White Bone Monkey King

"Taoist Master Jin'an."

"Daozhang Chen."

"The sword-sharpening benefactor."

"This poor monk came to watch at night and chatted. Didn't he disturb the rest of the Taoist priests?"

Master Shanneng put his palms together, with a kind smile on his kind face, and saluted one by one.

Jin An was stunned for a few breaths.

Only then did he react.

"Master Shanneng is so polite. You are the respected monk Sakyamuni, so you are naturally welcomed."

Jin An turned aside to make way for Master Shanneng.

"Master Shan Neng, have you had your dinner?"

"It just so happens that the little brother and the old Taoist have just come back from outside and haven't had time to have dinner yet. Master Shanneng, let's have dinner together in the temple tonight."

"I'm going to go to the kitchen to start a fire and cook."

The old Taoist priest who had always said that Buddha was his enemy changed from his normal behavior this time and spoke enthusiastically to Master Shanneng.

Master Shanneng clasped his hands and chanted a Buddhist chant: "Master Chen is too polite. The poor monk is not hungry yet. How can I trouble Master Chen to run around and work for a worthless old monk like me..."

The old Taoist priest said enthusiastically: "You're welcome, not at all."

"Master Shanneng, please talk to your little brother first. I will prepare dinner soon and call Master Shanneng. Master Shanneng, you have taken it orally tonight. If you can taste the master, I will cook in person to show off my skills. Master Shanneng The best ones are the spicy tofu and ground three delicacies, both of which are vegetarian.”

After finishing speaking, the old Taoist priest turned around and walked toward the kitchen. As he walked, he enthusiastically shouted to Master Shanneng that dinner would be ready soon. You must stay in the temple to have dinner.

I was in Lingqian Township more than half a month ago.

Jin An, the old Taoist priest, and Master Shanneng spent several days and nights doing rituals for the unborn fetuses.

The relationship between these two people is no longer unfamiliar.

The old Taoist priest and Master Shanneng have long been familiar with each other.

"Go and help Lao Dao with Xi Jian. He is washing rice, washing vegetables, and making fire to cook all by himself for so many people's dinner. He will probably be too busy." Jin An said to Xi Jian.

"Okay, Master." Xiajian nodded.

Avenue induction.

Yin Deyi.

After watching the sharp sword and turning to leave, Jin An saw that Master Shanneng was still speaking. He laughed and said: "Master Shanneng, you don't need to be too polite to us. We all live and die together in Lingqian Township. Let's do it together. Your compassionate mind has already convinced us that you can save the souls of the deceased through religious rituals, so it is natural for us to keep you for dinner."

As he spoke, Jin An invited Master Shanneng into the Taoist temple: "Master Shanneng, don't stand outside. The wind is strong at night, so go first to the Taoist temple."

"Then let's talk about Taoist Jin'an and the Five Zang Taoist Temple tonight." Master Shanneng clasped his hands together, then raised his feet and entered the Taoist temple after dark.

Jin An stayed behind and closed the door.

At this time, outside the Taoist temple, the whole world had fallen into the night, the sky was completely dark, and the road was dim under the moonlight. When Master Shanneng came to the Wu Zang Taoist Temple, he did not have a torch or lantern in his hand.

The darkness does not affect Master Shanneng's travels at all.

Master Shanneng is an accomplished monk of Bailong Temple. It seems that this darkness has little impact on Master Shanneng.

Just like Jin An's current strength, he can barely achieve night vision.

boom.

The door of the Taoist temple was closed, and Jin An, holding a lantern in his hand, led the way, taking Master Shanneng all the way to the private backyard.

When passing by the main hall that had not yet been repaired along the way, Master Shanneng praised it without hesitation.

Looking at the Taoist temple that had not yet been expanded, Master Shanneng suddenly felt emotional: "The poor monk was sent to the temple by his parents to become a monk since he was a child. At that time, the poor monk did not understand what Buddha is and what the world is. There are three thousand people, but they only know that they can have enough food after entering the temple, so they have paid homage to the Buddha since they were young, wiped the lamp oil in front of the Buddha's throne, and kept the incense burning for the Buddha... They work diligently every day, from a young novice to a young monk, from childhood to adulthood. Never left the monastery.”

