[Liao Zhai] Lanruo Temple

A few days after the Ghost Festival, a guest from Yintu came to the ghost market.

The lanterns hang high, and the bright moon is bright and clean.

Huai Xu accompanied the guests to drink at Lan Ruoju.

The guest is a small face, wearing a soap robe, only a red spot on the shoulder, called the night wanderer.

Huai Xu toasted, completely clean.

Ye Youshen smiled and said: "Cheer up! I just heard Xie Bian and Fan Wujiu brag about Lan Ruoju's delicious food and wine, which made me so greedy! This time I specially asked for this errand, just to come and experience it. After I came, I realized that the reputation really deserved it." .”

As he spoke, he drank it all in one gulp.

Huai Xu helped him fill up the wine, and said: "Your Excellency is busy with official duties, so I don't think it's just to satisfy his appetite. Could it be that Yintu has some kind of call?"

Ye Youshen had already drank a little too much, so he said immediately: "King Lan Ruo is smart. The Jiuyou evil spirit escaped from prison earlier, thanks to King Lan Ruo's help. Brother Xie went back and raised the premise with several highnesses, and His Highness issued an order to show his merits." gone."

Ye Youshen took out an official document and read it aloud. It was a commendation from the Underworld, and he was awarded verbally by the Wheel-Turning King. He also gave him a mysterious yin aura, which is excellent whether it is used for cultivation or for refining treasures.

In addition, Ye Youshen hesitated a little, before saying: "Besides the reward from my Highness, I have a message for you."

Huai Xu asked, "A message?"

Ye You Shen said: "When I came out of the Yin Earth, the Great Master of Yin Mountain sent me to bring you a message, will you accept it?"

The Great Lord Yinshan is Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.The bodhisattva sits on the Yin Mountain, saves evil spirits, and maintains the cycle of the six realms of reincarnation. It has nothing to do with Huai Xu.

Huai Xu's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately thought of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk in the Sea of ​​Consciousness.It is only possible to have a relationship with this great venerable.

The Great Master sits in the Yin Mountain, and his mind wanders in the void, so why would he pay attention to such a small person?Being watched by such a big man, even Huai Xu couldn't help feeling terrified.

Huai Xu couldn't refuse, so he could only ask: "What is your will?"

Ye Youshen was about to speak, when his eyes suddenly went blank, and he stood still like a puppet, and a great will descended from somewhere, filling the eyes of Ye Youshen with divine light.

A golden radiance fell from Ye Youshen's body. This invisible radiance was invisible to the naked eye. If it wasn't for the samsara spinning in his mind, his mana was full of Buddha Dharma, so he definitely couldn't see this clear Buddha light.

Ye Youshen's eyes are very bright, and his eyes have taken away all his brilliance, gentle, kind, and deep, as if the starry sky is dazzling.

Huai Xu was stunned for a moment, so it turned out that this was a "word of mouth", a letter passed on by word of mouth when the Great Lord Yinshan came down in person.

"I've met the great lord." Although Huai Xu had never received precepts, he was not considered a Buddhist, but he had acquired the Buddhist orthodoxy, and it was difficult for him to hold himself when he met the real Buddha at this moment.

The Great Senior smiled and nodded, restrained his sexuality, and looked towards the underworld. At his level, time has long since had no secrets in front of him. Wherever his eyes are looking, everything that happened is traced back one by one, and he has a panoramic view. .

This small underworld can barely be called the pure land on earth.

Because of fate, the person in front of me is destined.

The great venerable said: "Laymen are people with predestined relationship, so the old monk wants to come and see him."

Ye Youshen's small head and short stature could not at all weaken the gentleness of the Grand Master, and seeing Huai Xu, he couldn't help but feel uneasy in his heart.

The Great Venerable stretched out his hand to grab it, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk fell into his hands. The Great Venerable said, "I practiced this in my early years, but I didn't expect it to be predestined to be a layman."

Dazun stroked the six circles of reincarnation disk and sighed: "Crossing people is also crossing yourself. You have done a great job, but the road is long. You still have to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and work hard."

Huai Xu shook his head and said, "It's not hard work, I was willing to do this."

The Great Senior smiled gently, and returned the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk to Huai Xu, reached out to touch the top of his head, and stroked it gently.

"Good, good!"

The pure golden sexual light enveloped Huai Xu, warm, loving, peaceful, tolerant, truth and kindness close to the Tao were revealed in front of Huai Xu, a bright liquid seeped out from Huai Xu's eyes, Huai Xu was suddenly deeply moved .

The sky and the earth are vast, and human beings are like the tiny bits of duckweed. The vastness of human beings and the vastness of the world are always present everywhere.Mortals create their own dynasties, establish their own kinship, and thus create bonds.

Cultivators can't.Seeing the truth of the universe through the infinite appearance will strip away many fetters, and from then on, the wind will become vast and there will be no support.

