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This place is indeed the hidden gate of the Jialan Sect in Lingtai Mountain, and the time is three months after Emperor Yang was assassinated and died.

Due to the imperial court's excessive taxation and military aggression at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the chaos has long been revealed.

Right now, the abbot of the Jialan Sect is the Master of Enlightenment, and the abbot is the Master of Lian Nan, both of whom are eminent monks and great virtues.

They deeply felt that the Jialan Sect was the most prosperous sect, everyone was innocent, and they were guilty of the crime, so they scattered their wealth to eliminate disasters.

With a group of disciples and pious and reliable pilgrims, he hid in the secret mountain gate and opened the mountain guard formation.

The reason for bringing thousands of pilgrims. Apart from the fact that these people have contributed a lot to Lingtai Mountain and are reliable,

Having realized the difficulty of the two masters, I also feel that this chaotic world at the end of the Sui Dynasty may last for decades, or even hundreds of years.

If the troubled times lasted too long, the members of the Garan Sect who were hiding in the great formation deep in the mountains might all die.

Zen disciples are forbidden to marry wives and have children, so they need some.

Help inherit the Garan sect.

In a sense, it is very similar to Noah's Ark in Li Ang's memory from another world.

The good news is that there are nearly 8,000 pilgrims staying here, including more than 100 monks. There are nearly 10,000 monks in the Jialan Sect, and more than 800 of them are monks who have sensed the qi body above the Tibetan realm.

After finishing the fast meal in the Great Zhaitang, Li Ang and others, like other pilgrims, came to the courtyard for a walk and chat, and whispered in the corner to talk about the collected information,

Recognizing that the abbot and the abbot are both masters,

Thanks to the abundant resources, the Garan Sect's mountain defense array has a very wide range and is extremely strong. Even in the face of the full-scale attack of Brother Zhuxiao, it can last for a long time.

There is no shortage of food and drinking water.

Ashina Que Teqin frowned and asked, What is the bad news?

If a fortress cannot be breached from the outside, then the problem can only happen from the inside.

Jiu Fenghai said quietly: The historical Jialan Sect was completely destroyed, with corpses everywhere and no survivors. This means that if we don't want to find a way to escape, we will not be able to go back, or even die here.

. Tut.

Sui Yi smacked his lips, regretting so much why he put all his energy into learning swordsmanship and didn't learn an additional discipline of ancient times.

In this way, she might have visited the Lingtai Mountain ruins before to see if there were any bones of her own there.

Escape? Where are you going?

Xia Jun said coldly: The formation of guarding the mountain is two-way. It is to prevent outsiders from discovering this place and breaking through the barrier.

It is also necessary to prevent the people inside from escaping - maybe there will be internal responses from other sects, revealing the location here, and attracting other sects to attack.

Not to mention, it depends on how many of us can rush out,

As long as we show our intention to leave Lingtai Mountain a little bit, we will become the public enemy of hundreds of monks here.

Calm down first.

Li Ang interrupted Xia Jun's complaint by raising his hand, Let's sum up our current situation. We were teleported here because of the awakening of the three Buddha-like statues in the Daxiong Palace.

If we want to go back, we must first figure out the origin of the three Buddha statues.

Why did they become demons and wake up, how did they bring us back three hundred years ago, and how to reverse the ability of teleportation?

Everyone,

The young monk named Kongwo who had informed the news of the meal before entered the courtyard and said loudly to the pilgrims: Due to the large number of people in the temple, today it is the turn of the pilgrims in the side room in the row of the word Ren, and come with me to visit the Jialan Mountain Gate. .

Let me introduce to you the rules and taboos in the mountain gate, as well as those places where you are not allowed to enter.

Ren character row.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, wasn't that just the wing they were in?

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The Jialan sect can be traced back to the pre-Qin period. At that time, Buddhism completed the third gathering, and the great master Maha Leqiduo came to the world of Yuna, which is also the land of Han. The Jialan sect and the Jingnian sect are listed as the most important in the Central Plains. The ancient Zen sect, the teachings passed down are also the closest to the Buddha’s original intention.”

The two rows on the left and right are meditation rooms for monks to rest and meditate.

To the north of the meditation room are the supervisor's courtyard, the abbot's courtyard, and the abbot's courtyard.

Next to the three courtyards, there are four halls including the Dharma Hall, the Photo Hall, the Lecture Hall, and the Sutra Hall. The last courtyard is our Sutra Pavilion. Next to the Buddhist scriptures pavilion is the Buddha Pagoda where Buddha bone relics are enshrined.

