After bidding farewell to the six-eared macaque, Zhou Bai and Hongyu continued to set off towards the East China Sea.

Since entering the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the two have rarely seen monsters and evil spirits entering the world to disturb the people, even if some villages and towns have alien hidden, most of them are good demons who have no quarrel with the world.

The surname of the Tang Dynasty is 'Li', and when Emperor Taizu traced back to his ancestors, he took 'Lao Tzu' as his ancestor. The upward and downward effect is that Taoism prevails throughout the Central Plains, and there are countless Taoist temples in various places, and Zhou Bai and Hongyu have also encountered Taoist monks who have traveled and practiced for a long time.

The closer to the prosperous place of Jingshi, the more dense the Xuanmen monks became, Zhou Bai looked up at the majestic city wall dozens of zhang high, if the unsmellable fragrance came from the stone bricks, this is the humane heritage that has been precipitated for thousands of years, and it is also the fragrance of the luck of the country.

There was an endless stream of pedestrians at the city gate, and Zhou Bai couldn't help but sigh: "It is worthy of being the capital of the Tang Dynasty, such a magnificent momentum is really breathtaking!" Hongyu also nodded in agreement.

Just as they were about to enter the city, they suddenly felt a breath from eternity coming, and stratus clouds in the sky were stirring, as if ripples and waves were spreading in the void.

Two golden rays of light rose into the sky, piercing the wall of space and shaking the Nine Heavens.

Hongyu was stunned for a moment, the long sword in his hand came out of its sheath in vain, and the slightly trembling sword body seemed to feel that something of the same level was born.

Outside the void, the waves of heavenly qi that had been unharmed for thousands of years were rolling, and the foundation of the heavenly realm was the clouds under their feet, and those two golden rays of light directly broke through the ninefold thunderclouds and fell on the Lingxiao Treasure Palace.

The immortals who were still discussing in the hall looked at the two golden lights in front of them in disbelief, Haotian's eyes flashed, he pinched his fingers, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Haotian's brows furrowed tightly, and he said in confusion: "Where is Gao Ming and Gao Jue?"

The two heavenly generals outside the hall walked into the hall quickly, avoided the position of the golden light, knelt down on one knee and said, "The last general." ”

"Quickly check the Nether Realm with supernatural powers, where did these two mystical lights come from, and who did them. Haotian looked around and said flatly.

When Gao Ming and Gao Jue heard this, they hugged their fists and said, "The last general will take the order." With that, the two flew out of the main hall and looked down into the clouds.

These two people were originally peach spirits and willow ghosts on the chessboard mountain, and they cultivated their temperament quietly, but they had a true cultivation.

If it weren't for the righteousness of his friends, he would have fallen into the catastrophe of the gods, and he would have fallen into the list and become the two doormen in front of the Lingxiao Treasure Palace.

The two of them watched thousands of miles with one eye and listened to all directions, and soon found the coast of the East China Sea along the direction of the golden light, and reported back: "The place where the ministers are ordered to watch and listen to the golden light is the boundary of the small country of Dongsheng Shenzhou Haidong Aolai, there is a flower and fruit mountain, there is a fairy stone on the mountain, the stone lays an egg, and the weathered stone monkey worships the Quartet there, and the eyes are lucky with the golden light, and the shooting is chong Doufu." Now that you are taking bait and water food, the golden light will be latent in life. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the immortals present had different expressions, and the people who could participate in the court meeting here were all powerful people in the fairy world, and naturally they all knew where the fairy stone in the lower world came from.

For a while, the entire Lingxiao Treasure Hall fell silent, and the Jade Emperor looked at everyone and said with a smile: "The things below are born from the essence of heaven and earth, so it is not different. ”

Now that the most crucial piece has appeared, I have to prepare for it.

The Jade Emperor inadvertently glanced at the audience and paused on the Rolling Shutter General.

"Alas~" Zhou Bai looked at the golden light of the Chong Doufu with complicated eyes, sighed lightly, and said, "The spirit monkey is born, and the eyes of the powerful people in the world will focus on it, it seems to be born and raised, but it is a bird in a cage, and it is not free." ”

Recalling the plot in Journey to the West, Zhou Bai couldn't help but think of a foreign movie 'Truman's World' he had seen in his previous life, which seemed to be a comedy, but it was actually chilling.

Hongyu frowned and said, "Didn't you say that he finally achieved the Buddha fruit and his merits were complete?" Zhou Bai once told her the story of Journey to the West, during which the protagonist was undoubtedly this monkey who showed the vision of heaven and earth as soon as he was born.

