White Bone Monkey King

The passage leading down to the Great Rift Valley is a stone staircase covered with yellow sand that has been exposed to wind and sun for thousands of years. This stone staircase is built straight up and down, and is somewhat steep.

With such steep steps, I don’t know how to get supplies in and out of this Buddhist country. Thinking of this, Jin An inexplicably thought of a profession, husband carrying.

During the heyday of the Buddhist Kingdom, the husband-carrying industry was probably very popular, right?

The steps are covered with a lot of sand, which is very slippery. Walk along the slippery steps to the end. At the bottom is a plank platform held by a huge Buddha statue. There are many thick pillars standing on the platform, and you can still see it on the pillars. Traces of pulleys and ropeways.

Jin An looked at these details and thought: "In the past, this should be a place for unloading and transporting goods. The porters unloaded the goods here, and then the people of the Buddhist Kingdom used these ropeway devices to transport daily necessities deep into the Buddhist Kingdom. and tea, silk and other luxury goods. However, after so many years, this place has been abandoned for so long, and the once prosperous scene has long turned into a dilapidated wasteland."

The left and right sides of the plank road platform are accessible, leading to the left and right cliff corridors respectively. Those cliff corridors are artificially carved out of the solid mountain and are deeply embedded in the cliff walls. They have the exotic style of the Guojia Village cliff corridors. taste.

The five people traveled lightly and traveled very quickly, passing one big Buddha statue after another. When they looked down from a high place before, they thought these big Buddha statues were very majestic and majestic.

When walking at the feet of these big Buddha statues, sometimes passing through the body of the big Buddha statues, and facing the big Buddha statues not far away from the opposite side at close range, you can feel the huge pressure and the majestic and historical sedimentation. The atmosphere is welcoming and awe-inspiring.

It feels like you are really walking in a divine kingdom full of Buddhas. Those Buddhas are condescending, looking down at the sufferings of the world, and want to save the world from suffering and reach the other side without disasters and hunger.

It's a magical experience.

People are influenced by their subconscious mind every moment and want to take refuge in our Buddha.

Fortunately, the people who have made it this far are not of mediocre strength, so the impact of this little will can be maintained.

Not long after, they came to the first building in the Buddhist Kingdom. The buildings in the Buddhist Kingdom were dug deep into the cliff like cliff paths.

This is a Buddhist temple building, but the strange thing is that the rest of the temple is very neat, except for the Buddha statue.

"There are new shoe prints left in the Buddhist hall. It seems that we are looking in the right direction. Those who enter the Buddhist kingdom always take this cliff path." Before entering the Buddhist hall, Mr. Yiyun first discovered the Buddha. There were someone's shoe prints in the hall.

There is a thick layer of dust accumulated in the Buddhist hall, thicker than the dust at the Guchi Kingdom ruins and the Desert Ear Temple.

This shows that these subordinate countries of the Kingdom of the Undead are gradually dying from the inside out, and the closer they are to the Kingdom of the Undead, the more crazy they become.

They roughly searched the Buddhist hall, but did not find any useful clues in the Buddhist hall. If there were any clues, they would probably have been caught first by the two waves of people in front.

There are many Buddhist temple buildings in this Buddhist country, and then I found several more Buddhist temples, but all the Buddha statues enshrined in them were missing.

"Although this place is called the Kingdom of Buddhism, and there are many majestic and majestic Buddha statues carved on the cliffs, all the Buddha statues in the Buddhist hall are missing. Do you know what this is called?"

Young Master Yiyun frowned: "This is called being in name only."

"It's also called existence in name only."

"This is a Buddhist country abandoned by gods. What happened here that even the Buddha gave up on this Buddhist country?"

Jin An nodded thoughtfully: "If the name is not correct, the words will not go smoothly, and if the words are not right, the things will not be accomplished."

"Be careful next, I think there may be a big terror in this Buddhist kingdom!" Jin An finally reminded with a slightly solemn expression.

The three people in Ayimaimaiti, who had been following the two of them, looking around like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, were confused by the Chinese idioms.

If you don’t understand, ask: “What is it in name only? What is it in name only?”

Mr. Yiyun: "It means that although there are many Buddha statues carved on the cliff here, it is still called the Buddhist Kingdom in name. In fact, this Buddhist Kingdom no longer exists, and even the Buddha abandoned them."

Aheqi, who was carrying the human-faced phoenix on his back, said: "This Buddhist country has already perished. It is normal for the Buddha to leave."

Mr. Yiyun shook his head: "When I say death, I don't mean destruction, but the death of the Buddha's mind and the death of the Buddha's nature."

