Myths and Dharma, starting from Erlang Shen

Chapter 515: Guanyin's Gift, Nanhai

Auspicious light envelopes the universe, and auspicious air illuminates the mountains and rivers. Thousands of layers of snowy waves roar in the blue sky, and thousands of layers of smoke and waves roll in the daytime.

Ji Ren followed Huang Long Zhenren to Luojia Mountain in the South China Sea. Not long after, he saw a fairy mountain appear before his eyes. The peak was so high that it penetrated the void. In the middle were thousands of exotic flowers and hundreds of auspicious herbs. The wind swayed the precious trees and the sun reflected the golden lotus.

Ji Renzhi stared at it intently. It was truly a blessed place. Not to mention other blessed places, even in Kunlun Mountain, except for the main range and a few peaks, most of the peaks did not have as rich spiritual energy as this mountain.

What a wonderful cave.

"Don't be envious. Even if you are envious, you don't have such a paradise. Among the three realms and the four continents, Luojia Mountain can be ranked among the top ten." Zhenren Huanglong said with envy.

"Top ten?" Ji Ren was surprised when he heard that. He knew that this blessed place was amazing, but he never thought it could be this good.

“Naturally, Luojia Mountain is a first-class blessed land, and can be ranked among the top 100 in the world. And after it became the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, the power of faith of hundreds of millions of believers in the world and the four continents gathered together, making it a holy place in the hearts of hundreds of millions of believers, and the spiritual energy has increased even more.” Zhenren Huanglong said enviously.

With enough power of faith, quantitative change will lead to qualitative change, which can turn decay into magic.

What's more, with the spread of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva's Dharma, his status in Buddhism has become increasingly higher. When most people hear about Buddhism, the second person they think of is Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, apart from Tathagata Buddha. As for the rest, not to mention the little-known ancient Buddha like Juliusun Buddha, even Medicine Buddha and the future Maitreya Buddha have to rank behind them. A large amount of Buddhist luck gathers here, which makes it even more different.

When he thought about his own Erxian Mountain, Huanglong Zhenren wanted to cry.

There is no comparison, absolutely no comparison.

"If you like, you can come and stay here permanently. I welcome you endlessly."

At this moment, five-colored light surged in the sky above Luojia Mountain, and a Bodhisattva in white clothes as white as snow emerged. His skin was as white as jade, with a colorful Buddha circle shining behind his head. He looked holy and ethereal, with a cinnabar mole between his eyebrows, making him look untainted and otherworldly.

Ji Ren's heart was moved when he saw this, and he suddenly understood why the ancients always compared people to Chang'e in the moon and Guanyin of the Water Moon when praising their beauty.

People have different aesthetic tastes, and what is considered the most beautiful woman in the eyes of different people may vary, but these two people represent the most beautiful women in the eyes of the vast majority of people.

"Why don't you just ask your disciples to welcome her? Why do you have to come out in person?" Zhenren Huanglong was happy in his heart when he saw Guanyin Bodhisattva coming in person, but he said.

"If someone else comes, it's natural for the boy to greet them, but if you come, it's definitely not ordinary." Guanyin Bodhisattva chuckled, looked at Ji Ren and said, "This must be Ji Ren's nephew."

"Disciple Ji Ren pays his respects to Uncle Master." Ji Ren bowed immediately.

“No need to be polite. I have heard of you when you survived the Purple Sky Tribulation, but I never found the right opportunity. I didn’t expect to meet you now. But in the future, you will be in Guanjiangkou and I will be in the South China Sea, so we can be considered neighbors.” Guanyin Bodhisattva looked at Ji Ren with a kind smile and said.

"This is my disciple's blessing. My uncle's name is well-known to me in the mortal world. He has transformed into countless forms and is compassionate. He is unwilling to become a Buddha for the sake of all living beings. He turns the wheel of mercy to save people from suffering. Whenever a living being is in trouble, as long as he recites my uncle's name, I will be able to hear his voice immediately. There are countless gods and Buddhas in the world, but my uncle is one of the gods and Buddhas that I respect the most. I didn't know this earlier, otherwise I would have come to visit Nanhai long ago." Ji Ren said.

