When he came to this Buddhist temple, Li Qi's brows never relaxed.
This place is very strange.
It is said to be a Buddhist temple, but in fact the decoration is very much in the style of the Tang Dynasty, that is, it does not look like a temple at all.
There are stone unicorns crouching outside, and turtles, dragons, phoenixes, and tigers lying on the eaves, arranged in all directions.
There is even a gossip in the courtyard. The twelve celestial figures are placed outside the hexagram, and there are corresponding animal portraits. In addition to the corresponding animals, there are twenty-four characters, surrounded by outlines. The style is like Li, and the stipples are perfect, but it is not Li Qi's. any known word.
Let’s talk about Buddhist temples, but they are not Buddhist temples either.
Taoism, it seems, is not a Taoism.
Li Qi could even detect some of the arrangements of Shinto and witchcraft, such as the shrines next to the building, as well as various well-organized sacrificial sites. There were even demonic and demonic auras surrounding the Buddha statue, making it difficult for him to Li Qi's scalp felt numb.
This reminded him of Zen Zhi monk's unity of Buddha and devil, which triggered a little psychological shadow.
The only thing that can tell that this is a temple is probably the Buddha statues inside and the bald monks walking around.
Even the monks are not all bald, there are many who wear monk's robes but have long hair.
What the hell is this...?
Li Qi was confused, so he gave full play to his expertise.
ask.
If you don’t understand, just ask, it’s no big deal.
So he stopped an old-looking monk and said, "Master, may I ask where this is? Why does it look strange?"
The old monk was a little surprised and said, "Huh? The donor came here without knowing where this place is?"
"I came to Chang'an to take an examination. The second examination room is here, so I came here. I just saw that the furnishings here were a bit strange, so I stopped the master to ask. I apologize for disturbing you." Li Qibin was polite. 's replied.
"Oh, that's it. It's the donor's first time here, so let the old monk explain something to the donor."
"The temple here is called Sansheng Temple——"
The old monk began to tell.
This Sansheng Temple was originally a barren mountain. The previous emperor took the Sansheng Mirror from Luoyang and placed it in Chang'an. Then officials chose this place and built this temple for storage.
Not all the monks here are real monks.
In fact... most of these monks just have a job. Only a few are real Buddhist practitioners. The rest are just like the staff in the snow area who deliver Hada to people. They are responsible for putting on the hats when going to work. Wearing clothes with certain characteristics, performing ritual work, performing and recreating the past Buddhist history and culture for other tourists, and taking part-time jobs such as scenic tour guides and psychologists.
That's why there are many monks with long hair here. They work part-time and there is no need to shave their heads.
As for Li Qi, he was very lucky. The old monk he caught happened to be one of the few true Buddhist practitioners.
Their task is to guard the ancient mirror of three lives. It is said that this is an ancient treasure that has the ability to see through the three lives, so people will come to borrow it from time to time.
As for the weird furnishings here, they are all due to the Sansheng Ancient Mirror.
I don’t know why, but every time the Three Lives Ancient Mirror is used, a strange thing will appear and be placed in the temple.
Most of these things are related to the user's path.
So there are things from other paths everywhere here for this reason.
While chatting, the old monk suddenly asked Li Qiqi.
"The donor said it was an exam, so he must have come to borrow the Three Lives Ancient Mirror, right?" the old monk asked kindly.
"I don't know either. I was just told to come here and wait for the exam. Calculating the time, there is still a quarter of an hour left and I should be notified." Li Qi said frankly.
"In that case, please ask the donor to go into the inner hall and wait. I think you said that the exam should be for the students of Taixue. This is not the first time that Taixue borrowed the ancient mirror of Sansheng for the exam. Only the top students can do it. I was assigned to use this thing, and I think it will be the same this time." The old monk smiled.
Li Qi calmed down after hearing this.
It turns out that it is common to take exams in places like this, so there is no problem.
So he thanked him again and followed the old monk to the backyard.
In the backyard, there is a locked room.
Li Qizhen knew that Yun could feel... some kind of strange existence.
The other party did not hide himself, so Li Qi could see clearly, but he could not feel the vitality of this thing.
just like……
Can't describe it.
Similar to some kind of dead thing, or in other words, a natural phenomenon.
But it's not entirely like that, because there will still be some reactions, but these reactions are very mechanical and extremely rigid.
Oh, right!
computer!
Li Qi suddenly thought that this is what a computer feels like!
It will react to the outside world, but the reaction is extremely mechanical, and it can perform highly complex calculations, but it has no living consciousness at all.
