Too much fruit

Chapter 765 Jiang Li and Shen Hou's Enlightenment
The sword wound on Manjusri's body had disappeared, and from the looks of it, he had apparently recovered.

As for the internal injuries, although Jiang Li had the third eye, he did not use it because he could not detect it without alerting Manjusri.

But even so, it was enough to make Jiang Li feel surprised.

The Zhuxian Sword forged by Taoist Guangcheng is not the original one, but it cannot be said to be a fake.

He tried to recreate the Zhu Xian Sword by combining his own Yin and Yang Swords, and it was considered a success. Although the sword was not as good as the original, the foundation was there, and it was at most a low-end version of the Zhu Xian Sword, and it was not really a fake.

Compared to the original, the Immortal Execution Sword of Taoist Guangcheng and his own life force were both cultivated together, and although their power level was not as high, they had the potential to improve. If one day Taoist Guangcheng's power could match that of Lingbao Tianzun, his Immortal Execution Sword might not be incomparable to the original.

Compared to the original, this sword is more suitable for Taoist Guangcheng. At least it is absolutely impossible for Taoist Guangcheng to refine the original Zhuxian Sword into his natal sword.

The sword of Taoist Guangcheng already has the nature of a killing sword. Even Guangcheng, the master of the sword, would suffer backlash if he wields it. The sword tip pointing outwards will only highlight the power of the killing sword.

The reason why Guangcheng Daoist was more seriously injured was that he not only suffered the backlash, but was also injured by Manjusri's Vairocana. If it was just the sword wound, Manjusri would definitely be more seriously injured.

But now, Taoist Guangcheng's arm could not recover in a short time because of the backlash of the sword, and even Jiang's innate Qi was not working, but Manjusri had actually recovered from his injury.

'Is it because the Dharma image of Vairocana Tathagata has improved again?'

Jiang Li was guessing in his heart, but on the surface he looked normal as he greeted Manjusri along with the other two people.

"Three Buddhist friends, there is no need to be so polite." Manjusri nodded.

He walked alone in the front, while Guanyin and Tan Wuwei lagged behind slightly. Although it was not obvious, it was enough to show the slight difference in status.

In this way these two indicate that they are already below Manjushri.

After Jiang Li and the other two, Shen Hou and two governors arrived and paid their respects to Wenshu.

When Manjusri saw Shen Hou paying his respects, he accepted it calmly, showing no fear of this god of disaster and plague at all.

Before this, Wenshu had told Shen Hou not to bow if he could. Even though he was a third-rank official, he was a little bit taboo about Shen Hou, the star of disaster.

The more proficient a person is in Yi Dao, the more attention he pays to this aspect. Although the timing of Qi and Omen is not as exaggerated as ordinary people have rumored, and one will not be doomed just because of weak Qi and Omen, it is still somewhat harmful.

Manjusri is a cautious person, and he can always perceive the changes in his own destiny, so naturally he would not neglect it.

And now, it seems that Wenshu thinks that Shen Hou can no longer hinder his destiny.

After Shen Hou, it was the fifth level of the Buddhist kingdom who came from all over the city.

In the Buddhist country, there are many people of the fifth rank, and many who possess the fruit of Arhat, but the famous and powerful Arhats are represented by the Sixteen Arhats.

After Huilun was promoted to the Dragon-Subduing Arhat, the sixteen Arhats became seventeen. Among the seventeen Arhats, Jiang Li killed the Crossing River Arhat and the Happy Arhat, and then killed nine more in the battle at Kunxu Mountain. Now Huilun is still in the Buddha Kingdom, and only five of them have arrived here.

The Cloth Bag Arhat, the Ear Picking Arhat, the Meditating Arhat, the Laughing Lion Arhat, and the Elephant Riding Arhat, all of them practice the method of summoning, and they belong to the command of Manjusri and Guanyin respectively.

After the Awakener went into seclusion, Manjusri and Avalokitesvara took control of the Buddhist kingdom. Almost everyone who practiced the art of seduction was related to them. There were some who were still willing to follow the Awakener, but not many were sincere.

The fourth rank still had the right to choose, but the fifth rank had almost none. Only by joining the two rank's seat could they get enough incense to help their practice. Therefore, the sixteen arhats were originally the two's die-hard fans.

Of course, those were all in the past. Now, there are only five of the sixteen Arhats left, and they are almost killed by Jiang. This also makes the middle and high-level officials of the Buddha Kingdom a little thin.

These people are Manjusri’s current team.

Manjushri looked around and a circle of wisdom light appeared behind his head, floating like the sun. Although the Dharma image had not yet appeared, he felt as if he was in the Buddha's kingdom and the pure land was under his feet.

"I have already achieved the Dharma image of Vairocana Tathagata. Next, I will surpass Yongzhou and Liangzhou and build a new Buddhist Pure Land."

Manjusri's declaration confirmed who the previous Vairocana image came from. The Bodhisattvas and Arhats, as well as Jiang Li, the pirated monkey, all said with great insight, "Congratulations, Master."

Jiang Li even heard Manjusri's plan from his words.

'After talking about Wuwei, it's the fourth and fifth grades.'

