burning lamp

Xie Fengshu was so shocked by the three words that he was almost knocked out of his wits, he couldn't even utter a word, only one thought came to his mind after a long while - how decent it is!

While Xie Fengshu was shocked, a pang of anger came out of his heart, not too much, and he didn't know where it came from.Probably because I always thought that the other party was Matsuma Guxue who was not stained with dust, but I didn't expect that he had already been in this world of mortals and committed a crime.

It's just...it's just...inappropriate anyway!

Finally, the six gods returned to their positions, and Xie Fengshu managed to regain his voice. He didn't know what to say, so he said dryly: "Master Jiangchen's 700 years have been really... rich and colorful."

Jiang Chen: "..."

Xiaoxi next to him let out a very shameless sneer.

In fact, Xie Fengshu almost forgot what Jiang Chen said earlier, and only lust karma was left in his mind.Jiang Chen's gaze was still on Xie Fengshu, but Xie Fengshu lowered his head subconsciously, not knowing where to place his gaze, and finally shifted, and it still landed on Jiangchen's left hand.

The other party's hands were well-articulated, lightly resting on the white monk's robe, and a string of black sandalwood Buddha beads hung loosely around his wrist, looking clean and tidy.

Xie Fengshu unconsciously thought of the cool feeling from Jiang Chen's hand when he reached out to rub his ear that day.

Xie Fengshu couldn't help the sourness coming out again, he thought with some evil intentions: This man is a monk, with a pure and innocent appearance, and he has lived in the deep mountains and old forests for hundreds of years, and he is not May meet people.

Could it be that he was deceived by some monster?

The more Xie Fengshu thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, so he said in a roundabout way: "The other party is a demon?"

"Yes."

Gee.

Xie Fengshu propped his hands on the side of the pagoda, tilted his head and asked the truth: "How do you know each other?"

"He made a bet with others whether he could enter my temple and not be eaten."

Seeing Xie Fengshu's confused look, Jiang Chen frowned helplessly, and said, "Some other monsters in the mountain told him that monks only eat monsters."

Tsk tsk, how stupid a monster is to believe this.

But although Jiang Chen frowned, his eyes were peaceful, and his brows and eyes were as gentle as water.Xie Fengshu curled his lips: "Then where is this man——this demon?"

Jiang Chen didn't answer.

Xie Fengshu waited for a while, finally noticed something, and stopped asking.He straightened up and looked at Jiang Chen, and said: "Your Buddhism talks about joy and love, but it's just empty eyes, an illusion, don't worry about it."

The sky above the wilderness is like the sky, and the light of the lonely moon falls on Jiangchen's eyelashes, making him look like a mortal.

There is no place for lovesickness in the world.

Xie Fengshu's sourness disappeared completely, and he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. He looked at the person in front of him, and after a while he said: "I'm sorry——I don't know my past, so I shouldn't speak nonsense."

Xie Fengshu laughed at himself: "Blame me, I don't seem to have liked anyone in my life."

In the silence, Jiang Chen lowered his eyes, and finally said in a low voice: "Well, I know."

In the early morning of the second day, the three continued to search for someone in the corpse forest.The three of them had already seen six walking dead monks yesterday, and now there are still three monks left, so they simply went to find them one by one.

The corpse forest was bitterly cold at night, but it was scorchingly sunny during the day and there was a strong wind. Xie Fengshu had to be careful not to step on the dry bones under his feet that were occasionally half-covered by yellow sand. In addition, he was not in a good mood today, and his mind was always distracted. I don't know where I have gone.

Probably one of the fringes of the cemetery.

Heck.

Xie Fengshu sighed, ready to find a way to turn back.But he heard the sound of knocking wooden fish from behind the pagoda not far away.

There is a practicing monk here.

The sound of the wooden fish was unhurried, Xie Fengshu listened for a while, then walked towards the source of the sound.

When he walked in front of the tower, the knocking sound suddenly stopped, Xie Fengshu stopped, and in the next second he saw a person poking out from behind the tower.

It was a monk in a gray robe and cloth shoes, holding a wooden fish whose color had almost faded, extremely simple.He looked a little older than Xie Fengshu, about 25, and his clothes were the same as those of other monks who were practicing penance here.The only difference was that when he saw Xie Fengshu, he was startled first, and then smiled.

"It's rare for an outsider to come to the Corpse Tuo Lin."

His voice is slightly hoarse, perhaps because he has been eroded by the desert wind and sand for a long time, but it is not unpleasant.Xie Fengshu saw so many monks who were cultivating asceticly in the cemetery, and it was rare for him to meet one who was willing to talk to him, so he hurriedly said: "Xie Fengshu at Wuming Mountain."

"It turned out to be a fairy king."

The other party clasped palms together and performed the Buddhist ritual: "Poor monk Jiayun, he was once a disciple of the Colorless Heavenly Dingguang Tathagata."

It turned out to be a Buddhist cultivator who had entered for three days.

Xie Fengshu was a little surprised, he lifted his robe and sat on the floor with the other party.

"Since it's been three days—"

"Dingguang Tathagata charged me to practice here if I committed lust karma."

... Excuse me, I don't want to hear these three words anymore.

