There is a misty mountain in the misty space.
There is a misty temple on the misty mountain.
In the misty temple, there was an old monk that Gu Qingfeng had never seen before.
The space in the Nirvana Bone Jade is still the same as before, illusory, illusory as if it never existed, ethereal and unreal like an illusory dream.
Every time he entered the Nirvana Bone Jade, Gu Qingfeng had a strange feeling, a feeling of déjà vu.
He may not have known why he felt this way before.
but now.
It can be more or less guessed that the Nirvana Bone Jade may also be related to the Wudao Era.
Even the old monk who has never met may be from the era of Wudao.
This place may even be a lost relic from a time of nowhere.
maybe.
Gu Qingfeng is not too clear.
"Amitabha."
The old monk's voice was just as mysterious and strange as before. Every word came, as if it had gone through countless years, making people's consciousness a little drowsy, a little fuzzy, and a little sluggish.
"Gu Layman, we meet again."
"Yeah, we meet again."
Gu Qingfeng smiled and said: "How are you doing recently? Is your body still strong? Do you need to find a girl for you to accompany you to recite scriptures? Praise Buddha?"
The old monk never paid attention to Gu Qingfeng's ridicule, and this time was no exception.
"Old monk, how long do you think we have known each other?"
"This old monk lives in seclusion here, and has no concept of time."
"You don't know, but, I have a little impression, it must have been two or three hundred years ago? And I still clearly remember that I found the Nirvana Bone Jade in a Buddhist ruins back then. I didn't think about it before. Now that I think about it, what happened in the ruins of the Buddhist gate back then was somewhat evil. I don’t know why, when I entered the ruins of the Buddhist gate, I felt something calling me. Finding the Nirvana Bone Jade is like finding a relative. Very kind, do you think this is evil?"
"Gu Layman, the reason why you feel kind to the Nirvana Bone Jade is not that it is calling you, let alone that the old monk is calling you, but that you and the Nirvana Bone Jade belong to the same place."
"Belonging to the same place?"
"The era of no way."
When the old monk uttered the words Wudao Era, Gu Qingfeng was quite surprised. The surprise was not because he knew that he and Ji Mie Guyu came from the same place, nor was it because they both came from the Wudao Era. Although the old monk had never mentioned the connection between the bone-destroying jade, Gu Qingfeng could guess it to some extent. What really surprised him was that the old monk would take the initiative to say it.
"Hehe, is the sun coming out from the west today? Or is it that your old man is finally willing to show mercy?"
"There are some things, even if the old monk doesn't say it, the ancient layman will gradually understand."
"How do you say that?"
"If there is a cause, there must be an effect, and if there is an effect, there must be a cause. Everything in the world is in the cause and effect."
"Cause and effect, cause and effect again, the word cause and effect seems to explain everything."
"Everything in the world comes from cause and effect."
"In that case, why didn't you say it before?"
"In the past, the ancient lay practitioners never searched for cause and effect."
"So, I'm starting to search for cause and effect now, and I seem to be getting deeper and deeper on this road. You know that there are some things that you can't hide, so why don't you just tell me directly?"
"Ancient Layman who should know will definitely know."
"Can I understand this sentence as if I don't know, I definitely don't know?"
To this, the old monk did not respond.
"Since it's hard for you to show mercy today, can I ask you a few questions?"
"Gu Layman, please tell me."
"Is this place also a relic of the Wudao era?"
"Yes and no."
"How to say?"
"The Nirvana Bone Jade belongs to the Wudao era, but its inner space is not a relic of the Wudao era, but derived from itself."
"Are you from the era of no way?"
"Yes and no."
"So what?"
"I used to belong to the era of Wudao, but now... I can't tell."
"Why can't you tell?"
The old monk still did not respond to this question.
"Apart from you, is there anyone like you here?"
"have."
"how many?"
"I don't know."
"Hehe." Gu Qingfeng smiled and said, "No wonder I feel someone staring at me every time I come in. It seems that there are other people in this place."
After a pause, he said again: "Since this place is not a relic of the Wudao era, but a derivation of the Nirvana bone jade, then, did you come in before the Wudao era disappeared, or did you come in after the Wudao era disappeared? of?"
"I don't know, I forgot..."
have no idea
forgotten
These words sounded very familiar, Gu Qingfeng asked: "What's the matter, is it possible that you are also lost?"
"Everyone in the age of no way is lost, and this old monk is no exception."
"You don't look lost."
"It's just what it looks like. I've lost myself a long time ago. That's why I didn't dare to claim that I was in the age of innocence, because I don't know whether I am in the age of innocence or not."
"Really… "
Gu Qingfeng pondered for a moment, and inexplicably thought of a sentence.
Cultivation is to cultivate the mind, and seeking the truth is to seek the self.
How much of me, how much of myself, and how much of me.
I don't know who has heard this sentence, or maybe I have seen it in some classics. Thinking of this sentence, Gu Qingfeng can't help but have some doubts in his heart. Could it be that these people in the Wudao era are lost, and they are all lost in seeking themselves
"Old monk, tell me, when I found the Nirvana Bone Jade, was it a coincidence, or was it fate?"
"Gu Layman, do you still remember what I used to say to you? Don't take cause and effect as accidents. There is no accident in the world. Everything is caused by cause and effect."
"But you also once said to me, don't take coincidence as cause and effect, and don't take chance as fate. What's the explanation?"
"Whether it's a coincidence or a coincidence, it cannot be separated from cause and effect."
"As you said, when I found the Nirvana Bone Jade, neither it chose me nor I chose it, but because of fate?"
"maybe."
"Then you live in seclusion here in the Nirvana Bone Jade, and I found the Nirvana Bone Jade, what is the cause and effect between us?"
"I don't know."
"I really don't know?"
"I really don't know."
Gu Qingfeng was silent for a long time, and then said with a smile: "Old monk, old monk, you seem to be quite skeptical about the saying that everything in the world is in cause and effect, and you seem to be full of confusion and hesitation about cause and effect."
There was another silence, and after a long time, the old monk responded with a sigh: "Gu Shi, I am lost... really lost... not only lost in the search for the self, but also lost in the search for cause and effect..."