The sparkle gradually dissipated, and except for the shriveled golden body in the room, there seemed to be only a phantom figure of a little novice with a staff and a sand that turned away. The small, dark room seemed to be extended indefinitely, and he drifted away. And paused halfway, turned around and gave Li Guo Mochou a gentle and bright smile, and then in the bell in the front hall of the temple and the crisp sound of the copper bell hanging under the eaves, he embarked on the road of repetition, and never looked back.

Mo Chou smiled, his eyes were filled with tears, his hand tightly held the string of beads that were flowing with light, and gradually increased his strength, until he crushed the Thousand Buddha Bracelet that could add to the spirit god into powder, and sprinkled the fine powder in his hand that shone with starry light around the golden body.

"Don't worry about owing you a favor." Mo Chou let Li Guo wipe away her tears with her big hand, while muttering to herself to the aura that slowly faded in the faint sunlight: "Everything starts with this bracelet, then Mo Chou will use this bracelet to repay your love." If there is an afterlife, don't worry about being stabbed by you. ”

After speaking, Mo Chou reflexively threw himself into Li Guo's arms, quietly and lightly bathed in the warm sunshine with moisture.

At this moment, the bells gradually stopped, and the surrounding area turned into silence, only the faint sound of chanting and the early spring songbirds on the towering ancient trees in the temple echoed each other.

Li Guo let out a long sigh, this little monk who didn't even know his name and legal name, he had waited for a thousand years because of an encounter and a promise, he may have forgotten what Mo Chou looked like, but he stubbornly guarded what Mo Chou gave her for safekeeping. This feeling seems to go beyond admiration, and is more of a responsibility with perseverance.

From this alone, Li Guo knew that this person's attainment of the Tao was not accidental.

And from the moment he shook hands with him just now, Li Guo really felt that an unimaginable, almost condensed spiritual power lingered around the golden body, and the strength of the spiritual power definitely surpassed the little new girl with the strongest perceptible spiritual power around Li Guo, and it was a complete victory.

Maybe that's the power of time.

Slowly exiting the door, Mo Chou looked up at the leafy ancient tree, and suddenly laughed, but the smile was very bitter: "Mo Chou remembers this tree, Mo Chou gave him the bracelet here at the beginning, just on a whim...... ...... on a whim"

Li Guo touched Mo Chou's hair, but he couldn't comfort Mo Chou.

"Everything is fate." The fat monk who was meditating in the corner suddenly said, "Don't be too sad. How many people, are you willing to enjoy your face and go to drink a cup of bitter tea together? ”

Li Guo looked at Mo Chou, and then nodded lightly: "I'm sorry." ”

The fat monk nodded, stood up from the ground, and then locked the dusty door tightly again, then lifted his glasses and smiled at Li Guo: "Come with me." ”

Bypassing the tree-shrouded corridor and the creaking wooden plank, the fat monk took Li Guo and the three of them to a clean and simple, but quite modern room, and then scalded the water on the tea table of Zisha and began to wash the tea.

"Tea is locally produced local tea, and the water is well water in the backyard." The fat monk's gaze stayed on the tea cup and the fair cup: "The taste, please taste it yourself." ”

Li Guo picked up the tea, first smelled it, there was no special aroma, there was no bitter fragrance of Longjing, no hazy clouds, no elegance of Yayu, no warmth of six melons, only a clear earthy smell and a faint smell of morning fog.

After drinking a little, Li Guo only felt extremely bitter, and it was so bitter that it was astringent, so astringent that it was difficult to swallow. But for the sake of politeness, Li Guo still drank it hard, but this tea is also strange, when it is in the mouth, it is like rough water boiled from the leaves, but after entering the throat, it can actually make people gush out a kind of sweetness like honey, and the lips and teeth are fragrant, take a deep breath and even smell the fragrance from the lungs, and this tea makes the stomach warm, but the nasal cavity is cold. It feels strange and wonderful.

Although Li Guo is not a famous tea taster, he is barely an expert, so he is not in a hurry to take a second sip, but waits for the taste in his mouth to dissipate before drinking the tea in the small cup.

