Chapter 124: The Woodcutter and the Mountain Snake, a Snake Full of Tumors

Qizong Temple Sutra Pavilion.

As soon as the door was opened.

Dust flew. This treasure land had been occupied for so long, but few people had set foot on it.

Stepping on the ground.

Leaving a clear footprint.

Li Changxiao closed the door, took out a candle from his sleeve, and lit it with a match.

The fire illuminated the surroundings, and the dusty track was more obvious.

Every step brought a lot of dust.

As far as the eye could see.

There were rows of bookshelves.

Li Changxiao knocked on the bookshelf, and a crisp sound echoed continuously in the closed space.

If he guessed correctly.

The material of this bookshelf is "red copper", which is extremely strong and a relatively precious material. Low-level monks like to use it to make weapons.

But at this time.

This red copper was also stained with a trace of green rust.

The Buddhist scriptures on the bookshelf were not paper books, but bamboo slips engraved on bamboo strips and woven with thin ropes.

Li Changxiao took one of them.

It records a short story, a story that cannot be any shorter.

Li Changxiao took another bamboo slip.

These two bamboo slips are a mother-and-child chapter, and the contents echo each other. They analyze the short story, explain the hidden truth in it, and correspond to which Buddhist principle.

It makes people think deeply.

Li Changxiao couldn't help but sigh.

Jiuxiang Temple is indeed worthy of the four words "famous and upright".

Before the spiritual energy was exhausted, he traveled all over the world, and the reputation of Jiuxiang Temple was quite good in most cases.

Some dangerous places.

You can also see the figure of the monks of Jiuxiang Temple, saving the people.

Li Changxiao remembered the rumors in the past.

Before entering the temple, the monks of Jiuxiang Temple are first considered as human beings, then Buddha nature, and finally cultivation talent.

Moreover, one thing that Li Changxiao admired very much was.

The sentence "Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha on the spot." does not apply to Jiuxiang Temple.

Anyone who has done evil in the past.

Even if he sincerely repents and makes up his mind to practice Buddhism.

Not at all!

Of course.

People are always complicated. Generally speaking, Jiuxiang Temple is a famous and upright sect, but it is not without desires. When it comes to resource grabbing and hatred between sects, they will not show mercy.

Li Changxiao was once hunted down mercilessly by several monks from Jiuxiang Temple.

Those monks are naturally profound in Buddhism, but they have their mouths. How to explain Buddhism is not up to them?

He is stronger than you, even if he kills you, he can explain it as saving you.

It's human nature.

This area is the Buddhist philosophy area.

Most of the classics here are about Buddhist philosophy, with profound meanings, and are read by those monks who have just entered the door.

For Li Changxiao, it is useless. After he glanced at a few, he walked to the next area.

One step at a time.

Li Changxiao was melancholy in his heart. Such forbidden areas used to be guarded by "sweeping monks".

The Sutra Pavilion is very large.

With Li Changxiao's knowledge, he couldn't figure out the structure of this building.

It was even more impossible for the Seven Sects Temple that occupied this place to know.

In fact, Li Changxiao believed that it was really possible to give birth to a real "Buddhist City" by borrowing the legacy of Jiuxiang Temple.

After all, the classics here were generally correct in Li Changxiao's opinion. If he studied them seriously, he would definitely gain a lot.

But why did it develop like this in the end?

Li Changxiao couldn't figure it out, so he could only continue walking. The candle in his hand had burned halfway, and the wax dripped on his hand, which was extremely hot and then gradually solidified.

Li Changxiao suddenly understood why those monks outside didn't like to come here.

Because it was too dark and too big.

The candle burned out, and he couldn't reach the end.

Mortals who come here and lose their direction may lose their direction and be trapped here.

I don't know how long I walked.

The candle has burned out.

Li Changxiao took out another one, lit it, and quickened his pace.

He picked up the bamboo slips from time to time to check.

The Buddhist principles he talked about were getting deeper and deeper.

But it was still just Buddhist principles.

What he really wanted did not appear.

Gradually, he quickened his pace and walked.

Suddenly he heard a "hissing" sound.

It seemed that a snake was spitting out its tongue.

Following the sound, it was true. He saw a cyan-colored venomous snake with cold vertical pupils staring at him non-stop.

Li Changxiao frowned.

He felt the inexplicable breath coming from the snake.

It was not an ordinary snake.

It seemed to be... a derived creature.

When the spiritual energy was not exhausted, because the spiritual energy was too rich, it presented an unprecedented prosperity.

It was easy to breed many strange creatures and monsters out of thin air.

Even if it was an ordinary book.

More people read it.

There was a sense of enlightenment from the center.

Then the realm of the reader climbed all the way, resonated with the heaven and earth, and was blessed.

As a book that he has read, it will also be added with a touch of color, and become more spiritual.

Just like the rising tide lifts all boats, one person's enlightenment brings prosperity to all the family members.

With such accumulation, over time, it is possible that something "something" will be nurtured in the book.

And in Jiuxiang Temple, countless world-famous monks have learned the Buddhist principles here.

So... these bamboo slips may seem ordinary, but in fact, each one is probably of great value.

Or it may nurture the Buddha's spirit, or the true words, or even the villains in the story...

The world is full of wonders, and it was really wonderful in the past.

Although the current situation is favorable to Li Changxiao, if you ask him if he wants to revive the spiritual energy and return to that grand era.

He will definitely say yes without hesitation.

Even if he returns to the past, with his talent, he can only be an ordinary mediocre person, drowning in the ocean of mediocrity, unable to compete with those geniuses.

Any wonderful things worthy of praise are out of his reach, and he is destined to be a pedestrian under the stars.

But so what, he has a long life, even if he walks slower, he is still making progress, as long as this is enough.

Li Changxiao's eyes fell on the green snake.

The fangs are very sharp.

This snake is highly poisonous!

In addition.

What made Li Changxiao frown and his expression gradually solemn.

It was the back of this snake.

You can see flesh-colored, granular tumors.

Starting from the tail, it spreads all the way to the head.

These tumors grew out of the flesh, propping up the green scales and spreading out from the gaps between the scales.

Each one was small in shape, but there were many of them.

They looked extremely creepy.

Li Changxiao could feel the obsession from the green snake, and knew that it was a creature that slowly evolved from the Buddhist bamboo slips of "The Woodcutter and the Mountain Snake" that were read by countless monks.

The Woodcutter and the Mountain Snake is a famous and widely circulated fable of Buddhist enlightenment.

Li Changxiao had also read it.

But...

He didn't remember.

The mountain snake that was saved by the woodcutter looked so ugly.

It was strange that a snake full of tumors didn't run away when seeing it, so who would dare to save it?

This shows.

The tumors on this snake.

They grew later for some reason.