Chapter 2: The Demented Taoist Interprets Zen Sayings

In order to make up for the leakage in the sky, Nuwa Niangniang sacrificed her body - the water receded, and mankind returned to its former tranquility. People began to rebuild their homes, still according to the farming and weaving methods taught by Nuwa Niangniang, men ploughed and women weaved, and it was rare for a period of peace. Humanity began to grow and develop.

But it was said that the girl Yujiao was swallowed by the water that day and fainted soon after. The flood waters receded—and after some time, she slowly woke up to find herself lying at the foot of a mountain. Hungry and tired, extremely weak, ragged, and unrecognizable—fortunately, there is a small mountain village not far from here, and a family of grandparents and grandchildren in the village came out to chop wood, found Yujiao, and rescued her home. After a period of recuperation, Yujiao's body has improved greatly and her physical strength has recovered. Yujiao told everyone the story of how she and the god Nuwa made stones together and how Nuwa sacrificed to make up for the sky...... For a time, the story of Nuwa Niangniang using her body to fill the leak in the sky spread all over the world, and people built many temples of Nuwa Niangniang in order to praise the merits of the goddess, and worshiped every day without mentioning -

The next drought is serious, the earth is dry, and the dust is flying, and today, that is, PM2.5 seriously exceeds the standard, which is worse than sandstorms. Up and down Kunlun Mountain, the sun is like fire, and the heat is abnormal. Although the inside of the Chixia Cave was a little cool, the waiters still felt extremely hot. The attendant couldn't stand the torment of fanning hard, so he went out of the cave and wanted to take a walk, he walked for a while, and the weather became even hotter. The waiter heard in the morning that there was a small river hundreds of miles west of here, called the Ling River, the water of the river was clear and cool, and it was very sweet, and he thought: Why not go and take a look, drink a few sips, and relieve the heat. Thinking of this, the waiter rose from the clouds and flew west—

After walking for nearly 800 miles, the waiter did not see the legendary Spirit River. The waiter thought to himself: this so-called Spirit River may really be just a legend. The waiter sighed lightly, set up the cloud, and was about to turn around, when he seemed to feel a flash of inspiration below, and then turned a blind eye. Shen Ying's waiter felt strange in his heart, he shook his head and reconfirmed that there was nothing abnormal. But when he was about to start again, there was a flash again, and the waiter's eyes were quick, and this time he seemed to see a real flash of light below. The waiter waited to look closely, but he was not there. The waiter of Shen Ying is so strange: yes! What's going on? The attendant lowered the cloud and searched for ......

It turned out that there was a small dry river below. There were large patches of grass growing on the banks of the river on both sides, but now they were all withered and yellowed, and they were dying. The waiter saw it in his eyes and thought to himself: It's just that the sky doesn't rain, and even the grass will die of thirst, how is this good! The waiter shook his head and sighed. Suddenly, near the riverbank, there seemed to be a flash of inspiration. The waiter looked for it, and it was also a small piece of withered yellow grass, but the waiter immediately felt that in the middle of the withered yellow grass, there was a small grass with a slight green color, which was swaying with the wind and shaking hard. The waiter possessed and took a closer look: it turned out that this was a green grass with strong vitality that could not be named. The attendant stood up and looked around: the grass had withered and yellowed, and the grass had died. Only this little grass is still slightly green, tenaciously alive. The waiter thought to himself: I must water this little grass immediately, or it will not be long before it will die. Thinking so, the waiter looked around, and then flew to make his rounds, but there was no water source. It's a bad thing for the waiter. There is no drop of water in this radius of hundreds of miles, what should I do! Hi! The waiter sighed in his heart. So he landed and took a closer look at the grass: he saw that the grass was still swaying gently in the wind, as if asking the waiter for help. The waiter looked at the grass carefully: it was a green and faint green, soft and weak, although it was about to die of thirst, but it still exuded a faint fragrance, and the waiter looked at it, and felt that it was cute and pitiful—the waiter looked at it and thought about it, and a burst of sorrow came to his heart, and he was sad, and before he knew it, tears were already filling his eyes, and suddenly with a wow, the waiter cried incessantly—the tears were like springs, flowing impartially on the ground below, moistening the grass, and then seeing the grass swing lightly twice, and then it seemed to dance. The waiter was so sad that he couldn't stop crying. The ground was so wet. And the grass was also fully irrigated, and immediately showed its tender green color, regained its vitality, and exuded a refreshing fragrance - the waiter suddenly saw that the grass had regained its life, and turned sadness into joy, and also helped the grass to cultivate bacon soil and protect it. At the time of parting, the waiter promised: I will come to see you in a few days, pour tears on you, and hope that you can grow up quickly.

