Chapter 42: Crossing the City
After Zhang Yuan and his followers Shi Jiayu left Fenghuo Town, Shi Jiayu directly took out a golden lotus platform, which grew at a speed visible to the naked eye until it was able to envelop everyone.
If you want to talk about the lotus platform, Zhang Yuan is not the first time to see it, from the original twelve-grade lotus platform to the nine-grade lotus platform, it can be said that the first lotus platform on the Honghuang Continent was traded out by himself, and the lotus platform in front of him is different because of the lotus platform he has seen before, first of all, the material of the lotus platform, the previous lotus platform all belong to the real lotus platform, which is grown out of Hongmeng, because of its special growth environment, so it can scatter a golden brilliance, but the lotus platform in front of him, if Zhang Yuan is not mistaken, I am afraid that the main material is Taiyi gold essence, of course, this is a more elegant name, and the popular name is red goldwithout a hint of magazine gold.
The second difference is in its appearance, the lotus platform in front of him turned out to be only a seven-grade one, Zhang Yuan is still the first time to see the seven-grade lotus platform, on the Honghuang Continent, all the Buddhist people who have a lotus platform, the lowest lotus platform is also nine grades, the only difference is that the materials used in refining are different, there are still certain regulations for its appearance, so Zhang Yuan has never seen such a seven-grade lotus platform, so he couldn't help but ask Shakyayu:" Senior, since you are a Buddhist person, why did you choose the seven-rank lotus platform as your magic weapon, aren't all the lotus platforms of Buddhist people all nine-rank lotus platforms?"
"Zhang Yuan only knows one of them and does not know the other, in my Buddhism, the Buddha and the Buddha's mother seat is the twelve lotus platform, but when the two founders of Buddhism handed over the power in their hands to the Buddha, the Buddha in order to show respect for the Buddha and the Buddha's mother, he directly reduced the twelve lotus platform to the nine lotus platform, so in the Buddha as the respect of Buddhism, the nine lotus platform can only be taken after becoming a Buddha, the Buddha is the Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva is riding the eight lotus platform, for such two titles, I dare not be, so I can only retreat to the second, I chose to take the seven lotus platform。 Shakyayu explained.
Listening to Sakyayu's explanation, Zhang Yuan pouted with some disdain, I don't know when, Buddhism will be handed down such a regulation, the only possibility is that the inheritance of the past appeared in a period of time, so later people according to their own understanding, redefined Buddhism, at this moment, although the name is called Buddhism, but its essence may have long been related to Buddhism in the flood era, Zhang Yuan suddenly felt a little sad, I really don't know what the great power of the flood is fighting for, time flies, after the passage of time, what can really be left, maybe it is just a legend that may have existed。
Shaking his head with a sigh, Zhang Yuan first stepped on the seven-rank lotus platform, followed by Qin Siyu, and the rest of the people went up in turn, until everyone stepped on the seven-rank lotus platform, Shakyayu was the last to climb the lotus platform, and then the lotus platform rose from the ground and went towards the western heaven and earth.
Although Shakyayu's strength is very high, and the speed of the flight of the Seven Rank Lotus Platform is also very fast, it still took a week for everyone to come to the destination this time, the base camp of the Buddha.
In the location of the Buddha Sect, there is also a huge city, although this place also belongs to the border area in the source realm, but it is different from the wind and fire town, because the Buddha sect ranks relatively high in the source world, so the city created by the Buddha sect still has a lot of tourists here, after all, if you want to get some Buddha treasures, you really need to come to this city.
When entering the city gate, Zhang Yuan sighed a little, this big city is a big city, there is no sense of stinginess of some small cities, there is no need to pay spirit coins when entering the city, presumably the Buddha will not rely on this little city entrance fee to earn spirit stones, the real reason why the Buddha can develop rapidly is the unique Buddha treasure of the Buddha Sect.
Buddha treasure, as the name suggests, is the magic weapon used by the Buddha, of course, it is not that the Buddha treasure is more powerful than the magic weapon, but the Buddha treasure has a useful effect than the magic weapon, that is, it can make the practitioner meticulous, and it can also make people free from the invasion of heavenly demons, so some ornaments like the Buddha treasure are often favored by many practitioners.
