The jade house in Xinshui Ranch has been standing there for almost a month.
Yun Qing used the marrow washing scripture to temper her body every day, constantly warming and nourishing the true energy of the Great Rihei Tianlun, and her cultivation was steadily advancing. After getting used to the slightly noisy environment, the herdsmen who came and went in front of her house every day gradually became a kind of background, and the influence on her was much smaller. This was Yun Qing's first time living in the world of mortals after she came out of Yaoque Pagoda, but she felt that she couldn't blend into it at all.
She was born to be a loner.
"Master Divine Monk." A cautious and respectful voice came into the jade room.
"What's the matter?" Yun Qing circulated her zhenqi silently for a small circle, and then slowly gathered it.
The herdsman outside the door said, "The weather has improved a lot in the past few days, thank you for your help these days, if it weren't for you..."
"You don't have to be polite about your duties." Yun Qing interrupted him, knowing without thinking that he would say again, "We would not be able to live without you."
The herdsman knelt on the ground with a plop, and shouted desperately inside: "If there is no Lord God Monk, we will definitely not be able to survive!!"
Yun Qing was silent for a while, and then said gently: "Since the snow disaster has eased a lot, it's time for me to go back to the temple."
The herdsman was stunned for a moment: "My lord, are you leaving? Are you abandoning us!?"
"Yes, I believe the ranch will gradually get better after the snow disaster, and it's time for me to go back." Yun Qing's voice was still gentle and quiet.
The herdsman immediately burst into tears: "My lord! You can't leave, look at this prairie wolf, look at this Ling Xun, if you are not here, we will not be able to survive!"
Yun Qing stopped answering, set up a small soundproof circle, and started to meditate again.
Are these creatures begging for the protection of ascetics in front of them the same kind of creatures as those in the south who were fighting with the demon clan? If they are the same, what is it that makes them show completely different living states
This question flashed across Yun Qing's mind, but she quickly left it behind. Whatever it is, it has nothing to do with her Tao, so she doesn't think about it.
She cleaned the altar and began to recite the Marrow Cleansing Sutra aloud in her mind. Yun Qing chanted sutras, but there was nothing in her heart. Chanting is also an essential step in practicing Buddhism.
"The little monk recites the scriptures with his mouth but without his heart." This sentence is mostly used in a derogatory sense, but it is true in Buddhism. When chanting sutras, you should keep your mind empty and clear, not even the scriptures themselves. The words and sentences poured out naturally like a stream of water, without any deliberate feeling. Only by chanting the scriptures until there is no scripture in your heart can you understand the scriptures.
In the old days when Lingshan taught the Dharma, the Buddha held up flowers and Kasyapa smiled, so the Buddha passed on the scriptures without words to Kasyapa. The highest Tao in Buddhism cannot be expressed, but what can be written and read is only a small part. Only in the practice of Buddhism and Taoism can we get a glimpse of the legendary "wordless scriptures", which is the true meaning of the scriptures, only through repeated chanting.
The method of chanting scriptures is not only found in Buddhism, but also in the immortal family. The most famous exposition comes from the "Dongxuan Kongdong Lingzhang Jing" written by the ancestors of Shenyinmen. Therefore, there are always rumors in the monastic world that the Supreme Dao of Shenyin Sect is the easiest inheritance to obtain. As long as you get the true copy and recite it ten thousand times, you will be able to ascend in the daytime.
Although Yun Qing didn't believe in such exaggerated remarks, she also felt that the rumors were not groundless. She didn't know that in Jiuming City, Xie Yao, who had obtained "Tai Shang Induction Record", had already used this method to enter the state of sitting and forgetting.
Yun Qing recited the scriptures over and over again, and after an unknown amount of time, she suddenly felt a little uneasy. Together with these distracting thoughts, chanting cannot continue.
She simply lifted the small restraint to isolate the sound, and led Aman out of the jade house.
