Shovels, hoes, sticks, iron rods... all kinds of things came to greet Chen Xuanzang.
Some people picked up large rocks from the ground and threw them directly on Chen Xuanzang's body and even his head. In the blink of an eye, Chen Xuanzang was covered in blood.
Originally, Chen Xuanzang wanted to explain, but these people did not give him the slightest chance to explain. They attacked him with all kinds of ruthlessness. The shovel at the beginning made him lose the ability to resist and defend. It was the leader.
The woman took action, and with a shovel, his forehead was bruised, and he instantly lost consciousness and the ability to struggle.
Severe pain quickly eroded Chen Xuanzang's whole body...
"No, no, it's not what you think..."
Chen Xuanzang opened his mouth, knowing that these villagers must have misunderstood something. He opened his mouth to explain, but his words were no longer clear, and in the next moment.
puff!
Blood and flesh splattered everywhere, blood-stained teeth flew out, and Chen Xuanzang's entire nose was flattened.
Seeing that Chen Xuanzang was still struggling to speak, the woman who was the first to take the shovel hit Chen Xuanzang in the mouth with the shovel. She didn't want to hear what Chen Xuanzang had to say. She just wanted to beat the man in front of her to death right now. How could she relieve her hatred happily?
beat.
Many times people are like this. Once they have a preconceived idea of something, they are completely unable to listen to other people's explanations. They don't even want to give others a chance to explain, and they only believe in their own preconceived judgments.
"Hit! Beat him to death!"
The names of other surrounding villages also screamed with venomous voices.
Chen Xuanzang was completely speechless. He reluctantly opened his eyes blurred by blood and looked at these people. Seeing the ferocious appearance of these people, at this moment, he suddenly felt a huge panic in his heart. It was not panic.
He might die, but he was frightened by the appearance of these people. At this moment, he felt that the people in front of him were not human at all, but more like violent beasts.
Even Chen Xuanzang felt that the monsters were not as scary as the people in front of him at this moment.
"How would I feel if my experience with the fish demon back then was the same as my current experience?"
Involuntarily, Chen Xuanzang thought of the fish demon again, who also had good intentions to save people, but ended up being beaten to death as well.
"No, fish demon!"
But at this moment, Chen Xuanzang was suddenly shocked. He felt like a sudden thunder flashed across his mind, causing him to wake up suddenly.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered that he and Lin Tianqi were sitting in the pavilion talking before, and thought of Lin Tianqi's last finger and words to him.
"The fish demon, he turned me into a fish demon and let me experience what the fish demon went through."
Chen Xuanzang suddenly woke up.
At first he saw the little girl jumping into the river without thinking anything. Later, when he came ashore, he was attacked by the villagers. He didn't have time to think about the cause and effect of the whole thing. But at this moment, before death, his mind was clear.
, but Chen Xuanzang also suddenly woke up.
"Don't persuade others to be generous without going through their pain. He wanted me to go through the fish demon's experience and then change my mind."
"No, he wants to completely change my philosophy."
Chen Xuanzang woke up and realized that he was going through the experience of the fish demon, and everything must have been created by Lin Tianqi. The purpose was to let him experience the experience of the fish demon and then change his mind, and even make him change his original firmness towards the Buddha.
idea.
"Don't even think about it!"
After realizing this, Chen Xuanzang's consciousness instantly became firm. He firmly believed in the Buddha and knew that Lin Tianqi's purpose was probably to shake his belief. He immediately became more confident and rebellious, feeling that Lin Tianqi was not well-intentioned.
"My Buddha is compassionate. Back then, the Buddha cut his flesh to feed the eagles, and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva sacrificed his body to go to hell. So what if today I, Chen Xuanzang, sacrificed his body to experience the suffering of the water demon?"
Chen Xuanzang gritted his teeth and said.
"Beat him to death! Beat him to death!..."
However, these villagers did not know what Chen Xuanzang was thinking, and the sharp and angry sounds kept ringing.
"Crack!"
There was a sound of bones breaking, and Chen Xuanzang felt that his limbs and tailbone were broken, and he felt a heartbreaking pain.
"Bang!"
A stone from an iron pot hit his head. Chen Xuanzang felt that his whole head was split, and the severe pain penetrated into the depths of his soul.
pain!
Unbearable pain.
This kind of pain was unbearable even for Chen Xuanzang.
Chen Xuanzang tried his best to explain, but was completely speechless. He looked at the rescued little girl again, hoping that the little girl would speak up to resolve the misunderstanding, but the little girl just kept crying there.
, I don’t know if I was frightened by the drowning just now or by the scene in front of me.
Why didn't you give me a chance to explain?
Gradually, even Chen Xuanzang, who had firm faith, couldn't help but have this idea. He obviously meant to save people, but why did these people treat him like this? He couldn't even wait to give him a chance to explain. Should good people endure it?
So painful.
"It's fake, it's all fake, it's all fake, it's all Mr. Lin's plan, just to shake your belief, Chen Xuanzang, you must not be fooled."
Finally, Chen Xuanzang began to say this to himself.
The excruciating pain continued to hit his whole body, only hitting the depths of his soul.
