While traveling.

The abbot heard that Qin Sang came from afar and seemed to want to discuss Buddhism with him.

The best principles in the world are shared by Buddhism and Taoism.

But Buddhist debate has its own set of rules.

After entering the Western Desert, Qin Sang understood the essence of Buddhism and was able to cope with it. He pretended to be a lay believer instead of a wandering monk, and made up such a rhetoric. It was for this reason.

After hearing this, Abbot Seng Yan realized that Qin Sang was not a true layman who had converted to Buddhism and would not have too high demands on him.

"Recently, I heard that a layman was worshiping the Buddha in the vast sea, and he behaved respectfully. I think it must be layman Mingyue," Seng Yan asked, "Since layman Mingyue has repented and intends to eliminate his karma, why not choose a temple to take refuge in my Buddha?"

"Mo Xue is worried that the world of mortals will not be over, and it will break into the pure land."

Qin Sang replied respectfully.

When Seng Yan heard this, Wei Kucha shook his head, thinking he had seen through Qin Sang's thoughts.

This person may be afraid that worshiping the Buddha to eliminate karma is a lie, but it is true that he has encountered a bottleneck in his practice, and his hard work has yielded no results. He intends to find a breakthrough opportunity in Buddhism.

In the Buddhist land of Sand Sea, there are thousands of Buddhists.

Such situations occur frequently.

Some even simply become ordained and become monks, completely changing their family background and practicing Buddhist practices. In fact, they do not have any respect for the Buddha in their hearts.

However, even among those true masters of the Buddhist sect, how many of them believe in me, the Buddha? Otherwise, how could they not even be able to defend themselves against a arrogant person who calls himself a ‘Bodhisattva’?

If many Buddhist techniques and supernatural powers could not be confirmed by Buddhist scriptures, and even the chance to improve might be obtained, I am afraid that even Buddhist scriptures would not be opened.

Seng Yan was determined to change the atmosphere of Buddhism, but he knew that his efforts were insignificant. He sighed in his heart and did not expose Qin Sang, "Ming Yue layman came from the land of three thousand Buddhas, what do you think of the Moonlight Bodhisattva?"

Saying that, Seng Yan glanced at Qin Sang subconsciously.

A bright moon, a moonlight, what a coincidence.

"I don't dare to lie, I only understand one truth. No matter where Moonlight Bodhisattva comes from, since he understands the principles of Buddhism and understands the Buddha's nature, he is the most holy teacher, whom I yearn for."

Qin Sang asked for a clever answer.

Monk Yan was dumbfounded. After standing there for a while, he woke up as if from a dream. He bowed deeply to Qin Sang and said, "Fortunately, Mingyue layman woke me up. It's the poor monk who has become a monk!"

Qin Sang was speechless. He was not interested in Seng Yan's thoughts and just wanted to bring the topic to Yinchan Temple as soon as possible.

After this article, Monk Yan became more and more enthusiastic about Qin Sang, claiming that Qin Sang was born with Buddha nature, "If Mingyue layman does not want to be ordained, he might as well stay alone in the temple and practice for a few days. The poor monk hopes to have a long talk with the layman."

Hearing this, Qin Sang's heart moved, and he nodded in agreement after pretending to hesitate.

For a period of time after that, Qin Sang continued to go his own way. He went out early in the morning, went to various temples, burned incense and worshiped Buddha meticulously, and returned to Beishan Temple in the evening.

Whenever it was time to light the lamp, Abbot Seng Yan would come to talk to him about the sutras and Dharma.

Seng Yan is a true believer, very rare among the Buddhist monks Qin Sang came into contact with during this period.

At first, Qin Sang was only thinking of dealing with Seng Yan, and was waiting for the time to find out about Yinchan Temple.

After a few days, Qin Sang became more and more interested in listening to it, and even began to study the Buddhist scriptures carefully.

He was able to achieve today's Taoism and his determination was firm, but it was impossible to truly convert to Buddhism. The reason was that he found that studying Buddhist scriptures seemed to be beneficial to the "Seven Masters of the Buddha's Seal".

He had already perfected the first four seals of "Seven Masters of Buddha's Seal" before. Looking at it now, it is clear that there are still many subtleties in the first four seals, which he has ignored.

"Seven Masters of Buddha's Seal" is not as simple as killing magical powers, it coincides with Buddhist principles. The first four seals he "refined" echo each other, and the order in which they are arranged also hides mysteries.

For this reason, Qin Sang borrowed the Buddhist scriptures collected by Beishan Temple from Abbot Sengyan and read through almost all of them.

Of course he has not forgotten the real mission of this trip.

After patiently paving the way, we naturally led to Yinchan Temple.

"Today I was worshiping the Buddha, and I overheard a mage talking about a secret." Qin Sang showed a curious expression, "Years ago, there was no Buddha light shining in the vast sea. A virtuous and eminent monk came here alone, built the first Buddhist temple, and promoted

Buddhism can save all people, but I don’t know which holy temple it is?”

Monk Yan smiled when he heard this and said, "The holy temple that Master Mingyue mentioned is Yinchan Temple. The great virtuous monk is Hongyi Zun. Yinchan Temple is today's Zhulan Temple."

Qin Sang was startled when he heard this, "Why did you change your name?"

Venerable Hongyi is the eminent monk who left the Buddha's bone relics.

This venerable is not a venerable from the Canglang Maritime Merchant Alliance, but is the honorific title given to Yuanying monks by Buddhism.

Zhulan Temple is the first of the Seven Stars in the Vast Sea today, and originally inherited the Taoist tradition of Yinchan Temple.

