White Bone Monkey King

The abbot of this Buddhist temple.

He is a three-fingered old monk named Master Pandian.

Ban Dian means kind-hearted and broad-minded.

Master Ban Dian is a disciple of Tibetan Tantric tradition and is also an ascetic monk. Although he has made atonement for his sins due to his mistakes in his early years, he is still willing to continue to atone for his sins through life-long asceticism. His footprints are all over the snow-capped mountains of the plateau, Tianshan Tianchi, cattle and horse grasslands, and droughts. desert.

Half of his soles and seven fingers were frozen in the snowy mountains and Tianshan Mountains.

Master Ban Dian spent his whole life practicing asceticism to atone for his sins, preaching Buddhism everywhere and preaching diligently. He had no children, only a young novice disciple who was willing to join him in asceticism and hardship.

The name of this young novice disciple was Utuke.

He was a disciple of Master Ban Dian when he was practicing asceticism in the Western Regions.

That year, Master Ban Dian went to the Western Regions as an ascetic. It was at that time that he took in a poor child, and that child was little Utuk.

Utuk had eye problems since he was a child and could not see clearly. Later, his parents took him to a big city-state and cruelly abandoned him.

Utuk, who was only five years old at the time and had an eye problem that made it difficult to see, was like a frail lamb stumbling around in fear in the dark. He cried out for Apa Ata and searched for his way home in the dark. Along the way, he fell into a toilet pit and a stinking ditch. Because his whole body was dirty and smelly, adults hated to stay away from this crying child.

No one cared what happened to this stinking, filthy five-year-old child.

Until he met Master Ban Dian.

Regardless of the stench and filth on his body, Master Pandian cleaned him carefully and found him clean and tidy clothes. Utuk will never forget the sandalwood on those clothes. This was the first time in his life. This is the first time I have worn clothes that are so clean and smell so good.

Although he had never met him once, Master Ban Dian brought him unprecedented warmth and security.

He had suffered cold looks and ridicule due to his eye disease since he was a child, and he had low self-esteem and cowardice. It was also on that day that someone cared about him for the first time, and for the first time someone carefully made soft naan bread for him.

That day was the first time he met Pan Dian Guru, the first time he wore clean and tidy clothes, and the first time he ate goat milk soaked naan that turned out to be so sweet.

Later he found out that the cassock that Pan Dian Master gave him to wear that day was his own cassock. No wonder it smelled so good.

The arrival of little Utuk brought a lot of life to the ascetic path, and Master Ban Dian also liked this sensible child who spoke with a sweet voice.

Next, Master Bandian took Utuk on the road to find his home. However, Utuk had eye problems since he was a child and could not see clearly. Although he was not blind, he was just like a blind man, so they searched in the vast desert. It took two or three months to no avail.

At first, Utuk would be sad and lost, but after staying with Pandian Master for a long time, he found that he gradually fell in love with Buddhism and chanting sutras.

Because only when chanting sutras can his mind find peace and no longer be afraid of darkness and loneliness.

However, Master Bandian never accepted little Utuk as his disciple. Master Bandian said in a kind and kind voice: "Everyone is born extraordinary. You are a smart child who has a predestined relationship with the Buddha, but I have the first relationship with you." It is my parents who are destined to me, Buddhism is only second.”

Half a year later, Master Pandian finally found little Utuk’s home. Utuk’s house was completely bare. His parents were both seriously ill and bedridden. They fell ill in the desert where supplies were scarce. Ordinary people who couldn’t afford herbal medicine could only wait to die. They originally Abandoning Utuk was also a helpless act. Abandoning Utuk in a large city-state might still have a chance of survival, and he might be adopted by kind-hearted people. If he continued to follow them, he would only die.

Before Utuk's parents died, they entrusted Utuk to Pandian Guru, hoping that Pandian Guru would accept Utuk as his disciple. This time, Pandian Guru no longer refused. After asking for Utuk's consent, he Accept Utuk as his official disciple.

