Tao and Heaven

Chapter 258 Entering Florida and Gaining the Future

A medium-sized immortal boat of a thousand feet long was sailing in the clouds, in a room A in the ship's tower.

A man and a woman drank wine in gulps and devoured the delicious food on the table.

"Cool!"

The woman showed a boldness that was completely different from her petite body of five and a half feet tall. She picked up the jar of wine and drank it down in gulps.

"The food at Sanqing Mountain has helped my aunt get over her demons. Although it's not a Buddhist temple, they insist on being bland and tasteless. Even the meat has to be deodorized with magic."

She was gnawing on a big chicken leg, her mouth full of grease, and her voice had a mysterious tone.

"Bears spend the winter eating their skin instead of their meat. All living things seek to survive just for this greasy taste. If you can't eat meat and drink wine while practicing, then what's the point."

The Taoist in green took a sip of wine and said, "For most people, the biggest obstacle to spiritual practice is actually themselves. They can only use inhuman behavior to tame themselves in order to achieve peace of mind."

"Then why bother cultivating immortality? It's better for ordinary people to be content with their lot."

The girl in red had a look of disdain on her face. She had always been a prodigy and naturally could not empathize with mediocre people.

The Taoist in green asked, "Chiyuzi, do you think I am an ordinary person?"

"Of course not. Yu Hua said that you were the number one on the three lists eight hundred years ago, the only peerless genius in the history of time."

The girl had dimples on her cheeks and two rows of silver teeth that were dazzling.

"Although you are a shameless jerk, I still admit that you, Gu Wen, are a genius."

The Taoist in green shook his head and said, "But I was once a mortal, a beggar, and a merchant. Before I met you, I was not a genius, let alone a peerless person. There are many people who achieve great things late in life, so it is wrong for you to despise others for being mediocre."

"Don't listen, don't listen, the bastard is chanting sutras."

The girl covered her ears, and even though grease got on her short hair, she didn't feel it was dirty.

The Taoist in green could only use magic to help her skim off the dirt and clean it up after she finished eating.

At this time, three monks walked by outside, and their voices came through the thin gauze window.

"Have you heard? Dao Zong seems to have had an accident, and Chi Tianzun is causing a commotion in the Heavenly Prison."

"I heard that there seems to be another person helping. It is said to be Yuqing, one of the Three Pure Ones."

"I have a fellow Taoist from the Sanqing Dao Sect, and he was there at the time."

"Ah? Brother Dao, tell me in detail."

"He said that it was Chi Tianzun who eloped with Yuqing Tianzun. Tsk, tsk, tsk, this Taoist sect is really fair and ruthless. Even Tianzun can't have a proper relationship. But only in this way can we rule the world. Rules are greater than heaven."

"Hiss! To make the old man Chi Tianzun admire her so much, I think that Yuqing Tianzun must be a peerless fairy."

"puff!"

There was a strange noise in the room, but the three people ignored it and continued to discuss passionately while walking further and further away until they turned into the corner at the end.

In the room, Akabane spat out a mouthful of food and cursed, "Rumors are hurting people. I'm going to kill them!"

After saying that, she stood up and saw that Gu Wen didn't move at all.

"Why didn't you stop me?"

"Yuqing Tianzun is a peerless fairy. What does this have to do with me? And how can others know that the Chi Tianzun, who is feared by the world, is a girl, and a little girl of five and a half feet tall."

"My aunt just hasn't grown up yet. When she eats more, she will definitely be nine feet taller than Murong Xue!"

"It's okay, the little ones are cute too."

"you!"

Gu Wen's few words made Chi Yuzi's face full of anger again, but he could only clench his fists and express his rage helplessly.

Because once she started to fight back, the shameless guy in front of her would fight back, sometimes with a dizzying flick on the forehead, and sometimes with an extremely humiliating slap on the butt.

Akabane didn't care about being taken advantage of, she had already abandoned all worldly desires. This would make her extraordinary and detached, and she could also become extremely calm.

As Gu Wen said, only ordinary people need to set limits for themselves.

She is someone who certainly doesn't need to restrict her behavior.

Boom!
Akabaneko's forehead was hit hard. She couldn't help but let out a whimper of pain. She covered her forehead and stared at Gu Wen with her beautiful eyes.

"I didn't do anything, why did you hit me?"

Gu Wen said calmly: "If you hadn't been fooling around, how could it have turned out like this? I was originally sitting in the position of Jade Purity Heavenly Venerable, after all, I am also a cultivator emperor."

Yesterday's farce was just a spur of the moment act. He just wanted to tease Hua Yang, then sit down and have a good talk, and let Hua Yang work for him.

After all, Gu Wen had no hatred at all. After Huayang's master went to his death and sent him a life-saving magic weapon, the knot in his heart was gone.

Gu Wen, who has lived two lives, is not a child, so he naturally does not think that Dao Zong should disregard everything for him.

It was just that Yu Hua asked him to beat him up, so he wanted to beat him up.

