Chapter Sixty-Nine: Merit Consummation, Journey to the West Ends
When Wuliang left the Inner World Realm and returned to the Chaos World Realm, the westward journey of the Flood Wasteland Immortal Realm also reached its peak. After experiencing nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties, the people who learned the scriptures finally arrived at the Lingshan Da Lei Yin Temple in Xiniu Hezhou and saw the Buddha. Now, in the main hall of Lingshan Da Lei Yin Temple, Tang Seng and three disciples are meeting the Buddha.
After the catastrophe of the self-proclaimed gods, Buddhism ushered in prosperity. At this time, the Buddha and Bodhisattva in the Great Leiyin Temple were full, so that the Tang monks who entered the main hall saw the light in their eyes. The four of them walked for a few minutes to the center of the main hall, Tang Seng looked at the Buddha sitting at the top, and could no longer hold back the excitement in his heart, and bowed down respectfully: "Disciple Xuanzang to meet the Buddha!"
The four Sun Wukong, who followed Tang Seng, also bowed, although Sun Wukong was very unimpressed, and he still worshiped the Buddha who suppressed him for 500 years. But under Tang Seng's stern eyes, Sun Wukong still bowed helplessly. It is a long way to learn scriptures in the west, and Tang Seng traveled all the way with a mortal body, which made Sun Wukong very impressed, and he simply learned the scriptures to the end, and he also bought Tang Seng's face.
The Zhu Bajie Sha monk and Xiao Bailong, who followed behind Sun Wukong, did not have as many complicated ideas as him, and every cultivator present was higher than them. They all bowed down one by one, and the five people got up, Tang Seng tidied up the monk's robe, and took out the customs clearance text that had been prepared for the long time and handed it to Rulai.
"Disciple Xuanzang, at the behest of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the Eastern Soil, he traveled thousands of miles to Lingshan in the West to seek the true scriptures, so as to understand the people of the Tang Dynasty in the Eastern Territory, so that they could listen to the guidance of my Buddhism, go to the Buddha to pity the people of the Eastern Soil, and give the disciples the true scriptures have already returned to the country!" Diandian was exchanged for Tang Seng. Tang Seng put the package back after the results. Pray again.
In order to show the nobility of the Buddhist scriptures, Rulai routinely belittled the eastern soil, and described the people of the eastern soil as greedy, unkind, unrighteous, disloyal and unfilial. After some disparagement, he brought out the nobility of the Buddhist scriptures and said, "I have the Sutra "Three Tibets" today, and I can transcend suffering. Disaster mitigation and evacuation can make people good. Hearing Rulai's words, Tang Seng's face was full of surprise.
Seeing the smile on Tang Seng's face, he was very satisfied, and snored in his heart: "The son can be taught!" He turned his head to the Buddhist disciples who were waiting on the side and ordered: "Ananda, Ka Ye, you two lead them down to eat fast first, and after eating, go to the Sutra Pavilion to pass on the Sanzang scriptures to the Tang Dynasty holy monks, and then you two will come back to restore their lives!" Hearing this, Ananda Kaye respectfully bowed to Rulai: "Obey the Buddha's decree." "Finished. took the five Tang monks and apprentices and left the main hall.
None of the old Buddhist disciples paid attention, and the disciples of the three sects who came to the Buddhism with a secret mission looked at the departing Tang Sanzang master and apprentice. A hint of excitement appeared in the depths of his eyes. As long as Sanzang and the others send the scriptures back to the Tang Dynasty, when the time comes, the heavens will make merit for the five people to achieve merit, and it will be the time for them to return to Xuanmen, and this moment is coming.
After some tossing, in the end, the five Tang monks and apprentices finally took the ninety-nine eighty-one scriptures, escorted by the disciples of Buddhism, thinking of the distant Tang Dynasty in the east, along the way Tang Seng looked at the route he walked, and was very emotional. Not long after, Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, appeared in Tang Seng's eyes, looking at Chang'an, which was getting closer and closer, Tang Seng couldn't help but burst into tears.
