(The green jade tower covers the Yaotai, and the clouds float around the Qiong Tower in the vast sky)
Let's say that Lanfeng and his party boarded the merchant ship along with the people who were burning incense. Along the way, those people were really talking non-stop. The things mentioned are nothing more than respect for Guanyin Bodhisattva and some spiritual manifestations scattered in the South China Sea.
These things about gods and ghosts are something that ordinary people like to talk about, but Lan Feng and others are not interested. In order to make the ears clearer, Lan Feng and Mo Yun also activated their movements to speed up the three merchant ships.
The journey that originally took half a day, but with the blessing of several personal skills, only took two hours to see the mountain shape in the sea from a distance.
I thought I would be able to get rid of these people's gossip early, but this way of doing things actually made the people mistakenly think that it was the blessing of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the voices of cheering became louder.
After landing on the merchant ship, Lanfeng and the others quickly distanced themselves from the common people. Walking on this lonely mountain in the sea, several people clearly felt the abundant spiritual energy here.
The mountains and sea are inlaid, and the green shade is wild. Even though the sun was still out, the green plants under the night light temporarily relieved everyone's tense nerves.
Looking from the sky, Putuo Mountain has four distinct edges, like an emerald embedded in the vast ocean of the South China Sea.
Here, Putuo can calm the storm, appreciate the sun and moon, see across the sea and sky, and meditate on the mysteries of the universe.
Among the green mountains there is Guanyin Temple, Fatai Sutra Pavilion and Buddha Jade Pagoda.
At this time, those people who offer incense should go through the door to the temple to pray for blessings every year, and remember the good times year after year.
Lanfeng and the others were gathered in a quiet place at this time. He sent out his feathered sparrows and began to inspect the details of Mount Putuo.
Mu Zhi said: "The heavens and earth here are beautiful, and there are many creatures that take advantage of Guanyin's teachings. Let's be careful."
Lan Feng said: "It doesn't matter. The tits I scattered are all infused with the eighty-nine mysterious skills. Even if they are discovered, they will not be suspected of being caused by the demon clan."
Hai Yesheng looked at the dawning sky and said: "We are all ministers from all over the world, and the emperor has nine thousand emperors. If the great sage who overturned the sea could help us, wouldn't it be much easier?"
Lan Feng said: "This is the agreement between me and him. We must gather the remaining demon flags on our own."
Mu Zhizhi added: "But it's also strange. He didn't let us go find the Exorcist Demon Flag. It seems that he is not worried about King Yu Tao."
Lan Feng said: "Since he didn't say it, he has his reasons. Now we just need to do the things in front of us."
Just as he was talking, scattered tits flew from the forest, and Lanfeng waved them back to his arms.
After pondering for a moment, Lan Feng frowned and said: "There is nothing strange about what I found during the search, but they are all ordinary temples. There is only an isolated temple standing on the seaside in the southeast."
"The solitary temple?" Everyone was stunned, and Hai Yesheng asked, "Sanli, do you know what's wrong with that solitary temple?"
Xue Sanli shook his head and said: "Prince King Ying, this is also my first time to come to Mount Putuo. I have heard people say that the solitary temple was originally the place where Guanyin Bodhisattva conversed with the Dragon Clan of the South China Sea, but there is already the main hall of Guanyin on Mount Putuo, and that solitary temple The temple was abandoned.”
Lan Feng said: "A place to talk to dragons? It's interesting. Let's go and see it."
Everyone rushed through the mountains one after another, and within a moment they saw the lonely temple on the cliff by the sea.
The solitary temple is still leaking and has been eroded by the sea wind all year round. Only a wall on the south side is still intact.
When everyone came to the temple, they saw rotten trees and branches everywhere, and some shell fragments blown by the sea wind remained on the table. It looked like a temple, but more like a shabby house.
There is a statue of Guanyin sitting against the south wall, with a pair of kind eyes looking at the waves below. Unfortunately, no one has taken care of it for many years, and the statue of Guanyin is almost incomplete.
Lan Feng stepped forward and examined the Guanyin statue carefully, and found that there was nothing unusual about the Guanyin statue. Everyone searched inside the temple again until the sun came up over the sea, but nothing was found wrong.
"It's strange. Is there no information about Luojia Mountain on Putuo Mountain?" Lan Feng said.
Mo Yundao: "How about we go to Guanyin Temple again?"
Lanfeng thought to himself, as the head of the four great Bodhisattvas, how could Guanshiyin put his magical powers in such a conspicuous position? But now his tits have searched the Putuo Mountain inside and outside, and found nothing wrong. Now only the Guanyin Temple has not been visited...
Thinking of this, Lan Feng and others reluctantly returned to the bustling crowd.
Go up the mountain gate and then pass through the Zen courtyard. At this time, the morning light has risen from the sea, swaying through the forest and shining on the Guanyin Temple.
There is a plaque hanging high in the main hall, and an expert wrote three characters "Guan Zi Zai".
The left and right couplets also read, "Neither color nor emptiness, wholeheartedly solving the confusions of all sentient beings; No anger and no delusion, thousands of hands can clear away thousands of miles of clouds."
There is a white jade carved railing in front of the main hall, and a pure water lotus pond underneath. There are the five-color golden carp meandering under the white lotus on the green pole, and the indigo damselfly standing on the sharp lotus leaves.
In order to speed up the search, Lanfeng and the others were divided into three groups. Lanfeng and Ruoxue went to the main hall, while Mo Yunmu Zhizhi and Haiye Shengxue Sanli went to the left and right side halls to search.
The main hall was crowded with people, and Lanfeng held Ruoxue's hand and struggled hard before squeezing into the hall.