It was almost dusk outside the house, and there was some humidity in the air. The snow had melted a lot, and the green grass was stained with water droplets, and it was stained with sunlight.
Yun Qing sniffed, and in addition to the smell of green grass mixed with the smell of earth, there was also an unpleasant smell in the air.
"My lord monk! Save him!"
Several herdsmen carried a person and shouted from afar.
Yun Qing frowned, stroked the square inch lamp, suddenly disappeared in place, and appeared in front of several people the next moment.
The herdsmen were startled, dropped the people they were carrying and knelt down on the ground, silent.
The man on the ground was covered in blood, his left hand was broken, and the stump was still firmly held by his right hand. He still seemed to be awake, and he was going crazy with pain.
Yun Qing's true energy could not be used to repair the injury, so she had no choice but to pull the stump out of the man's hand, then take it back to her left hand, and use the Xuanyuanhuayu technique to slightly fix it. She once used the Xuanyuanhuayu technique to stimulate the vitality of Hundred Flowers. This person has just lost his arm, so it is not a big problem to keep him warm.
"Prairie snow wolf?" Yun Qing asked looking at the wound on his hand.
The wounded person passed out from the pain when she touched it, and several herdsmen who were kneeling on the ground quickly replied, "Yes, yes, it's a big group!"
Yun Qing frowned. At this time, the snow disaster had just passed and most of the damage had not been recovered. It was estimated that the group of prairie snow wolves had reached their limit, so they began to attack the herdsmen in large groups.
"Bring him back." Yun Qing put her hands into her sleeves and walked slowly back to her jade house.
The herdsmen chased after her, obviously with good feet, but they couldn't keep up with Yun Qing. There is a sense of lightness and quickness in her body method, which is also the credit of the Marrow Cleansing Sutra.
"I'm afraid there will be prairie wolves attacking at night, so prepare carefully."
Yun Qing felt that the peculiar fishy smell of the nearby carnivores was getting stronger and stronger, and it was estimated that these prairie wolves were planning a large-scale attack.
When she left this sentence, the herdsmen didn't agree. Then someone knelt down towards Yuwu and said, "God monk, please help us! If you don't help us, we will..."
"Understood, I will block this disaster for you tonight, and I will leave here tomorrow." Yun Qing sighed, with compassion in her expression, and she didn't know whether she was sympathizing with the sufferings of these mortals or these people. Fools don't want to make progress.
"Wh, what? God monk, you will leave here tomorrow!?" The herdsmen who came back from herding looked at her in surprise.
"If you want, I can leave today." Yun Qing said with a gentle smile.
The herdsmen knelt down again and shouted: "God monk, without you, we would not be able to survive the attack of the prairie wolf. Please stay one more night!"
Yun Qing smiled and nodded, while setting up a barrier at the entrance of the ranch. Although the snow wolf is ferocious, it is just an ordinary beast after all. Although Yun Qing is not good at formations and enchantments, it is more than enough to block them.
At night, indeed, snow wolves attacked.
The leader was the big white wolf that Yun Qing had seen not long ago. Its fur was not as shiny as it was a month ago, and it seemed that it had been having a hard time recently. Yun Qing looked at the man and wolf facing each other across the fence, both sides looked hungry and skinny. The snow wolves were all full of energy, with sharp claws, and the ferocity of predators in their eyes. The herdsmen are all in low spirits, and only occasionally their eyes light up when they see the enchantment. Their expressions are deeply numb and tired.
It is true that humans are not as good as beasts.
Yun Qing sighed, watching these menacing snow wolves sprint towards the barrier again and again.
The leader took the lead in charging. It was already bloodied from the collision, but it was still unwilling to give up. The cattle and sheep in Xinshui Pasture, and even herdsmen, these are the only food they can find after this long snowstorm.
After an unknown amount of time, it gave Yun Qing a faint look with its blue eyes, then howled unwillingly, and disappeared into the moonlight with the pack of wolves.
