"Who told you that Patriarch Bodhidharma soaked in the spiritual spring?"
Hui Wu looked at Li Xianyu with a half-smile.
Li Xianyu was stunned.
Bodhidharma stayed in Bodhidharma's wall-facing cave for nine years, but he never soaked in the spiritual spring in the cave?
How can this be? !
"Don't underestimate the Patriarch Bodhidharma." Hui Wu sighed, "He is a real god, a real Buddha."
Li Xianyu narrowed his eyes and asked, "How are you sure that Bodhidharma has not soaked in the spiritual spring? Is it possible that he has stayed in the spiritual spring for nine years and has never taken a bath?"
"You're asking... from a very novel angle." Hui Wu smiled and said thoughtfully, "Master Bodhidharma has long since reached the spotless state. He hasn't taken a bath for nine years. What's so surprising?"
Li Xianyu thought for a while and guessed: "Could it be that when he discovered Lingquan, his strength was so powerful that he no longer looked down on Lingquan?"
Hui Wu shook his head and said: "At that time, his strength was indeed very strong, but it was not to the point where he did not need the spiritual spring."
"Why is that?" Li Xianyu wondered. The more expert he is, the more he wants it when he encounters a spiritual spring.
"I just said that he was a real Buddha who sympathized with the world." Hui Wu said softly, "In that era, the aura of heaven and earth was much richer than it is now. Many young men with outstanding talents, such as the strength level of old benefactor Murong, were It can be achieved by the age of eighteen or nineteen.
Grandmaster Bodhidharma is very powerful, so powerful that he can discover things that others cannot.
For example, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is gradually becoming thinner.
The change was very slow, but one existed and was discovered by Grandmaster Bodhidharma.
He predicted that the future would most likely be the end of the Dharma era, and some martial arts would no longer be able to be practiced.
Facts have proved that Patriarch Bodhidharma is indeed very far-sighted, and the current era can be called the Age of Ending Dharma.
Moreover, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which is already thin and almost non-existent, will become increasingly thinner in the future.
In the end, no one may be able to cultivate true energy. "
“……”
After listening, Li Xianyu couldn't calm down anymore.
Bodhidharma's predictions about the future are very accurate.
In future generations, it is indeed impossible to practice anymore.
Some so-called cultivation practices have become deceptive tricks.
At most, there are some martial arts...that is, some killing skills honed over a long period of time.
As for true energy...it only exists in legends and some martial arts novels.
"Now that he has discovered that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is becoming thinner, he should soak in the spiritual spring to improve his strength." Li Xianyu said.
"I have said before, Patriarch Bodhidharma is a god, a Buddha." Huiwu chuckled, "He built a wall-facing cave at Lingquan and lived there for nine years. It was not for the purpose of taking Lingquan as his own. own.
But for research.
He wants to thoroughly study the spiritual energy contained in the spiritual spring. He wants to change the trend of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth becoming thinner. He wants future generations to be able to practice martial arts and absorb sufficient spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
He drank spiritual spring water, but only for analysis. "
Li Xianyu was in awe and praised: "Dharma, he can indeed be called a Buddha."
"Buddhas also have worries." Hui Wu smiled and said, "Like you and me, what we pursue is immortality. But Patriarch Bodhidharma is worried about immortality."
"Afraid of immortality?" Li Xianyu looked at Hui Wu in surprise.
Hui Wu explained: "He believes that his immortality will occupy many other people's cultivation resources. You should understand this. If you want to greatly improve your strength, the cultivation resources needed should be It’s an unimaginable number.”
Li Xianyu was silent.
This was indeed a cultivation problem he encountered after leaving the Kunlun Mountains.
The higher the strength, the greater the resources, or to be precise... energy, absorbed when practicing.
To go from zero to one, just... one.
And if it were to increase from 100 million to 200 million, it would require... 100 million!
And, as the strength increases, this number will become larger and larger.
"Immortality..." Li Xianyu didn't know what to say for a moment.
"In the eyes of Patriarch Bodhidharma, immortals are all thieves, thieves who steal the spiritual energy of heaven and earth." Hui Wu sighed, "Now, you understand why there is the rule just now."
Li Xianyu was speechless, feeling vaguely enlightened.
There are three rules that immortals need to abide by: live alone, hide from the world, and not appear in the world.
Hui Wu mentioned that he lives alone.
If a person lives forever, he will naturally absorb a large amount of cultivation resources.
If you want to let your relatives live forever together, you will definitely consume more and more precious resources.
It's like being a thief. A thief may not become a problem.
But if a group of thieves appears, it will definitely become a hidden danger!
Shaking his head, Li Xianyu didn't think about the problem any more. He looked at Hui Wu and asked, "What did you mean just now, were you by Bodhidharma's side before he died? I'm very curious as to how he died."
"Nirvana." Hui Wu said softly, "He wants to spread his power between heaven and earth, and he also hopes that I will be like him."
Li Xianyu said thoughtfully, "You definitely don't want to."
"Would you do it if it were you?" Hui Wu asked with a smile.
Li Xianyu curled his lips, thinking that probably not many people in the world would be willing.
"At that time, I did not understand the greatness of Patriarch Bodhidharma." Huiwu's eyes flashed with nostalgia, "For a long time, I hated him.
Before he died, he introduced the spiritual spring water into the mountain stream to bless the lives of the entire Song Mountain. Then I destroyed the entire life of the Song Mountain and absorbed the spiritual spring water into my body bit by bit.
He left many martial arts and Buddhist scriptures to the Shaolin Temple, including the Marrow Cleansing Sutra and the Yijin Sutra, so I chose to burn all the works he left behind.
He wanted to build an ideal temple where all living beings are equal and everyone can enter the temple, so I just raised the threshold for Shaolin temple entry, and within Shaolin, like the dynasty system, established abbots, selected the first one, and recruited servant disciples.
I also let Shaolin occupy most of the Songshan Mountains and drive away the people...
Later, I discovered that some magic masters who had not yet found the path to immortality actually slaughtered an entire city of people for the sake of immortality, and only then did I gradually understand the foresight of Grandmaster Bodhidharma.
Those who live forever are the great thieves. "
Li Xianyu listened quietly. After Hui Wu finished speaking, he looked up at Hui Wu and said, "I'm afraid it won't be that easy for Bodhidharma to spread his power between heaven and earth, right?"
"You are very keen." Hui Wu suddenly smiled and nodded, "Yes, his skills and everything about him are all advantageous to me."
Li Xianyu stared at Hui Wu and asked slowly: "Have you...ever found the second spiritual spring?"
Hearing this, Hui Wu also stared at Li Xianyu and exclaimed: "You are really sharp. You found the key to the problem in the first call."
"You're overthinking, I'm just curious." Li Xianyu said calmly.
Huiwu smiled and said: "Spiritual springs are hard to come by. I only found a spiritual spring that is about to dry up from ancient poems."
"Ancient poetry?" Li Xianyu was startled.
Hui Wu spit out the first word: "The Story of Peach Blossom Spring."
"The Story of Peach Blossom Spring..." Li Xianyu was startled, and then a flash of understanding flashed in his eyes.
According to the records in Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring", a group of isolated people lived there.
It is indeed possible that there is a spiritual spring.
