Journey to the West?
Sanqing is a little puzzled. Taozu asked you to come to the East to spread the mysteries of Buddhism, recruit disciples, and strengthen the West to cope with the upcoming calamity. Why did you come to the West for a journey?
"I hope that three fellow Taoists will accompany me in Buddhism to perform a play in the East."
"The great demon is in trouble, but the disciples of Taoism are unable to cope. I, the Buddha of the West, step forward to show the mystery of Buddhism."
"Then the people who were destined to seek scriptures went to the West to worship Buddha and seek scriptures. After going through ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties, they finally achieved enlightenment, turned the tide, and saved all sentient beings from the fire and water."
"In this way, there will be no obstacles to Buddhism's preaching."
Seeing Sanqing's confused look, Zhunti quickly explained.
But at this moment, Sanqing's face was as ugly as if he had eaten a fly. He wanted to go up and give Zhun a look. What's the difference between this and asking them to put Xuanmen's face on the ground and let Buddhism step on it?
Even Taiqing, who has the most open-minded mind, finds it difficult to accept such a proposal.
Not to mention the hot-tempered Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Cult Leader.
Yuanshi Tianzun immediately reprimanded: "You two are really thick-skinned. I have seen it today. I have no ability to preach in the East, but you came up with such an idea."
The leader of Tongtian Cult was even more furious, his sword intent rising into the sky, and he wished he could have a fight with the two of them right away.
"Don't mention this matter again, otherwise don't blame me for being unkind."
You must know that there are very few things that can make those with great supernatural powers care about in the ancient world. When they reach the level of a saint, the only things they care about are their appearance and their own orthodoxy.
Zhunti's words are simply heartbreaking.
It is equivalent to letting Sanqing dig his own foundation and giving his face to the Second Saint of the West.
The Taoist disciples were unable to catch up, but the Western Buddha stepped forward?
Is this giving you face?
Of course, Zhunti knew that this was something to offend. They originally wanted to ask Heaven to cooperate with the performance, but now that the Emperor has become Zhang Bairen, the reincarnation of Hongyun, it makes them extremely uncomfortable.
The two of them owed Hongyun a huge debt of karma. How could they have the nerve to come to help when it was too late to hide?
We can only ask Sanqing for help.
Zhunti smiled bitterly and said: "Three fellow Taoists, this is a helpless move for the two of us. We owe Taoist Fellow Hongyun our karma, but it is not appropriate for us to act in heaven. I also know that this move is difficult for the three of us." Accept it, but the day when the Tao will eliminate the demon is coming soon. If we in the west don’t have enough foundation, how can we resist the coming demon catastrophe?"
"The three fellow Taoists don't want to cause Dongfang to suffer heavy losses because Buddhism is not equipped to deal with demonic calamities!"
Yuanshi Tianzun's face was ashen, but he also knew that what Zhunti said was the truth.
During the calamity, all sentient beings are in calamity. Although Buddhism is the first to bear the calamity, the rest of the people cannot escape the calamity.
As a direct descendant of Pangu, the Three Purities emphasized etiquette and etiquette, so it was naturally impossible for them to ignore all sentient beings.
But if Xuan Chen were here, he would only sigh: Is this inappropriate moral kidnapping? Is it because Buddhism's lack of power caused heavy losses to the East?
You can give it a try and let it go and see who loses more!
Taiqing had no choice but to speak at this time: "I don't even think about it if I, Xuanmen, fall down on my own. The limit is to sit idly by and ignore it. You two can ask Heaven for help."
How can you let go of the face of a saint so easily?
Sitting on the sidelines is their biggest concession.
"Fellow……"
Zhunti wanted to say more, but Taiqing ignored him at all.
Seeing that his junior brother was defeated, Jie Yin had no choice but to stand up and said: "In this case, we will take a step back. I wonder if you can ask Heaven to help us in this big drama."
In fact, the two senior brothers never thought that Sanqing would agree from the beginning to the end.
The asking price is sky high, just pay back when you land!
Their target was originally Heaven, but they couldn't come forward in person because they owed Hongyun Karma.
Therefore, Sanqing is needed to be the middleman.
At the same time, I also wanted to use this opportunity to test the attitude of the Sanqing to ensure that the Sanqing would not prevent the Buddhists from crossing eastward.
