Fellow Taoists, please respect yourself.

Chapter 384 Kunpeng's Painstaking Efforts
Just as Zen Master Wuchao's announcement rang out, far away in the Great Leiyin Temple in Lingshan, the Tathagata Buddha, who was sitting high on the lotus platform, suddenly opened his eyes.

"Mahakasyapa Ananda."

The Tathagata Buddha spoke softly, his voice was not loud, but it echoed throughout the Great Leiyin Temple.

"Amitabha, I respectfully listen to the instructions of the Buddha."

Behind the Tathagata Buddha, Ananda and Kasyapa stepped out, bowed to the Buddha three times, and then asked.

The Tathagata Buddha looked down at the two venerables, Kasyapa and Ananda, and said, "Go to the Northern Continent of Uttarakuru, the hundred thousand mountains."

"Amitabha."

The two venerables bowed again and were about to leave the Great Leiyin Temple.

But immediately, the footsteps stopped.

Because in front of the two venerables, a burst of lapis lazuli light suddenly bloomed.

A Buddha walked out from the glass light and stood there calmly.

Ananda and Kasyapa did not dare to neglect him and hurriedly bowed and said, "We are honored to meet the Medicine Master Vaidurya Light Tathagata."

The visitor was none other than Medicine Buddha, one of the Three Buddhas of the Past, Present and Future, the Lord of the Eastern Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, the Bhaisajyaguru Buddha.

Medicine Buddha just glanced at Ananda and Kashyapa, then withdrew his gaze and walked through the middle of the two venerables.

Just one step was enough to make the two venerables stand still, unable to move at all.

"Namo."

After Medicine Buddha restrained the two venerables with his hands, he bowed to the Tathagata and said, "The action of the Tathagata will certainly not please the heavens. There will be disasters in the future. Please take back your order."

The Tathagata Buddha did not answer, but just closed his eyes, as if the Medicine Buddha did not exist at all.

Medicine Buddha frowned and was about to speak when his expression suddenly changed.

Two figures appeared again in front of the lotus platform of Tathagata Buddha.

The first one was a middle-aged man of plump appearance, wearing an ochre-yellow monk's robe, with his chest and breasts exposed, a large belly, ears hanging down to his shoulders, and a kind smile on his face.

One of them was a withered old man with his hands clasped together, brows lowered, and wearing the most ordinary gray monk's robe.

When Medicine Buddha saw this, he sighed inwardly, stepped forward to greet the old monk and said, "I am the junior monk Sanggemei La, greeting the great monk Dipankara."

Then he looked at the wealthy middle-aged man and nodded, "Greetings to the Maitreya Buddha."

That’s right, this withered old man and the plump middle-aged man are none other than the past Buddha Dipankara and the future Buddha Maitreya.

"Namo."

The ancient Buddha Dipankara's voice was equally dry, and he said softly: "What Medicine Master just said is wrong. You must know that if you don't take what Heaven gives you, you will suffer the consequences."

"It is inevitable that Wuchao will follow the will of heaven and merge the demon tribe into Buddhism."

"The demon race is naturally vicious, fighting and killing a lot, causing chaos in the three realms. It can be said to be a sea of ​​evil and a murderous place."

"I, the Buddha, have a compassionate heart and a duty to educate all living beings. Now that Wuchao has taken over my Buddhist sect with its demon tribe, I should educate and spread kindness, and lead those vicious and stubborn creatures to my Western Paradise, where they can do good deeds and accumulate virtues, and never do evil again."

"This is the true meaning of our Buddhist sect's salvation of all living beings. You must know that all living beings are equal."

The voice of the ancient Buddha Dipankara echoed in the Great Leiyin Temple, and although Maitreya Buddha said nothing, his position had already made his attitude clear.

Medicine Buddha fell silent.

In Buddhism, there are three Buddhas of the past, present and future, with a total of six supreme fruit positions. However, among these six fruit positions, the Tathagata occupies two fruit positions, the present Buddha and the middle Buddha.

When it comes to major Buddhist events, the Tathagata Buddha, who has attained the second fruit, can basically make the decision with just a word.

Even if there are other Buddhas who oppose, like in the current situation, we only need to win over one of them to settle the matter.

Not to mention, now both Dipamkara Buddha and Maitreya Buddha are standing on the side of Tathagata Buddha.

There is only one Medicine Buddha now. As for Amitabha Buddha, the lord of the Western Paradise, he has been silent since Tathagata Buddha occupied the Western Paradise, established Lingshan, and built Leiyin as the ancestral temple of Buddhism.

In other words, Medicine Buddha cannot even find an ally to oppose him at this moment.

It looks like three to one, but in fact it is four to one, or even five to one.

In a sense, the Tathagata Buddha alone can represent three levels of attainment.

Medicine Buddha was silent for a while, and finally could only lower his head, sigh, and turn away.

