Apricot of the Great Desolation

Chapter 247 Buddhism is in action

Setting off the calamity will kill people. Even if the Sanqing is behind the control and artificially sets off the calamity, making the calamity controllable, the number of dead creatures will still be endless. It is not an exaggeration to call it a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

Saints have great virtues, they have great love, but this kind of great love is placed in the ancient world. For all living beings, if the roots of saints are not touched, there will be great love. If the roots are touched, there will be thunder. anger.

Saints also have selfish motives. They are also living beings. Living beings will have emotions and desires, and there will be times when they cannot control them.

Don't you see, in the Battle of the Conferred Gods, Tongtian was besieged by the Four Saints, and in desperation, he wanted to smash the prehistoric world and reforge the earth, fire, water and wind.

The method of magic practice amplifies desires and makes it easy to lose control. Therefore, other living beings will resist the method of magic practice.

At this time, Lao Tzu's promotion of measuring tribulations was not simply to open a ray of hope for all living beings. The way of heaven is impartial, and there will be merit after measuring tribulations.

I have calculated for eternity, how can I do a business that is losing money?He also does this for merit.

This has nothing to do with right or wrong, it's just that the butt determines the head, and how you look at problems often depends on where you are.

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There is an abyss in the East China Sea, and an abyss opens in the vast area of ​​​​the deep sea, as if the sea has opened a huge mouth to choose people and devour them.

This is a restricted area for creatures, and the number of creatures in the four seas is extremely abundant in the prehistoric times.

Coupled with the prehistoric attack on all realms, the Dragon Clan was particularly enthusiastic about this matter, destroying the origin of many worlds.

Many worlds are sea worlds, and the creatures in them are all sea tribes. Under the influence of the dragon tribe, these sea tribes have also become part of the ancient water tribe, and are under the leadership of the dragon tribe to strengthen the dragon tribe's destiny.

This is also one of the reasons why there are so many creatures in the sea.

The older generation of creatures in the Hai Clan all know that this sea abyss is a forbidden area, and no creature that goes in can come out.

But on this day, this abyss received an uninvited guest.

A man is wearing a white monk's robe, with a peaceful and compassionate face. There is no strange phenomenon or fluctuation of magic power around his body, but he can walk on the ground in the deep sea that is enough to crush the Golden Immortal into flesh.

With his bare feet and hands clasped together, he slowly came to the mouth of Haiyuan, with a warm smile on his face, and said:

"Fellow Taoist Zulong, the poor monk has come to pay his respects!"

After a while, Zulong, dressed in ten thousand dragon robes, with dazzling dragon eyes and majestic momentum, strode away, and a hearty laugh sounded first:

"Hahaha, Buddha Mother Zhunti is not practicing hard in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss in the West. Why are you coming to the East China Sea?"

"The poor monk is here for the Dragon Clan!" Zhunti said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Zulong's eyes narrowed, then he stretched out his hand as an invitation and said:

"Mother Buddha, please!"

"Good!"

The two came to the Crystal Palace in the abyss, and Zhunti instantly felt a sense of intimacy.

There are only two big forces in the prehistoric world who like these shiny and resplendent things. One is Buddhism, because they are afraid of poverty, so they have to appear rich.

The other one is the Dragon Clan. Anyone with a little bit of knowledge in the prehistoric times knows a saying: "Don't say that the Dragon King has no treasure."

Dragons have always had the habit of hoarding treasures, especially shiny things.

There was a sub-dragon clan in the prehistoric times, which had a weak Yinglong bloodline and also had flesh wings. It was considered a branch of the dragon clan.

They did not inherit the Dragon Clan's powerful divine power and majestic and holy demeanor, but only inherited the Dragon Clan's shortcomings, such as liking shiny things, being more lustful than the pure-blooded Dragon Clan, and so on.

This is the nature of the dragon clan. Zulong couldn't help but feel a little proud when he saw Zhunti looking at the Crystal Palace with envy. Shifeng commented more than once that the Crystal Palace was too vulgar. Didn't he find like-minded teammates?
"Buddha Mother, how is this Crystal Palace?"

"Splendid, vast, majestic, magnificent..." Zhunti did not hesitate to praise, and these were his sincere words.

"Hahaha!" Zu Long couldn't help laughing happily.

Then, a group of clam girls walked in carrying various delicacies, as well as the Dragon Clan's specialty - black and yellow blood.

As for Buddhism’s commandment not to drink alcohol, then Buddhism also forbids killing!When the Five Realms attacked the primitive world, Zhunti's Seven Treasures Tree was swung more happily than anyone else.

The two were chatting happily for a while, and Zu Long suddenly spoke:
"I wonder how the Buddha Mother came for our Dragon Clan?"

"This calamity will bring great prosperity to our Buddhist sect. This is God's will. The three gods of the Taoist sect will definitely take action to deceive the heavens and have no way. When the time comes, please ask His Majesty Zulong to help us! To bring order to the chaos."

Zhunti had a sincere look on his face, and he didn't feel there was anything wrong with what he said.