Since one is cultivating, one can only be accompanied by the Dao, and only those who go together are companions. They can be called Dao companions, and Bai Xianzhi can be regarded as one.

And what the Great Master showed him was the way forward, a bright light that illuminated the other side in the dark.

"You have a predestined relationship with me, would you like to accept my precepts and be my disciple?"

"Why quit?"

"Do not kill sentient beings."

"Students must abide by the precepts."

"Good, good."

When Huai Xu opened his eyes, Ye Youshen was no longer there, and Dazun was no longer there, Hong Fei was indistinct, like a dream.

But Huai Xu understands that this is not a dream, because he has been able to sense the Land of Ultimate Bliss through time and space, and sense the Yin Mountain, which is his "hometown" and also his bondage.

The Buddha is in Lingshan, don't seek far,

Lingshan is in your heart;

Everyone has a Lingshan Pagoda,

It is good to go down to the Lingshan Pagoda.

Huai Xu couldn't even tell where he had seen the Great Venerable, in his heart, or in front of his eyes.

However, he has seen it.

Huai Xu stood there for a whole night without moving.He was still trapped in the Buddha-nature of the Great Venerable, unable to extricate himself, watching the Buddha and seeing the Dharma.

At dawn, Bai Xianzhi came to see him, and he woke up from the wonderland.

After waking up, I found that I had inexplicably acquired a supernatural power, "There is a spirit without killing".

This is his precepts, enlightened by the Great Master, and after one night of enlightenment, he becomes a supernatural power.Supernatural powers are different from Taoism. Taoism is obtained from outside, while supernatural powers are obtained from within.

People have binoculars to see, this is the supernatural power of people.Supernatural powers are human abilities, but they cannot be manifested because of various obstacles.

At this moment, Huai Xu had already gone through a process of self-manifestation.

Huai Xu thinks this is a very interesting and troublesome supernatural power. When he steps on the ground, he will not kill an ant or damage a piece of tender grass. But at the same time, even if he moves a mountain, it is impossible. Smash an enemy.

Sure enough, he complied with his precept of "do not kill living beings".

Bai Xianzhi laughed at him for a while, and said: "Brother, if you don't want to be a good layman, you have to obey some precepts, but fortunately you only have to obey one not to kill, otherwise you don't know how hard your life will be."

Huai Xu naturally has no way to refute, there are many precepts in Buddhism, he is not a disciple of Buddhism, but the Great Venerable is a Bodhisattva of Buddhism, so he naturally accepted this precept.

All living beings have Buddha-nature, and sentient beings are also sentient beings with Buddha-nature, just like in the eyes of the Great Master, there is no difference between Huai Xu and himself, there is no distinction between high and low.This gratitude should also be passed on to Huai Xu's heart.

Not killing sentient beings is also not killing Buddha nature.

It’s just that this can’t be said to Bai Xianzhi. Bai Xianzhi’s path is not his, and he doesn’t shy away from killing. Even Xuanyin Milu is a secret method that is closer to death, not a path.

You can understand the truth when you say it, but you don’t understand it even if you don’t understand it.

So Huai Xu just smiled, and slapped Bai Xianzhi's forehead.

"Okay, don't laugh at me. It's just like this. It's really inconvenient to fight against the enemy. Fortunately, after I received the precepts of the Great Venerable, I realized something. I need to retreat for half a month and practice one of the Dharma in the Karma Sutra. Only when I leave the seclusion can I resolve this problem." embarrassing."

Bai Xianzhi said: "Okay, don't worry about the fragrance shop, Rong Niang has already gone to take care of her, and I will also watch on the mountain."

Huai Xu smiled, and chatted with Bai Xianzhi all the way, talking about future plans and goals, Bai Xianzhi listened, secretly happy in his heart, knowing that this future also has his own share.

After sending Huai Xu to the Sutra Pavilion and closing the door, Huai Xu winked at him.

Bai Xian was stunned, smiled happily, and secretly said: "Senior brother used to be gentle, but always felt a little depressed, I don't know why he suddenly opened up today, he is more lively than before."

He didn't know that Huai Xu had "roots" and was no longer a duckweed, so he dispelled the depression in his heart, but he was also happy about it.

Huai Xu was gentle in the past, but there was always something missing. Seeing him today, he suddenly felt that maybe he lacked some "popularity".

Accompanied by Huai Xu's retreat, the entire Montenegro fell silent.

Bai Xianzhi presides over Lan Ruoju, and occasionally ghosts and gods pass by, enjoying delicious food in Lan Ruoju, and by the way, he brings out the name of Lan Ruogui City.

Lan Ruoju has a lot of daily needs, which cannot be met by Black Mountain alone. Therefore, he often has to go down the mountain to buy, or go to the market in Jinhua, or visit various mountain streams to make up for the needs on the mountain.

