Because he used the heart lamp to light up the magic weapon, Xie Duanyang's footsteps were not very fast.
It originally only took ten days to reach Mingzhou.
Now, it has taken nearly a month.
As soon as he arrived in Mingzhou, Xie Duanyang went to the official office of the Jin Dynasty here and updated his ultimatum.
After showing the magical aura that only foundation building can have, he successfully "breakthrough" to the foundation building stage.
The real masters of Mingzhou are undoubtedly the major Buddhist temples headed by the Randen Buddhist Sect, and the Jin Dynasty cannot control them here.
Although it is said to be an official office, it is actually closer to the secular lower house of the Buddhist temple.
Not only are most of the stewards among them monks, but most of the monks who come and go wear monks' robes and cassocks.
Only a small number of them are wearing Taoist feather robes or are Confucian scholars.
This was the first time for Xie Duanyang to see so many Buddhist cultivators. On the surface, he remained calm, but in fact, he secretly lit up his heart lamp and observed the aura passing through the monks' bodies.
Mingzhou is undoubtedly headed by the Randen Buddhist Sect, which governs all major Buddhist temples.
However, because the method of burning the lamp is too difficult and profound, the number of people who can light the lamp in the mind is far from being said to be many, and it can even be said to be very few.
And most of them are still practicing in the main mountain of Randen Buddha Sect.
Therefore, most of the Buddhist monks who appear outside do not practice the orthodox burning lamp method.
Rather, some eminent monks took this as the basis and simplified it to create branch methods.
It is close to the techniques used in today's cultivation world, and the difficulty of getting started is reduced, but the upper limit of future achievements is also limited.
Or, it simply has nothing to do with the Heart Lamp Method, but other sources.
In Xie Duanyang's view, the number of the latter is much higher than the former.
After all, even if the Ran Deng Heart Technique is simplified, its difficulty is still higher than other Buddhist techniques.
However, if you have not practiced to a profound level, the power of the Heart Lamp Technique will be inferior to other exercises.
In fact, most monks, due to their qualifications and resources, find it difficult to break through to foundation building in their lifetime.
He even just went to the third and second levels of Qi training.
That being the case, it's hardly obvious what choice they will make.
Even if the Randen Buddhist Sect deliberately guides and even spends money to become the true disciple, the benefits of reaching the sky in one step will still be difficult to reverse the fundamental trend.
This place is called an official office, but it is actually a Buddhist monastery. Even those with the highest level of cultivation are only in the late stage of foundation building.
Xie Duanyang's cultivation was considered outstanding among others, and he immediately gained great respect from the serving monks.
And after discovering that he was a casual cultivator and did not have the same family as his sect, his attitude became even more eager.
He even wanted to invite Xie Duanyang to join his sect and serve as a guest minister.
"Thank you so much for your kindness, monk, but I just received the inheritance from Jinguang Temple and entered the path of spiritual practice.
From that day on, I vowed to return to my roots one day and travel thousands of miles, just for this purpose.
I can only apologize..."
Hearing what Xie Duanyang said, the young monk in green and gray robes was not disappointed, but became more and more excited.
"Senior Haojiao knows that our Dalun Temple is originally a branch of Jinguang Temple, and we all have the same roots.
Senior joining this temple will definitely not affect his joining Jinguang Temple."
After saying that, the young monk invited him to sit down and began to explain it in detail.
It turns out that although Mingzhou is full of spiritual energy and rich in resources, it is also dominated by the Randen Buddhist Sect.
However, there are dozens of branches and sects below.
Although they all have the same origin, their relationship with each other is destined not to be completely harmonious.
Instead, there is also conflict and competition around resources and highly qualified disciples.
Therefore, the trend of discussing Dharma is particularly popular among monasteries and Buddhist temples in Mingzhou.
In addition to lectures and interpretations of scriptures, it is also inevitable to compete in battles of magic.
As the referees, they are the high-ranking monks from each branch.
Every few years, these spiritual sects will gather together and divide and establish the allocation of resources based on the results of the discussion.
As time went by, many people began to take advantage of its loopholes.
For example, we invite Wugen cultivators who are famous for their good fighting skills, give them the so-called "Dharma protector" and "enshrine" names, and let them go out to fight for Dharma on their behalf.
Now, it has gradually become a well-known unspoken rule.
The Randen Buddhist Sect is superior to all sects in Mingzhou, and this move will not affect them in any way.
However, the reason why they did not vigorously stop and eliminate this trend...
In fact, it is because this method looks good, but in actual practice, you will know that it is not that simple.
Since sect disciples have more resources than casual cultivators, under the same conditions as cultivating magical weapons, they are obviously better than rootless cultivators.
There are only a few casual cultivators who can surpass the elites carefully cultivated and selected by the sect.