Since then, during the days of the great drought, the waiters often go to water the grass with their tears. The grass grew rapidly. Gradually, the waiter felt that Xiaocao seemed to have spirituality: from time to time she danced for the waiter, and the waiter was very happy to look at herself. I once said to myself to the grass: Grass, why are you just a little grass? Why don't we make an appointment? I sincerely invite you: in a few years, we will go to the next reincarnation together, be husband and wife, be friends, and do whatever we want. As long as we can be together! Yes! Don't you want to? We've been together for so long—the waiter saw the little grass swaying like a dance, and seemed to answer and agree to the waiter's invitation. The waiter looked at it and smiled: Ah, you promised! That's good, talk about it, don't regret it! During the days with Xiaocao, the waiter actually felt very happy and happy, and there was an indescribable sense of happiness.

In fact, this little herb has some origins: it turns out that Nuwa Niangniang taught humans the knowledge and methods of cultivation and weaving, and created some plant seeds according to needs. On that day, the goddess Nuwa was very happy: because she had created a new seed that would enable mankind to be the first to recognize the arrival of spring so that it could be sown at the right time. The plant grows to resemble one of today's precious orchids, and it can start growing in early spring, and it looks very good. So Nuwa liked it very much and named it Zhucao. Nuwa happily gave the seeds to the humans, but accidentally left one on the bank of the Spirit River on the way. Who knew that this seed actually sprouted and grew. This great drought in the world is a catastrophe for Xiaocao - fortunately, there are Shenying attendants who watered it with tears to survive - so in the future, this Zhuzhu grass will grow hard and cultivate diligently, because it was originally stained with the fairy energy of Nuwa God, I don't know how many years have passed, plus absorbing the aura of Linghe and the unique quiet and clear sun and moon essence here, Xiaocao gradually cultivated into an immortal, cultivated into a wonderful beauty body, and named herself Zhuzhu Fairy. This pearl fairy, with a clear mind and transparent aura, lives by herself on the bank of the Spirit River, and does not know loneliness. During the day, he is in the company of heaven and earth, and at night he is accompanied by the stars and moonlight, and he is unknown in Hongyu...... Since then, she has indeed had a faint pain in her heart that even she doesn't know why—it is the longing for the attendant of Shenying. Although she herself didn't know who the Shenying attendant was, what was his name and where.

Besides, since Miss Yujiao was rescued by the villagers, she has been cultivating for a few days, and her body has gradually recovered, so she has broadcast Nuwa Niangniang's merits in mending the sky in the world. Later, he failed to find his family, so he had to live in the cave where the god Nuwa lived in the Great Wilderness Mountain. This cave was originally a cultivation cave for a small real person, so it was full of fairy energy, and Yujiao slept on the jade tooth bed where Nuwa slept every night. Later, after being recommended by a real person, he was accepted as a disciple by the Cihang Dao people. The people of Cihang Dao (that is, Guanyin Master) felt that he had assisted Nuwa Niangniang to mend the sky, and was swallowed by the flood and did not die, which means to be reborn in the water. During this period, Yujiao learned the salvation spirit of Nuwa Niangniang, often did good deeds for mankind, and also taught people to make and use fishing gear and boats, as well as how to resist floods and waterproofs through practice. Yujiao rescued the suffering, gave good karma, and was worshiped by the local people as the god of the sea, that is, the later Mazu Niangniang.

