Chapter 7 Chapter 07

Tang Xuanzang returned to the hut. The fish is still in the tank. "The ground is so wet, you must be naughty!" Xuanzang said to Xiao Bailong with a smile. Xiao Bailong wagged his tail and smiled, she found that she was willing to be a fish, as long as she could stay by his side. Since Xuanzang fought against Tianyang and refused Faming's instruction, he seemed to be more and more lonely in the monastery. All the monks smiled strangely when they saw him, and Faming ignored him , No one called him when he lectured on the scriptures.When everyone was chanting in the hall, Xuanzang swept the fallen leaves in the empty square by himself, and put each dead leaf back to the root of the tree.Or he was lying on the ground alone, others thought he was sleeping, but Xiao Bailong knew that he was looking at the sky, and he could see it for more than an hour.In the evening, he returned to the dilapidated house where he lived alone, lit a weak oil lamp and wrote something.He became more and more silent, talked less and less with Xiaobailong and flowers and plants, his sky-like smile gradually disappeared, and as time went by, something gradually climbed up between his brows, he couldn't help No matter how sweeping the fallen leaves, he no longer looks at the sky, he just sits there all day thinking and thinking.

He was very distressed, Xiao Bailong thought, there must be something he couldn't figure out, but she didn't know what he was thinking, she had been with him for so long, but she couldn't understand his heart more and more, what was in the heart?Xiao Bailong vowed to figure it out.Sometimes when he was writing under the lamp and she was jumping around in the water tank, Xuanzang used to smile at her, but now he ignored her. He didn't mention sending her home, and she didn't want him to. On that day, several monks sat down under the tree to talk. A man named Xuansheng said: "I think this Buddha is like a big tree in front of the courtyard, with thousands of branches and thousands of leaves, which cannot be separated from its roots."

Another person named Xuan Qi said: "I also have a comparison. I look at this Buddha like an ancient well in the courtyard. It shines on it all the time, and I can reflect on my heart." All the monks around said: "What the two senior brothers said is wonderful, and it really shows the essence of Buddhism." Those two looked quite complacent, but seeing Xuanzang sitting alone, they ignored him. Xuan Qi called out, "Xuan Zang, what do you think of what we said?" Xuanzang didn't turn his head back, and said with a smile, "If it were me, I would cut down that tree, fill up that well, and let you die!"

Xuan Sheng and Xuan Qi all jumped up: "What a ruthless monk, can't you see that we have learned the profound truth?" Xuanzang laughed loudly and said, "If you really get the profound meaning, where are the trees and wells?" "Hmph! Then what do you think Buddha is?" "Is there a Buddha? Where is it? Grab one and let me see it!" Xuanzang said. "Vulgar things! The Buddha is in the heart, how to catch it." "The Buddha is in the heart, why do you say it? How about farting!" Xuan Qi was furious and scolded: "You bastard! You speak nonsense and insult the Dharma! No wonder the Buddha wanted you to come floating up the river. You don't know your name or your parents!"

As soon as these words came out, Xuanzang's face changed drastically, turning as white as paper. Xuan Qi knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, and everyone scattered when they saw it. Xuanzang was the only one left in the square. The wind blew a few dead leaves to his feet, and a lone goose in the sky screamed a few times, startling the western sky like a bloody sunset. "Who... who gave birth to me? Why did you give birth to me?" Xuanzang murmured, "He brought me here, but didn't show me the way... why, why!" He raised his head and asked the sky loudly, but the sky was silent, only a tear fell down his mouth.

Xuanzang returned to the hut, and Xiao Bailong was stealing his scrolls in the room. Seeing him coming, he quickly turned around and turned into a carp in the water tank. Xuanzang was stunned in the room for a while, then suddenly started to pack his things. Xiao Bailong watched him pack a bundle and came to the water tank again. "Let's go, I'll take you home," Xuanzang said. Xuanzang wanted to leave the temple, and Faming could not stop him, he just sighed: "You are born lonely, in the future, you should keep the Buddha in your heart, so as to always bless you."

"Master, I have been thinking that everything in the world comes from the sky, but where does this ignorance come from? Everything in the world returns to the sky. What is the purpose of that person coming to the world?" "This...in fact, I will tell you the truth as a teacher. If you can explain clearly, you don't have to practice hard for the teacher for many years." "Master, I'm taking my leave. This disciple is going to take a long journey." Fa Ming said, "Master, I understand your thoughts, so take care." Sing a verse at the moment: The Tao and the Dharma cannot be taught, and there is nothing to ask about the heart. The enlightened one will become the heaven and the earth, and the emptiness will come from it.

"Disciple, keep it in mind." Xuanzang bowed to Elder Faming three more times, got up, held the alms bowl containing the golden carp, and turned away. At that time, the world was solemn, with boundless fallen leaves rustling down, the sound of the wind, the rustling of the grass, the sound of the tide, and the singing of birds, it seemed that the world was suddenly filled with various sounds, as if there were countless voices talking. No. This is the beginning of a great journey. Xuanzang held the bowl by the riverside and said, "That's where I came from back then."

The river was filled with white mist, and the strong wind rolled up his clothes. He seemed to be talking to Xiao Bailong, and he seemed to be talking to himself. "All things are born sacred, every plant and tree is always about love, you also have your home, your freedom, I can no longer keep you, you go." He put the golden carp into the river, the fish circled a few times, but did not leave. "Do you also have friendship? I understand, let's go." Xuanzang said. Xiao Bailong suddenly felt that she was going to cry. These days she didn't say a word, just listened to the monk, watched the monk read, swept the floor, watched the monk's frowning when he was thinking, and saw the peaceful face of the monk when he fell asleep.She felt that she couldn't live without these, there was no such person in Dragon Palace, there was no such person in Wanli East China Sea, and there was only one such person in the vast world.

She really wants to say goodbye to him like this? "Meeting is all due to fate, don't force it if the fate is exhausted, I am going to the sky, and you can't follow me, so go." The monk advised her. Xiao Bailong suddenly had an impulse, he wanted to show his real body, tell the monk all this, and then accompany him to travel all over the world. But in the end she didn't. She shook her head and swam to the sea. In the water, a crystal pearl slowly sank to the bottom of the river. Everything will pass away, only memories will remain.And is the memory real or illusory?It can't be touched or seen, but it is so heavily engraved in my heart.

It might be Xiaobailong, maybe Zhu Bajie, maybe Ayao, maybe everyone who thinks like this.When Xiao Bailong felt the silent and extremely slow flow of water at the bottom of Yingshoujian, she knew that time was passing.But her memories are always vivid, and everything seems to be a long time ago. "The sea water is red, and the Dragon Palace is dark. I abandoned my body, my flesh and blood, so that the Heavenly Emperor would get nothing. "I discarded everything he wanted, leaving only my pure and quiet soul for the one I love." It's strange that when the sword was wiped on the neck, the thinking at that moment was clearly remembered.Xiao Bailong watched his own blood slowly and beautifully melt in the sea water, and saw his father's trembling face full of tears.There is no sound, no pain, only that momentary thought: "It turns out that life is so short. It turns out that when you find what you love, you should pursue it desperately. Because life will end at any time, destiny is the sea, when you can swim , you have to swim to your love, because you don't know what will come and sweep away all hopes and dreams." Holding the Dingyan Pearl in his mouth, the little white dragon swims against the current, towards the swaying light on the distant sea surface, swims, swims...