Looking at these ordinary people living at the bottom of society, Li Xuan couldn't help but think of his past... This world is so sophisticated and unpredictable, which really made him feel a little vague... So, he now wants to pursue eternity, although it is the same
It was a misty thing, but it gave him a goal and a hope. At least in the future, he would not feel confused.
People often have a sense of injustice due to comparison, or are jealous, envious, or complain, but rarely look downward.
While these street hawkers were secretly rejoicing that no one was chasing them on this cold day, some people were complaining that the gloomy weather had affected their mood.
After the spring rain, the sun came out and it was clear. The whole capital seemed to have just been washed. It was particularly refreshing and the air was very fresh. Taking a breath was sweet, like drinking honey. The spring breeze was warm, and the bright spring light shone on the earth. Everything
It presents a vitality and forms a beautiful landscape picture.
At the end of the long street, a tall and lonely figure slowly disappeared.
Walking on the edge of the capital city and standing in the mountains and forests, Li Xuan looked back. Those towering buildings were just like a drop in the ocean at this time, insignificant in the world: the towering mountains in the distance, illuminated by the sun, were covered with
The golden coat made her look extraordinarily beautiful. The sunlight was filtered by the layers of leaves and leaked onto Li Xuan, turning into a faint, round and gently swaying halo. Taking a long breath, a feeling of heaven and earth
The smooth feeling of letting me travel freely emerged spontaneously.
Li Xuan walked away and soon walked into a forest. Suddenly he saw a corner of the yellow wall faintly exposed in the green shade. The deep ringing of bells was mixed with the sound of chanting sutras and praising Buddha. It was long and lingering, and bursts of light sandalwood followed.
The wind came, calming the mind and refreshing the spleen, making people feel a sense of peace and attraction. Watching, he unconsciously moved towards the temple among the trees.
This is a temple with a long history. The tall and dilapidated walls show its vicissitudes to passers-by everywhere. Through the lush forest shade, you can see the green pine trees in the temple and a rusty inlaid door.
The copper-red paint gate and the three simple and solemn ancient seals of "Lin Yin Temple" are clearly visible, which reminds people of its former prosperity.
"Lin Yin Temple! The name still has some connotations, but now that Taoism is booming, it is rare for monks to live here..." Li Xuan raised his head and looked at it, then walked inside.
Inside the temple, tall and tall ancient pines are regularly arranged on both sides, casting huge shadows. Occasionally, three or two monks walk by.
Looking around, there are blue bricks and yellow tiles everywhere, and the walls of the Zen rooms are mostly made of wooden boards. They are large in size, but the buildings have been damaged. Some doors and windows are damaged, some walls are cracked, and some doors are locked, but the locks are no longer there.
They are mottled, and some simply open the door lintels, exposing the dark halls without scruples, and the steps submerged in lush weeds in front of the doors. Everything tells people that this has been ignored for a long time.
The ruins of the walls, the sagged door lintels, the rusted door locks, and the broken windows and doors with carved scriptures cannot hide the glory of the past; in the courtyard paved with bluestones, you can still see the huge square
With the entrance of the guest well with a round hole drilled in the middle of the stone and the drainage channel hidden under the stone, it is not difficult to imagine how extraordinary this place once was. However, all these are hinted at by the dilapidation of this place, which still makes people feel desolate and pitiful.
After walking through the courtyard, Li Xuan turned around several corridors in the direction of chanting sutras, and his eyes suddenly opened up again. A majestic hall stood in front of Li Xuan. In the empty hall, a tall Sakyamuni was enshrined.
Like, but seeing the cigarette smoke lingering, there is a unique and solemn look in this morning and dusk.
Under the Buddha statue, there was an old monk sitting on a futon, holding a wooden fish in his hand and banging it. Waves of sandalwood rose from the incense table in front of him.
Looking at the old monk sitting upright, Li Xuan couldn't help but a flash of brilliance flashed in his eyes. He faintly felt a weak and powerful energy fluctuation emanating from the monk. Although it was still beyond his eyes, in this decadent world
Meeting such a practitioner in the temple made him feel a little novel.
After standing for half a minute, Li Xuan felt bored. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he heard the old monk suddenly say: "If you have troubles in your heart, why don't you spend a few days at this pure gate and let the old monk resolve it for you?"
two?"
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but turn around and looked at the fat monk in front of him with great interest. After half a minute, he said: "Master, how do you know that I have troubles in my heart? Not to mention that Buddha has a predestined relationship with the Buddha, and the Tao has its transformation.
