Ningbi Mountain is located in the southern suburbs of the capital, about twenty miles away from the south gate of the capital. It is an unremarkable hill with neither high terrain nor steep mountains.

But if the mountain is not high, it will be famous if it has immortals.

More than ten years ago, Venerable Liuli came to Ningbi Mountain to establish a temple to practice cultivation. He planted a sea of ​​bamboo and built a small temple. He spent more than ten years expanding the small temple into a Zen forest.

Venerable Liuli provides free diagnosis and treatment to ordinary people all year round, but does not accept donations of land or donations from ordinary people. He rarely even sells magical instruments, talismans, and elixirs.

All the materials needed to build the temple and Zen forest were collected by her from all over the world.

Many buildings in the Zen Yuan, such as the original small temple, were also built by her.

Most of the other buildings were built by believers who were grateful for her saving lives and helping her injured, and spent their spare time helping her build them.

Among the people, Venerable Liuli has a good reputation and is privately called the "Medicine King Bodhisattva that saves lives and heals the wounded" or the "Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Moonlight Bodhisattva".

As a result, Liuli Temple became very popular.

However, since Venerable Liuli does not accept financial donations, the way believers express their feelings is to send some food and fruits, or light a stick of incense and silently worship and pray.

at dusk.

The pilgrims left the mountain gate in twos and threes. Under the setting sun, the Zen courtyard in the sea of ​​bamboo gradually became quiet and quiet.

When the closing bell rang and the gate of the Zen garden slowly closed, a cloud of white clouds suddenly fell in front of the small temple that Venerable Liuli had originally built.

When the white clouds falling from the sky dispersed, something in the clouds suddenly showed its true form.

It was a round disk about ten feet in diameter, seemingly made of white jade.

The disc is engraved with a large number of strange-shaped runes, and is also inlaid with a large number of blue jade stones in a special pattern.

Yan Tianying, Wanfa Zhenren, Shen Lang, and Bai Shishi were standing on the white jade disk.

When he got off the white jade disk, Shen Lang's legs and feet were a little shaky, and he felt a little nervous.

Without it, the white jade disc offered by Master Wan Fa would have flown too high and too fast just now.

However, its area is only about ten feet in diameter. When it is flying at high altitude, it is surrounded by a thin layer of clouds and mist. If you lower your head casually, you can see the ground thousands of feet below.

The riding experience on this kind of aircraft is really terrible.

Despite Shen Lang's boldness, it was not until he finally got his feet on the ground that he truly breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Lang was stunned, not to mention Bai Shishi. Her face was pale, and her legs and feet were as soft as cooked noodles. Shen Lang's arms were tightly grasped with both hands, and half of her body was almost hanging on him. Then she reluctantly

Stand firm.

"How are you doing? Do you feel okay?" Yan Tianying asked caringly.

Shen Lang didn't show off and said honestly:

"It's okay. I'm just a little dizzy."

Yan Tianying smiled and said:

"It's like this for the first time riding this flying instrument. Just get used to it."

When he spoke, Wanfa Zhenren San Yuzhen, who was dressed in simple and elegant blue clothes, had a calm and tranquil temperament, and gave people a sense of ethereal immortality, gently waved to the white jade disc, and the white jade disc immediately flew towards her palm, floating in the air.

As it flew, its size shrank rapidly. When it landed in her palm, it had grown from a square foot to the size of a chess piece.

Master Wanfa put the "chess pieces" in his sleeves, walked gracefully to the door of the small temple, raised his hand, knocked twice, and called out:

"Liu Li, I'm here! Open the door quickly."

Soon, Fa Liuli's soft and ethereal sweet voice came from behind the temple door:

"It's Yuzhen, why did you think of coming to see me today?"

The temple door opened silently, and he appeared in front of everyone, dressed in a snow-white dress, with black hair hanging down his waist, crystal skin that seemed to be flowing with moonlight, and a cinnabar mark between his eyebrows. He was ethereal and pure, like a goddess who had been banished to the mortal world.

There was a smile on the corners of her lips and pear dimples on her cheeks. She smiled and greeted Master Wanfa first, then looked towards Yan Tianying:

"Master Yan is here too? What happened that made it possible for you two to come together?"

While talking, when she saw Shen Lang and Bai Shishi, she suddenly let out a light sigh:

"Is it you? Little monk Fahai, how come you got together with Master Yan and Master Wanfa?"

Shen Lang coughed dryly and stepped forward to salute:

"Meet Venerable Liuli. That person, my real name is Shen Lang, is not actually a monk... Because we were investigating at that time, I had no choice but to disguise my identity, pretend to be a monk, and deceive the Venerable. I hope that the Venerable will forgive me."

