burning lamp

This idea flashed by, and when Xie Fengshu came back to his senses, he thought about it carefully, and felt that something was wrong.

A monk is not a Taoist cultivator, so it has nothing to do with him if he ascends one day. What he likes or doesn't like, he just eats carrots and doesn't worry about it.

Although the Forest of Corpse Tuo has the word "forest", it is actually located in the northwest desert, surrounded by vast seas, and windy, sandy and barren land can be seen everywhere.And the Corpse Tuo Forest was in the deepest part of the desert, Xie Fengshu could still see scattered vegetation at the beginning of the journey, but further down, there was only wilderness everywhere.

There are 88 towering pagodas in the distance. Because of the distance and the strong wind and sand, Xie Fengshu could only see the faint black pagodas at first, but after walking for half a day, the whole corpse forest became clear.

The cemetery is vast, and 88 pagodas, symbolizing the 88 knots of Buddhism, are scattered around the cemetery.The tower has seven floors, engraved with Sanskrit, and a bronze Buddha bell hangs on the top.There are groups of vultures inhabiting the tower and its surroundings, and there are occasional skeletons under the tower, which looks desolate and creepy.

When the three of them passed through the pagoda, the bronze Buddha bell on the top of the pagoda suddenly shook slightly and made a long sound.

The ringing of the bell was long and lasted for a long time, and a desolate and majestic Buddha's name rang at the same time.

"Amitabha, who trespassed on the forbidden place of the Buddha!"

Jiang Chen, who was walking in front, stopped first, raised his eyes and looked deep into the corpse forest.

A moment later, a light gray monk's robe came on the wind between the sky and the earth, and stopped in front of the three of them.

The visitor held a sandalwood rosary, his face was old, and he did not know how old he was.After seeing Jiang Chen clearly, a look of surprise appeared on the other party's face.

"It's you."

His tone was surprised, and he subconsciously wanted to shake his head at Jiang Chen, but just as his hand was in the air, he stopped suddenly, as if he was a little embarrassed and didn't know whether he should lower it or not.Jiang Chen didn't seem to notice it, and just nodded towards the other party.

The other party also withdrew his hand and nodded, saying, "Why did the mage come here?"

"Looking for someone." Jiang Chen replied, "Dare to ask Master Shada, has any monk who has not finished his ordinance recently come out of the Tuolin?"

Only then did Xie Fengshu realize that the person in front of him was Sada Buddha who was guarding the cemetery.

There will be "88 Buddhas' Great Repentance Letters" floating on the body of the Buddhist monks who received precepts in the corpse Tuolin. It will not disappear until the sea of ​​suffering turns around once they repent.The person Yan Nan mentioned still had scriptures in his hands, so he must still be receiving precepts.

But Xie Fengshu raised his eyes, saw Shada shaking his head, and replied decisively: "I have been guarding the forest for thousands of years. Except for the monks whose karma has disappeared and their enlightenment has soared, no monks have ever left the forest, let alone monks who have not yet completed their ordinances." .”

Shada looked solemnly, and looked at Jiangchen: "But what happened?"

Jiang Chen shook his head, didn't mention anything about the Southwest, but asked, "How many people in the forest have been ordained today?"

"Except for those who have attained the Tao and those who have died, there are still nine people, but they are all practicing in various places in the forest, so I am afraid they cannot be summoned."

"No, we'll find it ourselves."

Only then did Shada look at Xie Fengshu and Xiaoxi who were behind Jiang Chen.

Xiaoxi still kept a cold face and said nothing, Xie Fengshu smiled at others and reported his family.

"Thank you Fengshu from the Wuming Mountain."

Shada returned to the Buddhist ceremony, but still frowned, as if he didn't agree.But in the end he still looked back at Jiang Chen and said, "Okay, if there is any accident, you can come to me."

He sits in the center of the corpse forest and cannot leave for too long.After the person left, Xie Fengshu asked Jiang Chen: "Does he know you?"

"There was a relationship once." Jiang Chen didn't want to say more, but instead said, "Shada said that no one came out of the forest."

Xie Fengshu said: "Perhaps he has the help of a demon cultivator, but he didn't notice it?"

