That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 874

There was a light snowfall in Jiangdu City. The snow was not heavy, and it fluttered. At first, it was like salt in the sky, and then it became slightly heavier, like catkins in the wind.

This is not the first snow in 23 years of Taiping. As early as midsummer, the first snow fell on the grassland, but this is the first snow in Jiangnan.

The snow in the south of the Yangtze River is not as majestic as it is in the northwestern part of the country, nor is it as strong as the snow in the north of the Yangtze River. Delicacy comes with the night and goes with the dawn.

When the sky first opened, there was a thin layer of snow on the city walls and eaves of Jiangdu. However, the snow on the ground was too thin to be without knees or feet. Make muddy water.

On the top of the city of Jiangdu, no one came here, Baixue survived, spread out like a pure white cloth, people can't bear to set foot on it and destroy it.

Suddenly, a person appeared on this piece of white snow, his feet stepped on the white snow without leaving any traces, his sleeves were fluttering, and his black hair was fluttering, like a man in a fairy.

Immediately afterwards, another person appeared, with a snow-white body, a white skirt and white shoes, and a skin like snow. If it wasn't for the black hair like a waterfall, it seemed that it would blend in with the surrounding white snow.

Murong Xuanyin looked at this old acquaintance, smiled lightly and asked, "You want to stop me?"

Then he asked himself and answered: "You can't stop me, and the three of you can't stop me together. Jiang is no better than the imperial capital. The imperial city formation in the imperial capital is intact, but the formation left by the Great Chu court in Jiangdu has long been destroyed. Even if you want to fix it, how much can you fix it?"

Tang Shengyue remained silent.

Murong Xuanyin continued: "Since you can't stop me, why bother to do useless work and become the laughing stock of overreaching?"

Tang Shengyue finally said: "If you can stop it, you will only know if you stop it. Maybe you can stop it."

The smile on Murong Xuanyin's face gradually disappeared, and he said softly: "You will definitely not be able to stop it."

After finishing the words, Murong Xuanyin took a step forward, while Tang Shengyue took a step back.

Between one advance and one retreat, there are two worlds.

Tang Shengyue raised her right hand, and a white lotus was slowly blooming in her palm.

There is a Buddha country in your palm, and the Buddha country is your hometown.

At this moment, time seems to have become stagnant, and everything around is like a dream bubble, hazy, vague, and unreal.

If someone is outside the situation, they will find that the two people on the top of the city have completely disappeared, only the ground is covered with white snow, without leaving any traces, as if no one has ever been here.

Tang Shengyue and Murong Xuanyin entered together into the small realm of the Buddhist kingdom that transcends the world.

The White Lotus Sect was formerly known as the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism, and later merged with the Maitreya Sect, the White Lotus Sect, and the Luo Sect, and finally formed today's White Lotus Sect. Therefore, all the methods of the White Lotus Sect have the shadow of Buddhism, and it is jokingly called the fourth sect of Buddhism. .However, Buddhism regards the White Lotus Sect as a rebellious evil heretic, because according to the teachings of the White Lotus Sect, there is an inanimate old mother who lives in the vacuum hometown above the third Buddha, and there are 96 billion living beings in the world who need to go to the vacuum hometown , while the past Buddha and the present Buddha only saved [-] million souls, and the remaining souls can only wait for the future Buddha Maitreya Bodhisattva to come to the world.

Who is the Buddha now?It is the sage who founded Buddhism, that is, the Buddha. How can Buddhism remain indifferent when it involves Buddha and fundamental teachings?Therefore, Buddhists regard the White Lotus Sect as an outsider who attaches to Buddhism and strongly resist it.

During the period of Great Chu, the Confucian school took advantage of the momentum. At its peak, it was known as the 72 sages, but the prosperity of the Great Chu was also the death of the Great Chu. With the rise and fall of the dynasty, the Confucian school whose luck had already been integrated with the Great Chu also began From prosperity to decline, it coincided with the rise of Houjian Xuanjiao, Houjian cavalry broke through the great rivers and mountains of Great Chu, and Confucianism also had to fight with Xuanjiao with all their strength, and finally ended up almost extinction.

