Chapter 165: Undercurrents are surging
When the Jade Emperor asked who went to the Western Buddhism Gate to inquire about the news, Li Jing, the king of Tota, flashed next to him:
"The last will go!"
The Jade Emperor glanced at Li Jing and thought in his heart:
"Well, the two masters of the Tota Heavenly King, one is the West Kunlun Du'er Zhenren, and the other is the Burning Lamp Daoist, and now they are all bewitched by Buddhism and apostasy, that Du'e Zhenren has become the Buddha Lingji Bodhisattva, and the Burning Lamp Taoist has become the ancient Buddha of the Buddha's Burning Lamp, almost only under the two masters of the Buddha Gate, and now the Zhun Ti is nowhere to be found, the ancient Buddha of the Burning Lamp must be extremely strong in the Buddhism, send Li Jing to it, how can his two masters not embarrass their apprentices, it is the most suitable person!"
Thinking of this, the Jade Emperor couldn't help but smile:
"Well, this matter is not for Li Tianwang to be incompetent, now I have appointed you as the governor of the Heavenly Realm, go to the Western Spirit Mountain to inquire about the news, once there is a harvest, immediately contact Gao Ming and Gao Jue, and send the news back to the Heavenly Court, so that I can discuss with the Heavenly Realm Ministers how to deal with the matter of observing the ceremony in three years!"
King Tota got the will, so he put the eldest son Jin Zha in charge of the post of heavenly soldier and heavenly general temporary, and went down to the South Heavenly Gate with the Linglong Pagoda in his hand!
The third prince of Nezha saw Li Jing come out of the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, his heart was like a deer crashing, and the murderous intent that could not be concealed in his eyes rose up!
Although he and Li Jing are named father and son, but Nezha once "cut the flesh to return to the father, deboned to return the mother" broke off the blood relationship with Li Jing, and later the master Taiyi Zhenren called Nezha to appear in Cuiping Mountain, enjoy the incense offerings, and reshape the body for him when the wish is enough, but Li Jing blamed him for demagoguery, damaged his face, smashed Nezha's golden body, destroyed the temple, and did not allow ordinary people to worship, so the father and son turned against each other.
Later, with the help of his master Taiyi Zhenren, Nezha reshaped himself with lotus flowers, and gave many magic weapons, and went down the mountain to find Li Jing for revenge!
But Nezha's hatred hidden in the bottom of his heart is getting deeper and deeper, he hates Li Jing for being unkind, and he does not hesitate to force his relatives and children to death for the sake of wearing Hualing for himself, and in the end, because he is a little difficult to get by, he actually destroyed the temple set up by himself to reshape his body, and cut off the incense! If it weren't for the master who found the innate divine lotus to reshape his body for himself, he would have been destroyed almost twice in the hands of this father! Nezha has been thinking about revenge, but in the heavenly realm, Li Jing, the king of Tota, holds the military power in his hands, and he has a Linglong pagoda in his hand, so that Nezha has never had a chance!
Not to mention what Nezha thought, the Jade Emperor asked Taishang Laojun:
"Hundreds of years ago, the Buddha Gate lit the lamp and the Taoist people were afraid of leaving grandchildren, Du Er Zhenren and others, because their own avenue is hopeless, apostasy into liberation, through the Buddha sentient beings wish to become enlightened, the burning lamp Taoist with the help of Buddhism three light wish power refining twenty-four Dinghai pearls, into twenty-four heavens, become a Buddha level person, the avenue has been completed, fear of leaving the grandson because of the three Xiao Niang Niang mixed Yuan Jin Dou detained, thrown into the Jiuqu Yellow River array to eliminate the top of the three flowers, get rid of the five qi in the chest, no chance of the avenue, also with the lamp after the apostasy into the release, through the Buddhism enlightenment, become the past seven Buddhas in the fear of the Sun Buddha, Du Er Zhenren is also into the Buddha enlightenment, now named Lingji BodhisattvaI don't know anything in my heart, could it be that this great sect of Taoism, which has been achieved in the wake of Hongmeng, is not as good as the Western Buddhism that has just emerged?"
