Chapter 3397
Chapter 3397
The old monk's words were close to Sanskrit. Not to mention Xiao Hua was not here, even if Xiao Hua was here, he would not be able to hear it clearly.
After the old monk kowtowed, he shakily walked out of the main hall and came to a small hut. The hut was very simple. There were only a few old wooden cabinets. The old monk fumbled around in the cabinets and took out a black wooden box. After opening it, there were more than ten boxes inside. Most of these boxes were empty. Only the bottommost boxes had a few thumb-sized black beads.
The old monk stretched out his shriveled finger and took out a black bead. He slowly put it in his mouth, but after hesitating for a moment, he put it back into the box. His turbid eyes seemed to be staring at a certain place in the air. After a moment of pause, he picked up the bead again … … After a few times, the old monk finally put the bead back into the box. His mouth trembled as he whispered, "Namo Maitreya Buddha, disciple asks Buddha for forgiveness!"
After saying that, he closed the wooden box and put it back into the wooden cabinet. Then he slowly walked out of the hut.
Xiao Hua naturally did not know that Tantric Buddhism had always thrived in the snowy mountains. Their living environment was the most bitter and cold. In order to reproduce, in order to cultivate Buddhism, it was impossible for them to forbid meat and marriage. Xiao Hua wanted to refine Buddhism's cultivation method and become the future Buddha Lord. It seemed that only by shaving his head and becoming a monk could he truly learn the true essence of Buddhism. In this way, this Tantric Buddhism branch was suitable.
Moreover, the 《Exquisite Leaf Scripture》 was originally the cultivation method of the future Buddha Lord. This Exquisite Leaf Temple had been waiting for Xiao Hua on this snowy mountain for tens of thousands of years. Everything seemed to be a matter of course!
However, Xiao Hua, who was flying in the air, was actually moving very slowly. He could not help but think in his heart, "Ai, this Xiao … … just came to ask for directions!
Really, just to ask for directions. I don't have any other thoughts. How could I encounter such a strange thing! "
Although Xiao Hua had already used divination to convince himself in his heart, when he thought about how he was about to become a monk and become the future Buddha Lord, which was more powerful than Guanyin Bodhisattva, he could not help but mutter in his heart.
"This Exquisite Leaf Temple … … it was actually built ten thousand years ago just to wait for this Xiao?
Ten thousand years ago … even I don't know where I was!
Aiyo, since this Buddhist Sect senior from ten thousand years ago already knows of this Xiao, then … does the current Buddhist Lord also know of this Xiao? "
"Besides, although I've been expelled from the Imperial Thunder Sect, I'm still a genuine disciple of the Dao Sect. What's the point of shaving my head?
Even Frost Bamboo didn't really shave his head to become a monk, right? "
Xiao Hua had already thought of this before, but now, he couldn't help but think about it carefully. This was because the thought of running away in Xiao Hua's heart was growing stronger and stronger. If he wasn't soft-hearted and couldn't bear to see the old monk's sincerity, he would have already run away in a sorry state.
The key point was that Xiao Hua didn't want to hurt the old monk's heart, and even more, he didn't want to fail to live up to the painstaking efforts and expectations of who knows how many generations of Xiao Ling Long Temple's abbots over the past ten thousand years.
Xiao Hua really wants to run away!
The temptation of Exquisite Leaf Temple is too great. Not only are there Buddhist scriptures and secret techniques of the Buddhist Sect, there are also so many relics. If Xiao Hua has these things, the cultivation of the Buddhist Sect will definitely skyrocket.
However, although Xiao Hua is greedy, he still can't bear to blacken his heart to such an extent when it comes to the painstaking efforts of others over the past ten thousand years. He uses his own false thoughts to swindle others and swindle them to pretend to be some future Buddhist Lord.
"Go?
Or not go? "
Xiao Hua's heart was still wavering even when he flew above the hot spring. To go or not to go is really a difficult problem, making it hard for him to make a decision.
The hot spring in front of him is several zhang in size. It is on the side of the cliff between Exquisite Leaf Temple and the foot of the mountain. The hot spring is filled with steam, melting all the snowflakes that originally fell into the hot spring into threads of water. The threads of water slowly fall down and merge into the unceasingly rolling water surface, disappearing in a moment.
The water of the hot spring is azure. Between the rolling water, it is like a boiling crystal. Near the hot spring, there are many spiritual herbs, swaying under the steam of the hot spring. Further away from the hot spring, and several zhang above the hot spring, there are piles of several feet of snow. The white of the snow and the blue of the hot spring complemented each other. It looks very pleasing to the eye, like a brilliant green bead inlaid in a white jade.
"Wonderful!"
Xiao Hua is vexed. Seeing such a refreshing scenery, he unconsciously claps his hands and praises. Then, looking at the clear hot spring, he really has the impulse to take a bath.
"Let's go and wash ~ Perhaps my mind can calm down a bit."
Xiao Hua's figure descended. Standing at the edge of the hot spring, he shook his head, as if he wants to shake off the depression in his heart.
"Roar … …" At this moment, a tiger's roar suddenly came from the distant mountain path. Then, a gust of wind blew, causing Xiao Hua to wrinkle his brows. When he raised his eyes to look, at the foothills of the mountain about several zhang away, a white tiger of several feet in size stepped on the snow and rushed over. Wherever its four hooves passed, huge plum blossoms fell on the snow one after another.
