Xiniu Hezhou
Sumeru Mountain
The Pure Land of Western Bliss is a vast world embedded in the sky above Mount Sumeru.
Anyone who is destined to die will be freed from the cycle of life and death and reincarnated here to enjoy endless blessings.
This is Yu Yuan's first time coming to this vast world.
Everything within sight is blooming with light, filled with fragrance, and fragrance is everywhere.
From the ground down to the sky, palaces, pavilions, treasure ponds, colored trees, lotus flowers and all other things are shining brightly, without the need of the sun and moon, they are naturally bright!
The Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss has a vast and boundless climate with a mild climate. There is no cold or heat all year round, no scorching sun and heavy rain. It is always cool, comfortable and refreshing.
The whole world is constantly falling from the sky day and night, and will automatically disappear as soon as it hits the ground.
The Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss is made up of the Seven Treasures. The terrain is flat, with no mountains or abyss or ravines.
At a glance, there are countless palaces and pavilions in this world, all built with seven treasures. They can be suspended in the air or placed on the ground. They can be big or small, tall or short, and they can be shaped as you like.
In the open space outside each palace, there are neatly arranged colorful trees planted, which are composed of seven treasures. They are colorful and really beautiful.
The sky above these colorful trees is covered with a net made of hundreds of thousands of treasures such as golden strand pearls. Whenever a breeze blows gently, the treasures above will emit various wonderful sounds of heaven, just like It's normal to have hundreds of musical instruments playing at the same time.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, many monks and nuns were kneeling on the ground, worshiping towards the depths of the Pure Land, their faces full of piety and satisfaction.
It seems that this place brings them an incomparable sense of tranquility and security.
When you are in the pure land, you will feel sincerely relaxed physically and mentally.
This is not something given by the outside world, but a feeling that naturally emerges from deep inside.
Yu Yuan walked slowly behind Saint Zhunti. The whole world was peaceful and quiet, without the noisy noise of the city, and the fragrant breeze gently blew by his ears.
Being in this pure land of bliss, he seemed to be able to forget the worries and disputes of the world.
Saint Zhunti suddenly stopped, turned to look at Yu Yuan, and asked softly: "What do you think of this pure land of bliss, little friend?"
Yu Yuan subconsciously wanted to nod in praise.
Along the way, what he saw was indeed a peaceful and comfortable paradise.
Before today, he had always held a skeptical attitude towards this.
Of course, even now, he still has doubts!
After all, the methods used by Western religions to forcibly convert others are enough to give him a bad impression.
So, Yu Yuan finally shook his head.
"generally."
Saint Zhunti glanced at him without taking it seriously. He smiled and pointed at the magnificent statues of gods deep in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. "Those are the guardians of my Western sect, and the ones in the middle are the town guards of my Western sect." The eight treasures of teaching are the pool of merit.”
Yu Yuan looked in the direction and saw that eight of the numerous statues were unusually tall, a bit taller than the other statues, and one of the statues was broken in the middle, and its upper body collapsed directly.
Yu Yuan knew most of these statues.
It is King Yaksha, King Shura, Shakti, Kinnara and so on.
And that collapsed statue was most likely the Vinayaka who had just been beaten to death by Yu Yuan not long ago.
Thinking of this, he became even more curious about Saint Zhunti inviting him to come to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
From the beginning till now, the saint has always been kind to him.
This kind of kindness is both appreciation for him and seems to be mixed with something else.
Even that time when he traveled to the future time and space, Yu Yuan also received help from his ancestor Shanshi Bodhi.
This made Yu Yuan very curious.
He always felt that this saint seemed to know something.
At this time, Saint Zhunti had already taken him to the Eight Treasures Merit Pool surrounded by many statues of gods.
The water in the pool is filled with spiritual energy, and the light of merit looms above it.
This pool of water is not very wide, but the water seems to be very deep.
"The Eight Treasures Merit Pool is the treasure of my Western teaching. Just bathing in the pool water can eliminate your karma." Saint Zhunti introduced.
Yu Yuan nodded, thinking that the Eight Treasures Merit Pool must have more than this function.
However, since Saint Zhunti had reservations, it was not easy for him to ask too many questions.
There is also a mysterious and simple ancient Bodhi tree next to the Eight Treasures Merit Pool. The lush branches and leaves are flowing with Taoist charms. When people look at it, they will suddenly have infinite insights in their hearts.
It's a pity that Yu Yuan was affected by "Retrograde Behavior" and became more and more confused.
