Painter

Chapter 127: Chapter 120

The man in the gray robe looked strange, his face was white and beardless, and his facial features looked like he was about forty years old.But her hair was as white as snow, with a luster like silver, and was inserted into a bun by a stone hairpin.

Li Chan was in a trance, but he also knew that this big green lotus was a forbidden area of ​​Qingque Palace.He had already secretly learned a method before, but this time, he broke into Qinglian again and was seen by others.

He raised his hands and said: "I strayed into this place by mistake, please forgive me, senior, I will leave now."

The gray-robed man smiled slightly at Li Chan.

"Where are you going? This is not my place, you can do whatever you want."

Li Chan was startled, and glanced at the copper wall beside her.

"These methods, can I just look at them?"

The gray-robed man nodded.

"Of course, in the past, the ancestors melted the world's gold and cast the big green lotus, in order to manifest all kinds of dharma to all living beings, regardless of high or low. Everyone can learn these dharma."

This saying has been widely circulated, it's not a secret, but Li Chan never took it seriously. Hearing what the man in gray robe said, he asked, "Then why..."

The gray-robed man said: "What happened later? It's a long story. There are people in this world who are smart, some are ordinary, and some are stupid. The method is obscure, and ordinary people can't understand the original text. As for stupid people, even if they are explained and taught, they will not be able to touch the edge of practice. In this way, the method that everyone can learn will gradually fall into the hands of smart people."

Li Chan was thoughtful, "So that's how it is."

The gray-robed man smiled, "I won't stop you."

More than half a year ago, Li Chan exchanged a piece of "24 Truths" at the price of being expelled from the Qingque Palace. At this time, he was able to watch the thousands of methods in Daqinglian at will, and felt a little unreal for a while.

But the opportunity is rare, and who would be willing to miss it? He looked at the copper wall beside him, and on the wall was a "Lamp Burning Law" that cultivated Taoism.

Although looking at one more Taoist method can reflect the practice, but Li Chan didn't know how long he could stay here, so he turned to find other methods.

He walked along the edge of the lotus platform and looked petal by petal, "Wandering God and Controlling Qi", "Book of Good Fortune", "The Goddess Returns the Sword"...

There are [-] supernatural powers and [-] methods, and Li Chan only needs to pick one of them.

But at this time, it seems that a thirsty person has entered a fruit forest, there are thousands of Dao fruits in front of him, and he doesn't know which one to pick.

At some point, he had circled the lotus platform and returned to the original place.

The gray-robed man remained where he was, and said to him: "You haven't even planted the Tao, how dare you be greedy at this moment?"

Li Chan felt like a dream, and stopped looking at the copper wall. The confusion in her heart disappeared, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't dare."

The man in the gray robe smiled slightly, and walked towards the corridor under the lotus platform.

"Come here."

Li Chan glanced back at the copper wall, feeling a little bit reluctant in her heart, and when she turned her head again, the man in the gray robe had walked into the corridor, turning into a shadow of his back under the dim light.

Li Chan quickened her pace and followed.

He followed the gray-robed man down the Daqinglian, passed the crane-necked oil lamp at the west gate, and walked into the whistling clouds and wind.

In front of you is the steep cliff of Fuyu Mountain, beside the cliff stands a hexagonal pavilion.The green cloth shoes of the man in the gray robe stepped on the damp rocks and walked into the pavilion.

In the center of the pavilion, there is a stone pier sandwiched between two bamboo mats.

The stone pier is engraved with nineteen chessboard lines vertically and horizontally, but there are no chess pieces. Some bowls are placed on it, and a small green lotus is placed on the Tianyuan, which is very similar in shape to the big green lotus that covers the sky.

The man in the gray robe turned his head around the stone pier.

"sit down."

Li Chan sat on the right seat, and the man in gray robe sat opposite him, picked up an empty porcelain bowl, swept it into the clouds, and put the porcelain bowl in front of Li Chan.

The bowl was already filled with [-]% tea, and the steam was curling up. Through the tea soup, one could see the picture of blue-glazed double fishes on the bottom of the bowl.