"The poor monk at that time was by nature dull. Others could understand a passage three times a day, but the poor monk could not understand the truth in ten and a half months. He had been slow to enlighten since he was a child and did not understand what Buddhism, principles, and nature were. I don’t know why people in the world like to kneel down to worship the Buddha. I just know that my parents can’t support me, so I can only stay in the temple to avoid starving to death on the streets.”

"So, I work harder than other novices and monks, chanting sutras and worshiping the Buddha day and night. While others copy sutras once a day, I copy them three or five times. I have copied sutras for more than 30 years. I even memorized the catalog of scriptures in the Bailong Temple's Sutra Pavilion, and sorted out the meaning of the scriptures in the Bailong Temple's Sutra Pavilion, so that future generations can better find Buddhist scriptures; I tried my best to wipe the spot in front of the Buddha's throne every day; The lamp oil and incense are never cut off for a moment. I change the incense and candles for the Buddha every hour to maintain peace and tranquility for the Buddha..."

"Thanks to my having a good master, my master interceded for me several times in front of the abbot, so even when I was in my weakest years and had never had a relationship with the Buddha, I was still kept in the temple by the abbot. He has devoted himself to copying scriptures for more than thirty years without any distractions. Every time he thinks of his mentor and abbot, the poor monk will feel grateful."

"Finally, diligence can make up for weakness. At the age of forty, the poor monk suddenly became enlightened overnight. He began to understand the essentials of the scriptures in the Sutra Pavilion without a teacher. The Ten Great Buddhist Sutras, the Ten Great Prajna Sutras, and the Four Agama Sutras... The poor monk was in front of the Buddha's seat. Lamp oil enlightens me to the compassion of my Buddha, the Two-legged Lord of Blessing and Wisdom. If you see me with my form and pray to me with my voice, you will be practicing evil ways and will not be able to see the Tathagata..."

Jin An led the way and listened quietly to Master Shanneng's memories. When people get old, it is easiest to reminisce about the past.

At this time, the two happened to pass by Ye Yin Pavilion.

Jin'an's original intention for building this Yeyin Pavilion was just like the two plaques hanging on the pavilion——

The small hermitage is hidden in the mountains, and the big hermitage is hidden in the city.

Taking advantage of the quiet retreat in the mountains and forests, immersing yourself in a paradise that is independent from the world, and claiming that you have seen through the world of mortals, it can only be regarded as a small retreat from reality at best.

On the contrary, those who can still forget both things and themselves amidst the noise and interference of the world, never forget the beginning, and have a state of mind that is not stained with dust, are the ones who have truly achieved the great truth.

Just like Taoism about the five internal organs.

Taoist temple of the five internal organs.

Taoism about the five internal organs has a high reputation in Jin An.

"The small hermitage is hidden in the mountains, the great hermitage is hidden in the city..." Master Shanneng looked at the plaque in the Yeyin Pavilion and repeatedly chewed on the artistic conception.

"Amitabha."

"The poor monk always thought that as long as he devoted himself to practice and understood Buddhism, he would be able to find a way to save the world from the sea of ​​suffering, and one day he would be able to find the other side of the Buddha. But the poor monk was deceiving himself and others, hiding in Bailong Temple all his life, But they forget that it took the Buddha three asamkhya kalpas to become a Buddha."

"It wasn't until this moment that the poor monk had an epiphany. Sure enough, the poor monk had no wisdom in Buddhism since he was a child. I am still the same me, the little novice and monk hiding in Bailong Temple because I was afraid of starving to death. I have never had any Buddha nature. , Buddha’s heart. Amitabha.”

Master Shanneng put his hands together, sighed, and said mockingly to himself.