Zulong picked up the black and yellow blood and continued to drink it, waiting for Zhunti's next words. They are all old foxes who have lived for endless years. Who doesn't know who?
They are all invincible Hunyuan saints, they all have shame, they will find a reasonable reason for themselves for whatever they want to do, and they will put themselves above morality first.

This is what I did before when I wanted to cause calamity. It wasn't called harvesting merit, but it was called opening a glimmer of hope for all sentient beings in the world and getting rid of cancer.

Therefore, Zulong did not believe a single bit of what Zhunti said.

Zhunti, who only listened, continued: "In this calamity, there is a person in the dragon clan who is worthy of the calamity. What I mean is that he is granted the title of Nanwu Eight Tribes of Heavenly Dragon Guangli Bodhisattva, and how about the dragons who command the eight tribes of heavenly dragons?"

"What do you mean by fellow Taoist?" Zulong asked tentatively.

"The poor monk wants to form the Eight Tribes of Heavenly Dragons, led by the Heavenly Tribes and the Dragon Tribes. Among them, the Dragon Tribes are all led by the Dragon Clan. I wonder what His Majesty Zulong wants?"

Zulong fell into deep thought. When Zhunti mentioned the eight tribes of Tianlong, Zulong already knew everything.

The eight tribes of Tianlong, led by Shi Tian, ​​the newly born innate god and demon emperor in the West in recent years, are the first tribe, and the Dragon tribe is the second tribe.

This is also understandable. After all, Buddhism is an organization that leads the appearance of all living beings, and it must be headed by Buddhist living beings.

Originally, Zulong's intention was to make Ao Lie, the third prince of the Dragon King of the West Sea, the most qualified among the new generation of dragons, to be the person to be robbed.

Firstly, he conforms to the fire shape in the Five Elements. Secondly, maybe he can use this calamity to jump out of the long river of time and space and achieve the position of Daluo. Then he will return to the Dragon Clan.

If the Eight Tribes of Tianlong were formed, Ao Lie would definitely stay in the West.

But I have to admit that Buddhism was the most powerful at playing with faith and merit in the ancient times. Those monks often saved all sentient beings, and the power of faith spread all over Mount Sumeru.

After all, the teaching of Buddhism is that if all living beings believe in me, they will be reborn in bliss. This means that only by believing in me will they be reborn in bliss.The Taoist sect is different. They pursue the Tao invisibly and let nature take its course. To put it simply, believe it or not!
Therefore, in terms of belief, Buddhism is unparalleled. If it were not for the huge network of relationships built by the Taoist Three Heavenly Lords and Zhang Ye, Dongfang would have been penetrated to a great extent.

The power of these merits and beliefs is exactly what the Dragon Clan needs. In order to shame the Dragon Clan, Zulong let a monkey make trouble in the Dragon Palace.

Naturally, for the sake of the Dragon Clan, a group of Dragon Clan can go to the West and form the Eight Tribes of Heavenly Dragons, just like how they cooperated with the Human Race.

Moreover, although the West is not as good as the East now, it is no different to the creatures under Da Luo.

Besides, it’s not certain who the dragons will listen to after they pass by!For them, Western Buddhism is not as intimidating as Haotian is to the gods.

After all, Haotian has a list of gods and the status of Emperor of Heaven to suppress the gods. In this way, the creatures on the list of various forces still regard their leader as the supreme.

After a long time, Zulong raised his head, looked at Zhunti with his majestic golden eyes and said:
"Can!"

A bright smile appeared on Zhunti's face, and then the two drank and tasted the delicacies, and then left after having a discussion.

"Brother, do we really want to cooperate with Buddhism?"

After Zhunti left, Zhulong, wearing a black robe and holding a dragon crutch, walked to Zulong and said.

The smile on Zulong's face did not diminish, and he sighed:
"Since I was born, I have also heard about the reputation of the two people in the West. But as I gradually got to know them, I found that the two people in the West are people with great merit and perseverance."

"Second brother, have you ever seen the contrast between the east and west after the Dao-Demon War and the east and west now?" Zu Long then asked.

Zhulong thought for a moment, and then sighed and said: "Brother was born not long ago, and he doesn't know the old things in the ancient times."

"Back then, the man from Wanshou Mountain had a good friend named Hongyun. When Taoist Ancestor was preaching in Zixiao Palace, he bestowed the Hongmeng Purple Qi on the Six Saints of Heaven..."

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"But in the end, until Hongyun was forced to death by Kunpeng and Styx, the two from the west didn't take action."

After hearing this, Zu Long was silent for a moment, and then said: "That Hongyun is not strong enough, but he has the foundation for enlightenment. He is like a child walking around the market with gold in his hand. He can be regarded as having the right way to die."

"I'm a brother of Hunyuan cultivation, and besides, it's just cooperation, and I don't owe him any karma, so I think it'll be fine!"

Zhulong nodded and stopped talking. Zulong is the leader of the dragon clan. In the ancient times, he led the dragon clan to fight one against two, which established his supreme reputation. Zhulong only made suggestions. Zulong will figure out how to make the final decision. Arrangements are in order.

