Too much fruit

Chapter 716: The Fairy Queen Forces, the Buddha Kingdom Advances

To the west of Kunxu is a vast area where grasslands and Gobi deserts interweave.

Under the blue sky, sutra pillars and pennants were lined up, and monks were in a neat square formation, holding long sticks and performing martial arts. Amid the sounds of humming and hawing, the sticks were fierce and majestic, but there was a murderous aura that Buddhist practitioners should not have, which diluted the solemnity of the monks.

These are all Buddhist monk soldiers, and they are the basic base for Manjushri to march into Kyushu. After all, the final word in spreading the Dharma is still through fists, not words.

A few months ago, during the severe winter of last year, when the weather was freezing cold, Buddhist monks had already stationed here and survived the severe winter with the physique of practitioners. In the battle against the weather, they gradually lost the mentality brought by the peaceful days and became more brave enough to go to the battlefield.

The monks performed martial arts, which aroused their vitality and blood, and actually dispersed the cold air in the area, bringing in a current of warmth.

If we change the location, if we replace this area near Kunxu with any place in Jiuzhou, the energy and blood stimulated by the monk soldiers would be as blazing as the scorching sun, steaming up and down in all directions.

"Very good."

On the altar surrounded by eight stone towers, Manjusri looked at the martial arts performance and could not help but praise it, saying: "The believers of our Buddhist country have always been devout to the Buddha and have a firm mind. Now after further training, they are no less powerful than any elite division of the Great Zhou."

Also on the altar were a middle-aged Taoist with a long beard and two female Bodhisattvas in white who were dressed similarly.

One of them is dignified and compassionate, she is the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva of the Buddhist Kingdom; the other one is pure and bright, with a peaceful temperament, she is the new third-grade figure of the Buddhist Kingdom - the Mother of No Birth, Tan Wuwei.

The three categories of Buddhas except the enlightened ones are all gathered here.

"It is the Buddhist friend Wusheng who has the foresight. Last year, he proposed that all Buddhist disciples should come here to train. It is truly a blessing for the Buddhist country to have the Buddhist friend Wusheng." Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva also agreed with a smile.

"It's my job, I don't dare to take credit for it." Tan Wuwei nodded slightly and replied.

She is now the fourth most important person in the Buddhist country, and her prospects are even brighter than those of Manjushri and Guanyin.

Maitreya is the future Buddha, even if the fruit of his Taoism is that of a great bodhisattva of the third level, it can still be said that he has a promising future. However, Tan Wuwei is not arrogant because of this. Instead, he is very dutiful and places himself below Manjusri and Guanyin.

This made the two great Bodhisattvas very satisfied. Although at their level, they would not be upset by a little attitude, but the principle of not hitting a smiling person is applicable everywhere. It is better to have someone smiling at you than to have someone turning their back on you.

Moreover, the attitude is not important, but the intention expressed is important. Tan Wuwei showed that he had no intention of opposing the two of them, which was a good thing.

Therefore, the atmosphere among the three third-rank officials of the Buddha's kingdom was harmonious and full of joy.

Then someone interrupted.

"What a pity. If the Enlightened One is willing to support, then the Great Zhou can be stabilized," Shen Hou stroked his long beard, with a look of regret on his face. "With the prestige of the Enlightened One, even if he can't take action, he can still mobilize the power of the Buddhist country to march east. It's a pity that he is unwilling to support. Well, who asked the Enlightened One to..."

"Shen Hou!" Wenshu called out in a deep voice, "Don't speak nonsense."

All Bodhisattvas must make great vows to spread the Dharma. This is not only to promote the spread of the Dharma, but also to help their own practice and is also a kind of constraint. Among the high-level officials in the Buddha's kingdom, all have made great vows and are subject to constraints, except for the enlightened ones.

So, he can choose not to support it.

But can such words that are not conducive to unity be said?

"The enlightened one will not come out of retreat, and the Tathagata will not come into the world. The abbot also tries to avoid taking action or even interfering in order to deal with the Tathagata of Karma." Guanyin said in a calm tone.

"Really?"

Shen Hou seemed not to give up, and chuckled, "I know that when Karma Tathagata suddenly appeared, everyone in the Buddhist country was curious about his origins. After careful search, I found the "Mara Sword Canon" written by Karma Tathagata in a Buddhist temple. The sword canon was written on the Nine-like cassock. As far as I know, only a few people in the Buddhist country can wear this cassock, and it is mostly seen on the head monk and his disciples. Therefore, everyone in the Buddhist country suspects that Karma Tathagata is actually a disciple secretly accepted by the enlightened one."

"This speculation is not groundless. The Awakener has been famous for many years. He had already reached the third level of perfection more than a hundred years ago, but he only accepted two disciples in the past twenty years."

He has been famous for hundreds of years and had already achieved perfection in the third rank a hundred years ago. Theoretically speaking, it is not impossible for him to accept disciples.

