Chapter 377: Who will argue about the true and false Son of God?
Candeng Temple!
As soon as these three words were spoken, the scene became silent and all the monks looked forward.
The three elders of Leiyin Temple were the same, with surprise in their eyes.
They did not receive the news that Candeng Temple was going to participate in the Buddha's birthday celebration.
In the past, when the Buddha's birthday was held in Candeng Temple, or in their Leiyin Temple or Mantuo Temple, Candeng Temple would not necessarily send anyone to participate.
If you plan to attend, you will be notified in advance.
But this time, Candeng Temple did not send anyone to inform them. In their opinion, Candeng Temple should not send anyone to participate in this year's Buddha's birthday.
But I didn’t expect that people from Candeng Temple would suddenly arrive today.
Is it because of the Son?
Xiyue Temple spread the news yesterday. I guess Candeng Temple got the news and came here because they couldn't sit still anymore?
Guanxin and the other two felt that they were right. They thought that Candeng Temple would not want to have another Holy Son appear for no reason.
Crowd, get out of the way!
Two monks in blue-gray robes came over.
It was a hundred meters away one moment, and already in front of him the next.
It gives people a sense of neither abruptness nor discord, as if this is how walking should be.
Seeing the two old monks, Guanxin hurried over to greet them.
"Master Hongyuan, Master Hongyuan, you two are here!"
To be honest, Guan Xin was a little shocked, because these two were powerful men in the Golden Body Realm.
The fact that two Golden Body Realm powerhouses from Candeng Temple came in person can only mean one thing, that Candeng Temple also attaches great importance to the matter of the Holy Son this time.
"Amitabha, it is the Buddha's birthday, and there are rumors about the Holy Son. This old monk has come here on the orders of the abbot."
Master Hongyuan had a calm expression as he glanced at everyone and finally stopped at Lin Ye. There was a hint of obscure color in his deep eyes.
"My Leiyin Temple welcomes the two masters. Please follow me up the mountain."
After Guan Xin finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Hui Ren and Lin Ye and said, "Hui Ren, you and I are both disciples of Buddhism. I tried to persuade you with kind words before because I didn't want you to be deceived and the reputation of your Xiyue Temple to be ruined. But since you won't turn back, I will tell you the truth."
"The Holy Son of Buddhism has indeed been born, but he is not the one in front of us. The real Holy Son of Buddhism is in my Leiyin Temple. If you don't believe it, you can go up the mountain together and then we can tell the real one from the fake one."
Wow!
When Monk Guanxin said this, there was an uproar at the scene. There was actually a Buddhist saint in Leiyin Temple?
All the monks present knew that there could only be one Holy Son at a time.
Because the Holy Son is the reincarnation of Buddha, it is impossible for Buddha to be reincarnated in two people at the same time.
Huiren's face darkened. He didn't expect that Leiyin Temple's back-up plan would be this.
Could it be that Leiyin Temple also found someone with the Buddha's light vision?
But how is this possible?
The reason why the Buddha's light vision has become a symbol of the Son of God is because it is extremely rare. In the history of Buddhism, there has never been two monks experiencing it at the same time.
For a moment, Huiren was in a dilemma.
Just as Guanxin said, this time he was gambled on the reputation and future of Xiyue Temple. If Lin Ye could not become the Holy Son, the reputation of Xiyue Temple would plummet and he would become a joke.
"Well, I'd like to see who dares to pretend to be me."
Just when Huiren was feeling uneasy, Lin Ye beside her spoke.
His words were full of confidence.
"To be honest, I don't care about the identity of the Holy Son. You don't have to acknowledge it, but I won't allow anyone to pretend to be the Holy Son and deceive the Three Treasures disciples in the world."
Huiren looked at Lin Ye, and when she saw Lin Ye's confident expression, she felt a little more at ease.
"Let's confront each other face to face to find out who is real and who is fake," Huiren also said in a deep voice.
Anyway, there is no way back, and I can only go down this path to the end.
What Huiren didn't know was that the reason why Lin Ye was so confident was because he didn't care about the outcome at all.
At worst, I can just run away.
The two old monks from Candeng Temple did not intervene. They went up the mountain under the guidance of Guanxin and the other four. Lin Ye and Huiren also started to go up the mountain with the monks from Xiyue Temple.
As for the other monks, they naturally followed closely behind, as they also wanted to know the truth.
At the same time, I am also very curious about the other Son of God.
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The square outside the main hall of Leiyin Temple is paved entirely with blue-white marble, and is lined with dozens of gold-plated copper pillars, each of which is engraved with one of the Eight Heavenly Dragons.
At this moment, there were already more than ten thousand monks in the square, and these monks also knew the situation at the foot of the mountain.
