"Rangligerang, Rangligerang, the scenery is beautiful on a sunny day, with red flowers and green grass. I run forward happily, walking all over the green mountains before I am old."
As soon as Wu Ming arrived, before he could check his surroundings, he heard the sound of singing in his ears.
Looking up, I saw an old man wearing cassock and dressed as an abbot, walking in the air with a Zen staff in hand.
The old abbot ran faster and faster, his toes pointed in the air, bringing up a gust of breeze.
Just as Wu Mingyang was about to go up to say hello, another white shadow rushed from behind, and a monk in white rushed up.
"Old abbot, you feel so refreshed!"
Seeing someone chasing him, and he was a monk, the old abbot laughed loudly and said: "Young man, morning exercise is good for cultivating your magic power. If you run like me every day, you will never grow old!"
"Senior, you have a childlike face and white hair. You can walk in the air but walk as fast as flying. You have been practicing for a long time. I wonder how many years you have been practicing?" The monk in white walked side by side with the old abbot, with a warm smile on his face.
When the old abbot heard this, he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He happily replied: "The years leave no one behind, it has been two hundred years. You young man, I see you walking on the air as if you were walking on the flat ground.
You don’t look like someone with a shallow Taoist practice. How many years have you been practicing?”
"Ashamed, ashamed. The young monk has only been practicing for more than 20 years. Unlike the abbot, you can steal the sky and change the weather. I can tell at a glance that you are not a human being!" The monk in white clothes was still smiling in front, but behind him, he had a cold look on his face and shouted angrily: "
You are a bold evildoer who dares to come out in broad daylight and even pretends to be a Buddhist elder. I really can't let you go."
"Ah!" The old abbot was startled and his body stopped involuntarily.
The monk in white turned around and stopped directly in front of the old abbot, with a golden bowl in his hand: "You evildoer, why don't you show your true form in front of me, Fahai of Jinshan Temple?"
"Master, please forgive me, please listen to my explanation!" Facing the sea of Fa Hai from Jinshan Temple, the old abbot no longer felt refreshed and his whole body was frightened to the extreme.
Fahai didn't listen to the excuse at all, and the golden bowl in his hand quickly flew out and headed towards the old abbot.
"The mighty heavenly dragon, the world-honored Ksitigarbha, the great golden bowl, subjugate and eliminate demons!"
The golden bowl emitted golden light and shone towards the old abbot.
The old abbot covered his face with his hand, and a white demonic aura rose into the sky. He quickly said: "Master, please forgive me. I have been listening to lectures in Tiantai Temple for hundreds of years. I have been enlightened by Buddhist teachings. I have always had a peaceful temperament and have never done anything bad. You can't accept it."
me!"
"You are deceiving the public with your evil words, so take them away from me!"
The golden light swept across, and the old abbot screamed, turned into a big white spider, and was received into the golden bowl.
After collecting the spider spirit, Fahai showed a slight smile, raised his right hand slightly, and the golden bowl quickly returned to his hand, and said with a smile: "Great, I collected another monster, and I didn't get it in vain today."
"Didn't it come out in vain?"
"who?"
Wu Ming came through the air and landed firmly in front of Fahai, blocking his way.
"Sneaky, let me see if you are a human or a monster!"
Fa Hai frowned and held the magic formula in his hand: "The mighty heavenly dragon, Prajna Buddhas, show the Dharma!"
Two rays of golden light shot out from his eyes, and when they shone on Wu Ming's body, a golden light rose up.
Faintly, Fa Hai seemed to hear the chants of all the Buddhas, and countless Arhats and monks sat cross-legged to protect the man in front of him.
"Buddhist Dharma Protector!"
After just a simple glance, the cold expression on Fahai's face melted away, and he became a bit more kind. He nodded and said: "It turns out that he is one of our own, the young monk Fahai of Jinshan Temple, who has met the Dharma Protector!"
The Buddhist protector is the reward Wu Ming received for completing the mission in Journey to the West to Conquer Demons.
He didn't expect that this title could actually be recognized by Fa Hai, and now he finally closed the distance a little bit.
"I don't dare to take it seriously. Master Fahai has infinite merits. I came here to ask you a question." Wu Ming looked confused, pointed at the sky and the earth, and asked: "Fahai, you said that there is a difference between demons and monsters."
What's the difference? What's the difference between people? Why do you catch monsters and why do you become a monk?"
Fahai thought the problem was difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so simple.
At that moment, he smiled slightly and said: "A demon is a demon, there is no difference. Humans are human beings, and the difference is only between good and evil. I have lived in a temple since I was a child. When I grow up, I will naturally become a monk. Catching monsters becomes
It’s my duty!”
I lived in a temple since childhood and became a monk when I grew up. This statement is quite reliable.
Wu Ming nodded lightly and said with a smile: "As you said, there are differences between people, but there is no difference between monsters. Shouldn't all monsters be killed?"
"That's natural. Only when evildoers run rampant can people's hearts be impetuous. I, Fahai, slay demons and demons, not for immeasurable merit, but only to benefit one party. Good, good!" The current Fahai is just a fledgling, so you can imagine the arrogance in his heart.
And know.
In the movie, he had doubts about himself because he mistakenly accepted the spider spirit.
Wu Ming believed that Fahai would still be confused this time. As long as he guided him well, it would be possible for Fahai to return to secular life.
You should know that Fa Hai has lived in a temple since he was a child and has never been tempted by the world of mortals.
On the surface, such a person seems to have all four things, but the reality is completely the opposite.
After all, without temptation, there is no seeing through.
Fahai's current situation of all four elements is nothing but an illusion that deceives himself and others. It is not that he has truly seen through the illusion.
