Jiang Liu, carrying a small burden, walked with Senior Brother Xuanwu and went down the mountain to Chang'an City.

Although there is a package space for storing items, Jiang Liu did not mean to put it into the package space in front of Senior Brother Xuanwu, otherwise, this is similar to the magic power in his sleeve, which is really difficult to explain.

The gift of incense is an indispensable step for monks, and it is also a very meaningful thing.

In Jiang Liu's view, if all the monks in the world are like students, then the gift of incense is equivalent to the role of the college entrance examination.

Few monks miss this day's event.

Although Jiang Liu is not ready to be a monk, he must participate in the incense ceremony, otherwise how can he explain to the senior brothers and hosts of Jinshan Temple?

is like a student with poor academic performance, even if he knows that he can't get into college, he plans to go out to work and make money after he fails, but he will still come to participate in the college entrance examination.

The gift of incense, naturally not any temple can be held, the Big Buddha Temple, as the head of thousands of temples in the Tang Dynasty, can naturally be said to be the most lively place for the gift of incense.

Temples within a radius of 100 miles in Chang'an City, as long as there are qualified novices, will come to the Big Buddha Temple as an assessment site for the gift of incense.

This, in Jiang Liu's view, is also similar to the regional division of the college entrance examination in modern society.

Today is the day of the incense ceremony, so when Jiang Liu and Senior Brother Xuanwu walked into Chang'an City, they could see the incomparable liveliness of Chang'an City.

On the road, you can see many young monks with bare heads, but there is not a single incense scar on their heads, obviously they are all here to give incense.

Young monks are usually accompanied by senior brothers or elders from the temple.

Some monks, coarse linen clothes, with one or two incense scars on their heads, are obviously shallow Buddha, followed by three or five yellow-faced and thin-skinned teenagers, stepping forward.

Some monks, satin monk robes, extraordinary bearing, four or five incense scars on their heads, deep Buddha fate, accompanied by dozens of teenagers, tall horses.

Looking at the monks around him, Jiang Liu sighed secretly in his heart.

Other temples, no matter how good they are, have several young monks, but Jinshan Temple is the only one.

It can be seen that the number of people in Jinshan Temple is scarce, and it is almost time for the incense to be cut off.

Moreover, after going down the mountain and briefly scanning the circle, Jiang Liu understood that the identity and status of a monk have a great relationship with the ring incense scar on his head.

But it's normal to think about it, the Buddha is deep, the incense scars on the head are more, and naturally, the incense in the temple is more vigorous, even if you don't do anything, you can receive some pilgrims every day, and you can also make money.

And the Buddha is shallow, naturally there are no pilgrims, similar to Jinshan Temple, can only farm their own land and raise themselves, and their lives are poor.

"This Big Buddha Temple, it's really amazing......", following the crowd, Jiang Liu and Senior Brother Xuanwu also came to the Big Buddha Temple, looking at the temple covering a very wide area, and secretly sighed in their hearts.

Chang'an City, as the capital of the Tang Dynasty, can build such a huge temple in the city, which is self-evident.

"Liu'er, this is the largest temple in our Tang Dynasty, the Big Buddha Temple, which is dedicated to the Buddha."

Although it is not the first time that Xuanwu has come to the Big Buddha Temple, he still feels very shocked when he looks at this magnificent temple located in Chang'an City, and then thinks about the dilapidated tiled houses of Jinshan Temple.

"Well, it deserves to be a top temple ......", nodded slightly, and Jiang Liu's heart also had a look of shock.

It is unbelievable that Tang Emperor Li Shimin would actually agree to vacate such a large space in Chang'an City for the establishment of a temple?

It seems that he underestimates the power of Buddhism in this world?

"It is rumored that the host of the Big Buddha Temple, the holy monk of Longhai had been lit in the dream of the Buddha, so he was fully lit with nine precept incense scars, there is such an opportunity, in the future, the holy monk of Longhai will pass away, and he will inevitably enter the West Tianling Mountain, and preach under the seat of the Buddha", between the words, Xuanwu's face was with deep envy.

