"I am nature, and my body is empty." Zhao Qing's soul is sincere and full of nature. He enters an indescribable, lasting and mysterious state of tranquility, and sighs: "The form and spirit are wonderful, and they are true to the Tao. , so that’s what happened.”
"Qingjing Sutra" says: "The Great Way is formless, giving birth to heaven and earth; the Great Way is ruthless, moving the sun and the moon; the Great Way is nameless, nourishing all things; I don't know its name, so I call it Tao."
The Great Dao pervades the space between heaven and earth, and is empty and formless. However, although heaven and earth have no form, they can give birth to all living animals and plants between heaven and earth, as well as many inanimate objects.
Although the space of heaven, earth and space has no name, it can generate all things on its own, nourish all things, and nourish all things without being pre-existing.
The key point of "Refining the Void and Combining the Tao" is to allow the invisible Tao to gestate all things, so that the form and spirit can unite with the Void and develop a world of your own. This world can also be regarded as a placenta and grow. Cultivate the body and mind in the Shenjin stage.
The so-called "spirit" god is not only the god of the body, but also the god of the Tao. Otherwise, how can it serve as the preparatory stage of practice for the "six qi" realm and play a role in opening the door to the great road?
Finally comprehending the core points of Shenjin cultivation, Zhao Qing's mind moved slightly, and he felt that his internal organs were infiltrated in the invisible avenue. The heart hides the spirit, the liver hides the soul, the lungs hide the soul, the spleen hides the mind, and the kidneys hide the will. A mysterious and mysterious transformation began.
At the same time, her external figure also showed an illusory state. The strong air connecting the inside and outside rippled like water waves, appearing and disappearing in the twilight, as if blending into a mysterious world.
If the illusory shadow in Shariputra's realm can interfere with reality, it is because the "reality of all dharmas" suppresses the formless and empty phase, which is essentially a higher-order "reality"; then "the virtualization of form and spirit" The effect is to gradually widen the distance in the void from the original heaven and earth:
To put it simply, any influence on the "wonderful form and spirit" will be weakened by the distance between heaven and earth, and its power will become far less than before. It will look like it has escaped into the void, and the "heart" It has no mind, no form, no object, and can only be seen in the void.”
This is a strange state that is both integrated and separated from the outside world. It is actually the pinnacle of Taoism's mastery of the change of reality and reality. It is extremely special and belongs to a state that is superior to the extremes of heaven and man, and is only half a step away from transcendence.
In this state, even if there is no defense at all, any attack with insufficient energy level and penetration will be ineffective and will be blocked by the interlayer of heaven and earth that separates and rejoins, as if falling into the void.
A breakthrough in divine power takes a long time to nurture, but the "form and spirit transforming into emptiness" that Xiaoyaozi practiced in the past was a magical power that Zhao Qing could exert effortlessly after reaching the realm, allowing her to control all the energy. There is a bit more emptiness and mystery.
After entering this state, the demonic nature emanating from the phantom of the Heavenly Monk can no longer have an effect on Zhao Qing. It can only splash illusory ripples on the Zhenqi Gangqi armor she condensed, which in turn is controlled and bound by her. It was refined into a fog belt of black energy.
Rain powder filled the sky, and the outline of the sky and the earth became blurry again. Zhao Qing lowered her hands and spread her fingers slightly. The invisible but tangible true energy came into being, fused and poured into the water at her feet.
The next moment, the calm Yong'an Canal was as if several boulders weighing tens of thousands of kilograms were thrown into it, causing the waves to splash and set off violent waves. Only the torrent flying from the empty canal rushed up to the water column several feet high. , rising and falling, swirling and rolling with the water.
Suddenly, the waves broke the shore, the turbid waves rose into the sky, and the waves overflowed. The water roared like thunder, stirring up water smoke and mist in the sky. The white waves rising in the sky rolled back, stirring up more violent water waves and water columns, full of turbulent and surging water. An endless torrent.
As Zhao Qing infinitely integrated her true energy into the water channel below her, a huge amount of water almost covered the sky and the sun, and the shores trembled and the ground shook, soared into the air, displaying invincible power and momentum.
In mid-air, dozens of slender water dragons suddenly condensed and formed, carrying countless fine pieces of ice that flowed with them. They rushed towards Huike's position, covering an area of ten feet in radius, as if they were about to sweep the entire building. Wulu Temple was instantly submerged.
The light of wisdom in the world of Shariputra can stabilize the flow of true energy, but how to defend against the impact of a large number of solid water and ice bodies?
As a large amount of water fell from the sky, it blocked Huike's every dodge direction. Under the influence of the astonishing cold current, dozens of crystal icicles were instantly formed that penetrated directly into the ground, connected to each other by ice chains.
Like a giant drum beating, the sound of ice colliding filled the air everywhere and was deafening. Zhao Qing soared from the sky above the canal. His sword intention and aura controlled countless cold iron chains to wind towards the center of the icicle prison, becoming more and more entangled. The tighter it gets, the faster the restriction compresses the space where Huike is.