Therefore, when Lin Ye and his group walked to the front of the square, all the monks looked at Lin Ye curiously.
Lin Ye did not put away the Buddha's light vision behind him. He had been showing it since he went up the mountain. Now standing on the square, dozens of copper pillars on the square actually shook and emitted a layer of fluorescence. The monks who were close to the copper pillars even saw that the eight heavenly dragons seemed to come alive and were swimming on the stone pillars.
"This...isn't this the Holy Son?"
The monk who saw this scene cast a questioning look at the elders of Leiyin Temple.
If it weren't for the Son of God, why would these stone pillars react?
You know, these stone pillars might be from Leiyin Temple, but Lin Shengzi has never been to Leiyin Temple before.
Guan Xin and the three elders' expressions also changed slightly. They didn't expect Lin Ye to do this. These stone pillars were used by the temple to test the disciples' wisdom.
If the disciple delve deeply into Buddhism, the eight heavenly dragons on the stone pillar will react.
"Wait until the abbot invites the Holy Son out, and then we will know the truth."
Guanxin did not explain, but muttered to himself and looked towards the back mountain.
At the same time as Guan Xin looked towards the mountain behind, from the top of the mountain, Buddha's light rose into the sky. In the sky of the mountain behind, golden light condensed and actually condensed into a golden body of Buddha in mid-air.
Seeing the golden body of Buddha, many monks at the scene had solemn expressions and immediately put their hands together. As the golden body appeared, a colorful rainbow stretched from the back mountain to the square.
A young monk wearing a red robe with gold edges walked onto the Rainbow Bridge.
A lotus flower blooms under every step.
Lotus flowers bloom at every step.
Finally, he stepped out of the Rainbow Bridge and landed on the square, and a golden lotus appeared under his feet.
“This is the true son of Buddhism. However, in the blessing state, he can summon the golden body of Buddha, and there is a lotus platform under his feet.”
Guanxin said loudly, and as the young monk appeared, three figures stood behind the young monk.
Abbot Mingli and the two golden body realm supreme elders of Leiyin Temple.
Lin Ye's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the Holy Son who was pushed out by the Leiyin Temple. In terms of appearance, this guy was more impressive than himself.
"My fellow Three Treasures disciples, I have to make it clear that this Saint Child is not a disciple of my Leiyin Temple, but from Lingquan Temple. He was born into a poor family. The head of this family is a devout Buddhist, and his ancestors for ten generations were also Buddhists. The Saint Child's parents had been married for several years but had never been able to have children. So they went to Lingquan Temple to burn incense and pray, and they became pregnant three days after burning incense, and gave birth to the Saint Child after ten months."
"When the Holy Child was in his mother's womb, the abbot of Lingquan Temple had a dream from the Buddha that a person of great Buddhist wisdom was about to be born. He immediately found the Holy Child's parents, and after the Holy Child was born, he was admitted to Lingquan Temple. At the age of twelve, he was officially ordained as a disciple of the Three Treasures of Buddhism."
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Monk Mingli explained the birth origin and background of this Holy Son in great detail. Many monks at the scene, including those following the monks of Xiyue Temple who had previously identified Lin Ye as the Holy Son, were now somewhat shaken.
"How clever! They're starting to play with bloodline."
Lin Ye listened to what Monk Mingli said, and instantly understood what the old monk meant.
To put it bluntly, the holy son promoted by Leiyin Temple has a cleaner foundation than himself and is an insider of Buddhism.
From the perspective of Buddhist disciples, these monks would definitely be more willing to accept this.
Ten generations of devout believers finally gave birth to a holy son.
This news is fatally attractive to believers, and for Buddhists, as long as they publicize this matter, it will be easier to brainwash believers.
It is no longer as simple as talking about blessings in the next life, it is about life after life.
"Uncle Master!"
Huixuan looked at Lin Ye with some worry. As someone who was good at managing believers, he was the first to guess the purpose of Leiyin Temple's words.
From a third-party perspective, he would also choose the saint promoted by Leiyin Temple.
"In fact, I only knew about the existence of the Holy Son a year ago. I went to Lingquan Temple to look for him and then brought him back to Leiyin Temple. I should have informed all the Three Treasures disciples at that time, but I thought that next year would be the Buddha's birthday, so I decided to wait until the Buddha's birthday to inform you so that my Buddhist sect can have double happiness."
Mingli found a very plausible reason to conceal the matter of the Holy Son. Lin Ye also understood in his heart that Leiyin Temple was probably not planning to launch any Holy Son.
At most, they thought that this person might have a connection with Buddha, so they dug him out from Lingquan Temple and brought him to Leiyin Temple.
"Abbot Mingli, I'm afraid you can't tell the real Holy Son from the fake with just these." Huiren spoke first. He couldn't let Mingli continue talking, otherwise all the monks present would be shaken.
