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- Chapter 140 Skins and Demons
Seventy miles away from Chang'an City, there is a dilapidated village temple. It is said to be a temple, but it is not the Bodhisattva Arhat of the Buddhist sect, nor is it the Great Wheel Ming King. It is a local temple. But there is no doubt that as long as the temple is in the Sui Dynasty, don't expect it to be prosperous. The land master in this temple may have felt extremely aggrieved and moved away in anger. Later, those in the village who did not have enough materials to build a house had to demolish some, so that over time, only four ruined walls remained in the temple.
The Central Plains dynasty before the Sui Dynasty was called Dazheng, and the royal family was the Wang family. But this Wang family and the Jiangnan Wang family were not the same family. After more than four hundred years, they finally fell apart. However, the most similar thing between the Wang Dynasty and the current Sui Dynasty is that neither dynasty is interested in Buddhism.
The difference is that Dazheng still opened a gap in Buddhism. Some monks from the West went to the Central Plains to preach. Although they did not make Buddhism flourish, they still managed to gain a foothold. After the fall of Dazheng, Emperor Taizu of the Sui Dynasty issued an order to expel monks from the country. Since then, there has been no more Buddha in the Central Plains. It is said that the reason why Emperor Taizu hated monks so much was because when he raised his army, people from the Buddhist sect had secretly helped the Zheng Dynasty. With Taizu's tough temperament, how could he endure it?
"That's why Buddhists say that the Central Plains is a place where demons are rampant, because those monks who finally built a few temples in Dazheng were driven back. After a slight hesitation, he was hit with a big stick.
This Tutu Temple has nothing to do with the Buddhist temple, but it was also implicated because of the Sui Dynasty's exorcism of Buddha. You must know that in the hundreds of years between the founding of the Sui Dynasty and the current God-Blessed Emperor Yang Yi, the Sui Dynasty was in a period when all people had no religious beliefs. Daozong was strongly promoted after Emperor Tianyou ascended the throne. Before that, the only thing the people of the Sui Dynasty believed in was His Majesty the Emperor.
The people firmly believed that the Sui Emperor could bring them a prosperous and beautiful life.
And the successive emperors of the Sui Dynasty did this, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. The rich are not arrogant and the poor are not humble. In such a beautiful life, people do not need any religious belief. And the Buddha could not find anything that could be used to persuade the people to oppose the tyranny of the court. Even if there were some injustices in the world, it could not make the people feel dissatisfied with the court at all.
This is a very strange period, this is a very strange country.
A hundred years later, even King Dalun Ming gave up the idea of ??continuing to preach to the Central Plains. Of course, the current Dairin Myooh is not the same person as the Dairin Meiou a hundred years ago. The replacement of King Ming of the Buddha Sect is very mysterious. The previous King Ming will appoint a successor before he is enthroned. Then King Ming will take this person into the secret room of King Ming's Golden Palace on the top of the Snow Mountain, the Holy Land of Buddha. Seven days later, the new King Ming will walk out of the secret room. After inheriting the mantle, the body of the previous King Ming was kept in the secret room.
No one will be allowed to see the body of the previous King Ming again.
No matter whether the new King Ming had a high level of cultivation before taking over, after receiving the inheritance, he became the number one person in the world. How these seven days turned an ordinary person into the strongest person in the Buddhist sect, no one except King Ming knew.
"Many people speculate that Buddhism must have a wonderful way to teach qigong. Before his death, the old King Ming passed on his lifelong cultivation to the new King Ming.
The Earth Temple was dilapidated to the point of collapse, and even the remaining four walls had collapsed a lot. There is no protection from wind or rain. If it weren't for the village children who occasionally come here to catch crickets and play, no one would come to this place. Near the corner, an old monk wearing gray cloth put down the young man in his arms. After looking at the injuries on his body, he frowned slightly and recited the words "King Ming's Mercy."
He took out a jade bottle from his arms and poured out a dark green pill. He pried open the young man's mouth and stuffed the pills in. Then he found some rainwater accumulated in the ruined temple and fed the young man a few sips. The rain had fallen a few days ago and already had a fishy smell, but the old monk didn't seem to care. He fed the young man a few sips and drank some himself.
