It’s the winter solstice again. On the top of the Longyan Mountain, on the bluestone altar, an eight-treasure lotus lantern made of pure gold has already been lit!
The sacred fire has been burning eight days ago until now. The winter days are short and the nights are long. The lights burn the moon under the night sky, and the flames get higher and higher. No matter where they are, believers kneel down and pray to the lights, silently chanting "Doomsday Gold" in their hearts. Lantern Seal Redemption Song":
"Natural disasters strike, the night grows long, the evil fires of the five turbidities burn down my hometown, my parents' bones and flesh are all burnt to pieces, and my children turn into ashes and fly away..."
More and more people gathered around Longyan Mountain, many times more than three years ago, covering the sky and the earth. They came from all directions in the dark, with young and old in tow, some carrying lanterns and some holding torches.
"The prefect is here!" The prefect of Quzhou came first, accompanied by officials such as the master, the county magistrate, and the general magistrate. He rode a sedan to the bottom of the mountain, then got off the sedan and walked, climbing up the stairs surrounded by the people. .
Before he reached the top of the mountain, Liyuan General Soldier, Liyuan Governor, and Liyuan Governor, these three generals who were in charge of the military and political power of Liyuan Jiuzhou were all here. When high officials came, small officials were also indispensable. They rode on horseback. Those who ride horses and those who ride in sedans all stop at the bottom of the mountain and then walk up.
The common people cheered and jumped for joy. Even these big men believed in the Golden Lantern Sect, which gave them a lot of intimacy among the Five Elements. Several of them were brave enough to call these people "old men" on the spot. elder brother.
According to the teachings of Jin et al., light shines everywhere, all living beings are equal, there is no distinction between superior and inferior, and everyone is a brother and sister.
The *** were not used to being called this, but they still smiled and nodded.
On the top of the mountain, twenty-eight Golden Lantern Masters were lined up, sitting on the Dharma throne. They did not open their eyes when they saw the disciples and continued to meditate. The disciples failed to find a seat and followed. The common people stood together, waiting for the master to open his eyes, and then they all knelt down and worshiped together.
Today is the Festival of Lights when light is born. The masters first led everyone to sing the Doomsday Seal Redemption Song in unison, as if chanting it eight times, and then shouted loudly: "We sincerely invite the Holy Mother to come!"
In the night sky directly above the eight-treasure golden lantern, a little light suddenly bloomed. The light expanded rapidly and rippled in the sky like lake water. The Virgin Mary of the Golden Lamp, wearing gauze and wrapped in golden light, floated down from the clouds. Landing on the lotus throne in the center of the masters.
All the believers knelt down and shouted excitedly: "Welcome to Our Lady! Welcome to Our Lady!"
They seem to have seen their own mother, even closer than their biological mother. According to the teachings, the Holy Mother of Light was born from the light, and is best able to dispel darkness and bring warmth and light to young and lonely living beings. She shines endlessly and endlessly. Distinguish between high and low, great and merciful... Many people were so excited that their noses were sore and their eyes filled with tears. They kept banging their heads on the ground and shouting: "Our Lady! Our Lady! Our great Holy Mother!"
After a while, everyone became quiet again, and the first master took the lead in singing the "Hymn to the Holy Mother": "The Holy Mother, the golden light spreads across, illuminating my body, the solemn pure land... The Holy Mother, the mother of all things, the most pure and most beloved , Lord of all living beings..."
After singing, Our Lady of the Golden Lamp began to preach again, and the Three Golden Lamp Sutras, which made everyone regret their mistakes and cry bitterly.
After the sermon is finished, the lamb sacrifice begins.
Suddenly someone said loudly: "You only know how to worship the Holy Mother, but you don't know how to worship the Holy Ancestor. What a pity!"
This voice was full of confidence, loud and clear, and easily reached the ears of everyone on the mountain.
Everyone looked at the source of the sound and saw a handsome young man in white with a sword on his back. He was originally standing in the crowd. At this time, he tiptoed and floated to a big tree and sat leaning on the trunk. Down.
Someone recognized him: "You are An Luoyi!"
Everyone was in an uproar. An Luoyi had desecrated the Golden Lantern and was wanted by the Golden Lantern Sect. He almost became a public enemy. If he had been taken into Quzhou City that day, he would have been torn to pieces and bitten by the people in the street.
People yelled: "How dare you come to Longyan Mountain! Let's tear him apart!" As they said this, they all rushed under the tree.
An Luoyi sat on the branch leaning against the trunk, one leg hanging down and shaking, looking nonchalant: "Why don't I dare to come? I have also converted to the Golden Lantern Sect, and I am also a believer of the Golden Lantern Sect.
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When he spoke, he summoned his inner strength and easily drowned out the noise of the crowd. Everyone heard this clearly and were stunned: Has this kid converted to the Golden Lantern Sect? This is impossible! He killed several golden lantern warriors and even peed into the golden lanterns!