It took me nine years to come here, but I came back in less than a day. When he left, Tang Xuanzang promised Emperor Taizong that he would do it in two or three years, but now that nine years have passed, a trace of guilt can't help but appear in Xuanzang's heart. "No matter what he says, now that he has obtained the true scriptures and returned to the Tang Dynasty, the people of the Tang Dynasty can finally listen to my Buddhist teachings. Tang Seng sighed in his heart.
Outside Chang'an City, the disciples of Buddhism lowered their heads and laid down the five masters and apprentices. In Tang Seng's thanks, the Buddhist disciples who escorted Tang Seng back to China drove away. Tang Seng looked at the familiar and somewhat unfamiliar Chang'an City, and couldn't help but sigh. The vision of Tang Seng's return had alarmed Emperor Taizong in the palace, and Emperor Taizong personally brought the Qing's family out to greet him.
After a salute, Emperor Taizong took Xuanzang's hand and entered the palace, on the main hall, Xuanzang showed Emperor Taizong the Buddhist scriptures he brought back, Emperor Taizong stroked the scriptures one by one, and his excited voice changed. Emperor Taizong deserved to be a generation of Ming Jun, and soon stopped his excitement and ordered a banquet to entertain the five masters and apprentices of Xuanzang.
When Emperor Taizong put his hand on the scriptures, the heavenly way in the dark felt a muffled thunder, and all the people who paid attention to the journey to the west couldn't help but show a smile, the journey to the west has ended, and it is time to divide the fruits. At this time, a Buddha light descended from the sky and shrouded the five masters and apprentices of Xuanzang, and suddenly the five disappeared in the palace hall.
A vision descended from the sky, making the people in Chang'an City kneel on the ground, muttering, their faces full of piety. The disappearance of the five Tang monks and apprentices made Emperor Taizong also surprised, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the cultivators have still seen some, compared to those subjects, he is not out of shape.
The vision came from the imperial palace, and the people of Chang'an City believed that the emperor was blessed by the gods, and for a time Emperor Taizong's prestige soared. People are terrible, with the passage of time, the news that Emperor Taizong was blessed by the gods spread all over the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Taizong's stubbornness rose a lot, and this unexpected harvest made Emperor Taizong happy for a long time.
In the Tang Emperor's hall, the Tang monks suddenly felt a flower in front of them, and when their sight returned to normal, the five people found that they had once again come to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall in Lingshan. The five people were suddenly recruited, and they couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then reacted. Tang Seng hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "Disciple Xuanzang to see my Buddha Rulai!" Sun Wukong and others followed for some reason.
After receiving a salute from five people, Rulai raised his hand and said softly: "Get up!" After speaking, Rulai nodded to Guanyin Bodhisattva on the side. Seeing the gesture of the Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva showed a smile and said: "Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, Xiao Bailong, after nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties to obtain the true scriptures, this merit is complete!"
As soon as Guanyin Bodhisattva's words fell, he heard a thunderbolt sounding out of thin air above the spiritual mountain, and a golden cloud of merit flew from outside the sky. The golden cloud of merit flew over the Great Lei Yin Temple, circled a few times, and fell quickly. Among them, seventy percent fell into the body of Tang monks and apprentices, seventy percent of Tang monks accounted for two percent, Sun Wukong accounted for two percent, and Zhu Bajie Sha Wujing and Xiaobailong each accounted for one percent.
The remaining thirty percent, one percent flew to some monks who had helped Tang monks and apprentices on the way to learn scriptures, such as Rulai and Guanyin Bodhisattva, although each person did not get much, but no matter how small the mosquito was, it was meat. The last two percent flew into the chaos and were divided by Sanqing and Zhun Ti. At this point, all the merits of the Dharma transmission to the east have been sealed.
In the main hall of the Great Lei Yin Temple, a huge amount of merit poured into the bodies of the five people. Sun Wukong and others said that they all have cultivation in their bodies, and for the merits, they directly sat down cross-legged and began to digest the merits. And Tang Seng was a mortal, and under the pouring of merit, a sense of compassion began to spread out from his body, until it occupied the entire hall.
In a short time, a huge aura rose from the five masters and apprentices in no particular order. A large amount of merit was injected, and Tang Seng, who did not have a trace of mana, changed the most, and his cultivation was directly promoted from nothing to quasi-saint. When he broke through the quasi-saint, he stimulated the memories of his past life hidden in the depths of his mind, and the memories of Jin Chanzi, who was a disciple of Nyolai, slowly emerged from his mind.