After passing by Kashyapa and Ananda again, the two venerable monks relaxed and regained their freedom.

"Amitabha."

After paying homage to the three Buddhas, Ananda and Kasyapa hurriedly walked out of the Great Leiyin Temple and headed straight for Uttarakuru.

And at the same time.

The sky beyond the sky, the sea of ​​stars, inside the Purple Palace.

"I really fucked you, you stinky bastard! You even tried to snatch the last piece of meat from me! You shameless bastard!"

The old Taoist priest had chopsticks in his mouth and one foot on the chair. His speech was a little unclear. In his hand, he held a large bowl filled with large pieces of meat covered in red oil and sauce.

In front of the old Taoist priest was a table with a huge soup pot on it. However, there were only some spices and vegetables in the pot at the moment, without any smell of meat.

Opposite the old Taoist priest was a person sitting upright on a chair, holding chopsticks in his hand with the last piece of meat on the chopsticks.

This person was a middle-aged man wearing a black robe and had a somewhat sinister face.

The man had an incredible look on his face. He shook his chopsticks and said stupidly, "I brought all these thirty kilograms of Kui beef, and I've only got this piece so far. The rest went to your stomach. How dare you say I'm shameless?"

"Then don't worry about it."

The old Taoist said confidently, "I have been fighting with you for such a long time. Do you think I am relaxed?"

The man's expression became even more absurd, and he murmured in disbelief: "It seems like I'm the one getting beaten all the time."

"Right."

The old Taoist thought about it and said reluctantly: "Then the last piece is yours, you should make up for it well."

Hearing this, the man raised his chopsticks and was about to eat, but he felt something was not right. He raised his chopsticks and put them down several times, and finally raised his head and said, "Qingjia, why did you become like this?"

"Don't like it? Hold it in."

The old Taoist gave him a sidelong glance and continued to eat the tender meat in his bowl.

"you……"

The man shook his head helplessly and said, "Let's talk business. The Buddhist layout has already begun. How does Taoist Ziwei arrange it?"

"how could I know?"

The old Taoist said indifferently: "That bastard Ziwei has always been mysterious. I just listened to him and temporarily used Ziwei's authority to control the sea of ​​stars. I just put on a show with you."

The man simply put down his chopsticks and said, "I followed Ziwei's arrangement and released my daughter in advance, letting you lock her away in the Heaven Palace, forcing Jinwu to join the Buddhist sect."

“And Wu Chao used the Golden Crow Relic to seize the luck of the demon race. Now he has become a powerful figure. Under the suppression of the Demon King, even I am no match for him.”

“Although Daozu has infinite magical powers, he wrote new scriptures, interpreted the black law, and suppressed it with the new scriptures, the black law, and the purple light, the three gates’ luck.”

“But now, Wu Chao has announced in the name of the Demon King that the entire demon race will be incorporated into Buddhism.”

"From now on, the fate of the demon race has become part of the fate of Buddhism. Buddhism will definitely make further progress. Flowers are blooming and brocade is raging. Seeing that the layout is about to be completed, both I and your heavenly court have made wedding clothes for Buddhism."

At this point, the man sighed and said, "Don't tell me that this is the purpose of your Heavenly Court. As long as you can put out the wildfire of the demon race, you don't care who gets the benefit in the end."

"hehe."

The old Taoist sneered and said, "Do you believe what you said?"

"Don't worry, I don't know much about Buddhism, nor do I know much about the Heavenly Palace, but I know Ziwei very well."

"Don't be fooled by Ziwei's serious appearance. In fact, he is a very mean guy. Don't worry, I won't let you down."

Upon hearing this, the man automatically ignored the old Taoist's "verbal criticism" of Ziwei and lowered his eyes to ponder.

Then he suddenly heard a commotion. He looked up and saw that the piece of meat on his chopsticks had already entered the old Taoist's stomach.

"You really..."

The man became more and more helpless and said, "Then we just wait like this?" "No need to wait."

At this moment, a burst of starlight suddenly appeared in the sky, and a tall figure came walking on the starlight.

The man quickly stood up to greet him and said, "Greetings, Taoist Ziwei."

The person who came was none other than the Chief of the Four Imperial Gods, the Vice Lord of Heaven, the Great Emperor Ziwei.

When the Purple Star Emperor saw the man, he smiled and said, "Daoist friend Kunpeng, thank you for your courtesy."

"Thank you for your hard work this time, fellow Daoist."

Hearing this, Kunpeng smiled bitterly and said, "What's the point of talking about whether it's hard or not? In the eyes of the demon race, I am undoubtedly a sinner."

"He is an accomplice in destroying the foundation of the demon race, a shameful traitor."

Emperor Ziwei said sincerely: "Why do you say that, Daoist friend? If Daoist friend had not secretly mediated the two eras, how could the demon race survive until now?"

"It's just that the Three Realms are about to undergo a major change, and gentle means won't work. I have no choice but to take this drastic action."

