The Dharma Sea of ​​the Green Snake

Chapter 38
"This is what you said, when did I lie to you, your master?"

He flicked Pei Wende's brain angrily, and then Zen Master Lingyou scolded rather displeased.

"You must know that practicing is cultivating the mind. If the mind is not right, the way will be wrong, and if the way is not right, the demon will be close at hand."

"So before I officially teach you the way of practice, I must first ask, are you really ready?"

His tone became unusually serious, and Zen Master Lingyou's question penetrated into Pei Wende's heart like a blow to the head, and accompanied by the faint Sanskrit sound, he guided him to think about why he practiced.

"Get ready for... what?"

Looking up at Zen Master Lingyou in confusion, Pei Wende, who had never thought about this question, asked in confusion.

"Some people seek power so they take the official way, some people seek money so they take the business way, but why do you want to practice?"

Instead of answering Pei Wende's question directly, Zen Master Lingyou can be said to have grasped the essence of Zen Buddhism, and directly asked the other party with a sharp rhetorical question.

"If you are only seeking power and money, there are many shortcuts in this world."

"With the wisdom and ability you have shown now, both official and business can flourish."

"So why do you want to embark on this path of practice?"

"Walking on this path that is destined to be full of karma and constant danger, but not necessarily rewarding?"

Zen master Lingyou did not lie on this point. There are so many people practicing in this world, but how many people can really achieve something?
What's more, the way of practice is different from the secular strife of power and wealth. Every step you take will lead to the danger of falling into the abyss and dying.

Without a certain amount of determination and perseverance, ordinary people still live their days honestly, and may live a little longer.

"Dangerous? Are those ghosts and tigers considered dangerous?"

However, after a short period of confusion, Pei Wende's answer was different from what Chan Master Lingyou had imagined.

It can be said that it was beyond his expectation and within reason.

"There will always be all kinds of troubles in life, just like the rich have the troubles of the rich, and the poor have the way of life of the poor..."

In his previous life, Pei Wende had no choice. Now that he knew of the existence of extraordinary power in this life, it would be too weak not to pursue it.

"My life span is only a hundred years, but I have a choice. I naturally want to live the life I want to live."

His eyes gradually became firmer. Compared with the mediocre life in the previous life, Pei Wende, who is more exciting in this life, longs for a different life.

Especially after experiencing the "Mulian Temple Incident", he felt that if he didn't do something, his life would be in vain.

In Pei Wende's eyes, there is actually no essential difference between the "extraordinary power" in this life and the "money salary" in the previous life, they are just a "goal" that can be pursued.

And what I have to do is to change the focus of my life from "making money" in the previous life to "practice" in this life.

"What if...you can't necessarily live the life you want?"

Hearing this, Zen Master Lingyou emphasized again.

After all, there are tens of thousands of practitioners, and there are only a few who can finally stand out from ancient times to the present, and even those who are famous are so few.

"Because you may not be able to get it, so you choose not to do it?"

Faced with Zen Master Lingyou's question, Pei Wende also did not respond directly to the other party's words, but expressed his determination with the same classic rhetorical question.

"What I pursue is not the final result, but the 'scenery' seen in the process."

Just like the millionaires in the previous life are only a minority after all, but will you give up the idea of ​​"making money" because of this?

"Idiot..."

Although it was not the first time that he realized his apprentice's stubbornness, Chan Master Lingyou couldn't help sighing when he saw Pei Wende's firm expression.

"Since you have made up your mind, I can't stop you anymore."

Hearing Chan Master Lingyou's low groan, Wen Wende just curled his lips quietly, but did not continue to refute the other party.

If you really don't stop yourself, then why haven't you shown your magical powers in front of yourself for so many years?
It wasn't until Huiji went up the mountain this time that Zen Master Lingyou had no choice but to admit his identity as a practitioner?

To be honest, Pei Wende, who has been a man for two generations, can understand Zen Master Lingyou's worries as an "elder", but he is not a real child, and has his own mature ideas about the world.

Compared with a life that may be stable but mediocre, Wen Wende, as a "traveler", instinctively yearns for an extraordinary life.

Which man is not in the second grade?Which teenager is not frivolous?
Pei Wende, who has these two points at the same time, can be said to be a well-deserved middle school boy, so how could he not have imagined that he was making trouble in heaven like Monkey King?

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"Isn't it the 'results' that you focus on on the road of practice, but the 'scenery'?"

On a certain mountaintop that Pei Wende and Zen Master Lingyou couldn't see, a young woman in a flying white dress overlooked the mountains, and her eyes stayed for a long time beside the waterfall of Tongqing Temple.

"Oh, this is nothing more than mediocre self-comfort!"

Standing quietly behind the young girl, a tall young man with a stern face took up the topic in a timely manner.

"Since we choose to go against the sky, seize the good fortune of the heaven and the earth, and invade the essence of the sun and the moon, it is naturally to transcend all living beings, to surpass the top of all things, and to become that eternal existence."

His tone was full of self-confidence, and the stern-faced young man only occasionally revealed a deep fascination and sinking expression when he glanced at the young girl.

"Xuan Jue, not all 'people' can have your talent."

Without denying the young man's words, the young girl dressed in white just raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing an alluring smile.

"However, the monk Lingyou actually chose to lead him into the Tao at this time, is it because he sensed our arrival?"

The young girl asked herself that she hadn't exposed any traces along the way, but Zen Master Lingyou chose to teach Pei Wende the formal way of practice at this time, which is a bit too coincidental.

"Anyway, he was also a former 'disrupting law mad monk'. Even if he is seriously injured and his strength is greatly reduced now, he is definitely an existence that cannot be underestimated."

The exit confirmed the speculation of the young girl, Xuanjue's eyes always glanced at Zen Master Lingyou intentionally or unintentionally, cautious but eager to try.

"My lord, do you need me to stop him?"

Gently shaking her head, the young girl finally just sighed meaningfully.

"The time has not come, we don't need to take action for the time being."

"What's more, with Monk Lingyou's current cultivation, it is not an easy task to lead him into Taoism."

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(End of this chapter)