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Chapter 18 Refuge

This weekend is exactly the 19th day of the sixth lunar month. Master Guozhe will congratulate Guanyin Bodhisattva on his enlightenment at the temple, so he invites thousands of people to go up the mountain to worship Buddha and taste vegetarian big pots of vegetables. This "Thousand Vegetarian Banquet" is held every year. He invites some people who have a connection with Buddha to pray for blessings and release animals. Master Guozhe's kindness has become a household name in recent years.

On June 19th this year, Qing Li and his sisters (Duoduo and Sister Qing) were ready to officially convert to the Three Treasures, and they arrived at the temple of the Master of the Fruit Sect early in the morning.

This Dharma Assembly was held by Master Guozhe in the morning: he led the monastic community and the public to pray for blessings and release animals. The master taught the public the methods of practicing Buddhism, and warned everyone to transform folk beliefs into righteous faith, turn the righteous faith to correct knowledge and view, study Buddhist scriptures and treatises, practice the Four Mindfulness of Meditation and Contemplation, and learn the spirit of great compassion and compassion of Guanyin Bodhisattva. In the afternoon: I am taking refuge for lay people, and finally: offering lamps and dedicating merits.

"Duoduo, Sister Qing, it's so lively. I saw everyone praying for blessings, releasing animals, and preaching the Dharma together. I felt like I had found a big family and felt a sense of belonging." Qing Li felt the energy of the Dharma through the morning Dharma Assembly.

"Yes, seeing that Master Guo Sect is so powerful, I am so glorious to be his disciple." Sister Qing was also infected by the power of Buddhism.

"What I am more excited about is that we are going to convert in the afternoon! I heard that there is a Dharma name!" Duoduo has already begun to look forward to converting in the afternoon.

"Qingli, do you know the origin of Guanyin Bodhisattva's enlightenment day?" Xu Hua finally got into the topic. Early in the morning, when Xu Hua heard that Qingli came to attend the Dharma Assembly, he followed him and said that he also wanted to see the Dharma Assembly. In fact, he missed Qingli. He had just disappeared for a day and was obsessed with Qingli.

"I want to listen, please tell me!" Everyone was curious

"It is said that Princess Miaoshan achieved enlightenment and attained enlightenment on June 19th, and appeared in the form of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes. So later generations designated this day as the day of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." After Xu Hua said that, everyone understood a lot about the origin of this day.

"Let's go Qingli, let's try the Qianzhai Banquet organized by the Master of Fruit Sect today." Xu Hua led everyone into the inner hall to taste today's vegetarian dishes.

At the same time, in the dark depths of the secret room, the Nine Life Cat Demon sat cross-legged and used the snatched golden elixir to swallow and spit. Now there were only three of the nine tails left. The cat demon's dantian was light and dark, and there was a big golden spider next to it to help the cat demon. It looked very difficult and sweating profusely. Not long after, the cat demon swallowed the golden elixir and forced the last energy into the dantian.

"Sister Bai, I have lost your vitality for so many days. Today I finally helped you swallow this golden elixir. Damn old Taoist, I hurt you so much!" The big spider's upper body changed into a beautiful woman's appearance and twisted her waist.

"Sorry, sister, I have caused you to lose so much skill. You see, your legs still have their original shape that cannot be changed." The cat demon was a little embarrassed.

"Sister Bai, why are you polite? The general of the Demon Realm said, even if he doesn't want my life, he has to help you pass this level. My little cultivation is insignificant to my sister. I heard from the general of the Demon Realm that my sister was originally a demon princess, but she lost her body because of an accident. She wanted to use the body of the Nine-Life Cat Demon to cultivate her body, but she didn't expect to be sealed by the stinky Taoist priest, and she can't break through the seal to cultivate her body until now." The spider spirit wanted to know more about the cat demon and began to please the cat demon.

"Sister, I feel sad when I mention this. My father is the Seventh Prince of the Demon Clan, and my mother is the White Fox of the Demon Clan. Because my mother is the Demon Clan, she is only worthy of being a concubine for her father. I was half a demon and half a demon when I was born. I have no status. Everyone looked down on me. I can only practice hard. I hate the humiliation brought to me by the White Fox Demon Clan. When I was just practicing the Nascent Soul stage, I decided to lead troops to kill the Fox Clan, but a fox fairy jumped out halfway and ruined my body. I also had a blue dragon that emerged from somewhere, destroying my body and causing me to do this." The cat demon told everything about a long time ago.

"Sister Bai turned out to be the princess. No wonder the general was treated like this. Don't worry, now that you have swallowed the golden elixir, half of your original body is a demon. My sister has a way to break through the Taoist seal and cultivate your original body, so that you will no longer suffer these hardships. Unfortunately, there are only 3 lives left in this nine-life cat demon body. But if you think about it carefully, 3 is enough." Spider spirit gave the cat demon.

"Sister has a solution? Please, sister!" The cat demon suddenly looked at her eyes.

"Sister Bai needs to transform two of the tails into the inner alchemy and change them to cultivation. My sister will find you some human medicine guides to help you practice. Besides, my leg also needs these medicine guides to deepen my cultivation. Can we sisters practice together?" The spider spirit has always liked to absorb human energy to practice. The cat demon quickly understood after hearing this. The two monsters laughed gloomy and terrifyingly, and screams kept coming from the secret room.

On the other side, Qingli and several sisters performed a conversion ceremony. The Master of Guo Sect is now giving everyone a Dharma name. It is Qingli's turn. The Master of Guo Sect led Qingli to kneel down to the center of the Buddhist temple alone.

"Qingli, we have known each other for many years. Today is the day you convert. I want to tell you about your life experience first, and then give you the Dharma name." Teacher Guo meditated for a while and told Qingli.

"Qingli, you have always had some psychic means since childhood. You always dream of Guanyin in your dreams. In fact, you were originally a mount under Guanyin's feet, you were a green dragon, you were the Dharma protector of the Bodhisattva, but you only received all kinds of fruits because of various causes in the past. Now you are reborn in Qingli. Today, you have officially received refuge on Guanyin Bodhisattva's enlightenment day. You will go home with a mission in the future." The Master Guo was very excited. Qingli kowtowed and bowed to the statue of Guanyin Buddha when he heard his life experience.

"Today, the master has this fate with you, so you can call him Mingqing." Guoshu touched Qingli's head with his hand and blessed Qingli.

"Thank you for giving your name to your master. Ming Qing is willing to take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha to correct my Buddhist teachings." Qing Li kowtowed three times to the master, thanking the master.

After taking refuge, everyone dedicated their merits to offering lamps and Dharma Assembly. The Dharma Assembly ended successfully. Today Qingli was as happy as everyone.

"I heard from the master that your Dharma name is Ming Qing, it sounds so nice." On the way back, Xu Hua praised Qing Li for having a good name.

"Yes, I finally found my home. Thank you today." Qing Li thought of Xu Hua accompanying him for a day today.

"Can you convert to a marriage? Can you find a partner?" Xu Hua was nervous about this question.
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