Chapter 73: Contemplating the Tao Sutra through Bodhi
It was already approaching noon, and the small restaurant was deserted, with no customers at all. The only sound inside was the choking sounds of little Tingting.
Ye Fan dragged the deer deer and rice noodles, pushed open the door of the shop and walked in.
Little Tingting's eyes were red and she was carefully wiping the old man's wound with a hot towel. She felt extremely distressed and cried sadly while wiping it.
There were bruised fingerprints on the old man's wrinkled face. Blood mainly flowed from his mouth and nose, and even his disheveled gray hair was stained with blood.
"How could these beasts have the heart to do it..." Ye Fan felt heartbroken. A kind-hearted old man in his twilight years encountered such a vicious hand, which really made people angry. Little Tingting is so cute and sensible, she is only five or six years old.
, was also pointed on the forehead and fell to the ground. At this moment, his face was covered with sad tears, which really made people feel heartbroken and pitiful.
"Big brother..." Seeing Ye Fan come back, the tears in Xiao Tingting's eyes immediately rolled out again, and she started to cry loudly.
"Tingting is good, don't cry. Grandpa is fine." The old man hurriedly comforted Tingting and wiped away her tears with his calloused hands. Then he looked at Ye Fan in surprise and said, "This deer still has these rice noodles."
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"I caught the deer in the forest, and the rice and noodles were exchanged for a deer." Ye Fan put these things down, then took out a small jade bottle from his arms, pulled out the cork, poured out a little Baicao liquid, and then applied it
At the old man's wound.
"You just had a meal with us, you don't have to do this..." The old man was not good at talking. He was very grateful, but couldn't say anything.
"Old man, you don't need to say anything more. A meal is indeed nothing, but the heart and friendship are very important." At this point, Ye Fan knelt down, helped Xiao Tingting wipe the tears from her face, and said:
"Tingting, don't cry. If I stay here from now on, I won't make you feel wronged."
"Brother..." Little Tingting's eyes turned red again, and her long eyelashes fluttered slightly, and tears fell down. She lowered her head and looked at her patched shoes, and whispered: "But... those bad guys
They will come again and bully us."
"Don't be afraid, big brother will not let those bad people bully Tingting anymore." Ye Fan touched her head with pity. It was really hard to calm down for such a cute and sensible little girl to be bullied like this.
"Child, don't mess around." The old man was weathered and felt Ye Fan's anger. He was afraid that the young man would cause a big disaster due to his impulse, so he got him involved and said, "We can't afford to offend them. The Li family
There are people who are cultivating immortals, which we mortals cannot afford to offend at all."
The old man sighed and said: "I am already so old, and I really don't want to leave my hometown. After all, I have lived here for decades. The older I get, the more nostalgic I become, and I have an inseparable affection for this place. But now I have to
I don’t want to leave anymore. For Tingting, I decided to let go of everything here. Even if I am begging for food or leaving my hometown, I will not stay here anymore.”
"Grandpa..." Two more lines of tears suddenly appeared on Xiao Tingting's face.
"Tingting, be good, don't cry. Don't talk about leaving your hometown." After Ye Fan comforted little Tingting, he said to the old man: "Don't worry, I won't cause any trouble. Let's close this shop now.
Then I will come up with a solution. If it doesn't work, I will leave with you."
Ye Fan deeply knows that there are many unfortunate things that happen to mortals. The most painful things are losing a son in his later years and leaving his hometown. The old man has lost his son and is now being forced to leave this town. You can imagine the pain in his heart. He really
I don't want to see such a pair of grandparents encounter misfortune.
"Please tell me in detail what kind of background the Li family has."
"What are you going to do, kid? We will pack up and leave here tomorrow and never come back. Don't mess with them now."
"I'm not a reckless person, don't worry."
Finally, under Ye Fan's constant questioning, the old man finally told something.
The Li family is the largest family in this town. It is said that three or four members of their family are practicing outside. Immortal cultivators are very mysterious to ordinary people and cannot be seen at all on weekdays. Therefore, people in the town are very afraid of the Li family.
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Ye Fan felt that the old man still had some things he didn't say, such as the Jiang family's previous situation was very good, there was a restaurant in the town, and why his son died suddenly, etc. These were not mentioned.
"Tingting goes and gives Grandpa a towel to warm up with hot water." After the old man put Tingting away, he said: "Brother, I know you are not an ordinary child. You can hunt deer at such a young age. I'm afraid you also know some spiritual practice.
Right. But I still advise you not to provoke the Li family..."
The old man continued to talk. His son and daughter-in-law were actually practitioners. A few years ago, they were very valued in a certain immortal sect. Even the Li family in the town had a good relationship with them and did not want to offend them easily.
"Yanxia Cave Heaven..." Ye Fan was very surprised. The sect where the old man's son belonged was actually one of the six cave heaven paradises in the Yan Kingdom, and it was only more than 200 miles away from the small town.
Several members of the Li family also practiced in the Yanxia Cave. One of them started practicing at the same time as the old man's son, but his achievements were far behind.
"That kid from the Li family had evil intentions, misbehaved, and did something evil. My kid was too upright, so he couldn't help but take action, and he ended up with a big feud..."
Tingting's father has extraordinary talents and is particularly valued in Yanxia Cave. He is not afraid of the disciple of the Li family who started at the same time as him. However, there are unforeseen circumstances, and people have misfortunes and misfortunes. Two years ago, Tingting's parents went out to collect spirits.