Li Chan held the bowl and took a sip tentatively. The tea was fragrant and fragrant, like a cloud of hot mist, scattered into the limbs and bones, and the wounds on the arms and tiger's mouth began to itch.He didn't feel thirsty at first, but he couldn't help but gulp it down.

"Drink so fast, what do you want to drink next? Bring it." The gray-robed man stretched out his hand.

Li Chan handed over the porcelain bowl, and the gray-robed man did the same thing, pouring out a bowl into the cloud.

Li Chan took the bowl, "Thank you."

"It's okay." The man in the gray robe smiled slightly, "The story you told Gou Ming Yinxing a few days ago was very interesting. That Dongsheng originally had good intentions, but he did something wrong. Demons and elves, who With supernatural powers, but humans are born weak, the two get along like a tiger and a pheasant rabbit, even if they have no bad intentions, it is difficult to coexist. What do you think?"

"You can't say that, there are people who can't coexist."

The gray-robed man said: "You think clearly, no wonder you want to cultivate 24 gods like this."

He looked at the position where Li Chan condensed the divine pattern.

Holding the porcelain bowl, Li Chan sighed, "There is no other way."

The man in the gray robe shook his head and said with a smile: "I like the story of Dongsheng very much. I will tell you a similar story."

Li Chan put down the porcelain bowl.

"All ears."

……

Many years ago, the troubled times came to an end, and dynasties were replaced.

There was a man from the old dynasty who did not want to serve the new dynasty, so he lived in seclusion at the foot of Mount Kongsang.

The hermit originally had a son and a daughter, but the son died in battle. This is the saddest thing for the hermit.Missing the dead son, the hermit went to Kongsang to find a stubborn stone, recalled the appearance of the dead son, carved it into a stone figure, put it in the study, and read with him every day.

During the spring plowing of a certain year, the hermit failed to borrow cattle, and the spring plowing seemed to be wasted. After one night, he saw that the land had been plowed.The soil on the plow is still wet.The hermit was astonished, and after careful inspection, he found that there were many mud marks on the stone man.

The hermit discovered that the stone man had become a spirit, but he was not afraid. Instead, he taught the stone man what he had learned all his life, and asked the stone man to call him father.

The hermit's daughter also accepted the stone man, who called her sister.

The stone man was gifted and intelligent, and within three days of learning how to carve, he carved a stone horse and presented it to his sister.After learning chess for only one month, he was able to kill the hermit who was once a national player in the old dynasty.Every time the hermit loses at chess, he must sigh, saying that the stone man can learn everything, except the seven emotions and six desires.

Shiren grew up with his father and sister, and felt that he was no different from other people, so he was dissatisfied with it, and often disguised himself as a human being, and went to and from the market. Over the years, he learned a lot of worldly principles.

One day, before my elder sister got married, she came to ask Shiren how his new son-in-law was doing.Although the stone man was reluctant to let his elder sister get married, he wrote a poem, wishing her Yaner's wedding.

Another year, the stone man had learned all that the hermit knew, and bid farewell to the hermit, and wanted to travel far away to seek Taoism. The hermit sighed and sent the stone man to the boat.

The stone man then traveled around the world, frightened many mortals, was almost killed by demon slayers, met many people, and learned some supernatural powers.After more than [-] years like this, troubled times happened again, the stone man was taken in by a Taoist in the mountains, and he studied the art of longevity in meditation, but heard the news of his hometown from a passer-by.

He resigned from his teacher and went down the mountain, and then returned to his hometown, only to find that the old house was devastated and the hermit had fallen into the tomb.

When I found my sister's husband's house, I learned from my sister's son that my sister died of illness on the couch the year before last, and she threw a stone horse in her arms before she died.

When the stone man wept, he knew grief.

The stone man no longer seeks Taoism in the world, and in order to make up for his guilt, he wholeheartedly assists his sister's descendants.

My elder sister's husband's family name is Zhao, and he worked for hundreds of years in the troubled times and became the Great Chu Dynasty.

The stone man has seen the rise and fall of dynasties, the change of people's hearts, and experienced the affairs of the world, and finally escaped from the world again, seeking the way of enlightenment.

