Shen Yaolu

The scorching sun shone on the heavy lake.This is the land of Dongting, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. In summer, there will be faint water vapor in the air.Several fishermen sat under the trees by the lake to enjoy the shade, chatting about family affairs.Suddenly, a gust of wind blew up on the lake, and someone came by punting in the beautiful mountains.When they got close to the shore, everyone could see clearly that the person who punted the boat was a monk.

The monk had fine features and delicate features, and he seemed to be in his early twenties, but his voice was deep and gentle.

"Excuse me, everyone, have you seen a young man passing by?"

This little monk has a handsome face and a kind attitude, which makes people feel good.The fishermen asked each other: "Have you ever seen a young man passing by?" An old man with half-white hair on the temples said: "I just saw a man in a black robe with gold patterns. I don't know if he is a young man." Master, the person you are looking for."

"Can the old man tell the poor monk where he has gone?"

"To the north."

"Thank you."

In the blink of an eye, the monk disappeared, leaving only the whistling wind and the gently swaying boat on the lake.Everyone looked at each other, and then exclaimed: "This is the Bodhisattva descending to earth!"

Of course, these words did not reach the monk's ears, he had already traveled to the abandoned Taoist temple ten miles away.A murderous aura rushed out of it, he secretly thought that it was not good, and flew into the Taoist temple.

There are two men facing each other in the view, one of them has an immature face, dressed in gray cloth, wearing a purple sun scarf on his head, and the mahogany sword in his hand emits a white cold light, obviously a Taoist priest.The other one was the man in black with the gold pattern. He was clutching his shoulders with a haggard look on his face. It seemed that he had been injured by the Taoist priest.

The little Taoist shouted to the man: "Meeting you, the reincarnated devil emperor here, is a good opportunity for me to do justice for the heavens. Monster, you will die today!"

Seeing the Taoist stabbing at the man with his sword, the monk quickly took out the prayer beads in his sleeve, stepped forward a few steps, and blocked the sword.The Taoist was shocked back a few steps, and asked with a frown, "Who are you? Why are you protecting this monster?"

The monk stood in front of the man and said calmly: "The poor monk is the reborn venerable who sat down by the Tathagata Buddha. By the order of the Tathagata Buddha, let him enter the Buddhist gate."

As soon as the little Taoist heard that he was the Venerable of Xitian, he respected him immediately. Although he was unwilling to lose the chance to kill the Demon Emperor, he had to say respectfully: "The Venerable is following orders. Intervene. I have offended you so much, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"The Taoist priest also does good deeds, so there is no need to blame yourself."

The man in black behind him sneered—doing good?In your opinion, is killing me a good deed?

"Everything is your fault."

"Hmph, you are still the same, you have to suffer with me."

After the Taoist priest left, he went to the rebirth to perform exercises to heal the man's wounds.The man said: Tathagata, that old man really thinks highly of me, let you Brahma Nian Zhan Buddha subdue me, a mortal who has no power to restrain a chicken. "

The past life did not look up at him, but said lightly: "I have no intention of hurting you. Moreover, I am not Fan Nian now, but the past life."

"Okay, okay, venerable past life." The man sighed, and said, "We two formed a relationship 3 years ago, and you still won't let me go after 3 years. I said death, you are not tired ?"

There will be severe pain when the wound heals automatically, and the man gasped.Glancing at him, Xiangsheng stood up, "Come back to Qingyuan Mountain with me when you recover from your injury."

Also, I warn you, don't try to escape from me again, do you understand, Zhong Yu?

The man snorted softly and said, "Understood, Venerable One."

The grievances between the Demon Emperor Zhong Yu and the deceased Venerable have to start from 3 years ago.At that time, the demon world disturbed the three realms of heaven, man and earth. The emperor of heaven asked the Tathagata of the Western Paradise for help in order to destroy the demon emperor.On that day, where the two worlds of heaven and demon intersected, light and darkness were at odds with each other, and the earth fire soaring into the sky illuminated the surrounding area brightly.The opposing air array made a heavy sound, colliding with mountains and rivers, causing broken stones to fly around.They fought for three days and three nights, and Fan Nian finally defeated the Demon Emperor.In exchange for the peace of the Three Realms, Fannian set fire to burn the Demon Emperor's body to ashes, and sealed Zhong Yu's soul with his own cultivation.It took 3 years for the Devil Emperor to be reborn in the human world, and Fan Nian was reincarnated as the afterlife.

