Thunder, lightning, strong wind, and heavy rain seemed to be whistling in my ears all the time, and my mind was so chaotic and muddled, it seemed that I couldn't tell who I was? It's just that in the severe pain, I feel a gust of wind and rain passing by, heading towards an unknown place.
There seemed to be someone talking beside him, the voice was quite unfamiliar, and it sounded a little anxious, and he could faintly hear: "There seems to be something wrong with him, please take a look?"
A cold hand swam over his body to check, and after a while he said in amazement: "Why is he injured so badly?"
The person next to him said angrily: "Nonsense, he is under the sword of Zhu Xian, do you think..."
He couldn't hear the words after that, because at this moment a wave of dizziness hit his head, and he almost passed out. In his confusion, he only vaguely felt that the sky was still roaring, and there were bursts of thunder.
The person beside him seemed to be taken aback, and checked quickly. The cold breath on his hand made him wake up for a moment, and he heard the person anxiously say: "Oops, his forehead is hot, I'm afraid he has a high fever..."
Did you still have a fever
This was Gui Li's last thought, after that, he passed out again, lost consciousness.
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A roar woke him up from unconsciousness. His first reaction was that he thought it was the thunder that exploded in the sky. It's just that somehow, although the person is somewhat awake, there is still darkness in front of him. He desperately wants to open his eyes to look around, but he is shocked to find that his eyelids are still closed and he cannot open them.
Then, a sharp pain came, not from his severely injured chest, but from his throat. He moved his mouth subconsciously, and called out hoarsely and slightly: "Water..."
There seemed to be no one around, only him lying helplessly on the ground alone, the thirst in his throat felt more and more intense, like a fire. His lips moved slightly, and the strength in his body moved slightly, and the consciousness in his mind seemed to be more awake.
"Ah!" Suddenly, a voice came from the side. This voice was different from usual, but it seemed to be familiar, and there was a bit of surprise in the tone of the voice, saying: "You are awake, brother, hurry up!" Come here, he's awake..."
There was a sudden silence around, and a moment later there was the sound of footsteps approaching quickly, walking in front of Ghost Li. Gui Li struggled to open his eyes again, but for some reason, this time, all the strength in his body disappeared completely, and he could only vaguely see two figures squatting beside him, and behind the figures, there seemed to be It was dark and there were a few shadows. As for the faces of these people, he could not clearly see any of them.
"Water..." he whispered again.
This time, the people around understood.
"Quick, get water, quick."
The footsteps were hasty, running back and forth, and after a while, someone came running, and then a cold hand raised his head carefully, and a thing like the rim of a bowl leaned against his lips.
The cool water touched his chapped lips, the muscles on Ghost Li's face moved, he opened his mouth with great effort, and drank the water in one gulp. The clear water entered the throat, like sweet springs sprinkled on the dry land, immediately relieving the burning pain.
Gui Li's heart relaxed, he felt tired immediately, and fell asleep again.
The people around were startled, and immediately someone came over to give Gui Li his pulse, after a while he breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "It's okay, he was seriously injured, he also had a fever, and his physical strength was exhausted. There is no danger of life.”
As soon as these words came out, the surrounding figures seemed to heave a sigh of relief, and then, it seemed that someone looked at Gui Li and sighed softly.
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I don't know how much time has passed since I fell asleep, during which Gui Li woke up several times, but he always fell asleep immediately after waking up for a moment, in his impression, he only remembered that there was always someone waiting by his side.
In a daze, he saw many people, his parents when he was young, the innocent and beautiful senior sister, the unforgettable Baguio, the indifferent Lu Xueqi, and many others, all flashing past in front of him one by one. He even felt that he saw Faxiang and brother Fashan from Tianyin Temple ten years ago, sitting beside him, chanting scriptures and chanting for him.
He smiled wryly at that time, but even he himself didn't know whether his wry smile could be expressed on his face, maybe it was just a dream after all.
It's like, this upside-down life is like a dream!
Why should you chant for me
What's the use of chanting
When Gui Li was awake for a moment, he thought quietly in his mind, and then he passed out again.
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"Boom... Boom... Boom... Boom..."
It was as if a deep bell echoed in the sky, and it came slowly, waking him up from a deep nightmare. The deep bell, from far to near, slowly, seemed to knock into the bottom of his heart.
For the first time, he didn't have the urge to open his eyes, and just lay there quietly, not thinking or caring, where he was and what world was outside him
In the vast world, at this moment, there are only low-pitched bells.
"Boom... Boom... Boom... Boom..."
The bell was melodious, as if it would never stop, it kept beating like this. He listened attentively, his breathing was gentle, and all his energy was absorbed into the gentle tone, and he never wanted to leave.
For a long time, it was the first time that he lay down so peacefully.
