Knowing that embarking on this road of no return of cause and effect will cause countless troubles.
Knowing that the end of cause and effect may be a sea of suffering.
Gu Qingfeng still decided to embark on this path, not on a whim, let alone on impulse.
To say that it has been planned for a long time is not to mention.
Of course, it's not like being idle and looking for trouble.
He once met a very old senior in Jiuyou, so old that almost no one knew how long he had lived.
Back then, he chatted with the old man for a long time, and what he remembered most was that the old man asked him three questions, which he still couldn't answer.
The problem is not difficult, it is neither a way nor a rule, nor is it a mystery of heaven and earth.
It's three questions that at first glance couldn't be easier.
Who are you.
Where are you from.
Where are you going.
It was these three simple questions that couldn't be simpler, Gu Qingfeng couldn't answer them back then, and they still can't answer them today.
Gu Qingfeng knew who he was, but he didn't know who he was.
He knew where he came from, but he didn't.
He knew where he was going, and he didn't know either.
This is a frightening question.
To understand these three questions, the answer lies in cause and effect.
today.
Yunxia School, Lingyin Garden in Houshan.
Quiet room.
Gu Qingfeng lay casually on the bed, drinking a small wine while looking at Bingxuanxin.
As Zhu Xia said, this thing is derived from the source of water in nature. It can be regarded as a great treasure in nature. If it can be integrated into one's own foundation, it will be of great benefit to the future path of cultivation.
This is true for ordinary people, but Gu Qingfeng is not rare and has no interest.
What really interested him was what was contained in the heart of Bingxuan.
There is a breath of blood and spirit.
There is also a breath of mutual growth.
The breath of blood spirit should belong to Yun Nishang, as for the breath of mutual generation, it should be a kind of mystery.
Regardless of whether it is the breath of the blood spirit or the breath of intergenerational life, they have already merged with the heart of Bingxuan, and the three are indistinguishable from each other.
In other words, if one wants to unlock the secret of the Bingxuan Heart, the only way is to find the matching Yanyang Heart.
Gu Qingfeng thought about going to the Jiuhua League to grab Yanyang's heart back in a few days.
After putting away Bingxuan Heart, he took out another scroll, and when he opened it, it was a seemingly ordinary ink painting.
It was the pair that Zhu Xia gave him earlier.
Gu Qingfeng couldn't tell what was so famous about this painting, he just remembered that this painting came from a Buddhist relic, and was later snatched away by Hongxiu, that is, Yun Nishang.
There are also names on the painting.
It's just that the name is very strange, it's called 'Picture of Ecstasy and Ecstasy'
What is extinction and selflessness
Nirvana, Gu Qingfeng knew.
That is a supreme state of Buddhism. After death, transcend life and death, the consciousness is disillusioned, and the thought is eternal.
What the hell is just self-forgetfulness
When everything is gone, how can you forget yourself
There is nothing to forget.
don't know.
I couldn't figure it out for a while.
This painting looks simple and ordinary, even rough.
There is only one mountain in the painting.
And it still looks like a barren mountain.
On the mountain, the flowers and plants withered, the trees withered, and even the stone statues on the mountain seemed to have decayed.
Other than that, nothing else.
But such a weird painting gave Gu Qingfeng a sense of déjà vu. When he was in the Bingxuan School, it made him feel inexplicably affected even when he was at ease.
Gu Qingfeng thought about it, but he couldn't understand the mystery of this painting.
I just feel familiar.
But how familiar it is, I really can't tell.
This feeling is like finding a dim light in the endless darkness. The light is there, but you just can't touch it.
"well!"
Gu Qingfeng sighed, raised his head and took a sip of the wine, and immediately entered the Nirvana Guyu.
A misty world, a misty space, a misty temple on a misty mountain, and an old monk that Gu Qingfeng had never seen lived in the misty temple.
"Amitabha, ancient layman, don't come here unharmed."
Just after entering the Nirvana Bone Jade, the old monk's old and hoarse voice came over.
Gu Qingfeng didn't talk nonsense, he went straight to the point, and asked about the picture of selflessness and ecstasy, but he didn't expect that the old monk didn't know anything about the painting, the origin of the painting, and the mystery of the painting.
"This thing was picked up from your Buddhist relics back then, don't you know?"
"Gu Layman, the things in the ruins of Buddhism are not necessarily the things of Buddhism."
"If it wasn't something from your Buddhist sect, how could it be crowned with the name of Nirvana and Selflessness?"
"I don't know either."
Gu Qingfeng smiled, and asked again: "Okay, this painting somehow affects my state of mind, and why..."
"I don't know."
With a smile on his face, Gu Qingfeng asked tentatively: "That painting is called Nirvana, and you live in Nirvana Bone Jade. They are all Nirvana, so there is no connection?"
"I don't know."
"You really don't know, or you don't want to say."
"I really don't know."
Although the old monk asked three questions, Gu Qingfeng felt that the old monk seemed to know something, but for some reason he avoided the question.
The old monk didn't want to say it, and Gu Qingfeng had nothing to do, but he said unhappily: "You Buddhists will play with these mysterious, mysterious, and wonderful crap. You created it, you created karma, you created life and death, you created good and evil, it’s not unreasonable for the Buddha’s family to be destroyed, no wonder no one in heaven and earth can tolerate you, you really deserve it.”
"Amitabha..."
Regarding Gu Qingfeng's displeasure, the old monk didn't say anything.
"Okay, you always rest first."
Gu Qingfeng didn't bother to ask any more questions, but when he was about to leave, the old monk's voice came.
"Gu Layman, can I ask one more question?"
"ask."
"You just said that Yun Nishang left you that painting?"
"That's right."
For some reason, the old monk suddenly sighed, and after a long time, he said: "So, the ancient layman has decided to embark on the path of cause and effect."
"That's right."
After Gu Qingfeng's words fell, the old monk sighed again, and said: "Gu layman, the sea of suffering is boundless, the only way to turn back is to see the shore."
"Then what."
Gu Qingfeng was not in a hurry, and listened with great interest.
"The old monk still clearly remembers that what the ancient layman wanted to do most was to be carefree and happy for a lifetime. Besides, the ancient layman had also cultivated a state of great freedom, doing whatever he wanted and not being troubled by demons. Why didn't he live freely in the world? cause and effect."
Hearing this, Gu Qingfeng was quite dumbfounded, and said: "Old monk, I suddenly found a problem. Every time I asked about cause and effect, you would avoid it. It was like this before. After the catastrophe, when I woke up, you not only avoided it, but also avoided it. I have also persuaded you many times, why do I feel that you don't seem to want me to explore cause and effect."
"Karma is a road of no return. There is only a sea of suffering at the end, and there is nothing else. I don't want to watch the ancient layman fall into the sea of suffering... Besides, after you explore many karma, you will find that it is not the karma you want. It's the cause and effect you gave up from the beginning..."