Now that the 3-year deadline has come, he has become a venerable in his past life, and the devil emperor has also been reborn in the world.The Emperor of Heaven was afraid that Zhong Yu would make trouble again, so he asked the Tathagata to send another reincarnation to subdue the Devil Emperor.The Buddha has the virtue of loving life, so he let the dead go to pass Zhong Yu into Buddhism.

"I'm just a mortal now, I don't have any magic power, you still want to accept me?"

At this time, Zhong Yu was indeed a mortal—his primordial spirit could not merge with his body, even if he was reborn, he would no longer be the all-powerful devil emperor back then.

With a calm heart, he passed away and said: "I am just taking you into the Buddha by the order of the Buddha."

Zhong Yu thought it was funny to talk about reincarnation—what he despised the most was the hypocrisy of these gods and Buddhas who said one thing and did another.

You were the one who sealed my primordial spirit back then, and now you tell me that you want to take me into Buddhism?This joke is not funny at all.

"The sea of ​​bitterness is boundless. Turn your head and turn your head. Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately. The main purpose of giving is to transcend life and death. It is best to let go of killing thoughts in your heart and have no desires or desires."

The calm and straightforward answer from the past life made Zhong Yu feel very uncomfortable.He said: "If you have a heart, you have desires, and if you have desires, you must seek them. In the three realms, who can have no desires and no desires?"

"Buddha has no intention, so he can understand the three realms and save all beings." He looked at Zhong Yu with no emotion in his eyes. Another realm."

The corners of her mouth twitched, Zhong Yu was too lazy to argue with the past life - these Buddhist practitioners are all elm-headed, and they just gossip about those empty words every day, are they annoying?

"I'm tired, let's take a rest in this broken Taoist temple today." After saying that, Zhong Yu lay down against the wall.

Looking at him like this in the past life, he frowned slightly. "Your injury is no longer serious, you should follow me to the West Paradise."

"Go to the west to die?" Zhong Yu closed his eyes, "Then why don't you kill me right now."

"My responsibility is to teach you, and I will protect you well and not hurt you."

Moreover, you are a mortal body now, and you have a heavy demonic energy on your body. I am afraid that many Taoist priests and monsters will try to catch you, so you should stay by my side safely and don't run around.

Zhong Yu was even annoyed when he heard the words of his past life.Thinking about the battle 3 years ago, if a traitor hadn't stolen his Dinghun Orb and told him to be indeterminate, how could he have lost to Fannian, the majestic emperor of the demon world?Now that Fan Nian has passed away, but he says he wants to protect him, isn't this belittle him as a devil emperor?

Knowing that Zhong Yu was unhappy in his heart, he would not provoke him in his rebirth.I found a seat of hay and sat down, and said to my past life: "Then rest here for another night, and come back with me tomorrow morning."

Zhong Yu let out a muffled "hum".

The past few days have entered the rainy season, and it started to rain early the next morning.Everything in the mountains is shrouded in the drizzle, as dark as an ink painting.

When Zhong Yu woke up, Xiang Sheng was sitting on a mat of hay with his eyes closed and meditating.He called him, but there was no answer, whether he was asleep or awake.Zhong Yu thought for a while, got up, walked to the threshold, and stepped out with one foot.As a result, before his feet landed, the sound of passing away sounded.

"Where are you going?"

"Where can I go?" Zhong Yu said as he retracted his feet, "It's not that you're not moving at all, who knows if you're alive or dead."

"When a monk sits in meditation, he does not think or think, and is not moved by external objects."

"In that case, I would also like to thank you, Your Honor, for thinking of me." Zhong Yu stood against the wall, "I don't understand what you are talking about. But I know that there is no benefit in rushing out like this."

His eyelids were half drooped, and his tone was still calm and calm, "I said I would protect you, so I won't break my promise." He got up and straightened his robes, and said to Zhong Yu, "Since you're awake, come back with me."