Does anyone know what kind of pain it is to bear so many burdens
It's just that this small world can't last long after all, a burst of footsteps came towards the place where he was, disrupting his train of thought.
The bell that was beating in his heart suddenly seemed to be far away from him, far away in the sky.
silence, sigh...
He slowly opened his eyes.
Buddha!
This was the first thing he saw.
A big "Buddha" character hangs high from the roof, surrounding the Buddha character, surrounded by a circle of golden patterns, and then along the periphery, five hundred statues of Arhats are carefully carved in circles, forming another large circle. All the arhats are all of the same size, but they have different expressions and shapes, and they are arranged in rows with incomparable uprightness. Then, on the outside of the big circle is a suspended ceiling with a blue background and black border, which is two feet higher than the middle circle with Buddha characters. There are unicorns, phoenixes, golden dragons, goats and other Buddhist auspicious animals, but these patterns are the same in every square.
Although he is not very good at carving buildings, but after just one glance, Gui Li knows that this is a supernatural handwriting. On the roof, in the inner circle surrounding the Buddha characters, there are two golden chains hanging down, and an ever-burning lamp hanging upside down. Looking from the bottom up, it looks like a copper basin about three feet in size, which is presumably filled with lamp oil. of.
Gui Li frowned, then turned his head and looked around, he saw that this place looks like a meditation room in a temple, the room is quite spacious, with big red-painted pillars at the four corners, blue bricks on the floor, the door is Made of paulownia wood, with a window on each side, also painted with red lacquer, it looks very solemn. On one side of the wall hangs a picture of Avalokitesvara holding a bottle of purified water and jade dew in his hand. Below is an incense table with four plates of offering fruits, namely pears, apples, oranges, and fragrant oranges; The copper stove, with three sticks of fine sandalwood on it, is emitting wisps of light smoke, floating in the air.
On the other side of the wall is where Ghost Li is. There is a wooden bed here, simple and solid, without any more decorations, presumably the monks don't care about such things, the room is also generally simple, except for the above-mentioned things, there is only a round table in the middle, surrounded by four A round stool. The whole table is black, and there are teapots and cups on the table, which are plain porcelain.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps had already reached the door, and the door of this meditation room creaked, and someone pushed it open from the outside, and a person walked in. Gui Li looked at him, couldn't help being startled for a moment, but it was a strange young monk he had never seen before, holding a wooden tray with a new kettle on it, he walked in but didn't ask Gui Li Looking from the side, he went directly to the table in the room and swapped the teapot on the table with the one on the wooden plate in his hand.
"Who... are you?" Gui Li asked, but after he had just said a word, he suddenly felt a pain in his throat, although it wasn't as intense as when he was unconscious last time, but it was still extremely uncomfortable, and his voice suddenly became hoarse down.
Even so, the little monk was taken aback, and he turned around immediately to see that in his haste, he almost knocked over the wooden plate in his hand.
"Ah! Are you awake?" The little monk seemed quite surprised, but his eyes were filled with joy, and he said with a smile, "Then wait a minute, I'll call the brothers and the others to come and see you immediately."
As he said that, he wanted to run out the door, Gui Li turned to his back and asked hoarsely: "Little Master, may I ask, where is this place?"
The little monk turned his head and smiled, with an innocent and delicate expression on his face, and said with a smile, "Here? Of course this is Tianyin Temple!"
Tianyin Temple!
Gui Li was stunned all of a sudden, as if struck by a thunderbolt. The little monk ran away all the way, presumably he was calling for someone, only Gui Li was left lying on the bed blankly, his heart was extremely confused.
Tianyin Temple…
His heart was full of surprises, but for some reason, there was another bitterness rising from the bottom of his heart.
Tianyin Temple... Tianyin Temple... Puzhi...
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Faint voices could be heard in the distance, and at the same time, several footsteps were walking towards the meditation room. Someone seemed to ask the young monk something in a low voice. The young monk was obviously young, innocent and lively, and kept answering with laughter.
Somehow, listening to those questions and answers, Gui Li was distracted for a moment, he didn't think about his current situation, and he didn't want to think about the past enmity, at this moment, he suddenly envied this ordinary little monk for no reason. With such an innocent and lively appearance like him, maybe he doesn't know that there is suffering and hatred in the world
Are we young and ignorant, but are we the happiest days in the past many years
The sound of footsteps stopped abruptly, just outside the door, someone said to the young monk: "You don't need to go in, why don't you go to the backyard and report to Master Abbot that the benefactor Zhang Xiaofan has woken up."
The little monk smiled and said, "That's fine. But senior brother Faxiang, you agreed to teach me to practice Dafan Prajna, so you can't go back on your word."
The person outside the door smiled and said: "Little guy, you are so greedy, go quickly, I promised you, naturally I won't go back on my word."