Even if one or two families meet by chance occasionally, it will not affect the overall situation. On the contrary, it may attract new blood of talented people to join and promote the atmosphere of cultivation.
Although this kind of thing is not illegal on the surface, it is not above board after all and will not be spread everywhere.
In addition, Xie Duanyang's perspective mainly focuses on the few famous and powerful temples such as the Randen Buddhist Sect and the Jinguang Temple.
So even though I have collected information about Mingzhou, I still don't know about it.
As for the young monk in front of him, he seemed to be invited to be a guest rashly, but in fact it was after careful consideration.
Xie Duanyang is a casual cultivator, but he can successfully build the foundation. There is no doubt that his qualifications and character are the best among the casual cultivators, and he will definitely not be too weak in a fight.
In particular, he also practices the orthodox Jinguang Temple Kung Fu, which is full of Buddhist spirit, and is no less impressive than the elders of the temple he has met.
Even if you can't make a splash at the Dharma Conference and earn a lot of benefits for the temple, just accepting offerings and joining the temple will be of great benefit to Dalun Temple.
He believed that after meeting Xie Duanyang, the ancestor of this temple would definitely think that he had done the right thing.
And the reason why he, a mere Qi practitioner, dared to invite Xie Duanyang on behalf of Dalun Temple.
It's because his master is the only alchemy master in Dalun Temple.
Moreover, he himself is also the secular bloodline left behind by the other party before he became a monk.
Although Buddhists do not value family bloodline as much as ordinary monks do, they regard it as the continuation of their own inheritance.
However, as the only descendant of the opponent's bloodline who has the qualifications to practice, his own talent is also very good.
This young monk named "Fa Yan" naturally enjoyed some treatment and status that did not match his level of cultivation.
The reason why I didn't stay in the mountain gate and practice with concentration was because my practice had reached a certain bottleneck.
Although you practice hard and supplement it with elixirs to fill the meridians and acupoints, it is not difficult to break through.
However, it is of great benefit to go to the mortal world and experience it for a few years while your cultivation level is still young, to temper your state of mind, and to achieve relics in the future.
The ancestor of Dalun Temple naturally wanted this talented descendant to take the brightest path.
After finishing the narration, the young monk looked over expectantly.
As for Xie Duanyang, he pondered secretly.
Xie Duanyang didn't care much about the spiritual stone offerings that Fayan said he would provide every year.
Just the few magic weapons he refines every year and the income from selling them far exceeds that.
On the contrary, the other party provided a curved idea for entering Jinguang Temple.
Just as Jinguang Temple has a quota to recommend outstanding disciples to the Randen Buddhist Sect, Dalun Temple, as its branch branch, also has a recommended path.
Fayan said that even if he failed to pass the Jinguang Temple's assessment, he could only serve in Dalun Temple for more than thirty years and accumulate enough merits.
You can directly enter Jinguang Temple on your own instead of opening a mountain gate once every ten years to recruit disciples.
However, because he was not born in the right way, just like the imperial examination candidates and the imperial officials in the secular court, even if he entered the Jinguang Temple, his cultivation level was better than that of many disciples.
However, his status could never be compared with that of the true disciples, and he was treated as an outsider. At best, he could only practice second-level skills and supernatural powers.
If he is really talented enough to successfully enter Dalun Temple.
That's even better.
As a disciple of Jinguang Temple and an elder of Dalun Temple at the same time, there is no conflict between the two. It is not an either/or relationship where you can only choose one or the other.
Rather, they can be used simultaneously.
Xie Duanyang has already molded his inner lantern, and even joining the Ran Deng Buddhist Sect is enough, but he looks down on this.
What he considered was that he was an outsider after all, even though he had a broad Buddhist background.
But if you join Dalun Temple, in the name of the guardian elder, you will undoubtedly clear your identity and have someone to prove it.
Moreover, although Dalun Temple is weak, it is still a sect.
As local cowards, their connections and connections are definitely not comparable to that of an outsider named Xie Duanyang.
As long as you join it, as a protector elder, you can automatically borrow part of the power of this network.
"It sounds really good, but with my fellow Taoist cultivation, I'm afraid I can't be the master."
As Xie Duanyang spoke, he slowly released his momentum, which was several times stronger than before, and suddenly surged towards the words of the law.
Just now his breath was soft but not overbearing, but now it was full of oppression.
In addition to Buddhism, it is also mixed with the secret techniques of "Dayan Jue".
Although there is no specific killing, using it to scare others is always harmful.
Now that he has decided to agree, Xie Duanyang naturally has to show off his skills in a small way so that Dalun Temple can know that it is worth the money and will not look down on him.
Moreover, the other person may have an extraordinary background, so he can answer me with this attitude.
