Chapter 234 Winter Dharma Assembly, when the undercurrent is surging
As a guru, you must have the ability to endure loneliness. In the esoteric Dharma realm, the way back is lonely, with no one around. There are wild wolves, groups of feral mastiffs, man-eating bears, eagles in the sky, wild donkeys, wild horses, and yellow sheep. They linger here, but they give everyone a sense of peace of mind. Feelings should be like this, they are also life.
Having life exists, even if it is dangerous, it is much better than seeing Li Gui walking around. As they gradually penetrate into the hinterland of the endless Baita Temple's sphere of influence, even the "Dakini" There are not many such arrogant celestial phenomena here, but even here it is still a safe hinterland - it is still safe, leaving the manor, it is the wilderness.
Except for the road signs made of human bones, cattle and sheep bones, wind and horse flags, and Mani piles, there is nothing else. When the air is hot, there will still be the illusion of steaming, because of this Due to the special terrain, the owner of the manor has no fear of the serfs escaping. Even if the road is bumpy, the serfs cannot escape.
Leaving the manor is just a matter of death.
Lu Feng and Master Zhijin both piled up piles of Manis on the road and unfurled wind and horse flags. The two chanted sutras and chants, which were also different. Lu Feng's cycle continued and never stopped. The Six-Character Great Ming Mantra". What makes the master wise is the long sutra, and the low "humming" comes from the chest and is transmitted through the nose.
Lu Feng, on the other hand, spoke more clearly and could make people hear the incantation he was reciting. The two sounds seemed to be part of the never-ending esoteric realm, spreading throughout the deserted wilderness. There was no communication between the two of them. They seemed to be used to chanting sutras alone. Apart from eating and drinking, they spent the rest of the time chanting sutras.
Both of them can be regarded as ascetic practitioners. When the master is practicing asceticism, he has no companions to talk to, so he naturally stops talking. Lu Feng can say it or not, but it saves trouble. Many times, the two of them walked like this day and night, and finally arrived at Elder Mingli's manor under heavy clouds and a strong wind. However, they did not expect that when they left, there was no one at Elder Mingli's manor, but now it was full of people. A slave.
Elder Mingli also walked out of his retreat. He was wearing a monk's robe, which looked majestic. Lu Feng had seen this before. This monk's robe should be something Elder Mingli could wear now. Yes, he was wearing a robe that looked like armor. This robe was worn by the monks at the Dharma Assembly, and it was a special expression of the person who presided over the Dharma assembly.
And he asked Lu Feng to take a look, and he felt that he knew for sure that Elder Mingli's mount had changed from the former protector to the current black goat.
The black goat looked at Lu Feng with a pair of square eyes. Lu Feng also looked at the black goat indifferently, without fear. After looking at it for a long time, the black goat lowered his gaze. Licking the ground, I don't know if there is any salt on the ground.
Elder Mingli didn’t say anything. He closed his eyes. He didn’t know whether he was resting or doing something. When Lu Feng came, he asked Lu Feng to get all his scriptures and said : "As your 'original guru', I have nothing to give you, just these scriptures, just take them and read them.
It's not a gift, this is my deity. The master should give it to you.
I haven’t read these scriptures, so I don’t know what they are. What about Cai Dan Lun Zhu?”
Lu Feng clasped his hands together. , thanked his own master, and said that Tsaidan Lunzhu was very good. He was studying under a great master. After asking, the matter was over, and Elder Mingli said nothing more.
The scene was quiet again. Lu Feng clasped his hands together and saved the books one by one. He didn't look at the covers or the contents inside. He knew that these scriptures were not important. What was important was what they were about to go to. The Endless White Pagoda Temple is the source of all problems.
What’s inside the temple is the big deal.
In fact, this big event not only involves them, but also involves all the places ruled by the Endless White Pagoda Temple. However, if something happens in the temple, the three of them will be the first to do so. Those who were affected - even if something happened to them, they might not be able to get out of the temple.
