lethal arsenal

Chapter 654 A shocking gamble
The Abi Sword was covered in a rich, blood-red color that could not be dispersed.

A sword penetrated the chest.

There was still an expression of disbelief on Ksitigarbha Buddha's face.

Lin Dong held the Prison Breaking Blade in his hand, with the blade pointing diagonally.

Behind the blade light was thunder that was like a raging tide.

The bull demon was almost as tall as a mountain, with its horns piercing the sky.

The headless Lion Demon King stood in the fire of karma and swore to the sky, saying that if he could attain Bodhi, he would do such and such... The final scene froze on the palm of Tathagata that fell from the sky and was cut with wounds crisscrossing like gullies.

The scene in the water mirror kept shaking, and as Tathagata's Palm was withdrawn, the entire Lingshan Mountain fell into deathly silence.

wave.

With a slight sound, the crystal that stretched across the sky above Lingshan Mountain was smoothed out with a casual wipe.

The scene above the River Styx is no longer easily monitored.

On the side of the Buddha, Manjushri Bodhisattva opened his eyes wide, and his golden pupils were filled with bloodshot.

"Demons must be killed, they must be killed! Even Buddha would be angry."

Manjusri said through gritted teeth.

In terms of background, this person can be said to be quite extraordinary.

Theoretically speaking, it should belong to the ancient Buddha faction.

Originally, this person was called Manjusri Bodhisattva, and was the elder brother of Taiyi Zhenren and one of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan School.

Later he turned against Buddhism and achieved the status of Manjushri Bodhisattva. His path and fruition was the emptiness of Prajna nature, and he was revered as one of the four great Bodhisattvas of Jambudvīpa.

Some even believe that he is the leader of the four great Bodhisattvas and the teacher of the seven ancient Buddhas.

His cultivation level is only a step away from becoming a quasi-saint.

However, Manjushri Bodhisattva, who is supposed to be the representative figure of the ancient Buddhist lineage, was very close to Sakyamuni.

Therefore, it is still unclear which camp he belongs to.

Also.

Designed according to the Journey to the West by many big guys.

The green lion monster and the Qiu Shou Immortal were supposed to become his mount in the killing calamity.

But...the killing calamity has changed, so the previous plan has naturally gone to waste.

Not only that, the Lion Demon King has now attained enlightenment.

Although he did not truly break through to the quasi-saint level, he still achieved the Heaven-Swallowing Level Dao Fruit among the celestial immortals.

If a real fight were to break out, the outcome between Manjushri and Sivapa Buddha is still unknown.

How could Manjusri not be angry when his mount was as strong as his master?

On top of Lingshan Mountain.

The Buddha Shakyamuni sits at the first seat, and in the two rows are countless golden Buddhas.

There are thousands of auspicious lights and various ritual instruments and prayer flags fluttering in the wind.

Golden sand, conch shells, eternal lamps, and seven-treasure trees can be seen everywhere.

All you see is glass, gold and jade, and the whole place is so rich that it seems to be dripping with gold.

And above all the Buddhas in the heavens, above Lingshan Mountain, there is a black lotus hanging silently in the air.

In the black lotus, a bald man in a black robe was sitting cross-legged with a green pattern on his head.

This person calls himself - Lawless Tathagata!
Also known as the Demon Lord, like Sakyamuni Buddha, he is a top master among the quasi-saints.

They cut off a piece of the vast underworld and placed it across the void, calling themselves the Demonic Realm and forming their own faction.

But over the past thousands of years, few people dared to cause trouble for him.

Not only that, Wu Tian Tathagata actually went to find Sakyamuni.

"It seems that I have won the bet this time, Buddha. You know, even though Ksitigarbha was fully prepared, he still couldn't defeat the Lion Demon King. Not only did he lose his Tao fruit, but he also lost face for you. I don't think it's necessary to throw that Buddha bone relic into the Pure Land's Rebirth Pond. It would be better to send him directly to hell to reincarnate."