“Isn’t this enough?” Mingli smiled and looked at Huiren, then turned his gaze to Lin Ye: “Mr. Lin is a martial saint and a powerful person in the Yuanshen realm. Needless to say, he is very talented. I also know why Mr. Lin is called the Holy Son. It is because Miaoying Temple held a ceremony to inaugurate the Golden Buddha, and then the Buddha’s light from the Golden Buddha fell on Mr. Lin, making him have the Buddha’s light vision. I wonder if it is right?”
Lin Ye did not answer. He could not refute this point as there were many monks watching the ceremony at the scene.
"Everyone, I have read the scriptures about Mr. Lin's Buddha light vision and have come to a conclusion. This is not the Buddha light vision of the Holy Son, but a gift from the Buddha to add gold to the Buddha's body in gratitude to Mr. Lin for his contribution to Buddhism."
"Seventy-two golden Buddhas are a great achievement in the history of Buddhism. How can Buddha remain indifferent? Although Mr. Lin is not a saint, he has made great contributions to Buddhism. Please accept my greetings."
Mingli put his hands together and was about to salute Lin Ye, and most of the people at the scene had already believed what Mingli said.
Because Mingli's words made sense and were well-founded, and if you listened carefully, it really was the case.
"It seems that this old bald donkey is prepared. Lin boy, I'm afraid your status as a Holy Son will be taken away."
Lao Shi’s voice came from his mind , and Lin Ye replied: “Take it off if you want. I don’t expect this identity to bring me anything. But it’s impossible for Leiyin Temple to let me give up so easily. If they want to use me as a stepping stone, I’m afraid they’ll get hurt.”
If Leiyin Temple had made things clear before inviting him, he could have given up the status of the Holy Son. However, since they invited him without stating the reason, their purpose was self-evident.
In fact, Leiyin Temple did use Lin Ye as a stepping stone.
In order to launch the Holy Son, the first thing needed was not the recognition of Buddhist disciples, but the recognition of Mantuo Temple and Candeng Temple.
After all, the two temples knew exactly what was going on with the Holy Son.
Now that Lin Ye has intervened, Leiyin Temple has taken the opportunity to launch their Holy Son. Mantuo Temple and Candeng Temple can only choose the lesser of two evils and recognize the Holy Son launched by Leiyin Temple.
Because the Holy Son of their Leiyin Temple is controllable, but if Lin Ye becomes the Holy Son, with Lin Ye's strength and identity, he will definitely be out of control.
At the scene, the abbot of Mantuo Temple, Pukong, had a gloomy look on his face.
He now completely understood the purpose of Leiyin Temple, which was to force the palace and force Mantuo Temple to recognize the identity of the Holy Son.
Although Leiyin Temple will certainly give some compensation in the future, the addition of one more Holy Son means that the reputation of Leiyin Temple will be the highest in the next few decades.
Thinking of this, Pukong turned his gaze towards the two old monks in Candeng Temple. In his opinion, the people in Candeng Temple would probably not look happy either.
But when he saw the expressions of the two people from Candeng Temple, he was confused. The two of them had indifferent expressions, as if they didn't care about the matter at all.
Although the situation in Candeng Temple is rather special, we should not remain indifferent.
"Amitabha, it is recorded in the Buddhist scriptures that there were real and fake fighting Buddhas at the Great Leiyin Temple. Many Arhats and Bodhisattvas were unable to distinguish the real from the fake. Finally, the Buddha intervened to separate the real and fake fighting Buddhas."
Master Hongyuan suddenly spoke. His voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard by everyone present, and everyone's eyes turned to him.
The battle between the real and fake Buddhas is recorded in the Buddhist scriptures, and all Buddhist disciples have seen it.
But they don’t understand why this person brought up this matter?
Is it something you feel?
"There is a Buddha lamp in my Candeng Temple. As you all know, it is the lamp that the Buddha used to read the scriptures. Although it is incomplete, it is also a treasure of Buddhism. It can be used to distinguish the true and false of the Holy Son!"
Master Hongyuan's next words excited the audience.
Pukong's expression changed for a moment, but then returned to normal. The Sons of God were all fake, and it was useless to identify them.
However, he thought that this lamp was controlled by Candeng Temple, so whoever Candeng Temple wanted to be the Holy Son would be the Holy Son. Even if Candeng Temple was dissatisfied with the actions of Leiyin Temple, it would not choose Lin Ye, so he felt relieved.
"It would be great if Candeng Temple is willing to ask the Buddhist treasure to verify its authenticity."
Pukong smiled slightly and looked at Master Hongyuan, but Huiren looked as pale as death. Candeng Temple took action, and this time he was completely defeated.
