After graduating, I became the Dragon King

On the weekend, Xue Chen got up early, because he was going to climb a mountain, he specially changed into a light sportswear, and felt that his behavior was very human.

Seeing this, Cheng Han asked curiously, "Are you going to exercise?"

This is strange, Xue Chen didn't like sports before, and since he came back from an internship in a resort, he has become a complete homeboy, and he doesn't go out of the dormitory when he is not in class.

In contrast, Cheng Han and his game experience plummeted.

If there is no accident, at the end of this semester, their dormitory will be able to hit the honor with the lowest average rank in this major.

It's exciting to think about it!

Xue Chen said while putting on his coat, "I'll go to Lanji Temple."

Cheng Han was even more surprised: "Are you still worshiping Buddha?"

"What are you thinking, do I look like a superstitious person?" Xue Chen glanced at him, and said casually, "A while ago, I helped the company catch a clam essence, and today I will make a dojo for it in Lanji Temple, go and have a look."

Cheng Han:? ? ?

Cheng Han almost spit out a mouthful of blood, are you less superstitious? !

And can you stop talking about catching monsters so plainly, this tone is not yet excited when drawing cards in the game!

It's outrageous!

Xue Chen didn't care what Cheng Han thought, changed his clothes and went downstairs. Jane Lance was already waiting for him downstairs.

The two took a taxi to Languang Mountain. Lanji Temple was on the top of Languang Mountain, but the car only drove to the parking lot halfway up the mountain, and they had to walk up the rest of the way.

Jane Lance was a knight who practiced since childhood. Needless to say, Xue Chen was more relaxed in terms of physical strength. The two reached the top of the mountain in a short while.

Lanji Temple is a famous temple in the floating city. It has a history of hundreds of years. There have been many eminent monks in the past. They are quite famous all over the country. Many celebrities and dignitaries will come here to offer incense.

It coincides with the weekend, and there are many tourists and pilgrims along the way.

Xue Chen and Jane Lance entered the mountain gate, and saw a shadow wall.

Chinese Fengshui pays attention to air guidance, and the air cannot go straight to the hall or bedroom, so the old buildings will set up a wall in front of the gate, which is the screen wall, also called the screen wall or the screen wall.

There is no decoration on the simple screen wall, just polished bricks and neat seams.

But many people will also decorate the central area of ​​the wall, that is, the center of the wall and the four corners, and the decoration content is mostly brick carvings with auspicious patterns.

On the screen walls of temples, there are usually simple decorations such as "Buddha", "Namo Amitabha", or patterns related to Buddhism.

As a famous temple in the province, Lanji Temple has a grand gate and a magnificent screen wall. The one-shaped screen wall is composed of three parts: seat, body and roof. It is about one foot high, with exquisite auspicious clouds carved on the four corners.

At this time, several tourists stopped in front of the screen wall, seeming to be looking at something, and some people were discussing in low voices.

Both Xue Chen and Jane Lance were not very interested in watching the excitement, and they were going to bypass it directly, but Xue Chen took a glimpse from the corner of his eye and found that the central part of the screen wall was decorated with a relief of two dragons playing with pearls.

Xue Chen let out a "huh" and walked over to the screen wall, with a picky look: "Let me see how the dragon carvings here are."

Jane Lance laughed when she saw this, she was really a fan of dragons, and she was so interested in dragons.

When they got closer, they discovered that the reliefs on the screen wall were newly made.

The relief is very exquisite, the two dragons stretch out, soaring among the auspicious clouds, the dragon claws are outstretched, and the dragon crown is gorgeous, even the dense scales can't pick out a single flaw.

The embossed coloring is even more delicate and exquisite, not only the color matching is very harmonious, but also a lot of effort can be seen in the details, especially the dragon scales seem to have a transparent texture under the light, which is lifelike.

The only regret is that the eyes of the two dragons are still blank and haven't been colored yet.

People can't help but wonder what will happen after the eyes are painted.

Xue Chen, as a real dragon, must praise that this relief is really well done.

He has seen many dragons painted by humans. Ordinary people have many fantasies about dragons, but most of them have never seen real dragons, so they inevitably have shortcomings in painting.

This relief can not be said to be completely realistic, but it is rare to capture the charm of the dragon's posture very accurately. The two dragons are vigorous, bold and unrestrained, yet majestic.

In front of the screen wall stood a monk in his early fifties, holding a writing brush in his hand, and some coloring tools such as paints, brushes, and spray guns under his feet.