Then Akabane was even angrier than he was, and actually started fighting. In the end, the matter got out of hand, and he could only "reluctantly" run away.

"I was so angry when I saw that old man was so ungrateful. It was obviously their fault that they made you work as a servant for five years, and they still acted like they were doing it for the public good."

Akabane's momentum suddenly withered, and he lowered his head and whispered, "I'm sorry, I was wrong, I shouldn't have been so impulsive."

"If apologies work, what is the point of laws?"

Gu Wenxiang pretended to be angry, and Chi Yuzi lowered her head even deeper, apologizing repeatedly: "I was wrong, I was wrong, auntie... I will definitely make it up to you."

"You've given me all your wealth, what else can you give me as compensation? I'm kindhearted, so just pay me with your body, massage my shoulders and pat my thighs."

"But I have long since given up worldly desires, and my body won't react. I certainly don't mind your few pounds of flesh, but Sister Yuhua will definitely not want to see it... No, no."

The two of them said it almost in unison. Chi Yuzi got the wrong meaning. Gu Wen looked disgusted when he heard it and said, "You don't dislike it, but I dislike your five-and-a-half-foot stature. Let's just be brothers."

He looked at the girl's figure, which could only be described as well-proportioned.

Not even one tenth as good as Yu Hua.

When Akabane came to her senses, her face was as red as a flower, her anger was as fierce as a mountain fire, and her eyes were filled with tears.

"Ahhh, I'm going to kill you!"

After a commotion, Akabane was so angry that she started crying again. She turned her grief and anger into appetite and drank three large jars of wine.

Gu Wen said: "Huayang is also a heroic leader, and is extremely proficient in the way of ruling. I was worried that a big fuss would affect the reputation of Dao Sect, but I didn't expect that it would enhance its reputation."

"Showing off that two Heavenly Lords eloped is nothing but a boost to reputation."

Akabane was very confused.

Gu Wen said: "Let Dao Zong look disciplined and soften his power. What Dao Zong needs now is not majesty, but a softer image."

In times of chaos, use harsh punishments; in times of prosperity, be gentle.

Akabane shook his head honestly: "If you don't understand these, let's just have a drink. I heard that in Fozhou, where Mount Xumi is located, there are two kinds of wines called Shenxianzui and Tianxianluo, which are the best wines."

When talking about wine, her eyes brightened and her expression became excited.

The wine in the cultivation world is not white wine, but more like a beverage and medicinal food. It tastes excellent and is considered a luxury.

Gu Wen looked a little strange and asked, "Does the Buddhist holy land sell good wine?"

"It's like this, bald donkey." Chiyuzi said, "Great goodness can seem like evil. The more emphasis a sect places on pure cultivation, the easier it is to go astray. Therefore, most sects' pure cultivation is not worthy of its name."

What one strives for in pure cultivation is the upper limit, but suppressing oneself for too long can easily distort one’s original intention.

Some sects advocate pure cultivation, but turn a blind eye to the bad practices within their sects.

"By the way, you came to help that nun. Do you know where she is? Do you know how to deal with her?"

Akabane suddenly asked, this is the reason why they came to Florida after running away. Gu Wen replied: "We must first find the master of Jade Sword Buddha. She has a sword method to kill Buddha, and then I will learn it to kill Buddha."

"that's it?"

"It's that simple."

"You are totally unprepared and don't know how to solve the problem." Akabane said with a look of joy, "Really, it's really shameful for me, the world's number one fighting god, to accompany you around."

[It’s great to be able to go find trouble with the bald donkey with Gu Wen]

Gu Wen was holding the white jade bottle, but Akabako still looked disgusted.

"what are you laughing at?"

"I thought of something happy."

"whats the matter."

"The Taoist robes of the Dao Sect are hard to hide your figure. You look the same as Yu Hua when you wear them, but there is actually something else inside."

"There is a secret inside."

"The Great Universe."
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Three days later, the immortal boat landed.

The boatman said in a loud voice: "There is an impure city at the foot of Mount Xumi, with the most wine and meat in the world. Dear guests, please enjoy the Buddha's light and enlightenment, which is a blessing that monks cannot enjoy."

Gu Wen looked at the city that was a hundred feet high, then turned his head to look at the Buddha Mountain outside the city. Waves of Buddha’s light illuminated half of the western sky in gold.

The name of the Impure City has a derogatory meaning. As a city, it contains too much fame, wealth and worldly desires, and is despised by Buddhist monks.

But for trade, a huge city is needed as a transit point.

Commerce is necessary, whether it is mortals or monks, it is impossible to completely eliminate trading. Even powerful people often need to obtain the spiritual objects they need through barter.

Many bald heads can be seen on the streets, and under the scorching sun at noon, they look like light bulbs.

Gu Wen and Chi Yuzi were both wearing Taoist robes, which made them quite eye-catching in the crowd, and people frequently cast glances at them.

"Florida is quite special. In order to prevent other monks from showing off their skills and stealing the incense, they banned monks other than Buddhists from entering for quite a long time."

