"Foundation building period...passing away..."
Lu Kun murmured and couldn't help but continue to ask, even with a somewhat excited tone.
"How do you know this is the moment of his death, and how do you know the identity of the Lingming Stone Monkey based on this mural alone?"
"Pavilion Master Lu, follow me and take your time."
Abbot Zhiyuan noticed Lu Kun's emotional changes, but he didn't ask anything. Instead, he took a step forward, walked to the next mural, and said with respect in his tone:
"Although this senior founder of Buddhism has not entered the alchemy stage, the Buddhist teachings he taught are extremely mysterious and can enlighten the world and spread at an extremely fast speed in the mortal world."
Lu Kun suppressed the doubts in his heart and looked forward. What was painted on the wall was a temple lobby. There were more than ten monks sitting inside, all reciting scriptures. However, there were no Buddha statues here. The monks were facing a portrait. .
This portrait is the young monk in the first mural, holding a rosary, his eyes open and closed, and his face peaceful.
"Gradually, casual cultivators in the Qi-refining period joined the Buddhist sect. They were all too old, with low qualifications, and were abandoned by the cultivating sect." Zhiyuan said as he walked forward.
Lu Kun and Hong Yuntian also saw the next mural. It was still a temple, but an old man flying with a weapon appeared in the sky above it. His face was ferocious, his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, and below it, there was a man who was chanting. Buddhist monk.
"These casual cultivators are extremely obsessed with breaking through the realm and increasing their longevity. However, due to their limited qualifications, it is impossible to break through. They have mental problems and have caused great evil in the world."
"In Buddhist terms, they were obsessed with evil and lived a very painful life. Later, by chance, they were converted by a Buddhist senior who was profound in Buddhism. They entered Buddhism and studied Buddhism."
"These casual cultivators found that through the study of Buddhism, their obsessions were greatly alleviated and their state of mind became peaceful. Later, more and more practitioners with deep obsessions joined the Buddhist sect."
"These senior cultivators have studied Buddhism intensively and discussed with each other. They have made breakthroughs in their cultivation. After hundreds of years of study, they have found a path of cultivation with the help of Buddhism."
Zhiyuan continued to walk forward, and everyone's eyes fell on the next mural. At this time, many Buddhist monks with bare heads and Buddha beads in their hands appeared above the temple.
Flying without the help of magic weapons has obviously reached the realm of the elixir formation stage.
"This kind of alternative Buddhist practice was quickly noticed by those who were interested in cultivating immortals. An elder of the cultivating sect even discovered that one of the Buddhist cultivators in the late stage of pill formation was an elderly disciple who had poor qualifications and was expelled from the sect. .”
"This sect feels that it is the function of Buddhist cultivation methods that can enable people with low qualifications to practice to an extremely high level."
Zhiyuan did not stop. He looked at the mural in front of him and sighed: "The greed of immortal cultivators is more terrifying than that of ordinary mortals. Under the persecution of this sect, in order to protect the disciples, the Buddhists, with a compassionate heart, Hand over the technique."
"How do those cultivators know that although the understanding of Buddhism has nothing to do with spiritual qualifications, it does require extremely high levels of understanding."
"These Buddhist seniors have been able to get rid of their previous obsessions and have reached a very deep state of Buddhism. The cultivation path they have created is closely related to the cultivation of Buddhism. Those cultivators who are extremely greedy will not only fail to succeed in cultivation, but even He also gets obsessed."
The mural in front of everyone shows a middle-aged monk handing a jade slip to an old man carrying a long sword.
Zhiyuan said with a bit of sadness: "As a result, it can be imagined that this sect found that almost all the disciples who practiced Buddhist exercises went crazy and died, and those who were alive could not make any progress. They all thought that the seniors of the sect deliberately gave them fake exercises. In the end, they came directly to the door."
Lu Kun and others looked at the next picture and found a group of immortal cultivators wearing the same clothes surrounding the Buddhist temple.
"Just when the Buddhist sect was about to be exterminated, the Lingming Stone Monkey appeared. He showed terrifying strength. Not only did he kill all the offending immortal cultivators, he even massacred them all."
Listening to Zhiyuan's words, Lu Kun looked forward. There was a majestic ape painted on the wall, standing quietly in the air. There were thunder and lightning ice dragons, plus various wind spells, from The top of its head surged out, drowning the group of immortal cultivators.
Zhiyuan lamented: "Senior Lingming Stone Monkey came into contact with Buddhism, and we only found out his identity. This evil-tempered and murderous monster turned out to be a disciple of the senior who founded Buddhism."
"What's more important is that in just four to five hundred years, this demon senior's cultivation has reached the demon king level."