But if he becomes the guardian elder of Dalun Temple, his seniority and status will naturally be higher than his.
This little guy should also be taught how to respect his seniors?!
The cultivation level of Fayan is probably at the thirteenth level of Qi training. If he can't bear it, his face will immediately turn pale, and the calm and leisurely look of Yan Yan who just spoke and smiled will disappear.
After swallowing his saliva, Fayan subconsciously wanted to retreat to avoid the overwhelming pressure that seemed to come from all over the world.
The magic power circulates and is injected into a string of Buddhist bracelets on the wrist, and a mist of purple light comes out, protecting it.
With this top-level magic weapon given by his master to calm his mind, his expression barely returned to normal.
However, when I looked back this time, my attitude had completely changed. It was completely different from before. All that remained was respect.
"What the seniors said is absolutely true.
Please stay a little longer, I will go to see Master Zhenru right now..."
He poured a cup of spiritual tea with his own hands and brought it to Xie Duanyang. When he saw him holding it up and sipping it gently, Fa Yan breathed a long sigh of relief, closed the door and left.
The means he used to make light of his body and rush on the road were also quite mysterious, and they were not ordinary "light body techniques", "wind control techniques", etc.
I saw the Buddha's light shining outside his body, and a lotus flower as big as the mouth of a sea bowl appeared under his feet.
Then the whole person seemed to teleport, disappearing in the air, and then appeared several feet away.
Xie Duanyang made a little analysis and found out its foundation.
It is based on the famous Buddhism's step-by-step lotus divine foot.
This magical power is known as the number one escape method in Buddhism. After practicing it to the highest level, the escape speed is so fast that it can shrink the ground to an inch and move through the void.
There are even many blocking formations that can't trap it at all.
It's just that in the world of cultivation, it seems that there is no one who has actually mastered this magical power.
Even if there were, it would have been in the ancient times before the ancient demons invaded the human world.
On the contrary, many eminent Buddhist monks in later generations, based on this magical power, devised several kinds of flying escape type magic weapons and instruments, which were widely circulated in Buddhist practice.
It's just a separate temple in Dalunji Temple in the secular world. It's far from being that big.
Before Xie Duanyang could finish drinking the spiritual tea, Fa Yan appeared with an old monk with yellow eyebrows.
When people were outside the door, the old monk was not in a hurry to come in. Instead, he clasped his hands and spoke word by word.
"We are here to welcome you as a distinguished guest. Please forgive me for being a little disappointed."
Fayan beside him suddenly didn't notice, but Xie Duanyang felt like there was thunder exploding in the room.
It didn't cause any ripples of vitality, but there was an invisible force trying to shake his soul.
It seemed invisible, but Xie Duanyang could vaguely feel that there was a wheel with sharp serrated edges inside the house, flying in the air, turning and cutting rapidly.
As for the so-called thunder, it will come out when it rotates,
"This old monk's spiritual consciousness is not weak."
Xie Duanyang secretly praised.
Among the four major Buddhist sects of the Jin Dynasty, the Randen Buddhist Sect is not very sharp in its magical killing power.
However, due to the lighting of the heart lamp, the Buddhist cultivators of their lineage have a higher level of spiritual awareness than those of the same cultivators.
This yellow-browed old monk seemed to have also lit up his heart lamp, and his spiritual consciousness was so strong that it was roughly equivalent to the level where the first level of the "Dayan Jue" was perfected but the second level could not be completed.
Then he obviously practiced the secret arts of spiritual consciousness in a targeted manner based on his own characteristics and brought out his advantages in this area.
Unfortunately……
When he used such secret techniques in front of himself, he was just trying to do what he did best, and he did not overestimate his own abilities.
Xie Duanyang did not use the "Dayan Jue" or the many secret techniques in the "Wan Ling Sutra" this time. He just raised his hands in front of him.
The heart lamp in the sea of consciousness suddenly lit up, and a mysterious Buddha state was born outside his body.
Like yarn and water.
No matter how the invisible saw gear chops and turns, the Buddha realm is destroyed and reborn.
But that seemingly weak and mysterious meaning never goes away.
The two sides just started fighting secretly across a door.
Although it doesn't look like fireworks at all, it's not as horrifying as when flesh and blood fly everywhere when you actually control a magical weapon, and life and death can be divided in a moment.
But the hidden dangers within it will only make it stronger!
"Buddhist magical powers are indeed unique. Dajin is called a holy land for spiritual practice, and it certainly lives up to its name."
It was also the first time for Xie Duanyang to compete with others in this way, and he was still in the foundation-building realm, and his interest was very high.
After almost half an hour passed, I felt that the other party seemed to be exhausted, and then I suddenly withdrew my consciousness and transmitted the message.
"Dalun Temple's magical power is indeed superb and unique!"
This chapter has been completed!