The old monk in the light was dressed very ordinarily, not even wearing a robe, and a rough cyan cloth robe was worn from neck to foot, which was the kind of ordinary goods that the little novice who had just entered the temple could wear.

He didn't burn cigarettes on his head, he didn't wear beads around his neck or wrists, and he didn't pinch any Dharma seals in his hands.

His face is a little fat, his belly is a little round, and the overall feeling is like a fifty-seven or eight-year-old fat uncle next door, shaved his head and wore a monk's robe.

"It's you!" Lei Dong was stunned on the spot, because the old man in the fusiform light he saw was the old monk who called himself to come to Qingyun Mountain nine years ago.

"It's me and it's not me," the old monk nodded and shook his head, then explained, "Nine years ago, I calculated that I would have a catastrophe, and by the time you found here, I might not be in this cave anymore, so I saved a spiritual sense in the Five Elements Bead to talk to you." I'm just a wisp of spiritual consciousness, if you have enough yuan power to supply me, I can exist for a little longer, otherwise I can only appear in the depths of your consciousness three times. ”

Hearing the old monk say this, Lei Dong noticed that under the old monk's feet, there were five fist-sized light beads of yellow, green, blue, red, and black, which corresponded to each other, forming an aperture with a diameter of about 1 meter.

This is also the first time he saw the face of the master after Lei Dong's apprenticeship, the old monk had a charitable face, but he was very easy to deal with, Lei Dong smiled secretly in his heart, it seems that he has found another "Uncle Laifu".

Thinking so, Lei Dong didn't forget the etiquette, he leaned down and bowed to the old monk again.

The old monk was happy, and said that Lei Dong had worshiped just now, so he could not worship, but Lei Dong still insisted on worshipping three times.

The old monk waited for Lei Dong to finish worshipping, and said: "Since you are already my disciple, you should know my name, my monk's name is settled, and the former head of Baiyun Temple is me, but I have experienced a catastrophe seven years ago, and Baiyun Temple may have already been a different master." ”

Settled Zen Master, my God, it is actually the rumored 300-year-old Settled Zen Master! Lei Dong was overjoyed, even if he took the name of Settled Zen Master to set up a stall outside, he was afraid that he would be able to make a fortune!

I thought that the grandfather, who had lived for more than 300 years, should be an old man, but I didn't expect the fat monk in front of him to settle down, and he actually looked like he could still sleep with a woman.

Lei Dong put away his crooked thoughts and said seriously: "Master, I want to ask you a question, you have been in my body for nine years, why did I only see you today?"

Settle down and explained with a smile: "I am in the deepest part of your consciousness, you can only find me when you enter the deepest sleep state, this hole is dark and quiet, giving you a sense of safety and comfort, and letting you enter a deep sleep state, so you have found me." ”

Lei Dong listened, and his doubts became even more confused: "But this is not right, this hole is pitch black, it makes me afraid, how can it give me a sense of safety and comfort?"

Settle shook his head: "In the eyes of ordinary people, darkness is frightening, but in essence, when the heavens and the earth first opened, there was darkness first, and light and all things were reborn. When we enter darkness, we enter our source, and we are afraid on the surface, but we yearn for it inwardly. ”

Lei Dong thought for a while, but still couldn't think of a reason: "Master, what you said is very mysterious, but I still don't believe that darkness can give us a sense of security. ”

Settle down and don't be in a hurry, but just ask indifferently: "Then let me ask you, why do people have to close their eyes to fall asleep?"

When he asked such a question, Lei Dong was speechless.

"People mistakenly think that they are afraid of the dark, but in fact darkness is what people yearn for, when they wake up, their reason resists it, and when they sleep, their instincts take refuge in it, so they must close their eyes in order to sleep peacefully. ”

Although the sound of the settlement was not loud, it was like a sting of thunder, hitting the depths of the thunderous soul, and although he could not understand much in a short period of time, he could feel that this was a very mysterious Dharma.

"I have realized the darkness because of the light, and I have realized the Dharma because of the darkness, and you are my disciple, and you must gradually understand the principles of light and darkness. If you can understand it, you can have peace of mind, and you can solve life and death!"

Lei Dong nodded, and then asked, "But what does this have to do with life and death?"

"Because life and death are like light and darkness, people want to live but are afraid of death, just like people like light but afraid of darkness, this is a superficial phenomenon. If you dig deeper, you will find that people are actually happy to die and afraid of life. ”

Do people like to die and fear life? How is this completely contrary to their own cognition? If it was before, whoever said such a thing, Lei Dong would definitely say that person was an idiot, but at this moment, how could Lei Dong feel that there seemed to be some truth in this?

The words that were settled were like an empowerment, and when they collided with the thunderous common sense, in the thunderous dream, the figure of another monk slowly floated in.

"No wonder the junior brother is full of energy, it turns out that the master is teaching him the Buddha!"

Lei Dong was a little stupid, there was an old monk in the depths of his consciousness, Lu Yuanzi could actually travel freely in his dreams, what happened to this world?