Acting as a god and Buddha: starting from Guanzi

Chapter 14 Dragon Girl Becomes a Disciple
After Meng Yuan recited the Heart Sutra once, he seemed to have gained a little more understanding of Buddhism.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a seventeen or eight-year-old girl looking at him with big eyes. There were some faint scales on her forehead, and there seemed to be a thin film under her eyelids. You couldn't tell if you didn't look closely. She was indeed not a human being.

"Little girl, what's your name? Where do you live? How could you harm people in the water?" Meng Yuan asked.

The girl blinked her eyes, bit her finger and said, "My name is Shaje Manzhu. I live on an island in the South China Sea. I have done no harm to anyone."

Meng Yuan understood clearly, and it seemed that she did not remember what happened before.

Then he asked, "Then why are you here?"

The girl scratched her head: "I remember my uncles told me to serve the Sea God, my father quarreled with them, and my sixth uncle put me in a crystal ball and kept floating in the sea. It seems that I can't remember. "

Serving the Sea God?Meng Yuan was suddenly a little angry. It seems that this sea god is not a kind person.

Immediately, he carefully observed Manzhu with the eyes of heaven. He didn't know that the Heart Sutra had such power. This scripture is more important to enlighten wisdom and comprehend Buddhism. It is not a scripture for saving people, but he is the only one who is shorter In addition, I often recited it in my past life and remembered it deeply, but I know a little about the rest but it is incomplete.

"Big brother, Manzhu misses her father and mother, can you take me home?" the girl asked.

Meng Yuan then shook his head. The South China Sea is vast and boundless. How to find an island in the sea?Moreover, from what this girl said, her family may not be harmonious, and it also involves Poseidon. He doesn't have the strength to send her back now.

Hearing this, Manzhu was not angry, but just a little frustrated. She could not find her way home.

Suddenly, a big hand touched her head, Meng Yuan took off the outer layer of monk clothes and covered her, and said softly: "It's okay, I will take you home later."

For some reason, he always felt kind to this little girl when he saw her.

Parents were killed in the previous life, maybe I also longed for that family affection when there was no one in the middle of the night?
Suddenly, a pair of small arms hugged him.

The little girl Manzhu raised her head and asked, "Big brother, do you miss your parents too?"

Meng Yuan was about to answer when suddenly the picture scroll in his mind that had not been touched for a long time shook, and he saw an illusory figure looming next to the rosette, which seemed to be the image of a woman.

"Dragon Girl."

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is accompanied by two disciples, one is a dragon girl and the other is a good boy. But now this little girl has the appearance of a dragon girl appearing. Could she also be a part of her role?

Meng Yuan was a little absent-minded at the moment, and the merits in his dantian directly increased a lot, more than he had saved the woman who fell into the water before.

Then he came back to his senses, looked at the girl Manzhu, and asked: "How about you stay with me as a little apprentice from now on, and if there is news about your parents, I will take you there?"

"Really? Manzhu meets the master."

The little girl pretended to kowtow. For her, being around Meng Yuan made her feel particularly at ease, and she couldn't help but want to get closer. If she couldn't return home for the time being, staying by Meng Yuan's side would definitely be the best.

Meng Yuan pulled her up. His monk's robe was too big. Manzhu wrapped herself into a rice dumpling and half of it was still dragging on the ground.

But at this moment, there was a change in the picture scroll, the image of the dragon girl became clear, but there seemed to be something holding in both hands, which was not depicted in the picture scroll.

Then two pieces of information came to mind.

[Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva performance progress 12%]

【Obtain the bodhisattva body supernatural powers: sky eyes, round light, call wind and rain】

Hey, it turned out to be this supernatural power, which is finally a bit of a card for practice. If you want to show yourself to others, it will not be a problem to become a national teacher with this supernatural power of calling wind and rain.

This time he originally came to save people, but he didn't expect such blessings. Buddhism all talks about cause and effect, sowing good causes will lead to good results, but Meng Yuan unintentionally followed this path and picked up good results.

After the two of them left, the stone turtle on the other side of the river crawled across the river unsteadily.

Feeling the hot breath remaining on the ground, Shi Gui was a little shocked, this little monk actually has a spiritual weapon?
The stone turtle's curiosity about Meng Yuan couldn't help increasing, and then slowly crawled into the village, and if he met someone, he would lie down on the side of the road. No one knew that this rock was a stone turtle.

Meng Yuan had already returned to the village with the girl Shajie Manzhu, and told her on the way that he had rescued her from the water and could not tell anyone else.

The little girl nodded naturally.

"Junior brother, who is this child?" Miao Le asked curiously seeing Meng Yuan leading a little girl back.

"Second Senior Brother, I rescued this child from the water." Meng Yuan concealed the Duoxin Sutra, the Dragon and Phoenix Golden Ring, and the strange appearance of the little girl, and only said that he rescued him from the river.

After hearing this, Miao Le put her palms together and said, "Blessed is the Buddha, poor child, I'll ask the villagers to borrow some clothes for her to wear."

After that, he went out. The old monk heard the conversation in the courtyard and walked out. Meng Yuan told the story again.

"Oh? Shaji Manzhu?" The old monk was a little surprised.

Meng Yuan asked: "Master, what advice do you have?"

The old monk Huiming shook his head slightly: "My teacher once heard in a certain classic that there are six heavens and worlds deep in the South China Sea, and among them is the Shajie Heaven. I don't know whether it is true or not. If so, you can take good care of this little girl. There are many pairs of chopsticks in the temple. It’s okay.”

As for Meng Yuan having accepted a young disciple, but he was not ordained and recorded in the Buddhist teachings, so he could not do anything. The Buddhist precepts in this world are not strict, and some Buddhist temples even have no so-called precepts at all.

"Thank you Master."

The little girl also learned to put her hands together and said, "Thank you, great monk."

Huiming touched her head and returned to the room. Not long after, Miaole returned with a pile of children's clothes, and Meng Yuan asked Manzhu to change into them.

As expected, a man relies on his clothes and his horse relies on his saddle. As soon as he changed into suitable clothes, he saw a girl wearing a red skirt and carved jadeite clothes walking out of the room with her head peeping out.

"Master."

Manzhu stood in front of Meng Yuan and shouted crisply.

"Well, come on, I've met the second master." Meng Yuan pulled her and called out to Miao Le. Although they had not been formally entered into the gate wall, there were lay disciples like previous lives, and Miao Le also readily accepted it.

"what--"

Suddenly, Manzhu let out a painful scream, and saw that her skin was swollen again, and her eyes seemed to be filled with lifelessness.

Seeing this situation, Meng Yuan hurriedly picked her up and brought her into the room.

He said to Miao Le, "I'd like to ask Second Senior Brother to help guard the gate for Junior Brother."

There was a gap between Miao Le's eyes, and there was no clear expression on her face. She just responded and then stood in front of the door.

In the room, the little girl seemed to be going back to that evil appearance again at this moment, but Meng Yuan was a little surprised. What's going on?

Then he gently recited the Duoxin Sutra beside the bed, and sure enough, hearing the sutra sound, all the abnormalities were suppressed again.

"Zhengchou doesn't have much to teach, but this Heart Sutra can be taught to her."

Meng Yuan said to himself, even though this little girl is only eight years old, she is already in the late stage of Qi training and is even more powerful than his master. If it were not for the dragon and phoenix golden ring and the designed capture, he would not be able to surrender at all.

After all, he kowtowed. If this little girl should be in the position of Dragon Girl, he would indeed be her master, and it would be appropriate to teach her the Heart Sutra.

(End of this chapter)