Since he is already trying to gather the incense and condense the Dharma image, he will naturally not let go of his people.

The fourth-rank Eight Heavenly Dragons, Guangli Bodhisattva, had already offered incense and power of prayer before the journey to the east. When Manjushri condensed the form of Vairocana Tathagata, the form of Guangli Bodhisattva also appeared, but that of Weituo Bodhisattva had not yet appeared.

Among the five grades of Arhat, the Arhat belonging to Avalokitesvara has not yet offered incense and mantras.

On the contrary, the dead Arhats had already been accepted by Manjushri as their followers and their Dharma images had also been collected.

"How cautious you are," Jiang Li thought to himself, guessing what Wenshu meant.

Asking everyone to contribute their telekinesis is not only to condense the Dharma image, but also to use telekinesis to understand everyone's nature in order to ensure that he can control his subordinates.

With bold plans and cautious steps at the same time, it is no wonder that Manjusri, the sixth brother, was able to successfully deceive Guanyin.

Wei Tuo beside Jiang Li had a blank expression on his face.

He also understood what Manjushri meant. Manjushri did not hide anything. Basically, anyone who was familiar with Buddhist scriptures could hear it.

The reason why Wei Tuo participated in the spread of Buddhism to the East was his friendship with Bodhisattva Guangli. He actually did not agree with Manjushri's actions, so it was natural for him to express his opposition at this moment.

But now Manjushri has taken control of the Buddhist team heading east. Even if he wants to oppose, it is difficult to go against the wishes of the three great bodhisattvas.

For a moment, Wei Tuo was in a state of uncertainty.

Do you want to oppose?

Or obey?

This is a problem.

Fortunately, he didn't have to hesitate for too long. Jiang Li took a step forward and said, "The Great Sun Tathagata's Dharma Image of the Great Bodhisattva seems to be related to the power of faith. If so, Wuzhiqi is willing to lend a helping hand to the Great Bodhisattva."

The decisiveness of this action shocked Wei Tuo and Guangli, and the others all focused their attention on Jiang Li.

How come you, a demon god who became a monk halfway through your life, are more enlightened than those in our Buddhist country?
Wei Tuo and Guangli almost revealed their true feelings.

The three of them were undercover agents. After what happened before, the two of them realized that the Great Sage was a fake and was actually impersonated by Jiang Sikong.

This is simply a double undercover operation, one inside the other.

Now this Wuzhiqi, who couldn't be more fake, actually wanted to offer his faith and power. This meant that the two of them were Bodhisattvas after all, and possessed the relevant mental state and spiritual fruits, otherwise they would have cried out now.

Even Manjusri did not expect that Wuzhiqi would be so decisive, as it was obvious that his main target was Wei Tuo.

Moreover, "Wuzhiqi" has not yet practiced the method of summoning and condensing the Dharma image, so his mental power is actually not as good as that of the Arhat.

However, since Wuzhiqi has taken such initiative, Manjusri naturally would not refuse.

Even if you don’t gain any Dharma, it is still good to understand one’s nature.

Thinking of this, Manjusri was about to speak, but who knew -

"I am willing to lend a helping hand to you, Master."

Shen Hou also stood up, looking loyal, "The Bodhisattva and I are family, of the same clan and blood. If the Bodhisattva gives me an order, I will not hesitate at all." Here comes another enlightened person.

Everyone looked at him sideways, but they were not surprised that Lord Shen did this.

Most of the people present now are from Buddhism. Even the monkey "Wuzhiqi" has nominally converted to Buddhism. The Taoist Shen Hou seems a bit out of place.

In order not to be excluded, Shen Hou naturally had to show his loyalty.

For Wenshu, Shen Hou played a very important role, so he would never give up. It was unnecessary to show his loyalty. However, since Shen Hou had shown his loyalty, he would naturally accept it.

"I am very afraid that you two have such intentions," Manjusri said with a smile, "Then I will not be hypocritical. Please, you two."

"Then Pindao will come first."

Shen Hou spoke first, then bowed to Manjusri and chanted the name of Mahavairocana, "Namo Mahavairocana Buddha."

A faint, slightly dim light flew out from between Shen Hou's eyebrows, and was pulled by an invisible force and fell into the circle of light behind Manjusri's head.

The slightly chaotic thoughts were sensed by Manjusri, causing the circle of light to fluctuate slightly.

"Shen Hou's faith in me is not enough, but he is very loyal to Jiang." Manjusri sensed his thoughts and judged his general nature.

This is the disadvantage of offering your own mental power.

For ordinary practitioners of the art of summoning, incense and mental power are just resources to increase their strength, but for a third-grade strongman like Manjusri, there is a lot that can be done.

It is easy to judge the other person's piety and even to understand his or her character.

Although this is far from being mind reading, it is enough for Manjusri to have a deep understanding of the person who offers his telekinesis.

Just like Shen Hou, Manjusri had already understood his heart and knew his intentions at that time.

Shen Hou was originally from Yuxu Temple, and he did not have a deep sense of identity with Manjusri. The reason why he showed such awareness was based on considerations of the situation. His true loyalty was to the Jiang family, not to Manjusri.

