"What's wrong with you?" Pang Bo's voice traveled into Ye Fan's ears as he shook his shoulder.
Ye Fan felt as if he had just woken up from a dream. There were no Buddhist chants or Buddhist chants. The ancient temple was still the same with a thick layer of dust, and the others acted as if they hadn't heard anything.
"Is this really the Great Leiyin Temple?" he whispered to himself. Although what he had heard and seen just now was brief, why did it feel so real? This made him fall into a daze as he thought about it carefully.
Ye Fan stared at the ancient bronze lamp in his hand, but there was nothing special about it. There were some patterns engraved on it, simple and natural. There was nothing unusual about it.
"Praying mat!" A male student found an old praying mat from a pile of ashes. Time had not worn it down.
Not long after, another female student found a red sandalwood prayer bead from the thick layer of dust. It hadn't been damaged by the passage of time. After blowing away the dust, it still had a faint luster.
At the same time, Kai found half a broken wooden fish in the dust in front of the stone Buddha. Three Bodhisattvas were engraved on it, either solemn or merciful.
At this moment, Ye Fan was deep in thought. If this was really the legendary Great Leiyin Temple, then it was a place abandoned by the gods. All the artifacts unearthed should be extraordinary!
"Dang!"
Wang Ziwen's foot seemed to have kicked something as it made a metallic sound. He pushed away the dust in the corner, revealing a broken copper bell the size of a palm. It was missing a part of the bell's wall and had an ancient design.
"Dang …" He shook the copper bell, and a melodious sound came out. It was like the lingering sound of Buddha, calming one's mind.
Ye Fan's thoughts were interrupted, and he couldn't help but look at the copper bell. There were cloud patterns engraved on it, and it was simple with a hint of Zen and Buddhist charm.
Pang Bo murmured softly. He had entered the ancient temple first, but he didn't find anything. It could only be said that he was unlucky.
Almost at the same time, Li Xiaoman found half a jade ruyi at the foot of the stone Buddha. She wiped away the dust, and the crystal clear jade immediately began to glow.
The ancient temple seemed to be empty, but there were a few people who found artifacts under the dust. The others immediately moved quickly to search for them.
Ye Fan did not pay much attention to those objects. The only untainted, undamaged, and everlasting bronze lamp in the ancient temple was in his hand. The other objects were obviously incomparable to it.
"I don't believe that we can't find anything …" Pang Bo mumbled.
"Search carefully. No matter what artifacts you find, you must put them away." Ye Fan handed the ancient lamp to Pang Bo and asked him to search with the help of the light. Although he could not tell what was so special about these broken Buddhist weapons, he knew that if there were gods in this world, these things must be extraordinary!
Ye Fan temporarily handed the copper lamp to Pang Bo. He walked out of the ancient temple and walked towards the Bodhi tree in front of the temple. At this moment, he had already broken away from his original way of thinking and temporarily made himself believe that God really existed.
Since the ancient temple was the Big Leiyin Temple, how could he miss the accompanying Bodhi tree? If there was a Buddha in this world, that withered ancient tree must be extraordinary!
The Bodhi tree was the sacred tree of Buddhism. According to the Tang Dynasty Records of the Western Region, Buddha once told Ananda that there were three objects in this world that should be worshiped — the Buddha's bone relic, the Buddha statue, and the Bodhi tree.
This was because Buddha achieved enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. Seeing the Bodhi tree was like seeing Buddha.
The withered ancient tree in front of him was as strong as a horned dragon. Six or seven people would not be able to encircle it. The trunk was hollow, and only a withered branch that hung two or three meters from the ground had six green leaves hanging on it. The leaves were crystal clear and as green as agate.
Regardless of whether this ancient tree had anything to do with Buddha, the six green jade-like leaves alone were enough to show that it was extraordinary.
Ye Fan came under the tree and carefully looked at the ancient Bodhi tree. The huge branches almost completely covered the top of the ancient temple. If the branches were full of leaves, one could imagine the scene of the sky being covered by them.
At this moment, Ye Fan's heart skipped a beat. He found that the six crystal clear green leaves were rippling with invisible green clouds. A small part of them floated towards the direction of the Five-Colored Altar in the distance, and most of them sank into the roots of the tree.
