Chapter 41: The nature of the Buddha
After Tang Seng shouted, he stayed where he was.
It was so frightened that the three demons who were about to commit murder were stunned, and suddenly laughed "haha" again, Li Zhi was waiting for Tang Seng's words.
"Little flower cat, calf, bear blind, do you three still want to eat me?"
I didn't see how Li Zhi moved, it seemed that with a slight shake of his arms, he got rid of the shackles of "Xiong Shanjun" and "Special Sergeant".
The left foot was sent forward, kicking at the thigh of "General Yin", and he was stunned to kick such a burly "General Yin" out of his head.
"Oh, I didn't expect this kid to be a practitioner? Great, then let's move our muscles and bones first, just as a hot dish by the way. ”
Li Zhi's surprise attack and resistance not only did not anger these monsters, but aroused their interest even more.
"General Yin" was the first to jump over, and it was a claw to cover his face.
"Hmph, little flower cat, try a certain palm to see whose tiger palm is more powerful, 'Tiger Roaring Mountain Forest'-"
Li Zhi didn't use all his strength, at most he played the strength of the middle stage of Jindan, which was just a cut above the "General Yin".
It's not that Li Zhi doesn't want to settle the battle as soon as possible, after all, this is the first time he has encountered a monster, and he wants to use it to practice his hands first, so as to prepare for dealing with other monsters in the future.
"Smack-"
With a muffled sound, Li Zhi did not change at all, and the fun of "General Yin" was great, and he flew out sideways for more than a kilometer, and directly hit the cliff of the cave.
"This? ——”
"General Yin" stood up with a bone, it itself was rough and thick-skinned, and it was a monster that had cultivated into a fine spirit, although the fall was not light, but it didn't really hurt it.
"'General Yin', this kid doesn't seem to be simple, why don't I go up together and tear him apart."
The "Xiong Shanjun" next to him was stunned when he saw that "General Yin" had actually suffered a loss at the hands of this young man, but he was not frightened by Li Zhi.
In its opinion, maybe this young man will be slightly stronger, but his strength is limited, and the combination of the three demons is enough to tear him apart.
The monster still pays attention to so many rules, and when he said that he did it, he ran over directly, and under the momentum of "Xiong Shanjun", the two thick bear paws smashed down.
How far away is the wind coming.
"It's a good time, 'Bear Crash Mountain'—"
This time, Li Zhi's strength increased by two points, and he didn't dare to underestimate this big stupid bear in terms of strength.
"Ahh
Because "Xiong Shanjun" is tall enough and comes from above and down, Li Zhi punched out diagonally upward, and actually knocked "Xiong Shanjun" away.
With a scream, it hit the top of the cave, and then there was another free fall, and it fell heavily to the ground.
"Ah, this? ——”
The movement of the "special sergeant" slowed down a beat, and before it could pounce, Li Zhi took advantage of the situation to find it first.
"I'm sorry, I haven't learned the old cow's playing style yet, so I'll give you a 'bear play'."
It was another "bear collapse mountain", and the "special sergeant" flew in response.
In this way, in this relatively spacious tiger cave, Li Zhi fought with the three demons of the Twin Forks Ridge with one enemy and three.
It was only because of the rough skin and thick flesh of these three demons, coupled with Li Zhi's retention of his hands at the beginning, that they were able to fly up and down in turns, barely maintaining the battle.
"'General Yin', this kid is too powerful, we are not opponents, or ...... Or do you want to withdraw first? ”
The "Special Sergeant" was once again punched away by Li Zhi, this time the injury was more serious, the corners of his mouth were overflowing with blood, and a bull's horn was knocked a little loose.
"This ...... No, we've got to eat this kid. ”
Among the three demons, "General Yin" has always been respected, not only because its strength is slightly stronger than the other two demons, but more importantly, "General Yin" is a little smarter than the simple "Special Officer" and the stupid "Xiong Shanjun".
However, now in the face of Li Zhi, a strong enemy, even the "special sergeant" saw that it was not good and wanted to escape, but the always smart "General Yin" showed a difficult face?
"Okay, I've had enough of you, let's stay here obediently-"
After tossing dozens of back and forth, Li Zhi saw that these three demons had such great ability, so he had no intention of continuing.
The coercion of the late Yuan Infant was fully unfolded, and the hearts of the three demons suddenly felt a sense of trembling.
"Nine Days of Crane Roaring"——
Li Zhi's body turned, shuttling between the three demons like a whirlwind, and slapped a blow on the top of each of the three demons' heads with one palm.
With three muffled sounds, look at the three demons again, where are the "General Yin", "Xiong Shanjun" and "Special Priest"?
It was clearly a tiger, a black bear, and a bison, lying on the ground in a languid state, and moaning from time to time.
The three demons were beaten back to their original form by Li Zhi one by one, and it seems that their cultivation has been abolished, and from now on they will be just three ordinary beasts.
The three demons appeared in their original form, surrounded by the dozens of demons and demons around them, and suddenly scattered as birds and beasts, and ran away without a trace.
