The Dominance of Martial Arts: Starting from the Tiger Roaring Golden Bell

Chapter 256: A Buddha in the Sea of ​​Bitterness, a White-robed Monk
The Sea of ​​Bitterness, a Buddhist City.

On the endless dark brown cultivated land stood countless skinny and dark-skinned people wearing sleeveless T-shirts and knee-length shorts.

With determined eyes and sweat dripping down their cheeks, they wielded the various farm tools in their hands and directed them to the land.

Dilapidated wooden and stone houses stood in a disorderly manner around them.

Without exception, in front of the doors of these houses, there were old people, women and children kneeling and praying.

What they were kneeling down to worship were Buddha statues standing on lotus bases.

In front of each house, there is a lifelike Buddha statue, half a meter high, with the same appearance but different materials.

It is divided into three materials: brown wood, bluestone and brass.

These people were muttering something, and every time they knelt down, they pounded their heads into the ground.

Even the children stared at the Buddha statue and knelt down to worship it.

"The sea of ​​suffering is endless. Only by serving the gods and Buddhas with sincerity can one reach paradise early."

A group of strong men wearing black clothes and holding red sticks were walking in the cultivated land while shouting.

They looked back and forth at the people kneeling and worshipping.

If they found someone not being sincere enough when kneeling, they would immediately step forward, raise their red sticks and hit that person hard on the back.

If they see a beautiful girl or a cute child, they will take them away.

The families of those girls and children are very grateful for this.

Because this way they could pay one year less of offerings.

Looking in the direction these people were heading, a magnificent and magnificent temple appeared.

The temple is tens of meters high, with a hundred-meter-tall Buddha statue standing in the center.

The Buddha statue is made of gold, and the staff in his hand and the bodhi tree around his neck are both made of white jade.

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A pair of cloth shoes stepped on the cultivated soil and appeared in one person's sight.

The man looked in the direction of the cloth shoes and immediately knelt down on the ground.

"Mage!"

The handsome white-robed monk looked around.

Anyone who saw him fell to their knees, trembling all over.

"How are you doing?"

There was silence at first, and then everyone burst into passionate praises of ordinary life.

"It looks like you're not having a good time."

People stopped abruptly and looked at the monk secretly, somewhat at a loss.

This wizard seems to be different from the wizards in the city.

"Lower your heads! How dare you look up to the Master?!"

Nearby, the law enforcement team that came to inquire about the matter saw this scene and angrily scolded everyone.

Then, the leader walked up to the monk respectfully:

"May I ask, Master, are you from somewhere else?"

"donor..."

"I dare not! I dare not! Master, just call me your lowly slave."

The monk turned a deaf ear and continued talking to himself.

"Donor, I am indeed from another world."

"In that case, I will lead the mage to visit other mages in the city."

"Then I'll trouble you, benefactor."

"Go! Bring the chair over here!"

Several people in the law enforcement team left immediately.

"Master, sit down."

The leader kicked a man who was kneeling next to him.

The man understood what he meant and crawled to the monk's side, straightening his back.

The monk stood where he was, ignoring the "human chair" on the ground.

Soon, the people who had left brought the chairs back.

A cushioned chair was tied to four bamboo poles.

Persuaded by the leader, the monk sat on the chair.

As soon as he sat down, he noticed the origin of the leather cushion.

He sighed:
"Dear donors, let's go."

"Lift it slowly! Be steady! If you startle the wizard, I will skin you alive!"

On the way, the monk closed his eyes and remained silent.

The Dharma Protector Team was afraid that the monks would say something they shouldn't hear, so they tactfully kept silent.

Half an hour later, the Dharma Protection Team arrived at a Buddhist city that looked like a temple. In front of the arched city gate that looked like a mountain peak, a young monk wearing a gorgeous cassock and holding a Zen stick had been waiting for a long time.

His robes were sewn with gold and silver threads and hung with pearls and gems.

The Zen staff is made of gold and the Bodhi tree is made of white jade, making him look like a god.

"Amitabha, Yifo Temple respectfully welcomes the Master."

When a Buddhist monk spoke, his chair touched the ground, and the white-robed monk stood up to return the greeting.

There was no Zen staff, no robes, and not even a Bodhi tree.

A poor monk who came from another land to seek wealth? Then there is no need to inform the master.

The Buddhist monk looked at the white-robed monk and made up his mind. His expression changed from respectful to indifferent.

"My name is Qingmu. May I ask what is your name, Master?"

The white-robed monk looked at the beautiful girls standing in a row behind Qingmu, wearing loose red robes and lowering their heads without saying a word.

"All empty, who are they?"

Qingmu raised the corner of his mouth: "They are female lay Buddhists who are devoted to Buddhism. They heard that the master was coming, so they came to serve him."

The white-robed monk nodded:
"Master Qingmu, shall we go to the Yifo Temple first?"

"please."

Step into a Buddhist city and stand on white jade.

The streets of this Buddhist city, which are more than ten meters wide, are paved with white jade.

The female lay Buddhists, holding incense burners, walked in the front.

Waves of white mist continued to pour out from the flower-shaped incense burner, covering the ground with a layer of white carpet.

The two monks walked on the carpet, and Master Qingmu smiled and nodded to the cheering people around them.

The people in the One Buddha City are unlike those outside the city. They have ruddy faces, clean clothes, and hold "Buddhist instruments" such as bowls, pestles, and rosaries in their hands.

It’s just that the materials of these “Buddhist artifacts” are rather special, either leather or bone.

After a while, Jiekong arrived at the gate of a Buddhist temple.

"This door?"

"This door is made of the bones of countless sinners, all of whom were ignorant and disrespectful to the gods and Buddhas."

After passing through two wide bone doors several meters high, everyone entered a Buddhist temple.

The place is filled with white mist and fragrant aroma, just like a paradise on earth.

"Master Qingmu, may I have a debate with the abbot of a Buddhist temple?"

Qingmu narrowed his eyes. Debate?
Asking for money in the name of debate? This poor monk is quite clever.

"The host is busy, Master Jiekong can debate with me first."

So, under Qingmu's guidance, the two came to a quiet room.

This quiet room is decorated with gold and silver everywhere.

As soon as he entered the quiet room, Qingmu lay in the arms of a female lay Buddhist.

"Master, please sit down. Don't be restrained."

Jiekong did not sit down, but got straight to the point:
"Why are people outside of Yifo City different from those inside?"

"Of course they are different. Outside the city, they are servants, while inside the city, they are nobles. Can they be the same?"

"What is a noble man?"

"The Daqian Imperial Court, the major families in the Kuhai Region, warriors, etc., these people are all nobles."

“All living beings have Buddha nature, so why not treat them all equally?”

"Master, I know what you want to say.

There is actually no difference between this Buddhist city and the outer city.

Treat everyone equally? Has the outer city done that?

In the outer city, you are divided into the outer city area and the inner city area.

How is it different from here?

I advise you not to think about those boring Buddhist scriptures all day long, and don’t talk so much to me.

There are some things that are not decided by me or you.

It’s fun to come to our Yifo City.

When you leave, we will prepare a big gift for you.

So that you will want to come back a second time after you go back."

Seeing that Jiekong remained silent, Qingmu stood up and glanced at the female lay Buddhists.

When the female lay Buddhists saw this, they immediately covered their ears.

“Master, you are not the first outsider who wants to ask me questions, and I was not like this when I entered the temple.

I was like you before, there were some things I couldn't figure out.

But my master told me that the gods and Buddhas are watching everything we do. "

(End of this chapter)