Suzaku

: The Age of Doom (Part 2)

“Everything is ready”

“Yes, Lord Quanxian also went down earlier.”

“There is no need to mention such trivial matters.”

In the endless void, in the misty heaven, the Huanghuang Lingxiao Palace stands in the clouds like a torii that can never be collapsed. It is always spring all the year round. About 4,800 kilometers behind the side of the main hall, there is a very quiet small garden with water and pavilions in the garden. There is a stone table beside the pavilion, and there are two people beside the table.

There are two very well-connected people, one of whom is surnamed Zhang. If the Buddha and the Taoist patriarch who disappeared somewhere are the two most arrogant people in the sky and earth in the Eastern world, this honest man surnamed Zhang is the one in the sky. The guy with the most luck in the underground.

Well, he is the Jade Emperor.But the Jade Emperor seems to be a little nervous today, leaning slightly, sitting on the stone bench and only getting two-fifths of his buttocks. people talking.

The one opposite is the Taoist supreme figure, one of the Sanqing Lingbao Tianzun.

Lingbao Tianzun asked lightly: “The matter in the underworld is about to be scored, what is your majesty’s plan?”

According to the rumors, the Jade Emperor was a bit confused, and even began to learn Buddhism from the West Paradise Pure Land. The Jade Emperor smiled slightly, and replied respectfully: “In my opinion, since the Buddha left such a hole, it is natural for someone to open it. We don’t need to do anything.”

Lingbao Tianzun closed his eyes a little, and when he opened them again, he couldn’t help but look at the Jade Emperor with a little more appreciation: “Taoist inaction, Your Majesty is really ignorant of the true meaning of it.”

The Jade Emperor said: “It’s been five hundred years, just watching the Pure Land and Sumeru come and go. The power of the Buddha world should be weakened a lot after this catastrophe.”

Lingbao Tianzun smiled slightly: “Your Majesty is far-sighted but still follows the rules. I still need to ask you, why did you send the immortals to respond to the request of the Pure Land and kill everyone in Sumeru?”

“There is no chance of return between Sumeru and the Pure Land. Regardless of what Amitabha Buddha thinks, I will help him to be firm.”

“Then why does Your Majesty sit and watch the development of Buddhist believers in the world?” Lingbao Tianzun suddenly changed the subject and said indifferently, but there was naturally an irresistible pressure in his words, “After this matter, the seven great Bodhisattvas of the Buddha Land will There are four people who are going to be reborn after calamities, but they forced Maitreya Buddha billions of years in advance. And my Taoism has never been compatible with that boy in the lower realm.”

“It’s okay.” The Jade Emperor Xiaoyi explained: “The young girl also followed her to the lower realm, and finally planted some affection.”

Lingbao Tianzun shook his head and said coldly: “Then Guan Zizai knew your thoughts, otherwise how would he send the jade girl into the world?”

The Jade Emperor smiled and said: “The boy is the fire before the catastrophe. At the beginning, Yuanshi Tianzun argued with the Buddha, but he didn’t win the door. In this life, I’m afraid we still can’t win. But it doesn’t matter.”

“no problem”

“That boy is just like his master. He is not someone who can be fully controlled by any family of Taoism and Buddhism. If he can’t control it, why bother to control it?” At this point, the Jade Emperor relaxed a little, and said lightly: ” Although Sheng is now a Buddha in the Western Heaven, and the boy will also become a Buddha in the Western Heaven in the future, but it is an unstable factor in the Buddha Land. They are not in the Taoist sect, but they remember the feelings of the immortals in the Taoist sect. This is the best way arrange.”

Lingbao Tianzun suddenly glanced at him: “The fifth princess was killed by the boy, what does your majesty think?”

The Jade Emperor shook his head, smiled and said, “I have no idea.”

“That monkey is friends with many immortals, but how has the boy ever owed the heavenly court in this life?” Lingbao Tianzun said indifferently: “If something happens in the future, the master and the apprentice will kill the heavenly court again, how do you want to deal with it?” ”

The Jade Emperor smiled slightly, raised the teacup in front of him and took a sip: “I just hide.”

Hiding was just a faint sentence, but it was said softly from the mouth of the number one person in the heaven. I don’t know what kind of cultivation and strategy it takes to say it.

“No matter how this matter develops, the enmity of the people on Mount Sumeru is first of all placed on the Pure Land.” The Jade Emperor continued: “For five hundred years, Amitabha Buddha ordered Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva to spread the teachings of the Pure Land in the world. How many believers have been developed, after this incident, I believe that the Pure Land Sect will no longer be as prosperous as it is today.”

