Donglin Temple sent an 'invitation', and Taoist Huolong understood the plan behind them at a glance.

Taoist Huolong didn't care about this. If it were ten years ago, he might still find it difficult, but now he no longer takes Donglin Temple into consideration.

Time flies by in the blink of an eye, and the ninth day of September is here in a blink of an eye.

In the Taoist temple room, Taoist Huolong sat silently on the cloud bed, his eyes were slightly closed, his breath was faint and long, as if he was wandering in the sky, and he seemed to be practicing mystical skills silently, while Lu Yan stood quietly and waited.

After an unknown amount of time, Taoist Huolong suddenly opened his eyes and said to Lu Yan, "Let's go!"

Taoist Huolong stood up and walked towards the door of the dormitory with a dull look on his face. Lu Yan's spirit perked up and he immediately followed him.

…

The ninth day of September is the Double Ninth Festival.

This day is not only an important folk festival, but also an extremely important festival for Taoists.

In Taoism, Doumu Yuanjun's birthday is on the ninth day of September. In addition, there is a saying in Taoism that September 9th is an auspicious day for ascension, because this day is the Double Ninth Festival, the most yang, the most strong, and all evil

If it is easy, all demons will not invade.

For these reasons, the Double Ninth Festival has a special meaning in Taoism.

Logically speaking, as the Buddhist Dharma Conference is a grand event for Buddhism, it should choose an auspicious day that is in line with Buddhism and avoid being connected with this Taoist festival.

But Donglin Temple chose such a day!

Not only did they choose such a date, but they also posted a message inviting Taoist temples from all over Mount Lu to attend the Lao Shizi Buddhist Dharma Assembly. Anyone with a discerning eye could see at a glance that Donglin Temple had a good plan.

In the large and small palaces all over Mount Lu, some people were sneering, some were indifferent, some were angry, and some were hiding their plans...

In short, no one dared to despise this Dharma gathering at Donglin Temple. The heads of various Taoist temples all chose to attend this Dharma gathering.

On September 9th, I don’t know if it was God’s blessing. When I woke up in the morning, the wind was beautiful and the sun was bright, and the autumn air was crisp, which was perfect for climbing high and looking far ahead.

In Donglin Temple, the venue has already been arranged, and monks gathered from all over Lushan Mountain have already been seated in various canopies.

"The abbot of Guyue Temple has led the crowd to attend the Dharma assembly -" a loud chant rang out, and the abbot of the Luohan Hall of Donglin Temple was leading the Zhike monks to greet the guests who came to the Dharma assembly at the gate of Donglin Temple.

"Master Ci'an is so polite!" the abbot of Guyue Temple said a namaste to Monk Ci'an, the host of Luohan Hall of Donglin Temple.

"It's great that Master Yuzhen can come to Donglin Temple. Master, please come in!" Monk Ci'an also returned the Namaste salute, and then raised his arm to lead Master Yuzhen to the mountain gate of Donglin Temple. The people beside Monk Ci'an

Zhike Monk quickly stepped forward and took Master Yuzhen and the monk behind him to the ceremony site.

Monk Ci'an continued to stay at the mountain gate to welcome guests, and monks from various temples came one after another, including Taoists from various temples.

Under the leadership of Zhike Monk, the Taoists came to the other side and sat down in the canopy, silently waiting for the ceremony to begin.

These Taoists did not whisper to each other, but just sat quietly in the canopy. Compared to the monks on the other side, the atmosphere in the canopy where these Taoists were located seemed extremely dull and quiet.

A Taoist glanced at the canopy on the Buddhist side and sighed in a low voice: "Buddhism is really prosperous!"

This sentence immediately broke the dull atmosphere in the canopy.

Following these words, a Taoist glanced at the canopy opposite where the monks were sitting, and responded following these words: "Isn't it natural? Buddhism is best at painting big cakes for people, and it has attracted countless poor people. There are many believers.

If there are more monks, naturally there will be more monks!”

Upon hearing this, all the Taoists looked at the Mahavira Hall at the rear: the morning light shone on the Buddha statue in the hall, and the entire Buddha statue reflected brilliant golden light, as if it were cast from gold.

Of course, the huge Buddha statue in the temple cannot be really made of gold, but affixing gold foil to the bronze statue and pretending to be made of gold can also bring great visual shock to people.

A trace of envy flashed in the eyes of all the Taoists, but some Taoists showed disdain. At this time, a Taoist said: "Buddhism is so rampant, taking the wealth of the poor people in the world and offering it to oneself, sooner or later it will lead to death."

disaster!"

The Taoist said this not without reason: when many people were desperate, they sold their land to Buddhist temples, and then their families joined the Buddhist temples and became tenants of the temples. Buddhists did not engage in production, but they occupied a large amount of assets that they did not need.

Paying taxes will sooner or later cause dissatisfaction from those in power.

The Taoist who said these words naturally did not know that fifteen years later, his words would become a prophecy, when Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty launched a campaign to exterminate the Buddha.

