"Wake up, wake up—"
The honest voice of the second senior brother came to his ears, and Li Zhi slowly opened his eyes.
He was lying in a soft grass, looking up at the sky. It was night time, with cool breeze and starry sky.
"Uncle, senior brother, and second senior brother, are you all okay?"
Li Zhi took an internal look at his body and found that everything was normal. All the meridians and acupuncture points were intact, and the "Cangming Jue" was running freely and continuously.
how so?
Mo Wen and Chun Wu in the sea of consciousness unexpectedly went into seclusion at the same time, and Li Zhi was unable to ask them what happened.
"Junior brother, we are all fine. Fortunately, you reminded me that I closed my eyes in time. Otherwise, such a bad wind would have blinded my old Sun's moves."
"I was just blown away thousands of miles by the terrifying strong wind. Fortunately, my old grandson is strong enough. Idiot and Bai Longma suffered a lot."
Sun Wukong took over the words and said, with a gloating tone, indicating that he was really fine.
"Junior brother, what happened? Then where did King Huang Feng go? We were all blown away by the strong wind. It took several hours to wake up. When we came back, we found you unconscious, but the master was there. I’m meditating and chanting sutras.”
Zhu Bajie's head is two times bigger than usual, and there are still scratches on his forehead. It seems that he has endured a lot of hardship.
"I don't know what happened. I just remember that after the strong wind, King Huang Feng wanted to eat me. I was seriously injured and unable to resist, and then... I have no memory of it anymore."
Li Zhi raised his hands and found that they were unscathed.
However, he clearly remembered that his hands and feet were deeply embedded in the rocks. Under the "Samadhi Divine Wind", his limbs were torn apart, right?
"Amitabha, when I woke up, I found Jiulang unconscious on the ground, so I hurriedly brought him here."
"It's a pity that I don't have much ability as a teacher. I can't save Jiulang. I can only read scriptures and pray for your safe return. I also hope that Jiulang wakes up soon."
Tang Seng's face did not show the slightest joy of surviving the disaster, but on the contrary, it was a bit sad.
For the first time, I felt that I was so small and helpless. If I had the ability to reach heaven and earth, wouldn't I be able to protect Jiulang?
Li Zhi turned over and sat up, looked around, and found that he was still on the Eight Hundred Miles Huangfengling Mountains, not far from here, where the battle took place during the day.
"Uncle Clan, Senior Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, I can't feel any monsters here anymore. Isn't this too weird?"
"If you don't feel tired, let's travel overnight. It would be better to leave Huangfengling as soon as possible."
Although everyone was safe and sound, Li Zhi still had doubts in his heart.
The "Samadhi Divine Wind" was really powerful. He couldn't figure out how he escaped this disaster, but he didn't want to stay here any longer.
If King Huang Feng comes back, I'm afraid their fate will be even more tragic. They really can't deal with that "Samadhi Kamikaze".
The white dragon horse was also injured and was inconvenient to carry Tang Seng. Fortunately, Tang Seng was unscathed and walked ahead on foot.
Four men and one horse traveled westward at night.
…
What Li Zhi and the others didn't know was that during the day today, after the "Samadhi Divine Wind" passed, the Buddhist Lingji Bodhisattva had come here.
Unfortunately, at that time, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Bai Longma were all blown away by the "Samadhi Divine Wind", while Li Zhi and Tang Seng were unconscious.
The disaster in Huangfengling was already expected. Tang Monk and his disciples were surrounded by protective Jialan. Naturally, the big guys in Buddhism knew exactly where the pilgrims had gone.
Lingji Bodhisattva was the only person scheduled to solve the problem in Huangfengling. It was time, but he still did not wait for help from the Buddhist team.
Therefore, Lingji Bodhisattva, who could not sit still, took the initiative to come to Huangfengling.
What appeared in front of Lingji Bodhisattva was the tragic image after the "Samadhi Divine Wind". He used magic to save the unconscious Tang Monk, but did not wake him up immediately.
Li Zhi, who was also unconscious, was not within the treatment range of Lingji Bodhisattva.
