Volume 1 The Wind and Clouds of Kunlun Mountain Chapter 5 The Book of Virtuous Tribulation
The entrance to the cave was not big, but with Li Yunchen's size, he could pass through, so he didn't hesitate and went straight into it. Obviously, this cave is not a natural formation, but a human doing, and the entrance to the cave is blocked with bluestone, indicating that there must be some secrets hidden inside, even rare treasures.
There was a glimmer of light in the cave, not as dark as he imagined, Li Yunchen was moving forward in the dark, and at the same time secretly sighed in his heart the magic of breaking the knife.
Although he didn't know why the broken sword could devour the demon sword refined by the Tianyong Sect, he could be sure that the current broken sword already had the power of the demon sword, and it could be called a divine weapon, compared to the past, it was a qualitative leap, and it was easy to kill the beast and split the boulder.
"It seems that the things left behind by my father are not extraordinary, they are all treasures! If my mother is still alive, she can ask some questions about this broken knife, and maybe she can know some secrets. Li Yunchen regretted a little in his heart, he used to regard this broken knife as broken copper and iron, and he didn't pay attention to it, but now he wants to explore it after learning about it, it's too late.
"Presumably, that red orb is also a treasure, otherwise Yuan Bin would not have an evil idea to snatch it. Li Yunchen felt a pity, although he didn't know what the orb was for, it must be as magical as a broken knife.
The right should be to exchange the orb for the divine weapon, thinking about it like this, Li Yunchen immediately felt much better in his heart, so he stopped being entangled and continued to go deeper.
The strange thing is that the further you go inside, the light in the cave is getting stronger and stronger, and when you reach the end, the cave is full of golden light, like day, and in front of Li Yunchen's eyes, there is no treasure, only a stone wall.
Li Yunchen took a closer look, the stone wall was full of dense scriptures, and the golden light was emitted from this, these scriptures were not engraved, as if they were derived from some kind of mana. Li Yunchen looked up along the scriptures, his eyes fixed on the top, and the three characters of 'Virtuous Tribulation Sutra' appeared in front of him on the stone wall, full of the atmosphere of desolation.
Counseling the wonderful month, saving the world and acting brightly, the actions of the bodhisattvas, gradually reaching the achievement, entering the immeasurable people, the heavens and people are happy......
Li Yunchen read it down, and couldn't help frowning, this scripture was difficult to understand, and he didn't know what he was talking about. But no matter how dull Li Yunchen is, according to common sense, he knows that this is a Buddhist scripture.
"Isn't this Kunlun Taoist territory, why is there a Buddhist scripture record here?" Li Yunchen touched his head, unable to understand.
Although the essence pursued by the two is the same, one seeks immortality and the other creates reincarnation, both for eternal life and immortality, but the method of cultivation is completely different, so they have their own opinions, and they cannot agree with each other.
Therefore, in a sect of cultivating immortals like Kunlun, an authentic Taoist holy land, it is really surprising that there are Buddhist scriptures appearing.
"My mother once mentioned that this Buddhism is also extremely powerful, not weaker than Taoism, many scriptures are extremely mysterious, and some can be used as exercises to practice, I don't know if this virtuous sutra is the same. Li Yunchen looked at the stone wall and decided to memorize the scriptures throughout, he had great sense since he was a child, and he had the ability to never forget, so this was not difficult for him.
Practicing purity, the great holy path, the heart is happy, there is no confusion about karma, self-consciousness, argument is wanting, it is samadhi, dwelling in charity, and subduing demons......
Li Yunchen wrote down the scriptures word by word, and when he meditated in his heart, he felt that his qi and blood were unimpeded, and his muscles and bones were stretched, which had the effect of purifying his heart and having few desires.
It took nearly two hours, Li Yunchen finally engraved the Virtuous Tribulation Sutra in his mind, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but at this moment, the scriptures on the stone wall suddenly shook and floated in the air.
In the cave, the golden light flickered non-stop, and the Buddhist texts flowed in the void like water, and before Li Yunchen could figure out what was going on, those Buddhist texts turned into streamers, rushed into his eyebrows, and sank.
Suddenly, the stone wall was blank, and the whole cave was dimmed, and there were no fingers to be seen.
Li Yunchen shook his head, his mind was buzzing, and his ears seemed to be chanting ancient Buddhas. "This Sutra of Virtuous Tribulation really has some doorways, and if you don't know it, it is really boundless Buddhism, and maybe it can be used as the foundation for cultivation. Li Yunchen felt that this trip was not a loss, in his opinion, this was more precious than any treasure.
The scriptures had disappeared, and Li Yunchen did not stay any longer and exited the cave.
When it comes out, it will be late, and the afterglow of the setting sun will sprinkle the trees all over the woods, and they will be golden yellow. Li Yunchen returned along the same road, and as for the matter of erecting the monument, he was going to go to other barren mountains tomorrow to find suitable stones.