"Fahai, remember your words now, we will meet again." Wu Ming clasped his hands together and his body disappeared instantly.
Fa Hai raised his head in confusion, his heart full of strange feeling, and asked doubtfully: "What does this person mean? He is so mysterious. What does he want to say?"
After thinking for a while, he still couldn't figure it out. When Fahai turned around to leave, he found a string of Buddhist beads on the ground.
This is a string of purple beads, the spiritual energy on them is still lingering, which is what the spider spirit left behind.
"This evildoer actually stole the Buddhist beads. It's really unforgivable." Fahai picked up the Buddhist beads, directly charged the spider spirit with the crime, took the golden bowl and walked away, disappearing into the mountains and forests.
Back at Jinshan Temple, Fahai came to the Leifeng Pagoda and wanted to suppress the spider spirit here.
The spider spirit felt its fate and couldn't help but beg: "Master, I am such a monster. I have been listening to Buddhist teachings for hundreds of years in Tiantai Temple. I have always done good deeds and accumulated virtue, and I have never done any evil?"
"Shut up, monsters are monsters. You dare to steal Buddhist beads, and you dare to say that you are a good monster?" Fahai raised the Leifeng Pagoda and threw the spider spirit towards the bottom of the tower.
"Master, that was the treasure given to me by the abbot of Tiantai Temple. I didn't steal it, I didn't steal it... Boom!"
With a roar, the Leifeng Tower descended, suppressing the spider spirit here.
The moment the spider spirit was suppressed, the purple beads in Fahai's hand broke apart with a click.
Fahai took two steps back in surprise and looked at the beads in disbelief.
The beads scattered on the ground, and the spiritual energy on them quickly dissipated, making the Buddha no longer feel protected.
"How could this happen? What I suppressed was obviously a monster, so why did the spiritual energy of the beads dissipate? Is the owner of the beads really this spider spirit, and is he really protected by Buddhism?" There were beads of sweat on Fahai's face.
Luo, he had a flawless body, but he was sweating profusely at this moment. He shook his head repeatedly and said: "Impossible, I must have made a mistake. How could I be wrong in slaying demons?"
Fahai stood in front of Leifeng Pagoda with a pale face, not noticing at all that there was a bird hovering in the sky.
At night, it was pouring rain outside.
In the room, Fahai was uneasy, and he always thought of the broken Buddhist beads and the spider spirit's pleading.
After much tossing and turning, he found a red string and strung the beads together again.
It's a pity that after losing its owner's Buddhist beads, there is no more spiritual light, and it is no longer different from ordinary Buddhist beads.
"Host, the demon-suppressing bells around Leifeng Tower are ringing, and there are demons appearing in the southwest!"
Fahai was quietly looking at the Buddhist beads in his hand with the help of candlelight.
Suddenly, a young novice knocked on the door, and Fahai's eyes narrowed when he heard it.
"You stay at Jinshan Temple while I go to slay the demons!" Fahai flew out of the room in an instant and went straight to the courtyard.
In the courtyard, a silver Zen staff stands in the center of the courtyard.
The moment Fahai flew out of the courtyard, he grabbed the Zen staff and disappeared into the night in the blink of an eye.
Flying in the air is not difficult for Fahai, and he also has the Lingtai Dharma Eye to find monsters.
Fa Hai flew over two hundred miles away without even frowning despite the pouring rain hitting him.
"There's something evil about it!"
Under the eyes of the Lingtai, Fahai saw evil spirits rising into the sky in a purple bamboo forest.
I saw two hundred-foot giant snakes floating in the sky above the bamboo forest, shaking their heads. Fa Hai looked at them with joy in his eyes.
"Such a big snake spirit must have done many evil things. Only after eating many people can he behave like this. I will definitely not be wrong this time!"
Fa Hai descended from the sky, danced the silver Zen staff in his hand, and shouted: "The mighty heavenly dragon, the World Honored Ksitigarbha, the vajra subdues the demons!"
...whoosh...
The Zen staff in his hand fell out of his hand and headed straight into the depths of the dense forest.
The next second, just as Fahai was about to follow the Zen staff and carry out the great task of subduing demons, he heard a cry in his ears.
"what?"
Fahai's eyes were as bright as a torch and he looked towards the location of the cry.
The darkness of night could not hide his sight, and he saw a naked village woman lying in the bamboo forest, holding a newborn baby in her hands.
And more importantly, even though it was raining heavily outside, not a drop of rain fell around the village woman.
Fahai raised his eyes and looked up at the sky. It turned out that two snake spirits were casting spells to protect the village woman who was giving birth to her baby.
"The snake spirit does not harm people, but protects people from wind and rain. Am I wrong again?" Looking at the village woman giving birth and the snake spirit protecting people from the rain, Fahai fell into confusion.
Fahai was confused. The Zen staff that flew out was missing.
There was a roar, and the Zen staff hit the giant snake directly, knocking away the two snake spirits that were blocking the rain.
"Crash..."
Without the magic of the snake spirit, heavy rain fell from the sky.
Fa Hai exclaimed, and his cassock quickly flew out and turned into a barrier in front of the village woman.
"Hiss..."
The two snake spirits neighed, their huge snake heads glanced at Fahai in the forest, twisted their bodies and disappeared under the moonlight.
Fahai stood there and watched the two snake spirits leave.
First there are spider spirits who are protected by Buddhism, and then there are snake spirits who do good things for people.
Fahai doubted for the first time whether his idea of killing monsters on sight was really wrong.
"Monsters have caused harm to the world, and many innocent people have died unjustly. I am not wrong. If the demon does good today, he can do evil tomorrow. I took precautions. It is not me who is wrong, it is the world!" Fa Hai roared to the sky, his voice rising into the sky.