Many people shouted: "You are a bitch, are you worthy of converting to the Golden Lantern Sect? How can you join this sect..."
"Why can't I convert to the Golden Lamp Sect? The first volume of the "Elimination of Karma and Repayment of Debts and Causes and Effects for Three Worlds" of this sect says that the golden light shines universally, regardless of high or low. All living beings are born from the light, so they regard the light as their parents. We all have the nature to turn toward the light in the center of darkness! Even if someone commits the five heinous crimes, commits unforgivable crimes, and commits heinous deeds, as long as he changes his mind and abandons the darkness and turns to the light, the golden lamp will forget about the past, cleanse his body, and shine on his soul.
Even though I have done many ridiculous things in the past, as long as I think about light, well, thinking about light is my nature, and now I am just returning to my nature. you! Who dares to say that he has done nothing wrong? You have also done wrong things, but the golden lamp is merciful. As long as you change your mind and repent, you will immediately be able to bathe in the light and ascend greatly! "
An Luoyi talked eloquently and quoted scriptures from the first of the Three Classics of Light, which made everyone think they were stupid. According to doctrine, what An Luoyi said was indeed right, that's it, even if he committed another crime. As long as you are willing to turn back from a serious sin, you will be freed immediately. The power of the Golden Lantern Sect is so magical and incredible!
But to say that An Luoyi has become Guangming's child and their brother is really unacceptable to them!
Everyone looked at the altar, where Our Lady of the Golden Lamp sat cross-legged and lowered her eyes, as if she had not heard anything. The head master asked: "Since you said you converted to the Golden Lamp Sect, let me ask you, who made you The guiding guru?"
According to the teachings, if a believer wants to convert to Christianity, he must have a guru to guide him. Otherwise, he is an heretic, a heretic who pretends to be a golden lamp.
After hearing this, everyone nodded and turned to look at An Luoyi: Yes, you can't just say you take refuge and then you will. You must have a guru to guide you.
An Luoyi said with a smile on his face: "My guiding guru is much better than you! My guru is the Golden Lamp Saint Ancestor!"
"Nonsense!" the crowd roared again, "We have the Golden Lamp Leader, the Golden Lamp Madonna, the Golden Lamp Master, and the Golden Lamp Warrior. When did we have the Golden Lamp Saint Ancestor?"
The first master nodded: "You are indeed worshiping the evil master who pretends to be us! My child, the golden lamp shines everywhere, there is no difference. You have found your way back, it is not too late. If you really want to be bright, you can come to me. , I will be your guiding guru, give you initiations and pass on the kung fu, and introduce you to my sect.”
Some people were angry: "He has done so many evil things, why can he still become a disciple?"
Some people were greatly moved: "As expected of Master Jindeng, who is so kind and compassionate, he even wants to save such a person."
But An Luoyi said: "How did you know! The Holy Ancestor of the Golden Lantern is the first main god of this religion, and his rank is higher than the leader and the Holy Mother."
"Nonsense! It's not written in the scriptures at all."
"How many sutras have you read? It's just three sutras and one praise. For example, the strong man adds one "Changing Body Sutra", like the master adds another "Ten Directions Sutra", and I have one "Golden Lamp Billion Illumination" The Sutra of the Supreme Saint Ancestor, which penetrates the universe and penetrates the sky and the earth, specifically talks about the deeds of the Holy Ancestor of the Golden Lantern! Every sun is a world, and there is a leader in each world to illuminate all living beings, and a thousand worlds are a small thousand worlds. , a thousand small thousand worlds form a middle thousand world, a thousand middle thousand worlds form a great thousand world, and only one saint ancestor is born out of three thousand great thousand worlds!"
He is handsome and has a nice voice. He is wearing a white shirt and standing on a tree at night. The glazed sword scabbard on his back is shining, making him even more energetic and radiant. Under the rhetoric, he really has something to say. Many people listened and asked: "Under the Holy Ancestor, there must be hundreds, thousands...many sect leaders?"
The first master was depressed when he heard this. He knew that he could not disrupt the ceremony, so he used the Seal of Light to capture him.
Suddenly someone asked An Luoyi: "Today is the Festival of Magic Lanterns. Since you said that the Holy Ancestor is so powerful, why don't you invite him to come and meet the Holy Mother to tell whether you are just blowing it or if it is true. If it is true, Holy Saint Our ancestors and saints gathered together,
We are all happy. "
"What's so difficult about this! I came today to summon the Holy Ancestor."
The first master heard him say that he wanted to summon the Holy Ancestor, and wanted to see what he could summon.
He heard someone report that when the prison car was robbed outside Quyang City that day, a man with a golden body and appearance was born from the lamp, claiming to be the ancestor of the golden lamp. However, the golden lamp warrior on the scene had limited knowledge and did not know what he was. I don’t know where it came from, whether it’s a demon, a demon, a human, or a ghost. Today he wants to summon this man again to see with his own eyes what kind of thing he is. He dares to pretend to be a god with a golden lantern!