After drinking the water, he sat down cross-legged in a relatively clean place and closed his eyes to rest.
I don¡¯t know how long it took, but the unconscious young man suddenly coughed several times, a stream of black blood gushes out of his mouth, and his chest rose and fell violently.
The old monk slowly opened his eyes and looked at him, only to see that the young man's smooth black hair fell to the ground like falling snow in a moment. After a while, not a single hair could be seen on that head.
The old monk waited until the young man¡¯s hair had fallen off. He couldn¡¯t help but nod slightly when he didn¡¯t see him vomiting blood again. He stood up and walked over, helping the young monk sit up. After taking a look at the tattered clothes on his body, the young man's bloody holes that had been covered with blood had turned into scars.
¡°I don¡¯t know what kind of elixir the old monk fed me before, but it actually had such a magical effect.
After a while, the young monk slowly woke up. openSeeing the kind-hearted old monk looking at him, he quickly got up and knelt down to kowtow.
"This disciple is incompetent, please master and punish me."
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The old monk sat cross-legged on the ground, smiled and said to Chen Ya: "Before coming to the Great Sui Dynasty, I have determined that you will have a disaster. If this disaster can be overcome, it will not be a bad thing for your cultivation."
"If there was no master, the disciple would have died long ago."
Chen Ya bowed his head and said.
"You idiot, I am your master and you are my disciple. If I don't help you through the disaster, who will help you? When you left the Snowy Mountains, I gave you a Sumeru Pill because I expected that you would have This was a bloody disaster. It's a pity that you were so obsessed that you actually made the Sumeru Pill into a killing weapon. Instead of defeating the enemy, you almost lost your life and asked me to use another Bodhi Pill to save your life. That¡¯s what I¡¯m dissatisfied with.¡±
"Disciple realizes his mistake."
Chen Ya bowed in admiration and said, "This disciple underestimated the Sui people, and that's why we were defeated today."
"Being able to recognize the mistakes you have made and reflect on yourself is growth, and your trip to Sui Dynasty is not in vain."
"Master, why did you come to Chang'an?"
Chen Ya asked curiously.
"I told you before you came here that the vast world of the West is a pure land, and the East is a land of demons and monsters. Don't think that you have good cultivation and don't take the monsters seriously. You have only been cultivating for a short period of time. You don't know that there has been anything in the Central Plains. Many kings of Ming Dynasty paid attention to this demon. Eleven years ago, there was a demon who traveled westward from Chang'an City in the Sui Dynasty and entered the pure land of the western world. King Ming noticed it and sent his disciples to defeat the demon. "
"Who would have thought that the devil's cultivation level was so high that he killed several Arhats one after another, and there were many followers around him who were all people with good cultivation levels. King Ming heard that his disciple had been martyred, and sent my senior brother Da Zizi Tianzun and his junior brother Lingbao Tianzun went down the mountain to meet the enemy. Lingbao fought with the demon, but was defeated. Brother Da Zizai personally took action, but he did not stop the demon from continuing to move west. The pure land of the west was devastated by the arrival of those demons, and King Ming personally went down the mountain. , was furious and suppressed the demon. "
"Eleven years ago, the demon's invasion of the west was sealed up. Do you know why the disciples were not allowed to know about it?"
"The disciples are stupid"
"Because if this matter is known to others, the status of our Buddhist sect will be shaken. Except for the Sui people, everyone in the world believes in King Ming. Whether it is Buddhist disciples or ordinary people, everyone knows that King Ming has cultivated the world. Wushuang, but in that battle Prince Ming was actually injured. "
"ah?!"
Chen Ya suddenly raised his head, his face full of disbelief.
¡°Who is that person?!¡±
He asked in surprise.
"I only know that he is from the Sui royal family."
The old monk sighed: "If this matter is known to the disciples, they will definitely be intolerable. King Ming has great wisdom and knows that if this matter is publicized, the ordinary people and Buddhist disciples who believe in King Ming will definitely be furious and attack the Sui Dynasty. But The people of the Sui Dynasty are all demons, so how can they be afraid of war? Once a war breaks out, lives will be destroyed. No one knows how many people will die and how many rivers and mountains will be destroyed. Now that the demon has been suppressed, King Ming decided to keep this matter secret.
