I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 1 Cat Wizard

"One day you wake up in a familiar bed and see a familiar house, but you don't feel like this is your home."

"This isn't even modern, it's ancient."

“But you are very, very familiar with this place.”

"You repeatedly recall what happened yesterday, but find that you have two different memories."

"In both of these memories, you are dead."

"Are you sure you must have traveled through time? Because your memories have merged with this body, you are very familiar with this place."

"But why does this body's name have the same pronunciation as yours?!"

"Even their appearance is almost identical."

"His name is Roland, and yours is Roland too. But he just turned sixteen this year."

"Did I travel to a parallel world and enter my body, or was everything I once was just a dream?"

“Zhuang Zhou dreamed of being a butterfly. Who knows whether he is a butterfly or not?”

This is a hunter's cabin on the mountain. There is a bed, a mat, a desk and a bookcase in the room.

Sitting at the desk was a tall and handsome young man.

The young man had black hair and brown eyes. In this world, people with this hair color were rare, but there were some.

After talking to himself for a while, he picked up a book on the table and got down to work.

He was currently an apprentice to a wizard. If he failed to advance to the lower apprenticeship today, he would be made into "human medicine" by his mentor and fed to his pet.

The name of the book was "Alayeh's Notebook." Roland quickly got into the mood and read with great concentration.

"This book is the cultivation method bestowed upon me by my predecessor's mentor. As long as I follow the text in this book and visualize the 'Foolish Buddha of Alayaya', I will gradually realize the great Dao."

There should be no concepts like Buddha and Taoism in this world.

At least in Roland's previous incarnation's memory, there was no such god.

However, because Alaya, the god of ignorance, is a kind and savior of all gods, he is the ancestor of all gods.

In addition, the many good gods under his seat often listened to him telling the truth, so after reading this part, Roland casually called this great god who liked to preach and teach as "Alaya Foolish Buddha".

Roland thought to himself, "My predecessor has been practicing according to the contents of this book for three months. In ten days, perhaps I can break through the bottleneck and enter the realm of a low-level wizard apprentice."
"But I only have one day left."

Today is Roland's first day since traveling through time, and it may also be the last day of his life.

According to his memory, if he fails to meet the requirements of his mentor and be promoted to a low-level apprentice tonight, he will surely die.

After coming back to his senses, Roland turned the page of the book in his hand.

The content of this page is an interesting story that happened when the "Foolish Buddha Alaya" was just born.

Roland read it carefully and saw that it said:

【Once upon a time, there was a small town called Valeria.】

[In the small town, there is a castle called Valeria.]

[The town has a population of 3,000. In the castle lives a baron with exceptional swordsmanship and a steward who knows a little bit of magic.]

[He's more like the Baron's best friend than a butler. They spend their days together exploring the forest for treasures.]

[Three months ago, the two led a team to visit the 'Yellow-Brown Fern Forest'. After returning, the housekeeper suddenly went crazy.

After the butler came back, he said some nonsense, then took away the treasure found during the exploration that night and ran away.

Baron Hall, in a rage, found the butler's son.

He said, "I no longer have any affection for your father."

He added, "There is no reason for me to protect you as a lord."

Then he explained his true purpose: "That 'Cat Wizard' has been eyeing you for a long time. Today is the third time she's asked me to become her student. If I agree, she'll help me find the 'Holy Grail' I've been searching for in the Fern Forest."

It turns out that a wizard has recently come to the small town of Valeria.

Unlike the half-baked butler, that wizard was a real wizard.

If you can learn from this great wizard, you will definitely have a bright future.

But the rumors about this wizard are very terrifying.

According to legend, it is more than two people tall, with eyes like lanterns, but it likes to climb around on walls and trees like a cat.

Therefore, everyone called this wizard the 'Cat Wizard'.

In order to prevent it from eating people, Baron Hall offered it two sheep every day.

Beside the cat wizard, there is a troll with a green face and fangs. According to rumors, the troll and the cat wizard are about the same size.

Recently, the troll fell ill and needed "human medicine." And the wizard also said that he wanted to take an apprentice.

The fools in the town all spread the rumor that the wizard was not looking for an apprentice, but was looking for suitable "human medicine" to cure his pets.

This rumor is true.

The baron added, "In fact, if you hadn't followed me since childhood and served as my 'sword attendant' for so long, I would have sent you there yesterday and I would still be hesitant."

The Baron did not lie. He was indeed still struggling with how to deal with this kid.

Because, although he and the housekeeper no longer have any feelings for each other, he still has feelings for this kid.

Moreover, the two of them have a deep affection for each other.

In this world, lords usually look for talented children or children from their relatives to serve as their 'knight squires' - they are responsible for training them.

But few lords would accept sword-bearing servants.

Because 'holding a sword' means holding power.

Generally, only lords who have no male offspring and possess special skills will recruit sword-wielding servants and pass on everything they have.

Sword-bearing squires were usually the lord's adopted sons. The baron added, "You've been loyal for four years. My wife treats you like a son, and my daughter like a brother. I've considered this for a long time, and I've decided to give you a chance to choose."

