Chapter 852: Compassionate Monk

There are no records about the Buddhist sect in the many ancient books in the Dancao Mountain Tibetan Dharma Tower. Xiao Lin only knew about the Buddhist sect when he was in the Liuli Immortal Mansion. Got it on your body.

But one thing he knew very well was that in Middle-earth, the Ancient Buddha Celestial Sect of the West Pole and the Great Emperor Haoran Celestial Sect were mortal enemies. They seemed to be at war with each other all year round, but Xiao Lin didn't know the reason.

Following a group of faithful men and women, Xiao Lin walked into the Buddhist temple filled with incense. Opposite the Buddhist temple, a bald man with bare shoulders sat cross-legged. One hand is placed on the knees of the cross-legged person, holding a bunch of grape-sized Buddhist beads.

The exposed skin was shining with golden light. Xiao Lin knew at the first sight that the Buddha statue was made of pure gold. It was wrapped in an earthy yellow robe, covering most of its body.

In front of the Buddha statue, there is a long row of incense tables, filled with lit incense. In front of the incense table, the tens-foot-wide hall is filled with countless futons, with people kneeling on each futon. Standing alone, with hands clasped together, praying devoutly.

Xiao Lin was staring at the Buddha statue with his eyes, and the aura of cyan was shining in his eyes. During the hundred years of seclusion and hard training, after every few days of seclusion, he would wash his eyes with the dew on the Nine Obsidian Grass.

The Jiu Yao grass he picked was also successfully planted by the True Spirit Pool. You must know that Jiu Yao grass originally grew on the bank of the underworld. Xiao Lin also had the idea of ​​​​giving it a try, but he did not expect that all the Jiu Yao grass would actually grow. They all survived, which really made Xiao Lin excited.

The dewdrops bred on the Nine Obsidian Grass have incredible magical powers. By washing the eyes with dewdrops, over time, one can acquire spiritual powers.

After the Nine Obsidian Grass is successfully cultivated, it can continuously provide Xiao Lin with dew. Therefore, every few days, Xiao Lin will pick some dew and wash his eyes. After a hundred years, Xiao Lin's eyes can now penetrate the clouds. Although it is still impossible to penetrate the mountains and rivers through fog, some deception and concealment techniques can still be easily seen through.

In Xiao Lin's eyes, the Buddha statue was surrounded by streaks of golden mist. It surrounded the Buddha statue and then penetrated into the Buddha statue.

Seeing this, Xiao Lin's eyes became more and more dazzling. At this time, Xiao Lin suddenly discovered that as the faithful men and women around him prayed devoutly, faint golden light spots would appear from their heads. It was these golden light spots. After gathering on the Buddha statue, the golden mist formed.

It seems that this is the power of faith.

Xiao Lin suddenly realized that this Buddhist magical power is really different from the immortal way. It is actually practiced in this way. In this way, does the more followers there are, the higher the cultivation level of Buddhist disciples?

If this is the case, wouldn’t it mean that all the opportunities and hard work behind closed doors are just a cloud? As long as there are enough believers, it is entirely possible to become a Buddha in one day?

Xiao Lin had doubts in his heart.

In the Liuli Immortal Mansion, the words of the two monks made Xiao Lin very disgusted. Now with the death of Fairy Yeyue, Xiao Lin has even become more disgusted with these Buddhist disciples of the Ancient Buddha Sect in the West. .

But this also made Xiao Lin curious about Buddhist techniques. After all, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle.

"Huh?"

Xiao Lin, who was about to turn around and leave, suddenly stopped. He didn't pay attention at first. The moment he turned around, he suddenly noticed that behind the Buddha statue, there was a golden light that seemed to be invisible and shot into the wall of the hall. Above, disappeared without a trace.

Xiao Lin frowned slightly, and his eyes showed a hesitant expression. After thinking for a moment, Xiao Lin took a slow step forward, and his figure blurred for a while before disappearing without a trace.

This made an old woman next to Xiao Lin suddenly widen her eyes with an incredible expression. She rubbed her eyes vigorously and then patted her forehead, her eyes showing confusion.

Behind the main hall, there are rows of houses, with hundreds of houses in total. Each of these hundreds of houses has an independent courtyard. The courtyard is also extremely wide, often dozens of feet in diameter.

If you look down from the sky, you will find that these houses are like grids.

But in the center of these houses is a very large courtyard, which is a hundred feet wide. To the west of the courtyard is a house, which is much larger than the other houses.

At this moment, a sudden flash of inspiration occurred in the courtyard, and Xiao Lin's figure appeared.