"Hmph … …" Seeing that it is just an ordinary white tiger and has not become a spirit, why would Xiao Hua be afraid?
He also didn't release any pressure or Buddhist sense. He only stood there and coldly watched.
Who would have thought that the white tiger would fiercely rush over. Its fierce and dignified tiger eyes swept over Xiao Hua. It only stared at him for a moment, then unexpectedly shook its head and wagged its tail as it walked to the other side of the hot spring. It opened its bloody mouth and swallowed several stalks of spirit grass growing on the side of the hot spring. Then, it used its claws to wipe its big mouth. Like a cat, it rolled a few times on the other side of the hot spring. Then, it stuck out its tongue and licked a dozen or so drops of congealed hot spring water on the spirit grass on the left side. Then … … it actually roared a few times at Xiao Hua. It cheerfully explored some kind of rhythmic pace and quickly walked away!
Xiao Hua, who was standing at the edge of the hot spring, was somewhat stupefied.
In his eyes, these ferocious beasts … … which one of them wasn't vicious?
Which one of them didn't pounce on a person when they saw him?
Which one of them didn't want to feast on a cultivator's blood essence?
This white tiger in front of him … … could it be that its nature has changed?
It doesn't eat meat anymore?
It doesn't want to drink blood anymore??
"Paradise!
Paradise!! "
Suddenly, Xiao Hua was somewhat enlightened. "A person's paradise naturally has no sorrows, no worries, and no worries about life and death!
Although there might not be such an extreme paradise under the Buddhist Sect, beasts don't eat humans, and humans don't eat meat. I'm afraid it's possible to achieve one or two?
If the Buddhist Sect really has such a great ability, then what can I do even if I shave? "
Xiao Hua had heard a lot of Daoist slander about the Buddhist Sect on the Xiaoyu Continent and the Hidden Immortal Continent. He also saw the Confucian cultivators' disdain for the Buddhist Sect, and even more so, he saw Frost Bamboo's cunning and Xing Chen's hypocrisy. He already had a prejudice against the Buddhist Sect in his heart. Now that he suddenly saw the old monk's piety and the white tiger's obedience, he couldn't help but have doubts in his heart. He even had the thought of using other people's stones to polish jade.
But when it came to the crucial moment … … shave, there was still a knot in his heart. What he wanted was the Buddhist Sect's cultivation method, not the Arhat's cultivation method. But if he didn't shave, he wouldn't be able to obtain the Buddhist scriptures and secret techniques of the Exquisite Temple. Of course, Xiao Hua could also obtain the Buddhist scriptures and secret techniques from other places, but hadn't the Exquisite Temple's Buddhist scriptures and secret techniques been waiting for him for ten thousand years?
How could Xiao Hua not feel conflicted?
Xiao Hua, who was struggling in his heart, took off his clothes and fell into the pool with a plop. The temperature of the pool was just right, and the depth of the pool was just right. Xiao Hua, who poked his head out of the pool, let out a long sigh. A kind of comfort that came from the surface of his body slowly seeped into his five viscera and six bowels!
Along with this kind of comfort, Xiao Hua's soul felt like it was about to fly out. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the mist lingering in the air. Xiao Hua's mind was completely blank!
This blankness only lasted for a moment. Suddenly, Xiao Hua's body shook. His slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened, and a light green brilliance appeared between his eyebrows. It instantly covered his entire body, and then rushed into the pool and into the stone wall of the snowy mountain. Xiao Hua's opened eyes gave birth to a kind of clarity. That clarity was like a clear mirror pouring water over Xiao Hua's heart. Not only did Xiao Hua's eyes seem to have torn away a thin layer of gauze, even his heart seemed to have torn away all the filth, and his heart became much brighter.
"This … What's going on?" Xiao Hua was greatly shocked. "This Xiao's Dao foundation hasn't stabilized yet. Could it be that it's the effect of forming a Nascent Soul?"
"Xiao Hua, Xiao Hua …" While he was puzzled, a faint voice sounded in his mind. This voice was filled with joy, and even carried a trace of trembling. Hearing it, Xiao Hua felt his heart tremble.
"Who is it?"
Xiao Hua was stunned. If it was Little Yellow or Little Black, they wouldn't call him. Moreover, they would only talk to him in his mind after entering the space.
"Little White?"
Xiao Hua even took a moment to wake up. After all, Little White almost never took the initiative to communicate with him. Today was the first time.
Almost without thinking, Xiao Hua hurriedly rushed his mind to the mysterious dark clouds. At this time, the mysterious dark clouds were different from before. Now, not only were the Heavenly Marks and Earth Deeds deeply engraved on the surface of the mysterious dark clouds, the green aura entwining the Heavenly Might had become much denser. Above this green aura, there were many golden threads. These golden threads would overflow from time to time within the green aura, flickering with the intensity of the green aura as if they were breathing. In addition, the lightning between the Heavenly Marks and Earth Deeds had also become much thicker. Those broken threads were even more connected, strand after strand. Some were dense, some were thin, but each strand seemed to have endless power.
Last time, Xiao Hua had already tested the powerful aura of the Great Desolate Era within these broken threads. Now that the broken threads were so complete, how could Xiao Hua dare to try again?
"Quick, quickly come in!"
Little White urged again from within the mysterious dark clouds. Xiao Hua, who was standing outside of the mysterious dark clouds, could sense Little White's urgent breathing and dragon roar … …