Li Xiuyuan didn't know how to answer for a while. In a flash, he returned to that day when he was young.
Why did I want to practice with my husband in the first place? What is your original intention?
Heavenly beings fly in the sky.
But his heart was stuck in the long river of memory, that is, the wanderer who wandered through the heavens could go back to the past.
The father and mother of that year, the husband of that year, the girl in red who had a fight with her in the snow, can never go back.
Sitting on the futon, Li Xiuyuan was silent for a long time.
Until a gust of mountain wind blew into the Buddhist temple, blowing the prayer flags above the head again, and the jingle bells rang.
Li Xiuyuan murmured: "It would make the Bodhisattva laugh. My original intention to practice with my husband was just because I didn't want to be bullied by a girl."
He even remembered that day, the maid from the General's Mansion ran outside the classroom of the school and told him that the young lady from the General's Mansion had to clean up his joke.
Now it seems that it was just Shangguan Wushuang's unintentional words.
But at that moment, he was serious.
I'm afraid that if I can't defeat the young lady from the General's Mansion, I will be laughed at in Fengyun City...
And in the blink of an eye, Qingmei back then had married another woman, but she was still a wanderer, wandering in the long river of time.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shake his head: "Bodhisattva, nothing can go back."
All the grievances and grievances are in vain, he is still the same young man as before.
And the girl back then is no longer the little girl who was standing outside the general's mansion and just wanted to have a fight with her.
Before Ksitigarbha could speak, Li Xiuyuan laughed at himself: "There is a saying in the world that the pearls shed tears when they return to the king. I wish we could meet each other when we were still young, and we were young at that time..."
Ji Zang looked at Li Xiuyuan who was indulging in the old days, and suddenly had the illusion that he had returned to that moment in his life.
After a long time, looking at Li Xiuyuan with red eyes, Ji Zang also laughed to himself.
He said calmly: "You are good. At least your original intention was for the one you loved. Even if the years passed, you could not get together in the end."
"You might as well think about it, not to mention your childhood sweetheart, is your current friend. Who can always be by your side and follow you until the end?"
"Think about it carefully, when you stand on the sea of stars one day, when you hold a fishing rod in your hand, who will be next to you?"
Ksitigarbha smiled bitterly and said: "I can't use worldly methods to enlighten you. I can only borrow a sentence from Buddhism: Dharma should be given up, let alone illegal. Can you understand?"
Hearing this, Li Xiuyuan's Zen mind suddenly became confused and his eyebrows frowned slightly.
It was as if he were the Buddhas on the altar. He had already crossed the ferry in front of him, but he was still carrying the small boat he was reluctant to leave behind.
The corner of his mouth moved, and he said in a daze: "I understand the truth, but sometimes I can't help myself."
Although Ksitigarbha could not fully understand Li Xiuyuan's thoughts, he also thought of some possibilities.
After thinking for a while, he shook his head and said, "If you could do everything the right way, then you wouldn't have to search for the truth you want in the long river of time. Are you really an idiot?"
Li Xiuyuan gradually calmed down and said resolutely: "I haven't heard the truth yet, so it's only to be expected that I'll be tortured by the same truth several times."
Ji Zang nodded and said: "You clearly understand these principles, but you insist on dragging me in again and letting me chew the bitterness of your past."
Li Xiuyuan chuckled and said, "I brewed some wine in the imperial city at the foot of the mountain. Why don't you come over and taste it? I'll give you a few jars."
Jizo's eyes gradually warmed up as he watched him, like the summer sun on the snow-capped mountains.
It reminded him of the days when Li Xiuyuan practiced Buddhism in the abyss. If Li Xiuyuan had not transformed into Ksitigarbha, he would not have had the opportunity to step out of the abyss and walk around the heavens.
Thinking of this, Ji Zang said in a deep voice: "Have you ever thought that if you want to go out alone next time, will you be too lonely?!"
