This is indeed the secret gate of the Jialan Sect in Lingtai Mountain, and the time was three months after Emperor Yang was assassinated.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, due to the excessive taxation and militarization of the imperial court, chaos had already emerged.
At present, the abbot of Jialan Sect is Master Enlightenment and the abbot is Master Zhuo Nan. Both of them are eminent monks.
They deeply felt that the Jialan Sect was the most prosperous sect and that no one was innocent but guilty of possessing a jade, so they dispersed their wealth to eliminate disasters.
With a group of disciples and devout and reliable pilgrims, he hid in the secret mountain gate and opened the mountain guarding formation.
The reason for bringing thousands of pilgrims... In addition to the fact that these people usually contribute a lot to Lingtai Mountain and are trustworthy and reliable,
The two masters who understood the difficulty also felt that this chaotic period in the late Sui Dynasty might last for decades or even hundreds of years.
If the troubled times last too long, the members of the Jialan Sect hiding in the deep mountain formation might all survive.
Zen disciples are prohibited from marrying and having children, so some... civilians who believe in Zen are needed to have children in the future.
Help pass on the Jialan Sect.
In a sense, it is very similar to Noah's Ark in Li Ang's memory of another world.
"The good news is that there are nearly 8,000 pilgrims staying here, including more than a hundred monks. There are nearly 10,000 monks in the Jialan Sect, and more than 800 of them are monks who are above the level of Qi Sensing Body Hiding. "
After finishing the fasting meal in the main hall, Li Ang and others, like other pilgrims, came to the courtyard for a walk and chat. They talked softly in the corner about the information they had collected.
"Understand that both the abbot and the abbot are masters.
Thanks to the abundant resources, the Jialan Sect's mountain defense formation is extremely wide in scope and extremely strong. Even if it faces the full attack of the Zhuxiao monks, it can still sustain it for a long time.
There is no shortage of food or drinking water. "
Ashina Que Teqin frowned and asked, "Then what's the bad news?"
"If a fortress cannot be breached from the outside, problems will only occur from within."
Jiu Fenghai said quietly: "The Jialan Sect in history was completely destroyed, with corpses everywhere and no survivors. This means that if we don't find a way to find a chance to escape, we will not be able to go back, or even die here."
"....Tsk."
Sui Yi smacked his lips, regretting extremely why he had devoted all his energy to learning swordsmanship instead of learning an additional discipline of ancient archeology.
Maybe she had visited the Lingtai Mountain ruins before to see if her bones were there.
"Escape? Where to escape?"
Xia Jun said coldly: "The mountain defense formation is two-way. It must prevent people from outside from discovering this place and breaking through the barrier.
We must also prevent the people inside from escaping - there may be internal agents from other sects who will reveal the location here and attract other sects to attack.
Not to mention whether we can rush out with just a few of us.
As long as we show any intention of leaving Lingtai Mountain, we will become the public enemy of hundreds of monks here. "
"Calm down first."
Li Ang raised his hand to interrupt Xia Jun's complaint, "To summarize our current situation. We were teleported here because of the awakening of the three demon-like and Buddha-like statues in the Main Hall.
If we want to go back, we must first find out the origins of those three Buddha statues.
Why did they turn into demons and wake up, how did they allow us to go back three hundred years ago, and how did they reverse the ability to teleport..."
"Everyone,"
The young monk named Kongga who had previously announced the meal news walked into 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 wing row of Ren to visit the Jialan Mountain Gate with me. .
Let me introduce to you the various rules and taboos in the mountain gate, as well as the places where entry is prohibited. "
Ren character arrangement...
Several people looked at each other, didn't that happen to be the wing where they were?
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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 virtue Mahale abandoned Duo to the world of Nana, which was also the Han Dynasty. The Jialan Sect and the Jing Nian Sect were jointly listed as The oldest Zen sect in the Central Plains, the teachings passed down are also the ones closest to the original meaning of the Buddha..."
"The two rows on the left and right are meditation rooms for monks to rest and meditate.
To the north of the Zen room are the prison courtyard, the abbot's courtyard, and the abbot's courtyard.
