I am guarding the sky prison in Journey to the West

Chapter 122
"The Tao can be Tao, but it is very Tao; the name can be famous, but it is very famous.

Nameless, the beginning of heaven and earth, famous, the mother of all things.

......"

Qingniujing died.

Hangu Guan quiet room.

The moment Lao Tzu's blade landed on the bamboo slip.

The world suddenly changed color.

Everything lost its color at this moment.

Only within an inch of Laozi is left, the color is still bright and radiant.

Wisps of sunlight lingered and rose, exuding an indescribably mysterious aura from him.

Boom!

Thousands of purple thunderbolts flickered in the sky. It was clearly daytime, but it was pitch black, like the end of the world.

This is the wrath of heaven, because someone is describing it in words.

Every time I engrave a word or a paragraph, the world trembles.

Countless ghosts of heavenly demons surround him, howling like ghosts and wolves, cursing him, bewitching him, and attacking him, trying to make him stop his act of revealing the secrets of heaven.

But at the same time, there are also humane merits and virtues constantly emerging, forming a colorful light shield to protect him under it, isolating the evil shadows of heavenly demons, and protecting Lao Tzu in it.

Laozi is the incarnation of the supreme sage in the mortal world, but before his merits and virtues are consummated, he does not have the memory of the supreme sage and is just an ordinary mortal.

He expounded the Dao in words to steal the secrets of heaven, but to humanity and the human race, it is a great merit.

It should be noted that the way of humanity does not specifically refer to the way of the human race, but the way of living beings, the way of all living beings!
Insects, fish, birds, beasts, monsters, gods and Buddhas, all living beings who are born with consciousness, soul, wisdom, and cultivation are all humane!
The same is true for the human religion of the Supreme Saint. It is the teaching of all living beings, not the teaching of the human race.

It's just that the human race is the protagonist of the Heavenly Dao after the Lich, and it is the only protagonist. The luck is strong and the Heavenly Dao loves it deeply, which is far beyond the comparison of the previous Heavenly Dao protagonists.

This is also the confidence that the human race dared to use the same word "human" as the clan name in their own language!

But the facts have proved that the human race's confidence is not bragging!

Nowadays, Taoism, Western religion, and even small religions such as Brahmanism and Asuraism are trying their best to spread the word among the human race.

The believers have gradually changed from beings of all races to being dominated by human races.

Even demons and ghosts, after successful cultivation, will inevitably find a way to transform into a human form and learn the language knowledge of the human race.

The human race is gradually becoming the main body of humanity, even the core!

In this way, the status of the protagonist in the human world will be hard to shake!

The saints saw this, and before leaving the Three Realms, they reincarnated into the human race with incarnations, formed a deeper karma with the human race, and allowed their own orthodoxy to prosper and last forever among the human race.

Li Anran is still not clear about these inside stories, and his thoughts are all on the "Tao Te Ching" in front of him.

Because of the previous accumulation and precipitation, he was able to understand the content of the "Tao Te Ching".

However, it is not a simple matter to thoroughly understand and comprehend.

However, even if he only witnessed the whole process of Lao Tzu's writing of the "Tao Te Ching", he would gain a lot.

When Laozi finished writing the Tao Te Ching.

A golden light burst out from the bamboo slips on which the "Tao Te Ching" was written, soaring straight into the sky, tearing apart the black clouds in the sky.

Dazzling crystal light hangs down from mid-air, like a long rainbow formed by hundreds of millions of light particles.

Another [-] miles of purple air came from the east, countless flowers fell from the sky, and golden lotuses gushed from the ground.

Li Anran was completely immersed in it.

In a daze, he saw the words in the "Tao Te Ching" flying out, like a shining golden light, hovering in his field of vision, and echoing infinitely in his ears like a Hong Zhong Da Lu.

Entered the epiphany state that practitioners dream of!
When Li Anran woke up again, it was already 33 years later!

It takes a long time or a short time to realize this kind of thing, but basically, the longer the time, the greater the harvest!

Li Anran has been enlightened for 33 years!
Although the cultivation base has not increased, the spirit has been tempered and sublimated, becoming crystal clear and flowing, with wisps of purple energy faintly lingering.

In addition, his cognitive understanding of Tao is completely different from before!
It is difficult to describe in words the benefits that these two have brought to him.

The most simple and rude point.

Even in the same Golden Immortal Realm, the strength he can display at this time is several times that of before!

If he fights against Qingniujing again, he doesn't need Nezha's help, and he is confident that he can defeat him within [-] moves!
However, this is also the first time for him to read the entire "Tao Te Ching".

Looking at it later, although the harvest will not be small, it will not be so exaggerated.

"It is indeed the incarnation of the Supreme Sage in the mortal world, but it is different! The bamboo slips that record the "Tao Te Ching" have so many blessings of humanity and virtue, I am afraid that they will directly become the treasure of success and virtue!"