Even Ksitigarbha also liked the wine Li Xiuyuan brewed in Dazhou, but he couldn't be too greedy.
Therefore, he did not answer Li Xiuyuan's words.
Instead, imagine where he will go next and who he will meet next time?
When Li Xiuyuan was asked by Bodhisattva, he thought of Shuzi and Xiaohu who were about to leave him, Xiaohei who might leave him, and the two girls.
Thinking about it carefully, even when I went to Xuanwu Continent alone, I didn't seem so lonely.
If next time, I really have to face all kinds of things alone, but I can't change the things in front of me, I'm afraid I will really have a fear of loneliness.
Sighing, Li Xiuyuan said quietly: "Bodhisattva, please don't scare me. In the worst case, I will treat you to another delicious meal in the world."
"You should understand that your future is not decided by me."
Ksitigarbha looked at him and said seriously: "As a Buddhist, you should understand the cause and effect in the world. Although one's practice is boring and boring, it can help you realize a lot of cause and effect, and you don't have to worry about others."
Li Xiuyuan frowned slightly when he heard this. After a long time, he gradually regained his composure.
The old Taoist priest repeatedly warned him about the law of cause and effect. Although he had not been involved in any cause and effect during his trip to the Great Zhou Dynasty.
But because Xiao Hei left him, he unknowingly and out of necessity got involved in some of the causes and effects of this world.
In the end, it still affected me.
For example, the old Taoist priest and Gao Yue'er on the snow mountain, and even Qingyu who went to Dingzhou to fight for the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but say: "It was Xiao Hei's cause, but the final result will still fall on my head. In this way, their cause and effect also became my cause and effect in the end."
"Although I have repeatedly warned myself not to get involved in karma in Dazhou, because my brother left me, he got involved in karma, which is equivalent to me getting involved in his karma."
"Don't worry, Bodhisattva, I will sort out these causes and effects before leaving the Great Zhou Dynasty, and then resolve these causes and effects."
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and said seriously: "Whether it's the wind or the flags, in the end I have to personally take action to calm some people's hearts."
Ksitigarbha nodded gently and said: "Now that you have figured it out, the cause and effect of Buddha and Tao in this world is no longer your cause and effect."
Li Xiuyuan disagreed, but couldn't help but ask: "What if one day I have to face the cause and effect of Buddha and Tao in this world?"
Ksitigarbha was shocked when he heard this. After frowning and thinking for a long time, he said with a tired face: "If there is such a day, you must be prepared to achieve Nirvana."
"Will I ignite the fire of Nirvana in the Great Zhou?"
Li Xiuyuan said incredulously: "I can only cultivate the formless golden body to the ninth level..."
He naturally understands that if the fire of Nirvana is ignited in the Great Zhou Dynasty, it means that he will step into the realm of Nirvana in Buddhism.
And there are still some unfinished parts of the catastrophe he has endured.
Is it possible that he wants to take the final calamity with him to the future Tang Dynasty?
There was silence in the Buddhist hall for a while.
Even Li Xiuyuan, who had experienced many tribulations, felt the strongest uneasiness since he started practicing Buddhism.
Even more than that time when he was swallowed by the dragon in the ruins of death in the Demon Realm.
After thinking for a while, Li Xiuyuan asked: "Bodhisattva, is it dangerous to burn the fire of Nirvana?"
He remembered that after Mu Mu forcibly ignited the fire of Nirvana in order to save him in an unknown land, it took countless years to complete his Phoenix Nirvana.
Ksitigarbha obviously did not expect that Li Xiuyuan would be as afraid as Kun, and a strange smile appeared on his face.
He said: "Will you be in danger when you break through the tribulation? Is there any danger when your phaseless golden body breaks through the tribulation? If you ask me about this, who should I ask?"
Looking at Li Xiuyuan's haggard expression, Ji Zang waved his hand and said, "Do you have any unfinished questions? If it's okay, just go down the mountain. This is not your dojo."
