Text Chapter 718: Inspiration before the Great Buddha
The cultivators conference is still in full swing.
After two consecutive days of high-intensity competition, many players in each level and section were eliminated, and now the only ones left are the best ones from the major forces.
Xia Haoran did not intend to stay and enjoy the rest of the time. Early that morning, Xia Haoran drove Li Mengyao straight to Lezhou City.
The Xianren Resort where this cultivator conference is located is just over two hours away from Lezhou City. The Leshan Giant Buddha, known as "the mountain is a Buddha, and the Buddha is a mountain", is where Xia Haoran visited
The most important attraction to visit with Li Mengyao.
It seems that God is in a good mood today. The sky is clear and the sun is shining all over Lezhou City. Such weather is the most suitable for taking a sightseeing cruise to worship the Leshan Giant Buddha.
After parking the car at the pier, Xia Haoran directly chartered a small cruise ship. Throughout the day today, he and Li Mengyao would ride on this cruise ship to view the Leshan Giant Buddha more intuitively and comprehensively from the river.
If you charter the cruise yourself, you don't have to wait for others, and you can do whatever you want. What's more, Xia Haoran doesn't care about such a small amount of money now.
In fact, there are many people who have the same idea as Xia Haoran. On the wide river, there are cruise ships lingering in sight.
On each cruise ship, there are three or five people sitting around the bow. They are facing the river breeze, listening to the water under their feet, holding their cameras, and fully appreciating the Maitreya Buddha culture from the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty.
Feeling the joy brought by nature, Li Mengyao's little face was filled with a comfortable smile. However, this can be easily explained. In the past, Li Mengyao worked hard to study, and her family background made her rarely pay attention to the outside world.
Wonderful, I have never had such an experience.
Different places have different scenery and give people different feelings of pleasure and happiness.
In fact, whether it is ordinary people or cultivators like Xia Haoran and others, only by seeing more and experiencing more can their souls be cleansed and sublimated, which is particularly important for their growth.
Perhaps, the profound meaning of this cannot be understood by Li Mengyao today. At this moment, she is just feeling the beautiful scenery of nature, purely treating it as a trip.
But such completely relaxing travels are rare for her. Needless to say, in the past, since she became acquainted with Xia Haoran, such encounters and opportunities have gradually increased. Of course, this will also be the next long period for Xia Haoran.
Time needs to be the focus of struggle.
"Boss, the Buddha is coming soon!"
At this moment, the cheerful words of the owner of the cruise ship came softly.
For businessmen like them, what they like best is actually customers like Xia Haoran who book a cruise directly. In this way, they save a lot of waiting time and can also make more money.
Hearing the reminder from the man driving the boat, Xia Haoran and Li Mengyao came to their senses instantly, and both raised their eyes and looked forward.
Soon, when the small cruise ship turned a corner, a huge Buddha head suddenly appeared in front of Xia Haoran and Li Mengyao. The huge Buddha head appeared like a shadow, which caused a strong impact and shock to people's hearts!
"Oh my God!" Li Mengyao subconsciously tightened Xia Haoran's hand and said in disbelief: "This..."
As the cruise ship continued to sail forward, the whole body of the giant Buddha in the distance gradually emerged completely. The entire huge Buddha body, which was more than 70 meters high, was clearly displayed in front of the two people at this moment.
The shock is unimaginable.
The river is very wide.
After the owner docked the small cruise ship at a best location on the river, he let Xia Haoran and the others enjoy it.
This best location is actually still some distance away from the Big Buddha. However, it is precisely because of this distance that we can have a panoramic view of the majesty of the entire Big Buddha.
It’s really unimaginable!
Even Xia Haoran, a cultivator with a high level of cultivation, suddenly saw a huge Buddha statue with a height of more than 20 stories appearing in front of him. He couldn't help being stunned and stared straight at the miracle in front of him.
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Although Xia Haoran had already understood the giant Maitreya Buddha in front of him from the information before, it was obvious that seeing it from the pictures and seeing it in reality were two completely different feelings.
"This, is this something humans can do?"
After a while, Li Mengyao said softly that this giant Buddha had already touched her soul a lot. When she thought that this was carved by ordinary human hammers and iron hammers, Li Mengyao couldn't bear it.
Feeling a little shaky.
"Yes." Xia Haoran smiled and nodded, and said: "Don't underestimate the ability of the ancients. Their wisdom is far beyond our imagination!"
What Xia Haoran felt was the infinite power of human beings.
Not to mention the giant Buddha in front of you, in fact, there are many miracles like this on the earth today. For example, the pyramids in Africa, the huge stone fences in Europe, the mysterious African stone forest, the underwater buildings in Bimile, and Easter Island
Large stone sculptures on the...
