Chapter 6: Change
Dao Feng stared at the pulpit for a long time before turning his head and asking, "Master, ...... he I'm really reading the Bible......"
Elder Zhou Fu couldn't help but shake his head and said, "After all, he is just a young monk, the Buddha is the road after all, and he hasn't traveled much on the road, so how can he come to the Buddha? Although he is not timid in the pulpit, but only in this way, being an elder is still a little worse." ”
"Since ancient times, there have been Buddhas who have lectured on the scriptures, or taught the world with a unique understanding of the Buddhist scriptures, or enlightened the world with their own experience combined with the Buddhist scriptures, but how can anyone really go to the stage to preach the scriptures and read them?" an elder also echoed.
"Where is Abbot Dewu now, I think it's better to invite him over directly and let him see it clearly?" Dao Feng didn't have the slightest affection for Li Bai, so he asked.
"Okay, okay, then you can go. Elder Zhou Fu said.
Many monks have already determined that this Elder Zhou Gong will not preach at all, and then they all began to leave the scene one after another......
There were only a few new little monks dozing off on the field, but because the elders had not left, they stayed.
But at this moment, the new Elder Zhou Gong on the stage also stopped preaching, and looked at everyone frowning, as if he also understood something.
"It looks like he finally realizes that he doesn't have the ability, right? After some elders felt that the whole pulpit had become quiet, they said with some schadenfreude.
"It's long overdue. ”
"I think, why don't you go up and talk about Elder Zhou Fu? Abbot Dewu is really old and confused this time, let such a person be an elder. ”
"But I wonder, how can such a person become an elder? If you want to become an elder, you must first have an apprentice, where can such a little hairy child receive an apprentice?"
"Don't you know? Monk Daoyun is his apprentice. ”
"Daoyun, I'm very impressed, this disciple shined in the Dharma assessment a few days ago, and his future must be limitless. ”
"Why would such an outstanding disciple become a disciple of an elder like him? It's really a waste, no, I want to persuade this Dao Yun. ”
......
The more the elders in the audience talked, the more energetic they became, and they turned a lecture into a symposium and a criticism meeting.
But while they were discussing, the young elder on the stage seemed to have figured out something, and slowly spoke: "Since everyone is not very interested in Buddhist scriptures, then I will tell you a story." ”
Mosquitoes were heard around the monastery, and the wind whistled by, waking up several young monks who were dozing off.
Among them, the little monk Daoming was about the same age as Li Bai, and he barely opened his eyes wide, cheering up and forcing himself to listen to the young elders on the pulpit.
However, the spirit was still not good, and in the haze, he only heard some sporadic words: "I...... The story told is called ......Journey to the West......"
Journey to the West?What the hell?
Daoming couldn't understand it at all, and thought about it in his mind for a while, as if there was no such Buddhist scripture, but the drowsiness became stronger and stronger, and he fell asleep again in a daze.
I don't know how long it took, but his head slowly sank, and when he reached a certain height, he suddenly woke up, and the voice of the young elder was still in his ears: "The monkeys climbed and climbed, and when they came to the end, they saw a waterfall, as if it had fallen from the sky. The monkeys were amazed and consulted, saying, 'Whoever dares to go into the waterfall and find out the source of the water without harming his body, let him be king.' ’”
"After shouting three times, the stone monkey jumped out and shouted, 'I'll go in, I'll go in!'"
What? Stone monkey? Isn't it a scripture?
Daoming raised his head blankly, only to find that Abbot Dewu was sitting next to him, looking at the pulpit with a serious face, as if he was listening attentively.
He turned his head to look around again, there were still only a few young monks and elders, but all of them were listening to the lecture very carefully.
This......
Daoming frowned, and opened his mouth to salute Abbot Dewu, but Abbot Dewu stretched out his finger and poked it into his mouth without warning.
Then I heard Abbot Dewu say, "Shhhhhh ”
"Hmm......"
Holding Abbot's fingers, Daoming always felt a little strange, and some salty taste came out of his fingers.
This abbot doesn't wash his hands when he goes to the thatched house?
No, that's not the point, is it?
The young elder's voice kept ringing in his ears: "The Monkey King saw Patriarch Bodhi sitting upright on the platform, and there were more than thirty fairy children standing on both sides of the stage, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed. The patriarch asked him what he meant, and when he saw that he had no name, he said, 'Your name is Wukong!'"
Daoming was no longer sleepy at this time, so he listened carefully.
It's good that he didn't listen, but his face gradually became strange when he listened.
"When the patriarch heard the voice, he got up, and after sitting cross-legged, he sternly asked Sun Wukong what he was doing, and Wukong said, 'Didn't Master promise me in front of everyone during the day to let me come in through the back door during the third watch and teach me the magic of immortality?'"
The voice of the young elder continued to come slowly from the pulpit.
After a long time, the lamps and candles of the pulpit were not extinguished, and many monks who had left occasionally looked at the position of the pulpit and frowned in confusion.
I guess he's the only one left reading it, right?
Thinking of this, the monk shook his head and prepared to turn off the lights and go to bed.
As the night deepened, the bell rang from the bell tower of the White Horse Temple.
"Knock ......"
This is the last bell to ring tonight, which means that all the monks will go back to their meditation rooms to sleep.
The dozen or so monks on the pulpit were still unaware.
Li Bai put down the scriptures and tightened his monk's clothes, the weather in November was still a little cold.
It's still some time before winter begins, right?
After thinking about it, I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed after crossing over and experiencing so many things.
"Hey, that's it for today. Li Bai looked at everyone and looked at him expectantly.
“......”
"Hmm...... This...... Tell me again?" asked Daoming reflexively, only to find that Dewu's finger had been poking in his mouth, and he quickly pulled it out.
He already seemed to be in a world full of gods and demons in Journey to the West, and only after asking this question did he react, his face turned red, and he looked at the monks around him with the same expressions as him.
"It's not over yet! The story is not over...... What happened to Wukong in the end?
Li Bai blinked, smiled and said, "I want to know what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown." ”
"Ding...... Congratulations, the Heart of Teachings has been upgraded to 0.9. ”
A voice sounded in Li Bai's mind.
Did the flicker succeed?
(Thanks to the gourd evil god king for the tip.) )