Chan 'er naturally followed Bai Xiaotian on the flying boat. After these days of recuperation, his body had completely recovered, but his spirit still looked a little weak.
He had never told Shen Luo and Bai Xiaotian about the details of the three days when he untangled the knot in his heart. In fact, in addition to reciting the Mind-clearing Mantra, he also debated with Zhan Guo, who was awake from time to time.
Zhan Guo's attainments in Buddhism were far more profound than he had imagined. Although Chan 'er won the debate in the end, it was still a huge test for his mind.
In the end, Chan 'er had to communicate with the Sarira he had left behind in his previous life and borrow the power of the Sarira to completely awaken Zhan Guo.
"Almsgiver Bai, after that day, have you seen Zhan Guo again?" Chan 'er sat cross-legged behind Bai Xiaotian and suddenly asked.
"No. It is said that someone saw him that day. He went out through the city gate. Many people guessed that he returned to his homeland to atone for his sins. Anyway, since that day, no one has seen him again …" Bai Xiaotian said.
"What's wrong? Master Chan 'er, is there something you need from him?" Shen Luo also asked curiously.
"It's nothing. It's just that after untangling the knot in his heart that day, I feel that there are still some Zen principles that I haven't explained clearly. It's inevitable that I can't free myself from them," Chan 'er said.
"Master Chan 'er, don't worry too much. It is said that on the day Zhan Guo left the city, he cleaned up his appearance and had a relieved smile on his face. Obviously, you have helped him transcend the sea of bitterness," Shen Luo comforted.
Chan 'er heard this and nodded, saying nothing more.
The group quickly flew to the meeting site. When they saw the tents that stretched for more than ten miles in the desert, they all felt that it was a magnificent sight.
The three of them descended from the sky and came to an open area in front of the meeting site. The monks who came here were also gathered there. They were all dressed neatly and silently reciting scriptures.
Although Jiao Lianmi was the king, he was not standing in the meeting site. Instead, he was like an ordinary believer. He only set up a tent in front of the meeting site and sat in it with the queen and the princes.
Seeing Shen Luo and the rest land on the stage, Qi Lianmi immediately waved at them with a smile on his face.
Shen Luo and Bai Xiaotian also waved at him, while Chan 'er only straightened her palms and bowed.
"Unparalleled, profound, and miraculous techniques are met with hundreds of thousands of calamities. Today I have seen and heard the teachings, I am willing to understand the true meaning of Tathagata. "Zen Master Lin Da stood in front of all the monks and opened the topic with the 'Buddha Said Infinite Life Sutra'.
"That is what I have heard." The monks bowed in unison and said.
Tens of thousands of commoners gathered in the surroundings and sat on the ground. The originally noisy crowd was now completely silent.
"I'll have to trouble all of you to ascend the altar and prepare to preach." Zen Master Lin Da swept his gaze across the crowd and said.
As soon as his voice fell, he took the lead to fly up and landed on the high altar in the center of the entire venue. He clasped his hands together and sat cross-legged on the lotus futon.
Then, Long Tan, Bao Shan, and the other monks from the Holy Lotus Altar also jumped up. There were a total of sixteen of them, and they landed on the surrounding high platforms.
"Master Chan 'er, are you ready?" Shen Luo asked in a low voice.
Chan 'er looked at Shen Luo and nodded nervously.
Shen Luo smiled and raised his hand to form a spell. He waved it toward the ground, and a clear spring surged up from the ground and turned into a spiral wave. It lifted Chan 'er's body and slowly lifted him into the air, sending him to the altar.
After Chan 'er sat down cross-legged, she felt the wind slowly blow past her. Suddenly, a strange yet familiar scene faintly appeared in her mind. It seemed that at some point in time, he had also sat on an altar like this and battled with others.
However, this scene only flashed by. What appeared in Chan 'er's mind was only an isolated image, and the impression was very vague.
Chan 'er was only distracted for a moment before he regained his composure. He twirled the string of beads in his hand and silently recited the heart sutra.
The other Zen masters of the other courtyards also ascended the altars and sat down cross-legged, reciting sutras and focusing their minds. The monks and disciples who came with the Zen masters also sat on the ground, surrounding the altars of their elders.
"Zen Master Tuo Lan, which sutra will you be using for this Dharma Assembly?" As the host monk of this Mahayana Assembly, Zen Master Lin Da did not start the lecture first. Instead, he chose a Dharma Master from the Jushi Nation to be the first to preach.
When the skinny old monk heard this, he first bowed to Zen Master Lin Da from afar, and then began to preach.
"I'll use the Sutra of the Ten Virtuous Karma as a sutra and talk about the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas' methods of breaking karma and resolving misfortune. If you want to break all misfortune and misfortune, you must make a great vow and cultivate the Ten Virtuous Karma Path. Do not kill, do not steal, do not indulge in evil, do not speak nonsense, do not talk twice, do not speak viciously, do not speak covetously, do not restrain anger, do not break stupidity … "
Although Shen Luo was not a Buddhist, he had read some Buddhist sutras in the past. He knew that this old monk was talking about the most basic method of cultivating Buddhism, which was to stay away from the ten types of evil karma and cultivate one's self.
After that, Zen Master Tuo Lan continued to talk about the way of living in the world that was derived from the Ten Virtuous Karma Path. The content was simple and easy to understand, but it covered a wide range of areas. Since he was a cultivator, his voice was extremely penetrating and spread out to a radius of ten miles outside the Dharma Altar.
Not only were the monks enthralled, even the commoners around were listening with great interest.
After Zen Master Tuo Lan finished, Zen Master Lin Da and the other monks bowed to him and chanted "Amitabha". Then, they picked the second Zen Master to begin his lecture.
This monk used the Sutra of Enlightenment as a guide to talk about the Path of Bodhisattva that Shakyamuni Buddha and many other Bodhisattvas had asked about. He quoted a large number of Buddhist scriptures and many Zen stories, and the lecture was quite interesting.
Shen Luo sat cross-legged beside the high platform below Chan 'er. He glanced at Bai Xiaotian beside him and found that he was also meditating with his eyes closed. He seemed to be listening to the Zen Master's lecture quietly.
After he slowly retracted his gaze, he was about to close his eyes and meditate when his pupils could not help but shrink slightly. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of what seemed to be an arc of flowing light flashing under the wooden board below him.
When he took a closer look, the flowing light disappeared in an instant.
"An illusion?" Shen Luo was slightly surprised. He then released his Divine Perception to investigate below.
With this investigation, he immediately found that there were waves of Mana fluctuations that were operating in an orderly manner under the square below him. However, after a closer inspection, he found that this magic formation seemed to be a very ordinary magic formation that gathered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
The speed of gathering was not fast, and the amount of spiritual energy that was gathered was not much. There was nothing special about it.
To be on the safe side, Shen Luo transmitted his voice to Bai Xiaotian and told him about this.
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