Jiang Chen said: "The possibility that Shada's eyes and ears can communicate with the 88 pagodas is very small."

Xiaoxi said impatiently: "There are only nine people in the forest now, so let's meet them one by one first."

Although time-consuming, this was the only way. The three of them looked at each other and walked deep into Tallinn.

Apart from the monks, the living creatures in the cemetery are probably the vultures on the top of the tower.They slept on the tower in groups, and when they saw Xie Fengshu and the others coming, they stared at them for a while, as if they were judging whether they were edible carrion corpses.After a while, he closed his eyes and curled up again to take a nap.

The three of them walked in the forest for a day, and only saw five or six monks practicing.They were old and young, and the gray monk clothes on their bodies were torn and tattered by the wind and sand.Most of them were meditating with their eyes closed, and didn't even care about strangers. They just silently glanced at the three of them, and then started to meditate again.

Surrounding them are all bones of the dead, people who have never had an epiphany and redeemed their sins until they died.

Xie Fengshu only knew that the person who gave Yannan's destiny chart might be someone from the corpse forest, but he didn't know anything else.Now it is impossible to go up and ask, "Have you sneaked out of the corpse forest to the southwest recently?" I can only silently remember the appearances of the few monks I have seen in my heart.

In a blink of an eye, the sky has darkened.A lone moon rises high into the sky, hanging over the northwest desert.

The three found a pagoda sheltered from the wind to sit down and rest.Xie Fengshu spoke first, "How do you feel after seeing the six monks?"

Before Jiangchen and Xiaoxi could speak, Xie Fengshu said to himself, "I don't think so."

Jiang Chen asked: "Why?"

"Look. They see us as if they see this wasteland, vultures, and pagodas. There is no wave at all."

Xie Fengshu thought for a while, and finally sighed: "Although it's unlucky to say so—it's like looking at a dead person."

"It's not that we are like dead people, it's that they are like dead people." Xiaoxi said coldly, "Stay in such a place for decades, hundreds of years, unable to walk or laugh, and read confession texts day after day. Someone around me died, It also depends on the vulture eating the corpse. Is this different from the dead?"

Once in the devil, the whole body is in a sea of ​​suffering, ignorance, madness and evil, and there is no escape.

When Xie Fengshu saw the forest of corpses in the book, he didn't have any more feelings in just a few words, but now that he was there, he finally felt the sinister pain.

Buddha cultivates the world with compassion, and there is still such a place.

Xie Fengshu's mind was full of thoughts. While feeling pitiful for the monks here, he also thought maybe they really committed bad karma?

Under evil karma, if innocent sentient beings perish, wouldn't it be more pitiful?

As he thought about it, he couldn't help but think of Jiang Chen.The first thought was: Fortunately, the other party did not come to this corpse to suffer.

His idea was a bit inexplicable, but Xie Fengshu himself didn't realize it.In the silence, he unconsciously looked at Jiang Chen, not expecting that the other party was also looking at him.

Looking at each other, Jiang Chen saw that he was stunned, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xie Fengshu asked, "What kind of karma have the people here committed?"

Jiang Chen shook his head: "Not necessarily, Buddhist practice, there are ten heavy 48 light precepts, killing, stealing, prostitution and drinking, greed, hatred, ignorance, slow suspicion...any of them is possible."

how about you?

What kind of karma did you commit? It takes three days for the Buddhas to ask each day if they know how to repent.

Xie Fengshu endured and endured, but still did not ask.Jiang Chen stared at him for a while, then suddenly said: "I have committed a lot of crimes."

Xie Fengshu suddenly raised his head, Jiang Chen frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about it, he said slowly: "Kamma of killing, lying, greed, hatred and ignorance..."

All the evil karma I have created in the past are all caused by beginningless greed, hatred and ignorance.

Although he was counting his past crimes in detail, Jiang Chen's tone was calm and unwavering, with neither pain nor regret.

Xie Fengshu was confused when he heard this, he wanted Jiang Chen to explain clearly, but felt that he was poking someone's scar, just wanted to comfort him with a word of repentance, when he heard the monk in front of him speak slowly, his voice was low——

"Also, lust karma."

……What the hell? ! !