The golden Buddha light that had been suppressed by the sword suddenly dissipated. The twelve great Bodhisattvas chanted the Buddha's name and merged into the Buddha's grand shadow, condensing into a statue of the Great Enlightenment with three faces and twelve arms, encompassing and integrating everything. , covering the body and mind of Huike who was sitting quietly with his eyes closed.
Facing the winding chains that shoot out a series of icy thorns and ice swords from time to time, the Buddha's relics use the "Great Round Mirror Wisdom" to enter a state of being motionless, without delusion, neither color nor emptiness, nor emptiness, and integrate its remaining relics. energy, trying its best to resist the invasion of the outside world.
However, after only holding on for a few seconds, a dark and deep black ruins hole flew out from the palm of Zhao Qing's hand as he approached on the water dragon, aiming at Huike who was standing on the top of Wulu Temple. It was the move she had prepared before. "Everything returns to ruins."
As it slowly floats toward the increasingly dense golden light of the Buddha's shadow, it gives people absolute darkness and silence. It does not bring up any airflow, but seems to drain all the air between us and the enemy, making people feel almost suffocated. of fear.
In the state of being blocked in space, Huike seemed to wake up from a long and long dream. His eyes were exceptionally clear and clear. At the same time, his heart was shaken. He realized that in the current unfavorable situation, it was impossible to dodge and resist. The ability to do tricks.
Maybe he was suppressed by one move, or maybe he was completely wiped out, thus losing the Buddhist treasure he was carrying and being forced to transfer the true meaning of Sakyamuni's Buddhism to the enemy in front of him who had never seen strength before.
At the moment when he fell into the confusion of life and death, Bodhidharma's shadow, which had not used any magical power until now, suddenly vibrated rapidly, and the golden light around him shot towards the direction of the demonized shadow of the heavenly monk, as if I want to subdue the evil spirits hidden within.
Before the two types of relics could react, Zhao Qing, who had already noticed that someone had tampered with the relics of the Heavenly Monk, floated down from the faucet that was condensed into ice, almost parallel to the dark ruins cave that seemed to be swallowing up the world. , stretched out his finger to it from afar.
A purely invisible and quiet light penetrated the obstruction of the Buddha's shadow as if blending into the void. It shone on the Buddha bead containing the three relics, penetrated into it, and came into contact with the ancient relics from hundreds of years ago.
At this moment, the entire mysterious and infinite universe was shifting with her, but at the same time it had nothing to do with her.
The boundaries between existence and non-existence are blurred, the past and the future no longer exist, only the present moment is left. Existence is only connected by a series of constantly evolving moments, and other things are no longer relevant.
As Zhao Qing's thoughts moved slightly, a world completely built with pure spiritual power instantly formed in front of her, and various scenes related to the relics of the heavenly monks were transformed:
At first, there was an old monk with a compassionate face, sitting cross-legged on the futon as if he had not moved for a thousand years, and his body showed a faint golden light that was indestructible; then, under the burning of the fire for several days, his body slowly melted into Several milky white relics;
It was sealed in an exquisite Buddhist shrine and buried deep in a glorious underground palace. It remained in the same position for hundreds of years. It was finally dug out by a strange visitor. He was repeatedly tested with ever-changing evil spirits, and finally fell into the hands of Huike. hands.
After advancing further in the realm of mind, he integrated into the mystery of the virtual form and spirit, and used the "Past World" for the first time. At the cost of the exhaustion deep in his soul, Zhao Qing found out all the past events of the Celestial Monk Relic from the birth to the present, and confirmed that The reason why this object is infected by demonic energy.
Being able to hide in Buddhist relics and exert influence secretly is really caused by the "Great Method of Planting Demons in the Dao Heart"?
Zhao Qing's thoughts moved slightly. From the vague traces of this long time, she found various details that she had expected. She deduced that these three heavenly monk relics were refined into suspected demons by an unknown peerless master of the demon sect a few months ago. the breath of seed;
The special demonic energy is buried deep in the relics and detonated at critical moments. It controls the Buddha nature of the three Celestial Monk relics from the inside out and guides the uncontrolled Buddha relics next to it that have cut off self-grasping and are uncontrollable to attack the enemy.
Unfortunately, after all, "Past World Power" is mainly a magical power aimed at people's "Alaya Consciousness". It has limited effect on the relics of the Buddha nature of Buddhist monks such as relics, and the traces of the past are slightly blurred;
In addition to seeing that the mastermind behind the scenes most likely performed the "Tao Heart Demon Planting Technique", we could not see clearly the specific appearance of the person who had deliberately concealed it, let alone confirm the other party's true identity.
But normally speaking, if there are no accidents, the only one who can reach such a level in mastering the highest skills of the Demon Sect is "Evil Emperor" Xiang Yutian, right?
Zhao Qing was deep in thought, feeling that if a master like Xiang Yutian, who had cultivated the Yin and Yang Dual Wuji, really wanted to deal with Shi Zhixuan, who was still schizophrenic and had not yet reached the Grand Master level, there was no need to try every means to lure the Yin Gui sect, Huike comes.
