The golden rooster sings loudly and the golden sun rises. There are still few pilgrims in the temple in the early morning. The monks are doing morning prayers. All the halls are deserted and empty. There are almost no people. Only in the Wei Tuo Hall is an old woman who is carefully giving a candlestick.
Add oil. Unlike in the past, the old lady added more and thicker lamp oil today. The grease is more resistant to burning than wax. One addition can last for about seventeen or eighteen days.
The lamp oil exuding the fragrance of flowers surrounded a small candle flame, making the lamp more brilliant at the cost of burning itself. Although even without a little bit of lamp oil, the flickering candle flame could survive and continue to burn, but what about the old woman?
She had the heart to let the candle flame dim, hoping that it would burn more vigorously and burn more beautifully. Every day the old lady would come here to refuel, no matter the weather, no matter the weather, thunder or lightning, she would still stare stupidly after each refueling.
The clay statue stood there for a long time, its eyes were full of love, but also inexplicable despair. It was obviously close at hand, but it seemed to be far away from the end of the world. Granny Hua knew very well that when Wei Tuo recovered his soul, he would immediately climb to Leiyin and go to Lingshan Mountain.
, spending time together day and night so far away from each other at this moment can only be a luxury in the future, so she cherishes this time that is within reach but difficult to reach.
The old man stared blankly at the statue, which was like a statue in itself. Until suddenly a girl rushed over and awakened Granny Hua's mind. "Master!" the young girl said in a coquettish tone, "Why does it take so long today? It usually takes this long.
It’s time to go back, right? I’m so anxious.”
Granny Hua turned her head and glanced at the young and beautiful girl. Her desperate eyes suddenly showed some light. She fondly touched the girl's hair, "You little girl, you have no patience at all. If you wait a little longer, you will get impatient."
?hehe……"
"I'm just impatient~" the girl said, "Let's go, let's go back. I don't like it here. I always feel like it's filled with sadness. It's such a strange feeling, such a strange place. It's obviously a Buddhist temple, why?
If there is sadness, could it be that Veda Bodhisattva has a sad heart? Hee hee hee..." This girl has a lively personality, loves to play and laugh, but she is very different from the weak little flower bud before she transformed. I think she has received the wholehearted attention of Granny Hua.
Only with the care and love can things become like this. "Master, let's go. Go back quickly. Didn't you say you want to prepare for my trip today? Let's go~ let's go and get ready~"
The little girl gently shook the master's arm and kept playing coquettishly, making Granny Hua smile and be kind all over her face. The old granny said: "You kid, your Taoist heart is not young, how can you act like a childish child? Stop shaking it.
, stop shaking, don’t shake my old arms and legs, master, to pieces~"
"No way~" the girl said, "Master is a great monk, so he won't fall apart so easily. Anyway, go back quickly, I can't wait to go out and see the mortal world, I think it will be fun to come."
"You little Peony, you have been spoiled by me, and you are getting worse and worse." Granny Hua said, "You are so eager, if you really go to the mortal world to play, I am afraid you will get into trouble. If you reveal your identity as a goblin, you will be in trouble."
It's not good to be caught by the gods."
"No way~" Bai Mudan promised, "The apprentice is so good that he won't get into trouble. Master~ hurry up~ let's go~ hurry up and prepare something useful for me~" The beautiful little girl shook her head again
The Master's arms were begging in a cooing, cute voice, which looked particularly pleasing to the eye.
"Okay, okay, stop shaking, Master is leaving." Grandma Hua really couldn't stand her apprentice's coquettishness, so she could only accompany her to leave the Wei Tuo Hall, but she did not go towards the back mountain, but went straight to the mountain gate of Lingyin Temple.
It seemed like he was about to go down the mountain, "I thought about it, but I still don't trust you, little Peony, to go out alone, so I decided to accompany you out and discipline you from time to time."
"Master is also coming down the mountain? Haha, that's great!" Bai Mudan was overjoyed and jumped up and down to celebrate, "I'm actually a little afraid of going to the mortal world alone. It's great now that Master is here. I'm not afraid of anything anymore.
Ha ha ha ha……"
Granny Hua smiled and said, "Girl, you act like a bully who bullies others with power and pretentiousness."
The two masters and apprentices were walking along the path of the temple and happened to meet the monks who had just finished their morning classes. The monks all bowed respectfully to Granny Hua, but they seemed to be afraid of Bai Mudan and subconsciously backed away. Bai Mudan looked at the monks and couldn't help but
Laughing, after she transformed, she often came to Lingyin Temple for a stroll. The playful little girl always used magic to tease the monks. As a result, except for Yuan Kong, everyone in the entire temple was afraid of her and avoided her when they saw her.
Walk.
Bai Mudan smiled and said: "Hahaha... Congratulations, I am going to go out with Master for a few days. You don't have to worry about flowers growing on your bald head and hair growing, hahaha..." This girl likes to look at the bright heads of monks the most.
Flowers were gathered on them, making the monks "showy" and ridiculed by pilgrims.
The two masters and disciples continued to walk out and saw the mountain gate. They found that the great monk Yuankong had been waiting here for a long time. Yuankong put his hands together and saluted respectfully, "I, Amitabha, have met Grandma Hua and Miss White Peony."
"Old monk, why are you here?" Bai Mudan was indeed spoiled by Granny Hua. She was not very polite even to Yuan Kong, who had a higher level of cultivation than her. "Come to see us off?"
"Yes, the old monk is here to say goodbye to you two." Yuan Kong said, "I'm afraid it won't be long before you two come back. There are some things you should take with you." As soon as the big monk finished speaking, a young novice ran from the side.
Come, go around the white peony, and carefully hand over an oil lamp to the abbot, which is the one in the Wei Tuo Hall.
Granny Hua was puzzled and questioned with slight dissatisfaction: "Yuankong, what do you mean? How dare you touch the Buddha's treasure without permission? Could it be that you have forgotten the instructions of Arhat who subdued the dragon? Skanda Bodhisattva needs thousands of years of worship to restore his soul, so he cannot do it at will.
Move the magic lamp—put it back quickly!" Huayue was obviously a little angry, and her face didn't look good.
"My Amitabha Buddha, Granny Hua has misunderstood." Yuankong explained, "The old monk did not touch the Buddha's treasure intentionally, but did it out of necessity. Last night, my Buddha lit a lamp and entrusted a dream to the old monk, saying that Lingyin Temple is here.
There will be a disaster in the near future. The temple will be destroyed and the three treasures will be deserted. Therefore, in order to prevent the magic lamp from being lost, the old monk hopes that Granny Hua will save it for him."
"This..." Granny Hua was relieved, hesitated for a moment, and quickly put away the magic lamp, "I misunderstood Master, please forgive me."
"It doesn't matter." Yuan Kong shook his head and didn't mind anything, "I leave the Buddha soul of Wei Tuo Bodhisattva to you, my mother-in-law."
Huayue nodded, "Well, don't worry."
Afterwards, the three of them exchanged casual greetings, and Master and Disciple Huayue walked down the mountain and slowly disappeared at the end of the mountain road. Yuan Kong, who was standing on the mountain, looked at Master and Apprentice Caomu from a distance, feeling a little curious about what they would do next.
"Are Bai Mudan and Taoist Chunyang really bound to be entangled with each other?" Yuan Kong murmured to himself, "Everyone has their own joys and sorrows, and gods have their separations and separations. Although our sect advocates it, they are involved in the mortal world and are separated from love.
I hate the sea of suffering, but I do not forcefully violate the original intention and original wishes of all living beings. I, Amitabha Buddha, hope that Bai Mudan and Taoist Chunyang can have a good outcome."