This time up the mountain, Du Chen and Ye Xuan didn't need to take care of Zijue's speed like before, so they naturally rushed at full speed. So he soon came to the cave where he left before, and got all the leaves outside, Du Chen didn't use the torch, and walked in directly with a flashlight.

The cave was still the same as before, and so was the chest, without the slightest change, and no matter how much the golden key was used, it still couldn't be opened.

Knock knock knock......

Du Chen tapped along the surrounding walls again, listening carefully to the sound over and over again, trying to discern the difference.

Ye Xuan was not idle, but carefully observed each box, and then stepped on every piece of ground under her feet with both feet, hoping to find some abnormalities.

Half an hour later, Du Chen and Ye Xuan both gave up.

In fact, Du Chen had checked it once before, although because Zijue took the herbs too quickly, so he didn't check it too closely, but he was basically sure that there was no abnormality. If it weren't for the old Taoist priest, Du Chen would not have been able to come back.

"Brother Du Chen, will it be like in Journey to the West, Patriarch Bodhi knocked Sun Wukong three times, just to let him go to his room for three watches?" Ye Xuan put forward her own opinion, "When you went up the mountain, you said that the old Taoist priest patted you on the shoulder three times, that is, at night, there was three watches?" ”

It's almost 12 midnight, and it's only 16 o'clock in the afternoon.

"I thought so too, after all, if the hundred ghosts walk at night, they only come out at night, maybe they have clues with the ghosts." Du Chen also frowned and looked at the entire cave, "But we only have less than 20 hours, and when we wait until the third watch, we don't have enough time to prepare." ”

Du Chen walked in the cave.

At this time, the light in the cave is completely dependent on the flashlight, and if the flashlight is extinguished, it will be pitch black inside.

"What then?" Ye Xuan thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't understand the Taoist priest's intentions.

"I think of another allusion, the allusion of the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty." Du Chen thought for a moment and said, "Back then, the Fifth Ancestor Hongren knew that he was going to die, so he asked his disciples to come up with a side, and whoever wrote more Zen would pass on the mantle to whomever he wanted." At that time, one of Hongren's disciples, Shenxiu, sat down and wrote a poem, and the five ancestors felt that they had not understood it thoroughly. Later, Hui Neng, who did the rice work, also made a poem, which was in the heart of the five ancestors. In order to prevent Huineng from being killed, the five ancestors said that Huineng was not good at writing, but he found Huineng in private, and hit the head of the rice three times with a pillar staff and left. Huineng understood what it meant, and went to the chamber of the five ancestors in the evening, and the five ancestors taught the mantle and bowl, explained the Diamond Sutra, and then sent Huineng away overnight to let him return to Lingnan. In order to avoid Shenxiu's pursuit, Huineng mixed with hunters for more than ten years, and then established the southern sect of Zen Buddhism, echoing the north and south of Shenxiu's northern sect. That's how the saying that the south can show the north comes. ”

Listening to Du Chen tell such an allusion, Ye Xuan was surprised for a long time: "I thought that the allusion of beating three times was only found in Journey to the West." ”

"The allusion of Monkey King is an allusion from Huineng." Du Chen said with a smile.

"But isn't the allusion you just said also the third watch in the middle of the night?" Ye Xuan was puzzled, "Then don't we still have to wait?" ”

Looking at the messy boxes, dust, leaves, and debris in the cave, Du Chen turned off the flashlight, and the cave returned to darkness: "The key lies in the two sides written by Shenxiu and Huineng." ”

The sudden darkness startled Ye Xuan, but Du Chen's words made Ye Xuan also curious: "What kind of thing?" ”

"Shenxiu wrote the Zen he comprehended as 'The body is a Bodhi tree, the heart is like a mirror platform, always wipe diligently, don't make dust'. Shenxiu compares the bodies of sentient beings to the bodhi tree of enlightenment, the minds of sentient beings to a bright mirror, and the dust to afflictions. It is necessary to observe and introspect from time to time, so as to stop the troubles, so as not to be obscured by the dust. ”

"What about Huineng?" Ye Xuan asked.

"What Huineng wrote is 'Bodhi has no tree, the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing originally, where to stir up dust'." Du Chen paused and asked, "Which artistic conception do you think is higher?" ”

"Of course it's Huineng, and what I hear the most is what Huineng said." Finally having something to say, Ye Xuan was a little proud, "And Huineng's sentence should be to say that Bodhi has no tree in the first place, and the bright mirror is not a platform, it is originally nothing, and there is nothing in the heart, where will there be dust in the heart." This realm of emptiness is obviously higher than the realm of Shen Xiuzhi. ”

After Ye Xuan finished speaking, Du Chen asked: "Then let me ask you, without heart and dust, are people still alive?" ”

"This ......"

Ye Xuan's small mouth opened, and she couldn't speak for a long time. Even the heart is gone, so it will still be a living person.

