Fox spirit's self-cultivation

Lu Xinghe and Zheng Xuanli have known each other for a long time, so long that both of them thought they had forgotten that part of the past.

However, Zheng Xuanli probably really forgot, Lu Xinghe looked at the complete stranger in front of him, but his expression became dazed.

It turned out that he still remembered.

When did you first meet?

Come to think of it, it was when he had just left his mother and sister and came to the Central Plains.

It was a day at the end of summer, after Lu Xinghe was exhausted by boat and car, he felt unwell due to unacceptable water and soil, and encountered heavy rain, and the road ahead was muddy, so he had to stop at the side of the road and do repairs in the temple. He was full of anxiety, and because of his age You have nothing to do, you can only sit in front of the Buddha statue in the dilapidated temple and think about the way forward.

At that time, he vaguely guessed that he might not be able to go back in this life, and he would never see his mother and sister again. From his hometown to here, he walked for more than half a year, but he still hadn't reached his destination. Going back... I'm afraid I really can't.

Lu Xinghe curled up on the futon, coughed twice, his face was pale, his lips were bright red, he had a fever before, but after the rain cooled down, he felt much more comfortable.Before coming to the Central Plains, he had cried and made noises, but he never really thought about getting over it. Now that he has been ill, he can't cry. He just thinks that he can see his way forward.

It's really an answer, it's destined.

The rain outside the temple kept on, and it became louder and louder. The eaves were crackling. The rain from the depths of the beams hung on the cheeks of the Buddha statue in front of it. Reflecting the dim candlelight, it seemed that the Buddha statue was also crying.

Lu Xinghe looked up at the Buddha statue, feeling a little moved in his heart. Looking at the Buddha statue that looked like weeping tears, he murmured: "How did I come into this world? Is it really because of the injustice of the previous life that I came to pay the debt? My mother loves me, but she protects me. My father just abandons me, obviously I am also his own son, but he can let me come here as a slave for other brothers. Could it be that the Buddha can’t bear to see my fate, so he shed tears for me? Ah, if you are sincere, why don't you save these struggling people, if you can't save them all, save my mother, my tribe, I will respect and worship you from the bottom of my heart."

After speaking, because of the grief in his heart, he couldn't help bowing his head and bowing down to the tearful Buddha statue.

At this time, the Buddha Sect had just been introduced from Tianzhu, and few people in the Central Plains knew what the Buddha was, but since Tianzhu merchants traveled in the Western Regions, Lu Xinghe's biological mother had a lot of contact with it, and Lu Xinghe knew all about the Buddha Sect. .

The Buddha religion may not be able to explain clearly why people are born and why they should die. Lu Xinghe also likes the Buddha religion very much. The only thing that attracts him to the Buddha religion is the Buddha himself who is detached from the world.

Lu Xinghe once met a disciple of Bodhidharma who came to the Central Plains via the Western Regions to preach. He heard him explain the teachings of precepts, patience, renunciation, diligence, and contemplation of emptiness. life.

Although Lu Xinghe was young, but because he couldn't help himself, and his situation was somewhat similar to that of the prince of Kapilavattva, he was able to comprehend the thoughts of the Buddha to some extent.

He really wished that he, like the Buddha, could not be disturbed by the world, and completely cut off the root causes of his pain.

"I can do it by keeping the precepts. Now as long as I pass the level of patience and humiliation, I can probably understand the Buddha better. If I can also awaken, will I be able to transcend all the suffering in this world?"

Lu Xinghe looked up at the Buddha statue, full of doubts.

At this moment, there was a sound of reprimand from the Buddhist hall in front.

"Catch the thief, there is a thief who has the audacity to steal the Buddha's tribute!"

That voice interrupted Lu Xinghe's train of thought. He came back to his senses and found that the water dripping from the beams had washed away the gold powder on the surface of the clay Buddha statue. Ferocious haggard state.

Lu Xinghe was startled, feeling uncomfortable, couldn't help pinching the center of his brows, and said to the attendant: "Li Tian, ​​go and see what happened outside."

Those who come to the Buddhist hall to steal food on rainy days are beggars from this place.Also, along the way, they did meet a lot of beggars, and they were all poor people who had no crops during natural disasters and came to the bustling area to beg for some food.

Walking from home, I don't know how much this kind of person has seen, the more he looks, the more worried Lu Xinghe is - in such a day, I don't know when he will be tall, can a foreigner like him really survive in the Central Plains?

The attendant was a boy with a bronze complexion in a white robe. He stared into his blue eyes, poked his head forward, and said in unproficient Chinese: "Master, it's a girl, a beautiful girl! Like... ...like your sister!"

