Chapter 3: The Seven Sufferings of the World

Wu Fuyang also felt that he couldn't stand it anymore, and the picture in front of him seemed to be able to sense the thoughts in his heart, and gradually faded and returned to a blank.

Wu Fuyang couldn't calm down for a long time.

"Do you see clearly?"

Wu Fuyang nodded silently, sorted out his chaotic thoughts, and asked rhetorically, "Is this the legendary out-of-body soul?"

"It's understandable. ”

"Are you really a sword spirit?"

"Yes. ”

"How can a sword have a spirit?" Wu Fuyang was a little unconvinced, after all, this was beyond what he had known and learned before, and suddenly, no one could accept it.

"Everything in the world has a spirit. The man said indifferently, "People have spirits, mountains have spirits, trees have spirits, water also have spirits, birds and animals, flowers, birds, fish and insects all have spirits." The spirit of the earth nurtures life, the spirit of fire keeps the cold away, and the spirit of water nourishes all things. The spirit of flowers is based on color, and the spirit of words lies in inheritance. I also have a Spirit, and my Spirit is in the name of the word spoken in the hearts of men! In your words now, there are those who are alive but they are dead, and there are those who are dead but they are still alive. I wonder how many people have seen Shakyamuni, but for more than 2,000 years, he has been living in the hearts of monks and nuns; Li Er rode a green ox to send a letter to Guguan for 2,500 years, and a Tao Te Ching has been recited in the world to this day. All these are too numerous to mention, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign. ”

Wu Fuyang tried hard to use the knowledge he had learned to understand what the man said, and said cautiously: "The spirit you are talking about, is it the faith that people say they say?"

The man nodded and said, "It can be understood, but it's not comprehensive. Spirit, which is a belief or an obsession, can also be an innate spirit. The soul given is faith, the desire of the heart is obsession, and the innate form is spirit. The spirit is everywhere, but it is never perceived, and many people only know what it is, but not why. Nature turns a blind eye to the spirit. ”

"So, were you born to be a spirit?"

When the man heard this, he was stunned: "Of course not. ”

Wu Fuyang hurriedly asked, "Then who are you?"

"Have you ever heard of the idioms "twilight and perverse," the man asked.

Wu Fuyang said: "Of course I know." ”

"Then do you know the origin and origin of these two idioms?"

Wu Fuyang nodded and said: "In the Spring and Autumn Period, King Chuping listened to slander and killed the prince's master Wu Hao and his eldest son Wu Shang. Wu Hao's other son, Wu Zixu, survived because he escaped quickly.

Wu Zixu fled to the state of Wu, helped the king of Wu to seize the throne, and later helped the Wu army to attack the state of Chu, at this time the king of Chuping was dead, but Wu Zixu still dug up the king of Chuping from the tomb, whipped the corpse three hundred times, and avenged his father and brother.

Shen Baoxu hid in Yiling, learned that Wu Zixu whipped the corpse, Shen Baoxu sent someone to accuse him of "the revenge of the son, which is so much! I heard that the one who fights is victorious to the sky, and the heaven can also break the people." Now the son of the old peace king's ministers, pro-north and things, as for the dead now, this is not the way of heaven to the extreme!" But Wu Zixu said, "For me, thank Shen Baoxu and said, I can't go far in the future, so I go perverse and go against it." That is, the origin of the idioms "the sun is far away" and "perverse". ”

The man nodded and sighed, "I'm the soldier who turned white overnight!"

When Wu Fuyang heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised. Eyes widened: "Then why did you end up here?"

Wu Zixu said: "Since you know my life deeds, you naturally also know the cause of my death." Wu Wangfu heard the slander of Dazai Boyao (Pi), saying that I was conspiring to rely on the Qi State to oppose Wu, sent someone to send a sword to me, and ordered me to commit suicide. ”

Wu Fuyang asked puzzledly, "What does that have to do with you now?"

"The problem lies in the sword sent by Wu Wangfu. Wu Zixu said: "The name of this sword is the male sword cast by the cadre Mo Ye (1), this sword is extracted from the essence of five mountains and six alloy irons, the essence of the cadre, and the tears of Mo Evil, which was made in three years. On the day it was forged, it had spiritual sense, and it was a sword of vengeance. Later, after drinking the blood of the king of Chu, the son of the cadre Mo Evil, and the chivalrous man, his soul was sealed, so after my death, I was also sealed in it. ”

"Why?"

"Do you know the Seven Sufferings of Buddhism (2) and the Seven Treasures of Buddhism?"

Although Wu Fuyang was not a Buddhist monk, he was fond of literature, studied Chinese language and literature, and dabbled in Buddhist and Taoist classics. Naturally, I also know that the seven sufferings mentioned by Buddhism refer to: birth, old age, sickness, death, resentment, love and separation, and unwantedness.

The word is only thirteen, but how many years does it take to get rid of all these sufferings? Looking at all living beings, there is no lack of heroes, but they are even more entangled in grievances, and almost no one is free from all sufferings, which can be said to be deeply burdened by the seven sufferings.

Western Catholicism also clearly states that there are seven deadly sins in human nature: gluttony, greed, laziness, anger, pride, lust, and jealousy.

