lethal arsenal

Chapter 680 Quasi-Leader

Wu's mansion.

The black lotus was upside down and covered the sky above the house. The sky was divided into two, one half was golden light, and the other half was dark clouds that gathered and seemed to be about to fall.

The clouds were filled with majestic and solemn heavenly soldiers.

A righteous bone-weighing song began to sound.

"I am Yuan Tiangang, a poor Taoist. Nice to meet you fellow Taoists. Could you please give me some face?"

The voice comes before the person arrives.

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's already gloomy expression became even darker.

Qixia Yuanjue's ears moved slightly, and he turned his head. His eyes were empty and "staring" at the past. This was an experience that came from spiritual perception.

At this moment, the Great Emperor Zhenwu has already ordered the two generals, the Tortoise and the Snake, to call back their troops.

He did not plan to participate in the next battle. The mighty heavenly soldiers, star spirit generals, and celestial officials of the Dou Department withdrew like a black tide.

The dark clouds gradually dispersed.

But this time.

A Taoist wearing a conical hat, a linen robe and carrying a wooden sword on his back walked over.

With one step he could travel a thousand miles. Even Samantabhadra could only hear his voice but could not determine his position.

The next moment, Yuan Tiangang suddenly and forcefully barged in, creating an already tense atmosphere.

Yuan Tiangang also stopped at the door. After he stepped onto the ground, he looked around and chuckled, "So it's the Bodhisattvas and the Emperor of Heaven. Oh, even Qixia Yuanjun, who has never left his house for tens of thousands of years, has come out. Is the talent under Yuanshi Tianwang so scarce? Why did Yuanjun have to come out?"

There is a certain yin and yang in these words.

Qixia Yuanjun snorted coldly and ignored Yuan Tiangang.

However, Samantabhadra was somewhat angry, mainly because Manjusri was taken into the Black Lotus Space Battlefield, but was defeated by Lin Dong and his golden body was broken.

A series of reactions made it difficult for Samantabhadra Bodhisattva to make further progress in his future practice.

Unless you give up your original plan to achieve Buddhahood with Manjushri.

There is a reason why people put them side by side and often put them together, and even invite them to the underworld together.

One is the mysterious feeling of the way of heaven.

The second is Manjushri and Samantabhadra. Vairocana Tathagata once had a Huayan Pure Land plan, which is equivalent to Maitreya's Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

However, Vairocana Tathagata transcended ahead of time and called himself Vairocana Buddha.

But Manjushri and Samantabhadra have no choice but to go all the way, and their practice and merits are connected.

Now that Manjushri’s golden body has been shattered, how could Samantabhadra survive?

Therefore.

Puxian was also furious at this moment, and his words became impolite: "You bastard, don't show off here just because you have the support of Bodhi Patriarch behind you."

The voice paused and became more severe.

"How much have you comprehended from the knowledge of the Liu and Jing sects?"

Puxian's words revealed Yuan Tiangang's true colors. Back then, Monkey King sought the remedy for immortality, which included "art, flow, stillness, and movement." But Yuan Tiangang looked down on him because he didn't learn these four.

The Taoist Yuan Tiangang is actually the master of the Liu and Jing schools.

The Jing Sect taught him to rest and guard the grain, be quiet and do nothing, meditate, abstain from speech and observe the fast, or practice sleep skills, or perform meritorious deeds, and enter into a state of meditation and seclusion. Although he could not achieve immortality, his state of mind was extremely high, comparable to that of the Sky-Swallowing Mighty One.

Therefore, his Taoism is sometimes high and sometimes low, ethereal and uncertain, like a Taoist fruit filled with water.

The Liuzi Sect taught him Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Yin-Yang School, Mohism, and medicine, and he could read scriptures, chant Buddha's name, and worship the true saint!
He combined the knowledge of various schools of thought in one person, and therefore had the knowledge to predict the future five hundred years in the past and the next five hundred years.

Seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, practicing for a lifetime without being affected by cause and effect, although you may not achieve immortality, you will not be struck by lightning, blown by cold winds, or burned by fire, which is actually a great fortune.

Yuan Tiangang laughed. He was not angry at all when he was criticized by Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. He just said calmly: "The Bodhisattva really has a keen eye. You have seen through all my basic qualities."

While he was speaking, he bowed slightly and said, "Please have mercy on me, Bodhisattva, and give me some face so I can go back to Yu'e Mountain."

(Yu'e Mountain is the place of practice for Samantabhadra.)
"Why, you are the only one who wants to force this poor monk to leave?"

Puxian frowned, his eyes kept scanning Yuan Tiangang.

"It's not that I want to force the Bodhisattva, but..."

Yuan Tiangang paused, then turned around and pointed.

Rumble.

A huge noise erupted from the black lotus, and a figure suddenly walked out of the crumbling mansion. It was Lin Yuanjue!