Hearing the attendant's answer, Lu Xinghe was helpless, Li Tian was considered a little nobleman, but this child was stupid by nature and was rejected by his family, so he was thrown out together with Lu Xinghe. He was carefree along the way, I think the flowers and plants on the road are very beautiful, how could I know that Lu Xinghe was worried at this moment?

Seeing Li Tian smirking at the Buddhist hall outside, Lu Xinghe had no choice but to stand up, straighten the grass clippings on his clothes, and walk towards the outer hall: "Let me go and have a look."

It wasn't until he reached the front hall that Lu Xinghe realized that he wanted to make a mistake.

At this time, the front hall was sitting on the Buddha table, holding a peach in his hand, who was not a beggar, clearly a noble young master.

The man was not very old, and he didn't look like ordinary children from the Central Plains. His black hair was neatly tied into a bun, a jade crown, and a jade ring on his headband. He was wearing a pure white Taoist robe with blue dark patterns. Hanging gold ring accessories, silver braided wristbands, and black and red-patterned moccasin boots, he sat on the Buddha table with his legs crossed, twisting a peach in one hand, frowning as if something was wrong. Looking over happily.

Climbing so disrespectfully and disrespectfully on top of the Buddha table, he should have the posture of a naughty boy, but the man has an indistinguishable good-looking appearance, with a golden dragon pattern on the center of his eyebrows, faintly visible, and Because the eyes are too clear, there is a kind of arrogance without dust in the sky, looking down from a high place, it is more like a god than the Buddha statue hanging from behind.

The little novice under the Buddha table was furious when he saw this man climbing on the table so improperly, but when he saw the man's face and the golden dragon pattern on the center of his brow, his voice stopped abruptly, and he said in a nonchalant way while touching his bald head : "You are not a thief. By the way, this Taoist, where did you come from? Why are you so absurd to steal the tribute before the Buddha?"

Ordinary Taoists do not enter Buddhist temples, but this one in front of him has no taboos at all. He is wearing a well-made Taoist robe, with a fairy air, and just ran to the Buddhist temple to get tributes.

"I can't eat this peach? It's a pity."

The person sitting on the Buddha table looked back at the clay Buddha statue, took a good look at the juicy peach, wiped off a little dust on it, stood up and put it in the palm of the Buddha statue in the posture of holding flowers.

"If you are like me, you are really conscious. I'm afraid you also want to taste the taste of this fresh peach. I can't taste it, so you can taste it for me. This peach must be very sweet. Eat two more bites. If it is spoiled, it will be fine." Oh no."

Seeing this little Taoist, the little novice jumped anxiously: "Oh, you little Taoist, come down quickly! How can you be so presumptuous in front of the Buddha?"

The little Taoist standing on the Buddha case stood with his hands behind his back, and looked over with some doubts: "I was like him before. He was in front of the case, why couldn't I stand on the case? It's really strange."

Lu Xinghe couldn't laugh or cry when he saw his natural appearance, so he said to him: "Little brother, don't make mistakes in front of the Buddha. If you are really hungry, why don't you come to my room and use some fruit."

He saw that this Taoist had an extraordinary childlike bearing and extraordinary clothes, obviously he was not an ordinary person, so he wanted to make friends, so he took the initiative to speak out.

The little Taoist glanced at him, his expression was calm and unwavering, he just lifted his clothes, squatted halfway on the Buddha table, tilted his head, and raised the tails of his eyes slightly: "You really have food there, let me eat it, isn't it like me?" Master and younger brother usually coax me to learn spells?"

"Seriously, I won't lie to you." Lu Xinghe met his eyes, and the other's eyes were so clear that they were almost indifferent, with an unstained attitude that he had never seen before.

For some reason, Lu Xinghe thought of his sister who asked him to bring back some interesting things for her when he went out, and couldn't help but took out a bag of candies that he had collected for his sister along the way: "I promise you to eat, isn't this just for you?" Do you have any candied fruit? Just try it."

The young man smiled, jumped down with one hand on the table, raised his hand to pick up a pickled plum, threw it into his mouth and chewed it, although his face remained motionless, but his eyes were slightly blazing, he reached out and grabbed a handful of plums. The breath was stuffed into his mouth, and his cheeks puffed up.

With a mouthful of candied fruit in his mouth, it was difficult for him to still speak clearly: "You have a bad face, and your fate is in the way of others and yourself. I didn't expect that you are a good person. I have received your favor today, and I should repay you, so I will do it for you." Get rid of the temporary distress!"

As he spoke, he crunched the fruit core and swallowed it, casually picked up the divination stick on the table, twirled the bamboo stick at his fingertips, flicked his index finger and thumb, and the bamboo stick was like a sharp arrow It flew out, brushed Lu Xinghe's cheek and nailed it to the wall behind him.

He heard Li Tian startled from behind and said: "Ah! Young master, there is a snake, the pattern is so bright, it is a poisonous snake! It almost fell on you!"