The monk stared at the dragon sculpture on the screen wall very intently, and after a while, he didn't even move, as if he had become a sculpture himself, reflecting the screen wall.

Seeing this, Jane Lance thought about it, and asked Xue Chen, "Is this what Buddhism says about entering samadhi?"

"Not yet, but it looks like it's coming soon." Xue Chen said, somewhat surprised, "The old monk is in a good mood."

It seems that this Lanji Temple is really outstanding, and the monks have a deep cultivation.

On the contrary, many of the onlookers couldn't stand still, or didn't know why, and left after casually looking around, and some of them were probably regular pilgrims, seeing this, they smiled and said: "Master Jinhui, you have been thinking about this longan for a month, right? Haven't figured it out yet?"

Someone next to him asked curiously: "Is the master worrying about this longan?"

The man said: "That's right, the dragon sculpture was painted a month ago, but the longan has not been painted for a long time. Master Jinhui said that the longan is the dragon god, so you have to think about it. It's been a month. I haven’t drawn it yet... I didn’t say it, Master, it’s unnecessary.”

This person is a chatterbox, and once he opened up the chatter box, he took advantage of the opportunity to give the person next to him a general science about the situation of the relief.

It turned out that the screen wall of Lanji Temple was too old, and the original reliefs were severely corroded and weathered. A few days ago, a wealthy businessman did something. Embossed on one side.

Coincidentally, Master Jinhui of this temple, the old monk in front of me, is a famous local relief craftsman.

It is said that Venerable Master Jinhui was born in poverty and became an apprentice of relief sculptures at a very young age. At that time, most of the relief sculptures were made by temples or wealthy family members who believed in Buddhism. During this process, Jinhui came into contact with a lot of Buddhism. Later, by chance, he finally escaped into Buddhism.

After becoming a monk, Master Jinhui continued to create relief sculptures. Perhaps because of his advanced cultivation, his subsequent works have achieved higher achievements and are more Zen-like. They are very popular among art circles and Buddhist believers. .

Therefore, the work of the new relief was naturally presided over by Master Jinhui himself.

This screen wall is at the entrance of the mountain gate, Master Jinhui attaches great importance to it, and he handles the design, material selection, carving and coloring of the entire relief sculpture by himself.

And this picture of two dragons playing with pearls was personally selected and designed by Master Jinhui. There are eight dragon kings in Buddhism, and there are many allusions related to dragons. Dragon carvings are used in many temple screen walls, which is not unusual.

The problem is that the relief sculptures of Lanji Temple have been made for quite a while, and the coloring work was completed a month ago. Normally, it should have been accepted and used normally, but the eyes of this dragon have not been lit for a long time. blank.

The acquaintance of the pilgrims inquired with the temple, and it turned out that Master Jinhui believed that the longan is the soul of the dragon. Whether the eyes are painted well or not will directly affect the final effect of the whole work, so he needs to be cautious. For this reason, he consulted a lot of materials The picture album, but never found a satisfactory solution, so he was reluctant to color it, and the stalemate has persisted until now.

After hearing this reason, some of the tourists expressed admiration for Master Jinhui's attitude, while others disapproved: "Isn't it the eyes? How difficult it is to draw, there are many dragons in other temples. I can't see it. All good."

"Isn't it? It's not worth wasting a month for one eye."

"This relief has been done very well. I think it's almost enough to see how bad the eyes can be. Does the master still want to make the dragon painting come alive?"

Some people heard the words and teased, "Don't say it, the master couldn't be fooled by the story after hearing the finishing touch?"

The finishing touch tells the story of Zhang Sengyou, a painter in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It is said that Zhang Sengyou painted four dragons on the wall of Anle Temple in Jinling, but did not draw eyes.Someone asked him, and he said: "Draw the eyes and the dragon will fly away."

People thought it was ridiculous, so Zhang Sengyou painted eyes on two of the dragons. After a while, the thunder and lightning broke the wall, and the two dragons flew to the sky on the clouds. still.

This story has been widely spread in China, which shows the superb painting skills of Zhang Sengyou.

Mentioning this at this time can't help being a bit teasing.

Master Jinhui's artistic achievements are extraordinary, but being so obsessed with this small longan, in the eyes of others, it seems somewhat like wanting to compare himself to the famous masters of ancient times.