At the moment, he did not dare to look too much and followed Saint Zhunti slowly to the foot of the ancient Bodhi tree.
This is a top-quality innate spiritual root that has existed in chaos since before the beginning of the world.
According to ancient legend, Saint Zhunti took the form of this ancient Bodhi tree.
Of course, this is just a rumor and there is no evidence.
Yu Yuan did not speculate on this issue, but looked at this top-quality spiritual root calmly.
There are two futons under this ancient bodhi tree, as if they have been placed there since eternity and have never moved.
Saint Zhunti sat down with his back against the ancient Bodhi tree, then looked at Yu Yuan and said with a smile: "There are no outsiders here, little friends, please sit wherever you like."
Yu Yuan glanced at him and thought to himself, are we so familiar?
But after a slight hesitation, he sat down.
He believed that Saint Zhunti's move must have some agenda, but it might not be all bad for him.
When things got to this point, he was willing to take a gamble.
An imperceptible smile appeared on Saint Zhunti's face, and with a flick of his hand, an antique coffee table appeared between him and Yu Yuan, with all the tea utensils on it, and the tea in the pot was still steaming slightly.
He poured two cups of tea, handed one to Yu Yuan, and picked up one himself to savor.
Yu Yuan looked at the cup and found that there was a blooming lotus in the tea cup, which was very beautiful.
He raised the tea cup and took a sip. He immediately felt a cool taste and a faint fragrance, which made people feel refreshed.
"This is my Western bitter lotus tea. Can my little friend still get used to drinking it?"
Saint Zhunti asked with a smile.
"It has a sweet fragrance and leaves a fragrant aroma on your lips and teeth. It is truly a rare and good tea." Yu Yuan praised sincerely.
Under the influence of [Retrograde Medicine], the warm and bitter tea became sweet and cool, which made him have endless aftertaste.
The smile on Saint Zhunti's face became even stronger.
"If you like it, little friends, bring some for later tasting."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and flicked it, and immediately a delicate and compact porcelain jar appeared in front of Yu Yuan.
"Thank you sage for the tea."
Yu Yuan stood up and thanked him respectfully, then put away the porcelain jar and said seriously: "I wonder what the saint taught me when he brought me to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss?"
"Little friend, don't think too much." Sage Zhunti said with a smile: "I just saw that Senior Brother Tongtian is no longer what he used to be, so I brought you to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss for a temporary refuge. I have no ill intentions towards you.
Of course, if you trust me, you can also tell me what you know. Maybe I can help you. "
"The saint is merciful, so I'll thank you in advance."
Yu Yuan thanked him, thought quickly, and finally made up his mind. He chose some things he could say and told Saint Zhunti. He only said that after Tongtian went to the outer chaos, the evil corpse that should have disappeared suddenly reappeared. And he still had the upper hand, but he hid the key information of "Meteor Saint Pill".
After listening to Yu Yuan's words, Saint Zhunti nodded slightly and said calmly: "It seems that something happened to Senior Brother Tongtian. Maybe something special happened in the chaos outside the sky."
After a pause, he looked at Yu Yuan and said: "Don't worry, little friend, you can stay in this pure land of bliss until the problem is solved. Of course, if you want to leave, you can leave at any time, no one will Block you.
The door of Western religion will always be open to children, and you can come and go freely. "
Hearing this, Yu Yuan felt even more weird.
As far as he knew, although this Zhunti saint had always been full of compassion, his secret methods were endless, and he would not show mercy at all when he needed to use ruthless tactics.
But this saint was kind to him from beginning to end, which made him very curious.
"Thank you saint for your love!"
Yu Yuan bowed respectfully.
Regardless of the purpose of Saint Zhunti's move, it is indeed very beneficial to him from the current perspective.
At least in this pure land of bliss, he doesn't have to worry about being chased by the leader of Tongtian.
Hmm... they shouldn't be chasing you, right?
There are two saints in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. If Master Tongtian comes alone, he will probably suffer a loss, right?
Unless the Immortal Killing Sword Formation is set up!
But the problem is that this Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss is the territory of Western religion.
Setting up the Immortal Killing Sword Formation on someone else’s territory is a bit of a bully!
Yu Yuan drank all the tea in the cup, and then, under the arrangement of Saint Zhunti, followed a little Taoist boy to rest in the treasure hall.
Shortly after he left, a golden lotus with twelve levels of merit rose from the pool of eight treasures.
The golden lotus bloomed, and a skinny figure with a sad face emerged from it to welcome the Taoist.