After settling Utuk's worries, Master Ban Dian took his new disciples and continued deep into the vast desert. He heard that there was a Buddhist country in the deepest part of the desert, and he planned to go to the Buddhist country during this trip.

But all nightmares begin from this Buddhist kingdom.

After Master Pan Dian came to the Buddhist country, he found that although everyone here respected the Buddha's teachings, the Buddha had already existed in name only. The people only showed the kindness of the Buddha on the surface, but secretly committed the crimes of male thieves and female prostitutes. This Buddhist country In fact, it is a Buddhist heretic, a hell where people eat people.

If all the demons in hell are empty, then they must all go to this Buddhist kingdom to pretend to be compassionate and engage in cannibalism!

In the eyes of the Buddha, everything has a good side. Good people are easy to save, while evil people are difficult to save and must be saved. The Buddha said: If I don’t go to hell, who will? The sentient beings in hell are in so much pain that they are in greater need of salvation. Everyone picks the soft persimmons to pinch, but who will leave the hard ones? Master Ban Dian can spend his whole life of asceticism to atone for the mistakes he committed when he was young, which shows how determined he is. Therefore, he decided to build a real Buddhist temple in this Buddhist country with non-Buddhism and preach the scriptures. I want to save someone.

As an ascetic, he naturally does not have much gold and silver. Every brick and wooden beam in this Buddhist hall was built by Master Pandian and Xiao Wutuke himself.

Although the Buddhist hall is small and crude, it finally gives the Buddha a shelter from wind and rain.

In the eyes of little Utuk, this Buddhist temple not only houses the Buddha, but also lives him and his mentor, and is his home that protects him.

At first, there was not much incense in the Buddhist hall, and he was so poor that he almost starved to death in the Buddhist kingdom.

But no matter how many obstacles there are in the road ahead, Master Pandian remains firm in his Buddhist heart and never gives up his determination to save these people of the Buddhist kingdom. With only three fingers left, he does odd jobs, carrying goods for desert merchants, and makes money. Supplement the fragrant oil and expenses for the Buddhist temple. In winter and spring, when I have less work, I go door-to-door to promote Buddhism. Naturally, I receive a lot of cold looks and supercilious looks, but Master Pan Dian will always take the trouble to preach Buddhism door-to-door, with his kind face full of wrinkles and deep grooves. , always with a kind smile, and never seen him angry at anyone.

This stay lasted for three years, and little Utuk grew up to eight years old.

Although the past three years have been very difficult, there is a Buddhist temple that is protected from wind and rain, where an old man and a young man can have fun in the midst of hardship, so it does not feel boring.

In the past three years, Master Pandian also rescued two people from slave traders. One of those two people was Ngawang Renci, the son of a serf, and the other was Garu, a child of a northern nomadic tribe. People were transported to the Buddhist Kingdom by slave traders on merchant ships.

The Buddhist Kingdom was built in the Great Rift Valley. Every year, a large number of slaves were needed to cut walls, widen cliff paths, build plank roads, houses, and large stone Buddha statues... Therefore, the Buddhist Kingdom had a particularly large demand for slaves.

Ngawang Renci and Garu were slaves who had escaped secretly. They were inadvertently rescued by Master Ban Dian. The Western Region was so big that there was only the vast sea of ​​sand as far as they could see. The two knew that there was no hope of escaping from the Buddhist country. So they all decided to stay in the Buddhist hall temporarily and do some odd jobs to reduce the expenses of the Buddhist hall in order to repay the life-saving grace of Master Ban Dian.

Since the addition of two people, Ngawang Rentsi and Galu, who worked part-time to subsidize the temple, and two people who helped expand the temple, the temple has been getting better and better.

The rescue of Ngawang Rintse and Garu seemed to be a good sign. Under the perseverance of Pandian Guru, the neighbors were no longer so resistant to Pandian Guru and the newly built Buddhist temple, and they would come occasionally. Put up the incense stick and offer some incense money.

All beginnings are hard.

Their persistent kindness...seems to have finally paid off...

