"The Tao can be Tao, but it is not Tao; the name can be named, but it is not named.
Nameless, the beginning of heaven and earth, Named, the mother of all things.
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The life of Qing Niu Jing.
Hanguguan Quiet Room.
The moment my blade fell on the bamboo slip.
The color of the world suddenly changed.
Everything lost its color at this moment.
Only within a small area of I am left, the color is still the same and radiant.
Wisps of rays of light lingered and rose into the sky, exuding an indescribable mysterious aura from his body.
Boom!
Thousands of purple thunder flashed in the sky. It was clearly daytime, but it was pitch black, as if it was the end of the world.
This is God being angry because someone is describing it in words.
Every time I write a word or a paragraph, the world trembles.
Countless demons and evil shadows surrounded him, letting out bursts of ghostly cries and howls, cursing him, bewitching him, and attacking him, hoping to make him stop leaking secrets.
But at the same time, humane virtues were also constantly emerging, forming a seven-colored light shield to protect him, isolating the evil shadows of demons from outside, and sheltering Lao Tzu within it.
Lao Tzu is the incarnation of the Supreme Saint in the mortal world, but before his merits are perfected, he does not have the memory and cultivation of the Supreme Saint, and is just an ordinary mortal.
His use of words to explain the Great Dao is stealing heaven's secrets, but it is a great merit for humanity and the human race.
It should be noted that the way of humanity does not specifically refer to the way of the human race, but the way of living beings, the way of all living beings!
Insects, fish, birds, beasts, demons, gods, and Buddhas, all creatures that are born with consciousness, souls, and intelligence are cultivating humanity!
The same goes for the human religion of the Supreme Sage. It is a religion for all sentient beings, not for the human race.
However, the human race is the protagonist of the Heavenly Way after the Lich, and it is the only protagonist. It has great luck and is deeply loved by the Heavenly Way, which is far beyond the comparison of the previous Heavenly Way protagonists.
This is also the reason why the human race dares to use the word "人" (人), which is the same as humanity, as their clan name in their own language and writing!
Facts have proved that the human race’s confidence is not false!
Nowadays, Taoism, Western sects and even small sects such as Brahmanism and Asura sect are trying their best to spread the word among the human race.
The believers gradually changed from beings of all races to mainly human beings.
Even monsters and ghosts will inevitably find ways to transform into human beings and learn the language knowledge of the human race after they become successful in cultivation.
The human race is gradually becoming the main body of humanity, even the core!
In this way, the status of the protagonist of the human race world will no longer be shaken!
It is because the saints saw this that before leaving the Three Realms, they used their incarnations to reincarnate into the human race, forming a deeper cause and effect with the human race, so that their Taoism could flourish and last forever among the human race.
Li Anran still doesn't know these inside stories, and his mind is entirely focused on the "Tao Te Ching" in front of him.
Because of his previous accumulation, he was able to understand the content described in the Tao Te Ching.
However, it is not an easy thing to fully understand.
However, even if he only witnessed the entire process of Lao Tzu writing the Tao Te Ching, he gained a lot.
When Lao Tzu finished writing the Tao Te Ching.
A ray of golden light burst out from the bamboo slips on which the Tao Te Ching was written, soaring straight into the sky and tearing open the black clouds in the sky.
The dazzling crystal light hangs down from mid-air, like a rainbow made up of billions of light particles. The golden flowers ripple and the rainbow bursts out, transforming into layers of clouds and colorful lights.
There is also purple energy coming from the east for thirty thousand miles, countless flowers falling from the sky, and golden lotuses emerging from the ground.
Li Anran has been completely immersed in it.
In a trance, he saw the words from the "Tao Te Ching" flying out, like shining golden light, constantly hovering in his field of vision, and like a bell reverberating endlessly in his ears.
Entered into the state of enlightenment that practitioners dream of!
When Li Anran woke up again, it was already thirty-three years later!
This kind of enlightenment may take a long time or a short time, but basically, the longer the time, the greater the harvest!
Li Anran realized thirty-three years ago!
Although his cultivation level has not increased, his soul has been tempered and sublimated, becoming crystal clear and flowing with divine light, faintly surrounded by wisps of purple energy.
In addition, his cognitive understanding of Tao is completely different from before!
The benefits that these two brought to him are so great that it is difficult to describe in words.
The simplest and crudest point.
Even in the same Golden Immortal realm, the strength he can exert at this time is several times that of before!
If he had to fight against the Green Bull Spirit again, he would not need Nezha's help and was confident that he could defeat him within three hundred moves!
However, this was also the first time that he had read through the entire Tao Te Ching.
Looking back in the future, although the harvest will still be considerable, it will not be so exaggerated.
"It is indeed the incarnation of the Supreme Saint in the mortal world, but it is different! The bamboo slips recording the "Tao Te Ching" have so many blessings of human virtues, I am afraid they will directly become the most valuable treasure of virtues!"
"And that King Kong Zhuo, with so many Tao-protecting skills tempered and poured into it, no wonder it is so powerful!"