His brows were full of doubts, and he appeared next to Saint Zhunti. He sat cross-legged on the futon where Yu Yuan had sat, looked at Saint Zhunti with a serious expression and said:
"Then Yu Yuan killed the Heavenly Protector of our religion. Junior brother, why do you still want to keep him?"
"Vinayaka has fallen. Senior brother, why should we cling to the past anymore? Why not look forward to the future?" Saint Zhunti poured a cup of tea for Saint Jingyin and said calmly.
The saint's expression changed slightly, and he said with some confusion: "Junior brother, can you see the future?"
Saint Zhunti shook his head, "Senior brother can't, so naturally I can't either."
"Then why do you value this Yu Yuan so much?" Saint Jieyin looked at Saint Zhunti in confusion, "Before, it was quite a reason why you wanted to win him over to our Western religion, but now Zixiao Palace has issued a decree saying that he is Even his ancestor wanted to get rid of the evil demon outside the territory, so why did you bring him to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss?"
"It is precisely because everyone now thinks that he is an extraterrestrial evil spirit that I value him even more!" Saint Zhunti said calmly: "This is how we can form a good relationship."
The sage Jieying naturally understood what he meant.
The icing on the cake is always better than providing help when it is timely.
But the problem is, they are saints!
Do you need to help others in times of need to build good relationships?
Moreover, this Yu Yuan is an extraterrestrial demon that even his master, Tongtian Cult Master, is hunting down. Yuanshi Tianzun, who explains the religion, has repeatedly expressed his intention to kill him, and even the Zixiao Palace has issued a decree to kill him on the spot. Dharma!
Now if the Western religion covers him, it is no longer as simple as offending the leader of Tongtian and Yuanshi Tianzun, but it is tantamount to disobeying the orders of Zixiao Palace!
With this thought in mind, Saint Jieying remained silent for a moment, then looked at Saint Zhunti and said seriously: "Junior brother, what you do may bring disaster to our Western religion.
If you can't give me a good reason, junior brother, I can't accompany you to gamble with the entire Western religion! "
Saint Zhunti didn't even raise his eyelids, "Even if I want to gamble, senior brother won't believe me?"
"No!" The leading saint shook his head, "Unless you can give me a good reason!"
Sage Zhunti sighed softly, looked at Sage Jieyin and said, "What if I said that forming this good relationship now may be the key to the prosperity of the West in the future?"
"You mean, the great prosperity of the West depends entirely on Yu Yuan?" Sage Jieyin looked at Sage Zhunti in surprise, frowned and said, "Where does this statement come from, junior brother?"
Saint Zhunti smiled indifferently and did not explain. He just said: "At the moment, I only have a little guess, which has not been confirmed, but I think it is worth a try."
The saint said with a gloomy expression, "Junior brother, no matter what, this Western religion is the Western religion shared by you and me. Your decision may bring disaster, so you should inform me in advance."
Saint Zhunti smiled and said: "Senior brother is right. This is indeed my fault for not thinking carefully. But senior brother, don't worry, senior brother Tongtian will probably come to your door soon, and then I will take Yu Yuan to leave the Pure Land of Paradise.
If I lose the bet this time, senior brother, you just need to pretend not to know. "
After saying this, Saint Zhunti stood up and said, "Xiqi has begun to attack the merchants, senior brother, it's time to make preparations."
The Holy Sage looked at him steadily, and after a moment, he slowly stood up, with a worried look still flashing in his eyes, and said: "Junior brother, be careful in everything!"
Saint Zhunti looked at him deeply and said, "Senior brother, don't worry."
The leading saint sighed softly, and his figure slowly disappeared.
…
At the same time, Yu Yuan, led by the boy, also came to a beautiful palace full of Western style.
The room was empty except for a soft futon in the center.
Yu Yuan sat cross-legged on it, feeling quite comfortable.
He thought carefully about the conversation he had just had with Saint Zhunti. In the end, he could not guess Saint Zhunti's intention, so he simply stopped thinking about it.
For him, the most important thing now is to save his life under the pursuit of the leader of Tongtian.
Then he had to find a way to suppress the evil corpse on the Tongtian Cult Master and return it to its normal state.
In addition, it is necessary to achieve enlightenment and become a saint as soon as possible.
Moreover, his original plan must be completely overturned.
At first, he was thinking about the impending catastrophe, fearing that the leader of Tongtian would be unable to survive alone. No matter which path he took, he would first become a saint.