Could it be that it wasn't Xiang Yutian who did it, or that he had an accident? Or maybe the target of the mastermind behind the scenes seems to be the "Evil King" Shi Zhixuan, but actually he wants to deal with himself?
If such a member of the Demon Sect who has mastered the "Dao Heart Demon Planting Technique" and has a level of cultivation close to his own, if he intentionally targets his side, he can cause huge damage. His true body must be locked as soon as possible, captured and killed.
The moment she made the induction and inference, the dark ruins hole also fell directly on the phantom of the twelve-armed ancient Buddha, leaving a black hole that kept collapsing outward in its dark golden body, quickly swallowing up the surrounding ones. Everything absorbs the spiritual light projected by countless Buddha natures.
At the same time, Huike did not panic because of his current situation. He just stared at the familiar Bodhidharma shadow with a strange expression, and vaguely understood the content similar to what Zhao Qing knew.
It turns out that as early as ten days ago when I met that new "friend", had I been secretly affected by the demonic energy? In order to resist the deep intrusion of demonic energy, the master's relics have been consuming energy, but in the end they still did not stop themselves from heading towards their end.
So, what the person on the other side thinks of as the "unparalleled demon" may not necessarily be true, but is more likely to be the enemy in the judgment of demonic energy? Because my practice is not good enough and I am wasting the energy of Buddhism’s most precious treasure?
Under the stimulation of Bodhidharma's relics, Huike finally understood the cause of the matter. His heart was shaken, and he suddenly gave up his resistance to Fei Lai. He decided to die and enter Nirvana, nourishing the relics with the Buddha nature he had cultivated for many years. , so that it can be restored to its original state as much as possible.
"Sariputra! Form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color; form is emptiness, emptiness is color; the same is true for feelings, thoughts, and awareness. Relic! These are the emptiness of all dharmas. They are neither born nor destroyed, nor stained nor pure, neither increasing nor decreasing. .”
At the moment when the golden Buddha shadow dissipated, he silently recited verses of scriptures in his heart, and the majestic vitality was naturally drawn out of his body and poured into the string of beads hanging on his chest, making it shine again. There was a pure glow.
"I decided to die after making a mistake. Is it worthy of being Huike who broke his arm in front of Bodhidharma and sought a teacher?" Putting away the relic beads with several cracks, Zhao Qing looked at the corpse of the other party and sighed softly, trying I tried to save him, but it had no effect.
Confucius once said, "If you don't know life, how can you know death?" However, from a dialectical perspective, if you want to understand what life is, you must also think about what death is.
There are thousands of Buddhist scriptures, but they all talk about the word "enlightenment", which is to wake up from this reality that is "like a dream and a bubble", realize that everything is empty, and become a Buddha immediately. "Buddha" means "the awakened one" . Only by achieving the Buddha's state of perfect enlightenment can we understand the important matters of life and death.
Once a Buddhist monk chooses nirvana, it is equivalent to entering a transcendent sublimation of life and death. No matter how Zhao Qing's ability to heal others can heal the dead and make bones alive, he can't make the vitality that has been input into the relics flow back out and save this person who has death in mind. The great master Huike.
However, now that she has obtained some clues, no matter who the other party is, she is sure to find the real mastermind and make him pay the price that was inexplicably calculated on her.
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At the moment when Hui Ke closed his eyes and passed away, and the shadow of the relic was completely defeated by Zhao Qing, near a pier where Yong'an Canal connected to the Wei River outside the city, a small boat drifted with the wind and waves.
Just on this small boat, a man in black robe stared at the scene in the city with unpredictable eyes. He stood still for a long time. Suddenly he chuckled a few times, leaned over and sat down, crossing his two oars. , seemed to have sensed and seen through something just now.
"There is no need to enter the city. The gunpowder you have hoarded should be used elsewhere." The boat operator rowed while transmitting a message to the inside of a fully loaded cargo ship ten feet ahead, and spoke slowly in a commanding tone. road:
"I found the wrong person when I was looking for the 'Evil King' Shi Zhixuan, and got into a big trouble that was difficult to solve. I had to give up the plan for the 'Holy Relic' for the time being, and instead search for the five treasures of the Ming Dynasty that suppress the religion." ’, go to the Mohe people’s territory and make some troubles.”
Judging based on the current situation, he did not hesitate to give up the "Evil Emperor's Relic", which was regarded as a treasure by the people in the Demon Sect and highly matched with the "Tao Heart Demon Planting Technique", and whispered to himself:
"For Shi Zhixuan, the gradual recovery of Xie Tiao's memory is also an invasion of his own personality, destroying his understanding of 'self'. From this perspective, since he is unable to continue planning an attack on him, he can also try A very special collaboration.”
"Speaking of which, if we find out about Zhao Qing's recent arrival, he will probably choose to retreat and leave Daxing like me. I wonder which forces Shi Zhixuan will take the initiative to contact?"
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(End of chapter)
