Tao and Heaven

Chapter 270: Conferring the title of Hou Tu
In the Buddhist temple, under the golden Buddha.

The Taoist in green robes was radiating Buddha light, and a wisp of Zen was permeating his eyes. Although he was wearing a Taoist robe, it seemed to have turned into a monk's robe.

The path of Yuanying is also the path of Buddha's wish.

Gu Wenzhi's Buddhist teachings do not accept worship from others, nor do they worship others, but only worship one's own mind.

The Lingtai Yuanying transformed into a monk, clasped his hands together, chanted scriptures, and wisps of pure wish power appeared.

The power of Buddhist vows is equivalent to a higher level of primordial spirit, a more malleable divine consciousness. Ordinary divine consciousness is just a medium, which can only be used for perception and attack through certain means.

The Buddha's thoughts can make one flower a world, one leaf a bodhi. One thought can transform a world, or imprison an enemy.

Many times, great monks convert demons, but more often they use illusions to control the mind and convert others in a way that is almost hypnotic.

To put it nicely, it is called salvation; to put it bluntly, it is brainwashing.

However, wherever there is a technique, there must be a method, and there is also a great principle.

The Buddha's teachings are indeed for salvation, but they do not teach people to be good, but to let go of desires. They create a magical world and help people discern the inner demons and desires.

In that world, all desires can be satisfied and all shortcomings can be fulfilled, thus achieving enlightenment.

The true path must be obtained before enlightenment can be achieved.

Gu Wen comprehended a path to enlightenment from it, and used it as the foundation of his Nascent Soul, just like he had polished his foundation when he became an immortal in the past, as the basis for his own great path.

The Buddha Zhenru saw the mystery and said, "Since the donor has already attained enlightenment, why don't you enter the Buddha's Western Paradise and enjoy the supreme state of enlightenment?"

"The old bald donkey is looking for death."

Li Yunshang seemed to have her reverse scale touched, with a hint of murderous intent in her eyes. She raised her hand and pointed, smashing down with a force like thousands of mountains and untold gravity.

She can be penniless, but her apprentice cannot be robbed.

The golden Buddha pushed out a palm, and three inches of incense appeared in his palm. Each wisp of incense could differentiate into a cave heaven, in which tens of millions of Buddhist temples and hundreds of millions of monks could be seen.

The highest level of Buddhism, one flower is a world, one leaf is a bodhi.

As soon as the two touched, the Buddha's light shattered, and the Buddha's kingdom in the palm of the hand turned into nothingness.

The first afterwave spread out of the Zhenru Palace, and the clouds within a hundred miles of Lingshan Mountain turned into nothingness. The twisted circular ripples continued to spread, and mountain ranges were beheaded one after another.

Then the second, third, and fourth afterwaves were exhaled in a thousandth of a breath, almost shattering the entire Lingshan Mountain and annihilating tens of millions of monks.

Li Yunshang still had some strength to spare, and with his other hand he controlled the universe, trapping all the aftermath of the battles between the saints in the cracks between his fingernails, with the lines on his palm beneath the abyss of heaven and earth.

Since she is a human immortal, the monks are also human beings, so she naturally treats them equally.

No matter how dirty the Buddhist sect is, as long as the law can find out, as long as they are not openly rebelling and bullying the people, then Li Yunshang will treat them as compatriots, no different from Daoist disciples.

Buddha also looks at whether one has a shaved head, but she only looks at whether one is a human being.

In recent years, after being out of the state of war, Li Yunshang can even accept the existence of monsters that are beneficial to the survival and development of the human race.

A breath passes, and a move is made.

The thousands of mountains outside seemed to be hesitant to speak, and the highest altitude of the mountains near Mount Xumi was forcibly pressed down by dozens or even hundreds of meters.

Fragments of boulders rolled down from the top of the mountain and fell to the ground, and the ground was still shaking slightly.

The golden Buddha's palm was slightly concave, but Li Yunshang was unharmed and had enough strength to protect all the monks in Mount Xumi.

It is easy to tell who is stronger and who is weaker at a glance. The one who can use the body of an immortal to stand shoulder to shoulder with the little saint and even suppress the other party, there is probably only two people named Qingcang in this world who can do this.

Li Yunshang said calmly: "Buddha, this is all."

"Amitabha, the donor's merits are comparable to those of nature. If there were no flaws in the Great Dao, he would have already become a saint."

Just like the Buddha's unreserved praise, he had heard of Qingcang's name a long time ago and could also observe from afar the strength displayed by the other party in his fight with Jianmu.

In terms of strength, she is the best in the world.

The way of human immortality is the pure way of fighting.

No matter how mysterious the Buddhist teachings are, or how vast the Buddhist kingdom is, they will all turn into nothingness under Qing Cang's finger.

The Buddha thought he had a 40% chance of winning, but in actual combat, he would most likely lose. The higher the level of fighting, the greater the difference.

With less than 10% chance of winning, it is almost impossible to win. We have to hope that Jianmu can come to help after the fight.

If it was really like the Buddha didn't want this to happen, what he wanted was not to defeat Qing Cang, let alone to compete with him.

"Donor, you can destroy my image, but the Buddhist path will remain. Why don't we discuss it? You let me teach you the Dharma, and I will help you fight against Jianmu."

As soon as he finished speaking, a punch came flying at him. The golden Buddha raised his hand to block it, and then his hand shattered, and half of his palm turned into powder.

The hall behind him was already half gone, with the huge hole reflecting the green hills outside.

Li Yunshang's face was as pale as death, and she was already filled with murderous intent.

