The Boundless Sea Could Make My Nature Clear

The whole world's winds and clouds arose from my generation.

From the southern frontier to the northern lands, from the heavens above to the earth below, everyone was thinking of Wang Xian.

Meanwhile, Wang Xian had been lost in a waking nightmare at sea for who knew how many days and nights.

He had crossed the heavens and earth, even traversed the weak waters of the Yellow Springs, yet he had never once ridden a great sea vessel... Not long after boarding, he was seasick.

No matter what spirit medicine or wine he tried, none of it helped.

He would finish throwing up, take a sip of water, and before long, start throwing up again.

The sailors aboard comforted him, saying the winter winds and waves weren't too bad. It was in spring and autumn, when the winds began to blow, that things got truly frightening.

It was only when the great ship stopped at an island and a monk named Huiguo came aboard that things changed.

Huiguo was unafraid of the wind and waves. Seeing how miserable Wang Xian was from seasickness, he told him some stories from his own life, recited a few Buddhist scriptures, and even spoke of his master.

Only then did Wang Xian gradually regain some of his strength and begin to feel less wretched.

After reciting Buddhist scriptures with Huiguo for a whole day, he even stopped feeling seasick.

Only then did Wang Xian clasp his hands in thanks.

He cursed himself again and again for being a fool, sitting on a mountain of treasure without knowing its worth. He had ten volumes of Buddhist scriptures and a wondrous incantation on him, yet he had never thought to recite them.

All he had done was numb himself with spirit medicine and wine.

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