Chapter 184 True Man Preaching

Guangde Temple is located 11 kilometers west of the city.

Fang Yi came here on a sunny summer day.

The scenery here is pretty good.

A beam of sunlight poured down to the ground through the gaps between the leaves.

It is like a ray of Buddha's light illuminating your eyes.

The surroundings are quiet and the paths lead to secluded places.

A sense of Zen is presented leisurely.

Although the crape myrtle has withered, it still blooms stubbornly in the corner of the temple.

It adds a touch of charm to the quiet and solemn Guangde Temple.

The Nine-Sky Mysterious Lady worshipped in the Nine-Sky Palace is the sun goddess.

Fang Yi felt that it did not meet the goal.

So after much thought, he contacted Master Juncai, the abbot of Guangjiao Temple.

He made an appointment with Master Guojun, the abbot of Guangde Temple, to meet in the afternoon.

I waited in the living room for more than ten minutes.

There were several footsteps outside the door.

Then, an elderly man's voice came, "Amitabha, I am sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

As soon as the words fell.

A slightly plump monk in his sixties walked in.

There were three or four people following him.

Fang Yi knew that this person was the host, Master Guojun, so he stood up and bowed in return, saying, "Master, you are polite."

"I dare not, I dare not."

Master Guojun came forward, held out his hand and said, "Master, please take a seat."

Fang Yi didn't bother to be polite with the other party. He just said "thank you" and sat down.

Master Guojun also sat down on the chair next to him.

Then the remaining three or four monks took their seats one by one.

The two sides exchanged a few polite greetings.

Master Guojun and others were neither arrogant nor humble, and basically did not flatter.

Fang Yi quite appreciated this.

Before coming, he learned from Master Juncai that Master Guojun was different from ordinary monks.

He is a person who truly devotes himself to Buddhism.

According to legend, Master Guojun was born into a poor rural family and began to pursue Buddhism when he was fifteen or sixteen years old.

During this period, he spent ten years visiting various Buddhist temples to learn from masters, hoping to become a monk, but he was never able to do so.

It was not until a chance opportunity that he truly entered the Buddhist monastery.

At that time, Master Guojun was already middle-aged.

But he still worked diligently towards Buddhism and finally became the abbot.

What Fang Yi admires most is people who have firm beliefs in their hearts.

That's why he stood up to return the greeting just now.

After chatting for a while, Master Guojun asked, "May I ask what important matter has brought you to Guangde Temple?"

Fang Yi was thinking about how to express his "bad idea".

He said, "I have something to ask you. Is the Master free today?"

Master Guojun said politely, "Master, I'm sorry, I really don't have time today."

He explained with an apologetic look, "There were several donors of relatively prominent status who wanted to discuss donations with me. When I heard that the real person was coming, I specially greeted those donors, left them aside, and rushed to see the real person first."

Giving is one of the six perfections and the first of them.

It is indeed a very important thing for Buddhist temples.

Fang Yi was not an unreasonable person, so he said regretfully: "Well, since the master is busy today, I will come to visit him again when I am free in the future."

Having said that, he stood up and said goodbye.

"Farewell, Master."

"I'm really sorry for today, Master."

A group of monks were very polite and escorted Fang Yi to the temple gate.

Up to this point, Fang Yi had never doubted the character of Master Guo Jun.

I didn't think the other party was just making excuses.

Because he used his magical perception to see that Master Guojun was indeed talking to someone about giving alms before.

However, when Fang Yi left the temple for a certain distance, he heard some funny information from his magical perception.

…

At the temple gate.

One of the old monks looked at Fang Yi's back and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Master Guojun changed his previous monk's expression and said solemnly, "Go in."

The old monk who was about to speak but hesitated turned around and followed him inside, unable to hold back and said, "Master, the real person is the only real immortal in the world. It's not easy for him to come to you for help. It's a fate between us. I don't think it's wise for us to be so perfunctory."

Master Guojun tilted his head and frowned slightly, saying, "Brother Guojue, I'm not being perfunctory. You know what Master Fang did."

Master Guojue sighed and said, "You know, but everything is illusory. Why don't you seek reality?"

"You are disrespecting Buddha."

Master Guojun put a big hat on him.

Master Guojue quickly said, "Amitabha, I dare not."

