Chapter 738 The Buddha Statue Demon Is Wrong

What can become a demon?

People who are ignorant may tell you that wild beasts can become demons.

People who read more books may say that spirits can also become demons, so there are tree demons produced by plants, water demons, fire demons and other demons composed of pure temperament.

But people who understand demons will know...

All things can become demons.

So, the Buddha statue in front of him is also a demon.

So, Li Qi walked over and walked to the place where the Buddha statue was.

Few demons believe in Buddhism, so the Buddha statue looks very lonely. On this busy street, he just sat quietly in a small corner, motionless, with some low-grade magic weapons in front of him, as if he was setting up a stall.

Li Qi came to the Buddha statue and said, "Shariputra?"

He called out the name directly.

A voice came from the Buddha statue: "Are you calling me?"

"Well, I heard that your name is Shariputra."

"Nonsense." Who knew that the wooden Buddha statue moved: "Recently, people have been saying that I am Shariputra. Who is this Shariputra? Also, if you don't want to buy anything, don't stand here and block the road. You're blocking my fortune."

The Buddha statue spoke in a vulgar tone, and there was a market atmosphere.

"How much do you want these things? I'll buy them." Li Qi said so.

When the Buddha statue heard this, he jumped up happily and immediately changed his face: "Okay! Okay, sir! What are you going to buy? Is it Qi beads or silver? I will accept all the money in the world. If there are skills or spiritual materials, it's fine!"

"Spiritual materials." Li Qi said, and found a stone on the ground with his fingers, tapped it lightly, and then handed it to the Buddha statue.

Seeing this, the Buddha statue immediately cursed: "Where did you come from? You just grabbed a stone and cheated me?!"

"Look carefully." Li Qi frowned slightly.

Is the demon transformed by the Buddha statue not smart?

Shariputra is famous for his wisdom, but Li Qi did not see any wisdom in him.

He is moody, casual, inattentive, and can't even distinguish good from bad. He is far from the Shariputra that Li Qi imagined.

Is it because he can't understand the mystery in the womb?

Not really. Shariputra was already a fifth-grade monk before his death. For a fifth-grade Buddhist monk, reincarnation should not be a problem.

Either this is not Shariputra, or there is something else.

As for the Buddha statue, after being scolded by Li Qi, he took another look and found that the stone just now had turned into a piece of Xuanhuang stone.

This is a spiritual material condensed by a large amount of earth energy, and its value is more than three times that of these low-grade magic weapons combined.

So the Buddha statue smiled happily, and he slapped himself several times in a hurry, so hard that the Buddha statue cracked, and then took the Xuanhuang Stone, and simply knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Qi, saying "Grandpa" all the time, and apologized very quickly.

Li Qi shook his head slightly and said, "Get up, put away your things, I want to go to your residence to sit down."

"My residence? Master, do you want to catch everything in one fell swoop?" The Buddha statue was stunned.

"If I want to, can you stop me?" Li Qi asked back.

The Buddha statue thought about it and it seemed to be the case, so he said very simply: "That's right, then I'm relieved, Master, please accept it."

As he said that, he threw the Xuanhuang Stone into his hollow abdomen, and then tied and wrapped the cloth on the ground to make a bundle, packed the low-level magic weapons inside, and handed it to Li Qi respectfully.

Li Qi took it, opened a crack, threw it into his inner world, and then said: "Then, lead the way."

"Yes, I will take me there now, but, looking at your handicraft and pomp, I think you are not attracted by my wealth. I am afraid it is related to the man called 'Shariputra', right?" The Buddha statue immediately led the way, and said while leading the way.

This scene was extremely funny, because the other party was a Buddha statue, and the carving was not bad. It looked solemn and kind, but it walked with a sly look and spoke in a mean manner.

With the solemn and steady appearance and posture of the Buddha statue, such a low-level behavior actually highlighted a sense of funny.

Li Qi couldn't help but laughed.

After all, it was really funny.

But he immediately held back, coughed twice, and said seriously: "What's your name?"

"My name is Ergou." The Buddha statue said with a smile.

Li Qi couldn't hold back this time.

It is hard to imagine that a solemn head of Sakyamuni said that his name is Ergou in a mean way.