The three of them nodded somewhat understandingly.

Next, the five people and one bird continued to walk along the cliff path. Along the way, they saw many plants and ancient vines hanging down from the cliff. The further in, the greener vegetation became more lush and full of vitality.

"Why can't there be even a bird here? There is only motionless vegetation, and not a single moving, running, or flying bird or animal can be seen." Ayimaimaiti said curiously.

Jin An: "Ferocious birds and beasts are constantly fighting against danger and are naturally selected, so their perception of danger is more sensitive than humans. For example, ants can sense earthquakes earlier than humans and rush out of the ground; birds can sense danger in advance. There is a big storm, and the whole family migrates; for example, tigers, pigs, and leopards can sense in advance that a flash flood is coming, and will abandon the rabbits, deer, and small animals along the way, and all animals will escape from the mountains together..."

"Perhaps there is really some danger hidden in this Buddhist kingdom, so all those who can escape have escaped, leaving only these who cannot escape."

What Jin An said was a bit mysterious, and these people from the Western Regions were stunned for a moment.

Aheqi, who was carrying a sack on his back, had an expression of enlightenment on his face: "I understand, just like the camel is a desert beast that can help us find water sources in the endless desert!"

"It's almost the same truth." Jin An nodded.

"Actually, Taoist Master Jin'an missed a point in his observation." At this time, Young Master Yiyun stood on the edge of the cliff path, holding the hanging ancient vines and flowers with his fingers.

oh?

While looking at these flowers and plants, Mr. Yiyun continued: "In my spare time, I have studied the "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", "Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Death", and "Qian Jin Yao Prescription". I found that there are not only There is something wrong with the Buddhist temple, even the flowers, plants and trees on the roadside are not ordinary vegetation."

Everyone stopped and listened carefully to Master Yiyun's words without anyone interrupting.

Mr. Yiyun frowned slightly and said: "This is called Euphorbia, which is recorded in the "Shen Nong's Materia Medica". The roots can be used as medicine to reduce swelling and dissipate knots. It likes yin, tastes bitter, is cold in nature, and is poisonous. Use with caution."

"This grass is called xanthophylla. It likes both dark and humid places as well as sunny places. It has strong adaptability and can be seen in many places. It mostly grows in valleys, ditches, and deep mountains and old forests with thick trees." It is recorded in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" that the tubers of xanthate can be used as medicine, which can clear away heat and detoxify. It tastes bitter and is slightly toxic, so use it with caution."

She recognized several more plants one after another. All of these plants had one characteristic: they all liked dark and humid environments, and they were either highly or slightly poisonous.

So, learn one more skill and travel all over the world.

Jin'an suffered a loss because he didn't have enough skills.

Jin An was surprised and said: "With so many shade-loving plants, could this be an extremely yin place? Even if it is not an extremely yin place, it is still a place where yin gathers."

"This Buddhist country is really a bit confusing. Is this a country of demonic Buddhas who are willing to degenerate? Or is it that Sakyamuni monks deliberately built a Buddhist country here in an attempt to use the Buddha's nature to transcend the Yin Qi here, and the result was salvation It didn’t work out but you got yourself involved instead?”

Natural Selection.

The yin energy is strong and the yang energy is weak.

Even the seemingly motionless plants under the Great Rift Valley are carrying out the cruel side of the jungle.

In the end, the devil was one foot taller.

These shade-loving plants are full of vitality and grow taller and taller. Those sun-loving plants cannot compete with the nutrients and moisture in the soil, and are eventually covered by cold-shade plants, completely losing their vitality.

This Buddhist country is really full of doubts.

Before they got very far, they discovered so many doubts along the way.

At this time, the cliff road environment changed. In front of us was a world densely populated with plank roads. The plank roads connected the cliffs on both sides. They were scattered at different heights and extended in all directions. People who came here for the first time would definitely get lost after seeing so many plank roads crisscrossing the cliffs.

This time they seemed to have come to the living area of ​​​​Buddhist people. The living area was filled with layers of buildings. They checked seven or eight houses and found that these houses all had one characteristic. All the valuables in the houses were still there, but Things in the house were knocked over and messed up, and there were many marks of cuts and axes, indicating that the Buddhist kingdom was destroyed suddenly, and the people of the Buddhist kingdom all died in a war or riot before they even had time to clean up their gold and silver. among.

At this time, there was a banging on the door from the corner of the room, and Jin An and others walked out of another room.

Jin An asked: "What's wrong?"

The one who was banging on the door was Benny: "Taoist Master Jin An, I found that there is a locked door here, and I didn't have the key, so I tried to break the door open, but it turned out that the door was quite strong."

