Jiantao Mountain, Gucang Temple.
The place has been filled with incense for thousands of years, the pagodas are secluded, and the temples are majestic.
At this moment, the mountain bell rang melodiously, resounding inside and outside the Dharma Temple, and the Buddha's name was magnificent, filling the sky with dark clouds.
In the center of the main hall of the Buddhist temple, more than a dozen monks in the realm of true immortals stood in front of the Buddha statue in gold-lined cassocks, with compassionate faces and clasped hands.
On both sides of the main hall, there are dozens of monks in the Yangshen realm, chanting Buddha's names and chanting Sanskrit sounds.
Finally, in the center of the hall, General Fan Heng, the general who captured and killed, stood there with fifty divine generals. They raised their heads and faced the Buddha statue, and then they all knelt down.
After Fan Heng and others knelt before the Buddha statue, a monk wearing a brocade cassock, holding a demon-subduing pestle in his right hand and a sea-turning bowl in his left hand, slowly walked out from the back hall of the Main Hall.
"Meet the abbot." When the monk walked to the center of the Main Hall, in front of Fan Heng and others, all the monks in the hall saluted him.
Fan Heng and others also looked up, then leaned down and said: "Meet the master."
It turned out that this monk was the abbot of Gucang Temple in Jianda Mountain, a disciple of Baotanhua Bodhisattva, the master of Gucang Cave, and also called Master Gucang.
Master Gu Cang lowered his eyebrows and glanced at Fan Heng and others, then asked: "Have you decided?"
Fan Heng immediately replied: "Master Qi, we have broken through the world and jumped out of the mortal world. From now on, we are willing to enter the mountain gate to practice and study Buddhism."
Master Gu Cang sighed: "But you are an immortal official in heaven. If a poor monk accepts you, how will heaven explain it?"
Fan Heng replied: "Master is compassionate. Over the past thousands of years, we have worked with Gucang Temple to cultivate virtues, regulate the earth's veins, and improve luck. Master also promised that if we come to join us one day, he will also protect us." I wait."
Master Gu Cang's face turned bitter when he heard this. This is cause and effect.
Back then, when he was a Xuanxian, he came to Dongsheng China to preach Buddhism and built the Gucang Temple on Jianda Mountain. However, when the temple was first established, there was little incense, and the ground aura of Jianda Mountain was not outstanding.
Later, Fan Heng caught a big demon and chased him here. Master Gu Cang decisively captured the big demon and handed it over to Fan Heng, so they became friends.
So in order to repay the master of the granary, Fan Heng ordered the mountain gods here to transfer five earth veins to Jianda Mountain. In just a few hundred years, the aura of Gucang Temple was condensed, the earth's energy was rising, and the incense became more prosperous.
Later, Master Gu Cang took the initiative to find Fan Heng and asked him to find a way to improve the luck of Gu Cang Temple. He also gave Fan Heng some elixirs and elixirs.
Fan Heng was naturally unfazed, so he went to Master Taihua, the Shangshu of Dongtian Mansion, and told the matter. Master Taihua naturally had no doubts when he heard that it was a disciple of Baotanhua Bodhisattva who was asking for help.
So Master Taihua reported to Jiuzhen Tianjun, and after obtaining the Tianjun Talisman, he improved the fortune of Gucang Temple by ten feet.
Now that thousands of years have passed, Gucang Temple has developed into the largest Buddhist temple within a radius of 100,000 miles of Jianda Mountain. More than a dozen emperors from three countries have come here to pray for blessings and offer incense. Master Gucang was directly named as the emperor of the three countries. Guocang Temple is also a model for the expansion of Buddhism in Dongsheng China. It has developed millions of believers for Buddhism and Baotanhua Bodhisattva.
And because of such great achievements, Master Gu Cang successfully harvested the Tao Fruit of Taiyi Xuanxian two hundred years ago.
But if there is a cause, there will be a consequence. If you come out to mess around, you will always have to pay it back. Now, it is time for him to pay it back.
Master Gu Cang raised his head, looked at Fan Heng and others and asked again: "Are you really going to give up the Tianlu Immortal Products and join my Buddhist practice?"
Fan Heng and others responded in unison: "Please forgive me and take him in."
Master Gu Cang said: "Buddhism is so vast, how can we keep others out? But after you enter my Buddhist door, you must cut off your past deeds and put aside your worldly thoughts to keep your six roots pure so that you can participate in the wonderful teachings of my Buddha."
"Yes." Everyone responded again.
At this point, the novice monk on the side presented the sandalwood dharma plate, in which quietly placed a sword with a cold light.
"Remove the crown." shouted the elder who was presiding over the conversion ceremony.
Fan Heng and others immediately removed the crowns on their heads and let their long hair hang down.
