The Black Peacock and His Gods

After a few days, the lotus root matured.

"You pick it yourself." Qingyin pointed to the lotus leaves in the pond, and said to Hei Li.

Hei Li jumped into the pool with a plop. He has learned to swim now, and sometimes he can swim in the pool for hours.He had already aimed at a lotus root before, and now he swam straight over, intending to peck it out with his long beak.He pecked his mouth full of mud, but the lotus root did not move at all.

Annoyed, he raised his head and asked Qingyin on the bank for help.

Qingyin said: "The lotus roots here are all Bodhisattvas. If you ask for lotus roots, you should show sincerity."

"Ah? What kind of sincerity do you need?"

"After listening to Buddhist scriptures for so many days, I should know a few words."

It's really troublesome to get a lotus root and have to recite scriptures.

Thinking of this in his heart, Hei Li still dived into the bottom of the water honestly, pondered for a long time, and said silently to the lotus root: All sentient beings, if they are born from eggs, if they are born from wombs... Hey, what's going on behind it?Hmm... It seems that if it is metamorphosis, if it has form, if it has no form, if it has thought, if it has no thought...

Hei Li memorized it intermittently, and even missed a lot of memorization, I really can't remember it.He could remember this because he heard Qingyin say that there are several types of living beings, some born from eggs and others born from viviparous.He asked himself whether he was oviparous or viviparous, and Qingyin said that peacocks are hatched from eggs, so they are oviparous.

"It's not bad to be able to remember these." Qingyin's laughing voice came from above the water waves, and then the lotus root became loose, and Hei Li pecked lightly, and pulled out the lotus root.

"Haha! I have legs!"

Hei Li rolled up his sleeves, cleaned the lotus roots carefully, worked for a while, and finally knelt down in front of Qingyin with both hands holding the snow-white lotus roots.

Qingyin smiled and nodded, "Lie down."

Hei Li was still a little nervous.He took off his clothes and lay on the ground, his hands and feet were curled up with no place to rest, his eyes were wide open.

"Go to sleep for a while." Qingyin said.

Hei Li closed his eyes, and opened them again quickly, "I, I can't sleep. Your lord, please read some scriptures, so that I can fall asleep soon."

"..." Qingyin stared at him for a moment, helplessly, and began to enlighten the scriptures.

Hei Li didn't close his eyes immediately, he looked at the bald Qingyin chanting with downcast eyes, and felt that he was completely accepted and tolerated.He became a baby and was reborn under the compassionate gaze and voice of the Buddha.When he woke up, it was a brand new self.

After Hei Li healed his leg, he rested in the Brahma Realm for a while.He originally planned to go outside for a while, but because Brahma's life was so comfortable, he was reluctant to leave.There are people taking care of three meals a day here, and Qingyin treats him with kindness and care like a friend.

Standing next to Qingyin every day, in the name of listening to Buddhist scriptures and practicing, he is actually staring at the carp in the pond.I often heard a splash in the lotus pond, and the lake water jumped wildly.It was Hei Li chasing and playing with the green carps in the pond, watching them being unable to eat was the most itchy.

Those Arhat Buddhas were not surprised by him.When Hei Li got tired of playing, he would flap his wings and fly to the highest lotus platform, hold the corner of the lecturer's snow robe in his mouth, and spread it out carefully.Then curled up wet all over, and fell asleep with the Buddha's voice on his pillow.

There are beauties and food in the dream.And Hei Li also knew that the beauty in reality would wake him up soon and take him to eat delicious food.

There is no sun and moon in this Brahma realm, no seasons, no concept of time.In the blink of an eye, I don't know how much time has passed.

"My lord, this thing has been in my possession for more than thirty years, but I am still obsessed with the most superficial oral desires. I am afraid that my lord's original intention of wanting to get rid of him will be disappointed."

During the dinner, a Buddhist person put forward a point of view.

A bystander said, "What is a mere 7 years? It has been [-] years for me, the Buddha and Tathagata, to cross the roc."

"But didn't the big roc go to the devil world to become the prince now? He can't become a Buddha, even if the Tathagata lived with him for 7 years, he wouldn't be able to become a Buddha. Besides, the black peacock and the big roc are brothers, I'm afraid they are just like raccoon dogs , the same goal by different routes.”

The two Buddhas were arguing endlessly, and others said: "You two, let's listen to His Holiness."

All the Buddhas looked over, only to see Qingyin smiled and said: "My Buddha can survive the roc for 7 years, so I can do the same."

The time flies, the time flies.The Buddha held up the flowers and smiled, more than sixty years have passed in the world.The Dharma Conference held every 60 years in the West was held.

When Hei Li was 460 years old, gods and Buddhas from all over the world ushered in the Brahma Realm. As the host, Qingyin carried forward the Dharma for 49 days.

For these gods, these 49 days are just two cups of tea, but for Hei Li, it is 140 seven meals, and one less meal would be heartbreaking.In the past, Qingyin took him there, but recently Qingyin was busy, so Hei Li went by himself.

At this moment, the meeting is halfway through, and it is time for a break.The gods and gods got up and walked around one after another, admiring the beautiful scenery in the Brahma realm.I saw a man in black swaggering in through the door.

The man in black looked like a drunkard, reeking of alcohol, walking like a fool.There is neither the bone of immortality nor the temperament of a god.Everyone looked sideways.

