Chapter 31: The End of the Dharma Era (Part II)
"Everything is ready?"
"Yes, the Inu Sen-kun also went down before. β
"Such a trivial matter, there is no need to mention it. β
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In the endless void, in the ethereal heavenly realm, the Huanghuang Lingxiao Treasure Hall is like a memorial arch that can never collapse, standing in the clouds, the fairy breath is steaming, there is the breath of Ruoze, the warbler is flying and the flowers are floating, as if the four seasons are often chΕ«n. About 4,800 kilometers behind the side of the main hall, there is a very quiet small flower circle, there is water and pavilion in the circle, there is a stone table on the side of the pavilion, and there are two people at the table.
If the Buddha and the Taoist ancestor who don't know where to go are the two most powerful people in the eastern world, this honest man surnamed Zhang is the guy with the most luck in heaven and earth.
Well, he is the Jade Emperor.
But the Jade Emperor looked a little nervous today, bowed slightly, sat on the stone bench and only suffered two-fifths of his buttocks, and the cup of snow-capped tea in front of him did not move, but only whispered to the person opposite.
The one opposite is the supreme figure of Taoism, one of the three Qings, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun.
Lingbao Tianzun asked lightly: "The matter of the underworld is about to be scored, what is Your Majesty's plan?"
The rumors were a little muddy, and even the Jade Emperor, who began to study Buddhism in the Western Heaven Pure Land, smiled slightly, and replied respectfully: "In my opinion, since the Buddha left such an opening, it is natural that the master will open this opening." We don't need to do anything. β
Lingbao Tianzun closed his eyes a little, and when he opened them again, he couldn't help but have a trace of appreciation in his eyes towards the Jade Emperor: "Taoist inaction, Your Majesty really understands its true meaning." β
The Jade Emperor said: "Five hundred years. Just looking at the Pure Land and Sumeru killing back and forth, the power of the Buddha Realm should be weakened a lot after this tribulation. β
Lingbao Tianzun smiled slightly: "Your Majesty is far-sighted...... It's just that it's still the same rules, and I still need to ask you, why did you send the immortals to kill the people of Sumeru at the request of the Pure Land?"
"Between the necessary Sumeru and the Pure Land, there is no chance of return. Ignoring what Amitabha Buddha thinks, I'll help him firm. β
"Then why does Your Majesty sit and watch the development of Buddhist believers in the world?" Lingbao Tianzun suddenly changed his words and said lightly, but there was naturally an unbearable pressure between his words. "At the end of this incident, four of the seven great bodhisattvas of the Buddha Land will be reborn after a tribulation. But it forced Maitreya Buddha out billions of years in advance. And my Dao Gate has always been at odds with that boy in the Nether. β
"Probably not. The Jade Emperor Xiaoyi explained: "The young girl also followed his nether, and finally planted a little affection. β
Lingbao Tianzun shook his head and said coldly: "That Guan Zizi already knows what you think, otherwise how can you send the jade girl into the world?"
The Jade Emperor smiled and said: "That boy is the fire before the catastrophe, when the Yuan Shi Tianzun and the Buddha disputed, but did not fight for the door, this life." I'm afraid we still won't be able to fight. But it doesn't matter. β
"Okay?"
"That boy and his master are not characters that any Taoist Buddha can fully control, since they can't control it, then why control it?" Speaking of this, the Jade Emperor's mind relaxed a little, and said lightly: "Although the Great Sage is now a Buddha in the West Heaven, and the boy has also become a Buddha in the West Heaven, it is an unstable factor in the Buddha land. They are not in the Daomen, but they remember the feelings of the immortals in the Daomen. This is the best arrangement. β
Lingbao Tianzun suddenly glanced at him: "The fifth princess was killed by the boy, what does Your Majesty think?"
The Jade Emperor shook his head and smiled, "No idea. β
"The monkey was friends with many immortals. But how can the boy ever owe the love of Heaven in this life?" Lingbao Tianzun said indifferently: "If something happens after the rì, then the master and apprentice will kill the heavenly court again, how will you deal with it?"
The Jade Emperor smiled slightly, raised the teacup in front of him and took a sip gently: "I'll just hide." β
Just hide - a faint word, but it came out softly from the mouth of the number one person in the heavenly court, I don't know what kind of cultivation and strategy can be said.
