Because Ye Chen is not in Jinling, Ito Nanako has been studying martial arts wholeheartedly for the past few days. She simply lives in the dormitory of Champs Elysees most of the time, and only occasionally comes back to accompany her father.
Yesterday, Takehiko Ito missed his daughter, so he had someone prepare a sumptuous Japanese banquet. He called Nanako Ito back, and the father and daughter had a meal together.
Banquets are generally sumptuous and complicated, and it is common to eat a meal in two or three hours, so Ito Nanako did not rush back to the Champs Elysees last night, but stayed at home for one night.
In order not to delay her morning practice, she got up quickly at dawn, washed briefly, and prepared to drive to the Champs-Elysees.
When taking the elevator to the basement and passing by the ninth floor, the elevator slowly stopped, the car door opened, and a young woman about the same age as Ito Nanako stepped into the elevator.
Ito Nanako didn’t pay attention. The woman entered the elevator while making a phone call and said mysteriously: “Oh, I didn’t expect it to be so early. I just heard from a layman inside Qixia Temple that the famous Master Jingqing was taught by Master Jingqing.” I have been invited to come to Qixia Temple to give a lecture. I will arrive in an hour or two. I heard that I will take some time to consecrate and bless the believers. The amulets consecrated and blessed by Master Jingqing are very effective. I plan to ask for one for my husband. He lives in the world every year. Flying and running around everywhere, asking for a talisman to protect and protect him.”
Another woman on the other end of the phone asked curiously: “You can get amulets from every temple. What’s so surprising about the one blessed by Master Jingqing?”
The woman said: “Master Jingqing is very famous. He is invited to preach Buddhism all over the world all year round. Every time he lectures, he will consecrate and bless magic weapons for some believers for free. He lectured at Mount Putuo some time ago, and tickets for Mount Putuo were sold out for a week. The magic weapons he has blessed have been resold in the circle of believers for prices starting at six figures.”
As she said that, the woman continued: “Xinxin helped her husband to beg for an amulet consecrated by Master Jingqing in Mount Wutai last year. Last year, she was involved in a series of car accidents on the highway and was rear-ended by an overloaded truck. Eight people in three cars survived. There is nothing wrong with him, but his amulet is broken. Do you think this thing is quite effective?”
The woman said in surprise: “I only knew that her husband was in a car accident last year, but I didn’t know about it.”
At this time, the elevator had reached the underground garage. After the elevator door opened, the woman walked out and said, “The Master’s visit to Jinling has not been made public yet. It is estimated that it will be announced to the public tonight. Once the news is announced, the surrounding people will There are probably devout believers from hundreds of kilometers away who want to see the Master, and it will be difficult to arrange a meeting at that time, so I plan to go there early and wait, and if you are interested, we will go there together.”
Nanako Ito followed the woman out of the elevator. She has been studying martial arts recently, and her hearing has also improved, so she can still hear the woman on the phone saying excitedly: “Then I will prepare now. Where can we meet?”
The woman said: “You go out to the gate of the community now, and I will pick you up there.”
Hearing this, Nanako Ito couldn’t help but feel secretly moved.
Inspired by the memory of her mother during her lifetime, she has always believed in Buddhism and can be considered a devout Buddhist believer.
When I was in Kyoto, I often went to the Kinkakuji Temple to worship Buddha and make offerings. Last time, for Ye Chen, I went to the Kinkakuji Temple to pray for a royal guard for him.
Now she suddenly heard that a well-known eminent monk from China was coming to Qixia Temple to give lectures and also be blessed with amulets. The first thing she thought of was to ask for one for Ye Chen.
Although Ye Chen’s strength is already the strongest Nanako has ever seen, in her opinion, the theological or metaphysical blessing of religion itself is another kind of soft power beyond hard power. In a sense, , is also essential.
It’s like although soldiers have powerful weapons and equipment, they still pray for God’s blessing deep in their hearts before going to the battlefield.
So, Ito Nanako took two steps quickly, caught up with the woman in front of her, and said with an apologetic look: “Sorry to bother you, I didn’t mean to eavesdrop on your phone call, I just heard you talking about the amulet, so I would like to ask you a question How can I ask Master Jingqing to consecrate and bless an amulet?”