The First Disciple of the Intercepting Sect

Chapter 254 After 500 Years

500 years in a hurry, fleeting.

In the central land of Dongsheng Shenzhou, there is a prosperous and prosperous country named Tang Kingdom.It has been [-] years since the Tang Kingdom was founded more than a hundred years ago.The lord of the Tang Kingdom, surnamed Li and named Tianmin, was the only son of the founding monarch Li Xiong.

Li Xiong was originally a frontier general in the former dynasty. In his early years, he obtained a cultivation method for cultivating immortals. Unfortunately, Li Xiong's aptitude was average and he failed to achieve immortality, but it allowed him to gain power beyond the reach of ordinary people.It just so happened that it was a troubled time.Li Xiong led the army to rebel, relying on his own knowledge of Taoism, forced him to start from a humble beginning and become the emperor.

Because of Li Xiong's practice of Taoism, his body functioned out of order, and he almost had no future.Li Tianming was the only heir obtained after 40 years since Li Xiong ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

Now, Li Xiong retreated behind the scenes and became the Supreme Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, dying of old age.Li Tianming practiced some health-preserving methods with Li Xiong. Although he is over sixty, he is still young.

In recent years, with Li Xiong's aging, Li Xiong has gradually had nightmares, often dreaming about the heinous crimes he committed by killing everywhere in order to achieve hegemony in his early years.The purgatory-like scene made Li Xiong fearful day and night, like a frightened bird, his body, which was still young and vigorous, became emaciated in an instant, relying on ginseng soup to continue his life.

"A few years ago, I committed heinous crimes, and today I am haunted by nightmares, and I really want to die." Li Xiong lay on the dragon bed, skinny as a stick, breathing erratically, and said to Li Tianming weakly. "I know my fate is not long for my father, but I can't feel at ease for my father when I die like this. I don't want to die with peace of mind. I heard that there are Buddhist teachings in the West that can dispel hostility and enjoy bliss!"

"My father's meaning, my son already understands. Immediately, my son will gather Buddhist practitioners from all over the country to pray for his father more and more, and send people to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures, so that his father can enjoy bliss!" Li Tianming knelt on the ground, crying Said.

Although Li Xiong was strict, he had nothing to say to Li Tianming.Seeing his father being harassed by nightmares day by day, Li Tianming was naturally heartbroken and couldn't calm down.

"Yeah!" Li Xiong nodded lightly, and then stopped talking.He couldn't take it anymore after talking so much just now.

The Tang Kingdom has dominated the hinterland of Dongsheng Shenzhou for a hundred years, occupying the most fertile land in Shenzhou, and is the largest country in Shenzhou.

In order to let his father, Li Tianming mobilized the whole country and the surrounding small countries, and summoned people who practiced Buddhism from all over the world to enter the palace to pray for his father.At the same time, he issued a list, hoping to find someone to go to Xiniu Hezhou to learn scriptures for him, so as to dispel his father's hostility and save all sentient beings.

The Dharma has been spread to Dongsheng Shenzhou through some ascetic monks over the years, but the scale is not large and it is not taken seriously.

If Li Xiong hadn't mentioned Buddhism to Li Tianming, Li Tianming really didn't know about Buddhism.Li Tianming's will quickly spread throughout the entire Tang Kingdom and some of the nearby affiliated countries, but there were not many Buddhist practitioners who came to the Tang Palace, only a few hundred people, and some of them were swindlers who didn't understand Buddhism at all.

However, thanks to the blessings of those monks who knew some Dharma, Li Xiong's condition improved and he gradually regained some vitality.At this moment, Li Tianming had an earth-shattering understanding of Buddhism, and he was even more convinced that Buddhism could make his father and emperor enjoy bliss, and the matter of seeking Buddha became more urgent.

Since Confucianism came to Earth and Immortal Realm, it has been propagating theories in Dongsheng Shenzhou, and gradually Confucianism has become the mainstream of Dongsheng Shenzhou.Coupled with the fact that Renchan and the two religions did not pass down any powerful orthodoxy, it made Confucianism the dominant family.

