The colorful clouds overlap and the purple air is lush.
Thousands of saints are prosperous.
The Canglong coils around to protect the god of light, and the zodiac light has strong energy.
Jiuling Yuan Sheng, who had not been away from home for long, returned to Qinghua Changle World and Dongji Miaoyan Palace.
There was a fairy boy in front of the palace gate, wearing a neon hat and holding a whisk in his hand. Seeing that Jiuling Yuan Sheng was back, he took a step forward and said with a smile, "Senior brother, why are you back so early?"
One day in heaven and one year on earth.
Jiuling Yuansheng was ordered to go down to the lower world for only two or three years, so in the eyes of this fairy boy, he had only been out for two days.
"I have something to report back to Tianzun." Jiuling Yuansheng responded, and then asked: "Can Tianzun be in the palace?"
"In the main hall of the palace, senior brother, just go and find it yourself."
Because it was one of his own who came back, Xiantong did not report it internally. He just stopped Jiuling Yuan Sheng for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Brother, is there anything interesting in the lower world?"
"It seems difficult for gods to appreciate the happiness of the human world." Jiuling Yuansheng sighed, "In the past few years in the lower world, apart from having a litter of little lions as grandchildren, I have been meditating and practicing."
"Tsk." Fairy Tong smiled and said, "Has Tianzun finished what he told senior brother?"
Jiuling Yuan Sheng smiled proudly and said, "If you don't get anything, how dare you go back to your home to pay homage to the Heavenly Lord?"
"Then I would like to congratulate my senior brother here first." After the fairy boy congratulated him, he invited the Nine Spirits Yuansheng to enter.
Jiuling Yuan Sheng kept walking all the way, and met the immortals who served in the palace on the way. He just nodded and said hello.
When I walked to the main hall of the palace, I saw Tianzun sitting high on the nine-color lotus throne. In the tens of billions of auspicious lights, he looked at me. Jiuling Yuansheng hurriedly came forward to pay homage and said: "See Tianzun."
"Get up." Taiyi Jiku Tianzun waved his hand, and Jiuling Yuansheng stood up.
"I asked you to study some Buddhist scriptures in the lower realm. Why did you come back after only two years?" Tianzun said with a smile: "Is it because you can't stand the hardship of Buddhism?"
"Buddhism is not free from suffering." Jiuling Yuan Sheng curled his lips and said disdainfully: "Has Heavenly Lord seen the monks finding cooks to make vegetarian dishes into meat-flavored vegetarian meals? Heavenly Lord, does Heavenly Lord know where they paid for the cooks to come from? It is those who worship Buddha. Pilgrims donated it. But they didn’t know how much of the merit money they donated was used for meritorious deeds.”
Tianzun was sitting at the top. When he heard this, he just smiled and cursed: "You naughty lion, you have been practicing for a long time. This time the lower realm asked you to learn something good, but all you saw was these dirty things."
Jiuling Yuan Sheng thought for a while and said: "The Master said: If three people are walking together, they must have my teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. After seeing all these bad things, the disciples will be alert. If you reflect on it all the time, you have learned well.”
Tianzun finally laughed out loud after hearing this, "This talk does have some Buddhist atmosphere, but which eminent monk inspired it?"
"I don't dare to hide it from Tianzun. This is why this disciple is here." Jiuling Yuan Sheng straightened his figure and his expression became much more serious. He said in a deep voice: "In the lower realm, my disciple met Master Sanzang who was passing by Yuhua Prefecture. It was also a coincidence. Now, the three disciples of his sect have accepted the three princes of King Yuhua as their apprentices, and they are practicing and learning skills. It seems that they want to make weapons according to their respective three magic weapons. Therefore, the treasures bloom at night and collect the disciples in the lower world. One of his grandsons led him there, and he got acquainted with Master Sanzang. Because Master Sanzang said he was going to visit him in the mountains the next day, he was so surprised that he specially invited his disciples to join him in the Taoist temple. Just then, he discussed Taoism in the mountains, and the disciples learned a lot. , so Heaven reported back to the Heavenly Lord."
"It turns out that he met Tang Sanzang." Tianzun nodded slightly, "Your grandson has not yet been saved when he met Sanzang. It seems that you have explained it well. If he is really a troublemaker in the lower world, I am afraid that he met their Master and disciple will not only lose their lives, but also follow your origins and make trouble all the way to my Miaoyan Palace."
"It shouldn't be like this, right? After spending the day together, the disciple found that Master Tripitaka is a very easy-going monk and has a wide range of knowledge. Not only Buddhist scriptures, but also Confucian and Taoist classics can be picked up at his fingertips. It's not like that at all. They are the monks from Lingshan." Jiuling Yuansheng said something for Master Sanzang. He really admired Master Sanzang. If he hadn't been under the command of Tianzun, he would have wanted to have a close relationship with Master Sanzang.
