Cultivating Immortals From Prison

Chapter 232 Looking Back in the Past
The sky was completely dark, the last trace of the setting sun at dusk faded, and a bright full moon hung high above the night sky.

Yinguo, capital city, Qiumingfang.

Gu Shen's home.

When Zheng Lin was complaining about Lu Yuanming's unreasonable targeting, Gu Shen suddenly remembered something, and his heart shivered slightly.

Gu Shen took a deep breath and said to Zheng Lin: "Senior sister, help me make a basket of pastries. I'll go to the master next door to have a look."

Zheng Lin nodded quickly, and said: "I misjudged the master before. He helped us a lot this time. We should go and thank him."

Gu Shen hummed lightly, nodded, and said nothing, not knowing what was going on in his mind.

Zheng Lin turned and went into the kitchen to prepare pastries, while Gu Shen walked under the plane tree and sat down at the stone table.

The breeze came and rolled up the yellow leaves on the ground, dancing in the courtyard, and Gu Shen's state of mind at this moment was as disordered as the yellow leaves.

Gu Shen had speculated about the identity of the unknown monk before, although it has not been confirmed, but the probability is very high, and he has always been on guard.

And after experiencing being instructed by the monk at Aiyanxi today, Gu Shen has already confirmed his guess in his heart, and he couldn't help feeling anxious.

Gu Shen's temperament has never been passive acceptance. Now that he has an idea in his heart, he should take the initiative to understand it. This time he brought cakes to the door to thank him, which is also a reason.

In the kitchen, the senior sister is making pastries with all her heart. She was not good at making these delicate snacks at first, but after years of practice, her skills have reached an extremely high level.

Half an hour later, a seductive fragrance came out from the kitchen, attracting the little girl who was actively practicing hard in the south wing room to run out. She ran into the kitchen, drooling from greed.

Zheng Lin first made a basket of pastries and asked Gu Shen to deliver them to the unknown monk first, otherwise he might fall asleep if it was too late.While steaming this basket of steamed buns, Zheng Lin wrapped the next few baskets of pastries, which was very efficient, except that the first basket of pastries was slower, and the speed of the next few baskets of buns coming out of the basket was much faster.

Gu Shen was worried that this little girl would cause trouble for his senior sister, so he called Gu Xiao over.

Hearing his father calling him, Gu Xiao ran out of the kitchen in a hurry, and was about to throw himself into his father's arms, but he was blocked by his father's hand and couldn't get in.

Seeing his daughter finally standing obediently in front of him, Gu Shen just said: "Smile, these days, I think I only focus on cultivating, but I don't have the time to study and learn. This is not good."

What can reading do?Even if you read [-] books, you can't beat the weakest monk, and you will only become a nerd. Gu Xiao smiled sweetly and said, "Daddy, I spent time on reading, but you just didn't pay attention, Daddy."

Gu Shen raised his eyebrows and said, "Since that's the case, then I'm going to test you."

Gu Xiao blinked and said, "Daddy, just take the exam."

Gu Shen pondered for a while, and said: "The book says, 'If you don't speak, you will have strange power and chaos'. Let me tell you about your understanding of this sentence."

Gu Xiao flattened her mouth, turned her eyes up, and frowned slightly. She seemed to have figured out something suddenly, her whole expression changed, and she smiled confidently: "Daddy, I understand, what this sentence means is Mr. Don't speak, and use strange force to mess up all the gods in the sky."

Seeing his silly daughter's complacent look as if she was still licking her face and waiting for praise, Gu Shen's mouth twitched slightly, took a deep breath, and suppressed his urge to hit someone.

"Hahaha."

In front of the kitchen, Zheng Lin leaned back and forth with a smile, her flowers trembling wildly.

Gu Shen was originally in a depressed mood, but when he saw the senior sister's reaction, he couldn't help but be a little bit dumbfounded.

Gu Xiao turned his head, looked at Zheng Lin suspiciously, and said, "Auntie, what are you laughing at?"

Zheng Lin said with a smile: "Auntie is laughing at you, a little girl, who doesn't study well and guesses the true meaning of classics randomly. If the teacher from your private school hears about it, he will beat you up."

Gu Xiao waved his hand and said: "No, the dilapidated room of Old Li's head collapsed the day before yesterday, and his leg was broken. He doesn't have time to hit my board now."

Zheng Lin knew about the broken leg of Li Xiucai from the private school. That day, Gu Shen and Ren Lieyang fought against Qixia Gate more than 30 miles away. The stock market was shaken, countless houses collapsed, and Li Xiucai was smashed and broke his leg.