I don't know how many years have passed, but one day, the sky is clear and the weather is peaceful. Because the ancestor of Bodhi was going to a holy mountain in the west to meet with Taoist friends, he passed by the Great Wilderness Mountain, and the ancestor looked: but he saw that the peaks of the Great Wilderness Mountain were numerous, towering and towering, the mountains were steep, and there was more purple and frivolous. The ancestor said to himself: What a wonderful thing. So he descended the clouds, and happened to fall on the Qinggang Peak, looked around, and felt that it was indeed a good place to practice. The ancestor said to himself: Back then, the god Nuwa was here to make up for the leakage, and the credit was immortal! The ancestor twisted his beard, walked over, came to the edge of a cliff, and when he saw that the cliff was bottomless, ethereal, floating, and sometimes white and rising, the wind was pressing. It's like floating in the air. Bodhi Ancestor sighed to himself: "Master Hongjun is really a miraculous workmanship, and his creation is magical. It is really unfathomable to create such a realm! ”

Old Ancestor walked a few steps and suddenly stopped, frowned, and took a deep breath: "Hmm! Old Ancestor sniffed out a different smell from the cold air, as if there was a sense of grievance. The ancestor tasted it carefully, and the anger of grief became heavier and heavier. Bodhi Daoist is one of the gods of creation, the immortal way, at a glance to see the source of the resentment, so go to inquire: the ancestor came closer, and saw a large stone at the end of the cliff, and the grief came from here. Bodhi Ancestor thought of his true anger: "You are a stubborn stone born on the top of the cliff here, which is already a high-end, and what grievances are there to be ashamed of, and you actually feel sorry for yourself here!" The stone did not speak, but it grew more and more resentful. Old Ancestor looked around and understood: "Although you don't belong here, but then again, with your material, it won't be of much use elsewhere, so let's let it be." As soon as the ancestor was about to turn around and leave, tears burst out of the stone. The ancestor looked at it: "Oh! I guess you have some reason, wait for me to figure it out. The ancestor exercised immortal energy, bent his hand to calculate, suddenly frowned, and his eyes widened: "Aren't you the Shenying waiter who failed to make up for the sky and was thrown here by Nuwa Niangniang?" As soon as he said this, the stone seemed to be acknowledging. The ancestor said: "With your shallow little immortal, but you can make such a sacrifice, it is also brave." But now that all the immortal paths have returned to orthodoxy, they have forgotten you on this panicked cliff - but it is really pitiful, maybe, no matter! The Bodhi Taoist sighed: "Since you and I can meet here, there must be some origin." If I don't pay attention to it today, I don't know when and when you will come out. Since it is useless to make up the sky, I might as well treat you as the treasure of the nether realm, where the stone is the jade, if you take the body of the treasure jade, and you have some immortal energy, it will definitely be favored by people, and there will be some wealth and glory to enjoy, and you will have the spirit of goodness and courage, and there will be some use in the future. The ancestor said, meditated on the spot, waved his palms, moved the corners of his mouth slightly, and thought of his true qi, only to see the ancestor pointing with his right hand, and the stone gradually changed color: from gray yellow to crimson and then to emerald green, crystal clear, suddenly glowing, illuminating the cliff. The ancestor pointed with the index finger of his right hand, and a note was pasted on the stone, which read: "The beautiful jade is not carved by itself, and the immortal family is who is to make up for the heavens, and it is too empty and too stupid, and the nectar is sprinkled with style." The ancestor looked at the stone, chanted again, and floated away—

The stone was ignited by the family affection of the ancestor of Bodhi, and became a piece of beautiful jade by itself, and with the help of the immortal energy of the ancestor, it naturally turned into a handsome man, so he was excited. Since then, the jade light has often been released, and the Qinggang Peak has also been alive, and the stone has cultivated and practiced on the cliff, keeping the years alone.

