The Strange Tales of Tokyo Monk

There are many eminent monks in the forum. The contents of their posts are profound and difficult to understand, and they don’t like to use technological products such as mobile phones.

Normally they would ask their disciples to post their views and explanations on Buddhist scriptures on the forum for free, just like writing a paper.

It's filled with text.

But Master Liansheng is different.

He first attracted attention by choosing a good title, and then used his storytelling ability to portray a simple exorcism commission as something grand and full of twists and turns.

The story has a smooth introduction, development, turn and ending.

So, the prerequisite for hard work is to choose a suitable track first.

Pinggong Qianye found the direction where he could exert his strength here, and ran wildly all the way.

After only being on the forum for a few months, he has already gained considerable fame.

One minute after the post was created, three new messages appeared in the post.

“The storytelling session of Master Liansheng is about to begin again!”

"Front row, front row, melon seed soda for sale."

"Make way, I'll take a seat first."

Pinggong Qianye only took a quick glance and found that these three people were familiar faces. They often came to support him when he posted before.

Every time this happened, he would feel that this APP was not well done as it did not even have a reward function!

Chilling!

How can those readers who like to spend money on themselves express their love for themselves?

It would be better to create a reward ranking list to give the top person on the list more exposure and face.

As Pinggong Qianye was thinking, he wrote down his experience into a roughly similar story.

He would add, delete or modify key information such as names and places, and would not involve people or events in reality.

Of course, in order to achieve his writing purpose, he would usually quietly upgrade the evil spirits he faced to several levels.

And reduce one's own strength by several levels.

If you always write that the evil spirit is killed with a single slap, readers will feel that the evil spirit is too weak, and the sense of tension and excitement will be lost.

Therefore, Hiramiya Chiye usually describes the battle situations as being more tragic.

After fighting for more than ten minutes, I got some bruises on my body.

Well, this is also for the convenience of increasing the word count.

It took me 20 minutes to finalize the story and set up the paid content at key points.

I checked it again from beginning to end and found no problems.

Pinggong Qianye began to read the messages on the forum, which was a great spiritual enjoyment.

It is probably that he is unknown in the real world, but on the Internet, he holds the keyboard with one hand and becomes the King of Keyboard, with no one to compete with him.

The road to the key is as lonely as snow.

"A lantern covered with green paper... a green lantern. This is a famous monster. Is Master Liansheng already this powerful?"

"A lotus is reborn. Looking at the description of this battle, it's more like a palm is reborn."

"Master Liansheng is so good at writing stories, could he be a writer in the real world?"

"What a sad story. After 30 years of separation, even if they were childhood sweethearts, they would have already married."

"Leave a paw print and look forward to the subsequent encounter story."

Pinggong Chiye read through their comments with great interest.

buzzing.

The private message from the mailbox made Pinggong Qianye stop reading the comments and switch to the mailbox.

It was Horii Suzune. It was almost 3 a.m. and she hadn't fallen asleep yet.

[Hiramichi, do you have time to take me around Arakawa tomorrow? ]

[I will only have time tomorrow afternoon]

[It just so happens that I probably won’t wake up before 12 o’clock tomorrow]

[Hori, staying up late will seriously affect your appearance]

[Hiramichi, can my appearance score be 100? ]

Hiramiya Chiye chatted for a while with Horii Suzune, who was particularly energetic tonight and sent her text messages frequently. Finally, she said good night, put away her phone and went to sleep.

Chapter 8 Vajra Realm Mandala

4 points in the early hours.

Pinggong Chiye got up from bed and headed for the temple.

Come to the bathroom and start taking a bath with clean water, usually using 10 buckets of water for cleaning.

After taking a bath, he changed into robes, a set of yellow cassocks.

Then the first bell of the temple is rung.

At this time, it was only 5 o'clock in the morning and the sky was just beginning to brighten.

The Weilian Ancient Temple is brightly lit, illuminating the surrounding darkness.

Under normal circumstances, Pinggong Qianye would not be so grand, after all, he has to rush to go to school.

Only during the two days of rest on weekends would he choose one day to put on his robes and take on the responsibilities of presiding over the temple.

When people had already come to pay their respects in the main hall, Heimiya Chiye left the bell ringing area and returned to the main hall.

In this era, the only believers who can get up so early to worship are elderly people.

The young man, who had suffered from five days of hard work, was still sleeping soundly.

Their rest time is often similar to that of Horii Suzune, staying up late and then sleeping until noon.

The people who came to worship today were Grandma Yamano and her sister who lived in the Yamano family 150 meters away from here.

Grandma Yamano once raised a son, but unfortunately he passed away 5 years ago. Her husband died in 12, and her grandson and his family moved to Shinjuku District.

She was old and had no one to take care of her, so her sister, who had the same experience as her, came here to keep her company.

The two sisters can be said to be the most devout believers of Weilian Ancient Temple.

I come here to worship before dawn every day.

