Chapter 703: The Third-Rank Aspiration, the Vajra Incense Master

He looked at the ghost, who looked to be in his twenties, but judging from his aura before death, he was at the Tongtian realm. So his actual age should be a little older, otherwise a Tongtian monk in his twenties should have become famous long ago.

At this moment, the ghost's eyes were filled with endless anger and resentment, which could not be dispelled.

Then, the smoke-ash words appeared on the Sutra of Deliverance.

[Three-level Aspiration]

[This hatred is hard to dispel]

[Time limit: one month]

[Reward after completion]

Then, the sutra was shining with golden light, and in the shining light, scenes flashed in front of Yu Chen and Moka Buddha.

It is said that this young monk was not a monk from a temple, but a free monk like a wandering cloud and wild crane.

Like the free cultivators outside the Western Regions, he had no sect or school.

Although he was quite free and unrestrained, he did not have the resources and support of the forces behind him, which was also a mixed bag of good and bad.

Let's get back to the point. This young monk is not as young as he looks. He is 38 years old this year. His Dharma name is "Xiangyun". He is a monk of Tongtian and believes in Moka Ancient Buddha.

But even so, at this age and with such a high level of Taoism, he is already outstanding among the scattered monks in the Western Regions.

Let's continue to watch.

It is said that this monk Xiangyun, whose real name is Nie Yuan, was born in a small village in a mortal country in the Western Regions 38 years ago.

He has a sister who was born with him, a boy and a girl.

But because of poverty and poor health, their mother died of exhaustion after giving birth to them.

Their father raised them alone until they were ten years old, but he encountered a heavy snow and closed the mountain during a hunting trip and never returned.

Monk Xiangyun and his sister became orphans.

Monk Xiangyun was weak and sick since childhood. When he was ten years old, he was as short as a five or six-year-old child.

His elder sister Nie Yun, who was also in her teens, dragged him around everywhere, begging or working. Although she was a girl in her teens, she was young and weak, but she gritted her teeth and pulled Monk Xiangyun until she was fifteen years old.

During these years, his sister suffered a lot.

Finally, when he was fifteen years old, he had a turning point - it was rumored that there was a Buddhist temple nearby, which issued a notice to recruit novice monks.

Just like those monastic sects recruiting disciples, if they were selected, they would be able to jump into the dragon gate immediately.

From a mortal who was powerless, he turned into a Buddhist monk.

- In the land of the Western Regions, monks are the most respected profession, no one else.

But if you want to take the exam, you need a sum of money.

At that time, Monk Xiangyun was looking forward to becoming a holy monk. He felt that if he became a holy monk, he could control his own destiny, and he and his elder sister would live a good life.

His elder sister saw everything and said nothing more.

At this moment, despite years of fatigue, she was born a beauty, and her haggard appearance made people feel even more pitiful.

The next day, my elder sister prepared the meal, went out, and came back late at night.

This continued for many days.

But every time she came back, her face and body would be bruised and swollen, and tears would hang from the corners of her eyes.

Monk Xiangyun asked her why she was like this.

She said that she found a rich family in the city to work for, but the children in that family were naughty and often ran around, so their servants could only follow them and accidentally fell a few times, but it was not a big deal. The rich family would give them plasters and take them to see a doctor, and the salary was very high.

Monk Xiangyun asked her again why she was crying.

She said that she was happy to think that Monk Xiangyun had become a novice monk.

The young monk Xiangyun believed it and no longer doubted it.

Half a month later, on the first day of the entrance examination to the Buddhist temple, my elder sister finally collected enough incense money and sent Monk Xiangyun into the temple.

Monk Xiangyun stood at the gate of the towering Buddhist temple, looking back at his elder sister, and found that half of her haggard face was crying and half of her face was smiling.

At that time, Monk Xiangyun did not know what this meant.

It was not until many years later that he knew the truth.

——The money for the incense test was exchanged by his elder sister in the city with her body.

She was very young, good-looking, and pitiful, and more people in the city liked her.

She knew that this was Monk Xiangyun's only chance to change his fate - he was already fifteen years old, and the maximum age for the Western Region Buddhist Temple to recruit novice monks was fifteen years old.

So, in order to change her brother's fate, she gave up herself.

In the end, Monk Xiangyun successfully passed the test and became a novice monk in the Buddhist temple.

Since then, he started his path of practicing Buddhism.

Although he was physically weak, he had excellent comprehension and deep Buddhist roots. In just ten years, he had achieved the status of a primordial spirit.

At this time, the Buddhist temple was incorporated into a larger Buddhist temple, and Monk Xiangyun was naturally one of them.

It's just that the big Buddhist temple requires the monks there to forget worldly affairs and cut off worldly ties.

In other words, if he wants to join the larger Buddhist temple, Monk Xiangyun will no longer have any relationship with his elder sister.

The latter refused without even thinking about it.

His teacher found him and said earnestly that the opportunity was rare, and Monk Xiangyun was extremely talented. Joining a larger Buddhist temple would have better development, and even the position of Venerable was not impossible.