But the monk in front of him was frank and frank, with a smile on his face.Xie Fengshu aroused a little interest again, and asked, "How did you commit the karma?"

Jiayun replied: "200 years ago, when I entered the world to practice, I passed by a town in the south of the Yangtze River. It happened to be a severe drought. I asked for help from 77 families. When I reached No. 70, she opened the door and handed me a bowl of water."

Speaking of Jia Yun stopping, Xie Fengshu originally thought that he just paused for a while, and stared at the other party for a long time before he said in disbelief, "It's gone?!"

"Gone."

"that's it?"

"that's it."

Xie Fengshu's face was messed up, and he asked, "What kind of crime is this?"

Jia Yun smiled and said, "I practiced for 100 years and traveled all over the world. When I returned to Wusetian, Dingguang Tathagata asked me about my journey. The only thing I remember is the bowl of water she handed me.

"And the porcelain color and pattern of that bowl. She was wearing a blue dress that day, like a Jiangnan smoked willow in front of the door."

Xie Fengshu was silent for a moment, then said: "Then, have you seen her again?"

Jia Yun shook his head: "I came here later, and now 200 years have passed, she should have married a husband and had children, reincarnated."

What he said was calm and composed, without the slightest bit of jealousy or resentment, and it has the meaning of Buddhism that "if fate comes together, life will come together, and fate will perish if fate separates".But 200 years have passed, but he still remembers the other party's hairpin skirt exactly.

Xie Fengshu opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't ask the question "whether it's worth it or not".

He remembered that when Jiang Chen talked about the past last night, his brows and eyes were lowered, his eyes were full of gentleness.

Straight lovesickness is useless, but melancholy is innocent.

What kind of monster is that?

Xie Fengshu regained his composure, smiled at Jia Yun, and said, "I've overstepped the rules."

Jia Yun also responded with a lenient smile: "It's okay, it's been hundreds of years, and this is the first time an outsider has come."

Xie Fengshu said: "It's also the first time someone talks to me, you other monks are more—"

Xie Fengshu paused, and implicitly described: "The four elements are all empty."

"They are either going to die, or they are going to ascend."

"...It sounds like the two are the same thing."

"That's right." Jiayun replied, "It was okay when the Diengdeng Ancient Buddha was still in the Great Brahma Heaven. After he entered the world, for some reason, the three-day precepts suddenly become extremely strict, especially the lust karma, which is no different from the corpse world. "

When Xie Fengshu heard the words, his heart moved: "Old Buddha of Burning Lamp, who is this?"

In the wind and sand, Jiayun's expression suddenly became serious, showing some respect.

"The Lantern Ancient Buddha is the ancestor of all Buddhas. It was founded for three days in ancient times and had the same origin with heaven and earth. Later, he entered the world and practiced and never went back. It has been more than 1000 years. It is said that he descended to the world to punish evil, but I don't know if it is true or not. .”

1000+ years, that's not it.

Xie Fengshu relaxed, said "Thank you", and finally got back to business.

"May I ask my lord, is there anything unusual in the Corpse Tuolin recently?"

"abnormal?"

Jia Yun frowned and thought for a while, then replied with some hesitation: "If the abnormality is probably because there seem to be too many cultivators who have died recently, even the number of vultures has followed, I don't know about the rest.

"However, the corpse forest is bitterly cold in winter, so it's normal if you can't survive it."

Xie Fengshu secretly remembered it in his heart, got up and thanked the other party, thought for a while and said: "Maybe when I have a chance to go to the south of the Yangtze River, I can help you find it, at least find her descendants."

Jia Yun shook his head and smiled freely: "No need.

"If there is a chance, please ask Xianjun to pass by the Buddhist temple someday, and light an everlasting lantern for her on my behalf."

No matter where and what age the reincarnation is in, I wish her peace and joy, and all wishes come true.

Xie Fengshu looked directly at Jiayun and nodded solemnly.

"must."

He turned around and walked a few steps, suddenly remembered something, turned back in front of Jia Yun, and untied Feng Yuan from his waist.

"There is one more thing to trouble your lord. There is a series of Sanskrit characters written on my knife. I don't know where it came from, nor what it means. Could you please ask your lord to look it up for me."

Jiayun replied: "Of course."

Seeing the other party agreeing, Xie Fengshu slowly drew his saber out.After all, he was fiddling with the blade in front of a Buddhist disciple. Xie Fengshu said "offended" first, and then handed the knife to the other party.

Jia Yun didn't seem to have any taboos, he first praised "good knife" before looking down at the blade.

On the blade of Feng Yuan's saber, there is a string of Sanskrit characters that are dense and elegant.Jia Yun looked at it for a while, then spoke in surprise.

"Is this the knife someone gave you?"

"I don't know." Xie Fengshu looked at the knife and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

"Not really, but this was supposed to be a Buddhist gatha, but it seems to have been turned into a gift."

"What means?"

Jia Yun returned the knife to Xie Fengshu, and looked up at him.

"Never forget your form in good times, never lose your mind in adversity, never be afraid of danger in all adversities, and never retreat from the way even in death."*

The author has something to say: The Buddha's gatha has been changed and used.