The whole process lasted for more than an hour. Chen Xuanzang felt that his entire body had turned into flesh. He felt that he had died, but his soul was still there, still closely connected with the physical body, and he could clearly feel all the emotions coming from the physical body.
kind of pain.
When he was a child, Chen Xuanzang felt that the villagers had stopped, but his body was lifted up and thrown into the river.
Then, the fish began to eat his flesh, and his blood flowed downstream along the river and was eaten by various wild animals.
Chen Xuanzang knew that he was dead, but the pain did not stop. He could clearly feel the severe pain coming from his body, and he could clearly feel the pain of being bitten by the fish when they gnawed at his body.
, and the soul will experience the pain of being beaten to death by the village name every day.
Chen Xuanzang knew that this was because he was beaten to death and his body was thrown away, and no one collected his body for salvation. He was a wandering ghost and could not enter the reincarnation of the underworld, so he could only live in the endless world every day.
To experience the pain of death.
If no one collects his body for his salvation, then he will never be reincarnated and will live in this kind of endless pain for eternity.
And when a person who has never been reborn has to experience the pain of being beaten to death and thrown away every day, and the reason is because of his own good deeds, then I am afraid that everyone in the world will slowly change his mentality.
At the beginning, Chen Xuanzang could still maintain his sanity and endure this pain every day.
But gradually, as time went by, Chen Xuanzang began to numb himself, telling himself that this was all fake and was just Lin Tianqi's method.
But in the end, after several years or even more than ten years passed, Chen Xuanzang's mentality began to undergo some changes.
"Is this how the water demon felt at first?"
At this moment, Chen Xuanzang's mentality changed slightly, and he felt that something had begun to grow in his heart.
But at this moment, time and space changed, and Chen Xuanzang felt his soul suddenly lighten.
Buzz!
............
In the small pavilion in the bamboo forest, Chen Xuanzang woke up leisurely, but at this moment, his eyes were no longer as pure as before, and he seemed to be somewhat silent.
"How about, if you put yourself in the shoes of a water demon, can you let go of the hatred and resentment in your heart?"
Lin Tianqi spoke again, looking at Chen Xuanzang with a smile.
This time, Chen Xuanzang did not speak easily again, but remained silent for a long time before speaking slowly.
"If it were me, even if I have hatred and resentment in my heart, I would never take revenge by killing people."
Lin Tianqi smiled when he heard this and was not surprised by Chen Xuanzang's answer.
"You are indeed a good person, but in this world, good and bad cannot be determined. Look over there."
Lin Tianqi pointed to a bamboo in the bamboo forest outside the court. Chen Xuanzang looked for the sound and saw a bamboo standing on it, with a green mantis slowly approaching next to it.
Then, Chen Xuanzang saw a picture of a mantis hunting a cicada, but at this stage, another oriole flew over, bit the mantis and flew away.
"The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole catches the cicada. What do you see?"
Lin Tianqi asked with a smile.
Chen Xuanzang's expression changed, but he did not speak.
Lin Tianqi continued.
"This is the law of the jungle. The mantis eats the Zen, and is eaten by the oriole. This forms a bottom-up food chain. And in the whole world, such food chains can be found everywhere. Frogs eat insects, snakes eat frogs, and snakes eat frogs.
They were eaten by eagles again... Do you think they are guilty or wrong? If so, then they will all starve to death..."
Chen Xuanzang's face began to turn pale, because in order to let Chen Xuanzang better understand his words, Lin Tianqi also used invisible means when he spoke, letting Chen Xuanzang's soul directly substitute into those characters, and personally transformed into a cicada, a mantis, a mouse, and a snake.
These, to feel the feeling of these creatures being attacked and killed, Lin Tianqi even doubled the pain in order to make Chen Xuanzang feel deeply.
After saying this, Lin Tianqi paused for a moment, withdrew the spell, and then spoke loudly and forcefully.
"The weak eat the strong and the fittest survive. This is the most fundamental law in the world. As for good and evil, it is just a judgment based on different personal standpoints. It is like an eagle catching a snake. From the eagle's point of view, it is natural for them to catch the snake.
Of course, it is just like us people eating, because it is their real thing and they want to live, but from the perspective of the snake, the eagle is a cold-blooded and ruthless executioner."
"The world is never pure white or pure black. Without black, there would be no white."
"You Buddhists always say that all living beings are equal, but you tell me how to be equal. The difference between ants and elephants, you tell me how to be equal."
"The eagle eats the snake, and the snake eats the frog. Tell me how to be equal."
"You Buddhists always talk about demons, but in this world, if there are no demons, how can there be a Buddha? If there are no demons, there is no Buddha. You don't understand this truth!"
Lin Tianqi spoke again. At the end of his sentence, Lin Tianqi sighed again.
"What is a Buddha and what is a demon are just other people's comments or self-image packaging. If you think it is a demon, then it is a demon. If you think it is a Buddha, then it is a Buddha. But demons must always do all kinds of evil.
Does a Buddha necessarily do good deeds and accumulate virtue?”
"Have you ever thought that to the Buddha, all living beings are just their pawns, pawns that need to develop in the direction they want to develop?"
Buzz!
As soon as he said these words, Chen Xuanzang's whole body was violently violent, and he felt as if a thunderbolt exploded in his mind.