All of these are almost impossible miracles, because countless ordinary people have not cultivated vitality, let alone can fly over walls and fly over walls like cultivators, and have profound power.
But it is these people who, with their own hands, their blood and sweat, and their wisdom, have accomplished things that even cultivators cannot.
Suddenly, Li Mengyao next to Xia Haoran was shocked, and a flash of light flashed across his eyes. Soon, Li Mengyao was seen sitting cross-legged with his eyes slightly closed, and the true energy in his body began to roll, and his whole body was exuding waves of energy.
The smell of nature.
An epiphany?
Or the way of nature?
A look of surprise and disbelief appeared on Xia Haoran's face.
You know, epiphany is an opportunity that many cultivators dream of obtaining. It is a kind of cleansing and sublimation of the state of mind. For cultivators, this kind of opportunity is wealth that cannot be exchanged for any magic medicine or treasure!
Moreover, anyone who has had an epiphany will never go astray in the future of cultivation. From this point alone, we can see how rare the opportunity of epiphany is for practitioners, and in the world of cultivation, it is possible to
There is only one practitioner in a million who has the opportunity for enlightenment, it is very rare!
There are thousands of avenues, but different paths lead to the same destination.
Although Li Mengyao has only touched the surface of the Tao of nature now, don't forget that she is only in the foundation-building stage. Moreover, being able to touch the existence of "Tao" in this realm will be very important for her future practice.
Tu has endless magical uses and benefits.
Xia Haoran moved his hands and quickly arranged a barrier around her. Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Xia Haoran did not want to fail due to some unexpected factors. After all, this is a public place, and in the next second
Anything could happen. If Li Mengyao was not mentioned, even he would not forgive herself.
Li Mengyao didn't know all this. At this moment, there was a touch of relaxation and a faint smile on her face.
At the moment when she was looking at the giant Buddha, she felt that the Leshan Giant Buddha in front of her was infinitely expanded. In the end, the face and even the whole body of the giant Buddha, the green moss, and the branches intertwined with the surroundings, were all blurred.
clearly visible.
Although the Leshan Giant Buddha has not changed much after thousands of years of wind and rain, the long years have still left indelible traces of weathering on the body of the giant Buddha. Even the big branches, weeds and moss around it,
They are all filled with a touch of vicissitudes and ancient atmosphere against the backdrop of giant Buddhas.
Since she entered the path of cultivation, Li Mengyao has been particularly persistent and diligent in her cultivation. She knew that it was hard-won that she had such an opportunity, and this epiphany made her think more and strengthen her inner belief.
At Lingnan Middle School, before she met Xia Haoran, she was just one of many ordinary middle school students in China. Although her academic performance was good, changes in her family caused her to be exposed to the big dyeing vat of society too early when she was supposed to be enjoying her youth.
.The figure of Xia Haoran undoubtedly helped Li Mengyao find her life goals and hope in the confused sea of people.
Li Mengyao felt Xia Haoran's love very real. Now that she has entered the path of cultivation, Li Mengyao feels Xia Haoran's selflessness and sincerity even more.
Cultivation is selfish.
You know, in the world of cultivation, some people often forget about friendship, family affection and love in order to advance further on the road of cultivation. Even in the face of some opportunities and good fortune, scenes of father and son turning against each other and brothers becoming enemies often occur.
Since then, let alone the Dharma Ending Age when cultivation resources are extremely scarce.
However, Xia Haoran has his own faith and persistence. He doesn't want to climb to a high place one day and be alone with only one person. With such practice, even if he has unparalleled magical skills, what's the point of reaching the sky?
Feeling that Li Mengyao's aura had entered the state, Xia Haoran couldn't help but raise his head and began to seriously look at the giant Maitreya Buddha in front of him.
Human life only lasts a hundred years. Even flowers, trees, birds and animals cannot withstand the invasion of time. No matter how old the trees are, they will decay one day, no matter how hard the stones are, they will be weathered, and no matter how long the inheritance of civilization is, it will eventually fade away.
One day it will be overturned... This is the general trend and the law. Nothing can withstand the erosion of time.
If it were an ordinary sculpture, especially one like this in the open air, after thousands of years of wind and rain, it would have been weathered into shape. But the giant Buddha in front of us has remained the same for thousands of years.
As before, apart from repairs and maintenance by the authorities, it naturally has a reason for its existence.
This giant Buddha is full of the precipitation of time and the vicissitudes of history and civilization. For thousands of years, it has stood alone. This giant Buddha is just sitting here all alone. If it had life, then this loneliness and loneliness must have been there.
It doesn't feel good.
"What is the meaning of monasticism?"
A question suddenly popped up in Xia Haoran's mind. In the world of cultivation, this is a topic that is talked about a lot, and even talked about badly.
But at this moment, this question kept echoing in Xia Haoran's mind like a drum in the evening and a bell in the morning, lingering...