The Thousand Buddha Temple is located deep in the Zhengfo Mountain and is quite famous in Jiaozhi, especially within a few hundred miles. The Thousand Buddha Temple has become a holy place in the eyes of all are two theories about the origin of the name Thousand Buddha Temple. One theory is that it is because there are so many Buddha statues in the temple, reportedly as many as thousands, in various shapes and lifelike. Another saying is that the monks in the Thousand Buddha Temple have great accomplishments and recite Mahayana Buddhist scriptures. From ancient times to the present, a total of one thousand people have left their relics and cast golden bodies into Buddhas, hence the name Thousand Buddha Temple. Compared to these legends, what the locals talk about most is the longevity of the monks in Thousand Buddha Temple. It is said that the abbot of Thousand Buddha Temple, Monk Fayin, is nearly two hundred years old, and many centenarians have seen the eminent monk when they were young. When these former children grew old, Monk Fain still looked the same as in their childhood memories. He seemed to have avoided the ruthless knife of time, and no matter how much time passed, it could not leave the slightest trace on him. Perhaps it is because they have witnessed the immortality of Monk Fa Yin that the nearby residents are so pious. Yin Xiu and his colleagues have found Buddhist scriptures, printed copies, and statues from the Thousand Buddha Temple in the homes of several farmers. Just like in other places, even with the blessed items from the Thousand Buddha Temple for self-defense, they still couldn't escape the jaws of the zombies.
"Form is emptiness, emptiness is form, brother, what does this mean?" Bai Kongque spoke with a southwestern accent, reciting words from the Buddhist scriptures in a half-Mandarin and half-dialect style. He quickly came up to Yin Xiu and stood shoulder to shoulder with him. Yin Xiu smelled the elegant scent of White Peacock, and being so close to her, with her high bun rubbing against her chin, she could only feel an itchy feeling on her face. "Form is emptiness, that is..." Catching a glimpse of Ma Xiaoyu looking over here from the corner of his eye, Yin Xiu quickly took a step back and put some distance between himself and the white peacock. "Form is emptiness, which means people should be upright and have ambitions, and not think about weird things all day long." "is it?" The white peacock was obviously a little disappointed. After noticing Ma Xiaoyu's gaze, he could only throw the Buddhist scriptures on the ground. "It's useless. No matter how many principles and Buddhist verses you preach, you will still be bitten by zombies in the end, right?" Ma Xiaoyu didn't respond, but just glanced at Yin Xiu, "Why, you don't want to be a Taoist priest, but want to be a monk?" "Who do you think I am?" Yin Xiu waved his hand and said, "Why would you be a monk if you don't want to be a good Taoist priest? And how could I betray my master?" Ma Xiaoyu rolled her eyes, "So are you going to imitate those great monks and teach the scriptures to the female donors?" When she said this, Yin Xiu and Bai Kongque were choked and didn't know how to respond for a moment. After a moment of silence, White Peacock finally whispered, "Sister, what do you mean by this sentence?" "Miss?" Ma Xiaoyu was obviously at a loss for words regarding this title and didn't know what expression to use. After taking a deep breath, she explained to the two of them: "Emptiness is color, color is emptiness, and there are two more sentences before it, which are color is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color. In fact, the corresponding terms can also be found in the Tao Te Ching, namely [existence] and [non-existence].
Emptiness is imperceptible; it is the essence and origin. Color is perceptible, it is the appearance and the surface. Appearance and essence can actually be transformed into each other and are the inside and outside of each other. This is true for everything in the world. There is not only one side or one form. " "..." The white peacock blinked its watery eyes and glanced secretly at Yin Xiu. Yin Xiu just folded his hands, as if he had understood what Ma Xiaoyu said, and nodded lightly. "Wonderful! Wonderful!" There was a sudden sound outside the window. Yin Xiu's face changed. He immediately grabbed a vase with one hand, reached out of the window with the other hand, grabbed a fat man by the collar and pulled him over. "Are you a human or a zombie?" "I, I'm a human." The fat man was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. "How can a zombie walking on the road in broad daylight talk?" "That too." Yin Xiu handed the vase to Bai Kongque. Then he asked him, "Then why are you here in broad daylight? Aren't you afraid of running into zombies at night?" "I'm afraid. That's why I go out during the day." The fat man said in a trembling voice. Ma Xiaoyu was listening to the two of them guessing a riddle, they talked about yours and I asked mine, and she couldn't stand it anymore and slapped Yin Xiu on the shoulder. "Were you confused by that Buddhist scripture just now?" Yin Xiu felt pain, and his thoughts finally came to his senses. Just now, he was really confused. Letting go of the fat man, Yin Xiu pointed to the door and said, "Come in, the door is not locked." "it is good." The fat man walked in through the big hole next to the door. After looking at the three people curiously, the fat man seemed to have finally lost his strength and sat down on the ground. "Phew, I was so scared. I thought I ran into bandits." "Bandits?" Yin Xiu glanced at him and said, "How can there be such kind-hearted bandits like us?" benign countenance? The fat man glanced at Yin Xiu secretly, then at the white peacock who had his hand on the dagger, and could only agree: "You are right, now the bandits have been eaten by zombies, where are the bandits coming from?"