Even Utuk gradually let go of his inferiority complex under the patient persuasion of his master, and timidly walked out of the Buddhist hall, eager to have playmates like his normal peers.

call--

The Buddha's light flickered again, and it took Jin An a while to fully adapt. This time, he was standing in a pitch-black cave.

Tick-tock——

Tick-tock——

In the dark and deep cave, the sound of dripping water could be heard.

Suddenly, the voices of a group of children came from the cave. He stopped to identify the direction of the sound, and then walked towards the source of the sound in the dark cave.

Unexpectedly, this cave is quite complicated, and you will definitely get lost in it if you are not careful.

He saw a little novice monk of eight or nine years old, standing in a dark cave at a loss, with a group of children of similar age laughing and joking around him.

Jin An doesn't know the language of the Western Region, but he can understand what these children are saying this time. It should be related to the spiritual world he is currently in.

"Didn't you say that Abumu fell into the cave? We went so deep into the cave and still couldn't find anyone. How about we ask adults to help us search together?" The first person to speak was the young novice Wutuke.

The oldest child in the group of children snorted and said: "If we go to ask the adults to help find someone, wouldn't it be known to the adults that Abumu fell into the cave while playing with us? Do you want us to go back?" Was your family beaten by an adult?"

Little Utuk's voice was timid: "No, no, that's not what I meant. It's because it's too dark here and I can't see anything."

A child on the side said with a smile: "You can't see with your eyes, but you can still move forward by touching the cave with your hands."

Little Utuk fumbled around in the dark for a while, but it was too dark and he couldn't tell the direction. Some children began to impatiently scold Utuk for being stupid.

Utuk, who was born with low self-esteem, apologized anxiously. This place was too dark, which turned him, who already had a stubborn vision problem, into a completely blind man. He was a little scared and lowered his head involuntarily. He wanted to go home and go back to the Buddhist temple. , I want to ask an adult to help find someone.

"Utuk, can you really see nothing?"

"How much is this?"

Facing Utuk's helplessness, these children pretended not to notice, but continued to chat happily. One of the children stretched out his hand in front of Utuk, gestured with a few fingers, and asked Utuk to count. .

This kid was clearly the Rob who almost strangled himself to death.

Snapped!

There was a crisp sound in the cave. It was Utuk who couldn't answer and was slapped in the face.

This slap made Utuk stunned and stood there.

"How much is this?"

Snapped!

"How much is this?"

Snapped!

Rob slapped Utuk several times, and then laughed and said to the others: "It turns out he really can't see and didn't lie to us."

Utuk, who couldn't see because it was too dark, cried loudly after being slapped several times and wanted to go back to the Buddhist hall. This cave frightened him.

Other children stopped Utuk and said they were joking with him just now because they didn't know if Utuk was deliberately lying to them. Now they have been confirmed that Utuk did not lie to them. Utuk has gained their trust. From today on, they are also willing to be true friends with Utuk, and will not fight Utuk again in the future.

Utuk lowered his head in shame.

Dare not say anything.

"Utuk, we all believe in you so much, but you don't believe us at all. Are there any friends like you?" The oldest child said impatiently when he saw that Wutuk kept his head down and didn't speak.

Other children also booed.

He said that Utuk did not believe them and did not regard them as true friends. He also said that the young monk liked to lie and tell lies. The old monk in the Buddhist temple must also like to lie and tell lies. When he got back, he told his parents, saying that in the class code Both Shi and Utuk were liars and brought shame to the Buddha.

Master Bandian was Utuk's most respected master and the only relative he regarded as a father. He hurriedly shook his head and said that he was not lying and that he was willing to stay.

The oldest child was still dissatisfied and said: "You are obviously crying and not smiling, which means you are lying and don't want to stay and continue to be friends with us."

Little Utuk shook his head hurriedly, wiped away his tears with his sleeves, forced a smile, and then begged everyone not to go back and say that he and Master Pandian were liars. They did not lie and were not liars.

