He Xie waited at the foot of Lingshan Mountain for eighty-one days.
He hid himself by a spring in the west of the bamboo forest and practiced quietly, appearing very patient.
He has no idea how many big guys there are on Lingshan Mountain, and what was said at the Bon Festival, and he has no interest in knowing. He just wants to weaken his sense of existence as much as possible, rely on the big tree of the Western Teaching, and practice well in the shade.
The disgusting thing about this world is that many powerful people can know everything in the world with just a few clicks, which makes He Xie very insecure.
The good thing is that these bosses must know He Xie as a person and know his thoughts, in order to detect the abnormality of He Xie, a stowaway. If He Xie is low-key enough, the bosses will not even know He Xie.
He has never paid attention to the existence of evil, so he is naturally safe.
But now, He Xie is a little bit uncertain. The feeling of being watched by the five big bosses before was always making him feel a little uneasy.
When the afterglow of the setting sun on the eighty-first day gradually disappeared from the sky, a ball of golden light above Lingshan slowly came towards He Xie.
He Xie immediately stopped practicing and grew taller.
As the golden light got closer, He Xie realized that it was actually a black bear monster.
There is a golden aperture behind the head of the black bear monster, and the golden light is emitted from this aperture.
He Xie's heart suddenly moved. He sensed a familiar power from the golden light, similar to the power of Zhang Neng.
Could it be——it’s merit?
"You are not a good brother, you are not a good brother!" The black bear monster shouted loudly from a distance, with a cordial tone in his voice, which made He Xie slightly stunned.
Is there something wrong with this attitude?
Soon, the black bear monster lowered its cloud head and arrived in front of He Xie, and greeted him with a smile.
"Unrighteous brother, I kept you waiting for so long. This is all my fault. Please forgive me, forgive me!" The black bear monster's face was filled with enthusiasm, and he came up to hold He Xie's hand.
There was a strange flash in He Xie's eyes: "Sir, you..."
"Hey!" The black bear monster pretended to be displeased, "I've seen you outside, dear brother! What do you call me, venerable? If you think highly of me, just call me Brother Hei!"
"Brother Hei?" He Xie's expression became even weirder. He had some vague guesses in his heart and couldn't help but sigh.
As expected, the more you worry about something, the more it will happen.
With this attitude, it would be strange to say that it was not the reason for the attention of the previous big bosses.
"My dear brother, the fate between you and me is really deep." The black bear monster took He Xie's sign language and said earnestly, "It's not like we don't know each other before we fight, and we have traveled thousands of miles together. My dear brother, tell me, since
You and I know each other, but have I ever treated you badly?"
"That's not true." He Xie said.
"That's right!" The black bear monster said with a smile, "You humans have a saying, don't forget the man who dug the well when you are drinking water. Dear brother, you must never forget that it was me, Lao Hei, who brought you to Lingshan.
"
Why is it that he seems to be smiling but not smiling, so he is trying to repay his kindness?
"Let's sworn brothers!" Black Bear Monster's eyes suddenly lit up, "Brother Xian, you don't mind Brother Hei's vulgarity, do you?"
"Of course not," He Xie said with a smile, "but the most important thing between brothers is understanding each other. Why do we need to imitate those ordinary people and do unnecessary things? Brother Hei, please take care of me in the future."
"Hey, hey, hey!" The black bear monster was immediately overjoyed and agreed repeatedly, "Brother, you are really blessed. Do you know that at the Bon Bon Festival, King Dali Bodhisattva recommended you in one fell swoop, and the Buddha granted you enlightenment on the spot?
, From now on, you will also be my fellow teacher!"
"I wonder what attainment Buddha promised me?" He Xie asked.
"Brother Rong, give it a try." The black bear monster smiled mysteriously, "Let's go, I will take you to see the King of Power Bodhisattva first!"
With that said, he pulled He Xie and walked up the mountain.
He Xie sighed in his heart again. Now that things have come to this, he doesn't have much fear or panic. After all, he has made various plans since he knew what kind of world this is. This result is not the worst.
The black bear monster kept getting close to He Xie along the way, and He Xie also talked to him along the way, and finally got some information.
The process of the Bon Festival is divided into four steps. First, the Buddha lectures, then rewards the merits, then punishes the lawless, and finally there is a vegetarian banquet.
According to the black bear monster, when the third step was carried out, unlike previous Bon Bon gatherings, this time the Buddha took real action and severely punished more than a dozen Arhats who violated the rules and precepts. Even a Bodhisattva was punished.
Implicated, the Buddha ordered him to face the wall and meditate for five hundred years.
This time the Buddha particularly talked about the issue of incense. It probably means that the management of incense in Western religions is very chaotic nowadays. Some believers ignore the teachings and regard the precepts as nothing for the sake of incense. In addition, there are many cases of private theft of incense. Supervision must be strengthened.
And the fruition status that He Xie obtained this time was related to incense.
Reminiscent of the black bear monster's arrogant and respectful attitude, He Xie was keenly aware that the fruit position he obtained was probably a position of real power.
But before figuring out what's so special about this location, He Xie first needs to know the most basic thing - what is the use of incense?
Originally, he had been holding back this question and not asked, because he was afraid that he would show his cowardice and be suspected by the black bear monster, so he planned to wait until he got the fruition status, and then he would slowly study it himself.
But now that he has been noticed, it doesn't matter.
The black bear monster was really surprised when he heard He Xie's question: "Brother Xian, you don't even know this?"
He Xie said: "I only know that incense is important, but I don't know how important it is."
"Not only is it very important, if you want to succeed in cultivation, incense is indispensable!" Black Bear Monster lamented, "If it weren't for incense, wouldn't it be fun for me, Lao Hei, to be a free mountain king? Why should I enter the West...
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Only halfway through, the black bear monster suddenly stopped, shook his head and changed the topic.
"My dear brother, the saying "Xianghuo" did not appear before the battle of the gods in ancient times. At that time, the heaven was first established and the saints appeared. All the spirits in the world only need to breathe in and practice and survive the thunder tribulation, and then they can reach the level of Taiyi.
However, if you want to take a step closer, you need to pour merit from heaven."
"It's a pity that merit is so easy to obtain. With the entanglement of cause and effect, even saints dare not act lightly. If you are not careful, merit will turn into sin. If you break the practice, it will be a trivial matter. If you accidentally lose your soul, it will happen all the time.
Something happened..."
"Later, the four religions unified the three realms and unified the way of heaven. It became even more difficult for all beings in the world to practice cultivation. Without merit, even Xuanxian could not cultivate. And to obtain merit, it is a hundred times more difficult and dangerous than in ancient times."
"Later on the second Peach Blossom Meeting, the four religions and the Heavenly Court established a rule that incense can be exchanged for merit. Of course, our Western religions call it incense and merit, and the three Taoist religions call it wish power and good luck. Only with incense can we obtain it.
Merit, only with merit can you become an immortal through cultivation, just tell me how important this incense is!"