Clay figurine...
Ning Fan nodded and kept Xiang Jiezi's instructions in mind. His eyes swept over the vegetation of Mu Island again, and he felt that every blade of grass and trees here had an indescribable sense of being out of the world, and seemed to be incompatible with all the hustle and bustle of the outside world.
In my ears I could hear the sound of the wind rustling through the pine forest, and there was also the faint sound of bells that seemed far away.
Each sound of the bell echoed in Ning Fan's sea of consciousness, making Ning Fan's heart a little clearer and his cultivation improved a little. Although the improvement was not much, it was enough to show that the sound of the bell was extraordinary.
The only thing that made Ning Fan frown was that the sound of the bell actually meant to persuade people to avoid the world. That is to say, Ning Fan has a high level of cultivation so that he will not be deceived by the sound of the bell. If an ordinary true immortal comes here, he is afraid that as soon as he hears the sound of the bell, he will have the idea of taking refuge, abandon everything in the world, and choose to escape into Buddhism.
"What a powerful bell. This is the first time that this junior has seen such a level of Buddhist magical power since he started practicing Taoism." Ning Fan praised.
"This bell contains the power of the Six Divine Powers of Buddhism. High-level Buddhist cultivators mostly live in the Western Heaven. There are almost no Buddhist cultivators who have mastered the Perfect Path of Luo in the Eastern Heaven. You have never seen this kind of magical power. It is normal." Xiang Jiezi explained with a smile.
"The six magical powers of Buddhism?" Ning Fan was slightly startled.
He didn't know much about Buddhism, and this was the first time he heard the term.
"The six magical powers of Buddhism are the Heavenly Eyes, Heavenly Ears, Other Hearts, Fate, Divine Feet, and All Outflows. The Heavenly Eyes cultivates the magical power of Dharma Eyes, and the Heavenly Ears cultivates the Spiritual Awareness. The other's mind can see into people. In the heart, the fate can be seen through the changes of reincarnation in the past and present. The divine foot is the power of billions of dharma bodies. The leakage can cut off all the delusions and obsessions in the world. The sound of the bell of Mu Song contains the magical power of the leakage. If you are not cultivated enough, Listening to the sound of this bell, you will definitely take refuge in Buddhism and abandon the mortal world."
While explaining to Xiangzi, he took Ning Fan and walked toward the center of Mudao.
It's not that you can't fly. It's just that Taoist Musong has a weird personality and doesn't like people flying in his territory. Xiang Jiezi came here with a request, so naturally he won't offend people's taboos.
Mujima is not big. It's just a small island with a radius of ten miles. From the outside, it looks like a tiger lying in the center of the sea of stars.
The island is covered with podocarpus trees, all of which are ancient pines with a height of tens of feet, moving towards the center of the island. The taller the old pine trees are.
From time to time, some clay figures would emerge from the pine forest and attack Ning Fan and Ning Fan without saying a word.
At first, these clay figures were all Shekong cultivators, so naturally they could not stop Ning Fan and Xiang Jiezi, and were easily killed by the two of them.
But later, even the clay figurines of Broken Thoughts began to appear. These clay figurines of Broken Thoughts are not fearful in their cultivation, but they know some secret techniques and are able to predict Ning Fan's attacks and react in advance.
Several times. Ning Fan swung his Zhan Yi Dao sword to kill the clay figures. The clay figures actually seemed to know the angle of Ning Fan's sword swing in advance and avoided the attack.
Naturally, the difference in strength between these clay figures and Ning Fan was too great, and they were easily killed by Ning Fan, but Ning Fan still showed a solemn expression.
If this kind of magical power that can predict other people's attacks is mastered by a strong person at the level of Immortal Lord, it will be very difficult to deal with and should not be underestimated.
"This is the power of his mind. He can predict what is in his opponent's mind. Making judgments in advance during a fight has endless magical uses." Xiang Jiezi explained.
"Are they the Six Divine Powers of Buddhism again? In other words, these clay figures can see through my thoughts with the power of their mind?" Ning Fan's eyes narrowed.
He didn't want a group of clay figures to see through his inner thoughts.
"Haha. Only when there is a huge gap in cultivation can his telepathy be effective and see through all your inner thoughts. With your immortal cultivation for an eternity, even a third-level quasi-sage Buddhist cultivator cannot see through your thoughts. In my heart, these clay figures can only predict your next attack at most. They cannot do more things." Xiang Jiezi explained.
"I see."
Ning Fan relaxed after knowing that his mind would not be able to see through his thoughts. If everyone could see through his heart, it would be too scary for his mind to see through.
