Jinshan Temple is located in a cave among the stone Buddhas on the rock wall.
I saw the solemn monk sitting cross-legged on the colorless lotus, with thousands of Buddha lights shining brightly behind his head.
Three feet away from the monk, on the surface of the looming golden barrier, pictures of thirty-seven Buddhas and Bodhisattvas emerged one by one, rotating and flickering like a kaleidoscope.
Every time the thirty-seven Buddhas and Bodhisattvas turn around, the atmosphere in the barrier changes.
In less than a breath, the atmosphere inside the golden barrier changed thousands of times, and the face of the monk who was entrapped also kept changing.
From the elderly to children, from women to children...
Between the changes in the monk's appearance, only the face of a young man remained unchanged.
The owner of that young face was none other than Pei Wende, the temporary abbot of Jinshan Temple and known as Zen Master Fahai.
Legend has it that the Buddha had three thousand incarnations.
The original meaning of this sentence is that all living beings are Buddhas, and a true Buddha can understand the misery of the world.
However, when it came to Pei Wende, the situation was completely opposite.
Pei Wende is transforming thousands of sentient beings with his own body, experiencing the seven emotions of others, and trying to find a shortcut to truly cross the sea of suffering and reach the other side.
However, even though Pei Wende had the heaven-defying supernatural power of "enlightenment in a dream" and had to forget his lack of intelligence, he still could not truly achieve the supreme state of "I am the Buddha, I am all living beings" .
"Amitabha!"
In silence, Pei Wende opened his eyes with his hands clasped together.
Immediately afterwards, the Vajra Realm three feet around him suddenly disappeared, as if it had never appeared.
"Failed again?"
Lying on the Buddha's head not far from Pei Wende, Xiaoqing, holding a sword in one hand and drinking wine in the other, shook his head, his eyes full of drunkenness and indifference.
Since Wangchuan returned, Pei Wende had a vague feeling that he had hit a bottleneck.
Or rather, Pei Wende found a way to move on, a way to achieve Yangshen, the other side.
Unfortunately, the road has been found, but it is not clear whether Pei Wende can make it through.
"Just a simple simulation is still not enough. Some things are still a little bit worse just by simulation alone."
Pei Wende asked himself that he had experienced a lot, but a person's energy is limited after all.
Even at the beginning of his practice, Pei Wende clearly understood the importance of "innocent heart" and broke almost all the inertia of thinking and was not bound by any inherent prejudices.
But as long as Pei Wende is still a human being, he will inevitably have his own positions and opinions.
In Xiaoqing's opinion, this kind of character, which can be called "stable Taoist heart", can indeed help him make rapid progress in the early stages of practice.
But he is also limited by this kind of personality. No matter how objective his position is, Pei Wende cannot personally experience the joys, sorrows and joys that are different from his own.
"If I want to go further, apart from reincarnation and becoming another person, the only way is to truly experience the joys and sorrows of others."
Hearing this, Xiao Qing shook the wine bottle in his hand and put forward a completely different point of view.
"I don't know where you got it wrong, which makes you feel that you must turn yourself into someone else so that you can explore the 'other side' from another angle."
"I only know that if you practice cultivation to the end and become a complete stranger, then you must be on the wrong path."
Xiaoqing, who is unruly and carefree by nature, pursues immortality, but does not want to turn herself into a complete stranger for the sake of immortality.
In Xiao Qing's view, if you can't even keep your own true intention in the end of your practice, then the so-called immortality is just the immortality of others.
"So, this is just a shortcut."
Pei Wende is not as crazy as Dan Chenzi, who can split his personality into countless parts in order to become a Yang God.
So in the end, he just smiled bitterly and did not continue on this path that was destined to make him crazy.
"This is the nine hundred and sixty-seventh 'shortcut' you've been experimenting with these days!"
Using a questioning sentence with firm words, Xiaoqing was asking the question knowingly.
After reaching the level of Pei Wende, the path opened by the predecessors has almost come to an end. If you want to go further, you have to explore slowly by yourself.
At this point, Pei Wende, who possesses the magical power of "enlightenment in dreams", is much better than others.
At the very least, he has an unparalleled advantage in terms of trial and error.
"You remember it really clearly..."
Pei Wende slowly stood up from the grotto, and the colorless lotus at Pei Wende's feet immediately disappeared.
"Speaking of which, you should have already reached Level 4, right?"
"What form did you choose this time? Is it some kind of real dragon?"
Xiao Qing now has four forms: human form, mirage dragon, three green dragons and the original green snake. Pei Wende is very curious about what she will turn her fifth form into.
"In your words, I'm not a 'dragon cancer', so why do I collect so many true dragon forms?"
Rolling his eyes angrily, Xiaoqing suddenly raised his head and took a sip of wine. Then, in Pei Wende's surprised eyes, he transformed into a zombie with a ferocious face and wings on his back.
"Han Dao? White Fierce? Corpse Ghost? Or not turning into bones?"
The third eye between his eyebrows suddenly opened, and Pei Wende couldn't hide his surprise.
Because the new form that Xiao Qing transformed into was not any known zombie, but more like some kind of naturally bred ghost.
The current zombie form is just the external manifestation of such ghosts and gods, but its essence still belongs to the category of ghosts and gods of heaven and earth.
"No, I am now the embodiment of 'evil energy'."
The corner of his mouth curled up slightly in a ferocious arc, and Xiao Qing, whose voice was slightly hoarse, explained in a low voice.
"Actually, I have been thinking, since I have always pursued the ultimate change, why must the changing form be fixed in the category of 'creatures'?"
"The reason why ordinary monsters transform is due to their own lack of spiritual practice. The purpose is that the body with nine orifices can help them practice quickly."
"But I already have three different bodies with nine orifices, so can I use other purposes as the standard for transformation?"
"Fire, water, air, earth veins..."
"Am I able to transform into these 'invisible' forms?"
"So I finally decided to imitate your 'power of dragon vein' and gather the evil energy of heaven and earth to form a physical entity."
When he said this, Xiao Qing's voice paused slightly before continuing.
"Humans have given me wisdom, mirage dragons have given me strength, and three green dragons have given me immortality..."
"And this current form gives me the qualifications to become a 'ghost'."
"Just like the Dharma of Buddhism and the Yuanshen of Taoism, I am now qualified to follow the 'Shinto'."
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