The strongest chef in the three worlds

Chapter 541
Led by the old monk, they came to the side hall behind the main hall.

Inside the side hall, a tall Buddha statue stands.

Ksitigarbha sat cross-legged on the lotus platform, holding a Zen stick in one hand and a wish-fulfilling orb in the other.

His eyes were lowered, humble yet majestic, and he seemed to make people have the urge to worship.

Above the Buddha statue of Ksitigarbha, there is a huge bronze bell hanging.

The bronze bell covers the entire Buddha statue of Ksitigarbha, which gives people a strange feeling.

Yan Bao'er looked at the bronze bell curiously, and then asked the old monk: "Master, why did you hang a bell on the head of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva? Would it be disrespectful to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?"

"Bao'er, don't talk nonsense!"

The old lady interrupted Yan Baoer, but turned her eyes to Chen Yan, "Master said that you have a destiny with Ksitigarbha, so tell me, what's going on with this bronze bell?"

The old lady's words were obviously meant to test Chen Yan.

Chen Yan shook his head and said frankly, "I really don't know about this."

Although he has some relationship with the people in the underworld, he has never talked about Ksitigarbha with them.

Moreover, he was also a staunch atheist before, so naturally he would not investigate these things.

Now the old lady asked him to tell why, but he really couldn't tell.

Seeing that Chen Yan didn't know, the old lady snorted softly, "It seems that you have no intentions!"

"Really!" Chen Yan smiled, but he didn't care.

"Grandma, tell me, what's the matter with this clock?" Seeing this, Song Liyue hurried up to smooth things over.

"With the master present, I won't be playing tricks." The old lady shook her head slightly, and then saluted the old monk: "Master, please tell these young people a little bit about it, so that they will be in awe."

The old monk nodded slightly, and explained: "After death, people have to go to the hell to suffer in the prison. The Ksitigarbha King is kind, and he doesn't want to see all living beings suffer, so he hangs a big bell on his head. As soon as you hear the bell, the hell will stop. Use punishment to save people's souls from the pain of punishment."

And this statement?
Hearing the old monk's explanation, several people suddenly realized.

Although I don't know whether this statement is true or not, it can be regarded as an increase in knowledge.

When several people were secretly curious, the old monk said again: "Of course, this is only one of them."

"Is there anything else to say?"

Several people looked at the old monk curiously, even the old lady was very curious.

Obviously, she knew what was said before.

But she didn't know anything else.

The old monk nodded and said: "There is also a saying that the big bell on Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's head is a warning to himself, as long as the bell rings, it means that there are still people suffering in hell, let him always remember the oath he made. "

"Oath, what oath?" Yan Baoer asked curiously.

"If the hell is not empty, you will not become a Buddha; if all sentient beings are saved, you will realize Bodhi!"

The old monk clasped his hands together, bowed reverently to the Buddha statue of King Ksitigarbha, and said in a loud voice.

When a sentence is uttered through the mouth of an old monk, there is no feeling.

It was as if Ksitigarbha himself swore an oath in front of them.

"Hell is not empty, I swear not to become a Buddha..."

Song Liyue muttered to herself, but suddenly realized: "It turns out that this sentence was said by the Ksitigarbha King!"

This sentence was not only heard by Yan Baoer.

Chen Yan and Yan Baoer have all heard of it.

However, they didn't pay attention to these things before, and they didn't know that this sentence came from the mouth of Ksitigarbha.

"But there will always be bad people in this world! Hell will never be empty!"

Yan Bao'er frowned slightly, and turned her head to look at the old monk, "So, wouldn't it be possible that Ksitigarbha will never become a Buddha?"

"Yes!"

The old monk nodded slightly, "This is the benevolence of Ksitigarbha King! Knowing that if you make such an oath, you will never become a Buddha, but you still make the oath to purify hell and save all sentient beings with supreme kindness!"

"The reason why the statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva fell into the side hall is also because of his oath."

"If hell is not empty for a day, he will always feel ashamed in his heart, and he does not want to be incensed by the world in the main hall."

When the old monk was speaking, he looked at the statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva devoutly, with respect in his eyes.

Chen Yan and the others were also infected by the old monk's words, and their faces were full of admiration.

When Ksitigarbha made such an oath, he undoubtedly did so knowingly that it could not be done.

Willing to give up the opportunity to become a Buddha and stay in the cold underworld to save sentient beings, this kind of state is really not something ordinary people can have.

Moreover, he did not receive incense from the world in the main hall.

This really has a feeling of hidden merit and fame.

"Okay, hurry up and offer incense to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva."

The old lady ignored her old body and slowly knelt down on the futon. Zhao Qin quickly took out the incense that had been prepared, lit it, and carefully put the incense into the old lady's hands.

Others also picked up incense and lit it one after another, preparing to offer incense to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

Just as the old lady was holding incense in both hands, Yan Baoer suddenly pulled the corner of the old lady's clothes and reminded in a low voice: "Grandma, the incense in your hand... is gone..."

Although Yan Bao'er is not a pious believer like the old lady, she also knows that it is not a good thing for the incense to go out at such a time.

"Nonsense, how could this fragrance..."

The old lady replied subconsciously.

However, before she finished speaking, she was stunned, her eyes fixed on the incense in her hand.

The incense in her hand was really gone!

"What's the matter with you!"

Seeing the extinguished incense in her hand, the old lady looked at Zhao Qin with displeasure, "How can the incense be extinguished by lighting it?"

"Mom, I..."

Zhao Qin was full of embarrassment, and wanted to explain, but couldn't explain, so she could only bite the bullet and lean over, ready to light the incense in her hand for the old lady again.

"Benefactor, don't bother!"

The old monk shook his head and smiled, "Now you know why not everyone can offer incense to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?"

"Ok?"

The old lady was slightly taken aback, and looked at the old monk with a face full of surprise, "What does the master mean, we have no destiny with Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva? So he refuses to accept our incense?"

"You can also say that." The old monk put his hands together and said, "The hell is not empty, and the Bodhisattva's great vow has not been fulfilled. He refuses to receive incense from everyone, but only from those who are predestined."

"This……"

Hearing the old monk's words, everyone couldn't help but look at each other.

She was stunned for a long time, but Yan Bao'er didn't believe in evil, she lit the incense in her hand, imitating the way the old lady did before, she held the incense with both hands and bowed to the ground.

Her gaze was fixed on the incense in her hand.

When she was doing her first prostration, the incense that had been burning red just now suddenly dimmed.

In an instant, the incense in his hand was extinguished.

Seeing this scene, Yan Baoer suddenly widened her eyes.

Even knowing that there are ghosts and gods in the world, her face is still full of disbelief. She raised her head and stared blankly at the statue of Ksitigarbha, her lovely cheeks were full of grievances, and she muttered: "Why? What! Why am I not destined?"

(End of this chapter)