"The poor monk has been copying sutras all his life, but he is still complacent in his self-righteousness, thinking that he is close to the Buddha. In fact, he has not even fully understood the unpredictable nature of the human heart. His thoughts are shallow and his vision is short-sighted. How can he understand the three great asamkhya kalpas of the Buddha Sutra? How can one comprehend the eleven kinds of suffering of the Buddha: birth, old age, death, sadness, grief, pain, worry, annoyance, meeting of resentments and hatreds, separation from love, and not being able to get what one wants?"

Master Shanneng’s face was filled with sadness.

"Master Shanneng, you are too modest. You have always been an eminent monk in my heart." Jin An didn't know how to persuade this eminent monk of Bailong Temple at this time.

After all, he has never experienced the life of Master Shanneng, and he does not know the change in Master Shanneng's mood after looking at the two plaques in Yeyin Pavilion.

He didn't even know the story about the Buddha's three kalpas and the eleven kinds of suffering.

The eminent monk of Bailong Temple in front of him shook his head: "This is not the humble monk's belittlement or excessive self-effacement."

"In the past, the poor monk always thought that I had entered Bailong Temple since I was a child, kowtowed and chanted sutras day and night, and never forgot my original intention to stay in front of the Buddha's throne all my life, and never let a piece of dust in front of the Buddha's throne. That was my respect for the Buddha. The greatest devotion. I am even a little complacent, thinking that no one in the whole temple can match my respect for the Buddha."

"But today I look at the expansion of the Wu Zang Taoist Temple. In the hands of Taoist Master Jin'an, the Wu Zang Taoist Temple has taken on a new look and is thriving. It has expanded from a lonely small Taoist temple to three major halls today. Incense believers come to burn incense every day. Everything is changing with each passing day. , carry it forward... The poor monk couldn't help but sigh, Taoist Jin'an faced the great darkness, in the darkness, defeated the Tengu to eat the sun, and then was reborn in the ashes of the light, and kept the clouds clearing to see the clear sky, which is the most difficult and hardship , the most valuable quality.”

"The poor monk's little self-satisfied deeds made him feel ashamed in front of Taoist Master Jin'an and lamented that he could not do better than Taoist Jin'an."

"Taoist Master Jin'an is the real Taoist master who is hiding in the city. The poor monk has copied Buddhist scriptures all his life, including the "Maha Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra", "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra", "Huayan Sutra", "Surangama Sutra", "Diamond Sutra"...but I haven't understood the heart of Buddha. The poor monk has lived for so long and still hasn't changed. He is still the same person who was frightened by hunger when he was a child. He hid in Bailong Temple all his life and just wanted to eat. The well-fed little novice monk... the little hermit hiding in the mountains and forests refers to people like poor monks who deceive themselves and others."

Master Shanneng had a kind and kind face as he spoke, shaking his head and sighing.

After the Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, his first words were: "It's amazing, it's amazing that all sentient beings possess the wisdom and virtue of the Tathagata, but they cannot achieve it through delusional thinking and persistence."

His sigh was that he had seen through the illusion too late.

Sighing why he didn't come to Wu Zang Tao earlier to see Taoist Master Jin An.

The bodhi tree he sighed was the Yeyin Pavilion in the Five Zang Taoist Temple.

…

…

The private backyard of Wu Zang Taoist Temple.

Only Jin'an, old Taoist priests, and Xiejian can enter and exit here. It is not open to incense believers on weekdays.

In Jin'an's house.

The lamp oil is bright.

"Master Shanneng, it has been almost a month since we last saw each other in Lingqian Township. I don't know about the matter of the Buddha incarnate. How is Master Shanneng's investigation going?"

Jin An asked Master Shanneng to sit down at a square wooden table and took the initiative to pour a glass of cold water for him and Master Shanneng.

After Master Shanneng thanked Jin An, the old monk Xianghe nodded: "Thank you, Taoist Master Jin An, for your concern."

"It went pretty well."

Jin An asked curiously: "I wonder why so many physical Buddhas were abandoned by the Buddha this time?"

Master Shanneng clasped his hands together, chanted a Buddhist chant, and said with kind eyes: "It is very valuable that Taoist Master Jin'an can have such a rare quiet time in the city. The poor monk will not let the annoying things of Buddhism bother him. The Taoist temple is quiet, and Buddhism is quiet." It will clear the door on its own.”

