Too much fruit

Chapter 743: In the End of the Law, Death Is Not Dead

"You ask who I am?"

Sun Wukong rolled his eyes and decided to announce his fame. He just couldn't believe that in this world there would be another person who knew his dark history.

"If I tell you my name, you'll be shocked. So listen carefully."

The golden-haired monkey leaned on his golden hoop and shouted: "

His ancestors lived in the Great Divine Continent of Dongsheng, and he practiced cultivation in front of the Flower-Fruit Mountain since he was young.

He worshipped Lingtai Fangcun ancestor and learned a complete range of martial arts.

He can also stir up the sea to subdue the Dragon Mother, and he is good at carrying mountains and chasing the sun;
He is the best at catching monsters and demons, and he makes ghosts and gods worry when the stars are moved.

"The stone monkey is famous for his ability to steal the world and change it into something beautiful."

The cultural monkey opened his mouth and wrote another confession poem, which was not repeated, and fully demonstrated his ability. As for those dark histories, such as being the horse keeper and being pressed under the Five Finger Mountain for five hundred years, there is no need to mention them in the poem.

And this time, Sun Wukong also learned a lesson. After reciting the poem, he added, "I am the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, the most famous demon in history."

"The Great Sage Equaling Heaven..."

Master Taibai showed a trace of hesitation, and then said: "So it is——"

Sun Wukong clenched his golden cudgel tightly, with murderous intent rising up in his mind. As long as Master Taibai dared to utter the word "Bi", he would use this cudgel to beat the remaining two words out of him.

“So he was a person from before the end of the Dharma.”

After Master Taibai finished speaking, Sun Wukong's murderous intent eased a little, but then he looked disappointed.

Although True Lord Taibai did not know "Bimawen", he also did not know the reputation of the Monkey King. To True Lord Taibai, the more important thing than the Monkey King was that the other party was a figure before the end of the Dharma.

"How did you survive the End of the Dharma?" Taibai Zhenjun asked, "It is absolutely impossible for the original owner of a Dao Fruit above the third level to survive the End of the Dharma."

Sun Wukong was surprised when he heard this. "You do know a lot, but I don't have the time to answer your questions."

He moved the golden cudgel, and the sky became as flat as the ground. He knocked it with the end of the cudgel, and a faint golden light resonated. A golden halo appeared around the Wufo Temple.

Just now, Sun Wukong and Taibai Zhenjun fought, and the aftermath spread all over the place, and Wufo Temple should not be an exception. But now looking at the temple, it seems that there is no damage at all, which is obviously the credit of the golden halo.

"Your realm of Taoism is in line with your status as an accomplished person. You should be considered a powerful person in the world today. Come, let me see what you are capable of."

As he spoke, the monkey displayed an astonishing aura, and distortions appeared again around the golden cudgel, as if a black hole was hidden in this magical weapon.

But Master Taibai did not respond at this time.

The Qi around him showed the shape of Tai Chi, and the vast and mighty five turbid evil energies gathered together in an instant and enveloped his body.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong leaned forward with his golden hoop stick, and sent out a strong wind, using pure power to blast away the evil spirit and create a scene of clear sky and jade sky. But after the evil spirit dissipated, the figure of Taibai Zhenjun was gone.

"whispering sound."

Sun Wukong couldn't help but hum, showing his dissatisfaction, scratching his ears, and had the urge to chase after him.

With his perception, he was able to confirm that Master Taibai had not really left, but had been lingering around, posing a threat.

Sun Wukong really wanted to rush up and catch the other party and have a big fight, but if he left, there would be no one to protect Wufo Temple. The golden ring is indeed powerful, but it may not be able to stop everyone.

Moreover, his experience on the journey to the West told him that the golden ring had never really played a protective role.

Thinking of this, Sun Wukong snorted again, fell from the air, entered the golden circle, and entered the Wufo Temple.

He walked straight to the back of the temple, to the Bodhi tree that replaced the mountain wall, and said to the white figure under the tree: "Young men nowadays really have no martial ethics at all, no fighting spirit. Seeing that I am very powerful, they retreated without even trying. It is obvious that your sword is the most powerful among those I have ever seen. They retreated so easily, not even afraid of losing their edge."

"Master Taibai practices the Supreme Dharma and follows the Supreme Way of forgetting emotions. Although he has taken an unconventional approach, his state of mind has been achieved and is extraordinary. He cannot be viewed in the same way as an ordinary sword practitioner." The enlightened one said with a smile, sitting cross-legged under a tree.

A swordsman should be straightforward, and a sword practitioner should also forge ahead courageously to maintain his edge.

But in the final analysis, it is to bring one's mind closer to the sword, and use this mind to match the sword. Master Taibai cut off his own distracting thoughts, and his mind is essentially like a sword, which does not need to be maintained deliberately, and will not lose its edge because of a temporary retreat.

For him, kendo is not such an inconvenient thing.

Sun Wukong nodded slightly after hearing this, as if he understood. Then he immediately asked, "What about the Jiang Tanyue you mentioned? This guy also took advantage of the situation and ran away. He has no courage to fight. You don't think he is also practicing the way of forgetting emotions, right?"

“So…” The Enlightened One was a little stuck in his words, then he smiled and shook his head, saying, “Jiang Tanyue’s actions are based on his heart, which is his true nature. Although he is not the most emotionless, his state of mind is not bad.”

"Just say you are shameless." Sun Wukong sneered.

High emotional intelligence: true nature.

Low emotional intelligence: shameless.

Sun Wukong's resentment towards Jiang Li, a man who took advantage and ran away, was even greater than that towards Taibai Zhenjun. Whenever he found any clue to talk about something, he would laugh at him without hesitation. He did not have the tolerance of Buddha at all and was extremely narrow-minded.

Hearing such straightforward words, the Enlightened One also smiled, then turned his head to look aside and said, "Jiang Tanyue, the Enlightened One never said that you are shameless."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Wukong jumped and took a step back, with the golden cudgel in his hand. He looked suspiciously in the direction where the awakened one was looking.

Jiang Li, when did you come?
How come his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils and his newly acquired Six Ears magical power didn't notice it?

While thinking about it, Sun Wukong even suspected that the enlightened one was joking.

However, the next moment, a faint light and shadow flashed, and two figures turned from virtual to real, appearing directly in the eyes of Sun Wukong and the Awakened One.

"I'm very curious about where the flaw was revealed. Theoretically speaking, I should have already converged the thread of cause and effect by now." Jiang Li said as he let go of Yu Shi's hand without leaving a trace.

All the way here, he held the Rain Master's hand. It would have been fine if no one had seen it before, but now that he appeared, he couldn't continue holding it.

"Bah!"

Seeing Jiang Li appear like this, Sun Wukong couldn't help but shout softly, grabbing the golden hoop and ready to hit him. You want to live in peace after offending the Great Sage?
no way.

"Great Sage, wait a minute."

Fortunately, the enlightened one stopped the attack in time, and the stick was never thrown out.

"Great Sage, you are a guest from afar, but don't let Jiang Tanyue underestimate the hospitality of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven."

The enlightened one used precise words to touch the self-conceit of Sun Wukong, causing the monkey to put down the golden hoop while humming. He then looked at Jiang Li and said, "Jiang Tanyue's attainment of innate Qi is already above that of Manjusri. Even the golden circle drawn by the Great Sage cannot stop Tanyue. Tanyue has even gathered up his own cause and effect, making it difficult for others to detect."

"I guess there's a but." Jiang Li continued.

"But," the enlightened one smiled, "the donor's ability to gather cause and effect has a flaw that is not really a flaw. The confused one has long discovered that the cause and effect of the place where the donor is will actively move towards the donor, like an invisible vortex, sucking in the cause and effect.

This kind of suction is invisible and subtle, and even a master of the Yi Dao who can see the line of cause and effect can hardly detect it, but the fan just happens to have a little attainment in the way of cause and effect, so he can discover this inconspicuous change. "

If the enlightened person could make a small universe between his fingers when saying this, it would be more vivid.

Jiang Liguang had this feeling when he heard the words of the listener.

While he was secretly criticizing the Enlightened One in his heart, he was also thinking about the changes that the Enlightened One had mentioned.

The ability to gather the causal lines was newly developed by Jiang Li after he received the teachings of the Awakened One, based on the ability of the causal collection. As his own practice and realm improved, Jiang Li realized that he was gradually able to truly use the causal collection.

This was the case the last time he concluded cause and effect and brought divine punishment upon himself, and it will be the same this time.

After the cause and effect came to an end, even Sun Wukong's flaming eyes could not detect any signs of Jiang Li approaching.

However, Jiang Li did not expect that concluding the cause and effect would result in such external changes.

Jiang Li had always known that the Karma Assembly would collect his own karma to transform and gather the Dao Fruit. This was the first time he knew the specific manifestation of the power of gathering karma.

Jiang Li thought of this and hesitated for a moment, but decided to ask an expert on the law of cause and effect, "In your opinion, is this manifestation harmful?"

Since clues in this regard have already been discovered, Jiang Li simply asked directly to resolve his doubts.

"Too much karma is a burden in itself. It is not a hindrance when one's realm is low, but when one's realm is able to perceive karma, excessive karma will hinder one's state of mind and practice. However, when a confused person looks at a donor, it does not have this effect at all."

