At the same time, Guan Yun beside him shivered violently, and the two of them looked at each other with sadness in their hearts.
I thought of going together.
"Tsk...tsk...tsk..."
Strange noises came from all directions.
In the beginning, it was barely audible, if it was there or not.
It gets louder, noisier, and more confusing.
"cicada?"
Guan Yun shook his head, as if he was dizzy from the noise, and muttered: "How come there are so many cicadas, they are so noisy to death."
Then, he felt Chen Yang, who was supporting him, stiffen.
"What's wrong?"
Chen Yang seemed to be smiling and crying, and said with a wry smile: "I seem to know who the person inside is?"
"who is it?"
Guan Yun asked curiously.
"A man who, whether male or female, wants to eat his flesh."
Chen Yang sighed, but instead of worrying about it, he strode forward.
Ahead, it suddenly becomes clear.
There is only one Bodhi tree, towering into the clouds.
It seems that because of its existence, other bodhi trees have given up their positions, creating a pure land-like sense of emptiness.
Stepping here, the cicada noise stops.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and felt alive again.
"Sir, who is the man you are talking about?"
Guan Yun looked around, but he didn't see the big monster he imagined waiting for them to come to his door. Instead, he felt empty in his heart.
"The World-Honored One is teaching the Dharma in the Bodhi Garden. There are golden cicadas, one of which has the Great Margin Dharma. I drink Bodhi tree sap when I'm thirsty. At other times, I listen to the Dharma devoutly.
The World Honored One felt his sincerity and accepted this golden cicada as his second disciple.
Later, when the Buddha was giving a lecture, Golden Cicada suddenly felt sleepy and fell asleep. Perhaps he was snoring in his sleep. The noise of the cicada resounded throughout the Bodhi Garden, reaching up to the Buddha who was giving the lecture, and down to Ananda and other disciples of the Buddha who were listening to the Dharma.
It’s too disturbing.”
Hearing this, Guan Yun and the Tang sisters forgot to worry about which powerful person the World Honored One was, and nodded empathetically.
If it was as noisy as just now, no one else would be able to bear it.
Chen Yang smiled and continued: "Later, the World Honored One ordered Jin Chanzi to be reincarnated as a monk. After suffering many hardships in his life, he traveled to the Western Heavens to obtain Buddhist scriptures and gained great merits, and was awarded the title of Merit Buddha."
Guan Yun thought thoughtfully: "You said it was this meritorious Buddha, the Golden Chanzi, who has not yet appeared in the Bodhi Garden. Wait, you haven't said why both male and female goblins want to eat his flesh?
"
The Tang sisters' eyes were bright, and they were obviously more interested in this topic.
"The golden cicada sheds its shell. The golden cicada crawls out from the roots of the tree every year. It makes noise all summer before it comes and sheds its shell, leaving behind the legend of the golden cicada's shelling.
This golden cicada in the Bodhi Garden is a natural species of a different species, and is imbued with Buddhist teachings, making it an immortal existence."
"Eat a bite of his flesh and you will live forever."
After Chen Yang finished speaking, Guan Yun and others were relaxed and fascinated.
Then, a sigh echoed in the Bodhi Garden.
"That's ridiculous.
The so-called golden cicada sheds its shell, but all things are born in their own way. It is no different from a crab changing its shell or a gecko cutting off its tail. Why should the donor make a myth about it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Yang and others could not find the source of the sound. It felt like the noise of countless cicadas coming together. It was not unpleasant at all, but instead had a sweet and gentle voice.
Immediately afterwards, under the largest Bodhi tree, the thick roots exposed from the ground began to rise, and the soil kept arching. Finally, it seemed as if something was holding it underneath, forcibly holding a human figure out of the ground.
It can only be said to be humanoid.
He was stooped and thin, and his whole body was dirty and covered with a layer of wet soil, mixed with insect eggs, weeds, and roots. He could only vaguely distinguish a bald head on top, which he thought was an old monk, and nothing else could be discerned.
.
"Hey~"
The Tang sisters sighed with regret.
In the legend, the monk who everyone wanted to eat his flesh looked like this?
Even Guan Yun, who didn't care much about appearance, secretly sighed when he saw the old monk was exhausted and couldn't even move.
Only Chen Yang, solemn as ever, held his hands in greeting: