"That group of old monks from Mani Temple sent this young monk to contact me, but they didn't have any deep intentions..."
Zhang Yao's idea was not groundless.
He has a special identity. Although he is powerful and famous, he is not a senior Jindan expert of the older generation, so the identity of the person sent to contact him is very important.
There are many golden-bodied Arhats in the late-stage Golden Elixir and perfect form in Mani Temple, but at least when it comes to receiving Patriarch Qingxu, a guest from afar, they are not as suitable as this young monk.
"You haven't asked about the master's name yet?"
Zhang Yao spoke politely.
"The young monk's name is Zhenhui."
The young monk put his palms together and performed a Buddhist salute.
Zhang Yao bowed his head in return and then said:
"It turns out to be Master Zhenhui."
"I just heard Master Zeng say that he was ordered by Master to come and observe my words and deeds. I wonder which eminent monk your Master is?"
Upon hearing this, Zhenhui's face immediately showed a look of reverence, and he said solemnly:
"My master is the Arhat who holds the hall of the 'Dajue Hall' of Mani Temple, and his dharma name is 'Tongxing'."
Zhang Yao suddenly showed a hint of surprise when he heard this:
"He's actually a master of Tongxing? That's really a famous teacher who makes a great disciple!"
He had a long chat with Taoist Sansha, and learned a lot about the situation in the Mani Kingdom, and also learned the names of many eminent monks and great virtues.
Among them, Tongxing Arhat is definitely the leading figure among many Arhats.
This man once traveled through the Central Plains when he was young and gained a prestigious reputation as "Passage in all directions and the Central Plains is unimpeded". He once had a legendary story of defeating the five golden elixirs and perfecting them. He is known as the number one master of Buddhism and supernatural powers in Mani Temple in the past 500 years. !
The last person with this title had already reached the Nascent Soul realm and achieved the status of 'Great Arhat'.
The current Arhat is recognized as the most likely person in the Mani Kingdom to become the next great Arhat. He is also in charge of the Great Enlightenment Hall, known as the 'first hall of enlightenment' in the Mani Temple, which shows his high status in the temple.
"This Zhenhui's background is very difficult, but I could use more exposure..."
Zhang Yao originally inquired about his apprenticeship and just asked casually. After getting the exact answer, he inevitably had other thoughts.
Who knows how many years it will take to redeem the good deeds accumulated in the Eight Sutras to redeem the 'Baoxiang Liujinjiang'? This thing depends on luck, it cannot be solved by strong strength.
If we could rely on the internal connections of Mani Temple to use a back door or gain some convenience, it would be much more convenient. Although this is very difficult, it is still a way.
"Principal Qingxu."
At this time, Monk Zhenhui took the initiative and said:
"It's not convenient to talk here, why don't we move to another place?"
"Inconvenient? Isn't this very convenient?"
Zhang Yao laughed, waved and shouted:
"Waiter, go to the third floor and prepare a private room for me. I want to treat you."
"Okay, wait a moment!"
The waiter immediately responded loudly and hurried up to the third floor.
Monk Zhenhui, who was ignored by everyone in the restaurant, frowned slightly when he saw this, but he didn't say much.
Soon, the waiter packed up the box and invited Zhang Yao to the third floor.
In the box:
The round table and wide chairs are empty, and the furnishings are full of Buddhist charm. There is only a pot of pure and elegant Yuhua tea and a few white porcelain cups on the table.
"Master, please."
Zhang Yao asked Zhenhui to sit down and made him a cup of tea himself.
Seeing his familiar movements, Zhenhui felt a little curious in her heart and asked:
"The layman is so familiar with things in the human world. Could it be that he has lived in the human world?"
He had been secretly observing Zhang Yao, not just at the beginning, but for three days.
He discovered that this Qingxu ancestor, who was famous in the outside world, actually wandered around the world after coming to Mani Kingdom, changing to several cities, drinking tea, eating wine, enjoying delicious food, appreciating the cultural scenery everywhere, and observing the mountains and rivers. Various aspects of the world in Nigeria.
