In the south, Da Lei Yin Temple, the Buddha who was listening to the monks chanting the scriptures suddenly opened his eyes and looked in the direction of Chang'an, with a solemn expression.

The next moment, the figure of the Buddha disappeared directly from the throne of the Mahavira Hall, leaving behind a group of monks who were at a loss.

said that the Buddha ran away, should this sutra continue to be recited?

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In Linzi of the Han Kingdom, in the Jixia School Palace, the Confucian sage who was teaching the classics suddenly stopped talking, looking at the direction of Chang'an and was stunned.

Yan Hui, who had just woken up from a coma, got up and bowed and asked, "Teacher, but something has happened?"

The Confucian saint replied indifferently: "The Mandate of Heaven has given the Dao Palace." ”

Yan Hui, Meng Ke, and Xun Jing heard the words and said in unison: "This is impossible. ”

The Confucian Sage said disapprerovitously: "The Dao Sage has always been unfathomable, just to seize the opportunity, what is impossible?"

Yan Hui frowned and said: "But it is obvious that Liu Ji is the Emperor of the Mandate of Heaven, it stands to reason that the Mandate of Heaven will eventually fall on Liu Ji's head, how can it be seized by others?"

Without waiting for the Confucian Sage to respond, Xun Jing retorted: "Senior Brother Yan's words are wrong, if the Emperor of the Mandate of Heaven must return to the Mandate of Heaven, how can there still be a statement of competing for the Mandate of Heaven? It is even more unlikely that there will be a catastrophe. ”

"I think that the sudden existence of the Mandate of Heaven is the prelude to the great catastrophe. ”

Meng Ke put away the classics on the table and said in a deep voice: "It's useless to talk too much, the disciple has the courage to ask the teacher how to deal with this matter?

Or, the disciple directly took action to suppress the person to whom the Mandate of Heaven belonged, disrupted the Heavens, and let the Mandate of Heaven find a place to belong again. ”

Ru Sheng shook his head slightly: "This person is in a special situation, I'm afraid the three of you won't be able to bring people back or suppress them." ”

Seeing the puzzled expressions of the three proud disciples, the Confucian Sage added: "It is Lin Ze, a disciple of the Dao Sage who has obtained the Mandate of Heaven, and this person has just been promoted to the third realm of Heaven and Man. ”

Meng Ke's faces changed suddenly when they heard this, and they said in unison: "How is this possible?"

Confucian Sheng said indifferently: "What is impossible? The world is so big that there are no surprises." Although it is a little far away, it does not prevent the teacher from seeing it clearly. ”

Lin Ze was lucky enough to get a Bodhi tree out of nowhere, and under the miracle of the Bodhi tree, he successfully crossed that chasm. ”

"Although such a clever way will make his cultivation completely inferior to you, just in terms of cultivation, any of the three of you can take him down in one fell swoop. ”

"However, Lin Ze is destined to return, and he is favored by the Heavenly Dao, even if he is a teacher, he feels a little jealous, and the Dao Palace is the strongest, and the two ways you so-called cannot be implemented at all. ”

Meng Ke frowned, bowed down and asked, "I don't know how the teacher wants to deal with this matter?"

The Confucian Saint sighed slightly: "For today's plan, the only way to visit the Dao Saint in the Dao Palace, persuade the Dao Saint to think of the common people in the world, and order his disciples to take the initiative to give up the Mandate of Heaven." ”

Meng Ke and the three of them looked at each other and asked tentatively, "Will the Dao Sage listen to the teacher?"

The Confucian sage corrected: "It's not that you listen to the teacher, but that you listen to the people of the world." The Buddha estimated that he would arrive soon, and the teacher would go to the Taoist Palace with him. ”

As soon as the words of the Confucian sage fell, a voice came from afar: "Where is the Confucian sage?"

The Confucian saint replied loudly: "The Buddha's arrival is really brilliant." ”

The Buddha fell in front of the Confucian sage and went straight to the point and said: "Without further ado, I will ask you one thing, how should this matter be solved?"

