In front of the grave of Sanle.

Xuanzang's state has improved a lot, and the whole person is no longer lifeless, but has a different temperament, which is indescribable.

The golden sunlight sprinkled on his white monk's robe, and the whole person seemed to exude a faint Buddha light, indifferent and quiet, and Zen was far away.

Li Daoxuan's heart moved, the practice of Buddhism, especially the Zen lineage, mainly pays attention to epiphany, Xuanzang After this training, his future achievements are bound to be limitless.

"Xuanzang, Hui Chan intends to recommend you to become the next abbot of the White Horse Temple, what do you think?"

Li Daoxuan asked suddenly.

He didn't want Xuanzang to go west, this is a good story in history, but here is a different Tang Dynasty.

The road to the west is far away, and there are many demons, if Xuanzang goes west, can he still meet Sun Dasheng under the Five Elements Mountain?

Without the protection of his disciples, even if he now has the cultivation of the early stage of the Yin God, it is still very dangerous.

Xuanzang did not answer immediately, but held the purple gold bowl and scooped it into the river.

The little goldfish didn't move, swimming around in the purple gold bowl, and it didn't look scared at all.

"Sugar, is that you?"

Grunt~

The goldfish is constantly spitting bubbles.

Xuanzang's eyes moved, and he continued to ask: "Do you think I should stay in the White Horse Temple, or ...... Westbound? ”

Grunt~

"I see, would you like to come with me?"

Grunt~

"Okay."

Xuanzang looked up at Li Daoxuan, and there was an indescribable firmness in his calm eyes.

"Big brother, I want to go west."

Li Daoxuan: "......"

"Xuanzang, even if you really make it to Tianzhu alive, can you find the current Lingshan? Even if they find it, is there still a Buddha there? ”

After the eternal night, the gods and Buddhas disappear, is it really necessary to travel west?

Maybe in the end, it's just a bamboo basket for water.

Xuanzang's voice was calm, and he shook his head and said, "Big brother, I have seen Lingshan before. ”

Li Daoxuan was slightly stunned.

Xuanzang raised his right hand, looked at the dim word 'Buddha' in the palm of his hand, and said: "Just when I recited the "Vajra Realm Great Sun Nyorai Heart Mantra", through this Buddha word, I saw the current spiritual mountain. ”

"As the eldest brother thought, there are no gods and Buddhas in Lingshan now, only the Buddha's lotus platform and one hand, but I sensed that the scripture pavilion in Lingshan is still there, and the Mahayana scriptures may be inside!"

Li Daoxuan's eyes froze, and Lingshan ...... Has it become an empty city?

Even the power of the Buddha has disappeared, leaving only the lotus platform and a hand, the terrifying existence in Moro's mouth, is it really so stakes?

The twelve-grade merit golden lotus, that is the treasure of Buddhism, the Buddha did not even take away such a treasure, it should not be a battle, but it seems to be an intentional arrangement.

"Big brother, with the guidance of the word 'Buddha', maybe I'm the only one who can find Lingshan."

"Master said that the Mahayana scriptures were a regret for him and Bodhidharma, and asked me not to go west and live my own life, but in fact he was wrong."

Xuanzang said word by word: "That's also my regret." ”

Li Daoxuan no longer spoke, he knew that Xuanzang's heart to go west had been determined, and he was indomitable, although thousands of mountains and rivers were unstoppable, as a big brother, all he could do was support.

"Okay, but you have to go back to Chang'an with me first, and I'll go and ask Your Majesty to give you a customs clearance document, otherwise the countries of the Western Regions will have a hard time."

Xuanzang in history is not a Tang royal brother like in "Journey to the West", his status is noble, he was actually smuggled when he traveled west, and he escaped from the Tang border in Liangzhou or hiding in the refugee team.

Later, when he returned from learning from the experience, he became famous all over the world, and was received and appreciated by Li Shimin.

Xuanzang did not refuse, and said, "Thank you, big brother!" ”

Li Daoxuan nodded, and was about to speak, but his eyes moved slightly, looking at the toad hidden in the mud next to him.

The old-timer also came.

……

The old beggar sat on the top of the mountain, overlooking the ant-like grave at the foot of the mountain, drinking wine and nibbling on roast chicken, the corners of his mouth drooling.

"Sanle, Sanle, people who could have become Buddhas, but now it's good, they have become dead ghosts, I eat roast chicken, you can only stare dryly, hehe......"

He seemed sarcastic, but his expression was gloomy, and he finally shook his head and spat out the chicken bones in his mouth.

"Forget it, it's boring."

Buttoning the shredded flesh between his teeth, the old beggar was about to get up.

A hand pressed on his shoulder, like a thousand pounds, and made him sit down again.

"Senpai, who are you?"

Li Daoxuan sat beside him, his robe fluttering in the mountain wind, his appearance handsome and dusty, like a chic and elegant green lotus, planted on the high mountain, in stark contrast to the old beggar.

The old beggar pursed his lips and wanted to reach out to wipe the oil stains on his hands on Li Daoxuan's body, but was blocked by a cyan glow.