Although there is no rule that only the chief monk and his disciples can wear the Nine-Asura Kasaya, in the Buddhist world, generally speaking, young people who can wear the Nine-Asura Kasaya are definitely the chief disciples. Because the rest who are qualified to wear it are basically old guys.

After the "Mala Sword Classic" was found, those monks who were qualified to wear the Nine-Rules Robe had proven it themselves, and it was highly likely that it did not come from them.

It is for this reason that some people in the Buddhist country make such speculations.

But no matter what the speculation is, no one would say it as directly as Shen Hou did.

"The people of the Buddhist country worship the abbot. I am not a Buddhist yet, so I will be fair and provide some clues."

Lord Shen continued, "As far as I know, the Five Finger Mountain that suppressed the true body of He Luoshen of the Demon God Cult disappeared out of thin air after He Luoshen was born and Jiang Li cut off his physical body, as if it had never existed..."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Hou shut up because his point had been made.

When the Five Finger Mountain appeared, the Buddha's aura was pure and holy. Only the enlightened ones in the world could have such a Buddha's aura, so it can be basically confirmed that it was done by the enlightened ones. The fact that the Five Finger Mountain disappeared out of thin air also matches the cunningness of the "Mara Sword Canon" in turning the virtual into the real.

So, you guess what the relationship is between the Enlightened One and Karma Tathagata.

"Shen Hou, be careful with your words."

Manjusri's voice became even deeper. "If it is according to what you mean, you who have not made any great aspirations are even less trustworthy."

Along with the deep words, there was also a majestic momentum, which made Shen Hou laugh and said, "I am the one who talked too much, too much."

The originally happy atmosphere disappeared completely because of Shen Hou's words, and the scene became a little awkward for a moment.

Everyone knows that Shen Hou was brought back by Wenshu, and now Wenshu has the support of the Jiang family, and has become the only one in the Buddhist country. This Shen Hou is probably a substitute for Wenshu.

Manjushri is interested in the position of the abbot.

Guanyin and Tan Wuwei were both intelligent people who knew the relationship between the two clearly, so they did not respond directly to the words, but remained silent. This made the atmosphere seem quiet.

Fortunately, at this moment, a chill broke the somewhat stiff scene.

A cold current suddenly emerged, spreading across the sky and earth. Thick dark clouds came with the wind, and countless hailstones fell in an instant. The warm current brought by the boiling blood was swept away in an instant, and some monks even fell down with stiff limbs in a short period of time.

It was already spring, and although there was still some spring chill, and the area west of Kunxu could be considered freezing cold, it was definitely not as cold as winter. The Buddhist monks had survived the extreme cold, but now they had fallen in this cold wave.

Even the people on the altar felt a chill that penetrated their bones. Shen Hou shuddered, and the dragon-bearded tiger under the altar ran up and huddled behind Shen Hou. "What a useless thing."

Shen Hou cursed with a smile, then stretched out his hand and an ancient wooden whip appeared in his hand. Symbols lit up on the whip, keeping out all the coldness.

Manjusri, Guanyin and Tan Wuwei all had the same aura at the same time. Three rays of Buddha's light, one was flawless, one was solemn and compassionate, and one was pure and empty. They reached up to the sky and swept away the thick icy clouds, revealing the bright sky.

The Buddha's energy manifested, each presenting a strange image. Manjushri, the compassionate Guanyin, and the True Void Homeland all transformed, as if turning the palace into a Buddhist pure land.

However, although the ice clouds were cleared and the hail was eliminated, the surrounding coldness became more and more severe. In a short period of time, it was as if the severe winter had returned, and it was still getting colder. In an instant, except for the area covered by the Buddha's light, the rest of the land was covered with flying snow and frost.

"The magical power of the God of Winter," Manjusri looked at the changes in the surrounding scenery, with the light of wisdom flashing in the halo behind his head, deducing the source of the cold, "Snow is falling over a land of three thousand miles, it's the Fairy Queen!"

The halo of wisdom behind her head also revealed a scene at this time. On a snowy peak, the fairy queen in white clothes with her black hair flying around was seen. Countless icy cold currents appeared out of thin air under her gaze, rushing towards the west.

As if she had sensed Manjusri's prying, the Fairy Queen slowly turned her head, and with her icy cold eyes, a faint trace of frost appeared on the halo of wisdom.

"The Fairy Queen..." Tan Wuwei saw this scene and whispered, "She can't hold it back any longer. Yesterday, news came that Dinghu Tianxuan had been promoted to the third rank two days ago. The Fairy Queen is worried that Tianxuan will become more powerful as time goes by, so she wants to complete the promotion ceremony as soon as possible."

Although the details of the cooperation between Fairy Queen and Tianxuan are unknown, they are inseparable from promotion. The key conflict between the two of them is also on promotion.