Shen Hou's loyalty to Jiang can be described in one sentence: There is no two suns in the sky, and there is only Jiang in my heart.

loyalty!

that's enough.

Manjusri was not surprised by this, nor did he care, because -

"I am Jiang."

Manjusri thought so and looked at Jiang Li.

At this time, the white-haired monkey had also offered his mental power, but its color was slightly inferior to that of Shen Hou.

After Manjusri absorbed this power, he knew that the purity of this monkey was lower than that of Shen Hou. After careful observation, he could sense the intention of surrender, but the loyalty represented by this surrender was far less than that of Shen Hou, who "only had Jiang as one sun in his heart".

All I can say is that although they seem to be very aware, in fact, their awareness is seriously watered down.

However, this is enough.

If both of them were like devout believers, Manjusri would be suspicious.

After them, the Elephant-Riding Arhat, the Ear-Picking Arhat, and the Meditating Arhat, who were all under the seat of Avalokitesvara, also paid homage to Manjusri, allowing Manjusri to collect the three forms of Arhat.

Finally, only Wei Tuo was left.

Facing the attention of the crowd, Wei Tuo walked forward expressionlessly, bowed calmly, and chanted the Buddha's name, also offering his mental power.

Manjusri read from his words the expression of disapproval of himself and his loyalty to the Buddha and the enlightened one. As expected, he smiled, but did not attack him as Wei Tuo had expected.

Manjusri asked himself that if he could tolerate and subdue Tan Wuwei, a man who originally obeyed the orders of an outsider, how could he be afraid of Wei Tuo, a fourth-rank official?

Even if Wei Tuo died on the battlefield, it would be better than attacking him.

Anyway, the image of Bodhisattva Weituo has also been collected.

There was an imperceptible fluctuation in the Qi, and the instantaneous change made Manjusri even more unfathomable.

He was smiling, just like the real Buddha. The image of his human body overlapped with the image of Vairocana Tathagata. The human was like Tathagata, and the Tathagata transformed into a human.

"My fellow Buddhists, although I have cultivated the form of the Great Sun Tathagata, the enemy should not be underestimated. Fortunately, the enemy Taoist Guangcheng has been injured by me and will not be able to recover in a short time."

"In the next two days, you will lead the monks to pray inside and outside Daxing City, and then go out to conquer Yongzhou."

"Two days?" Upon hearing this, Lord Shen said, "Master, two days may not be enough."

Winning the hearts of the people is not an easy task. Even if Yongzhou Governor Hong Haogu has surrendered, it will take a long time to win over Daxing City and ensure that there are no internal troubles in the city. Not to mention that there will be a large number of troops to be deployed in the next expedition.

Manjusri said nothing about this, and Tan Wuwei continued, "This is easy. Governor Hong, take refuge in non-birth and connect your own divine realm with your homeland of emptiness. The sound of Sanskrit and Chan chanting will spread and save all living beings."

Hong Haogu was startled when he heard the voice and didn't understand what it meant, but he immediately agreed.

As a surrendered man, he had no right to ask the generals for explanations. He just had to follow whatever orders he received.

But Wei Tuo's face was not so good.

Jiang Li also understood what Tan Wuwei meant.

To say salvation is just brainwashing. To transform the divine thoughts that are superior to the target into Sanskrit sounds, to bring them into their hearts and cleanse their minds, this is what Tan Wuwei means by salvation.

This method of salvation is actually forbidden in the Buddha's kingdom. In the Buddha's kingdom, only the strong ones above the level of Bodhisattva can save others, and the method used is to use the heart to touch the heart, to use one's own kindness to arouse the kindness of the other party and make them awaken.

This is the salvation recognized by the Buddha.

As for what Tan Wuwei said, it was confirmed as a heresy by the enlightened one himself.

"In an emergency, we have to take the necessary measures."

Tan Wuwei said this, looked at Wei Tuo, and then continued: "Two days later, we will divide our troops into three groups, led by the two Buddhist friends Wenshu, Guanyin, and me, and surround Qishan County. We will capture the county governors and county magistrates along the way, and let Shen Hou use the magic whip to suppress their Dao fruit, and then hand them over to me for disposal."

Tan Wuwei didn't say how to deal with it, but everyone could guess it.

Tan Wuwei took action to convert the county governors and county magistrates, and then let them return to their respective counties, connecting the divine realm and the hometown of Zhenkong, and converting all people in the counties.

Such practices may hurt others, but the effect is significant, enough to capture Yongzhou in a short period of time, gather believers, and use incense to enhance the immediate combat effectiveness of Buddhist practitioners.

The three great bodhisattvas at the top can receive the most offerings and their power grows all the time.

Especially Manjusri, who was condensing the Dharma image of Vairocana Tathagata, needed incense the most at this moment. Gathering the Dharma images of Bodhisattvas and Arhats would improve the level of Vairocana Tathagata's Dharma image, and incense could increase his power.

The combination of the two is enough to keep Manjusri in a state of constant diligence, and can also force the opponent to come and stop him, forcing him to fight.

(End of this chapter)