Wu Tian Tathagata, also known as the Demon Lord, said indifferently.

The sound resounded throughout the sky above Lingshan Mountain.

"You're talking nonsense. It's obvious that the demon Lin Yuanjue was helping him."

Manjusri said sternly.

Shakyamuni looked calm and didn't express any opinion.

"The demons of heaven, the demons of the outside world, and the demons of the heart are the three demons that lead to enlightenment. Anyone who wants to take the final step must pass through the three levels. Manjusri Bodhisattva, what qualifications do you have to speak nonsense here? Now I am asking the Buddha. What? On Lingshan Mountain, what you, Bodhisattva, say counts?"

The Demon Lord asked again.

"Ah."

Shakyamuni smiled and said, "Whether it is an external demon or an inner demon, they are all external things. Ksitigarbha cannot subdue them, that is his own fault. In this round, it is indeed Wu Tian Tathagata who wins."

"Good! As expected of the Buddha, he can really afford to lose."

The Demon Lord clapped his hands slightly, with a sneer on his face.

"Best of three, how about another game?"

Sakyamuni changed the subject.

"What are you betting on?"

The Demon Lord raised his eyebrows.

"Counting the Buddha's bone relic of Ksitigarbha and the ninth-grade golden lotus that this old monk is sitting on, how about we bet on a secret?"

Shakyamuni had a compassionate smile on his face.

"What secret?"

The Demon Lord frowned tightly.

He did not think that he had any secrets worthy of the Buddha's throne, and he had difficulty figuring out what the other party was planning.

"Your identity, who are you?"

Shakyamuni suddenly asked.

The ruler of the world is not omnipotent and omniscient.

For example, the Three Saints of Taoism and some terrifying demons from the chaotic period before the creation of heaven and earth, whom even the Buddha could not detect at all.

A demon king suddenly appeared, and the Heavenly Dao failed to cover him up, so now the killing calamity has changed drastically.

These are what the Buddha does not want to see.

When one reaches the level of Sakyamuni in spiritual practice, knowing the other party's background means knowing how to deal with him.

Even if a person is a saint, if Sakyamuni finds out one or two weak points of him, he may be plotted against by him.

This Buddha is only missing the status of a saint.

That is, someone must give up his position. If a saint vacates the position, Sakyamuni can become a saint immediately.

"Hehe, very good."

The demon lord grinned, showing a mouth full of sharp teeth.

"What's the bet?"

The Demon Lord continued to ask back.

"How about we make a bet on who will be the master of this world?"

Shakyamuni said.

"Who's going to be the boss? Well, then who do you want to suppress? Choose from among these monsters."

The devil stared at the eyes of Sakyamuni Buddha, trying to see something from them.

"Emperor Ziwei, Bull Demon King, Lin Yuanjue, Huang Mei'er, Lion Demon King, you pick one."

Shakyamuni said calmly.

After these words were uttered, the Buddha on Mount Lingshan could only see his lips slightly moving, but could not hear any sound.

It was not that Sakyamuni used magic to block it, but that the way of heaven spontaneously blocked the content of the shocking gamble.

Not everyone is qualified to know about this bet.

"You place your bet first."

The Demon Lord's eyes turned, and he gently touched his bald head full of blue lines with one hand.

"Then let's go with Bull Demon King. This old bull has finally turned bad and good is coming. He deserves the blessing of heaven."

Shakyamuni said nonchalantly. But at this time, the Demon Lord frowned. "..." After a full thirty breaths of silence, the Demon Lord said, "The Lion Demon King has already achieved a merit, so it is not his turn anyway. The Bull Demon King has a lowly background and is from a grass-roots family. Even if you support him from behind, what can he do? The Bull has not accumulated enough karma, and Huang Mei'er is even less so. He is just making up the numbers. Then I will suppress Lin Yuanjue."

The Demon Lord thought for a long time and spoke slowly.

"Okay, Amitabha."

