Reopen after eating the Buddha fruit

Chapter 77
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Powerful evil spirits have the ability to change the environment of a world.

Ordinary evil spirits move freely in this environment, and their strength is multiplied.When human beings enter it, they will feel uncomfortable everywhere, and it is difficult to move an inch.

This is also a way for powerful evil spirits to increase their strength, plunder vitality, transform the world, and expand their territories.

This heavy snow made the whole world almost coincide with ice and snow ghosts.

A strong atmosphere of chill permeated the whole city.

……

In the morning, the curfew is lifted.

Some people get up early in the morning, clean the Buddha statue in front of the door as usual, put their hands together and chant Amitabha, as if they are grateful for another day of life.

Unaware of the bloody purge last night.

There was a child who got up early, put on a thick padded jacket and ran out, made snowballs on the spot and started a snowball fight.

White smoke began to rise from the chimneys of every household, and firewood was lit to make fires, and rice was washed for cooking.

From the streets and alleys, there were a few barks of dogs and crowing of cocks.

A day's livelihood begins in the morning.

No matter how evil spirits forced him to the door, it was nothing compared to filling his stomach with three meals a day.

Or, do they just trust the Great Zen Temple that has been guarding them more?

The walls of the city had condensed into a thick wall of hoarfrost, and the faces of several night watchmen were livid from the cold, with icicles on their eyebrows, jingling as they shivered.

Most of their strength is extremely low, and they are still inferior to their innate nature, so how can they talk about building a foundation and refining themselves.

With this group of people, can they resist the invasion of evil spirits?

Xu Fu also came to the city wall, but unexpectedly saw a group of people, braving the wind and snow early in the morning, rushing out with big bags and small bags.

"Uncle, may I ask who are those who left?"

A veteran on duty was smoking dry cigarettes. Seeing that Xu Fu was a small bald man, but he looked really handsome, he didn't respect him as much as other monks in the great Zen temple.

Sitting openly on the steps of the city wall, slacking off, chatting with him, said in a natural tone: "Who could it be, it's all about the dignitaries in the city."

"These days, the weather is getting colder and colder every day, and the news that the ice and snow ghosts are approaching Fulai Town cannot be concealed at all. Every day, powerful personnel and wealthy businessmen flee with their families."

"The upper-class people in the city are even willing to pay high prices and hire martial arts experts to escort them away. At the beginning, the county magistrate persuaded them to stay, but as the situation got serious, it is no longer possible to control them."

Xu Fu asked strangely: "Escape? Where can I escape?"

The veteran sighed and said, "The next door is Yunzhou. As long as you bypass this ice and snow monster, you will be able to survive. Many people have already entered."

"Can Yunzhou live well?"

"Yeah, can Yunzhou live well?"

The old soldier asked back, which surprised Xu Fu.

"Yunzhou is plagued by banditry, and the martial arts is even worse. It is far away from Dagan, and the imperial government does not implement it. There is no Buddhist holy place like the Dachan Temple to suppress it. The world is even more chaotic. There are often bandits occupying roads in broad daylight and looting wealthy households. Where is Luo It’s safe to come to places like Dachan Temple with its back in the state.”

"Besides, it's easy to go to Yunzhou now, but it will be difficult if you want to return in the future. It's hard to leave your hometown, and leave your hometown. Do these people think that they can really live well with a few money when they go there?"

Xu Fu said: "You think quite clearly."

The old soldier sighed and said, "It's okay if you don't understand, I would rather live without knowing it. I live a day-to-day life, and maybe one day I will be quietly eaten by evil spirits, and even the people around me don't know about it." .”

so pessimistic?
Xu Fu was silent.

It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

He himself is actually more selfish.

Ask yourself, if it was Xu Fu himself, I'm afraid he would try his best to escape from the place of right and wrong.

But can you really escape?

Such a scene seemed to make him see a bigger disaster a few years later, and how many people could escape at that time.

Or just ignore it?
Walking around the world alone?
But I can't do it.

The old soldier seemed to have been opened up, even if Xu Fu didn't ask any more questions, he would keep talking non-stop, "You are a monk from the Dachan Temple, born in Luozhou, good luck. But how many children in the world can be like this?" You are generally lucky to enter the Great Chan Temple. I also have a grandson who is about the same age as you, and it is time to learn martial arts. Next year, I will also send him to the Great Chan Temple for assessment. He really became a disciple of the Holy Land."

"Send your grandson to be a monk, you really think about it. If you were given a chance to leave, would you like to leave?"

"Haha, don't try me, I don't want to."

Xu Fu was surprised again.

"Actually, it's the same wherever you go. Although it's dangerous now, everyone is still more willing to believe in the ability of the Great Chan Temple. I believe that staying is better than leaving. Little baby, when did you enter the Great Chan Temple? Is there anyone else at home?" ? Are there many rules in the Great Zen Temple? Are there any big monks bullying young monks..."