If he hadn't been here for three days in a row, got a little impatient and took the initiative to get closer, I'm afraid the Qingxu Ancestor might not have directly revealed his whereabouts.
This kind of behavior, which was very different from other Jindan ancestors, aroused curiosity in his heart.
"right."
Zhang Yao didn't hide anything, he picked up the tea and took a sip before sighing:
"I have indeed lived in the human world for quite some time."
"Everyone in the world thinks that immortals are good, but I feel that the human world is just as wonderful and free. If there were no immortals in the world, maybe I would live a better life than today..."
When the monk Zhenhui heard this, he laughed and said:
"If there really was no immortal way in the world, with your longevity, layman, I'm afraid you would have turned into a pile of bones long ago."
"Haha... what the master said makes sense."
Zhang Yao laughed, raised his glass and said:
"Come, let me drink tea instead of wine and give you a toast."
Upon hearing this, Monk Zhenhui picked up the teacup and raised it to Zhang Yaoping to signal, then took a sip and put the teacup down again.
"Principal Qingxu, let's talk about some serious business."
"Okay, you say."
Zhang Yao also put down his teacup and signaled.
"Is such that……"
Monk Zhenhui looked directly at Zhang Yao and said seriously:
"Our country, Mani, has always been adhering to the virtue of being inclusive and welcoming from all directions, and is very welcoming to all outside monks - the prerequisite is that they must abide by the system of good deeds."
"If you violate the system of good deeds, such as burning, killing, looting, slaughtering living beings, practicing evil magic arts, destroying the foundation of Buddhism... all of these will be regarded as enemies of Buddhism and will be hunted down by all Buddhist monks."
"On the contrary, as long as you follow the system of good deeds, you will be rewarded for your good deeds. No need for the young monk to explain this."
Zhang Yao heard this and said in a joking tone:
"Master Zhenhui, I don't think there is any evil cultivator or demonic cultivator. The old man hanged himself because he thought his life was too long, so he came to the Mani Kingdom to seek death, right?"
"Especially the Golden Core cultivators like us, who have traveled thousands of miles to come here, are all here for good deeds."
Hearing this, Monk Zhenhui smiled slightly and said:
"What the layman said makes sense, so let's get straight to the point."
As he spoke, he took out a round talisman from his arms, handed it to Zhang Yao, and gestured:
"Principal Qingxu, this is the talisman of your good deeds. It will take effect after being refined."
"Every Golden Elixir monk will receive the highest-level good deeds talisman, which directly corresponds to the list of good deeds in Mani Temple, and will record all the good deeds you have obtained."
"If you want to redeem your good deeds, you also need to hold this talisman and go to Mani Temple to do it."
"Um."
Zhang Yao nodded, directly refined the good deeds talisman on the spot, and then wore it around his waist.
"Well……"
However, when Monk Zhenhui saw Zhang Yao's straightforward move, he was startled for a moment and couldn't help but say:
"Don't you want to ask me something, layman?"
Zhang Yao asked:
"Should I ask anything?"
Monk Zhenhui touched his head and said hesitantly:
"Before I left, I heard from some old Arhats... that many new Jindan monks are not used to the existence of this token of good deeds."
"There are even some Jindan monks with extreme personalities who almost turned their backs on the spot, thinking that our Mani Temple was monitoring them, and said that our system of good deeds was not worthy of the name..."
In fact, he had had similar worries before coming here.
After all, in his expectation, this ancestor of Qingxu was a golden elixir monk who could cover the sky with one hand and was powerful in the southwest, and his personality was mostly domineering.
However, after actually getting in touch with him, he discovered that this Qingxu Ancestor was completely different from what he had imagined.
"Hahaha……"
Hearing this, Zhang Yao smiled casually and said:
"They care, I don't."
"Since you are a poor person who wants to ask for help from others, then you can take this good deeds and talisman as long as you take them. Why do you have to act coy and childish?"