But this time, Master Tongtian encountered an accident when he was looking for Zixiao Palace. He drank the Holy Meteor Pill, causing the evil corpse to take over his body, which also set off alarm bells in his heart.
There is no doubt that the leader of the Tongtian Sect has become like this, and the Taoist Hongjun who conforms to the way of heaven will definitely not be able to escape suspicion.
Ever since he issued the edict and slandered himself as an extraterrestrial evil spirit, it seemed as if there was a big hand controlling everything behind his back, causing all the saints to walk out of their dojos and actively or passively participate in the catastrophe.
Although I don’t know what the Taoist ancestor’s purpose was for doing this, one thing is certain – a heavenly meritorious saint like Lord Tongtian can’t make any big waves in front of him!
Considering this, Yu Yuan did not hesitate to give up taking the shortcut, that is, the path to becoming a saint through merit.
His current enemies are no longer just Yuanshi Tianzun and Taiqing Saint. The Hongjun Daozu who issued a decree to take his life is his biggest enemy!
Therefore, the two methods of attaining enlightenment through meritorious deeds and killing three corpses can be abandoned.
The only methods of enlightenment before him now are sanctification by law and enlightenment by force.
It's just that both of these are extremely difficult, and there is no clue.
It’s easier to say that the law is sanctified.
According to legend, as long as you fully understand the Three Thousand Principles, you can become a saint and become equal to the way of heaven.
But the problem is that many great masters have spent thousands of years only realizing a simple principle of law. It is extremely difficult to fully understand one avenue, let alone the three thousand avenues.
This is simply an impossible task.
Even if Yu Yuan practices the Great Dream Heart Sutra, it can differentiate into thousands of things, and enlightenment in dreams does not play a key role.
However, no matter how difficult it is to become a saint by law, at least there is a direction, but there is really no clue as to how to prove the Tao through force.
The method of enlightenment through force is the method of enlightenment pioneered by the legendary great god Pangu.
To put it simply, if you are extremely powerful and can conquer all the ways, you can successfully achieve enlightenment and become a supreme being above the three thousand avenues, that is, a great saint who only exists in legends.
It is said that the reason why the Great God Pangu created the world was to suppress the ten thousand ways, but as a result, he was attacked by thousands of demon gods.
After a fierce and cruel battle, the great god Pangu killed most of the great gods and demons, but finally fell down. His body turned into the sun, moon, stars and all living things in the ancient world, while his soul turned into Samcheong.
This is the only information Yu Yuan learned.
In his view, this method of proving the Tao through force is even more outrageous than sanctification by law.
If there is still some chance of becoming a saint through the law, then it is absolutely impossible to prove the Tao through force.
After all, even the Great God Pangu failed!
But apart from these two methods of enlightenment, there seems to be no other choice.
Yu Yuan sighed softly, feeling that the road ahead was really difficult.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside.
Yu Yuan opened his eyes and did not get up to go out. He just sent out a ray of spiritual thought to check the situation.
I saw a group of Western disciples wearing Western clothes descending from the sky, flooding the area in front of the palace where he was.
Standing at the front were three middle-aged men with profound knowledge.
Among them, the middle-aged man on the left has a rough and ugly appearance, a tall and powerful body, dark skin, and a sharp cold light flashing in his pupils. He has his hands crossed in front of his chest, giving people an irresistible sense of oppression.
Yu Yuan recognized him at a glance. This person was none other than King Yaksha, the protector of Western religions who had been beaten several times.
The middle-aged man standing on the far right is equally ugly and tall, but his skin color is not dark, but has a dark red color, as if it were stained blood.
Yu Yuan has also seen this man. He is the leader of the Asura clan, named Tianbo Xun.
I just don’t know when this guy came to the Western Sect and became a Dharma Protector.
Yu Yuan estimated in his heart that it was most likely that the Styx ancestor reached some kind of agreement with the Western Sect, which made Tianbo Xun, the leader of the Asura clan, turn to the West.
The middle-aged man in the middle of the two people is tall, with long hair tied into a sideburn, and an inviolable majesty between his brows. He wore a luxurious dragon-patterned robe, embroidered with gold threads all over his body, a jade belt around his waist, and green linen shoes on his feet, just like a noble emperor.
Yu Yuan had never seen this person before, but he could clearly feel that his aura was much higher than that of Tianbo Xun and King Yaksha. In all likelihood, he was also a quasi-sage master.
"Are you the Yi Qi Immortal Yu Yuan who killed Vinayaka and the others?"
The man in rich clothes in the middle frowned slightly and stared directly at Yu Yuan.