After the formal worship, Heimiya Chiye chatted with them for a while, and then watched them go to the side hall to fold a thousand paper cranes to pray for blessings.

Weilian Ancient Temple is a small temple, and most of the paper cranes needed for praying are folded by the believers themselves.

Unlike some temples, which have hired special staff to take charge of this matter.

Chiye Heimiya stayed in the main hall for an hour and received a 72-year-old believer.

When it was 6: in the morning, Chiye Hiramiya left the main hall and went to the ossuary, where believers placed urns.

Some people like to be buried in cemeteries, while others like to be worshipped in temples.

The fees for bone donation are a relatively stable source of income for Weilian Ancient Temple.

After chanting sutras for the deceased’s souls to be liberated, Pinggong Qianye came to the side hall.

Grandma Shanye and her sister had already gone back, and only his mother was still here folding paper cranes.

Pinggong Chiye doesn't like folding paper cranes because such things have no other function except to move herself.

Send paper cranes to see a doctor, send paper cranes for disaster relief, send paper cranes to express grief, send paper cranes for blessings, and use paper cranes to pray for blessings...

Pinggong Qianye really wanted to say that the small body of the thousand paper cranes could not bear such a heavy burden.

Despite her complaints, Hiramiya Chiya would still follow her mother in folding paper cranes.

The strings of paper cranes, either white, pink, or two-color paper cranes, neatly folded and placed, are really pleasing to the eye.

Pinggong Qianye folded a string of thousand paper cranes, then left the side hall and went to the cemetery area at the back for a tour.

A cemetery of 1500 square meters is not big. Assuming each grave is 3 square meters, it can only accommodate 500 graves.

In the history of Weilian Ancient Temple, nearly 200 tombs have been buried here.

Currently, only 25 graves are required to pay cemetery management fees.

Each grave site requires an annual payment of 5000 yen, and the annual income from this alone is 125000 yen.

The income is not high, but it is stable.

It was almost 8 o'clock when Chiye Heimiya left the temple and went to have breakfast.

After breakfast and a short rest, around 9 o'clock, Heimiya Chiye returned to the main hall and led two or three believers who came to worship to start chanting scriptures and praying.

The scriptures recited generally include: "Heart Sutra", "Mantra for Eliminating Disasters and Auspiciousness", "Medicine Buddha Initiation Mantra", etc.

Chanting sutras and praying lasted until 11 o'clock. Pinggong Qianye answered some questions of several believers and popularized some Buddhist knowledge that they could understand.

It was after 12 o'clock that Hiramiya Chiye could finally rest.

After lunch, he went to the side hall again.

At noon, few believers come to worship in the temple unless there are special circumstances.

There is a drawing table in the side hall that is specially used for drawing mandalas.

On it are placed canvas, watercolor pens, fountain pens, pencils, erasers, paints, palettes, protractors, compasses, rulers and other tools.

Hiramiya Chiye put away the protractor, compass and other auxiliary drawing tools and put them aside.

He has been drawing mandalas since he was a child and no longer needs these auxiliary tools. He can easily outline whether it is a circle or a square.

It is said that today's temples have begun to draw mandalas using computer programs.

Large quantity, accurate and efficient.

However, if you want a mandala to truly play the role of exorcising evil spirits and suppressing demons, it should still be drawn by a monk himself.

As the brush strokes move, Buddhist meaning is hidden and magical power flows.

Only a mandala drawn in this way can have great light, great wisdom and great magical power.

Hiramiya Chiya took down the Vajra Realm Mandala that had been two-thirds painted from the shelf. This was the one that Horii Suzune had ordered.

A commission of 50 yen cannot be taken lightly.

Pinggong Qianye mixed the paint on the palette, picked up the brush, held his breath, concentrated and calmed his mind, and then started painting.

The Vajra Realm Mandala is one of the two mandalas of the Shingon sect, the other being the Garbha Realm Mandala.

This mandala is based on the Vajrasekhara Sutra and consists of nine mandala halls.

Therefore, it is also called the Nine-Assembly Mandala and the Vajra Realm Nine-Assembly Mandala.

Pinggong Chiye's Vajra Realm Mandala has completed the first six parts.

He was used to completing it in one sitting, and it was completed in nine sittings.

At around 2 p.m., Pinggong Qianye finished the seventh meeting and put down the pen.

He waited until the paint was dry before hanging up the Vajra Realm Mandala.

He put the things on the drawing table in order, washed his hands, left the temple, and returned to his bedroom at home.

Just as I was about to take a shower and change my clothes, the phone on the bed started buzzing with messages.

I walked over, picked it up and saw that it was a message from Horii Suzune.

She sent three messages in total.

13:32 [I'm going out, please pick me up at the station in half an hour]

14:08 [I've arrived at Arakawa Station, where are you? ]

14:35 [I have found the Weilian Ancient Temple that your family inherited. Hiramiya-san, you are not at home, are you? (Angry face)]