When the sunlight from the mountain shone into the entrance of the cave, Li Ye woke up from his trance.
Looking at his fallen posture, he felt very strange. Every time he finished reciting sutras, he would fall asleep and sleep until dawn.
Since having Xiaobai, he sleeps very soundly at night and rarely even dreams.
Why did he look different today? He shook his head and stopped thinking about it for the time being.
He stretched his arms and legs, climbed up from the ground, and walked out of the cave. There was a plate of wild fruits, a hare, and a pheasant on the ground. Li Ye smiled and walked towards the woods outside the cave.
Just like the woods in Fairy Peak Cave, there is a flat land outside the woods where he can use Fuhu Luohan Fist to his heart's content.
After playing the Crouching Tiger Arhat Boxing that I hadn't practiced for many days, and sweating all over, I walked towards the river outside the woods. Xiaobai followed him with his tail wagging.
After washing up, he found a stone by the river to sharpen his knife. He looked at Xiaobai who was having fun by the water and said, "Xiaobai, there is something different about you today. Have you grown up a little? Even your hair has become more beautiful. "
Xiaobai looked at him, howled twice, and continued to play by the water, thinking about how to catch the small fish swimming by the river.
After eating the fruit sent by the old ape for breakfast, Li Ye led Xiaobai into the forest and started cutting down trees. Since he agreed to the old ape to stay here for a year, he had to build a wooden shed in front of the cave like his husband did before.
The house won't, but building a wooden shed is still no problem. No need to stay in a cave on a windy or rainy day.
Now that you have entered the Tao, you only need to practice slowly, and there is no need to sit in boring meditation like the Poxu monk.
He wanted to practice while enjoying the beautiful scenery of Tianshan Mountain.
The noise of cutting down trees was so loud that it alarmed the old ape at the foot of the waterfall, who led several of his children and grandchildren up to watch the fun.
Seeing Li Ye dragging the cedar tree towards the cave, he quickly asked the little apes to help, while asking: "Little sir, why did you chop down the tree so early in the morning?"
Li Ye replied to him while dragging the tree: "Since I promised you to practice here for a year, I naturally have to build a shed outside the cave. Summer is coming. There is a place to stay in the sun, wind or rain. ."
The old ape asked his children and grandchildren to ask Li Ye to drag the cedar in his hand to the platform outside the cave. Li Ye turned around and went back to the woods to continue chopping.
He had to cut down four cedars. Xiaobai saw the apes coming to help, and he was so happy that he howled and had fun around Li Ye and the old ape.
After cutting down enough cedars, Li Ye began to peel the bark on the platform. The old ape sat on a stone on one side and looked at him, and asked indifferently: "What do you want with these barks, young gentleman?"
"The bark of this tree is very oily and can be used as a roof and around the wooden shed to protect it from wind and rain." Li Ye skillfully used the knife in his hand.
"Senior, I saw that there is no bamboo around here. Could you please ask your children and grandchildren to find me some bamboo? One is to build a roof, and the other is to make two deck chairs. This way you can lie down and chat when you come. ."
Li Ye looked at him and asked carefully.
The old ape nodded and called his children and grandchildren beside him to tell him to go down. There was a squeaking sound, and several tall apes whizzed away and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The old ape looked at Li Ye who was peeling the bark of the tree seriously, thought for a moment and said, "The old man was very sad and angry when you saw me yesterday. I didn't expect that your expression today is not as depressed as yesterday."
Li Ye looked at Li Yuan with a smile and said softly: "Thank you, senior. The appearance of my body has changed due to being struck by lightning. It made me understand some truths at night and I was able to enter the Tao. To say the least, I have to thank this person for it." A thunderstorm.”
The old ape was stunned and looked at him speechless.
Looking at the dazed old ape, Li Ye continued: "Just like the seniors, who have been cultivating Taoism for hundreds of years are just thinking that one day they will gain Taoism, abandon this physical body, and be able to transform into bodies and voids."
