Thunder, lightning, strong wind, and heavy rain seem to be whistling in my ears all the time. My mind is so chaotic and hazy that I can't seem to tell who I am anymore? I just feel the wind and rain in the severe pain.
Passing by, heading towards an unknown place
Someone seemed to be talking next to me, and the voice was quite unfamiliar. It sounded a bit anxious. I could faintly hear: "There seems to be something wrong with him. Can you take a look?"
A cold hand moved around his body to check, and after a moment he said in shock: "Why is he injured so badly?"
The man next to him said angrily: "Nonsense, he was under that Immortal Killing Sword, do you think..."
He couldn't hear the rest of the words clearly anymore, because at this moment, a wave of dizziness hit his head, and he almost fainted. In the confusion, he could only vaguely feel that the sky was still roaring and thundering.
The person next to him seemed surprised and quickly checked. The cold breath on his hand made him wake up for a moment. He heard the man say anxiously: "Oh no, his forehead is burning. I'm afraid he has a high fever..."
Did it turn out that I still had a fever?
This was Gui Li's last thought. After that, he fainted again and lost consciousness.
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A roar woke him up from unconsciousness. His first reaction was that he thought it was the thunder that exploded in the sky. But for some reason, although he woke up a little, there was still darkness in front of him. He desperately wanted to open his eyes and look around.
, but was shocked to find that his eyelids were still closed and he could not open them.
Then, a sharp pain came, not from his seriously injured chest, but from his throat. He subconsciously moved his mouth and let out a hoarse and slight cry:
"water……"
There seemed to be no one around, and he was left alone and helpless on the ground. The thirst in his throat became more and more intense, like burning. His lips moved slightly, and the strength came from nowhere in his body.
He moved his body slightly, and the consciousness in his mind seemed to be clearer.
"Ah" suddenly, a voice came from the side. This voice was different from usual, but it seemed like it had been heard before. It was somewhat familiar. There was a bit of surprise in the tone of voice, and said: "You're awake, senior brother, come here quickly."
, he woke up..."
The surroundings suddenly became quiet. After a moment, there were footsteps approaching quickly. He walked in front of Gui Li and struggled to open his eyes again, but somehow, this time, all the strength in his body disappeared completely.
He vaguely saw two figures squatting beside him, and behind the figures, there seemed to be several dark shadows. As for the faces of these people, he could not see clearly any of them.
"Water..." he whispered again
This time, people around me understood:
"Quick, bring water, hurry up"
He was running back and forth in a hurry, and someone came running after a moment. Then a cold hand carefully lifted his head up, and something like the rim of a bowl was placed against his lips.
The cool water touched his chapped lips. The muscles on Gui Li's face moved. He opened his mouth with great effort and drank the water in one mouthful. The clear water entered his throat, like a sweet spring spilling into dry land, and it immediately alleviated the fire.
the pain
Gui Li felt relieved, and immediately felt tired, and fell asleep again.
The people around him were startled, and someone immediately came over to feel Gui Li's pulse. After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay. He was seriously injured, had a fever, and was exhausted. At the moment,
There is no fear of life”
As soon as these words came out, the people around him seemed to be relieved. Then, someone seemed to look at Gui Li and sighed softly.
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After falling asleep, I don't know how much time passed. During this period, Gui Li woke up several times, but he always woke up for a moment and then immediately fell asleep. In his impression, he only remembered that there was always someone waiting beside him.
In a daze, he saw many people, his parents when he was young, the innocent and beautiful senior sister, the unforgettable Baguio, the distant Lu Xueqi, and many, many more people, all flashing past him one by one. Once,
He even felt that he saw the Dharma image of Tianyin Temple ten years ago, with the Dharma Master and Brother Dharma Good Master sitting next to him chanting sutras and chanting Buddha's name for him.
He smiled bitterly at that time, but even he himself didn't know that his bitter smile could be shown on his face. Maybe it was just a dream after all.
It's like, this upside-down life is like a dream
Why do you need to chant sutras for me?
What's the use of chanting scriptures?
When Gui Li was awake for a moment, he quietly thought about it in his mind, and then he passed out again
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"Dong...dong...dong...dong..."
It was like a low bell echoing in the sky, coming slowly, waking him up from a deep nightmare. The deep bell, slowly approaching from far away, seemed to knock into the bottom of his heart.
For the first time, he didn't have the urge to open his eyes. He just lay there quietly, not thinking about where he was and what world was outside him.
In the vast world, there are only waves of low bells left at this moment
"Dong...dong...dong...dong..."
The bell sounded melodiously, as if it would never stop. It kept beating like this. He listened intently, breathing slowly, and all his energy was integrated into this gentle tone, and he never wanted to leave again.
How long has it been? This is the first time he has been lying down like this without any worries.
Who knows how painful it must be to carry so many burdens?