Zhou Bai shook his head and sighed: "Long before it was born, it had already become a pawn of Buddhism, and every step of its life after that was within the calculations of others, everyone was secretly watching it, laughing at it, appreciating its 'unrestrainedness', admiring its 'loyalty as a dog'." ”

Zhou Bai's voice was full of mockery, his eyes turned to the west, and at the end of his line of sight was an endless field of high mountains, crisscrossed by lofty mountains and mountains, like chess pieces falling into the board, this chessboard is the land of four continents, humane luck.

Glancing at the crowd that gradually dispersed on the street, Zhou Bai shook Hongyu's hand and said with a smile, "Let's go, since you have come to the capital of the Tang Dynasty, how about playing for a few days and enjoying the scenery here?"

With Zhou Bai's dress and the gentle and ethereal atmosphere on his body, the people defending the city did not go up to interrogate, there are not so many fools in the world who do not have long eyesight to cause trouble, Taoism is prevalent here, there are many monks, these officers and soldiers who defend the city have long practiced a set of skills to observe people, if they do not encounter too suspicious people, they will not deliberately look for trouble.

After living in the city for a few days, Zhou Bai discovered that there were still Buddhist monasteries in the Central Plains, and the scale was no less than the well-known Taoist temples.

It just so happens that this day is also the day of the Buddha worship of the Temple of Mercy and Grace, the Buddhist Temple is located outside the city of Chang'an, on the side of the Qujiang River, although there are no green mountains but there is green water to rely on.

From a distance, a small wild goose pagoda sits in it, looming in the rising green smoke.

The weather is fine and the spring is blooming, the road is full of pedestrians and believers who worship the Buddha, the most surprising thing for Zhou Bai is that the two of them met more than once on the road wearing Taoist robes, holding gossip banners Xuanmen Xiangshi shuttled in these people of worshipping Buddha, although most of them are some 'fake Taoists' who don't even know the fur, but there is no lack of 'true loose cultivation' who have entered the door of cultivation.

The two are distinct, and the goals they seek are also different, and the false Taoist priests mingle among the ordinary residents to make a little money. And those who have cultivated as a side of the body set their eyes on those big families who travel and play.

The 'Dharma Companion Wealth Land' required by the monks, the genius earth treasure in the world and the blessed land of the Spirit Mountain have all been occupied by the famous sects, as a casual cultivator, they need a large amount of money to maintain their current cultivation and then improve their realm, where does this money come from? Of course, it is on these local big families who have a lot of money.

Take people's money and property to ensure people's safety, the two are mutually beneficial, and cause and effect are over.

I don't know what I thought, a smile appeared on Hongyu's face, Zhou Bai noticed the smile on Hongyu's face, and couldn't help but wonder, "What are you laughing at?"

Hongyu narrowed her eyes, looked at the small wild goose pagoda in the distance, and said coquettishly: "This is a Buddhist temple, but there are more monks in the Daomen than all the Buddhist disciples in the temple combined, don't you think it's interesting?"

Zhou Bai couldn't help laughing, nodded and said, "It's really interesting." "Ever since he talked about the world, he has had a great hostility towards Buddhism, and if a person dislikes something, whether it is right or wrong, good or bad, it is extremely annoying to that person.

This is the subjective consciousness and the mental impression.

The crowds were crowded, and the closer you got to the Temple of Mercy and Grace, the more believers there were on the road, and there were several small shops selling incense and candles on both sides, but the people who took care of their business were Taoist priests in Taoist robes.

Zhou Bai glanced at the plaque of the 'Temple of Mercy' not far away, and then at the Taoist who sold Huangfu incense candles, and the doubts in his heart were even greater, the old Taoist priest of the fairy wind and Dao bones counted the copper plates one by one, put them into the yellow cloth bag on his waist, looked up and saw Zhou Bai and Hongyu in the crowd, couldn't help blinking, and took a few steps forward and said: "Daoist friends are from other places?"

Zhou Bai bowed back and said, "In the next Zhou Bai, I have seen Taoist friends." "With his cultivation and realm, it would not be a good thing for others to call a layman who had not yet entered the door of cultivation 'senior'.

When Lao Dao heard Zhou Bai's title, the smile on his face became even better, and he hurriedly said: "Lao Dao Jingchen, I have seen Zhou Daoyou." After the two exchanged a few words, Jingchen invited Zhou Bai and Hongyu to sit in his shop.

Warmly invited, why refuse.

The size of the small shop was no more than twenty square meters, except for the goods of runes, incense and candles on the outside, bounded by a white line, and the inside was empty, except for a thatched futon on top of the bed.

Lao Dao took the futon off the bed, put it on the ground, and found two more from nowhere and placed them side by side in front of him.

"Fellow Daoists, please~" Zhou Bai did not hesitate and sat down cross-legged directly. Hongyu didn't have half a different color, lifted the corner of her skirt, and sat next to Zhou Bai.