The butler's son was raised as an adopted son by Baron Hall - it was very strange to raise the butler's son as an adopted son.

There must be something unknown about it.

Many people believe that the butler's son is actually the baron's illegitimate son.

The son of the housekeeper has always suspected that he is the illegitimate son of Baron Hall.

But today, what Baron Hall said next made him feel that there was probably no blood relationship between him and the baron.

Because the baron asked him to replace his butler father and follow the baron to continue exploring the 'yellow-brown fern forest'.

The boy had never been to the Fern Forest, but he had heard many terrible rumors about it.

But the baron thought that it would be fine for the boy to follow him.

Moreover, the baron was very sure that this boy could serve as a guide for the team in the yellow-brown fern forest, just like his butler father.

In other words, the baron believed that as long as the young man was in the team, the team would be able to successfully get out of the yellow-brown fern forest.

The baron told the boy very frankly about the dangers of exploring the yellow-brown fern forest.

Over the years, even though the old butler always accompanied the expedition and showed the way back, people still often died in the fern forest. And many, like the butler, went mad after returning.

The baron also patiently told the boy that he would definitely bring him back alive.

——Many people came back alive. So, this is definitely not an option to die.

Therefore, the boy's life is safe.

Finally, the Baron painted a big pie in the sky, and given his character, he would definitely fulfill his promise later.

Baron Hall was known for his generosity. Not only did his expeditions earn generous rewards, but he also shared all the treasures he found with the adventurers.

The Baron wants no treasures.

He explored the fern forest again and again with only two purposes.

One is to see the legendary 'Fern God'.

One is to borrow the legendary "Yellow-brown Holy Grail" from the ruins of the Fern God.

The biggest function of the yellow-brown Holy Grail is to make potions.

The Baron's wife is seriously ill and needs magic potion.

Baron Hall has devoted all his energy over the years to curing his wife's illness and fulfilling his promise to her: to travel around the world together.

If anyone can help Baron Hall realize this wish, the Baron will give everything he has.

If this person is his adopted son, the baron will definitely marry his daughter to him and find a way to give him the territory as a dowry.

The above content suddenly gave Roland a very bad feeling: "Isn't this the story of Alayeh's birth? Why is it like this?!"

With cold sweat on his face, he continued to flip through the pages and saw the following words:

[On one side, it was given to the cat wizard to be used as medicine. ]

[On one hand, I want to save the Baroness who treats me like her own son. And after that, I want to inherit everything that belongs to the Baron.]

[Faced with such a choice, the boy should have chosen to save the Baroness without hesitation.]

But I don't know what the crazy butler told his son. The young man would rather die than set foot in the yellow-brown fern forest.

The baron was very disappointed. He locked the boy in a room in the castle and then left.

[That night, the terrible 'cat wizard' crawled along the castle and into the boy's room.

After crawling into the room, the 'Cat Wizard' kept wiping his saliva, constantly resisting the urge to eat him immediately, and took the sleeping boy away.

[However, the boy was not destined to die, because after examining his body, the 'Wizard' suddenly changed his mind.]

[When the wizard first saw that boy, he predicted that he would be an excellent human medicine.]

[But she never expected that she would actually think about taking in an apprentice.

She said at the time: "Damn it! I actually found someone with the Seven Elements Qualification in a place like this!"

[The wizard was torn for a long time between the medicinal herbs and his apprentice.

Finally, she gave the boy a chance.

The wizard said: "You are a complete waste on the path of wizardry. It's good enough that you can be promoted to a low-level apprentice in this life. But you are a genius in magic! You can understand any spell at a glance and use it skillfully.

Of all the visualization methods I know of, only this "Notes on the Alayavijnana" is suitable for you. Practice it.

If you can enter the door of magic and become a low-level wizard apprentice within three months, I will find another way to deal with the medicinal materials."

【The three months are coming up quickly.】

On this last day, yesterday, the boy suddenly realized the method of visualization. When he woke up, the whole world was different.
Because he suddenly discovered that he was the god Alayeh.

—The above is the story of the birth of the Alaya God of Ignorance. Oh, or the 'Alaya Buddha of Ignorance' as you call him.]

So, venerable Alayavijnana Buddha, do you now understand the cause and effect of everything?

[——Today is the first day you wake up.]

You are still very weak, as weak as the sheep that the 'Cat Wizard' eats every day.

【Live hard and strive to enter the door of truth.】

With a bang, Roland closed the book in his hand.

"This book is called 'Alaya Notes'. It's a visualization method. As long as you follow the instructions and visualize the 'Alaya Foolish Buddha', you will gradually understand the great way."

Roland pursed his lips and said, sweating profusely, "According to my previous life's memories, the contents of the book should be obscure ancient divine language. The contents are all about the description of the 'Alaye God of Ignorance'.

——But why do all the descriptions of that ‘Foolish Buddha Alayetos’ seem to be about me in my eyes?!

(End of this chapter)