There is no time to walk around, but just such a simple glance, Zhang Yuan found that the size of this crossing city is probably several times that of Wind and Fire Town, and the flow of people here is also very large, but Wind and Fire Town is different, in Wind and Fire Town, after the matter of releasing immortal crystals has passed, the streets of Wind and Fire Town are much deserted, and only occasionally some cultivators will go to Wind and Fire Town.
Looking at the bustling crowd on both sides, Zhang Yuan was a little confused, it seems that this place is no different from his own secular world, the population density of big cities is large, and some small cities are often just residents near the city, and the people here are not at all like the imaginary immortals, they will quarrel for the slightest benefit, and they will also be angry for the dark side of some society, those immortals who are far away from secular disputes and do not eat the fireworks of the world, Zhang Yuan really hasn't seen it.
Following Shakyayu all the way forward, Zhang Yuan and a few people came to a shop, this shop is a tower-shaped building, and it seems that in this city, there are a lot of tower-shaped buildings, perhaps this is the characteristics of the area managed by Buddhism, after all, Buddhism often uses towers to worship relics, and Zhang Yuan guessed that perhaps the tower in this city is also related to the relics of Buddhism.
The name of the pagoda is called the Buddha Pagoda, the name is simple and easy to understand, so that outsiders who come here can understand his meaning at a glance, but at this moment when Zhang Yuan looked at the situation in the shop, there was no crowded scene, only occasionally one or two customers will enter it to buy one or two Buddha treasures, although there is no business, but the owner here is not so anxious, it seems that this place was not established for business.
Everyone went all the way, straight up to the seventh floor of the highest level of the Buddha pagoda, only stopped, the seventh floor of the Buddha pagoda was separated by many rooms, after the Buddha Yu took everyone to one of the rooms, he directly pushed the door and walked in, obviously the Buddha still has a certain identity in this place, so he will be so unscrupulous to push the door in.
In the room, there were two Buddhist cultivators meditating cross-legged, and after Shakya Yu entered, the two saw Shakyayu, got up and saluted without any delay, and then invited Shakya Yu to take a seat.
"Okay, don't be polite, I'm here to take people back to Lingshan, you ask Wen Bodhisattva for instructions, just say that I have something very important, so I have to take outsiders back to Lingshan, I hope Wen Bodhisattva can reply quickly." Shakyayu said.
After listening to Shi Jiayu's words, the two people in the room didn't dare to be slack, and hurriedly left the room and asked the high-level of Lingshan for instructions.
When the two left, Zhang Yuan looked at Shakya Yu in some surprise, until the other party felt a little embarrassed, Zhang Yuan said: "Senior Shakya, are you really sure that what you said before is a Bodhisattva? Are you saying that there is a Bodhisattva in the Buddha sect at this moment?"
It's not that Zhang Yuan doesn't believe in Sakyayu, the main thing is that Zhang Yuan has not seen the Bodhisattva, and as a Bodhisattva, he not only needs the boundless Buddha's principles, but also needs a certain realm of cultivation, if a person's understanding is high, he doesn't cultivate the realm all day long, but he just studies Buddhism wholeheartedly, he can also have a deep attainment, but such a person can't become a Bodhisattva, because once he becomes a Bodhisattva, he can open a temple to accept people's offerings, and after the Bodhisattva collects a certain power of faith, it is impossible not to feed back to the people who worship him, and at this moment he needs to reach a certain realm to be able to do it, if he just collects the power of faith and does not feed backI'm afraid that no one will be believing in it in the future, so the term bodhisattva generally refers to those who can preach the Dharma to others and at the same time show the Buddha's miracles.
