When I become a demon king, I want to change my department to the Taoist sect.

Chapter 806 Debate
Before this battle, there was no regulation on whether such behavior was against the rules or not, so although the Demon Sect was dissatisfied, they could do nothing about it. The Nine Abyss Sky Demon just snorted coldly, drowning out the sound of the little monk's Buddhist verses.

However, at this time, Zen Master Huineng had already broken free from the control of Maha Joyful Bodhisattva and regained consciousness.

When the Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta saw that Huineng had escaped, he was not angry but happy instead.

I saw her red lips slightly opened, and the pink tip of her tongue inadvertently brushed across her lips. In her slightly slender eyes, a desire as real as if she wanted to eat Zen Master Huineng alive.

For her, it would be meaningless if she could defeat her opponent so easily.

Only the food that you eat after fighting to the point of exhaustion and going through a life-and-death situation can be called a delicacy.

So the Great Joy Bodhisattva put away his desires and turned into a solemn, holy, compassionate Bodhisattva again. The extremely beautiful and charming woman just now disappeared like a dream bubble.

"I have a few questions here, please answer them, Master."

"The Buddha once said that dependent origination is empty in nature, emptiness in nature is dependent origination, all phenomena are impermanent, and the mind is the present moment."

"You and I met because of fate. Since fate has already arisen, why do you still cling to appearances? Isn't this the way to emptiness of nature?"

"If all actions and you are false, and if the mind is the only thing that exists in the mind, then how can you know that you are destroying my supernatural powers with the Buddha's verses? Isn't that also a present perception?"

It is said that one is not afraid of bad guys with great supernatural powers, but is afraid of bad guys who are well versed in the scriptures.

Although the Great Joy Temple belongs to the Demonic Sect, the Buddhist scriptures passed down by the sect are actually from the same source as Buddhism. After all, this is the sect passed down by the Long-Eared Dingguang Buddha.

The Bodhisattva of Great Joy's attainments in Buddhism are also extremely profound, and it can even be said that he is not inferior to the Monk Huineng.

Anyone who is a primordial spirit, even if he has mastered the three religions, at least has some understanding of each other's great principles and scriptures. Therefore, they all understand that the Bodhisattva of Great Joy went straight to the point and asked an extremely tricky question.

Only the little fox didn't understand. He lowered his voice and asked Tang Yuan stealthily: "Sect Master, what did she mean? I don't understand!"

"I told you to read more books, but you didn't listen and you are embarrassing me here."

Tang Yuan first laughed and scolded the little fox and knocked on the forehead, then explained: "Dependent origination and emptiness are the fundamental principles of Buddhism. Buddhism believes that everything is born from the combination of causes and conditions, just like how you and I met and got to know each other, and how I am destined to be a master and disciple with them."

"That's why the witch said that she and the monk were fighting here, and it was also a matter of fate."

"And emptiness of nature means that dharma has no self-nature, which means that all things have no eternal entity, but depend on the interaction of each other. If I had not seen you in the Northern Frontier before, then there would naturally be no event of you and I watching the dharma assembly together today. Therefore, the nature of this matter is empty, and it has no self-nature. It is obtained because of the cause and effect."

"But this space is not nothing, but neither existence nor non-existence. Although we lost our fate in the Northern Frontier, we may meet again in the East China Sea. Today, you and I can also gather here to watch the battle. Or maybe you and Xu Zhi have a fate, and today you are watching this battle with her."

"So the nature of all things is empty, and they come into being because of causes and conditions."

“That’s why the demon girl said that the monk was obsessed with destroying his own magical powers and thus lost the meaning of emptiness of nature.”

The little fox blinked his eyes, not quite understanding, and asked, "Then what is the present perception of the mind?"

Tang Yuan paused and continued to explain: "As for the theory of the present moment of the mind and the theory of dependent origination and emptiness, they are also from the same source, which means that everything in the world is just a thought in the mind. Buddhism calls it a thought, or a present moment."

"Just like when I see you being so stupid, I have a thought in my mind. I worry about your stupidity, and then I have another thought. This goes on and on. All joy, anger, sorrow, worry, wisdom, stupidity, everything is in this thought." "So the evil woman cunningly said that the monk breaking her supernatural power is a thought, and not breaking her supernatural power is also a thought. Doing or not doing is just a thought, which goes against the meaning of the true heart and self-nature of Buddhism."

When the souls heard this, they all looked at Tang Yuan with surprise in their eyes.

This level of understanding cannot be achieved simply by knowing something or reading a few Buddhist scriptures.

Even the Zen Master Huiji's eyebrows moved slightly, he glanced at Tang Yuan, and slowly said: "Master Tang has Buddha nature in his body. If you are willing to join our Zen sect, you will definitely be able to achieve enlightenment and become a Buddha in the future."

Tang Yuan just smiled at the old monk and didn't answer.

The best way to deal with the Buddhist practice of constantly saying that they have a connection with the Western Paradise is to stay away from it.

Moreover, the purpose of Tang Yuan's explanation here was just to take the opportunity to defeat the Demon Cult.

Until now, Tang Yuan still hasn't seen the strange young demon, which makes him feel somewhat confused and uneasy, although he has prepared a very thick trump card for this Jiuzhou Dharma Assembly.

However, facing the tactics that may very likely come from the Great Luo Dao Zun or even the Demon Ancestor, it is never too careful.

Now the Taoist sect has won two games, while the Demon sect has lost one. If the Bodhisattva of Joy also loses this time, then even if the two Five Deterioration Heavenly Demons of the Demon sect win, they can only draw with the Taoist sect at most.

Although Tang Yuan felt that the young demon would definitely use many of his methods in the third melee that he would participate in, in order to avoid some secret techniques of luck that would change the two battles.

Tang Yuan also had to ensure that he could firmly grasp the advantage and enter the final battlefield.

After listening to Tang Yuan's explanation, the little fox was still a little confused, and whispered in a weak voice: "But...but this is obviously a quibble, and not fighting back is against my conscience, so what should I do?"

Tang Yuan smiled and said, "This time you are quite clever. For such a question, both positive and negative arguments are reasonable, but that witch just wants a debate!"

"As long as you answer the question, you will fall into the trap of the witch. You will be worried and afraid. If you sink into the seven emotions and eight sufferings again, I am afraid that only the Buddha can personally enlighten you and save you from it."

After these words were spoken, almost everyone looked at Tang Yuan in surprise.

Zen Master Huineng put his hands together and chanted a Buddhist name: "Namo Amitabha. I am stupid and cannot understand the true meaning of the Buddha. Please forgive me for not being able to answer your question."

Then he turned towards Tang Yuan and bowed slightly.

As for the Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon, he was even more dissatisfied and said, "We, the three religions and two clans, are here to decide the fate of the Earthly Immortal Realm for the next ten thousand years. Shouldn't we have more rules?"

The Bodhisattva of Joy said with a slight frown, "If Sect Master Tang wants to debate this with me, just say so. I am willing to entertain you all night long and will not refuse."

The Taoist sect naturally responded, and Zhang Daoji said coldly: "Since there is no prohibition in advance, you can do whatever you want. It's such a wonderful game, so what if you comment on it?"

"If you have any objections, you can resolve them yourself."

If Tang Yuan were asked to choose the Taoist priest whose behavior was most similar to that of the old demon Tang, he would definitely vote for Zhang Daoji.

Even if the two of them exchanged sects, the most likely result would be that the Demon Sect would have one more Zhang Tianmo, and the Taoist Sect would have one more Tang Tianshi!