The strange centipede-like wooden sculpture towered into the sky, and Lin Ji dragged his extremely tired body forward step by step.
If this demon world is a huge magic circle, then this wooden sculpture is the core of the array.
Just like... the demon-suppressing pestle in the demon-suppressing tower.
Back then, he was just a small catcher from the Four Realms with low cultivation level, and he broke into the Ghost King's Palace alone.
Now, I am alone and deep into the center of the demon world!
At that time, he was the "son of destiny" who was in the game, doing it for the people of Liangzhou.
Now, he is the "Chosen One" with a mission, for the sake of all people in the world!
Under that astonishing pressure, Lin Ji, who had already exhausted his spiritual energy, had an extremely difficult time walking.
Qi and blood surged, and his steps faltered.
But he still took one step after another, and saw that he was getting closer and closer to the wooden sculpture.
"Amitabha!"
At this moment, a slightly hoarse sound of the Buddha's chant suddenly came from the front.
Lin Ji took a quick look and saw half a withered skeleton sitting in an inconspicuous corner below the wooden sculpture.
The lower body was buried in the blood-black soil, and the skinny upper body was also pitch black, like a mummy that had been dead for many years.
It's really hard to spot if you don't look carefully.
The monk's robes on the withered bones have long been damaged, and there is a trace of light floating in the two dark eye sockets, as if his consciousness is still intact.
"Is the donor here to break the formation?"
The withered monk's lips did not open, and a hoarse and vicissitudes of voice floated out.
"Yes!" Lin Ji replied firmly.
"Hey!" The monk sighed and said, "The same goes for the poor monk! It's a pity that he failed to break the formation and was trapped here for eight thousand years!"
"There is no reincarnation in the demon world, and there is no time in the formation! It has been more than eight thousand years, and I finally see someone from outside the world. But I don't know whether I should be happy or worried! How many generations have the nine states outside that day reached Xuanyuan now?"
Lin Ji was stunned and replied truthfully: "Holy Emperor Xuanyuan disappeared as early as eight thousand years ago. After that, the world was in chaos and changed several times. Now the Kyushu has no master and no unified world."
The monk was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Is the Western Buddha Pass still there?"
"exist."
"Amitabha!"
Hearing this, Monk Ku said the name of the Buddha loudly, feeling a little relieved, and then said: "Those who can enter this place are all those who have discovered the transcendence of heaven and man, but you can step here with only the qualifications to enter the Tao. Come to think of it." He must be the chosen one from the secret realm!"
Lin Ji looked behind the wood carving and said very strangely: "Weren't those people just now..."
"Hmph!" The withered monk snorted with disdain: "That's just a servant of the devil! This place is the source of all evil. What's the surprise when evil cultivators enter like poisonous insects returning to their burrows? But you , but you should never force yourself to come here!"
"The phantom of Buddha's light that you just cut through is the barrier that blocks the outer realm of heaven. Unless you are in the realm of heaven and man or someone chosen by heaven, it will be impossible to enter here! But once you step into this place, you can't escape! That's the poor monk precedent!"
When Lin Ji heard this, he couldn't help but feel even more curious.
The dry monk had just made it very clear that except for servants of the devil like Li Nan, only the heavenly realm and the chosen ones who broke through the realm could break through the magic barriers and come here. If so, who is he?
"May I ask your Excellency..."
"The name is false, the poor monk is called Tathagata."
"like……"
Lin Ji was suddenly shocked!
Tathagata? !
Is it the Buddha Tathagata who once came out of the same realm as the Holy Emperor Xuanyuan and was revered as the Lord of the Western Land?
According to legend, he had been in seclusion since he made a bet with the Holy Emperor. Even when the Nalanda Tribulation occurred and the entire Western Buddha Kingdom was almost wiped out, Lord Buddha Tathagata had not yet been born.
But he didn't expect that he would be trapped for a long time!
"But...that Buddha Lord Tathagata who founded the Western Land of Buddhism?" Lin Ji still asked with some doubts.
"The Buddha transforms all living beings, and everyone can be a Buddha. Is there any priority? The Buddhist teachings in the West were indeed taught by me, but the Buddha's meaning is vast and already exists in heaven and earth. I just borrow it and practice it. But it is thousands of things. You can never be called Lord Buddha." Tathagata replied calmly.