Speaking of which, his whispering technique is somewhat similar to the Buddhist psychic powers. I wonder if Emperor Luan Gu referred to the Buddhist magical powers when he first created this magical power.
After walking along the pine forest for about three miles, a monument of holy virtue and magical merit suddenly appeared on the side of the forest road.
The turtle beast carrying the stele is lifelike, and it seems vaguely that it is actually a demon corpse of the turtle clan that has been dead for countless years and has long been petrified. The evil aura coming towards my face can still be heard!
The evil aura was so strong that Ning Fan almost immediately judged that this tortoise beast, which had been dead for countless years, had a tyrannical cultivation level comparable to the Six Tribulations Immortal Emperor!
This Taoist Master Mu Song is so generous that he actually used the demon corpse of the Immortal Emperor to carry the stele!
The stone tablet on the back of the turtle beast is ordinary. There is nothing strange about it, only two simple words.
Bad world!
These two words were written in wild cursive script on the stone tablet with demon blood. The characters are still bright red and seem to be able to bleed.
There is a domineering look between the lines, like a sharp sword, sharp and hard for people to ignore.
On the back of the stone tablet, there is a line of small words engraved.
'For the rest of my life, I have a domineering temperament. God is unfair, but I will be fair! There are disadvantages in the world, but we can eliminate them! '
The signature is Munan Zun, and the time is 934,620,000 years in the calendar of the Emperor of Heaven.
Ning Fan didn't know who Mu Nanzun was, but Ning Fan had heard of Emperor Li. It was a calendar set by the Emperor of Heaven a billion years ago when the ancient Heavenly Court was first built.
Cultivation has no time, and thousands of years are like a snap of the fingers. Therefore, the calendar of the ancient heaven only records years in terms of tens of thousands. Although the ancient heaven has been destroyed long ago, many monks in later generations still use this calendar.
The date of this inscription was approximately 60 million years ago.
"Mu Nanzun is the common name of Mu Song before he became emperor. This stele was erected when he was quasi-emperor." Xiang Manzi explained.
Ning Fan's eyes moved slightly. Taoist Mu Song had killed the Immortal Emperor of the Turtle Clan when he was a quasi-emperor. He was really a ruthless character to set up a monument here.
Looking back at the words 'harmful world', Ning Fan only felt that these two words were sharp and domineering. One can imagine what a domineering personality Taoist Mu Song had before he became an emperor.
Thinking back to the arrogant words of 'God is not fair, I will be fair', the image of a Taoist who runs rampant in the world and does justice for heaven seems to appear in front of Ning Fan's eyes.
The so-called word "bad times" turns out to mean sweeping away the evils of the times...
After a long time, Ning Fan followed Koizi and walked deep into the pine forest again. Walking through the trees again, he saw the second monument of holy virtue and divine merit.
This stele is just an ordinary stone turtle beast carrying the stele, and it is no longer a real demon corpse.
The word "escaping from the world" is engraved on the front of the stone tablet. There is a lot less killing energy, but a lot more dusty energy.
There is still a line of words engraved on the back.
'For the rest of my twilight years, I was trapped in the bottleneck of the Eight Tribulations, unable to enter the Nine Tribulations realm. Because when you enter the Western Heaven, you can listen to the Buddha's voice, realize the true meaning of escaping from the world, wash away your sharp edges, and stop caring about worldly affairs. Even cultivated to the peak of the imperial realm. '
The inscription is Emperor Zhangmu, and the time is 272,260,000 years in the Western Calendar.
No need to ask, the Great Palm Tree Emperor is probably the title of the Immortal Emperor held by Taoist Mu Song.
As for the Western Heaven Calendar, it is another calendar. After the destruction of the ancient Heavenly Court, the Buddha lived in the Western Heaven. It has been 300 million years since the calendar was started.
The inscription on this stone tablet was about 30 million years ago.
"This monument was erected when Mu Song was at the peak of the Nine Tribulations." Xiang Jianzi explained.
Ning Fan frowned and looked at the second stone tablet.
Although the first stone tablet is impressive. But he dared to call out injustice in the world, and dared to eliminate evil in the world. It can be imagined that the former Taoist Mu Song was a monk who took the rise and fall of the world as his own responsibility.
Although Ning Fan is not this kind of person, he has always had respect for such monks who have the world at heart.
But this second monument is full of Taoist charms of passive avoidance. Ning Fan especially dislikes this word of avoidance. In his life, whenever he encountered difficulties, he always faced them head-on and used strength to overcome them. Never give in an inch.
