Fahai travels through Tang Sanzang

If there is a real dispute between the two continents, even though Samantabhadra has said that he will not stand aside and watch, it is hard to say which side he will take.

This must also be a difficult choice for Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.

Because he has never been good at this.

Among the three great masters of Buddhism, Manjusri Bodhisattva is responsible for "theory", Guanyin Bodhisattva is responsible for "propaganda", and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva is responsible for "practice".

The three masters have a clear division of labor and a tacit understanding of cooperation, so Samantabhadra Bodhisattva does not need to use any brains in his work.

But in this matter, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva has already felt the difficulty in advance, but he does not intend to turn a blind eye to it. When he has a little leisure time, he can ask Guanyin Bodhisattva for advice and hear what opinions she has. .

Li Shimin's desire to become the Taoist King has long been no secret among the Three Realms. The major forces in the East and West Continents have also heard about this matter.

It's just that most of them are not like the little demons in Luzhou, Beiju. They are like frightened birds, panicking.

Even Dongzhou didn't take Datang seriously at all before. After all, they had always called themselves a "wonderland". They really looked down upon the mortals over in Nanzhou and didn't think they could make any waves. .

Even the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors at that time only dominated the Southern Continent and did not dare to touch the Eastern Continent. Why did Li Shimin do it?

Dongzhou has long been ingrained in the face of Nanzhou's pride, especially their inherent impression of Nanzhou, which is easy and difficult to change.

On the contrary, in Xizhou, some small countries are eager for the Tang Dynasty to come in quickly. Because the countries that have caught the Tang Dynasty's ride in advance have reaped enough dividends.

Especially the three kingdoms of Baoxiang, Wuji and Chechi.

When the original three kings were still alive, they could actually barely maintain relations with the Tang Dynasty's nominal allies. After all, the kings of the three countries were all on good terms with Sanzang Buddha. When Sanzang Buddha went west that year, , all want to become brothers with Tripitaka Buddha and give half of their wealth to Tripitaka Buddha

However, Sanzang Saint Buddha was already the sworn brother of Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, and he was determined to go to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures. He really couldn't stay.

But precisely because of such a passionate relationship, Li Shimin's attitude towards the three countries has always been kind. The cultural brokerage exchanges between the two sides have basically never been interrupted. The fact that Datang Station can open all over Xizhou is also due to the strong support of the three countries. can be successfully constructed.

Of course, the existence of Datang Station is also a mutually beneficial thing for both parties, and they have no reason not to support it.

But after the three kings died one after another, the situation became completely different.

The prince of the Wuji Kingdom is somewhat capable, but they do not worship immortals and Buddhas in their country. In fact, in a world where immortals and Buddhas are rampant, they are destined to be full of restrictions. Baoxiang Kingdom and Chechi Kingdom are somewhat out of touch. However, the former has Baoxiangguo Temple and the latter has Sanqing Hall, so the situation is not too critical.

Moreover, the three countries also formed an alliance with each other. After learning that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, had successfully survived the death of the emperor, the three countries, after deliberation, simply worshiped the Tang Dynasty as their suzerain state and submitted to the Tang Dynasty. .In the future, it will undoubtedly be the bridgehead for the "conquest" of Xizhou.

Looking at the entire Xizhou, these three kingdoms are actually not that big. Except for the territory of Chechi Kingdom, which is larger, the territories of Baoxiang Kingdom and Wuji Kingdom are actually equivalent to the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Xizhou is very big. Even if Tripitaka traveled from east to west, at least two-thirds of the country would still have not been visited.

The Xizhou side is different from the Nanzhou side. There is no ruthless person like the First Emperor. The king there does not have any deep obsession with unification.

Even many small countries only occupy a city, and the territory they can radiate is very limited.

Roughly speaking, the general environment of Xizhou is more like the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The princes rose side by side. However, because of the existence of Lingshan Buddhism, they did not enter the stage of annexing and conquering each other, but barely maintained the status quo.

However, as the culture of the Tang Dynasty spread further, it also awakened the will of the Xizhou people to a certain extent. However, the Buddhist Lingshan Mountain was too powerful, and it was not something small countries like them could disobey.

Not to mention a small country in the Western Zhou Dynasty, so what if it was Tianzhu, the largest country in the Western Continent?

Or maybe it's because they are at the foot of Lingshan Mountain, and any disrespect to Buddhism will result in retribution.