"My nephew, thank you for your praise. Although I have transformed into thousands of forms and can hear the sounds of the three realms, I am not omnipotent. If you encounter demons, having my statue at home and reciting the Heart Sutra of Guanyin may help you resist the demons temporarily. But if they are disasters caused by human beings who are trapped in greed, anger, and ignorance, I can only help their spirits remain somewhat clear, but that's all." said Guanyin Bodhisattva.

“A little clarity is enough. How many people and things, just because of a momentary impulse, then get caught up in it and cannot extricate themselves.” Ji Ren said with emotion.

In this world, as long as greed, anger, and ignorance arise, there will be no return.

If you are clear-headed at all times, you can avoid all kinds of disasters.

It's easier said than done, but in reality, it's not that simple.

Just like when the body is hollowed out, a group of people feel dull and boring. They are as sacred as Buddha and talk about self-cultivation, but when they recover a little, they become really lustful like devils.

“So mortals need to cultivate themselves, and we need to cultivate ourselves even more, not being bound by obsessions, greed, anger, and ignorance. We should observe the world, the world, and ourselves.” Guanyin Bodhisattva chuckled and nodded slightly, looking at Ji Ren with admiration in her eyes.

"This is Avalokitesvara." Ji Ren said thoughtfully.

"That's right, Guanyin." Guanyin Bodhisattva chuckled.

"Come in first, why are you standing here talking?" Zhenren Huanglong looked at the two people who were chatting among themselves. He inexplicably felt isolated and could not help but speak up to show his presence.

You two, pay attention, I am your senior brother whom you have known for tens of millions of years, and your closest uncle.

what's up?
Chat, why don’t you include me?

"I am sorry for being rude. Please follow me, brother." Guanyin Bodhisattva apologized with a smile on her face and led the way in front. A passage automatically appeared in the mountain protection formation outside Luojia Mountain.

Guanyin Bodhisattva took Huanglong Zhenren and Ji Ren directly into Luojia Mountain.

The Guanyin Temple has colored glaze tiles, and the Chaoyin Cave door is paved with tortoise shells. Parrots chat in the shadows of green willows, and peacocks cry in the bamboo forest.

What a beautiful sight.

Ji Ren looked at it with admiration, wondering how many years it would take him to have such a paradise.

After Guanyin Bodhisattva led the two people in, she asked the boy to serve them tea.

Ji Ren took a sip and immediately felt his mind clear up. Some of the confusions he had in his previous practice suddenly disappeared. He thought to himself that this tea was mysterious and drank two more sips.

"After drinking so many teas, I still think your Cihang tea is the most mysterious. Every time after drinking it, I feel like I am about to become a Daluo Golden Immortal." Zhenren Huanglong said with emotion.

His cultivation has reached a bottleneck, and his magic power can no longer increase. What he lacks now is enlightenment and then killing the three corpses.

The accumulation of magic power can be achieved through hard work and over time, but to kill the three corpses, one needs to gain understanding, and he was blocked by this step.

"Brother, you are a late bloomer. You will definitely be able to survive the killing calamity and enter Daluo this time. If you like, you can take two bags with you when you leave." Guanyin Bodhisattva chuckled.

The Three Corpses are a Taoist concept, also known as the Three Worms. The upper corpse likes fine ornaments, the middle corpse likes delicious food, and the lower corpse likes lust.

It is the biggest obstacle for the Golden Immortal to enter the Daluo. Only by beheading the three corpses can one be calm and desireless, have a calm mind and a clear nature, and abandon greed, anger and ignorance.

However, according to Buddhism, because of Guanyin Bodhisattva, it is now uniformly called Guanyin.

If you can observe the self, you can kill the three corpses.

To be honest, Guanyin Bodhisattva also looks forward to Huanglong Zhenren being able to kill the three corpses and attain Daluo.

Especially now that the gods are killing us.

In the killing calamity of the immortals, the calamity energy permeated between heaven and earth, and the three corpse worms were most likely to riot. Logically speaking, if you become a golden immortal, you will not die, but why is the number of golden immortals in the heaven always limited? To a large extent, it is because when the great calamity comes and the three corpse worms riot, a group of Taoists who used to practice Taoism and Quanzhen in seclusion may have a worse character than ordinary people.

Just like in the real Conferred God Tribulation, Master Tongtian issued a clear order to his disciples not to obstruct the cause of conquering King Zhou, but the disciples still followed suit. Part of the reason was this.

Only Empress Yunxiao killed the three corpses, so she was able to deal with it calmly. Unfortunately, her brother died, and her two sisters did not have her Taoism, so they died together in the end.

"That's great." Master Huanglong said with a smile.

"Uncle-master, I want a few packs too." Ji Ren said shamelessly to Guanyin Bodhisattva.

He felt that if he drank more, he would be close to becoming a Xuanxian.

"Okay, take a few more packets with you when you leave. When you finish drinking, come to my Luojia Mountain. In the past, not many people came to Master's Luojia Mountain." Guanyin Bodhisattva said with a smile.

"Thank you, uncle master. There is one more thing I would like to ask for your advice." Ji Ren said again.

"What's the matter?" asked Guanyin Bodhisattva.

"To be honest, the four seas are in chaos, and there are many monsters under the Jiejiao sect. They also intend to bypass the Emperor Dongyin and establish a new water god, which has caused dissatisfaction in the Heavenly Court. So the Heavenly Court intends to let us from the Chenjiao sect be the water god. It just so happens that the Dharma image condensed by my disciple has the ability to control water, so they actually intend to let my disciple come. But although my disciple can kill the Xuanxian with the help of magic weapons, and can also injure the Jinxian if he encounters him, his cultivation is not enough after all. It is rare that he can break the Haishui area this time. I don’t know what to do next." Ji Ren said distressedly.

"This matter is a secret of the Chan school. To be honest, you shouldn't have told me." said Guanyin Bodhisattva.

"It is a secret of the Chan sect, but Master is not an outsider." Ji Ren raised his head, his eyes full of trust and an innocent smile on his face.

Is it confidential?
The divine whip is the real secret and cannot be revealed, but the rest are not secrets at all.

"Not an outsider?"

Looking at Ji Ren's sincere eyes, the softest part of Guanyin Bodhisattva's heart could not help but be touched, but thinking of his own identity, he could not help but use his telepathic power to read Ji Ren's heart.

It's vague and the feeling is not real.

It was the effect of the Eight-Nine Mysterious Arts and the Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe. I couldn’t hear it completely, but I could still feel it a bit.

There is no ill intention, and there is indeed an inexplicable respect and trust for Guanyin Bodhisattva.

After sensing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva felt a little ashamed. Her nephew trusted her so much, but she judged him by her own standards. She was really ashamed and said, "Cultivation is the foundation. You are right. Your current cultivation is too low. Your top priority right now is to improve your cultivation. Not to mention becoming a Golden Immortal, you can become a Mysterious Immortal. With a double-edged sword in hand, you will be able to fight against ordinary Golden Immortals. By then, there will be few enemies for you in the South China Sea. You can use the South China Sea as your base to speed up your cultivation. Then you can attack the North Sea and occupy two of the four seas. You can be worthy of the name of Water God. After that, you can have a legitimate reason to infiltrate the East China Sea and the West China Sea."

The East China Sea is the base camp of Jiejiao, and the Dragon King of the West Sea is a follower of Buddhism. Not to mention that Ji Ren is only a true immortal now, even if he becomes a golden immortal, it will be very difficult for him to move these two seas.

Only the North Sea is a place where demons are rampant, and many of the monsters are backed by the Jie Religion, but it is not the Jie Religion's base camp after all, and it is Ji Ren's only breakthrough point.

"Thank you, Master, for your guidance." Ji Ren said gratefully.

"I can plan for you, but whether you can succeed depends on yourself. Just like I can guide the world, but if the world refuses to turn back, I can't save them. If you can bring peace to the world, you will naturally have many supporters. If you can't, and you still bring disaster to everyone, then I won't be able to help you much." said Guanyin Bodhisattva.

"Uncle Master, rest assured. I dare not say how good it is, but I will establish a unified rule for the world. No matter how bad the order is, it is better than no order. Besides, I will never establish the worst order." Ji Ren said.

Upon hearing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled. A foot-tall white jade Guanyin statue emerged from her white jade palm. Then she gently pushed the white jade Guanyin statue to Ji Ren's side and said, "I can't personally help you with the affairs of the Heavenly Court. Boss Wei wants you to establish it. But I think, with your talent and ability, it's just a matter of time. But the people of Jiejiao are always unruly, I'm afraid they won't let you go. You put this Guanyin statue at Guanjiangkou. From now on, in the Guanjiangkou area, just recite my real name, and no matter when or who, my clone will appear."

"If so, wouldn't that make Master and Jiejiao enemies for no reason?" Ji Ren looked embarrassed when he heard this.

"Your uncle has nothing to do with Jiejiao. If they want to come, it's fine. You see, my lotus pond lacks embellishment. A few more golden-bearded carps will be just right. By the way, although I have always been making lotus pedestals, it would be nice to have a few more mounts sometimes." Guanyin Bodhisattva chuckled.

The golden-whiskered giant carp is the original form of the Dark Cloud Fairy.

"Uncle Master is so compassionate that he does not abandon the despicable demons of Jiejiao and is willing to save them with Buddhist teachings." Ji Ren wanted to blurt out "Uncle Master is so domineering", but when he remembered that the target was not Huanglong Zhenren but Guanyin Bodhisattva, he switched to boasting mode.

"Since you call me uncle, it is my duty to protect you. And the Six Monsters of Meishan under your command are still missing two Dharma images. I have listened to the sounds of the three realms over the years and have found their whereabouts. You can go and look for them." said Guanyin Bodhisattva.

"Uncle-master has great magical powers, and I admire you very much." Ji Ren was even more delighted when he heard that. If the six monsters of Meishan were all together, his Grass Head God Legion would be truly formed.

"Your Taoist partner has a different appearance. I have a spell here. If she can practice successfully, she can become my disciple." After Guanyin Bodhisattva finished speaking, she lightly tapped her fingers and a ray of light flew out and flew into Ji Ren's mind.

"Disciple would like to thank Uncle Master on behalf of Yan'er. If Yan'er is lucky enough, I will definitely bring Yan'er to become his disciple." Ji Ren said happily upon hearing this, and he regretted more and more that he had not come to meet this Uncle Master earlier.

What a big shot.

"The South China Sea is close to Jambu Continent and Xiniuhe Continent, and the interior of the twelve water areas is complex..." Guanyin Bodhisattva began to seriously introduce the situation of the South China Sea to Ji Ren. Ji Ren listened carefully and raised questions from time to time. Guanyin Bodhisattva also patiently answered them without a trace of dissatisfaction.

After talking about the South China Sea, he went on to describe the scenery of the East, West and North Seas.

Guanyin Bodhisattva has believers all over the world, and she knows many secrets that ordinary people don't know.

Ji Ren, who was originally a little confused, suddenly felt enlightened after listening to Guanyin's words.

It’s just like when Liu Bei met Zhuge Liang in a thatched cottage and heard the Longzhong Plan.

If it weren't for the fact that Guanyin Bodhisattva has such a high status, Ji Ren would feel insulted by saying "the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang". He really wanted to say, "Uncle Master, you are truly my Zhuge Liang."

After a round of questions and answers, three days had passed before they knew it.

Guanyin Bodhisattva taught with all his heart, and Ji Ren listened carefully.

It was Huanglong Zhenren who felt isolated again. He sat aside, gulping down tea like a buffalo drinking water.

Only after three days can Master Huanglong leave.

But when he was leaving, he looked at the two bags of tea in his hand, which weighed only two taels at most, and then looked at the two kilograms of tea in Ji Ren's hand. If he hadn't been unable to beat him, Master Huanglong would have rushed in and had a good chat.

Why?

Do you respect your senior brother?

Don’t you know that clothes are worse than new and people are worse than old?
(End of this chapter)