Chapter 199: The Small Island in the Heart of the Lake
According to some secret texts, in the distant ancient world, there was a meritorious saint who fought alone against several saints of the same level, and did not fall into the wind, and his prestige was great. ”
Listening to Ning Tianshi's words, Chu Ling's eyes wandered, and he fell into an endless leisurely fascination.
"In fact, not only those who are gifted with outstanding bloodlines, but also ordinary monks can also achieve the supreme Dharma Body through the method of accumulating merits, and they can also have the means of a saint who penetrates the heavens and the earth. This kind of monk was the most abundant in ancient times. ”
"In ancient times, monks who cultivated merit achieved sanctification by accumulating merit, attracting believers, and building their own temples to reach the top of the mountain, which was very common in ancient times. ”
However, later, it is said that because of the large-scale conflict between the monks, in order to compete for believers, this secret method was once on the verge of being lost, until after entering the primeval world, the primeval tribes ruled the world, and this secret method of absorbing faith and accumulating merit disappeared completely. ”
Absorbing the power of faith, this is clearly the method of Buddhism, Chu Ling said secretly in his heart.
Buddhism on the earth, starting from Shakyamuni to expound the meaning of the scriptures, through the ten disciples of the Buddha, carried forward the Buddha's scriptures.
However, the Buddha only expounded the teachings, and did not absorb the faith, and the real beginning of the faith should be after the Nam no Amitabha Buddha.
When Amitabha Buddha was alive, he once made 48 grand vows, absorbed the power of the beliefs of the 3,000 worlds and 10 directions, and built the supreme and solemn Western Elysium, which contains one billion heavenly Buddhas, Bodhi, Arhats, and bhikshus, also known as the Pure Land.
Since then, everyone has longed for the Western Elysium, and the vows of Buddhism have doubled and risen.
Sure enough, I only heard Ning Tianshi say: "Actually, on the road of merit and sanctification, the one who has gone the farthest should be regarded as the Prajna Sect of Zhongzhou. ”
"According to legend, the first patriarch of the Prajna Sect was the most ordinary person in the world, and he had never been involved in anything related to cultivation, but this person was reincarnated for a hundred lifetimes, accumulated immeasurable merits, and finally achieved the immeasurable world-beating Dao fruit of heaven and man in the hundredth life. ”
"Moreover, this Sect Ancestor has taken a step from the Holy Realm to the Great Holy Realm, and there is no obstacle at all. But this is just what Prajna taught himself, what kind of reincarnation and the like, and they themselves believe that the old man has lived and died, but he has never seen any bullshit reincarnation. ”
"And Prajna is very mysterious, different from other sects, Prajna has been established for millions of years, the inheritance has never been broken, and its practice of the method has become a vein of its own, with a long history, and now although the merit sanctification has disappeared, it may still exist in the Prajna Sect. It is said that every tens of thousands of years, the Prajna Sect can produce an amazing protector and walk the world, most of which is the effect of this secret method of merit. ”
"It's a bit of a stretch. Master Ning Tian came to his senses from the vast history, looked at Chu Ling and said, "As I said just now, all those who have excellent talents must do something to offset the gifts of the heavens, so as to achieve a balance between the losses and the surplus, so that their holy path will not be hindered. ”
"So the more talented people are, the more they have to dedicate something to give back to the great talent that Heaven has gifted him. This woman's eyebrows are colorful, it is the physique of the ancient saint, so willing to be a servant, before and after the saddle, in fact, it is to weaken the retribution on her body, which is a cultivation method that has been passed down since ancient times. ”
Afraid that Chu Ling wouldn't understand, Ning Tianshi deliberately explained it carefully.
For this, Chu Ling expressed his understanding, when he was on earth, he heard that his master Shakyamuni Buddha had boiled medicine for sick monks and washed the feet of aging believers, which may be consistent with the original intention of the girl with colorful eyebrows.
"What about me, what can I do to offset the karma on my body?" From this to that, Chu Ling thought of his body, for fear that his holy path would be blocked by these ethereal things, and he also pointed to killing back to the earth after becoming holy!
Ning Tianshi swept Chu Ling with a dark and strange color, coughed a few times, shook his head and said: "You don't need it, people are extremely talented, and they are a gift from God, so you have to be a cow and a horse to give back to God, your whole body is broken, and if you can give birth, God owes you." ”
Chu Ling was ashamed, "Then can I understand that compared to them, I don't even have the qualifications to be a cow or a horse?"
Ning Tianshi nodded without hesitation and said, "Your way of understanding is very correct. It seemed that Chu Ling was sad, and Ning Tianshi added: "Actually, judging from the understanding just now, your comprehension is still good. ”
Chu Ling vomited blood and burst into tears......
