Talk about the world of mortals in detail

The bells of Hualong Temple continued to ring, and Zhike Monk walked through the temple with Lou Yuancheng, a businessman who returned to Beijing years ago.

It was already evening. All the ordinary pilgrims had left the mountain temple, and only a few pilgrims who stayed overnight were still in the temple.

Along the way, some monks were simply cleaning various parts of the temple, and some monks had already begun to go to several meditation rooms to prepare for evening classes.

Lou Yuancheng is considered very pious and is very familiar with Hualong Temple. He has not been here for more than a year, but after seeing the scenes in front of him, he felt much calmer inside.

While going up the stairs on one side of the mountain, Lou Yuancheng saw a person dressed as an attendant carrying a steaming food box walking away, and he knew that some dignitary must be staying overnight.

Hualong Temple does not eat after lunch, and the monks only eat breakfast and lunch. Generally, pilgrims who stay overnight will also fast according to the temple rules.

But there are always exceptions. If someone really wants to eat the evening meal, Hualong Temple will not stop them and allow them to cook in the kitchen, but avoid eating meat.

Most of the people who make such exceptions are dignitaries. As the New Year approaches, such people often come to Hualong Temple to eat and pray.

"But I don't know which distinguished nobles are staying overnight in the temple today?"

When Lou Yuancheng asked this question, Zhike Seng smiled and shook his head.

"Young monk, it is inconvenient to say more!"

Lou Yuancheng nodded slightly. Although it was inconvenient to say more, it was equivalent to saying that he was probably a relative of the emperor.

At this time, the monks in the temple were already doing evening classes. When passing through these meditation rooms, one could hear the chanting of sutras inside. The voices of the monks were neat and gentle, with a melody that accompanied the sutras. It was not noisy in many people's ears. Noisy and peaceful.

However, after walking more than ten steps away from the meditation room, the sound is not too obvious.

Not long after, Lou Yuancheng, led by Zhike Monk, arrived at the highest and innermost Zen room, which was the Zen room of the old abbot of Hualong Temple. Here, the surroundings seemed a little quiet.

The old abbot was reciting scriptures silently in the Zen room. The monk who knew the guest arrived first and asked in front of the door.

"Master, Donor Lou is here. He said he has something important to meet with!"

The old abbot slowly opened his eyes.

"Invite him in!"

"yes!"

Zhike Monk replied, then stepped back a few steps, looked at Lou Yuancheng who was waiting a few steps away and nodded slightly.

Lou Yuancheng bowed his hands to Zhike Monk, then took a few steps forward, dusted and mopped the dust outside the Zen room, and then opened the door of the Zen room and entered the room.

An oil lamp, an old monk, and then Lou Yuancheng who came in alone.

"Lou Yuancheng meets Master Abbot!"

The old monk nodded and looked at the futon in front of him.

"Donor Lou, please sit down. What's important?"

Lou Yuancheng walked to the futon and sat down. He recalled everything he had experienced in Haiyu County and even his dream at the Guandao Inn. He immediately told the abbot.

"Master Abbot, I passed through Beihai County on my business trip in autumn and stopped briefly in Haiyu County. Unexpectedly, I encountered a strange thing at a stall selling aquatic products. There was a fisherman's stall selling dragon scales."

The old monk who had been looking down at him was slightly startled when he heard this. He looked up at Lou Yuancheng, but saw that his face was serious and did not look like a joke.

"Lou saw that the dragon scales looked very special, and he played with them again. He even felt that the material was extraordinary. He thought that even if it was not a dragon scale, it was still a rare thing, so he spent some money to buy one. Who knows that night , suddenly there was lightning, thunder, wind and rain.”

I had a frightening dream that a dragon was flying to ask for scales. When I woke up from the dream, I found that the dragon scales had disappeared and I got the orb.

Lou Yuancheng explained all these experiences to the abbot one by one, and finally took out a ball of cloth from his arms and opened it to reveal a round white bead the size of a longan inside.

The old abbot stared at the white bead in Lou Yuancheng's hand with wide eyes, as if he could feel a special aura.

When Lou Yuancheng stretched out his hand, the old abbot subconsciously took the white bead. As soon as he took it, his whole body trembled slightly, as if he felt a mighty breath overflowing from his hand.

At this moment, Yu Weng, who was wandering around in the night of Daegu and Kyoto, suddenly stopped and raised his head slightly to look in a certain direction, which was where Hualong Temple was located around the capital.

The synaesthesia in my heart seems to be echoing the person from afar!

It was also at this moment that the old abbot was in a trance, his consciousness slightly chaotic, as if he had fallen into a dream, as if he had returned to the night when he took over the position of abbot.

Although he became the abbot, on the first day when he was doing evening classes alone in the abbot's monastery, the monk at that time actually fell asleep.

Someone seemed to be talking in his sleep.

"Are you the contemporary abbot of Hualong Temple? You have good spirituality! Be your abbot in Hualong Temple and wait until you return to the world."

"Master, Master Abbot?"

The old abbot was refreshed, and then he came back to his senses. He lowered his head and looked at the white beads in his hand, and his heart began to stir.

After thinking about what he had heard, especially because Lou Yuancheng's description was detailed enough, he also repeated what the dragon in the dream said.

"My scales, my blood"

The old abbot's voice was relatively deep, and his thoughtful words brought out a sense of depth. Lou Yuancheng nodded repeatedly on the side.