The aura he felt was like a computer.
"This room is where the Three Lives Ancient Mirror is. The donor may wish to go in and wait, so that he can familiarize himself with it in advance. When notified, he can start it directly." The old monk suggested.
"Wouldn't this break the rules? What if I am a liar?" Li Qi was a little surprised.
Is this monk too trusting of himself?
However, I heard the old monk say: "I just entered a room, what rules have been broken? As for the Three Lives Ancient Mirror, ordinary people cannot activate it. Even if you really want to do anything, now that you are here, a What can the door block?"
"Besides, this is Chang'an. If someone has evil intentions, how can he have a place under the might of the Supreme God?"
After hearing this, Li Qi looked strange.
What the old monk said makes sense.
But aren’t you from Buddhism? Why do you talk so much about humanity?
That's all... I guess you just do as the Romans do.
Since everyone thought there was no problem, Li Qi opened the door and went in without being pretentious.
But inside the room, there was a dark mirror.
Li Qi had previously thought that this should be a life-size floor-to-ceiling mirror, but when he came in and took a look, he realized that it was just an ordinary round mirror.
The mirror is eight inches in diameter, has no decoration and is very simple.
Li Qi walked around this thing and didn't find anything special.
Zhenzhi Yun told him that there was some kind of avenue flowing nearby, but he couldn't find any trace of it.
However, not long after the transfer, the terminal reminded him that the second exam had begun.
But I saw an examiner pushing open the door.
It was Tai Xuecheng.
He looked at Li Qi with a smile: "I am the person responsible for activating the Three Lives Ancient Mirror this time. Please ask the candidate Li Qi to sit in front of the mirror. This exam is for seven days. Within seven days, if you peek through the Three Lives Mirror, you will It’s a full score, if we can’t see through it, then we will examine the reaction of the Sanshengjing, and score it according to the reaction, and divide it into four grades: A, B, C, and D.”
"You are familiar with the rules, candidate Li Qi."
Li Qi didn't doubt that he was there, he just calmed down and nodded.
He knew in his heart that if his enemies in Tang State wanted to take action, now would be the best opportunity.
Therefore, he did not dare to relax. Although he did not doubt others casually, he was well prepared. He even held the Hui Shuo Talisman in his sleeve. If something happened, he would have to save his life even if he gave up the exam.
You can't doubt others, but you must be prepared yourself. If you are an enemy, you will never let go of this opportunity to attack him openly.
Seeing that Li Qi was well prepared, Tai Xuecheng secretly smiled in his heart.
No matter how knowledgeable you are, you can't escape this time.
Your master beheaded two third-grade officials, so it is natural for your disciple to pay the interest first.
Asking Li Qi to look directly at the mirror, he swaggered to the back, and then used his authority to activate the Sansheng Ancient Mirror.
Li Qi looked at the mirror and felt his eyes blurred.
All kinds of inversions are as fascinating as they come.
The pure state of awareness will forever end ignorance.
Surrounded by countless Sakyamuni Buddhas and jewels, I saw the mirror shining brightly, covering all the eight classes of humans, gods, sravakas, Bodhisattvas, the sun, moon, stars, earth, water, fire, and wind. All the light did not reappear.
The sky and the earth are dark, only the light of Buddha can be seen.
Infinite, inconceivable.
It is indescribable and has no remaining color.
All I can see is the void and the light shining on each other.
Li Qi only felt that many things in the world were invisible to each other, and neither could he see them.
All forms are destroyed and nothing remains, and no form or appearance of one's own form can be seen.
As for what you touch, there is no that, no here, and no middle. You can see this everywhere you look. You can no longer see the sun, moon, stars, earth, water, fire, and wind. None of them are in sight.
Li Qi could not see anything except the Buddha's light in front of him. At the same time, all five senses were lost, and only his inner thinking activities continued.
The ears cannot hear the sound, and the nose cannot smell the fragrance.
The tongue does not know taste, and the body does not know touch.
All the dharmas in the mind have no origin, they have no appearance of me and me, and there is no thought of the six entrances, and there is no possibility of the great and coming masses.
The whole world seemed to disappear.
I can only see the light of the Buddha in the mirror, flowing out of all the pure truth.
Soon, the sound of Buddha suddenly sounded in Li Qi's ears, and someone spoke in his ears.
Waves of Buddha's sounds vibrated, and a wonderful sound came:
"World Honored One, I would like to gather all the Bodhisattvas and all sentient beings who practice Mahayana in the last days to hear about this pure realm of perfect enlightenment and what is the practice of it."