Without talking to the little girl again, Zheng Lin looked at Gu Shen and said, "Junior Brother, the cake is ready, you can send it to Master while it's hot."

After finishing speaking, Zheng Lin turned around and went into the kitchen. When she came out again, she was already holding two pastry boxes in her hands. Because they had just been steamed, there was still a trace of heat from the gaps in the boxes. The aroma overflowed, making Gu Xiao swallow his saliva greedily.

Zheng Lin made the cakes this time with great care and effort. Because the unnamed monk had repeatedly persuaded Gu Shen to shave her hair and enter Buddhism, Zheng Lin had a bad impression of the unnamed monk's senses, but this time she learned that it was this monk who saved Gu Shen Shen, couldn't help but have a much better impression of him.

After all, I wanted to thank the unknown monk for his life-saving grace. The cakes Zheng Lin made this time were extremely delicate, and it could be said that they were delicious in color and fragrance.

Gu Shen took the box and was about to go out.

Zheng Lin said: "Junior brother, I will go with you. I had some misunderstandings about Master Wuming before. Not only did the master not care about me, but he also gave us a helping hand. I should thank you in person."

Gu Shen shook his head when he heard the words, and said: "No need, senior sister, Master Wuming is happy, it's not good if there are too many people going, I'd better go by myself, you can rest at home."

According to Gu Shen's speculation, the position of this unknown monk is open to question, safety and danger are difficult to distinguish, Gu Shen will not let the senior sister take the risk no matter what.

Zheng Lin didn't think about it, but habitually felt that what Gu Shen said made sense, nodded and said, "Okay, then you can go."

Gu Shen hummed, then walked out of the yard carrying the pastry box.

In addition to turning left in the yard and walking two feet, he stopped.

Gu Shen looked at the two gray courtyard doors that were concealed in front of him, and raised his hand to knock lightly. Soon, there was a burst of unhurried footsteps in the courtyard, and the footsteps slowly approached until he reached the inner door. The next moment, The courtyard door was pulled open from the inside, revealing the figure of an unknown monk.

Anyone who sees this monk at first will feel a sense of amazement. His eyebrows are like distant mountains, his eyes are like stars, his nose is straight, and his temperament is gentle. Although there are a few wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, it adds a bit of maturity to him. Charm.

The nameless monk spoke, in a gentle and slightly magnetic voice, "Gu Benefactor."

Gu Shen smiled and said: "Master, thanks to your guidance today, I was able to make a breakthrough, otherwise I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to stand here again."

The unknown monk said softly, "It's because the benefactor has a deep accumulation and outstanding understanding."

Gu Shen smiled, raised the small box in his hand, and said, "This is a pastry that has just been steamed, master, please have a taste or two."

The unnamed monk thanked him, then turned his body slightly, and invited Gu Shen to enter the courtyard.

Gu Shen raised his eyebrows slightly, without any hesitation, he took the box and walked directly into the yard.

The unknown monk closed the courtyard door behind him.

The layout of the courtyard is similar to that of Gu Shen's house, the wing room, the kitchen, the main room, and a few steps away from the south wing room, there is also a well, the moon is reflected in it, but there is no phoenix tree and no stone table.

The nameless monk led Gu Shen into the main room.The furnishings in the room are extremely simple, there is no Eight Immortals table, only a small desk with a volume of scriptures on it, and a futon is placed on both sides of the desk.

"Benefactor Gu, please sit down." The unknown monk said.

"Thank you." Gu Shen said.

The two sat on both sides of the futon, and Gu Shen put the pastry box in his hand on the desk.

"Today's battle, I have almost lost my life. The master cultivated Tongxuan. If there is no master's guidance, my life will be over." Gu Shen solemnly thanked him. No matter what the opponent's identity or purpose, he saved himself after all. One life, this is a great grace, "I am fortunate to be a neighbor with the master, if the master has something to do in the future, just send it to me."

The unnamed monk smiled lightly, as if he had never heard of Gu Shen's words of cultivation, he said, "Every drink and peck, there is luck. If it was 500 years ago, I would not have saved you."

The nameless monk seems to have decided not to hide any more, but revealed some things. For example, 500 years ago, for ordinary people, 500 years have passed without knowing how many lives have passed, and they have already disappeared completely in the world. , 500 years ago, it was said so naturally, as if it happened yesterday.

Gu Shen's heart trembled, he looked at the monk, and said, "Dare to ask Master, where did you come from?"