If it is involved, I am confident that I can handle it, so I won’t bother you, Master!”
After hearing this, the monk's expression did not change and he said: "How good! I think laymen are also accomplished practitioners, but the poor monk is too talkative. However, in this world of chaos and demonic obstacles, it is inevitable for laymen not to be contaminated. Wouldn't it be a waste of all the efforts?
It’s a pity, thinking that my Buddhist door is pure and the door of convenience is wide open, why don’t lay people enter this pure land and meditate with the poor monks to realize the Tao, wouldn’t it be happy?”
"Hahaha..." Li Xuan couldn't help laughing after hearing this. He didn't expect that he would bump into a good-hearted monk while walking around. He also wanted to get him started, thinking about his own strength and destiny. Although he was immortal, this
The will clone is still far away from the real road, but it will happen sooner or later. It's ridiculous that this monk actually uses such words to trick himself.
After thinking about it, he said: "I looked at the majestic statue of the master, and the light of wisdom loomed. I thought he must be a man of great wisdom. I have a few questions here and I would like to ask the master to help solve my doubts."
The old monk said: "Lord, please speak."
After hearing this, Li Xuan asked: "The Buddha said that there is no image of me, no one, and no images of living beings, so there is no self. But the poor Taoist thinks that it is natural to follow me, follow my heart, and follow the fate, and I will be free. Moreover, the Buddha and Tao are the same
Source, all things return to one origin, all dharmas return to one, so how can you say that I return to you? The master is talking about purity, but the poor man wants to ask, what is purity?"
The old monk said: "Purification means being free from worries, cutting off the mortal world, transcending all sentient beings, knowing one's mind and seeing one's nature, and one can gain great freedom and great joy."
Hearing this, Li Xuan smiled and said: "It may not be true according to Pindao's opinion. Purity is the door to natural enlightenment. With purity as the foundation, even if you are in the world of mortals, you can naturally transform without being stained. Moreover, you are born from
The world of mortals, like your mother, why are you so afraid of it? I feel that your so-called purity is not much different from that of escape. Sitting here all year round and awakening to the power of the world can only be delusional.
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When the old monk heard this, he frowned slightly and said, "The layman's demonic obstacle has arisen. If he can devote himself to the Buddha, he can still hope to escape, otherwise he will regret it too late!"
Li Xuan felt that the old monk in front of him was becoming more and more interesting. Although his words seemed a little uncomfortable, he still had some persuasive meanings in what he said, so he was not worried and started to wake up.
Zhengse said: "Don't your Buddhist sect emphasize that the four elements are empty, formless and selfless? I think you really have some inner demons now! It is said that there is no Buddha in the heart and it is naturally pure. Why does the Buddha have to be in your heart? Then the act of chanting sutras is nothing more than that.
It's just an external force that distracts one's sight and hearing. True freedom is everywhere. In your words, there is a Buddha even if there is no Buddha. How can the Buddha come from the Sutra if the Buddha cannot have no form? So what you believe now is not the Buddha.
, but a demonic obstacle!"
After Li Xuan finished speaking, the expression on the old monk's face changed several times, and he said calmly: "The Buddha saves all sentient beings and searches for the true self through devotion, while the Taoist takes care of himself alone and searches for the true self through self-understanding and detachment:
The layman's obsession is too deep, even the poor monk can't help it! My gate of purity can't keep you, layman, please do it yourself." After saying that, he closed his eyes and started knocking on the wooden fish again, but looking at his face that was beating from time to time, it was probably this.
At that time, my heart was not as calm as my words.
Looking at the serious old monk, Li Xuan said to himself with a little regret: "There are ancient temples hidden in the mountains, temples and temples with real Buddhas, red walls reflected in the blue sky, and cornices covered by white clouds. You talk about the morning bells and evening drums and laugh at the mortal world, I say green lanterns and yellow scrolls look at life
.The so-called Tao gives rise to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives rise to all things. Although we belong to the Tao lineage, there are very few who are destined to the true great road, the source of all unborn things. Most of them exist in this word "Tao", and this
The root of the existence of the heavens.
Although your Buddhist sect says that everything goes back to "True Suchness" and denounces my lineage of Taoism as an incomplete dharma and a flawed dharma, in my opinion, the sect of Buddhism may not really return to that absolute nothingness. Otherwise, how can we come to the Pure Land of the Western Heaven?
Buddhas and Bodhisattvas?... Buddhism, are they really pure?" After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back, leaving an old monk with a deep frown to savor his words alone.
