A Little Demon Before the Buddha

She is a bewitching woman, a little demon who has spent eight hundred years cultivating before the Buddha without attaining enlightenment. Why become a Buddha? To become one of those emotionless gods?

For eight hundred years, she stayed by his side, watching the world change, oceans turn into mulberry fields. She watched people grow old, fall ill, and die, and saw their joys and sorrows, their partings and reunions.

He often said that love was only an outward appearance, gone in the blink of an eye, so why cling to it? Bewildered, she asked him, “What is love? What does it mean to love? I’ve been with you for eight hundred years. Do you love me?”

With his eternally compassionate expression, he replied, “I love you, and I love all the people of this world.”

From that moment on, she began to feel unwilling to accept it. After that, she no longer wanted to hear his Buddhist teachings and Zen parables. She no longer wanted to sit before him, tapping the wooden fish as the temple bells rang.

She didn’t want to be equal to everyone else in his eyes, nor did she want him to smile with detached benevolence as he loved all living things. She wanted to be one of a kind. She wanted him to cherish her with the love between a man and a woman...

A note from the author: Dear readers, this is my second book after Encountering Chu Liuxiang. Thank you to everyone who enjoys my stories for your support. Your favorites and comments are my greatest motivation to write! The reader group for Little Demon Before the Buddha is Demon Realm Forbidden Grounds, 94678230. I look forward to welcoming you all!