The three of them came to the first floor of the Golden Light Pagoda and felt very spacious. The construction style was unique and magnificent. The interior was worshipped with a 9.19-meter statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. The Buddha statue was in golden color, sitting on a red lotus with eleven sides forty hands. The front three sides showed the appearance of the Bodhisattva, with three eyes on the front three sides, white teeth on the right three sides facing up, and wrathful three sides on the left three sides, laughing on the back one side and the Tathagata appearance on the top one side, and the carvings were extremely delicate and beautiful.

Because there are no other items or decorations on this floor except for the Bodhisattva statue, it seems that there is no need to stay too much at a glance. After worshiping the Bodhisattva statue, Qing Li and the other two went directly to the second and third floors.

"There are so many Buddha statues here, it is worthy of being the holy land of "Dry Wood Zen"!" Qing Li and the other two came to the second and third floors, and finally saw some niches. After counting carefully, they found that there were exactly 288. As Grandpa Tudi said, these two floors worship Buddha, Bodhisattva, Arhat and other statues respectively. The most precious one is the white jade Buddha statue that is taller than Guanyin Bodhisattva. You can see that it is valuable at first glance and it has been a long time.

"It seems that there are many traces of Buddhist believers' piety here! You can observe each Buddha statue, no matter its size or value, it is very long! It seems that it has a long history here!" Xu Hua is more familiar with cultural relics, and seeing these Buddha statues gives him a sense of history.

"Have you noticed that when Grandpa Tudi introduced the situation of the Golden Light Pagoda, it seemed that it had deliberately missed the information on this layer." Qing Li suddenly felt something was wrong when he recalled Grandpa Tudi's speech.

"Yes, yes, it seems that the situation of the tower was introduced, and the fourth floor was not introduced. We didn't care much at that time." Anta was shocked.

"Maybe the old man is not very clear about the information on this level, so we should not pursue it. Since you don't know the fourth level, just be careful. Don't worry about it here. Just go up and take a look." Xu Hua was afraid of an emergency, so he walked up and took Qingli's hand to walk towards the fourth level.

"Since you come, you will be at ease! Okay, please be careful!" Anta stuck out his tongue and followed Qingli to take care of him.

It was a bit unexpected for everyone to go to the fourth floor. There was basically no dust on this floor, but it was definitely not clean. It was not as rare as the layers below. If you look closely, it seemed that people would live in this floor from time to time.

"It seems that this is the place where the tower guards live, and there are tower guards here!" Anta shouted at the figure in the corner in front, ready to defend himself.

If there is a table in the corner of the large fourth floor, there is a dilapidated oil lamp on the table. Perhaps because there is not much oil left in the lamp inside, the light seems very dim, and the light it emits cannot completely illuminate the surroundings. A tower guard in a white robe is sitting in front of the table, looking at a book with no idea of ​​its name in the faint light of the oil lamp. There is only such a little light on the entire fourth floor.

"Are the three of you here to climb the tower?" The tower guard in white robe put down the book in his hand when he saw someone coming in.

"Hello, senior brother, I am Qingli. We are indeed here to climb the tower. Please give me some advice on how to climb the tower!" Qingli approached the tower guard and saw the Buddhist beads in his hand and the scriptures placed on the table.

"Hello, senior brother, I am indeed the pagoda guardian here. I am a lay Buddhist and have always taken pagoda guardian as my mission. Over the years, many Buddhist practitioners have come here to test their cultivation and hope to climb the pagoda to obtain scriptures and get the master's mantle. But now, no one who practices Buddha successfully climbs the pagoda." The pagoda guardian said a few words lightly.

"Does senior brother mean that you need to test your cultivation level by climbing the tower? Then what are the cultivation levels of those who came before?" Qing Li thought that his cultivation level has been just a foundation building for so long, so it seems that he has to find out first.

"The people who come to practice Buddhism should all be in the stages of Pure Roots, Relics, and Buddha Light!" The pagoda guardian replied without hesitation.

"It's bad now. I'm just a small foundation building. It seems that climbing the tower is a big problem for me." Qing Li frowned.

"Is your Buddhist relics the Golden Elixir stage?" Anta was more curious.

"Yes!" Qing Li thought about his cultivation, and his little face became even more ugly.

"Senior brother, don't lose your confidence. I think this test should be based on the nature, patience and Buddha's heart, not just supernatural powers. You can rest assured and relax your mind to take the exam. Since you are here, it's fate!" The tower guardian encouraged Qingli.

"Thank you, senior brother, I will work hard!" Qing Li remembered that the masters said that when encountering things, you should "no fear, stay away from inverted dreams!" People who practice Buddhism should not be afraid or worried!

"Since you have made up your mind to climb the tower, please ask your senior brother and two friends to climb the tower. If anyone can't hold on on the way, you can go back here to rest and wait for your companions to climb the tower to obtain scriptures." After saying that, the tower guard stood up and opened the gate of the fifth floor to climb the tower, and instructed Qingli and the other two to start climbing the tower.

"The fifth floor, the sixth floor, the seventh floor, and the eighth floor are made of green bricks. The height of each floor increases. Iron brake thorns are placed on it. It is difficult to walk. I hope you can pass these four floors!" When they entered the fifth floor tower gate, the tower guard reminded Qingli.

Qing Li and the other two climbed up the stairs. After Anta climbed a few steps, his legs began to be as heavy as lead. He had to hold the handrail with his left hand and his right hand on his knee, and slowly move upwards with breathing steps!

"Oh my God, what's going on? I just climbed a few steps and I used up all my strength. When did my physical strength be so poor?" Anta complained panting while climbing the stairs with difficulty.

"You two learn to let go of yourself. Don't care about your body. Focus on your mind and look at the fifth floor. In this way, your body will be empty and your body will not be so heavy." Qing Li, according to the meditation method, empty his body, slowly lost consciousness under his feet, and soon he went up the stairs lightly.

"Qing Li's method is indeed effective. Look at us already on the fifth floor!" Xu Hua quickly emptied his body according to Qing Li's mental method, and his feet were steadily as he walked as fast as he could.

"You two are in good spirits! Look at me, how hard it is to go up to this fifth floor, it seems that you two are hidden~" Although Anta was still out of breath after hearing Qingli's mental method.

"Since we have already reached the fifth floor, let's work together and go to the sixth floor! Come to Anta, I will support you!" Xu Hua helped Anta up and signaled to continue. Seeing the road ahead, Anta was almost crying at this time.

"The sixth floor looks like a thorny road, and the height of the steep slope is increasing. Come on! No matter who is injured, wait for me when I go back to the fourth floor." Qing Li put his hands together, silently recited the six-character mantra, climbed towards the sixth floor, and two men followed behind.
Chapter completed!