Zhang Yao had actually thought deeply about the good merit system in Mani Kingdom.
The premise of the good merit system is the monitoring methods throughout the Mani Kingdom and the very powerful and intelligent judgment logic.
To know:
In the entire Mani Kingdom, it is not just one or two people who perform good deeds and achieve good deeds, but hundreds of thousands or millions of Buddhist monks and novice monks. This cannot be monitored by human power at all.
Mani Temple must have a means to monitor the monks in the entire Mani Kingdom at the same time.
And this method must be able to make specific and timely judgments on the words and deeds of many monks, and then adapt to their standards one by one to see whether it meets the good deeds, whether they can obtain good deeds, and how much good deeds they can obtain...etc. .
Zhang Yao didn't know what Mani Temple relied on to achieve all this, but there was no doubt that it was a large-scale, extremely complex and extremely high-level system, and the Golden elixir monks were destined to be unable to fight against it.
If you want to benefit from others, you must follow their rules of the game.
Zhang Yao had just understood all this, so he simply accepted the good deeds and refined them on the spot. There was no such thing as unfounded worry.
To take a step back, even if there is something really wrong with this thing, his soul is protected by the "Thousand Souls Formation" and his thoughts cannot be monitored or his soul can be secretly affected, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
"The layman is indeed an extraordinary person!"
Monk Zhenhui praised him sincerely, paused, and then continued:
"Since the layman knows something about the merit list, he should also know about the devil's cave."
"Currently, there are sixteen foreign Jindan monks in Mani Kingdom, and there are eight demon caves left. I wonder which one Master Qingxu wants to choose to suppress?"
Demon cave, this is a special product in Mani Kingdom.
Under the vast land of Mani Kingdom, there are countless turbid earthly energies hidden, which are most likely to breed evil spirits, combine evil thoughts, lure monks into demons... etc. It is a veritable place of evil disasters.
In the Middle Ages, this place was once a paradise for demon cultivators, with countless demon cultivators hiding in it. It was a famous demon cave in the Central Plains.
Because no one could solve the environmental problem of nature and earth, even the nine prefectures of Tianzhou turned a blind eye to it—until the late Middle Ages, when the founder of the Mani Temple arrived.
As for the founder of Mani Temple, due to some historical reasons that are difficult to ascertain, his origin and detailed life cannot be studied.
But what is confirmed is:
The founder of Mani Temple used unknown methods to suppress and channel the demonic disasters here, and eventually formed twenty-four demonic points, which regularly released the turbid energy of the earth, greatly reducing the impact of the demonic disasters.
In order to suppress these demonic points and continuously channel the turbid energy of the earth, he established a system of good deeds and founded the Mani Temple, which has been passed down to this day.
To this day:
Mani Temple is already one of the most famous forces in the Central Plains. It has long been able to suppress the twenty-four demon caves independently without the help of outsiders.
However, the long-term deployment of twenty-four golden arhats is also a big burden for the powerful Mani Temple. In addition to the continuity of the good merit system, they still welcome foreign golden elixir monks.
The good deeds that can be obtained from normal tasks such as punishing evil and promoting good, chasing down demons, etc., are completely a drop in the bucket for the Golden elixir monks, and the gain outweighs the gain.
Therefore, suppressing demon caves is the main source of good deeds for foreign golden elixir monks. They can get 10,000 points in a year. If there are golden elixir-level Yin demons that need to be encircled and suppressed, it is time to make extra money. You can do it with one move. several years.
"Suppressing the demon cave is considered a basic salary; killing the golden elixir level demon is considered earning a bonus."
"The treasure gold paste I need is ranked seventh on the list. It requires a total of 1.5 million good deeds. If there is no special opportunity, I am afraid it will take many years..."
Zhang Yao thought about this and after thinking for a while, he said:
"Among these eight demon caves, do you have any recommendations from Master Zhenhui?"
(End of chapter)