The hall is eight feet square, with sixteen red pillars supporting the roof beam. A nine-foot nanmu table is placed across the middle, and six futons are placed underneath for pilgrims to come and visit.
And behind the desk, there is a three-foot-tall white jade statue of Avalokitesvara.
This dharma image - a celestial crown on the head, a plain tent covering Ami's niche, a blue silk pillow on the neck, and a pair of earrings on the shoulders. The jade face is half-closed with kind eyebrows, a cinnabar mark is dotted between the forehead and the heart, the white shawl is open-minded, and the pure hand is holding a mutton-fat jade purifying bottle. His eyes are watching the believers coming and going, and his smile persuades people to be good.
Sitting down, the brocade cloth with lotus and cloud patterns was draped over the body of the golden-haired beast. The beast opened its eyes and glared at the palace gate, intending to scare away the evil spirits who accidentally entered the mountain gate.
To the left and right of Guanyin, there are four other Dharma images, including the black wind bear guarding the bamboo forest, the Hui'an practitioner holding a mixed iron rod, the dragon palace maid holding a purple gourd, and the good fortune boy wearing red brocade.
In addition to these dharma bodies, there are eight Buddhist treasures arranged around the hall, which are divided into "wheel, conch, umbrella, cover, flower, crown, fish, and long".
Lanfeng asked Ruoxue to stand aside first, while he took advantage of the people's unpreparedness and transformed into flying insects to search the hall.
On the other side, Mo Yun and Mu Zhizhi were searching the side hall on the left, but there were mostly prayer lamps and votive tributes lit by believers coming and going in this side hall, and there was nothing unusual after careful inspection.
Mo Yun looked around and suddenly saw a curtain covering a pillar next to the tribute display. Through the curtain, Mo Yun seemed to be able to vaguely see a few characters...
"Zhizhi, look at that." Mo Yun pointed at the pillar.
Mu Zhizhi looked along Mo Yun's hand and discovered the clues in it.
The two walked in front of the pillar and opened the curtain, but saw that there was nothing on the pillar...
The wooden branches covered the curtain again, and then the characters appeared again.
"interesting..."
The wooden branch gently fiddled with the curtain, gradually making the characters align with the edges. Gradually, seven characters appeared in their eyes.
"Ask the Bodhisattva why he sits upside down..." Mo Yun was blinded by these seven words for a moment.
Mu Zhizhi rolled his eyes and said, "This is just the left side hall. Xiaohai might also find something in the right side hall."
In this way, the two of them walked out of the left side hall. As soon as they stepped out, they saw Hai Yesheng and Xue Sanli also walking out.
The four of them looked at each other and understood something in their hearts. They squeezed into the main hall together to ask Lan Feng what he meant.
"Miss Ruoxue!"
Hai Yesheng saw Ruoxue in the crowd, but Lanfeng was nowhere to be seen. The four of them stepped forward and Mo Yun said, "Where are the Lanfeng brothers?"
Ruoxue looked at the sky above the hall and said, "You are still searching for details in the hall. Have you found anything?"
After hearing this, Mu Zhizhi told the couplet that the four of them had found in the side hall.
The first couplet is: Ask the Bodhisattva why he sits upside down
The second line is: Sighing that all living beings are unwilling to look back.
After hearing this, Ruoxue was confused and said that he would not worry about waiting for Lanfeng to come.
Not long after, Lan Feng flew to the corner and transformed back into his human body. When he saw Mo Yun and others arriving in the hall, he greeted them.
"What did Brother Lanfeng discover?" Mo Yun asked.
Lan Feng shook his head: "I have checked every bit of this hall, even the floor tiles under the Guanyin statue, and there is no abnormality in any mechanism. What about you?"
After Mo Yun heard what Lan Feng said, he told Lan Feng the couplets of the left and right side halls.
"Ask the Bodhisattva why he sits upside down, lamenting that all living beings refuse to look back..." Lanfeng pinched his eyebrows and kept chanting, "Sitting upside down? Where did this Bodhisattva sit upside down?"
He recalled his days at Jinshan Temple and had never heard of the term "Bodhisattva sitting upside down". Regardless of the reason for sitting upside down, what about sitting upright?
Lan Feng raised his head and looked at the three-foot-long Guanyin statue. The sound of the crowd around him seemed to be blocked by Lan Feng.
Seated Guanyin, Buddha statues... Lanfeng's memory began to shuttle, and the layout of the Buddha statues in Jinshan Temple gradually emerged in his mind. Those Buddha statues are magnificently decorated in gold and come in different sizes...but...
They are all facing the same direction!
At this moment, Lan Feng seemed to have an epiphany. Regardless of everyone's hesitation, he stretched his legs and walked out of the palace door.
"Lan Feng!"
Mo Yun shouted loudly. Seeing that Lan Feng had no intention of looking back, he led everyone and chased him out of the store!
Everyone chased after them. The scenery on the road seemed familiar. Mu Zhi said: "Isn't this the road leading to the solitary temple in the southeast?"
Others also saw the clues, but Lan Feng was running alone at the front and couldn't ask him.
After a while, everyone arrived in front of the solitary temple and saw that Lan Feng had entered the temple and looked up and down at the dilapidated Guanyin.
"It's not wrong. Sitting upside down is Guanyin. It's not wrong..." He murmured to himself.
Ruoxue stepped forward and said, "You brat, haven't we investigated this Guanyin before? Why did you come back again?"
Lanfeng took a deep breath and walked in front of everyone. He said: "I have stayed at Jinshan Temple for seven whole spring and autumn periods. It was not until today that I discovered that all the Buddha statues in the world sit north and face south!"
Everyone was startled, and Lan Feng said again: "Ask the Bodhisattva why he is sitting upside down, and sigh that all living beings refuse to look back. The Bodhisattva sitting upside down is right here..."