Li Anran felt envious when he thought of the scenes in Qingniu Jing's life.
What followed Lao Tzu to heaven was not only the Qingniu Jing and the Taoist boys beside him, but also the clothes on his body, the diamond carvings on his wrists, and the tablets engraved with the Tao Te Ching.
With the blessing of humane virtues, these ordinary objects have all turned into magic weapons of merit!
Among them, Bamboo Slips and Diamond Drawings have gained the most humane merits.
The former has the function of recording, and the latter has the function of protecting the law.
What made Li Anran even more jealous was actually Yin Xi!
After Lao Tzu completed his merits, he actually gave him the Tao Te Ching directly!
This magic weapon is worth Li Anran's entire net worth!
Li Anran resisted the urge to continue studying the Tao Te Ching, got up and left the quiet room.
Before he retreated, he had considered that he might need a lot of time this time, so he had made arrangements in advance and ordered the gods and officials to proceed as usual.
If there is any major problem that cannot be solved, just wake him up.
However, Li Anran never expected that it would take thirty-three years for him to have this epiphany!
"For immortal gods, time is really worthless!" Li Anran couldn't help but sigh.
In the past thirty-three years, he has not been awakened by the gods and immortal officials, which means that nothing major has happened.
But, after all, it had been so long, so it would be inappropriate for him not to go out.
"Sir, are you out of seclusion?"
Outside the quiet room, there are heavenly soldiers and generals waiting day and night.
As soon as Li Anran went out, heavenly soldiers and generals came to greet him.
Soon, the news of his release spread throughout the prison.
A group of gods, officials and immortal officials hurriedly put down what they were doing and came to report on their work during this period.
They were not surprised that Li Anran had been in seclusion for thirty-three years. Those who could become the gods and officials of Tianlao Palace must at least have the cultivation of heavenly immortals.
They also all have the experience of being in seclusion for decades or even hundreds of years!
On the contrary, Li Anran's retreat for so many years did not last more than half a year at a time, which really surprised them.
And this is one of the reasons why they all believe that Li Anran is self-denial and dedicated to his duties.
As the gods and officials came forward to report their work one by one, Li Anran quickly learned about some of the things that had happened in the past thirty-three years.
First, there is the aspect of heaven.
There are many important things, but not many have anything to do with him.
For example, the purple-clothed fairy among the seven fairies was deprived of her fairy status by the Queen Mother because she secretly moved her mortal heart and married the mortal Dong Yong. She was thrown into reincarnation and reincarnated.
For another example, Han Zhongli, the Supreme Lord's cowherd boy, was transformed into an immortal by Tieguai Li after nine reincarnations. The time coincided with the time when Qingniu Jing was captured and brought back to heaven.
etc.
There are only two things related to Li Anran.
The first thing is that three years ago, because the Queen Mother did not invite him to the peach banquet, the yellow-toothed old monster used the magic power of heaven and earth outside the Nantian Gate to transform into a shape the size of a mountain. He waved an elephant trunk like a pillar of heaven and caused a big fuss. ——
In Journey to the West, this was originally a scene involving the green-haired lion monster.
But in this world, because of Li Anran's existence, the green-haired lion monster has been brought back by Manjushri Bodhisattva.
The person who performed the low-profile version of Pin Xixi's "Havoc in Heaven" became an old elephant with yellow teeth.
The purpose should be the same as before, which is to imitate Sun Wukong and establish prestige among monsters by causing havoc in the heaven.
The second item is, of course, the Queen Mother’s peach feast.
The reason why he said that the farce between the old green-haired lion monster and the current yellow-tusked old elephant outside the Nantianmen was a low-end version of "Fighting Xixi" to cause havoc in heaven.
First, because they dared to use the magic of heaven and earth outside the Nantian Gate to scare the heavenly soldiers and generals. They didn't even get close to the Nantian Gate, so they quickly returned to Xiniu Hezhou, and then boasted about it.
Secondly, it’s because the Queen Mother’s Peach Festival happens every three hundred and sixty-five years.
Now, there is still a month left before the Peach Festival, and they say that the Queen Mother did not invite them, which is a crude imitation of monkeys.
However, as the Prison God and Guansuo Xingjun, Li Anran is one of the three hundred and sixty-five righteous gods in heaven, so he is qualified to participate in the Peach Banquet, and his position is relatively close.
Before that, he still needed to prepare a birthday gift for the Queen Mother, and then he had to present it in front of all the immortals.
This matter is related to the Queen Mother's face. It is not a big deal, but it is not a small matter.
But he couldn't slack off and had to prepare in advance.
According to what the gods said.
Except for that time when the monkeys made a scene in heaven.
As one of the three hundred and sixty-five righteous gods, he will be able to get a purple-striped peach with a ripeness of 9,000 years, a medium-sized peach with a maturity of 6,000 years, and four small peach with a maturity of 3,000 years. Flat peach.
However, since the monkeys devoured all the large and small ripe peaches in the peach orchard, it is hard to say what will happen to the flat peaches today.