Lu Xinghe hadn't reacted from the "bad face, his fate is in the way of others and himself", he was a little numb, so he heard Li Tian scream like this, he looked back in a daze, and he really saw the wooden door behind him. There was a black and red poisonous snake nailed to it.

The poisonous snake was nailed through the triangular head with a blow, and the bamboo stick hit the center of the snake's head impartially, and the blood line was winding down the gap in the wooden door.

Not far away, the little novice shivered and said, "You little Taoist priest, first you climbed the Buddha table to steal tributes, and now you kill people in the monastery...you...you, how can you do this?"

Lu Xinghe looked at the twitching poisonous snake and touched his neck in fear. Hearing what the little novice said, he subconsciously said: "Yes, son, this is a monastery. It's always bad to kill here."

The little Taoist glanced at him, his expression didn't change at all, and even his voice was cold and dull, without any ups and downs.

"The snake is poisonous. If you don't kill it, I don't know how many people will be bitten to death tonight. Although I don't hate the snake, but I am closer to people, so I killed the snake to save you. If you don't want to, think about it." It’s okay to taste the taste of being bitten by a snake, now open the snake’s mouth and touch its fangs with your fingers, and your wish will come true.”

When the words fell, Lu Xinghe blushed.

Because he was in the monastery, he knew a little bit about the Buddha religion, so he said something along the lines of the little novice, the little Taoist spoke with a deadpan face, and even his voice was rigid, hearing Lu Xinghe's ears, it seemed to be mocking him After being rescued, he still pretended to be a hypocrite, so he murmured: "How can this make... I must thank you..."

"You're welcome, I ate your candied fruit, and I have to repay you. There are back and forth, if you don't want to, it's my fault, and I will have to find another chance to repay you in the future."

"It's just candied fruit. It was originally prepared for my sister. I'm afraid I won't be able to see my sister in the past few years. It's just a matter of giving it to you. Just don't dislike it, brother."

Lu Xinghe became more and more uncertain about the identity of this little Taoist priest, and tried to say.

"It seems that you really think that I am pregnant with you, and I need to make up for it."

Zheng Xuanli waved his hand, he came down the mountain for the first time, he was not yet common in the world, and he was used to doing whatever he wanted on the mountain, he would do whatever he thought of.

Thinking back when he had just transformed into a human form, because no insects and snakes dared to bite him, and he met a person who was bitten by an insects and snakes and was in pain, he didn't know why that person was so uncomfortable, he ran to ask that person, and was even spit on He took a sip and said that he didn't have back pain while standing and talking. Zheng Xuanli also knew that what the man said was right, so he found a snake and put his hand into the snake's mouth to try the feeling of being bitten by a snake.

But if he is a stone, how can a snake be willing to bite a stone?In the end, the fangs of the poisonous snake were cut off, and Zheng Xuanli was still indifferent, but it made the master and brothers of the Shimen dumbfounded.

Maybe this ill-fated boy in front of him is also the same as himself back then, wanting to taste the taste of being bitten by a snake, but when he happened to be in his way again, it was really his own sin.

Zheng Xuanli said that the favor of a meal still needs to be repaid, so that this person will not be misunderstood by the snake demon, it is also a problem, and it needs to be made up for, so he took out the talisman he drew, handed it to Lu Xinghe and said: "This is If the amulet is in danger and can be used to save your life, it should be my thank you."

"This... I have to thank the young master first."

Seeing that he gave two pieces of paper back, Lu Xinghe didn't understand, because he was used to being gentle and kind, and would not refuse others, so he just put it away.

The little Taoist looked at the heavy rain outside, and Lu Xinghe followed behind him for a while, and felt his mood calm down, so he said: "Master, do you want to rest here? It's raining heavily outside, why don't you come and have a cup of tea with me?" Leave again."

"No, the rain has stopped, see you again."

The little Taoist stepped forward and walked outside the door.

"The rain obviously hasn't stopped..."

It was still pouring rain just now, but when the little Taoist stepped out of the door, the heavy rain stopped suddenly, and Lu Xinghe only spoke half of his words of dissuasion.

"It's really strange, the rain really stopped!"

Several people in the temple looked at the sky together.

The little novice also touched his head and clicked his tongue: "What a strange thing! Could it be that this Taoist priest can call wind and rain? That's right, he came in the rain, and the poor hair is not wet at all... It's bad, isn't this person the one in the Taoist temple in front of him?" Son of God? I should worship him twice!"

While speaking, the little Taoist priest had disappeared from the sight of several people. He obviously walked slowly, but after a while, the kung fu man disappeared.

Seeing that the opportunity was missed, the little novice could not help but sigh.

Lu Xinghe put away the talisman left by the other party, and asked in confusion: "What is a son of God?"

"Son of God, you have a lot of background..."