The spring water on the stove has just been put on, and the charcoal fire in the small stove has not yet burned.
Helian Ruoxue looked at Li Xiuyuan in front of her, thought for a while and asked: "Sir, I have been sitting in the pavilion all day, and last night in my dream, I seemed to see a drop of water."
Crow was stunned, turned to look at Li Xiuyuan and asked, "Master, what does a drop of water mean?"
"It means you were sitting in the inn that day, looking at the waterfall outside the window."
Li Xiuyuan looked at Helian Ruoxue and said with a smile: "A drop of water looks very weak, but look at the waterfall, the Peach Blossom River at the foot of the mountain, and then think about the East China Sea."
Crow didn't understand, so he stopped talking and waited for his junior sister to cook porridge and his master to boil water.
Helian Ruoxue was thoughtful, silently thinking that the drop of water in her heart was about to jump into the mountain stream and then rush into the waterfall outside the temple.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but murmur to myself: "It seems that water is very weak, but the rocks in the mountains cannot stop it from rushing towards the river."
"Yes, that's the truth."
Li Xiuyuan poured tea leaves into the pot and continued: "A drop of water seems weak, a bowl of water can water the flowers, and a lake of water can feed a villager."
"But I don't want to be a lake."
Helian Ruoxue shook her head and said, "I want to be like this waterfall, at least running towards the Peach Blossom River, all the way to the East China Sea."
Crow turned his head and looked at Helian Ruoxue with a strange expression, thinking, what is the difference between this drop of water and a river of water?
Thinking of this, it couldn't help but said: "Master, in my opinion, if the princess doesn't have this drop of water, I'm afraid she will never become a pot of water on this table."
Helian Ruoxue was shocked when she heard this and was speechless for a moment.
However, Li Xiuyuan patted its head with rare satisfaction and praised: "Yes, I am finally no longer an idiot."
After speaking, he looked at Helian Ruoxue and said, "Let's not talk about a drop of water. Let's talk about the Peach Blossom River. It goes all the way east from Furong Town. If not, there are countless waterfalls flowing down like this in the mountains."
"I understand. The Peach Blossom River probably dried up before it even flowed into the East China Sea, Master. Is this true?"
Crow looked at Helian Ruoxue and smiled: "Master's intention is probably to tell you not to worry."
Helian Ruoxue thought of the small bridges and flowing water in the palace and those fishes, and couldn't help but sigh quietly, looking at the crows and smiling bitterly.
"Okay, let me first try to turn a drop of water into a bowl of water, but what about the fish in the water? What should they do?"
Li Xiuyuan looked puzzled and asked, "Where is the fish?"
"The fish are in the royal garden of the palace. Although no one is going to hurt them, it is too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter. There are always some fish that cannot survive."
Speaking of this, Helian Ruoxue looked at Li Xiuyuan helplessly and asked, "Sir, what should I do with those fish?"
"Buzz!" In the flash of lightning, Li Xiuyuan thought of his first dream about fish.
In the dream, on their way to Tianyu City to visit their master, he and Mu Mu saw several frozen fish in the water tank of the inn.
From that moment on, he was thinking about whether to put the fish into the lake outside the inn. ….
I also thought that if this fish swam into the river from the secret passage in the lake, would it be eaten by the big fish? Will it be caught by fishermen and cooked and eaten?
Even if you are lucky enough to reach the sea, there are still bigger fish in the sea.
He had discussed this principle with Ksitigarbha countless times, but in the end Ksitigarbha did not convince him, and he did not convince himself either.
I never thought that when I came to this world, a woman would ask me about how the fish should deal with themselves because of a drop of Ruoshui Sword Intent.
But at the moment, he obviously couldn't tell a reason that convinced Helian Ruoxue, and he didn't want to mislead her.
"Princess, are you thinking too much? You don't even have a bowl of water."
Seeing the master frowning tightly, Crow couldn't help but feel annoyed.
Fuchi replied: "When you have saved enough of that bowl of water, I will ask your Queen again."
Helian Ruoxue was stunned, looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked softly: "Sir, is this problem very troublesome?"
Li Xiuyuan sighed and replied: "The truths we talked about before are all about the simplicity of the Dao, but those who don't know that monks who can touch the Dao have spent a lifetime to solve countless complicated problems one by one."
"Just like the fish you said, if you don't have a lake, how can you feed the fish? If you have a lake, how can the fish not survive because it's too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter?"
When the crow heard this, he was stunned and speechless.
Even though it has not yet transformed, it is still a monster, but along the way, it has also learned a lot from Li Xiuzhen.
It was the first time that the master said such truth like today, so it was deeply shocked.
Helian Ruoxue also frowned tightly after hearing this.
After being silent for a long time, he replied: "Originally, the water in the palace garden was too shallow and too little to provide a large enough place for the fish to live."
"It's just that this world is too big. Where can a monk find enough peace? Is it the palace, the Duanmu family's Tianshui, or my small temple?"
Li Xiuyuan sighed: "Beyond the sword intention, there is the sword power, and above the sword power, there is a higher realm, just like a drop of water in front of you, not even a single sword power can make a difference."
"You can have breakfast!"
Huajiao came in with the porridge and said with a smile: "Princess, do you want to eat it first or deliver it to Qingfeng first?"
"I'll eat first, and then I'll go see Qingfeng. I'll also read the Buddhist scriptures there."
Helian Ruoxue smiled lightly and said to Li Xiuyuan, "Thank you, sir."
"Hey, this matter can't be rushed. When your cultivation is higher, you can discuss this issue with your aunt."