Tianzun didn't explain much. It would have been best if this kind of thing didn't happen. Although he had been asked by the Bodhisattva to use Jiuling Yuan Sheng to come down the mountain to make things easier for him. But after hearing about the actions of Master Sanzang and his disciples along the way, he still expressed his gratitude to him. After some warnings, they only told him to go down to earth to study Buddhist scriptures, but did not directly tell him to block the way.
In fact, even without the prestige that Master Sanzang has gained all the way, Taiyi Kutianzun would not let Jiuling Yuan Sheng cause harm to the world. At most, he would just find a mountain to block the road and end the matter in a fight.
After listening to the words of Jiuling Yuan Sheng, Taiyi Jiu Ku Tianzun also thought about one thing in his mind - the Jade Emperor wanted to promote the unification of the three religions, and all the immortal palaces and star mansions felt it.
Dongji is no exception.
He asked Jiuling Yuansheng to go down to earth to learn some Buddhist scriptures. He was supposed to deal with the Jade Emperor. But now he heard that Master Tripitaka was proficient in the three religions, and looked at Jiuling Yuansheng who had already formed a friendship with Master Tripitaka. Suddenly, he was so blessed that he said: : "How long have you been with me?"
"This disciple has been serving Tianzun since he was born. It has been more than ten thousand years, right?"
"Immeasurable Heavenly Lord." The Suffering Heavenly Lord chanted a slogan, pointed at the Nine Spirits Yuansheng, and then the shackles on his body were released.
Jiuling Yuansheng was stunned for a moment. Before he could realize what had happened, he heard Tianzun say: "From today on, you no longer have to be my mount."
Snap!
Jiuling Yuan Sheng knelt on the ground and kowtowed, his tone was very puzzled, "Why do you want to expel the disciples?"
"Idiot." Tianzun didn't stop him. He just spoke from the throne: "You are also a spiritual beast raised by nature, but you should not be locked in the beast platform all the time. Now, in addition to your slave body, I want to officially take you in." At the door, what can I say to you personally that will drive you out?"
Jiuling Yuan Sheng was very ashamed after hearing this. He banged his head several times on the ground and said, "The disciple will always be the mount of Tianzun."
"Get up."
Seeing that he was lying motionless on the ground, Tianzun waved his hand and used magical power to make him sit up cross-legged, and said: "The personal transmission must look like a personal transmission."
Jiuling Yuansheng's heart trembled and he said: "Disciple understands."
"Let's do this." Tianzun said to him, "Didn't you adopt a litter of lion cubs as your grandchildren in the lower world? Then you picked a useful one and brought it up to heaven to be used as a substitute first."
"That's their blessing."
"Let's first talk about Tripitaka in more detail." Tianzun ordered.
Jiuling Yuansheng told Tianzun exactly what he heard and what he saw with his own eyes.
Tianzun pondered for a moment and said to Jiuling Yuan Sheng, "When you come down to earth again, you can give this scripture to Master Tripitaka. After you two exchange scriptures, you don't have to stay in the human world for a long time and return to the palace as soon as possible. I will personally teach you the detailed explanation of the Taoist scriptures as my master."
"yes."
Although Jiuling Yuansheng is a mount, he has received a lot of teachings from Tianzun, but after all, he is a spiritual beast who has attained enlightenment. He obviously prefers to hone his magical powers rather than practicing the way of scriptures.
In the past, there was no need to mention that he was a mount, but now that he is accepted by Tianzun as his direct successor, his previous understanding of the scriptures is naturally not enough, and the master has to make up for himself.
This cannot be avoided.
But Tianzun added something, "I have observed that you are superior to both Confucianism and Buddhism, and that you are quite talented. After you have mastered the classics of our sect, I will send you to Lingshan Mountain or Fire Cloud Cave to practice intensively."
Jiuling Yuansheng immediately wanted to say: Master, let me be your mount. Is it okay instead of being a direct successor?
Not only Jiuling Yuan Sheng, but also Lian Tianzun himself has prepared to go to the Oriental Glazed Pure Land to discuss the Tao with the Glazed Light King Buddha who is also in the east. Hearing that Maitreya Buddha is also a guest in his Glazed Pure Land, he also There is no need for him to travel to two places.
Yuhua City in the lower realm.
A few days have passed in a hurry.
On the martial arts field.
The great sage drew a Gang Dou and taught the three of them to lie down in it and close their eyes in peace.
The Great Sage recited the mantra at the side, and saw that the spiritual energy penetrated the body and connected their Yuanshen Bridge Mansion. This has a famous name in the world, which is called opening up the two meridians of Ren and Du, and connecting the two bridges of heaven and earth. Although it is not considered He reached immortality in one step, but he was definitely completely transformed.
Under the guidance of the great sage Kai Xiao Zao, several princes have successfully established the foundation, and from now on they are no longer ordinary people.
King Yuhua also made a special trip to the Emperor of Tianzhu to explain the plight of his three sons and asked the emperor to take back the throne after his death.