The locked room was in the northwest, and the door was locked with an iron chain. However, after such a long time, even if the iron chain hadn't worn through, the wooden shaft of the door would have been completely rotted, so Benny didn't hit it a few times. He successfully opened the door.

Bang, the door hit the ground hard, and dust flew everywhere.

Everyone quickly opened all the doors and windows to ventilate the air. After waiting for a while, the flying dust in the room gradually dissipated, and then people came in one after another, covering their mouths and noses.

The layout of this room is very simple, with a bed, a table, and a wardrobe. When you open the wardrobe, there are children's clothes inside.

"It looks like this is the sleeping room for the owner's child?"

Ayimaimaiti, Aheqi, and Benny spread out to search the room to see if they could find any useful clues.

"But that's not right. Since it is the owner's child's room, why should it be locked with a big chain?"

"Didn't you listen to what Taoist Master Jin'an said? This Buddhist country is full of evil. It turns out that the child of the owner of the house was entangled by the devil, and then the child's Ataapa locked the child in the house and prevented him from going out to harm others. But later, I don’t know why, but the entire Buddhist kingdom was destroyed immediately. Maybe the devil was so powerful that even the Buddha couldn’t fight it.”

"Aheqi, be careful that your tongue is like the tongue of the plague bird. It will bring you disaster. You kid really dares to say anything casually. You should be grateful that none of us believe in Buddhism. "Ayimaimaiti glared at Aheqi fiercely and told him to be careful what he said.

The three of them were still discussing when they suddenly noticed Jin An and Mr. Yiyun standing motionless in a corner of the house, and couldn't help but approach them with suspicious expressions.

As I got closer, I realized that the two of them were staring at something.

"Taoist Master Jin An, what kind of furniture is this? Why doesn't the cabinet look like a cabinet? The furniture doesn't look like furniture?" Benny asked Jin An curiously, pointing to the cabinet in front of him that looked like a small attic.

Jin An: "This is called a shrine. It is used to worship gods or ancestors. Placing it at home can protect the house and ward off evil spirits."

"I didn't expect to see shrines in the Western Regions. This is quite strange."

Benny groaned and wanted to reach out to touch the shrine, but Jin An stopped him.

Jin An explained: "Once a god is invited to live in a shrine, it is best not to offend future generations. If the shrine is inhabited by a righteous god, then it is okay. If it is an unintentional mistake, we will not mind. If the shrine is inhabited by an evil god who is small-minded and loves to hold grudges, , If you collide with the evil god, you will be easily retaliated."

Benny: "This is the Kingdom of Buddhism. The Buddha is enshrined in this shrine. It shouldn't be an evil god, right?"

Jin An: "This room itself is very unusual. Have you ever seen a god or ancestor's tablet placed in a child's room?"

Benny thought about it seriously, then shook his head.

"So, it is unusual for this shrine to be placed here." After Jin An finished speaking, he refused to let others open the shrine, but he took the initiative to open the door of the shrine.

"Huh?" Benny's eyes widened in shock.

Pfft, Young Master Yiyun on the side chuckled.

"Don't worry about him. An old Taoist priest once told his fortune. His fortune is very hard."

After listening to Mr. Yiyun's explanation, these people from the Western Regions all nodded in sympathy. Along the way, they had never seen Taoist Priest Jin'an afraid of anyone. Even the mourning birds in Guchi Kingdom avoided him when they saw him.

Well.

Except for being afraid of Mr. Yiyun who disguises himself as a man.

Jin An pushed open the door of the shrine pavilion, Huh? He was surprised.

"Why is he a naked little monk without any clothes!" This time the exclamation came from the three people of Aiyimaimaiti.

How could they not be surprised.

They had always guessed that the one enshrined in this shrine might not be a true god, but it turned out that not only was there a monk enshrined in the shrine, but he was also a naked little clay monk.

The little monk was small, fat, and still a child monk who ate well.

This little monk is too young to tell whether he is a boy or a girl, but there are only men among the monks, right? Jin An thought about it seriously.

"Taoist Master Jin An, you have seen a lot along the way. Look, what kind of Buddha is this naked Buddha?" Ai Maimaiti and the others looked at Jin An nervously.

Jin An coughed dryly: "Although I am a Taoist priest and do not have deep research on Sakyamuni Buddhism, I can give it a try."

After saying that, he reached out and took out the Buddha statue. As a result, he stared at it for a while, but he couldn't figure out what kind of Buddha it was.

Instead, I found many scriptures engraved on the back of the Buddha statue.