He suppressed and did not make a move, An Luoyi had already stood up on the branch, his feet lightly stepped on the horizontal branches of the tree, and there was a Ruyi lotus lamp in the palm of his left hand.
"Eight Treasure Lanterns!" Everyone exclaimed. The Eight Treasure Lanterns are very precious in the Golden Lamp Sect. Currently, there are only five of them, each in the hands of five Holy Mothers. "How can he have the Eight Treasure Lanterns?"
An attentive person asked: "Didn't you say that the Holy Patriarch of the Golden Lamp is much higher than the leader? Why did he use the eight-treasure lantern that is only used by the Holy Mother? You know that even the leader of the sect uses a nine-treasure lantern."
An Luoyi glanced at him: "Are you stupid? Is this lamp used by the Holy Ancestor? It's good for the leader to use the Nine Treasure Lamp, but does the Holy Ancestor still need to use a lamp? The Holy Ancestor himself is the incarnation of light, so why is it needed? Use a lamp? This lamp is used by me. As a disciple of the Holy Ancestor, I was given the gift to walk in the world, and I was given this lamp as a proof. According to the rules of the church, I am actually on the same level as the Holy Mother, only slightly lower than the leader. Low."
When he said this, Our Lady of the Golden Lamp sent a message to the two masters beside her: "The lamp is fake, don't worry about it."
The eight treasure lantern suddenly appeared, and the golden lantern masters were all panicked. After hearing these words, they took reassurance and secretly praised in their hearts that the Holy Mother was worthy of being the Holy Mother. Even if they kept their eyes closed, they could feel that the light was fake.
The first master said: "Hurry up and summon your holy ancestor, and let me see what kind of god he is!"
An Luoyi glanced at him with dissatisfaction: "You have to be careful when you speak. Although the Holy Ancestor is too weak-minded and compassionate to be as knowledgeable as you, the Holy Ancestor has many songs, gods and demons around him. They are all the protectors in front of his old man, and there are many of them with bad tempers. If they hear you slandering the Holy Ancestor, they will cut you down to a hundred and eighty thousand pieces!"
Everyone urged: "Hurry up and summon us!"
"It's an invitation, not a summons!" An Luoyi corrected seriously.
"Yes, yes, please, please, please hurry up."
An Luoyi held the lamp with his left hand and flicked it, and it burned. He made a mudra with his right hand and muttered words.
"Great Bright Seal! What he wears is Great Bright Seal!" The believers all recognized it. This was the mudra often done by the first master.
Someone explained: "He must have learned it secretly."
Our Lady of the Golden Lamp can feel it without opening her eyes. The eight-treasure lotus lantern on the top of the altar behind her is a very powerful magic weapon in itself, and it also carries millions of wishes. It is burning like an incandescent fireball there. The lamp in An Luoyi's hand was just an ordinary thing, without any strange appearance, so it was definitely fake.
In fact, she was a little impatient and felt that the first master should have dealt with An Luoyi long ago and could not affect today's sacrifice.
An Luoyi chanted a mantra and shook the golden lamp there. The first master thought it was a fake and thought that he would catch him after a while. He turned around and turned into a sheep and threw it into a pot to cook for the believers. Share food.
Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly the crowd let out a "Huh" sound and all looked up to the sky. He also looked up and was immediately startled.
I saw a bright spot directly above the altar, in the dark night sky. In just a few breaths, the bright spot turned into a fireball, and the fireball turned into a round basin. The round basin continued to expand, and a large number of light clouds scattered around. , dispel the darkness and illuminate the night sky...
Soon it was as if there was an extra noon sun, and the light clouds it released formed into a large cloud, like a huge glowing glass umbrella, covering people's heads, and the entire Longshou Mountain area was illuminated!
Everyone was stunned. This was clearly more shocking than when Our Lady of the Golden Lantern appeared just now!
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Luo Yi laughed loudly and said, "Look, which one is brighter is the Holy Ancestor or the Holy Mother?"
There is no doubt that the light of the Holy Ancestor is greater. Everyone seems to be bathed in the midday sun. A large amount of light and heat are shed on the pavement, making them physically and mentally peaceful, and their whole bodies are warm. They can feel the infinite light through their eyelids.
"Holy Ancestor! Holy Ancestor!" Someone took the lead and knelt down, "Welcome to the Holy Ancestor! Welcome to the Holy Ancestor!"
Others followed suit and knelt down. In the blink of an eye, all the two to three hundred thousand believers on the mountain and down the mountain knelt down. The devout believers were bathed in the strong light and heat. They were all moved and cried bitterly: "Holy Ancestor has mercy! The Holy Ancestor has mercy! The Holy Ancestor guides me to ascend to the light!"
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