The Buddha relics of the sermon here do not mean that they can cast spells, but that the Bodhisattva lives in his own palace, and if someone prays in his temple, the Bodhisattva can know the wishes of the other party, and at the same time can decide whether to fulfill the wishes of the other party according to his own preferences, the Buddha and the Bodhisattva himself are not in the same place, but are separated in two distant places, so that the situation can be called the Buddha miracles, but what can do these must be quasi-saints or quasi-saints or above can be done, but in the source world, because the heavens and the earth have changed, so not to mention the quasi-saints, even the golden immortals do not existAt this moment, Shakyayu actually asked to take a few of his people to meet the Bodhisattva, of course Zhang Yuan was a little skeptical.
For Zhang Yuan's suspicion, Shi Jiayu's face showed a trace of dislike, obviously the other party questioned his own claim and violated his own scales, but thinking that Zhang Yuan had one of the six divine powers, Tianyantong, so Shi Jiayu still suppressed the dislike in his heart.
Although it has been decided not to blame the other party, but Shakyayu still decided to tell Zhang Yuan about Wen Bodhisattva, otherwise, I am afraid that it will not be good to accidentally anger Wen Bodhisattva when he meets him, after all, Wen Bodhisattva is actually the suzerain of Buddhism, but because the suzerain has become a little strange for Buddhism, everyone just calls him Wen Bodhisattva, and does not call him any sect master.
According to Shakyayu's explanation, Zhang Yuan also has an understanding of some of the structure of Buddhism, in the Buddhism is really at the top of the only Bodhisattva and Arhat, and if you want to become such two identities, you must completely surpass the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, of course, although it has surpassed the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, it is not a golden immortal, it can only be said that it has embarked on the road to the golden immortal, just like the Zixiao real person of Chaoyangmen at the beginning.
In Buddhism, there are only two Bodhisattvas, one is the Wen Bodhisattva who will be visited, and the other is the Wu Bodhisattva who sees the head and the tail of the dragon, the Wen Bodhisattva represents the wisdom of the Buddha, and the Wu Bodhisattva represents the power of the Buddha, the Wen Bodhisattva sits in the Lingshan all the year round, is the actual leader of the Buddha, as for the Wu Bodhisattva, all the people of the Buddha only know that there is such a Bodhisattva, and the specific Wu Bodhisattva stays every day, I am afraid that no one else knows except the Wen Bodhisattva.
Buddhism is not a sect under the influence of Zhang Yuan at the beginning, but an alliance of all kinds of small sects, large and small, and such a chaotic organization can be effectively integrated into a powerful sect, thanks to the work of Wen Bodhisattva.
The meaning of Wen Bodhisattva in Buddhism is a leader-like existence, only Wen Bodhisattva can manage the intricate characters and events of the entire Buddha Sect in a reasonable and orderly manner, so Wen Bodhisattva is like the brain of Buddhism, regulating the normal and orderly development of the entire Buddhism, and as for Wu Bodhisattva, only when Buddhism encounters foreign invasion, or when a more important battle, it will appear very abruptly in the camp of Buddhism, it is likely that he is just an ordinary novice in a small temple, or he is a temple host that everyone admires, and the specific Wu Bodhisattva will awaken in whom, which is completely unrulyIf it weren't for the fact that Wu Bodhisattva's cultivation had only reached the realm of non-heavenly immortals, I'm afraid many people would think that this was a Buddha.
Hearing this, Zhang Yuan somewhat understood that the actual leaders of Buddhism are actually two, one is the Bodhisattva Wen on the bright side, but maybe this person's cultivation is not very prominent, but this person's Buddhism is superior to others, and at the same time has the incomparable management ability of others, so he became one of the leaders of Buddhism, and the other is the spiritual leader of all Buddhist cultivators, that is the Martial Bodhisattva, but Zhang Yuan suspects that this Martial Bodhisattva may be on this spiritual mountain, and the form of its existence is likely to be similar to the existence of Francis, and its own strength is not particularly outstanding, but his spiritual power or other abilities similar to spiritual power are very terrifying, so he can directly forcibly control other people's bodies, so that they can be promoted to the realm of non-heavenly immortals in a short period of time, Zhang Yuan absolutely does not believe that Wu Bodhisattva will immediately awaken in the body of some Buddhist cultivators, is it possible that the exercises learned by Buddhist cultivators are like the gods in the secular world, and they can invite gods to come up at critical moments, this is just absurd nonsense.
