Dreaming for 10,000 years

Chapter 261 Unruly
At this time, Shi Fei was in a tavern with a slovenly monk. The tavern was not big, but it was very lively, and the aroma of wine and food intertwined and filled the air.

"You fellow, why are you asking a monk to drink?" The sloppy monk shook his head, holding a broken palm leaf fan in his hand, and said unrestrainedly: "You know, as a monk, I can't refuse wine at all!"

Shi Fei looked at him with a smile, his eyes teasing: "There is one more thing you can't refuse!"

"What is it?" asked the sloppy monk, stretching his head.

"It's meat!" Shi Fei waved his hand, and the tavern brought in chopped beef, braised mutton, and fried pork. The aroma was so fragrant that it made people's appetites grow.

"Haha~" The sloppy monk slapped his thigh and laughed, saying, "Donor, you are right!"

"Please! You're welcome!" Shi Fei picked up the chopsticks, poured a glass of wine, and signaled the sloppy monk to feel free to do as he pleased.

"How can I be polite!" The sloppy monk was indeed not polite. He directly picked up the braised mutton with his black hands.

"Delicious~" The sloppy monk ate until his mouth was full of oil and said, "It's a pity that it's not as delicious as dog meat!"

Shi Fei picked up a piece of beef and said, "I don't like dog meat, so I didn't order it. If you want to eat it, I'll ask the store to serve some."

In this era, dogs had a more diverse diet, so they were cheap and only the poor could afford them. Shi Fei did not eat dog meat, simply because he did not like the smell of dog meat.

He tried it several times but couldn't get used to it.

"But if you want to eat dog meat, we have that too." Shi Fei took out a sparrow from his sleeve and placed it on the table.

"Is this a dog?" the sloppy monk said with a smile.

He knew what it was at a glance.

"Isn't it a dog?" Shi Fei patted the sparrow: "One black, two yellow, three spotted, and four white. This black dog is the best! In the Three Realms, there is only this one good dog! Why don't I kill it and let the store owner braise it."

The sparrow transformed by Xiaotian Dog saw Shi Fei, who was full of murderous intent, and said such professional words as "one black, two yellow, three flowers, and four white". He couldn't help but said: "I am a sparrow, not a dog. I am not delicious!"

Shi Fei said: "If dog meat has a little sparrow flavor, it may be more delicious. I want to try it."

Roaring Sky Dog was about to be killed, so he quickly said to the sloppy monk: "Monk, you are a Buddhist, how can you just watch others boil me like this!"

"Forget it! Since the donor didn't order it, forget it. I, a monk, am not a pretentious person who must eat dog meat!" The sloppy monk waved his hand.

"Okay, let's drink! Cheers!" Shi Fei picked up the wine bowl and said generously.

"Cheers!" The sloppy monk was not polite and also picked up the wine bowl.

After three rounds of drinking, the sloppy monk put down his wine bowl, squinted his eyes and asked, "Donor, why do you suddenly want to invite me to drink? Do you have something to ask me?"

Originally, they had helped Dong Yongqing and were about to go their separate ways, but Shi Fei suddenly wanted to invite him for a drink.

Shi Fei could see his extraordinaryness, so he could naturally see Shi Fei's extraordinaryness. In his eyes, Shi Fei's whole body was full of energy and energy, returning to his original nature, and his cultivation level could not be seen at all!
At first he thought Shi Fei was an old acquaintance, but after getting to know him, he found out that Shi Fei was not an old acquaintance.

But a simple stranger!

"I never thought I would meet you, but now that I have met you, I will ask you to help me solve the doubts in my heart." Shi Fei put down his chopsticks and said seriously. He also didn't expect that he would be a sloppy monk.

"I wonder what doubts the donor has in his mind?" said the sloppy monk.

Shi Fei asked, "It is said that the Eighteen Arhats are the combined name of the Sixteen Arhats, Kashyapa and Maitreya. The Dragon Subduing Arhat is the incarnation of Kashyapa, and the Tiger Subduing Arhat is the incarnation of Maitreya. Is that true or not?"

The sloppy monk nodded and said, "Yes, that's right."

Shi Fei asked again: "Venerable Kasyapa is one of the ten great disciples of Buddha. Why did he transform into the Arhat who subdues the dragon, and why did he wander around the world? What happened in between?"

"..." Hearing Shi Fei's question, the sloppy monk was silent for a moment and said, "It cannot be said. It cannot be said."

The Buddha's disciples were not at Mount Lingshan, but changed their identities and traveled to the human world. They wore tattered hats, tattered fans, tattered shoes, and dirty patched clothes. They seemed crazy, punishing evil and promoting good, which was completely different from the traditional image of monks.

Even his image is probably unique in the entire Buddhist world. On the contrary, in Taoism, there are many Taoists who are sloppy and unrestrained.

"Then..." Shi Fei saw that he was unwilling to talk anymore, so he asked again: "Monk, how did you become like this? I think you didn't look like this when you were born."

No one is born sloppy. Especially monks have many rules, not only can't eat meat, but also can't eat the five non-vegetarian foods.

Unless something drastic happened to them, monks wouldn't become so slovenly.

When the sloppy monk heard this question, he fell silent.

Shi Fei asked: "Can't I tell you this?"

"It's not impossible to tell." The sloppy monk said, "It's a very long story."

"When I was very young, my family worshipped Buddhism. After my parents passed away, I entered Guoqing Temple and worshipped Fakong Yiben as my teacher. I received the full precepts and was named Dao Ji. Later, I went to Lingyin Temple to study under Huiyuan..."

"I have had the desire to seek the outside world since I was a child, but when I really entered the Buddhist sect, I found that..." The sloppy monk sneered and said with disdain:
"Compassion and saving the world are just words, and cannot compare to the real benefits of the temple. The four elements are empty, and cannot compare to the struggle for fame and fortune, even the temple managers are fighting to the death."

He picked up the wine bowl, took a gulp, and continued, "The robes that monks wear are all donated by those people in rags! They talk about the precepts and rules, and don't eat meat and drink wine, but they are just deceiving themselves."

"So I stopped meditating and chanting, and I became a shabby-dressed person living in the market, saving the dying and healing the wounded when I saw them. They couldn't stand me, so they complained to the abbot."

"My teacher Huiyuan protected me and said that Buddhism is so vast that it cannot tolerate a crazy monk. So I continued to stay in Lingyin Temple. When my teacher passed away, they drove me out of Lingyin Temple."

"Are you satisfied with this story, monk?" the sloppy monk said drunkenly.

Shi Fei sighed and said, "It has been a mess for decades, with the enemy fighting from east to west."

The world only sees that Monk Dao Ji is crazy, unrestrained, punishes evil and promotes good, and saves the dying and the wounded. But who knows what Monk Dao Ji is thinking.

Being carefree and uninhibited is the result, not the cause. The cause of being carefree and uninhibited is helplessness. It is precisely because people are helpless about the world that they can be carefree and uninhibited without caring about anything.

Don't care about your family, don't care about family affection, don't care about other people's thoughts, and don't care about the world's views. Treat the world with a negative attitude.

(End of this chapter)