After all, the West is booming and there is no room for mistakes.
The calamity is imminent, and they must give the West the power to resist the calamity before then.
After some pulling and pulling, a big plan was finally made. Taiqing Laozi came forward and asked Heaven to cooperate with this drama, but Buddhism needed to surrender to Heaven to make up for Heaven's losses.
This play was only performed for the low-level monks in the ancient times.
Practitioners above Daluo all know this well.
When Buddhism surrenders to Heaven, a part of Buddhism's luck will also flow to Heaven, which is regarded as a reward for Heaven's cooperation in acting.
It's just that I need to lose face.
"You two really made a good plan. You must know that the great prosperity of the West relies on my Eastern luck."
"Even if Buddhism surrenders to heaven, the little luck flowing to heaven is far less than the luck of preaching in the East. How is this different from borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, or borrowing chickens to lay eggs?"
"I want three candidates for Journey to the West."
Yuanshi Tianzun could see the plans in the hearts of the two sages of the West at a glance.
How can it be such a good thing to use the luck gained from the East to make up for the heaven?
"Just follow what fellow Taoist said!"
Zhunti wanted to say something else, but Jie Yin agreed.
According to previous discussions, the team for Journey to the West should consist of five people, which corresponds to the fate of the five elements.
You must know that as a person who is responsible for traveling westward, you can also gain a lot of luck in the process of crossing from west to east, and you are very sure that practitioners in the Daluo realm can break through to quasi-sages.
Five people are the five quasi-saint quotas.
Three of them were given out at once, and even Zhunti felt heartbroken.
But the invitation has already been accepted, and there is nothing he can do.
The people from the West have already decided that it is the six-winged golden cicada from the past and Yuan Hong, the disciple accepted by Zhunti's incarnation, and they are also the core of this journey to the west team.
The six-winged golden cicada originally escaped from Yuan Shi with the help of the golden cicada's escape technique, and was educated by the West.
However, it also damaged the foundation and fell into the realm of Daluo Jinxian, which was difficult to recover from.
Yuan Hong is one of the four monkeys in the world.
At first, Zhunti wanted to pocket the five-color stone that Nuwa threw into the East China Sea, but Xuanchen unexpectedly beat him to it.
However, he didn't gain anything.
When he was traveling in the ancient world, he discovered this ape, and asked his incarnation to accept him as his disciple. Now he is also in the realm of Da Luo Jinxian, but few people know about it.
All we can say is that every drink and every peck has its own destiny.
Xuan Chen has changed a lot of the direction of the ancient world, and Heaven is also silently repairing it according to the established rules.
Before Duobao entered Buddhism, Buddhism transformed into a blood-winged black mosquito and became the True King of Reincarnation Buddha.
The rebellion of the Western Zhou Dynasty was suppressed by the disciples of the two sects of Chanjie. King You of Zhou, who was playing tricks on the princes with beacon fire, became King You of Shang.
Sun Wukong was intercepted by Xuanchen, so Heavenly Dao arranged for Yuan Hong to join Zhunti's family.
"Taozu said that day that saints like us cannot participate in measuring tribulations. I also ask you two to arrange things properly and then go to Zixiao Palace with me to listen to the teacher's teachings."
"Don't leave any incarnations behind to avoid aggravating the calamity."
After the journey to the west was decided, the Second Sage of the West wanted to leave, but was stopped by Taiqing and gave him some warnings.
Yuan Shi intervened in the Conferring God Tribulation before, which resulted in the emergence of ten monsters. The lessons learned from the past were right in front of him, and he naturally did not want this to happen again.
However, the Second Saint of the West was a little confused.
No one knows how far the calamity will evolve.
Therefore, they are all prepared to leave behind an incarnation to ensure that the foundation of Western religion is not damaged.
That's all for the outer disciples, but the direct disciples cannot be ignored.
After hearing this, Zhunti said: "Fellow Taoist Taiqing, this matter of calamity is related to the rise and fall of Buddhism. I really can't worry about it. I must leave an incarnation to observe the situation."
"But I can promise that I will never intervene in the calamity."
"If fellow Taoists are really worried, you can also leave an incarnation to supervise."