"There's also that Vajra Cutting, with so many Dao protection skills tempered and infused, no wonder it's so powerful!"

Li Anran thought of the scenes in Qingniujing's life, and felt a burst of envy.

Those who followed Lao Tzu to heaven were not only Qing Niu Jing and the Taoist boy beside him, but also the clothes on his body, the diamond carving on his wrist, and the letter engraved with the "Tao Te Ching".

Under the blessing of human merit, these mortal things have all become magic weapons of merit!

Among them, the bamboo slips and diamond carvings have obtained the most humanitarian merits.

The former has the function of recording, and the latter has the function of protecting the Dharma.

What made Li Anran jealous even more was actually Yin Xi!
After Laozi completed his merits, he actually gave him the Tao Te Ching directly!
This magic weapon is worth the entire net worth of Li Anran!
Li Anran suppressed the urge to continue studying the "Tao Te Ching", got up and left the quiet room.

Before retreating, he considered that he might need a lot of time this time, so he had already made arrangements in advance, and ordered the gods and officials to proceed as usual.

If there is any major issue that cannot be resolved, just wake him up.

However, Li Anran never imagined that it took 33 years for him to realize this epiphany!
"For immortal gods, time is really worthless!" Li Anran couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

In the past 33 years, he has not been awakened by the gods and officials, which means that nothing major has happened.

But, after all, it has been so long, it would be inappropriate for him not to go out for a while.

"Sir, are you out?"

Outside the door of the quiet room, there are heavenly soldiers and generals waiting day and night.

As soon as Li Anran went out, heavenly soldiers and generals greeted him.

Soon, the news of his exit spread throughout the prison.

A group of gods, officials and officials hurriedly put down the work at hand and came to report the work during this period.

They are not surprised that Li Anran has been in seclusion for 33 years. Those who can become the gods and officials of the Heavenly Prison Palace are at least celestial beings.

They also all have the experience of retreating for decades or even hundreds of years!

On the contrary, for so many years, Li Anran did not retreat for more than half a year each time, which really surprised them.

And this is also one of the reasons why they agreed that Li Anran was self-denying, self-denying and conscientious.

As the gods, officials and officials came forward to report their work, Li Anran quickly understood some things that happened in the past 33 years.

First of all, it is the aspect of heaven.

There are many major events, but not many have anything to do with him.

For example, the purple-clothed fairy among the seven fairies married the mortal Dong Yong because of her private affair with the mortal heart.

For another example, Han Zhongli, the cowherd boy of the Taishang Laojun, was turned into a fairy by Tieguai Li after nine generations of reincarnation.

and many more.

There are only two things related to Li Anran.

The first one is that three years ago, because the Queen Mother and the Empress did not invite him to the peach banquet, the old monster with yellow teeth displayed the supernatural powers outside the Nantianmen, turned into the size of a mountain, waved an elephant trunk like a pillar of heaven, and made a big fuss ——

In Journey to the West, this was originally a drama of the green-haired lion monster.

But in this world, because of Li Anran's existence, the green-haired lion monster has been brought back by Manjusri Bodhisattva.

The one who staged the low-profile version of "Havoc in Heaven" became the old elephant with yellow teeth.

The purpose should be the same as before, to imitate Monkey King and gain prestige among the monsters by making trouble in the Heavenly Palace.

The second thing is naturally the peach feast of the Queen Mother.

The reason why he said that the farce of the blue-haired lion monster in the original time and space and the yellow-toothed old elephant outside the Nantian Gate is that the low-profile version of Xixi is making trouble in the Heavenly Palace.

One is because they dared to show their magic, heaven and earth outside the Nantianmen to scare the heavenly soldiers and generals, and they didn't even approach the Nantianmen, so they quickly returned to Xiniu Hezhou, and then made a big fuss about it.

The second reason is that the Queen Mother’s Pantao Festival happens every 360 to five years.

Today, there is still a sixty years before the Peach Blossom Festival, and they say that the Queen Mother did not invite them, it was a poor imitation of monkeys.

However, Li Anran, as Prison God and Guansuo Xingjun, belongs to one of the 360 ​​five righteous gods in the Heavenly Court, but is eligible to participate in the Peach Banquet, and the location is relatively close.

Before that, he still needs to prepare a birthday gift for the queen mother, and then he will present it in front of all the immortals.

This matter is related to the queen mother's face, it is not big, but it is not small.

He can't slack off, he must prepare in advance.

According to the priests.

Except for the time when the monkeys made trouble in the Heavenly Palace.

As one of the 360 ​​Five Righteous Gods, he will be allocated a purple-patterned walnut peach that ripens every 9000 years, a medium peach that ripens every 6000 years, and four small flat peaches that ripen every 3000 years.

However, given the fact that the monkeys had scoured all the fresh, large and small ripe peaches in the flat peach garden, it is hard to say what will happen to the flat peaches today.