Chi Yuzi asked Gu Wen about this, and the latter was quite surprised and said, "With the frequent exchanges of monks, can Buddhism still be closed off from the outside world?"

"They arrested people as soon as they came in, so naturally fewer people came. This is actually my second time in Florida. Before this, I didn't even know what this place looked like."

"What did you do last time you came?"

"Destroy mountains and cut down temples, exterminate Buddhas and slaughter monks. Among the three religions and nine schools of thought, Buddhism is the most rebellious. The Taoist sect does not support the incense and the way of gods in terms of political direction. Immortal Qingcang thinks that incense does not encourage people to strive for the path of Taoism, but instead makes people think about the next life, which is harmful to the human race."

"Then don't you have many enemies here?"

"It's okay, they don't know what I look like."

Gu Wen's spiritual thoughts were as fast as a thread, covering the entire city and even extending to Mount Xumi outside the city.

He saw thousands of huge Buddhas, golden bodies as big as mountains, and millions of monks, but the only one missing was the little nun he knew.

"Hidden? It seems that he really has the strength of a little saint."

Gu Wen became more alert. He had never fought with the Little Saint before, and he didn't know the Buddha's power.

The two of them walked and stopped many times and finally found a Qianfeng Tower. There were large gold-plated characters on the plaque, and all the guests who came and went had golden elixirs in their bodies.

They walked in, showed the special token given by Lu Chan, and immediately received the highest treatment.

I stayed in the highest-class Tianzi Room, ate free meals at Qianfeng Tower, and saw the special features of Florida.

One by one, beautiful bald nuns in thin robes walked in. Chiyuzi and Gu Wen were stunned, and then they looked at each other and smiled.

"Wonderful! It's really wonderful. No wonder it's called the Impure City."

"Haha, geese, geese, geese... these bald asses..." Akabane laughed like a goose, "I thought having a brothel was unorthodox enough, but they actually play like this."

There are Taoist nuns in some brothels, but Taoism is more secular and does not have as strict precepts as Buddhism, so the contrast is not as great as the nuns' dancing.

After eating and drinking, Akabane felt that it was time to get down to business, so he called the steward of Qianfeng Tower.

"We want to find out about the previous Buddha Sword. Do you know anything?"

The steward of Qianfeng Tower bowed and said, "The previous generation of Sword Buddha has not appeared for more than three hundred years. He disappeared after the human-demon war. It is difficult to find any trace of him in Qianfeng Tower. Maybe he is in seclusion somewhere now."

"If even you don't know, that's a bit troublesome."

Akabane scratched his head. Apart from flowers, the Qianfeng Sect's biggest business was intelligence.

Many times, their news was faster than Dao Zong's.

The Qianfeng Tower steward keenly sensed something was wrong and asked, "But what happened? If it's urgent, I can use some of my connections to find out."

He didn't know Gu Wen and Chi Yuzi, but the tokens they held were of the highest level, equivalent to the headmaster's special envoy.

"How much can you find out?"

"It won't be a problem to take a few Buddhist scriptures from Mount Xumi."

"So amazing?"

Akabane looked surprised, and then said, "Then please help us find out where the previous generation of Sword Buddha is, and everything about her."

"As ordered."

The Qianfeng Tower steward withdrew, and Chiyuzi turned around and asked, "Gu Wen, can't you turn Mount Xumi upside down in one go?"

Hearing this, Gu Wen was speechless and said, "Do you think I am the way of heaven? You can see people, but you can't see their hearts."

He had already searched all over Mount Sumeru, but he just crossed all the restrictions and searched for the Jade Sword Buddha without being detected by many Buddhas.

The jade bottle does have the ability to read minds, but it also has a range, only within a hundred feet.

Of course, if Gu Wen were to refine it, it should be able to be strengthened a hundredfold.

Suddenly, a hint of Taoist charm came from the jade bottle.

[Buddhism belongs to the underworld, and the Buddha is one of the two emperors. If you want to save the Buddha and the devil's body, let her become the master of the Four Emperors, and you can leave the Buddha and the devil's place. ]

Gu Wenxin's thoughts arose, and using the jade bottle, his thoughts reached the ninth heaven.

'Where are the Four Imperial Guardians?'

As the thought came to his mind, a grain of golden sand fell between the hair on Gu Wen's head.

[One of the Four Imperial Gods, following the example of Heaven and Earth]

'You're giving it to me so easily?'

Gu Wen had only thought of this on a whim and had not expected this Tiansheng to be so real.

[If you enter the heaven, all the Three Pure Ones are available]

'My conditions remain the same.'

[The laws of heaven and earth cannot be crossed]

Gu Wen collected the yellow sand and began to study the rules. In order to avoid being tricked, he only tried it briefly.

The little man in the Qi Hai regenerates a hair, which is called [Hou Tian].

Earth is the master of all things, so it is called the queen.

Just take one percent and you will get the acquired nature of all living beings.

(End of this chapter)