Master Jinhui is worthy of being an eminent monk. The crowd of onlookers whispered and discussed, but he remained as still as a mountain, immersed in his own thinking.

"They know nothing, I support the old monk." Xue Chen turned his head and complained to Jane Lance, "Haven't you heard that the eyes are the windows to the soul? The dragon's eyes are very important. If the eyes are painted, they may not come alive. But if you don't draw your eyes well, you will die."

Jane Lance was puzzled: "Will he die?"

Xue Chen said with a serious face: "I will be sprayed to death by me."

Jane Lance: "..."

At this time, a young monk took the lead and led a man in his forties over.

The man was wearing a high-quality suit and a string of Buddhist beads in his hand. He was not as reserved as other pilgrims. He came up and walked directly to Master Jinhui. Are you ready to draw?"

Blocked by that person, Master Jinhui finally made a move, put his palms together and uttered the Buddha's name to him: "Benefactor Zhou, we meet again."

"The master is too particular. The so-called sincerity leads to spirit, but in fact it is enough when the heart is there." The man spoke teasingly, looked up at the relief, and said, "The puja I booked will be held in a few days. Can this relief be completed?"

It turned out that this man was a rich businessman who donated money to rebuild the relief on the screen wall, named Zhou Huijiang. Zhou Huijiang also booked a blessing puja in Lanji Temple, hoping that the new relief would be completed before the puja.

Master Jinhui had a look of embarrassment on his face, hesitated for a while, and finally sighed deeply: "I try my best."

This relief has indeed been delayed for a long time, and now Zhou Huijiang personally urged, Jinhui really couldn't continue to delay, so he could only agree first.

Zhou Huijiang breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Master, standing in front of this relief all day is easy to solidify his mind, why not go to the meditation room with me to rest and change your mood."

Jinhui nodded: "Forget it."

He handed the brush in his hand to the little monk who came with him, and he and Zhou Huijiang walked behind the screen wall together.

It happened that Xue Chen and Jane Lance were about to meet, and they were going to attend Jin Wangyue's ceremony, so they also avoided the crowd and walked back around the screen wall.

The road next to it was not spacious, and Xue and Chen met Jinhui and the others, but Jinhui didn't have the pretensions of a master, and politely stepped aside: "This benefactor, please..."

Halfway through speaking, Jinhui was taken aback for a moment, then stared, as if seeing something extraordinary, she looked at Xue Chen in surprise, and her tone became even more excited: "This is it! I want to find That's it!"

He stretched out his hand while talking, but subconsciously wanted to pull Xue Chen, but Xue Chen dodged it sensitively.

Jane Lance frowned slightly, took a half step forward, and asked, "May I ask, Master?"

Only then did Jinhui come to her senses, and hurriedly put her palms together to apologize to Xue and Chen, and then asked Xue Chen anxiously: "This benefactor, can you stay for a while?"

Zhou Huijiang looked at it strangely and asked, "Master, what's wrong?"

Jinhui looked excited: "I know how to draw the dragon's eyes!"

Zhou Huijiang was even more inexplicable. How long had it been before he suddenly had an inspiration?

He followed Jinhui's gaze suspiciously, and suddenly realized something.

Sure enough, Jinhui looked into Xue Chen's eyes and continued to say: "My old man thinks that the dragon's eyes should be like this benefactor."

Zhou Huijiang's first reaction was funny: "Master, is this inappropriate? How many materials have you consulted for the eyes of these two dragons? Now it is difficult to draw according to a person's eyes. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"

Jinhui shook her head: "Longyan is where the soul is. What matters is the spirit rather than the shape. The dragon is the god of water. Its eyes are like the bright moon on the sea, with the transparency that can see through chaos. It has been difficult for me to describe this essence before. I have never seen the eyes of a real dragon before, so it is hard to imagine it out of thin air, but look at the eyes of this little benefactor..."

Jinhui spoke excitedly, causing Zhou Huijiang to look over.

Jane Lance has actually seen Xue Chen's eyes many times, but now she can't help but look a few more times.

He has always known that Xue Chen's eyes are beautiful, but after being described by Jinhui, after a closer look, he realized that Xue Chen's eyes seemed to be more stunning than before.

The pupils are black and shiny, as transparent as glass under the light, as if they can see through the chaos of the world, and they are bottomless, as if a sea is hidden, which is exactly what the saying "thousands of pearls are not aware of is too many".

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Jane Lance always feels that Xue Chen's temperament has changed a little with the time he spends with Xue Chen, and it seems to be more aura than when they first met.