Fa Liuli smiled sweetly, showing no anger at all:

"I have already guessed that you are a fake monk who practices Zen. But since you can cultivate the true teachings of Buddhism, you are destined to be a Buddhist. It is too late to become a real monk now!"

"..."

Shen Lang was speechless and looked at Yan Tianying as if asking for help.

Yan Tianying laughed and quickly came to the rescue:

"Liu Li, don't even think about trying to get him into Buddhism. Shen Lang is my man. I, the Divine Catcher, will make great use of him."

"Yeah?"

Fa Liuli was not disappointed either, and said with a smile:

"That doesn't matter. Little Monk Fa Hai's Buddhist connections and wisdom roots are in his own karma and roots. Now he is yours, but you can't tell in the future! Okay, don't stand at the door.

Come on, come in and talk!"

Welcoming everyone into the main hall of the small temple, they saw the Bodhisattva statue standing in the main hall of the small temple, which looked exactly like Venerable Liuli himself.

Shen Lang didn't know much about Buddhism in this world.

At this time, he looked at the statue of Bodhisattva standing on the ninth-grade lotus platform, wearing a tassel on his chest, a lotus dharma crown on his head, black hair hanging down his waist, eight arms, each with a seal, and his appearance was almost exactly the same as that of Fa Liuli.

There was a flash of doubt in his eyes.

Thinking again about when he was practicing the "Great Sun Tathagata" visualization method, the Buddha's image he visualized also looked like his face. He thought to himself: Could it be that all the great Buddhist monks in this world worshiped him and cultivated the image in his heart?

Buddha?

When he was confused, Fa Liuli seemed to see his doubts and smiled:

"When you reach the first level of merit and understand your mind and nature in the future, you can also build a temple, make your own Dharma statue, and worship Dharma Sea Bodhisattva."

"..."

The corners of Shen Lang's eyes twitched slightly, and he really wanted to ask: Can we Buddhists, like the monks in that country who lived a good life, get married and have children, and pass the temples from father to son from generation to generation?

If he hadn't asked for Venerable Liuli on this trip, and he was worried about offending her too much, Shen Lang would have asked the question.

"Liu Li, don't joke around with the little guy. I came to see you today because I have serious business."

At this time, Master Wanfa opened his mouth to come to the rescue:

"Do you still remember the projected incarnation of the extraterrestrial demon god that you saw on the first floor of the 'Yunding Demon Palace' a few days ago? She has been able to put a trace of power into the present world through the seal, causing an impact on the present world."

Venerable Liuli frowned slightly and became serious:

"You mean, the half-human, half-spider female demon?"

Master Wanfa nodded slightly:

"Yes, that's her. She calls herself the 'Spider Mother' and claims to be the daughter of the earth, the Father of Heaven and the Mother of the Earth. She is in charge of the reproduction of all things and the destination of all creatures on the earth before and after death.

"In this name, she inspired believers, bewitched and corrupted several ignorant women, and became her fanatical followers, offering blood sacrifices to her..."

After Master Wanfa briefly told what happened to Shen Lang, Yan Tianying looked at Fa Liuli and said solemnly:

"Yu Zhen and I came to you because we want to ask for your help to wash away the forbidden mark in Bai Shishi's soul, help her get rid of the spider mother's control, and help Shen Lang cut off the karma between him and the spider mother.

All the costs of the exorcism ritual will be borne by me."

Fa Liuli shook his head gently:

"Subduing demonic obstacles is the duty of Buddhist monks like us. What's more, young monk Fa Hai is destined to be a Buddha? There is no need to mention the consumption of the ritual, Mr. Yan. However, it is easy to wash away the forbidden mark in the spirit of Bai Donor, and cut off the method.

The cause and effect between Little Monk Hai and the Spider Mother may be a bit difficult to deal with."

Bai Shishi bravely asked in a low voice:

"Why is it easy to wash away the restrictions on the soul, but difficult to cut off the cause and effect? ​​Shouldn't it be the other way around?"

Fa Liuli shook his head and sighed:

"The restriction on the soul actually exists, and of course it is easier to wash away. The causal connection is ethereal, so it is naturally difficult to cut off."

Yan Tianying frowned:

"Then what should we do? The Spider Mother may retaliate against Shen Lang with the Dream Demon Curse at any time. With his current level of cultivation, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist."

Fa Liuli pondered for a while and said:

"Let's help Donor Bai remove the restrictions on his soul first. I speculate that the reason why little monk Fahai has not been retaliated by the spider mother in the past two days after killing many spider sisters is probably because Donor Bai is still here.

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"If the restriction on the soul of the White Donor is removed, it will be equivalent to the annihilation of all seven apostles of the Spider Mother. The Spider Mother will react strongly soon. At that time, we will need to fight her again in the air. Let's try it.

Let’s see how much power she can still exert outside the ‘Yunding Demon Palace’ and in this present world.”
To be continued...