Besides, the small grass on the bank of the Western Spirit River, fortunately irrigated by the nectar of the Shenying waiter, he grew stubbornly, and devoted himself to cultivation day and night, cold and summer, the sun and the moon changed, and he has cultivated into a positive fruit body, which is amazing in the world: it is really "two bends like frowning eyebrows, a pair of four happy and non-happy eyes." Too sad with two nightmares, and a disease with a delicate body. Tears are dotted, and the pant is slight. When it is quiet, it is like a delicate flower shining on the water, and the action is like a weak willow supporting the wind. The heart is more than the dry, and the disease is like Xizi winning three points. "Free and easy, graceful, graceful, shaved shoulders and bee waist, an absolute peerless beauty-

After the water god was punished for working together to cause trouble, it was Ao Guang of the East China Sea who was in charge of the precipitation in the lower realm, and Ao Guang was a new official and was very diligent. So the Nether has plenty of water. The banks of the Ling River are also rich in water and grass. On both sides of the Ling River, there is a thriving and auspicious atmosphere. Flowers and green grass, beautiful and picturesque. On the bank of the river, there is a huge stone called Sansheng Stone, which is the size of a small mountain, and the top of the boulder is as flat as the ground. The Zhuzhu Fairy must cultivate on it for several hours every day.

On this day, the sun was shining, the breeze was gentle, and the fairy was meditating the stone: I saw Xiaocao standing in his right hand, holding a green grass between his left hand, and after a while, the bead flew up, and the grass immediately turned into a long sword: Xiaocao chopped and chopped, and his skill increased greatly. The fairy practiced for a while, and was just about to finish the exercise, when he suddenly heard a call: "Cao'er, I'm coming!" Before the words fell, a girl in pink fell into the air. But seeing the girl's green skirt and sequoia, the pothos skirt with smaller grass looks more luxurious. "Sister Cao'er, you started practicing so early!" Jiang Zhu saw that it was the lotus fairy: "Sister Lotus, you're bothering me again." Lotus: "What! If I don't come, I won't suffocate you, hum - Sister Xiaocao, this is a manifestation of your great strength. Before the lotus spoke, she had already come to Xiaocao's side, and saw that a strand of Xiaocao's hair was stuck by the fine sweat on her forehead, and helped her smooth it with her hand. Xiaocao put away the sword and looked at the lotus flower carefully: "Good sister, why is it so beautiful today, so beautiful!" The lotus fairy looked a little cramped and shy: "Sister Cao'er—I'm leaving, I won't accompany you!" As he spoke, he made a gesture to leave. Xiaocao hurriedly stopped: "Okay, okay, Fairy Hibiscus!" Can I play with you - okay, sister, I have made a new tea, called Baicao Fangxin Pothos Tea. Its taste is fragrant and elegant, as long as you smell it, your mind is transparent, and you feel refreshed physically and mentally, do you want to taste it! Lotus: "Ah! There's a new work again. My sister is naturally smart, and she must be a comprehensive baby, I must try it." The two immortals flew down from the Sansheng Stone and came to the thatched hut of the Zhu......