Lin Ji was slightly stunned, and suddenly said in shock: "It is said in the world that after you made a bet with the Holy Emperor, you could not come out. Later, the Holy Emperor Xuanyuan sealed the pass with a sword and used the mirage wall as a seal to seal the demon. The family’s opening to this world. It turns out that all of this actually has a true identity! But where is this demon world?!"
"There are thousands of avenues, but they always remain the same. Whether it's Buddha or Tao, they're just a sliver of heaven!"
"Since you are the chosen one who broke through the realm, you should also know about a secret realm and a layer of heaven. But on that day, there were gaps in every layer, connected by a hole. And in that hole was the Yin of Heaven, where all evils source of."
"This demon world connects up and down, and has three thousand realms in a row. All souls who become demons and enter evil will enter here. It is also commonly known as the eighteenth level of hell!"
"Not to mention ordinary people, even if they enter the Taoist realm and become a Bodhisattva, few people know that there is a heaven outside the sky. So everyone takes it for granted that hell is naturally underground. In fact... the so-called hell is eternal and eternal. The eighteenth level of the sky was blown apart!"
Hearing Tathagata say this, Lin Ji suddenly remembered the Buddhist scriptures written by the nine-tailed demon fox with a sword as a pen.
The sutra says that the Taoist Lord fought with the Buddha and broke through all the layers of heaven!
Presumably, this is where my virginity was lost that day!
"There are countless demons and evil spirits existing in the sky. Long before the poor monks entered the Buddhist practice, they were sealed here by some powerful person who turned the world upside down. I don't know how many years have passed, the seal is about to break, and the evil spirits inside are ready to come out at any time. It’s just that at that time, no one could get a glimpse of the secret place.”
"Suddenly one day Xuanyuan came to the west and said that he had discovered that the demon world was about to be broken and the world was in danger. He asked me to work with him to break the seal and seal the pass. At that moment, the two of us evolved the sealing technique of joining forces in Mount Sumeru in the west. What is being said about a fight and a bet."
"Before leaving, Xuanyuan and I worked together to seal a chain of mountain passes. In order to prevent the demon from sealing off and causing trouble to the world, there is still a place for everyone in the world to seek survival and safety."
When Lin Ji heard this, he suddenly realized!
That’s the origin of the so-called Buddhist Pass!
It was not caused by the great dispute between the Holy Emperor and the Lord Buddha and in anger.
Rather, it is a place of survival reserved for everyone in the world to stop the invasion of the devil world!
However, at that time, neither the Holy Emperor nor the Tathagata had yet preached the Dharma, and there were few Arhats and Taoists in both the Buddhist and Taoist realms.
Thousands of years later, it was spread by people who didn't know the truth and became a closed door that blocked the meeting of Buddhism and Taoism!
"The poor monk brought his six descendants, and Xuanyuan brought a dozen people including Fox Concubine, Sword Slave, etc. Just when the magic pass was about to be closed, something happened suddenly, and everyone except me died in the battle! At that time, the situation was so critical that we couldn't think too much about it. , I entered it alone to block the demonic power, and Xuanyuan was good at sealing him outside to seal the pass."
"Seeing that the demons were about to emerge, Xuanyuan slashed the Dragon Vein Mountains with his sword in tears, sealing the gap in the demon pass. But the poor monk was trapped here! As the saying goes, who will go to hell if I am not as good as me!"
When Lin Ji heard this, he couldn't help but admire him!
Previously, he had no favorable impression of Buddhist disciples.
Especially after seeing the evil deeds of monks in Weizhou, seeing monks is like seeing evil.
But I didn’t expect Lord Buddha Tathagata to have such a compassionate heart and act of righteousness!
What’s more, I didn’t expect that there were so many changes behind the legendary Holy Emperor slaying the dragon with one sword!
"Senior's great kindness is greatly appreciated by the people of the world!" Lin Ji took a step forward and bowed deeply to the Withered Bone Tathagata.
Only then did she find out that he was Tathagata, but Lin Ji didn't bow to him or even call him "senior".
Buddhism has no virtue, why do you worship me?
But at this time, Lin Ji was full of sincere respect!
If I don’t go to hell, who will?
In words and deeds, justice comes first!
This is the true Buddha!
