death paradise

() This time up the mountain, DU Chen and Ye Xuan didn't need to take care of Zijue's speed as before, so naturally they rushed at full speed.So soon he came to the cave that he left before, and knocked off all the leaves outside. Du Chen didn't use the torch, and went in directly with the flashlight.

The cave is still the same as before, and so is the box, without any change, no matter how you use the golden key, it still can't be opened.

dong dong dong...

DU dust knocked along the surrounding walls again, listening carefully to the sound over and over again, trying to distinguish the difference.

Ye Xuan didn't stay idle, but carefully observed each box, and then stepped on every piece of ground with her feet, hoping to find some abnormalities.

After half an hour, Du Chen and Ye Xuan both gave up.

In fact, Du Chen checked once before. Although Zijue took the herbal medicine too fast, so he didn't check it carefully, but he was basically sure that there was nothing abnormal.If it wasn't for meeting that old Taoist priest, DU dust wouldn't be able to come back.

"Brother Du Chen, will it be like in Journey to the West that Bodhi Patriarch knocked Sun Wukong three times to let him go to his room at midnight?" Ye Xuan put forward her own opinion, "When you went up the mountain, you said that The old Taoist patted you on the shoulder three times, which means it is the third watch at night?"

At midnight, it was almost 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, and it was only after 16 o'clock in the afternoon.

"I thought so too. After all, the ghosts come out at night, maybe they have clues to the ghosts." Du Chen also frowned and looked at the whole cave, "But we only have less than 20 hours. If we wait until the third watch , we didn’t have enough time to prepare.”

DU dust walking in the cave.

At this time, the light in the cave depends entirely on the flashlight. If the flashlight is turned off, it will be pitch black inside.

"Then what should I do?" Ye Xuan thought for a long time, but still couldn't understand the Taoist priest's intention.

"I think of another allusion, the allusion of Huineng, the sixth patriarch of Zen in the Tang Dynasty." Du Chen thought for a while, and said, "The fifth patriarch Hongren knew that he was going to pass away, so he asked his disciples to write a gatha. If you have the meaning of Zen, you will pass on the mantle and bowl. At that time, a disciple of Hongren, Shenxiu, wrote a gatha, but the fifth patriarch felt that he did not understand it thoroughly. Later, Huineng, who was doing rice work, also wrote a gatha, which hit the heart of the fifth patriarch. However, Master Shenxiu was highly respected in the temple, and Huineng was only a rice grinder. In order to prevent Huineng from being killed, the Fifth Patriarch said that Huineng's writing was not good, but he found Huineng privately, beat the rice pestle three times with a stick, and left. Hui Neng understood what he meant, and went to the fifth patriarch's house in the middle of the night. The fifth patriarch passed on the mantle and explained the Diamond Sutra, and then sent Huineng away overnight and asked him to return to Lingnan. In order to avoid Shenxiu's pursuit, Huineng mixed with hunters After more than ten years, the Southern School of Zen was established, which echoes the Northern School of Shenxiu. This is how the saying "Nan Neng Bei Xiu came about."

Hearing Du Chen tell such an allusion, Ye Xuan was surprised for a long time: "I thought the allusion of knocking three times was only found in Journey to the West."

"The allusion of Monkey King comes from Huineng's allusion." Du Chen said with a smile.

"But the allusion you just mentioned, isn't it also in the middle of the night?" Ye Xuan was puzzled, "Then we still have to wait?"

Looking at the messy boxes, dust, leaves, and sundries in the cave, Du Chen turned off the flashlight, and the cave returned to darkness: "The key lies in the two gatha written by Shenxiu and Huineng."

The sudden darkness made Ye Xuan startled, but what Du Chen said made Ye Xuan very curious: "What gatha?"

"Shenxiu wrote the Zen meaning she had comprehended as 'the body is a bodhi tree, and the heart is like a mirror stand. Wipe it frequently so as not to stir up dust'. Shenxiu compared the bodies of all living beings to the enlightened bodhi tree, and the hearts of all living beings to the bright The dust is troubles. Only by observing and introspecting can we get rid of troubles, so as not to be covered by dust.”

"What about Huineng?" Ye Xuan asked.

"What Hui Neng wrote was 'there is no tree for Bodhi, nor is there a stand for a bright mirror. There is nothing in the first place, so where is the dust?" Du Chen paused and asked, "Which artistic conception do you think is higher?"

"Of course it's Huineng. I've heard the most words from Huineng." Ye Xuan felt a little proud when she finally had something she could say. A bright mirror is not a stand, it is nothingness, there is no dust in the heart. This state of emptiness is obviously higher than the state of Shenxiu's attachment."

After Ye Xuan finished speaking, Du Chen asked: "Then let me ask you, Wu Xin Wu Chen, are people still alive?"

"This……"

Ye Xuan opened her small mouth, unable to speak for a long time.Even the heart is gone, so it will still be a living person.