Rulai, who was sitting on the top, felt the change in Tang Seng and couldn't help but smile. With a wave of his hand, he smashed the body of the golden cicada into Tang Seng's body. Suddenly, Tang Seng, who had an empty realm, with the addition of the golden cicada's body, the mana that the golden cicada had accumulated for an unknown amount of time exploded in Tang Seng's body, and the surging mana continued to cover the vacancy in Tang Seng's body.
Sun Wukong, who was on the side, was stimulated by merit, and had already reached the cultivation of the Great Perfection of Taiyi Golden Immortal, and he broke through to Daluo Golden Immortal naturally. After breaking through the Great Luo Golden Immortal, the cultivation has not stopped improving, and it is still improving at a terrifying speed. In the middle of Da Luo Jin Xian, Da Luo Jin Xian is consummated.
Not long after, Sun Wukong's body shook, and a phantom flew out and merged with the golden hoop stick, turning into a monkey head wearing monk's robes. But it was Sun Wukong who cut out the good corpse and cultivated it to officially step into the quasi-saint. Breaking through the quasi-saint, the end of cultivation and ascension has not weakened. Not long after, Sun Wukong's body shook twice in succession, and he saw two phantom shadows escape and combine with the spiritual treasure on his body to turn into two figures.
The Buddhas of the Great Leiyin Temple have opened their eyes today, and after arriving at the quasi-saint, it takes time to pile up each corpse. But today Sun Wukong broke this law, in the shortest possible time, they witnessed the three corpses of good and evil self beheaded one after another, which made the Buddha who had cultivated the Tao all his life embarrassed.
Compared with Sun Wukong's demons, Zhu Bajie and the three are much more low-key. The three of them are the highest cultivators of Zhu Bajie, they are the middle stage of Taiyi Xuanxian, Sha Wujing is the late stage of Taiyi True Immortal, and Xiaobailong is the Great Perfection of Taiyi Heavenly Immortal. Now, with the blessing of merit, Zhu Bajie took the lead in breaking through to reach Da Luo Jin Xian, and when the merit was consumed, Zhu Bajie cultivated to reach the late stage of Da Luo Jin Xian.
After Sha Wujing's merits were exhausted, his cultivation was finally fixed in the middle of the Daluo Golden Immortal. The little white dragon is the bloodline of the Dragon King of the West Sea, and when he broke through the Da Luo Jin Immortal, the power of the bloodline burst out, reaching the middle stage of the Da Luo Jin Immortal in one fell swoop, and he was at the same level as Sha Wujing. Now, with the blessing of the five masters and apprentices, they have achieved two quasi-saints and three Da Luo Jin Immortals.
When the Buddha saw that the five people were awake, he nodded again to Guanyin Bodhisattva. After Guanyin saw it, he said with a smile: "My Buddha has a purpose, the golden cicada is reincarnated, and now the merit is finally complete, and he is specially named the Buddha of Zhantan Merit." As soon as Guanyin's voice fell, Tang Seng, who had recovered his memory, stepped forward and bowed: "Obey the will of my Buddhism!" After speaking, he saw a plate of merit and Buddha light on the back of Jin Cicada's head.
Then Guanyin looked at Sun Wukong again, and said: "My Buddha has a purpose, Monkey King protects Tang Seng to learn scriptures, and now his merits are complete, and he is specially named the Buddha who fights to defeat the Buddha." As soon as Guanyin's voice fell, Sun Wukong stepped forward with a nonchalant face and bowed: "Obey the law!" After speaking, a plate of Buddha light appeared from the back of his head.
Regarding Sun Wukong's tone, none of the people present were surprised, and they all smiled. Then Guanyin divided Zhu Bajie into the messenger of the pure altar, divided Sha Wujing into the golden body Arhat, and the little white dragon was given the true body of the eight heavenly dragons by the Buddha. At this point, the Dharma spread to the east came to a perfect end, and whether it was Sanqing or the two of them, they were all smiling happily in their respective dojos. (To be continued......)
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