Lingji Bodhisattva had also heard about Li Zhi for a long time, and that was after Li Zhi at the "Shenghua Temple" in Chang'an had a tough relationship with Hui'an Monk.
However, in the eyes of Lingji Bodhisattva, Li Zhi is nothing more than an ant at best.
There was no such person in the established team for the journey to the west. So, even if he forced his way in, he was destined to be unable to reach the west. Seeing that Sun Wukong and others were not there, Lingji Bodhisattva simply started looking for King Huangfeng.
Relying on the mark on King Huangfeng, Lingji Bodhisattva finally found the equally unconscious King Huangfeng in the wilderness more than three thousand miles away from Huangfengling.
After some treatment, King Huangfeng slowly opened his eyes and looked at Lingji Bodhisattva in front of him. King Huangfeng actually had halazi flowing out of his mouth?
Is this... being beaten stupid?
It turned out that "Li Zhi" punched King Huang Feng directly on the forehead.
The strength was "mastered" just enough, not causing King Huang Feng's brain to explode, but completely shattering his soul.
"Who did it?"
Lingji Bodhisattva was so angry that he didn't care whether he was poisoned by "anger". He chanted a mantra and summoned today's protective Jialan.
You must know that this King Huangfeng is no ordinary monster. He was originally a yellow-haired marten at the foot of Lingshan Mountain. He ate the clear oil in the glass cup for fear that King Kong would take him.
The Tathagata felt that he did not deserve to die, and thought that it would be difficult for him to practice, so he let Lingji Bodhisattva let him go back to the mountain invisibility.
Huangfengling is just the temporary residence of King Huangfeng. After the Westward Journey team passes and accumulates merit, he will still return to Lingshan as one of the Buddhist guardian spirit beasts.
Being in the late Golden Immortal stage and being able to control the combat power of "Samadhi Divine Wind" cannot be discarded casually. How can Lingji Bodhisattva not be angry?
"Honorable Master Lingji, at that time the Great Sage Huangfeng used the 'Samadhi Divine Wind', and we had no choice but to escape desperately. As for who hurt the Great Sage Huangfeng, the little god really doesn't know -"
Riyoushen and Jintou Jiedi were so frightened that they kept apologizing. They just relied on keeping a certain distance, otherwise they would definitely be affected by the "Samadhi Kamikaze".
During that meal, the entire 800-mile Huangfengling Mountains were blown into darkness by the flying sand and rocks. No living thing dared to come near, and even the gods were afraid of death.
"Amitabha--"
Lingji silently recited the name of Dharma and Buddha to calm his mind a little.
He also understood the power of "Samadhi Divine Wind". If he didn't have "Fixing Wind Pill" and "Flying Dragon Staff", he might not be able to get benefits from "Samadhi Divine Wind".
"You all should go back and pay attention to the movements of Master Tang Seng and his disciples."
Lingji Bodhisattva had no choice but to wave away Riyoushen and Jintou Jieyi.
Looking at the foolish and stupid King Huang Feng, Lingji Bodhisattva didn't know what to do.
"That's all, let's take a trip to Lingshan..."
After such a big change, Lingji did not dare to be careless. Not only did they lose the merit they deserved from their journey to the west, but the key was the emergence of forces beyond their control.
You know, King Huang Feng has the strength of the late Golden Immortal, but he was beaten into this state by a punch?
Lingji is confident that he can do it, but the key is, who did it?
Although Lingji was not good at deduction, and he was still at the peak of Daluo Jinxian, he was still confused even after making calculations for a long time.
He must inform Buddha Tathagata as soon as possible. This is considered a minor dereliction of duty on his part, Lingji, and he should go to Lingshan to seek punishment.
…
Three days later, the Buddhist scripture collection team finally walked out of the 800-mile Huangfengling.
King Huang Feng, whom everyone had been worried about, never appeared again, which puzzled Li Zhi.
"If we cross Huangfengling in this way, does it disrupt the layout of the journey to the west? Has Senior Brother escaped the pain of 'eye-sore'?"
Everyone else was rejoicing, but Li Zhi secretly glanced at Sun Wukong from time to time.
