have to say.
Because of the image of the Great God Pangu, all races in the three realms will regard transformation as a must-achieve goal on the road to spiritual practice.
Among the three realms, the only ethnic group that does not need to transform is humans.
It can be said to be uniquely blessed.
The human race seems to have a short lifespan and is full of ordinary people, but those who are truly gifted can exert the absolute advantages of this "innate Taoist body" on the road of cultivation. Often, more than ten years of Taoism can be enough It takes hundreds of years of practice in all three realms.
And those human kings and civil servants in ancient times were even more unreasonable. They forcibly suppressed the leaders of various tribes who had practiced for thousands of years, and made the human race isolated in the three realms.
This is one of the reasons why Tiandao restrained the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in the Fire Cloud Cave. Who knows how exaggerated their cultivation will be in the past thousands of years?
If it is said that their cultivation will stagnate because of this, no one with some knowledge will believe it. Moreover, the Fire Cloud Cave has gathered heroes from all ages of the human race. With their self-improvement habits engraved in their bones, I am afraid they have been secretly studying how to do it. Break the shackles of the Fire Cloud Cave so that you can return to the Three Realms.
Previously, Huangdi Xuanyuan and Dayu appeared successively, which was seen as a sign by the great powers in the three realms.
The old turtle in front of him wanted to cultivate a human body. Fahai could see the yearning and urgency in his eyes. However, the old turtle's own bloodline was very powerful. Even though he was holding the position of the Water God Hebo at this time, he could not do it. It is impossible to shed the turtle shell behind you.
Moreover, after listening to what Xiao Bailong said just now, Fa Hai thought about it carefully, and it seems that apart from the Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, he has never heard of any other turtle clan in the Three Realms who shed their turtle shells and truly cultivated into human bodies.
As for the Holy Mother Turtle Spirit, what state has she reached before she can transform?
This may be because God has given the Turtle Clan the longest lifespan, but also made their journey to transformation the most difficult.
Perhaps Lao Yuan himself came to his senses as he talked, and in the end he could only sigh helplessly, with a very melancholy look on his face: "What can I do, what can I do?"
Xiao Bailong comforted him and said: "Since you can't force it, why not just let nature take its course? Even if you, the spirit turtle clan, don't practice, you can still live for thousands of years. If you put it in the world, you have only practiced for a thousand years." The Turtles who have been in the Turtle clan for many years are probably still young people, but there is no need to sigh."
"Thank you, Third Prince, for your enlightenment." Lao Yuan saluted Xiao Bailong and said, "I can spare it."
He no longer calls himself an old man.
The Great Sage was not as polite as Little Bailong, and said bluntly to the old turtle: "I am more than a thousand years old, but I have never considered myself a twilight old man like you, who is still young and has a premature heart. How can I achieve the right result through cultivation?”
Lao Yuan suddenly became serious, and quickly bowed to the Great Sage several times, "The Great Sage mentioned it."
Having said that, it is actually difficult to say whether this old man still has the spirit. Both the master and the disciples can see that at his level, if there is no other opportunity, he may really want to cultivate a human body. Nothing is possible.
But they would not say this to his face to undermine the old man's low self-confidence. Fa Hai and Wu Jing also comforted him one after another, and the matter was temporarily settled.
It was rare for Master Sanzang to stop by Chenjiazhuang, and everyone was an old acquaintance. After the grown-up Chen Guanbao and Yi Zhijin kowtowed to the Great Sage and Bajie again, the Great Sage and Bajie simply took their two siblings in one at a time. Under the door.
Originally, brother Chen Qing said that they should simply let the two of them become monks, but the great sage refused: "You, the owner of the village, are ignorant. If Guan Bao becomes a monk, won't your family be cut off? It will also damage the merits of my grandson." Don’t mention such immoral things again.”
The Great Sage and Bajie only taught them some cultivation methods and the ability to protect Zhuangzi.
After all, there are many demons in Xizhou. Although their masters and disciples have eliminated them along the way, it is impossible to eliminate the demons completely, just like the weeds in the mountain suburbs, wildfires cannot burn them out, and they will grow again with the spring breeze.
There is such a seemingly stable and peaceful window at the moment. That is because the remaining power of their master and apprentice is still there. The monsters know how powerful they are and dare not come over for the time being.
But after this period of time passes, I'm afraid it won't take too long, it will only take twenty or thirty years. If we don't maintain the status quo, I'm afraid that sooner or later goblins will flood the countryside and mountains again.
We can't place our hopes on these new goblins who dare not hurt people. We still need to master some power to deal with these crises.
Even if the monsters don't come, it's still great to be able to guard against mountain thieves.
Previously, everyone in Chenjiazhuang had asked Master Sanzang about the story of their master and apprentice's arrival, and this time they naturally wanted to know what kind of adventures they had after crossing the Tongtian River.
This matter has to be dealt with by Xiao Bailong. He seems to be quite talented in this area. The bright moon and the breeze at Wuzhuang Temple in Wanshou Mountain are still obsessed with knowing about "the fire in Guanyin Temple" and "the demon subduing in Batu Cave". The follow-up to the stories of "Danger in Wanku Mountain" and "Gaolaozhuang" and "Liusha River".