Shakyamuni said with a cheerful smile, and all the Arhats, Bodhisattvas and Buddhas at Lingshan only heard Tathagata's last word, "Amitabha".

Then many Buddhas followed suit and chanted.

For a moment, the sound of Buddhist music resounded throughout the sky.

From the moment the Demon Lord agreed, his heart began to be in turmoil, and the pressure from the Way of Heaven on him became increasingly severe.

"We'll find out then."

The Demon Lord uttered a few words, and then a gust of black demonic energy blew up, transformed into a huge face, and flew away from the Holy Mountain.

He had a vague feeling that he was being tricked by the young Sakyamuni.

……

call.

Lin Dong let out a sigh of relief, his eyes full of ridicule, "Arrest me? Ziwei Tiandi is really interesting." It turned out that Lin Dong heard the news from Void Yaksha.

It is said that Demon King Peng has been wanted by Emperor Ziwei.

It's funny.

It was Lin Dong who committed the crime above the River Styx, but it was the Demon King Peng who ultimately bore the consequences.

Since the heavenly soldiers and generals can't find me, I can take this opportunity to do something.

After some thought, Lin Dong decided to go to Guanjiangkou to meet his old acquaintance - Yang Jian, Yang Erlang.

The battle at Black Wind Mountain.

It was this villain Yang Jian who threatened Lin Dong with the lives of all the demons on the mountain, intending to force Lin Dong to give up resistance.

But how could Lin Dong care about these things?

But today, we have a chance to settle the accounts.

Flying from the underworld to the human world, the clouds are thick and the air is bitterly cold.

Black wings streaked across the sky from thousands of meters above.

Lin Dong still looked like the Demon King Peng. He planned to eliminate Yang Jian and then kill Emperor Ziwei.

It is most likely a useless effort. After all, Emperor Ziwei is three times more powerful than Chongen.

However, it would be good if we could kill a bunch of his subordinates, the Seven Palaces of the Northern Dipper and the Six Departments of the Southern Dipper.

There is no reason for others to keep causing trouble for you.

And you don’t retaliate?

only……

Lin Dong fell into the Guanjiang River like a stream of fire. With a loud bang, endless water vapor rose up. But as soon as he landed on the ground, a voice came to his ears.

"Yang Erlang is currently training at Yuquan Mountain, preparing to break the physical shackles from the Conferred God Battle. You won't find him if you come to Guanjiangkou now."

The cold voice came into my ears.

Lin Dong raised his head and apart from the hazy water vapor, he could also glimpse a black dot in the distance.

He flapped his wings and flew over. In the cold mountain breeze of the early morning, he saw a simple tea stall set up in a corner of the temple.

A bald man with blue and white patterns, wearing a black robe, was sitting in a stall drinking by himself.

Demon Lord!

Theoretically speaking, this was the first time the two met in the prehistoric world.

But the feeling that the other party gave to Lin Dong was still as high as mountains and seas, as deep as galaxies, and unfathomable!
You must know that Lin Dong has now reached the peak of the Celestial Immortal realm, a Heaven-Swallowing Level existence.

In the Three Realms, those who are stronger than Lin Dong are either the leaders of a great religion like Sakyamuni.

Or they could be some immortals from the ancient times from the orthodox and unorthodox sects who were not demoted.

Even the ancient immortals were not as powerful as him.

Those who can suppress Lin Dong include Maitreya Buddha of Buddhism, the World Honored One, the ancient Buddha Vairocana Tathagata (also known as Lu Ya Taoist), Randakya, the Chan Sect, the Jie Sect, Yuanshi Tianwang, the Great Master Xuandu under Laojun, and so on.

Anyway, there are only a few of them.

But in front of the Demon Lord, Lin Dong still couldn’t see the other party’s background.

Lin Dong clenched his fists tightly, waiting for the old devil's next words.

The Demon Lord looked at Lin Dong repeatedly.

"You are ready. If you take another half step forward, you can challenge Sakyamuni."

The Demon Lord laughed softly.