Before Xiao Lin could make any move, the door of the house suddenly opened, and then a voice came out.

"The donor turns out to be a guest, how about you please come in and taste twice the tea?"

Xiao Lin frowned slightly, but did not show any strange expression. Before he came to the courtyard, he had already scanned all the houses with his huge spiritual consciousness.

In every room, there is a monk wearing a monk's robe sitting cross-legged, and the realms of these monks generally range from the Qi Refining Stage to the Foundation Building Stage. Only three of them belong to the Golden Core Stage in Xiao Lin's eyes.

Apart from this, the person with the strongest cultivation is the monk in this room in front of me.

This person is actually the same as Xiao Lin, who is in the middle stage of Nascent Soul. However, Xiao Lin doesn't know whether the realms of Buddhists are the same as those of immortals. His judgment is only the Buddhist power emanating from these people. It comes from the breath.

"For those who are traveling abroad, I take the liberty of intruding, but I hope Haihan will do so." Xiao Lin responded without being polite and walked into the house casually.

The house is very simple. A young monk who looks to be in his mid-twenties is sitting cross-legged on a futon in the center of the house. Behind him is a golden Buddha statue, but this Buddha statue looks a little weird. It actually grew four arms and two heads.

One of the two heads has a ferocious face, while the other has kind eyes, which looks very strange.

The monk waved his sleeves and a small table and a futon appeared in front of him. There was also a pot of tea and two cups on the table.

"The poor monk here only has twice the amount of crude tea. I hope the donor will not dislike it." The monk made a gesture of invitation and said to Xiao Lin.

"Thank you." Xiao Lin sat down cross-legged opposite the monk.

"The poor monk sees that the immortal skills practiced by the benefactor are not of Haoran spirit, and presumably he is not a member of the Great Emperor Haoran Celestial Sect. In this case, the benefactor can become a friend of my Buddhist sect. Is the benefactor interested in joining our West Extreme Ancient Buddha Celestial Sect? Achieve the status of Dharma Protector."

When Xiao Lin heard this, he immediately became very vigilant. Although he did not know what his actual status was within the Buddhist sect, within the Liuli Immortal Mansion, Zhuo Haoran obviously had no idea what his status as a protector was. Very repulsive, obviously not an identity that people expected. "

However, Xiao Lin's face did not reveal anything, but he said lightly: "Lin has always been used to wandering around and can't stand restraint. I appreciate the kindness of the master."

Xiao Lin did not tell his real name, but chose his surname Lin.

After a pause, Xiao Lin continued: "But I don't know what you call Master?"

"The poor monk, named Compassion, once made a great wish to promote the secrets of our Buddhist sect, enlighten the ignorant people, and strive to escape from the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible and return to the ultimate bliss. All practitioners who can become the protectors of our Buddhist sect can be taught The secret method of Buddhism, the unity of immortals and Buddhas, has the hope of transcendence.”

"Oh? Can Master Compassion solve Lin's confusion?"

"Donor Lin said it doesn't matter."

"Master Compassion keeps saying that he wants to awaken the ignorant people, so that they can escape from the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible and return to bliss. However, when Lin saw those good men and women, they were in a trance and their eyes were confused. This phenomenon was obviously caused by serious loss of soul power. Is the so-called power of faith the soul power of mortals? "

When the compassionate monk heard this, his expression changed, but he quickly clasped his hands together and pronounced the Buddha's name.

"Amitabha, what the donor said is heart-breaking. The power of our Buddhist faith is the ambition accumulated by people in the world when they pray sincerely. It is just an alternative method of operating the power of heaven and earth, absorbing the souls of mortals. Power, this kind of thing is what the demon cultivators call it, and it is not the essence of my Buddhist sect.”

When Xiao Lin heard this, he showed a thoughtful expression. When the compassionate monk said it, Xiao Lin understood a little bit. It was indeed as he said, when mortals make great aspirations, they seem to be accumulating the wealth between heaven and earth. The power is given to oneself, and then merged with a small amount of one's own soul power to produce a strange power.

This strange power may be what the compassionate monk in front of me calls the power of faith.

But no matter what, this kind of devout prayer will cause certain damage to ordinary mortals. Only a small amount of soul power loss will not have a substantial impact on mortals. After all, they will recover after a period of rest.

Xiao Lin knew little about Buddhism, so he started chatting with Monk Cixin politely.

Monk Ci Xin also answered Xiao Lin's questions one by one with great patience, and the conversation was quite pleasant.