"Shenxiu's emphasis is on gradually enlightening to the Tao, which belongs to pragmatism. Generally speaking, people need to reflect on themselves and wipe them off frequently in order to maintain their original nature. Although Huineng's intentions were more far-reaching at that time, it was not very insightful for ordinary people. If you don't start with Shenxiu's "Jianzong", it is difficult to get to Huineng's "Dunzong", that is, sudden enlightenment. Huineng's insight, in fact, was realized after he went to the fifth patriarch's room that night and listened to the Diamond Sutra. There is a saying, 'You can grow your heart without looking at your form'. I probably know what the old Taoist meant by those three slaps."

After Du Chen finished speaking, he didn't speak any more, but closed his eyes in the dark cave, sat on the ground with his hands crossed the spell given by the Taoist priest.

Although Ye Xuan couldn't see DU Chen, she could hear DU Chen's breathing becoming more and more gentle.The most peculiar thing is that as DU Chen calmed down, the Dao Talisman in his hand began to emit a strange light, and DU Chen's breathing became more even without any disorder.Just like Shenxiu's gradual enlightenment, she is eliminating the messy thoughts in her heart.

So Ye Xuan didn't dare to disturb her at this time, she also wanted to learn from Du Chen to calm down, but when she thought of what Du Chen said just now, she couldn't figure it out, and her heart became more and more confused.

With the help of the Taoist priest's strange spell, DU dust has now entered a wonderful world, with a calm mind and no worries.

With the change of Du Chen's mood, Ye Xuan was surprised to find that the dark cave began to brighten up. The cave full of withered grass, branches, dust and boxes had turned into an endless prairie, and Du Chen was sitting on the grassland. Under the bodhi tree in the middle, I can feel the subtle changes of wind and grass.

"Oh my god, Brother Duchen, what's going on?"

Ye Xuan didn't understand what happened at all, the situation in the past four weeks just changed suddenly.

But DU Chen didn't respond to Ye Xuan's call at all, he still sat still, breathing more steadily.At this time, with the change of DU Chen's mood, the surrounding scenery also began to distort gradually.

The linden tree behind DU Chen turned into a futon, the surrounding grassland turned into a tall courtyard wall, and those flowers and plants turned into bricks and tiles.At this time, DU Chen and Ye Xuan were already in a huge temple.An old Zen master was sitting above the square and was speaking about the Nirvana Sutra.Below, that is, around DU Chen, there are countless monks sitting in meditation, as well as common people who come here admiringly.

At this time, on the square where the Zen master lectured on Zen, there was still a flag flying in the square.

"Is it the wind moving, or the flag moving?"

The old Zen master who was giving a lecture suddenly asked.

"It's the flags that are moving, and what I see with my eyes is the movement of the flags." A monk replied, and the monks around him also agreed, "If you see it with your own eyes, the flags are moving."

"No. I think the wind should be moving. How can the flag move if the wind doesn't move?" Another monk retorted, and there were many responders.

"The flag moves, what's wrong?"

"The wind moves, what's wrong?"

For a while, all the monks in the square were arguing.

Seeing that DU Chen didn't speak, but sat quietly on the futon, the old Zen master said, "This benefactor, what can you explain?"

Following this sentence, the monks in the square and the people listening to the lecture all looked over.DU Chen didn't respond at all, he still sat on the futon and squeezed his eyes, no matter how the monks urged him around, DU Chen didn't move at all.

"Brother DU Chen, with your intelligence, you should know." Seeing that DU Chen didn't speak, Ye Xuan became anxious. She also saw that this was a test. If she passed the test, she might be able to get a token Three opportunities.

Seeing that DU Chen didn't speak, the old Zen master just sat there and stood up with a roar, the cassock on his body turned into bloody fur, and his whole body gradually turned into the appearance of a ghost.Not only that, but the monks and common people around have also become big and small ghosts.The originally solemn and magnificent temple has also become a cave full of bones and blood.

"If you want to get the exquisite treasure chest, it depends on whether you have the ability to defeat us before the third watch."

The bloody and hairy ghosts soared to the top of the cave, and all the big and small ghosts screamed and became deaf, making Ye Xuan feel depressed.Before I even made a move, I was already unable to fight.

hoarse.

Li Gui roared, swooped down from the air, and stabbed at Ye Xuan with sharp claws.

Although Ye Xuan was depressed, she would not sit still. A mental attack was released, but the level was too low, and its effect on ghosts was limited.

puff!

Li Gui's right claw pierced Ye Xuan's body, blood flowed down Ye Xuan's body, Ye Xuan's consciousness was also collapsing, she stretched out her right hand to grab DU Chen: "Brother Du Chen...why didn't you save me. "

"It's neither the wind nor the banner, but the hearts of the benevolent move their ears."

DU dust sitting on the futon opened his eyes and stood up.

As DU Chen stood up, the surrounding scenery changed again, and all the ghosts screamed in pain and disappeared.Ye Xuan, who was dead before, was still squatting beside DU Chen perfectly, still researching the meaning of DU Chen's words just now, but couldn't figure it out for a long time, she pouted depressedly.

Everything just now was an illusion.

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