"I have no intention of becoming the Supreme Heavenly Demon."

Lin Dong responded calmly. Now that he had achieved the immortal body of Xuandu, he really didn't think much of the title of "Grand Emperor of Freedom", and he had no intention of challenging Sakyamuni.

"Haha, that's okay."

The Demon Lord waved his hand and made an invitation gesture, meaning that Lin Dong should sit down and have tea.

Lin Dong stood there without moving.

"You don't have to doubt me. If I attack you, you will be doomed. Even the armory can't save you. I'm here today to tell you one thing that is very important to you."

"Oh?"

Lin Dongzhi responded.

“Have you found your own path?”

Demon Lord asked again.

"road?"

Lin Dong’s brows were tightly knitted.

"To become a quasi-saint, you must have your own path. Even the arsenal can hardly help you with this."

"The teachings of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva are about tolerance, which means to teach people to learn to endure suffering. Most of the earliest Buddhist texts refer to the four continents as the Posah World. The word Posah here actually means tolerance."

"The entire Buddhist teaching, whether it is the future Buddhaland, the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, or the six realms of reincarnation, saving all sentient beings, is actually about endurance! It allows you to endure the suffering of the present in order to seek a future life. The main purpose of Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism is the same. This is the way of Ksitigarbha."

The voice paused, the Demon Lord took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and said, "The way of the Green Lion Monster is - the Great Way is Fair! To some extent, it has violated the true meaning of Buddhism. However, it can be regarded as a way against Buddhism that he has walked out of the eight hundred side doors. It is difficult to achieve, but of course it is on the way. Next, King Sibi has to do is to perfect the rules of the Great Way."

"In the same way, Vimala's way is called the Mother Chicken Way, which is actually the harmony of yin and yang. It belongs to one of the eight hundred side doors, and is exactly the opposite of Sakyamuni's Peacock Way. Sakyamuni's Peacock Way is called the extreme yang giving birth to emptiness, and the extreme yang will give birth to yin. I won't go into details with you, but in short, every quasi-saint has his own way. What about you? Where is your way?"

The Demon Lord stared at Lin Dong’s face and said.

"I?"

Lin Dong sat down slowly, his head a mess.

Since he traveled through time, he has been killing people with great pleasure and has also saved many people.

Of course, he killed many demons, but at the same time, his hands were stained with the blood of innocent people.

Is he a good person?
surely not.

Is he a demon?
Lin Dong also worked for the people of the world. In the Ming Dynasty, he killed many demons and gods, changed the fate of the Ming court, and killed Huang Taiji, Nurhaci and others.

After gaining power, he could kill as he pleased. He had already obtained the so-called immortality.

I have drunk the strongest liquor and played with the best women. Wealth and status are like clouds.

So, what is the path he adheres to?
Lin Dong shook his head subconsciously.

"Without the Tao, you cannot become a quasi-sage. Even with the help of the arsenal, it is difficult to break through that level."

The Demon Lord said kindly, pouring half of the tea for Lin Dong.

"I don't know, but I, I think that the world is a little unfair. Yes! There can't be complete and absolute fairness in this world, but, but... um..."

The voice paused.

Lin Dongcai said: "At least death should be treated equally!"

"Why do we need the six realms of reincarnation? Why do we need reincarnation? What's the point of cultivating good deeds? People should just live happily in this life. Why should we endure pain? Life should be vented freely. Why do the Zhang family, the Zhao family, and the Li family become emperors? Why are some people high and mighty while others are as humble as ants? I can't stand these..."

"The elder Yang Zhu said: If someone sacrifices even a hair to benefit the world, he will not take it; if the whole world serves him, he will not take it. If everyone does not sacrifice even a hair and does not benefit the world, the world will be in order. I like this very much."

Lin Dong’s words made the Demon Lord frown slightly.

"I have some ideas, but they are not enough to become a quasi-saint. You should listen carefully to what I have to say next..."

The Demon Lord slowly revealed a shocking secret.

(End of this chapter)