"Oh, where? What kind of people?"
There was a hint of curiosity in Ling Xiao's eyes.
"Let me tell you a story first!"
The wine master said slowly, with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes.
Then, without waiting for Ling Xiao's response, he started talking on his own.
"In Qinghe State in the East China Sea, there was a scholar who lived in a small mountain village. He was poor since childhood, but he loved reading. At the age of 20, he won the first place in the top three Jinshi exams and became the top scholar of Qinghe State. The whole small mountain village was shocked. The scholar brought honor to his family and rode a horse in the streets. It was an unparalleled scene!
The scholar had a childhood sweetheart named Xiaoyue, and they had a good relationship. After the scholar won the first place in the imperial examination, he planned to marry Xiaoyue, but the princess of Qinghe State fell in love with the scholar and wanted to recruit him as her husband! The scholar refused to obey, and the king was furious, so he was exiled to the Great Snow Mountain in the far north of Qinghe State to build a city wall!
The scholar was deserted by his friends and family, but Xiaoyue was the only one who stayed with him and never left him. He stayed in the Snow Mountain for three years... "
The wine master spoke in a very soothing tone, as if recalling a memory.
Ling Xiao was thinking that the wine master might be telling his own story, and that scholar might be the wine master.
Ling Xiao was still listening quietly, listening to a story.
"Although the three years in the Snow Mountain were poor, they were the happiest three years for the scholar and Xiaoyue. The scholar built the Great Wall of the Snow Mountain and led the villagers to drive the invading barbarians out of the Great Wall! The king sent an envoy to tell the scholar that as long as he agreed to marry the princess, he could return to the capital immediately, but the scholar refused to obey and preferred to stay with Xiaoyue in the Snow Mountain."
The wine master spoke slowly, his voice sounded a little vicissitudes, but there was a faint smile in his eyes.
"On the top of the Snow Mountain, the scholar and Xiaoyue planted food and vegetables in the ice cellar, hunted in the snow forest, watched the cold winds blow all year round on the top of the snow mountain, and hugged each other under the vast sky and earth. The scholar felt that there was no happier thing than this!
But the princess's love for the scholar turned into hatred. She was jealous of the scholar's feelings for Xiaoyue and envied the fact that he remained loyal to Xiaoyue under such circumstances. So the princess's love turned into murderous intent. When the scholar was resisting the barbarians again, she sent assassins to kill Xiaoyue.
When the scholar came back, Xiaoyue was already dead! But Xiaoyue died without any pain, her brows were full of smiles, but there was still deep attachment and regret in her eyes, maybe she was reluctant to leave like this!
The scholar was completely mad. He held Xiaoyue's body and roared on the snowy mountain, asking why the heaven was so cruel? Why did good people not get good rewards, while bad people could do whatever they wanted? He was even willing to die for Xiaoyue. He wanted to avenge Xiaoyue, but he was just a weak scholar. How could he deal with the princess and the king
The scholar held Xiaoyue's body and sat on the snowy mountain for three days and three nights. Snowflakes covered his entire body, turning him into an ice sculpture. The scholar even thought, if he died like this, perhaps he would be able to accompany Xiaoyue
A Taoist priest passing by saved the scholar. He exclaimed that the scholar had a supreme Taoist character and was a genius in practicing Taoism. He even had the hope of reaching the supreme divine realm that a Taoist priest could never reach in his entire life!
But the scholar had already made up his mind to die. Not to mention practicing Taoism, he even had no desire to live! But the Taoist told the scholar two things: First, as long as the scholar is strong enough, Xiaoyue can be resurrected. Second, the world is not kind and treats all things as straw dogs, but only if you are strong enough can you control your own destiny, and even revenge is not a problem.
The scholar had a sudden enlightenment and on the snowy mountain, he took the Taoist priest as his teacher!
The scholar really did not disappoint the Taoist's expectations. He practiced Taoism on the Snow Mountain for ten years, observing the changes in nature and exploring the principles of the universe and the stars. He finally reached the Taoist realm and was only one step away from the supreme divine realm.
The Taoist priest passed away, and the scholar buried him on the Great Snow Mountain. Then he wanted to return to Qinghe Kingdom for revenge, so he killed the princess and the king to commemorate Xiaoyue's spirit in heaven.
However, he encountered a powerful Shintoist from the Buddhist sect. In order to offer sacrifices to the Buddhist kingdom in his palm, he slaughtered 50 million lives in Qinghe Kingdom and integrated all the land within a thousand miles of Qinghe Kingdom into the Buddhist kingdom in the war.
The scholar went mad and seemed to be possessed by a demon. He used all he had learned in his life, but he was still no match for the powerful Buddhist master.
But the Buddhist strongman did not kill the scholar, but took him back to the Blood Buddha Temple. The scholar became a slave under the stupa to enshrine the Buddha's relics, and he offered the Buddha's relics with his own blood all day long.
A million years ago, the demons invaded the God Realm, and the Blood Buddha Temple was not spared. The powerful Buddhist also died in the demon invasion. The scholar escaped by chance. He wanted to obtain the Buddhist kingdom in the palm of the hand of that Buddhist master, because in the palm of his Buddhist kingdom there were the souls of hundreds of millions of creatures in Qinghe Kingdom, including Xiaoyue's soul.
The scholar always remembered the Taoist's words. As long as he found Xiaoyue's soul and was strong enough, he would be able to bring Xiaoyue back to life.
But unfortunately, a senior monk from the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple took action, destroyed the demons, and merged the endless true spirits of the Blood Buddha Temple into the Eight Treasures Lotus Merit Pond. It is said that it is the Western Paradise, where the souls of all living beings can rest, and there will never be killing, and they can always be safe and happy.
That eminent monk had already been an ancient saint, and the Eight Treasures Lotus Merit Pond was a forbidden area of the Wanfo Temple, so the scholar had no way of entering it.
But the scholar had an obsession in his heart, he must find Xiaoyue's soul and revive Xiaoyue! So he went through untold hardships, experienced hundreds of calamities and thousands of twists and turns, continued to grow, reached the supreme realm of God, bravely advanced, and finally achieved enlightenment and became a saint!
He thought that after achieving enlightenment and becoming a saint, he was finally qualified to negotiate with the Wanfo Temple, so he climbed Mount Xumi, the ancestral temple of Buddhism, just to ask for Xiaoyue's soul to return.
However, Wanfo Temple was not willing to return Xiaoyue's soul, and even beat the scholar and expelled him from Mount Xumi.
So many years have passed, but the scholar still hasn't given up.
After much inquiry and verification, he finally researched the secret of the Eight Treasures Lotus Merit Pond, which was actually a mind realm. It was rumored to be a treasure left behind by Amitabha, the great emperor, the first of the three ancient Buddhas. It contained a vast and boundless mind realm hidden between reality and illusion, and was the source of Buddhist faith.
Buddhism collects countless souls and places them in the heart realm in order to gain the power of faith, and even provide a platform for Buddhist disciples to enter the world to experience tribulations, sever cause and effect, and transcend the mundane world.
Only those who cultivate their mind can enter the Eight Treasures Lotus Merit Pond, but since the scholar has already attained enlightenment and become a saint, there is no way for him to cultivate his mind again. Moreover, even if he cultivated his mind, he would not be able to enter the Eight Treasures Lotus Merit Pond.
The scholar has been waiting for someone for so many years, waiting for someone who can bring Xiaoyue home for him!"
(End of this chapter)