That trip to Sichuan was much more dangerous than Chang Siting imagined. It is difficult for Shu Dao to go to the blue sky, this is true. Seven or eight of his companions set out, and they sailed all the way upstream, and when they reached a place where the shallows and reefs were dense, they had to disembark and walk on foot to the pier where the current was gentle, and then hire a new boat and go again.

Especially after crossing the Qutang Gorge, the number of alternate actions on the boat and on land has greatly increased, and Chang Siting could not bear such a toss, so he simply gave up the ship and chose to take the difficult and tortuous land route. Soon, the rainy days came, and the roads became more muddy and difficult to walk, and I often had to find a town to live in, looking at the continuous drizzle every day, waiting for the weather to clear.

Most of the friends who traveled with him were literati and writers, and they could not stand the difficult and dangerous roads, let alone such a boring wait, so they returned one after another, and soon only Chang Siting and his servants were left. At this time, Chang Siting also hesitated in his heart, but when he thought of verifying Lin'an Laohan's words, Donglai Temple was the only clue, and his strong curiosity made him persist again.

The rainy season in the southwest is long, basically you have to stop for three or four days after a day or two, there are many towns and counties passing by, when you are bored, you can only find the shopkeeper of the inn, and the diners and passers-by of the restaurant talk and relieve boredom. This chat not only learned about the local customs, but also gave Chang Siting a new harvest.

In the eastern Sichuan area, due to the blockage of transportation, goods are mainly transported by water, and travelers by land are scarce. But this kind of isolation also makes there few military disasters here, coupled with the simple customs of the people, there are few bandits, and the villagers almost live a paradise-like life. It is also for this reason that there are many people who moved from the war in the Central Plains, among which there are many large families, famous people hidden under the forest springs, and Taoists who cultivate true alchemy.

Here, perhaps due to the lack of medical treatment, Wicca is prevalent. The witch religion in each place is different, and the gods worshiped are also strange, but most of them are a combination of primitive totems and Taoist gods inherited by the local Ba people, among which it is said that the most effective is Tianguan Dao. It's just that the temples of Tianguan Road that Chang Siting saw on the road were all dilapidated, and there was no incense, I don't know why.

However, in the local people's descriptions of the Tianguan Dao, it is mentioned that those masters in the Tao have a magical ability, that is, to walk against the wind. It is said that people who have this Taoist skill can fly thousands of miles overnight, and those who have high Taoist skills can also carry a person on their backs without being affected at all.

Chang Siting realized that this was likely to be the source of the man in black, and asked in detail, but found that there were many stories in circulation, but almost no one had seen Tianguandao's ability with their own eyes. He has also visited several dilapidated Tianguan Taoist temples, but the Taoist people inside are not like any people who have attained the Tao, and when asked about the Taoist method of resisting the wind, they all swore that it was indeed true, but this Taoist method is not always available, and it takes a specific auspicious time to open the altar to practice, of course, without donating some incense, it is impossible to open the altar.

It is not impossible to learn this unique secret art, donate money to repair the temple, the money is enough, there are masters to guide you, you can practice for three years and five years, you will have a small success, you can do it over the mountains and mountains, but you want to do it against the wind, no twenty or thirty years of cultivation is not possible, and there is also your own understanding and special opportunities.

After listening to the Taoist priest's statement, Chang Siting already felt that they were no different from charlatans, and they probably didn't have any real skills, and they all relied on one mouth to eat. Moreover, according to Lin'an Laohan and Dr. Zhang, the two black-clothed men were very young, in their early twenties, how could they have cultivated for decades?

If he couldn't dig up any useful clues, Chang Siting could only leave in a huff.

Chang Siting walked for more than half a year, and only arrived in Meizhou in autumn. As soon as I inquired in Meizhou, there was really a Donglai Temple, which was on the Lingjing Mountain in the east of the county, and it was quite famous, and the incense was extremely prosperous.

Chang Siting hurriedly rushed to Donglai Temple, this temple was built on the middle of the mountain, the scale is large, and it has just been repaired not long ago, it is very weather. There are two thousand-year-old ginkgo trees at the entrance of the temple, and each one requires three or four people to hug each plant. Chang Siting suddenly remembered that when he went to Lin'an Laohan's house, the old man had described the magnificence of Donglai Temple, and specially mentioned the two giant trees at the door.

Chang Siting stood in front of the big tree and fell into a long contemplation. How could the old man know about the two big trees in front of the temple if he didn't come to Donglai Temple himself? And the old man had a disabled leg, so how could he come to Meizhou? It took him more than half a year to come to Meizhou from Jiangling, so how could the old man run back and forth in three or four days? Could it be true that the man in black walked against the wind?

When Chang Siting was in a daze in front of the temple, an old monk happened to come out of the temple, and when he saw his thoughtful appearance, he was also curious, so he asked him why not enter the temple since he came to worship?

It turned out that this old monk was the presiding master of Donglai Temple. Chang Siting was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked if a half-paralyzed old man had come from afar a few months ago and lived in the temple for a few days?