At that time, even if they brought all the scriptures of "Treasures in the World" in front of him, he would not have any blessing to enjoy them, so he silently read all these scriptures of his own. It was placed on Pema's body. As for the wise master, he was also enshrined, but Lu Feng didn't even see what it was.
Although there was no secret spell on the rattan box, there was no need for Lu Feng to look at it. Elder Mingli watched his two men put away their things and said slowly: "Let's go, let's go, before it snows." Let's go.
Whether this reincarnation of the presiding venerable is a successful one or the last one is unknown.
Yongzhen, Yongzhen, remember, everything we see is the guidance of Bodhisattva.
Where I go, so do you, and so do Zhijin.
O Bodhisattva, even if the snow falls wherever it falls and when it falls, it is also the will of the Bodhisattva. , the Bodhisattva will reward us. If we disobey the Bodhisattva, we are the enemies of the Buddha. "
Mingli stared at Lu Feng and said, "Do you still know and remember? ”
"Yes, Yongzhen knows, remember."
Lu Feng said.
He didn’t say anything. Even the Bodhisattva made great vows, but even so, there is no Buddha land or pure land anywhere in the world.
What the Secret Law Realm looks like now.
Is this what the Bodhisattva wants?
If this is the Pure Land, then what is Lu Feng cultivating now?
Is the evil everywhere the Bodhisattva’s will?
Lu Feng restrained all his emotions extremely well. They were fleeting and shattered as soon as they appeared! Elder Mingli heard Lu Feng's words and nodded. It was impossible to tell whether he was happy or unhappy. After getting ready, a group of three people walked towards the Endless White Pagoda Temple. The three of them were alone. With a follower.
They are not the only ones setting out now. Even the nobles in the surrounding state capitals are also starting to go to the temple. It should be that this is the time when the King Mingzhu’s Dharma Assembly is coming in winter. . They were the big shots who had to sit in front of that big Dharma assembly and watch the Dharma assembly. Moreover, this Dharma assembly was more meaningful. Two days before the Dharma assembly, there was the presiding deity of the Endless White Pagoda Temple. The day of death.
After that, they will seal off the Endless White Pagoda Temple. When the new reincarnated Buddha comes back, there will be a vacuum period in the temple. At this time, it will be the time when they and the Discipline Academy will take over the power. When they were at their most powerful, the chieftain nobles, the clan nobles and the power of the temples, the three powers came together wonderfully and turned into a truly terrifying great will, which enveloped the rule of all the endless white pagoda temples. middle.
So, hurry up and hurry up. Five days before it was going to snow, Lu Feng and others had already arrived at the Endless White Pagoda Temple. But now, the atmosphere is different. It is night, but On the way, Lu Feng and others saw many mastiff dogs tied with colorful stripes, a team of masters holding torches, and walking guardian gods. They turned into a net and pushed out from the temple. Like a spider, and these scattered people are like the tentacles of the spider.
But these "tentacles" could not stop the three masters. They also met more than one patrol on the road, but the three people came over safely. At this moment, they all stood In the distance of the temple, I saw that the temple is still brightly lit, especially on the mountain. The light of butter lamps and torches leads a long dragon from the bottom of the mountain to the mountain, and even the back mountain is illuminated.
There are people everywhere. It seems that "servants" have been sent to the temple, and all the monks and slaves have been brought back to guard the temple day and night.
At this time, in the endless white pagoda temple, door locks were dropped everywhere. Even Cangbei Dazongben could not come out at night and ask others to open the door locks. The masters are always preparing secret mantras. This time, no matter where the fire is, even if a whole yard of people is burned to death, it is impossible to open the chains and let people circulate!
Such an unusual situation is like an ominous cloud that has enveloped the hearts of every monk in the Endless White Pagoda Temple. They do not need to speak in words. All the monks even carry their own drums when walking. He was careful with his steps, lest he step too hard and offend the nobles and end up confused. Therefore, Lu Feng looked at the mountain of the Endless White Pagoda Temple from a distance and was filled with emotion.
