Chapter 60: Comparing Yourself Before and After

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Shi Xuan took out the Yin and Yang two cylinders and let go of some of the prohibitions inside: "This thing can absorb water and things, although it can't fit a sea, but a big lake is still more than enough, and it should be enough to deal with floods." ”

Fang's expression solemnly took the Yin and Yang two cylinders: "The concubine has taken all the people to thank the Duke first." Then he turned and flew over the flood.

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In the flood.

There was a family of three holding a broken tree desperately swimming to the high land, but the water was turbulent, the waves were gusting, swimming out of three zhang, and was washed back five zhang, gradually, the child had no strength, as soon as his hand was loosened, he was washed out of the flood far away, desperately struggling in the water.

When his mother and father saw this, they held the wood and tried to swim to save him, but in the flood, the wood could not change direction so easily, and the father gritted his teeth, and as soon as he let go of his hand, he went to the child by a wave. The mother was still a little sensible, and knew that if she went at this time, it would only become a drag and disturb her husband to save her son, so she muttered: "Great compassion and great compassion Pudu Bodhisattva, please save my husband and child." If it is effective, the concubine will definitely set up a nunnery at home, and from then on fasting and chanting scriptures, and worship incense at night. ”

Pei Ning is floating in the turbid water, she is everyone's best girl, she can't swim at all, if it weren't for the nurse desperately pulling her, she would have been buried in the water, but at this moment the two of them have no strength, they are slowly sinking into the water, trying to struggle upwards for a while, feeling the cold water overflowing her lips and drowning her nose, she finally despaired, closed her eyes, but her heart was very unwilling, she was only twenty-eight years old, it was the most beautiful and brilliant time in life, how could she die like this, the vast gods and Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, who of you will save me, I will be your faithful believer in the future。

Of course, some people who are trying to survive do not have time to pray to the Bodhisattva, but their relatives and friends who are temporarily safe can only pray to God and Buddha for some psychological comfort, or hope for a miracle.

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The high land that had come out of the water was now densely packed with people, all of whom were closest to it when the flood came, so that they could escape.

As many people got out of the flood or were rescued, there are more and more people here, this is nothing, but the flood water still keeps rising, and the land that has just been exposed to the water can drown the instep of people in the blink of an eye, so everyone is rushing higher.

But the higher places were already full of people, and a large number of people couldn't squeeze in, seeing that the water level under their feet was getting higher and higher, so some people fought, some people pleaded bitterly, some people lifted the child above their heads, and more people prayed to the immortals, hoping that there would be a god or Buddha who could save them from the sea of suffering.

Suddenly, there was an ethereal and divine voice in the sky: "I heard your prayers, and I have come to your rescue." The voice was not loud, but it reverberated in thousands of people, as if it sounded in everyone's hearts.

Everyone looked excitedly, only to see a treasure solemn jade-faced Bodhisattva standing on the nine-grade lotus platform, holding a white jade bottle, the golden flowers around the body were falling, and the back of the head was a round of mighty and sacred golden light, listen carefully, as if you can hear countless people pious chanting scriptures, prayers, let the heart of Wen be quiet, forget the mundane, and look like a true god!

However, it was the Fang clan that saw that there was a way to save water, so he showed his true body, and as a Shinto monk, he would definitely not do good deeds without leaving a name.

"Then, that's Pudu Bodhisattva!!" the believers of the Youfang clan recognized the origin of this bodhisattva and shouted excitedly.

Tens of thousands of people in despair, seeing that a Bodhisattva had really come, were ecstatic and grateful in their hearts, so they all knelt down at once, and recited in unison: "Pudu Bodhisattva is merciful and compassionate, please help me and others." ”

Fang Shi smiled slightly, did not speak, in the eyes of many people, threw out the white jade net bottle, the white jade net bottle grew in the wind, and in the blink of an eye, it became the size of a mountain, and then the mouth of the bottle released two huge gases, one black and one white, as soon as it touched the water surface, the water was like a water dragon soaring into the sky, and it continued to fly into the mouth of the bottle.

Strange to say, only the flood water was absorbed, and the people, wood, bricks, and broken tiles in the water were left in their place.

After a few breaths, the loess beneath the high land reappeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the people here prostrated again in shock and reverence, and silently recited: "Great Compassion Pudu Bodhisattva." ”

After a few more breaths, the flood had receded to the embankment, and the mother in the family of three was already desperate to watch her husband sink below the water with the child in her arms, but in a blink of an eye, she saw them lying on the ground peacefully, looking around in a trance, as if she didn't quite believe that it was air and not water next to it, and tears of surprise couldn't stop flowing down from the mother's eyes, and her mouth repeatedly chanted: "Great Compassion Pudu Bodhisattva." ”

Pei Ning was closing his eyes and waiting to die, but after a long time, he didn't see any water choking into his nose, so he opened his eyes blankly and looked at it, only to see himself sitting in the yellow mud, and the dirty nurse also looked at himself blankly, until he heard everyone's prayers and saw the Bodhisattva in mid-air, and then he cried and laughed and pounced on the nurse.

When the flood receded to a few feet below the original water level, everyone saw Pudu Bodhisattva make a move, and the white jade bottle immediately retracted the black and white qi, and then slowly became smaller and flew back to the palm of the Bodhisattva.