Lao Tzu glanced at the Jade Emperor, his face was unwavering, but he scolded secretly in his heart:
"Hmph, what kind of good person who has practiced for thousands of years? He is really just a treacherous man, this Jade Emperor has a bad heart, and vainly tries to provoke the contradictions of Taoism and Buddhism, and he can sit in peace and worry about it!
There are even more treasures and soul-attracting Shakyamuni who somehow became the Great Dao! If this matter is not good, it will definitely provoke a bloody storm between the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism!
Now I just pretend to be bewitched by the Jade Emperor, and take this opportunity to clearly put the Daomen on the side of the Heavenly Court and pull this Jade Emperor into the water!
So Lao Tzu said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, the Western Buddhism self-proclaimed god in a war, will be my Taoist sect in the interception of many powerful people into the Buddhism, has already revealed its ambitions, and now there are more people in the second generation of the sect to burn the lamp, fear of leaving grandchildren, Du Er Zhenren and other apostasy into the release, if not stopped, when the strength of Buddhism increases, I am afraid that the majesty of the heavenly realm will also be provoked!"
The Jade Emperor thought that Taishang Laojun had fallen into his own plan to sow discord, and he was secretly happy, and at the same time felt that Lao Tzu's words were not unreasonable!
It's just that although the Heavenly Court has been enriched by many capable people in the First Battle of the Gods, most of them are disciples of the Daomen for less than three generations, except for a few people whose supernatural strength is not under the twelve golden immortals, and the other gods are used to manage mortals in the Nether Realm, and they are barely usable to do errands.
A sense of crisis suddenly rose from the Jade Emperor's heart:
"Well, what Li Laojun said is not unreasonable, today the Venerable Ah Wu came, and he didn't bow down to me, if the Buddhism Gate is stronger, wouldn't it be even more slapping his nose and face, making my heavenly court majestic lost!"
The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, and the Jade Emperor asked Lao Tzu:
"Then, according to the Sect Master's opinion, how can my Heavenly Court and Dao Sect resolve this potential crisis?"
When the Heavenly Lord heard this, he said:
"There is only one way, and that is to try to stabilize the people in my Dao Sect, and we can no longer let the apostasy of Burning Lamp and others happen! And Your Majesty must take measures to let me expound the second generation of sect members to join the heavenly court, so that my strength will be greatly increased, and I am not afraid that the Buddha Sect will be powerful!
Now that the second junior brother Yuan Shi Tianzun is missing, the twelve golden immortals under his seat have suffered the catastrophe of the Jiuqu Yellow River Array and the Mixed Yuan Golden Fight, and they have lost all their three flowers and five qi one by one, and there is no hope of enlightenment, it is the easiest time to apostatize and find another way to become enlightened, and the situation is very unfavorable!"
When the Jade Emperor heard this, he was miserable! He, the Jade Emperor, seemed to have infinite scenery, but his own strength was not good, such as the dominance of the sect in today's court forces, fortunately, these people in the sect did not have any bad intentions! Only so that he could sit firmly in the position of the Jade Emperor, but this also had a fatal disadvantage, just like now that he wants to recruit people from the sect to serve in the heavenly court, he will definitely chill the hearts of the original sect members, but there is a risk of losing a large number of loyal people!
So the Jade Emperor pushed the matter to Lao Tzu:
"Sect Master, you are in charge of the Dao Sect Great Sect, you only need to make an edict, and the twelve golden immortals will definitely come here, and it seems that this matter has to rely on the sect master!"
How could Taishang Laojun not know that the Jade Emperor was pushing this thorny matter to himself! But the words of the Jade Emperor belonged to a conspiracy, and even if he knew that he was throwing the problem over, he had to take it! Because Lao Tzu was indeed the representative of Hongjun Daoist in charge of the Great Sect! The words of the Jade Emperor were not the slightest fallacious!
It's just that Lao Tzu is also secretly depressed in his heart, and no one knows that his current situation is also precarious! Only a layer of window paper is needed to pierce his conspiracy to unite with Buddhism to exterminate several major sect masters! That's why Yang Jian ignored his words of persuasion and fought against the Heavenly Palace against the Heavenly Realm, and Lao Tzu himself knew that the traitorous move of Liusun and Du'er Zhenren was nine times out of ten that he discovered his conspiracy to kill several major sect masters!