It turned out that for a period of time, due to Ao Guang's diligent work, the lower realm was full of rainfall, and it was not far down the Ling River, and the river washed away, becoming a pool with a prescription circle of one or two miles. The water of the pond is as clear as the water of the Ling River, but the pond is full of lotus flowers. The hibiscus leaves are as big as an umbrella, the flowers are like a plate, the lotus canopy is sufficient, and the small lotus is dotted. The lotus leaves are green and the lotus root is white. From a distance, it looks like a fairy pond, and it is very beautiful. It is said that from time to time, the hibiscus fairy is the lotus fairy - surnamed Bian, named Bian Lotus, who is a heavenly immortal and is in charge of the lotus flowers of the Three Realms. This day passed by. Seeing such a flower pond fairyland, I was full of appreciation, this hibiscus fairy is a wonderful incarnation, and how can I let go of such a realm. The hibiscus fairy was playful by nature, and actually made an elegant hut out of lotus leaves and lotus stems, placed it on the shore, and actually lived here. The fairy enjoys the fun by the pool every day...... Soon she discovered that not far from here, there was also a fairy with a bead ...... The two actually cherished each other, hated each other late, and often practiced and played together - they soon became good sisters......

Although the thatched hut of Xiaocao is not as good as the lotus hut of lotus, it is also elegant and chic, and the interior furnishings are simple: only a grass bed, a square table, and two wooden benches...... Cao'er said while making tea: "This herb fragrant pothos tea is all kinds of high-quality herbs on both sides of the Ling River, baking it with the fragrant fragrance of seven kinds of herbs, plus the spirituality of Dragon Ball Snow Mushroom, and then brewing it with this Linghe water for three hours, drinking it to ensure that your fairy becomes more and more beautiful-" Xiaocao said and laughed. When the lotus entered the house, she lay down on the grass bed of the grass: "This bed is really comfortable." Because he heard Xiaocao's words, he replied: "I said that my sister is so beautiful, and you don't want to drink such good tea for me!" The lotus said, got up and asked for tea. Jiangzhu stopped the hand stretched out by the lotus: "Slow down, you can't be in a hurry, it will take three hours-" The lotus was anxious: "Hurry up, hurry up, I'm in a hurry, I want to drink." "Three hours have passed. The lotus flower fiddles with the tea cup and tastes the tea with relish, which is naturally admirable. The two immortals laughed for a while. Lotus: "When will the good man who gave you nectar come to see you, ah!" Bead Fairy! Let me see if I can be worthy of my sister Cao'er. When Xiaocao heard this, he chased after the lotus: "You little lotus film, you don't understand anything, but you talk nonsense about it, see how I hit you in the mouth." The lotus flower pulled out and dodged while making a grimace to anger the grass. Xiaocao: "If you talk nonsense again, I'll marry you off tomorrow, giggle!" Do you know who I'm going to marry you to! Lotus deliberately pretended to be stupid: "Who to marry!" Ha ha. Who are you going to marry me to? "Zhuzhu Xiaocao:" Listen, there is a Yuping Mountain 100 miles to the north, there is an old man on the mountain, about 1,200 years old, how to grow a beard, I think it's okay, you just marry him, hahaha!" Lotus came over to chase Jiangzhu after hearing this: "Okay, you are a sister who is not interesting enough, you actually want to marry me to that annoying old man, I will never spare you today!" ”

Here the two fairies were playing and playing, and suddenly heard someone singing outside: "There is bliss in the West, the years have passed, who will interpret the Zen language, listen to my monk." The two fairies were shocked when they heard this, there had never been outsiders here for hundreds of years - the two immortals hurriedly went out to see a reason: they saw a thin old man, holding a whisk in his hand, but he was also immortal, and his eyes were bright. Seeing the two immortals, he arched his hand and said, "Two immortal aunts, the trail is reasonable." "The two immortals returned the gift. Jiangzhu: "Brother Dao is good. Xiaoxian has seen Brother Dao. Lao Dao: "The two fairy girls are so unhappy, and Lao Dao is bothered." "Lotus:" Dare to ask the Taoist ...... is long" The old Taoist laughed - it turned out that the person who came was the crazy Taoist. When he was ten years old, he was framed by his neighbors for stealing melons, and was beaten by his father and almost disabled...... Later, he was accepted as a disciple by the White Crane Cave Fuxian Zhenren. He worked hard to cultivate virtue, and he was very cultivated in a few years. and turned into an immortal by the real person of Fuxian, and the road number is crazy. It is said that he was the later Jigong monk

