I can't be a demon.

Chapter 399: The Guardian Ghost Awakens His Wisdom
"Buddha Tathagata, the sutra in your body is losing control."

Shen Lian couldn't help but look at Tathagata Buddha. The latter was just a shell. Even though he inherited the intelligence of the real body, he still had serious flaws.

In addition, after thousands of years of suppressing the outside world, the country has already run out of steam.

Shen Lian was slightly hesitant. Now that he had reached the state of a perfect immortal, there was a perfect little world constantly growing inside his body. In fact, he had the means to delay the passing of Tathagata Buddha.

But it can only delay the situation. The Buddha's realm is far beyond his own, and everything is only a temporary solution and not a cure for the disease.

"Shen Lian, no need for that. Your master and I are destined to be buried in paradise."

While Tathagata Buddha was speaking, a crackling sound came from the back of his head. The monster transformed by the Mosquito Larva Sutra was gradually growing bigger.

Shen Lian looked through the crack and saw the larvae crawling in the skin.

A larva composed of countless scriptures.

Hehehe~

It looked like a hideous larva that had been magnified countless times, but it made a human-like laugh and stared at Shen Lian with resentful eyes.

Shen Lian's expression was murderous, but he also knew that the life of the larva and that of Buddha Tathagata were connected.

The Tathagata Buddha continued, "I am the Tathagata Buddha's skin, and I am also half of Jin Chanzi's master. I bought time for Jin Chanzi in the beginning, and now I buy time for you."

"Bodhi, fate is really wonderful, don't you think?"

Patriarch Bodhi smiled without saying a word, his mood not affected at all by the pain he was enduring.

The Tathagata Buddha looked around and saw more and more Buddhas gathering around him. He said, "Now people are the butchers and I am the meat."

"Shen Lian, please reach the Golden Immortal level as soon as possible. Maybe I can still leave a whole body."

His laughter was deafening, and many Buddhas looked at each other, with greed in their eyes unchanged.

Shen Lian didn't know what to say. The small world inside his body was changing dramatically all the time, and was constructing the rules of heaven according to his own will.

As time passed faster and faster, the Tang Dynasty continued to experience rise and fall, survival and destruction.

With the baptism of time, martial arts have been constantly innovating, so that the experience progress of martial arts classics has been increasing.

To be safe, Shen Lian has let the five ghost gods take charge of the small world within his body.

In a sense, his achievement of Daluo Jinxian no longer depends on himself, but on 135 million Tang Dynasty warriors.

Click.

Even the Buddha couldn't help but wail.

The larvae thrive and their appetites increase exponentially. You can hear the rustling sounds of their gnawing, which is creepy.

Shen Lian felt deeply ashamed of himself.

Prolonging the life of Tathagata Buddha would require a huge price, at least the loss of most of his flesh, blood and bones, so he has been hesitating.

"Buddha, I have already got the answers to most of your questions, except for one thing that I still don't understand from beginning to end."

"Go ahead."

Shen Lian asked decisively: "Where are the Three Pure Ones? Where is the true body of Tathagata Buddha?"

The Buddha opened his mouth wide, yet his relief was hard to conceal.

"If you return empty-handed from the mortal world without receiving the gift from Jin Chanzi, the fall of the Three Realms will be a foregone conclusion. I will not tell you, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble."

The Buddha sighed deeply, and the Buddha's light drew some of the wine into his mouth.

"Shen Lian, there is indeed a glimmer of hope now, and I will no longer hide it."

"They have ascended to the upper realm."

.........

Two thousand years ago.

Jin Chanzi walked on the wild mountains and wilderness with a cane, heading towards the Tang Dynasty.

He took one step after another, as if draining away his remaining strength. At the same time, he became so old that there was almost no trace of his Dharma appearance.

"Wu Jing."

Jin Chanzi turned around and saw Sha Wujing standing not far away.

"Go back to the Quicksand River."

Sha Wujing said unwillingly: "Master, my eldest brother and second brother are missing and one is seriously injured. I can't stay in the Flowing Sand River peacefully. Master, I..."

"I am here to repay my debts and also to make a bet with others."

After Jin Chanzi persuaded Sha Wujing to leave with a few words, he continued walking with his head down. His hands and feet were stained with blood, and his skin was covered with corpse spots.

Not long after, Zhu Bajie showed up.

"Master, you have gone blind after contemplating the Sutra."

"It's okay, Bajie, don't follow me anymore."

Jin Chanzi bid farewell to his disciple again and traveled among the mountains like an ascetic monk. His originally gorgeous robes became tattered, and corpse spots were almost all over his body. He changed his straw sandals one pair after another.

All the Buddha's cultivation was completely lost during the hike.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Jin Chanzi heard a noise in his ear, and then a child supported him and said, "Grandpa, where are you from?"

"Come from the West."

"I heard from the teacher that only people go to heaven after they die."

Jin Chanzi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and reached out to touch the child's head, "Little kid, is this Chang'an, the Tang Dynasty?"

"It's Chang'an."

"I see."

Jin Chanzi stood up on his own and moved among the crowd as if he had regained his sight.

