newbobooks Chapter 867: Small Temple Difficult to Accommodate
Chapter 867: Small Temple Difficult to Accommodate
The city was bustling with people and people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Li Changxiao was in the world of mortals, but he always felt a little detached. He was clearly walking with many people, and there were many pedestrians beside him. But he felt isolated and detached.
He came to the foot of the Wanxian Peak. At this time of the year in the past, this place was the busiest, with cultivators gathering at the foot and the mountainside. Li Changxiao clearly remembered that when the reform was just beginning, many cultivators were pursuing other ways to immortality.
Some studied the wonders of the soul, some studied the essence of life... They discussed, argued, and even fought with each other. They were not entirely right, but not entirely wrong either. On a winding mountain path, there was a lot of chattering, it was really noisy.
Li Changxiao walked to the middle of the mountain and then walked down by himself. In fact, he missed some wonderful things. After three days and three nights of debate, many monks had fierce conflicts. The monks have a long life and powerful strength, which will magnify the nature of the people. Hundreds and thousands of years of coexistence in the same world, it is inevitable that there will be some friction. Because everyone has different opinions, the painstaking delay of the results of one person is often not even shit in the mouth of another. The differences of opinion are so great that a great chaos broke out on Wanxian Peak.
Things developed further, and everyone started to bring up old accounts and expose their ugly deeds.
The complexity of the relationships, all kinds of love and affection, is really jaw-dropping. Seeing that the monks' reform will die in the cradle if no intervention is made, Li Xundao, as the initiator of the conference and the person who holds the tripod in the whole world, naturally tries to solve it.
So he set up a ring and held a "vengeance meeting". He did not hesitate to spend his spiritual energy to set up a soul-sealing formation on a ring that was ten feet long and ten feet wide, and maintained it for seven days and seven nights.
If there is a personal grudge, it will be settled in the ring. Li Xundao personally made a rule that the loser will have to take a detour in the future, but no one should be killed. As the saying goes, for children of the rivers and lakes, a fist-to-flesh fight can actually resolve most grudges.
However, life-and-death hatred is extremely difficult to resolve. Although Li Xundao is a powerful person, it is unrealistic to resolve the hatred of the world with his own strength. This is definitely not something that can be achieved by "cultivation". However, the "Enmity Reconciliation Conference" did smooth the situation and allowed the Conference for Change to continue.
After that, the Change Conference gradually developed a tradition. Anyone who had a grudge, if the grudge could still be resolved, would seal their skills and go to the ring to fight under the attention of everyone. After the fight, they would talk openly and honestly. They would break things down and make things clear. If there was a misunderstanding, they would shake hands and make peace. If there was no misunderstanding, they would ask everyone present to comment on the right and wrong, and they would know clearly who was right and who was wrong.
So over the years...
Not far from the foot of Wanxian Peak, there is a "Humiliation Platform". It is built of solid rocks, and on the right side, there is a gurgling stream. The meaning is: "The past is like water, flowing away."
Li Changxiao walked about seven or eight miles and saw the Enemy-Transforming Stone. He kept patting it with his hands, and heard a crisp "pa pa" sound, indicating that it was very solid. He scooped up a mouthful of stream water and drank it, then continued walking up the mountain.
Wanxian Peak is worthy of being one of the ten great immortal mountains. The trees on the roadside also grow quite charmingly. Even if a cowherd boy accidentally enters this mountain, he can tell at a glance that this mountain is a place to seek immortals and where immortals live. Li Changxiao saw an evergreen tree with green leaves and a trunk that twisted upward. When the wind blew, a "rustling" sound was heard.
This evergreen tree is so beautiful that people can't help but plant it in the yard to decorate the flowers and plants in the yard. Li Changxiao saw a line of small characters on the trunk of the tree, which read: "Taoist Congyun, planted in the year of seeking change 236."
Li Changxiao walked further forward and found countless traces of monks on Wanxian Peak. Some monks dug a small lake, and some monks planted some flowers and plants. Wanxian Peak actually gathered countless exotic flowers and plants from Fuyao World and even Kunlun World.
Wanxian Peak is like a sea that embraces all rivers. No matter where the flowers or trees are from, they can find a small place to live on Wanxian Peak. The word "Wan" in Wanxian Peak probably means "all things in the world". People are like flowers and plants. No matter what kind of people they are, good or bad, evil or good, they can also communicate and change on Wanxian Peak.
The sea may not contain hundreds of rivers, but this mountain can contain thousands of people. Li Changxiao walked to the middle of the mountain and saw a quiet ancient temple. Outside the temple there was an ordinary banyan tree with fallen leaves all over the ground. An old man with long eyebrows was sweeping the leaves with a broom.
The old man had a kind face. After calling Li Changxiao, he smiled and waved, brought him clean water, and invited him to rest in the temple. The old man was very old, but his kind face made people feel close to him.
The old man asked, "Do you want to go up?" Li Chang smiled and said, "I have never been there before. This is a rare opportunity, so I will go and take a look." The old man said, "It's okay to sit here first."
The old man led Li Changxiao into the temple. There was no Buddha in the temple, but there were incense offerings. The old man brought two small stools. Li Changxiao was tall, and the stools were too small and didn't fit him well. But he smiled and sat down reluctantly. The old man didn't say a word and swept the fallen leaves with a broom.
The birds on the branches can be heard jumping and singing, quiet and melodious, while the old man sweeps the fallen leaves over and over again, tirelessly, as if he will never be able to sweep them all. Li Changxiao asked, "Old man, what kind of tree is this? Why are the leaves falling non-stop? How long will it take to sweep like this?" The old man said, "If I don't sweep, the leaves will pile up more and more. Do you have any solution?"
Li Changxiao said, "Let's build a shed to block the leaves." The old man said, "I am too old and weak to build one. Even if I build one, it will be blown away by the wind and rain. Is there any other way?" Li Changxiao thought for a moment and said, "We can just hire a few monks over there to sweep it every morning and evening."
The old man said, "Young monks will also grow old. One day, won't you end up in the same situation? Besides, my small temple doesn't have much incense, so I don't have the money to hire young monks." The old man laughed and said, "Donor, please drink your tea. I will talk to you after I finish sweeping the fallen leaves."
Li Chang smiled and said, "What you said makes a lot of sense. Everything in the world is cyclical and it is difficult to get rid of it all. Building a shed is a temporary solution, and inviting a little monk is also a temporary solution." The old man became interested: "Please tell me, benefactor." Li Chang smiled and said, "I have a few solutions that will solve the problem once and for all." The old man stroked his beard and smiled.
Li Changxiao said, "Just cut down the banyan tree." The old man said, "It is indeed feasible, but someone has suggested it to me before." Li Changxiao suddenly laughed and said, "I have another plan."
The old man asked, "Oh?" Li Chang smiled and said, "Everything has an end. The changes in things are often unexpected. My plan is to wait. Wait until the mountains are flat, the seas are dry, and the rocks are crumbling. As long as the temple is still there, this problem will be solved one day. No need to take action."
The old man was startled, and he heard the joke in Li Chang's joke. He laughed twice and said jokingly: "You should go up. This small temple can't accommodate you."