"Shenxiu pays attention to gradual enlightenment, which belongs to pragmatism, and generally speaking, it is necessary to self-reflect and often wipe it in order to maintain its nature. At that time, although Huineng's intention was more far-reaching, it was not insightful for ordinary people, and if it did not start from Shenxiu's 'gradual sect', it was difficult to reach Huineng's 'Dunzong', that is, epiphany. Huineng's insight, in fact, was also that night when he went to the chamber of the five ancestors and listened to the Diamond Sutra, he had an epiphany of the phrase 'not stopping each other and giving birth to his heart'. I probably know the meaning of the old Taoist's three strokes. ”

After Du Chen finished speaking, he didn't speak again, but closed his eyes in the dark cave, crossed the charm given by the Taoist priest with both hands, and sat on the ground.

Although Ye Xuan couldn't see Du Chen, she could also hear Du Chen's breathing sound getting more and more flat. The most peculiar thing is that with Du Chen's calmness, the Dao talisman in his hand began to emit a strange light, and Du Chen's breathing became more even, without the slightest disorder. It's like Shenxiu's gradual enlightenment, which is removing the cluttered thoughts in his heart.

Therefore, Ye Xuan didn't dare to disturb at this time, and she also wanted to learn from Du Chen to calm down, but when she thought of what Du Chen said just now, she couldn't figure it out, and her heart became more and more chaotic.

With the help of the Taoist priest's strange spell, Du Chen has now entered a wonderful world, calm and peaceful, without the slightest trouble.

With the change of Du Chen's heart, Ye Xuan was surprised to find that the originally dark cave began to brighten, and the cave that was originally full of dead grass, branches, dust, and boxes was stacked in a mess turned into an endless prairie, and Du Chen sat under the Bodhi tree in the middle of the grassland, feeling the subtle changes of the wind and grass.

"Oh my God, Brother Du Chen, what's going on?"

Ye Xuan didn't understand what was going on at all, the situation around her suddenly changed.

But Du Chen didn't react to Ye Xuan's shouting, and still sat still, breathing more steadily. At this time, with the change of Du Chen's heart, the surrounding scenery began to gradually distort.

The Bodhi tree behind Du Chen turned into a futon, the surrounding grassland turned into a tall courtyard wall, and those flowers and plants turned into bricks and tiles. At this time, Du Chen and Ye Xuan were already in a huge temple. An old Zen master is sitting at the top of the square and is preaching the Nirvana Sutra. Below, that is, around Du Chen, are countless monks who are meditating, as well as people who come to admire him.

At this time, in the square where the Zen master preached Zen, there was also a banner of preaching scriptures, fluttering in the square.

"Is it the wind moving, or is it the flag?"

The old Zen master, who was lecturing on the scriptures, suddenly asked.

"It is the banner that moves, and what my eyes see is the banner that moves." One monk replied, and the monks around him also agreed, "When you see it with your own eyes, you can move it." ”

"Not true. I think it's the wind. If the wind doesn't move, how can the banner move? Another monk retorted, and there were many responders.

"What's wrong with that?"

"What's wrong with the wind?"

For a while, the monks in the square were all arguing.

The old Zen master saw that Du Chen did not speak, but sat quietly on the futon, and then said, "This donor, I don't know what you do?" ”

As this sentence came out, the monks in the square and the people around them all looked over. Du Chen didn't react at all, he still sat on the futon and forced his eyes, no matter how the monks around him urged, Du Chen didn't have the slightest movement.

"Brother Du Chen, with your cleverness, you should know." Seeing that Du Chen didn't speak, Ye Xuan was also anxious, she also saw that this was a test, if the test was passed, maybe she would be able to get the opportunity of token three.

The old Zen master saw that Du Chen didn't speak, just sat there and didn't move, the whole person roared and stood up, the robe on his body turned into blood and fur, and the whole body gradually turned into a ghost. Not only that, but the monks and people around him have also become ghosts. And the originally solemn and magnificent temple has also become a cave full of white bones and blood.

"If you want to get the exquisite treasure chest, it depends on whether you have the ability to defeat us before the third watch."

The blood-furred ghosts flew to the top of the cave, and those big and small ghosts also screamed, deafening, making Ye Xuan's heart feel depressed. Before he could make a move, he couldn't fight.

Hoarse.

The ghost roared and swooped down from the air, and his sharp claws stabbed at Ye Xuan.

Although Ye Xuan was depressed in his heart, he would not sit still, a spiritual attack was released, but the level was too low, and the effect on the powerful ghosts was limited.

Poof!

The ghost's right claw pierced Ye Xuan's body, blood flowed down Ye Xuan's body, Ye Xuan's consciousness was also collapsing, and he stretched out his right hand to grab Du Chen: "Brother Du Chen...... Why didn't you save me. ”

"Neither the wind moves, nor the flags, but the hearts of the benevolent."

Du Chen, who was sitting on the futon, opened his eyes and stood up.

As Du Chen stood up, the surrounding scenery changed again, and all the ghosts screamed in pain and disappeared. Ye Xuan, who was originally dead, was still squatting beside Du Chen in a good manner, still studying the meaning of Du Chen's words just now, but he couldn't think of it for a long time, and pouted depressedly.

Everything just now was an illusion.

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