At the same time, Zhang Yuan also understood the position of Wen Bodhisattva in Shakya Yu's heart, so after Shakya Yu explained the matter of Buddhism, Zhang Yuan apologized to Shakya Yu very sincerely, hoping that his words and deeds would not offend Wen Bodhisattva.
Seeing Zhang Yuan apologize, Shakyayu's previous unhappiness finally disappeared, and at the same time made a very generous performance, and said to Zhang Yuan: "Zhang Yuan's donor, I was a little reckless before, in fact, since Wen Bodhisattva is already a Bodhisattva, how can he casually blame an outsider who does not know much about Buddhism, Wen Bodhisattva is very gentle and humble, but we, as believers of the Bodhisattva, are a little unbearable for other people's incomprehension of the Bodhisattva, so I really need to apologize to you." ”
Zhang Yuan knows that if he really accepts the other party's apology, I am afraid that he will make the other party unhappy, although at this moment what Sakya Yu said is that he is not right, but for a person of faith, the most correct way to get along is not to slander the other party's beliefs casually, once their beliefs are misunderstood or tarnished by the other party, the only solution is to fight to the death on the platform of life and death, after all, faith is the basis for the other party's life.
"Shakya, if you say this again, it will really torment the juniors, I just listened to your words, I think that many of the teachings of Buddhism are closely related to my practice, I don't know if there is any connection between this, it seems that when I meet Wen Bodhisattva, I need to ask him for advice. Zhang Yuan said.
Hearing Zhang Yuan say this, Shakya Yu first folded his hands and recited a Buddha name, and then looked at Zhang Yuan with some happiness and said: "Zhang Yuan donor, you can think so, prove that you are still related to my Buddha, no wonder you can have the fate to learn one of the six great supernatural powers of my Buddhism, Tianyantong, today, if Zhang Yuan's donor returns to Buddhism with divine powers, it will be a great merit, I can be the extradition of Zhang Yuan's donor, pull Zhang Yuan's donor into the Buddha's embrace, and enjoy the supreme glory." ”
Hearing this, Zhang Yuan was really a little scared, he didn't find out on the way before, could it be that all the people of this Buddhism are so crazy, maybe they just don't pay attention, if they are not crazy, how can they directly block the door of others in the Tianyuan Auction House, but for this suggestion of Shakyayu, Zhang Yuan really didn't dare to accept it, not to mention that he wanted to give his unique supernatural powers to the Buddha Sect for free, and in addition, he wanted to let his people join the Buddhism, and asked if there was anything more bullying in this world, of course, if you did these things with a fierce and evil expression, Zhang Yuan still feels normal, but looking at Shi Jiayu's excited expression, as if he thinks that this is an idea that everyone agrees with.
Turning his head to look at Qin Siyu beside him, Zhang Yuan showed a pitiful look, hoping that Qin Siyu at this moment could comfort himself a few words, but he didn't expect that Qin Siyu also had an expression that wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and when he saw Zhang Yuan turn his head at this moment, he folded his hands and said, "Master, the poor nun is polite!"
After listening to Qin Siyu's jokes, Zhang Yuan even had the urge to vomit blood, but the other few people couldn't help it anymore, and laughed, but a few people laughed and laughed but couldn't laugh anymore, because at this moment, Kawabe Xiaomei and a few people found that Zhang Yuan, Qin Siyu and Shi Jiayu were not laughing at the scene, and there was still a trace of dissatisfaction on Shi Jiayu's face, obviously he still understood the conversation between everyone just now, Shi Jiayu just felt that Zhang Yuan seemed to have plans to join the Buddhist sect, but after seeing the performance of the few people in front of him, he was uncertain in his heart, after all, how did the few people in front of him look like laughing at themselves, if he couldn't even see this, then don't really be practicing.
Just when Shakya Yu was guessing Zhang Yuan's plan in his heart, the two people who had just left finally came back, and at the same time brought an order from Wen Bodhisattva, which required Shakya Yu to take the reincarnated Buddha to Lingshan alone, and as for the others, they could arrange a residence in the city first.