Xu Fu listened to him in a daze, and suddenly felt homesick.

If my home is here, can I escape?

Ignore the veterans' chatter in their ears.

Enter meditation and visualize, "Flowers in the Mirror, Water and Moon" to visualize thoughts.

His thoughts gradually diverged, only to feel that there was boundless darkness surrounding him,
During this time, he has been majoring in the soul.

After all, the pills in his Yangyuan gourd are all needed for refining the gods.

With this help, it is natural to tend to cultivate more souls.

Now, it has been some time to formally cultivate the soul.

Whether it is "Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water" or "The Tushita Sutra of Contemplating Maitreya Bodhisattva's Ascension", he feels that this is the real way of cultivation, and it is also the key to open the door to the mystery of the soul.

It also made him understand many taboos in spiritual cultivation.

Especially after the night excursion last night, he had a deeper understanding of the way of spiritual cultivation, and he also had a deeper understanding of "Flowers in the Mirror and Moon in the Water".

How many people can live and understand like veterans.

This world is far from as good as imagined. The common people seem to be born under the bright rule of the Daqian Dynasty, but they don't know that they have already been regarded as rations by some evil existence.

Under the threat of evil spirits that are present all the time, ordinary people are powerless to resist once an accident occurs.

Whether it's life or death is out of my control.

It seems to be bright, but it is actually in darkness. How can it be clearly distinguished between light and darkness.

However, looking at the light from the darkness, there is another scene:
It's like "you can see the fishing lamp in the dark of the moon, and there's a little firefly in the lonely light"; it's also like "the wild path is dark with clouds, but the river boat fire is bright"; but "the night is long, how can you make a day when you are alone"?
Only by being strong can one be able to withstand the invasion in the darkness and wait until dawn.

After figuring out this joint, Xu Fu understood some key points of cultivation.

The cultivation progress of "Flowers in the Mirror and Moon in the Water" suddenly jumped a lot, and went up two levels in a row.

Not much though.

It was a surprise.

At least several months of practice time were saved.

Xu Fu's primordial spirit has been able to come out of its shell and travel at night, but it cannot come out of its shell in the daytime, otherwise it will be burned by the sun.

The soul of a person is not like the body, which can be recovered quickly with the help of elixir.

A person's soul is invisible and matterless, once hurt, it is difficult to heal.

At the time of introduction, not only can't practice and can't advance an inch, once the soul is lacking, it is even difficult to enter the highest state for the rest of your life.

There are many ways to cultivate the mind and soul skills, but all of them are the skills of training the mind and soul. It does not say that after the soul is injured, the mind can be recovered and recuperated by practicing the mind.

Because of this, soul cultivators are cautious.

Afraid of this and that, looking ahead and looking back, there is no reason not to be slow in spiritual cultivation.

Just like a person who wants to learn swimming, how can he be proficient in water if he does not go into the water and paddles on the shore forever.

But Xu Fu discovered that the conception of "Flowers in the Mirror, Water and Moon" has a special effect that even the "Tushita Heavenly Sutra of Contemplation of Maitreya Bodhisattva" does not have.

It's not an illusion, let alone a technique, but a hidden special effect——

Practicing "Flowers in the Mirror and Moon in Water" is like contemplating the light in the darkness of a deep seat. It can not only enhance the soul, but also repair the wounds of the soul to a small extent.

Although this repair effect is very small, who can be sure that it will not evolve again after its level is raised in the future?
Xu Fu was a little fortunate that when he chose "Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in Water" to break through the boundaries, he finally chose the option of "Eternal Night".

Perhaps this is the change towards [Eternal Night], and only then did he truly explore the true meaning of the way of cultivating the soul of the Lord of Darkness.

As time passed, Xu Fu was still sitting cross-legged on the city wall.

The soldiers on duty around him changed batch after batch, and the veteran left long ago, and no one came to bother him after that.

At some point, Zhen Ying had already stood not far behind him, quietly guarding him.

Xu Fuduan sat still.

In addition to visualizing and cultivating the soul, he has never stopped practicing the third level of the "Now Tathagata Sutra".

As long as you have time, you will always ponder and ponder the mystery in your heart.

Try to figure out the magical effect of "flowers in the mirror and moon in the water", so as to observe the changes of the "small universe" in the body in detail.Keeping the spirit internally, internal organs, bones and marrow are all clearly visible in the eyes, like lines in the palm of your hand.

The more you practice, the clearer your body will become, as if a crystal has been washed and gradually becomes transparent.

The third layer of "Now Tathagata Sutra" focuses on the realm of "cave storage", and the self-defined "sixth realm·opening the cave" is to open up the cave of the physical body and store the power of the whole body.