After a long time, the old monk sighed and said to himself:
"Yes! Is Buddhism really pure..." After half a minute, he shook his head and smiled bitterly. With a little helplessness in his eyes, he called a young novice monk and said: "Go and inform Chen Lianshan's people, saying that he is looking for
Someone showed up."
Man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, heaven follows the Tao, Tao follows nature, and the way of nature should be to return to simplicity and truth. "Tao" is the essence of everything in the world and the law of its natural cycle. Everything in the world is in its movement and change
Among them, Tao is its basic law.
Eating all day long without ever chewing a grain of rice, dressing all day long without ever hanging a hair on my head, what are you doing like this? Throw it away or throw it away!
Only by grasping the fleeting and supreme principles in the gap between the mysterious and the dark, can the earth be turned into gold, and the long rivers be churned into cheese. The mind of the Taoist is so consistent, which is actually the creation of the rotation of heaven and earth.
It is said that after Li Xuan left the temple, he felt a little depressed, so he gave himself an invisibility charm in the shade of the tree. He didn't use it to escape or soar into the clouds. He just used the method of shrinking the ground, and he could cross the mountain and forest in one step.
The ravine was as flat as the ground, and it was not long before it was far away.
It was only at noon that he slowed down. He stood in the wilderness, looking at the distant sky, his thoughts spreading. After a long time, he shook his head mockingly and continued to move forward. Because he thought about what was said in the Taoist theory, he practiced Taoism.
This person wants to travel more to the mountains and rivers to purify his mind and do more meritorious deeds to solidify his good deeds. Therefore, while traveling along the way, he also does some good deeds for the benefit of the people. Before he knows it, three days have passed. At dusk that day,
He walked to a hill and saw that the scenery here was beautiful and full of natural energy, so he stopped for a while to enjoy the unique scenery.
It was already dusk, and looking around, he saw a green forest at the foot of the mountain, with endless birdsong, and a natural and peaceful atmosphere. Li Xuanzheng was happy to see it, when suddenly a white horse appeared across the mountain stream in the distance, and gradually spread out. After a while,
But seeing the rolling clouds and mist, it was as beautiful as the sea waves. This reminded him of the sea of clouds that he often went to the top of the mountain to watch when he was a child. After a while, he saw the clouds again, spreading majestic splendor between opening and closing.
, the mountains are exposed one by one in the white clouds, like a plate of white jade, with dozens of jade bamboo shoots piercing the middle, which is very beautiful. Looking back at the distant sky, according to the red clouds on the 1st, a
The setting sun seems to be held up by one of the highest peaks, holding it and holding it, it is truly a wonder in the world.
It wasn't until the wonderful view of the sea of clouds disappeared that Li Xuan was still ready to move forward. After taking a few steps, he heard the wind blowing above his head, and a clear and long voice came.
"Excuse me, is this fellow Taoist Li Xuan in front of you?"
Li Xuan was startled for no reason when he heard this. He looked back and saw in the air not far away from him, two sword lights, one green and one yellow, holding two people respectively. They were more than ten feet above the ground and slowly descended not far in front of him.
He was looking in his direction.
When the sword light receded, Li Xuan was able to take a closer look at the two of them, but saw that the person on the right was dressed in a retro style, wearing a Taoist robe and a star crown. He was only around 20 years old, with a face as white as jade, lips as if painted with red, and a pair of
The tiger's eyes are deep and serene, and the two sharp sword eyebrows are slanted into the temples, and there is a certain amount of arrogance in the elegance.
The other person was dressed in a very orthodox royal robe. He was of medium build, with a high nose and a square face. He was about forty years old. He was originally a very elegant man, but now his face was filled with evil spirits. He looked at Li Xuan and sneered again and again.
"This poor Taoist is Li Xuan. I wonder why the two Taoist brothers called me?" After Li Xuan finished speaking, he couldn't help but feel strange. Since he came down from the mountain, he didn't seem to have made friends with any monks, but the two people in front of him actually knew his name.
, which confused him a bit.
Judging from the results of the measurement just now, both of them have good cultivation. The man on the left has a restrained aura, but you can feel the sharp edge hidden in him. His cultivation is in the late third stage; as for the young man dressed in ancient costumes
Li Xuan was a little surprised by the man. In addition to his outstanding appearance, Li Xuan actually couldn't feel any real energy fluctuations in his body. There are two possibilities. Either he is an ordinary person, but ordinary people can wield a sword.