"What a Taoist fairy robe, it should be integrated with some kind of heavenly treasure, Tsing Yi really feels sorry for you, and the handwriting is not small."

Li Daoxuan was slightly stunned, shouldn't this Qinglian treasure dress be sewn by her mother-in-law?

"Boy, the old man has helped you anyway, and he has also suffered the backlash of leaking the heavenly secrets, which has led to a big drop in cultivation now, so it's not too much to ask you for something."

Li Daoxuan looked at his lame leg, as well as more serious sores on his body, and even sarcomas the size of goose eggs in some places, and his appearance was very terrifying.

When the evil ghost sees it, he is afraid that he will be ashamed.

"What's that?"

The old beggar looked at the little flower god hidden in his hair.

Li Daoxuan frowned.

"It's not that I want this little flower god, but I want her to pick nectar not much, just come to dozens of big bowls."

Li Daoxuan shook his head and smiled, reaching out and handing him a small jade bottle.

"Senior, in fact, when I saw that you were seriously injured that day, I wanted to send you some nectar, but it's a pity that you walked too fast."

"But there are no dozens of bowls, that's all."

The old beggar snatched it and poured some into his mouth, and soon the light on his body flowed, revealing an extremely comfortable expression, and the rotten sores on his face seemed to be smaller.

"Thank you."

"The predecessors have amazing spells, and they are clever, I don't know if I am willing to work for Datang, if you agree, Poor Dao can promise to give a bottle of nectar every year."

Li Daoxuan had the heart to solicit.

The old beggar immediately waved his hand and said: "Thank you for your kindness, I always call the flower casual and unrestrained, I also remind you that there is nothing wrong with serving the country and the people, but God is not benevolent, all living beings are like ants, beware of the cause and effect involved is too heavy, and it will not end well in the end." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

The old beggar thought for a moment and said, "That's it, for the sake of the nectar you gave me, I always asked the flower to dial you more, didn't you just ask me who I was?" ”

He used his mana, all the dirt and stains on his body disappeared, and the rotten sores disappeared without a trace, wearing a golden silk red robe, a little gold mark on his eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and his face was extremely handsome.

Li Daoxuan's eyes froze and said, "The roadside is ...... You are indeed the tenth of the eighteen Arhats of Buddhism - the Tanner Arhat! ”

After learning the name Roadside Sheng, Li Daoxuan had the heart to check it, and later learned that the detective Arhat in the Eighteen Arhats was also called Roadside Sheng, so he was suspicious.

It's just that the gods and Buddhas have disappeared, why are the detective arhats still in the world, and they have become like this?

The old beggar sighed softly, put away the illusion, and changed into his original appearance again.

Now he is just a dirty and ugly old beggar, who has long since fallen into the sky, and is no longer a high-ranking probe Arhat.

"Do you know why I'm the way I am?"

Li Daoxuan shook his head.

"I am a person of the Spring and Autumn Period, born on the side of the road, since I was a child, I have been displaced with my mother, I am used to seeing the disputes of various countries, and the people are hard, and then I knelt down in front of the Buddha and took refuge.

"At that time, I was very similar to you, determined to let the common people get rid of the sea of suffering, and the world was peaceful, but I couldn't do it until Yingzheng wiped out the six countries and ruled the world."

The old beggar sighed: "Although Yingzheng's Son of Heaven has a lot of bones under the sword, it is undeniable that he did end the dispute, the book is the same, the car is on the same track, and he has the atmosphere of governing the world." ”

Li Daoxuan also sighed: "It's a pity that Qin died due to tyranny II." ”

"I was the same as you thought at the time."

The old beggar's eyes flashed with remembrance.

"I calculated that the second general of the Qin Dynasty would die, and I knew that this was the fate, but I couldn't bear the war to rise again, so I turned into a priest Lu Sheng and approached Yingzheng and wanted to tamper with the mandate of heaven."

"But who knew that Ying Zheng was obsessed with the pursuit of immortality at that time, in order to be valued by it, I told him that there was an immortal mountain named Penglai on the sea, and there was an immortal medicine on it, and Ying Zheng really sent me to the sea to seek medicine."

"When I came back, I told him that I didn't find the immortal medicine, but I found an immortal book with a proverb on it-the one who died in Qin, Hu Ye."

Hu ...... the Dead Qin

Li Daoxuan's heart was flooded.

What Lu Biansheng said was actually recorded in Sima Qian's "Historical Records".

"Yan people Lu Sheng made a return to the sea, with ghosts and gods, because of the recording of books, said "Hu Ye, the dead Qin". The first emperor sent the general Meng Tian to send 300,000 troops to attack Hu in the north and take Henan. ”

The old beggar smiled bitterly: "I am willing to take a risk and leak the heavenly secret to Yingzheng, but he will be mistaken, thinking that it was the Hu people who destroyed the Qin Dynasty, not only let Meng Tian send troops to attack, but also consume a lot of manpower to build the Great Wall." ”

The Hu of the deceased Qin Hu is not a Hu person, but the son Hu Hai.