The enlightened one thought for a moment and said, "There should be only one other influence, which is that the person or thing represented by the cause and effect will be connected with the donor as the cause and effect pulls. In simple terms, the surrounding things are likely to involve the donor, whether it is good or bad."

Jiang Li summed it up in his own words - a troublemaker.

No wonder I always feel like I’m at the center of a storm. It turns out that the karma is torturing me.

It’s no wonder that someone as devoted and filial as me would embark on the path of becoming a master. It turns out that it was the karma that misled me.

"It's not me who's wrong, it's the cause and effect."

Jiang Li displayed an extremely lofty state of mind. Even the negative impact of the cause and effect set could not affect his mind at all, and he easily put aside the burden.

"Looking at your expression, it seems that you have gained something?" The enlightened one said with a smile.

"I just figured out some things. Thank you for clearing up my doubts." There was no clue on Jiang Li's face, as if the matter was insignificant.

Seeing this, the enlightened one did not ask any further questions, but simply said, "Being able to help the donor is also a merit for the confused people."

"Then why don't you do another good deed?" Jiang Li took the opportunity to ask, "Just now I heard Master Taibai say outside that those above the third rank will not survive the end of the law. May I ask what you mean by that?"

Jiang Li came to see the awakened one mainly for this matter. For him, any information about the source of the Dao Fruit at this time was extremely valuable, and it might be able to solve the difficulties he was facing.

When the Awakened One heard what Jiang Li said, he didn't know whether to say that he was not polite at all or was completely shameless.

He smiled slightly, suppressed the rare waves in his heart, and said: "It's actually very simple, it's just that the sky is falling, and the tall ones are the first to hold it up. When the end of the law comes, the first to be exposed to this disaster are the beings who are most closely related to the heaven and earth, that is, the people standing at the top. As tall people, even if they don't want to hold it up, they have to hold it up, so they are the first to fall under the end of the law, leaving behind only many Dao fruits."

"Those with weak strength have a higher chance of surviving the Dharma Ending Age because their karma is not high enough. However, after the Dharma Ending Age, the world changes drastically. Even those practitioners who escaped the Dharma Ending Age before may not be able to survive in the Five Turbidities. Later, they went to war with demons and monsters, and annihilated the enemy tribes that also survived the Dharma Ending Age, but they also paid a heavy price. Those practitioners who survived the Dharma Ending Age basically died, and were replaced by Dao Fruit practitioners."

"So that's how it is." Jiang Li suddenly realized.

I have heard before that the first to perish at the end of the Dharma would be the strong ones, but I didn't expect there to be such a connection.

The stronger they are, the sooner they will suffer. They need to bear the thunder with their own bodies. No wonder the strong ones have perished. On the contrary, the weak ones have gained living space after the strong ones have withstood the thunder and have been able to survive the Dharma Ending Age.

but--

"Those who can stand at the top of the world are all rare figures. It shouldn't be so easy for them to fall completely, right?" Jiang Li asked.

The Sun Wukong in front of us is a typical example. He is the representative of death but not stiffness.

"Tanyue hit the nail on the head."

The enlightened one nodded and said, "A powerful being is still a powerful being. Even if he suffers the end of the law, he may not completely perish. Since he has left behind a Dao fruit, it is not impossible for him to leave behind a true spirit. Among the third-grade Dao fruits, there must be a few that still have traces of their original owners. Nine out of ten second-grade Dao fruits still have true spirits. Among them..."

He suddenly lowered his voice, and said in a deep voice, "Buddha's Dao fruit should have the most. Buddhism emphasizes cause and effect, and in Buddhism, from the Buddha to the Arhat, all rely on incense to practice, even in the Dharma Ending Age, they can still get the support of incense. Under the dual influence, the Five Turbidities and Evil Times will continue to erode the true spirit of the Dao fruit, and the Buddha's Dao fruit should be the last to be eroded."

Jiang Li suddenly looked towards Sun Wukong, only to see that he was also looking over there.

"I don't want to live this way," Sun Wukong said with a sneer, "but I am still the Fighting Buddha."

The person involved also said so, which shows that the Buddha's Tao Fruit is indeed the most resilient.

However, no matter how long they can hold on, they can no longer bear the passage of time. Even great bodhisattvas like Guanyin and Manjusri could not survive the Five Turbidities and Evil Worlds. There are very few third-grade bodhisattvas like Sun Wukong who can hold on until now, almost none.

This is good news, at least for Tianxuan and others.

But the bad news is that the Yan Emperor Dao Fruit that Jiang Li planned to receive was originally of the second grade.

(End of this chapter)