The rammed earth on the ground had been trampled on for a long time, and it was much more fluffy, and after the two of them sat down, their clothes and trousers were already covered with mud.

Lao Dao's eyes flickered, and he sat quietly in front of Zhou Bai and Hongyu.

"I saw that Daoist friends were puzzled, and they seemed to be troubled, I don't know what to do?" Jingchen stroked his beard and said gently.

"It's not bothering, it's just that I don't understand it. Zhou Bai smiled: "This place is originally a Buddhist temple, why are there people from Taoism everywhere?"

Jingchen laughed when he heard this, and his hand holding his beard also stopped, "Daoyou is from out of town, right?"

"Oh?" Zhou Bai looked at Jingchen puzzled.

Seeing that the laughter attracted the attention of some passers-by, Jingchen stopped laughing and explained: "My Tang Dynasty respects the Daomen, and the Buddhism is just a barbarian sect from outside, if it weren't for the kindness of the first emperor, seeing that they are lonely and poor, and have no place to live, how could they build a temple here for them to shelter from the wind and rain." ”

Looking back at the tall archway and hundreds of acres of temples behind him, Zhou Bai frowned and said, "This Temple of Mercy and Grace was given to Buddhism by the imperial court?"

Jingchen looked proud, raised his head and said, "That's not the case, the first emperor everywhere gave out thirty percent of the money and grain, and the remaining seventy percent came out of our Dao Gate." Pointing to the crowd, Jingchen said, "If you want to build a Taoist temple, you need to get the approval of the imperial court, and you also need to ask for the consent of Shinto, if there are famous sects behind you, you can ignore these rules, but our scattered cultivation will not be recognized by the heavenly court." ”

Zhou Bai's eyes shrank, and he said in a deep voice: "So you chose to cooperate with Buddhism, and with the help of the name of the first emperor, you established this Temple of Mercy and Grace. "Hang the card of Buddhism and implement the Taoist thing.

The good mood along the way was all gone, and Zhou Bai smiled bitterly: "When the day of Buddhism's prosperity, can you still tolerate your casual cultivation?" Now that the stone monkey has been born, the pace of Buddhism's eastward expansion will also be opened.

Li Yuan followed the rules of the sect during his reign and pursued the law of Taoism.

If Buddhism wants to rise, this Li Yuan, who has not yet abdicated, is their biggest stumbling block, moving him away, as well as his eldest son Li Jiancheng.

If they want to truly shake the faith of Taoism, they need to assist an emperor who worships Buddha.

Jingchen pursed his lips and did not answer Zhou Bai's question, in his opinion, although Zhou Bai and Hongyu are 'true monks', they are also scattered cultivators from barren mountains and mountains, it is enough to make friends and have a good fate, why argue about these impossible things?

Walking into the temple, Zhou Bai understood the origin of Jingchen's self-confidence, the temple hall of the temple is placed in the Taoist immortal master or the heavenly gods, if it is not for the outside archway written on the 'Temple of Mercy and Grace', here is a Taoist Taoist temple.

The further back you go, the fewer pilgrims there are, the more brand new the houses become, and without the perennial smoke of incense candles, a touch of unsmellable sandalwood comes from the slightly quiet courtyard.

Zhou Bai and Hongyu glanced at each other, followed the aroma, bypassed a few closed houses, and the two came to a small courtyard.

The crisp sound of the wooden fish echoed in the small courtyard, and several Bodhi branches climbed all over the wall, because they had not been pruned, the wall was covered with branches, and even several connected meditation rooms were covered in it.

"Amitabha, this place is a place for poor monks to retreat, if you enter by mistake, please leave. The old man's voice came from the meditation room, and the sound of the wooden fish did not pause, and the rhythm did not change.

Zhou Bai looked around, his eyes fell on the flower bed under the Bodhi tree, turned around and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, Buddha is destined to be a person." Since I came, I have a relationship with the Buddha, and Taoist friends do not think about crossing people, but drive away guests, and their mood is dissatisfied. ”

"The hostility of the Taoist friends is undisguised, the evil guest is coming, how dare the poor monk open the door and steal. The old man's voice was as plain as usual, and the wooden fish was crisp and unfazed.

"I don't know the master's name?" Zhou Bai suddenly asked.

"Poor monk Fa Ming. The door babbled open, a cluster of golden light came dazzlingly, and when Zhou Bai blinked, he found that there was any golden light, and in the clean and simple meditation room, only an old monk with a yellow complexion stood at the door of the room.

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After discussing with a few street bosses, Wubi decided to try a single chapter 4K in the future, one more every day.

If there is a case of addition, a chapter of 2k updates will be added.

Don't worry about eunuchs or interrupted shifts, before I finish the book, I am reluctant to work every month...... (There may be a leave of absence, but the eunuch will definitely not.) ）