Zhong Yu lazily said "OK".

Qingyuan Mountain is a place of practice for rebirth.There are lush camphor forests in the south of the mountain, and Taoyan Waterfall in the north of the mountain.Flowers are floating on the surging green water, and birds are singing in the distance.

This is a very elegant place. Since 3 years ago, people have lived and practiced here in their past lives.He never thought that someone would come here, let alone that that person would be Zhong Yu.

He brought Zhong Yu to a bamboo house, walked along a small cobblestone road, passed a stone table covered with rice paper, and slowly entered the cool house.The layout of the room is extremely simple, with a table and a chair, and the bookshelves full of scriptures are very conspicuous.Zhong Yu couldn't help frowning as he looked at those scriptures, and heard the past life say: "This is my residence, and you will live here with me from now on."

Full of disdain, Zhong Yu said: "Are you afraid that I will run away and let me live in a room with you, are you afraid that I will kill you?"

He didn't say much in his past life, he just turned around and said: "I'm going to Taohuayan to sit in meditation, you should finish reading the scriptures on the shelf first."

"Hey! You just threw me here!" Stretching out his hand to stop him from dying, Zhong Yu said, "Just ask me, what do I want to do?"

After passing away, he replied lightly: "Reading the scriptures is the first step to becoming a Buddha. You should not rush for success."

Zhong Yu thought it was funny—do you really think I want to practice Buddhism? ! !

He held back his smile, pretending to be serious and said to the past life: "I am hungry now."

"hungry?"

"Yes, I've been hungry for several days, and my chest is sticking to my back."

After thinking about it for a while, he said, "Then I'll go down the mountain and cook some vegetarian dishes for you, and you stay here well."

When the deceased passed away, Zhong Yu lay down on the bamboo bed.He put his hands behind his head and thought about his own affairs.

He has always thought that to bring him back to life, he must revive the Demon Realm, poke a big hole in the Nine Heavens, and avenge himself for the Demon Realm.Who would have expected that it took him 3 years to break the seal of the primordial spirit, and finally found a reborn body in the human world, but he was caught by the reincarnation as soon as the primordial spirit returned to its place.

He was unwilling in his heart, but he had no spells now.Leaving the past life will be killed by others, and following the past life is really aggrieved.

But now there is no other way, staying with the past life, at least it is safe.The future is long, and sooner or later, I will let you know how powerful I am.

There is a village at the foot of Qingyuan Mountain, and the past life melted some porridge from a family, and then returned to the bamboo house.As soon as he entered the door, Zhong Yu shouted: "Why are you so slow, you are going to starve to death!"

He picked up the clay bowl and immediately turned cold. "Why porridge!"

Sitting down after rebirth, "Is a bowl of porridge not enough?"

Zhong Yu laughed, and said, "How can porridge fill your stomach?"

A little dazed, he then asked, "Then what do you want to eat?"

"Well..." Zhong Yu thought for a while and said, "When I came here, I saw wild rabbits beside a pool of spring water, so I went to hunt some rabbits and roast them to eat."

"Buddhists don't kill." He looked up at Zhong Yu, but his expression didn't change, "If you kill, you won't be able to enter Buddhism."

Hearing this, Zhong Yu almost wanted to roll her eyes - are you really going to let me become a Buddha?

He waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I can't eat the porridge. I'll go outside to relax."

"No killing is allowed."

"Yes Yes!"

Do not kill?I'm not a three-year-old child, do I just listen to what you say?

Find the spring water according to memory, and you can see a few fluffy white rabbits.Zhong Yu stared at the rabbit, picked up a stone casually, and threw it at the rabbit.But the stone flew back not long after it flew out, and before Zhong Yu could react, it hit Zhong Yu's knee.

Kneeling on the ground in pain, a cold voice sounded behind him.

"Didn't I tell you that you can't kill?"

Zhong Yu grinned, "Buddha practitioners are not allowed to kill, but unfortunately I am not a Buddhist, so it is not wrong not to listen to you."

"... What you said makes sense." Going to help Zhong Yu up, Xiangsheng tightly held his arm and walked back.

Zhong Yu was stunned for a moment, then shouted, "Where are you going?"

In the past life, I will not answer.