Tang Seng, who was sitting on the ground next to him, was staring blankly at the three-headed beast lying on the side, with a wooden expression, and he forgot to continue chanting Buddha.
"Uncle Clan, you can get up. Which one would you like to eat first, this tiger, bison or stupid bear? Tiger bones are used to make soup, and bear paws are also a great tonic, and this bison may be able to follow us and act as a leg force. ”
Li Zhi helped Tang Seng up from the ground in the past, but he said in a serious manner, which frightened Tang Seng for a while, and the three fierce beasts lying on the ground trembled even more.
"Amitabha, Jiulang, thanks to you, otherwise the poor monk would have died here."
Tang Seng folded his hands and recited a Buddha name, as if expressing his gratitude to Li Zhi.
"Uncle Clan, Fang is in such a danger, and you are about to worry about your life, haven't you thought about resisting?"
"Listening to the conversation of these monsters, they don't know how many lives they have ruined, why didn't anyone punish them?"
"It is said that there are gods three feet above the ground, if those gods really exist, are they all pretending to be deaf and dumb, and they can't see that there are monsters eating people and doing evil?"
Li Zhi said this very loudly, he had a little intention of waking up Tang Seng, and even said it to the gods who were hiding around.
Tang Seng traveled all the way to the west, except for the later apprentices, there were also Apologetic Jialan, Liuding Liujia, Wufang Jiedi, Four Values Gongcao, etc., who took turns to guard Tang Seng's surroundings.
Although these immortals will not take action to eliminate disasters for Tang Seng, if Tang Seng is really worried about his life, do they dare not take action?
"Jiuro, what are you going to do with these three monsters?"
Looking at the three-headed beast lying on the ground, although it has been beaten back to its original form, with that huge size, normal people will be afraid when they see it.
"Now that they are no longer monsters, for the sake of Uncle Clan, I can spare their lives. However, whether such an injured body can escape the pursuit of other beasts depends on their respective creations. ”
After Li Zhi finished speaking, he shook the sleeves of his robe, and the three-headed beast rose up with the momentum, and was driven out of the cave by Li Zhi, and each fled for his life.
"Amitabha, good, good—"
Tang Seng was a little happy when he saw Li Zhi's behavior for no reason, but Li Zhi shook his head and sighed.
"Uncle Clan, the three of them are living beings, and you think I've done a good deed when you release them? However, they don't know how many other creatures have been killed. ”
"Now that they have been released, I don't know how many creatures will continue to die in their mouths, is this really doing a good deed?"
……
Tang Seng and Li Zhi still left the Tiger Cave, and the taste there was too "strong".
Before leaving, Li Zhi also deliberately used the "Broken Golden Pupil" to carefully scan the Tiger Cave, but unfortunately, he found nothing.
This monster is really poor!
At the end of spring, the crescent moon is in the sky, the night breeze is blowing, and the mountains are divergent.
Tang Seng and Li Zhi went one after the other, climbed down the Shuangjiao Ridge, and continued to move forward.
Tang Seng seemed to be still immersed in Li Zhi's questions, and walked silently for a long time, no one spoke, and the east was already getting brighter.
They didn't know that at this time, next to the tiger cave in Shuangchaling, there was a white-bearded old man.
With a thin figure, a pale cyan robe, white beard and hair, a golden hairpin, a handful of dust in his hand swaying, and the pickled smell of the entire tiger cave is gone.
"Impossible, could it be that the old man is a step too late? Even if it's late, those three evil animals shouldn't be ignorant of the rules. ”
This white-bearded old man, counting his fingers, is nothing.
I inspected the empty tiger cave again, but I was still confused.
"Where is the apologetic Jialan? Don't show up with me yet—"
The white-bearded old man snapped softly, and two figures appeared outside the cave.
"The golden head reveals the truth, the day wandering god, see Lord Venus-"
It turned out that this white-bearded old man turned out to be the Tai Bai Xing in the sky.
Tang Seng traveled westward and passed by Shuangchaling, which should have this difficulty.
According to the prior agreement, it is necessary for Tai Bai Xing to go down to earth to rescue Tang Seng from the Tiger Cave, and the merit of this journey to the west is to be owned by Heaven.
The matter of Journey to the West is not as simple as it seems on the surface, it is a big plan set by several saints after they became gods.
In the battle of the gods, how many elite disciples of the three sects were on the list of gods, and some even ended up with death.
A huge interception of the religion fell apart and existed in name only.
The teachings that have always appeared in a positive image have not even been able to preserve the twelve golden immortals, and they have betrayed the religion and defected to the Western Sect, and even their deputy sect leaders have become the ancient Buddhas of the Western Sect.
And the first disciple of the sect, Duobao Daoist, also went to the Western sect, and even changed the Western religion to Buddhism, calling himself the Buddha.
For a time, the three religions declined, and Buddhism flourished.
Journey to the West is the beginning of the great revival of Buddhism, and it is also a concession that Yuan Shi and Lao Tzu had to make in order to repay the favor of the two Western saints.
It's a pity that the saints are now punished to meditate in the "Zixiao Palace", and the contract that the saints made at the beginning has to be fulfilled by their disciples.