On the way, Li Yunchen recited the scriptures of the virtuous tribulation over and over again, and pondered for a long time about the 'three tribulations and three thousand Buddhas' mentioned in the scriptures. It is recorded in the Sutra of the Virtuous Tribulation that the dwelling calamities of the major calamities have thousands of Buddhas born in each of them, and three tribulations and three thousand Buddhas. This sentence may seem unremarkable, but it speaks to the origin of Buddhism.
The so-called three tribulations should be the solemn tribulation of the past dwelling tribulation, the virtuous tribulation of the present dwelling tribulation and the star tribulation of the future dwelling tribulation.
Each of the three eons has a thousand Buddhas, which also clarifies the connection between the past life, this life and the next life, and it seems that Buddhism has a deep insight into the path of reincarnation and has gone far on the road to eternal life.
"Whew!"
A roar of wild beasts came from not far away, interrupting Li Yunchen's contemplation, as if declaring that this mountain forest was their master, and all beasts had to surrender to them. At the same time, loud rumbling noises resounded throughout the mountain range.
Li Yunchen felt a chill in his heart, thinking to himself that it could be that he used a broken knife to smash the bluestone before, causing a big commotion, causing the beasts in the forest to discover him, right?
The mountains and forests trembled, the fallen leaves flew, many weak beasts fled in all directions, and the whole back mountain was in turmoil. Li Yunchen clenched the broken knife and moved forward cautiously, he knew that there would be danger, but curiosity still drove him to follow the place where the sound came from.
The beast's cry spread from the center of the woods, and as it went deeper, the roar grew louder. Li Yunchen slowly approached, pushed aside the bushes, and suddenly his heart beat faster and his breathing stopped.
In front of him, two giant beasts, a golden giant tiger and a black python faced each other!
The huge golden tiger was full of golden light, the blood-colored tiger's mouth seemed to be able to swallow the sky, and the golden tiger teeth were extremely strange! The black python, the eight giants, its color was dark, its body was 100 meters, and the slightest poisonous juice filled the air.
Eight-headed serpent!
Li Yunchen is no stranger to these two behemoths, he lives in Qingyao Peak all the year round, and naturally knows their horror, especially the Heavenly Tiger, known as the Beast King, extremely fierce, just because of the scarcity of numbers and the difficulty of giving birth, there are only a few in the entire Kunlun territory.
Moreover, the whole body of the Heavenly Tiger is full of treasures, the golden tiger hair is extremely rare, and those two long fangs can also provide excellent materials for the refining of spiritual treasures.
Although the Scorning Tiger is the leader of many beasts, the eight-headed snake on the opposite side is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and if it is an ordinary eight-headed snake, it is really not the opponent of the Scorning Tiger, but this big snake has already become a sperm, has spirituality, and its body is twice as large as the ordinary eight-headed snake, and the brown and black snake skin on the whole body is constantly bubbling out of poisonous juice, which makes people look at the coldness in their hearts.
"Roar!"
The cry shook the whole back mountain, and the other beasts around heard the roar and fled everywhere, these two fierce beasts were the overlords of the deep forest, and they had been kings for a long time, and now they saw them touching each other, so they could only avoid them from afar.
Obviously, these two giant beasts are fighting for territory and do not give in to each other, the Sky Tiger is the overlord here, its majesty does not allow it to evade, and the eight-headed snake has lived for thousands of years, and it is not afraid.
Li Yunchen hid aside, looking at these two fierce beasts, he could feel a kind of oppression from strength. However, Li Yunchen did not escape, he wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and if he was lucky, he might be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman.
"I don't know who will have a better chance of winning when this sandpiper clam fights. The Tiger is the king of fierce beasts, and these eight-headed snakes have long been psychic, and it is really difficult to say who wins and who loses. Li Yunchen's eyes were firmly fixed on the two giant beasts, his heart was boiling, and he was full of anticipation for this big battle.
Not far away, the Tiger was circling back and forth beside the eight-headed snake, sometimes stopping, sometimes walking, obviously it had scruples about the eight-headed snake, and did not dare to step forward easily. The eight-headed serpent also stood still, and its eyes emitted a clear green light.
"Roar!"
Finally, the Tiger couldn't hold it back, screamed wildly, and pounced.
Although the eight-headed snake was huge, it was not slow to move, and with a flick of its tail, it slid to the side, and the eight snake heads came towards the tiger at the same time. Facing the snake head that bit it, the Heavenly Tiger did not have the slightest fear, and stretched out its claws to tear at the eight-headed snake.
Although the body of the Tiger's body was less than one-tenth of that of the eight-headed snake, its strength was not weaker than it at all, and one of the snake's heads was bloodied by the tiger's sharp claws. The eight-headed snake that was scratched by the Tiger, suddenly became furious, the snake's body was fully extended, nearly 100 meters, and its long body was thrown towards the Tiger, and the terrifying strength left a few blood marks on the latter's body.
"Whew......"
The Tiger screamed, and his dexterous body jumped into the air, directly pounced on the eight-headed snake, and the two golden fangs also pierced deeply into the snake's body. The eight-headed snake did not give up, regardless of the pain, and used the snake body to wrap around the body of the sneering tiger, and curled up tightly.