Li Xiuyuan smiled when he heard this and said, "Bodhisattva, I never thought that this world would become the sorrow of all Buddhas."
Ksitigarbha smiled bitterly and said, "Let's wait and see when you become Ksitigarbha again. Then I'll let you taste what I feel like today."
Li Xiuyuan sighed and said in an almost inaudible voice: "There is no need to transform into Ksitigarbha. When I was in Da Qin, I already experienced enough pain of being unable to control myself and having no choice but to do anything."
That day, when Gao Jianli looked at the red sun in his arms and entered reincarnation.
He told himself that he would never experience such a painful thing again.
Ksitigarbha read some of Li Xiuyuan's past in Great Qin from his face, and the compassion on his face gradually grew stronger.
He sighed softly and said: "I hope that in the future kalpas, I will set up convenient methods for all sentient beings to be liberated from sin."
Li Xiuyuan didn't want to uncover his scars anymore, so he clasped his hands and said, "May the Bodhisattva's mercy be saved, and may there be no resentful souls in the abyss."
Jizo laughed and said, "You kid, enjoy your journey."
After saying this, the breeze blew up in the Buddhist hall, the sutras were swaying, and bursts of sandalwood scent filled the air.
Looking up again, Ksitigarbha on the Buddhist altar has remained motionless, leaving this world with a gust of breeze.
A stick of incense was burned and placed in the incense burner on the Buddhist altar.
Sitting on the futon, Li Xiuyuan lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, and recited the remaining half volume of the Ksitigarbha Sutra slowly and slowly. For a while, the Buddhist hall was filled with a strange fragrance.
Bells rang gently along with Li Xiuyuan's chanting.
I see them with the eyes of a Buddha, so they are still countless. These are all the kalpas that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has lived through for a long time, have been saved, should be saved, have not been saved, have been achieved, should be achieved, have not been achieved...
The sound of reciting turned into streaks of golden light, which diffused from the temple to the outside.
Until the golden light above the Buddhist temple spread to other Buddhist temples, all the Buddhas in Xilin Temple instantly opened their eyes, and the sound of solemn recitation of Buddhist sutras could be heard all over the mountains and plains.
It immediately shocked the abbot master of Xilin Temple, the monks of Luohan Hall, and a group of elders and monks.
"Buddhas wake up, this is a great event that has not happened in a hundred years!" The voice of the abbot master rang in the ears of the monks.
"Buddhas chant sutras, this is the miracle of Xilin Temple!" The elder of Luohan Hall also said.
So the abbot took the elders of Luohan Hall and a group of elders who woke up from meditation to search the Buddhist temples one after another.
They want to find the Buddhist temple where the miracle happened, and find the destined person who can lead the Buddhas to wake up.
Until the abbot master led a group of elders to search all the way and came to Ksitigarbha.
I saw three cups of spiritual wine in front of the Buddha altar, and half a stick of incense was still smoking in the incense burner.
There was a strange fragrance in the Buddhist hall, and the sounds of Buddhist sutras being recited could be heard in the ears of the monks.
But Li Xiuyuan was nowhere to be seen.
The abbot master clasped his hands together, looked at Ksitigarbha on the Buddhist altar and asked, "Bodhisattva, please tell me, is there a noble person coming to Xilin Temple today?"
The Bodhisattva on the altar still lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, and did not respond to the abbot's question.
The elder of Luohan Hall thought for a while and asked: "Brother Abbot, why don't you ask the senior brother of Zhike Hall who are the noble people who came to the temple today?"
The abbot lit a stick of incense and offered it in front of the Buddha.
He clasped his hands together and said, "Let's go check it out. This is an unusual and major event."
All the elders released their spiritual consciousness one after another and went to the temple to search... but their search yielded no results.
Li Xiuyuan, who was wearing a white shirt, had already left Xilin Temple and got on the carriage on the roadside.