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Lingshan has been transformed by Buddhism over the years, and the ground is connected to Mount Sumeru. The sea of ​​clouds is misty on it, and it is spread all over the ancient temples. The scent of incense gathers into golden haze.

There was silence in the Main Hall. The chanting sounds of the past disappeared. Even the smile on the corner of Maitreya Buddha's mouth disappeared. Ran Deng sat on the lotus seat on the top with a bitter look on his face.

"Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, bhikkhus and nuns, venerable sirs, you can tell me anything you want, and if there is any feasible method, you can tell me anything."

Not long ago, Jie Yin called Ran Deng to Mount Sumeru and gave him a task. Buddhism's eastward crossing required him to discuss the specific implementation with the major forces in the ancient world.

Although the Hunyuan saints above all nodded, how to implement the specific matters in the calamity, such as the Hao Tian Palace, Hao Underworld, and Hao Dragon Palace?
These all need to be carried out by the people below, and this is the most difficult to handle.

Zhunti distributed the benefits, but which one got how much?Nine is the extreme number, so there are only 81 [-] merits that can be earned.

Although these merits are important to Buddhism, they are not necessary. The most important thing is Buddhism's eastward journey. As long as the eastward journey is successful, all these merits can be shared with the major forces in the ancient world.

Sage Jieyin handed over this task to Ran Deng. Ran Deng didn't have any good solution for a while, so he put the pressure on the Buddhas in Lingshan, so the scene before him happened.

Just when everyone was at a loss what to do, the Happy Buddha, the Long-eared Dingguang Immortal, spoke: "When the monkey is born, there should be a spiritual treasure that can be used. Can you recommend it?"

"Although the six-eared macaques in the ancient times were abolished, they still made a stick. In ancient times, Wu Zhiqi and Yuan Hong both made sticks. Therefore, this stone monkey should also make a stick." Lingya Bodhisattva said. road.

"After many attacks on other worlds, we Buddhas also have many rod-type spiritual treasures. For example, the Sky Rod in the Great World of Gods and Demons is a top-grade innate spiritual treasure. It is most suitable for that monkey."

The person who spoke was a rising star in Buddhism in recent years. His name was Sakyamuni. He was already a great Luo cultivator and was expected to be a quasi-sage. He was trained by Ran Deng as his next successor.

Without the reincarnation of Duobao, Shakyamuni was still born. Although the birth was a bit late, it still followed the established track.

When he was born, he pointed one finger to the sky and the other to the earth and said: "I am the only one in heaven and earth!"

This is a unique real body method, which was also used by Supreme Master Lao Tzu when he opened heaven.

Although Sakyamuni was only a Dalu cultivator, he held a very high status in Buddhism. Even the two saints personally spoke out in order to prevent what happened to Kinnara and Wuming from happening again.

After hearing Sakyamuni's words, everyone nodded in agreement, but Ke Lulan shook his head and said:

"I have prepared the monkey's weapons for him."

"You dare to ask me what kind of spiritual treasure the Buddha is?" an Arhat asked curiously.

"In ancient times, Dayu controlled the floods and sought help from Xuanyuan, the Heavenly Lord of Creation, to refine two top-grade innate spiritual treasures."

"The ax that opens the mountain was taken away by Yang Jiao, the nephew of the Emperor of Heaven and a disciple of the military lord Chi You in ancient times."

"One day, the Shenzhen Sea Dingzhen Needle has suppressed the East China Sea for endless years. Now it is the ultimate acquired merit and virtue, killing people without cause and effect."

"That monkey's hands will definitely be stained with blood in the future. This calamity will be the great prosperity of our Buddhism, and it will definitely affect the destiny of Buddhism. This spiritual treasure is the most suitable for him."

When everyone heard this, they nodded, and Maitreya Buddha suddenly said: "You dare to ask me, Buddha, how you can borrow this spiritual treasure!"

"Master monk, don't worry. The junior monk has already discussed with the gods, dragons, and humans. As long as the monkey can get the approval of Dinghai Shenzhen, everything will be fine." Ran Deng looked confident.

"Good, good!" Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"My Buddha lights up the lantern, and the sage has decided to let the monkeys cause havoc in the Heavenly Palace, the Underworld and the East China Sea. In my opinion, it would be better for me, the Buddha, to capture and suppress the monkeys after they have finished making trouble."

"At that time, all sentient beings in the prehistoric times will be able to see my Buddha's great supernatural power and magical power, which will naturally be beneficial to preaching! My Buddha will personally visit all the major forces to show his sincerity and adapt to changes!" Golden Light Bodhisattva said.

After hearing this, Ran Deng looked at the Golden Light Bodhisattva and couldn't help but feel speechless. Now he was just pretending to let the monkeys cause havoc in the heaven, sea and underworld, which already made many Hunyuan dissatisfied.

If we continue to push them up and down, and use them as stepping stones, then Lingshan will not be demolished?

"Buddha, you must know that the larger the scale of the calamity, the more merits will be obtained. I believe that they will agree!" Jin Guang continued.

(End of this chapter)