As Lord Da Ku slowly spoke, everyone present fell silent.
"Fellow Taoists, please be patient and listen to the detailed rules. There are three rounds of this magical performance, and the venue for the first round is the "Pagoda Peak" in front of us.
"I believe many fellow Taoists know that the top of Futu Peak is a forbidden area of our sect. Only the sect leader and the selected brothers can enter, and no outsiders are allowed to intrude. Therefore, let me just say something ugly in front of you. Wait. Fellow Taoists who will participate in the performance, please be careful not to climb to the halfway point of the mountain, otherwise you will be entering a forbidden area, so don’t blame the poor monk for being unkind!"
What he said was very serious. Everyone nodded after hearing this, and some people responded loudly: "Senior, don't worry! We all know what's appropriate and will never go overboard.
"good.
The Venerable Great Suffering nodded and said: "When choosing a Buddhist son, the cultivation of supernatural powers is the second most important thing. The most important thing is Buddha nature. People without Buddha nature cannot integrate with the Purdue Golden Wheel, so this is the second most important thing." This round of testing is your Buddha nature."
Having said this, he turned slightly sideways and pointed to the hillside of Fuju Peak.
"Look, there are nine levels of hillside starting from the foot of the mountain. There are hundreds of stone tablets standing side by side on each level of the hillside. The inscriptions recorded on them are the understandings of Buddhism by the senior officials of Luotian Mountain. What you have to do is Go and understand these inscriptions.
"It should be noted that whether you can understand the inscriptions has nothing to do with your cultivation, but only your Buddha nature. And because there are thousands of people and different Buddha natures in all living beings, you only need to choose the stone tablet that suits you best to understand it. That’s it.
After listening to Venerable Da Ku's introduction, everyone present had different expressions.
Someone asked: "There are hundreds of people participating in the magic machine performance. If they can all understand the inscription, will they advance to the second round together?"
"No.
Venerable Da Ku shook his head and said: "These stone tablets were left by our senior masters in Luotian Mountain. The profound mysteries of Buddhism contained in them are impossible for even poor people to fully understand. When you understand in front of the stone tablets, every time you understand Once it reaches 100%, a ball of Buddha's light will appear on the head, three balls of Buddha's light will be a small success, seven balls of Buddha's light will be a great success, and ten balls of Buddha's light will be perfect. Finally, the top thirty will be ranked based on the number of Buddha's lights and advance to the second round."
"I see.
After hearing this, everyone nodded secretly.
Venerable Da Ku added at this time: "The difficulty of these inscriptions is different. Every time you climb a hillside, the difficulty of the inscriptions will double, so the number of Buddha's lights must also be doubled. For example, if you are on the third Comprehending five clusters of Buddha's light on the second level is equivalent to comprehending ten clusters of Buddha's light on the first level, and so on.
"There are still such rules!"
Many people in the field expressed emotion, and someone shouted: "In other words, if you want to stand out, you must understand the high-level monuments as much as possible?"
"good.
Lord Da Ku nodded.
It is not difficult to understand this truth. Even if the low-level stone tablets realize Dzogchen, they are not as good as the high-level stone tablets.
For example, if you realize two groups of Buddha's light on the fourth level, it is equivalent to four groups on the third level, eight groups on the second level, and sixteen groups on the first level...
Therefore, if you want to pass the assessment, you must go to a high level to understand the stone tablet as much as possible.
"Okay, I have made the rules very clear. Those who participate in the Shenji performance are invited to gather on the mountain road. The time limit is one stick of incense. After one stick of incense, no matter whether they have realized the Buddha's light or not, they must leave. Pagoda Peak.”
As soon as Venerable Da Ku finished speaking, many people took the initiative to step forward and walked to the mountain path of Pagoda Peak.
Liang Yan looked back at the people behind him and said calmly: "You guys can go too."
"yes."
Li Xiran, Bai Qingruo, and Cang Yueming all bowed to him and then walked quickly towards the mountain road. Only Xiong Yuer walked slowly at the back.
"Xiao Yue'er." Liang Yan suddenly called her.
"ah?"
Xiong Yue'er didn't know why, turned around and looked at Liang Yan with doubtful eyes.
Liang Yan said: "Although it is not dangerous to comprehend the Buddha Dharma, your cultivation level is too low, and most of the inscriptions on this mountain were left by those who attained the Tao. Once you find that you are unable to comprehend the Dharma, you must get out immediately. Don’t be obsessed with it, otherwise it will hurt your inner organs and shake the foundation of your soul!”