At that time, their king disappeared mysteriously. Although it was Patriarch Kuigang who took action secretly, it had nothing to do with the fact that Lingshan Buddhism stood by and let it go deliberately.

The status of Buddhism Lingshan in Xizhou is supreme. If even Tianzhu at the foot of Lingshan dares to "disrespect" it and there is no retribution, then what majesty does Lingshan have in Xizhou?

This matter must not be tolerated.

In the whole of Tianzhu, in fact, the leader of Tianzhu did not want Tianzhu to be controlled by Buddhism anymore. The princes in the court and the ministers in the country were actually close to Buddhism.

They also hope that Buddhism can flourish among the people, rather than that Confucianism can enlighten people's wisdom among the people.

Of course, the fact that they have such thoughts does not mean that they are wrong, it is just that their position and the limitations of their own vision make them subconsciously consider their own interests.

The leader of Tianzhu, on the other hand, does not want his people to live their lives in a muddle-headed manner as if they are being fed, and wants to lead his people to truly rise. But the fullness of ideals is ultimately no match for the skinny reality.

In other words, he lacked a sworn brother like Tripitaka Buddha.

In fact, what Li Shimin wanted to do was much more excessive than that of the ruler of Tianzhu back then. However, the reason why the major forces in the Three Realms tolerated it and had to contribute to the matter to a certain extent was undoubtedly because of the existence of Sanzang Buddha.

If he hadn't been concerned about the Holy Buddha Tripitaka, the heavenly calamity would have already hit Li Shimin when he had the idea of ​​a righteous human king.

The story of Jie Jiao's direct disciples guarding Chishan gradually spread in Beizhou, along with the words he asked the little demons to tell to the major ethnic groups in Beizhou.

In fact, these words are not a threat, but more of a persuasion to the monsters in Beizhou to be aware of current affairs and not to take advantage of others and lose their lives due to overestimating their capabilities.

In fact, from Li Bai's point of view, letting the Tang Dynasty civilize Beizhou would not be a bad thing for the demons in Beizhou.

We are all living beings in the three realms. Is it true that we can only live together to the death? Can't we coexist harmoniously in the three realms?

Moreover, if Beizhou surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, the demons would be civilized and lose their original bloodthirsty habits, wouldn't they be able to avoid being swept away by Emperor Zhenwu again?

You must know that Emperor Zhenwu was much more ruthless than the Tang Dynasty in sweeping away the demons.

This is an opportunity to get the "official establishment". Don't you think those ordinary monsters are trying to get the Tang Dynasty household registration at their own expense?

Among the three realms, there are not many forces that are qualified to issue "formal establishments" to the demon clan on a large scale. Apart from Tianting and Lingshan, it is today's Datang.

As for the Dongzhou Immortal Sect, it is not that they do not accept demon clan disciples, but they are a minority after all. It is impossible to accept all members of a clan at once.

Tianting, Lingshan and Datang are different, especially the latter two. They are more willing to accept the submission of the entire demon clan on a large scale, rather than just a few scattered big and small cats.

Therefore, Yingzhao, who brought the entire clan to the Tang Dynasty, received the highest courtesy from Li Shimin, and even allocated a piece of land in the Tang Dynasty as the habitat of the Yingzhao clan. It was considered to have officially settled in the Tang Dynasty. This made Yingzhao Very grateful.

This Tang Dynasty was right.

Compared with the Yingzhao who joined the Tang Dynasty and the Bi Fang clan who joined the True Lord Temple, their treatment was no worse. Except that the territory they originally occupied in Luzhou, Beiju, was divided into a territory officially certified by the Heavenly Court. Almost all members of the Fang clan were recruited to join the True Lord Temple and became the divine generals of the True Lord Temple.

Being able to serve as soldiers under Erlang Zhenjun, they would not be dissatisfied.

It was not a small matter for Li Taibai to guard Chishan, and if he asked someone to bring it, it would be a big deal, so many goblins went to seek confirmation.

But this time, when I went there, I didn’t see Li Bai alone, because Qingpingjian had returned to Chishan with five hundred Rakshasa. That day in the sea of ​​blood, Wudang Holy Mother chose eight hundred Rakshasa, and she Three hundred were left, and the remaining five hundred were all brought to Chishan by Qingping Jian, so that they could obey Li Bai's orders.

Mother Wudang, the master, seems not to care about her disciple, but in fact, she has been paying attention to his whereabouts.

