Chapter 418 The cause of the past life, the effect of the present
Buddhism pays attention to cause and effect, the cause is the origin, and the effect is the actual state of evolution. This also involves the ethereal destiny.
But cause and effect was proposed by Buddhism, but those who really care are monks like Fahai who are not very high in cultivation. Because fate and cause and effect can be changed, just like that one person and two monsters. The powerful can move
Take action and everything will become a chess piece that can be manipulated at will.
Fahai's cultivation is far from the level of changing one's fate against the will of heaven or manipulating the fate of others. Therefore, he cares about cause and effect, and hopes to cut off the last obsession in his heart by solving cause and effect, and achieve "everything is empty" from now on.
Only in this way can his stagnant cultivation continue to progress, and he can finally overcome the tribulation and enter the Western Heaven.
"Your Majesty, the poor monk began to practice Buddhism 1,600 years ago. After many hardships, he finally understood the Buddha's teachings and saw the way. Perhaps it was God's will. The poor monk never thought that the obsession that had entangled the poor monk for more than a thousand years would be revealed to the poor monk.
It was sown in the previous life."
Fahai said slowly, seeming to be lost in memories.
It is not normal for a high-ranking monk to reveal his heart like this. The main reason was the secret methods used by Xue Wusuan. However, Fahai's self-narration did give Xue Wusuan a clear answer to his doubts.
Fahai was a snake catcher in his previous life, which is how he, Bai Suzhen, and Xu Xian came about in their previous lives. Snake catchers naturally wanted to kill snakes, but at that time Bai Suzhen had no idea how to hide, so she was caught. Coincidentally,
Unfortunately, he happened to meet Xu Xian, a cowherd boy, who was passing by and saved the white snake, but also laid the foundation for disaster.
At that time, neither the cowherd boy Xu Xian nor the snake catcher Fahai expected that the escaped snake would remember this grudge and never forget it for thousands of years.
Xu Xian later reincarnated. Fahai embarked on the path of spiritual practice after his reincarnation. Although he experienced many hardships, it was generally smooth sailing. He even got the appreciation of a Bodhisattva in the West because of his talent and diligence, and earned a fortune.
Under the sect. In this way, Fahai was even more excited, knowing that he had obtained the ticket to enter the Western Heaven in advance.
But the cause and effect of past lives will always come back.
One day, Fa Hai, who was cultivating in the mountains, suddenly felt a vast force appearing in his cave. He stopped practicing and opened his eyes to see that it was a heavenly general.
The heavenly general said that the Heavenly Court was impressed by Fa Hai's diligent cultivation and felt that he was a talent. He specially gave him six elixirs, each of which could give Fa Hai a hundred years of pure mana. He hoped that he could achieve perfection as soon as possible.
, walking in the world on behalf of Heaven, subduing demons and destroying demons, and supporting justice.
And Fa Hai didn't think there was anything wrong. Even Western Heaven appreciated his talent, and it was normal for Heaven to woo him. Moreover, the elixir was real and could not be refined in the mortal world. It was very rare. Six pills could make him lose weight.
Six hundred years of hard work, how much of a bargain is this? So Fahai accepted it with great gratitude and sent the heavenly general away.
But when Fa Hai returned to the cave to enjoy his elixir, he found an uninvited guest in the cave. It was a snake demon that had turned into a human form.
When Fahai discovered the snake monster, he happened to see all the elixir he had just obtained go into the opponent's belly. This incident directly made Fahai furious.
He wanted to take revenge, but the snake demon's cultivation level was higher than his own. Although he had not fully digested his elixir, his magic power had also improved a lot. How could he win over him? He could only watch helplessly.
Watch the other person finish his meal and walk away.
And before the snake demon left, he also mentioned that he was here for revenge. He stole Fahai's elixir for this purpose. And for this revenge, Fahai had already cultivated to this level and could trace the cause, so he understood this.