Seeing that he had surrendered, Master Guojun slowly explained, "To be honest, I also want to be realistic, but you have to use your brain to think about it. Ever since Master Fang insisted on adding Huangshan Daojun and Hunyuan Taichu Daojun to the major religions, many Taoist temples and Buddhist temples in the country have been protesting silently in secret. If we meet all requests now, what will our fellow Taoists think of us in the future? If everyone continues to add insult to injury, how can our temple still expect to obtain resources?"

Master Guojue couldn't help but sigh.

Master Guojun continued, "Okay, let's not talk about resources. My term of office is about to end. If my fellow practitioners knew that I had bowed to Master Fang, do you think the Buddhist Association would still help me report it for approval?"

The other monks nodded slightly.

This is the truth.

You can't let Master Guojun lose his re-election as the host just to bow to Master Fang, right?

At the end, Master Guojun said proudly, "You should be smart when doing things and follow the general direction. Everyone recognizes Master Fang, so we must help him do what he wants to do. But everyone is resisting now. If you help him, aren't you courting death? If I have that much time, I might as well talk to a few wealthy donors about donations. As long as they donate more, my re-election will be secure."

Another old monk laughed and said, "I heard that these wealthy donors may give us millions of dollars. That's a lot of money."

Master Guojun couldn't stop smiling and said, "That's right. Shaolin Temple has an annual revenue of 150 million. We may earn several million from the donation this time. It is indeed a huge sum of money."

…

Fang Yi used his magical perception to hear these words and was amused.

To be honest, he admired Master Guojun's character at the beginning.

I feel that this person has firm faith.

Even if your request is rejected.

Fang Yi wouldn't be that angry either.

I just think that Master Guojun has principles.

Now it seems that this guy is simply a fraud.

Pretend to be devoted to Buddhism.

So he's a fence-sitter in private?

It’s bad enough that he’s a fence-sitter, but he’s also obsessed with money!

Fang Yi was very ashamed.

I'm too lazy to bother with this kind of person.

He immediately took out his cell phone and wanted to call Zhang Tianshi to ask him to help contact Jiutian Palace.

Fang Yi had previously called Zhang Tianshi and said that he might go to Jiutian Palace.

But he thought about it later and went to Guangde Temple instead.

Therefore, Zhang Tianshi was not allowed to contact Jiutian Palace.

"Forget it, I'll go to Jiutian Palace to take a look. I don't want Jiutian Palace to have the same attitude as Guangde Temple. That would make it difficult for Zhang Tianshi."

Fang Yi didn't make the call in the end.

Perhaps because he had no hope, he was not in a hurry to travel. He just took a taxi to enjoy the scenery along the way and slowly went towards Jiutian Palace.

During this time, Fang Yi was in deep thought and didn't pay attention to the magical perception.

A dozen kilometers is not too far.

The road is a little congested.

It took about half an hour to arrive.

Fang Yi just paid the taxi fare.

As soon as he got off the car, he saw a large group of Kun Taoists standing outside the gate of Jiutian Palace.

There are not only a large group of Kun Dao people, but also a large number of staff members of the scenic spot.

There were also several scenic area staff holding red banners.

The banner read: Welcome Taoist Master Fang Yi to Jiutian Palace.

Perhaps because this group of people was so grand, many tourists stood on the steps of the mountain gate and pointed and talked.

Fang Yi was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't notice how large a crowd the Jiu Tian Palace had put up to welcome him, and he was startled.

One of the elderly Kun Taoist priests had been to the Tianshi Mansion and met Fang Yi.

As soon as she saw Fang Yi getting off the car, she immediately shouted to the people beside her with great joy: "The real person! The real person is here! Come on, follow me to welcome him!"

"Ah? The real one is so young?"

"Don't worry about being young or old, the Holy Master has arrived. Let's follow the abbot to welcome him!"

A large group of Kun Daoists were extremely excited and ran quickly to Fang Yi.

The elder Kun Daoist leader was moved as soon as he came to the front. He clasped his hands in the shape of a Tai Chi diagram and said loudly: "Abbot Lu Hui of Jiutian Palace respectfully welcomes the teacher."

After saying this, she knelt down and performed the most solemn Taoist ritual of bowing one's head.

"Welcome the Holy Master!"

"Welcome the Holy Master!"

