Taking advantage of the situation

Bells in the morning and drums in the evening, green lanterns and yellow scrolls.

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Mo Chuan stood in front of the door of the living room, looking at the setting sun like blood in the sky. The setting sun reflected on the red walls and yellow tiles, making the huge Zen temple even more magnificent.

After a while, he turned around and walked into the living room.

Around the guest hall, the layout can be described as unique. A hollow screen made of wormwood blocks the cold wind that pours into the doors and windows.

"The Huitong Zen Temple is shallow, but the copper smell of the Zen room is deep."

"Ah……"

Mo Chuan chuckled lightly, sat cross-legged on the lotus futon, and closed his eyes slightly.

——[Refining God and Controlling Qi]

In an instant, the soul left the body and escaped into the void. He raised his eyes and looked up. As far as he could see, he saw rounds of Buddha's light, like wheels and hubs, rising slowly from the buildings.

Mo Chuan agreed with Abbot Huitong in his heart, but he was rude in his mouth.

"As Taoist friends said, the cycle of cause and effect goes on and on. If you let someone go, if you let someone go, if you let the blade go, if you kill someone with the blade, Huitong Zen Temple will also experience karma!"

Mo Chuan sent the visualization chart.

Mo Chuan was silent after hearing this.

"Fellow Taoist came to visit me and asked me why?"

Not long after, the young novice monk brought some fragrant tea, closed the Zen door, and closed the subtle atmosphere into the living room.

"A favor from a meal should be treated as such." Mo Chuan nodded.

"A poor Taoist travels far and wide and has close friends all over the world. Buddhism is the great road in this world. How can a poor Taoist dare to work behind closed doors after realizing the Tao? It is natural to study Buddhism."

Mo Chuan asked after hearing the question.

——He is the abbot of Huitong Zen Temple, and his Buddhist name is Tianwei.

To Mo Chuan's surprise, he thought he would hear another version, a story from another perspective.

"oh?"

"I have never practiced Buddhism."

——Never talk about Zhao Jincao’s consecration of thousands of acres of fertile land.

Mo Chuan said: "Oh? I would like to hear the details."

It’s also a relic stupa!

What happened to the woman in red is truly outrageous and pitiful.

"This is a bad statement. If I disturb you at dusk, I will forgive you for the offence!"

As Mo Chuan said, he quoted the scriptures, opened his mouth to the Dharma, and kept his mouth closed, leaving him unable to discern.

Abbot Huitong squinted his cloudy eyes and took a closer look at Mo Chuan's calm face. What was he thinking about?

After a long while, he shook his head and sighed: "This matter is really a bad fate."

"It is indeed a thousand-year-old temple. No wonder it can stop the devil in red."

Mo Chuan felt embarrassed when he heard this.

"There is a saying in Buddhism that there is a cycle of cause and effect, and it goes on and on. All the sins and karma in this matter were caused by Zhao Jincao, just like the hand holding the knife. How can you forgive the person holding the knife just because the knife kills someone?"

Mo Chuan made nonsense, then said with a serious face: "I heard from the local demon that this matter is related to Zhao Jincao, so I came to inquire."

Mo Chuan responded politely.

Abbot Huitong nodded, his expression as calm as ever: "However, Zhao Jincao's heart is in the mortal world, so he leads the way to practice."

"It's true."

"Although Zhao Jincao violated the sexual precepts, the killing of karma was not his fault, and the crime will not lead to death. Since Taoist friends have entered the Taoist sect, they should know the power of the four ghosts in the sect. The red-clothed fierce ghost is very different from the ordinary sneaky ones, and he seems to be a bit guilty. Due to his sanity, the poor monk couldn't bear the innocent people being killed, so he took Zhao Jincao in, not only to protect innocent lives, but also to use him as bait to kill demons."

One monk after another greeted each other, and after greeting each other, the guest of honor took his seat.

"My Taoist friends also practice Buddhism?" Abbot Huitong asked tentatively.

"Since Master knew the truth, why did he still protect Zhao Jincao?"

Afterwards, Abbot Huitong narrated the story of the woman in red again.

——This is either a treasure in possession of a rare treasure, or a supernatural power.

"I heard that the former Jincao of Fenghe County, Zhao Jincao, became a monk and lived in seclusion in your temple?"