The Confucian sage asked rhetorically, "How does the Buddha want to solve it?"

The Buddha said categorically: "This son should be destroyed." ”

The Confucian sage could not deny it: "Although the Bodhi tree is the foundation of the Buddha's enlightenment, there is no need to force people to death." ”

"Wouldn't it be okay for him to give up the mandate of heaven and destroy the Bodhi tree? No matter what, the Buddha will always have to save some face for Master Li. ”

"Besides, today you and I have opened a precedent for bullying the small with the big and using the respect of a saint to deal with a junior who has been promoted to the third realm by virtue of the side door. He made a move for the same reason, and the battle of the Great Dao would turn into a complete joke. ”

"One more thing, didn't the Buddha really notice the abnormality of this Lin Ze?"

In a warm voice, the Buddha asked, "What is wrong?"

The Confucian saint pointed in the direction of the Dao Palace: "That." ”

The Buddha looked grim and asked, "How do the Confucian sages think they should deal with it?" Do you really expect the Dao Palace to compromise and take the initiative to give up the Mandate of Heaven?"

The Confucian Sage said disapprovingly: "It's still possible to persuade well, one person is not enough, plus you and I have two people, if it doesn't work, pull up the Tongtian Sword Master, maybe the Dao Sage will agree." ”

When the Buddha heard this, he took a deep look at Confucianism, and said that Buddhism often does things without face and skin, and he didn't expect that Confucianism is stronger than Buddhism.

After saying this, the Confucian Sage glanced in the direction of the Dao Palace again, and chuckled: "The person who happened to obtain the Mandate of Heaven went to the Dao Palace, and now the flowers of the Dao Palace are just right." ”

The Buddha pondered for a moment and replied, "Isn't the Confucian Sage planning to call the Heavenly Sword Master? Wouldn't it be nice to finish everything at once?"

The Confucian Sage chuckled: "Then you and I will go to the Tongtian Sword Master first, and then go to the Dao Palace together." ”

The Buddha nodded slightly in approval.

The Confucian sage looked at the three disciples and instructed: "Zhong is often pinched by the divination merchant when handling things, which is not in line with the Confucian plan. You and others took over the affairs of the Han Kingdom as soon as possible and trained the army to deal with the next war. ”

Meng Ke and the three of them bowed down and bowed: "The disciple obeys." ”

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Overseas, in Biyou Palace, the Tongtian Sword Lord sat on a cyan lotus platform and preached.

Suddenly, the Sword Lord of Tongtian paused, looked in the direction of the land and was silent for a moment, and then continued to speak.

After a while, the Tongtian Sword Lord stood up suddenly, a flush appeared on his face, and a familiar memory echoed in his mind.

Without waiting for the Heavenly Sword Master to think about it, two fiery figures appeared in the Dojo of Biyou Palace.

The Lord of the Heavenly Sword said to the Taoists of the overseas Daomen branches who were enlightening: "There is something going on in this seat today, and there is no time to preach, so you can retreat for the time being, and when this seat has time, we will hold a preaching conference." ”

Overseas Daomen branches have always respected Biyou Palace, and the master of the Tongtian Sword made a statement, of course, it was carried out to the letter.

After a while, only the Buddha and the Confucian Sage and the Tongtian Sword Master himself were left in the huge dojo.

The master of the Tongtian Sword asked in a slightly cold tone, "The two of you are here, can you have a noble job?"

The Confucian Sage asked rhetorically, "Doesn't the Sword Master know what happened just now?" The Buddha and I came here this time, of course, for the sake of the destiny of heaven. ”

Then the Confucian saint said the idea of the three of them joining forces to go to the Kunlun Palace.

The Tongtian Sword Master has always been not very interested in Buddhism and Confucianism, and when he heard this, he said: "Since the Mandate of Heaven has returned, why do you have to make extraneous branches?"

As soon as the Tongtian Sword Lord said this, the atmosphere in the audience suddenly fell into a stagnant.

The Buddha said with an incredible look on his face: "Isn't the sword master joking?"