Next to the three courtyards are four halls including the Dharma Hall, the Zhao Hall, the Lecture Hall, and the Sutra Hall. The last courtyard is our Sutra Pavilion. Next to the Sutra Pavilion is the pagoda that enshrines the Buddha's bones and relics. "
"You can go through the corridor and go directly to the Sutra Pavilion to borrow books. But please be careful not to enter the Zen room, prison courtyard, abbot's courtyard, etc., so as not to disturb the monks' practice.
The pagoda could originally be visited, but some time ago there was an accident that was inconvenient to inform, so visits are temporarily refused. "
Monk Kuuga smiled and explained the structure of the temple to the pilgrims. When he talked about the pagoda, his expression changed slightly.
But he quickly adjusted and continued to walk calmly in front of the tour guide, "Everyone, please follow me. Ahead is the Mahavira Palace."
finally reached.
Li Ang and the others looked at each other imperceptibly, mingled among the pilgrims, climbed up the stairs, and stepped into the Grand Hall, only to see an unexpected scene.
The general structure of the Main Hall is the same as what we saw not long ago.
The difference is that the placement of the twelve Yuanjue Bodhisattva statues on both sides of the main hall is correct.
Moreover, 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 the Buddha enshrined in the great halls of the world follow the principle of one, three, five and seven.
Usually, the five Buddhas are enshrined in the five directions of the southeast, northwest, and southeast, that is, the Great Sun Tathagata Buddha, the Immovable Buddha in the east, the Baosheng Buddha in the south, the Amitabha Buddha in the west, and the Amitabha Buddha in the north.
However, what is enshrined in the Mahavira Hall of our Jialan Sect is actually a Buddha.
The four figures in front are the four sages of our Jialan Sect. "
Monk Kongwo explained in no hurry: "During the pre-Qin period, the great Zen master Mahale Chita 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 Han Dynasty.
While crossing the barren mountains, Mahalechita was seriously injured and died soon after.
Before his death, he accepted two people as his disciples, officially opening the history of Zen Buddhism in the Central Plains.
Those two disciples were the founders of Jialan Sect and Jing Nian Sect respectively. "
Monk Kongwo paused for a moment and sighed quietly: "I, Patriarch Jialan, walk around the world, recruit disciples and preach, and spread the original Zen teachings in the Central Plains.
At that time, there were four demons in the north, named Zia, Xie, Yan, and Tao.
The four demons are arrogant and eat people like hemp, causing widespread harm to the people around them.
Even the local ruler was unable to suppress it. He could only worship three hundred boys and girls every year and ask the demons not to kill them.
Patriarch Jialan was deeply aware of its evil, so he took his four most trusted disciples into the north and into the mountains. After repeated battles, he finally killed the four demons.
However, the aftermath of the battle also shook up the mountains and caused the tragic death of nearly a thousand people in the surrounding areas.
Patriarch Jialan and the four sages felt deeply guilty and ordered his disciples and disciples to conceal their names and not allow their deeds to be narrated.
Patriarch Jialan even failed to leave an image.
Therefore, these four sage Buddha statues are placed in the secret mountain gate of Jialan Sect and cannot be seen from the outside mountain gate. "
Monk Kuuga bowed devoutly towards the Buddha statue, and was about to introduce it with a smile when he heard a snap.
A middle-aged and elderly man wearing a handyman's uniform, with white hair and a limp foot, accidentally hit the altar table with his broom while sweeping the floor, knocking over the fragrant flowers and Buddhist lamps on it.
The Buddhist lamp overflowed with fuel and the flames flickered, almost setting the Buddhist altar on fire.
"Namo Amitabha!"
Kuuga Monk quickly waved his palms, condensing water mist in the air and extinguishing the flames.
"Ah, ah."
The white-haired man who knocked over the Buddhist lantern hurriedly knelt down, held up the Buddhist lantern, and made anxious gestures to apologize.
"fine."
Kuuga Monk forced out a smile and persuaded the mute man, who could not speak, to leave first and wash his oily palms.
Seemingly noticing the puzzled looks of the pilgrims, Monk Kongwo explained: "He was originally a tenant farmer of the Jialan Sect. Something happened and he became mute and lame. The abbot took pity on his unfortunate fate and physical inconvenience, and allowed him to do some work in the temple. clutter.”
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