After chatting for three or four hours, Xiao Lin stood up to say goodbye. After Xiao Lin left, Monk Cixin's face suddenly darkened. He looked outside the door in the direction where Xiao Lin disappeared and remained silent for a long time.

After a while, with a wave of his sleeves, the door of the house immediately closed.

After Xiao Lin left Jinluo Ancient Temple, he found an inn in the city and stayed there.

Sitting cross-legged on the wooden bed in the room, Xiao Lin was also thinking. Originally, he wanted to search for some information about Fairy Yeyue, but after thinking about it, he still did not ask Monk Cixin.

If Ci Xin heard that he was asking about Fairy Yeyue's care and became malicious, he would instead alert the snake and put himself into a passive situation.

Today's conversation with Monk Cixin gave him a certain understanding of Buddhism.

The realm of Buddhism is the same as that of the Immortal Path. It is also divided into five realms, namely First Consciousness, Great Enlightenment, Buddha's Light, Prajna, and Nirvana, which correspond to the Immortal Path's Qi Refining, Foundation Building, Golden Pill, Nascent Soul, and Spirit Transformation.

Buddhist disciples who have cultivated to the Buddha Light Realm will also condense the Buddhist Golden Pill. If they can go a step further and enter the Prajna Realm, they can break the pill and become a baby, manifesting the Buddha Baby, and thus possessing all kinds of incredible magical powers. technique.

Therefore, in Xiao Lin's view, the Buddhist realm is very different from the immortal way. Although there are some differences in the names, there is not much difference in reality.

But Xiao Lin’s previous doubts were answered in a conversation with the compassionate monk. The more Buddhist disciples have followers, the higher their level of cultivation. In the five realms of Buddhism, the power of faith that each realm can withstand is also the same. There is an upper limit.

Just like today's Xiao Lin, as a monk in the middle stage of Yuanying, the maximum mana that his body can hold is only what his current state can carry. If he wants to carry more mana, he must break through to the late stage of Yuanying. OK.

The same goes for Buddhist monks. When they reach a certain level, the power of faith they have collected will only increase in quantity, but will not change in quality. As for breaking through each level, it is also related to personal opportunities and qualifications. .

The only difference is that the process of accumulating mana by immortal cultivators is either to practice in seclusion or to collect various spiritual herbs and refine elixirs.

The process of accumulating Buddha power by Buddhism is to constantly develop believers and collect the power of faith.

In essence, they are the same, which also opened Xiao Lin's eyes and made him understand what the three thousand great ways are, and the same destination is achieved by different paths.

At the same time, Xiao Lin also understood why he did not see the figures of immortal cultivators when he walked around in the city. This Manjiang City is located at the southernmost tip of the Middle Earth, which can be regarded as a wild land. Ordinary immortal cultivators would not come here at all.

In addition, the territory of Nanluo Kingdom originally belonged to the jurisdiction of the Xiji Ancient Buddha Tianzong, so the Buddhist disciples would spread Buddhism again and develop believers, and the Jinluo Ancient Temple is not only the largest temple in Nanluo Kingdom, but also the state religion of Nanluo Kingdom.

Monk Cixin is the abbot of the Jinluo Ancient Temple, and his monks are the ones that Xiao Lin sensed through his spiritual sense.

After understanding these, Xiao Lin also understood the cultivation method of the disciples of the Buddhist Sect, and had a general understanding of the Buddhist Sect.

Xiao Lin also learned from Monk Ci Xin that the Xiji Ancient Buddha Tianzong's sect was located in the Xiji Jitian Mountains.

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In the next few days, Xiao Lin wandered around and chatted with Monk Ci Xin. Intentionally or unintentionally, he also asked about the Fairy Yeyue in a roundabout way. Of course, Xiao Lin did not directly say the Fairy Yeyue's name, but asked about the recent major events of the Xiji Ancient Buddha Tianzong in a vague way.

But apart from knowing that the Buddhist soldiers of the Xiji Ancient Buddha Tianzong and the Heavenly Army of the Great Emperor Haoran Tianzong had a great battle, nothing else happened in the past hundred years.

And after the two major Tianzongs experienced that battle, they also stopped fighting, retreated to their own controlled areas, and rested.

Obviously, the two major Tianzongs felt that they could not really destroy their opponents, so they did not come out in full force, nor did they use their full strength.

Although Xiao Lin was somewhat disappointed that he did not get any news about Fairy Yeyue, he also understood that the Jinluo Ancient Temple was located in a remote area far from the Western Jitian Mountains. Even Monk Cixin had returned to the sect to listen to the Dharma a hundred years ago.

So Xiao Lin left Nanluo City and continued to head north.

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