eight days.
To be honest, time is a bit tight.
After all, Fahai made a lot of promises along the way. Every time he passed a place, he would say that he had successfully learned the scriptures when he left. When he returned to the Tang Dynasty and passed by their territory, he would pay a visit.
It was a miscalculation. If I had known this, I wouldn't have been so delayed on the way.
The time spent on the road can actually be squeezed out now that I think about it.
It was the Great Sage who saw the Master's dilemma and stepped forward and said: "Master, just sending the scriptures back to the Tang Dynasty is not considered a success... We still have to come back to Lingshan to debate the scriptures, and then we can complete the task after some perfection." It’s never too late to promise.”
"good!"
That's all.
The Great Sage pointed to the human race bag on his waist and said to Maitreya Buddha: "Buddha from the East is generous, so I will let you borrow this human race bag for a few more days and return it to you when you come to Lingshan again."
"Hehehehe——" Maitreya Buddha still looked smiling, as if he had never taken this matter to heart. He only said: "Although this bag belongs to me, it was stolen by the traitor Huang Mei... .Since you took it from him, why do you care who the original owner of this bag is... This bag will be left at the Great Sage, and after the yellow-browed child escapes from the disaster, he will come to ask for it in person. Whether he can get it or not depends entirely on his ability and sincerity... This poor monk will never interfere in this matter."
Oops!
The great sage raised his eyebrows and said in his heart: This Buddha from the east is really enlightened.
What the world says about his big belly is not just empty talk.
The Buddha also spoke, "Sanzang, I'll leave you eight days to meditate on sutras... is that enough?"
Fa Hai showed no fear and said, "Please wait and see, Buddha."
If it was really a rare scripture, eight days would not be enough... But what he could do was not stick to the scriptures. During these eight days, he did not even plan to focus on reading the more than 15,000 volumes of scriptures with words.
Firstly, he is familiar with most of these scriptures. Even if there are some differences between what he knows and the original ones, the impact is not great; secondly, in fact, the first wordless scriptures are the ones that really fit him. mind.
There is nothing wrong with learning from others, but more importantly, it is to truly transform what you have learned into your own... This must be one of the meanings of the wordless scripture.
Along the way, Fahai never slacked off for a day.
Walking day by day is a reflection, and the summary of practicing at night.
In addition, he benefited a lot from debating scriptures with eminent monks from all walks of life in Tianzhu and studying scriptures from various temples.
I originally wanted to be able to achieve sublimation and transformation when I went to Lingshan to debate scriptures with the Buddhas... But since there were still eight days left, I was not in a hurry.
These eight days should be considered as preparation time for both parties.
All the monks from Lingshan sent the holy monk back east.
Fahai led several disciples without any pretense, and immediately got up and soared towards the east.
In the main hall.
The Buddha sat high on the lotus platform and asked the Bodhisattva: "It was originally planned that Monk Tang and his disciples would come to the west, and they would have to go through nine or eighty-one tribulations before they could see their sincerity and obtain the true scriptures... Now that the journey to the west is about to be completed, I don't know if the tribulation will ever happen. Perfect?"
Guanyin Bodhisattva stood up and bowed slightly to the Buddha. He held the jade purification bottle in one hand and made a single-palm Buddha salute with the other hand. He said slowly: "The sufferings suffered by his master and disciples and the demons along the way have been sufficient, and there is still more." .”
After listening to Guanyin Bodhisattva's words, the monks in the main hall felt good in their hearts.
It turns out that this is how the disaster was calculated, but it’s normal to think about it. There are only a few places that can really be called disasters for their master and disciples along the way... They really have to make up for it on Sanzang. It's difficult, I'm afraid that there are now more than thirty true Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in this spiritual mountain; as for the remaining thirty or so... they have to come out of the heaven.
Lingji Bodhisattva, who was hiding in the corner, had a lingering thought: Fortunately, he didn't dare to take action back then, otherwise wouldn't it be difficult for me too?
The Buddha counted with his fingers and said: "The first difficulty is to be demoted to the golden cicada, the second difficulty is to kill the cicada after birth, the third difficulty is to be thrown into the river under the full moon, the fourth difficulty is to find relatives and avenge one's grievances, the fifth difficulty is to encounter a tiger when leaving the city, and the fifth difficulty is to fall into a trap. Starting from the sixth difficulty...the first six difficulties are considered normal, they are all ordinary difficulties."
The Bodhisattva thought for a while and said: "The seventh difficulty...maybe the mountain demon suffered a disaster?"
After the Buddha nodded slightly, he added: "Then the Monkey King left the mountain, the bandits surrendered... and the White Dragon surrendered..."
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva followed the words of the Buddha and said: "Although the little white dragon bowed his head and bowed, and did not turn into a white horse for transportation...but he himself suffered a disaster under Yingchou Stream, which is a disaster."
"Good." Buddha nodded and said: "The tenth difficulty of Luojian White Dragon."
