Chapter 80: The Hidden Dangers of Xuangong
It's done, the old monk took this matter down. Bi Lingkong's figure reappeared, and said with a smile, "Coincidentally, I had just left, and I saw the people from the Great Xia Royal Royals rushing to question, it was as if they had been rehearsed in advance, and the time was just right!"
Pan Long breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that a stone hanging in his heart had fallen to the ground.
When he was saving people just now, he didn't think too much about it, and when the war was over and his mood calmed down, he realized that he was in the limelight this time, which was quite bad.
He has a big secret that kills him, and it's almost the same as hiding his face all day long, how can he show his head and show such a limelight?
It is true that most of the people with great powers are unwilling to go against people with merits, just like the two dragon gods, and it is almost the same to try to make friends. But the world is so big, there will always be two strange species, full of "kill the panda, I am a national treasure", the more good people are, the more hostile they are.
Although these strange species generally live for a short time and will soon kill themselves, as long as this kind of goods can survive, they are basically the most powerful kind - they can still live strong against the enemies of all living beings, and how hard their fists are, you can imagine how hard their fists are.
Anyway, Pan Long didn't want to provoke these people at all, unless his fists were harder than the other party, then he could consider eliminating violence and peace for Tianxingdao and sending these strange species to where they should go.
At least for now, he really can't afford to provoke these strange species, and not being known by them is the best way to protect himself.
Moreover, this time the gods besieged Bi Lingkong, one was killed, one was seriously injured, and it is difficult to estimate how many minor injuries there are, Bi Lingkong has survived now, and it is estimated that the gods will flee, and they will not dare to return to Yunzhou for the rest of their lives...... Thinking about it this way, I have a lot of enmity with them.
So he didn't want to be famous at all, especially not to let his role in this battle be known to the world.
Making a fortune with a muffled voice is the one who roars.
Amitabha was able to help him take over this matter and prevent him from becoming famous, thank God!
"I know you must have secrets and troubles. Bi Lingkong said, "Zi said: Do not do to others what you do not want to be done to yourself." Of course I won't inquire about these, but repaying virtue with virtue is the foundation of being a person, if you have anything to use my help, don't be polite!"
She smiled and gave a thumbs up: "My other skills are ordinary, and what I am good at in my life is nothing more than the one that fights fiercely." If you have any enemy to kill, or if you have something important to do, just ask. ”
Pan Long shook his head: "I have been chivalrous and righteous all the way, and there may be many enemies with me, but I have an enmity with him...... It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, I'm not a gentleman, I usually take revenge on the spot if I have a vengeance. If you can't report it on the spot, you have to dig out your heart to report it afterwards before you can continue on the road. So I don't really have any enemies, or rather, I don't have any enemies alive. ”
Bi Lingkong laughed: "This is a great praise!
With a wave of her hand, the surrounding space shook slightly, and the two of them came to a prosperous banquet. There were a lot of people at the banquet, and the scene was very chaotic, coming and going. On the side of the main hall, there is a wood carving of the word "Shou" more than one person high, and many neatly dressed and luxuriously dressed big people are entering in turn accompanied by the welcoming waiters.
It seems that this is a rich and powerful old man celebrating his birthday, and there is a flowing water banquet outside, and all the guests who come are guests. Inside is the main seat, and only those with status can enter.
Of course, Pan Long and Bi Lingkong would not break inside, so the two of them found an empty table and sat down on the flowing water table outside, and after a while, a strong man brought a set of hot and cold dishes and a pot of wine.
Pan Long poured a glass of wine for Bi Lingkong, also filled it for himself, raised his glass and said: "Senior's method is really wonderful, the method of void transfer, I can still understand it to some extent, but I don't know how you know that there is a wine banquet here?"
Bi Lingkong smiled: "I was poor and scared back then, and I practiced a spell hard, so I could escape to the most lively place nearby, where there was the most opportunity to make money and eat white food. Ah Chang said, I call it 'the wonderful method of rubbing rice', and the master also sighed that 'if you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be successful' - this ability is unique in Confucianism, and no one is better at it than me. ”
Pan Long laughed: "If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be successful, this is really appropriate to use here!"
The two laughed, raised their glasses and toasted the old birthday star, wishing him a long and healthy life. Then while eating and drinking, he talked about allusions to the world.
"I talked about Amitabha before, but I don't know who this immortal Buddha is, why are you willing to help me cover it up?" asked Pan Long.
