The mountain cliff behind the empty pure Buddhist temple.

Last night, Hong Wu told Xiao Lang the story of Tianlong Babu.

Xiao Langfang knew that according to Buddhist legends, there were eight kinds of Shinto monsters in this world: the Celestial Beings, the Naga Beings, the Yakshas, the Gandharvas, the Asuras, the Garudas, the Kinnaras, and the Maharajas.

Hong Wu said that the master of the founding patriarch of the Jianghu Wulin Buddhism School was a Taoist who passed on the scriptures, so many Buddhist interpretations have been recorded.

Xiao Lang asked, "Do the three elders believe that there are gods in this world?"

The three elders all smiled and said nothing.

Hong Ming said: "God cannot be touched, but there is reincarnation, there is God." ”

Hong Xin said: "God cannot speak, if you believe, you will have, and if you don't believe, you will not." ”

Hong Wusi lined it for a long time, and said: "Many legends are the imprints of gods and the footprints of people. ”

……

As soon as the sky was dark, the four people on the cliff opened their eyes at the same time.

The three elders of Buddhism and Xiao Lang sat opposite each other, forming a situation of Xiao Lang one-to-three.

Xiao Lang continued to ask, "Where are the footprints of the three elders?"

Hong Wu then said: "The Buddhist scriptures say that there are three worlds and six realms in the world. The Three Realms are the Realm of Desire, the Realm of Color, and the Realm of Colorlessness, and the Six Realms are Heaven, Human, Asura, Beasts, Hungry Ghosts, and Hell. Among the Three Realms and Six Realms, there are three thousand worlds, and among these three thousand worlds, each world has three thousand small worlds. The Buddha said, one flower and one world, one leaf and one Bodhi, the footprints of this god may be in these three thousand worlds. ”

Hong Ming continued: "Everything is impermanent, if there is really a god, the Three Realms and Six Realms, there is no escape from a dead word, after death is reincarnation, reincarnation is the beginning of the next time." ”

Hong Xin said: "If there is no god, the world will have seven emotions and six desires, and they will no longer be afraid of karma. The existence of hell is not so much a punishment for the sinners of the time, but a deterrent, including for kings. ”

Xiao Lang said with a smile: "As the third elder said, if there is a god, after a hundred years, everything will be empty, when I open my eyes again, it will be a different scene, different people, different things, I will have different experiences; Thinking about this life, the most important thing to pursue is nothing more than a clear conscience, but unfortunately the people outside are too impetuous, and they can't get out of the red dust. ”

Hong Wu praised: "Xiao Lang, you don't worship the Buddha, but you have such an awareness, you have experienced many things, and you can be good alone, but you admire it very much." ”

Xiao Lang said modestly: "I have been wandering in Saibei for a few years before, and I can't compare to Master Hongwu's epiphany. If I reincarnate in the rivers and lakes in the future and hear the name of the sword saint Xiao Lang again, I don't know how I will feel. ”

Hong Wu said: "If you want to be him, then you can continue to be a sword master in the next life, if you don't want to be him, then your next life will not bother this problem." Most of the world's troubles lie in desire, and those who have pure desires and no desires are truly invincible in the world. ”

Xiao Lang realized that he had been separated from the outside world for too long, and he had become a lot more embarrassed. Every time I see a living person, I am excited and sad, and my perception is complex and beyond words. The third elder thinks that Xiao Lang wants to re-enter the WTO, or is he willing to live here and be an idler?"

Silence all around.

After a long time, Hong Wufang said: "Our generation has experienced many complexities and many rights and wrongs, so we are hesitant to look at the problem and are in a dilemma. In this world, among the younger generations, there are many people who are dragons and phoenixes, whether they join the WTO or not, in fact, the era that belongs to us has passed, and we cannot turn things around. This history has always come from the law to follow, people are not gods, nor sages, everything good or bad is up to the majority of people to choose. ”

"What a majority. Xiao Lang sighed: "Xiao has practiced swords all his life, the sword edge is too much, the murderous aura is too heavy, and the eyes are turbid, but it is not as clear as the master." ”

Hong Ming continued: "Senior brother's words are appropriate. Even if there are really 3,000 worlds in this world, it still needs to be supported by sentient beings, and the world without sentient beings is dead and silent, and there is no world to speak of. Regardless of whether these beings are human beings, gods, or demons, their existence must not be accidental. ”

Xiao Lang bowed his head respectfully and said, "Be taught." ”

……

The sun is slowly rising, and today's morning glow is particularly red, and as soon as the sun shines, it returns to normal.

In the mountains, there were bursts of bird song.

Xiao Lang closed his eyes and felt it, only to feel relaxed and happy, and yearning for it.

But listening to Hong Wudao: "This bird in the mountains is the most comfortable sentient being in my heart." They have this vast world, they can be self-sufficient, and they have no worries about their lives, and they can only enjoy themselves. ”

Hong Ming bowed his head slightly and said: "It is a grass and a tree in this mountain, and we also know the roots." Life is just a few years, and in the future, the fallen leaves will return to their roots, and they will be unburdened, and they will need to be accompanied by all living beings in the mountains, which is a great joy. ”

Hong Xin also joked: "In the future, if I sleep forever and be accompanied by the two senior brothers, I think that I will have this opportunity again, and one day, I can continue to sit and talk and laugh." ”

Xiao Lang was amazed at the mind of the three elders of this Buddhism, from the divine realm to life and death, without the slightest wave, if it were not for the pessimistic everything in the world, there would be no such cultivation. They are all martial arts masters, they learned a lot of skills when they were young, and now they are willing to talk here, how open-minded they are.

Hong Wu and Xiao Lang picked up a life in Zhongji in Suolong Valley back then, and it can be said that they are both people who have experienced life and death.

Xiao Lang always wanted to ask Hong Wu why he went to Lock Dragon Valley back then, and whether he was the same as everyone else, obsessed because of his curiosity and need for immortality.

Now, it seems, he doesn't need to ask.

Hong Wu, perhaps like him, wanted to prevent this tragedy from happening. It's just that Xiao Lang wants to stop it in advance, and Hong Wu wants to stop it in the middle of the matter.

It is very clear in the Buddhist scriptures that if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell. Hong Wu knows the nature of the world, and a person who has no fear of hell, only if he has seen hell, will he be afraid of hell and believe in cause and effect.

After all, immortality is not in reincarnation, and it does not exist in this world.

It's a pity that it backfired, Hong Wu overestimated himself, just as Xiao Lang overestimated himself, these two people were too arrogant before, and their hearts must have struggled to blame themselves, but Hong Wu saw it more thoroughly, and he came out earlier than Xiao Lang.

As for Hong Xin and Hong Ming, it is impossible not to know that what they can do is to accompany their senior brother, and sit and talk about the Tao every day, in fact, it is also a practice.

Buddhism retreats precisely because they don't want to get involved in disputes anymore, and they leave it to the next generation how things will be resolved in the end.

The next generation will be even stronger after this experience. And Jiuxuanmen, on the other hand, has taken on the heavy responsibility of reality, this Buddha is one dark and one bright, and what he does is nothing more than to let everyone see hell first, and then know awe.

In the three thousand worlds, only desire is immortal, but only sentient beings are the masters of this heaven and earth!