"There are eleven difficulties for the fox monster in the cave, twelve difficulties for burning the courtyard, and thirteen difficulties for the black bear to steal the treasure..." The Bodhisattva paused here and added two sentences in his heart: The Bodhisattva listens to the sutra and adopts the wolf... .These are two disasters for the poor monk.
The Bodhisattva calmed down and continued: "Transcending the canopy, yellow wind hurting the eyes, quicksand blocking the road... the souls of the dead sinking in the river, the resentful spirits of the ninth generation... can be considered as the five difficulties."
Buddha and Bodhisattva say something to each other, but actually the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas below are also thinking in their hearts...
The Great Sun Tathagata interjected at this moment: "Where is the poor monk? If the poor monk remembers correctly, when they passed Gaolaozhuang and went to Huangfengling, they also passed by Futu Mountain, where I was imprisoned... .”
The Bodhisattva thought for a while and said: "The Buddha escaped from trouble that day, and also gave Sanzang a piece of the Heart Sutra, and even pointed out the Great Sun Buddha Flame. This is obviously an opportunity, how can it be regarded as a disaster?... Oh, I almost forgot. Well, when the poor monk first met the Buddha, he asked the Buddha to stay, but the Buddha transformed..."
"Wait a minute!" The Great Sun Tathagata immediately said: "Since this is an opportunity, the poor monk has nothing to do."
The Great Sun Tathagata had just finished speaking, and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva also followed up and said: "The affairs of the Great Sun Buddha are not difficult. We waited for the manifestation of the lower world that day to test his ordinary mind... but it also turned into an opportunity. I thought it would be a good thing. It’s hard.”
"No." Guanyin Bodhisattva disagreed: "That was Tripitaka's ingenious solution. It won Lao Mu's favor. It must have turned danger into safety... It is naturally difficult to try the Zen mind skillfully."
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva stopped talking after hearing this.
He just went through the formality that day, and the entire conversation was between Lao Mu and Sanzang. The three of them were in the room, and they didn't even have a chance to appear... Lao Mu had already been convinced by Sanzang.
Moreover, Lao Mu also gave them an opportunity based on their respective characteristics. There are not many people in the Three Realms who would not be greedy for the opportunity given by Lao Mu.
Even the few of them have not received any benefits from Lao Mu.
Speaking of opportunities, the master and his disciples only got the opportunity of Lishan Laomu, and then went to Wuzhuang Temple. Originally, a dilemma was arranged here... but the development of things had long been out of control.
Naturally, it is not a disaster for Wuzhuangguan and his party.
"This twentieth difficulty should be the eight precepts, the white bones and the refining of the heart... The twenty-one difficulty is that the flames of the Buddha burn Kui Su; the twenty-two difficulty is that the Buddha is recognized in the treasure elephant country; the twenty-three difficulty is to eliminate the demons on Pingdingshan; the twenty-fourth difficulty is Subduing the demons at Yalong Mountain..." At this point, the Buddha paused for a moment, and seeing that everyone was silent, he continued: "The twenty-fifth is difficult to save the leader of the Wuji Kingdom; the twenty-sixth is difficult to capture the blue lion; The twenty-seventh is difficult for Manjushri to argue the Dharma; the twenty-eighth is difficult for Bodhisattva to enter reincarnation.”
"Everyone... you should take this as a warning from Manjushri Bodhisattva." The Buddha's tone was quite serious.
The monks did not dare to neglect.
After counting to this point, the Buddha stopped counting and just said to Guanyin Bodhisattva: "Bodhisattva, please record the difficulties in the future into a book, and then distribute it to all the monks in Lingshan Mountain..."
"Yes." The Bodhisattva nodded and accepted the matter.
...
Moreover, it is said that Master Fahai and his disciples rode the clouds to the east, overlooking the earth from a high altitude, and saw the places they passed along the way westward, which naturally made them feel emotional.
Although Bajie had learned how to ride clouds a long time ago, he basically followed his master step by step along the way. This kind of experience was rare, so he was a little excited for a while: "Master, look... it's Quexian Terrace. See you today." The Peacock King Bodhisattva is in the Mahavira Palace, but he has never seen the Peacock Princess, and I don’t know where she has traveled in the human world.”
"Master... Eight Hundred Miles of Thorns Ridge has also arrived. Look at that swaggering red apricot... it's the Apricot Fairy greeting us!" Bajie exclaimed: "It's broken, it's been discovered... Master still I said that on the way back, I would go find Duke Guzhi to drink tea and discuss the scriptures."
"Here we are, here we are... the Xiliang Women's Kingdom!" The Great Sage turned his fiery eyes and glanced around, and suddenly said in surprise: "Master, the Queen of Xiliang actually abdicated!"
After hearing this, Fa Hai looked down subconsciously and saw a little girl on the throne commanding the ministers... The original queen was now dressed as the Supreme Emperor.
The clouds were moving so fast that in the blink of an eye, they had already passed Jindou Mountain and were already above the Tongtian River.
When the masters and disciples looked down at the river from the clouds, they saw sixteen pairs of boys and girls, using their lotus bodies to build a waterport. They could not help but think of the past...
call--
But at this moment, a black cloud floated by, blocking everyone's way.