Yun Qing removed the barrier, and said to the onlookers, "Okay, it's over."
There was a silence among the herdsmen, and then cheers came out. They immediately forgot about Yun Qing, and began to discuss how to hold a banquet to celebrate together in order to tide over the difficulties. Of course they have reason to be happy. The predation methods of prairie snow wolves are a bit like "good horses never turn back". They generally will not come again to the targets that have been attacked but failed.
This triumphant, festive look made Yun Qing think that they had really fought Snow Wolf once and won.
She smiled quietly, watching the pasture gradually brighten up, and each household held a banquet with wine to welcome the warm spring.
"God monk...would you like to come to my house for a sit down?" A hunched old woman said to Yun Qing holding a bowl of hot meat porridge. Yun Qing remembered that it was this old woman who stopped her at the gate of the ranch and took an abandoned child from her.
Yun Qing glanced at the meat porridge in her hand, her heart moved slightly, and said, "That's fine."
Most nomads on the grassland live in tents, but this old woman built a log cabin. Presumably she is getting old, and it is inconvenient for her to change places every season with the herdsmen, so she has lived here for a long time, raising a few lambs for a living.
Many patterned blankets were placed in front of the wooden house, and many herdsmen sat on the ground, drinking and eating meat boldly, and talking loudly.
Yun Qing didn't go any closer, just watched quietly.
"Won't the priest come for some porridge?" The old woman handed the bowl to Yun Qing, but she stopped her.
"The poor monk does not eat meat." Yun Qing refused with a smile. Not only did she not eat meat, but she only ate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
The old woman took the bowl back apologetically, and said repeatedly: "I've offended you, I've offended you!"
"How is the old man doing recently?" Yun Qing didn't mind, but instead asked enthusiastically.
The old woman smiled, and the wrinkles on her face were twisted into a ball: "My child is back, and I feel at ease, as good as I can be!"
Yun Qing's smile gradually deepened, and her expression looked a little unpredictable under the lights: "That's good, but it must be troublesome to take care of children. I wonder if you can handle it at your age?"
"Naturally I can hold on, my sonny is so cute!" The old woman's face was almost overflowing with joy, she thanked you, "Thank you very much, if it wasn't for you, how would I have found my sonny?"
After hearing this, Yun Qing nodded and said, "It must be your reward for doing good deeds every day. You must know that the law of heaven has its own reincarnation. The good will eventually have a good death, and the evil will reap the consequences."
The old woman was slightly stunned when she heard this, and said a few words of thanks, and then took the porridge bowl to greet other herdsmen.
Yun Qing stood in the dimly lit place, watching the group of drunk herdsmen, waiting for the dawn.
In the early morning of the next day, the sky was filled with red, the snow melted on the ground, the stream was turbulent, and the ice floes occasionally reflected the dazzling sunlight, which could be seen clearly even from a long distance. Under the nourishment of the snow water, the pastures are revived again, and the breath of revival of all things in spring gradually fills the entire prairie.
Yun Qing sorted out the scriptures she brought, and she was about to leave the ranch. According to her original plan, it would be better to go back in about two or three months, but now she has only been out for less than a month, presumably the things at Guiling Temple and Mianfenglang have not developed to the point she wanted. But it doesn't matter, there is nothing valuable in this ranch, and it is better for her to find a snow mountain to quietly cultivate for a while than to stay in this chaos.
She waved her hand to turn the jade house into spiritual energy, and picked up the fine steel Zen stick on the ground, followed by Amang who was carrying a big package.
But just as she was about to turn around and leave, there was a loud noise from behind.
"It's that demon monk, it must be him!" An old and sad voice pointed at her.
Yun Qing sighed slightly in her heart, stopped, turned around and stopped.
The old woman led a group of herdsmen who had just woken up from a hangover and came towards her aggressively.
"He killed my Sonny!"