After being away for three years, I never thought that I would come back like this. In this situation, I saw this temple, which has a great reputation in the state capital. Elder Zhijin looked at it Here, he asked: "Elder, how should we get in?"
Elder Mingli said: "Wait."
After just one word, Lu Feng and Elder Mingli, Master Zhijin, waited here for almost a hundred breaths. After a patrol passed by, the sound of horse hooves came, and Lu When Feng saw that Elder Mingli had no intention of paying attention, he remained calm. Then, in the dark night, a torch tore open the night.
A master with a sword came over, he must be an attendant monk. He didn't say a word. He just took out three bags of monk's robes and a thick coat, and threw them on the ground. He turned around and disappeared.
Seeing this, Elder Mingli said, "Put it on, this is the monk's robe worn by the attendant monk in the 'official residence' of the Mingchu elders in the temple. If you take this brand and wear this robe, you can blend in with the patrolling people tomorrow morning." Inside, go inside the temple.
When you get inside the temple, you don’t have to do anything, you don’t have to say anything, just look at it, it’s all done!”
Lu Feng and others put on their clothes. It was almost daytime when the master who had lost his monk's robes also came over and brought three horses. Lu Feng and others got on the horses. As for the rattan boxes and other items, they It was Pema watching.
Lu Feng followed the patrol back and found that although the temple seemed to be very well guarded, this temple was usually lax inside. In a short period of time, he wanted to pick up all the lax people. He had enough energy to do things, but not enough means. With such a lax guard, Lu Feng suspected that there were too many "weeds" getting in now.
You can see that the Dodo monk soldiers who were standing guard looked like they had not woken up. These Dodo monk soldiers could still see past them if they were asked to wrestle and throw stones. But when they are asked to do these delicate tasks, they can't do any of them, and they don't know what's the use of pretending like this.
Walking into the temple, Lu Feng felt the extremely oppressive atmosphere in the temple. The monks coming and going were listless, lowering their heads and not daring to look around. The closer Lu Feng got, the more unfamiliar faces he saw. , Logically speaking, the faces of Elder Mingli and Master Zhijin are known to others, so before entering, the person who came with monk robes also brought three bloody human skin masks and threw them at them. in front of.
Seeing this, Lu Feng knew that their clothes were not chosen randomly. The people who took off these clothes were probably no longer alive.
The human skin mask he took out looked as if it had just been peeled off a person's face. Elder Mingli was not surprised by this. He picked it up and cast a spell. Covered on their faces, this weird witchcraft made their faces fit incomparably with these faces, as if these faces were their own.
They all turned into other people and arrived at the mansion of the elder in the early Ming Dynasty. They all began to take a short rest. After the rest, they had to patrol the temple. None of the three of them spoke. , there were other people around them. Everyone leaned against the bed and began to rest. Some people began to go to the kitchen to order food. In the past few days, even the kitchen ignored the rules and provided meals day and night.
Inside the temple, it’s really a mixed bag.
Lu Feng didn't say a word, and he didn't have the "Gabala Rosary" to fiddle with. After staying here for a few days, they went out to patrol and walked along the roadside. Lu Feng also saw some people wearing The men in armor "protected" the temple with them, and interestingly, they did not go to the mountain.
‘Did it surround the mountain that presided over the Venerable Master? But what is the use of surrounding this mountain? The number of people in front of the third-level monks is just a number. ’
After patrolling like this for several days, the day came when “the presiding venerable should pass away.”
The sun had not yet set, and Lu Feng and others were holding magical instruments and weapons and stayed in the courtyard. Everyone knew that the big day was coming, and all eyes were on the mountain. They all landed on the watchtower where the presiding venerable was located in the distance.
The elders and nobles in the temple went up the mountain one by one, walking towards the watchtower on the mountain like a pilgrim. After entering the watchtower, there was no sound.
"Is the host waiting for these people to come?"
Lu Feng asked.
Elder Mingli stood beside him, shook his head and said, "That's not the case. It's never them that worries the Master!" The wind has picked up, and this time the wind seems to be noisier than in the past!
(End of this chapter)