Chapter 937 Entering the Huguo Temple
Huguo Temple is the only officially certified temple in the Dahuan Dynasty, simply because Taizu once received help from the monks in this temple when he was building his empire.
The predecessor of Huguo Temple was just an ordinary temple, but the abbot of the temple was a capable man. He believed that Taizu was the emperor who would end this chaotic world, so he sent three of his disciples to help Taizu build his empire.
After Taizu ended the troubled times and ascended the throne, the abbot's three disciples also returned to the temple. They could be said to have retired after accomplishing their mission, and there was no attempt to repay a favor. They left in a very elegant manner.
Taizu was also a man who knew how to repay kindness. Since the three people were cultivating for the afterlife, as the founding emperor of the Dahuan Dynasty, he directly issued an imperial decree to rebuild the dilapidated temple, and personally wrote "Huguo Temple" and sent it to the temple. This was also a disguised promise that as long as the Dahuan Dynasty did not perish, the Huguo Temple would always be prosperous.
The abbot became the host, but he became more and more low-key, and would only show up when the royal family prayed every five years. Not long after Taizu passed the throne to the crown prince, the abbot passed away. The current abbot of Huguo Temple is the third-generation disciple of the old abbot, and it is said that he is also a high-level monk who is proficient in Buddhism.
Ever since Lianyi came to the foot of the mountain where the Huguo Temple was located, she felt that the spiritual energy had become much richer. She also sighed that the old abbot was good at choosing the right place. Practicing in such a place would definitely be twice the result with half the effort, and it would be difficult for the temple not to be very popular.
When the group reached the foot of the mountain, they got off the carriage. Lianyi insisted on this. She said that since they were praying for blessings, they had to be sincere, and she wanted to walk up the mountain by herself.
After hearing Lianyi's words, not only Nanny Sun, but also Hongqi and Lucui's faces turned a little dark. Only Yingtao said nothing. She had to behave well now. Besides, she had been on the farm for seven or eight years after all, so she still had some physical strength.
Lianyi clasped her hands together, bowed in a pretentious manner, and then walked towards the Huguo Temple on the top of the mountain, followed by Nanny Sun and the maids and servants.
Because the Huguo Temple is very popular, there are many people who come to worship and pray. Some people, like Lianyi, choose to walk up the mountain, so their group does not appear out of place.
But her identity is different now. She is the young lady of the Marquis' Mansion. Naturally, there are guards from the Marquis' Mansion to separate Lianyi and her group from the ordinary people nearby.
Lianyi's face was covered with a veil, revealing only a pair of beautiful eyes. The face under the veil was looming, which gave people a hazy beauty. People would sneak a peek at Lianyi from time to time along the way.
Lianyi had great physical strength, especially in a place with abundant spiritual energy. She practiced her skills as she walked, and had broken through the first level of Qi Refining before she reached halfway up the mountain.
Lian Yi paused while breaking through, closed his eyes, clasped his hands together and whispered:
"I, Lianyi, pray to the Buddha to bless my sister so that she can escape from the sea of suffering as soon as possible, and have a healthy body in her next life, be born into a wealthy family, and live a life of wealth and honor."
It's free to say nice things, but Nanny Sun felt a little uncomfortable listening to them. Isn't this cursing the young lady to die early and be reborn soon?
But she couldn't say anything. After all, it was because the young lady was unable to do so that the eldest lady took her place and married into the Lin family.
After Lianyi finished muttering, she felt that her cultivation at the first level of Qi Refining had been stabilized, so she continued to move forward.
In addition to the guards, the maids and servants following Lian Yi took this opportunity to catch their breath. They were really exhausted and hoped that the young lady could stay a little longer, but Lian Yi came here to torment them, so how could she take their thoughts into consideration?
So after her cultivation at the first level of Qi Refining was stabilized, she continued to move towards the top of the mountain, and the servants behind her continued to follow with painful looks on their faces.
Lianyi did not speed up, but deliberately slowed down in order to maintain her character. After all, she was a young lady, and if she had too much physical strength, it would arouse suspicion.
Even though her speed was getting slower and slower, she didn't stop. The people following her could only resign themselves to climbing up. Two full hours later, Lianyi and the others finally reached the top of the mountain, and Lianyi successfully broke through the second level of Qi Refining.
Master Huiyuan, the current abbot of Huguo Temple, realized something was wrong as soon as he felt the turbulent atmosphere around the temple. He counted with his fingers for a long time but could not figure out anything.
When the aura began to fluctuate for the second time, he could no longer sit still, so he took the little monk and waited at the gate of the Huguo Temple. He wanted to see who could actually stir up the aura of the Huguo Temple.
Because of the appearance of the host, more people's attention was attracted. Those who went up the mountain to pray and worship all bowed to Huiyuan. For a while, he was surrounded by people and no one noticed the abnormality of Lianyi.
Before Lianyi stepped into the temple, she noticed the chaos at the gate. She did not approach the abbot directly. After all, she was the daughter of the marquis's mansion. Even if she wanted to see the abbot, it was not under such circumstances. So the guards escorted Lianyi to the place where the female members of the Huguo Temple were entertained.
Lianyi entered an ordinary room and was helped to sit down by Yingtao. She took out a handkerchief and wiped the non-existent sweat from her forehead before she spoke:
"Madame Sun, you have all worked hard accompanying me up the mountain. Please arrange for someone to make some tea. After I bathe and change clothes, I will go to the main hall to burn incense and worship."
"Yes, ma'am."
Nanny Sun was old after all, and she had just caught her breath. Without even wiping the sweat off her head, she turned around and went out to make arrangements.
"Cherry, go look around first to see what beautiful scenery this Huguo Temple has. After we finish praying, we can relax for two days."
Ripple instructed Cherry in a low voice.
"Yes, ma'am."
Yingtao was very happy and immediately called Hongqi to go out together.
Lu Cui was in the outer room preparing the things Lianyi would need for bathing and changing clothes.
This time when the young lady went out, she was followed by three carriages, one for people, one for clothes, jewelry, makeup and other things, and the last one for snacks, food and commonly used cups, plates and teacups, which were the most basic things.
Lianyi took a comfortable bath, changed into a more elegant dress, and wore only a few simple white jade ornaments. Then, accompanied by Nanny Sun, she went to the main hall to attend evening classes.
At this time, the main hall was already full of people worshiping Buddha, with men and women on each side, and in the middle were monks chanting sutras while beating wooden fish.
Lianyi sat cross-legged on a cushion in the main hall, then closed her eyes and began to listen to the monk chanting. In fact, she was practicing some martial arts inside and absorbing the spiritual energy without any delay. It was not easy to come to the Huguo Temple, so she should grab the spiritual energy quickly when there is any, and don't wait to regret it after leaving here.
The result was that after an evening class, Lianyi advanced one level further and successfully raised his cultivation to the third level of Qi Refining.
The main reason was that in the previous three months, Lianyi practiced the exercises every night without any relaxation, so when she moved from a place with scarce spiritual energy to a place with abundant spiritual energy, her breakthrough was extremely smooth.
Of course, the abundant spiritual energy here is only relative to the Marquis' Mansion, and it is still far from the real abundant spiritual energy.
After finishing the evening class, Lianyi took off a gold bracelet from her wrist and handed it to Nanny Sun, saying:
"Mammy, this is a small gift from me. I will donate it to the temple and offer it as a perpetual lamp."
(End of this chapter)
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