"Yes, yes, that's almost the tone, but the sound came with wind and thunder. When I woke up from my dream, the box was intact but the dragon scales were gone, and there was this bead inside!"

"Originally Lou wanted to send it to Hualong Temple after he got the dragon scale. Now after thinking about it, he still thinks he should come and talk to Master Abbot!"

With that said, Lou Yuancheng finally asked the most concerning question.

"Master Abbot, do you think this indicates great luck or disaster for Lou?"

The old abbot frowned at this time. To be honest, thirty years have passed and a dream from that year, no matter how profound or real it was, has long been forgotten.

But the moment when I was in a trance, it seemed that I had returned to the dream in that short moment.

"Dragon scales just disappeared?"

"Yeah, it just disappeared, but this extra bead is worth a lot of money, far more than what I spent to buy the dragon scales. There may really be a dragon master in the world. This is a blessing or a curse for me personally. ?”

The old abbot returned the beads to Lou Yuancheng, then clasped his hands together and comforted Lou Yuancheng with a smile.

"Donor Lou, don't worry. The so-called pearls are obtained by removing the scales. The Buddhist meaning is that there are gains and losses, blessings and misfortunes. For you, this pearl should be better than the scales. It is to avoid disasters. In the future, do not seek petty gains. And selling this thing!"

Lou Yuancheng still couldn't help but sigh.

"I will keep what the master said in mind, but if the scales are still there, it would be good to take it to Hualong Temple to show it to Master Abbot, or to present it to relatives of the emperor. What a pity!"

The old abbot nodded slightly. Lou Yuancheng still had some businessman and philistine thoughts, but he would not say anything more.

"Excellent, thank you very much, Master Lou, for coming to tell me that I am going to recite sutras!"

"Uh, I'll take my leave then!"

Lou Yuancheng knew what the abbot meant, so he had to get up and leave.

After Lou Yuancheng left, the old abbot continued to chant sutras with his eyes closed, feeling calm and peaceful.

However, this kind of tranquility did not seem to last as long as before. Gradually, the old abbot could no longer calm down no matter what.

After a long time, the old abbot walked out of the meditation room. The monks chanting sutras that could not be heard here in the past were especially clear to the old monk's ears now.

The monk recited sutras like singing, and his tone was graceful and full of Buddhist sounds, which also made the old monk smile.

Although the mountain breeze was cool in winter, it didn't feel freezing at the moment. The old monk put on his monk clogs and walked out until he walked to the side of the mountain and looked at the mountain wall. Under the moonlight, he could vaguely see the dragon's body on the mountain wall.

From the perspective of the old abbot, the dragon's body is even more mysterious and majestic, as if it is hiding in the mountains.

The old monk gestured with his palm. According to Lou Yuancheng, the size of the dragon scales was slightly larger than an adult's hand, and seemed to be similar to the dragon paintings on the mountain of Hualong Temple.

Suddenly, the giant dragon circling up the mountain turned its head, as if the dragon's body was dancing on the surface of the mountain and turned to look at the old abbot.

In the old monk's shocked eyes, the dragon's mouth opened and closed and made a sound.

"Little monk, you have to be careful. I'm afraid you may be in trouble this time, but you can still protect yourself by adhering to the true way of the world! However, it will be a big disaster for my friend. If my friend comes, I advise him not to help me anymore and to run away quickly. Leave quickly, remember, remember."

"What kind of disaster is it and how can we stop it?"

The old abbot asked subconsciously, and the painted dragon answered.

"If you talk too much, you will be lost. If you know something, you will have something to answer. Wherever the rivers flow and the heavens fall, they will all respect their place. My friend will know it."

After saying this, the mountain painting dragon twisted again and returned to its previous appearance.

The old monk stood there blankly for a long time, unable to calm down, and even more at a loss. However, he had a vague realization in his heart. When he turned around and wanted to return to the meditation room, he found that the door was closed.

But he obviously just opened the door and came out

As soon as the thought came up, the next moment I felt like I was weightless.

"Hoo"

The old monk, whose body trembled slightly, woke up from his sedation and looked around again. The meditation room was quiet and the lights were steady. He was sitting on the futon without moving.

But at this moment, outside Hualong Temple in the night, a white-haired old man was already standing in front of the mountain gate.

Yu Weng looked up at the big words "Hualong Temple" at the entrance of the temple. He raised his eyes and saw the faintly visible dragon body on the mountain, with a slight smile on his face.

Perhaps in the past, there were dragons painted on mountains first, and temples were built later, but now it seems a bit blatant, especially when the Dragon King of the North Sea comes ashore.

After a little calculation, Yu Weng opened his mouth slightly, the dragon ball deep in his throat shone with light, and then spit out a burst of mist.

Although the mist was thin, it spread quickly, covering Hualong Mountain in a short period of time.

"Sir, can this scare that old dragon?"

Hui Mian, who had returned to Yu Weng, couldn't help but ask a question, and the latter shook his head.

"If he sees it in front of the temple, he probably won't be able to bluff him, but he is too arrogant to travel in the world of mortals. This will at least prevent him from having an immediate reaction, but he will find it sooner or later! "

"Oh, but we arrived first, why don't we go in and take a look?"

"Hey, that's exactly what I meant!"

With that said, Yu Weng walked towards the temple gate step by step.

It was getting late at night, and the temple gate had long been closed, but the old man ignored him and started banging on the door and shouting when he got there.

"Hey, open the door, open the door. It's freezing cold. Let me go in and warm up."