Journey to the West is not only a big game of chess, but also a big cake of merit.
There is more than one person who plays chess, everyone wants to get a piece of the pie and earn as much merit as possible, and Heavenly Court is no exception.
"What happened here last night? Has Tang Seng ever been here? ”
His own calculation technique failed, and Tai Bai Xing could only hope that these guardians Jialan would be guarding Tang Seng's side.
"Lord Venus, Tang Seng and his entourage did arrive at Shuangchaling, and they were also captured by the three demons into the cave."
"However, there seems to have been a fierce fight between them, and in the end, the three demons were beaten back to their original form and fled in a hurry."
"Tang Seng and his entourage also left Shuangchaling overnight, and now I'm afraid it's almost to the Two Realms Mountain."
The golden head replied honestly.
The other people who guarded Tang Seng, such as the Apologetic Jialan, Liuding Liujia, Wufang Jiedi, and Siwei Gongcao, etc., all took turns to be on duty, and only the golden head Jiedi was staring at it completely.
The Night Wanderer who was on duty with him last night had already returned, and now that the Wandering God had just arrived, the matter reported to Tai Bai Xing naturally fell on his head.
"Shouldn't it? Tang Seng's two guards are just ordinary people, how can they be the opponents of the three demons? ”
Tai Bai Xing was very puzzled and muttered to himself.
The difficulty of Double-Fork Ridge is just a small test, even if it is too platinum star, it may not be able to share much merit.
However, now that there is a fork, he has to wonder, which one of the great powers intervened?
"That...... Lord Venus, Tang Seng's guard is not only one of the two, and it seems that he is still a young man of thirteen or fourteen. ”
Seeing Tai Bai Xing's muttering to himself, Jin Tou Jiedi couldn't help but remind.
……
"Uncle clan, the big mountain in front of you should be the 'Two Realms Mountain', after passing this 'Two Realms Mountain', you will enter the territory of Tatar, and it is no longer the territory of my Tang Dynasty."
It was Li Zhi who broke the silence of the two, the sun had risen, and the fog in the mountains and forests had gone.
The two walked all night, although most of the time they rode on horses, and Tang Seng, who had not slept all night, was also a little tired.
"Jiulang, is the poor monk a little pedantic? I know that those three demons are harmful things, but I still want you to spare their lives. ”
"As Jiulang said, I didn't kill Beren, but Beren died because of me, did the poor monk really create a sin?"
Tang Seng also spoke, his face was tired, but his two eyes were still bright, staring at Li Zhi and asking.
"Haha, uncle, Buddhism pays attention to the reincarnation of cause and effect, those who die in the womb of the three demons may have their lives like this, and I released the three demons, maybe their lives should not be extinct."
Li Zhi didn't want to force Tang Seng too tightly, he didn't believe in Buddhism at all, but it didn't mean that he had to fight against it.
Li Zhi, who has the thinking of later generations, still maintains the principle of "freedom of belief" in dealing with various religions.
And in this world full of gods and Buddhas, it doesn't really matter what you believe in, the important thing is to have enough strength.
Whether it is Taoism or Buddhism, everyone has the right to believe, and he will not deliberately deprive it.
However, if it really hinders his own interests, or makes people angry, as long as he has the ability to interfere, he may not stand idly by.
For example, in the previous scene in the "Huasheng Temple", it was as strong as Hui'an Walker who injured Qin Qiong, even if Guanyin Bodhisattva was high, wouldn't he also be tough?
The two of them got off their horses, found a flat boulder by the side of the road, and took out dry food and water from the package.
Tang Seng had no intention of eating, sat cross-legged, and meditated and chanted there with his eyes slightly closed.
Li Zhi didn't urge him, he also meditated, taking advantage of the spring sun, the "Cangming Jue" in his body was running, and there was a faint sense of breakthrough.
Suddenly, Li Zhi felt that there were a pair of eyes peeping at him? It's a very strong feeling.
Tang Seng knew that there were gods around him guarding him, but now this strong feeling made Li Zhi feel that the person who came must be a powerful party.
The coercion caused to him invisibly was not even under the Guanyin Bodhisattva that day, and there was a faint trace of murderous aura in it!
Who is this?
Li Zhi opened his eyes and looked the way he came, which was the location of the east.
The sun has already climbed, and the time should be almost the end of the hour, a little hot, but there is no trace of a figure, even if Li Zhi has used the "Broken Golden Pupil".
"Jiurou, let's continue on our way. All living beings are equal, they are either in harmony or killing, and I can't love or hate, and then I will lose the heart of Pudu. ”
Tang Seng stood up, lifted the nine-ring tin staff placed aside, led the white horse, and continued westward.
That resoluteness and calmness made Li Zhi a little admired and amused.
"Is this the 'good man of the tenth world' reincarnated by the golden cicada?"
Seeing that Tang Seng adjusted back so quickly, Li Zhi couldn't help but sigh a little.
Buddha nature, nature also!
Some things are really imprinted in the bones, and even engraved for several lifetimes.
Looking at the towering mountain not far away, Li Zhi's heart was excited again.
Finally, do you want to meet that one?