The Haotian Pagoda fell from the sky and landed in Tal Temple?
From what he said, it seemed that the Haotian Pagoda had chosen their temple.
As someone who had seen the Haotian Pagoda fly away, I believed that it was true. However, since I had encountered two incidents in a row, I couldn't help but feel suspicious.
Seeing that I was deep in thought, Ajia Hotogtu stood up and asked me to follow him to see if the Haotian Pagoda was the same as what I had seen before.
I nodded and called the fatty to follow him.
After a while, we arrived at a meditation room. Judging from Ajia Hotogtu's expression, it should be his meditation room.
It wasn't as luxurious as the Buddhist hall. When we reached the door of the meditation room, he signaled us to wait for a moment, then walked in.
I felt strange. He said that he was going to take me to see the Haotian Pagoda. Why did he come to his meditation room?
Did he lock the Haotian Pagoda somewhere and come to get the key?
While I was pondering, Ajia Hotogtu walked out of the meditation room with a wooden box carved with auspicious clouds in his hand.
Before I could ask him, he opened the wooden box and pointed at it. "Benefactor Zhou, please take a look. The Haotian Pagoda is in here."
I was dumbfounded. I had entered the Haotian Pagoda before. Although the Haotian Pagoda wasn't as tall as the clouds, it was at least a normal pagoda. What's this box?
How could the Haotian Pagoda be in the box?
Almost instantly, I concluded that the old monk was making fun of me. However, since he was standing right in front of me, I couldn't help but follow his finger to the wooden box.
There was indeed a pagoda in the wooden box. To be precise, it was a pocket-sized pagoda that was tens of centimeters tall.
Although there was a huge difference in size, it didn't look any different from the Haotian Pagoda that I had seen before.
Now, I was surprised.
After all, the Haotian Pagoda was a mysterious divine tool. It wasn't impossible for it to change its size.
With that in mind, I released my spiritual sense and tried to see what was going on inside the pocket-sized pagoda.
Unexpectedly, just as my spiritual sense came into contact with the body of the tower, there was a powerful force that directly repelled and pushed my spiritual sense out.
This situation is practically the same as when I first saw the Vast Heaven Pagoda. This backlash is indeed the power unique to the Vast Heaven Pagoda.
After several attempts, I was finally sure that this was indeed the Haotian Pagoda, and it seemed that Aja Hotogtu did not lie to me.
Seeing my expression, Aja Hotogtu seemed to know what I was thinking. He closed the box and gestured for me to sit down.
After I sat down, he didn't beat around the bush and directly said, "I wonder if Benefactor could lend a helping hand?"
I didn't reply to him immediately. Instead, I told him that when I entered the Clear Sky Pagoda, there was nothing inside. I didn't know why he wanted to open the Clear Sky Pagoda so badly.
Agah Hotogtu did not conceal anything from me, and immediately told me the reason.
From him, he found out that when he was looking through the ancient books, he had once unintentionally seen a record of the miraculous use of the Clear Sky Pagoda.
It was said that when a Buddhist monk passed away, he could transfer his body into the Clear Sky Pagoda, and turn his body into a Buddha's Relic.
I've never heard of this before, but it reminded me of the Pure Dragon Village's desire for the Clear Sky Pagoda. I think that the people of the Jinshan Temple must have known about the miraculous use of the Clear Sky Pagoda.
Therefore, I asked him to go to the Jade Buddha Temple to look for it in advance. However, I didn't find this information in his memory. Perhaps, the people in the Jinshan Temple didn't tell him about it.
In that case, Agah Hotogtu's words were not false.
The Buddha's Relic was a great temptation for the Buddhist monks.
Although the Buddha's Relic was good, it was more about quality than quantity.
There was a Buddha's Relic in the Pure Dragon Village's Amulet. However, it was too evil to be called a Relic.
Therefore, I should pay more attention to the quality of the Buddha's Relic.
The Tower Temple was an ancient temple that had existed for hundreds of years, and it was one of the better ones among the other temples. Therefore, there must have been many eminent monks who had left their Relic behind after they passed away.
Moreover, Agah Hotogtu was a Second Level Living Buddha, and he was almost seventy years old. His understanding of the Buddha's Relic must have reached a certain level, and he should know that the Buddha's Relic couldn't be obtained by force.
But why did he care about it so much?
Since I had this question in my mind, I told him.
Hearing my words, Agah Hotogtu looked a little depressed, as if I had hit the nail on the head.
After a long time, he sighed and told me the details.
As I had expected, the Tower Temple had existed for hundreds of years, and it had produced many eminent monks.
Among them, there were also a few who had left their Relic behind after they passed away.
However, during the early years of war, bandits were rampant at the border, and the two leaders of the Esoteric Sect were fighting against each other. As a result, the Buddha's Relic in the Tower Temple was lost at that time, and it was stolen one after another. Even the other temples in the vicinity had lost their Relic.
