Only me in the world is normal

Jinshan Temple, as a major "scenic spot" in Yuhang Prefecture, is located halfway up Jinshan Mountain.

The continuous ancient temples are looming among the mountains and trees.

The road leading to the monastery is a newly built, wide and flat mountain road.

It is not steep, with a width of seven or eight meters.

Walks pretty smoothly.

The price is that it takes a little longer to walk, and you have to go around to get to Jinshan Temple—or you can take the old road that existed in the past, but now basically no one cares about it, and it is steep and difficult to walk.

When Xia Yanzhen was walking on Xinshan Road, there were many pilgrims beside him.

Jinshan Temple is full of incense, tourists, pilgrims, believers, faithful men and women are in an endless stream.

Only the frequent sudden heavy rain during this time can stop their footsteps.

In terms of popularity, only the Red House can match Jinshan Temple.

The heavy rain couldn't stop those men from going to the red building.

Faith and sexual desire are still a little bit worse, at least most of the believers in Jinshan Temple are like this.

It didn't take long for the sun to clear up today.

Before the accumulated water had time to completely evaporate, the mountain road was inevitably slippery. Xia Yanzhen came over and saw those people fell on the mountain road.

Fortunately, the steps on this mountain path are less than half a meter, which is quite flat.

There will be no scene where someone rolls all the way down and falls to his death.

Arriving outside the Jinshan Temple, the mountain gate was wide open, and two monks stood at the gate, showing their shoulders and arms, Kong Wu was powerful.

There is also a smiling and slightly blessed welcoming monk.

Looks great.

Inside the square, there is a huge incense burner with incense as thick as a man's forearm exuding white smoke.

The white smoke has a faint fragrance, covering the square.

Xia Yanzhen walked into the Daxiong Palace, and it was quite lively inside.

In front of the golden Buddha statue, there is a row of futons and a row of merit boxes.

It is mainly red, and there is also a merit box under the pillar carved with a golden dragon.

A group of pilgrims lined up to pay money and kowtow, with a pious look on their faces.

Xia Yan really didn't line up, and went straight forward.

Whether it is a pilgrim or a monk in the hall, immediately glared at him, and someone wanted to step forward to stop him.

How can such unruly behavior be allowed in the pure and holy place of Buddhism?

But when Xia Yanzhen took out a large pile of banknotes and stuffed them into the merit box, everyone fell silent and stopped in their tracks.

This doesn't count as jumping in the queue!
The vajra glaring on the monk's face immediately turned into the compassion of my Buddha.

What is piety?
This is called piety!

Regardless of the mind, the mind is still the state of the Buddha, and ordinary monks can't reach that state.

Therefore, if you donate a lot of incense money, it is pious.

The best believers!

Several monks walked quickly to Xia Yanzhen's side, said something with a smile on their faces, and welcomed him to the quiet room of the meditation room at the back of the main hall.

Such a devout benefactor must be treated well.

"Benefactor Xia, Abbot Fa Ming usually doesn't see outsiders, but the benefactor is so devout, the abbot can make an exception for this." The first monk said with a smile.

"En." Xia Yanzhen nodded.

Didn't make him wait too long.

Soon, the monk Fa Ming, who was dressed in a golden and red cassock and looked quite jeweled, arrived.

Compared with other monks who are generally lean or slightly fat, Fa Ming is tall and thin.

With a long white beard, if there is hair, it is a child with white hair.

After the monk Faming came in, he waved his hand to let the others go out, and there were only two people left in the meditation room.

"Benefactor Xia, what advice can you give me as an old monk?" Fa Ming's attitude was a little strange.

"Master Faming knows me?"

"The boat gang has been out to inquire about the news these days, and I still know what the reason is." Fa Ming smiled.

"The master must know what I'm looking for."

"Is Peach Blossom Spring right?"

"Yes." Xia Yanzhen didn't hide his purpose at all.

"To be honest, I have lived in Yuhang for decades, but I have never heard of Peach Blossom Spring." Fa Ming shook his head.

"No memory or clue?" Xia Yanzhen asked.

Faming shook his head.

"Okay, I heard from Chief Gu that Master is a cultivator?" Xia Yanzhen changed the subject.

"No, I'm just a practitioner. What I cultivate is not the Tao, but the Buddha." Fa Ming corrected.

"It's the same, the Buddha is the Tao." Xia Yanzhen said.

Faming didn't get angry: "I only think that Master Xia is joking."

"Master Faming, can you show me what method you are practicing?" Xia Yanzhen asked.

Fa Ming nodded: "What does Benefactor Xia want to see?"

As the abbot of Jinshan Temple, he often appeared in front of people in his early years. Otherwise, how would he maintain the strong incense of Jinshan Temple?

"It will be all right."

"Benefactor Xia, please take a look."

Fa Ming's solemn and treasured appearance stretched out his hands in the shape of twisting flowers, and spread out his palms directly.

Xia Yanzhen closed his right eye, and vaguely saw a group of blurred marks on Fa Ming's palm.

"what is this?"

"One thought blooms."

"Can this bloom?" Xia Yanzhen pointed to a green plant in the room.

"No."

"why?"

"Because it's a pocket of money, it won't bloom by itself."

"That is to say, this is a method to induce birth." Xia Yanzhen said.

"That's right." Fa Ming nodded, "The way of practice is different from martial arts. The latter only pursues destruction, while the former pursues the Dao."

After a pause, Fa Ming said: "Lord Xia, I think you have a predestined relationship with my Buddha, why don't you shave off three thousand threads of affliction, enter my Buddhist gate, and pursue the Dao."