"Junior brother, why do you always look at me, Old Sun?"
Sun Wukong was so alert that he caught Li Zhi's eyes in a matter of seconds.
"Um... senior brother, I have something to ask you. It may involve your privacy. I don't know whether to ask or not?"
Li Zhi lowered his voice intentionally, but Zhu Bajie wisely ran forward to lead the horse.
Since the white dragon horse was injured, Tang Seng has never ridden it again. He just asked Zhu Bajie to put his luggage on the horse.
"Ask me, where do all the politeness between you and me come from?"
Sun Wukong's unreasonable affection for Li Zhi has nothing to do with the time of acquaintance or the strength of both parties.
Sun Wukong just felt that Li Zhi was naturally kind to him. Even if everyone in the Three Realms might betray him, Li Zhi would not do anything to hurt him.
"Senior Brother, can you tell me how your 'fiery eyes' came about?"
Even though they were the only two people walking behind, Li Zhi still chose to use his spiritual consciousness to communicate with Sun Wukong.
You must know that there are guardian Jialan around them all the time, and Li Zhi has made it clear that he cannot trust them.
As for Sun Wukong's "fiery eyes and golden eyes", it is known that he was refined in the Eight Diagrams Furnace of Taishang Laojun in "Tushita Palace" when he was making trouble in the Heavenly Palace.
"Fire eyes and golden eyes", good at distinguishing truth from falsehood, able to recognize changes. At a glance, he can tell whether he is a human, a ghost, a monster or a demon, there is no hiding from him.
Li Zhi actually also knew the origin of Sun Wukong's "Fire Eyes", but when he thought about Sun Wukong's eyes being injured by the "Samadhi Divine Wind" in another time and space, he couldn't help but think of the speculations of later generations.
"Why are you asking about this, my junior brother? My old Sun's 'Fire Eyes' were developed in Taishang Laojun's Bagua Furnace, and it has become a powerful skill."
Speaking of "Fire Eyes and Golden Eyes", Sun Wukong was still a little complacent, and his eyes even moved a few times in coordination, making them sparkle.
"Elder brother, in my opinion, your current 'fiery eyes' are just because there were too many flat peaches and golden elixirs in your body at that time, and the energy had nowhere to vent. In the Bagua furnace, you are not afraid of flames but only afraid of smoke."
"In the end, a pair of eyes were damaged by the smoke. With the blessing of countless energies in the body, you were able to refine the 'Fire Eyes and Golden Eyes'. This is not an impressive skill, but it ruined your original eyes. "
Li Zhi said it sincerely, but Sun Wukong looked at Li Zhi blankly, not knowing how to answer correctly.
"Elder brother, think about it, when you were first born, compared with the 'fiery eyes and golden eyes' now, which one was stronger or weaker?"
Li Zhi's words directly brought Sun Wukong's thoughts back to more than a thousand years ago.
He was originally from Dongsheng Shenzhou, an overseas Chinese, but he was transformed from a stone egg on the top of Huaguo Mountain.
When it was first born, it was as big as a ball. It grew when it saw the wind, and turned into a stone monkey with all five senses and four limbs.
Then he learned to crawl and walk, and bowed to all directions. Two golden lights shot into Dou Mansion, and even directly alerted the Jade Emperor in heaven. But now...
"Senior Brother, the past is gone. No matter who is right or wrong, it doesn't matter. Gods and Buddhas are only strong and weak, and there is no right or wrong."
"If eldest brother doesn't mind it, the 'Breaking the Illusion Golden Eyes' that I have cultivated can be considered a good eye magical power, and it may be able to relieve eldest brother's eye disease."
Seeing Sun Wukong's slightly lonely look, Li Zhi knew that he must have figured out the whole story.
Some people in later generations once said that Sun Wukong was born with "golden eyes that destroy delusion", but it was refined in the Bagua furnace and turned into "fiery eyes and golden eyes".
For Sun Wukong, Li Zhi naturally would not hide anything, and then passed all the contents of the "Golden Eyes of Destruction" to Sun Wukong through his spiritual consciousness.