"Utuk, don't worry. You treat us as friends, and we and Abumu will definitely treat you as friends. Now that Abum has fallen into the cave, do you think we should continue to look for him?" The oldest child asked Wutuk to relax. , with them here, if they really can't find Abumu and the others, they can go back to ask adults for help.

But what Utuk didn't expect was that as soon as he handed his trusty back to a group of playmates behind him, he was pushed hard on the back, and his body fell weightlessly into the vertical cave at his feet.

The group of children were running and laughing.

"Then Utuk is really stupid for believing our words so easily. Let's get out of the cave and meet Abumu."

"Didn't that Utuk always pretend to be noble and say that he wanted to save those slaves? He fell into such a deep cave and was able to save himself. We believe that he really wanted to save those slaves."

"I was so annoyed when I saw his face. We took him to have fun with good intentions, but he said it was wrong to hit people with stones. He also said that those slaves were trafficked by human traffickers. They were born in a pitiful way, and yet he was so angry. Come and persuade us to be kind to others. Damn, a slave is a slave, as despicable as an animal, and not worthy of sympathy at all. He actually lectures us in turn, saying that he thinks he is a good person and makes us think he is a bad person. He is so hypocritical."

"Yes, it was the same last time. I went to watch the hanging of a condemned prisoner with him, but he sat down and chanted sutras with a compassionate look on his face. It was so hypocritical. I couldn't help but want to pick it up several times when I saw his compassionate face. A stone from the roadside smashed his face in.”

These children quickly ran out of the dark cave. After meeting Abumu outside, they glanced at the sky above their heads. It was getting late and it was time for dinner at home. Then they ran home laughing.

"If we push him into such a deep hole, will he be unable to climb out and die in it?" someone said worriedly.

"We just bumped into him accidentally and didn't kill him. Whether he is dead or alive is none of our business. If anyone asks, just say we don't know."

After the group of children unified their approach, they began to go home for dinner, leaving Utuk, who had been afraid of the dark since childhood, alone in the deep cave.

"Is this your obsession?"

"You treat people with kindness, but in return you get endless malice."

"When there is hell around you, the only clear stream in the darkness becomes an unforgivable sin..."

Jin An stood at the entrance of the dark and deep cave where Utuk fell, muttering to himself. Vaguely, he saw a lonely and desperate little novice huddled up in a ball with his knees in his arms, sobbing fearfully from his mouth.

The Buddha's light flicked the sutra again, and the light and shadow changed instantly. This time, Jin An stood on the remote street where the Buddhist hall was located. At this time, the sky outside had darkened. The old master Pandian stood at the door of the Buddhist hall and waited again and again. Seeing that it was past dinner time and Utuk hadn't come back yet, he began to worry.

He began to look for the children who usually played with Utuk, and asked if anyone had seen Utuk. These children had already agreed on the same message, saying that it was almost time for dinner, so they dispersed and went home to eat.

Those little devils are very cunning, and they are still concerned and ask what's wrong, hasn't Utuk returned to the Buddhist hall yet?

One night passed, and Utuk still did not come back. Pandian Lama, who had not slept all night, came to the children again to ask for details, and then took Ngawang Tsering and Galu to the place where the children often played to look for Utuk.

It is said that a child is better than his father. Although these children are all on the same page, some clues have been discovered by the adults in the family. When they learned that their children accidentally killed the little monk, these parents, instead of blaming them, gathered together to discuss how to deal with the aftermath.

As a guru, Master Bandian would not have good consequences for their family if this matter escalated.

After discussing it, they finally made a vicious decision. Before Master Ban Dian could suspect them, they would just stop doing anything and kill people to silence them.

That night, blood splashed red in the main hall of the Buddhist temple.

It also dyed the Buddha statues in the main hall red.

The adults of these children, under the pretense of having more people and strength, came together to help find Utuk, and came to see Master Bandian. Master Bandian did not become suspicious of these neighbors, but showed gratitude. Just as he turned around, These parents joined forces to kill Pandian Guru in front of the clay Buddha statue in the main hall.

