Chapter 31 Blind Turtle Driftwood
"So you also know the five-color jade." Yuankong said.
"Who doesn't know the legend of the five-color jade?" Huang Wenze smiled.
"I don't know much about the five-color jade, so I'll ask Judge Huang to answer the questions."
"The heaven-enhancing artifact, the five-color jade, commanding all demons, no one dares to refuse to obey. Have you heard of this sentence?" Huang Wenze said.
"What does this mean?"
"The meaning of these four sentences is that the five-color jade is a magic weapon. No matter what order is issued, the demon clans in the world must follow the orders. These sentences are widely circulated, and I believe they will not be wrong." Huang Wenze said.
"This five-color jade can enhance the demonic power, right?" Yuankong asked.
“That’s the legend.”
"Can the five-color jade benefit the human race?" Yuankong said again.
"The legend of the five-color jade has always been only related to the demon clan, but I have never heard of it having anything to do with the human clan." Huang Wenze shook his head and said.
"That's it, the abbot's senior brother was wrong." Yuankong looked up at the sky, and tears flashed in the corners of his eyes.
"How did Master Weichen get wrong?" Su Mujin couldn't help asking.
"Senior Brother Abbot ate the five-color jade." Yuankong sighed.
What? Is this something suitable for people to eat?
Everyone was shocked, and Lian Qi couldn't help but say, "That five-color jade is a thing of the demon clan. Will people get rid of their stomachs after eating it?"
"It's not just a bad belly," Yuankong smiled bitterly: "My abbot is also a stunning and stunning figure. He has approached the realm of God before he was a hundred years old. I am the master's closed disciple. The little abbot's senior brother is in his sixties. His practice is also taught by the abbot. I have always regarded him as a master..."
"That was a month ago. Senior Brother Abbot was meditating in the meditation hall. Suddenly, a gray falcon was chasing a white dove in the sky. The senior brother was compassionate and gave his merits to drive away the gray falcon. However, the white dove was injured first and could not be saved. He spit out a broken jade before he died..." Yuankong Xu said.
"It's the five-color jade." Lian Qi interrupted.
"That's right." Yuankong said.
"Don't interrupt the mage!" Huang Wenze said.
"I didn't interrupt, I'm the interface." Lian Qi said.
"You can't just listen to the mage's words?" Huang Wenze said angrily.
"Don't be arrogant in front of Master Yuankong, just be quieter!" Su Mujin scolded.
Although Su Mujin had a delicate appearance, she had a sense of majesty in her tone, and the two of them immediately became quiet.
"The senior brother has a wide range of knowledge and recognizes that this is the five-color jade that is famous all over the world. I said beside me, 'This is the blessing of the Buddha, and I sent this rare treasure'. But the senior brother shook his head and said, 'This is not a treasure, it is an evil thing that harms people'." Yuankong continued.
Everyone was puzzled when they heard this, Lian Qi couldn't help but say, "The five-color jade is obviously a god-level treasure, why is the abbot so disgusted?"
"What do the donor think?" Yuankong said.
Lian Qi shook her head in confusion, but Su Mujin said, "Is this jade causing competition in the world and killing many living creatures?"
"Donor Su, you think exactly the same as my senior brother at that time," Yuankong sighed again, "The donor is broad-minded and compassionate. It's a pity that my senior brother has passed away, otherwise he will be happy to see you."
"Master Weichen pity the people, he is a virtuous monk." Huang Wenze praised.
"My senior brother got the five-color jade, so he put the jade in a stone box, sealed his breath with a talisman, pressed under the stone slab under the cushion where he was meditating. Hiding the jade can also reduce the disputes in the world and kill fewer people." Yuankong said slowly.
"Since this jade is an evil thing that harms people, why not just destroy it?" Chen Xiu said.
Except for Su Mujin, everyone else looked at Chen Xiu like a freak. He really didn't understand that he wanted to destroy a god-level treasure.
"The Master Chen and my senior brother saw the same thing. The senior brother said the same thing at that time. He wanted to destroy the five-color jade several times, but he could not do it."
"Why can't I take action?"
"My senior brother said, 'This thing is said to be a magical tool used by Nuwa to repair the sky. It is not a person, but a person's object. The same thing can do good or evil.' He told me that after he passed away, if there is a person with extremely high cultivation and great compassion, he will give him this jade." Yuankong said.
"Master Yuankong, what accident happened later?" Su Mujin asked.
If the five-color jade has been sealed, it will naturally not harm Yunju Temple like this.
"That was a few days ago, I sneaked into the abbot's room and thought..." Yuankong said.
"Master, you are so bad. You want to steal the five-color jade!" Lian Qi couldn't help but shout.
"How dare I? I want to take a look at the five-color jade. At that time, my senior brother was sealed up urgently. I didn't see this famous treasure in the world clearly. I was unwilling to accept it. The monks' six senses were not pure, which made you laugh." Yuankong said with a wry smile.
"I sneaked into the abbot's room, but I ran into the senior brother holding the five-color jade and was about to swallow it."
Everyone knew that it was a critical moment and listened quietly.
"I asked what's wrong. It turned out that my senior brother knew that his life expectancy was coming. He wanted to take the five-color jade to extend his life." Yuankong continued.
"I have never heard that the five-color jade is good for the demon clan, but I have never heard of any benefits for the human clan. This move is probably a big mistake." Huang Wenze couldn't help but say.
"I also said this at that time, but my senior brother said that he carefully studied the five-color jade and found that this jade could indeed evolve into the demon clan. Since the demon clan could be used, there was no reason for the human clan to use it. He also said that he had developed a set of transformation methods so that the tribe could also use the benefits of the five-color jade. However, this method was quite dangerous and he was not sure. He wrote a will first and asked me to inherit the position of the abbot, and he made the determination to realize the truth through death." Yuankong said with a slight silence.
Without saying that Yuankongduo, this method will naturally fail.
"Don't monks believe in reincarnation? Even if they die, they are not really dead, but reincarnated. Why did Master Weichen have to prolong his life?" Lian Qi couldn't help but say.
"Even the donor has heard of the story of the blind turtle driftwood." Yuankong said.
"What?" Lian Qi was confused.
"The Sutra of Zahahan says that in the depths of the endless sea, there is a blind turtle living. Every time a hundred years passes, there is a driftwood floating in the sea. A driftwood is drifting in the sea. A small hole is dug in the middle of the driftwood. Since ancient times, driftwood has been floating and sinking with the waves. The blind turtle must rely on his feelings to chase the unstable driftwood in the vast sea. The head of the blind turtle happens to hold on to the small hole of the driftwood, and then he can see the light again and gain a human body."
"Buddhism uses this metaphor to illustrate that the human body is rare," Su Mujin explained.
Chapter completed!