Chapter 370 He is summoning the devil!
Jianren almost crawled away.
horrible.
It's so scary.
These people with terrifying demonic aura are most likely from some evil force. They must have come to Yunfu Temple with some ulterior motive.
I must inform my senior teachers of this discovery!
Thinking of his previous behavior, he felt a deep fear.
If I hadn't been smart enough to use my magical powers to take a look at the situation inside and had rushed in directly... I would probably have been killed to silence me!
Thinking of this, he came to Ronghe's meditation room like a gust of wind.
"Uncle Master! Uncle Master!"
"I discovered a big secret!"
Jianren knocked on Master Ronghe's door and shouted.
Zen Master Ronghe slowly opened the door, his face calm, as if he had just woken up from meditation, and asked: "Big Mi... where is the secret? It's not... what secret is it? It's unbecoming for a Buddhist disciple to be so irritable."
"I saw something incredible..."
Jianren was a little flustered, waving his hands and speaking incoherently: "I saw... a man kneeling on the ground, and another man... a huge stick! Bang bang bang, he groaned... Just when he wanted to stand up and struggle, the boy stretched out his finger... The man couldn't move at once..."
Zen Master Ronghe listened and his brows gradually furrowed.
"It depends on you..." He said slowly, "You have indeed reached this age. You really need to be careful and keep your mind clear at all times. In particular, you should avoid contact with things that are not suitable for monks..."
"Your masters have warned you since you were little that beauty is like a wolf or a tiger. You can't just touch her, you can't even think about her..."
"This may have caused some distortion to your... but, this will make your situation in our temple more dangerous..."
Jianren gradually calmed down after listening to Zen Master Ronghe's chatter, but then he felt a little strange.
He said blankly: "Uncle Master, what are you talking about? I mean..."
He recounted the whole story of his visit to Li Chu's courtyard, this time speaking in a much more organized manner.
"So there's a monster trying to sneak into the temple..." Zen Master Ronghe finally breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought you watched something unhealthy."
"etc……"
"Monster?"
Zen Master Ronghe reacted suddenly and realized the seriousness of the problem.
"This is no joke. My Yunfu Temple has suppressed the demons for hundreds of years and has always been the best at restraining demons. How dare they approach my gate? This kind of thing, once it happens, is a big deal..."
He pondered for a moment and said, "I'll go with you to take a look."
"Ah?" Jianren was shocked.
Although he didn't say anything, the panic in his eyes probably conveyed a kind of distrust.
Can we do it?
Or... can you do it?
Zen Master Ronghe glared and said, "They are right on our mountain. Do they dare to attack us? And even if they do, so what? I am not a pushover! Lead the way!"
"good……"
Seeing this, Jianren had no choice but to lead the way.
But after walking a few steps, he still asked in a low voice: "Uncle Master, you really don't eat vegetarian food?"
"Shut up!"
…
“It’s right here!”
The two of them quickly arrived at the door. Master Ronghe strode forward, pushed open the gate, and saw a horrible scene.
The not very wide courtyard was filled with...fragrance.
An iron pot filled with bright red soup, bubbling with bubbles, with slices of meat and vegetables floating in it...
These three people are actually eating hotpot in the quiet Buddhist place.
"ah!"
Lao Du exclaimed, and stood up, trying to block the sight of Master Ronghe. But his tall and thin figure could not block the smoke.
Qin Zhenghu, on the other hand, had the demeanor of a great general. He sat there as steady as a rock and swallowed the last bite of meat in the bowl. Then he raised his head and looked at Zen Master Ronghe.
Li Chu put the bowl down calmly and looked over as if nothing had happened.
Zen Master Ronghe glanced at the three people, not wanting to miss any clues.
"Okay, okay. I didn't expect that Zen Master Ronghe would come to check on me personally just because I was having hotpot..."
Dulanke gritted his teeth and said, "If that's the case, then I admit it. I was the one who laid all the mutton! It has nothing to do with them! It's all mine!"
Li Chu and Qin Zhenghu both looked at Lao Du with approval.
Shenluo people.
Be loyal.
“……” Zen Master Ronghe was speechless for a moment.
Then he said, "Since you haven't officially entered my sect, the Buddhist precepts should not be able to restrain you... But since you have the heart to convert to Buddhism, you should know the principle of the blessings of living beings..."
"We understand." Lao Du said earnestly: "These meats are all 'three-clean meats'. I just wanted to have a good meal before entering the mountain gate..."
"good……"
Zen Master Ronghe looked at the steaming red soup, his nose twitched, then he turned and left.
He walked out the door and closed it behind him. He suddenly remembered something and was about to turn back when he heard a rough voice from inside.
"Fuck, I scared my dad to death."
Before he finished speaking, Zen Master Ronghe opened the door and walked in again.
He and Qin Zhenghu looked at each other in surprise.
But he remembered that this person was obviously a mute...
At this time, Lao Du stepped forward again and said in a hoarse voice: "I cursed, so what?"
“…”
Zen Master Ronghe was too lazy to pay attention to him.
"I just want to remind you that if you eat too much meat, it may affect tomorrow's selection."