"This method of eliminating the Heavenly Dao retribution, since the beginning of the primeval period, is the secret of all ethnic groups, and it is not surprising that the major sects in Zhongzhou know it, but this small country that is entrenched in the border of the West also knows it so clearly. ”
"And at the beginning, when I was in the ancient land, the first ancestor of Xianyu once sacrificed the golden Jiao scissors, this holy weapon, in my mind, there are some images, it can't be something that should appear in the northwest. If my memory is correct, they should have something very interesting, and when I call you a lion's mouth, you're welcome. ”
Ning Tianshi's tone was all-encompassing, unceremonious, and had the style of a pirate, and Chu Ling hurriedly agreed.
After a while, Chu Ling followed the gray-robed old man to the depths of the Immortal Feather Palace, which was a sparkling lake, the lake was crystal clear, but there were no living creatures, and the surrounding area of the lake was also bare, obviously a saltwater lake.
The breeze blew gently, bringing a salty smell, and if he closed his eyes, Chu Ling thought that he had come to the beach.
Seeing this scene, the corners of Ning Tianshi's mouth rose slightly, revealing a smile as I expected.
"Stomp, stomp!"
The three of them stepped on the wooden plank road leading to the small island in the middle of the lake, making a lonely and monotonous sound.
The plank road has been rotten very badly because no one has stepped on it for many years, so the three of them stepped on it, and the thick sawdust fell into the water in a row, disturbing the calm lake.
"Crunch. ”
The wooden door of the small island in the middle of the lake was pushed open, the sound was as piercing as the laughter of the night owl, the dust in the house was everywhere, the sunlight projected in, you could clearly see the beams of light, and at the same time, a musty smell came to the face, like the smell of dried fish that had been treasured for a hundred years at the bottom of the box.
"Where is it? It's like no one has been here for a long time. Chu Ling muttered to himself as he looked past the gray-robed old man and looked into the room with all his might.
But the next moment, he was dumbfounded, only to see that in this decaying hut that was about to collapse, four old men were sitting on the ground, and the purple qi gushed out from their bodies, just like the three thousand miles of purple qi coming from the east at sunrise.
At this time, the place they were in was just a place of lying cattle within a zhang, but the purple mist that was up and down clearly gave Chu Ling a sense of the vastness of the sky.
The four old men covered with dust are like four sculptures suppressed in the sky, immortal.
"It's ...... Four emperor-level powerhouses!! "Chu Ling, who was originally a little cynical, couldn't help but feel a little dizzy when he saw this scene in front of him. He rubbed his eyes vigorously, not quite believing what he was seeing.
Oh my God...... Is this really the Four Emperors?
He didn't want to believe it, but the breath of the four people was really in front of him, compared to the six-eared macaque, the mysterious old woman, the dragon crocodile old man, etc., these top emperor powerhouses were not bad at all, and they were indeed the powerhouses of the emperor realm.
What surprised Chu Ling even more was that in the middle of the four old men, there was a corpse lying there, which was the Immortal Feather First Ancestor who had failed to cross the void and died when the Scarlet Ancient Land was destroyed.
At this moment, the corpse of the Immortal Feather First Ancestor had completely dried up, and in many places, there were naked white bones, which were caused by the void turbulence.
However, it can be regarded as having a whole corpse, if it weren't for the emperor-level physique of the Immortal Feather First Ancestor, I'm afraid he wouldn't even have scum left.
"Four patriarchs, people are here. The gray-robed old man didn't dare to disturb the four dusty, clay statue-like old men, but knelt respectfully on the edge of the door frame and buried his head very low.
"Invite the guests in!" a voice like a dragon's roar came, and when the old man spoke, purple gas gushed out of his mouth, carrying an extremely strong breath of life.
A large part of the life essence was quickly dissipated in the air, and only a small part of it circulated outside the body one by one before returning to the old man's body.
While the old man was talking, the other three old men didn't even move their eyelids, just like the wood in the center of the Starfall Tree Palace.
Following the instructions of the voice, Chu Ling slowly stepped into the hut,
The moment he stepped in on his hind feet, the wooden door behind him creaked and closed at a very fast speed, giving him no time to think.
Because of the Holy Dao that he had already preliminarily comprehended, Chu Ling already had some vague feelings about the order of the Great Dao. The moment the decaying wooden door closed, Chu Ling vaguely felt that he didn't seem to be in the original world at all, as if this was a narrow, independent small space.
The unfamiliar environment made him a little anxious.
"Please don't be careful, we don't mean to be lazy, but our four old guys have been like dry bones in the grave, about to run out of oil, only stay in this small space, stick to the essence of life and not lose and scatter, in order to live a little longer. ”
The explanation was still the voice of the old man before, but I saw that his mouth was open and closed, but his eyes still did not open, as if in a dream.
Looking at the four great emperor-level powerhouses, who were actually struggling desperately to drag out one more breath at this moment, the awe in Chu Ling's heart all turned into a sad sigh at this time: Although he is still young, but like them, he is also a monk who is fighting for his life with the Heavenly Dao, will he be as pathetic as them one day?