However, this small world could not last long after all. A wave of footsteps came from far and near towards where he was, disrupting his train of thought.
The bell that was originally beating in his heart suddenly seemed to be far away from him, and suddenly it was far away in the horizon.
Silently, sighing...
He slowly opened his eyes
This was actually the first thing he saw
A big "Buddha" character hangs high on the roof. Surrounding the Buddha character, there is a circle of golden patterns. Then along the periphery, there are circles of finely carved statues of five hundred Arhats, forming a large circle of various figures.
The arhats are all of the same size, but have different looks and figures. They are arranged in rows and are extremely upright. Then, on the outside of the big circle is a suspended ceiling with a blue background and black borders, two feet higher than the middle Buddha circle. The paintings on it are different.
, it is a square grid, each square is one foot square, with golden piping, and inside are painted unicorns, phoenixes, golden dragons, goats and other Buddhist auspicious animals. These patterns are the same in each square.
Although he was not good at carving buildings, Gui Li knew after just one glance that this was a work of miraculous craftsmanship. On the roof, in the inner circle surrounding the Buddha characters, two golden chains hung down, and a lamp hung upside down.
The Changming Lamp, seen from bottom to top, is roughly a three-foot-large copper basin, which is probably filled with lamp oil.
Gui Li frowned and turned around to look around again. He saw that this place looked very much like a Zen room in a temple. The room was quite spacious, with large red-painted pillars at the four corners, green brick paving, and a door.
It is made of Paulownia wood, with a window on each side, also painted with red paint. It looks very solemn. On one side of the wall hangs a picture of Guanyin holding a bottle of pure water and jade dew. An incense table is placed below.
There are four plates for offering fruits, namely pears, apples, oranges, and oranges. In front of the offering of fruits, there is a copper stove with three sticks of fine sandalwood sticks on it, and wisps of light smoke are floating in the air.
On the other side of the wall, where Gui Li is, there is a wooden bed. It is simple and sturdy, without much decoration. It seems that monks do not care about such things, and the room is generally simple. Apart from the above-mentioned things,
There is only a round table in the middle, and the four round stools and tables around it are all black. There are teapots and cups on the table, which are made of simple porcelain.
At this time, footsteps had already reached the door. The door of the Zen room "squeaked" and someone pushed it open from the outside. A man stepped in. Gui Li looked at him and couldn't help but be startled.
But it was a strange young monk that he had never seen before. He was holding a wooden plate in his hand with a kettle on it. He walked in but did not look at Gui Li. Instead, he walked directly to the table in the room.
Switch the teapot on the table with the one on the wooden plate in your hand
"Who...are you?" Gui Li asked, but just after he said one word, he suddenly felt pain in his throat. Although it was not as intense as when he was unconscious last time, it was still extremely uncomfortable and his voice suddenly became hoarse.
down
But even so, it also startled the little monk. He immediately turned around and looked around. In his haste, he almost knocked over the wooden plate in his hand.
"Ah, you're awake?" The young monk seemed quite surprised, but there was joy in his eyes, and he said with a smile, "Then wait, I will call the senior brothers and others to come over and see you immediately."
With that said, he was about to run out the door. Gui Li looked at his back and asked in a hoarse voice: "Little Master, may I ask where this is?"
The young monk turned around and smiled, with a rather innocent and delicate expression on his face, and said with a smile: "Here? Of course this is Tianyin Temple."
Tianyin Temple
Gui Li was stunned for a moment. As if he was struck by thunder, the little monk ran away all the way. He thought he came to call someone. Only Gui Li was left lying on the bed numbly, his heart was extremely confused.
Tianyin Temple...
He was filled with surprise and uncertainty, but for some reason, there was a bitterness that emerged from deep in his heart.
Tianyin Temple...Tianyin Temple...Puzhi...
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There were faint voices in the distance, and at the same time there were several steps walking towards the Zen room. Someone seemed to be asking something in a low voice to the little monk. The little monk was obviously young, innocent and lively, and kept answering with laughter.
Somehow, while listening to those questions and answers, Gui Li was distracted for a moment. He didn't think about his current situation or his past grudges. At this moment, he suddenly envied this ordinary little monk for no reason. He was like this.
He looks innocent and lively, but maybe he doesn’t know that there is pain and hatred in the world?
We are young and ignorant, but are we the happiest in these many years?
The footsteps suddenly stopped, and just outside the door, someone said to the young monk: "You don't have to go in. Why don't you go to the backyard to inform the abbot now that the benefactor Zhang Xiaofan has woken up?"
The young monk smiled and said: "It's better than that, Brother Faxiang, you have promised to teach me how to practice Brahma Prajna, and you can't go back on it."
The man outside the door smiled and said: "Little guy, you are just greedy. Go quickly. I promised you and I won't regret it."
The little monk was obviously very happy. He smiled and jumped to the opening of the wooden door. Amidst the creaking sound, it seemed as if someone paused outside the door, took a deep breath, and then walked in.
