Chapter 689: It's a pity to discard the tasteless food; The lion fights the rabbit, and it still needs all its strength
Zhang Guolao can live from ancient times to the present, how can he really not have some ruthless work?
Although his temperament is relatively kind, once he really endangers his life, of course, he will take action when he should act, and he will not resist those ruthless methods.
Kindness is undoubtedly a valuable quality, but if you are really a kind person, let alone in the demon world, even in the human world, it is not easy to survive.
Moreover, it is difficult for the vast majority of living beings to maintain the kindness in their hearts all the time, and it is already very rare to be able to see suffering without being so indifferent and moving with compassion.
The fox girl back then, if she hadn't met Yang Jian, she might have only two results, one was that she lost her life because of her innocence and kindness; The second is that he lost his good nature, was led by the fifth brother, and became a "real" monster.
If it is really the latter, the fate of the fox girl will definitely not be much better, and most of them will die in the hands of those young monks who are "chivalrous and righteous".
For "old monsters" like Zhang Guolao, it can't be said that they don't have a heart for goodness, but more often. The beings of the Three Realms still have to focus on reality, and the most important thing is of course that they can gain a foothold in the Three Realms before they can consider other issues.
It's just that many times, in front of many idealists, they tend to ignore a problem of survival, and then impose some constraints on them that do not belong to the Three Realms.
Fahai is certainly not such a person.
The so-called high monks are to allow themselves to do things that sentient beings cannot do, not to force sentient beings to do things that should not be done by them.
As the saying goes, if I don't go to hell, who goes to hell.
In the heart of Fahai, the King of the Earth Bodhisattva has always had a status that is difficult for other immortals and Buddhas to bear. Seriously speaking, before Fahai really came into contact with Guanyin Bodhisattva, he was still more convinced of Jizo King Bodhisattva.
Even when I first came to this world and passed by the Kannon Temple. He once had a lot of negative feelings towards Guanyin Bodhisattva.
What really made Fahai change his view of Guanyin Bodhisattva was Gao Laozhuang. If it weren't for Guanyin Bodhisattva's firm stance on his side that day, I'm afraid this trip to the west would have ended here.
And as Fahai got more contact and understanding of Guanyin Bodhisattva, he gradually understood Guanyin Bodhisattva's approach and Guanyin Bodhisattva's compassion is truly oriented to the beings of the Three Realms.
If you meet Fahai and I'm sorry, it means that retribution has arrived, and death is coming.
Of course, Zhang Guolao's hands are tainted with sinful karma, but if it is for himself to survive in the Three Realms, then it is understandable.
Especially in the ancient times, that was the real barbaric and chaotic world, and when the morality and system were extremely imperfect, you killed me and took it, that was the normal state of the Three Realms.
When Fahai was in the Huoyun Cave, he asked several Holy Emperors for advice on what the Three Realms looked like in ancient times and even in ancient times.
After truly understanding the barbarism of that era, Fahai is also very fortunate that he can survive in such an era, which is already a great luck.
Fahai even fantasized about what it would be like if he lived at that time.
After asking himself, he finally came to a conclusion, I am afraid that he will degenerate into a demon.
It is not clear whether it will be fierce and powerful, but Fahai knows very clearly that he must not be able to live after death.
As for why Fahai is so sure that he will not be able to live after death. That's because with his current self, after death, I am afraid that not many people in the Three Realms will be able to cross the sinful karma of this body, if it is placed in the ancient or ancient period, as long as he does not die halfway, Fahai does not dare to imagine how much evil he will do.
Even be bold, when the time comes, I am afraid that the Dao Ancestor will not be the Demon Ancestor Luohu, but the Demon Ancestor Fahai.
After all, at that time, there was no such thing as "Buddha", and he could not balance his demonic nature with Buddha nature, and Fahai did not seem to have too much doubt that he had fallen into a demon. As for the Taoist way of purifying the heart and having few desires, in fact, in terms of fighting against demonic thoughts, it is really not as fast and effective as the Buddha's idea of vajra to subdue demons.
In the same way, the destructive power and harm to the Three Realms caused by Taoist and Buddhist monks after entering the demons are also different.
Generally speaking, after Taoist monks enter the demons, they are basically embodied in their own bodies, and they rarely affect the beings of the Three Realms; But Buddhist monks are the opposite, because the vast majority of Buddhist monks, their source of power is not their own Dharma, but from those believers who themselves have fallen into demons, of course, it will also affect their own believers, and it is not without the Three Realms that the Buddha Kingdom has fallen into the Demon Realm.
Moreover, before Master Sanzang arrived at Lingshan, the Lingshan Precept Academy, represented by Dharma Rings, Vedas, Jinzha and Muzha, was responsible for dealing with these degenerate Buddhists.
After all, the Buddha wanted to pass on the position of the Lord of Lingshan to Master Sanzang, so he couldn't wait for Sanzang to take the throne and clean up the portal himself, right?
In this way, where do you place the Buddha?
It's better to simply do it by the Buddha himself, but it's a pity. Master Sanzang would rather set up his own door than take over the big business of Lingshan.
It's not even just Sanzang who is reluctant to take over. The current Lingshan is like a piece of chicken ribs, the food is tasteless, it is a pity to abandon it, even if the Buddha gives the position of the Lord of the Lingshan to the future Buddha Maitreya, I am afraid that Maitreya Buddha is still a little reluctant.
It's a hot potato.
Now that he has taken over Lingshan, won't he still have to face the Heavenless Demon Ancestor after a few hundred years?
Although Maitreya Buddha was the elder brother of the Great Bodhisattva of Jinnara back then, it does not mean that Maitreya Buddha is the opponent of the Heavenless Demon Ancestor today, and the relationship between the two of them is not very good, and it can even be said that there are still some competitive relationships.
Several disciples under the two saints in the West, Maitreya and the medicine master are obviously closer, but Jizo is the little junior brother Jin Tong who was brought out by Kinnara and reincarnated as Yang Tianyou, in the eyes of the two saints in the West, he is actually a tool man, Maitreya and the medicine master will certainly not pay attention to him, and it is also Kinnara who is teaching him the Dharma and the way of cultivation.
The reason why Yang Tianyou was reluctant to return to Buddhism back then was because the second senior brother Jinnara fled into the demon world, and the fourth senior brother was trapped in Yin Mountain, whether it was Western Buddhism or Buddhism, there was no one close to him.
And his wife Yaoji, his two sons Yang Jiao, Yang Jian and daughter Yang Chan are the people he really cares about.
In the face of Zhang Guolao's request, Fahai's response was also very clear, "Good, as long as the Taoist leader leads out the Bat Ancestor, the poor monk will definitely arrest him." ”
In addition to Fahai himself, he was unwilling to let the Bat Ancestor pose a threat to the human race in the Three Realms, and it was also the method of "fishing law enforcement" in Zhang Guolao's mouth, which successfully aroused Fahai's interest.
"Fishing law enforcement" seems to have become the "obsession" of their master and apprentice to a certain extent, and when they hear about similar situations, they will always be involuntarily moved.
You don't even have to be an angler, even if you're a bait, a fishing rod. Even if you are a fish, it seems very unacceptable.
Of course, who in the Three Realms is so bold as to dare to fish for the Three Tibetan Holy Buddhas. If there is such a fateful person, I am afraid that he will already be famous in the Three Realms.
In fact, Zhang Guolao didn't have any perfect plan, as long as he got a promise from the Sanzang Holy Buddha, everything would go naturally.
After all, Bat Ancestor is not an easy person, but if a little flaw is revealed, I am afraid that the other party will not easily fall into the trap, and once the grass startles the snake, if you want to catch the whereabouts of Bat Ancestor again, it is really not so easy.
It is easy to be a thief for a thousand days, but it is difficult to prevent a thief for a thousand days.
Besides, today's bat ancestors are barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, even if the Tang family has a great cause, it can withstand the toss of the bat ancestor. But if innocent people die in the hands of the other party, it is definitely a scene that Fahai and Li Shimin do not want to see.
For such external troubles, it is better to solve them as soon as possible, so as to be more at ease.
In order to be foolproof, Zhang Guolao even invited two masters of the Yin and Yang family, and the technique of sealing his soul was to make himself forget, he wanted to catch the bat ancestor to take the bait, and the Sanzang Holy Buddha had promised that he would make a move, these two things.