"In the eyes of the younger generation, the elders can achieve enlightenment even if they don't change their form. Buddhism says: There is no self, no one, no sentient beings, and no lifespan. This is the truth.
After I was struck by lightning yesterday, my descendants just thought about my handsome appearance and turned into a black man in a hurry, so I felt sad. "
"Later, when I was reciting sutras in the cave, I thought about it. Could it be that I was struck black by a thunder calamity and that I would not be able to enter the Tao in this life? Do I have to enter the Tao as a human being? Then why should I practice hard?"
There was a "boom", like thunder flying past his ears, and the old ape fell down on the bluestone floor, crying freely.
After a while, the old ape sat upright and kowtowed three times to Li Ye respectfully.
He said solemnly: "The little gentleman is indeed the reincarnation of the real Buddha. Please don't wake up the dreamer. The old ape always thought that he had to take off his wild skin to gain enlightenment. It turns out that he was possessed by the dream."
"Appearance is persistence, how can persistence be enlightened? The old ape met the young gentleman in the mountains. He is really lucky in his lifetime!"
Li Ye quickly returned the gift, looked at the old ape and said: "Senior can understand this truth, then the day of enlightenment is not far away. The junior also wants to thank the senior, because of the opportunity of the senior, Li Ye can enter the golden elixir in one day , and entered Taoism overnight. Could these be the fates that practitioners pursue throughout their lives but never find."
"It's also because the young gentleman has a compassionate heart and is willing to save sentient beings like us in the mountains and fields, that's why we have these fates."
The old ape shook his head, looked at the sky and sighed.
A conversation with Li Ye could not have been more than an enlightenment, allowing him to enter Taoism immediately.
"It turns out that the old ape was wrong before. Everything in the world has animism, and there is a way to enter the Tao. Why do you have to take off this wild skin so hard? Chao Wen Dao, it turns out that this is Chao Wen Dao... "
There is a sequence for hearing the Tao, but there is no fixed time for attaining the Tao. The old ape practiced hard for many years without being able to hear the Tao. Once he heard the Tao, he was like Li Ye and was able to enter the Tao.
This is like a vat of wine that has been brewing for hundreds of years, but the world still cannot taste its fragrance. Once someone opens the mouth of the urn, the aroma of wine that has been aging for hundreds of years will naturally spread out from the urn.
The old ape who was sitting upright closed his eyes, and a Buddha light rose faintly from his body.
After listening to the Buddhist scriptures for several nights, and then receiving Li Ye's personal teaching, he was able to enlighten the Tao in one fell swoop after practicing hard for many years, and from then on he entered the supreme wonderful realm.
Looking at the old ape's appearance, Li Ye stopped what he was doing and softly recited the "Ksitigarbha Sutra" to pray for the old ape.
He also didn't expect that the old ape had already heard the Tao, understood it and entered the Tao before the wooden shed was built today.
It seemed as if it had been practicing for thousands of years just to wait for Li Ye to appear.
And Li Ye, who was practicing hard in Tianshan, also saved decades or hundreds of years of hard training because of the opportunity of the old ape.
Everything in the world, every drink and every peck, has its own destiny.
Five hundred years ago, each of us reaped the fruits of what we sown.
At the moment, Li Ye and Lao Yuan were both happy to see each other. They each gained the kind heart and good karma that the Buddha talked about.
Li Ye recited Buddhist scriptures leisurely, and the Buddha's light on the old ape gradually became stronger. At this moment, the yellow hair all over his body became golden and shiny.
The structure of his body is also undergoing huge changes, and he will become like Mu Mu's master Bai Susu, stepping out of the void...
After an hour of this, the old ape slowly opened his eyes, and the Buddha's light on his body gradually dissipated.
Li Ye also stopped chanting sutras and looked at the old ape with a smile: "Congratulations, senior, for finally being able to escape from the mortal world and enter the supreme avenue."
At this time, the old ape's whole body was trembling with excitement, and tears fell from his deep-set eyes again. After a thousand years of hard work, he finally entered the Tao, but he could not be as calm as before.