During the whole process, the two of them did not stop and slowly followed Bai Longma. No one could tell what they said or did.
"Junior brother, thank you——"
This time it was no longer a spiritual transmission. Sun Wukong rarely put away his usual playful smile and said solemnly.
"Haha, senior brother, are you still treating me politely? However, if one day I encounter some trouble, senior brother cannot just ignore it."
Seeing that Sun Wukong has fully understood the "Golden Eyes of Destruction" technique, all he needs in the future is ink and wash skills. What level he can reach in the end depends entirely on his personal cultivation level.
The "Golden Eyes for Breaking the Illusion" is divided into seven levels, in order of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. Li Zhi has been practicing for several years, but now the great realm is still in the "Tribulation" stage, and the "Golden Eyes for Breaking the Illusion" has only reached Just "orange" level.
In terms of his current function, it is not as good as Sun Wukong's "Fire Eyes and Golden Eyes".
Li Zhi is looking forward to the results of his elder brother's training. With his cultivation level being four levels higher than Li Zhi's, Sun Wukong should be able to reach the "green" level or even higher.
"Don't worry, little junior brother, unless my old grandson's soul is gone and his body is dead, no matter how much trouble he encounters, I, old sun, will definitely stand at the front and never let him be harmed at all!"
Have you ever seen Sun Wukong look so solemn?
Li Zhi was very moved. This was not obtained by a set of "Golden Eyes of Destruction" technique. He was able to understand the loneliness deep in Sun Wukong's heart.
Don't look back at the time when Sun Wukong traveled to three mountains and set foot on the Five Sacred Mountains, made friends with countless gods and Buddhas, and even rebelled against the seven great sages of the demon clan.
However, during the battle in the Heavenly Palace, Sun Wukong bet against Tathagata Buddha and was crushed. No one at the Five Elements Mountain came forward to save him, not even anyone who stood up to say a word for him.
"Haha, senior brother, do you look down on your younger brother so much? If you and I work together, the realms of Taiyi and Daluo may not be the limit for us -"
Li Zhi's vision was not comparable to that of people of this era. After jumping out of the small circle of Chang'an City and seeing the broader world outside, Li Zhi's ambitions were further expanded.
…
Walking out of Huangfengling for 800 miles, there is a flat plain in front of you.
Walking at sunrise and staying at sunset, walking and practicing are the only daily activities of the Buddhist scripture gathering team. Tang Monk actually stopped riding horses from then on, euphemistically calling it physical exercise.
Li Zhi couldn't bear to see it, so he secretly passed "Five Animals Play" to Tang Seng.
Other exercises may not be suitable for Tang Monk, but "Five Animals Play" happens to be an outside-in exercise. Power is generated from shape, and strength is generated from force. The strength penetrates the whole body, strengthens the muscles and bones, and condenses the energy to connect the mind.
Li Zhi discovered that today's Tang Monk has, strictly speaking, passed the stage of "refining energy and transforming it into spirit", and the next step is to "refining energy and transforming it into spirit".
Of course, those are the defining rules of Taoism, but Tang Seng practiced it from the two Buddhist scriptures brought back by Li Zhi. Unfortunately, none of the people traveling with him practiced Buddhism.
"Young junior brother, there is no need to worry about it. You must understand the principle that different paths lead to the same destination. All things in the world practice, whether they are Taoist, Buddhist, Shinto, ghost, or demon. After reaching the realm of 'celestial beings', everything is basically the same from there on up." of."
The actions of Li Zhi and Tang Seng were naturally noticed by Sun Wukong, and he unconsciously reminded them kindly.
He did not face Tang Seng directly, but wanted to let Li Zhi do this "favor".
First of all, Li Zhi and Tang Seng had known each other before, and they were both from the human race. Although they had different beliefs, at least for now, they seemed to still have a close friendship.
Secondly, whether it was due to Li Zhi's influence or Sun Wukong's own inherent thoughts, he was unwilling to testify to the West.
The "tightening curse" on his head became a motivation for him to practice hard day and night.
Now, even if he is rushing during the day, Sun Wukong still keeps his mind in the sea of consciousness to practice, leaving only a trace of consciousness to drive his body forward.