Only in this way can Zhang Guolao behave as usual and let the Bat Ancestor dispel his doubts. Otherwise, even if Zhang Guolao showed his flaws, the Bat Ancestor might not dare to make a move and complete the fatal blow.
"This Zhang Daochang is inevitably too cautious." Li Shimin still prefers young and energetic rookies, Zhang Guolao can be said to be an old antique among old antiques, he is older than those holy emperors in Huoyun Cave, and even when he was born, Nuwa Niangniang may not have created a human being.
"Be cautious." Compared with Li Shimin, who seems to have some "dislike" Zhang Daochang, Fahai still quite agrees with the other party's choice, "The lion fights the rabbit, and he still needs all his strength, and his opponent is not a rabbit, but an old demon king who has also been transformed since ancient times." ”
Of course, Li Shimin knows the origin of the Bat Ancestor, which also includes the reputation of the Bat Clan in the Three Realms.
As an emperor, Li Shimin is of course a courtier who likes loyalty, like the repeated operations of the bat ancestor in ancient times, when the dragon, phoenix and unicorn clans were fighting for hegemony, he was already on his blacklist.
It seems that such a person who has had more than one criminal record, and that capriciousness is basically his nature.
For such a person, even if he is capable, Li Shimin will not feel too sorry to deal with it.
Fahai's reasoning, of course, Li Shimin knew that it was just Zhang Guolao and Bat Ancestor, as figures who had survived in the Three Realms since ancient times, and now they are still like this, which really makes him unable to arouse more interest.
After all, the people Li Shimin has come into contact with now, including himself, have all completed the leap in life level in a very short period of time.
Especially Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui, when the royal brother returned from learning the scriptures and the luck of the Tang Dynasty gathered unprecedentedly, it was they who keenly seized this rare opportunity and completed the sublimation and transformation of the bloodline.
Even Li Shimin himself was one step slower than the two of them, but he still transformed from the "Son of Heaven Exercise" to the "Son of Heaven Divine Power", and successfully activated the power of his own bloodline, and became the existence of a first-rate master in the Three Realms.
In fact, Li Shimin's own cultivation, under the blessing of the "Son of Heaven's Divine Power" and "Human Race Luck", can already be regarded as the top master of the Three Realms, but many times, not everyone can transform their cultivation into corresponding strength.
Then in the same way, there is another part that can exert the strength of his own twelfth layer, or even far beyond his own cultivation.
After all, Li Shimin has been an emperor for more than 30 years, even if he was a general of Tiance who galloped on the battlefield back then, now he always belongs to the battle array. Fortunately, when he crossed the "Death Tribulation of the Son of Heaven", he experienced a lot of life and death experience in Beiju Luzhou, but it was difficult to bring his whole body to the level of ten percent.
Like Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance, they can perfectly control their own power.
The former one can transform his great love for the Three Realms into a huge amount of mana, and the latter is because of his profound understanding of the Buddha, and he can also exert a power far beyond his own cultivation.
But among the Three Realms, there are still only a handful of people who can achieve such a realm as Erlang Zhenjun and Sanzang Holy Buddha;
It is already commendable to be able to give full play to their own strength like Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance;
In fact, the vast majority of monks are similar to Li Shimin, especially those who have been born through pills or heavenly treasures, and their control of their own strength is probably even worse.
Therefore, the monks of the Three Realms had to practice in retreat frequently, just to polish those forces that were not under their control.
Bat Ancestor and Zhang Guolao, two old demons born since ancient times, have a lot of time to polish their cultivation. Maybe they can't exert a stronger power than their own cultivation, but the control of their own power is definitely beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Li Shimin may have despised the two of them because of his preconceived ideas, but Fahai has always maintained an attitude of attaching importance to the two of them, and before the Bat Ancestor was really caught, Fahai didn't mind making the Bat Ancestor even more powerful.
Moreover, the other party has already shown his own excellence.
Even the six-eared macaque and the roaring dog couldn't find its whereabouts, and this alone was enough for Fahai to wait for the bat ancestor.
I just don't know what kind of expression the Bat Ancestor will have after learning about this situation.
But. The vast majority of the monsters in the Three Realms probably don't want to be treated like this. How can he be so valued by the Holy Buddha of the Three Tibets? (End of chapter)