This time, he didn't swallow it in one gulp, but let the bitter tea stay in his mouth and mix it with the saliva thoroughly, and in the process, Li Guo actually tasted the saltiness from the bitter tea. The fishy earth, the saltiness of salt, the bitterness of tea, and the sweetness of water are mixed together, and there is a very strange feeling.

"When I was four years old, I already knew about the Living Buddha." The fat monk put down the cup in his hand: "He called me in a dream, and for the first time, I was even scared to pee my pants by him." ”

"He preached the scriptures to me and told me about the world. He said that this world, like this tea, is bitter and transparent, sweet and domineering. But all kinds of tastes, only I know. When the fat monk faced the death of the living Buddha, he seemed to be even more indifferent than Li Guo: "I don't know how he feels, so I don't have to grieve for him." ”

Mo Chou also put down the teacup at this time: "Good tea." ”

"A cup of tea is a road, this is the legendary ...... Baiwei drink? After Sister Xue finished drinking, her eyes were shining: "It is said that it has been lost for hundreds of years." Master Xuanying? ”

The fat monk shook his head: "I'm not, the living Buddha is." In fact, the living Buddha also inherited his master's Dharma name. ”

"The Living Buddha can be said to be the most important person in me, I have been listening to his teachings in front of the door, and today is the first time to open that door." The fat monk took a sip of tea gently: "Actually, please drink this cup of tea, which is also the instruction of the living Buddha." Before he passed away, he told me that you should drink it once. It's a kind of thank you for it. ”

Thank...... Li Guo felt that if his guess was correct, the Living Buddha should be grateful to Mo Chou, thanking her for his only concern and unlocking the lock that had plagued him for many years.

Li Guo rubbed his nose: "Actually, he should hate." ”

"No, no, no, the Living Buddha once said that hatred is the most indifferent emotion of a person. It is better to hate one person than to love one person, and only if you can love one person can you love all people. People who can't love can't afford to live. The fat monk used to hold his glasses: "Love, in fact, there are many, many things, holding an umbrella for strangers and pouring a bowl of water for the fish in the mud pit, this is love." Man is born for love. ”

"He taught me a lot. And I, in fact, are responsible for informing him of changes in the world. The fat monk pointed to himself: "I am the bridge between him and the world, I don't know if you have seen it?" "The Theory of Great Love". ”

Li Guo and Sister Xue were stunned for a moment, and then looked at each other: "It's the one that almost won the Nobel Prize?" Did you write it? It has been printed in dozens of languages, and it has become an elective course in many universities. ”

"It was written by a living Buddha." The fat monk smiled: "I'm just holding a pen." The Living Buddha said that when a person's heart is full of gratitude, he will be treated well no matter what. So, you don't have to blame yourselves, just remember to pass on this gratitude to others and let them continue like this. Living Buddhas, in fact, have always been alive. ”

Li Guo nodded: "You don't look like a monk." ”

"Monk, it's just an identity." The fat monk pulled back his robe slightly, revealing a dress with the logo of a volunteer: "I have read a lot of novels and histories, and when something that leads people to goodness becomes a tool for demagoguery or money, it loses its original intention." Isn't it ironic that the Living Buddha himself is an atheist? For so many years, he has long seen the world very clearly, and the gods are just saviors imagined by people when they are weak. ”

Well said! As a religious person, saying such things in a meditation room in a monastery is enough to prove that this person is actually a person of faith. No wonder Li Guo didn't hear the fat monk and the living Buddha call a donor or recite a Dharma name or something from beginning to end. For the great wisdom of the Living Buddha, any religion and belief has become a shackle that imprisons his thoughts, so he asks for the surname to jump out of this circle and look at the world from the perspective of an outsider. And this fat monk was trained by him, so he is naturally extraordinary.