It's so simple, he didn't even know about it before.

"It's not a name change."

Monk Yan shook his head, "Venerable Hong Yi was originally named Tao Yu. He practiced in Zhulan Temple when he was young. He became very successful in cultivation. He traveled around the world and saw evil demons running rampant in the vast sea. He made a great wish to help all the people in the vast sea escape from the sea of ​​suffering. The evil demons are powerful.

Venerable Hongyi was worried about bringing disaster to his sect, so he concealed his name and built Yinchan Temple. Later, Venerable Hongyi opened up the situation, and Zhulan Temple happened to be forced by a powerful enemy, so he moved the monks to Hanhai."

Mentioning Venerable Hongyi, Seng Yan did not hide his admiration, "Venerable Hongyi once said that merit lies in the heart and does not seek fame in vain. In his later years, he restored his original name, the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha, until he was enthroned. Until the grand ceremony of Zhulan Temple

After the enemy's power declined, the name "Zhulan Temple" was restored, and later a pagoda was built in the temple for Venerable Hongyi. Zhulan Temple held a Dharma assembly every ten years, originally to commemorate Venerable Hongyi.

But now it has become a place where disciples from various temples fight bravely."

Qin Sang suddenly realized that this was the case.

When Xiaoxiangzi first discovered the Buddha's bone relics, Zhulan Temple was still called Yinchan Temple.

Seng Yan was wrong about one thing. Venerable Hongyi was not sitting normally.

Xiaoxiangzi analyzed that Venerable Hongyi probably had an accident when he was hitting the bottleneck of the late Nascent Soul. His body died and his Tao disappeared, leaving behind the Buddha's bone relics.

According to common sense, Venerable Hongyi failed to break through on his own. Even if he left special relics, he would not be able to help future generations break through to the same realm.

However, Xiaoxiangzi discovered something unusual in the Buddha bone relics. He suspected that Venerable Hongyi used some kind of Buddha treasure when he made a breakthrough. When he passed away, the relics and Buddha treasures accidentally merged to form a unique Buddha bone relic.

This kind of relic cannot be copied.

Zhulan Temple built a pagoda for Venerable Hongyi.

Are Buddha bone relics enshrined in pagodas?

Qin Sang was secretly happy. He secretly finally found a clue. He continued to inquire and learned that the next Dharma Assembly will be in two years. On the day of the Dharma Assembly, disciples from all temples can enter Zhulan Temple and may have a chance to get close to the pagoda.

, is the best time to observe.

He and Liuli had traveled thousands of miles and didn't care to wait two more years.

After learning the news, Qin Sang did not stop worshiping the Buddha. He steadily advanced from oasis to oasis, and his behavior remained respectful.

One year later.

Qin Sang finally arrived at the largest oasis where Zhulan Temple is located.

Zhulan Temple is built in the mountains beside the lake.

The temples are continuous, pure and solemn.

Not surprisingly, Zhulan Temple is not as relaxed as Beishan Temple. Foreign monks can worship Buddha and make orders, but they are only allowed to visit the front temple, and the back mountain is a forbidden area.

The pagoda is built on the back hill.

According to the information obtained by Qin Sang, there are three venerables in Zhulan Temple. Among them, Venerable Chengyuan is in the middle stage of Yuanying. This venerable meditates all the year round and has not left Zhulan Temple for many years. Whether he has improved further in his cultivation has not yet been revealed.

It can be known.

One is in the middle stage of Yuanying and two are in the early stage of Yuanying. Qin Sang thinks that he and Liuli can handle it.

The most troublesome thing is the temple-protecting spiritual array of Zhulan Temple.

When Qin Sang entered Zhulan Temple to worship the Buddha, the spiritual array was in routine operation. Even without turning on all its power, he could still feel that the spiritual array was extraordinary.

There are many differences between the Buddhist spiritual formation and the formation he learned at Yuan Mirage Sect, and it is especially good at defense.

The pagoda forbidden area is located at the core of the spiritual formation.

How to sneak into the forbidden area, obtain the Buddha's bone relics, and escape unharmed while being surrounded by the three venerables requires careful planning.

If you cannot evacuate in time, what you will have to face next is attacks from both inside and outside by experts from various temples!

After briefly observing the layout of Zhulan Temple, Qin Sang returned to Beishan Temple again. While waiting for the opportunity, he studied Buddhist scriptures intensively, and made significant progress in "The Seal of the Seven Masters."

He does not agree with Seng Yan's philosophy, but he respects everyone who persists, even if Seng Yan's cultivation is far inferior to him.

On the premise of not exposing himself, he would sometimes say a few words quietly. Abbot Seng Yan would not feel anything for the time being, but he would discover the beauty of it as his cultivation deepens.

The Dharma conference came as scheduled.

Zhulan Temple is open to the public and holds a religious ceremony in the back mountain. It is a good time to get in touch with the pagoda.

Abbot Seng Yan did not like this kind of Dharma gathering, so he ordered a junior disciple to lead the true disciples in the temple to Zhulan Temple to attend the gathering. Qin Sang won the opportunity to accompany him.

The process of the Dharma conference is very complicated.

It is said that in the past, there were two Dharma debates and Dharma fights, both of which were equally important. The temples in the vast sea took out treasures and rewarded them to the winning disciples as an encouragement.

Later, fighting became the focus, while debate was not taken seriously and the process was extremely boring. Some people even proposed to ban it.

Qin Sang can actually understand these Buddhist disciples.
To be continued...