When Faming saw Lotte asking, he answered truthfully:
"Senior Brother Lotte doesn't know something. This person's name is Bai Zhi, and he is the second son of the great elder of Yaowang Valley. Perhaps because he has practiced in Yaowang Valley since he was a child, he lacks experience and is inevitably a bit arrogant."
When Lotte heard Fa Ming's words and saw the faint smile on the young monk's face, he couldn't help but laugh.
Doesn't he mean that the boy has grown up under the protection of Yaowang Valley and has never experienced the hardships and dangers of the world, so he doesn't know how high the sky is and how high it is?
This little monk can actually say these words in a serious manner. He is really an interesting person.
After laughing for a while, when he saw Lan Yunxin and Bu Xiaotian looking at him strangely, he realized that they did not understand the meaning of the young monk's words and did not intend to explain. He asked with a smile:
"Where are you two going next?"
The young monk shook his head and said:
"The poor monk didn't know where to go. A few months ago, the master suddenly asked the poor monk to go down the mountain to practice. He didn't say where he wanted the poor monk to go. He only said to pay more attention to the movements of the demon sect.
After the poor monk came down from the mountain, he walked eastward to trace the whereabouts of the people from the Demon Sect. When he arrived at Dingyuan City in Zhongzhou, he happened to meet Senior Sister Lan, and Bai Zhi and Zi Ye, brothers and sisters from Yaowang Valley.
At that time, they were being besieged by a group of demon sect people. Naturally, the poor monk couldn't just sit back and watch, so he helped them.
After the people from the Demon Cult retreated, the poor monk learned that it turned out that Senior Sister Lan and the other three were suddenly ordered to go down the mountain for training a few months ago, and accidentally discovered a Demon Cult branch north of Dingyuan City.
These people were all masters in the punishment altar. They came after the altar was exposed and happened to meet the poor monk.
So the poor monk immediately rushed with them, destroyed the punishment altar, and killed 90% of the demon sect members, leaving only a few fish that slipped through the net and escaped.
The four of us had nothing to do, so we simply followed their whereabouts and followed them, thinking that we might be able to follow the clues and find more people from the Demon Cult.
But he didn't expect that he would actually lure out the old monster Smiling Yama, and that's how he got captured by mistake. "
At the end of his speech, Fa Ming also showed a hint of embarrassment on his face.
Letian laughed, cupped his hands and said:
"The four of you dared to choose a branch of the Demon Cult. You are really brave. Letian admires you!"
Fa Ming smiled and explained:
"It's not that we are too fearless. In fact, Senior Sister Lan and the other three have already found out the details of that division altar before. We weighed it and decided to take the risk. Moreover, the three Patriarchs all broke into the Dragon Pond and Tiger's Den alone. We are waiting for Of course we can’t lose their face!”
Having said this, Fa Ming, who had always been very humble, couldn't help but show a bit of pride on his face.
"Okay! Practitioners like us should indeed make decisive decisions and not shrink back when encountering difficulties. Only in this way can we be worthy of the right path!"
Lotte also echoed.
"Where are you going next?"
But it was Lan Yunxin, who had been silent next to him, who spoke.
When Bu Xiaotian saw Lan Yunxin looking at him, he immediately replied:
"We are going to the South China Sea to help Lotte find the legendary Shark Teardrop."
After finishing speaking, he asked again:
"Senior Sister Lan, do you want to come with us?"
"good."
Seeing Lan Yunxin nodding in agreement, Bu Xiaotian was also a little surprised. He had just invited him politely, but he didn't expect Lan Yunxin to agree directly, and he felt a little at a loss.
"The poor monk has never had any dealings with the South China Sea sharks, so I just want to take this opportunity to see them."
Fa Ming also turned his eyes at this time and actually agreed to Bu Xiaotian's invitation.
After hearing the words of the two people, Letian's face suddenly showed joy and said:
"Okay! Now that we have two more companions, it will definitely be more interesting along the way. Xiaotian's personality is really a bit dull. Moreover, the strength of the South China Sea Shark clan is not weak. With two people helping us, this trip will be more interesting. The certainty is even greater!”
"In this case, I am disturbing you two. I hope you will take care of me."
Fa Ming clasped his hands together, lowered his head slightly and said.
"Okay, if that's the case, then it's settled!"
Lotte clenched his fist with his left hand and hit it on the palm of his right hand, thus confirming that the four of them would travel together in the South China Sea.
"It's not a good place to stay here for a long time. Let's leave here first."
Bu Xiaotian looked around and said.
Everyone nodded in praise, and immediately packed up the things thrown aside by the people of the Demon Cult.
Bu Xiaotian whistled into the forest, and not long after, he saw a black shadow crossing the bushes half a man tall and landing on the open space in front of a few people.
It was the black donkey who had been left outside the town. He didn't know how he managed to stay near Bu Xiaotian after so many things happened.
When the black donkey stopped, a few people saw clearly that there was a small white figure lying on the black donkey's back. Wasn't it the little snow wolf that disappeared before Bu Xiaotian and the others were captured?
Seeing the sudden appearance of the big one and the small one, Lan Yunxin and Faming both showed a hint of guard, but Lotte stopped them in time. Then they took back the magic weapons in their hands and looked at Hei Donkey and Little Snow Wolf with some surprise. .
Seeing the two people looking at each other, Hei Donkey raised his head high and let the two of them watch, while Little Snow Wolf looked at Lotte timidly.