Ordinary monks all have one or two incense scars, such as Jinshan Temple.

And some of the Buddha's deep affinities can have three or five precepts incense scars, such an existence, in most temples, can generally be mixed with the position of the host and high-level, and can also be called a master by the people.

And if there are six or seven incense scars, it must be a famous master in the whole country, or even a living Buddha.

It is rumored that there were Vajra and monks from the Western Heavenly Spirit Mountain who made a mistake and came to the world to experience and practice in order to have such a deep Buddha relationship.

As for the eight people who took the vows and lit incense scars, there were only a handful of them, and they were no longer mortals, but the reincarnated disciples of the Heavenly Bodhisattvas.

Master Longhai of the Big Buddha Temple can be enlightened by the Buddha in his dream, and he can be regarded as having a master-apprentice relationship with the Buddha.

Therefore, there are nine precepts and incense scars, and there is only one person in the world, and his existence is almost like the spokesperson of the Buddha in the Tang Dynasty.

"I see, that's ......", listening to the words of Senior Brother Xuanwu, Jiang Liu probably has the necessary understanding of the fate of this Buddhism.

In other words, the monks who have taken three or five precepts from incense scars may be just ordinary people, but if they go up, they are almost inextricably linked to the West Tianling Mountain.

Either they are disciples of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the human world, or they are simply arhats, vajrasas and bhikshus in the Western Heavens.

"In this world, are there really Buddhas in the Western Heavens?", hearing these remarks, Jiang Liu's heart murmured secretly, but he didn't ask.

When I was in Jinshan Temple, I also asked, but I was scolded by Senior Brother Xuankong.

Besides, it's a fact that there are demons and monsters in this world.

Since there are demons, it doesn't seem strange that the existence of the so-called gods and Buddhas and Bodhisattvas is not surprising, right?

The Big Buddha Temple is very huge, and the first day of this incense ceremony is even more crowded.

In the temples within a radius of 100 miles, as long as the novices who meet the age have to come, plus the elders of the master come with them, so the Big Buddha Temple is very lively.

However, the matter of the incense ceremony, the Big Buddha Temple has long been familiar with it, and after all the novices who need to give incense have been registered, under the guidance of special people, they walked to a huge square and stood in line.

The elders of the sect who came to accompany them were arranged to watch the ceremony around the square.

Jiang Liu glanced left and right, and as far as the eye could see, the square was huge, somewhat similar to the sports field of a modern university.

And around, there were also many people watching the ceremony, some of them crowded into the crowd to watch, like Brother Xuanwu.

Others sat on chairs, either of them wearing silk or satin, or monks with four or five incense scars on their heads.

Finally, at the front of the square, there are several very luxurious seats, but the seats are empty, apparently so-called VIP seats.

One after another, there were still young novices entering the arena and being arranged to stand.

A rough glance at the past, I am afraid that there are already hundreds of people, so that Jiang Liu has a sense of déjà vu in a school in modern society, where students are preparing to do broadcast gymnastics on the playground.

After waiting for a while, at the third pole of the sun, a Buddha horn sounded, like a morning bell at dusk, instantly suppressing all the noise.

"Amitabha, Long Hai is here!".

As the Buddha horn sounded, the entire square fell silent for a moment.

Everyone looked forward to it, and they could see a group of several monks, old and young, all wearing bright red robes, with extraordinary bearing, and at least six incense scars on their heads.

The monk at the head looked like he was about seventy, his beard was white but neatly combed, his feet were shoeed, he was wearing a robe inlaid with gold thread, and on his bare head, there were nine incense scars, and his treasure was solemn.

"I've seen the holy monk of Longhai!", looking at the old monk headed by him, everyone spoke at the same time, whether it was the surrounding monks or those rich and noble people wearing silk and satin.

The holy monk of Longhai can be called the first monk in the Tang Dynasty!

"Your Majesty has arrived! Princess Gaoyang has arrived!".

It's just that after the Longhai Holy Monk returned the salute, before he could continue to speak, suddenly, another chant sounded.