Finally he came to a temple. As soon as he stepped over the threshold, he could see lifelike statues of the Three Pure Ones and countless pilgrims coming and going.

The pilgrims seemed unable to detect the presence of the golden cicada.

Jin Chanzi sat weakly in front of the statue of the Three Pure Ones, meditating and chanting scriptures.

Sunset and moonrise.

When it was pitch dark in the night, Jin Chanzi raised his head and asked, "Yuanshi Tianzun, Daode Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun, you have obtained the outer-domain scriptures, have you achieved transcendence?"

As soon as these words were spoken, a gust of cold wind blew in the Sanqing Temple.

His words were laced with mockery, but it was not directed at the Three Pure Ones, but at himself.

After all, Jin Chanzi originally thought that he could refine the scriptures from outside the domain and allow the creatures in the three realms to adapt before the catastrophe of heaven and earth got out of control.

Unexpectedly, it backfired and it wouldn't be long before all three realms fell.

Jin Chanzi said to himself: "You must have just used the true scriptures to transform yourself and shed your old skin at the Heavenly Dao?"

"how?"

Rumble.

A loud thunderclap sounded, and heavy rain covered Chang'an.

There was a crack on the back of the statue of Yuanshi Tianzun, and the front legs of a mantis stretched out, the color of which was like green jade, and it was no longer human.

Next is the Lord of Daode, whose hard wings come into view, with features similar to those of a seven-spotted ladybug, and the wings make a buzzing sound.

Lingbao Tianzun was not spared, and the narrow and sharp horns of the insects stretched the statue apart.

"Three Pure Ones, I can't see you."

Jin Chanzi was not afraid at all, and the sound of the wooden fish continued. "As early as the first time I saw the true scriptures from the outer world, I had already cut off my eyes."

"Hey."

He said helplessly: "The true scriptures are traps. They are not the key to transcendence, but insect eggs that parasitize our bodies and absorb nutrients."

As the Three Pure Ones listened to Jin Chanzi's chatter, the cracks in the statue began to heal.

Yuanshi Tianzun, who was in the center, suddenly said, "Jin Chanzi, the three of us plan to open up a new world, reincarnate and cultivate again to get rid of the parasitism of the outer-domain scriptures."

Lingbao Tianzun smiled and said, "If you are willing, you can go together."

"No."

Jin Chanzi stopped beating the wooden fish and said with a flushed face, "Three Pure Ones, when I went to the outer domain this time, I accidentally discovered a big world. It not only has rich spiritual energy to provide immortals and Buddhas for cultivation, but also can accommodate billions of ordinary people."

The Lord of Morality snorted coldly, "Big world? Absurd. We have been practicing for countless years, how could we not know about the big world?"

Jin Chanzi shook his head and said, "Monks do not tell lies. You can calculate where my master, Tathagata Buddha, is now."

The Three Pure Ones were silent for a few breaths, and then Yuanshi Tianzun spoke: "If you are not in the cycle of reincarnation, there is only a skin left in Lingshan to serve as the Buddha."

"He has ascended to the upper realm."

The Three Pure Ones were all a little confused about what Jin Chanzi said.

Jin Chanzi continued, "Three Pure Ones, you have already merged with the Heavenly Dao of this world. Even if there are scriptures from outside the domain, they can only pollute your Taoist heritage."

"It's not an exaggeration to say that they are immortal and indestructible. Why should you be afraid of a junior like me?"

"Where are Dipankara and Maitreya?"

"They have surrendered to the Scriptures from outside the domain. Before leaving, the Tathagata Buddha imprisoned Dipankara and Maitreya in the depths of the Western Sacred Mountain to help that skin bag resist the invasion of the Scriptures from outside the domain."

Jin Chanzi knew that he could not hide the truth from the Three Pure Ones, so he explained the cause and effect clearly.

The Three Pure Ones did not give an immediate reply, but the gloomy wind outside subsided.

"Three Pure Ones, my soul will be gone in half a year at most. It is impossible for my true spirit to be reincarnated. I just want to see if I can find a way out for the sentient beings in the Three Realms before I die."

There was a bright red flame burning slowly on Jin Chanzi's fingertips. It was the karmic fire of sin.

He obtained the Sandalwood Merit Buddha through the journey to the West. His original intention was to become a Buddha due to the merits of Mahayana Buddhism, but it ended up causing the heaven and earth to spiral out of control.

Death by the fire of karma is inevitable.

"Where is the upper realm?" Yuanshi Tianzun took the initiative to suppress the karma fire for Jin Chanzi.

"Somewhere else." Jin Chanzi clasped his hands together, tears flowing from his cloudy eyes.

"A thousand years from now, an opportunity will arise. The Three Pure Ones will then be able to understand the truth. If they are willing, ascending to the upper realm will be easy."

"can."

Yuanshi Tianzun had already agreed, and Daode Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun also acquiesced.

Whoosh whoosh.

There was a flash of lightning, and the Three Pure Ones in the temple had disappeared.

Jin Chanzi endured the burning fire of karma and walked out of Chang'an at dawn, chanting the Heart Sutra while climbing over one hill after another.

Just when the oil was running out and the lamp was fading, a temple appeared out of nowhere before my eyes.