After listening to his words, I understood why he was so desperate for the Buddha's Relic.
The Buddha's Relic was an extremely precious item for a temple, and it was the foundation of the temple.
Although the Tower Temple had a high status in the Esoteric Sect, it had lost its Buddha's Relic. No wonder Agah Hotogtu was so anxious.
However, I had some doubts. The Buddha's Relic was created by an eminent monk who had passed away, and it had the soul mark of the eminent monk who had passed away.
If the Buddha's Relic was lost, it could be easily found through the soul mark. Why didn't the Tower Temple search for it? Instead, it placed its hope on the Haotian Pagoda?
Agah Hotogtu didn't expect that I would know so much about the Buddha's Relic, and he looked surprised.
However, a moment later, he smiled bitterly and said, "I did send someone to search for it, but the person who stole the Buddha's Relic seemed to have used some kind of secret technique to erase the soul mark on the Buddha's Relic, so we couldn't sense it at all.
Therefore, we had to give up on the search. "
Since the person could erase the soul mark on the Buddha's Relic, he must have an extraordinary cultivation. However, according to Agah Hotogtu, the Buddha's Relic in the other temples nearby was also lost, which was quite interesting.
It seemed that someone had a grudge against the entire Esoteric Sect, and had deliberately stolen the Buddha's Relic in order to seize their affinity with the Buddha.
Just as I was about to ask more questions, Agah Hotogtu sighed and told me that there was a secret behind the incident.
According to him, the Tibetan Buddhism seemed to be united on the surface, but it had actually been divided into many factions. This was no longer an unspeakable secret.
I'm aware of that.
On the way here, the Lama had also mentioned this.
However, I didn't pay much attention to the division of factions in the Esoteric Sect, Taoism Sect, and Buddhism Sect.
However, according to him, the loss of the Buddha's Relic seemed to be related to the division of factions.
Hearing my question, Agah Hotogtu nodded and confirmed my guess.
He told me that there were five major factions in the Tibetan Buddhism, namely the Nyingma Sect, the Sakya Sect, the Kagyu Sect, the Kagyu Sect, and the Gelug Sect.
The Taer Temple was one of the most representative temples in the Gelug Sect.
Although the major factions seemed to be harmonious on the surface, they were actually fighting fiercely.
However, in order to prevent the Esoteric and Taoist Sects from getting involved, they didn't make too much trouble.
The two leaders, Darase and the Panchen Lama, didn't intervene. Perhaps they thought that fighting could stimulate the monks' passion for cultivation.
However, twenty years ago, when Darase and the Panchen Lama had just been replaced, the conflict between the factions became extremely fierce, and the relationship between the factions also became tense.
The reason was related to the pardon order issued by the Panchen Lama and Darase.
The pardon order mentioned that over the years, many temples didn't abide by the rules of Buddhism. They did some things that were insulting to Buddhism, and some even colluded with external forces to suppress other temples.
In order to prevent similar incidents from happening again, the Panchen Lama and Darase worked together to reform the system. They changed the rating of the temples from the level of the Temple Master to the number of relics in the temples.
Now, it was time for the new rating. Unexpectedly, the loss of relics happened. Therefore, he couldn't help but link the two incidents together.
The Gelug Sect represented by the Taer Temple was the most powerful faction in the Tibetan Buddhism. It was not only because of the large number of relics in the temples, but also because the reincarnation system of the Living Buddha was proposed by the Gelug Sect. Therefore, the Gelug Sect became more prosperous.
Even so, it was hard to guarantee that the Taer Temple wouldn't be affected by the reform. Even if it wasn't expelled from the Gelug Sect, it would probably be demoted to the third or fourth level.
Once the Taer Temple's rating was demoted, the status of the Gelug Sect would also be affected.
At this point, Agah Hotogtu didn't say anything else. He looked a little depressed.
It was really hard for Agah Hotogtu to work so hard at such an old age.
Since this matter was very important to the Taer Temple, and the Haotian Pagoda happened to fall into the Taer Temple, it could be considered a kind of opportunity.
It's not impossible for me to help you.
However, I've heard from the Lama that the Taer Temple has a way to help me find the bones of a true dragon, but I don't know if it's true.
With this thought in mind, I asked Agah Hotogtu about it.
After listening to me, he nodded slightly and told me that no scale worm had succeeded in transforming into a dragon for thousands of years. As a result, there were very few bones of a true dragon in the world. However, the Esoteric Sect was active in the vicinity of Mount Kunlun. Over the past thousands of years, they had found no less than a hundred bones of a true dragon.
After hearing his words, I was surprised. I felt as if I'd worn out iron shoes in a fruitless search, only to find it by chance. Then, Agah Hotogtu told me that there were no bones of a true dragon in the Taer Temple. The dragon bones that had been found previously had been used to make a monk's staff because they contained a spiritual weapon.