During the reign of Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty, it started from the second year of Huichang and ended in the sixth year of Huichang. During the four years, a large number of Buddhist temples were demolished, monks and nuns were ordered to return to secular life, the properties of Buddhist temples were confiscated, and the Buddha statues were taken away to be melted for copper coins. It can be said that this time

The action of exterminating Buddhism had a great impact on Buddhism - this incident is also known as 'Wuzong exterminates Buddhism'!

Most people in the Taoist sect are knowledgeable people. Although they don't know what will happen in the future, they can tell the autumn by looking at a leaf, and they can naturally imagine what kind of disaster the Buddhist sect will eventually cause by doing so.

After thinking about this, these Taoists couldn't help but show a look of gloating on their faces.

While they were talking, several more groups of monks and Taoist priests came. When the two sides met, they greeted each other. The monks' faces were red and proud, while the Taoist priests were neither salty nor cool. After greeting each other, they no longer

When he opened his mouth again, he seemed to have no intention of answering.

At this moment, the roll call monk at the mountain gate spoke again: "Master Fayuan, the host of Xilin Temple, has arrived——!"

The singing was even louder than before. Even the monks in the temple heard it. The monks on the reed suddenly stopped whispering and stood up and walked out of the reed to the mountain gate.

On the mountain path outside the mountain gate of Donglin Temple, Monk Fayuan is wearing a straight bright yellow monk's robe and a bright red gold silk brocade cassock, decorated with pearls, clams, colored glaze, crystal, coral, jade, emerald and other treasures

, shining brightly under the sunlight.

Monk Fayuan was followed by two columns of younger monks, about twenty or thirty people in number. The four monks at the head of the column were wearing dark brown cassocks, while the monks behind them were wearing black cassocks.

The monks of Xilin Temple lined up to walk towards the gate of Donglin Temple. They did not look left or right while walking, as if they had extremely good etiquette.

For this reason, as the queue of Xilin Temple walked towards the mountain gate, the surrounding monks unknowingly made way for them.

A young Taoist boy next to the Taoist looked at the procession at Xilin Temple and couldn't help but exclaimed: "What a grand display. I have never seen so many monks, and that cassock is so beautiful!"

The monks from Xilin Temple were being led by Monk Ci'an from Donglin Temple, and they filed into the mountain gate. Suddenly they heard such an exclamation from the Taoist priest. There was a monk in the queue who looked calm and glanced at the Taoist priest and the Taoist priest from the corner of his eye.

The Taoist boy next to him had a hint of pride in his eyes, and he immediately entered the mountain gate.

Not far from the Taoist boy who uttered the exclamation, monks from other temples also heard the exclamation.

The monk turned his gaze and glanced at the Taoist boy and the old Taoist priest beside him, and his eyes suddenly showed contempt: "Really, how can someone be so poor? Are you here just to eat and drink?"

It turned out that the old Taoist priest was wearing a worn-out Taoist robe that had been washed white. He looked extremely simple, and he did not look like he had any Taoist or high-level skills at all.

When the little Taoist boy heard the monk's ridicule, his eyes suddenly became angry and he wanted to open his mouth to argue, but was stopped by the old Taoist priest beside him.

The old Taoist priest shook his head at him and said through a message: "Don't be angry, just let him do whatever he wants!"

"But master..." The little Taoist boy couldn't bear the injustice of his master. He opened his mouth to argue, but was silenced by the old Taoist priest.

"Don't feel aggrieved." The old Taoist priest said calmly, "He is so arrogant and arrogant today. There will be experts in our Taoist sect who will come forward to suppress their arrogance!"

After hearing this, the little Taoist boy stopped talking.

In the eyes of the people nearby, the little Taoist boy suddenly looked angry, and then turned to a look of grievance. He just opened his mouth to utter a few words, but stopped again.

The old Taoist priest next to him opened and closed his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but no sound came out.

Naturally, the people next to him didn't know that under the old Taoist's simple appearance, he actually had such unfathomable skills.

You must know that this ability to transmit sounds into secrets cannot be used without the support of extremely deep skills.

However, the nearby monks only practiced basic internal skills and boxing, and they did not travel around the world, so they did not know the method of "transmitting sounds into secrets".

If they knew the truth, I'm afraid they wouldn't say these words here.

When the team from Xilin Temple all entered the mountain gate, the other monks surrounding them also entered the mountain gate one after another.

The old Taoist priest held the Taoist boy's hand and entered Donglin Temple together among the crowd.

Under the guidance of Zhike Monk, the old Taoist took the Taoist boy and other Taoist priests to the reed tent belonging to the Taoist sect.

Among the reeds, someone recognized the identity of the old Taoist and immediately stood up and saluted the old Taoist: "Senior Qian Xuzi, why are you here?"

"It turns out to be Senior Qian Xuzi!" Upon hearing that man's name, all the Taoist sects in Lu Peng exclaimed in surprise.

You must know that Qian Xuzi is over ninety years old. He became famous fifty years ago. His name has been heard in various Taoist temples in the south of the Yangtze River.

The Zhike monk next to him also heard the words of the Taoist in Lu Peng, and was immediately surprised when he heard that the old Taoist with an unattractive appearance was Qian Xuzi.
Chapter completed!