No abstraction, no cultivation

Chapter 21 Same

It is very unclassy for an immortal to show off in front of a monk.

So what will happen if a Mahayana monk encounters a pretentious Buddha?
You have Buddha, and I have a Mahayana master!

It’s good to have a backer.jpg.

Am I being too servile by doing this?

Xu Shun felt like someone who was showing off his power by relying on the blue fat man.

"Master, there is..." Xu Shun ran to Master Lan to complain. As he was speaking, he suddenly saw a golden light rising into the sky in front of him.

The golden light almost illuminated the entire ferry.

This golden light is different from ordinary sunlight. It has dots of swastikas in it, which is soft yet bright, full of compassion and wisdom.

Under the shining of Buddha's light, everything in the world seems to be given new life. Even the hardest rocks seem to become soft, and the coldest hearts feel warm.

Some fishes jumped out of the water, as if they wanted to bathe in the Buddha's light.

A golden carp jumped into the air and turned into a golden dragon in the air. It flew into the Buddha's light and danced beside a Buddha in the Buddha's light.

The Buddha with a big belly, a constant smile on his face, looking down at all living beings, is none other than Maitreya Buddha.

Whether it was the frequent boatmen or the occasional travelers passing by, they all stopped and looked at this dreamlike scene.

If this is not a living Buddha, then what is a living Buddha?

"The bald donkeys from the Future Sect?" Taoist Lan looked at the Maitreya Buddha in the Buddha's light and wondered to himself, "What are they doing here?"

"Master, do you know them?" Xu Shun asked.

Future Sect? Maitreya Buddha?
"A bunch of weirdos!" Lan Daoren said, "They keep shouting, 'The future is here! The future is here!'"

Seeing the future, why not BUY?

BUY, BUY!
"Master, they want to search me? This is outrageous." Xu Shun said angrily.

In his previous life, he was a law-abiding man and had never been searched.

The police didn't search me, so why should you, a bald ass, search me?

"With their level of cultivation, it's rare for them to treat ordinary people in a friendly manner." said Lan Dao Ren.

"Ah? So I have to thank him for the body search?" Xu Shun was a little confused.

What's wrong with having some cultivation?
If you have cultivation, you can do whatever you want?
Taoist Lan glanced at Xu Shun and said, "They released the Buddha's light in the middle of the night to facilitate the merchants. They were very polite just to search them!"

"They are too overbearing." Xu Shun still felt that such behavior was too overbearing.

"Disciple, not everyone is like this to me." Taoist Lan felt that Xu Shun was a little strange today.

He continued with a smile, "You don't want me to teach them a lesson, do you?"

Xu Shun really thought so.

He felt that Master Lan would definitely not tolerate what these bald donkeys did.

Unexpectedly, in Lan Daoren's eyes, these people were not excessive.

Lan Daoren has seen worse things.

"That's other people's business, don't meddle in it!" said Taoist Lan.

"Master, shouldn't we stand up for injustice, punish evil and promote good, and eliminate violence and protect the good?" Xu Shun asked.

"I didn't expect that your moral standards are so high?" It was the first time that Taoist Lan discovered this about Xu Shun.

He usually found Xu Shun to be kind and polite to others.

Like what happened today, which seemed like a trivial matter to him, Xu Shun found it hard to accept.

There are many cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation, and naturally there are all kinds of people, including quite a few who are mysterious like the Future Sect.

The Future Sect did not block the entire river, which did not make Lan Dao Ren feel it was excessive.

Moreover, they were searching for Buddhist treasures, so there was a reason for that and it was not without reason.

If Lan Dao had to do it himself, there wouldn't be a better solution.

"Punish the good and promote the evil? What is good? What is evil?" Lan Dao Ren asked back: "In the eyes of most people, those who are good to me are good, and those who are not good to me are evil."

"A good person may turn into a bad person in a moment." "Behind the scenes of bad people, good things may happen."

"Killing one person may kill more people."

"It's hard to determine good and evil. It's not our business."

"Once... Never mind, I won't talk about it anymore."

Xu Shun looked at Taoist Lan who kept talking and then stopped talking, and once again understood what an immortal or a cultivator was.

"I don't know how to enjoy life, nor do I know how to hate death; I am not happy to be born, and I don't refuse to die; I leave without restraint, and come back freely."

These are the immortals that Lan Dao talks about. He is such a person.

The purpose of monks is not to punish the good and promote the evil, or to eliminate violence and maintain peace.

Some monks do this simply because they want to.

And Lan Daoren is obviously a person who doesn't like to cause trouble and has his own code of conduct.

He is the same as those monks who do evil and those monks who do good.

They all do what they want to do according to their own wishes.

"Master, so you are like this." Xu Shun murmured to himself.

"?"

Lan Daoren didn't know what image Xu Shun had of him. He said frankly, "I have always been like this, without hiding anything."

Lan Daoren is frank, unconcealed, does his own thing and never cares about other people's opinions.

As they were talking, the captain Jiang Che pulled the boat to the dock.

Two yellow-robed monks were waiting by the dock.

They were here to check out the passing ships.

"Two Buddhist masters, we are here from Taisha Town!" Jiang Che pulled the boat closer and shouted as soon as he saw the two monks.

"We all understand the Buddha's rules. Please come this way, Buddha." Jiang Che invited the two monks onto the boat.

The two monks, Qingxin and Qingming, boarded the boat with a little impatience.

No one would be impatient if they were assigned to send a boat at night.

He was originally practicing in the mountains, but somehow he followed his master here and blocked the road and searched the boat.

The ships being searched occasionally have complaints, but how can those who are searching others not have complaints?
It would be great to have some time to chant sutras and practice, but unfortunately, I cannot disobey the master's orders.

"I got it!" Qingxin said. As soon as he got on the boat, he saw Xu Shun and Lan Dao Ren.

"you"

Xu Shun is just a mere idiot.

In their eyes, the fat man with his chest exposed was in front of them and yet not in front of them.

Inscrutable.

They immediately realized that it was a master.

"I wonder which senior is here?" Qingxin asked Lan Dao Ren cautiously.

"We are just passing by. Please let us pass and we can live in peace." Taoist Lan looked at the two yellow-robed monks and said without turning his head.

"Since the senior has spoken, I will obey." Qingxin looked at Taoist Lan and said respectfully.

His cultivation was only at the Dragon-Tiger Realm. He secretly used his "Buddha's Heart" to feel Lan Dao Ren, but felt nothing.

It’s confirmed that this is someone I can’t afford to offend.

"It is really rude to disturb you, senior. I will take my leave now!" Qingxin gave Qingming a look, and the two left.

They want to go back to the temple and talk to the master.

A master appeared at the dock, possibly carrying Buddhist treasures.

　The three views conflict between time travelers and local people.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)