"The reason why our Buddhist sect knows about the Lingming Stone Monkey is because this senior demon clan member told him about it, and under his protection, the Buddhist sect can grow up in the cruel world of immortality."
Hong Yuntian was amazed when he heard this. He looked at the mural in front of him. On the tiles of the temple roof, there lay a handsome ape with a straw in his mouth and his legs crossed.
He heard from Lu Kun that this demon king had finally reached the late stage of demon king cultivation. With such strength, he could completely break the void and soar to the upper world by relying on his own ability. Who would have expected that he would die together with an enemy.
Lu Kun was in a daze, repeating Zhi Yuan's words in his mind.
"Lingming Stone Monkey is the disciple of that senior Buddhist..."
Although he didn't see anything messy when he was on Earth, how could he not know about the famous Journey to the West? Zhiyuan's narrative and the previous mural helped Lu Kun identify the handsome monk.
It was Tang Xuanzang, an eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty.
According to the speed of time in the world of immortality, more than 100,000 years ago, that is, more than 1,000 years ago on earth, was the era of the Tang Dynasty, which is completely correct.
Tang Xuanzang was the founder of Buddhism in the world of immortality. In other words, he, like Lu Kun, came from the earth. But wasn't he immortal? Why did he pass away?
Well, even if the immortality is false, his qualifications cannot be so bad that he cannot form an elixir. Otherwise, how could there be so many monsters caring about his body...
In addition to Tang Xuanzang, there are also the Four Monkeys.
The stone for the rebirth of the Lingming Stone Monkey is in the Body Refining Pavilion. Lu Kun, the Brachiosaurus Monkey, has its bloodline. With Xiao Jin's appearance and magical powers, he must be a six-eared macaque. Only the Red-Sided Horse Monkey, he did not find any clues about.
He saw three of the Four Monkeys, most likely from the earth. Now in this Buddhist holy land, he found traces of Tang Xuanzang's existence.
That is to say, the gods and Buddhas in the earth's mythology also exist, but where have they gone? Why are three of the four monkeys in the world coming over, but there is no trace of these existences?
Although Lu Kun didn't know what kind of magical powers there were in the upper realm's integration stage, in his opinion, there was no way they could compare to the legendary gods and Buddhas on Earth.
Even if their magical powers were only a small part of those in the myth, how could the human race be so miserable? Not only were there no strong men in charge, but even their cultivation techniques were learned from alien techniques.
In Lu Kun's impression, those gods and Buddhas seemed to be divided into the Eastern and Western religions, but they were mainly divided into two factions: Buddhism and Taoism.
The Buddha in the world of immortality was brought by Tang Xuanzang, but what about the Tao? Could it be that the Taoist sect was also brought here by a certain mythological figure? What about the demon clan? What do the 狴犴 and 睚禴 he had seen have to do with the earth?
After Lu Kun confirmed Tang Xuanzang's identity, more and more doubts appeared in his mind, and his body even started to tremble.
"Lu Kun, what's wrong with you..."
Lu Kun took a deep breath, calmed down and said, "Brother Hong, as an elder of the Yiyuan Sect, do you know the origin of the human race's Taoism?"
"Daomen?"
Hong Yuntian asked strangely: "Isn't Tao just about cultivating immortals? Dao sect and sect of cultivating immortals have the same meaning. From your tone, does the word Tao have other meanings?"
When Lu Kun heard this, he couldn't help frowning. Only then did he realize that there was a huge difference between this world of cultivating immortals and the ancient cultivating immortals on earth. They seemed to be two completely different paths.
Although he didn't know how the gods and Buddhas in mythology practiced, he at least knew that the word "Tao" should be somewhat similar to Buddhism, and it was related to the cultivation of state of mind.
But the skills of cultivating the immortal world only have something to do with cultivating the mind when you reach the stage of becoming a god and need to understand the power of will.
Seeing Lu Kun's expression, Zhiyuan couldn't help but ask: "How did Pavilion Master Lu know about Lingming Stone Monkey? He seems to know the founder of our Buddhism."
Lu Kun was silent for a moment and said slowly: "In addition to the giant ape, Lu also has some bloodline of the spiritual stone monkey. He has seen fragmentary bloodline memories, but the information is limited. He only knows that the senior who founded Buddhism is called Tang Xuanzang. .”
He did not tell the truth, but hid the origin of Tang Xuanzang and the immortals and Buddhas in the earth's mythology deep in his heart.
Facing the mysteries that appeared in his heart, Lu Kun had the urge to clear away the fog and seek the truth. In addition, there was also an unspeakable fear in his heart...