As if thinking that Li Qi was amused by him, the Buddha statue called Ergou laughed.

Li Qi couldn't help it and laughed.

However, as he laughed, his voice suddenly became smaller, and then he looked at Ergou: "You are quite good at playing the clown. This is not your first time, right?"

Ergou was shocked. He had made countless people laugh with his Buddha face, but no one could see through him.

However, what he didn't know was that Li Qi didn't need to see through him at all. He could read his mind directly, see through the other person's thinking organs, and see all the other person's superficial thoughts clearly.

"What are you talking about? My face is born like this. I don't know how many cold eyes and jokes I have suffered for this... Oh, it makes me sad to talk about it." He looked gloomy again.

Of course, it must be acting.

But Li Qi didn't expose it. He simply stopped talking and just walked.

Ergou also stopped his funny behavior at the right time, and continued with that Buddha's face, and began to lead Li Qi.

The journey was naturally full of strange things, and Li Qi also scanned the surroundings and took everything into his own perception.

He quickly left the city.

However, at this moment, Li Qi suddenly realized that he seemed to have left the mouth of a certain beast!

After realizing this, Li Qi's perception suddenly magnified!

He suddenly realized——

That street just now was full of monsters.

This city is a monster, and the ground beneath our feet is also a monster.

However, these monsters seem to have very slow consciousness, so they are not so lively.

But obviously, in this world of demons and lakes, almost everything is a demon!

I just said it, but people who know monsters will know...

All things can become demons.

This is also the foundation of monsters!

Everything in the world has spirit.

Life is an attribute of matter, matter must contain life, and life activities and spiritual activities exist in all matter!

People are material, stones are material, cities are material, and the land under our feet is also material.

Therefore, as long as it is material, it must have a "spirit" and a spirit.

It's a weird point of view, but there must be some deeper understanding of the world hidden in it.

It’s just that Li Qi doesn’t know yet.

However, at this time, Li Qi patted his face.

Let’s talk about those things later. It’s not now to understand the demonic path.

The top priority now is to resolve Shariputra's matter.

Moving forward with Ergou, they soon came to a ruined temple outside the city.

The ruined temple stands in the wilderness, surrounded by a loess path, with mountains behind it and a few trees. The trees are also monsters, but they have not yet developed their intelligence, only their instincts.

Looking at the Buddhist temple, it is similar. This Buddhist temple is also spiritual, but it is temporarily unconscious. The practice time is too short. I don’t know when it will wake up and become a living building like the previous city.

Ergou pointed to the dilapidated Buddhist temple and said: "Okay, sir, this is my home. I usually live here~, by the way, sir, you just said that you are here to find Shariputra. This Shariputra is a What kind of character does it have to do with me?”

Ergou's curious question reached Li Qi's ears, so Li Qi replied: "Why do you ask this?"

Ergou chuckled: "I'm just an eighth-grade person who can be seen everywhere, just struggling to make a living. Now that I can be associated with such a person, I don't feel at ease, right? I just want to know more about it, maybe I can return it I can help you find some clues."

Li Qi listened to him and read his mind.

However, the results of mind reading were very exciting. Li Qi discovered that he didn't care who Shariputra was at all, but Ergou was keenly aware that if he could continue to have a relationship with Shariputra, he might be able to gain a lot of benefits from it. .

Selfish, with little cleverness but no great wisdom.

Obviously, he had been completely dazzled by the benefits, and was completely unaware that getting involved with Shariputra would not only bring benefits, but also possible death.

The risk can be seen at a glance, but Ergou completely ignored this. All he could think about was 'This time he is prosperous! ’ This kind of thinking.

Li Qi began to have some doubts.

Is this kind of person really Shariputra the reincarnation?

Li Qi thought it was impossible. As a disciple of the World-Honored Tathagata, Shariputra was an excellent type even among many Buddhist disciples. He was famous for his wisdom and could not see through the mystery in the womb. He could still pass it on to the demons, but To become like this, I'm afraid it has nothing to do with the devil, right?

Li Qi stayed in the dark for the time being and took a look first.

With this in mind, Li Qi walked into the Buddhist temple with his two dogs.

The Buddhist temple is in tatters, but it is kept clean.