The demon was the white snake he almost killed in his previous life.
Six hundred years! I could have cultivated to perfection six hundred years earlier, but now I have become the moon in the mirror. The feeling of having gained and lost again, and the reason is actually from my previous life. This makes Fa Hai feel a little bit sad.
I couldn't bear it anymore. I was so angry that I vowed on the spot that I would find the white snake to take revenge. So my obsession was planted.
After Fahai finished speaking, Xue Wusuan vaguely remembered some fragments from when he watched the TV series before. This was an episode, and he basically didn't remember it.
After understanding the cause and effect, Xue Wusuan was also secretly speechless. He thought to himself: It seems that Fahai is already kind-hearted. Bai Suzhen is also asking for disaster and taking away opportunities. This is not much different from killing his parents. What's more
At that time, Fa Hai was just an ordinary monk, and six hundred years was not a short time. It was considered a huge opportunity. Seeing that it was taken away, it would be strange not to go crazy.
"Monk, just leave your obsession to yourself and cut it off. I won't interfere. But I have a question. Are you sure that it was the general from heaven who sent you the elixir, not someone from the west?"
An Arhat?"
Fahai was slightly startled, then nodded and said: "How could a poor monk remember this kind of thing wrong? Although the elixir was taken away, the poor monk is still grateful for this great kindness from heaven to the poor monk and dare not forget it."
"Then if you achieve perfection in the future, will you prepare to enter heaven or the Western Heaven?"
"The poor monk practices Buddhism, so he will naturally go to the Western Heaven. Heaven controls the earthly world, and the poor monk is grateful for the great favor. In the future, he will walk around the world and do more good deeds to repay this kindness. What, does the prince think there is anything wrong?
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Xue Wusuan laughed and waved his hands repeatedly, but he had come to a conclusion in his heart.
Judging from Fahai's memories, both Heaven and West were trying to win over him. Xitian moved faster and sent a Bodhisattva to accept Fahai as his disciple. Heaven, on the other hand, moved slower and rewarded him with six rare elixirs.
Fahai believes that his unique talent is worthy of being wooed by the two forces. Is this really the case?
Bullshit!
Fahai is self-righteous, but Xue Wusuan doesn't think so. There are thousands of monks in the world, whether they have talent or not, they will eventually be confirmed by a catastrophe. Who cares whether you practice fast or slowly before the catastrophe? And Xue Wusuan
You can understand that for ordinary people, practicing faster is not necessarily a good thing. Because if you practice too fast, it will easily lead to your state of mind not being able to keep up. Once the disaster is approaching and the inner demons are stirred up, it will end in ashes.
Therefore, Fahai thought that he was attracted by the two forces because of his superior talent. This statement is extremely ridiculous. However, Xue Wusuan naturally would not help him clarify it. The involvement of this monk seems to be as expected, and it is not small.
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The two major forces had already extended their olive branch to Fa Hai thousands of years ago, and there must have been a sense of competition. They just worried about face and did not fight head-on. Instead, they each made a move and let Fa Hai make his own decision.
The result was that Fa Hai chose Xitian, and Heaven took out six elixirs in vain, but in the end he fed them to the snake.
Furthermore, the timing of Bai Suzhen's stealing of Fahai's elixir was a coincidence. It was just at the moment when the elixir was obtained and Fahai went to see off the general. It's strange that there are no articles in it.
This series of threads was slowly sorted out in Xue Wusuan's mind. A huge chessboard spanning nearly two thousand years, covering heaven, the west, and the mortal world was also constructed in his mind.
After pondering for a long time, Xue Wusuan had to say "admiration" to Xitian. In terms of dirty tricks, shamelessness, cruelty, and thieves, Tianting could not compare to Xitian in front of him.
After bidding farewell to Fa Hai, Xue Wusuan returned to Yin Yang Street. Sitting cross-legged, his mind was calm. He needed to think carefully about this game of chess and whether he could get more benefits from it.