But the key is that they don’t understand the scriptures.

Although he couldn't understand the scriptures, Jin An thought about it carefully and felt that this thing looked familiar.

"Buddha amulet?" Jin An was surprised.

The front is a Buddha statue, and the back is a prayer scripture or a scripture to save the souls of the dead. Isn't this an enlarged version of the Buddha amulet?

It’s just that this Buddha amulet is a bit too big!

"This is a scripture in the Tubo language." Mr. Yiyun was so knowledgeable that he could spot the clues of this naked Buddha statue at a glance.

"Master Yiyun, can you understand the scripture above?" Jin An beamed with joy and directly handed the naked Buddha statue in his hand to the other party.

After Master Yiyun took over the naked Buddha statue, he did not immediately translate the scriptures, but looked at them up and down: "The scriptures behind the Buddha statue are indeed in Tubo script. This should be the Tsa Tsa Buddha from Tubo, but it is different from Tubo. Tsa Tsa Buddha seems to be a Tsa Tsa Buddha that has been artificially modified.”

"Tubo has experienced several major turning points in history. Could it be that the Buddhist kingdom here is one of the branches that escaped from Tubo?"

When talking about this, Mr. Yiyun frowned: "Is this a branch that escaped from Tubo? Why is this Tsa Tsa Buddha different from the Tsa Tsa Buddha I have seen several times? Unless I can find it in the Buddhist kingdom." The answer can only be found through the ancient scriptures and scrolls left behind.”

Jin An suddenly realized that it was indeed a large Buddha amulet! Sure enough, he was right from the beginning!

Although Buddhist amulets are popular in Southeast Asia, the Tsa Tsa Buddha originated from Tubo. The Tsa Tsa Buddha was very large and was not convenient for monks to carry and pray during the war years. Therefore, amulets were developed that were easy to wear around the neck.

In essence, there is no essential difference between the Buddha amulet and the Tsa Tsa Buddha. They are both engraved with Buddha on the front and scriptures blessed by the eminent monks of the temple on the back.

It's just that one is a simplified version and the other is a full version with amplified power.

Because the Tsa Tsa Buddha in front of him had been artificially altered, and he had only seen the Tsa Tsa Buddha by chance a few times before, and was not very impressed, he did not recognize it at first sight.

"Then what does the scripture above mean?" Jin An asked curiously.

Mr. Yiyun glanced at the sutras on the back of the Buddha statue that were blessed by eminent monks, and then put it back into the shrine without taking it seriously: "This young monk is a disciple of the Buddha, and this is the Buddha who sent his son away."

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Jin An: "I have only heard of Guanyin, the Buddha that sends children. What kind of method is this Buddha sending children to?"

Regardless of whether it was the naked Buddha or the Buddha giving away his son, Master Yiyun looked calm throughout the whole process. He was a gentleman and magnanimous. His actions were worthy of others and his heart was worthy of his heart. She asked calmly and calmly: "Taoist Master Jin'an, do you think the Bodhisattva is a boy or a boy?" female?"

Jin An was startled when he heard the words, and immediately understood the meaning of the other party's words.

He's in trouble.

Thousands of people look at the Buddha, and the Buddha has thousands of faces.

All conditioned phenomena are like bubbles in a dream, like dew or lightning, and should be viewed as such.

Mr. Yiyun asked a simple rhetorical question, but it was full of Buddhist philosophy.

The three of them, Ai Maimaiti, were once again confused by the riddle-like exchange between Jin An and Mr. Yiyun. However, the greatest strength of the three of them was to ask questions when they didn't understand. The three of them asked a little dazedly: "What do you mean?" ? Why does the Buddha have thousands of faces when thousands of people look at it?"

Jin An gave a general summary of his own realization: Thousands of rivers and thousands of waters, thousands of waters and one month, thousands of people looking at the Buddha, the Buddha has thousands of faces, but there is always only one Buddha, which is the Buddha you are worshiping sincerely in front of you. The Buddha has no form at all. , and has all the characteristics of all sentient beings. Good people see the Buddha as a good Buddha, evil people see the Buddha as an angry-eyed Vajra, and people with obsessions see the Buddha as a compassionate Buddha...

The three of them were still confused this time.

On the contrary, Young Master Yiyun nodded slightly towards him, indicating that he recognized his interpretation.

Ai Maimaiti was confused when he heard this: "Taoist Master Jin'an, you said that good and evil people see the Buddha differently, but we see that this little monk is indeed naked, so is it that this Buddha who gives birth to a child is unrighteous or are we? Too obscene?"

Mr. Yiyun: "?"

Jin An: "?"