There is no word "avoidance" in his life. He did not look at this second monument too much. If he looked at it more, he might even be polluted by the Taoist meaning of "escaping from the world" on this monument.
The two continued walking deeper into the pine forest. At the deepest point, I saw an ancient temple. Outside the temple, there was a third monument.
For this third stele, there is no turtle beast carrying the stele. Instead, a towering ancient tree is taken directly, the surface is shaved off, and the stele is erected as a wooden stele.
On the front of the wooden stele, there are two words engraved.
closed world…
On the back of the wooden stele, there is a line of ancient and obscure words engraved on it.
'Purple stars are on the left, fighting stars are on the right, eyes open are dreams, eyes closed are emptiness'.
What does it mean? Ning Fan was completely confused.
The signature is Taoist Musong, and the time is 'Twelve million spring and autumn years after opening your eyes'...
This time, Taoist Mu Song did not use the Western Calendar to record the year, but used something that Ning Fan could not understand at all.
What does it mean…
"'Purple stars are on the left, fighting stars are on the right, open eyes are dreams, close eyes are emptiness'. This sentence is a mantra engraved on the nine wild stone gates. It is said that in this sentence, there is a formula left by the Immortal Emperor. Many Immortal Emperor-level monks know this sentence. They want to understand the true meaning of this sentence, but they can't. Mu Song went to the West that year, and after he came back, he practiced escaping Zen and broke through to the peak of the Nine Tribulations. state, but he could no longer make any progress. Later, he seemed to have realized something from this sentence, and changed to practice closed world meditation. Close and avoidance are just one word apart, but they are essentially different. Later, he successfully broke through the Holy realm…”
Xiang Jianzi seemed to be thinking of the past, with a hint of reminiscing, and said,
"I met Mu Song when we were young. Mu Song is extremely talented. No matter how hard I try to catch up, my strength will always be inferior to him. When he died, I was not as good as him, but the difference was still small. When he left the world, the gap between me and him was already quite big. Da, after he passed away, I was no longer his opponent. Seven million years ago, I had a fight with him. In that battle, I put out seven points, and Mu Song only put up three points, but the result was a draw. …”
Speaking of this, Xiang Jiezi smiled bitterly, not seeing him for seven million years, I'm afraid the gap between him and Mu Song is even greater.
He often even doubted that Mu Song, seven million years ago, had already broken through to the second-level quasi-sage realm. Otherwise, how could he be able to draw a tie with him with only three points of cultivation...
Ning Fan was slightly stunned. He did not expect that Mu Song would become so terrifying after practicing the Closed World Zen.
Harm the world, escape from the world, shut down the world...
If these three words are regarded as the three stages of Mu Song's life practice, then Ning Fan can understand the first two stages, but the third stage is at a loss and cannot be understood.
What is closed world?
Are there still such incantations engraved on the nine wild stone gates? I was busy killing Yin Mo with the eyeball monster before, but I didn't pay attention to Tianhuang Shimen.
"What does it mean to have twelve million springs and autumns since I opened my eyes?" Ning Fan asked again.
"Haha, I don't know the meaning of this sentence. If I could understand it, I wouldn't be so weak as Mu Song." Xiang Jiezi smiled bitterly.
At this moment, inside the ancient temple, in the Zen room, a stiff old man's voice suddenly came out, with an indifference that would repel people thousands of miles away.
"Is that so, Xiang Jiezi? We haven't seen you for seven million years. Why are you here again? Do you want to lose to me again? Don't you feel ashamed!"
The tone was a bit harsh, but Mu Song and Xiang Ganzi were friends, so it wouldn't hurt to exchange a few words of insult.
really. Xiang Jiezi didn't get angry after hearing this, but smiled and cursed, "We haven't seen each other for seven million years. I have made great progress in my cultivation. This time you want to defeat me. It's not as easy as before."
"Really, then I'm going to have a serious discussion with you later. But before that, how about sending away the irrelevant people first! Well!"
A sudden Buddha's roar suddenly came from the Zen courtyard and came straight towards Ning Fan. It was obviously just a 'mah' sound, but it carried the momentum of a dragon roaring and a tiger roaring.
With Xiang Jizi's cultivation, his eardrums were slightly painful when he was affected by the Buddha's roar. There was a shock.
Ning Fan was in the center of the Buddha's roar and felt unprecedented pressure!
Strong, very strong!
