Start with Ageless Youthful Art

Start with Ageless Youthful Art Chapter 18

2022-03-09

Chapter 18 Dingguang Temple

The next morning, the east turned white.

Last night, there was a spring rain, and three or four vehicles were struggling to drive through the muddy dirt road after going out of the Western District to the country road of Dingguang Temple.

The leader is a handsome young man in brocade clothes and jade furs. From time to time, he turned his face to the side and said something to the young man riding a good horse next to him.

"13th Uncle, do you know what is the most effective in this Dingguang Temple?"

Hearing the name, the man in brocade clothes who looks almost the same age as him is actually this person's uncle.

“It can’t be Guanyin to send a child, right?”

Recalling the past life, almost every novel had to be hacked by a monk to send a child, and the transmigrator couldn’t help jokingly said with a smile.

This person is Chen Qingzhi who was earned by his grandmother Shi Xiaoji to go to Dingguang Temple for a blind date.

And the handsome young man with the brocade clothes and angry horse at the head is the eldest grandson of the main branch of the uncle Hu Zhilu. According to the brilliant generation, he should be called Hu Mingxi.

"Hahaha, I don't dare let other pilgrims hear this."

Obviously hearing Chen Qingzhi's unspoken implication, Hu Mingxi showed an ambiguous smile on his face.

"The most efficacious thing about this Dingguang Temple should be the ever-bright lamp that is enshrined in front of the Buddha."

"Ever-bright lamp?" Chen Qingzhi showed an appropriately curious expression.

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

Everywhere I go, I don't hesitate to pay a lot of money, just to see the immortal art.

It's just that most of the Taoist temples in Yanzhou Prefecture have a false name, maybe they really have the ability, and they are hiding it so that he doesn't notice.

Not to mention the Buddhist temples, Yanzhou Prefecture is steep and hilly, with few Buddhist traces, and the most beautiful part of it is probably the Clay Bodhisattva Temple with half-ruined Buddha statues.

Now, I suddenly heard that there is a magical ever-bright lamp in Dingguang Temple, and I immediately became interested in it.

"No, it is said that when Dingguang Temple was built, there were two wandering monks with ugly faces passing by to beg the place."

"It's just that one of them had no precepts, and two had no justice. In fact, when the monks in the temple saw that the two men were unknown, and their faces were fierce, they all felt that they were just bandits under the guise of the Buddha Lord's name, and they persuaded the then abbot, Fazheng, to absolutely not be soft-hearted."

" Master has been kind to people all his life, and he also thought that it was getting late, and wild beasts would inevitably appear in the wilderness. If the two monks were shut out of the house, it would be like harming them.

"I also asked Disciple to take some steamed buns and vegetables left over from dinner and serve them to satisfy my hunger."

"As a result, the abbot sent Disciple to invite the two of us early the next morning. After lecturing and reciting the scriptures, I found that the two of them had gone to the building empty, leaving only an ever-bright lamp and a letter.”

“The letter said that the two of them had wandered here, and seeing Zen Master Fangzheng keeping his heart and keeping the precepts, Because of the great merits and virtues, this test is put down."

"Now Dingguang Temple has human virtues, but it lacks magic, so I gave up this ever-bright lamp that can protect good faith, and let Chan Master Fazheng enshrine it in front of the Buddha statue."

"At first, there was no mystical place for this ever-bright lantern, but the old abbot remembered that it was a gift from fellow practitioners, and the style was quite simple and solemn, which matched the Buddha statue, so he put it on the record. before."

Hu Mingxi talked about suddenly paused here.

Chen Qingzhi followed the other side's gaze and looked forward, the scene in front of him suddenly brightened, the clean and tidy stone slabs were paved all the way to the bottom of the wide stairs, and at the end of the hundreds of stairs, there was a smoke-filled, ochre-yellow wall. The solemn temple comes into view.

This tall temple is built on the mountain. The black plaque above the temple gate is ground with gold sand and painted with three characters, Dingguang Temple.

The whole temple is surrounded by white smoke, making it even more like sitting on a cloud.

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

Different from the sparsely populated people along the way, there are already pilgrims in groups of three or four climbing up the steps before the hour.

Weng women, women and children, scribes, merchants, all kinds of people, holding a few sticks of lit incense sticks in their hands, praying every five steps, all the way to the Dingguang Temple on the top of the mountain.

"And then, where is the magic of this ever-bright lamp?"

I vaguely feel that I have come to the right place this time, Chen Qingzhi's heartbeat has sped up a lot, and I can't bear it Live aloud urged.

"Here I want to mention the good faith of a businessman. Once out on a boat, unfortunately, he encountered strong winds and waves on the way, and the whole boat fell into the water. In the end, he was the only one who miraculously survived.

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"It is said that when he was dying, he vaguely saw a tall and powerful beast flying from the west. It was very far away at first, and it only took a blink of an eye or two to reach the man. After reacting, he was already lying on the back of the alien beast."

"After the alien beast brought him to shore, he disappeared into the sky soon after, the man checked his belongings, and only found out that he was in the sky. The Buddhist seal requested by Dingguang Temple has faint ink stains on it."

"Later, some believers had similar experiences, all of which were when their lives were dying, and strange beasts came from the west. After saving their lives, they were disappeared."

"At first, everyone didn't know why, until someone found that the strange beast was exactly the same as the carving on the Everbright Lamp, and then they knew that it was the Buddha who borrowed the lamp. The ever-bright lantern protects the believers in Dingguang Temple."

Chen Qingzhi wanted to ask further questions, but the old man had already walked down from the carriage with the help of his grandson-in-law.

Facing the great grandmother who believed in Buddhism, Hu Mingxi did not dare to show off his knowledge again, obediently and honestly handed the reins to the hands of the servants, and stood motionless with his eyes, nose, nose and heart.

"Qing'er, I saw Xueyu's letter complaining that there are not many temples in Yanzhou. I think you are the first to see such a magnificent and solemn temple. If you are curious, you can go around by yourself. Sister-in-law and cousin are enough to take care of you."

"Besides, the back hall of Dingguang Temple is not accessible to anyone, so you don't need to worry about someone bumping into the old man."

"There is no such thing as a backyard. Temple, if you are not interested in Buddhism, the Fruit Tree planted there is quite worth seeing."

The purpose of the old man's trip is not to worship Buddha, but not to be with his grandson. forward.

Youngster, can't let go of face in front of the elders, it is inevitable that they get along a little For meeting.

Unexpectedly, this remark was in Chen Qingzhi's mind. Without his grandmother by his side, it was convenient for him to ask more information about the ancient lamp.

He thought it was just an ordinary outing, but he had such an unexpected joy.

Women, oh, how can women have the fragrance of cultivation!

At the moment, he just wanted to see the rumored ancient lantern with his own eyes. If he could comprehend something from it, it would undoubtedly be of great benefit to him in his next life.

Chen Qingzhi looked towards the steps above, and his gaze was extremely fiery.

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