"Okay." Lao Du nodded: "Thank you for the reminder, Master."
"No need for that. Just stop saying vulgar things behind my back..." Zen Master Ronghe rolled his eyes at him and turned away again.
This time, Lao Du stepped forward and personally confirmed that Master Ronghe had gone far away, and locked the door.
Then he turned around and said with a bitter face, "It's over. Zen Master Ronghe's impression of me is ruined. Will I never be able to enter Yunfu Temple again?"
Li Chu looked at him strangely: "Don't we want to go in anyway?"
"Eh? That's right."
Old Du was stunned for a moment, and the wrinkles on his face smoothed out again.
…
"Impossible... Impossible."
On the way back, Jianren still couldn't believe it.
"I clearly saw them torturing that big man. How could it be possible that three of them would sit together and eat hot pot in the blink of an eye..."
"You really didn't see it wrong?"
Zen Master Ronghe glanced at his little nephew. Now he no longer believed Jianren's words at all.
"Impossible..." Jianren shook his head fiercely, "There must be something wrong with that handsome boy."
The figure beside the River Styx... the figure just now surrounded by demonic energy... many doubts gathered in his mind.
"There is no need to think too much about this matter. Tomorrow's selection will be like the Buddha's light shining on you. I will just pay more attention to him then. If he really has any relationship with the monsters, he will naturally be exposed." Zen Master Ronghe said.
"Yes." Jian Renye had no choice but to nod.
He firmly believed that Li Chu would never be able to pass the test of Buddha's light shining on his body!
…
The next day.
On the square in front of Yunfu Temple and Foguang Hall.
Zen Master Ronghe glanced at the remaining dozens of candidate disciples below, knowing that most of them would be eliminated today.
His gaze paused in particular on Li Chu.
If there were no suspicious aspects about him, he would be a very good candidate. Even if his Buddha nature was a little inferior, the abbot might still accept him into the temple.
After all, the white-robed Jiang Yirong had raised Yunfu Temple's reputation and revenue several times. If there was another handsome monk who was even more handsome than Jiang Yirong, then...
Zen Master Ronghe turned his head quickly and secretly blamed himself in his heart. As a Buddhist disciple, how could he have such a mind to make money? Wouldn't it be encouraging the unhealthy trend in the world?
But……
After Jiang Yirong appeared, life in Yunfu Temple did improve a lot.
Very fragrant.
The time was almost up, Zen Master Ronghe instantly cleared his mind and came before everyone in a solemn manner.
"Everyone!"
"After yesterday's test, you should all be good disciples certified by the Heart-Observing Beast, and have the qualifications to convert to Buddhism. But my Yunfu Temple is different after all, and has the responsibility to suppress the demons on earth. If you want to become a monk in Yunfu Temple, you need to have a Buddha nature far beyond that of ordinary people."
"Today, your Buddha nature will be tested by the Dharma of Buddha's Light."
Zen Master Ronghe raised his hand, and his disciples behind him pushed open the door of the Foguang Hall.
This hall has never been open to the public. Except for participating in the mountain gate selection, few people can get a glimpse of its true appearance.
Inside the Foguang Hall, there is a huge golden Buddha statue. Unlike the other halls, the eyes of this Buddha statue seem to be particularly bright.
It actually makes people afraid to look at it directly, as if it were a spirit.
"I will call down the Buddha's light later, and everyone please walk into it one by one. When the Buddha's light shines on your body, the height of the Buddha's light will be able to show your Buddha nature. The closer you are to my Buddha, the higher your Buddha nature will be. If the Buddha's light exceeds six feet, you can enter the next round of selection."
Zen Master Ronghe raised his hands, clasped his hands together, and bowed deeply to the Buddha statue in the hall.
"Disciple, please ask for Buddha's light."
After saying that, he connected eight seals with his hands, changing them in an instant.
call out--
The eyes of the golden Buddha statue suddenly lit up and turned into two beams of light that became increasingly wider, falling on an open space in front of the steps outside the hall, where a cushion had already been placed.
"Please sit on the cushions one by one, chant any sutra in your heart, and stop when the Buddha's light rises to the highest point."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the candidate disciples below the steps became nervous and eager to try, and quickly lined up to start.
The first young man walked into the Buddha's light with trepidation, sat down on the cushion, his figure gradually became blurred, and then he closed his eyes and silently recited scriptures.
At the same time, the golden light came out from the hall and fell on him, as if it had found a refraction body and suddenly shot up.
call out--
The golden light pointed straight up to the sky from the top of the boy's head, and finally rose to a height of more than four feet. The rise slowed down and seemed to be about to stop.
Some people below were already getting nervous and began to clench their fists and cheer for him loudly.
The young man seemed to hear the cheers and realized that he had not yet crossed the line. He began to grit his teeth and the sound of his chanting gradually became louder.
I don't know if it was because of his sincerity, but his Buddha's light suddenly grew faster, gradually approaching six feet! In the end, the boy's Buddha's light stopped at a position that seemed to be only a hair's breadth away from six feet.
Zen Master Ronghe measured it for a moment and said, "Pass."