"oh."
Xiong Yue'er listened to a large part of what he said, but nodded as if she understood. She didn't know whether she heard it or not.
"What a silly bear!"
Liang Yan knew her very well. Looking at her like this, he knew that she would not listen to him. He cursed in his heart and thought: "I hope she won't be obsessed with it, otherwise it will affect her future cultivation. Wait." But if things go wrong, I will take action to pull her down from Pagoda Peak even if I don’t give up on this old face.”
Having made up his mind, Liang Yan said no more.
"Then... Master, am I leaving?" Xiong Yue'er scratched his head
"Go." Liang Yan waved his sleeves and let her go.
"Um,"
Xiong Yue'er turned around and left, and soon stood on the mountain path of Futu Peak like everyone else.
Her appearance immediately attracted the attention of many people.
"Am I right? Is that a bear spirit?"
"Can bears also comprehend Buddhism?"
"Wait a minute, she still seems to be in the Golden Core realm... Haha, she just broke through to the Golden Core realm!"
"Isn't this a joke? There are a total of 366 people participating in the Shenji performance, 365 of them are at the Tongxuan realm or above, and she is the only one at the Golden Core realm...
"I think she is delusional!"
Everyone was talking to each other, and they were all obviously amused by Xiong Yue'er.
Liang Yan naturally heard everything, but he didn't take it to heart and didn't bother to care.
"Xiao Yue'er, just do your best, don't worry about what others think." Liang Yan said secretly.
"Um."
Xiong Yue'er nodded heavily.
She was actually a little panicked inside. Although she had followed Wu Xin over the years and had seen many big scenes, she had never stood in front of everyone and accepted those scrutinizing eyes like now.
"I am Master's disciple, I am Master's disciple, I am Master's disciple! Say important things three times! Xiong Yue'er, there are so many people watching here, you can't embarrass Master!"
Thinking of this, Xiong Yue'er clenched her fists and pursed her lips, looking like she was working hard.
Although the other monks standing with her were also excited, most of them had calm faces, some were even chatting and laughing, but she seemed out of place.
"Haha, the bear spirit is quite cute."
"Come on, you are the most outrageous bear I have ever seen!"
Slowly, some casual cultivators in the crowd started to cheer Xiong Yuer up.
At this moment, Luo Tianshan's disciples brought up a sandalwood table. On the table was a small bronze cauldron, with a newly lit incense candle inserted in the cauldron.
"The first round of the magic machine show officially begins now!"
Although Venerable Fuhu's voice was not loud, everyone could hear it clearly.
!
Almost instantly, everyone on the mountain path ran upwards, aiming for those stone monuments.
Xiong Yue'er was a little slow to react. By the time she started climbing, someone in front of her had already arrived in front of the first row of stone monuments.
These people almost didn't even look at it, they just crossed the first level of the hillside and continued to climb higher.
When they reached the second level of the hillside, a few monks stopped and studied it carefully in front of the stone tablet, trying to understand the essence of Buddhism in it.
On the third floor, most people stopped.
It's not that they don't want to climb to higher places, but that starting from this level, the Buddhist teachings on the stone tablets are already very profound, and it takes a lot of time to understand them.
The time for meditating on Buddhism is limited. It is only a short stick of incense. If you waste too much time on high levels without gaining anything, then the remaining time may not be enough for you to meditate on low levels. In this way, the first round score will be
Zero will definitely be eliminated.
Therefore, most people choose to stay on the third level, intending to do their best to understand a stone tablet first, so that at least they have a guarantee, and if they have enough time, they can challenge to a higher level.
At this time, Xiong Yue'er also realized that time was running out and he could not tolerate his slow temper. He immediately took big steps and climbed up the mountain road, and soon arrived in front of the first layer of stone tablets.
She did not continue to climb up, but took a general glance at the stone tablets on this level, quickly selected one of them, sat down quietly, and began to comprehend the Buddhist teachings contained in the inscriptions.
This move also made everyone present laugh and cry.
"Stopped on the first floor? It seems like this bear spirit came to the bottom!"
"Otherwise? She is just a little demon in the Golden Core Realm. Do you still have hope for her?"
"That's right! Xiong Gui is self-aware. It seems that this bear spirit is not stupid either!"
"Haha! Why does such a serious scene make me feel like laughing?"
Everyone was talking about it, but Liang Yan's face was calm, without any fluctuation.
Wu Xin reached out and pinched his arm, and secretly said: "These people all look down on our Yue'er.
"It doesn't matter.