"It can only be said that manpower is exhausted, and it is difficult to overcome the sky. I leaked such a great heavenly secret, and I was subjected to extremely serious backlash, not only fell from the position of Arhat, but also contracted a vicious disease, became unrecognizable, and hated ghosts and gods! ”

"In the end, the bamboo basket will be empty."

After listening to the old beggar's words, Li Daoxuan finally understood.

No wonder the old beggar will know the god of flowers, and he can also use the cultivation of the yang god to calculate a glimmer of life, it turns out that he used to be a Buddhist Arhat, or one of the famous eighteen Arhats, equivalent to Taoist immortals.

"Boy, you are dedicated to the Tang Dynasty and want to create a peaceful and prosperous world, but you must also know that the rise and fall of the dynasty is a fate, whether it is an immortal or a Buddha, even if the mana is boundless, how can it be worth the number of fate?"

Li Daoxuan nodded and said, "The younger generation has been taught." ”

After a pause, he couldn't help but ask: "Senior, according to what you said, you should have experienced the eternal night of the Jin Dynasty, but do you know why the gods and Buddhas disappeared, and what happened to everything?" ”

Lu Biansheng has lived from the Spring and Autumn Period to the present, and he is still a former detective Arhat, he should know the cause and effect.

For the first time, Li Daoxuan felt that he was so close to the truth.

The old beggar, however, shook his head.

"It's embarrassing to say, the reason why Lao Zhaohua was able to survive was because he leaked the heavenly secret and fell into the realm of Arhats, and then his cultivation continued to decline, and by the time of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he was not even as good as a human immortal, and he fell into a yang god."

"The ...... of the Eternal Night"

The old beggar's eyes were solemn, as if he recalled a very terrible scene.

"I only remember that in those days, the five elements were reversed, the heavens were chaotic, there was blood and rain between the heavens and the earth, and the ghosts and gods were wailing, I tried to contact the old friends of Lingshan to know what happened."

"But ......"

The old beggar's eyes dimmed, and he subconsciously clenched the wine jug in his hand.

"None of them responded?"

"No, most of them didn't respond, only Kasaba passed four words to me."

Li Daoxuan's spirit was lifted, and the Venerable Jiaye was the dragon descending arhat, and the high magic power could be called the first of all arhats, and he had a great reputation among the people.

The famous Jigong in later generations is the reincarnation of the dragon Arhat.

"What four words did the Dragon Arhat pass on?"

The old beggar stared at the sky, which grew deeper and deeper as the sun set, and said word by word: "Don't go back to Lingshan." ”

Don't go back to Lingshan......

These four words make people can't help but give birth to infinite reverie.

All the Arhats disappeared, and the Dragon-Descending Arhat, who had the strongest supernatural powers, only left four words, or let the old friend flee quickly, and never return to Lingshan.

Connecting with the golden lotus and the broken hand that Xuanzang saw, Li Daoxuan's back couldn't help but feel a chill.

"This may be the last words that Ka Ye left in the world, and from then on, even if I tried my best, no sound came from the Spirit Mountain."

"Old friends, no longer there."

The corners of his mouth showed a wry smile, he was attacked by the Heavenly Dao back then, and the reason why he was able to survive was because of these old friends.

They gave up their faces to borrow the queen mother Pan Tao and Laojun Jindan, and begged the Buddha to give him lotus seeds, so that he, a waste man, could survive and enjoy eternal life.

It's a little ugly, but it's better to die than to live.

"Misfortune and blessing depend, blessing and misfortune lurk. The old flower was eaten by the way of heaven and was unrecognizable, but it also survived, perhaps, this is the will of heaven in the dark. ”

The old beggar was the best at divination, but the more he studied it, the more he was in awe of the unpredictability of heaven, and he often panicked at his own insignificance.

The way of heaven is like a monster, all beings are like ants, and gods and Buddhas are all chess pieces.

"Boy, the old flower is open, and it is a day to live, so the wine is drunk, the chicken is eaten, and the sleep is slept, which is called the three joys of life."

He stood up, stretched out comfortably, and looked no longer at the night sky, but at the bottom of the mountain.

"Sanle is dead, I still helped him take this name back then, alas, the old name Hua has one less friend."

He glanced back at Li Daoxuan.

"I told you so much unconsciously, boy, I wish you success, fulfill the unfulfilled long-cherished wish of Lao Zhaohua back then, let the people of Li live and work in peace and contentment, and the world will be peaceful."

Li Daoxuan said with a smile: "Okay, when the poor Dao is successful and retreats, I will bring a pot of good wine, and then go to the seniors to talk." ”

The old beggar laughed and said, "One pot is enough, at least ten pots!" ”

After that, he turned into a rainbow light, escaped into the sea of clouds and starry sky, and disappeared.

A word of advice echoed in the air.

"Boy, the reason why Moro survived is because he was sealed in the Abi Hell by the Buddha back then, be careful of those gods and demons who have been sealed, maybe they can survive...... It's not just Moro. ”

The stars twinkle and the night is lonely.

Li Daoxuan stood on the top of the mountain, letting the long wind blow the Taoist robe, overlooking the flowing water under the mountain, and the people in the village did not leave for a long time.

…… (End of chapter)