The green clouds were shaped like threads, constantly overflowing from the six green leaves. It made people feel a breath of life, as if there was endless vitality flowing.
Ye Fan squatted down and dug the soil at the roots. He wanted to see what was underneath that could condense the green clouds overflowing from the Bodhi leaves.
Under the soil, he did not see anything magical. He only found a Bodhi seed. There was no light, no brilliance, no clouds, and its color was gray and ordinary. If one did not pay attention, he would be mistaken for a lump of soil.
The only special thing about it was its size. An ordinary Bodhi seed was only the size of a fingernail, but this gray Bodhi seed was as big as a walnut.
Ye Fan was surprised. Could it be that the green clouds overflowing from the Bodhi leaves were absorbed by it? After observing for a while, he saw the green clouds flowing down and disappearing three inches away from the Bodhi seed.
Although he did not see it absorb the essence of the Bodhi leaves, he was almost certain that it was caused by it.
Ye Fan held the Bodhi seed in his palm. After careful observation, he was shocked. The natural patterns on this gray and ordinary Bodhi seed were actually connected together to form a merciful Buddha!
The Buddha was naturally formed. It was completely formed by the interweaving of natural patterns, but it seemed to have been carefully carved on it.
The gray Buddha diagram was simple and natural, and there was a faint Zen rhythm coming from it.
"A natural Buddha diagram. Could it be that 2,500 years ago, Gautama Buddha really proved his Dao because of the Bodhi tree?"
The Bodhi tree had other names. It was the Wisdom Tree, the Enlightenment Tree, and the Thinking Tree. Legend had it that it could awaken one's divinity and enlighten oneself.
Ye Fan raised the Bodhi Seed high above his head, facing the six green leaves on it. The speed at which the green mist flowed out instantly increased, and the aura of vitality became denser and denser, all of it concentrated on the Bodhi Seed. Of course, the light still disappeared three inches away from the seed.
"Pop!"
A light sound rang out. A sparkling and translucent Bodhi Leaf flowed with the last strand of green multicolored light before shattering and turning into ashes that drifted down.
At this point, Ye Fan was finally convinced that the Bodhi seed looked ordinary, but it was extraordinary. He carefully put it away.
At this time, he noticed that there was a lot of powder on the ground. It was the same as the ashes of the Bodhi leaf. Could it be that all the Bodhi leaves on the tree disappeared like this? This surprised Ye Fan.
The Bodhi seed with the natural Buddha diagram was extraordinary. He vaguely felt that it was even more important than the bronze lamp that accompanied the stone Buddha!
There were still five green leaves on the ancient Bodhi tree, but they were not as crystal clear as before. Ye Fan didn't pluck them. One Bodhi seed was enough. He didn't want to attract attention.
At this time, no one came out of the Big Leiyin Temple. Ye Fan left the Bodhi tree and returned to the ancient temple.
At this time, another seven or eight people found different Buddhist artifacts. Liu Yunzhi actually found half of a golden pestle behind the stone Buddha. Although it had been buried in the dust for many years, it was still shining brightly when it was unearthed. It gave off a heavy and condensed feeling. If not for the fact that one end of it was damaged, it could be called a perfect and powerful masterpiece of forging.
This scepter-shaped pestle has a very powerful name in Buddhism, it is called Vajra Pestle, which has the indirect meaning of 'destroying the enemy', symbolizing invincible, all-conquering wisdom and true Buddha-like nature, it is the scepter held by the Venerable Saints.
If Buddha existed in this world, this Vajra Pestle would undoubtedly be a holy object. It must be extraordinary. It wouldn't be surprising if it had the mysterious power to split mountains and rivers. However, at this moment, no one could see its wonders.
Liu Yunzhi waved it hard. The half of the Vajra Pestle flashed like a golden lightning. It was shining brightly and looked very imposing.
"Say, if these artifacts were used by the gods, what kind of earth-shattering scene would happen if we found out how to use them …"
Hearing Liu Yunzhi's words, all the people who found the Buddhist artifacts were fascinated.
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