It was also when Xiao Bailong got playful, and the story was always half-told, which made Qingfeng Mingyue feel uneasy. He secretly went down the mountain again and again, and went east to look for the whereabouts of their master and apprentice.
Xiao Bailong is obviously much calmer now. If he does those unreliable things again, it will damage his reputation as the White Dragon Bodhisattva.
Xiao Bailong didn't talk for long. He picked a few interesting things and what he saw on Lingshan Mountain and told them to everyone, and then stopped there.
Wu Jing, on the other hand, thought about it and left a volume of "The Biography of Tripitaka on His Journey to the West" in Chenjiazhuang. He smiled and said, "These are some interesting things my master and disciple encountered while traveling westward. You can leave them in the village."
Fahai had no objection to this either.
He has also read this biography. Most of the records are anecdotes from various places. It does not include any powerful monsters. It can be read as a miscellaneous book to relieve boredom.
However, everyone in Chenjiazhuang was still grateful. Chen Qing took the scroll very solemnly and respectfully expressed his attitude to the master and disciples: "In addition to converting the Inspiration King Temple into a Bodhisattva Temple, we are still in Zhuangzi. A courtyard was built, called the Life Saving Temple, to serve the Master and several elders. This book should also be enshrined in the temple."
"That doesn't have to be the case."
The master and disciples couldn't laugh or cry when they heard this, but after several attempts to dissuade him were ineffective, they finally gave up.
Chen Qing invited a gentleman from Zhuang Middle School to make a copy in his own hand
Master copied the book, so Chen Qing invited his master and his disciples to go to the Life Saving Temple. However, the temple enshrined their master and disciples, so there was no need to burn incense, and there was no need to worship the Buddha. They just had to look at it.
But he said that this temple was built with great care——
Vermilion partitions, seven exquisite treasures. A few young cypresses are still watered, and several dry pine trees have not yet formed clumps.
The site selection is also a place with extraordinary Feng Shui: living water is in front of you, and the sky is full of waves; high cliffs are behind you, and mountains are heavy on the ground.
Fahai opened an altar in the temple, preached a volume of "Baochang Sutra", and left the scriptures behind.
Everyone in Chenjiazhuang paid their respects again.
This is the fate between Chenjiazhuang and Master Sanzang. The leader of the Jisai Kingdom has not even been able to meet Master Sanzang. The gap is very obvious.
Everyone looked at the five statues, which were lifelike and almost normal in appearance. After asking around, they found out that they were made by master craftsmen invited from the capital.
Chen Qing smiled and said: "The Holy Buddha doesn't know that since the establishment of this temple, it has matured and prospered every year, but it is the blessing of the Holy Buddha."
"This statement is biased." Fahai shook his head, "This is the right time for heaven and earth. It has nothing to do with the poor monk. How can you be greedy for merit?"
The old turtle said aside: "The words of the holy monk are wrong. If the holy monk and his disciples had not surrendered to the great king of inspiration, the little god would not be able to regain control of the Shuifu Mansion. Moreover, the Heavenly Court gave me, the God of the Shuibo River, a small amount of precipitation power, so this place has good weather and good weather. .How can this not be the work of a holy monk?"
The great sage heard this and smiled and said: "In that case, I have to trouble you, the God of the Tongtian River, to ensure that the people on this village have many children and grandchildren, the animals are safe and sound, and the weather is good every year, and the rain is good every year."
"This is natural." The old turtle immediately said seriously: "This is the responsibility of the little god!"
After staying in Chenjiazhuang for a few days, after the Great Sage and the Eight Rings ordered Chen Guanbao and Yizhengjin to start practicing, the master and the disciples left.
Of course, during this period, Fahai also gave some guidance on the old man's cultivation method, which made him feel grateful for a while.
Arriving at the capital of the Chechi Kingdom, the originally lazy king, after the three imperial masters and Mr. Ziyu left one after another, and the old master died of illness, he had no choice but to go into battle in person, and "had no choice but" to become a diligent man Jun.
Fortunately, he was not a foolish king, and he had a virtuous queen, and the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism existed side by side in the Chechi Kingdom. In addition, Chechi, Wuji, and Baoxiang allied themselves with each other, and they also had friendship with the Tang Dynasty.
Today's Chechi Country is no longer what it used to be.
"Holy Monk!"
Nowadays, everyone knows that Master Tripitaka does not like others to call him "Holy Buddha", so they have returned to the previous name, or call Master Tripitaka "Holy Monk" or "Dharma Master".
It should be said that the leader of the Chechi Kingdom was also unique. He did not entertain Master Tripitaka in the royal garden of the palace, but invited Master Tripitaka and his entourage to meet in Sanqing Temple.
After everyone entered the temple, they realized that there were two other temples being built around Sanqing Temple, one was a Buddhist temple and the other was a Confucian temple.