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"No matter how this matter develops, the resentment of the people of Mount Meru is first placed on the Pure Land. The Jade Emperor continued: "For 500 years, Amitabha Buddha has spread the teachings of the Pure Land Sect in the world, and I don't know how many believers have developed. β
Lingbao Tianzun suddenly glanced at him, and a faint light came out from behind him: "Your Majesty has been forbearance for the past five hundred years, and you really stand extremely high and see very far, and my Daomen doesn't need to make much effort, you can sit and watch the chaos of the Buddha land." β
"Don't dare. The Jade Emperor's soft voice floated in this flower circle, without any effort, "The Dao Gate is weak for more than a thousand years, after this incident, the seven great Bodhisattvas go to the fourth, Amitabha Buddha can no longer sit in the Pure Land, and the Buddha Land is only afraid of chaos for hundreds of years." β
The Jade Emperor's soft voice finally revealed a trace of ambition and pride.
"Ignore the feud with Mount Meru?"
"There is only a small grudge, where is the big grudge? The Nether Daomen has always been respectful to the two great virtues of Shu Puxian, and has never been insulted. β
"But I still ruined a lot of Arhats. β
"Most of the nether immortals are subordinate subordinates, Doumu Yuanjun has been there, and Dog Immortal Jun has been. β
Lingbao Tianzun fell into silence, knowing what the Jade Emperor meant by this, Doumu Yuanjun is the Mori Zhitian of the Twenty Heavens, and has a close relationship with the Buddha Land, if the Sumeru Mountain is re-established after rì, even if it is entangled in the five hundred years of human grudges, the Heavenly Court can throw him out to let the Buddha Land dissipate, and it will not damage the self-interest of the Daomen, as for the dog......
Lingbao Tianzun suddenly smiled and asked: "I only found out when I came back that you actually sent Erlang God to the underworld, yes, if there is no help from Erlang God, I am afraid that it will be extremely difficult for the Jizo King Bodhisattva to break through the defense of the Pure Land and open this passage to the underworld." β
The Jade Emperor said with a smile: "I reported to Tianzun before that the power of the Buddha Land to resist the Pure Land is too weak. Although Guanzi Bodhisattva and Zhenwu secretly planned to rebel and send troops to the underworld, I estimate that it is still not enough to shake the arrangement of Amitabha Buddha in the underworld, and naturally send a powerful corner sè. Only in this way can the foundation of the Pure Land be shaken. "Secretly sent his most powerful general to the underworld, and the rebels of the North Pole Hall who rebelled against him were in the same voice, this hidden question, I am afraid that few people in the sky and on the earth can guess it.
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"But how can that kid be willing to listen to your support?" Lingbao Tianzun said suspiciously, the child mentioned in this sentence is naturally Erlang God.
The Jade Emperor replied respectfully: "Then I have no intention of listening to him, and it seems that there will be some changes in the Bodhisattva King of the Underworld, which will be detrimental to the Western Pure Land. The child was straightforward, and when he heard this, he didn't say it on his face. After a few years, they rebelled and went to the underworld. β
He sighed: "Five hundred years. He has always been ashamed of my friendship with the Pure Land, and now that he has a chance to kill the majesty of the Pure Land and cut my face, how can he let it go?"
Lingbao Tianzun asked with a smile: "Then if something happens to the underworld, and he returns to the heavenly court, how will Your Majesty deal with it?"
The Jade Emperor smiled and responded: "If you can make me suffer, that kid has always been very willing to do it." When it comes to rebellion. His eyes lit up even more, thinking that he didn't know how much he envied the monkey in the dark, but ......" he changed his words and said leisurely: "But all such strong people who regard rebellion as a game always attach great importance to friendship, after all...... I'm his uncle. β
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Lingbao Tianzun stood up, and the Jade Emperor hurriedly stood up.
Tianzun looked at him for a long time, and a clear light separated from the aperture behind him and threw it into the Jade Emperor's body. Tianzun's gaze was like two rays of lightning. Swept across the Jade Emperor's face, as if trying to see everything in his mind clearly.
Under such a terrifying gaze, the Jade Emperor still maintained a humble image. There is not a hint of unnaturalness.
"You're good...... It's just that I still have to remind you to pay attention to the Bodhisattva of Avalokiteshvara. After a long silence, Lingbao Tianzun said lightly: "The debriefing report has passed. β
Just before Lingbao Tianzun left, the Jade Emperor asked Sanqing to return to Heaven again, saying that if the world is quiet today, but there are many reasons, if there are no three old immortals in the town, I am afraid that there will be chaos in the future. Lingbao Tianzun was relieved and insisted on leaving. The Jade Emperor invited again, Tianzun refused again, and if it was three times, he would give up.
Looking at the clear light that gradually disappeared into the sky, the Jade Emperor, who had been bent up, finally straightened his waist, and as his body straightened, a power that did not contain much immortal power began to permeate the courtyard.