Of course, Mother Wudang was aware of the fact that he took over from the female Emperor Ban in Chishan to guard the border between the two continents. She believed that this was not a bad thing, but also a kind of training for Li Bai.

But Li Bai and the female emperor are different after all.

Because this desert was formed by the magical power of the Nvba Empress, every grain of sand in this desert can be said to be the spread of the Nvba Empress's consciousness. Therefore, there are some wind-blown sand in this desert. Yang couldn't hide it from the empress's perception at all.

Even when the Nvba Empress cannot arrive, she can still control the sand to use her magical powers. This is the core of the Nvba Empress' ability to guard the border between two continents with one person.

But Li Bai is different. With his ability, there is absolutely no problem in guarding Chishan, but wanting to guard the entire northern Xinjiang defense line with just one person and one sword is tantamount to fantasy.

Therefore, as his master, he very considerately sent five hundred Rakshasa warriors to serve under Li Bai.

Then, there are the classic projects.

The warriors of the Rakshasa tribe are convinced by the Holy Mother Wudang, but they will definitely not be convinced by the young human boy in front of them, even if he is a disciple of the Holy Mother Wudang.

Li Bai had also heard the legends of the Rakshasa tribe and knew what their temperament was like, so he didn't intend to talk nonsense, so he hooked his fingers at them and said: "You guys can come together, so as not to waste time."

boom!

Of course, the violent tempers of the Rakshasa warriors can be dealt with easily, and there is no way to provoke the generals.

This is their shortcoming, but if used properly, it is also an advantage.

Only five hundred warriors of the Rakshasa clan are not enough for Li Bai. At least five thousand are needed to make him feel the pressure. The main reason is that although the warriors of the Rakshasa clan are powerful individually, they often work independently. There was no effective cooperation at all, and they just swarmed towards Li Bai, but it had a negative effect.

Even the people at the back, in order to rush to the front, also resorted to evil tricks on the people of the same clan who stood in front of him. Li Bai saw this scene and said in his heart: It is your fault. If you face the five hundred Xuanjia Cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, Xiao I will definitely turn around and leave, never willing to fight.

And the demon who came to investigate again happened to see this scene——

Five hundred Rakshasa warriors, placed in the Three Realms, can be considered a considerable fighting force. If they were placed in Beizhou, seizing a mountaintop and erecting a demon flag, there would be no problem.

But these 500 Rakshasa warriors were basically no threat to Li Bai, and indeed did not cause much trouble to Li Bai. He knocked them all down easily and leisurely.

Moreover, Li Bai was also measured in his actions. Even if some Rakshasa warriors were seriously injured, their vital parts were not hurt, and naturally their lives were not in danger.

But Li Bai's strength has undoubtedly completely conquered the opponent. These five hundred Rakshasa warriors are now sincerely convinced by Li Bai and are willing to worship under his command and listen to his instructions.

From this point of view, the simplest law of survival, the law of the jungle, is not without its merits, but the premise is that you must be a strong person and always maintain the status of a strong person, otherwise you will become food in the mouths of others. .

The strength that Li Bai showed just now not only conquered these Rakshasa warriors, but also made the second batch of old demons who came to inquire for information very fearful of him.

Li Bai would have been difficult to deal with alone. Now he has five hundred Rakshasa warriors under his command. Now it is no longer as simple as whether this desert can become a barrier between Beizhou and the Tang Dynasty. They should now Think about it, what would he do if Li Bai took these five hundred Rakshasa warriors to "fight the autumn wind" in Beizhou?

The monsters use themselves to save others. In the past, they always took advantage of the weakness of the human race to invade the south. Until Emperor Xuanyuan defeated Chi You and the female demon empress came to Chishan to live in seclusion, everything changed.

Not only has this place become a forbidden area for the demon clan, the desert is still spreading towards the territory of Beizhou. Although the progress is not too fast, the demons cannot guarantee that the desert will not spread over a large area.

This matter caused some troubles back then, and some powerful demons even joined forces to seek an explanation from the female tyrant empress. As a result, the two sides disagreed, and a dispute broke out. Later, those demons The demon was buried in the yellow sand.

The above are all the opinions of the demon clan themselves.

What the female demon queen told Li Bai back then was that in order to prevent the yellow sand from covering their territory, these monsters decided to join forces to kill me. Unfortunately, they had big words and no ability at all. (End of chapter)