The Dharma Sea of ​​the Green Snake

Chapter 2 The ancient temple in the deep mountains
In the blink of an eye, it has been 16 years since Pei Wende came to the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

In these 16 years, Pei Wende never wanted to return to his previous world.

Because in that world, Pei Wende has his own family, friends, convenient Internet, and a stable and comfortable life.

In this so-called "Great Tang Dynasty", Pei Wende only had an old master, and an ancient temple that could only accommodate a few monks.

Pei Wende no longer remembers the memory of his birth, just like he no longer remembers when Chan Master Lingyou became his master.

In this regard, Pei Wende can only say that he is not one of those gifted traversers, and his immature brain in his childhood simply cannot allow him to write down those irrelevant information.

The only thing Pei Wende remembers is that since he can remember, he has been wandering around with Zen Master Lingyou and begging for alms. It was not until he started to remember things that he settled down in the ancient temple of Tongqing Temple in Tanzhou.

Tanzhou in the Tang Dynasty is actually the Changsha area of ​​Hunan in later generations, and it is the capital center of a province.

However, unlike the prosperous scene of later generations, Tanzhou is still a very chaotic area, and usually only those officials who have been assigned will be transferred here.

Of course, in terms of senses alone, the ancient regions in Pei Wende's eyes are actually not too different.

Now that industrial civilization has not yet risen, once you leave the city, it is no different from the popular "wilderness survival" program in the previous life.

What really bothered Pei Wende was that from Tongqing Temple to the nearest city, even if he walked along the official road built by the imperial court, it would take half a day at the fastest.

The only good thing is that there are still some villages at the foot of this ancient temple located in the deep mountains, so the monks in the temple will not really become guests of the "Wildness Survival" program.

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"Old monk, there is less than three days left in the monastery's food surplus, and we must find a way to go down the mountain."

Coming out of the kitchen of Tongqing Temple, Pei Wende first looked up at the position of the sun in the sky, roughly judged the current time, and then walked straight towards Zen Master Lingyou's meditation room.

It must be explained here that Zen Master Lingyou has accepted Pei Wende as his disciple.

But since Wen Wende has been refusing to ordain or become a monk, the address between the two is not the official title of master and apprentice.

Just like Pei Wende is now accustomed to calling Chan Master Lingyou an "old monk", Zen Master Lingyou has always been called Pei Wende as an "obscure" and "bad guy".

In other words, it was Chan Master Lingyou who called Pei Wende an "obscure" and "bad guy" at first, but Pei Wende only called him an "old monk" out of revenge.

At first, Pei Wende, who came from a civilized society, was a little too used to this weird title of master and apprentice.

But after a long time, he also found that Zen Master Lingyou was quite different from the monk in his impression.

At least the other party doesn't care about these secular etiquettes, just like a crazy monk who sees through the red dust, secular etiquette is nothing to him at all.

"You want to go down the mountain again?"

Immediately hearing the meaning of Pei Wende's words, Zen Master Lingyou sighed helplessly through the door panel.

Pei Wende, who was born under the red flag in his previous life and grew up in New China, is a standard new generation of the 21st century.

After seeing the Internet with advanced information, it is simply impossible for him to stay in one place all year round and do nothing.

It was also after traveling to this era that Pei Wende knew what kind of life the real ancient people were like.

Let's not talk about those princes, nobles, gentry and local tyrants for the time being.

Ordinary peasants living at the bottom of the society act all day long for their own eating, drinking, and sleeping, and there are no other extra entertainment items at all.

Under such circumstances, even if Pei Wende simply wanted to eat something good, he had to go to the nearest market.

It is also thanks to this that Pei Wende has developed a physique far superior to his previous life, and the usual [-]-kilometer mountain road is a piece of cake for him.

"I'm just going out for a stroll, and I'll be back before dark."

Habitually answered Zen Master Lingyou's question, Wen Wende knew that the other party had already known about the fact that he ran down the mountain to open a small stove secretly.

"Remember to go early and return early, the mountain has not been very peaceful recently."

Zen Master Lingyou, who was well aware of Pei Wende's true nature, did not dissuade him too much, but closed his eyes again after giving a faint order, and quickly entered a state of meditation.

"Not quite?"

Hearing this, Pei Wende, who was about to walk down the mountain, was slightly taken aback, and then showed a little thoughtful expression.

[Which aspect is uneven?war?Natural disaster?Or... those demons and ghosts? 】

Although this era generally conforms to the history of the Tang Dynasty in Pei Wende's impression, in some details it is much more detailed than the Tang Dynasty in the history books.

At the very least, monsters really do exist in this era.

Leaving aside the fact that Pei Wende in his previous life was not a staunch atheist.

Simply speaking, after being reincarnated and reborn in this era, the infant Pei Wende saw scenes of the old monk confronting and communicating with other creatures more than once.

It's a pity that as Pei Wende grew up and reached a sensible age, the old monk no longer showed any special abilities in front of him.

Even though he didn't know why the old monk was hiding his special ability, Wen Wende wisely didn't ask too much.

In this regard, Pei Wende is in line with the Zen philosophy of cultivating without cultivation and letting nature take its course.

Of course, this is just a nice way of saying it.

According to Zen Master Lingyou's usual evaluation of Pei Wende, it is clear that he does not seek to make progress and is willing to degenerate.

"Actually, I'd like to meet a monster or two."

Walking down the mountain path, Pei Wende, who had long been accustomed to the rugged mountain path, walked quickly down the mountain while thinking.

"After all, they are different from the old monks. Maybe they will tell me what is going on with my current 'ability'?"

When Pei Wende looked up at the mountain again, a spontaneous sense of intimacy surged towards him from all directions, quickly replacing his original sense of five senses.

At this moment, Pei Wende seemed to feel that he was integrated with the whole earth, and could perceive everything that happened in the mountain.

As big as a tiger pouncing on it, as small as a grass swaying...

Although this kind of not-so-clear perception doesn't seem to be very useful, it can give Pei Wende an amazing sixth sense and intuition to avoid possible dangers.

In this ancient temple deep in the mountains, Pei Wende was able to safely grow up to his current age. This special perception ability can be said to be the greatest contribution.

—Recommendation ticket—/—Monthly ticket—

(End of this chapter)