Master Gu Cang picked up the sword and said: "Take refuge in the Buddha, the two-legged lord. Take refuge in the Dharma, the renunciation of desires. Take refuge in the Sangha, the venerable one among all. Take refuge in the Buddha, and you will not fall into hell. Take refuge in the Dharma, and you will not fall into a hungry ghost. Take refuge in the Sangha. , don’t fall into side life.”
After Master Gu Cang finished speaking, he asked everyone, "Are you willing to take refuge now?"
Fan Heng immediately clasped his hands and said: "I would like to take refuge in the Buddha, transform all sentient beings, understand the great road, and develop the supreme heart."
"I wish to take refuge in the Dharma, transform all sentient beings, go deep into the scriptures, and gain wisdom like the sea."
"I wish to take refuge in the Sangha, transform all sentient beings, govern the masses, do everything without hindrance, and be at peace with the Southern Saints."
After Fan Heng finished speaking, the fifty generals behind him also repeated it at the same time.
Master Gu Cang said: "Since you are willing to take refuge, the poor monk will ordain you and give you a Dharma title after the ordination. I hope that after you take refuge in the Three Jewels, you will refrain from doing any evil, practice all good deeds, participate in the wonderful Dharma of the Three Vehicles, and return to your original state. Hue, if you can practice it diligently and keep your good roots, you will achieve positive results."
Fan Heng and everyone worshiped in unison: "I will follow my master's teachings."
The sound of wooden fish is heard, sandalwood smoke is flying, the setting sun shines on the ancient temple, and the sound of Buddha is even more majestic.
But just as the Buddha's voice was echoing in Jianda Mountain, a loud shout suddenly came from the sky: "Capture and kill General Fan Heng. Lord Jiuzhen ordered you to return to Qingyuan Tiangong immediately for an audience."
White birds fly in fright, green ponds ripple, green pines and cypresses move in the wind, but only the Sanskrit sounds from Buddhist temples still ring through the vast mountains.
The ultimatum envoy Xu Jiong and the general Yuan Bu stood on the clouds. When they saw the Sanskrit sounds in Gucang Temple, but there was no response at all, they couldn't help but feel confused.
After waiting for a while, the ultimatum envoy Xu Jiong shouted again: "Capture and kill General Fan Heng, Jiuzhen Tianjun orders you to go to Qingyuan Tiangong to see you immediately!"
But Gucang Temple was still full of Sanskrit sounds, as if no one heard Xu Jiong's voice at all.
Just when Xu Jiong and Yuan Cui were in shock, suddenly a young monk from the Nascent Soul Realm flew out of the door, and then paid homage to the two of them: "Amitabha, young monk altar industry, pay homage to the general of the ultimatum envoy and the general of the cutting altar."
Xu Jiong, the envoy of the ultimatum, saw this young monk and immediately said: "Little master, please call the general who captured and killed Fan Heng to come out and speak."
Hearing this, Tanye said, "I'd like to report to the two heavenly generals that there is no one named Fan Heng in the small temple."
"Huh?" General Fu Tan frowned and said, "Don't hide it. We have seen Fan Heng's whereabouts in the eyes of the sky. He just entered your Gucang Temple."
Tan Ye shook his head and said: "I don't know about this little monk. I have never seen a general capture and kill him."
Xu Jong, the envoy of the ultimatum, said: "Then please ask the elder of Gucang Temple or Master Gucang to come out."
Altar industry recited the Buddha's name and said: "Amitabha, the master, the elders, and the supervisor are in the process of ordaining several new brothers, and we have no time to see the guests for the time being."
After hearing this, Xu Jiong, the envoy of the ultimatum, and Yuan Cuan, the general of the attack on the altar, looked at each other in horror.
Then Yuan Kuan asked eagerly: "Who is the person who is being saved?"
Tanye bowed and replied: "Amitabha, this little monk doesn't know."
Xu Jiong and Yuan Tan saw that this altar business did not seem like a lie, and knew that he, a young monk, might really not know these things.
"What to do now?" Xu Jiong asked.
Yuan Cuan said in a deep voice: "If the person being saved is really him...then this matter will be troublesome."
"But the real background of Gucang Temple is not small. Master Gucang is a disciple of Baotanhua Bodhisattva. You and I can't force our way in," Xu Zhuo said.
"Why don't you go back and report to Heavenly Lord first, and ask Heavenly Lord to make a decision?" Yuan Kuan said.
Xu Jiong nodded and said: "Okay, as long as Fan Heng is still in Gucang Temple, he can't escape. Let's go back and report to Tianjun first."
"Walk."
Afterwards, the two men immediately turned around and left Jianda Mountain on clouds, flying towards the sky.