With the rise of Buddhism this time, many Confucian disciples in the temples were outraged. If they hadn’t received a letter from the Zhengqi Palace in Ziyang Mountain, they would definitely have suppressed Buddhism.

Long before, Zhunti had personally come to Lihentian to meet Lao Tzu.

"Goodbye, Senior Brother Lao Tzu!" With a smile on his face, Zhunti saluted Lao Tzu very politely.

"Yeah!" Lao Tzu nodded lightly with no expression on his face.

"The celestial phenomenon has appeared, and it's time for my Buddhist school to prosper. I also ask my senior brother to understand the cause and effect before, and agree with my Buddhist teachings to spread eastward!" Zhunti said straight to the point.

"Yes, but the transmission of Buddhism to the east is a very important matter, and it can't be done without going through hardships. Only after nine or nine or eighty-one hardships, the transmission of Buddhism to the east will be a matter of course!" Lao Tzu said indifferently.

"Okay, according to my senior brother's words, 81 is difficult, and the merits and virtues are complete!" Zhunti had already thought that Lao Tzu might put forward conditions before coming, and after slightly thinking about Lao Tzu's conditions, he readily agreed.

Afterwards, Zhunti discussed some details with Lao Tzu, and left Lihentian quite satisfied.

The matter of spreading the Buddhadharma to the east is of great importance. If you don't go through hardships, even if you spread it to Dongsheng Shenzhou, it will be full of disasters.As the saying goes, real gold is not afraid of fire, and only through suffering can it thrive.This matter coincides with the number of days, and Zhunti will naturally not disagree.

It’s just that the nine-nine-eight-one disaster mentioned by Lao Tzu is indeed too much, and the disaster must be reasonable, otherwise it won’t count, and it will be even more difficult for some strong people.But these are small problems, and they are not difficult for Buddhism.

After obtaining the consent of Lao Tzu, the eastward spread of Buddhism naturally had no obstacles.

It is said that Sakyamuni had a disciple named Jin Chanzi.As the name suggests, Jin Chanzi was transformed by a Jin Chan.Jin Chanzi once listened to Sakyamuni's lecture on Buddhism under the bodhi tree where Sakyamuni became enlightened before he became a Buddha, so he obtained Buddha nature.Later, because of practicing Buddhism, he became an immortal and lost his demon body, and was accepted as a disciple by Sakyamuni.

Although the golden cicada was transformed by the golden cicada, its Buddha nature is profound. Among the many disciples of Sakyamuni, it should be the first.

The whirling world, in the main hall of Leiyin Temple.

"Golden cicada!" Sakyamuni said solemnly.

"Disciple, I'm here!" A young monk wearing a golden robe with a fair face came out from among the many arhats, and bowed to Sakyamuni before coming to the high platform.

"Although you are the golden cicada, your Buddha-nature cultivation is extraordinary. This time I want to spread the Dharma to the east, but I lack people who can learn from it." Sakyamuni looked at the golden cicada with a smile Said intentionally. "Are you willing to sacrifice all your cultivation and sacrifice your life for my Buddhism?"

"Disciple willing!" Jin Chanzi replied decisively without any hesitation.

"Haha!" Sakyamuni smiled softly, very satisfied with Jin Chanzi's performance. "Honorable Guanyin!"

"Poor monk, here we are!" Avalokitesvara turned around and bowed to Sakyamuni.

"As for the transmission to the east, the venerable will be the protector of the scriptures, secretly helping Jin Chanzi to transmit the scriptures back to Dongsheng Shenzhou!" Shakyamuni looked at Guanyin and said softly.

"The poor monk would like to obey the Buddha's decree!" Guanyin accepted the order happily. Although this is a hard job, once it is done, it will bring a lot of benefits.

Afterwards, Sakyamuni gave instructions one by one to pay attention to, and then asked Guanyin to send Jin Chanzi to Dongsheng Shenzhou for reincarnation.Because they do not have a place in the underworld, it is very troublesome for Buddhist disciples to reincarnate, and they need quasi-sages to protect them.

PS: In order to make the story smooth and complete, Wei Wei modified the background of Journey to the West, otherwise it would be too difficult to justify it.

(End of this chapter)