The goddess of auspiciousness left angrily. The conversation between her and Xiang Que was heard by the one hundred and eight Arhat monks under the lighthouse, so they all raised their heads angrily, thinking in their hearts, how could such a thing happen in the world?
Shameless person!
How dare he ask the auspicious goddess to give him a son?
Do you know who the Goddess of Auspiciousness is? Although she is not a Bodhisattva or a Buddha, she is the purest goddess in the entire Buddhist world. Why don't you go and tell the Queen Mother of the West in the fairy world to give birth to a son for me?
Do you dare?
Xiang Que didn't feel anything about it. Is it a bet? He seemed to have never lost before, right?
After the auspicious Goddess left, the mountain returned to calm. Except for the recitation of the Vajra Subduing Demon Sutra, there was no sound anymore.
But at the foot of the mountain, I don’t know when, people began to appear in twos and threes. The number of these people was very small. Sometimes there were not a few in a day, only ten or eight at most. Then these people looked up.
The lighthouse on the top of the mountain.
Among the people at the foot of the mountain, the most common thing they said was, "That's the founder of Mahayana Buddhism!"
About a few hundred miles away from the mountain peak of the lighthouse, there is a long mountain col. There is a flock of birds living here. The number of this flock is probably more than a hundred, but they are ugly in appearance, with sparse hair on their bodies and thick heads.
It was long and pointed, with wrinkles on its legs and bumps on its body, especially the bird's tail, which was completely bald, revealing a bright red flesh bump.
The birds in this flock are all very ugly. To describe them as a bunch of flat-haired beasts is not an exaggeration. Just one look at them will make your skin crawl, make you feel sick, and make you feel very unhappy.
It can really reach the point where you don’t want to look at it a second time after you take a first look at it.
Some venerables and Arhats living nearby didn't know where the birds came from or why they stayed here, because they didn't even bother to ask what the birds were called.
If Lingshan wasn't capable of killing easily, the first thought in these monks' minds would probably be to exterminate these flat-haired beasts, because they were really uncomfortable to watch.
Therefore, within a few dozen miles of this mountain col, there are no other birds other than this group of birds. For example, the peacocks that are common in Lingshan never come close to this area, as if they feel disdainful to be associated with them.
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This flock of birds is very lonely and desolate. After all, no humans or animals have ever wanted to get close to them. Then over time, the flock of birds got used to it, living alone, not having much contact with the outside world, and living a monotonous life isolated from the world.
Suddenly one day, one of the flat-haired beasts in the flock flew away from the mountain col. Perhaps it felt that the monotonous life was too boring and wanted to change its life, so it flew west along the mountains.
After flying for about two sticks of incense, the flat-haired beast saw a tall lighthouse with scorching flames burning in the tower. The strange thing was that there seemed to be a person wrapped in the fire, struggling all the time.
, suffering.
So, the ugly bird landed on top of the lighthouse out of curiosity, blinked its small single-lidded eyes, looked at the person in the eternal fire of karma, and then said something.
"Wow, how come this person is so much uglier than us? Where do you get the courage to survive?"
Xiang Que, who was burned by the eternal fire of karma, is indeed quite ugly now. He is completely naked and his skin is of different colors. Not to mention it is bruised and purple, his skin is also dry and cracked, and some places are still bumpy.
It's so uneven that the flesh and blood have sunk in.
The hair on Xiang Que's head was also very sparse. It looked like there were only a few hairs left lying softly on the top of his head, and his facial features seemed to have been burned and deformed.
The fire of eternal karma cannot refine him to death, but it can burn him into a human being.
The beautiful face she once had is gone forever.
But this is not a problem for Xiang Que. After his Tao realm collapsed, not a single part of his body was intact. The little raccoon would always call him "Ugly", and Xiang Que was quite indifferent.
After all, being handsome for too long can also make you feel lonely, so it’s okay to relax once in a while.
Xiang Que raised his head, looked at the flat-haired beast outside the lighthouse, and sent out a spiritual thought: "I am different from you. I used to be handsome, but you... have always been ugly."
The flat-haired beast didn't react at all, so he said: "It's not just a day or two that we are looked down upon by birds. We are born like this, so ugly is just ugly? It doesn't matter, we don't interact with other birds anyway."
Xiang Que smiled and said, "You guys have such a good attitude!"
The flat-haired beast said: "After training, the peacock neighbors nearby never look at us seriously. If we encounter them, they will raise their heads high, as if they will vomit if they take a look at us.
Yes... they have indeed vomited several times."
Xiang Que was happy, and thought this ugly bird was quite interesting. To be honest, most people would not have that kind of attitude that is neither humble nor arrogant, and handles things indifferently.
Maybe it was because he hadn't spoken for too long, so Xiang Que started chatting with the other person while being burned. The ugly bird probably thought this person was quite interesting, so he simply folded his wings and lay down on the lighthouse.
The one hundred and eight Arhat monks below the lighthouse also saw this flat-haired beast, but they ignored it indifferently. The Deng Deng Buddha said that no one was allowed to come near this place, but he also did not say that birds were not allowed to come, so they just ignored it.
Too lazy to bother with it.
After all, Arhat didn't want to take another look at the ugly bird.
The two chatted with each other for a long time. When it got dark, the flat-haired beast flapped its wings and flew up. Before leaving, he sent a message to Xiang Que: "I will bring a few more over tomorrow. You are quite a good person."
It’s interesting, I like it very much.”
"Yeah, okay," Xiang Que said lazily.
The flat-haired beast said: "The main thing is, it's the first time I see someone uglier than us, and I don't know why... I seem to be a little bloated?"
Xiang Que: "???"
The bird flew away, leaving behind a confused Xiang Que.
What the hell, is this building confidence in others?
The flat-haired beast flew back to the mountain col where he lived. When he saw his companions, he happily said to a few ugly birds that he got along well with: "Tomorrow I will take you to meet someone. That guy is quite interesting. The main thing is
...He actually looks uglier than us, don’t you think it’s funny?”
These ugly birds chirped and said: "There are actually such miserable people in the world? We should go and see them, so that we can also open our eyes!"
"Get dressed up when we go. Let's try to look as clean and tidy as possible. That guy is pretty good at bragging. He said that he was actually pretty good-looking before..."