Bi Lingkong said: "In today's world, there are three Buddhas, nine Bodhisattvas, and the Twelve Saints. Amitabha is one of the three Buddhas, because he practiced in the Great Tianshan Mountains in the Western Regions in the past, so he is also called the Western Buddha. ”
She also said: "This Western Buddha pays attention to the suffering of all sentient beings, and casts the Pure Land Buddha Kingdom with great magical powers, and leads the good beings to go to the Pure Land Buddha Kingdom to rest and rest after death. ”
Pan Long nodded and asked, "You said before that he had a conflict with the Great Xia Dynasty, but he is kind to others, how can he have a conflict with the Great Xia Dynasty?"
"Hehe, it's not all Zhao Sheng's house! That guy said, 'The past cannot be traced, and the future life cannot be treated', forbidding Buddhism to lead sentient beings, and has fought with Buddhas and Bodhisattvas more than once. Bi Lingkong said, "At that time, seeing that the two sides were about to fight a real fire, Amitabha Zun found him and said that he wanted to make a bet with him. If he wins, the Great Xia Dynasty will have to open up the Dharma Gate of the Buddha Kingdom, and it cannot be completely banned; if he loses, he will be suppressed, and when the Great Xia Dynasty falls, the gods will fall to the ground, and he will be able to get out of trouble. ”
“...... Looks like he lost?" asked Pan Long.
As far as he knew, there was no concept of "reincarnation in the Buddha Kingdom after death" in the Kyushu world, and people would either disappear after death, or go to the netherworld to be reincarnated again.
From this point of view, it is clear who wins and who loses.
"I don't know how the two sides gambled back then. The result is the same as you said, Zhao Sheng won, and Amitabha Zun lost. Zhao Sheng cut a mountain, suppressed it into the void, and locked Amitabha in a small temple on the mountain, which was more than a thousand years. ”
"It's been more than a thousand years, and that suppression spell can still be useful?" Pan Long asked with some curiosity.
Bi Lingkong shook his head: "Since Amitabha Zun lost the bet, then he naturally won't come out again." What suppressed him was not Zhao Sheng's spells, but his own heart. ”
She said as she picked up a chopstick and put it on Pan Long's left hand: "If you wield a knife and kill everyone here, you can lift this chopstick, can you do it?"
Pan Long was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said, "Whether you raise your hand or not, what does it have to do with killing or not killing the people here?"
Bi Lingkong smiled: "What if you agreed to what I just said?"
Pan Long shook his head: "I don't understand, shouldn't I have the final say on whether to lift or not to lift?"
"In the world, there is a cause and an effect. Ordinary people fear the consequences of evil, but the virtuous people fear the causes of evil. Amitabha is so virtuous that if he were sitting with you, he wouldn't be able to lift the chopsticks. ”
Pan Long frowned, thought for a long time, and then shook his head and said, "I still don't understand, just raise the chopsticks, why does it have to involve the life and death of everyone here?"
As he spoke, he tried to raise his left hand, but found that the chopsticks were as heavy as a mountain, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't lift them.
"This is the method of 'borrowing'. Bi Lingkong took the chopsticks and explained, "What is holding down your left hand is not my spell, but the good thoughts in your heart." Of course, my borrowing method is very average, and you only need to use a few more forces to lift this chopstick sooner or later. But Zhao Sheng is extremely good at this kind of spell, claiming to be able to borrow the mountains and rivers of Kyushu and all living beings. He used Amitabha's virtues to trap Amitabha himself, and that small temple was an insurmountable copper wall for Amitabha. ”
Pan Long listened as if he understood or not, and felt as if he had returned to the university classroom in his previous life, where the professor on the podium was gushing, and he could understand every sentence and every word, but when combined, there was only a sigh of "I don't know how to perceive it".
Bi Lingkong saw the blankness in his eyes, and sighed: "Your realm is not enough, it's too early to tell you this." Let's be honest...... I see that your whole body is full of momentum, like a bow that pulls out the strings, and it can explode at any time, probably taking the path of entering the Tao with martial arts and becoming holy with martial arts, right?"
Pan Long nodded, although he cultivated the Nine Transformations Xuangong, the foundation of his skills was still martial arts after all.
"It's also a good way to enter the Tao with martial arts, but ...... At the end of the martial arts, if you want to achieve immortal Buddha, there are not many paths you can use. Bi Lingkong said, "After all, martial arts have a long history, in the past years, too many seniors have cultivated to grow into life, and they have long finished those convenient and accessible paths, and the remaining roads are either not possible at all, or they are crazy and no one is willing to go...... Have you ever considered going the other way?"
Pan Long smiled and said, "I'm afraid that I haven't even reached the realm of real people, is it necessary to think about it so far?"