He shook his head, saying for sure that there had never been such a person. If the old man had never been here, how did he know about the situation in the Donglai Temple? It is unlikely that the man in black told the old man, and Chang Siting did not believe that the old man could be a liar.

After looking at Chang Siting's confused expression, he invited him into the temple, brewed Zen tea, and asked him in detail about the causes and consequences of his confusion.

Chang Siting was extremely confused and at a loss at this time, so he told the old monk in detail about the adventures of the old man and Dr. Zhang.

After listening, he held the tea bowl and bowed his head in a daze, which was enough for half a pillar of incense.

Chang Siting waited impatiently, so he asked whether he should believe that the old man had come to Donglai Temple, or had he never been here? Is there really such a way for the man in black to walk against the wind?

He smiled slightly at Chang Siting and told him that things in the world may not be either/or, and the old man may have been to Donglai Temple and never been there.

Chang Siting was suddenly confused by the second monk, completely unable to understand this contradictory explanation.

But he was not in a hurry, but he just asked Chang Siting to calm down and drink tea slowly. Chang Siting understood that it was useless for him to be in a hurry, so he simply calmed down and stopped thinking about the man in black, and at this moment, he suddenly discovered that the tea brewed by Master Zhengfa was extremely fragrant, and after entering his throat, he had an endless aftertaste, and every drop of tea soup seemed to be a budding bud, and it slowly opened up after entering the internal organs, so that the whole body seemed to have been carefully washed from the inside out.

Chang Siting is often accompanied by literati and ink writers, and naturally he is also deeply involved in the tea ceremony, and most of the tea in the world has been tasted, but only the tea of Master Zheng, the tea is extraordinary, giving people a very special feeling, both feeling peaceful, and feeling that the mind is agitated.

"At this time, Master Chang has the feeling of eternal sky, once wind and moon?"

The eight words "eternal sky, once wind and moon" are like the sound of heaven, shaking Chang Siting's body as if it is not his own, and he can no longer move.

Master Lizheng smiled again, and began to tell the story of ginseng tea and Zen meditation from the monk of Zhaozhou to Baizhang Huaihai, from the respect of Liuhe to the people in the grass and trees, and told the story of ginseng tea and Zen meditation endlessly.

Suddenly, Master Lizheng changed his words again and told Chang Siting that the rights and wrongs are all in the hearts of the people, and the truth that the old man of Lin'an has been here and has not been here, have you ever figured it out?

Chang Siting shook his head in confusion, "What the master means, but those things have nothing to do with me, why worry about them?" He didn't understand why he was talking about the old man from Zen tea again.

Master Lizheng shook his head, "Master Chang, practice meditation with tea, called Zen tea, of course, you can also use wine, food, and all the things in the world to cultivate, not with anything, but with the heart of meditation." You came all the way from Lin'an, and you went through a lot of difficulties just to find a cause and effect, which in itself is also a process of cultivation, and the key is that you understand what you want to cultivate?"

This remark made Chang Siting seem to understand, but he still didn't figure out the joints.

Master Lizheng said slowly: "My Buddha has six links, which are said to be the divine foot pass, the heavenly eye pass, the heavenly ear pass, the other heart pass, the fate pass, and the leakage pass. The divine foot is not rejected by the form, but the spirit is outside the object, not out of the world, but knows the world. The cultivators in the world are not all monks, and there should be many people who can cultivate divine feet. ”

"The old man in Lin'an you are talking about, he has been seeking Buddha for decades, who can know if he has a divine foot without knowing it, and those two black-clothed people may also use the Taoist method of divine foot to help the old man. That's why I said that the old man has been here and has never been. ”

Hearing this, Chang Siting understood what Master Zheng meant, and couldn't help but interject: "Master, do you mean that the method of Divine Foot Passage may not really have the ability to resist the wind, but refers to a state outside the Divine Wandering Object?"

Master Lizheng smiled and nodded, but suddenly his face became solemn and stern, and his voice was also very high, "Master Chang, you have the root of wisdom, but you must know that my Buddha also has jealous supernatural powers, everyone in the world seeks to have supernatural powers, but it is nothing more than a greedy word, practice with this heart, and only seek one use without obtaining the body of true wisdom, it will lead to depravity, and it will attract evil consequences, which is very terrifying." You also have to think of this taboo word from time to time. ”

Master Lizheng didn't say anything after speaking, just silently looked at Chang Siting, who was surging in his heart.

And Chang Siting also understood that Master Zheng's words should be what Zen Buddhism said "drink as a stick", this stick is indeed very heavy, Chang Siting finally understood that he was not far away from Shu, and the providence in the dark may not be to understand the truth of the man in black, and also understand why Master Zheng's temple has such a strange name as Donglai Temple.

(Good man, sentient beings in the last days will have a big heart, and those who seek good knowledge and desire to practice should seek all the right knowledge and see people—the mind does not dwell on the appearance, does not pay attention to the realm of sound and hearing, and the realm of dependent awareness; although the present dust is laborious, the mind is constant and pure; shows all faults, praises the Brahmanic deeds, and does not cause sentient beings to fall into the rituals—if you are a human being, you will attain the attainment of the three bodhisattvas.") --"Yuanjue Sutra")