Evil Master and Disciple

Lingshan is a holy place of Buddhism on earth.

Of course, Lingshan has not been a Buddhist holy place for long. Compared with some old Buddhist holy places such as Jiuhua Mountain, Wutai Mountain, and Putuo Mountain, Lingshan is like a young teenager.

Lingshan’s becoming a Buddhist holy place has a lot to do with Lingtai Temple.

Once upon a time, Lingshan was just an inconspicuous mountain range near Zhongzhou. It was not large in area and had no limited mountain ranges. It was not comparable to the Tianyun Mountains.

Thousands of years ago, Lingtai Temple was established here.

After experiencing the Jiazi Immortal Hunting Battle more than two thousand years ago, Lingtai Temple became very famous, and Lingshan also became more famous, gradually becoming a Buddhist holy place in the minds of the people.

It has to be said that Lingtai Temple was very capable. In just over two thousand years, these great monks made Lingshan replace Jiuhua Mountain, Wutai Mountain and Putuo Mountain.

Lingtai Temple now firmly holds the position of the number one Buddhist temple in the world.

Lingtai Temple is located on Bodhi Peak in the eastern part of Lingshan Mountain Range. Although Bodhi Peak is less than two thousand feet high, it is the second highest peak in the entire Lingshan Mountain Range.

The ancient battlefield of the Jiazi Immortal Hunt is about two hundred miles northwest of Bodhi Peak.

The arena for the Lingshan Competition in previous years was the ancient battlefield of the Jiazi Immortal Hunt.

Ye Feng and Yun Shuang'er were flying in the sky with their swords. Their speed was very fast. It took them less than three hours to reach the outskirts of Lingshan, a distance of two thousand miles.

Looking down from the sky, the Lingshan Mountains, stretching for hundreds of miles, look like a giant beast crawling on this ancient land surrounded by plains.

After seeing Lingshan, there is no need to look at the map to find the location of Bodhi Peak.

Because everyone knows that Lingtai Temple is on the high peak in the northeast of Lingshan Mountain.

Ye Feng and Yun Shuang'er were like two meteors streaking across the sky, rushing towards Bodhi Peak at an extremely fast speed.

When the two of them appeared near Bodhi Peak, it was still some time before dusk.

Buddhism is more interesting. It is not like Taoism which is secluded in the deep mountains and forests, nor is it like the mysterious Demon Sect.

Buddhism is open to the public.

Even Lingtai Temple, the number one temple in the world today, is the same!

The entire Bodhi Peak, from the foot to the top, is dotted with magnificent temples and palaces.

The Buddhists were very wealthy, and the tiles they used to build temples and palaces were all painted with gold, so bright in the sun that it could blind a titanium alloy dog's eyes.

Although Ye Feng felt that the Buddhism in this world was very different from the Buddhism on Earth in his previous life after several contacts with the Buddhism in this world.

But in terms of architecture, there is no difference between the Buddhist sects in the two worlds. Not only do they cost a lot of money, but they are also very ostentatious.

Looking at the entire mountain emitting golden light, Ye Feng couldn't help but think of a sentence.

People rely on clothes, Buddha relies on gold.

No matter which world or era, Buddhism would like to make the entire temple building and all the Buddha statues in the temple out of pure gold.

This made Ye Feng very confused.

Doesn't Buddhism teach that the four elements are empty? Why do people always resort to these expensive, show-off projects?

It was almost dusk, and the pilgrims who had been burning incense and worshipping Buddha at Lingtai Temple were coming down the mountain one after another. The long line stretched from the mountainside to the foot of the mountain, which showed how popular Lingtai Temple was.

Yun Shuang'er saw the long queue of people and said calmly, "Though the Buddhist sects in the human world are powerful, they are not like monks. Monks are supposed to be detached from the world and cut off from the mundane world. Buddhist disciples talk about the purity of the six senses and the emptiness of the four elements, but they build every temple close to mortals. All temples are open to mortals, absorbing the gold and silver of mortal pilgrims. This is not a good thing for the whole human race. A large amount of money is accumulated in the hands of Buddhists, but they rarely spend it. They can only hoard land and give warm soup to the pilgrims who donate to them."

As a disciple of Taoism, Yun Shuang'er has always looked down on Buddhism.

Her views almost represent those of all Taoist monks in the world, and even the demonic monks have the same idea.

In the eyes of these monks, cultivators who live in the open air and practice Taoism should be outsiders, but Buddhism is more like a businessman who is only interested in making money.

Ye Feng smiled and said, "Shuang'er, you've said too much. I also think Buddhism is very bad, but many things that Buddhism does in this world are also done out of helplessness.

The Buddhist practice of cultivating the mind and the initial cultivation techniques actually have many similarities with Confucianism. If they want to gain powerful strength, they need to absorb the luck of all living beings.

Therefore, when Buddhism was first born, it was destined to be closely related to mortals, and they were destined to use the power of mortals' faith to strengthen themselves."

Yun Shuang'er nodded slowly and said, "I know this, but those who have great luck cannot live long. Later, the Buddhist sect gradually gave up cultivating luck and instead began to cultivate the primordial spirit, much like our Taoist sect.

Since Buddhist monks no longer need the people's offerings and no longer need to use the people's faith to improve their cultivation, why are they still so closely tied to mortals? "

Ye Feng couldn't answer this question.

Because this is also what Ye Feng has been wondering about for many days.

The two did not land at the foot of the mountain, but flew directly towards the mountainside.

The two men's flying swords did not attract the attention of the pilgrims, because this was the main altar of Lingtai Temple, and Buddhist monks flew in and out from time to time.

However, the two were soon noticed by the monks of Lingtai Temple.

When they were nearing the hillside of Bodhi Peak, two monks flew out from the peak and stopped the two men in mid-air.

The two monks were both in their twenties and wore the same moon-white robes as Monk Fayuan.

However, the appearance of these two people is far inferior to that of Fa Yuan, the jade-faced monk.

One of the monks clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, this is a sacred place in Lingtai Temple. Please state your names, fellow Taoists."

This made Ye Feng a little embarrassed.

He has now disguised himself as Ling Yunzhi. If he reveals his identity and is discovered by the spies planted by Li Ruoxi in Lingtai Temple, Li Ruoxi's spies will probably come back to him soon.

Ye Feng bowed and said, "Little Master, we are righteous cultivators and we want to see Master Xuanzhi for something."

The two young monks in front of him had calm expressions.

Every year, countless righteous monks come to visit their Abbot Xuanzhi, but Abbot Xuanzhi is the most eminent monk in the world and not everyone can see him.

The monks that Abbot Xuanzhi occasionally meets are generally very old.

Ye Feng and Yun Shuang'er in front of him are both young people. How could a monk of Master Xuanzhi's level possibly meet these two young people?

What's more, these two young men were unwilling to introduce themselves.

The monks in charge of reception at Lingtai Temple had already prepared a plan to deal with the current situation.

The monk just now said, "Amitabha, benefactor, what a coincidence! Abbot Xuanzhi of our temple is in seclusion recently, meditating, and is not seeing visitors. Since you two are fellow believers, and you have come from afar, you are guests. Why not come and visit our small temple?"