"What does this have to do with Master coming to the Central Plains?"
Chen Ya asked.
The old monk was silent for a while, then slowly shook his head and said, "Not long after you entered the Sui Dynasty, another demon headed west."
"ah!"
Chen Ya was shocked by what the old monk said one after another, and felt as if his heart was about to jump out of his throat: "But but is he as fierce as the demon eleven years ago?"
¡°Although it¡¯s not as good as it is, it¡¯s not far behind.¡±
The old monk said: "King Ming could not leave seclusion eleven years ago. Junior Brother Shiyuan from the Discipline Academy led the golden monk soldiers down to the Snowy Mountains to meet the enemy. Senior Brother Da Zizai was afraid that the Sui people would have backup, so he asked me to go to the Central Plains to check. After all, it has been eleven years. The big demon before went west with hundreds of followers, but this time, this demon only brought one person, which was extremely strange. Senior Brother Da Zizai was worried that the Sui people had another plan, so I came here to check in secret. You just go back, I didn¡¯t expect that there are many masters among the Sui people now, even I can¡¯t help but be surprised by the strong demonic nature of the Sui people.¡±
"Master, are we going back to Daxue Mountain now?"
"Well, of course I have to go back."
"But¡¡"
Chen Ya paused for a moment and stopped talking.
The old monk said calmly: "But you are unwilling to do so, right? You were originally here to kill Fang Jie, but you almost died here. If you don't kill him, you won't be able to calm down, right?"
"yes!"
Chen Ya bowed his head and said: "King Ming once said that there are dust particles in the hearts of disciples. IfIf you cannot get rid of this dust, you will never be able to achieve perfection. The disciple has been practicing for many years but does not know what the dust in the heart is. After the Sui Dynasty, he thought that the dust was the fear of powerful enemies. However, after a difficulty, the disciple suddenly realized that the dust in the disciple's heart was Fang Jie and not the Taoist sect. Taoist Heji, if you don't get rid of him, you won't be able to have peace of mind. "
"Idiot"
The old monk shook his head and sighed: "I thought you would be able to understand the teachings of the Transparent King after going through this difficulty, but who would have thought that you would fall deeper and deeper into it."
"Please Master, please clarify your doubts"
Chen Ya prostrated himself, touched his head to the ground and said sincerely, "I am stupid and cannot understand the true words of King Ming's wonderful teachings."
The old monk glanced at Chen Ya with pity and said, "You are the most intelligent and intelligent disciple of mine. I thought you could understand it yourself without teaching you anything. Now it seems that the more intelligent and intelligent people are, the easier it is to find them." No direction. The dust in your heart is not any enemy, but yourself."
"Myself?"
Chen Ya was startled for a moment and said, "This disciple is puzzled."
"You always feel that you can achieve Consummation, so you are eager to achieve it. This is the dust in your heart. You have had a high opinion of yourself since you were young and started to practice. I did not point out that this is my fault. Today I will tell you that you are a dust , is your obsession. When you no longer insist on perfection, you will achieve perfection.¡±
"Obsession?"
Chen Ya was silent for a while, then bowed down again and said, "Disciple, I understand."
"Noyou don't understand yet."
The old monk smiled and said: "If you understood, you wouldn't say that you understand. How can the wonder of Buddhism be understood just by thinking about it?"
At this moment, the old monk pointed outside and said, "What is that?"
Chen Ya took a look outside and saw someone coming from a distance. Carrying a package on his back and holding a wooden stick as a crutch, he had obviously traveled a long distance.
"That's the Sui people"
Chen Ya Road.
"wrong"
The old monk said calmly: "That is a demon. The Sui people have human skins, but the skins are full of devils."
He looked outside and asked, "What is that?"
"That's a demon"
"wrong"
"Ah? Why is my disciple wrong again?"
"He is from the Sui Dynasty, and his demon nature has not yet been born. Before the demon was born, he was still a human being."
"Disciple doesn't understand."
¡°It¡¯s okay if you don¡¯t understand, but you don¡¯t understand if you understand.¡±
The old monk stood up and pointed to the person coming this way from outside. The man's body trembled, and then he fell down softly.
"Bring him here and we'll set off."
"Why should you take him with you?"
"Are you hungry?"
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