Unfortunately, he died tragically from the claws of a lightning bird when he was taking medicine.
After Tingting's parents died, the Li family no longer had any scruples. They first robbed the old man's restaurant, and then his inn, forcing the poor grandfather and grandson to this stage, and they still refused to do so.
Let it go.
At this moment, Xiao Tingtingwen came back from washing the towel. She looked like a porcelain doll, but she said something that was extremely inconsistent with her youth, saying: "Why is there always so much in this world?"
It’s good people who are bullied, but bad people live forever..."
Listening to her childish words and looking at her aggrieved look, Ye Fan and the old man looked at each other in silence, not knowing how to comfort her.
"There are still many good people in this world. Tingting only sees one side. Everything will be fine in the future..." Ye Fan didn't want her little mind to have negative emotions prematurely.
"Yes, your elder brother is a good person. If you help us like this, he and Tingting will live a long life." The old man showed a kind smile and said, "Today I will stew deer meat for Tingting."
The old man followed Ye Fan's suggestion and closed the small restaurant. The three of them had a sumptuous meal at noon. Little Tingting's face turned red and she finally smiled again.
In the afternoon, Ye Fan wandered around the town a few times and found out the Li family's property and where the restaurant and inn where the old man was robbed were located. Then he indirectly learned a lot about the situation from other people.
He didn't want to act rashly, for fear that it would harm the old man and little Tingting, and it would be the most foolish and tragic thing to do harm instead of helping others.
"Several people from the Li family are practicing in the Yanxia Cave..." Ye Fan felt very unsure. After all, he had just started practicing. And this is nothing. The most troublesome thing is that there is a super immortal outside Yan Di.
He practices cultivation and his achievements seem to be extraordinary.
"The Li family is really difficult to mess with. It seems that we have to find some other ways." This made Ye Fan more determined in his belief in practice. He must become stronger, otherwise he would be at a loss in everything he did. He wanted to help Mr. Jiang and poor little Tingting vent their anger.
It is difficult to proceed happily.
"Those bastards who took action today will not let you go even if they say anything." Ye Fan was not in a hurry to take action, impulsiveness can only lead to bad things. He returned to the small restaurant calmly, entered his room and began to meditate, and got the page
After the Golden Book and the Mysterious Green Bronze, he has not examined it carefully, so now he decided to start with the Golden Book.
He used the mysterious method of "Tao Jing" and began to look inside. He saw the golden sea of suffering as big as a soybean grain standing in the darkness like a divine moon. The simple and majestic green copper block lived in the center of the golden sea of suffering, motionless, stable as a rock, and silent.
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And that page of the golden book was pushed to the edge of the sea of suffering, with brilliant light flowing and flashing out bursts of divine brilliance. The small characters on it were densely packed like stars. The golden clouds shone everywhere, sacred and ethereal. This page of the golden book seemed to want to return to the sea of suffering.
In the center, however, no matter how brilliant it is, it is as brilliant as a rainbow, and it is difficult to shake the green copper at all. It can only swim on the edge of the sea of suffering.
Ye Fan's mind was completely immersed in the golden book in the sea of suffering, but he encountered the same trouble as last time. Every small word in the golden book shone like a golden needle, which made him feel severe pain and could not read the handwriting clearly.
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"How could this happen? Isn't there a way to practice the mysterious method on this page of the golden book?" Ye Fan frowned. This is equivalent to owning a treasure mountain, but being unable to take out any wealth, not even a copper coin.
in hand.
Suddenly, Ye Fan seemed to suddenly remember something and took it out of his arms.
A gray bodhi seed appeared in his hand, as big as a walnut, with natural lines on it, connected together to form a pattern of a Buddha.
The Buddha's picture is made in heaven and evolved completely naturally. It is dark, simple and natural, with a faint Zen charm coming out of it.
"The bodhi tree can help people realize the Tao. I will try it with the help of this bodhi seed!" It was because of this bodhi seed that Ye Fan got a mysterious ancient sutra in the ancient bronze coffin. At this moment, he could not read what was recorded in the golden book.
Xuanfa, he wanted to try it with the help of this magical bodhi seed.
The bodhi tree has other names, including the tree of wisdom, the tree of enlightenment, and the tree of thinking. It is said that it can unlock people's divinity and awaken their bodies.
The moment Ye Fan held the Bodhi Seed, he began to operate the mysterious method recorded in the "Tao Jing". Suddenly, golden threads overflowed from the sea of suffering and condensed towards the Bodhi Seed.
At this moment, he didn't know whether it was an illusion or whether the Bodhi seed really worked. He felt that his heart was empty and very peaceful. He began to look inside the sea of suffering again and read the page of the golden book.
"It really works..." Ye Fan was amazed. The Bodhisattva made his heart feel empty and calm. Through the golden light, he could easily see the ancient characters on the golden paper, which were as dazzling as golden needles.
The golden light seemed to soften suddenly and no longer hurt his eyes.
"I have opened a treasure!" Even with the Bodhi seed in his hand, Ye Fan could not calm down and was very excited. He opened the complete wheel and sea scroll of "Tao Jing".
The ancient characters turned into divine flowers and kept imprinting themselves on his mind, shining like stars.
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