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Chen Ping'an summoned the talismanic boat "gifted" to him by Spiritual Master Huan Yun, bringing his three disciples back to the Ning Residence. Before that, however, the talismanic boat had first traveled beyond the southern city wall, allowing them to see the large characters inscribed on the great wall. The horizontal strokes were like the Great Dao of the world, the vertical strokes were like thundering waterfalls, and the dots were like immortal abodes inside which cultivators resided and cultivated.
Cui Dongshan said he was going to wander around by himself, and he eventually made his way to that monk.
He sat down cross-legged and said, "I need to offer thanks two times, once for myself, and once for the Eastern Treasured Vial Continent."
The monk nodded and replied, "The human heart faces the light when sitting alone, transforming into a lion's roar when words are uttered."
Cui Dongshan was unwilling to dwell too much on his own matters, so he changed the topic and asked in a sincere manner, "My grandpa eventually passed away in the Lotus Flower Blessed Land's Heart Manifestation Temple, but before that, he once wanted to pose some questions to the abbot, most likely wanting to ask about Buddhism. For some unknown reason, however, he eventually let this matter slide. Are you able to clear up my confusion about this?"
"Benefactor Cui likely wanted to ask whether such kinds of coincidences were predetermined," the monk replied. "However, this question stopped at the tip of his tongue, and he let go of this thought as soon as it had appeared. He was truly able to let it go. Even Benefactor Cui was able to let this thought go, so why aren't you able to let these matters go? If today's Cui Dongshan is unable to let these matters go, then will yesterday's Benefactor Cui have truly let these matters go?"
Cui Dongshan frowned and said, "There's only a single world, no more and no less, and there's only a single river of time, traveling forward and never in reverse! If my grandpa has let go, then he's already let go. Why would this suddenly change because of me not being able to let go?"
The monk laughed loudly and recited a Buddhist chant before retracting his smile...
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