"Why is the ground so wet? You must be naughty!" Xuanzang said to Xiao Bailong with a smile.
The little white dragon waved its tail and smiled. She found that she was willing to be a fish, as long as she could stay by his side.
Ever since Xuanzang fought with Tianyang and refused Faming's teaching, he seemed to be getting more and more lonely in the temple. All the monks smiled strangely when they saw him, and Faming stopped paying attention to him. , and no one called him to give lectures. While everyone was chanting in the hall, Xuanzang swept the fallen leaves alone in the empty square and put every dead leaf back to the roots of the trees. Or he was lying alone on the ground, and others thought he was sleeping. In fact, Xiao Bailong knew that he was looking at the sky for more than an hour. At night, he returned to the dilapidated house where he lived alone, lit a weak oil lamp and wrote something. He became more and more silent, talking less and less to Xiao Bailong and flowers and plants. His smile as bright as the sky gradually disappeared. As time went by, something gradually climbed up between his eyebrows. He couldn't help but He swept the fallen leaves and no longer looked at the sky. He just sat there and thought all day long.
He was very distressed, Xiao Bailong thought, there must be something that he couldn't figure out, but she didn't know what he was thinking. She had been with him for so long, but she became less and less able to understand his heart. What is in the human heart? Xiao Bailong vowed to find out. Sometimes he was writing under the lamp while she was jumping around in the water tank. Xuanzang used to smile at her, but now, he ignored her.
He didn¡¯t mention sending her home either, and she didn¡¯t want him to.
That day, several monks sat under a tree and talked.
A man named Xuansheng said: "I look at this Buddha as a big tree in front of the court, with thousands of branches and leaves, never leaving its roots."
Another person named Xuan Qi said: "I also have a comparison. I look at this Buddha like an ancient well in the courtyard. I always shine on it and examine my mind."
The monks all around said: "What the two brothers said is extremely wonderful and truly demonstrates the essence of Buddhism."
The two men looked quite proud, but they saw Xuanzang sitting alone and ignored him.
Xuan Qi shouted: "Xuan Zang, what do you think of what we said?"
Xuanzang didn¡¯t look back and said with a smile: ¡°If it were me, I would cut down the tree and fill up the well so that you would give up!¡±
Xuan Sheng and Xuan Qi both jumped up: "What a cruel monk, can't you see that we have learned the secret?"
Xuanzang laughed and said, "If we really understand the secret, where will the trees and wells come from?"
"Hmph! Then what do you mean by Buddha?"
"Is there a Buddha? Where is it? Grab one and show me!" Xuanzang said.
"Worldly things! How can we grasp the Buddha in our heart?"
"The Buddha is in your heart, what do you think it does? It's better to fart!"
Xuan Qi was furious and cursed: "You karmic beast! You talk nonsense and insult the Buddha's teachings! No wonder the Buddha wanted you to float on the river. You don't know your name, and your parents don't know you either!"
As soon as these words came out, Xuanzang's face changed drastically and turned as white as paper.
Xuan Qi knew that he had made a mistake, and everyone dispersed.
Xuanzang was the only one left in the square.
The wind blew a few dead leaves to his feet, and a lone goose screamed sadly in the sky, making the western sky look like a bloody sunset.
"Whowho gave birth to me? Why did you give birth to me?" Xuanzang murmured, "He brought me here but didn't show me the waywhy, why!"
He raised his head and asked the sky loudly, but the sky was silent, and only a tear fell from his mouth.
Xuanzang returned to the hut, where the little white dragon was secretly looking through his books. When he saw him coming, he turned around and turned into a carp in the water tank.
Xuanzang was stunned in the room for a long time, and then suddenly started to pack his things.
Little Bailong watched him pack a bag and came to the water tank again.
"Let's go, I'll take you home." Xuanzang said.
Xuanzang wanted to leave the temple, but Fa Ming could not stop him. He only sighed: "You were born lonely. From now on, you should keep the Buddha in your heart for his protection at all times."
"Master, I have been thinking that everything in the world comes from space, but where do these sentient beings come from? Everything in the world ends up in space. What does that person do when he comes to the world to float around?"
"This I'll tell you honestly, Master, if I could explain it clearly, I wouldn't have to practice hard for so many years."
"Master, I say goodbye. I have to go on a long journey."
Fa Ming said: "Master, I understand your thoughts and take care of yourself."
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"Disciple, please keep this in mind."
Xuanzang bowed to Elder Faming three more times, stood up, held the alms bowl containing the golden carp, and turned away.
At that time, the sky and the earth were solemn,The fallen leaves rustled down beside me, the sound of wind, the rustling of grass and trees, the sound of tide, the sound of birdsong, the world seemed to be suddenly filled with various sounds, as if there were countless voices talking, but if I listened carefully, there was nothing.
A great journey has just begun.
Xuanzang held the alms bowl by the river and said, "I came from here back then."
The white mist filled the river, and the strong wind rolled up his clothes. He seemed to be talking to the little white dragon, and he seemed to be talking to himself.
"Everything created is sacred, and every plant and tree is always connected with love. You also have your home and your freedom. I can't keep you anymore, so go ahead."
He put the golden carp into the river. The fish circled a few times but did not leave.
"Are you also friendly? I understand, go ahead." Xuanzang said.
Xiao Bailong suddenly felt like she was going to cry. She hadn't said a word these days, she just listened to what the monk said, watched the monk read, sweep the floor, saw the monk's frown when he was thinking, and saw the monk's peaceful face when he fell asleep. She felt that she could no longer live without these things. There was no such person in the Dragon Palace, there was no such person in the East China Sea, and there was only one such person in the vast world.
Does she really want to say goodbye to him like this?
"Every encounter is fate. Don't force it when fate is gone. I want to go to the horizon and you can't follow me, so go ahead." The monk was advising her.
Xiao Bailong suddenly had an urge to reveal his true form, tell the monk all this, and then accompany him to the end of the world.
But she didn¡¯t in the end. She shook her head and swam towards the seaport.
In the water, a crystal pearl slowly sank to the bottom of the river.
Everything will fade away, and all that will remain are memories. And is memory real or illusory? It can't be touched or seen, but it is so deeply engraved in my heart.
¡°Maybe it¡¯s Xiao Bailong who¡¯s thinking like this, maybe it¡¯s Zhu Bajie, maybe it¡¯s A Yao, maybe it¡¯s everyone. When Xiao Bailong felt the water flowing silently and slowly at the bottom of Yingchou Stream, she knew that time was passing. But her memories are always vivid, everything seems like a long time ago.
"The sea water is red and the Dragon Palace is dark. I have abandoned my body and my flesh and blood, so that the Emperor of Heaven will gain nothing.
"I gave up everything he wanted, leaving only my pure soul to give to the one I love."
"It's strange that when the sword was wiped across the neck, the thoughts at that moment were remembered very clearly. Xiao Bailong watched his blood slowly and beautifully melting in the sea water, and saw his father's trembling face filled with tears. There was no sound, no pain, just that momentary thought: "It turns out that life is so short. It turns out that when you find what you love, you should pursue it at all costs. Because life can end at any time, destiny is the sea, when you can swim , you have to swim to your love as much as you want, because you don¡¯t know what the wild current will come and sweep away all hopes and dreams.¡±
The little white dragon held the Dingyan Pearl in its mouth and swam against the current, toward the light swaying on the distant sea