It has to be said that with Li Zhi as his companion, a lot of alms work has been saved.
When encountering a crowded market, people will ask for help from the store and replenish necessary daily necessities.
If you are sleeping in the wilderness, you can eat some cooked food and fruits prepared in advance, or hunt on the spot.
If there is really no human habitation for hundreds or thousands of miles, Li Zhi will take care of all the alms, and his alms are actually to go back to the towns he passed before to do shopping.
As a result, Li Zhi's "Rainbow Transformation Technique" has been continuously improved. Now it is easy to use it to travel thousands of miles in one breath.
Autumn passes and winter comes, another three months.
"Wukong, are we almost out of the 'Nanzhan Buzhou' territory?"
I left the Tang Dynasty and thought about Chang'an, and traveled to all the countries to think about the Tang Dynasty. Now I have traveled more than 20,000 miles, and I am about to leave the border of Nanzhan Buzhou.
Tang Seng consciously joined the training team without surprising anyone. Even Zhu Bajie didn't say anything. Everything seemed to be so natural.
Li Zhi and Sun Wukong's daily remarks also intentionally or unintentionally talked about a lot of things about the Three Realms, such as the origin of the four major continents and the distribution of great powers and forces.
Or the various stages of practice, as well as the precautions required at each stage of practice, the concepts and practices of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and hundreds of schools of thought, etc.
Tang Seng no longer just focused on his Buddhism, but continued to dabble in the ideas of other sects. In this way, when he returned to Buddhism again, he had a new understanding of Buddhism.
One "Eight Great Bodhisattva Sutras", one "Void Treasure Bodhisattva Sutra", which Li Zhi brought back from Heifeng Mountain, and one "Many Heart Sutra" which was taught by Zen Master Dewuchao, which Tang Monk used to practice Buddhism on a daily basis. Base.
"Five-Animal Play" is also one of the lessons in the morning and evening. Even when he was rushing in the wilderness, Tang Seng used "Five-Animal Play" unnaturally, but he mostly used "Tiger Walk" and "Deer Walk".
Tang Seng's Buddhism became more and more profound, and his cultivation also improved with each passing day. In less than a year, he actually broke through the acquired realm and entered the innate realm, and it was possible to "build the foundation".
…
Suddenly one day, when everyone was walking forward, they found that there was no road, and there was a huge wave of water and turbulent waves.
"Wukong, the water here is wide, the waves are deep, and there are no boats in sight. If you want to cross to the west, I'm afraid you will have to spend a lot of trouble."
Li Zhi also stopped and looked into the distance, looking westward at the boundless water and sky.
"Senior Brother, how wide can this river be? I can only see a hundred miles away, and the water is still surging."
"Hehe, thanks to my junior brother's care, my grandson's 'fiery eyes' have become even brighter. I can see thousands of miles away with a single glance. I can go to heaven to take over the position of 'clairaudience'."
Sun Wukong obtained the "Golden Eyes of Possession" from Li Zhi and has been practicing for more than three months. With his talent and cultivation, he can train the "Golden Eyes of Possession" to the "green" level.
That is to say, when it broke through the "green" level, a new skill appeared in "Breaking Golden Eyes", which was "clairvoyance".
"Clairvoyance" is more than a thousand miles away, but with Sun Wukong's current cultivation level, he can only see a thousand miles away.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Li Zhi suggested that Sun Wukong still retains the appearance of "Fire Eyes and Golden Eyes", and the "green" level "Destroying Golden Eyes" has long surpassed the efficacy of "Fiery Eyes and Golden Eyes".
"This river is actually eight hundred miles wide. Perhaps this is the boundary of 'Nanzhan Buzhou'."
"Master, Brother Monkey, and Junior Brother, come and take a look. There is a stone monument here——"
Zhu Bajie shouted not far away.
Sure enough, there was a stone tablet standing on the shore, with text written on it, including the name of the river and four lines of mantras.
"It turns out that we have arrived here..."
Li Zhi sighed secretly when he saw Wen, and turned his eyes to Tang Seng beside him.