These parents were so jealous that after killing the class master in a sneak attack, they tricked and killed the unsuspecting Ngawang Tsering and Galu one by one. Finally, they deliberately caused the lamp oil to fall, causing a fire and burning down the temple.

The people living in this Buddhist kingdom are terminally ill and hopeless!

All of this is like watching a horse fly, replaying the truth of the past in front of Jin An. Jin An is standing in the burning hall. At this time, in the hall, there is a dark child who is so hungry that he is skinny and bones, with black holes in his eyes. Several times he wanted to reach out and pick up the body of Master Pandian, which was lying in a pool of blood, but he couldn't hold it and his hands passed through his body.

A majestic resentment, as huge as a mountain torrent, began to hover over the Buddhist hall, like a dark cloud covering the roof, and it lingered for a long time.

He took refuge in my Buddha in front of the Buddha.

And he fell into the devil Buddha in front of the Buddha.

That resentment.

That obsession.

The longing for Pandian Guru as his father.

His thoughts became more and more disordered, the air was filled with gloomy energy, resentment soared, a thick black cloud swirled over the Buddhist hall, and the gloomy wind howled like thousands of powerful souls howling like ghosts and wolves.

Jin'an looked at this human tragedy and felt panicked in his heart. He had a blockage in his heart that he didn't know how to vent. He wanted to vent his unhappiness, but there was nowhere to vent it in the past. .

Suddenly!

He grabbed a burning piece of wood and rushed out of the Buddhist hall that was engulfed in flames. He did not fight against Utuk who was falling into the demon Buddha, but ran with crazy momentum towards somewhere in the Great Rift Valley.

Although he didn't know which direction the cave complex was in the Great Rift Valley, the children had mentioned the approximate location of the cave complex when they confessed the truth to their families.

At this time, the rotating dark clouds over the Buddhist hall were still spreading rapidly, and the Buddha's light in the past was gradually dimming. When the Buddha's light completely dissipated, Utuk completely abandoned the Buddha and became a demon. At that time, he could only kill You can't leave here until you get Utuk.

But killing Utuk was not his intention.

Jin An searched anxiously in the Great Rift Valley, and finally found the cave group hidden behind dense grass and vines. He desperately rushed into the cave with a torch.

"Utuk!"

"Utuk!"

Jin An frantically searched for someone and shouted in the maze-like caves. He knew that Wutuk did not die in the first few days after falling into the cave. The little novice monk who was only eight years old at the time just needed someone to pull him out. courage.

If someone had helped him at that time, it would have been too late and all the tragedies could have been prevented.

"Utuk!"

Jin An shouted anxiously in the caves.

Going deeper and deeper.

He no longer cares about how much Buddha's light is left outside. Now he just wants to find the eight-year-old child who was abandoned alone in the dark cave and give him a hand.

finally.

He saw familiar rock walls and caves.

Then, relying on his strong memory, he walked some distance into the cave and saw the vertical cave where he pushed Utuk down.

Jin An happily lay down at the entrance of the cave, holding a torch and shining down: "Utuk! I'm here to save you!"

There was no movement under the dark cave, as calm as stagnant water. Jin An did not worry so much and jumped directly from the entrance of the cave. He finally found the lonely and scared little novice monk huddled at the bottom of the cave.

Flame means hope.

Human means the most precious person in heaven and earth.

The eight-year-old novice monk who was trapped in the depths of the cave slowly raised his head buried deep in his knees. He looked at Jin An's concerned eyes and was in a daze.

The black shadow on his body was gradually dispersed by the warm firelight of the torch. More and more firelight shone on the little novice monk. The face that was flushed by the firelight gradually returned to color from pale. The little novice monk threw himself into Jin An's arms. Weeping loudly.

At this moment, he is not filled with resentment that lasts for thousands of years.

He was just an eight-year-old novice who was frightened by the darkness and cried.

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Ps: I originally wanted to earn 10,000 yuan today, but this chapter was not easy to write. I deleted it. I felt that it was not appropriate to write about the dark side of human nature because it involved many things. In the end, I deleted too much and did not have enough time to code out only 6k= . =