Xia Yanzhen was not in a hurry to refuse: "Cultivation, what can you achieve? Don't talk about the ethereal Dao, can you fight like a martial arts practitioner?"

People who practice martial arts in this world can still fight very well.

In addition to performing fetching objects from the air for Xia Yanzhen, Gu Taihe also performed a volley punch, blasting a fleeting big crater on the surface of Qinghu Lake, and the waves splashed.

Except that there is no explosion sound, it is exactly the same as the way of showing martial arts in some movies and TV shows.

Gu Taihe showed his strength to Xia Yanzhen, hoping that both parties would respect each other.

Don't make unpleasant things happen.

You are strong and I am strong, you spend money and I do things, and everyone cooperates happily.

Of course, not everyone who practices martial arts can fight like this.

Those who have practiced martial arts to Gu Taihe's level are the few among the few. The entire Yuhang territory is full of fights and calculations, and there are not many.

In this city of Yuhang Prefecture, it is the only one.

"I can live forever." Faced with Xia Yanzhen's question, Fa Ming threw out an answer that most people would not refuse.

"Doesn't Buddhism pay attention to reincarnation?"

"No conflict," Faming said.

Live enough to go to reincarnation.

Die if you want to die, live if you want to live, this is the essence of Dao.

"I'm not interested in longevity, but I am interested in Taohuayuan. How about this, if the abbot helps me find Taohuayuan, I will enter Buddhism." Xia Yanzhen made a random promise.

"Benefactor Xia is so interested in the Peach Blossom Spring, may I ask where it is?" Fa Ming asked.

"Peach Blossom Spring comes from an ancient book that has been handed down in my family for an unknown amount of time."

Xia Yanzhen immediately memorized "Peach Blossom Spring", and of course, concealed the information related to the dynasty.

"I see."

Fa Ming nodded, "It is indeed a place that people yearn for. Where does Benefactor Xia want to live in seclusion?"

"That's right." Xia Yanzhen said ambiguously, "Why don't you ask Jinshan Temple to help you find the Peach Blossom Spring." It's a seclusion, but only for 24 hours.

Fa Ming frowned and shook his head: "Buddhism is a pure place, how can you—"

"Clap."

With a fairly crisp sound, Xia Yanzhen put a solid gold brick on the small table.

"..."

"..."

Faming looked at the gold brick.

Xia Yanzhen looked at Faming.

"How can you ignore the suffering of the world. Peach Blossom Spring, please don't worry, Master Xia. I will definitely mobilize all the believers to find this otherworldly place together." Fa Ming looked compassionate.

"Okay, then thank you Master." Xia Yanzhen said with a smile.

The purpose of this trip is basically achieved, and there is one more thing.

"Master, have you ever seen ghosts and ghosts?" Xia Yanzhen asked the last question.

"Demons, monsters, monsters, monsters, I have seen them, and I have subdued a few of them with my own hands." Fa Ming explained to Xia Yanzhen what monsters and monsters are.

There are actually "three types" of demons and ghosts, similar to what Xia Yanzhen recognized.

One is the demon, which is a monster that comes from the transformation of animals, plants and trees.

One is ghosts, formed by lingering grievances after death.

The last one is demons, those monks and warriors who commit crimes and kill people are demons.

In terms of rarity, the number of warriors is the largest, followed by demons and ghosts, and monks are the least.

And the three are the minority among the minority in the whole world.

Although personal force is powerful, it will not have too much influence on the world's major events - anyway, that's what Faming said.

"Actually, there is a big demon being suppressed in the Demon Subduing Pagoda on the mountain behind my Jinshan Temple." At the end, Fa Ming said.

"Can I have a look?" Xia Yanzhen was immediately interested.

Fa Ming smiled and shook his head and refused: "If Mr. Xia didn't have any demonic aura in him, I would have suspected that you are a big demon in shape."

"Is the shape-changing monster very strong?"

"Even if the old monk cleans it up, it will take a lot of work." Fa Ming said "modestly", "It is already a disaster for one side, and no one else would dare to look at it."

"How does it compare to Master Gu?"

"If we meet each other on a narrow road and fight to the death, and one side cannot escape, the old monk will die at the hands of Chief Gu." Faming is quite honest, "And Chief Gu will go back, and at most he will live for three to five years before he dies."

"What if we meet a big demon?"

"My old monk has more means of subduing monsters than Gangzhu Gu. I can subdue the big monsters that Gangzhu Gu can't take down."

"Monsters defeat warriors, warriors defeat monks, monks defeat monsters?" Xia Yanzhen asked, rock-paper-scissors?
Fa Ming said: "Not absolutely, I can only say that each has its own advantages and specialties."

"Understood, the matter of the Peach Blossom Spring will bother Master."

Xia Yanzhen stood up.

"Well, benefactor Xia will wait for the news." Fa Ming stood up and personally sent Xia Yanzhen to the gate of the mountain.

It attracted the attention of many believers and pilgrims. Who is this young man?

It doesn't look like an ordinary person, and Master Faming can send it off in person.

You know, Master Faming has not seen outsiders for many years.

After sending Xia Yanzhen away, Fa Ming returned to the meditation room.

After a while, someone opened the door and came in, it was Gu Taihe.

"How?" Gu Taihe asked.

Fa Ming shook his head: "No problem, it's not a demon."

"Cultivator?"

"No, unless his cultivation level is much higher than mine." Fa Ming still denied it.

"Then he is not a martial artist, why..." Gu Taihe couldn't figure it out.

This Xia Shishi was neither a warrior, nor a monk, nor a monster.

So what is his background?