Chapter 2057: Hanling Temple to Hanling Temple
Xiao Hua naturally didn't know that he had been hated by the old demon Zhifeng. At this time, he was just sitting on the Pegasus, flying towards the rising sun with the light beast, with a holy face, and he didn't know that somewhere in Yuzhou, there was a bigger conspiracy about him, which was slowly unfolding.
The Tibetan Immortal Continent is vast, and most mortals have no chance to travel all the nine states of the Tibetan Immortal Continent in their lifetime. As one of the nine states, Yuzhou is also a behemoth in the eyes of most mortals. There are also many people in Yuzhou who have never left Yuzhou in their lives. Chongli, which is also in Yuzhou, is completely different from Xiguo.
Chongli is far south of Yuzhou, and the climate is like spring all year round. A Tuotuo River, which is several times wider than Liaojiang, flows within the border of Chongli. In such a pleasant climate, Chongli is not only rich in products and rich in people, but also has beautiful mountains and rivers and lush vegetation. It is a famous country of fish and rice within a radius of thousands of miles. But what really made Chongli famous in Yuzhou was not these scenery and wealth, but the Hanling Mountain standing in the Tuotuo River in Chongli.
This Hanling Mountain is a thousand feet high and several acres in radius. It stands in the surging river like a jade pillar, which is a strange sight. But this strange sight has been just a scenery of Chongli for thousands of years. Although some people come to enjoy it, its reputation is not prominent! People who are a little far away from Chongli may not have heard of this mountain, but since this Hanling Mountain was purchased from the king of Chongli by an unknown wealthy businessman who spent all his money, and then dedicated it to the Buddhist sect, the Buddhist sect later built a Hanling Temple on this Hanling Mountain. This Hanling Temple has become famous in Yuzhou! Not only is this Hanling Temple the largest temple in Yuzhou, but it is also the first temple in Yuzhou recognized and built by the Buddhist sect.
Since Hanling Temple. The Buddhist sect has built many temples in Yuzhou. Not to mention temples like Xiaojin Temple, many towns have them. Even temples like Yunlin Temple are also found in many countries. However, because of its special status, Hanling Temple attracts tens of thousands of devout pilgrims from Yuzhou and even from outside Yuzhou every day.
Hanling Temple is built on the top of Hanling Mountain. You can see the majestic temple of Hanling Temple by the Tuotuo River. However, it is not easy to go to Hanling Temple from the Tuotuo River to worship.
There are official ships of Chongli State on the Tuotuo River that sail from the river to Hanling Temple every half an hour. After mooring at the ferry of Hanling Mountain, they immediately return to the ferry of Chongli State. Although this official ship is large, the number of people in full dress is limited after all. Moreover, Chongli State only provides two official ships, and only a few hundred pilgrims can cross the Tuotuo River to Hanling Mountain each time. The cost of ten ferries from morning to night is only a few thousand. What is most annoying to pilgrims is that the official boat cannot be booked in advance. They can only line up at the ferry port in the early morning. The pilgrims in the front can naturally board the boat smoothly. The remaining pilgrims can only find a way by themselves. Either hire a boat or ask someone to ferry them with a raft. Some people even cross the Tuotuo River by themselves.
After many twists and turns, the pilgrims finally arrived at the ferry port of Hanling Mountain. Their test has just begun. At this time, there is a road leading directly to the top of the mountain under their feet. This road was specially repaired by the Buddhist sect and can walk to the gate of Hanling Temple. But this road is not a smooth road.
Not to mention that this road is winding up the mountain. The mountain that was already a thousand feet high has now turned into thousands of feet, not to mention the unevenness of the mountain road. The road is rugged and winding, which is more difficult to walk than if there is no mountain road at all. Not to mention that there is no place to rest beside the mountain road. All pilgrims can only climb to the top of the mountain in one breath, otherwise they will block the pilgrims behind them. There are nine extremely steep places on this mountain road, such as cliffs that are only wide enough for one person to walk sideways, a shaky suspension bridge in the bottomless mountain stream, a narrow and smooth mountaintop path like a fish spine, or a stone ladder that is almost straight and can only be climbed with hands and feet... In short, it seems that the abbot of Hanling Mountain does not want anyone to enter the temple to worship Buddha and burn incense, so he set up many obstacles to hide Hanling Temple from everyone's sight.
These extreme obstacles are not a gimmick of the Buddhist sect, but a real thing. Every year or every month, pilgrims will fall from these difficult places carelessly, and their bodies will never be found again.
But unfortunately, from the good side, people have a kind of resilience, and if from the bad side, people have such a mean nature. The more obstacles there are, the more people will go there. Even the difficulties and life-threatening dangers of Hanling Temple could not stop the future of tens of millions of pilgrims. Most of them still passed the mountain road and reached the top of Hanling Mountain.
It is true that thousands of Zhongxiu are on the top of the mountain. When these pilgrims who passed the test came to the top of Hanling Mountain, although they were still far from the gate of Hanling Temple, what they saw was enough to make them dizzy and make them bow down devoutly!