"Master, be careful!"
The Great Sage immediately threw away the golden cudgel and stood in front of the master. He pointed at the black cloud with his other hand and shot out golden light——
At the same time, he shouted loudly: "Where is the monster!"
Bajie, Wujing and Xiaobailong also summoned their weapons and stood ready.
stop--
The golden light emitted from the fingertips of the Great Sage was directly swallowed by the black cloud, and then several black lights were reflected in the black cloud, targeting the cloud where their master and disciple stepped.
"Hey! How brave!"
The little white dragon's silver spear stirred up, knocking off all the black light, and then the spear shot out like a dragon, like a silver dragon probing its claws to scatter the black clouds.
Ding dong!
Unexpectedly, when his silver spear hit the black clouds, it was as hard as hitting the golden cudgel on the senior brother's body. It was not like ordinary clouds. Then the black cloud transformed into a virtual palm and locked Xiao Bailong's silver spear, unable to break free for a moment.
"Sanzo, is this how you treat guests?"
When Fa Hai was about to take action, a deep voice came from the black clouds.
"Those who hide their heads and show their tails are not guests." Fa Hai said coldly: "Where did you come from, a monster, and you dare to block the road here?"
Swish——
The black cloud let go of Xiao Bailong's silver spear, and Xiao Bailong staggered and took a few steps back.
"Hahahaha - demon?"
With a burst of laughter, the black clouds converged and turned into a human form.
Fahai looked intently and saw the person in front of him wearing a black monk's robe, with long hair shawl, an arrogant expression and extraordinary aura.
"You might as well use your Dharma eyes to take a closer look and see what kind of monster I am." This person is the Great Sage of the Demon World.
Fahai and the Great Sage were naturally not polite to him. Even though they activated Fahai to watch, they watched for a long time... and in the end they could not see through the other party's true identity.
It can be seen that the other party has great magical power, or in other words... this human form is his true body.
"Are you Wutian?!"
While Fahai was still confused, a sudden flash of inspiration suddenly revealed the identity of the other party.
"good eyesight."
Wutian has always been proud, even if Sanzang can't guess it, he will tell his name himself.
Seeing that the other party admitted it, the master and disciples also understood the other party's intention.
After passing Lingyundu this morning, they asked Jie Yin Buddha about the "Wutian Demon Ancestor". Jie Yin Buddha did not hide it and told him the fact that the other party wanted to snatch the scripture.
Now, as expected, the opponent appeared halfway, and the master and disciples were not polite. At this time, they had vaguely surrounded the Wutian Demon Ancestor according to the five elements.
Just waiting for the master's order, they all gathered together to attack.
When dealing with demons and their like, their masters and disciples have never practiced martial ethics. What's more, they are now facing the great sage of the demon world who is known as the ancestor of demons?
"Do it, why don't you do it?" Wu Tian put his hands behind his back, as if he didn't care about their master at all.
Fahai would naturally not take action. Although the demonic sage in front of him was full of demonic energy, Fahai could clearly see... This was the thought of a Buddha and a demon. The other party could perfectly control these demonic auras and would not be affected by them. The influence of demonic energy.
Fa Hai himself can achieve this state.
Moreover, Fa Hai also knew that this great sage from the demon world was Kinnara Bodhisattva, the second disciple of the former Buddha Upaladha and the former great protector of Lingshan.
So he knew exactly what it meant. Without the support of absolutely profound Buddhist teachings, one would have lost oneself long ago after becoming a demon... Just based on what he saw in front of him, Fahai could be sure that the Dharma cultivation of this great sage in the demon world was by no means inferior to his own.
And the reason why a great Bodhisattva with such Dharma can fall into a demon... is even more thought-provoking.
"Although I don't know how the great monk left the demon world and entered the three realms...but the young monk still dared to ask the great monk for advice. I wonder what the great monk meant here?"
"Seize the scripture."
Wu Tian’s words are concise and concise.
"Please forgive me, young monk, for not obeying my order." Fahai's position was naturally very firm.
"The Tathagata said...as long as I can defeat you, I will take the scriptures away, and when he passes away, I will take over Lingshan." Wutian's long hair covered half of his face, but Fahai revealed Passing his hair, I saw the raised corners of the other person's mouth, "How are you? Do you feel betrayed by the Buddha?"
Fahai tightened the nine-ring tin staff in his hand, and his expression became more serious: "There is another possibility, that is, the Buddha believed that the young monk was strong enough to protect the scriptures. I am afraid that he will disappoint the great monk."
"You are very confident." Wutian took a step forward.
Although they only took one step, after this step, the two of them were almost face to face.
"The scriptures are here, the great monk can come and snatch them."
Bang bang bang——
As soon as the words fell, the two of them fought dozens of times in an instant.
boom--
After a loud noise, the two of them each stepped back dozens of steps.
The Great Sage originally wanted to help, but when he saw the Master's increasingly excited expression, he just stood aside to protect the Dharma and did not take action without permission.