"World Honored One, if all sentient beings know that it is like an illusion, and their body and mind are also illusory, how can they practice illusion because of illusion? If all illusions are completely destroyed, then there is no intention, and who wants to practice, how can they say that practice is like an illusion? If all living beings , I don’t practice at all, and I always live in illusions in life and death. I have never understood the illusory realm, how to free my delusional mind, and what methods I would like to practice gradually for all sentient beings in the last days, so that all living beings can be free from all illusions forever."
Then, a higher and distant voice was heard.
The sound seemed to come from an infinite distance, reverberating through the entire universe.
The voice said:
"Excellent, excellent, good man, for the sake of all Bodhisattvas and sentient beings in the last days, you can practice the Bodhisattva's illusion-like samadhi step by step, so that all living beings can escape all illusions. You listen carefully now, and I will say it to you."
Li Qi understood all these words.
It seems... there is a Bodhisattva who is praying to the World Honored One.
Who is the World Honored One?
Of course there can't be anyone else, the Blessed One, the Great Sun Tathagata, Vairocana Buddha!
The content of the prayer is that this Bodhisattva wants to preach to the world, so that all sentient beings in the world from now to the end of the world can escape from illusions and let them realize the existence of 'reality'.
So the World Honored Tathagata replied to him, what you said is very good, then go and try it.
However, after the sound ended, the Buddha's light in front of Li Qi suddenly disappeared.
He regained his perception of the outside world, but...at the same time he felt another force.
There was something that was carrying his perception across the universe quickly.
Not traveling through space, but traveling across the 'universe'!
Yujian and Zhouguang are being recalled at the same time!
Li Qi has a trace of the Taoist charm of the universe, and he will take it out from time to time to study and study. Although the progress is slow, it can be regarded as a gain.
Now this Ujian Daoyun is directly activated, just because of the aftermath of the Three Lives Ancient Mirror.
Li Qineng felt that the ancient mirror responded mechanically, as if it wanted to help him return to his previous life.
After all, it was not a living magic weapon, so Li Qi was forced to chase Shuo forward!
His perception was carried through infinite space and endless light!
The endless and magnificent scenes Li Qi saw were not known to outsiders.
The examiner behind him, Tai Xuecheng himself, was quietly paying attention to Li Qi's movements.
Very good, Sansheng Ancient Mirror has started normally.
This Master of Wushen Mountain...has a lot of good things in him. Two of his Dao Yun have been activated.
A path that can expand space and represents the "big" Ujian Daoyun.
What's the other one?
I can't see clearly. Dao Yun, who is so secretive, seems to have never seen anything like it before. I don't know what kind of ruins it is?
But no matter what, it is just a Taoist rhyme, and it seems to have no protective effect and is of no use.
"The Sword Comes"
Therefore, Taixue Cheng stood there honestly, waiting for the Sansheng Ancient Mirror to trace the past.
According to past experience, after a while, the Three Lives Ancient Mirror will display his past, present and next lives, every detail.
Then, all of this will reveal all the flaws in Li Qi's Taoist heart, and he will face his own weaknesses.
When used on one's own side, the Three Lives Ancient Mirror can help people make up for these flaws and cover up all the shortcomings.
When used against enemies, the person who controls the mirror can naturally take advantage of these weaknesses to defeat the enemy.
But now, it is necessary to take advantage of these weaknesses and implant the demonic energy.
Time passes little by little.
About five minutes passed, and Tai Xuecheng's expression changed a little.
what happened?
Logically speaking, the appearance of the third generation should appear immediately in about a minute. If the cultivation level is too high, it may be delayed by a minute or two.
But as long as there are volunteers who don't resist, it shouldn't be delayed for too long.
As for the Young Master of Wushen Mountain, it is useless for him to resist. He is only at the eighth level. How could he possibly resist the Three Lives Ancient Mirror?
Then how come it has been five minutes without success?
Tai Xuecheng stepped forward to check the Sansheng Ancient Mirror to see if he had not activated it.
It's okay not to check.
Just going up to check it out, his heart suddenly skipped a beat!
The Three Lives Ancient Mirror is drawing power crazily!
Originally, the energy consumed by this thing required the full support of a third-grade person to operate it at a time.
But now it can be activated at will because it is connected to the dragon vein below Chang'an and relies on the dragon vein to supply energy.
But now, Sansheng Ancient Mirror! It absorbed more than ten times more energy than before!
The surrounding dragon veins are overloaded!