Entering it, it is divided into three parts, the main hall in the center, and the side rooms on both sides.

It occupies a small area and is just a small, shabby rural temple.

When I walked into the main hall, I saw two Buddha statues, a large Buddha carved in stone, a full three feet high. Judging from the position of the pit, there should have been two small Buddhas next to it, but now there is only one.

Li Qi glanced at Ergou.

Obviously, after awakening his spiritual wisdom, the third one stood up and turned into a monster.

Most of the murals and sculptures in the Buddhist temples have been damaged, but there is no dust.

"You quite like to be clean. It doesn't look like you look like you." Li Qi looked at Ergou. He felt that this man probably didn't have the habit of cleaning. Was he wrong?

"Hehe... Of course I didn't clean it myself." Ergou said, scratching his head.

This look is really unconventional, especially in a Buddhist temple, smiling with a Buddha head on his head.

But Li Qi must be used to it. When he heard the other party saying that he didn't clean it, Li Qi pointed to the side room: "Is that her?"

"I really can't hide it from the master. Yes, this is my sister." Ergou said immediately: "It's just that she doesn't know anything and can't do anything at ordinary times. She is just a parasite. It makes me feel uncomfortable. Oh, it's not good. Throw it away."

He looked disgusted.

But Li Qi could see what he was really thinking.

He really treats the other person as his sister.

Although monsters don't pay much attention to blood relations, after all, for monsters, family blood relations are of little use. A demonized fox will not regard other parents and brothers who are still beasts as 'same kind'.

Most of the time, the relationship is calculated based on master, disciple, cave, and initiate. As for blood relationship, it is not very important.

So, this kind of emotion is quite rare among monsters.

Li Qi left the main hall and walked towards the side hall.

Er Gou's heart suddenly lifted, and he hurried to Li Qi: "Master, master, a little girl, who hasn't chosen a form yet, what's so good about it? Let's talk about Shariputra! Maybe I know something!"

"Just looking for a place to sit down." Li Qi said, and then came to the side room and gently pushed the door.

Er Gou didn't dare to stop him, and could only watch Li Qi push the door open.

After the door opened, there was a little girl inside, wiping the floor.

It's not quite right to say that she is a little girl, because she has many plant characteristics, such as leaves growing out of the skin, some branches, and some woody texture on her body. There is a flower on her head, which looks like a hair accessory, but Li Qi can see that it grows directly from the top of her head.

Seeing the stranger, the little girl seemed a little confused and was stunned for a moment.

"Water lotus monster, is it the water lotus enshrined in front of the Buddha?" Li Qi asked Er Gou.

"Yes, Master is really as good as a god!" Ergou nodded repeatedly.

Li Qi nodded slightly, this is normal, Bodhisattvas like to sit on water lilies, and the water lilies can represent the solemnity of the Dharma.

The "Avatamsaka Sutra" says: "There are lotus-shaped worlds as numerous as the dust particles of ten Buddha lands, and the land species are firm and magnificent, vast and pure light treasures, relying on the lotus treasure sea to live, or living in the sea of ​​fragrance, etc., in all the dust particles of all countries, the Tathagata is seen there."

That is to say, in the Huazang solemn world sea of ​​Vairocana Tathagata, there are layers of worlds in the petals of the water lilies, and the lotus refers to the water lily.

Water lilies can carry the power of Buddha, so the so-called "various light stamens and fragrant towers, Huazang solemn world sea" is like this.

Therefore, there are basically water lilies in Buddhist temples. Even if there are no living ones, one will be carved next to the Bodhisattva.

In this dilapidated Buddhist temple, the Buddha statues have become spirits, so it is no problem for the water lilies to become spirits.

At this time, the water lily in front of her finally reacted. She immediately stood up and first happily called Ergou: "Brother!" Then, she looked at Li Qi again, a little puzzled: "Who is this?"

Unlike Ergou's frivolous appearance, as a water lily fairy, she still has a natural solemnity. After all, the water lily itself represents the solemn flower of the Dharma, which is a kind of "nature".

"Oh, I am your brother's guest, just to take a look, you do your thing." Li Qi smiled, then turned around and took Ergou to the square outside.

"Then, let's talk about Shariputra." (End of this chapter)