The sneering tiger bit the snake again, roaring incessantly, and now it ended up like this. The eight snake heads of the big snake attacked the Tiger from all directions, and the snake's body became tighter and tighter, wanting to strangle the Tiger to death.
Just when Li Yunchen felt that the victory or defeat had been timed, suddenly, a golden light shot out from the mouth of the Heavenly Tiger, the eight-headed snake suddenly felt bad, and the snake's body immediately relaxed, and after the Heavenly Tiger broke away, the golden light on his body continued to rotate, as sharp as a knife, and slashed towards the eight-headed snake.
"This beast can also use techniques?" Li Yunchen couldn't help but scream when he saw the golden light on the Heavenly Tiger's body, which was extremely similar to what Yuan Bin had performed before, but fortunately, the two fierce beasts were fighting a duel and didn't notice it.
"I'm afraid that a fierce beast of this level has already been psychic, and it's not unusual to know some techniques, maybe the legendary demon beasts and monsters can turn into human forms and control divine weapons. Li Yunchen smashed his mouth, thinking that it would be good to make a tiger to be a pet for himself.
The golden light shot at the eight-headed snake and slashed at the snake, and a wail sounded. Seeing that the eight-headed snake was hit hard, a trace of brilliance flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly took advantage of the victory to chase and pounce again. Just when the Heavenly Tiger first arrived in front of the eight-headed snake, he suddenly felt bad, but it was too late to retreat, and the eight snake heads spit out thick flames, drowning the Heavenly Tiger in the sea of fire.
With a roar of rage, the Sky Tiger screamed wildly at the burning fire.
Then, the Heavenly Tiger quickly rushed out of the sea of fire, the golden hair on its body was burned off a large part, and there was a ball of fire on its tail, at this time its eyes were full of anger and murderous aura, the sharp claws slid into the void, and two white lights went towards the eight-headed snake in front of it. The speed of the white light was extremely fast, and the eight-headed snake didn't have time to dodge at all, and one of the snake's heads was cut off.
The eight-headed snake went crazy and surrounded the Sky Tiger, the huge snake body was wrapped, and the figure of the Sky Tiger was almost invisible, and the flames rolled all over the sky.
"This eight-headed snake wants to die with the Heavenly Tiger!" The thought flashed through his mind like lightning, "Hehe, if that's the case, it's exactly what I want......" Li Yunchen's face showed excitement.
The Tiger tried to break free from the entanglement of the eight-headed snake, but the eight-headed snake strangled it and did not give it a chance to escape, drowning it in the sea of fire.
Wails echoed through the forest.
I don't know how long it burned, the skin of the eight-headed snake was all faded by the flames, and the scorning tiger was also extremely embarrassed, and fell to the ground with only a trace of breath. The eight-headed serpent was also extremely weak, and the remaining seven snake heads stared fiercely at the Celestial Tiger.
"It's all like this, I can't let go of the beast king's shelf, it seems that the Heavenly Tiger who is the honor of all beasts can't compete with the big snake that has become a spirit. Li Yunchen smiled and shook his head, and just as he was about to step forward to give them the final blow, layers of fire suddenly came from the sky in the distance.
These flames were like knives, shattering the rocks and burning the trees, and the temperature of the entire mountain behind it rose sharply. Then, the fire turned into five fire discs, spinning extremely fast, like the sun emitting a terrifying scorching heat, making people feel as if the flesh was about to dry up, and even the skin of the eight-headed snake began to wither.
"Haha, I didn't expect this Heavenly Tiger and the Eight-Headed Snake to lose both, so I picked up such a big bargain. Above the sky, there was a burst of laughter.
Li Yunchen looked up at the sky and saw a handsome man in blue standing in the air, standing with his hands in his hands, controlling the five fire disks with his powerful divine sense.
In a flash of spiritual light, the five rounds of fire flew down, and the body of the Heavenly Tiger was cut in two, and the blood was burned into nothingness by the high temperature before it could spurt out. The remaining seven snake heads of the eight-headed snake land were also cut off and fell to the ground with a bang.
The man in blue flew down, looked at the two giant beasts that had no power to fight back, and laughed wildly, and couldn't help but relax his vigilance. But just when he thought it was foolproof, the eight-headed snake suddenly moved again, and the thick snake body entangled the man in blue, and at the same time, poisonous juice oozed from the surface of his skin, making the man in blue instantly lose the strength to resist.
Li Yunchen was shocked by this scene, and was afraid for a while, if it was he who rushed out just now, it would definitely end up like this, thinking of this, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice.
The eight-headed serpent after losing its head was still terrifying, and the man in blue was powerless to break free, with a hint of regret in his painful expression.
Li Yunchen hesitated, not knowing whether to help, and repelled the giant snake with a broken knife, he was not completely sure, afraid that the rescue would not be successful, but he put his own life into it.
Just when Li Yunchen was uncertain, his body was different, and the golden light flowed out and turned around his body. Subsequently, the sea of thunder in the top sky of the Kunlun Mountains surged, and the thunder resounded in the sky.
"Click!"
A divine thunderbolt fell down and hit Qingyao Peak, causing a shocking momentum of ghosts and gods!