On this day, it was Huang Jiulang who was on duty and was going to Fushan to buy Poria cocos. Huang Jiulang received a talisman from Quanshang, kept it close to him, and went down the mountain with a cloth bag on his back.

Wearing yellow clothes, a yellow hat, and a cloth bag, Huang Jiulang turned into a huge weasel and galloped down the mountain.

Huang Jiulang left with his front feet, and a mouse with mung bean eyes squeaked and followed him down the mountain.

In a small village not far from Montenegro, an old man was sitting by the door in a daze. When he saw the mouse standing still in front of him, the eyes of the dank old man were full of spirits.

"Honey, is there any news?"

"Squeak..."

The old man's eyes changed instantly, he sneered, put the mouse on the ground, and walked out of the village.

"Eunuch, where are you going?" The old man stood up from the bench, and the daughter-in-law behind him hurriedly chased him out.

The old man naturally wouldn't answer, anyway, this body will soon be useless, so it's not worth the effort, but he just walked faster and faster, throwing away the daughter-in-law behind him in a few steps.

This decayed body is unbearable to use. Only by burning the spirit of qi, blood and life, can a powerful force burst out for the use of the spirit god occupying the body.

"It's just an ant." Taoist Erchun sneered, and said to himself, "It's a great honor to be able to use it for me, so what's the trouble with it?"

Huang Jiulang went to Mount Fu along the main road, which was repaired by Huai Xu. On this road, Huang Jiulang urged the talisman in his arms to glow slightly, and he could feel the secret buried under the road. The formation foundation, with this formation foundation, can avoid people's eyes and ears, travel thousands of miles a day, and go straight to Mount Fu.

There is a colony of foxes in Fushan, who watch over the growth of Fuling, and usually use Fuling to go down the mountain to exchange some daily necessities. Huang Jiulang came at the right time.

Huang Jiulang bought poria cocos, left a bottle of medicine that foxes could use, and walked down the mountain.

The grass was floating, and the old man stood motionless at the foot of Mount Fu, bleeding and sweating all over his body.The huge weasel looked up in the grass and saw the old man.

Huang Jiulang felt bad, and slowly backed away.

The old man coughed, spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, and said, "Naughty beast, don't run away, where do you want to run to?"

Huang Jiulang turned into a human form, and he was on guard, calling out, "Who are you?"

The old man chuckled, but didn't answer. He raised his foot and stomped on the ground. The soil seemed to come alive and turned into a rope to clasp Huang Jiulang's ankle.

Huang Jiulang's face changed, and he used an illusion to shrink his body, escaped, and ran down the mountain.

Huang Jiulang ran so fast that as long as he reached the main road, it was impossible for the old man to catch up with him.

The old man stepped on the ground, and the soil squirmed under his feet, leading him forward, shrinking the ground into inches.

"You beast, don't blame me, if you want to blame, you can only blame you for following the wrong master."

Huang Jiulang's incompetence in Taoism is far from being comparable to Taoist Erchun's. If the old man's body strength was not enough, he would not even have the chance to escape.

Taoist Erchun didn't know Huang Jiulang's thoughts, but he also knew that he couldn't last long, so Huang Jiulang could escape, so he chanted a secret spell in his mouth, tore off his left arm and turned into a bloody arrow and shot it out, hitting Huang Jiulang's chest Back heart.

The old man grinned grimly, stepped forward and pinched Huang Jiulang's throat, "If I ask you a question, will you answer it alive or dead?"

Huang Jiulang spat at him, laughed loudly, and said, "I won't tell you anything, old man, the king will avenge me!"

The old man was spat on, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly. He said: "If you don't eat the toast, you will die!"

The old man was about to use his strength to finish Huang Jiulang, when suddenly a gust of wind hit him on the leg behind him, causing him to fall, and with a light hand, Huang Jiulang was gone.

The old man looked back and saw a yellow fox running up the mountain with Huang Jiulang on his back.

"Beasts!"

Huang Jiulang was carried on the back of the fox, he was already angry, and whispered in the fox's ear: "Don't go up the mountain, you can't beat him, listen to me, go down the mountain, go south, go straight to the main road, there is a talisman in my arms, If you recite the mantra, you can take me back to Montenegro."

Huang Jiulang recited the mantra to the fox intermittently. After reading a few words, he already exhaled more breath and breathed less.

"Take me back to Montenegro..."

The fox felt that Huang Jiulang was silent, and the old man chased him closer and closer. He gritted his teeth, turned his head and walked into the bushes, looking for another path down the mountain.

The old man was in no rush to chase, he saw a fox carrying a weasel on his back onto the main road, going faster and faster, so fast that he couldn't even catch up.

"Damn it! You can't stay here anymore!"

As he said that, he abandoned this dilapidated body, and the Spiritual God quietly escaped.

Without the spiritual suppression of Taoist Erchun, the force that was previously forcibly forced by the secret method quickly came back, and the old man fell straight on the side of the road, bleeding all over his body.