Waving his hand, Li Xiuyuan said with a smile: "The tea hasn't been brewed yet, so you can eat porridge first. Thank you for your hard work on Zanthoxylum bungeanum."
"Huajiao is not bitter. The seniors at the foot of the mountain gave me some money. Now Huajiao is no longer a poor man." After speaking, he looked at the crow and said, "Huajiao can't tell, but the senior brother and sister are actually rich men and women. The senior said that only You two don’t want it, and neither does the master.”
Crow shook his head: "Master said that if the wealth of this world goes to another world, it may be of little use."
Even though he said this, the crow didn't understand why it could still use gold coins to buy things after coming here from the wilderness. ….
When Helian Ruoxue went to meet Qingfeng in the pavilion with a bowl of porridge, Crow chatted with the old man from the mountain about the topic that had just been fruitless.
After he finished, he looked at the old man and asked: "Senior, what does fish mean? From now on, I just want to become a human, not a fish."
When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Li Xiuyuan who was copying Buddhist scriptures.
After thinking for a while, he asked, "You can try asking Qingfeng to copy Buddhist scriptures."
He did not rush to answer the crow's question, but thought that it might not be long before the three masters and disciples in front of him would leave this world.
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and replied: "I haven't seen his compassion yet, don't worry, I have copied many Buddhist scriptures, enough for the descendants of Yunqi Temple to practice Buddhism."
He didn’t talk about cultivating the Tao, but about spiritual practice.
Just because he does not think that future generations can learn any Taoism from Buddhist scriptures, he does not intend to pass on the formless Dharmakaya and the formless golden body here.
Everything in the world has its own way of survival, he is just a passerby.
"Compassion."
When the old man heard this, he was speechless, but he was thinking about his own thoughts. Compared with the young man in front of him, was he compassionate enough?
Crow interrupted and said, "Qingfeng always stays on the mountain. Even if the master lets him copy Buddhist scriptures, dig in the ground, and learn swordsmanship, he still won't learn compassion. It's better to go down the mountain."
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly: "What about you?"
The crow croaked: "I am a crow, not a human. Master, please don't test me."
At this point, the old man burst into laughter, touched the crow's head and said, "If the world is compared to the sea of stars, we are all just a small fish in it."
After some explanations from the old man, the crow suddenly understood.
He murmured to himself: "Isn't it true that I am not even a fish now?"
While copying the scriptures, Li Xiuyuan replied: "That's right, so you have to think carefully about when to start being a human being with your senior sister."
Crow shook his head: "This is not urgent, master, don't rush me."
The old man laughed: "Then you have to work harder and strive to be the only crow in the world. That's not bad."
Crow lay on the table and thought about it for a long time, until Li Xiuyuan put down the wolf hair in his hand and sat down to drink tea with the old man.
It said proudly: "I'm just waiting for the master to become the fisherman. From now on, I will follow him and help him carry the fish basket."
The old man was shocked when he heard this. He first wanted to say that it was really inexplicable and that this was an absolutely impossible thing.
After a quick thought, he looked at the master and apprentice again, speechless.
Thinking that the three masters and disciples came from another world after all, and were just passing through here, maybe there really would be that day that the crow said!
After a moment of silence, the old man sighed: "In this way, you no longer have to be a fish wandering in the heavens."
Li Xiuyuan also didn't expect that this guy just said something carelessly, but actually said the most truth.
He reached out and touched its head, poured a cup of spiritual tea and placed it in front of the crow, and said with a smile: "If you dream more, I will become an immortal and a god as my teacher, and then I will take you fishing."
The crow croaked and said with a smile: "It's okay, I've been dreaming about this dream since before the decisive battle."…
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and ignored it, but said to the old man: "Senior, think about how you can see Qingfeng's compassion."
"He can be stupid, or he can be so poor that he doesn't have a penny, or he can even have no cultivation. However, if he wants to be a qualified monk in Yunqi Temple, he must have compassion."
After saying that, he looked at the crow and asked, "Do you understand what I mean??"
When Crow heard this, he almost fell off the table, looking at the black cloth covering Li Xiuyuan's eyes, thinking about the scene with blood and tears flowing from his eyes outside the Ding'an City Lord's Mansion that day.
He was so shocked that he immediately flew to the old man's shoulder and shouted: "I know!!"
"Tell me about it." Li Xiuyuan thought to himself that this guy is no more cunning than Xiao Hei, or even smarter than Xiao Hei.
The old man didn't say anything at the moment, he just wanted the crow to tell the answer to the riddle.
Crow sighed and said in the old man's ear: "Master is afraid that Qingfeng will one day be unable to withstand the temptation of outsiders and turn into a demon that will cause harm to the whole party. Master and I have experienced this before."
After thinking about it, he asked again: "Master, you said it would take three years to suppress the devil before he was gone. I wonder how long it has been now?"
The old man felt as if he was struck by lightning when he heard this. Although he was as clever as ever, he did not think about the thoughts of the master and the disciple.
He lowered his head, thinking about some of his past events, and his lover who had left him. He couldn't help but shed a few lines of tears, and murmured to himself, "That's true."
Li Xiuyuan didn't know the old man's past because the old man had never opened his wounds in front of him.
He had no choice but to look at the crow and explain: "The flow of time in each world is different. Maybe one year has passed since we were here, and only three months have passed in the wilderness. Maybe five years have passed there."
The crow said "Oh!" and looked at the old man and said, "Master said that if you become a Buddha with just one thought, you can become a Buddha with just one thought, and even life and death are just a matter of a thought."
The old man pinched the corners of his sleeves to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and replied softly: "That's right."
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