Sure enough, it was Fa Xiang. Following him was the tall monk Fa Shan.
Dressed in moon-white monk robes, with a fair face, holding rosary beads in his hand, the way he looked at the monk seemed as if he had not changed at all in the past ten years. He was slowly walking towards the wooden bed where Gui Li was lying. When he reached the bed, his eyes
Looking at Gui Li, the two of them were speechless for a moment.
The atmosphere in the room was a little strange for a moment. After a while, a smile appeared on the corner of Dharma Prime Minister's mouth, he put his hands together and saluted the ghost and said: "Donor Zhang, are you awake?"
The corners of Gui Li's eyes twitched, and he suddenly said coldly: "My surname is not Zhang, I have forgotten that name a long time ago."
Faxiang's face did not change, he just looked at Gui Li, and after a while he said softly: "What name you use is of course up to you, but if you don't even want your last name, have you thought about being worthy of giving birth to you and raising you?"
Parents?"
Gui Li's expression changed, and he snorted, but didn't say anything else. He turned his head and stopped looking at him.
Fa Xiang didn't mean to blame him. When he and Fa Shan looked at this evil demon who had been spurned by the righteousness of the world, their eyes were full of kindness. Fa Shan moved two chairs from the round table behind him and placed them there.
Beside the bed, he whispered: "Senior brother, please sit down."
Fa Xiang nodded, sat down on the chair, looked at Gui Li, and said, "How do you feel now?"
Gui Li didn't need to ask. In fact, he had already secretly checked his body. The ribs that had been severely injured and fractured in the chest had been completely connected. They were now tied with thick bandages, which obviously helped to fix them. As for the many skins on his shoulders,
The wounds were all bandaged up. Although there was pain from time to time, there was a faint feeling of coolness coming from the wounds. It was obvious that excellent wound medicine was applied to the wounds to achieve such curative effect.
When Fa Xiang saw him, he didn't answer, nor was he angry. He smiled and said: "When you were unconscious, I helped you reattach the broken bones. The other skin injuries were not serious, but your internal organs were severely injured, so you have to take care of them carefully."
The only reason you are intact is because you are strong, otherwise even a person with profound spiritual practice would inevitably be seriously injured like that."
He paused for a moment and then said: "My junior fellow apprentice also told you just now that this is Tianyin Temple. Except for a few people in our temple, no one in the world knows that you are here, so it is very safe. Just stay here."
It’s a good place to live and recuperate…”
Gui Li suddenly interrupted him, looked directly into his eyes, and said, "Did you save me?"
The smile on Faxiang's face froze, and he seemed to be hesitant. He turned around and looked at Fashan. Fashan lowered his head and softly chanted the Buddha's name.
Faxiang turned back, no longer hesitated, nodded and said: "Yes"
Gui Li snorted and said: "Don't tell me that you don't know. What would happen if the Qingyun Sect finds out about your actions like this?"
Fa Xiang said calmly: "Of course I know."
Gui Li sneered: "If that's the case, why did you go behind the teacher's back to save me, a demon from the demon sect?"
The Dharma Prime Minister glanced at him. For some reason, there was something strange in his eyes. He frowned and said, "What are you looking at?"
The Faxiang smiled and said: "How do you know that I must have come to save you behind the teacher's back?"
Gui Li was startled and said: "What?"
Fa Xiang said leisurely: "At that time, all the leaders of Qingyun Sect's Seven Lineages were extraordinary people. Everyone had extraordinary qualities. Zeng Shuchang, the leader of Fenghui Peak, was also one of them. We fought with him that day. We must entangle him and not expose him in a short time.
I think I can't do this level of skill in my sect."
Gui Li stared at Fa Xiang for a long time. Fa Xiang responded calmly and his smile did not change for a long time. Gui Li suddenly closed his eyes and no longer looked at Fa Xiang. Fa Xiang nodded and said: "You have not recovered from your serious injury, so you still need more rest."
"
Gui Li closed his eyes and suddenly said: "Why do you want to save me?"
The Dharma Prime Minister was silent for a moment and said calmly: "I can't answer this question for you."
Gui Li took a deep breath and said, "Why?"
The Dharma Prime Minister chanted the Buddha's name in a low voice and said: "You don't have to worry. In a few days, your injury will be better, and someone will naturally tell you."
Gui Li opened his eyes and frowned: "Who?"
The corner of Dharma Prime Minister's mouth moved, as if he hesitated again, but finally said: "It doesn't matter if I tell you, he is my mentor, Master Puhong, the abbot of Tianyin Temple."
Gui Li was stunned for a moment. After a while, he looked at the face of the face. Knowing that he would not be able to ask any more questions, he simply let out a sigh of relief and lay down with his head bent.
The melodious ringing of bells in the distance came faintly again