The little monk was obviously very happy, he laughed and jumped up and down. The wooden door opened, and there was a creaking sound, as if someone paused outside the door, took a deep breath, and then walked in.
Sure enough, it was Faxiang, and the tall monk Fashan was following behind him.
Dressed in a moon-white monk's robe, with a fair face and holding a rosary in his hand, his appearance seemed to have not changed at all in the past ten years. I saw him slowly walking towards the wooden bed where Gui Li was lying, when he came to the bed, his eyes met Gui Li's, the two of them were speechless.
The atmosphere in the room was a bit strange for a while, but after a while, Fa Xiang showed a smile on the corner of his mouth, folded his palms together and saluted Gui Li: "Benefactor Zhang, are you awake?"
The corners of Gui Li's eyes twitched, and suddenly he said coldly: "My surname is not Zhang, I forgot that name long ago."
Fa Xiang's face remained unchanged, he only looked at Gui Li, and after a while he said softly: "What name you use is of course up to you, but if you don't even want your surname, you can think of being worthy of having you and raising you. parents?"
Gui Li's expression changed, he snorted, but he didn't say anything, turned his head away, and didn't look at him anymore.
Fa Xiang didn't mean to blame him either, when he and Fa Shan looked at this monster who was cast aside by the righteous world, their eyes were full of kindness. Fashan moved two chairs from the round table behind him, put them beside the bed, and said in a low voice, "Brother, please sit down!"
Fa Xiang nodded, sat down on the chair, looked at Gui Li, and said, "How do you feel now?"
Gui Li didn't need him to ask, in fact, he had already secretly checked his body. The ribs that were severely injured and fractured in the chest had been completely connected, and now they were tied with thick bandages, obviously to help fix them. As for the many skins on the shoulders The wounds were also bandaged one by one. Although there was pain from time to time in the wound, there was a faint feeling of coolness. It was obvious that an excellent wound medicine was applied to the wound to have such a curative effect.
When Fa Xiang met, he didn't answer, nor was he angry. He smiled and said, "When you were in a coma, I have already connected the broken bones for you. The other skin injuries are not serious, but your internal organs have been severely injured, so you have to take care of it carefully." Being able to recover is thanks to your strong body, otherwise even a person with profound cultivation would be unavoidable under such a serious injury."
He paused for a moment, and then said: "My little brother told you just now! This is Tianyin Temple. Except for a few people in our temple, no one in the world knows you are here, so it is very safe. You As long as you are here to live and recuperate your wounds..."
Gui Li suddenly interrupted him, looked straight into his eyes, and said: "You guys saved me?"
The smile on Faxiang's face froze for a moment, as if hesitating, he turned his head and looked at Fashan. Fashan bowed his head and softly recited the Buddha's name.
Fa Xiang turned his face back, no longer hesitated, nodded, and said, "Yes."
Gui Li snorted and said: "Don't tell me you don't know, what will happen if Qing Yun Sect finds out about your actions like this?"
Fa Xiang said indifferently: "Of course I know."
Gui Li sneered and said, "Since that's the case, why did you come to rescue me, a demon cultist, behind your back?"
Fa Xiang glanced at him, but for some reason, there was something strange in his eyes.
Gui Li frowned and said, "What are you looking at?"
Fa Xiang smiled and said, "How do you know that I must have rescued you behind my back?"
Gui Li was startled, and said: "What?"
Faxiang said leisurely: "The leaders of Qingyunmen's seven veins were all extraordinary people back then, and each of them had something extraordinary. Zeng Shuchang, the leader of Fenghui Peak, was also one of them. We fought him that day, and if we want to entangle him, we cannot do it in a short time. Exposing my method, this level of skill, I think I can't do it."
Gui Li stared at Faxiang for a long time, Faxiang faced him frankly, without changing his smile. After a long time, Gui Li suddenly closed his eyes and no longer looked at the face.
Fa Xiang nodded and said, "You still need more rest because you are still seriously injured."
Gui Li closed his eyes, suddenly said: "Why did you save me?"
Fa Xiang was silent for a moment, then said flatly, "I can't answer this question for you."
Gui Li took a deep breath and said, "Why?"
Faxiang recited a Buddha's name in a low voice, and said, "You don't have to worry. After a few days, when you recover from your injuries, someone will tell you."
Gui Li opened his eyes, frowned and asked, "Who?"
The corner of Faxiang's mouth twitched, as if he hesitated for a while, but finally said: "It's okay to tell you, it's my benefactor, Master Puhong, the abbot of Tianyin Temple!"
Gui Li was stunned for a moment, after a while, he looked at Xiang Xiang's face, knew that he would not be able to ask any more questions, so he let out a sigh of relief, buried his head and lay down.
The melodious sound of a bell in the distance came faintly again.
"Boom... Boom... Boom... Boom..."