Chapter 347 The heart of the Tao is like a glass mirror
Zuo Chen and the young monk looked at each other.
This little monk has clean features and smiling eyes. He seems to have a very gentle temperament.
But his moral skills are obviously weak, and he looks like he has just started.
You can discover yourself with just a little bit of practice.
I'm afraid the little monk's identity is not simple.
After noticing Zuo Chen's gaze, the young monk bowed lightly in their direction, and then stopped looking at Zuo Chen and the others, as if everything had nothing to do with him.
After thinking for a moment, Zuo Chen finally suppressed the matter in his heart.
Let’s read through all the past years first.
Focusing on the past history again, Zuo Chen could clearly see that he had lost his soul, slowly getting up with the help of the monk.
Even his legs were weak and he couldn't even stand firmly.
The six years of walking from Shanwai Mountain consumed a lot of "Zuo Chen's" energy. The walker who killed countless monsters would have been hanging on by a breath of energy. If it weren't for this obsession in the coffin , then he would have already fallen in the endless mountains outside the mountains.
However, he overcame numerous difficulties and dangers to reach the Great West and found the legendary Pure Land where he could realize his long-cherished wish, but in the end he only got this result.
Ten years of wasted time finally broke down "Zuo Chen" whose Taoist heart was far from stable.
It's not anger, it's not sadness, it's more of a feeling of being at a loss after losing the goal.
In the past, the Awakened One looked at "Zuo Chen" who had almost lost his goal. He pondered for a long time before sighing slightly:
"There is reincarnation in the world. If the donor really can't let it go, old monk, I can send the donor to watch the reincarnation." At last glance, maybe I will end up in a corner of reincarnation , the donor can find the person he wants.
"But... the donor should not dislike the old monk's nagging. Once the soul enters reincarnation, it will be replaced immediately. , from that moment on, the soul is no longer what it once was.
“Even if there are thousands of similarities, no matter how many shadows the donor sees from the person after reincarnation, they are two people.
“I also hope that the donor will get rid of his obsession as soon as possible and don’t have to worry about it. One's own thoughts messed up another soul that should have reincarnated normally. ”
These words from the enlightened man in the past still aroused the will of "Zuo Chen" again.
In case...if he can retrieve his soul before Li Hongyi is reincarnated, he still has a chance.
After thanking him for his kindness, the enlightened man in the past used his magical power to create a long hole in the strange world of the mortal world, and directly took "Zuo Chen" into reincarnation.
Stepping into the underworld, there are hundreds of ghosts everywhere, and there are three rivers and high walls. There is no difficulty in being reborn in the ghost water.
There is an extremely strict order between the Yin and Yang realms. If a living person comes to the underworld, he will be severely punished. However, in the past, the enlightened ones’ practices were too advanced, and the Great West has many people in the underworld. When his own monk said that he wanted to find traces of someone's soul, the reincarnation manager just turned a blind eye.
Soon "Zuo Chen" was brought to the huge wheel, and a book was also handed into his hands.
"Zuo Chen" flipped through a few pages and quickly found the name of "Li Hongyi".
The top clearly says:
"Has entered reincarnation".
How could a person like Li Hongyi, who has neither committed many sins nor done much good deeds, stay in this underworld for too long?
People will suffer torture in hell, and perfect people can live for fifty years in Fengdu. After calculating the karma in their lives, people like Li Hongyi will be handed over to reincarnation from the book of life and death.
"Zuo Chen" could only see from the three life stones a little girl learning to talk in a family that didn't look too wealthy, looking forward to a new future.
At this moment, the last hope in "Zuo Chen's" heart has disappeared like the wind.
When he returned to the Great Western Temple, his energy and spirit were completely gone.
In the past, the Enlightenment did not force "Zuo Chen", nor did he talk about any big principles. He just arranged a place for him to live in the Great West and let him think about what he should do in the future.
...
What follows is a long story without any twists and turns.
"Zuo Chen" temporarily stayed in Daxi.
He said he was staying, but he did not go to the room provided by Daxi.
He found a mountaintop in the Great West, climbed to the top of the mountain without using any path, found a stone on the edge of the cliff on the top of the mountain, and sat on the stone.
Watch the sun rise, high in the sky, watch the sun set, the sky full of stars.
Watching the spring breeze blowing and everything coming to life, watching the winter snow falling and the flowers withering.
In the vision of Zuo Chen and the others, the next scene was like a scene of lantern pictures flashing rapidly one after another, forming a rapidly changing scene with "Zuo Chen" as the center.
Occasionally, I could see a few gray-robed Taoists coming to clean up next to "Zuo Chen", but "Zuo Chen" didn't react at all.
I thought that this period of time would pass like this, but in this flickering picture, a bald head slowly appeared.