This shows that you can overcome the desires of your heart and liberate yourself from the difficulties of the seven sufferings.

According to Buddhist texts, the seven treasures are: gold, silver, glass, coral, clams, red pearls, and agate.

Wu Fuyang was surprised: "Do you also know Buddhism?"

Wu Zixu nodded and said, "Although the way of heaven is not revealed, all things are contained in it. Since I have a lack of spiritual knowledge, the changes in the world are vivid, and I have seen a lot, so I naturally remember it. Kong Zhongni said, 'Sensitive and studious, not ashamed to ask.' Since the old man travels in the world, of course he has to keep pace with the times, so what's so strange about this!"

Wu Fuyang said: "It's me who was stupid, and the seniors taught me." ”

Wu Zixu continued: "The Seven Sufferings correspond to the Seven Treasures, since I have been sealed as a sword spirit in the sword, I need to taste the Seven Sufferings and collect the essence of the Seven Treasures before I can unlock the seal. When the seal is broken, the merit is fulfilled, or it is reincarnated as a human being, or it is a spirit of the earth, or it is hidden in the vast universe. To this day, I have collected the essence of the six treasures of gold, silver, glass, coral, red pearl and agate, and I still owe the essence of the one treasure to break the seal. ”

"What does that have to do with me?"

Wu Zixu said: "There are two reasons. First, I was your ancestor, and your body continues my bloodline, and my soul is connected by my three souls and seven spirits (4), and secondly, you have the spirit of love and suffering corresponding to the spirit of the clams, so I need you to help me find the essence of the clams. ”

Wu Fuyang was still puzzled and asked, "Then why should I go to find the essence of the clams for you?"

Wu Zixu said with a smile: "I just said that you and I are connected by blood, and I have the same qi and branches, and my merits are complete, and I am also the same as you." I've collected all the other six treasures, all you have to do is find them. Now that the seal is unlocked, you and I must work together to achieve the perfection of merit, and from now on we will travel the world and the world, and we will no longer suffer from the tiredness of birth, old age, sickness, death, resentment, love, parting, and unwantedness!"

After listening to this, Wu Fuyang verified to Wu Zixu again: "I probably understand a little, can I understand it like this." You are saying that you are all I have, and I was once a part of your soul. Like a person's torso, I'm just one of them. Therefore, I want to experience the seven sufferings of life and help you find the essence of clams, which will be beneficial to both you and me. ”

Wu Zixu was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "It can be understood in this way." ”

Wu Fuyang questioned: "What you said is absurd and bizarre, I don't know if it's true or not, how can I prove it?"

Wu Zixu said: "Stretch out your right hand, palm up." ”

Wu Fuyang did as he was told, and Wu Zixu also stretched out his right hand. I saw that in Wu Zixu's palm, golden, silver-white, transparent, coral, red pearl, and agate shapes appeared out of thin air, and the phantom of a dagger around the handle was suspended and wriggling in his palm, while Wu Fuyang only had a round milky white pearl in his palm, suspended around a pale sword shadow.

Wu Zixu explained: "You and I are connected by blood, and this sword shadow and the essence of the clams are the best evidence. ”

Wu Fuyang lost his voice and said, "How can this be?"

"Do you remember when you cut your finger when you touched your mother's tombstone, and the blood flowed down the tombstone to the ground?" Wu Zixu said: "I will hide under the tombstone, and your blood has been drunk into the sword, so we will meet." ”

"And how do I find the essence of the clams?"

Wu Zixu said: "You don't need to worry about this, I will send you to the place where you should find the essence of the clams." ”

Wu Fuyang asked rhetorically, "Since you know the place where the essence of the clams is, why don't you find it yourself." ”

Wu Zixu shook his head and said, "I just said that your life grid corresponds to the essence of the clams, and only you can obtain it. But I can't, this so-called 'near at hand, far away in the world'. In the dark, everything has long been predestined. ”

"In this case, you can send me directly to the place where the Tridac Spirit appears, and I will help you get it, and it will save you a lot of trouble. ”

"No way!"

"Why?"

Wu Zixu said: "If you don't go through hardships, how can you know the true meaning of life." You can't get the Spirit without sincerity. ”

"Then how can I get the essence of the clams?"

"With your true and sincere blood, you can know it by blending into it. ”

Wu Fuyang asked: "What is the essence of sincerity and sincerity, and how should I integrate it?"

Wu Zixu shook his head and said: "This is a heavenly opportunity, it must not be revealed!"

Wu Fuyang thought for a long time, shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I still can't promise you." ”

Wu Zixu seemed to see through Wu Fuyang's thoughts, and said: "So do you want to return to your body, become a vegetative person from now on, lie on the cramped sickbed every day, and watch your father worry every day, wash his face with tears, and gradually grow old?"

This sentence was like a slap in the head, and a stick woke Wu Fuyang up.

He was silent, more afraid in his heart than afraid of being used by others, he was more afraid of becoming a vegetative person from now on, unable to survive or die. Lying in bed every day, not only can not solve problems for his father, but has become a drag on him. watched himself become a burden, and watched his father wash his face with tears.

He felt that this was more terrible than being used by others, and more terrible than letting himself die.

The faith in his heart was shaken.