Chapter 663 – Nine Lives as a Human Being
Chapter 663 – Nine Lives as a Human Being
As a grass Xu Chuniang, tenaciously survived the fall, but as the weather turned cold, the days became more and more difficult.
After the first snowfall after winter, she was buried tightly, and could not see a trace of shimmering light.
The cold, darkness and loneliness made her weaker day by day, and even the blades could not move a bit.
Xu Chuniang vaguely realized that she was coming to the end of her life.
The grass on the plains of Li Li, withers and grows with each passing year.
The power of a grass is too weak, even after the fall, it cannot fight against heaven and earth, and can only grow and wither in accordance with the laws of nature.
It turns out that her unwillingness and resistance, although let her survive for some time, but failed to get rid of the destiny of grass.
More and more snow pressed down on Xu Chuniang’s body, and she prostrated herself helplessly on the ground, recalling the time when she was once a seed.
At that time, she had risen high and straight, striving to grow and develop, never thinking that one day she would wither away.
Now she was like a candle in the wind, the flame of life soon to be extinguished.
Xu Chuniang suddenly realized, as a grass, life and death, are what she must experience.
Everything has a beginning and an end, there is life and death, these are the destiny.
From the time she was a seed, the end was already predetermined.
From life to death, to death to life.
Death, never the end of life, but a new beginning.
Xu Chuniang stretched her leaves and waited for death to come.
In the endless darkness, her consciousness, was annihilated little by little ……
After an unknown amount of time, Xu Chunniang once again came to her senses, she habitually stretched her body and realized that she had become a newborn fish.
She opened her mouth in surprise, and a small string of bubbles emerged from her mouth.
In this life, she had become a fish in the water.
Looking around, there were hundreds of other fish that were her size.
When she was a weed in her previous life, she couldn’t move.
Now that she had become a fish, she could swim in the water with abandon, so happy.
Xu Chuniang swam along with the fish, enjoying her freedom and new life to the fullest, a fresh and marvelous experience that she had never felt when she was a weed.
However, the good times didn’t last long, and a few days later, a large fish appeared.
The big fish simply opened its mouth wide, and Xu Chuniang and the hundreds of small fish around her unconsciously slid towards its mouth.
Before most of the fish could react, they fell into the belly of the big fish.
Terrified, Xu Chuniang kept swinging her tail and fled against the current.
But she used all her strength, but could not block the big fish a suck, with the current washed into the mouth of the big fish ……
After being eaten by the big fish, Xu Chunniang’s consciousness once again fell into chaos.
Until one day, she woke up again and realized that she had become a crab.
The experience of being eaten in her previous life had left her heart palpitating.
In this life, she swam to the bottom of the water and dug a small cave with her pincers to accommodate herself.
When she was hungry, she ate some water plants, carefully observing her surroundings before each meal.
Relying on caution and prudence, Xu Chuniang spent these three years as a crab peacefully, and died of old age in her cave on an uneventful summer night.
Soon, Xu Chuniang ushered in the fourth, fifth …… and finally, the ninth life.
In the last life, she finally incarnated as an adult.
Thinking back to her nine life experiences, she was very emotional in her heart, and it was really too difficult to go all the way.
“Third sister, what are you gawking at again?”
A young girl wearing a goose-yellow shirt group pushed her, covering her mouth and laughing lightly.
“I heard that the future second sister’s husband is being a guest in the hall, why don’t we sneak off to have a look and act as a gatekeeper for second sister?” Xu Chuniang shook her head, she wasn’t interested in this.
“Do you believe in past lives?”
The young girl held her forehead, her face speechless.
“Third sister, why are you talking about this again? Which has what past life and present life, is clearly those bald donkeys make up words to deceive people, also you believe in these.”
Are these all lies, why can she remember so clearly, even the unwillingness of her first life, and the fear she felt when she was eaten in her second life, she remembers it clearly.
Seeing Xu Chuniang’s silence, the young girl pulled her again.
“This second brother-in-law of ours, his identity is so prestigious, and even more rare is that he is also very talented, aren’t you curious?”
Xu Chuniang shook her head, “You can go if you want to, I have something to go out, in a moment when my mother asks, you can just say that I’m not feeling well and am resting in my room.”
After saying that, she walked towards the direction of the side door.
Looking at her back, the young girl was so angry that she stomped her feet.
“Third sister, you’re sneaking out again, if Mother finds out, she won’t be able to spare you!”
Before the words fell, third sister was already walking away, so angry that she rolled her eyes.
Xu Chuniang left the mansion through the side door, traveled to the street, and hired a carriage.
An hour later, the carriage stopped at the entrance of Puhua Temple.
After explaining to the driver to wait for her at the same place, Xu Chuniang got out of the carriage and entered the Puhua Temple.
After offering incense in the hall, she called out to the monk at the side, “Dare I ask young master, is Master Pu Shan in the temple?”
The monk returned the salute, “Master Pu Shan is traveling the four seas, his return date is undetermined.”
Xu Chuniang’s heart was a little lost, Master Pu Shan is a well-known and virtuous monk, she has come to visit Master Pu Shan for the third time at the Puhua Temple, but every time she came, she came up empty.
Could it be that she was not destined to be with Master Pu Shan?
The monk clasped his hands together and said a Buddha’s name, “There is no need for the monk to be worried, when the time is right, there will naturally be a time to meet.”
Xu Chuniang exited the Puhua Temple, causing the carriage driver to go first, while she herself paced slowly after the carriage.
Subconsciously, she felt that Master Pushan, as an accomplished monk, should be able to solve her confusion.
But Buddhists emphasize on karma, and visiting three times without result was like some kind of hint.
Halfway down the mountain, seeing that it was getting dark, Xu Chuniang was about to get on the carriage when she suddenly saw a figure walking on her face.
The person was nearly old, wearing a half-used robe, and his eyes had the stability and calmness that comes from having gone through many vicissitudes of life.
Seeing this person, Xu Chuniang reacted, this person in front of her was the Master Pu Shan she had been looking for.
She straightened her lapel and walked up to give a deep salute, “Dare I ask if Master is Master Pu Shan?”
Master Pu Shan shook his head and smiled, “I, Pu Shan, am not a master.
The world all calls me a master, but I only practiced some days earlier than the others.”
“There is one thing in my daughter’s mind that I don’t understand, and I would like to ask the master, I also hope that the master can clear up the confusion for me.”
“Amitabha Buddha, goodness, goodness, the female cultivator can say anything, I will definitely know everything.”
“What I want to ask, about past lives.”
Xu Chuniang pondered a little and told what she could remember of her past life.
“Three lifetimes of karma, six paths of reincarnation, to be able to remember a past life means that the female cultivator is a person of predestined wisdom.”
“But it’s not just past lives that I can remember, it’s been the ninth life now since I’ve had memories.”
“Ninth life?”
Surprise flashed in Master Pu Shan’s eyes, then it turned into realization.
“Rumor has it that ancient saints, who had an unshakeable mind after nine lives of trials and tribulations, were able to achieve a holy body, perhaps the female cultivator, too, is a practitioner.”
(End of chapter)