Now that the cultivation of the Twelve Golden Immortals cannot be recovered, they are eager to find a solution! These Daluo Golden Immortals can cultivate to the present state, which one of them has not experienced endless suffering and immeasurable calamities, how can they be willing to stop there? The matter of lighting the lamp and attaining enlightenment through the Buddha Gate must have an almost irresistible temptation to the Twelve Golden Immortals! Now he is even more beginning to suspect that the disappearance of the Master Yuan Shi Tianzun has something to do with him, and Lao Tzu's heart is like a mirror, knowing that this apostasy will happen again sooner or later!
Lao Tzu has lived for an infinite number of years, and he will become enlightened hundreds of years earlier than the Jade Emperor, so he will naturally not be stumped by the Jade Emperor's mere yang scheme!
"Your Majesty's words are very true! It's just that I am a member of the Dao Sect, and I am dedicated to cultivating and becoming enlightened, and I have always been extremely indifferent to these disputes and the world, and I, as the sect leader, cannot be forced to make things difficult, everything depends on their own will!"
The Jade Emperor's heart is also very cold! I think that you have not fought hard to expound the two sects! One by one, in order to complete the thousand-year-old murder, you can even do the thing of killing your son and killing your father, what kind of score do you put in front of me today? What's more, you, the boss of the Three Qingdao Daos, are not also trying to snatch power, and have a close relationship with me, but even abandon the Xuandu Cave Mansion, turn the Tushi Palace into a nest, and secretly provoke the war of the gods, this matter is unknown to others, but you have been plotting with me for hundreds of years, how can I not know who you are!
But these words of the Jade Emperor are just thinking about it in his heart, but he will never say it, that god battle, he and Taishang Laojun have conspired for hundreds of years, in order to enhance the strength of the heavenly court, the Jade Emperor has also done a lot of secret promotion in it! This matter will only rot in the stomach, and it will never be easily exported!
"Hehe, since the sect leader said so, I will find another opportunity to discuss this matter with the twelve golden immortals!"
As soon as the Jade Emperor's voice fell, the class flashed out of the Thunder Punishment Tianzun Wen Taishi, and said:
"Your Majesty, the minister has a plan to strengthen the strength of my Heavenly Court!"
Although the Jade Emperor was always on guard against the power of the Heavenly God Central Plains Sect, he was always at ease with this loyal old minister, and when he heard Zhong's words at this time, he couldn't help but be overjoyed!
"The words of the Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable must be like gold and stone, and it is said to relieve my worries"
Wen Zhong looked directly at him and said loudly:
"Now that the power of Buddhism is gradually increasing, the exposition of the sect is falling apart, and the temperament of the people in these Dao Sects is weak and loose, how can they be restrained by my Heavenly Court! For today's plan, we have to select the desolate alien species from the demon clans below who have natural powers and amazing potential, so as to avoid their thunder and fire tribulation, so that these demons with excellent talents only need to cultivate with their hearts to deal with the killing robbery that only occurs once in a thousand years. Moreover, it is not the best of both worlds to be given the title of Heavenly Urn, summoned by His Majesty's holy decree, and can be used in the event of conquest and killing!"
In fact, the Jade Emperor had already had this plan, but he was deeply afraid that the Sect of Interpretation would be too big for him to control, and the best way was to win over a group of powerful people from the Sect of Interpretation, which would not only strengthen the strength of the Heavenly Court, but also allow the two Sects to restrain each other, and he would be as stable as a mountain in the middle!
"Well, the words of the Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable are really a clever plan, but now in the lower realm, there are no demon clans or scattered cultivators with vast magical powers!"
When Wen Zhong heard this, he wanted to tell about the Dongsheng Shenzhou Lion Camel King and the Devouring Thunder Tribulation Monk, but he was worried that the monk named Meng Chen was Yuan Hong's plan to break free from the shackles of the Fengshen List by Yuan Hong.
"If Your Majesty has a heart, the old minister will try his best to seek this kind of loose cultivation demon clan for my heavenly court!"
The Jade Emperor was overjoyed, so he passed on the holy decree on the spot, and ordered Thunder to punish Tianzun Wen Zhong to be responsible for this matter, and recruited available talents for Heavenly Court!