"Are you from this village?" Yin Xiu didn't waste time talking to him. "I'm a little further ahead, from Liu Village. This side is Song Village." The fat man skillfully named the two locations and seemed to have made a random judgment. "I don't think you three are bad people, and I have nothing to hide. In fact, I am not alone." "You really are a zombie!" The white peacock quickly drew out his scimitar, and the fat man was so scared that he turned around and ran away. Yin Xiu grabbed him and gave Ma Xiaoyu a look, indicating that Bai Kongque might have also fainted. So Ma Xiaoyu smiled and reached out to pinch the white peacock's thigh hard. what…… The white peacock was in so much pain that it bent over and rolled its eyes. It took her a while to recover. She looked at Ma Xiaoyu angrily and said, "My sister couldn't resist because of this move of yours?" "more or less." Ma Xiaoyu wiped her hands and asked, "How is it? Are you feeling better now?" The white peacock pressed his chest to suppress his rapid breathing, and the blush on his face disappeared. Then she nodded and said, "It's, it's okay." "There's no need to use so much force." Yin Xiu shook her head. "I think so too." The fat man was stunned. "none of your business." Yin Xiu shook him and said, "You just said you are not a human, what do you mean? Are you a demon?" The fat man now only regretted that he had let the cat out of the bag and told them everything. It is true that they are not bad people, but they all look crazy and are probably not good people. Seeing the situation was like this, it was impossible to hide it anymore, so he could only sigh and say, "My name is Qi Liang Jin. My parents gave me this name because they hope that I will be rich and powerful in the future. Therefore, the villagers also call me Qi Liang Jin." "You look like a rich man." Yoon-soo lets him go. "Maybe before, but not now." The fat man sighed, "Once the zombies came, everything was ruined. I haven't had a single drop of oil in a few days." Yin Xiu smiled, "Don't worry, even if you don't eat for ten days or half a month, you won't starve to death just by drinking water." The fat man tucked in his stomach embarrassedly, and then said, "When I said I was not alone, I actually meant that I had some companions."
He pointed behind the forest and said, "There are more than twenty survivors from several nearby villages. We plan to go to the Thousand Buddha Temple." "Thousand Buddha Temple?" "Yes." The fat man explained, "Some people say that the monks at the Thousand Buddha Temple have great magical powers, and zombies don't dare to cause trouble there, so it's very safe, and people from nearby villages have all gone there." "Oh, a bunch of bald donkeys, what do you know about catching..." Before he could finish his words, Yin Xiu gave him a look, and Bai Kongque immediately swallowed the second half of the sentence and just smiled. "We just happened to be looking for a place to take shelter!" Yin Xiu was very happy. "According to what you said, the Thousand Buddha Temple is indeed a good place, and the monks are kind and compassionate. They will definitely help us, right?" "Of course." The fat man put his hands together and said respectfully, "Abbot Fa Yin has always been compassionate and often gives medicine and prays for the nearby villagers. Now is a time of crisis, he will definitely take us in." "That's great!" Yin Xiu urged him, "When are we going to set off? It's getting dark now." The fat man glanced at the sky. It gets dark later during daylight saving time, but it was noon now and the sun was still hanging directly above his head. "It will take a while. We are still dozens of miles away from Bodhi Mountain where the Thousand Buddha Temple is located. We will probably reach the foot of the mountain in the evening. However, climbing the mountain at night is very dangerous, so we probably went up the mountain to the Thousand Buddha Temple the next day. So I want to find something to eat here first and prepare some dry food for another day." "Is going up the mountain more dangerous than encountering zombies?" Yin Xiu asked him back. The fat man was stunned for a moment when asked this question, then he slapped his head and said, "Yes! It seems to be true." "As long as you know it's right." Yin Xiu took out a pack of biscuits from his pocket. "Here, this is what we just found here. This is probably all the food we have. Let's go. Don't delay any longer." The fat man looked at the biscuits in his hand and couldn't help feeling puzzled for a moment as to why a farmer would choose biscuits instead of something like pancakes. But he didn't have time to think too much, as Yin Xiu half pushed him and walked towards the woods. "Miss..." The white peacock whispered, "Why don't we go by ourselves?" "go alone?" "Yes, just go by yourself." The white peacock nodded his chin towards them and said, "If we go by ourselves, we will probably reach the Thousand Buddha Temple before the sun sets. Why would we bring them along and burden ourselves?" "That's because you have little experience in the world." Ma Xiaoyu said with a smile.