Zuo Chen slowed down the sight of the Moon River and finally saw clearly who the little bald man was:
That was the little monk who was staring at Zuo Chen and the others before.
The little monk seemed to be very interested in this "chivalrous man" who suddenly appeared. From time to time, he would come to the hillside and circle around the knight two or three times.
But "Zuo Chen" was not in the mood to pay attention to him and let him have fun here.
This young monk came every day, sometimes bringing food, and sometimes sitting next to Zuo Chen and talking about things.
Sometimes I just come over with a scripture and chat about it, reading some of the scriptures. None of these things caused "Zuo Chen" to react. Everything was as before, without any changes.
One day, after reciting the scriptures, the young monk said with emotion:
“If the mountains outside the mountains could be managed, these tragedies that happened to the donors would be avoided. There should be a lot less."
This sentence was like a small hammer, touching Zuo Chen's closed heart, knocking out a small crack in his long-sealed heart.
Although he didn't move, the dusty spiritual energy had begun to wander along the meridians again.
At this moment, "Zuo Chen's" Taoist heart seems to have escaped from the thick accumulation of dust, climbing further upwards!
His sitting posture gradually changed from sitting lazily on his back to meditating with his legs crossed.
"Zuo Chen" slowly entered a state of retreat.
The experience of the past ten years has become an indelible scar in his life, and now this scar is slowly transforming into a new brick on his Taoist heart, piling up layer by layer.
The years continued to pass, but some unique scenery slowly appeared next to "Zuo Chen"'s body.
There are newly blooming flowers, flowing rivers, wonderful scenery on the mountains, and the joyful stars under the night sky.
Anyone who has traveled in An Ning Shen will definitely be able to tell that all the scenes emerging in the sky are the scenery of An Ning Shen.
These are the mountains and rivers that Li Hongyi took "Zuo Chen" through, and the beautiful scenery they passed.
It eventually became the cornerstone of "Zuo Chen's" state of mind.
The master looked at the various changing colors in front of him and said with emotion:
"There was once a time when various changes appeared in the sky in the Great West, attracting many colleagues to come and watch. They all came from these mysterious changes. I gained some understanding. At that time, I was deep in the mountains dealing with the demon clan. It would take a hundred years before I could return to the Great West, and I missed my fellow Taoists.” Cai Yi was secretly speechless.
This long-lived great supernatural power seems to have a somewhat tenuous concept of time.
Eighty-one days after the scene was pushed forward, "Zuo Chen" opened his eyes again, and the ashes on his body that had accumulated due to time suddenly dissipated.
It's been more than a year, and his beard has grown extremely long. Doesn't he still look as clean and fresh as when he first came here?
But "Zuo Chen" didn't care about this. He took the coffin again and came to the Great Western Temple, where he found a young monk.
The young monk was reciting sutras when he saw "Zuo Chen" coming to see him. He was also surprised.
Then he smiled and said:
“Donor, can you get over the obsession in your heart?”
"I have a new obsession."
"Oh? Can you talk to the young monk?"
"...Cultivation of the wonderful method, leveling the four directions, using force to stop the war, and create a peaceful world. "
"My heart is big, and I wish the donor success."
"Thank you very much."
"Then where is the donor going today?"
"Go back to peace and bury the master."
"Zuo Chen" left with the coffin on his back. The little monk looked at his back and thought Thoughts:
“Donor.”
“What’s the matter?”
"You and I are traveling together, and one day we will meet on the road."
"I will definitely treat you to tea."
"Zuo Chen" left with the coffin on his back. The Great West.
He walked back to the mountains outside the mountains, heading towards a peaceful life.
Perhaps because of the previous six years of "Gu Yan Zhi", the behavior of the demon clan in Shanwai Mountain has restrained a lot, and "Zuo Chen" was not given many opportunities to take action along the way.
Finally, after walking for a year, Zuo Chen returned to a peaceful body.
He spent some of the treasure coins he had accumulated on the road, got on the Xianshuo, and under the astonished eyes of fellow monks, carried a huge coffin to Li Hongyi's hometown.
Xiansuo's management personnel wanted to come up and stop "Zuo Chen", but "Zuo Chen" sent them away with several times the amount of treasure coins.
In this way, he finally came to an uninhabited Xiaoguan at dusk.
He dug a deep grave and placed the coffin in it. After burying it, he erected a stone tablet and engraved the words "Tomb of his mentor".
Putting the tombstone in place, he turned his head and looked into the distance.
The sun was setting, "Zuo Chen" gathered his emotions and went down the mountain again.
At this moment, the three people following him finally felt something about Zuo Chen now in him.
Caiyi looked at the back of "Zuo Chen", and for some reason, she seemed to suddenly hear a vague sigh.
Looking back, there is only one tomb standing behind, and the shadow drawn by the setting sun is extremely long.
(End of this chapter)