He stepped forward and stretched out his broad palm to hold Li Ye's small hand, and murmured: "Thank you very much. If you have the opportunity, I will come back to repay the kindness of the young gentleman today."
Li Ye was happy for the old ape and replied in a high voice: "It's a great joy that the century-old wish of my predecessors has finally come true. Now you only need to sense the rules of the world and find an opportunity to survive the last calamity, and then you can break through the void and leave this place. All over heaven and earth.”
"I met a senior before, and it was like the senior. In the end, my master accompanied her to the top of the Tianshan Mountains to escape the tribulation. If the senior senses the rules of heaven and earth one day, he can go to the top of the mountain to escape the tribulation."
The old ape stood up with a tower-like body, raised his fists, and roared loudly towards the Tianshan Mountains for several days to vent his sorrow and joy.
After a while, he stopped his voice and turned around to sit on the ground again.
Looking at Li Ye, he said: "There is no rush to overcome the tribulation. Now that I have entered the Tao, I have to stay with these children and grandchildren here and teach them more principles so that they can understand the principles of practice in the future, so as not to follow my old path again."
Xiao Bai beside him has been lying on the ground listening to Li Ye reciting sutras and watching the old ape's enlightenment and entry into the Tao.
In fact, its fate is the deepest. It first met Li Ye after being injured, and then followed Li Ye to listen to sutras every night, bathing in the supreme Buddha's light. In addition, today it witnessed the old ape enter the Taoism, which made it early. Then I understood my future path of spiritual practice.
He whined twice and bit the corner of Li Ye's clothes with his mouth open. That means you understand.
Li Ye stretched out his hand and touched its head and said, "As a foodie, you know how to eat. Today, to celebrate the senior's entry into Taoism, we will cook a pot of rice to eat."
Immediately, he asked Xiaobai to follow him to the river. While running, he silently recited the twelve-character mantra and gently turned the ring on his left finger.
When he ran to the river, an iron pot and a bag of rice appeared in his hand. Li Ye carefully washed the rice in the river, washed the pot, let Xiaobai bite the pot, and picked up a few pieces from the river. The big stone turned around and headed towards the cave.
He set up a stove, lit the cut cedar branches, set up an iron pot and started cooking. He took out the baggage from the ring, took out the dried meat, tore it into pieces and threw it into the pot. He wanted to cook a pot of meat rice that he had not eaten for a long time.
Looking at the frightened old ape, Li Ye said with a smile: "Senior, today we have a meal of human rice. Congratulations on your enlightenment and entering the Tao."
The old ape nodded to express his gratitude.
Taking advantage of the cooking time, one person and one ape worked together to erect the four cedar tree poles that Li Ye had peeled and closed the tenons. In a moment, the frame of a wooden shed was erected against the entrance of the hole.
Li Ye said with a smile: "Next, we will slowly repair the roof and eaves of the shed. When your descendants come back after finding bamboo, I will spend a few more days working on it."
"In the days to come, if you are bored, come up and chat with the juniors, practice some exercises, and enjoy your last year in Tianshan."
Li Ye raised his head, thinking that the gentleman who had accompanied Bai Susu to the top of the mountain had been there for several months, and he was counting the days and should be back.
I wonder if he would be anxious if he couldn't see him when he returned to the cabin? Should he go down the mountain to find Li Hongxiu to find out about himself, or should he go over the mountains and ridges to find himself who has lost his way.
On the stone stove, the grease in the cedar branches was burning gently, and the fragrance of rice and dried meat began to come out of the pot, which reminded Xiaobai and the old ape who had never eaten food in the world. appetite.
An old man and a young man were gathered around the pot, waiting for Li Ye to give the order to start eating.
The summer in Tianshan is already a bit hot, shining lazily on the stone platform outside the cave.
In the distance, you can already hear the soft chirping of cicadas that have just climbed up the tree and have not yet grown wings.