Seeing that Master Shanneng was unwilling to say more, Jin An pondered for a moment, but did not insist on asking any more questions.

Perhaps it’s because family scandals should not be publicized.

Master Shanneng had concerns.

To avoid dragging down all the innocent people in Jin'an and Wu Zang Taoist Temple.

"Okay, let's not mention this again."

Jin An let go of his frown, and then asked Master Shanneng in front of him about another matter: "Master Shanneng, I don't know that the ghost fetus I met when I was walking around in Lingqian Township last time, Master Shanneng later returned to Baidu." After the Dragon Temple, have you found any clues through investigation?"

When he heard Jin An's question, Master Shanneng clasped his hands together again, lowered his eyebrows and chanted a Buddhist chant: "Amitabha, the poor monk knows that Taoist Jin An has been waiting for news about the poor monk, so the poor monk does not dare to be negligent, and has already investigated Come up with some clues.”

"Oh?" Jin An frowned.

Then he couldn't wait to ask: "What is the origin of the ghost fetus?"

Master Shanneng: "That is actually not a ghost fetus, but a small drought demon."

Drought?

Xiaohanba?

Jin An was stunned, this news was so surprising.

"etc."

"The Yinyi River has been cut off several times recently. Could it be related to the birth of this little drought monster?"

Jin An made a bold guess.

However, Master Shanneng shook his head: "When the Yinyi River stopped flowing a few months ago, this little drought demon had not yet matured. It should not be the disaster caused by this little drought demon."

"And there is a characteristic of the drought demon, that is, when the drought demon comes out, no rain will fall, and the fertile fields will be severely drought."

"The last few times the Yinyi River has stopped flowing, it's just a cessation of flow. However, the rainy season is normal, and the crops on the farmland are growing well. It should not be caused by this little drought monster."

Jin An thought about it carefully and thought it had nothing to do with Xiao Hanba. But he couldn't figure it out anymore. Since the Yinyi River's continuous interruptions had nothing to do with Xiaohanba, then what was the purpose of the group of antique dealers in cultivating Xiaohanba?

There is a saying that you can’t afford to be early if you don’t have any profit.

Jin An didn't believe that all this was just a coincidence.

Next, according to what Master Shan Neng said, the group of antique dealers probably obtained a small Hanbao accidentally or intentionally.

Then he used obscenity to worship the God of Five Powers, hoping to make the noble lady of the He family pregnant with a ghost fetus, and then planted the fetus-shaped little drought monster into the belly of the lady.

Borrow the eldest lady's noble destiny to nourish corpse energy.

Let Xiao Hanba be reborn.

Become something more vicious.

The corpse first turns into a drought demon, and then turns into a jade beast.

That group of antique dealers should be cultivating "犼".

But something unexpected happened along the way. The eldest lady is a precious person, and there is no feng shui protection arranged by the masters in the mansion. The obscene worship of the Wutong God did not harm the eldest lady, but instead turned against the Zhang family. The five brothers' obscene sacrifice and the Zhang family Sheng and singing every night made Zhang have a ghost fetus.

Later there was nothing we could do.

The group of antique dealers could only borrow Zhang's belly to continue cultivating Xiao Hanbao.

Maybe they had no choice but to plant the little Hanbao in Zhang's belly in a hurry? In order to sacrifice the ghost fetus in Zhang's belly to Xiaohanbao, and encourage the corpse, yin, and evil spirits in Xiaohanbao's body, otherwise Xiaohanbao would be too fragile and would not live long?

The little drought demon is a vicious creature among zombies. After planting a little drought demon into the belly of a living person, Zhang's sanity began to be affected by the cruel and murderous nature of the little drought demon.

She first ate live chickens, ducks and other live poultry.

As the little drought demon grew bigger and bigger, its appetite became larger and it began to eat the fetuses and souls of other pregnant women.

Later, the Zhang family, who was controlled by Xiaohanba, made too much noise in Lingqian Township and was worried that Xiaohanba's affairs would be exposed. Therefore, the entire Zhang family was killed and silenced by the antique dealers, and their bodies were destroyed.