But Monk Xiangyun still refused. He smiled and told his teacher that when he chose the Dharma name given to him by several teachers, the reason he chose "Xiangyun" was because his elder sister was called "Nie Yun".

The teacher sighed and stopped talking.

Since then, Monk Xiangyun left the temple and entered the world, becoming a casual monk.

At this time, he was thirty years old and had completed the journey of overcoming adversity.

In the eyes of countless creatures, he was already a supreme monk.

However, his elder sister, because of overwork in her early years, was getting weaker and weaker. Moreover, because she sold her body to raise money for monk Xiangyun, she became a barren woman and never married.

After monk Xiangyun became a monk, he took his elder sister to the capital of the mortal kingdom and bought a big house, so that his elder sister could finally have some free time to grow flowers and play with birds and enjoy her old age.

Monk Xiangyun himself would go out from time to time to kill demons and monsters and travel and practice.

But no matter how far he went, he would come back once a month.

Another theory is that perhaps because they were twins, he and his elder sister Nie Yun had a certain degree of "telepathy".

Although it is far from being as mysterious as "telepathy", if one party is in danger or disaster, the other party will also feel it.

Two months ago, Monk Xiangyun went out to practice. On the way, his heart suddenly skipped a beat!

He felt something.

But soon, that feeling disappeared.

The mysterious connection between him and his sister was broken.

He hurried back.

As a result, he found that the entire mortal city was no longer inhabited!

Monk Xiangyun panicked, and he was so frightened that he searched everywhere.

Fortunately, he met a passing caravan at this time.

Monk Xiangyun asked them.

The other party listened, but his eyes were full of envy.

He said that everyone in the capital is blessed!

Monk Xiangyun was at a loss, and then he listened to the other party one by one.

He said that a few days ago, someone from the Moke Holy Temple came and took away all the people in the capital, and went to the Buddhist kingdom of the Arhat of the Holy Temple to be the Arhat Incense Master, with no worries about food and clothing, and a long life, and enjoy happiness!

—— Incense Master.

This name is unfamiliar to Yu Chen.

Before coming to the Western Regions, he had never heard of this name.

But through this period of time, he was influenced by what he saw and heard, and with the revolving lantern of the Venerable Tianwei, he just knew this "title" unique to the Buddhist sect in the Western Regions.

It is said that the realm of the Venerable Tianwei can spread the Tao of one's body and turn it into a "field".

And the realm of the Hedao can further sublimate the field and open up a small world from nothingness.

In Buddhism, this small world is called the "Buddha Kingdom".

Unlike other Qi-refining practitioners, Buddhism focuses on incense and vows.

The source of these incense and vows is called... Incense Master.

Arhats and Bodhisattvas sometimes select mortals with noble character and devout faith from the real world, and invite them to leave their homes and settle in the Buddha Kingdom to reproduce and thrive.

These people are Incense Masters.

Simply put, it is to enter the Buddha Kingdom, and from then on, there will be no worries about food and clothing, no illness or disaster. The only thing you need to do is to take some time every day to recite scriptures and worship Buddha, and contribute incense and vows.

It is simply... a life that countless mortals yearn for.

After all, in this not-so-peaceful world, the situation of mortals has always been difficult, and their lives are as worthless as grass.

You never know when you will be harmed by monsters, bandits, and evil practitioners.

And if you become an incense master, you can live in the Arhat Buddha Kingdom, not only will you have no worries about food and clothing, but you will also be protected by Arhats.

—— Isn't this a great blessing?

Monk Xiangyun felt a little relieved after hearing this.

But he was still worried about the cessation of "telepathy" - thinking that it might be because he was in the world of Daqian, and his sister was in the Arhat Buddha Kingdom, so the induction was cut off.

But, it still needs to be verified.

Or, he had to see his sister with his own eyes that she was safe and sound before he could feel at ease.

Calculating the date, it happened to be the birthday of the ancient Buddha, so he thought about going up the mountain to see his sister to find peace of mind.

Later, when the Great Prayer Meeting began, he got his wish and went up the mountain. Before going up the mountain, after many inquiries, he learned that the Arhat who took away his sister's mortal city was the Vajra Arhat, one of the ten great Arhats of the Moko Holy Temple.

He went to the Vajra Buddha Hall without stopping.

The one who received him was the young monk next to the demon-conquering venerable.

After hearing the purpose of the visit, the young monk asked him to wait and went to bring his sister out.

Half a day later, the young monk came with a woman.

There was no difference between this woman and his sister.

But the face of the monk Xiangyun became gloomy.

Because he was sure that the woman in front of him was not his sister, not Nie Yun.

There was no sign of re-establishing the disconnection of the telepathy.

So, the monk Xiangyun expressed his doubts.

Then, the face of the young monk, who was originally warm and kind, also became gloomy.

He sighed, put down the face of the monk Xiangyun, and patted him.

Amid the Buddha's light and dark clouds, the woman who looked like his sister turned into a paper figure and burned to ashes.