"A troublesome thing!" Li Anran felt a little troublesome, but more of it was curiosity and anticipation.

After all, this flat peach banquet can be said to be the first-class feast in the Three Realms, and the reputation of flat peaches has been overwhelming to him, and he has wanted to taste what it is like since his last life.

Compared with the many major events that happened in the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Prison is much calmer.

The first is the prisoner.

After the previous 200 years of cleaning.

There are very few monsters who dare to rebel and make trouble in the world. Occasionally, some of them are caught in the sky, and most of them are because they killed or injured the mountain god, land river god, dragon king, and other things.

Most of these monsters are in the realm of true immortals or celestial immortals, and they didn't intend to be enemies of the heavens, but lost their hands on impulse.

There are not many gods in the heaven who dare to violate the rules of heaven. They have all been frightened by Yang Jian's ruthless methods. In addition, there is Jiazi Jikao hanging above their heads. They are more honest than each other, and their work efficiency has also increased countless times compared to before. .

In the past 33 years, the total number of monsters and sinners sent to the prison was more than ten.

The Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals followed Li Anran's instructions and imprisoned them in the Heavenly Prison, and nothing happened during this period.

The only thing Li Anran needs to deal with is Zhu Bajie's matter.

Emperor Donghua went to the Jade Emperor to intercede for Zhu Bajie after he learned that Zhu Bajie had been taken back to Heaven.

The Jade Emperor thought that Zhu Bajie had bleed and made meritorious service for the Heavenly Court, so he decided to deal with Zhu Bajie lightly, and only punished him to be imprisoned for 100 years and 30 years in the heaven prison, and then let him go down to earth to become a human immortal.

The gods of the Three Realms are divided into five levels: "heaven, earth, gods, men and ghosts".

Celestial Immortals are those immortals who are in the ranks of immortals in the heavenly court. People like Li Anran, Nezha and Yang Jian belong to the upper class of immortals.

Earth Immortals are immortals who manage one side in the lower realm. The former Yang Jian and the current San Shengmu belong to the category of Earth Immortals.

Immortals are deities who are worshiped by incense, such as mountain gods, land water gods, river gods and the like.

Human Immortal is the general term for the creatures who have cultivated to become immortals in the mortal world. They generally do not serve in the heavenly court, including monsters such as Monkey King and Zhu Bajie, and some humans who have cultivated to become immortals.

Ghosts and immortals are transformed from mortal beings with meritorious virtues after death, and serve as errands in the underworld, such as Impermanence of Black and White, Judge Cui, and errands.

Emperor Donghua also invited to see Zhu Bajie for the last time in the prison.

However, Emperor Donghua was an extremely well-behaved person. After learning that Li Anran was in retreat, he did not let the heavenly soldiers and generals disturb him.

Instead, let them inform him after Li Anran leaves the customs, and he will come to the prison to see Zhu Bajie at that time.

As a result, this wait was 33 years.

Zhu Bajie was originally sent by Emperor Donghua to the Buddhist scriptures team!

Li Anran was not surprised by this.

In the previous life, many people analyzed that Zhu Bajie belonged to the Taishang Laojun, and the evidence is that the nine-tooth nail rake and Zhu Bajie once ate the Jiuzhuan Pill.

Actually it is not.

This Jiuzhuan Pill is not only owned by Taishang Laojun, but also by Emperor Donghua!

And it was mentioned in the chapter of Journey to the West ginseng fruit tree!
In addition, judging from Zhu Bajie and the monkey throwing the statue of Sanqing into the cesspit in Che Chiguo, it is impossible for him to have anything to do with the Taishang Laojun, but he has a grudge against Taoism!
And Emperor Donghua was forced to reincarnate and re-cultivate just because of an unreasonable thought of the world, and became Tieguai Li's apprentice!

Zhu Bajie has resentment in his heart, and it is reasonable!
Li Anran immediately asked his soldiers and generals to invite Emperor Donghua.

"Prison God."

Emperor Donghua received the news, and soon rode the cloud to the outside of the prison palace.

After a salute.

Emperor Donghua took out the edict of the Jade Emperor.

The content inside is to allow Emperor Donghua to enter the Heavenly Prison Palace to see Zhu Ganglie for the last time.

Li Anran led Emperor Donghua to the cell where Zhu Bajie was imprisoned.

Although Zhu Bajie was one of the quartet, Li Anran did not treat him preferentially, and treated him equally with other monsters who committed crimes.

Over the past 33 years, Zhu Bajie has eaten copper pills and drank iron juice every day. It can be clearly felt that his figure has lost more than a circle, and the flesh on his face has also sunken.

This is still because he has cultivated the Nine Rank Yuan Kung Fu, otherwise, his current state will only be worse.

"Master."

As soon as he saw Emperor Donghua, Zhu Bajie rushed towards him, weeping bitterly, and begged, "I know I'm wrong! Master, please save me! Save me!"

(End of this chapter)