Everyone can go through the long corridor and go directly to the Sutra Pavilion to borrow books. But please be careful not to go into the meditation room, prison courtyard, abbot's courtyard, etc., so as not to disturb the monks' practice.

The Buddha Pagoda was originally accessible, but there was an accident some time ago that is inconvenient to inform, so the visit is temporarily declined.

Monk Kongwo smiled and explained the structure of the temple to the pilgrims. When talking about the pagoda, the expression on his face changed slightly.

But soon he adjusted, and continued to walk calmly in front of the tour guide, Everyone, please follow me, the front is the Daxiong Palace.

finally reached.

Li Ang and everyone looked at each other imperceptibly, mixed among the pilgrims, climbed up the stairs, and stepped into the Daxiong Palace, but saw an unexpected scene.

The general structure of the Daxiong Palace is the same as what I saw not long ago.

The difference is that the placement of the statues of the twelve Yuanjue Bodhisattvas on both sides of the main hall is correct.

And in front of Sakyamuni Buddha in the middle of the main hall, there are not three Buddha statues, but four.

One more? !

Monk Kongwo walked in front, smiled and said softly: The statues of Buddha enshrined in the main halls of the world follow the principles of one, three, five, and seven.

Usually the five Buddhas enshrine the Buddhas of the five directions in the east, west, northwest, and middle directions, that is, the Great Sun Tathagata Buddha, the Eastern Fudo Buddha, the Southern Baosheng Buddha, the Western Amitabha Buddha, and the Northern Bukong Achievement Buddha.

However, what is enshrined in the Daxiong Hall of my Jialan Sect is actually a Buddha.

The four statues in front are the four sages of our Jialan sect.

Monk Kongwo explained unhurriedly: During the pre-Qin period, the great master of Zen Buddhism, Maha Le Qiduo, traveled through thousands of miles of snowfields and hundreds of thousands of barren mountains—at that time there were still millions of barren mountains, and came to the land of Junahan.

When crossing the barren mountain, Mahalqiduo was seriously injured and died soon after.

Before he passed away, he accepted two people as his disciples, which officially opened the history of Zen Buddhism in the Central Plains.

Those two disciples are the founding patriarchs of the Jialan Sect and the Jingnian Sect.

Monk Kongwo paused for a moment, then sighed softly: My Patriarch Jialan traveled in the world, accepted disciples to preach, and spread the original Zen teachings in the Central Plains.

At that time, in the north, there were four demons named Xi, Ye, Yan, and Wu respectively.

The four demons are invincible and cannibalize people like hemp, and the people around them suffer a lot from them.

Even the local ruler is powerless to suppress it, so he can only enshrine 300 virgins every year, begging the demons not to kill them wantonly.

Patriarch Jialan deeply felt the evil, so he led four of his most trusted disciples into the northern land and into the deep mountains. After repeated battles, he finally killed the four demons.

However, the aftermath of the battle also collapsed the continuous mountains, causing the tragic death of nearly a thousand people around.

Patriarch Jialan and the four sages felt deeply guilty, and ordered their disciples and grandchildren to anonymize their names and not to tell stories about their deeds.

Patriarch Jialan didn't even retain his image.

Therefore, these four sage Buddha statues will be placed in the hidden mountain gate of the Jialan Sect, which cannot be seen from the outside mountain gate.

Monk Kongwo bowed reverently towards the Buddha statue, and was about to introduce him again with a smile when he heard a click,

A middle-aged and elderly man with white hair and a limp in handyman's clothes accidentally hit the altar with a broom while sweeping the floor, knocking over the fragrant flowers and Buddha lamps on it,

The Buddha lamp overflowed with fuel, and the flames faltered, almost igniting the Buddhist altar.

Namo Amitabha!

Monk Kongo hastily waved his palm, condensing the mist in the air and extinguishing the flame.

Ah, ah.

The white-haired man who knocked over the Buddha lamp hastily squatted down, put the Buddha lamp back up, gestured anxiously, and apologized in fear.

fine.

Monk Kongo forced a smile to persuade the speechless mute man to leave first to wash his oily palms.

Seemingly noticing the puzzled eyes of the pilgrims, Monk Kongwo explained: He was originally a tenant farmer of the Jialan sect, but something happened and he became dumb and limped. Miscellaneous.