Guanyin Bodhisattva sits inside.

"Golden Chanzi, why are you doing this? Karma is cyclical. If the Three Realms are destroyed, it is also destined. There is no need to force that glimmer of hope."

"Buddha."

Jin Chanzi smiled bitterly and said, "I have measured the mortal world and have planned the locations of the 81 difficult caves. As long as an unparalleled demon moves in, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will gather there."

"Jin Chanzi, do you want to move the Three Realms into the so-called Upper Realm?"

"kindness."

The lower half of Jin Chanzi's body turned to ashes, and his flesh and blood sizzled. Guanyin Bodhisattva was unable to suppress it and could only watch as his soul flew away.

"Buddha……"

"Hey, tell me about the 81 difficulties."

"Thank you Bodhisattva."

After Jin Chanzi finished describing the locations of the 81 difficulties, the karmic fire suddenly intensified, leaving only the tattered cassock and a wisp of true spirit remnant.

Guanyin Bodhisattva collected the remains of her true spirit and followed Jin Chanzi's path into the forest.

.........

After listening to the story of the origin told by Tathagata Buddha, Shen Lian still did not know what the upper realm was.

His cultivation has reached the critical point of Daluo Jinxian. His qi and blood are surging, and the small world inside his body is also turning upside down.

Buddha Tathagata was almost dying, and Patriarch Bodhi was weak.

"Buddha Tathagata, how do I ascend to the upper realm?"

"Shen Lian, it's almost time for them to awaken their wisdom. Ask them yourself!"

The Buddha laughed loudly, and the clouds above his head slowly dispersed, vaguely revealing that groups of giant insects were stirring outside the domain.

Many Buddhas also began to get agitated, and the greed in their eyes could not be suppressed.

They did not realize that Shen Lian was mainly coveting Tathagata Buddha.

Once the Tathagata Buddha dies, the complete Jie Larva Sutra will be born, and any Buddha present who refines it will be able to make further progress.

Become a being comparable to the Three Buddhas.

Maitreya Buddha and Dipankara Buddha have already delivered the message.

As long as one can refine the Jie Larva Sutra of Tathagata Buddha, one can become the new Buddha of the Three Ages and welcome the coming of Mahayana Buddhism from outside the domain.

Many Buddhas are waiting to share the food of Tathagata Buddha.

They are divided into dozens of camps. Generally, the more senior they are, the more Buddhas they depend on. The Buddhas who have risen in recent years are all alone.

"Amitabha."

Huang Mei stood in the corner, gazing at the Buddha from afar with a thoughtful expression.

Including Madam White Bone, all the evil Buddhas of the previous Little Leiyin Temple have become earthly immortals, but they are still too weak in the Paradise.

Madam Bai Gu glanced at Huang Mei and really couldn't understand what the latter was thinking.

Logically speaking, Huang Mei had no right to participate in the fight for the true scriptures of Tathagata Buddha, but he took the risk to intervene, and did not show any greed from beginning to end, as if he was reminiscing.

"coming."

Mrs. White Bone asked in confusion, "What's coming?"

Huang Mei did not reply, the bright light rising into the sky revealed everything.

Everyone present recognized the aura of the Martial Arts Sutra.

They could no longer hold back, and suddenly the opportunities came together. Shen Lian's flesh and blood was perfect for making pills. After only two or three hundred years of absence, he actually began to strive for the Daluo Golden Immortal.

hiss.

Wouldn't it be that eating a piece of flesh and blood could save them the trouble of turning into a pupa for a thousand years? !
Without waiting for others to react, Mingguang Buddha took the lead and rode away in the Buddha light with great momentum, and immediately twenty or thirty figures followed closely behind him.

But on the way, the Buddha of Bright Light disappeared quietly.

Obviously, he was using the Buddha as a chess piece to test Tathagata Buddha.

"Impressive."

Huang Mei said sincerely: "Jin Chanzi is really amazing. He even dared to plot against the Three Pure Ones and Tathagata. I always thought that he was weak in Buddhist philosophy. I... lost."

"Three Pure Ones, Tathagata?"

Just as Madam Bai Gu was about to ask, five more rays of light shot up into the sky from Shen Lian's body.

He could naturally recognize that the spiritual light was the five guardian ghosts, but the aura was subtly different, as if it contained the mystery of the great Dao.

.........

The small world inside the body.

At the moment when Shen Lian was promoted to the Golden Immortal of Great Luo, the Five Ghost Gods actually advanced to a higher level without any medium, and their realm took a natural step forward.

The banyan tree's trunk grows thousands of meters long, and its roots spread to every corner of the small world.

The bone blade chuckled incomprehensibly, followed by the banyan tree and the stone eggs.

They originally had little intelligence, but suddenly they seemed to be reborn, just like the immortals and Buddhas recorded in ancient books who were reincarnated and regained their wisdom.

The banyan tree sighed, "Golden Chanzi, oh Golden Chanzi, I, the Heavenly Lord of Dao, actually protected a kid. You died happily."

"Upper Bound?"

"Hahahaha, it is indeed the upper realm for sure!"

(End of this chapter)