The top of the mountain was only a few acres, but it was shrouded in the Buddha's light. No one could see where the Buddha's light came from. There were auspicious clouds lingering in the Buddha's light. In the auspicious clouds, hundreds of beasts were like docile kittens, sometimes walking leisurely, sometimes lying peacefully, and from time to time, there were little monks in white monk robes riding on the beasts playfully, hurrying on their way. Of course, there were also wild animals such as blue cranes, antelopes, and elks among the beasts. These wild animals, which were originally the food of the beasts, also leisurely looked for grass everywhere, and were not afraid of the beasts close at hand.
Not only that, there are a lot of lotus flowers blooming in the Buddha's light on both sides of the mountain road. They are magical without roots or stems. These lotus flowers are of different shapes, not the kind commonly seen by people in Yuzhou. Moreover, these lotus flowers are not fixed in a certain place, but often float around. Whenever some lotus flowers fly over the mountain road, if some pilgrims with fate touch them with their hands, thousands of Buddha's lights will immediately pour out from the lotus flowers and fall on the pilgrims. Refreshing is a trivial matter. Many pilgrims with serious diseases will immediately disappear after touching the lotus flowers, and their bodies will be extremely strong. Although more pilgrims cannot touch them, the lotus petioles and leaves sway where their eyes fall, and there will be Buddha kingdoms hidden in the Buddha's light. In the Buddha kingdom, there are countless good men and women, countless Buddhist temples and Buddhist disciples, and the exotic flowers and plants, mountains and rivers are unprecedented.
Seeing this strange phenomenon, just like the villagers of Changsheng Town who saw the Buddhist sect's methods in front of the Xiaojin Temple, the first reaction of these devout pilgrims who have not yet seen the gate of Hanling Temple is to chant the Buddha's name and kowtow to express their gratitude.
That is, at the moment they bowed down, a bell rang, a Buddhist chant, and a wooden fish sounded in their hearts. At the same time, they saw the goddess, scattered flowers, and even the ten thousand Buddhas paying homage to the sect...
All the Buddhist scriptures and legends of the Buddha will be born in the moment when their eyes sink into the lotus. Not to mention these extremely devout pilgrims in their hearts, even secular people with slightly weak wills will fall into this Buddhist kingdom and put their previous doubts away. When the pilgrims escape from the Buddhist kingdom, not only will the previous fatigue disappear, but both the body and the spirit will be full. They will even find again that they don’t know when they have stood at the gate of Hanling Temple.
The pilgrims who had experienced such a baptism of Buddhist methods would kneel down and kowtow, and pat the ground with their heads.
There was not only one mountain road in front of the mountain gate of Hanling Temple. There was also a fork road right in front of the pilgrims. This fork road led to another high place of Hanling Mountain, which was several feet higher than Hanling Temple. How could the pilgrims who had already found out about the situation of Hanling Temple not know that this other mountain road led to the pagoda and the Buddha platform of Hanling Temple. Since it was another mountain road, it must be another test. The relics of the dead monks of Hanling Temple were buried under the pagoda, and the golden statue of the Buddha of the Sun Tathagata was enshrined on the Buddha platform. Such a holy place was naturally not accessible to ordinary people! It was even said that since the construction of Hanling Temple, there may have been extremely pious men and women who reached the pagoda and paid tribute to the portraits of the past monks, but no one had ever reached the Buddha platform to see the golden body of the Buddha of the Sun. As for the reason, Hanling Temple said it very well. Although there are many good people in Yuzhou... and even in the other eight states of Cangxian Continent who have a connection with the Buddha, this connection is still insufficient. These good people still need to practice more to truly reach the level of lay practitioners and truly see the golden body of the Buddha.
The answer given by the Confucian cultivators in Cangxian Continent is different. The Confucian cultivators directly pointed out that the Buddha platform itself is empty and there is no golden statue of the Buddha. Of course, the source of this answer is just vague, and no one has come forward to confirm it directly. The devout pilgrims in Yuzhou never believe this groundless news. Each of them will choose the mountain road leading to the Buddha platform. Unfortunately, like thousands of pilgrims, they will eventually fail, either appearing in front of the mountain gate of Hanling Temple or returning to the foot of Hanling Mountain. The failed pilgrims will not be depressed, and will still carefully step into the mountain gate of Hanling Temple again.
The gate of Hanling Temple is very large, and the threshold is as high as an ordinary person's knee. When you step over the gate, you will be greeted by two extremely ferocious Vajra statues, one fiery red and the other aquamarine. At this time, a monk will come out from behind the gate to greet you. When the pilgrims respectfully follow the monk to bypass the two Vajra guarding the temple and really enter the gate, they will be shocked by the thousands of Buddhist halls and countless incense sticks in Hanling Temple. They will be extremely refreshed and prepare their piety, and offer this piety and incense to each Buddha statue... (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets at Qidian (). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to read.)