He traveled around the world, and for another 200 years, with great supernatural powers, he was finally ready to jump out of this world and achieve greatness.

At this moment, he met a friend, but this friend made him give up his plan to jump out of this world.

……

In the pavilion, Li Chan drank more than half of the second bowl of tea and asked, "Do you have to jump out of this world after becoming enlightened?"

The gray-robed man said: "How can golden scales transform into a dragon in the stream?"

Li Chan murmured: "What did that friend do to make him give up enlightenment?"

The gray-robed man shook his head, "My friend didn't make the stone man give up the way, but just discussed with him, and made the stone man realize another truth."

"What's the point?"

"This is about what Tao is. Let's take the "24 Truths" practice you practice as an example. According to the general practice method, you must follow the time of the day, and what you practice is 'seeing the world'. What does it mean to see the world? Let's see."

The gray-robed man pinched the little Qinglian on the stone pier and turned it lightly.

The big green lotus on Fuyu Mountain also turned around.

Boom!

As soon as the green lotus turns, the clouds and mists all disperse, and the sky and the earth are different colors.

The sun rises and the moon sets, like a ball jumping in the palm of a trickster.

A moment ago, the sky was as clear as blue, and in a blink of an eye, the stars are moving.

The peach blossoms on Fuyu Mountain bloom and wither, and the poplar flowers in Xuandu are scattered like flying snow.

Warblers fly in the shade of willows, and wild ducks compete to swim after the spring river warms.

Only after hearing the waking of insects and thunder, saw the misty rain in Qingming again.

"spring."

Although the gray-robed man's tone was light, it fell into Li Chan's heart, and his voice was like thunder.

Qinglian turned again.

The summer atmosphere in the old imperial city is still clear, and the pond is full of flowers beside the Jiangdu Palace.

The heat in the streets and alleys is steaming, and the frogs and cicadas are singing in the suburbs near the city.

"summer."

Qinglian turns three times.

The water is rolling, and the falling trees are rustling.Above the clear sky, a crane moves away from the clouds.

Yellow leaf red maple, misty waves mighty.The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the west wind is like a knife.

"Autumn."

Qinglian turned around.

The clouds are gloomy, and the cold fur is like iron.The great river is vast, thousands of miles frozen.

The north wind blows the ground, and the goose feathers blow snow.The world is dim, and all things hide.

However, there are still green pines that do not fall, and white plums that are fragrant and cold, waiting for the beginning of one yuan.

"winter."

The gray-robed man stopped, and the lotus made a full circle.

Clouds and mist surged and poured into the top of Fuyu Mountain, covering the sight line, and the heaven and earth returned to their original state, and the vision disappeared.

As soon as Qinglian turned around and watched for 24 hours, Li Chan's heart was shaken, and she murmured: "This is seeing the world."

The gray-robed man let go of Xiao Qinglian, "Where is your way?"

Li Chan thinks of the fisherman who parted from her mother, the old blacksmith who dedicated her life to the sword, Chang Suimo, Cangbi, Miaoyinniao, Dongsheng, and the many monsters she has seen in the past ten years.

He said: "Sentient beings are also in heaven and earth."

The gray-robed man clapped his hands and praised: "Good! This is called 'seeing all beings'."

"Seeing the heaven and earth is the way, and seeing all living beings is also the way."

"See all beings..."

Li Chan muttered to herself, and the confusion in her eyes gradually disappeared.

His consciousness gradually became clear, the clouds and mist in front of him became more and more misty, the mountain wind gradually faded, and the face of the gray-robed man gradually became blurred.

Li Chan still had many questions, but the gray-robed man had disappeared into the mist, and he shouted, "Where is that friend, has he become enlightened?"

"Him?" A sigh came from the mist, and the looming figure raised his finger to the west.

"There he is."

……

Li Chan opened her eyes.

Daqinglian, Yunwu, Shanting, and the gray-robed man are all gone.

He is still in the cave of Zhongyuya, leaning against the stone wall, the night breeze is cool.

Ahead, the sky is not yet clear.

A demon star with dim light hangs high above it.

(End of this chapter)