A fierce face was hacked and chopped by a knife and an axe, with no flesh on the cheeks, and he made a tut-tut sound: "That's it? Heaven-Swallowing Level? Ha, it seems that I overestimated you."

Lin Dong walked out holding a piece of golden meat that was still breathing.

It's just a lump of flesh, with no visible limbs or facial features.

It was a blurry blood-red, with a broken seven-treasure golden lotus stuck in the chest.

The golden lotus is covered with cracks, as if it would break completely if touched by a finger one more time.

Lin Dong threw the piece of meat that was still able to breathe over.

The only reason why he didn't kill was because he was afraid of another big boss on Lingshan Mountain - Vairocana Tathagata, and worried that the other party would come to him.

He is now also a strong one among the quasi-saints.

Lin Dong thought over and over again, and finally decided that his men had shown mercy.

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva had a complicated expression. He stared at Lin Dong deeply and said helplessly, “Yuan Tiangang, I will give you a favor today. You can take care of yourself.”

After saying this, a golden Buddha light rolled up the minced meat and took it to the Western Paradise.

That place has another name called - Western Paradise.

No matter how serious the injury is, as long as the soul is not completely broken, then the previous level of cultivation can be restored.

For the goal of Avatamsaka Sutra, Samantabhadra thought over and over again and finally decided to leave this place as Yuan Tiangang said.

The only ones present now were Qixia Yuanjun and the middle-aged Taoist priest Yuan Tiangang.

Lin Dong frowned and glanced over, and couldn't help but utter a soft sigh, "This Taoist is actually quite unpredictable."

Contrary to Lin Dong's stereotype.

He originally thought that Yuan Tiangang would be a Taoist priest with an immortal look.

Actually.

Yuan Tiangang was born with a leopard head and round eyes, with hair and beard sticking out like steel needles. His face was sallow, and a ball of purple air was hovering on the top of his forehead. The Taoist scriptures said that this was called purple cloud body protection, and that he was born with the appearance of a Taoist who was completely true and could ward off evil spirits.

"Meet Demon Lord Lin."

Yuan Tiangang bowed.

Lin Dong nodded slightly as a greeting. If he remembered correctly...

"Do you know Huanxin?"

Lin Dong suddenly asked.

"That's my junior fellow disciple from the side sect." Yuan Tiangang immediately said.

"So you are an old friend. In that case, please come in. But what is your purpose for coming here? If you want to take Wu Meiniang away, I will not agree."

Lin Dong said frankly that the reason he could be so friendly was simply out of consideration for Huanxin.

"Haha, why did Demon Lord Lin keep someone here? Everything has its destiny, why don't you ask the little girl what she thinks?"

Yuan Tiangang started to deceive.

If this person just says a number of days and insists on taking people with him.

He would definitely take a good beating from Lin Dong.

But since Lin Dong asked Wu Meiniang what she thought, it was a good idea to do so. At least he knew how to respect others.

Lin Dong thought about it and it seemed that he had indeed not sought Wu Meiniang's opinion.

So, Lin Dong took note of this matter.

His eyes turned and finally fell on Qixia Yuanjun. Among all people, Qixia Yuanjun oppressed Lin Dong the most.

Judging from its momentum, it is probably not inferior to the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva that Lin Dong once fought.

But where in the world is there such a god or Buddha?
No one has ever heard of it, and no history has been passed down.

Yuan Tiangang on one side slowly stepped into the yard and was not stopped at all.

Yuan Tiangang saw through the confusion in Lin Dong's heart and explained it to him, "Qixia Yuanjun is actually the evil corpse killed by Bixia Yuanjun."

Evil corpse.

The two words were like a sledgehammer hitting Lin Dong’s chest. To kill the three corpses and become a saint was a quasi-saint level cultivation. Her strongest strength was only at the Heavenly Immortal level, right?
Lin Dong frowned subconsciously.

"Bixia Yuanjun is the dark side of the Taishan God. There is a rumor in folklore that Taishan is the head of Pangu that fell when he fell. And Yuanshi Tianwang was born from Taishan..."

"Of course, this is just a record left by some chaotic avenues in the myriad small worlds. There is little information about the specific Taishan Goddess Bixia Yuanjun. It just lets the world know that as early as the ancient times, Bixia was an important Taoist goddess who commanded the Yue Mansion's divine soldiers and watched over the good and evil in the world."

"There is also a saying that Bixia Yuanjun was the last golden-blooded phoenix during the ancient dragon-phoenix struggle. How she became a Taoist and how she killed the evil corpse, no one knows. Thousands of years later, Bixia Yuanjun completely disappeared, and only the evil corpse she killed is still serving Yuanshi Tianwang in the Miro Palace, executing some extremely grim and strict heavenly rules."

Yuan Tiangang knew everything in great detail and explained it to Lin Dong one by one, answering all the doubts in Lin Dong's mind.