None of the three princes had any objections to this.
And the great sages also treated the Yuhua King with increasing special attention. This old prince was really extraordinary.
Bajie also joked: "The prince seems to be in good health, so he has no plans to have another heir to inherit the prince's family business?"
"The elder doesn't know something." King Yuhua explained, "My beloved concubine has given birth to three sons in a row, which has damaged her vitality and can no longer conceive. Besides, I have been blessed with the three of them, how can I be so greedy?" "
"You can't do everything, and you can't let Gu Quan take advantage of all these benefits, right?"
King Yuhua's consciousness is obviously higher than that of the ordinary royal family, which is why he can manage Yuhua Prefecture, which was originally a lower state, to be so prosperous now.
Isn't it because of Buddhism that we are willing to give up?
Moreover, Bajie also observed an interesting thing. Although the prince had family wealth and always respected Buddhism, he did not make special donations to the Buddhist temple, nor did he invite the so-called eminent monks to sit in the prince's palace to pray for blessings.
This is different from the dignitaries I met before.
One thing in particular is that those high-ranking officials would put money into temples to do meritorious deeds, but this prince directly dispersed the money among the people, and it was not charity in the ordinary sense.
Instead, a name will be established.
For example, if a road needs to be built today and a bridge needs to be built tomorrow, he will pay the people to do the work. If he comes, he will receive a day's wages and three meals a day are guaranteed.
The wages he gave were not only fair, not to mention those from poor families, even those with extra money couldn't help but want to make some extra money.
The local people also have simple folk customs. When they have such an opportunity, they will always give it to those who need it more. And the common people are not too greedy. They will give up their position if they get what they need.
This also leads to one thing. The people in Yuhua Prefecture are all very secretive. Do you think he is a street vendor selling cooking cakes? In fact, he is also good at bricklaying; the man seems to be a porter, but in fact his carpentry skills can also be used in homes.
Don't look at some people who are brightly dressed. Who knows if they have also been shirtless and shouting slogans by the river?
In short, what he saw in Yuhua Prefecture opened Bajie's eyes and he sighed to his master: "If this was the case everywhere in the world, there would be no need to save all sentient beings."
This is one of the reasons why the Great Sage and Wu Jing are willing to teach these three princes with all their heart.
The three princes traveled through the Ziwu Zhoutian before waking up from their practice. They were all full of energy and were about to make two gestures immediately.
The eldest prince walked to the Zen staff of the third master Wu Jing and said: "Third master, I just feel that my physical strength has increased greatly. I wonder if I can try it?"
"Just try."
The eldest prince straddled his body, holding Yin and Yang in his hand, and pulled out the bottom of the Zen staff.
"ha--!"
Hearing him yell, his muscles suddenly tightened and veins formed on his arms.
"rise!"
After he shouted loudly again, he saw the Zen staff shaking slightly for a few times, and then he actually pulled it out slowly from the ground.
Tap-tap-tap—!
He took a few steps, but still couldn't stabilize his figure. He was swaying and seemed to be crushed at any time. The two brothers quickly stepped forward to help, and they felt much relieved.
Bang!
The Zen staff hit the martial arts field.
The eldest prince sat down on the ground, panting.
Immediately afterwards, the second prince and the little prince also followed in his footsteps, because the two of them overestimated their capabilities and said that the second master and the third master's magic weapon weighed more than 5,000 kilograms. The eldest brother could pull it out by himself, so the two of them combined Next, can you lift the golden cudgel of the great master?
They didn't ask for it to be pulled out. As long as they could lift it up, they would be very satisfied. As a result, the great sage helped them, and they were almost crushed into dead dogs.
After they recovered, the great sage cast a spell on the golden cudgel to let them feel the weight. When he found the time when he was most advantageous, he wrote it down and informed the craftsmen who had been preparing to come to blacksmith.
At this time, a soldier came to report: "Your Majesty, there are seven lion spirits entering the city outside. They said they were invited by Master Sanzang to come to our Yuhua Prefecture as a guest."
The prince looked at Master Tripitaka.
Fa Hai nodded and said: "The poor monk invited the mountain owner of Leopard Head Mountain to come to the city as a guest. He is also a yellow lion spirit, but why are seven of them here? Wukong, go and have a look."
"yes."
The great sage just dodged and disappeared.
Before long, he had already come back and explained to his master and King Yuhua: "We found out clearly that it is indeed the Yellow Lion Spirit who has come. As for the other six lions, they are all his brothers. Since he is coming, I wanted to visit, so I invited him along."
"Oh, he asked his disciple to apologize to the master for his rudeness. Please don't blame him, master."
"The visitor is a guest. Besides, the mountain master was invited by the Master. How could he turn them away?" King Yuhua also relied on the presence of Master Sanzang, knowing that even if they entered Yuhua City, they would not be able to cause any trouble. Come, so I am not worried, "Come, please invite the seven lion kings into the mansion."
