Ku Xuan has been to Fengqi Temple for more than forty-three years, his eyebrows are white, and he only wears a green robe on weekdays. When he entered the temple, he did not apprentice, let alone be included in the Fengqi Temple, but only a serving monk.

In the first 40 years, he only did some miscellaneous work such as lighting fires, carrying water, chopping wood, and watering the fields and planting vegetables. It wasn't until three years ago that a group of robbers entered the temple, and the lives of the monks of the temple were hanging by a thread.

Since then, Kuxuan has been enshrined by all the monks, and more than a dozen young monks have thrown themselves on his knees and followed him in his practice. And Ku Xuan also took the time to talk about the Dharma he understood every month, and answered all questions.

It's just a matter of standing for the abbot.

When the monks saw that he had a deep knowledge of Buddhism and refused to be the abbot, they worshipped him as their ancestor.

On this day, Ku Xuan had just finished talking about Buddhism, and a monk sent a wood carving, saying that it was a gift from a young man, and he was going to show it to the patriarch.

The monk pushed but agreed.

When the monks saw the wood carving, they found that it was a Buddha statue, but it was faintly similar to the patriarch.

But if you look closely, your facial features are not the same as those of the ancestor, and your eyes are full of sorrow. Some people find that it is precisely because of this sorrow that people feel similar to their ancestors.

Ku Xuan took the Buddha statue and didn't speak, but just asked the monk Zhike, "What else did the young man say?"

The monk recalled for a moment, shook his head and said, "He just asked me to send the Buddha statue, and didn't say anything else." ”

Ku Xuan nodded and took the Buddha statue back to the meditation room.

He carefully observed the Buddha statue, paced back and forth, and finally determined that the Buddha statue was made in an instant, and the knife technique was like flowing water, which completely conformed to the texture of the wood carving itself, but it was ingenious and hidden in the charm.

Ku Xuan found the same piece of wood and carved it according to the Buddha statue, and after a while, a Buddha statue with the same appearance appeared.

But he still sighed, just the same appearance.

In the next two days, Ku Xuan wasted an unknown amount of wood, but he still couldn't carve a Buddha statue that satisfied him. His eyes were bloodshot, and he pushed open the door, it was still late at night.

Ku Xuan left with the Buddha statue in his hand and went to the sycamore forest in the back mountain.

Before entering the forest, I saw a young man sitting cross-legged on a tree.

Ku Xuan Heshi said: "Tan Yue sent me a Buddha statue, the old monk was grateful, but the old monk saw that the skill was itchy and unbearable, and he wanted to carve the same Buddha statue, and it took two days to realize that he was not self-sufficient." I have come to return the treasure tonight, so that I will not be restless all the time. ”

The young man was naturally Gu Qing, and he smiled and said, "If you want to learn, I can teach you." ”

Ku Xuan shook his head and said, "Tan Yue's skills, I can't learn them." ”

Gu Qing said: "Then can I ask you to promise me one thing?"

Ku Xuan said: "If Tan Yue wants to have nine wonderful qi, as long as others agree, the old monk will not dare to refuse." ”

Gu Qing smiled faintly and said, "I tried my best to carve the Buddha statue, but not for this matter, I want to be the president." ”

Ku Xuan sighed and said, "With Tan Yue's talent and talent, is it worth your attention to the president of a nine-stream society?"

Gu Qing said: "I just want to do it, this is what I want." ”

He paused, and then said: "The Buddha said that there are eight sufferings in life, birth, old age, sickness and death, resentment and hatred, love and separation, unbelievable, and the five yin are blazing, I thought that I couldn't ask for the most bitter, and the master asked me not to ask for it, so I had to let you go to hell." ”

Ku Xuan looked up at Gu Qing and said slowly: "Tan Yue, you are so domineering." ”

Gu Qing smiled slightly and said, "Master, you are stubborn. ”

Ku Xuan said: "Before the old monk entered Fengqi Temple for forty-three years, he was actually not a monk. ”

Gu Qing said leisurely: "Forty-three years ago, there was a jade-faced man in Yunzhou, who was handsome and pretty, but he was ruthless, as long as he saw injustice, he would definitely calm it. In that year, he killed 273 people, 272 of whom had a reason to die. There was only one person, but he was wronged and aggrieved, and the jade-faced man Tu later learned that he had killed the wrong person, but unfortunately he could not be resurrected after death, so he converted to Buddhism.