Therefore, Tan Wuwei could naturally guess the Fairy Queen's thoughts.

She wanted to force the Buddhist Kingdom to march into Kyushu.

The Immortal Queen reversed the climate by relying on the Dao Fruit Divine Power, which did not consume much energy and could go with the flow. When the area was frozen three feet, the Immortal Queen's energy consumption would be even lower.

The more the three rank officials of the Buddha Kingdom wanted to protect their subordinates, the more they would consume. If they wanted to exhaust the Fairy Queen, they would have to exhaust all three of them.

Therefore, it is absolutely not feasible to waste time.

Then there are only three choices: one is to wait, one is to attack, and one is to retreat back to the Buddhist kingdom.

With the strength of the three, if they took the initiative to attack, even the Fairy Queen would have to avoid their attack. However, this undoubtedly took advantage of the Fairy Queen's intention and broke the stalemate.

"The Fairy Queen is not afraid at all that we will attack the Fairy Palace." Tan Wuwei shook his head.

"The Immortal Palace has a profound foundation and two second-grade Taoist artifacts. If it could be so easily broken, Senior Brother Guangcheng would have done it long ago," Shen Hou reminded from the side, "and the Immortal Queen may not give up her promotion because of this."

Even if the Immortal Palace was breached, the Immortal Queen could still retreat with her ability, not to mention that Manjusri and the others might not be able to breach the Immortal Palace.

At that time, Manjusri was able to block the door of Yuxu Temple by himself, but he might not be able to break the door of Yuxu Temple by himself. The same principle applies to the Immortal Palace. If the door is so easily broken, it will not be the turn of the Buddha Kingdom.

They may not even be willing to try.

Even if it succeeds, it will consume a lot of time and energy in the Immortal Palace. By then, let alone other parties, the Yuxu Temple alone will be so happy that they will die.

Wenshu narrowed his eyes slightly. "Then the Immortal Queen couldn't hold back because of Dinghu Tianxuan's promotion? Or is it..."

The figure of a rebel from a certain family flashed through his mind, but he immediately denied it in his heart.

‘Absolutely impossible! ’

With a decisive thought in mind, Manjusri asked the other two third-grade masters, "Two Buddhist friends, what do you think?"

"We have already agreed in advance that the first step will be decided by Buddhist friend Wusheng. Let's just follow his opinion." Guanyin immediately expressed her abstention.

Tan Wuwei pondered for a while, then said decisively: "If one hair moves, the whole body will move. If the Fairy Queen moves, then we should make a decisive move. Otherwise, we will be in chaos. It's time to move. At least for now, the Fairy Queen will not stop us. And when the two people in Yuxu Temple see that the Fairy Queen will not stop us, they will definitely need to send one of them to guard against her."

In this way, the original resistance would be reduced from three third-rank people to one.

In that case, let’s go in.

Daring to betray the Mo Sect and join the Buddhist Kingdom, and being promoted all the way to the third rank, Tan Wuwei's determination and courage are extraordinary, and he made the decision immediately. The Dao that Manjusri carries is known as great wisdom, and he immediately figured it out.
"good."

He nodded and said, "Staying is not a good idea. Turning back is impossible. Let's move forward."

As he spoke, the Buddha's light became brighter and transformed into a golden wheel, sweeping away layer after layer of cold currents, making the west of Kunxu filled with light and lotus flowers all over the ground.

The Buddha's kingdom also moved.

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When the Buddhist kingdom marched forward, the Buddha's light shot up into the sky, and the dazzling light could also be seen from East Kunlun.

There was no need for anyone to send a message. When Taoist Guangcheng in Yuxu Temple saw the Buddha's light, he knew what was happening in the Buddha's kingdom.

"Finally it's moving. I've been waiting till my bones are stiff."

The figure of the Dragon Slayer Taoist flashed and came to Guangcheng's side. Looking at the Buddha's light, a dangerous smile appeared on his small face. "Brother Shenhou, I miss you so much."

The closer the relationship between the former senior brother and Shen Hou is, the angrier he is. Obviously, Yin Tulong is a typical representative in this regard.

Just by looking at his expression, Taoist Guangcheng knew what a fierce scene would be when the two met.

"I hope Shen Hou is okay."

Thinking this in his mind, Taoist Guangcheng turned a sword light into a flash of light with his fingers, sent a trace of divine consciousness into it, and shot it towards the east with his hand, "Go."

The sword light was so fast, almost near light. It was Taoist Guangcheng's Yin-Yang Sword. In just an instant, it had passed through thousands of mountains and rivers. It was so fast that the five turbidities and evil spirits had no time to corrode it.

And when it passed over Dinghu Lake, a hand reached out as if it had foreseen the future and grabbed the sword of approaching light.

"I'll take it."

The time between them was just a moment, and Jiang Li, who was far away in Dinghu, had already received the news.

(End of this chapter)