Therefore, when the local government quickly invited the eminent monk from Bailong Temple and the eldest lady brought Jin An to Lingqian Township, no clues could be found.

As for why that group of antique dealers asked for Uncle He's birthday and horoscope before leaving, most likely because of their evil intentions.

Still thinking about the eldest lady's noble life and belly.

I want to sacrifice the eldest lady and the He family to the little Hanba, and train the little Hanba into a more powerful "犊".

After hearing what Master Perfect Neng said, Jin An was shocked.

At first, he thought that the group of antique dealers were just trying to kill people, take their money, and wipe out all their competitors in the business field.

Later I found out that things were not that simple.

The real purpose of the group of antique dealers was to target the eldest lady and the He family, hoping to change people's lives in Wutou Village.

But now he heard another even more unexpected news from Master Shanneng.

Xiao Hanba was born.

The real purpose of that group of antique dealers is to cultivate the legendary "犊"?

Jin An frowned. Could the Dragon King's landing last night be related to this group of antique dealers?

So, he told Master Shanneng what he saw last night and expressed his guess.

"Master Shanneng, I wonder how much you know about the Dragon King's landing last night? I suspect that last night's explosion, prison robbery, dragon's chant, and Dragon King's landing were all caused by someone using the Dragon King of Yinyi River to pretend to be a ghost and cause trouble to move eastward. ."

"Perhaps, this matter is related to the government office's recent plan to issue a hero post to recruit all the Taoist temples and Buddhist temples in the city to go to the Yinyi River and Thousand Cave Cave to eradicate the Dragon King and investigate why there have been a series of abnormal celestial phenomena in the Yinyi River recently."

"This was originally just my personal conjecture, and I wasn't very sure about it, but guess what rumors I heard in the city today? Someone behind the scenes started spreading rumors to slander Fu Yin through the Dragon King's landing."

Jin An sneered: "They are forcing the Palace Palace Yin."

"Force the governor to make a decision early and go down to the Yinyi River to find Qiankudong and the Dragon King."

"I'm afraid that the governor has already seen through the conspiracy behind it, so the government has not made any move. He is willing to get out of this predicament, but now the city is full of wind and rain, just like 'the rain is coming, the wind is filling the buildings, and the dark clouds are pressing down on the city to destroy it.' The previous killings. Now the people are in a state of confusion, and it is no longer up to the governor to decide whether to do this."

"If the governor wants to stabilize the people's hearts, he must go down to the Yinyi River as soon as possible and pacify the Dragon King."

"Master Shanneng, tell me, is it possible that the group of antique dealers behind the Dragon King's landing this time are also adding fuel to the fire?" Having said this, Jin An took a deep breath. This group of antique dealers can really cause trouble.

"There's just one thing I can't figure out. Why do these people go to so much trouble and add fuel to the fire to go down to the Yinyi River to find the Dragon King?"

"They really have such good intentions. Do they want to slay demons, cut off the dragon king's head, and bring peace to the people on both sides of the Yinyi River?"

The reason why Jin An guessed that it was the antique dealer was because he actually had something unsaid in his mind.

The dragon-killing knife in Mr. Yin Yang's village was taken away.

On this side of Fucheng is the Dragon King Terrace, the Dragon King Temple, and the Dragon King.

It's all such a coincidence.

That's why he thought that the Dragon King's landing case was related to the mysterious group of antique dealers.

Kill the dragon king with the dragon sword?

After hearing what Jin An said about last night, Master Shanneng looked surprised, and then said thoughtfully: "Perhaps, the poor monk already knows what their purpose is."

Said.

Master Shanneng took out something from his cassock.

This thing!

It was a broken jade that Jin An was all too familiar with!

"The White Tiger Bureau of Changxian County in the Four Symbol Bureau of Duantianjiedi has been broken."

"The Corpse Execution Immortal is born."

"The passage is about to appear, and the age of great strife...is coming."

"!"

Jin An was stunned.