That's all.

Hei Li saw that he was taking a break, so he looked for Qingyin everywhere.He was running around reeking of alcohol, which had already drawn dissatisfied scolding from some gods.Hei Li didn't restrain himself at all, he was drunk and dizzy with a smile.This time without Qingyin restraining him, he drank a lot of wine, and if the black widow didn't drive him away in the end, he would still have a good drink there.

After looking around, he didn't see Qingyin, but when he saw two novice monks walking towards him anxiously, Hei Li went up to him with a smile on his face, "Did Qingyin tell you to come to me? Where is he? I'll go find him."

"Why did you eat so much wine? Come with us quickly."

Seeing that there were gods glaring at him around him, the monk was afraid of causing trouble, so he dragged Hei Li to drag him away.

Hei Li thought he was looking for Qingyin, but obediently followed them.

"Wait a minute." Suddenly someone said.A rich and handsome god came out of the crowd, smiling like a tiger, and walked up to Hei Li.

"Xiao Hei, long time no see. Do you remember me?"

After Hei Li raised his head to see the person's appearance carefully, his eyes widened first, and then his mouth widened.

"...Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

For some reason, Hei Li's first reaction was to run away.

And he actually did.

Throwing away the two novice monks, he turned into a peacock, fluttered his wings, turned his head and flew out of the Brahma realm.Leave the gods in an uproar.

When Hei Li ran, he ran farther.

He ran to the Demon Realm because he was thinking about his eldest cousin whom he hadn't seen for a long time.The eldest cousin happened to be busy some time ago, and now he has a little time to spare. When he saw Hei Li, he entertained him very warmly and accompanied him to visit the Holy Land of the Demon World.

"Oh, my brother has always wanted to say sorry to you. I was too busy a while ago and didn't take good care of you, which caused you a lot of grievances. I'm sorry."

Dapeng has always been brooding about what happened 60 years ago, and later learned that Huanyue Ji sent Hei Li back to Kongque Mountain without notifying him, Dapeng was very angry.In a rage, he relegated him to the gate of the Black Demon Cave.Later Dapeng really wanted to bring Hei Li back, but he had been to Peacock Mountain once, and the spirit beast guards refused him to meet Hei Li on the grounds that he was a member of the Demon Realm and not the owner of Hei Li.

Although Dapeng is domineering, he has just been purified under the Tathagata seat for nearly ten thousand years after all, and he doesn't understand the current world at all.They also don't know what kind of miserable days await them once ornamental spiritual pets like Hei Li are captured and brought back to Peacock Mountain.Dapeng had just returned to the Demon Realm at that time, and there were a lot of messy things, and he really didn't have time to take care of Hei Li.Thinking of this, Dapeng felt that it would be a better way to let Hei Li stay in Peacock Mountain.So off we go.

Not long after, I heard that Hei Li ran out by himself.It's a miserable mess, and I often pick up unwanted things at banquets to eat.Dapeng felt very miserable, and felt sorry for his brother.I kept thinking about finding Hei Li and making up for him.However, they sent people to look for them later, but there was no news.Hei Li just disappeared in the Six Realms inexplicably.Someone once said that seeing Hei Li and Qing Yin leave, Dapeng was a little guilty because he escaped from the Tathagata of the West.After inquiring, he found out that Hei Li was living well at Qingyin's place, so the matter was left alone.

"It's okay, it's okay."

Hei Li has a relatively large forgetfulness, especially for the things he was bullied in the past, he basically forgot everything.He smiled, feeling a little embarrassed.After hesitating for a long time, he finally said: "Big cousin, actually I have a confusion in my heart when I come this time. I don't know who to tell. I saw you this time, and I don't know whether I should tell you."

"Really? You are so young, and you have followed Qingyin for a long time, do you have any troubles?"

Dapeng cared about this black chestnut like a real elder brother.This warmed Hei Li's heart, and he decided to tell him what was on his mind.

Just as he was about to open his mouth, Dapeng Niao frowned again and said, "Let me think about it. You said last time that you had something on your mind, and it was about the failure of courtship, right? This time, could it be that you failed courtship again?" ?”

As expected of a big cousin, he hit the spot right away.Hei Li blushed and said, "This time... I haven't asked yet."

"Haven't done it yet? Why?"

"This person... is hard to ask for." Hei Li sighed, with a sad face, as if the future was dark and there was no light.

Dapeng Niao was very curious, "Even if it's not easy to ask, you dare to attack even the king of God, and you are still afraid of others? Could it be that you are looking for a monk?"

He was originally joking, but seeing Hei Li's expression, he whispered, "Are you really a monk?"

"Hey." Hei Li sighed again.

Roc made a mistake.But he didn't want to see his brother in such distress, and he always felt that he didn't take good care of Hei Li. Hei Li had saved him from the Heavenly Palace back then.

Dapeng Niao frowned for a long while, as if he had made up his mind, patted Hei Li on the shoulder, and promised like a big patriarch: "Brother, don't worry. The monk is the monk. Brother, go and tie him to the Demon Realm. Let you get married! Tell me, who is he? As long as it is not Tathagata Buddha and Qingyin Xiaoer, other brothers are not afraid! Hahaha!"

At the end, in order to encourage Hei Li, Dapeng laughed a few times.

But Hei Li suddenly became more fatigued.

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La la la la la, this is a short story, it should not exceed [-] words.