"you……" The white peacock was quite unconvinced, but when she met Ma Xiaoyu's eyes, she couldn't help but feel a little timid. So I could only ask, "Sister, what is the reason for this?" "Have you ever bought fish in the market?" Ma Xiaoyu asked her. "Of course I have. Carp, crucian carp, black carp, long or short, wide or narrow, with many bones or without bones. I have bought them all." "That'll be easy." Ma Xiaoyu blinked her eyes. "Can you tell the difference between crucian carp and carp?" "Of course, I eat it often." "What if they were mixed in a basin, with one or two crucian carps among a bunch of carps, crowded together, swimming together, blowing bubbles together, could you recognize them quickly?" The white peacock hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head and said, "It depends on the number. If they are all in the basin, you have to reach out and scoop them up carefully, otherwise there will always be fish that slip through the net." "Fortunately, you are not a stubborn person." Ma Xiaoyu said with satisfaction: "I will teach you a little more, so that you will not call me sister in vain. Three people will be too conspicuous, but among 20 or 30 people, it is nothing. Therefore, if we just pretend to take refuge in the mountains, the risk of being targeted and the probability of being noticed will be much smaller, which is very beneficial to us. " However, the white peacock was still worried: "But my sister and I are so beautiful and good-looking, and my brother is really tall and handsome. Wherever we go, we are a perfect couple made in heaven. How can we not attract attention and be recognized in the vast crowd?" "Where did you learn these idioms?" Ma Xiaoyu was quite speechless and asked another question that she had always been concerned about. "And why did you suddenly call me Big Sister? Obviously I'm only older than you, no, I'm only one or two years older than you, right?" This is the issue that Ma Xiaoyu cares about most. It is much more important than discussing the level of her Taoist skills or whether her Taoist tradition is pure. It is a century-old issue that all women in the world care about. Therefore, the look in her eyes when she looked at the white peacock was faintly murderous. However, the white peacock was unaware of this, his cheeks just flushed, he put a finger on his chin, and said embarrassedly: "There must be a first come first served, we Miao people are not particular about trivial matters, but what we care about most in our village is respect and hierarchy, and because of this, we can be united and live in harmony with our brothers. You came first, so I have to call you elder sister. I came later, so naturally I have to suffer a little and have to be the younger one. But don't worry, big sister. I am very content. There are seven days in a week, and it is enough for me to have only three days. And I won't compete with you for the first and fifteenth of every month. But I think my brother is a trendy, bold and avant-garde person, so we sisters may have some nights where we need to be frank with each other. I don’t mind helping out, and those nights can be counted as mine, hahahaha…” The more she spoke, the more embarrassed she became. Finally, she buried her face in her hands. She felt her palms and face getting hot. However, when she turned around again, expecting Ma Xiaoyu to show her sisterly love, Ma Xiaoyu had already walked away and did not hear her affectionate confession at all. Ma Xiaoyu was originally waiting for the white peacock's answer very seriously and solemnly. However, before Yin Xiu reached the woods, something happened there. I saw a barefoot woman with disheveled hair, holding a child of five or six years old, running out in a panic.
Halfway through the run, she ran out of energy and collapsed to the ground. "Save, save my child..." (End of this chapter)