Lingbao Tianzun suddenly glanced at him, and a faint light came out from behind: “Your Majesty has been holding back for five hundred years, and you really stand very high and see very far. I don’t need much effort to sit and watch the Buddha.” The soil is in chaos.”

“Don’t dare.” The Jade Emperor’s soft voice floated in the garden without any effort, “The Daomen has been weak for more than a thousand years. After this incident, the seven great Bodhisattvas went to four, and Amitabha Buddha could no longer sit peacefully in the pure land. I’m afraid it will be chaotic for hundreds of years.”

The soft voice of the Jade Emperor finally revealed a hint of ambition and pride.

“Ignore the matter of enmity with Mount Sumeru”

“Only Xiaoqiu, how could there be any big complaints? The Taoists of the Lower Realm have always respected the two great men, Manjusri and Samantabhadra, and never humiliated them.”

“But it still ruined many arhats.”

“Most of the immortals in the lower world are subordinates. Doumu Yuanjun has been there, and Quanxianjun has been there.”

Lingbao Tianzun fell into silence, knowing what the Jade Emperor meant. Doumu Yuanjun is the Marichi Heaven among the twenty heavens, and has a close relationship with the Buddha Land. If Mount Sumeru is re-established in the future, it will be entangled In view of the five hundred years of grievances in the world, the heavenly court can also throw him out to let the Buddha land calm down, without harming the self-interest of the Taoist sect. As for the dog Lingbao Tianzun suddenly smiled and asked: “I didn’t know until I came back that you actually took Erlang God as well.” It’s true that it’s sent to the underworld, and without the help of God Erlang, it may be very difficult for Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to break through the defense of the Pure Land and open the passage to the underworld.”

The Jade Emperor smiled and said: “I reported to Tianzun earlier that the power of the Buddha Land to resist the Pure Land is too weak. Although Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Zhenwu secretly plan to rebel and send soldiers to the underworld, I guess it is still not enough to shake Amitabha Buddha in the underworld. Naturally, I have to send a powerful character, so that the foundation of the Pure Land can be shaken.” He even secretly sent his most powerful general to the underworld to join forces with the rebels in the North Pole Hall who rebelled against him. This hidden questionThe question, I am afraid that few people in the sky and the earth can guess it.

“But why is that child willing to listen to your order?” Lingbao Tianzun asked suspiciously, the child mentioned in this sentence is naturally Erlang God.

The Jade Emperor respectfully replied: “That day I pretended that I had no intention of speaking to him. I said that the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had changed in the underworld, which seemed to be detrimental to the Western Pure Land. The child was straightforward, and when he heard this, his face changed. Not to mention, after a few days, rebels rose up and went to the underworld to kill.”

He sighed: “For five hundred years, he has always been ashamed of my friendship with the Pure Land, and now he has a chance to kill the Pure Land’s prestige and shave my face, there is no reason to let it go”

Lingbao Tianzun asked amusedly: “Then if something happens in the underworld in the future, and he kills back to the heaven, how will His Majesty deal with it? Could it be that he wants to hide again?”

The Jade Emperor responded with a smile: “If it can make me suffer, that child has always been very willing to do it. When he mentioned the word rebellion, his eyes were even brighter. I think he didn’t know how much he envied that monkey in the dark. , but” he changed the subject, and said leisurely: “But these strong men who regard rebellion as a game always attach great importance to friendship. After all, I am his uncle.”

Lingbao Tianzun stood up, and the Jade Emperor hurriedly stood up slightly.

Tianzun looked at him for a long time, a clear light separated from the circle of light behind him, and threw it into the body of Jade Emperor. Tianzun’s gaze was like two lightning bolts, sweeping across Jade Emperor’s face, as if he wanted to see clearly everything in his mind.

Under such terrifying gazes, the Jade Emperor still maintains a humble image, without a trace of unnaturalness.

“You are fine, but I still want to remind you to pay attention to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.” After a long silence, Lingbao Tianzun said lightly: “This report is passed.”

Just before Lingbao Tianzun left, the Jade Emperor begged Sanqing to return to the heaven with tears in his eyes, saying that today’s world is getting quieter, but there are many reasons. Lingbao Tianzun was relieved and insisted on leaving. The Jade Emperor invites again, and the Heavenly Venerable refuses again. If so three times, he will give up.

Seeing the clear light gradually disappearing into the sky, the Jade Emperor, who had been squatting all this time, finally straightened his waist gradually. With his body straightened, a power that did not contain much immortal power began to pervade the courtyard.

A plain hand handed over a glass of wine, the Jade Emperor picked it up, drank it all in one gulp, squinted his eyes slightly, and said quietly: “Yuanshi Tianzun has been there all along, Lingbao Tianzun is here today, but I don’t know where Laojun is now.” place.”