After Houjian entered the Central Plains, Emperor Taizu of Dazheng started his family with the help of the White Lotus Sect and expelled Houjian. However, after he established Dazheng, he joined hands with Taoism and Buddhism to ruthlessly suppress and kill the White Lotus Sect, making the White Lotus Sect disappear for many years.

It wasn't until the end of the Zheng Dynasty that the White Lotus Sect rose again. Just like back then, they supported the Emperor Taizu of the Dazheng to start his family in Jiangdu. This time they chose Lu Qian, who was also dominant in the south of the Yangtze River, but they lost to Xiao Yu, who was fully supported by Youdao Sect. After Fu Chen and the deputy leader Xu Hongru died one after another, the White Lotus Sect, which had flourished for a while, was torn apart. One part was inherited by Tang Shengyue, and the other was taken under Qin Mumian's command. Some of them fled to the Western Regions, or hid in the world, becoming rebels who were captured and exterminated jointly by the Town Demon Palace and the Dark Guard Mansion.

The world may not know the details of this secret, but Murong Xuanyin, the leader of Xuanjiao, knows it well.

In the great war in the last years of the Great Chu that affected all sects, Buddhism and Taoism first focused on Taoism to repel Xuanjiao, which was severely injured after the deadly battle with Confucianism, and then focused on Buddhism to kill White Lotus Sect, and finally joined forces Sweeping away the "remnants" of the Confucian school, at that time, I don't know how many idle and reclusive Confucianists were forcibly brought back to the Taoist and Buddhist schools, completely suppressed, or simply became Taoist monks, and the two also came to the world again by virtue of this.

However, after repeated vicious battles, the Taoist and Buddhist sects were also seriously injured, so they failed to enter the Dazheng Chaotang in the Central Plains. The two families were bandits who knocked the fisherman to the ground, and Emperor Dazheng Taizu was a bystander who fished in troubled waters and finally benefited.

The White Lotus Sect and the Xuanjiao are not only enemies, but also people who have fallen into the world.

Tang Shengyue clasped his hands together.

Countless lotus flowers suddenly appeared in Xiaoqian World, layer upon layer, spreading in all directions, and then the wind blew by, the stamens swayed gently with the wind, and a little bit of firefly was born and drifted away.

This moment, this place, really has some meaning of the Buddhist Kingdom of the Western Paradise.

As far as Murong Xuanyin could see, there were white lotuses all over the sky, rushing towards him.

Murong Xuanyin looked calm, with his hands behind his back.

Just as Zhong Li'an's Star Luo Formation couldn't stop Xu Beiyou, Murong Xuanyin also didn't think Tang Shengyue's White Lotus Formation could stop him.

He allowed the endless white lotus to engulf him, and then, instead of retreating, he took a step forward. At his feet, a circle of vast and abundant energy rippled and expanded continuously, and the endless white lotus ocean also appeared thereupon. A growing circular blank area.

After landing, Murong Xuanyin stretched out her right hand again, twirled a white lotus flower that had not completely dissipated with two fingers, and put one hand behind her, Murong Xuanyin looked down, and let out a little sigh, both of them Gently twirling her fingers, the white lotus grew bigger and bigger, and in a blink of an eye it was already the size of a car hood.

Then Murong Xuanyin threw the huge white lotus towards Tang Shengyue.

This Xuanjiao leader who once fell into the sand in Jiangdu was so conceited that he wanted to repay him with his own way.

At the same time, Tang Shengyue raised her right hand, and a bright moon rose slowly from her palm.

Then a series of white rainbows gathered from all directions, and gathered behind Tang Shengyue to form a white female figure with a height of hundreds of feet.

The White Lotus Sect has two major Dharma appearances, one is the Maitreya Dharma appearance, and the other is the Lifeless Old Mother Dharma appearance, which is divided into men and women. Most of the men practice the Maitreya Dharma appearance, and most of the women practice the Lifeless Old Mother Dharma appearance.

Tang Shengyue is a woman, so she naturally condenses the appearance of an inanimate old mother.

The dharma is in the world, and the white lotus, which is the size of a car cover, cannot get close.

(End of this chapter)