Abbot Huitong got straight to the point.

Mo Chuan lifted his head and was about to take a closer look when he suddenly saw a purple lotus rising slowly and floating towards it.

It is also the Palace of Great Compassion;

Abbot Huitong argued sophistically: "The favor of a meal is Wang Yingying, not the devil in red. I hope fellow Taoists can distinguish right from wrong."

"This visualization picture was given by a close friend. What does Master think of it?"

Mo Chuan responded casually and at the same time returned to the topic:

"The topic has gone too far. I will speak frankly. I am here to ask Na Zhao Jincao. May I ask the Master if he is willing to let him go?"

Abbot Huitong pondered for a while and said: "Zhao Jincao is infected with evil obstacles. Taoist friends can ask for help, but the evil obstacles must also be overcome."

But now that he is holding it at such a young age, there is something wrong with it.

Abbot Huitong thought for a while and said: "The five desires and six dusts, and the delusions caused by dust, this matter makes people sigh..."

Even if he conducts detailed investigation, it may not be the truth, so it is better to act with caution.

It's just that the lotus flower is so dazzling that it takes over the spotlight.

When the lotus came closer, Mo Chuan suddenly realized that it was actually an accomplished monk.

Not that I was surprised by the visualization;

Instead, he was astonished at Mo Chuan's ability to retrieve things out of thin air.

He had to admit that what Abbot Huitong said was quite reasonable both emotionally and rationally.

"I see. May I ask why Zhao Jincao suddenly converted to Buddhism?"

Mo Chuan pondered for a while and said: "Well, humans and ghosts have different paths. Since you are a powerful ghost, if you have any grudges, you should enter reincarnation."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and a scroll of visualization pictures fell into his palm.

Not long after, a faint sound of footsteps came.

At that time, he possessed the old Taoist Yanzhen who was about to die. Abbot Tianbao presented this visualization picture, which naturally complemented each other.

Mo Chuan immediately returned to his physical body.

Abbot Huitong was slightly shocked when he saw this.

"Amitabha, I didn't know that this distinguished guest is here. I apologize for missing you from afar!"

However, after she became a fierce ghost, she also avenged her life and death.

Suddenly, a big monk with a fat head and big ears walked into the room. He was wearing a brocade cassock, holding a nine-ring Zen staff, looking at the jewels, and looking like a god.

After all, humans and ghosts have different paths.

"The Master's words are wrong!"

"In Buddhism, there are three more no-kills: killing without seeing, killing without hearing, and not killing for me. Zhao Jincao committed all three killings, killing on sight, upon hearing of killing, and more importantly, killing himself. This is a serious crime, how can we forgive it?"

Before Abbot Huitong could speak, Mo Chuan said again:

——Mediocre thinking stops at sorting out prejudices.

"The Master didn't know something. When he was a poor boy, he wandered here. Thanks to a layman who helped him survive, he now wandered here. He felt grateful and wanted to take a look, only to find that the layman had turned into a red-robed ghost and was nowhere to be found.

.”

That is a seven-level pagoda;

The great monk clasped his palms together and greeted him politely.

Abbot Huitong unfolded the visualization diagram, looked at it briefly, and said: "This visualization diagram can remove karmic obstacles, illness, and turbid qi. I didn't expect that my fellow Taoist, at such a young age, would be tainted by the turbulent worldly conditions?"

Mo Chuan continued to talk nonsense.

"Looking at the words of fellow Taoists, you have a deep understanding of Buddhism?"

This visualization diagram was obtained from Tianbao Temple in Changlan City. It was a gift from Abbot Tianbao. Mo Chuan took a look at it and found that he really didn’t have the wisdom to do so, so he simply left it at the bottom of the box and ate ashes. [Chapter 19]

When Mo Chuan heard this, he frowned quietly and then heard Abbot Huitong say again:

"Fellow Taoist is a water cloud body. Huitong Zen Temple does not dare to believe falsely, so whether it is salvation or revenge, Huitong Zen Temple wants to see the red-clothed fierce ghost with its own eyes to be saved from reincarnation."

Huitong Zen Temple took Zhao Jincao in, hoping to use it to kill demons, but he couldn't find any fault with him.
To be continued...