The third level of practice in the "Now Tathagata Sutra" is also more profound and domineering:
The universe is rational, and it is difficult for the ears and the eyes to agree.Anyone who can comprehend it belongs to vitality.Qi is unreasonable and unlucky, and reason is unreasonable.Combining with each other is consistent, and cannot be separated.There is no stagnation in popularity, and everything depends on life.Wearing gold and making stone, water and fire can be combined.

Parallels do not harm each other, reason and qi are equal.There is a murderous opportunity in life, and there is business in the killing.Principle uses qi as its function, and qi takes principle as its body.That is to say, if the body is used to show the function, it is used to seek the body.Neither body nor function, body and function cannot stand.Neither reason nor anger, one word reveals the truth.

A hundred feet to the top, the original has no beginning.Only when you understand what it means can you talk about the cave.

"Huh~"

The infinite energy of heaven and earth swirled above Xu Fu's head into an invisible vortex, and the wind and snow could not get close to him.

With the mobilization of Tathagata's breathing method, the vitality of heaven and earth turned into two long dragons and was sucked into the body.As soon as the vitality entered the body, it was absorbed by refining and transformed into pure blood energy.Then move Zhou Tian, ​​and gradually gather towards a mysterious existence somewhere in the chest cavity.

The repeated practice process, over time, seems to have grasped the key point of Dongzang.

However, his own energy was still lacking after all, and he was still unable to break through the last portal.

into the night.

All the disciples of Lingchan in the Great Chan Temple stood quietly on the city wall, not talking, and the atmosphere was very peaceful, like the dead silence before the storm.

The night wind blew, smothering the bonfire.

Xu Fu also opened his eyes, and the wind and snow stopped.

There is no moon in the sky.

The ice and snow ghosts are only three kilometers away from the city gate.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
In the distant ice field, there seemed to be howling beasts, like wild beasts screaming at the moon, which was heartbreaking.

"coming!"

Then I saw the shadows of people in the darkness in the distance.

There was a burst of howling.

On the sand dunes in the distance, figures rushed over like a tide, bursting with murderous aura.

Focusing the primordial spirit on the eyes, what did Xu Fu see?
An undead army composed of a group of humanoid frost corpses, each with frosty faces and blue-white ice armor.

Hundreds of thousands, tens of thousands, walked out of the ice and snow ghosts, and came straight to the city wall to encircle them.

"It's worth it~"

Suddenly a strange voice rang in his ears, Xu Fu turned his head, it was a young soldier.

Just in the realm of foundation building and self-cultivation, holding the spear tightly in his hand, he looked at the undead ice and snow army in the distance with trepidation.The jaws were trembling, and the upper teeth knocked against the lower teeth, making a series of crisp sounds.

On the city wall, there were many figures at some point.

There are soldiers in the military camp, masters in the martial arts gym, and head arresters in the county government.Veterans who chatter during the day are also among them.

They are protecting their hometown.

Xu Fu sighed, and found his true wish, "Senior brother, let the soldiers who have not broken through the foundation building and refining themselves retreat from the city wall, they are of no benefit to the battlefield."

Zhenyuan said in a heavy tone: "No, do you think they were forced by senior brothers to defend the city? This is also their battlefield, and they all came here spontaneously. With the ambition to die, they also want to protect their hometown. They compare We can't even retreat, because behind them are their relatives."

"Yes, little master."

A familiar voice sounded behind him, it was the old soldier in the daytime.

"Our Fulai Town has never had any famous people since ancient times, and it is not a famous mountain and blessed place. Because there is a Dazen Temple, although every family worships Buddha and is disliked by people from other prefectures, we live very happily. Even compared to big Dachan Temple has never treated us harshly with the taxation of the Qian Dynasty, and the taxation has never exceeded that of other states."

"This is our home. If anyone escapes, let's escape. Many people have no way to escape."

"This battle, don't retreat!" The veteran's last words were sonorous and forceful.

The sound suddenly spread to most of the city wall.

Countless soldiers were aroused to be strong in their hearts, and they slammed their spears on the ground, "This battle will not retreat!"

"No retreat!"

"No retreat!"

Xu Fu: "..."

Huh~
He almost got pissed off.

There are even heroes.

Embarrassing or not, what's the use of saying this to me.

He looked at Zhenyuan, and Zhenyuan was also looking at him with a smile.

"Brother, what are you laughing at?"

Zhenyuan said: "Brother, you grew up in the Dachan Temple when you were very young. I am afraid that you have underestimated these mortals, and you have also underestimated my Dachan Temple. There is a Dachan Temple, and there are spirit cicadas here. Fulai Town Not a single tile will be breached."

"Let's see!"

"Prepare--"

He suddenly shouted loudly, and the sound spread for ten miles.

rumbling~
In the void above the head, the huge Xingcha appeared again.

Starlight condensed on the bow of the ship, and a huge dragon's head slowly protruded, pointing at the ice and snow ghosts.

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