Faced with Taiqing's request, he still took a step back and promised not to take action on the incarnation, but he must leave one behind.
The vision of the saint is far beyond that of ordinary people. Even if he does not take action, he may be able to give some advice to Buddhist disciples and help them survive this calamity safely.
Taiqing nodded.
He didn't want to push too hard, as that would outweigh the gain.
In the end, it was decided that Subhuti, the good corpse of Zhunti, and Taishang Laojun, the good corpse of Taiqing, would stay.
Mount Sumeru.
After Yinxunti came back from Shouyang Mountain, he directly summoned Samsara True King Buddha and Medicine Master Maitreya to tell them about the agreement between Buddhism and Sanqing.
At the same time, arrangements were made for the true spirit of the six-winged golden cicada to be reincarnated.
Use the power of reincarnation to repair the source of its damage.
It's a pity that the Netherworld is closed now, and the back earth cannot be hidden. It is a bit troublesome to use the power of reincarnation to repair the origin. It requires the six-winged golden cicada to be reincarnated ten times.
In the realm of reincarnation, one life is enough based on the foundation of reincarnation.
But if the way of heaven and humanity does not open the back door, you must have a lot of merit to enter.
However, as one of the five ancient insects, the six-winged golden cicada has a heavy karma. Even if all the karma is washed away by the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, it will not be able to meet the conditions for reincarnation as a heaven and human being.
Therefore, the only alternative is to reincarnate into the human world.
There are pros and cons to this move.
Benefit can make Buddhism more legitimate and legitimate in preaching to the human race.
The disadvantage is that before Journey to the West is completed, he cannot recover his past life cultivation and memory, and can only treat him as a mortal.
"Buddhism is now in the hands of you three!"
Zhunti warned the three of them with a very solemn expression.
The True King Buddha of Samsara has reached the pinnacle of quasi-sage by relying on the merits of evolving Buddhism's lesser six paths of reincarnation.
Maitreya and Medicine Master are also strong men in the Quasi-Saint Stage.
It can be called the pillar of Western religion.
"Disciple will definitely live up to the saint's trust!"
The three of them saluted the two saints in unison and took over the burden of Buddhism.
Just in case, Jie Yin and Zhunti also left several top-quality innate spiritual treasures such as the Seven Treasures Tree, the Blessing Divine Pestle, the Twelfth Grade Golden Lotus of Merit and the Eight Treasures Merit Pool as the foundation of Buddhism.
"The Taoist ancestor once said that Tongtian can also come to my west to preach."
"If it is just a corner, don't pay attention to it. If it wants to expand in the West, you need to suppress it."
After thinking about it, Jieyin added something.
As the foundation of Buddhism in the West, allowing Taoism to preach is the biggest concession it has made in order to cope with the calamity.
But Buddhism must not sit back and watch Taoism become bigger in the West.
Otherwise, once the calamity is over, there will be no right for the two of them to speak in this primitive world.
After explaining everything, Jie Yin and Zhunti left Honghuang and headed to Zixiao Palace.
On the other hand, the Sanqing also explained to their respective disciples that although this calamity was mainly aimed at the West, they should not be underestimated in the slightest. If they were not careful, they would be in danger of falling.
Tongtian saw that Xuanchen hadn't left seclusion yet, so he didn't bother him.
Only a talisman was left to explain the plans of the saints and the reasons for the calamity.
He believed that with Xuanchen's cultivation and skills, there would be no problems in this calamity.
There was only one direct disciple of Xuandu in Taiqing. After placing the incarnation in the heaven, he thought for a while and simply took Xuandu directly with him to avoid any mishaps.
After all, no one can predict what will happen during the calamity.
Yuanshi didn't give too much explanation, he just let many disciples act according to the situation.
In Taisu Tianzhong, Nuwa went straight to Zixiao Palace after sending a message to Fuxi.
This was a matter for the saints of Heaven. Shennong did not go to Zixiao Palace, but he also hid the ancestral land of the human race from the wilderness to avoid being involved in the calamity.
Hou Tujumang even severed the connection between the underworld and the ancient world early.
As the saint retreated, the prehistoric calamity began to surge.
It's just that it hasn't reached its peak yet.
(End of chapter)