"You have been talking about others' shortcomings to their faces. You have been complaining about me for a long time. Aren't you afraid of retribution at all?"

Qixia Yuanjun looked at the two of them with her hollow eyes, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth as she spoke. The dense fangs instantly destroyed the beauty of her face.

It would be better to say that she is a ferocious evil ghost crawling out of the River Styx than to say that she is a fairy from heaven.

"It's just a joke, Yuan Jun, you can take a joke, right?"

Lin Dong shrugged and asked.

Qixia Yuanjun’s face turned stern, thinking that Lin Dong was insulting her. She waved her hand, and a black ball of light that was compressed to the extreme and contained destructive power quietly appeared in the air.

"Don't think that the black lotus of Buddha Wu Tian can protect you."

Qixia Yuanjun said coldly.

This is the time.

"Wait a minute."

Yuan Tiangang shouted, "Why is Yuan Jun doing this?"

After he stopped Qixia Yuanjun, he said very quickly, "It is destiny for Wu Meiniang to enter the palace. Even if Demon Lord Lin tries to stop her, she is willing to go. If you fight her now, it will only waste your mana for no reason. Yuanjun, why don't you save some strength for the moment when Emperor Ziwei ascends to heaven on his dragon."

"This person has insulted me too much, but I don't want to keep him."

Qixia Yuanjun said lightly, and the black ball of light swelled up in the wind, and in an instant turned into a star reaching the ground, as if it could fall down at any time.

The black light gradually condensed, like a black rock.

The photosphere even blocks light from the Sun's orbit.

What a poor sun! After the immortals and Buddhas left, it only lasted a short time before its brilliance was obscured by the torrent of magic.

A black disk occupied most of the sky. Boom, boom, boom! What was even more terrifying was that the black star even beat like a human heart.

Yuan Tiangang swallowed his saliva, feeling the surging magical power that was difficult to describe and put into words.

The mansion shrouded by the black lotus suddenly burst into a fierce light, also black, an extremely dense evil light column, which slammed into the black sphere like a living thing.

Wu Tian's black Buddha light covered the star like a veil. The black light kept spreading on the sphere, filling up the gullies on it.

Wrapped in the extreme black light, the planet held up by Qixia Yuanjun with one hand began to shrink little by little.

"Get out of here!"

An extremely ferocious roar was heard in the sky.

It’s Wutian!
The rampant and tyrannical evil spirit spread wantonly.

Qixia Yuanjun stared at the demon face that appeared above the black lotus with her dark eyes and angrily shouted, "Wutian, don't be complacent. When Emperor Ziwei ascends to heaven on his dragon, it will be your calamity..."

boom!
Ten thousand meters above the sky, the sky was torn apart by a huge hand, and a huge palm slammed down. The palm, which was several times larger than a mountain, directly crushed Qixia Yuanjun and the stars she held up with one hand.

Qixia Yuanjun's long hair was flying in the air, and endless black flames were rolling behind her, like a world-destroying glow.

However, the black sphere that had not yet fallen was crushed into pieces by Wutan.

The scattered magic debris shot towards the four directions of east, west, south and north.

at this time.

Yuan Tiangang couldn't help but be moved for a moment: "A powerful person at the level of Quasi-Cult Master, with such mighty power and terrifying power."

"Quarterly leader?"

Lin Dong asked subconsciously.

"To achieve a quasi-sainthood is a process of creating one's own Dao fruit, and to attain the Dao of a quasi-sainthood is to try to turn this perfect Dao fruit into an empty shell again. This is called - reducing to nothingness."

"The empty shell left to future generations is something like Taoism. If successful, it can transcend the way of heaven and the way of man, transcend the long river of time and space, and be on par with the great way."

"As for how to transcend the Great Dao, that is something that Master Bodhi has not taught me either. Perhaps the master believes that I cannot have such talent and prospects."

Yuan Tiangang smiled calmly and explained.

"Is that so? Then the Quasi-Cult Master is a strong one among the Quasi-Saints?"

Lin Dong thought for a moment and asked.

"Correct."

Yuan Tiangang nodded heavily. Becoming a quasi-saint was enough to roam the three realms, and becoming a quasi-leader was equivalent to challenging the path to becoming a saint.

But nowadays, there are few people on this path.

The Buddha of Western religion, Sakyamuni is one of them.

There is a big sun on the Blood River, and the Blood River Ancestor is one of them.

Wu Tian Tathagata can barely be considered one of them.

In addition, there are other characters, such as the ancient Buddha of Rāhula, who are of high seniority, and the great master Xuandu, who have deep roots, and the god of war of the Chan sect, Jade Ding Zhenren, these characters may have the combat ability of a quasi-leader.

But after all, he lacks some luck. He can't compare to the Blood River Ancestor in his prime, the Wu Tian Tathagata who came to the world a thousand years ago, and the World Honored One Sakyamuni Buddha who towers over the Lingshan Mountain.

(End of this chapter)