"You're bold." Sister Xue chuckled: "These are all big rebellious words." ”

The fat monk shook his head: "In my life, what I hate the most is a fake monk who is full of Buddhist theories, but he doesn't know the true meaning at all." I thought that I could become a Buddha by shaving my head, eating fast, wearing plain clothes, carrying Buddhist scriptures, and playing with prayer beads. In the face of such a believer, if there is really a Buddha, he will definitely prefer Master Yongxin, after all, Master Yongxin has supported the economy and made many people live a good life. ”

Li Guo smiled and nodded: "What you said is really thoughtful!" ”

"It's not really a thought." The fat monk smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, let's not talk about this." The Living Buddha just said that you have given him a gift of fulfillment, and he will also give you a gift in return. ”

As he spoke, the fat monk took out a thick book nailed out of kapok paper from the bookcase: "This is the only book of "The Theory of Great Love", the oral version of the Living Buddha. Actually, it wasn't dictated, but it was imprinted directly in my head. ”

Li Guo took the gift, and then was sent to the gate of the temple by the fat monk: "From today onwards, our whole temple will fast for seven days and bathe seven times. To celebrate the birth of the first Dzogchen in this small temple. ”

Li Guo was stunned: "Fasting...... You guys? ”

"If you can't keep up with vegetarian nutrition alone, we still have children." The fat monk smiled innocently: "It is better to do a good deed than to fast for a thousand years." ”

Li Guo seconded, and then said goodbye to this spiritual journey very chicly. On the way back, Li Guo kept playing the picture from the beginning repeatedly in his mind, from the moment he walked into the temple gate, he experienced searching, reunion, waiting, liberation, reincarnation and forgiveness in turn. A complete life...... It feels really weird.

And Mo Chou just got into the taxi and fell asleep on Sister Xue's shoulder, seemingly very tired and very uncomfortable. Li Guo knew this feeling, although the little sword fairy was sometimes confused, sometimes obedient, and sometimes even very cruel, but no matter what, she was just a seventeen-year-old little girl, with the sentimentality and sensitivity and gentleness that a girl should have. After such a long period of time, she will also get tired.

And Long Shenxue leaned on the mat, staring out of the car window with blank eyes.

"Sister Snow?" Li Guo turned sideways and whispered, "What's wrong?" ”

Sister Xue shook her head: "Think about it, in fact, if it weren't for my good talent, my brother would have seen it...... Probably ......"

Halfway through, she couldn't say any more. just looked at Li Guo with rippling eyes, and the meaning was self-evident.

Of course Li Guo knew what she meant, and she had also waited for a thousand years, and if it wasn't for Sister Xue being a little dragon, then the Sister Xue that Li Guo saw would definitely be a female living Buddha...... left a sentence for Li Guo: "In the next life, whether you love it or not, you will never see each other again." How hurtful is that...... And this living Buddha only has a one-sided relationship with Mo Chou, while Li Guo and Sister Xue have been dependent on each other for many years.

After getting off the car, Li Guo put Mo Chou, who was sleeping peacefully, on his back, and did not get on the elevator, but took the stairs, step by step, sonorous and powerful. And Sister Xue walked behind, very silent, and seemed to be afraid.

"Sister Snow." Mo Chou on Li Guo's back suddenly spoke out and called out to Sister Xue softly: "You must be working hard too, right?" ”

Sister Xue bowed her head and didn't say anything, just smiled. There's a lot in a smile. I didn't say anything like "for my brother, it's not hard at all". Those who work hard or not, they are all adults, who will not have an answer?

Li Guo stopped suddenly, and this action made Sister Xue's head hit Mo Chou's ass directly, causing Mo Chou to groan.

And after Li Guo stopped, he didn't speak, just turned around and stared at Sister Xue: "Okay, I remember." ”

"Xianggong, what do you remember?" Mo Chou was stunned: "Could it be that you will forget Sister Xue's appearance?" ”

Li Guo shook his head: "I have to remember the smell on her body, if she goes to reincarnation and I don't go, I'll wait for her." ”

"Fool ......" Sister Xue didn't hold back for a moment, and her tears were dripping on the ground, and the tears she dripped, the moment they touched the ground, they became tiny beads, and they rolled downstairs.

However, all this was not discovered by Li Guo, who was humming an ugly song trying to adjust the atmosphere, but the tears fell all the way.

After returning to the room, Mo Chou threw himself on the bed with a cheer, and then rolled on the bed with the quilt: "It's so fragrant...... It smells so good...... It really smells good......"

Sister Xue's face turned red all of a sudden, and she pulled up the quilt on Mo Chou's hand: "Don't smell it......"