The other female Taoists also shouted "welcome" and knelt down to perform the Taoist ritual of bowing to Fang Yi, which is only performed to gods.

Dozens of female Taoist priests shouted in unison, and the scene was very spectacular!

A large group of tourists stood on the steps of the mountain gate and kept pointing and talking.

"Who is this person?"

"Oh my god, is it so grand?"

"I remember that this is the most solemn bowing ceremony in Taoism, right? In Taoism, this is usually only done to gods. Now, dozens of Taoist priests are actually bowing to a young man?"

"Could this young man be the leader of Zhengyi or Quanzhen?"

"Even if he is the leader, he is just a fellow Taoist. How can he ask the Taoist priests to perform the kowtow?"

The tourists were very curious.

Many people who were originally planning to go in to visit just stood there, determined to see what was going on.

Fang Yi did not expect that he would be welcomed so grandly when he came to Jiutian Palace, which was in stark contrast to Guangde Temple.

He was filled with emotion and took the initiative to help Lv Hui up with both hands, "Master Lv, please stand up."

As he said this, he looked at the other Kun Daoists and said, "Brother Daoists, please stand up."

"Thank you, Master."

The Kundaos got up from the ground.

Taoist Master Lu Hui never expected that the real person would help her up from the ground with his own hands.

She was so excited that her face turned red, and her words were incoherent. "Teacher, it's been more than a year since we last met at Tianshi Mansion. Today, you are able to come to my Jiutian Palace. I... I want to ask you to explain the Taoist scriptures to my fellow Taoists in Jiutian Palace... No, teacher, please forgive me for being rude, I should invite you into the palace first."

The group of female Taoist priests standing behind all had expectant looks on their faces.

It seemed as if they were hoping that Master Fang could explain some Taoist scriptures to them.

The middle-aged man in a short-sleeved shirt next to him is a staff member of the scenic spot.

He saw that Taoist Lv Hui had lost her composure, so he stepped forward and said, "Master Fang, I am Huang Ming, the person in charge of the scenic area. I heard from Taoist Lv that you have great magical powers and boundless magic power. She has always believed in you, so she was so excited to see you that she was incoherent. You have come from afar, why don't you rest in the palace for a while and let me entertain you."

"Hello, Mr. Huang."

Fang Yi greeted him politely.

Originally, he also wanted to go to Jiutian Palace first to talk with Taoist Master Lu Hui and Mr. Huang Ming, the person in charge of the scenic area, to see if they could agree to his request.

But Fang Yi changed his mind and thought that it seemed a bit too much to ask others to do something disrespectful to the gods without giving anything in return.

And now Taoist Master Lu Hui has only made one request, which is to let him explain the Taoist scriptures. It seems that it is the time to "give".

The thought of not being able to use magical powers once entering the mountain gate made me feel uncomfortable.

Fang Yi immediately had an idea, "Master Lu, you want me to explain the Taoist scriptures, right?"

"I do want to, but you have come from afar..."

At this moment, Taoist Master Lu Hui calmed down a little and regained his sanity.

She said embarrassedly: "Teacher, you should go to the palace to rest for a while first, and then I will slowly explain the Taoist scriptures later."

Fang Yi smiled and said, "My generation of Taoists believe in being spontaneous. Since the Taoist priest wants me to preach to fellow Taoists, I will boldly explain it to them."

Huang Ming had inquired about Fang Yi's identity and background.

I know that this Master Fang has a very powerful background.

Even the top bosses in Beijing have to curry favor with him.

He said quickly, "Master Fang, we are very lucky to hear you preach, but there is no place to sit here. How about I ask someone to bring a chair for you to avoid dirtying your clothes?"

"No, thank you."

Fang Yi smiled and waved his hand, saying, "I brought a lotus flower for you to sit on. As long as you don't mind the dirt on the ground, then sit on the ground and listen to me talk for a few words."

Huang Ming and Lu Hui wanted to say something else.

Suddenly, Fang Yi stretched out his hand and pointed, and a huge green lotus appeared below.

Seeing this, Huang Ming's pupils contracted!

Even though Lu Hui knew that the immortal had great powers, she was still stunned for a moment.

The rest of the Kun Taoists, scenic area staff and the group of tourists on the steps of the mountain gate were all stunned!