"Thank you, Master." The young man returned to the team with gratitude.
Next, everyone came forward one after another.
The Buddha light of the second candidate disciple was only three feet high. No matter how much he begged, Master Ronghe did not show any leniency.
And then...
Soon it was Lao Du's turn.
He was still a little embarrassed when he walked forward.
After all, I knew very well that as an old Taoist who had practiced Taoism for decades, how could I have any Buddha nature? But thinking about the fact that I didn't want to pass in the first place, I wasn't too nervous.
He sat on the cushion and began to chant scriptures silently.
call out--
Unexpectedly, his Buddha light quickly rose to a height of ten feet! And it was showing a trend of continuing to rise.
After a moment, it stopped at a distance of nearly two meters.
"Huh?"
After Lao Du stood up, he was still a little confused.
"So I really have the Buddha nature?" Du Lanke muttered after he came back, "Then didn't I choose the wrong career for the past few decades?"
Li Chu looked at him in deep thought and was a little worried that he might want to join Buddhism again. Then he would lose his only disciple...
But think about it.
Why should I worry about this? If I think about it, no one will carry my backpack when I go out in the future...
This is quite troublesome.
At this moment, Qin Zhenghu had already sat on the cushion.
As a disciple of Li Maoqing, although he was rough in character, he was well-educated and knew a lot about the authentic Buddhist scriptures. He began to recite them silently.
His Buddha nature was beyond Li Chu's expectation, and he actually rose to ten feet directly! "Not bad, not bad."
Zen Master Ronghe showed a satisfied expression for the first time and nodded repeatedly.
In this test, a very eye-catching figure appeared for the first time.
Qin Zhenghu saw that his Buddha nature was not bad, and excitedly punched, "Ah Ba Ah Ba!"
Zen Master Ronghe heard this and felt that it was a bit dirty...
Then……
It was Li Chu's turn.
Only then did he realize a problem...that is, he really didn't know the Buddhist scriptures.
I have never been exposed to this aspect since I was a child.
If, while sitting on a cushion, I silently recite “The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao”, will it make the Buddha’s light angry?
After thinking about it, he actually remembered one.
Small Bodhi Mantra.
So Li Chu began to recite the Small Bodhi Mantra silently in his heart.
Zen Master Ronghe also stared at him closely. If a demon or evil spirit entered, it would be impossible to produce half an inch of Buddha light. Therefore, this move was more powerful than the mind-observing beast yesterday in detecting evil spirits.
then……
call out--
A beam of light suddenly broke through the sky, and in an instant it was several times brighter than Qin Zhenghu just now, and there was still a lot of room for it to go up, as if it was going to break through the clouds! "Ah, it's so bright!"
"It hurts...my dog eyes!"
“…”
The candidates around them didn't know how powerful it was, and habitually stared at the beam of light. They didn't expect that Li Chu's golden Buddha light was so outrageous. The golden light spread out, causing everyone's eyes to hurt! And that's not all.
As the golden light rose, another ancient bell rang out in Yunfu Temple! Ding——
Zen Master Ronghe looked up at the beam of light that penetrated the clouds in the sky and murmured in amazement, "The Buddha's light is shining brightly and the Dharma bell is ringing. This is the sign that a Buddha's son is born! It was the same for Brother Yirong back then! Could it be that there will be another Jiang Yirong born..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard the second sound...
clang--
Dharma bell.
It rang twice.
Zen Master Ronghe's pupils also trembled twice.
…
"The Buddha's light reflected by that young man was endless, causing the Dharma bell to ring twice..."
At sunset, outside the Zen room, Master Ronghe gazed at his nephew Jianren.
"Now he is a Buddhist figure that even the abbot and Senior Brother Yi are very concerned about. He is definitely not related to demons or evil spirits. You can put your doubts aside from now on."
"But……"
Jianren's worldview seemed to have been hit extremely hard.
He even began to doubt what he had seen with his own eyes...
Could it be that I really saw it wrong?
How could that demon-filled figure be a Buddhist? No way.
Jianren pondered for a while and decided to go find Li Chu and ask him face to face!
So he walked out of the mountain gate again, came to the secular village, and came out of the courtyard of Li Chu and his family.
Just at this moment, Li Chu's back was seen as he walked out of the door, and he seemed to be walking towards the distant hillside.
"Huh?" Jianren was a little puzzled.
What was he going to do? It was already late at night, and he was walking alone towards the barren mountain... His behavior was a bit strange.
Out of curiosity, Jianren did not make a sound, but quietly followed...
Not long after following, Li Chu came to a deserted hillside, and then took out a deep, dark bead.
That bead is full of demonic energy!
"What is this?" Xiao Jianren was shocked again.
Just when he was wondering, he saw Li Chu activating the bead.
Bang——
It was as if a very distant door had been opened, leading to some place filled with evil spirits.
call out--
The next second, a hideous and ugly figure appeared on the spot!
A huge monster!
"hiss--"
Jianren almost screamed, he quickly covered his mouth, but still took a breath.
"this……"
There was no way he was mistaken this time! "He's summoning the devil!"
(End of this chapter)
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