And Mo Chou dragged the quilt to death: "Give me back!" ”

"Don't worry." Li Guo sat in front of the computer, ready to get on QQ, and while waiting for the login, he turned his head and asked Mo Chou: "Do you suddenly feel very relaxed?" ”

Mo Chou snorted: "Yes! Mo Chou understands Xiao Shi very well, but Mo Chou understands Sister Xue even more. Letting go and not letting go are actually the same. It's all a joy. ”

Sister Xue also hummed, and then quietly propped herself on Li Guo's shoulder, and pressed her chin against Li Guo's heavenly spirit cover: "I'm very happy, because I know that one day, I will be able to wait for my brother." ”

Can Li Guo say anything? He couldn't say it, but he was sure that Sister Xue could feel his heart, after all, his soul was marked by Sister Xue's steel seal. So he just touched Sister Ryujin's smooth face with his hand back.

"Ahem......" A voice belonging to [***] suddenly sounded in the room: "Audience, good morning!" After a day of separation, I want to die to you......"

Just when the disabled Zhijian seemed to rush over and hug Li Guo, Sister Xue directly blocked the disabled Zhijian with a buttocks, and directly blocked the disabled Zhijian: "Go away...... Perverted! Don't hug my brother. ”

"Little White Dragon! Back then, my uncle couldn't be honest and benevolent, you pinched me and touched me every day, I didn't say a word, and let you humiliate me. It's good now, can't I even hug my good friend? "Wearing a floral shirt with an open collar, a sleeveless vest and leggings underneath, Zhijian looked ...... ...... who looks like a duck "Why do you look like this?" Li Guo turned his head and looked at the disabled Zhijian in surprise: "There will be a rich woman and a strange uncle to take care of you on the way." ”

"Don't make a fuss, listen to me first." The disabled Zhijian wiped his nose: "Just now, there was a powerful spiritual power that was transformed into spiritual power and melted in the heavens and the earth. ”

Li Guo slowed down: "You mean ......"

"Then, this spiritual power that should have been attributed to all things was eaten by your scratching lock demon tower." The disabled Zhijian suddenly made a mysterious expression: "Damn, don't you know how terrifying this spiritual power is...... The little scratcher is now on the verge of transfiguration, and I advise you to dodge. Otherwise, you will definitely be tossed to death. ”

Mo Chou suddenly sat up from the bed: "You mean...... The spiritual power of the small stone was eaten by the Lock Demon Tower? ”

"Little stones?" The disabled Zhijian scratched his head: "Sun Monkey'er, that little deflated three? Or Shiji? No, the logic doesn't fit. ”

"A golden living Buddha has passed away." Li Guo rubbed his nose: "I've been waiting for Mo Chou for more than a thousand years." ”

"Ouch, such a dead-eyed man, he was an angel with broken wings in his last life." The disabled Zhijian glanced at Mo Chou: "Girl, if you encounter something like this, you will get married." ”

Mo Chou patted Li Guo and said coquettishly: "Xianggong...... How can you ...... this? Tell this guy. ”

"This ...... This guy? The disabled Zhijian shuddered: "Little girl, do you feel uncomfortable when you see that I didn't rob your husband?" ”

"Get the hell out of the way." Li Guo got up and kicked the disabled Zhijian: "If you spray feces like this, I will really throw you into the manure tank." ”

Hearing this, the disabled Zhijian sat on the bed and lifted Erlang to him: "Li Guo, Lily looked for me just now." ”

Li Guo sighed: "Why did she look for you?" ”

"...... This, you know, is sick? The disabled Zhijian buttoned his ears: "When I got up in the morning, I found her sitting in the living room of your bird's house, confronting my apprentice, her mother and the bird. Then after looking at me, without saying a word, he rushed up and grabbed my clothes and asked me where you went. Holy...... How did I have the skills, and then what did she do, you know? She is now squatting across the door from Little Bird's house and living in it. Now Bird Two, they're trying to bypass her and come to meet you, don't go back. ”

As he spoke, the more the disabled Zhijian looked at Li Guo, the tighter his brows shrank, and finally he simply rushed up, grabbed Li Guo's clothes, and tore them down without saying a word.

Li Guo was stunned at the time: "I said...... My Jack Jones ......"

"Sure enough!" Zhijian, who was disabled, looked very angry, and then turned his head to look at Sister Xue: "You are so bold!" ”

(To be continued)