But for forty years, there was not a day that did not repent of the sins of that day. Of course, killing the wrong person was only one reason for his repentance, and the other reason was that he killed the wrong person because the jade-faced man Tu liked a woman, and everything he knew about the wrong killing of that person was told to him by that woman. Forty-three years ago, after he mistakenly killed the man, the woman disappeared without a trace, and it wasn't until three years ago that he told you his whereabouts.

It's just that the woman was a young girl at the time, and when you find her, she is already a corpse that has just died. When you see her body, you are full of resentment, and you can only return to dust. But you've promised to help you find the woman's 'painter' and support him as president.

You are a trustworthy monk and have no remorse. But this matter has also become your heart disease, after all, you joined the Nine Streams Society in the past because of the death of your father, and your heart was resistant, so after the death of the 'painter', you went to a heart disease, and you never wanted the Nine Streams Society to have another president, obey his command, what I said was right. ”

Ku Xuan said: "I didn't expect the 'painter' to tell you everything." ”

Gu Qing said indifferently: "I was able to carve that Buddha statue because I knew about you, you see, is he full of sorrow." ”

Ku Xuan said: "Don't look at it, the old monk has seen it many times." If I have the ability to Tan Yue, I can inject the last trace of repentance and unwillingness into the Buddha statue in my heart. It's a pity that the old monk can't do it. ”

Gu Qing said leisurely: "Since you can't do it, you might as well let me help you." In this way, I will get what I ask, and you will get what you want. ”

Ku Xuan shook his head and said: "The old monk promised Tan Yue, and his heart will be haunted by being in the Nine Streams Society, and it will be a new sorrow." ”

Gu Qing said lightly: "I said, you can't let me ask for it." ”

Ku Xuan sighed lightly: "The old monk has already passed half of his life, and he doesn't want to be forced anymore." ”

Gu Qing's eyes fell on him, and he said softly: "Then you don't have to be forced in the future." ”

A dagger appeared in his hand, and his figure flickered, disappearing into the tree in the blink of an eye.

Ku Xuan had been on guard for a long time, and a small knife appeared in his hand and stabbed towards the void on the left. In an instant, the sky was clear, and the sword qi was in the sky, like a net.

Gu Qing happened to appear in the net.

I saw Gu Qing leisurely, the dagger stabbed at the void, the clear light disappeared in an instant, the knife qi was silent, and the knife in Ku Xuan's hand was broken inch by inch.

Ku Xuan had no choice but to push out a palm, and the internal qi of decades of penance was like a mountain torrent bursting out, unstoppable.

But when it hit Gu Qing, it was like hitting an iron wall, and it didn't have any effect.

Instead, he felt an unstoppable force pouring into his body.

Ku Xuan's eyes were black, and his throat was sweet.

Before a mouthful of reverse blood spurted out, he saw Gu Qing slap his Tianling Gai with a palm.

This palm didn't come quickly, but Ku Xuan was already weak and couldn't avoid it.

He couldn't help but be discouraged, but there was a sense of relief in his heart.

"This life should have been given back to him forty-three years ago. ”

A palm mercilessly slapped on the top of Ku Xuan's head, and the surging force rushed into his limbs.

Ku Xuan felt that every inch of flesh and blood on his body was washed away, and his perception was quickly blurred, and he was unconscious.

I don't know how long it took, Ku Xuan woke up.

The morning light was faint and fell on the face. He rubbed his eyes, his mouth and nose were full of fresh air, where would this be hell, nor should it be the Pure Land of Bliss, it would still be a human world.

I looked around, and I was sure it was where I was last night. Looking at the bluestone in front of you, there are finger carvings left.

"Kill you once, save you once, your life is in my absence. ”

Next to the finger carving is the wooden Buddha, Ku Xuan looked over, the wooden Buddha's eyes no longer have a trace of sorrow, the eyes are pure, like a newborn baby.

He has gone through life and death, and he no longer lingers on the past.

Ku Xuan picked up the Buddha statue and kowtowed to the finger carving.

He then shouted the Buddha's horn and said, "Tan Yue will eliminate the karma in my heart, and I will return the cause and effect, and I won't let you ask for it." ”

Several crows cries in the sycamore forest seemed to respond.