Light? For this reason alone, Li Xuan would not associate him with mortals. Then his cultivation level is much higher than that of Li Xuan, and he has even reached the realm of Seven Star Lord or even Eight Dharma Kings, or even higher. This should be Li Xuan
He is the strongest person I have met since entering this world.
After Li Xuan finished speaking, the middle-aged man opposite him hesitated to speak and just turned his face away. I wonder what he was thinking!
The handsome young man glanced at the middle-aged man next to him, turned around and nodded: "This fellow Taoist is very polite. I am Yu Qinghan, a disciple of Taiyi sect in Qianyuan Mountain. My Taoist name is Jian Xuanzi. This is my nephew Chen Lianshan."
, please forgive me for our unexpected arrival." He paused and said, "Actually, it's nothing, I just wanted to ask if your friend has anything to do with the 'Moyuan Palace'?" The handsome young man spoke with an indifferent look on his face.
It's neither urgent nor slow, and gives people a vague feeling of a moral person.
When Li Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but froze for a moment, his mind started to spin, and he started to be a little wary. He immediately bowed his head and said in return: "I am a poor man in the wilderness. I only know how to wander around, but I have never heard of the 'Demon Yuan Palace'."
Something." As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that the atmosphere was a little strange.
"Oh! Haha! That'll be easy!" Jian Xuanzi sneered twice, his face gradually cooled down, and he looked at Li Xuan with a half-smile.
Li Xuan seemed a little strange when he heard the meaning of these words. Just as he was about to ask a question, Chen Lianshan said coldly: "Li Xuan, you are so carefree! People in the world leave a way out when doing things, but you don't even have a soul.
Let it go, hum..." After Chen Lianshan finished speaking, his bloodshot eyes looked at Li Xuan opposite him, flashing with terrifying murderous intent.
At this point, Li Xuan had already vaguely guessed the reason. He knew that what should come must eventually come. The flow of cause and effect cannot be resisted and avoided by human beings. What's more, escaping is not his character. He doesn't do it now.
In a panic, he simply waited for the other party calmly to see what method they would use to deal with him. He thought so, but he felt helpless in his heart: "Those who kill people will kill them in return. You must take revenge, and others will kill you."
I have to repay it, it is natural and natural, you come and I go, it just increases the cause and effect!"
While he was sighing, his face remained calm. The calm mentality developed through these years of experience was fully revealed at this moment. Judging from the cultivation of the two people opposite, one was at the level of Qixingjun.
In terms of strength, one is a strong person in the three-point realm; people in the three-point realm are just fine, but people in the seven-star realm cannot compete with their own will - after all, once his will power or rules are too strong,
, the laws of the kingdom of God itself make it impossible for his master's clone to exist in it.
He knew this very well, so he had to delay as much time as possible in order to come up with a way to save himself. As the saying goes, a good man does not suffer the consequences of his immediate losses, and Li Xuan was no exception. He had a plan in mind, and there was no panic on his face, just a smile.
Chen Lianshan, who was ready to go, asked, "Fellow Taoist, please forgive me for being ignorant. I really don't know what you are talking about. Please explain it clearly!"
"Hmph..." Chen Lianshan sneered after hearing this, and said sarcastically: "Your acting skills are pretty good, but it's ridiculous that you are a cultivator, not to mention your vicious methods, but you are also a rat who dares to do things but dares not to do anything." At this point, he said
Taking a deep breath, a look of sadness appeared on his face, and he said sternly: "Li Xuan, you must have forgotten that young master with a red mole on his face who was directly killed by you for robbing a bitch at the market, right?
!You are the one who is about to die, so it’s okay to tell you. I am his father, and the hatred for killing his son is irreconcilable. You will wait for the blood debt to be paid today, right?"
After hearing this, Li Xuan smiled and said: "So it's because of this. You don't have to make such a fuss. I won't hide it from you. Your son was indeed killed by me, but he brought it upon himself. He bullied men and domineering women. He did all kinds of evil.
He deserves to die, so he can't blame me for being so cruel to him!"
Looking at the tall man with a free and easy appearance in front of him, Chen Lianshan said bitterly: "Okay, okay! It's all your own fault. I want you to taste the death of both body and soul today..." After Chen Lianshan finished speaking, his expression was almost crazy, and he
I saw him raising his hand and shooting out a ray of yellow light. A three-foot-long sword appeared in it, but his eyes were shining with yellow light. The sharp sword energy roared out in all directions, rolling up the sand and stones on the ground, whistling and roaring.
, as if there were thousands of sharp swords coming straight towards Li Xuan.