"it's me."
Yu Yuan nodded slightly and openly admitted his identity and the matter of killing Vinayaka. Then he looked at the man in rich clothes and said, "I wonder what your identity is?"
"My name is Emperor Shitian, and I am the head of all the heavenly protectors!"
The man in rich clothes looked at Yu Yuandao condescendingly, "Vinayaka is a close friend of mine who shares the same goals, but you beat him to death. This matter must not be let go like this!"
"Oh~"
Hearing this, Yu Yuan understood. He looked at the Emperor Shitian and said with a smile: "Why, do you want to avenge Nabinayaka? But before you came, didn't you ask who I came with? The pure land of bliss?”
"I know it was the second leader who brought you back." Emperor Shitian sneered, "But do you think you can scare me away by saying this?! Not only will I not back down today, I will also stand for Vina in front of everyone. Ye Jia comes back to seek justice!"
Yu Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, "If you insist on doing this, I won't object. But I still want to advise you, living is the most important thing, but if you die, there will really be nothing."
"Hahaha——" Di Shitian sneered, looked at Yu Yuanhan and said, "If you think you can scare me like this, then you underestimate me!"
"Haha." Yu Yuan smiled and said nothing more.
As the saying goes, good words cannot persuade a ghost who wants to die!
Since the Dharma Protector was determined to compete with him, he couldn't just refuse.
"Very good!" Emperor Shitian saw Yu Yuan's relief and immediately felt that he had been slighted. He sneered and said, "What an arrogant Jiejiao Immortal!"
"What kind of Jie Jiao Immortal? I think it's an alien demon!" King Yaksha also sneered.
King Asura Tianboxun on the side said in a deep voice: "It is very likely that the two Taoist friends Garuda and Mohuraga were also killed by him. This account has not been settled yet!"
Yu Yuan reached out and took out his ears, and said casually: "How about you guys come together?"
"Arrogant!"
Emperor Shitian scolded angrily and shouted loudly: "Let me teach you a lesson first!"
After saying that, Emperor Shitian turned to King Yaksha and others beside him and said: "You guys will raid the formation for me. Don't let this guy escape."
Then, he looked at Yu Yuando with a proud look on his face: "Let's take action, let me see the strength of your Jie Qixian!"
"Are you sure you want to fight with me?"
Yu Yuan found it a bit funny, "I advise you not to waste your time. Wouldn't it be better for the three of us to go together?"
"I am enough to deal with you!" Di Shitian shouted, took a step forward, instantly crossed the space between the two of them, and waved his hand towards Yu Yuan!
This slap covered Yu Yuan's entire body, as if it covered the sky and the sun.
There was a faint smile on Yu Yuan's face. The moment his palm fell down, he slowly stretched out his right hand. With a gentle wave, he grabbed Emperor Shitian's palm and made him unable to hold it any longer despite all his strength. Advance half a minute.
"How can this be?!"
Emperor Shitian was immediately shocked. He felt as if his palms were bound by a divine chain of order. No matter how hard he tried, he could not break free at all.
This scene was completely beyond his cognition, even he didn't believe that he would face such a situation!
He is a quasi-sage!
He was actually restrained by the opponent in an instant.
Isn't this too scary?
"Watch the move!" Yu Yuan shouted softly, then took Di Shitian's palm and squeezed it hard, and then with a little force, he pulled Di Shitian's entire body over.
"You...what are you going to do?!" Di Shitian's voice became more panicked.
His eyes widened and he couldn't believe this was happening.
At this moment, he felt a huge sense of crisis coming over him. He was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered and could only be slaughtered by others.
Sure enough, Yu Yuan chuckled lightly, held Di Shitian in his right hand and spun it around twice, then lifted his whole body up and then pushed him down hard.
"boom--"
Emperor Shitian let out a shrill scream and was slapped hard by Yu Yuan on the ground paved with Qibao.
Before he could react, a terrifying force lifted him up again and slammed him to the ground again.
"ah--"
Emperor Shitian roared crazily, trying to free himself, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not move even half a finger, and could only let Yu Yuan throw him around like a rag doll.
"this……"
"What exactly is going on?"
The people watching not far away were horrified when they saw this scene, as if they had seen a ghost.
Especially King Yaksha and King Asura, who had made a sound just now, now had their eyes wide open and their legs were shaking unconsciously.
They have all dealt with Yu Yuan, and their impression of him still remains the same as before.
They never expected that the other party was already a terrifying existence that they could not understand!
(End of chapter)