The grass lotus listened to the introduction. The two fairies agreed: "Ah, it turned out to be a demented master, please use tea in the cottage." The fool was not polite, he came into the room, drank all the tea, and even said that the tea was good. Lotus asked, "Why did Brother Dao come to such a remote corner?" Crazy: "I have nothing to do all day long, wandering around, I don't want to come to the two immortal treasure land negligently for a while, maybe fate makes it." Xiaocao: "Brother Dao just chanted ......" Crazy monk: "I was instructed by the master to say that Master Bodhi has approved the Buddha's words, and I just came from that great barren mountain." There is a green ridge peak in that mountain, and there is a nonsensical cliff under the peak, and there is a piece of jade on the cliff, and there is the Buddha's words approved by the master on the stone. This Buddha is related to a grass, and that little grass is you, the fairy of the pearls. Xiaocao was surprised: "How can it have anything to do with me!" Crazy said: "That stone was originally the Shenying attendant of the Chixia Cave of Kunlun Mountain. Just because he turned into a stone to make up for the sky and failed to establish a miracle feat, he was thrown by Nuwa Niangniang in the Great Wilderness Mountain, so he felt sorry for himself. Now it has been turned into jade by my master, and it has been approved into a Buddhist language. My master also knew about Xiaocao's experience, so I came for you today. Jiangzhu's face was full of doubts: "Please also ask Brother Dao for advice." The fool said: "That Shenying attendant used tears to moisten your growth, and also had a nether covenant with you, because you received its nectar, you felt in your heart, never forget, and replied when you thought about it." Master Bodhi pointed out: 'The beautiful jade is not carved by itself, and the immortals who make up for the heavens, are too empty and too stupid, and the nectar is sprinkled with style. It's about what you have to do with him. Now that he has become a beautiful jade body, and has cultivated into an immortal, the master is grateful for his courage to make up for the sky, so he is criticized for temporarily playing a role in the fairy world, and then allows him to have a period of glory and wealth in the lower realm. The master remembers you for a little immortal, and it is not easy to cultivate, so I asked my master to sneak into me to persuade me, don't be greedy for a moment of amorous vanity, although you are a little bit by people, you should take the spring. But this is all natural creation, don't be too involved with it, I have a pill here, which was created by the master, called the Amnesia Pill, you can take it, so that you can keep your peace and cultivate immortals, and the immortal soul will keep itself. And the waiter can also get what he wants, wouldn't it be better! After that, he took out a projectile in his arms and left: "I hope you drink yourself!" "Run away.

The fairy was demented when she heard it, and it took her half a day to come to her senses, and she was speechless for a long time. The lotus is also at a loss. After a long time, Xiaocao slowly walked to the table, picked up the pill, and looked at it carefully. The lotus looked at the grass in surprise. The grass said to herself: "It turned out to be him, if it weren't for this idiot, how many years and months would I have known that it was you, the waiter of Shenying, a good enemy-" Lotus saw Xiaocao's eyes filled with tears. The pearl fairy still said to herself: "This enemy is not able to measure himself, sacrifice to make up for the sky, although he has not made meritorious contributions, he is a fool. At this moment, the clear picture appeared in front of the grass: the waiter was crying like a spring, and the tears were like waterfalls, irrigating the dry grass...... The waiter's kind words still sounded in Xiaocao's ears: ...... After a few years, we meet in the lower realm, and we can be husband and wife, friends, and relatives......

Xiaocao'er shook her head slightly, her eyebrows furrowed, and she became more and more pretty. She slowly walked out of her little grass hut. The lotus flower followed behind in a daze, not daring to make a sound. I saw that the Zhuzhu Fairy walked to the bank of the Spirit River and threw the pill into the river, and the pill was cruising back and forth in the river, and finally slowly melted and rippled away......