Liang Yan sent a message and said: "Si Xiong has nine orifices of relics, and her achievements in the future will be high. This time, let her have some experience. Some setbacks can also temper her character."
"Hmph, as a master, you are quite calm!"
Wu Xin rolled her eyes at him, then turned her gaze to Futu Peak, looking at Xiong Yue'er who was trying to understand in front of the stone tablet, with a look of concern in her eyes.
In fact, the original reason why she took in Xiong Yuer'er and guided Xiong Yuer's practice was Liang Yan.
At that time, when he was still in Nanchui, Liang Yan was besieged by the ancestors of the three major sects. Xiong Yuer used his talents to rescue Liang Yan together with Wu Xin. Later, Liang Yan crossed the sea and Xiong Yuer followed Wu Xin and treated her as his master's wife. Gradually, deep feelings developed.
In a sense, Wuxin already treats her as his own daughter.
"Xiaoyue'er, you can't have your heart damaged... If something like this really happens, I will blind the eyes of those who have laughed at you, dig out their tongues, and make them never laugh again. Can't make a sound!"
Thinking of this, I unintentionally glanced at the crowd and secretly remembered the faces of those who made taunts.
"Huh?"
Among the crowd, the one who doesn’t cultivate his back is the only one who is still there. Haha: It will be over in the next moment.
"Fellow Taoist, what's wrong with you?" someone next to me asked.
"No...it's nothing, I just have a rash, I don't know the reason.
"Hey, have you been too depressed recently? Don't worry, although the entire Antarctic Fairy Continent is shrouded in the blood evil formation, this is Luotian Mountain, and the golden light of Buddhism can naturally restrain those blood evil spirits, so there is no need to worry here.
"Yeah...that's right." The man from before nodded, no doubt that he was there.
As if sensing the unintentional murderous intention, the crowd became quiet for a while.
But this silence only lasted for a short moment, and commotion soon broke out again.
"Look!"
I don't know who shouted, and everyone's eyes were attracted.
On the first level of the hillside, a ray of Buddha's light gradually condensed, and then turned into a golden cloud the size of a fist, floating above Xiong Yuer's head!
"Can't do it? She will soon realize it?"
"real or fake?"
The sound of discussion came again from the foot of the mountain.
You know, only three breaths have passed since Xiong Yue'er sat down until now, and the Buddha's light actually appeared above his head.
Looking around, there are hundreds of monks in the entire Fuju Peak, and now there are no more than twenty who have realized the Buddha's light.
But it wasn’t over yet. It was like fireworks exploding above Xiong Yuer’s head. Balls of Buddha’s light emerged one after another. After a moment, ten balls of Buddha’s light were suspended above her head at the same time, like ten auspicious clouds. She could faintly hear the sound of Buddhist chanting. .
"Ten groups of Buddha's lights, Dzogchen! She actually realized the realm of Dzogchen!"
"Impossible! This is the stone tablet left by Luo Tianshan. How can a mere bear spirit understand it?"
"And this is too fast. If you look at other people, most of them can only realize three clusters of Buddha's light, and most of them only have one cluster.
Many people at the foot of the mountain had expressions of disbelief, but there were also a few people who were thoughtful, looking over and over at Xiong Yue'er, as if they wanted to discover something.
Even the attention of the four venerables Da Ku, Xuan Ye, Fu Hu, and Fu Hai was attracted, and their eyes all fell on Xiong Yue'er.
"What a bear spirit. I didn't expect that monsters and monsters would also have the seeds of cultivating Buddhism." Venerable Xuanye nodded slightly.
"All living beings and all appearances in the world are treated equally by our Buddha Sect. You must not be arrogant, otherwise you will fall into the lower realms." Venerable Great Suffering said slowly.
"What my senior brother taught me is...
The other three venerables all clasped their hands together and bowed their heads in response.
At this moment, Xiong Yue'er stood up from the stone tablet.
Almost everyone's eyes were turned to her, and they saw this bear spirit stopping in place for a moment, then taking steps towards a higher level with firm eyes.
"It must be a fluke, right? After all, she understood the first layer of stone tablets. Some of the Buddhist teachings on it may be relatively simple, and she took advantage of them." Someone whispered.
"If this is possible, it depends on how many Buddha's lights she can comprehend in the second layer of stone tablets."
There were whispers at the foot of the mountain, but Xiong Yue'er seemed not to have heard them.
She reached the second floor, glanced at the stone tablet, and did not choose to stay. Instead, she took steps and continued walking upwards...
