Chapter 226 The unity of mind and action is a meritorious deed

The temple in front of the mountainside is clean and tidy, but the apricot-yellow courtyard wall and the blue-grey ridge look quite ancient at first glance.

The abbot has white eyebrows and a long beard, kind eyebrows and kind eyes. He stands quietly in front of the temple with his hands clasped together, with a noble air.

He looked into the distance, focusing on the three figures walking down the mountain.

The abbot chuckled and said, "Where did the three donors come from?"

The sound carried for miles but was not noisy. Chen Xun and the others appeared in front of the temple in the blink of an eye.

"Coming from the mountains and seas, passing by here, I have doubts in my heart, so I came to bother me."

Chen Xun looked calm and looked at the abbot, "I hope the abbot doesn't mind."

"Moo~" The big black cow lowered his head slightly and said hello.

Xiao Chi hid on the big black bull and looked around with vigilant eyes. The flames had been quietly buried in the ground.

It doesn't have the devout faith of the two elder brothers, nor does it believe in Buddha going to heaven. If it is in danger or deceived, it can at least warn them.

"Excuse me, donor." The abbot was quite calm and did not even probe into their cultivation level.

"Abbott, why doesn't this temple enshrine a Buddha statue?"

Chen Xun frowned, glanced at the big black cow, and said plausibly, "How can we donate incense money?"

Dahei Niu nodded quickly. When they met the temple, they had to take some interest in it, and then record the name of the Buddha.

After hearing this, Xiao Chi twitched the corner of his mouth. He was deeply touched by how stingy Brother Xun was this year, but for some reason, he didn't show any grudges when he gave these temple spiritual stones for free.

It has never heard them explain the reason, and it is difficult to ask, but the two eldest brothers must have their own reasons.

"Moo!" The big black bull snorted heavily. What the elder brother said was right. They didn't lack spiritual stones.

It was fate that they met the temple, but they didn't enshrine the Buddha statues and didn't give them the opportunity to donate spiritual stones. Isn't this messing with their Taoism? !

After hearing this, the abbot fell silent for a moment, and his white beard trembled. It was truly a shocking statement.

"The donor has no wisdom and is a Taoist. Why do you seek Buddha?"

The abbot did not answer Chen Xun, but asked instead, "It seems that the donor is not confused, but obsessed?"

Damn it, master!

Chen Xun's pupils shrank, and in just two words, he saw him clearly, and even evoked the most unbelievable thing deep in his heart.

"Moo?" The big black bull bowed Chen Xun, not understanding what the abbot said, what is the root of wisdom, and why can't we pray to Buddha when practicing Taoism?

Little Red's ears twitched slightly, not caring at all what the old monk was saying. Its flames were already quietly observing the words and deeds of the other five people, and began to analyze the danger index.

"Abbott, I won't beat around the bush anymore."

Chen Xun's eyes were solemn, and his breath gradually became deeper, as if he had changed his face, "We pray to Buddha only for merit!"

"Moo~~~!" The big black cow's eyes were blazing, and it had no doubts about its merits.

But along the way, no monk they met had ever told them why. The general idea was: Donating spiritual stones will naturally bring the merits of our Buddha to bless the donor.

But the answer they want is not this, and they never need merit to protect themselves.

"Haha, those people in the temple backyard are actually eavesdropping." Xiao Chi sneered in his heart and took a step back, "I have to explain it to Brother Xun later."

While these two people were communicating harmoniously, no one knew that there was a lion under the belly of the big black cow that was 'breaking his heart' for them.

“What does the donor think is merit, and why does he come to the temple to seek it?”

"Do good deeds, hoe the strong and help the weak, and you will have merit."

"Donor, this is justice as defined by the world, and it has no merit."

"We once spent all our wealth to perform rituals for our neighbors and ordinary people in the surrounding countryside!"

"Giving without expecting reward, giving without seeking fame, this is the evil virtue."

The abbot shook his head gently and said calmly, "It has no merit."

Chen Xun frowned, a blue vein appeared faintly on his forehead, and his words became more and more urgent: "We have donated copper coins and spiritual stones to many temples. Their Buddha said that it will bring merits!"

The big black cow subconsciously stuck to Chen Xun's body, his eyes slightly frightened, and his breaths continued to blow out gently.

"When it comes to merit, it never originated from Buddhism. The donor must have had the answer in his heart along the way."

The abbot clasped his hands together and lowered his head gently, but his temperament seemed quite refined. "Buddha never existed in the temple. Donor, you are in trouble."

The autumn wind is blowing, rustling the leaves, and a few wisps of confused and directionless wind are blowing in front of the desolate and ancient temple.

Suddenly, there was no other noise except the sound of wind.

Chen Xun and Da Hei Niu were stunned on the spot, their eyes dull and silent for a long time. The abbot still stood quietly in front, his expression full of tranquility.

Xiao Chi looked around and trembled. Why did he suddenly feel that something was wrong in the atmosphere!

"Haha, impossible!"

Chen Xun sneered and hugged the big black bull's head with one hand, "I have been cultivating immortals for many years, how can I change my heart just because of a few words?"

"Moo!!" The big black bull roared angrily and raised its head a little.

"Of course, these are just my humble opinions and should not be taken seriously."

The abbot was very well-educated and did not make any rebuttal, "But it seems that merit is not the obsession of the two donors. I wonder if I am right?"

Chen Xun took a deep breath, and the big black cow turned to look at him with hopeful eyes.

After they broke out of the small mountain village, their merits and virtues could be said to have run through the first half of their lives, and their obsession was far deeper than anything else.

Chen Xun just talked casually at first to comfort the big black cow, but later he started to believe it as he talked, and after more than two thousand years, it gradually became his own belief.

Nothing else, I just want those friends who have passed away to be reincarnated because of their merits, and in the next life... they will no longer have so many regrets.

"Abbott, what you said just now was too extreme and offended me."

Chen Xun's eyes calmed down and he handed over his hands to apologize, "Merit is very important to us."

"Moo~~" The big black cow also lowered his head to apologize for having just yelled at someone else.

The abbot bowed his head and returned the greeting: "The two donors are people who understand etiquette. I just did this unintentionally and had no intention of damaging the Taoism of the two donors."

"I hope the abbot can help my brothers clear up their doubts. What is merit?"

"What the two donors did were all good deeds, which are blessings, but they are far from merit."

The abbot's body looks like a crane. Although his cassock is worn out, it still can't hide the wisdom in his eyes. "Merits are to cultivate one's body and mind, and to unite one's mind and actions are merits."

"In the world of Da Li, there are Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, etc. There are thousands of avenues leading to immortality, and all major sects have merits and virtues."

"yes."

Chen Xun's eyes were deep, there was no such thing in the world of immortal cultivation in the Qian Kingdom...

The eyes of the big black cow became wider and wider. It thought that only Buddhism had merit!