Although Taoist Mu Song's cultivation was not as terrifying as Yin Mo's, the pressure it brought to Ning Fan was heavier than the battle with Yin Mo.
After all, the battle with Yin Mo was dominated by the eyeball monster. Ning Fan did not bear the pressure of Yin Mo alone, but this time it was different.
It was as if there were hundreds of millions of monks roaring to suppress demons, and the roar echoed in Ning Fan's sea of consciousness. Like thunder, Ning Fan's face turned pale in an instant, and black blood flowed from his ears.
This roar may not be as good as the roar of the ancient demon, but it is compared with its weakened roar ten years later. Not much worse!
Under this roar, Ning Fan was in unbearable pain all over his body, especially the ancient demon cultivation in his body, which was like the snow in early spring, with a tendency to freeze!
Such a domineering Buddha's roar can actually have the power of one roar. Dissolve the power of the ancient demon in Ning Fan's body!
"Wait a minute! This little friend Ning is my friend. I'm here today and I have something to ask for. Stop it!"
Xiang Jiezi's voice was urgent, and he flicked his sleeves fiercely, as if he wanted to sweep away all the Buddhas in the world and save Ning Fan.
Mu Song snorted coldly, and with the help of his magical power, the power of the Buddha's roar doubled. Xiang Jiezi's cultivation was unable to dispel the Buddha's roar around Ning Fan.
"This boy has violated two of my taboos. He is not welcome on this wooden island! Since he is your friend, I will spare his life and not harm him. You can take him away. I will not help you with what you ask for." you!"
He ignored the friendship between Nian and Xiang Ganzi and directly drove them away, which is evident in his withdrawn personality.
Xiang Jianzi smiled bitterly, he knew Mu Song's taboos.
Mu Song doesn't like outsiders entering the island, so he brought Ning Fan here, which violated Mu Song's first taboo.
Mu Song didn't like ancient demons. This was the consistent attitude of Buddhist cultivators. He hated ancient demons, but Ning Fan had the aura of ancient demons in his body, which violated his second taboo.
Hey, I thought Mu Song would accept Ning Fan to the island for his own sake. If he had known this, he would not have brought Ning Fan over.
Xiang Jianzi smiled even harder. His original intention was not only to open the Sky Stone, but also to introduce Ning Fan to the senior Mu Song. How could he not bring Ning Fan with him?
It should be noted that even the Dark Clan is very wary of Mu Song. If Ning Fan is lucky enough to be favored and protected by Mu Song, then the Dark Clan will need to carefully weigh its actions against Ning Fan.
Xiang Ganzi originally had good intentions and wanted Mu Song to become Ning Fan's supporter in the future, but now it seems that it may have been self-defeating.
"That's all, I'll take him away first. You quickly remove the Buddha's roar and don't destroy his cultivation..."
As soon as Xiang Jianzi spoke, he saw Ning Fan taking a step in an extremely cunning and strange direction, with the power of the Buddha's roar amidst thousands of waves.
It was only one step, but it left a golden footprint on the loose mud, and then came the second step, and the third step, step by step.
"This is... the Dong Yao Ancestor's Mighty Secret Technique!" Xiang Jianzi's eyes immediately focused.
In the Zen courtyard, the sound of Mu Song's sigh was also heard.
But in the blink of an eye, Ning Fan had taken nine steps in a row. After nine steps, it seemed that all the power of the Buddha's roar had been trampled under his feet, and he stepped hard.
With this step, it was like stepping on the veins of heaven and earth. Immediately, circles of ripples reverberated, forming a shock that shook an island of ancient pines violently. After a click, a gap was opened directly in the roar of the Infinite Buddha.
Suddenly, everything in the world was silent, the Buddha roared from the pine trees, and the clouds dispersed and disappeared!
Ning Fan, with his current level of cultivation, actually managed to break Taoist Mu Song's Buddha Roar attack head-on!
"Impossible! There are rumors from the outside world that Yujun is just a newly promoted Immortal Lord. How can he block the master's roar!"
The ones who exclaimed were more than ten disciples of Taoist Mu Song in the monastery, all dressed as monks or Taoists.
Among these disciples, the lowest cultivation level is in the early stage of Suinian, and those with high cultivation level are even the Eternal Immortal Lord!
In addition to these monks, there was also a foreigner, an old man in black robes, whose expression was gloomy at the moment.
"The Immortal Lord of Rain... Ning Fan! What is he doing here! And how did he receive Senior Mu Song's roar! Could that weird footwork just now be the legendary Dong Yaozu Wei Zi Jue?! "(To be continued.)
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