Lan Yunxin's eyes lit up when she saw the little snow wolf. After Letian finished explaining the origins of the black donkey and the little snow wolf, she took it off the donkey's back and held it in her arms, gently stroking its fur. Showing Sisi's affection.
Little Snow Wolf was a little scared at first, but when he felt Lan Yunxin's gentle movements, he knew that she had no ill intentions toward it, so he stopped resisting and allowed her to hold it in her arms, with a look of enjoyment even showing on her little face. look.
Faming saw that the eyes of Hei Lu and Xiao Xue Lang were full of spirituality, and couldn't help but admire Bu Xiaotian and Letian's good luck.
After packing everything, the group of people didn't waste any more time. After identifying the direction, they left the woods together and flew towards the south.
For the next few days, the four of them walked together, and it was indeed quite lively. After a few days of getting along, the four of them became familiar with each other, and their words were no longer so polite.
At first, Xiaotian felt a little uncomfortable getting along with Lan Yunxin, but as they all traveled together and rested together, and after a few days of getting along with each other, they gradually got used to it.
Nothing major happened along the way. However, in the first two days, due to the presence of the monk Faming, a few people could no longer let the black donkeys hunt. They just quenched their thirst with wild fruits and mountain springs.
Fortunately, several of them are practitioners, so they don't feel any discomfort even if they don't eat meat.
However, Black Donkey and Little Snow Wolf couldn't stand it, so they finally ran out and dragged a wild deer back during a break, but were scolded by Bu Xiaotian.
It was Faming who stopped Bu Xiaotian from throwing away the wild deer, saying that although he had become a monk, he was not the kind of person who would not kill any living being. He only needed to strictly abide by the precepts and let them take their own course, and there was no need to violate his inner feelings for him. Will.
These words made several people look at him with high regard, so Bu Xiaotian took advantage of the situation and left the wild deer, and after Fa Ming saved him, he cleaned it, roasted it and ate it.
During this period, Lotte saw that Faming didn't show any strange expression and kept smiling as he watched several people barbecue and eat meat.
Then he came to him with some curiosity, held up the barbecue in his hand and asked:
"Junior Brother Faming, are you really just watching us kill and eat meat?"
Fa Ming smiled, nodded, and responded:
"Um."
"Don't you monks all pay attention to persuading people to do good and abstain from killing and sexual intercourse?"
"Senior Brother Lotte's words are neither true nor false. It is true that the poor monk is a monk, and it is also true that he advises people to do good.
But this Buddhist precept is not as you understand it, forcing others to do or not do something. The so-called abstaining from killing means abstaining from evil killings, not not not being able to kill. There is also a Buddhist saying that the Raging Eye King Kong subdues demons. If you encounter someone who has done evil, you should first persuade them to do good. If it is really impossible to persuade them, then remove their ability to do evil. When you really encounter someone who has done the most evil, you will take action to suppress him. "
"Wouldn't that be a crime of killing?"
"If I clearly know that he is incapable of doing good and have the ability to kill him, but let him go because of a moment of mercy, then the killings he commits in the future will be inseparable from me. That would be fair to those innocent creatures who died. ?"
"Eh? What you say makes sense, right? Then what you say doesn't contradict your so-called saying of putting down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha immediately?"
"Haha, the saying of putting down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha immediately does not actually mean that a person who has done countless evil things will become a Buddha if he stops killing people one day.
If it were true that one could become a Buddha in this way, wouldn’t Smiling Yama have become a Buddha long ago?
To truly put down the butcher's knife is not to put down the butcher's knife in your hand, but to put down the butcher's knife in your heart. It is easy to put down the butcher's knife in your hand, but it is difficult to remove the butcher's knife in your heart!
The butcher's knife in your heart is your own evil thoughts. You can imagine how difficult it is for those who do evil to completely let go of their evil thoughts.
If a person who has done countless evil things can truly let go of the evil thoughts in his heart and repent from the bottom of his heart for the mistakes he has made, what else is there that he cannot do?
If you have no evil in your heart, you will naturally become a Buddha! "
After listening to Fa Ming's words, Letian couldn't help but nod. Only this explanation can make sense to this question!
Bu Xiaotian and Lan Yunxin on the side also heard the conversation between the two, and they both nodded secretly, thinking that what Fa Ming said did make sense.
Bu Xiaotian was even thinking that if what he had said to Smiling Yama earlier was not to him but to Fa Ming, he might actually be persuaded by Fa Ming in turn.
Lotte seemed to want to win Fa Ming's argument and asked again:
"Then the wild deer killed by the black donkey is always innocent, right? Does it count as a crime of killing if the black donkey kills it?"
Fa Ming still had a calm smile and replied:
"This goes back to what the poor monk told you at the beginning, let nature take its course. For example, the most powerful animals in this mountain are tigers and leopards. However, tigers and leopards feed on other creatures. If one day all creatures no longer eat meat, , changed to a vegetarian diet.
Let’s not talk about whether the mountain forest in this area is enough for them to eat. Just talk about the animals such as wild deer and rabbits that feed on grass and trees. If there are no natural enemies, the population will definitely expand in an unimaginable way.
When their group expands to a certain level, there will come a day when all the vegetation in this mountain forest will not be enough for them to eat, and diseases will occur and the entire group will be exterminated! ” (Note: biological invasion, food chain and food web, natural regulation)