"It's a troublesome thing!" Li Anran felt a little troubled, but more out of curiosity and expectation.
After all, this flat peach feast can be said to be a first-class feast in the three realms. The reputation of flat peach is also well known to him, and he has wanted to taste it since his previous life.
Compared to the many major events that happened in Heaven, the Heavenly Prison was much calmer.
The first is the prisoner aspect.
After two hundred years of cleaning up.
There are only a few monsters in the world who dare to rebel. Occasionally, those who are caught in the sky are mostly because they kill or injure the mountain god, earth god, river god, dragon king, etc.
Most of these monsters are in the realm of true immortals or celestial beings. They did not intentionally make enemies of the heaven, but just lost their control due to impulse.
There are not many gods in heaven who dare to offend the rules of heaven. They have all been frightened by Yang Jian's ruthless methods. In addition, there are Jiazi Ji Kao hanging above their heads. Each one is more honest than the other, and their work efficiency has increased countless times than before. .
In the past thirty-three years, the total number of monsters and sinners sent to the heavenly prison was only more than ten.
The heavenly soldiers and generals followed Li Anran's instructions and imprisoned them in the heavenly prison. No accidents occurred during the period.
The only thing that Li Anran needed to deal with was Zhu Bajie's matter.
After Emperor Donghua learned that Zhu Bajie had been captured and brought back to heaven, he went to the Jade Emperor to plead for Zhu Bajie.
The Jade Emperor thought that Zhu Bajie had shed blood and made meritorious deeds for heaven, so he decided to treat Zhu Bajie lightly, and only punished him for one hundred and thirty years in the heavenly prison, and then let him go down to earth and become an immortal.
The gods in the Three Realms are divided into five levels: "Heaven, Earth, Gods, Humans and Ghosts".
Celestial Immortals are those immortals who hold positions in the Heavenly Court. People like Li Anran, Nezha, and Yang Jian are among the best among the Celestial Immortals.
Earth Immortals are immortals who manage a party in the lower realm. The former Yang Jian and the current San Sheng Sheng both belong to the category of Earth Immortals.
Immortals are gods worshiped by incense, such as mountain gods, land gods, water gods, and river gods.
Immortals are the general term for the mortal beings who have become immortals in the mortal world. They generally do not serve in heaven. They include demon immortals such as Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie, as well as some human beings who have become immortals.
Ghosts and immortals are transformed into mortal beings with meritorious deeds after death and work as servants in the underworld, such as Black and White Wuchang, Judge Cui, and Yin Chaos.
Emperor Donghua also asked for permission to come to Tianlao to see Zhu Bajie for the last time.
However, Emperor Donghua was an extremely disciplined person. After learning that Li Anran was in seclusion, he did not let the heavenly soldiers and generals disturb him.
Instead, they asked them to notify Li Anran after he came out of confinement, and he would come to Tianlao to see Zhu Bajie at that time.
As a result, this wait lasted thirty-three years.
It turned out that Zhu Bajie was sent to the Buddhist scripture-seeking team by Emperor Donghua!
Li Anran was not surprised by this.
In the past life, many people analyzed that Zhu Bajie was a descendant of Taishang Laojun. The evidence is that Nine-Tooth Nail Rake and Zhu Bajie once took the Nine Turns Pill.
In fact, it is not the case.
Not only Taishang Laojun has this Nine Turns Pill, but Emperor Donghua also has it!
And it was mentioned in the chapter about the ginseng fruit tree in Journey to the West!
In addition, judging from the fact that Zhu Bajie and Monkey threw the Sanqing statue into the manure pit in Chechi Kingdom, it is impossible for him to have anything to do with Taishang Laojun. Instead, he has a grudge against Xuanmen!
But Emperor Donghua was forced to reincarnate and rebuild his cultivation because of an unreasonable incident, and even became Tieguai Li's apprentice!
It is reasonable for Zhu Bajie to feel resentful!
Li Anran immediately asked his heavenly soldiers and generals to invite Emperor Donghua.
"The prison god."
Emperor Donghua received the news and quickly arrived outside Tianlao Palace in a cloud.
After some greetings.
Emperor Donghua took out the Jade Emperor's edict.
The content inside was to allow Emperor Donghua to enter Tianlao Palace to see Zhu Ganglie for the last time.
Li Anran led Emperor Donghua to the cell where Zhu Bajie was imprisoned.
Although Zhu Bajie was one of the four people who learned the scriptures, Li Anran did not give him any preferential treatment and treated him the same as other monsters who had committed crimes.
In the past thirty-three years, Zhu Bajie has been taking copper pills and drinking iron juice every day. It can be clearly felt that his body has lost weight and the flesh on his face has sunken.
This is because he has practiced the Nine Transformation Yuan Gong, otherwise, his current condition will only be worse.
"Master."
As soon as he saw Emperor Donghua, Zhu Bajie rushed towards him, crying bitterly, and begged: "I know I was wrong! Please master, please save the disciple! Please save the disciple!"
(End of chapter)