"Back then, I said that we should just use Sanqing Temple instead." The leader of Chechi Kingdom was also very bold. He told Master Sanzang and his disciples what he had almost done back then, "The statue of Taiqing Laojun in the middle is Let us keep them and remove the two statues on the left and right of Yuanshi Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun, or directly transform them into statues of Sakyamuni Buddha and Confucius."
Having said this, the expressions of the five masters and disciples were already very wonderful. I have to say that I really have to admire the bold imagination of the king.
"Then who made the king give up this idea?" Bajie asked curiously.
The king replied: "Of course it is Mr. Ziyu."
Only then did everyone feel that it was not strange.
"Well," the leader of the Chechi Kingdom said again: "The Buddhist temple is still under construction, and the Buddha statue has not yet been erected. I have heard that Master Tripitaka is revered as the 'right and omniscient' of Buddhism. It is better to erect it in the main hall of the Buddhist temple here." Now that Tathagata is the Buddha, how about setting up Tripitaka as the Dharma Master?"
Five masters and apprentices:.
In fact, compared to the Tathagata Buddha who is far away in Lingshan and sits in the Great Leiyin Temple, for the leader of the Chechi Kingdom, it is really better to pay homage to Master Tripitaka.
After all, didn’t those monks who brought chaos to the country worship the Tathagata Buddha?
In the end, Master Tripitaka personally "judged" their crimes.
They are all worshiping Buddha, and since Master Tripitaka has been revered as the "right and omniscient" of Buddhism, it means that he is already a "Buddha". In terms of Dharma, he should have the same status as Tathagata.
Seeing that Master Sanzang was silent, the leader of the Chechi Kingdom quickly explained: "Holy Monk, whether it is Buddhism, Taoism or Confucianism, they all have their own inheritances, and there are many sects within them. Our small country of Chechi, I don’t dare to ask for the inheritance of a great religion, but I would like to get a little less of the essence of the three religions. Buddhism is already weak in our country. After what happened that year, there is no orthodox inheritance. Therefore, the little king is selfishly interested in whether he can consecrate the Buddhist temple next door. Since the branch of the Consciousness-Only Sect founded by the monk is the Consciousness-Only Sect, can the Tathagata Buddha in Lingshan be replaced by you, the Holy Buddha?"
It's really hard to say this.
Fa Hai thought for a moment and said, "I, the Consciousness Only Sect, do not erect Buddha statues."
"Huh?" The leader of Chechi Kingdom was stunned, a little confused.
"Buddha is not meant for worship. It is a benchmark that leads the way for all sentient beings in the world." At this point, Fahai's expression seemed a little helpless: "But all the sentient beings in the world are ignorant, and their eyes are all attracted by the light of the Buddha." Attracted, we ignore the places illuminated by the Buddha's light."
Fahai did not reject the idea of establishing a branch of the Consciousness-Wei Sect in Chechi State. If he wanted to keep the inheritance of the Consciousness-Wei Sect in this world from being extinct, in addition to taking care of himself, spreading the teachings widely was naturally a top priority.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of the solid mass foundation he laid on his way westward?
Their master and apprentice did not stay in Chechi Kingdom for long. The leader of the country seemed to be "out of tune", but in fact he knew very well what he should do. He held both Buddhism and Taoism high, while Confucianism was the one he governed. The real weapon of the country.
What surprised their masters and disciples the most was that the king was actually very independent. Although he valued Confucianism, he did not take the law lightly.
While building ethics and education, the legal system has not fallen behind. The two can be said to go hand in hand.
"In fact, it could be seen back then that the ruler of the country seemed to have no interest in state affairs, but in fact he was very clear-minded. Therefore, every government order could hit the mark with this move. Those ministers who looked down on him would have suffered a lot. .”
Wu Jing pondered for a moment and followed the master's words and said: "It's quite like the King of Chuzhuang in the Spring and Autumn Period. He became famous even if he didn't sing."
"But I don't know where the three imperial masters went to find their master." Compared to the king, the Great Sage still missed the three national masters here, especially the maverick Yangli Great Immortal, and his mind was a little weird. , if it weren't for the two elder brothers to watch over him, he might have caused some trouble.
Naturally, the Great Sage didn't know that the most worrying Immortal Yang Li was appreciated by the Madonna Wudang on Jin'ao Island. The Madonna Wudang also intended to transfer him to her sect from the foolish immortal Ma Sui, but unfortunately he was rejected by Yang Li. The Great Immortal refused without hesitation, and said: "Once you are a master, you are always a father. Even if you are my uncle, you cannot let me do such a betrayal of the master. Otherwise, I would rather die."
Then, he would hit his head to death in Biyou Palace.
Fortunately, Our Lady of Wudang stopped him in time and promised him never to mention the idea of abandoning his army and joining another army, so he gave up.
However, from then on, Great Immortal Yangli didn't have a good look when he saw Our Lady of Wudang, and even took a detour.
This made Ma Sui very helpless, but the Holy Mother Wudang favored him more. She didn't care at all about Yang Li's rude collision, and even taught Ma Sui his own swordsmanship practice, and asked Ma Sui to teach Yang Li again. Powerful Immortal.
Ma Sui could only say that this kid is really stupid and blessed.
(End of chapter)