“There’s no need to worry.” The empress gently comforted, “It can be seen that Tianzun is very satisfied with your plan for the past five hundred years.”

“Really?” Jade Emperor replied with a smile.

The empress caressed her chest, seemed to be relieved, and said softly: “Although most of Zhenwu’s rebels went into the underworld, they are still very terrifying. Now that Sanqing has spoken, His Majesty can rest assured.”

The Jade Emperor smiled, but there was something inexplicable in his smile: “From the beginning of Zhenwu’s army, there is no possibility of success.”

“Why?” The empress was a little surprised.

“He got too close to Avalokitesvara, Lingbao Tianzun was a little unhappy.”

“So that’s how it is.” The empress said softly, “But Yuanshi Tianzun has always been on good terms with Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. Lingbao Tianzun also reminded His Majesty to pay attention to that person before leaving. Your Majesty should not despise him.” For some reason, the empress seemed to hate Guanyin Bodhisattva.

The Jade Emperor smiled and said: “It’s okay, Tianzun is the supreme Taoist, so there is a natural balance between how important and how light.”

The empress sighed, and said: “It’s not easy to report once every five hundred years.” After saying this, she cleared up the leftover tea on the table and went to the hall, leaving only the Jade Emperor standing alone. In the back garden.

No matter how intoxicating the fragrance of flowers or how clear the sound of birds, the Jade Emperor always looks a little lonely, and there is a faint sultry aura on his face, thinking of Sanqing in his heart, and for some reason, he suddenly thinks of Buddha , thought of the last way of the Buddha. Thinking that Sanqing has basically never appeared in the past five hundred years, and no one knows where Laojun has gone, I can’t help but hope that these three old immortals can play that never-ending game like Buddha. After careful calculation, it seems that this possibility is very big, and the Jade Emperor felt a little bit relieved.

The battle in the underworld has come to an end.

The power of the pure land has been tortured by hundreds of millions of dead spirits led by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in the past few decades. Later, after Erlang Shen entered the underworld, it was even more sad. Although the heavenly court also sent many heavenly soldiers into the underworld, they were no match for Guan Zizai Bodhisattva’s secret plan to make Zhenwu raise troops and strengthen the rebellious power in the underworld.

What’s more, after Yi Tianxing ascended to the sky, the Pure Land Fang did not know how many bodhisattvas and arhats were consumed in order to chase and kill him. The white line of life and death, which had been stable for decades, began to retreat step by step towards the Buddha’s light . This is the case on the battlefield. Courage is the first priority. If both sides are evenly matched, they can always maintain the balance. But once one side shows weakness, the defeat is extremely fast. The morale of Xitian Pure Land and Heavenly Court has long since collapsed. , couldn’t keep it at all, they fell from the clouds one after another, turned into ignorant wandering souls, floating in the air of the underworld, and some wandering souls of heavenly soldiers who had lost their soul imprints, instead, followed their instincts and joined the Six Paths of Reincarnation in the army.

I don’t know where Amitabha Buddha has gone. If he is here, even if Erlang Shenjun rushes forward and kills hundreds of millions of ghost soldiers, I’m afraid I can’t move a little. On the side of the underworld, two important figures are also missing, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.

Fortunately, there is Erlang God, otherwise this battle in the underworld will inevitably become two headless dragons fighting indiscriminately.

I don’t know which day it was, the ghost soldiers from the underworld finally cleared all the obstacles in front of them, and dispersed the consciousness of all the heavenly soldiers and pure land arhats. Surrounded by thousands of wandering souls, the soldiers from the underworld occupied every corner of this gloomy and wind-seeking place. For an inch of land, the price paid is a piece of white powder and smelly mud spread over tens of thousands of square kilometers.

Flour is the powder of white bones, and mud is the mud of carrion.

The sound of clicking click sounded again, from all directions, from behind the large and small black mountains, countless dead spirits walked silently, standing on the periphery of the underworld army, looking at somewhere in the army.

There is a Taoist Buddha’s light descending from the sky, born out of nowhere, very gentle, it doesn’t seem to be very powerful.

Countless undead were silent, looking at this ray of light, at the other shore that everyone had worked hard for three hundred years to reach. A lonely wandering soul with a corpse on his back stopped behind all the undead, looking at these souls who finally smelled freedom.

It was a victory without cheers, a silent victory.

Suddenly, countless white bones stretched out, tightly clenched into fists, aimed at the sky, aimed at the Buddha’s light, like a long spear that would rather bend than bend.

To be continued: