vstars Chapter 124: The Woodcutter and the Mountain Snake, the Tumorous Snake
Chapter 124: The Woodcutter and the Mountain Snake, the Tumorous Snake
The Sutra Repository of Qizong Temple.
Open the door.
Dust was flying. This precious land had been occupied for so long, yet few people had set foot here.
Step on the ground.
Leaving behind a clear footprint.
Li Changxiao closed the door, took out a candle from his sleeve and lit it with a match.
The firelight illuminated the surroundings, and the dusty trail became more obvious.
Every step brings up a lot of dust.
As far as the eye can see.
There are rows of bookshelves.
Li Changxiao knocked on the bookshelf, and a crisp sound echoed continuously in the enclosed space.
If he guessed correctly.
The material of this bookshelf is "red copper", which is extremely strong and a relatively precious material. Low-level monks like to use it to make weapons.
Just now.
The red copper was also stained with a hint of green rust.
The Buddhist scriptures on the bookshelf are not paper books, but bamboo slips carved on bamboo strips and woven together with thin ropes.
Li Changxiao took one of them.
It records a short story, a story that cannot be any smaller.
Li Changxiao took out another bamboo slip.
These two bamboo slips are a pair of mother and son chapters, and their contents echo each other. They analyze the short story, explain the hidden truth in it, and which Buddhist principle it corresponds to.
Food for thought.
Li Changxiao couldn't help but sigh.
Jiuxiang Temple is indeed worthy of the words "famous and upright sect".
Before the spiritual energy was exhausted, he traveled all over the world, and the reputation of Jiuxiang Temple was, for most purposes, quite good.
Some dangerous places.
You can also see the monk from Jiuxiang Temple rescuing the people.
Li Changxiao recalled the rumors.
Before entering the Jiuxiang Temple, the monks are first considered as human beings, then their Buddha nature, and finally their talent for spiritual practice.
Moreover, there is one thing that Li Changxiao quite appreciates.
The saying "Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha instantly" does not apply to Jiuxiang Temple.
Anyone who has done evil in the past.
Even if you sincerely repent and make up your mind to practice Buddhism.
Not at all!
of course.
People are always complicated. Generally speaking, Jiuxiang Temple is a famous and upright sect, but it is not without desires. When it comes to the scramble for resources and the hatred between sects, it will act without mercy.
Li Changxiao was once hunted down mercilessly by several monks from Jiuxiang Temple.
Those monks are naturally well versed in Buddhist teachings, but they have mouths on their bodies, so isn't it up to them to decide how to interpret Buddhism?
He is stronger than you, so even if he kills you, he can explain it as saving you.
Human nature dictates.
This area is the Buddhist philosophy area.
Most of the scriptures here discuss Buddhist principles with profound meanings, and are intended for newly initiated monks to read.
To Li Changxiao, it was useless. After taking a quick look at a few of them, he walked to the next area.
One step at a time.
Li Changxiao felt melancholy, as this kind of forbidden area used to be guarded by a "sweeping monk".
The Sutra Repository is very large.
Even with Li Changxiao's knowledge, he was unable to figure out the structure of this building.
It is naturally even more impossible for the seven temples that occupy this place to know.
In fact, Li Changxiao believed that it was really possible to create a true "Buddhist city" by relying on the legacy of Jiuxiang Temple.
After all, in Li Changxiao's opinion, the classics here are generally correct. If you study them seriously, you will definitely gain a lot.
But why did it turn out like this in the end?
Li Changxiao couldn't figure it out, so he could only keep walking. The candle in his hand had already burned halfway, and the wax dripped onto his hand, extremely hot, and then gradually solidified.
Li Changxiao suddenly understood why those monks outside didn't like to come here.
Because it's too dark and too big.
The candle burned out, but it never reached the end.
If a mortal comes here and loses his way, he might even lose his way and be trapped to death here.
I don't know how long it took.
The candle has burned out.
Li Changxiao took out another one, lit it, and quickened his pace.
He picked up the bamboo slips and looked at them from time to time.
The Buddhist principles being narrated become increasingly profound.
But it is still just Buddhist philosophy.
What he really wanted didn't happen.
Gradually, he quickened his pace as he walked.
Suddenly a hissing sound was heard.
It seems like a snake is spitting out its tongue.
Following the sound, I saw a green poisonous snake with cold vertical pupils staring at me.
Li Changxiao frowned.
I felt an inexplicable aura coming from the snake.
This is no ordinary snake.
It seems to be... a evolved living being.
When the spiritual energy was not exhausted, it was so rich that it presented an unprecedented prosperity.
It is easy for many strange creatures and monsters to appear out of thin air.
Even if it's an ordinary book.
More people are reading.
Get insights from the center.
Then, those who read will reach higher realms, resonate with heaven and earth, and be blessed with good fortune.
As a book that he has read, it will be invisibly added with a touch of color, making it more spiritual.
Just as rising water lifts all boats, if one person succeeds, everyone around him will also prosper.
With such accumulation, over time, it is possible that some kind of "thing" will emerge from the book.
As for Jiuxiang Temple, countless world-famous monks have learned Buddhist principles here.
So... these bamboo slips may seem ordinary, but in fact, each one of them is probably of great value.
Or it may be the Buddha's spirit, or the true words, or even the villain in the story...
The world is full of wonders and it was really exciting in the past.
Although current affairs are favorable to Li Changxiao, if you ask him whether he wants spiritual energy to revive and return to that glorious era.
He would say yes without hesitation.
Even if he could go back to the past, with his talent, he would only be an ordinary person, drowned in a sea of mediocrity, unable to compete with those geniuses.
He has no chance of experiencing any wonderful thing that deserves praise, and he is destined to be a passerby beneath the stars.
But so what? He has a long life, and even if he moves slower, he is still making progress. That is enough.
Li Changxiao's eyes fell on the green snake.
The fangs are very sharp.
This snake is extremely poisonous!
Besides.
Li Changxiao frowned and his expression gradually became solemn.
It's the back of the snake.
You can see flesh-colored, granular tumors.
Start from the tail and spread all the way to the head.
These tumors grew out of the skin and flesh, propping up the green scales and spreading out from the gaps between the scales.
Each one is very small in shape, but there are many of them.
It looks extremely scary.
Li Changxiao could feel the obsession emanating from the green snake and knew that it was a living being that had slowly evolved from the Buddhist bamboo slips of "The Woodcutter and the Mountain Snake" that were read by countless monks.
The Woodcutter and the Mountain Snake is a well-known and widely circulated fable of Buddhist enlightenment.
Li Changxiao has also read it.
Can……
He doesn't remember.
The mountain snake rescued by the woodcutter looked so ugly.
It would be strange if it didn't run away when seeing a snake covered with tumors. Who would dare to save it?
this means.
The tumor on the snake.
It grew later for some reason.