Simulated Immortal Cultivation: Beginning with Changchun's Immortality

Chapter 18 Dingguang Temple

The next morning, the east was white.

There was a spring rain last night, and I went west of the city to the country road to Dingguang Temple. Three or four carriages were driving hard through the muddy dirt road after the rain.

The leader was a handsome young man in brocade clothes, turning his face from time to time, talking to the young man beside him on a good horse.

"Uncle Thirteen, do you know what is the most effective thing in Dingguang Temple?"

Hearing the address, the brocade-clothed man beside him who looked about the same age as him was actually his uncle.

"It can't be Avalokitesvara, can it?"

Thinking of the previous life, the monk Songzi who had to read almost every novel, the traveler couldn't help but joked.

This person is none other than Chen Qingzhi, who was tricked by his grandmother into going on a blind date at Dingguang Temple.

And the handsome young man in brocade clothes and angry horse is the eldest grandson of his uncle Hu Zhilu. According to Zhigao Mingyuan's character generation, he should be called Hu Mingxi.

"Hahaha, I dare not let other pilgrims hear this."

Obviously hearing Chen Qingzhi's implication, Hu Mingxi showed an ambiguous smile on his face that you know and I know.

"If you want to say that the most effective thing in this Dingguang Temple is the ever-burning lamp enshrined in front of the Buddha."

"Eternal light?" Chen Qingzhi showed a curious expression.

Because of Gein's experience in his previous life, when he was in Yanzhou Mansion, he often visited nearby Taoist temples.

Everywhere he went, he did not hesitate to pay a lot of money, just to see the magic.

It's just that most of the Taoist temples in Yanzhou Mansion have a false name, and perhaps those with real skills are hidden from him.

Not to mention Buddhist temples, Yanzhou prefecture is located on a steep mountain, with few traces of Buddha, and the most decent one in a radius of a hundred miles is probably the clay Bodhisattva temple with half of the Buddha statues in ruins.

Now when I suddenly heard that there was a miraculous ever-burning lantern in Dingguang Temple, I immediately became interested in it quietly.

"No, it's said that when Dingguang Temple was built in the past, two wandering monks with ugly faces passed by to beg for lodgings."

"It's just that the two of them have no precepts and no public inspection. Seeing that the two men's origins are unknown and their faces are fierce, the monks in the temple think that they are just bandits pretending to be the name of the Lord Buddha. They persuaded the then abbot Fazheng Zen Master Wan Don't be softhearted."

"The master has been kind to people all his life, and he thought that it was getting late, wild animals would inevitably appear in the wilderness, if he refused the two monks, it would be the same as harming them, so he couldn't bear it, so he shared a room with them."

"I also asked my disciples to take some leftover steamed buns and vegetables from dinner, and serve them to satisfy my hunger."

"As a result, early the next morning, the abbot sent his disciples to invite two fellow practitioners to give lectures and recite scriptures, only to find that the two had gone to the empty building, leaving only an ever-burning lamp and a letter."

"The letter said that the two of them wandered here and saw that Zen Master Fangzheng kept his precepts with his heart and made a lot of merit, so he sent this test."

"Nowadays, Dingguang Temple is both humane and lacking in magic, so I let down this ever-burning lamp that can protect the faithful, and let Zen Master Fazheng enshrine it in front of the Buddha statue."

"At first, there was nothing miraculous about this everlasting lamp, but the old abbot thought it was a gift from a fellow practitioner, and the style was quite simple and solemn, which matched the Buddha statue very well, so he offered it in front of the case."

When Hu Mingxi talked about it, he suddenly paused here.

Chen Qingzhi looked forward following the other party's gaze, and the scene in front of him suddenly became clear. Clean and tidy stone slabs were paved all the way to the bottom of the wide steps, and at the end of the hundreds of steps, a majestic temple with ocher-yellow walls surrounded by cigarettes came into view.

This tall temple built on the mountain, the black plaque above the temple gate, with three large characters painted on it with gold sand grinding, Dingguang Temple.

The prosperous incense made the whole temple shrouded in misty white smoke, making it look like sitting high on the clouds.

Even at the foot of the mountain, Chen Qingzhi could faintly smell the unique sandalwood of the Buddhist Pure Land.

Different from the sparsely populated places along the way, groups of pilgrims have already climbed up the steps before the time of day.

Weng women, women and children, literati, merchants, all kinds of people, holding a few sticks of burning incense sticks in their hands, worshiped at every five steps, and walked devoutly all the way to Dingguang Temple on the top of the mountain.

"Then what happened later, where is the magic of this ever-burning lamp?"

Feeling vaguely that he seemed to be in the right place this time, Chen Qingzhi's heartbeat accelerated a lot, and he couldn't help urging.

"Here I want to mention a good believer who was a merchant. Once he went out to take a boat, unfortunately, he encountered a strong wind and a storm on the way, and everyone on the boat fell into the water. In the end, he was the only one who miraculously survived."

"It is said that when he was dying, he vaguely saw a tall and handsome beast flying from the west. It was far away at first, but after a blink of an eye or two, when the man realized that he was already lying on the ground. On the back of the alien beast."

"The strange beast disappeared into the sky soon after sending him ashore. The man checked his belongings, only to realize that the ink stain on the Buddha seal he asked for in Dingguang Temple was faint."

"Later, some believers had similar experiences. When their lives were dying, strange beasts came from the west and disappeared after saving their lives."

"At first, everyone didn't know why. It wasn't until someone discovered that the strange beast was exactly the same as the carving on the long-burning lamp, that they realized that the Lord Buddha was using that long-bright lamp to protect the believers in Dingguang Temple."

Chen Qingzhi still wanted to ask, but the old lady had already walked out of the carriage with the support of her grandson-in-law.

Facing his great-grandmother who believed in Buddhism, Hu Mingxi didn't dare to show off his knowledge again, honestly handed over the reins to the servants, and stood there motionless with his eyes on his nose, nose, nose, nose, and heart.

"Qing'er, I saw that Aunt Xue complained in her letter that there are not many temples in Yanzhou Prefecture. It is the first time you have seen such a grand and solemn temple. If you are curious, go around by yourself. Your cousin is enough to take care of you."

"Besides, the apse of Dingguang Temple is not open to anyone. You don't need to worry about someone bumping into the old man."

"There is no temple in the back garden. If you are not interested in Buddhism, the flowers and fruit trees planted there are worth seeing."

The purpose of the old lady's trip was not to ask her grandson to follow her besides worshiping the Buddha.

Young people can't let go of face in front of their elders, and it is inevitable that they get along with some estrangements. The old lady got along with a few old sisters, but found a place in the back garden of Dingguang Temple, specially for the little ones to meet.

Unexpectedly, these words were exactly what Chen Qingzhi wanted. Without his grandmother by his side, it would be convenient for him to ask more about the ever-burning ancient lamp.

I thought it was just an ordinary outing, but unexpectedly, there was such an unexpected joy. At this moment, he didn't know where he had forgotten about meeting the beautiful woman.

Women, huh, how can women have the fragrance of cultivating immortals!
At the moment, he just wants to see the legendary ever-burning ancient lamp with his own eyes. If he can realize something from it, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to his next life in seeking immortality.

Chen Qingzhi's gaze on the steps was extremely hot.

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