With the retraction of the two cylinders of yin and yang, the dripping rain also stopped, and rays of sunlight fell from the sky. Fang looked at Shi Xuan who was hidden in mid-air gratefully, it turned out that Shi Xuan had used the Taiji Diagram to disperse the dark clouds.

Bathed in the warm and hopeful golden sunlight, the people looked at Pudu Bodhisattva feverishly, only to see Pudu Bodhisattva continue to say in that ethereal and sacred voice: "This seat can only save a momentary emergency, you should wait for yourself to save first, and repair the embankment quickly, otherwise the next rainstorm will be another disaster." ”

At this time, everyone had the idea of refuting, and they all said respectfully and reverently: "Follow the Bodhisattva's decree." ”

Fang Shi accepted it when he saw it, and slowly hid his figure. Leave only the voice of gratitude in one place.

In the later generations of Yangzhou Chronicles, it was a year, and strange things frequently appeared in Yangzhou, which was a sign of change in the world.

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Above a white cloud, the Fang clan returned the Yin and Yang two cylinders to Shi Xuan: "Thank you Engong, to be honest, I heard them praise me like that just now, praise me, the concubine blushed a little, and it is obviously Engong who really contributes." ”

Shi Xuan played with the Yin and Yang cylinders and said with a smile: "It's okay. Speaking of poverty, there are some gains, those praises and praises, but they are far less than this. ”

Fang asked curiously, "What kind of harvest, why didn't the concubine see it?"

"Hehe, some mood experience. There are two main aspects, on the one hand, when I just saw those people struggling in the flood, Poor Dao was thinking, if Poor Dao did not have the magic power in his body, what would happen in this situation? The only answer was to resign himself to fate and pray for help from others in despair. Therefore, on the path of cultivation, immortality is the goal, and being able to adapt to the state of mind of immortality is the key, but the strength to protect oneself is also indispensable. Shi Xuan said lightly, although it can't be regarded as all right, but the experience of perception is itself a process of slowly removing the false and preserving the truth, and it is impossible to comprehend all of them at once, and at this stage, it is not bad to be able to reach this level.

Fang nodded, as if he understood.

Shi Xuan continued: "On the other hand, compared to everyone's despair, sadness, and sadness just now, Poor Dao prefers the joy, touch, and tears in their eyes now that they have escaped death. After all, this is Shi Xuan's understanding of his own surname, and of course, it is also very superficial.

"Well, so is the concubine. Fang Shi said with a light smile, then remembered something, covered his mouth and sighed: "Engong, your bottle is full of water, how is it good?"

"Nothing. If there is a dry place on the road, it will be treated as rain. If you really can't meet it, when you return overseas, you can dump it into the sea. Shi Xuan said indifferently, "Okay, Poor Dao will go back to the Deshengqiao Temple first and wait for Mrs. Fang." After Madame Fang had treated those who were injured with magic, she remembered to come back and discuss the previous matter with Poor Dao. "Shi Xuan could have made a move, but with the Fang Clan here, it would be redundant.

Fang's posture gave a salute: "The concubine body must be remembered." ”

Then Shi Xuan nodded, and harnessed the Vientiane Shadowless Sword to escape back to Yangzhou City, while the Fang clan directly lowered the cloud head and fell into her small riverside temple.

And it was only at this time that Xu Jinyi arrived with a few disciples, one received the news late, and the other was not as fast as Shi Xuan, so they only saw the scene after the flood receded, and heard the grateful words of those people to Pudu Bodhisattva, and couldn't help but be stunned, and after a while, Xu Jinyi muttered: "It seems that Shi Shi is helping her behind Fang's back." ”

Then she sighed lightly and beckoned her disciples to go back, although she had no regrets about her choice, but she was always a little ashamed in the face of Shi Shi.

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More than three months later, in the middle of late autumn, the golden leaves danced in the wind.

"Hehe, finally succeeded. Fang said with a smile, and there was another round of treasure light on the back of her head, but it was no longer golden, but as bright as the moon. After several months of discussion with Shi Xuan, she finally found a way to receive Shi Xuan's incense wish power, but since then, she has another god name, Tianxuan Shangxian.

Of course, for the Fang family, this is not a problem at all, she is a wild way, not an orthodox Buddhist inheritance, and because of Shi Xuan's relationship, she is more inclined to Taoist immortals, so Shangxian and Bodhisattva are just one of her titles.

Shi Xuan put down a burden, and his heart was also relaxed: "Thank you so much, Mrs. Fang." There are still a few disciples in the poor road who need to go and see, so I will say goodbye today. Shi Xuan hadn't thought of bringing the Fang Clan to the Immortal Cultivation Realm at all, because for the Fang Clan, there weren't many high-ranking Middle Earth lands at this stage, and it was more suitable for her to gather incense.

"I hope that when the concubine is successful in her cultivation, she will still be able to see Engong. Well, when the time comes, the concubine will be able to use incense to condense a secret treasure, which is the collection of the wishes of all the people, and it may be of some wonderful use to Engong. "The Fang clan does not keep either, and it is very normal for monks to parting for several years or decades. As for that secret treasure, the Fang clan didn't tell Shi Xuan, it would make her cultivation take a step backwards, even if she was a Divine Dao person, it would be difficult for her to make up her mind to condense it for herself.

Shi Xuan didn't care whether he wanted it or not, but he didn't want to hurt the Fang clan's heart to repay his kindness, so he said, "Well, let's talk about it then." ”