A plain hand handed over a glass of wine, the Jade Emperor took it, drank it all, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said quietly: "Yuan Shi Tianzun has been over there, Lingbao Tianzun is here today, but I don't know where Lao Jun is now." β
"Why bother. Niangniang gently comforted: "It can be seen that Tianzun is very satisfied with your planning in the past five hundred years. β
"Really?" the Jade Emperor replied with a smile.
Niangniang stroked her chest, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and said softly: "Although most of the rebels of Zhenwu are thrown into the underworld, they are still very terrifying, and now that Sanqing has spoken, Your Majesty can rest assured." β
The Jade Emperor smiled, but there was some inexplicable taste in his smile: "At the beginning of the Zhenwu army, there was no possibility of success. β
"Why?" said Niangniang, a little surprised.
He was too close to Guanzi Bodhisattva, and Lingbao Tianzun was a little unhappy. β
"I see. Niangniang said softly: "But Yuan Shi Tianzun has always been friendly with Guanyin Bodhisattva, and Lingbao Tianzun also reminded His Majesty to pay attention to that person before leaving, and Your Majesty should not be taken lightly." "For some reason, Niangniang seems to hate Guanyin Bodhisattva.
The Jade Emperor smiled: "It's okay, Tianzun is a Taoist supreme, so what is important and what is light is naturally measured." β
Niangniang sighed and said, "It's always not easy to report on work once in five hundred years. After saying this, she cleaned up the leftover tea on the table and went to the hall, leaving the Jade Emperor standing alone in the back circle.
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No matter how intoxicating the fragrance of flowers is and how crisp the sound of birds is, the figure of the Jade Emperor always seems a little lonely, and a faint yΔ«n breath arises on his face, thinking of Sanqing in his heart, and for some reason, he suddenly thought of the Buddha and the Buddha's last way. Thinking that Sanqing has basically not appeared in the past five hundred years, and Lao Jun has no one knowing where he has gone, I can't help but hope that these three old immortals can play that game of going and no return like the Buddha. After careful consideration, it seemed that this possibility was very large, and the Jade Emperor felt a little relieved.
The battle for the underworld has come to an end.
In the past few decades, the power of the Pure Land has long been tormented by the hundreds of millions of dead souls led by the Bodhisattva King of the Earth, and later after the god Erlang entered the underworld, he was even more sad. Although the Heavenly Court also sent many heavenly soldiers into the underworld, it could not withstand the secret plan of the Guanzi Bodhisattva, so that the true martial arts raised troops and strengthened the power of rebellion in the underworld.
What's more, after Yi Tianxing went to the sky, in order to hunt him down, the Pure Land Fang didn't know how many Bodhisattva Arhats were consumed, and the white line of life and death, which had been stable for decades, began to retreat step by step towards the Buddha's light. This is the case on the battlefield, with courage first, if the two sides are evenly matched, then the balance of power can always be maintained, and once one side shows weakness, the defeat is extremely fast, the morale of the Western Heaven Pure Land and the Heavenly Court has long been depressed, and they can't hold it at all, they have fallen from the clouds, turned into ignorant and ignorant spirits, floating in the air of the underworld, and some of the heavenly soldiers who have lost their soul imprints, but according to their instincts, they joined the army of opening the reincarnation.
I don't know where Amitabha Buddha went, if he was here, even if Erlang Shenjun rushed to kill in the vanguard and hundreds of millions of ghost soldiers fell into battle, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to move a little. And on this side of the underworld, there are also two important figures missing, the Bodhisattva of the King of the Earth and the Bodhisattva of Guanzi.
Fortunately, there is still Erlang God, otherwise this battle in the underworld will inevitably turn into two brainless dragons fighting indiscriminately.
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I don't know what day it was, the ghost soldiers of the underworld finally cleared all the obstacles in front of them, scattered the consciousness of all the heavenly soldiers and the Pure Land Arhats, surrounded by thousands of wandering spirits, the soldiers of the underworld occupied every inch of this yΔ«n wind seeping land, and the price paid was a piece of white powder and stinky mud spread over tens of thousands of green kilometers.
Powder is the powder of white bones, and mud is the mud of carrion.
The sound of clattering sounded again, and from all directions, from behind the large and small black mountains, countless dead spirits walked in silence, standing on the periphery of the army of the underworld, looking at somewhere in the army.
There is a Buddha light that descends from the sky, born out of nowhere, very gentle, and it doesn't seem to be very powerful.
Countless necromancers were silent, looking at this light, at the other side of the road that everyone had worked hard for three hundred years to reach. A lonely geist rests behind all the dead spirits with a corpse on his back, watching the spirits who have finally smelled the smell of zìyóu.
It was a victory without cheers, a victory of silence.
Suddenly, countless white bones stretched out, clenched tightly into fists, aimed at the sky, aimed at the Buddha's light, like a spear that would rather not bend.