's a good method to detect someone's malicious intentions!"

Immediately, Jiang You walked around the city in the rain and went directly out of the city.

(End of this chapter)