She didn't want to bother with this bald donkey. She couldn't kill him or get rid of him. It would be better to keep him in the Buddhist temple so that this toilet wouldn't spread the smoke to other places.

But now we should never, ever spread Gu Wen’s Buddhist teachings.

This has nothing to do with interests, it's just a matter of status. Can a mother allow her son to have a stepmother?

Bald donkey, die for me!
When the third punch was thrown, the golden Buddha's right arm exploded. Thousands of Buddha lights dimmed the daylight. Countless monks felt that the Buddha had appeared and they all bowed down in worship.

Seeing this, the golden Buddha stopped resisting and bowed with one hand, chanting Amitabha in a low voice. In an instant, Buddha light appeared on Mount Xumi, and the eight million temples in Fozhou were like Buddha images emitting golden light.

The true rhythm of Buddha's Tao is spread all over Florida, and even projected beyond the heaven and earth and into the void.

Li Yunshang's power as a human immortal is unparalleled in the world, but a saint is not a strong man, and the comparison of superiority and inferiority is not determined by the size of strength.

She can defeat Zhenru, but cannot kill Zhenru.

Gu Wen said, "Master, I want to discuss Buddhist principles with him."

Now the Buddha cannot be killed, and he cannot be killed. He just has some confusion to resolve, and he also has some competitive spirit to fight.

Li Yunshang frowned slightly, feeling quite unhappy.

Although Gu Wen was her apprentice, their relationship was different from that of an ordinary master and apprentice, more like a teacher and friend. Especially after Gu Wen became an immortal, Qing Cang had no methods to teach him.

Now that he has understood some of the bald donkey's skills, Li Yunshang can't help feeling a little unhappy and uneasy.

The thought of my beloved disciple coming back with a shaved head...

"Master, I don't know how to be a monk."

No one knows a teacher better than his disciple, Gu Wen comforted him softly, saying that sometimes he did not act like a disciple.

Because of his own experience and his master's over-indulgence, Li Yunshang often seemed like an old child.

"Humph! If you want to be the master, can I stop you?"

Li Yunshang snorted coldly, waved his sleeves, turned around and moved away without a trace, only a voice was heard coming from the void.

"Traitor, you are expelled from the sect!"

Gu Wen was both amused and confused. He had no idea how many times he had heard this sentence.

But as long as I can use the food I learned during the Longqiao period and make a small effort, I believe the master will definitely forgive me.

He took three steps forward, and the Jade Sword Buddha beside him pulled his sleeve, and shook his head slightly with a face as pure as glass.

"Don't teach an expert."

"..."

Gu Wen originally wanted to reminisce with her, after all, they hadn't seen each other for eight hundred years.

He raised his hand, and then slapped it on the round and smooth head. The Jade Sword Buddha's head turned slightly red, and his face, which was still as holy as before, showed a bit of innocence and confusion.

A great feeling of pleasure surged into his heart. Gu Wen looked at his palm and then at the Jade Sword Buddha.

Looking back to the past, he followed the other girl to learn swordsmanship, but the little nun never even looked at him from beginning to end.

Later, when I learned the true meaning of kendo, the little nun looked at me in the right eye, but I still did my own thing.

The only thing the little nun could communicate with normally was Yu Hua. Gu Wen was thinking at that time, if he could take a picture of her bald head one day, he wondered what it would be like.

Now that I have achieved what I wanted, my mind is clear.

"Stay aside."

"Oh."

Jade Sword Buddha walked away obediently and came to Chiyuzi, who had just escaped from the illusion and had not yet recovered.

She remembered this short guy who had always stuck to Gu Wen.

Gu Wen came to the golden Buddha nine feet away. The golden Buddha smiled and grabbed the lotus Buddha platform with his only remaining hand, saying: "You already understand the Buddhist principles, you can obtain the position of Bodhisattva."

"This deity will grant you the status of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and 39,000 temples with incense offerings, so that you can teach sentient beings and bring peace to the region. This deity will teach you the scriptures, command all the bodhisattvas, and allow you to sit in the position of the second-best Buddha in the Buddhist sect."

"We should also build a vast Buddhist temple on the Eighty-Eight Sacred Mountains, so that when you go out, you will be surrounded by Buddhist clouds, and when you sleep, you will have three thousand Buddhist concubines. We should cultivate the Great Way of Joy and enjoy the bliss of the Western Paradise."

Then, a golden and white lotus slowly fell down.

"how?"

When asked by the Buddha, he smiled and said, "Since you have cultivated Buddhism, you should not be afraid to become a Buddha for once."

The second most honorable person in Buddhism, above all Bodhisattvas, and on the same level as Buddha.

Gu Wen looked at Fulian in front of him. Compared with before when he treated her like a dog, she was now really sincere.

There cannot be two kings in one country, and there cannot be two Buddhas in one temple.

But the Buddha really allowed it. He could tolerate two Buddhas in one temple just because Gu Wen was worthy of it.

If he could convert the Hunyuan Dao Heart into Buddhism, it would be a great progress for his practice. When one reaches the stage of True Buddha, it is normal to have no progress for thousands of years.

And Zhenru had to admit that he really couldn't do anything to Qingcang.

This master and disciple is like a variable, one is truly a Taoist who uses force to overcome the law, and his strength is unrivaled in the world. A thousand-year-old little saint, who is obviously vulgar but has a heart of Hunyuan Taoism.

"You are very generous. If so, we should reciprocate..."

Gu Wen kicked Fulian over, spread out his palm, and a dim yellow light appeared.

"I confer this title upon you, and I will follow your example and glorify the Earth God."

(End of this chapter)