"Prepare early, be prepared. ”
"I have learned a technique that can be used to quench the body, and as long as I quench the body repeatedly, I can improve myself, and even sanctify my physical body, and I will not grow old or die. Pan Long said, "So how to achieve the Immortal Buddha, I actually don't care much." ”
Bi Lingkong finally frowned and fell into deep thought.
After a long while, she asked, "Isn't your exercise from the old man who called himself 'a stubborn stone without nodding'?"
"Exactly. ”
"Back then, Shi Dang was an old man with an extremely stubborn personality, as long as it was something he believed, it was useless how many people objected, no matter how much truth and evidence he had, he completely ignored it. Among the immortals and Buddhas, it is a strange anomaly. Bi Lingkong said, "He has caused a lot of trouble in his life, and he has dealt with many immortals, Buddhas, and demon gods. Although ninety percent of them win, they occasionally lose once or twice, and they are also beaten badly...... It's okay for you to learn his exercises, but don't learn from him. ”
Pan Long smiled: "Shi Dare to be the patriarch's way of life, I can't learn it if I want to." ”
Bi Lingkong shook his head, still frowning, looking a little worried.
"I always feel like it's not that simple. Although Shi Dang's character as an old man is very stubborn, but being stubborn to that point can definitely not be explained by 'his own temperament'. His exercises may also have something to do with this. ”
Pan Long was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and said, "This exercise of mine is passed down by the Taiqing Patriarch, who is a Taoist sage and has extremely advanced powers and virtues, maybe this problem has been solved?"
Bi Lingkong still shook his head: "I also know the old man Taiqing, he is naturally very good in terms of character, but in terms of ability...... It's not me boasting, I'm afraid he won't even be able to beat me. He is a man of the Tao, and with his moral cultivation, he can probably solve the problems in Shi Dang's old man's exercises, but you are not him. ”
"Can't he revise the exercises?"
"Difficult! difficult! difficult!" Bi Lingkong said three words "difficult" in a row, and his expression became more and more serious, "Shi Dang's practice as an old man is not so much about cultivating as an immortal Buddha, but about achieving an alternative demon god. And the most critical step in the path of the demon god is obsession. There is no precedent in the world for the achievement of a demon god without obsession, and no one is an exception!"
Pan Long somewhat understood a little bit - the Nine Turns Xuangong is essentially a method of cultivating a demon god, and if you want to achieve a demon god, you must have an obsession that is enough to overwhelm everything.
Shi Dang's obsession with being an ancestor may be "stubborn". And this kind of obsession may also be reflected in the Nine Turns Xuangong, making cultivators unconsciously and gradually become stubborn.
He asked himself, looking back on what he had done over the years, thinking carefully for a while, and breathing a sigh of relief.
"I think...... At least for now, I'm not a particularly stubborn person. He said.
"Your current cultivation is still far from immortality!" Bi Lingkong said unceremoniously, "For example, for the platform, you have only just dug the soil now, and you have not even laid the foundation; Now it's not stubborn, it's pointless!"
Pan Long smiled bitterly, knowing that she had a point.
"But this exercise is indeed wonderful, and it would be a pity to give it up......" Bi Lingkong changed his words and said, "For people in the martial arts, if they want to achieve immortality, the most practical way may be this exercise. Compared to immortality, stubbornness...... Maybe it's not much of a problem......"
"Senior, do you support my stubbornness, or oppose my stubbornness?" Pan Long couldn't help but ask.
He felt like he was going to be confused.
It's you who says good, and it's you who says bad, what do you want him to do?
Bi Lingkong shook his head and smiled himself.
After laughing, she tapped her fingers lightly on the tabletop, her eyes drooping, and she fell into deep thought.
Pan Long didn't urge, he concentrated on eating, and when he was full of food and drink, he looked at the excitement at the birthday banquet.
He hadn't seen such a festive scene for a long time. The previous "River God Marrying" ceremony in the Peach Blossom River had just begun, and before it had time to be lively, it ended because the gods besieged Bi Lingkong, which was a pity.
After a long time, it was getting late, and the birthday banquet came to an end. The guests dispersed, and the maids began to clean up the table.
Their table was probably obscured by Bi Lingkong's spell, and the servants passed by, but they didn't notice it at all.
In the dead of night, there was no longer a single figure in the courtyard, except for the huge incense candle next to the wood-carved longevity character still burning, the once noisy disappeared without a trace.
Suddenly, Bi Lingkong raised his head and smiled excitedly.
"I have a solution!" she said happily, "I'll teach you an exercise that will solve this problem!"