Big dreamer

"Senior, what happened back then?" Shen Luo pondered for a long time before asking.

"What are you referring to? Is it the outbreak of a demonic disaster, or the destruction of heaven... In the end, this is just the same thing." Li Jing said halfway, paused for a moment, and said with a wry smile.

"Then please senior, tell me the specific situation of the demon disaster that year." Shen Luo frowned and said.

Regarding the demonic disaster, what he knows now is very limited, and most of it is the legend that has not come true in reality. If he can really know the details of the demonic disaster in advance, maybe he will have it after returning to reality. May block.

Thinking about it this way, Shen Luo himself also believed that he was the one the Tota King's soul was waiting for.

"My memory is incomplete, and I can only tell you some things I know. As for the truth behind it, you need to explore and piece it together yourself." Li Jing pondered for a moment and said.

"Senior, it's okay to say..." Shen Luo said hurriedly.

"In ancient times, a war that swept through the three realms came to an end. Chi You, the leader of the demon clan, was defeated. His head was chopped off, his limbs were severed, and the demon soul was sealed. From then on, the three realms lived a relatively stable period. But the demons brought trouble to the hearts of the three realms. He is still immortal, and some demons are trying to break the seal and bring Chi You back to the world," Li Jing said.

Shen Luo knew some of these things, but he did not interrupt Li Jing and let him continue.

"Later, the heaven and earth began to undergo strange changes, the earth's veins were no longer stable, monsters appeared everywhere in the world, and chaos began in the three realms. Whether it was the gods and Buddhas in heaven or the great powers in the earth, they all sensed that the storm was coming. The demon tribulation in heaven was caused by the demon The clan should also start with the demon clan, so the Jade Emperor and Xitian Buddha Tathagata teamed up to formulate a Lingshan plan." Li Jing continued.

"Lingshan plan?" Shen Luo was confused.

"You must know about the Lingshan Project back then, but it just had to be renamed, 'Searching from the West.'" Seeing Shen Luo's expression was different, Li Jing said with a slightly darkened gaze.

"What? When Master Xuanzang traveled thousands of miles westward to learn Buddhist scriptures, was that the Lingshan Project?" Shen Luo's expression suddenly changed and he asked in surprise.

This matter has been widely circulated among the people, and some people have even written this legendary experience into a storybook. Therefore, the story of Shen Luo, his master and his five disciples going through hardships to obtain the true scripture is not unfamiliar at all.

But for some unknown reason, when the five masters and disciples returned to Chang'an, they only held an unprecedentedly large land and water conference in the Daci'en Temple in the city, and then Master Sanzang announced that he would enter the Big Wild Goose Pagoda to translate scriptures? Show up.

It was rumored that his three apprentices with great powers also disappeared and were no longer known to the world, so that many people later regarded that epic experience as a fiction written by writers? How much truth is there in it? The ingredients are up for debate.

"You don't know this? It's normal. The Lingshan plan back then? It was a secret in the heavens from the beginning. There were very few people who knew the inside story, including the Jade Emperor, the Buddha, the Supreme Laojun? Guanyin Bodhisattva? The total number of people, including Maitreya Buddha and Patriarch Bodhi, was not even known to the five masters and disciples at the beginning," Li Jing continued.

"Since it is so secretive, could it be that the real purpose of their party is not to obtain the true scripture?" Shen Luo frowned.

"It can only be said that it is not entirely true. After all, demons and demons were causing trouble in the Tang Dynasty at that time. People's hearts and minds were gradually getting worse, and people needed to be saved by the Mahayana Buddha. After all, a person's mentality changes into a human heart, and a country's people's mentality changes into a human being. Harmony, the change of people's mentality is the destiny of heaven. If the general trend is good, the turmoil of heaven and earth will be eliminated, and the disaster will be invisible." Li Jing shook his head and said.

Hearing this, Shen Luo sighed secretly in his heart. In the era he lived in, Mahayana Buddhism had been spread throughout the Tang Dynasty. Buddhist temples were built one after another, and monks preaching the Dharma were also traveling around the world to preach. However, the evil spirits were causing trouble. It's still getting worse.

"Relying on Buddha's Dharma to save people...not to mention how much time it takes, but how difficult it is for people to learn Dharma and worship Buddha?" He couldn't help but say.

"So, this is only part of Lingshan's plan. As for the other part, it is to spread the word that by eating Tang Sanzang's meat, one can gain immortality and cultivate supreme magic power. This can be used as bait to lure those who are sneaky and lurking in secret. "The demons, so as to catch them all and eliminate the risk of disaster," Li Jing continued.

"A good method, not to mention how many hidden demons among them were seduced and eventually killed one by one. Just bringing the demon king of Sun Wukong back to Buddhism is already a beautiful move." Shen Luo couldn't help but admire.

"It's not as simple as you see. The battle to defeat the Buddha was originally transformed from the five-color sacred stone left by Nuwa when she made stones to patch the sky. It is not a demon clan in the true sense." Li Jing shook his head.

"Could it be that Sun Wukong was originally arranged by heaven?" Shen Luo vaguely guessed something.

"Otherwise, how could he get the favor of Patriarch Bodhi and personally teach Xuan Kung transformations? Do you think that Tang Sanzang is the only one who can learn the scriptures? In fact, it is not the case. Sun Wukong, Zhu Wuneng, Sha Wujing and Bai Longma are all Buddhist learners. , Every birth is an arrangement made by Heaven and Lingshan," Li Jing smiled and said.

A flash of inspiration flashed in Shen Luo's mind, and he recalled all the hardships on the legendary journey to seek scriptures, and doubts arose in his heart:

"However, many of the demons that their master and disciple encountered on their way to seek scriptures were all transformed by the mounts of gods and Buddhas descending to earth. Why is this?"

"While Heavenly Court and Lingshan attracted the demons to stop and kill them by seeking scriptures, it also divided them to a certain extent. Why don't the demons have any means to target Heavenly Court and Lingshan? They are also actively bewitching the immortals in heaven and Buddhist disciples in the West. Many. Those who are not strong in the Tao and are dissatisfied with the principles of heaven will reveal their true colors at this time," Li Jing explained.

"So that's it. Such a method is quite powerful, but why did it fail in the end?" Shen Luo suddenly realized and asked again in confusion.

"This...I'm afraid no one can explain it clearly. I can only say that there is a destiny in the dark. Six or seven years after Tang Monk and his disciples returned from studying for scriptures, great masters including Zhen Yuanzi and Patriarch Bodhi all discovered the true scriptures of Mahayana Buddhism. After failing to save the world, the situation of raging turbidity in the world has not changed. At this time, another thing happened, and the situation became worse." Li Jing sighed leisurely. said.

"What happened?" After hearing what he said, Shen Luo became nervous.