In fact, this is because Xue Chen's spirit has gradually adapted to this physical body.

The appearance of this physical body is very similar to Xue Chen's own Dao body, and as Xue Chen's soul slowly replenishes, this body is getting closer to his Dao body.

Xue Chen's eyes are naturally the eyes of a real dragon.

Xue Chen felt that the old monk was worthy of being an eminent monk, and he really had a good eye. However, he kept a low profile now, and only smiled slightly: "Master, have you finished reading? I have something else to do."

"The old monk was rude." Jinhui bowed deeply.

As soon as he said this, he rushed back to the front of the screen wall like the wind, regardless of what other people thought.

Zhou Huijiang: "...?"

Zhou Huijiang quickly followed back, and saw that Jinhui had already picked up the brush and paint, and began to paint on the longan.

Jinhui has been standing in front of this screen wall for more than a month, and it is almost a scene of Lanji Temple. Now she finally started to write. Some pilgrims passing by were very surprised, and they came to see it. After a while, there was a scene in front of the screen wall. A large crowd of people gathered to watch.

Zhou Huijiang didn't expect that Jinhui would really want to draw longan according to the young man's eyes. He was anxious and wanted to persuade him, but when he glanced at Jinhui's pen from the corner of his eye, he was stunned for a moment, and swallowed all the unfinished words went back.

After Jinhui had an idea, she started to write much faster, and the colors piled up. After a while, the dragon's eyes had a charm.

Translucent and flexible, like pearls and jade.

In fact, the shape of the longan is not the same as that of the young man's eyes, but they have the same moisture and brilliance.

When the sun shines, it seems to move.

Some of the onlookers came here often, and they were already familiar with these two dragons, and they had thought about what would happen when the dragon eyes were lit.

But the real appearance is still far beyond their imagination.

"Master is amazing! This longan seems to be real!"

"It's amazing! These eyes are not big, why do they feel so deep, as if they can see a sea!"

"Is it my illusion? How do I feel that after painting the eyes, the dragon is as if it came to life!"

"Oh, if there is a thunder, will the dragon fly away like in the story?"

As soon as the words fell, there was a loud "bang" from the sky, and a thunder exploded for no reason, and the discussion stopped abruptly.

Everyone was startled and looked up one after another, but saw that the sky was clear and bright, and there was no sign of wind and rain, which showed that the thunderstorm was absolutely unreasonable.

"Damn it—it really thundered?!!!!" Immediately, someone was so startled that he couldn't care less about being in the pure place of Buddhism, and even burst out swearing.

"Damn! Is this the power of the finishing touch?!!!"

"Is the dragon going to fly away??"

Everyone looked at the screen wall almost at the same time.

But the two dragons are so lifelike, soaring among the auspicious clouds, their eyes are like glazed jade, as if they contain mountains, rivers and seas, which can break through the chaos of the world.

However, they were still on the screen wall and did not fly away.

Even so, the thunder still lingers in people's hearts and cannot be forgotten. It will undoubtedly become a new legend of Lanji Temple.

Zhou Huijiang couldn't believe it, and said in a low voice, "Who is that young man with such sharp eyes?"

The little monk on the side showed doubts and asked Jinhui in a low voice: "Master, what kind of dragon are you drawing? Why is it the drought thunder?"

Jinhui was also very puzzled, it wasn't that she really thought her dotting the eyes would have the effect of bringing the dragon back to life, but that the sudden thunderstorm really made people puzzled, and finally said, "Maybe it's a coincidence."

……

On the other side, Xue Chen and Jane Lance had already arrived at the place where the ritual was performed.

Before entering the hall, Jane Lance suddenly heard a thunder that was clearly unreasonable. He paused for a moment, then turned to look at Xue Chen: "Did you make the thunder?"

"It's Mr. Fubo." Xue Chen spread his hands, and said confidently, "Don't you want to see Long Wei? Let him feel it."

Jane Lance: "..."

This is on the mountain.

Jane Lance reminded helplessly: "Thunder is fine, don't light a fire."

As a dragon, Mr. Fubo asked Xue Chen to fight drought and thunder every day. What's the matter?

The author has something to say:

The monks of Lanji Temple: What kind of dragon did Master Uncle draw?

Jinhui:? ? ?I was wronged!I drew normal dragons!

Xue Chen: ...Thank you for the invitation, Benlong is versatile.