That morning, Zhao Ran received a message from Monk Xingzhen, saying that Baoen Temple vegetarian restaurant in the northern suburbs outside the city was doing a good job, and he wanted to invite the donor to come out and try it.
Zhao Ran is now focused on cultivating "Xin Cheng'an" so that he can return to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, so he doesn't want to go. But after thinking about it for a while, this monk Xingzhen is after all a monk in the west hall of Jinzhen Hall of Tianlongyuan. This kind of person
His position was not high and his power was not small, so he could not be easily offended. In order to avoid any setbacks, he reluctantly agreed.
Buddhism is different from Taoism. Taoism is divided into pavilions and palaces, but Buddhism does not. Buddhist temples, large and small, are located there, some of which have practices, and some have no practice, such as Baoen Temple in the northern suburbs of Xingqing Prefecture.
It's just an ordinary, ordinary temple.
Rather than saying that Baoen Temple is a serious Buddhist temple, it is better to say that it is a place for Xingqing people to enjoy outings. Five miles north of the city, Baoen Temple is built next to the picturesque Little West Lake, with green grass and lush trees. It is an outing
It is a good place. After enjoying the scenery, tourists happened to feel hungry, so they went to Baoen Temple to donate some incense money and have a vegetarian meal, which tasted quite good.
The road to Baoen Temple is easy to walk, it is a formal official road, and the carriage arrived outside the temple gate in a short time.
After getting off the car and entering the temple gate, I pretended to give up a lot of money, lit three sticks of incense, and accompanied by the monk Zhike, I briefly visited various Buddhist halls and paid homage to various Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. It only took a moment.
The monk who knew the guest had already passed the pass and knew it well, so he led Zhao Ran to the back garden, where the ponds and pavilions were exquisite and impressive. There were hidden dining rooms, either single-family or row-by-row. Zhao Ran looked like
Very familiar.
The monk who knew the guest smiled and said: "Donor Cheng, our temple's methods of receiving pilgrims were learned from the Jinbo Hall of Donor Cheng."
Zhao Ran said "Ah" and cupped his hands: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it doesn't have a special flavor."
After leading Zhao Ran to a small pavilion surrounded by flowers and trees, Zhike Monk left. Zhao Ran raised his head and looked at the pavilion, which was named "Xingming".
In addition to Xingzhen, there was another monk sitting in the pavilion, who was about the same age as Xingzhen.
The two monks put their hands together in the pavilion and saluted: "I am the donor."
Zhao Ran hurriedly replied: "I have met two masters."
The monks in Tianlongyuan all have a strong sense of worldliness in their bodies, which does not mean that they are worldly, but that they are contaminated by a lot of worldly fireworks.
Xingzhen didn't have so many false pretences, so he introduced directly: "Cheng Donor, this is Junior Brother Mingjue who is a close friend of the poor monk and also works in Tianlong Academy."
Zhao Ran was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses, pointed at the plaque with the name of the pavilion and said with a smile: "Xingming Pavilion, no wonder, no wonder!"
Two monks, Xingzhen and Mingjue, both worked together in the Golden Needle Hall of Tianlongyuan. One was a monk in the West Hall and the other was a deacon. Since these two can work together as ministers in Tianlongyuan, it means that they both have a spiritual realm.
Logically speaking, practicing monks generally would not take the initiative to make friends with ordinary mortals, but because they were inexplicably involved in the Taoist monk Duanmu Chunming's "enlightenment" incident, the process of getting to know Xingzhen was more natural, and this Mingjue, before Xingzhen
He was said to be a calligraphy enthusiast. Zhao Ran felt that their meeting today was probably related to his identity as the owner of Jinbo Club.
As for the exposure of his identity, Zhao Ran is not very worried. He has dealt with Xingzhen several times and is already familiar with him. Since Xingzhen did not use Buddhist supernatural powers to see his true face before, of course he will not do so for no reason in the future.
Because Zhao Ran has now figured it out. How can ordinary people use supernatural powers to see your true face when they are in daily interactions? Even this kind of thought is unlikely to occur. If there really is such a monk, then his brain circuit is really
It's not something that ordinary people can understand.
Therefore, it was quite easy for Zhao Ran to get along with the two monks from Tianlong Temple. They drank tea and talked about interesting things without much pressure.
As they talked, the topic turned to the Duanmu Chunming "proving the truth" incident that happened a few days ago. Although Tianlongyuan blocked the news from the outside world and issued a gag order, these three were all parties to the incident and were all at the scene at the time.
There is no issue of leakage.
Compared with the truth about sex, Mingjue is a little more outgoing. He is a very talkative person. In a few sentences, he clearly explained all the losses in Buddhism.
The power of the ninth-level magic talisman was too strong, and it directly caused tragic casualties to many monks present. More than ten monks from various temples "passed away" on the spot, and more than 20 monks were injured. In addition, officials and sergeants present were killed and injured.
Hundreds more.
Among them, the biggest loss was at Gaotai Temple, where two eminent monks in the Arhat realm were all killed on the spot, which could be described as a serious loss of vitality.
The two Bodhisattvas at Jietan Temple and Wentian Temple were also seriously injured, and it was said that their cultivation was somewhat unstable.
As for Tianlongyuan, Master Senluo, who is in the Bodhisattva realm, bore the brunt of the damage. His internal organs were shattered and he is still undergoing treatment. Even if he is cured, he may not be able to recover in three to five years, and his realm may even be knocked down. This loss can be said to be quite heavy.
, Master Senluo's realm cultivation and fighting skills are at the top level in the entire Xia Kingdom Buddhism, but he had no choice but to encounter the appearance of the magic talisman. It is a good result that he did not die on the spot.
Therefore, there are also some people who are complaining about the injustice, secretly complaining to the Elders' Hall, and Master Senluo should not be appointed to execute a mere monk with a yellow crown. Of course, these people are only thinking after the fact, and such people generally cannot make any big waves.
But Zhao Ran believed that Tianlongyuan's arrangements must be more than just executing a Huang Guan, which can be seen from the giant palm that appeared later.
Mingjue said with lingering fear: "The poor monk was on duty that day and was not on the execution platform. Otherwise, he might not be able to see the donor today."
Xingzhen and Zhao Ran also told the story of how they escaped, and the three of them were all frightened.
Mingjue said: "Listen to what Shenxiu said, this talisman is undoubtedly a ninth-level divine talisman. Most of its power is to help the demon escape. The Taoist sect has a name called the Virtual Reality Cave Heaven Illusion True Talisman. It is about three levels."
The meaning of jumping back and forth between thousands of worlds. Chief Shenxiu also said that if this ninth-level magic talisman is used for fighting, no one present will leave a trace..."
Zhao Ran thought to himself, it turns out that this is the legendary city-returning talisman. The ninth-level talisman is really abnormal. If he can refine the ninth-level talisman in the future, wouldn't it mean that no one would dare to control this world if it goes sideways?
Talking about Duanmu Chunming, the two monks Xingzhen and Mingjue had very strange feelings towards him. Mingjue said: "The elders and leaders in Tianlongyuan all said that this evil way may have a technique that requires one to experience it in life and death."
territory."
As a relative insider involved in the matter, Zhao Ran's guess is well-founded. But for the monks at Tianlongyuan, where did this inference come from?
Mingjue revealed that Golden Needle Hall has been busy working on this matter in the past few days. They mobilized all their hands and finally found the record of Duanmu Chunming among the vast amounts of information in recent years.