Unnamed monk: "Come from nowhere."

Gu Shen: "."

Gu Shen took a deep breath and asked again: "Where are you going?"

Unnamed monk: "Go somewhere."

Gu Shen: "."

The nameless monk seemed very satisfied with Gu Shen's shocked appearance, and laughed, as if he was extremely satisfied with his Zen-like question and answer.

Gu Shen couldn't laugh or cry in his heart, he had heard these two sentences in his previous life, but in front of the unknown monk, he had to slightly bow his hands and said with admiration: "Master is proficient in Zen."

The unknown monk smiled lightly and said, "Let me tell you a story."

Gu Shen nodded and said, "All ears."

The nameless monk pursed his lips slightly, and his eyes gradually faded away, obviously recalling something.

After a long time, he just opened his mouth and said slowly: "That was a story many years ago, and it also happened in a far away place. A baby was born in a farmer's family who believed in Buddhism. When the child was born, the dark night suddenly It is bright, like daylight in an instant, and at the same time, there are phantom phantoms of the eight dragons floating in the air."

He spoke slowly, as if he was out of reality, and he was backtracking on something.

Gu Shen looked at the unnamed monk with a serious expression on his face. He was listening carefully, because he knew that the baby that the unnamed monk was talking about should be the current unnamed monk.This is exactly what he wants to know, and it will have a great influence on him in the future. Whether he can find out some of the roots of this monk depends on the story that the unknown monk is now telling.

"Because the vision accompanying the birth of the baby was so shocking, it attracted the attention of many people, and also surprised the presiding Zen master of the temple on the nearby mountain. The Zen master believed that the baby had a great relationship with Buddhism, so he crossed the baby and went up the mountain. entered Buddhism."

Gu Shen nodded slightly, not all monks are qualified to be called Zen masters, only monks with extremely high attainments in Buddhism can be called Zen masters.

The nameless monk continued to speak.

"The Zen master took the baby as a disciple, and gave him the Dharma name Jueyuan."

Gu Shen noticed that when the nameless monk mentioned the name "Jueyuan", there were some emotional fluctuations.

"Teach him the Dharma, and treat him as a teacher and a father. The baby is not far from disappointing the master. He has worked hard to study the Dharma. His efforts have not been in vain, or he is indeed slightly gifted than ordinary people. In short, he is in the teaching of Buddhism. The attainments above were gradually ahead of the brothers of the same generation, and they were finally established as Dalei—the Buddha's son of the temple."

"Because of the reputation and prestige of the temple, his dharma name became more and more popular, known to more and more people, and praised by more and more believers. He thought that he would always accompany the Buddha all his life, enlighten ignorance, and save lives. The people live in water and fire, save all living beings, and spread the Buddhadharma."

"The fact is exactly the same. If there is no accident, he will inherit the master's wish, continue to carry forward Mahayana Buddhism, and spread the true meaning of Buddhism to the world. He is more and more sinking to study Buddhism. In the eyes of everyone, he is a A qualified successor, everyone believes that he will bring the temple to greater glory, except for one person."

"Once, he noticed that the master looked at him with a trace of pity and heartache, which puzzled him. Finally, one day, he couldn't help but asked the master."

"The master told him that he will have a kalpa in the future. If he can make it through, he can achieve the Buddhahood. If he can't make it through, he will die and his way will disappear, and his cultivation for ten thousand years will be empty in one day."

"Master is an eminent monk who has attained the Tao, and his words are true. He asked Master where his calamity should be. Master sighed and did not answer."

"Many years later, his reputation became more and more prosperous, and he studied Buddhism harder and harder. Until one night, he met a demon girl who sneaked into the temple to steal the scriptures."

At this moment, Gu Shen found that the nameless monk's expression was moved. It was an indescribable gentleness, and there was an indescribable spring breeze in his eyes. When he mentioned the demon girl, his tone was unexpected. The expected gentleness is completely opposite to the gnashing of teeth when mentioning the demon girl in the cultivation world.

"The moment he met this demon girl, he knew that this was his calamity."

"At first, he restrained his inner urge to move, and wanted to keep his mind pure as usual, but it was difficult for him to settle down and study Buddhism."

"After getting to know each other again and again, finally, he broke out, fell into the world of mortals, and fell into the sea of ​​love."

Gu Shen had been staring at the Wuming Monk closely, and he naturally noticed the contradiction between the emotions that the Wuming Monk showed when he said this.

Both pleasure and pain; both pleasure and guilt

(End of this chapter)