Chapter 497: Human Nature is Greedy
"Tanuki?" Hui Jue was slightly surprised.
All sentient beings, those who have nine tricks can become immortals. Therefore, it is rumored that immortals and celestials have nine tricks. Mortals, the most intelligent, are called the Seven Tricks. Stupid people are often described as elm heads and stone heads. And most of the wood and stone are closed. It's a statement that you don't understand. The raccoon, although not as good as a human, is a very spiritual animal among livestock.
Therefore, tanuki cats tend to be demonic and can embark on the path of cultivation. And folklore, there are also many legends about tanuki monsters. What kind of tanuki is called the soul, the tanuki repays the favor, the tanuki takes revenge.
"Legend has it that many years, many years ago, the ancient city of pothos suffered an unprecedented disaster, and the lives of the people in the city were in danger, and at this time, there was a cultivated and transcendent raccoon monster who took pity on the people of the ancient city of pothos, and sacrificed himself to save everyone. The people of the ancient city of Luluo were grateful for its kindness, so they built a stone statue for it to commemorate it. ”
Monk Xuanyi said,
"In fact, this civet cat stone statue is even older than our ancient bamboo temple. It is rumored that this ancient temple of Bizhu is the ancestor of the temple, who traveled here. I heard the story of the raccoon cat sacrificing itself and saving all sentient beings, and I was very emotional, so I stayed in the ancient city of Luluo and built this temple, so at the beginning, this bamboo temple was also called the civet cat temple. ”
Speaking of this, Monk Xuanyi seemed to be self-deprecating, and smiled as if he was mocking, "It's just a pity that the monks in the temple may have felt that the four names of Tanuki Temple were too ugly, so they changed the name." It was changed to Bizhu Temple. As for the tanuki statue and its exploits, it has gradually been forgotten and only survived in a corner of this ancient temple. ”
Monk Xuanyi's words fell, Huijue's eyes moved slightly, and he spoke, "People, always forget their roots. Therefore, due to cause and effect, there is often retribution. This ancient city of pothos has fallen like this, maybe it has something to do with this civet stone statue. What you owe to someone else will have to be repaid one day. ”
However, this time, Huijue's words fell, but Monk Xuanyi smiled dumbly, "In Buddhism, cause and effect are often said. Everything has a cause and must have an effect. But I don't think this tanuki is so stingy. Since it has the ambition and ambition to sacrifice itself and save the common people, it will not be so stingy that because the sentient beings have forgotten its merits, it will be annoyed and angry, and use the immortal method to change and disappear the people of this green pothos city. ”
"Master Xuanyi's words have some truth. Hui Jue nodded seriously, "However, no matter what else, just because it has the ambition to sacrifice itself and save all sentient beings, this alone is worthy of the little monk to worship it!"
When Huijue worshipped the stone statue of a tanuki, Monk Xuanyi stood aside and watched, with an inexplicable smile on his face. It seems that Huijue and his thoughts are very similar at this moment. Probably, this is also the reason why the Tanuki Temple was renamed the Bizhu Temple, but this Tanuki stone statue is still here. Some people are accustomed to forgetting their roots, but there are always some people who still remember its exploits.
After Hui Jue worshiped the stone statue of the tanuki, the monk Xuanyi took Hui Jue and walked towards the meditation room in the back hall.
"Now in the meditation room in the temple, more than 20 donors have been borrowed, and there are only three meditation rooms left. Monk Xuanyi said as he led the way.
"I don't know who they are living here?" "Hui Jue, who followed behind Monk Xuanyi, asked.
"There are a few traveling merchants who haunt the Saiwai all the year round, they take the products of the Central Plains out, sell them to the Saiwai, and then bring back rare and precious things from the Saiwai and bring them back to the Central Plains. Make some hard-earned money. There are also some treasure hunters who come to this green pothos city to explore treasures. Over the years, although Green Pothos City has already been turned upside down, there are still people who come here sporadically, hoping to discover some treasures. ”
"These people are people who make hard-earned money. In the bitter cold outside the northwest, in the wilderness, there are many demons, monsters and fierce beasts, and they come here to risk their lives to make money. Monk Xuanyi sighed.
Looking at the appearance of Monk Xuanyi, Huijue also nodded silently. Immediately, he asked again, "What about them?"
"Except for them, the rest are only the people in the rivers and lakes and the Xuandao who occasionally pass by here. Among them, most of them are disciples of the Five Daos, and sometimes, there are also officials from the Central Plains Righteous Dao and the imperial court who live here. However, this ancient temple of Bizhu can survive itself is a great fate, so whether it is an evil way or a righteous way, as long as someone borrows it, the temple will take it in. ”
Monk Xuanyi replied. As he said this, as if he had thought of something, he immediately smiled again,
"By the way, several donors of the Kunlun faction have been living here for a long time. ”
Hearing the words of Monk Xuanyi, Hui Jue was stunned for a moment, he had seen those Kunlun sect disciples before. However, listening to the words of Monk Xuanyi, they didn't come here by chance, but borrowed it for a long time.
As if knowing the surprise in Huijue's heart, Monk Xuanyi continued,
"The ancient city of green pothos, it is rumored to have immortal weapons. Back then, the reason why the people of the ancient city of Luluo disappeared overnight was because of the immortal weapons. All the immortal artifacts left in this world are contaminated with the resentment of the immortals. Because they are unclean and impure, they cannot ascend to the fairy world, and can only fall into the world. Only in the human world, after repaying the karma and cause and effect contaminated on the immortal vessels, can they go to the immortal realm. ”
"The ancient city of pothos has changed, and only this Bizhu Temple has always been unharmed. Therefore, for a long time, many people in the world have speculated that the immortal artifact is hidden in the ancient temple of Luluo, so there are often donors looking for immortal artifacts to come to the ancient temple to borrow it. That was before, though. ”
"In the past, legend has it that when the temple was the most, there were thousands of masters of the rivers and lakes and the Xuandao who lived here, hoping to find the immortal weapons hidden in the temple, and some people even lived for decades. It's a pity that in the end, they still didn't get anything, so over time, there were many fewer people who came to the immortal weapon. ”
"Recently, I don't know why, the Kunlun faction has started the idea of immortal weapons again, so they sent disciples from the sect to borrow them in the temple, probably hoping to let them try their luck. ”
Monk Xuanyi said this, with a helpless smile in his voice.
After his words, Hui Jue spoke, "Human nature is greedy, even if you know that the immortal weapon is ominous and the acquisition is slim, you still want to try your luck. The people on Kunlun Immortal Mountain are only people after all, not immortals. ”