Although the demon race does have a deep foundation, it definitely cannot withstand the consumption of two epochs. During this process, Kunpeng actually put in a lot of effort.

You know, in the beginning, all non-human creatures were considered monsters.

But now?

There are Su and the three fox tribes in Tushan, Qingqiu. They are already auspicious existences. Tushan is even ruled by Jiao, the wife and daughter of King Yu.

The dragon clan has also become the totem of the human race. As long as the human race still exists, as long as humans need to farm and need good weather, the dragon clan will not disappear.

There are also many demon elves who practice the righteous way and hold high positions in the Heavenly Palace. Even under the seat of the Goddess of Mount Li, there are several demon disciples, including Bai Suzhen.

You don't know until you see it. It turns out that during the long period of two eras, many monster tribes have unknowingly "changed their appearance" and even have an inseparable cause and effect relationship with the destiny represented by the human race.

Among them, Kunpeng put in a lot of effort.

From the divine dragon carrying the map out of the Luo River to helping Fuxi develop the Eight Trigrams, to Bai Ze presenting the map of monsters to the Yellow Emperor on the seashore, to Dayu controlling the flood and the fox girl Jiao risking her life to help him.

Kunpeng was behind every single event, his purpose was to preserve as many descendants of the demon race as possible.

The demon race has lost its destiny, so decline is inevitable, and even extinction is very likely.

However, decline is irreversible and destruction is self-inflicted.

Kunpeng has been planning carefully for a long time. Everyone including the fox clan, the dragon clan, and even some demon gods can understand Kunpeng's good intentions.

Knowing that the demon clan was doomed, Kunpeng was right to do the right thing.

But for the vast majority of the demon clan, especially the powerful demon clan masters who guard their ancestral home and hope to rise again one day, if they knew what Kunpeng did, they would definitely think that Kunpeng was a traitor who recognized a thief as his father.

Only Kunpeng himself knows the bitterness of it.

Even up to now, although the demon race has declined to the extreme, they are still tirelessly causing trouble.

The three realms are in chaos, but the demon clan sees this as an opportunity to rise, and they are willing to contact the Buddhist sect to continue making trouble, dreaming of restoring the demon court.

Hence, the gazes of Great Celestial Master and Emperor Ziwei were fixed on it.

An imperial decree to exterminate the demon clan pushed the clan to the brink of the cliff, and also forced Kunpeng to choose to cut off his arm in order to survive, otherwise the demon clan would really perish.

From the very beginning, Kunpeng was a person from the Heavenly Palace, a part of the layout of Emperor Ziwei, and an active participant.

From the Buddhist point of view, Kunpeng is an ambitious demon master who wants to usurp the throne of the Demon King and has been planning for this purpose for endless years. He is a chess piece that can be used.

Naturally, Kunpeng would not miss this opportunity. He expressed his ambition on the surface and pretended to be friendly with the Buddhist sect.

In fact, he cooperated with the King of Fengdu and staged a chase drama with the Three Realms as the track.

"Now that things have come to this, I would like to ask you to help me and protect the descendants of my demon race."

Kunpeng sighed, bowed and said, "Kunpeng knows that this is a selfish statement, but I hope that fellow Taoist will agree to this for Kunpeng's sake."

"From now on, Kunpeng is willing to be your vanguard and be at your disposal!"

“I bow my head!”

After saying this, Kunpeng was about to lift his robe and kneel down, and Emperor Ziwei hurriedly leaned over to stop him.

'boom! '

A big foot kicked Kunpeng on the butt, causing him to stagger and interrupting his kneeling action.

Kunpeng turned around in surprise, only to see the old Taoist holding his nose and muttering, "Whispering, whining, is this what you call a demon master?"

"Ziwei, if you have any tricks up your sleeve, use them now, otherwise we will just have to blame those bald donkeys."

Ziwei smiled helplessly, helped Kunpeng up, and said: "Daoyou, I want to fight this rogue bastard. I will not sit idly by and watch the Buddhist sect take such a big advantage."

"What's the plan?"

Kunpeng breathed a sigh of relief. He knew very well that Buddhism was definitely not a good choice, especially at this critical juncture.

Buddhism is not clean...

Emperor Ziwei smiled and said, "Daoyou, you must know that at this moment, there are two Golden Crows."

"Although Wuchao has all the advantages, it also has some shortcomings."

"In the past, Emperor Jun emerged from the sun, suppressed the three realms, established the Demon Court, and called himself the Demon Emperor, but didn't he still have to share half of his power with Donghuang Taiyi?"

"It's not that Wuchao doesn't want to kill Jinwu, it's just that he doesn't dare."

"Using the relic to absorb the luck is indeed ingenious, but the luck is after all just circulating in the body of the Golden Crow. If the Crow Nest kills, brother Ni Qiang, the luck of the demon race will certainly be unstable."

Kunpeng frowned when he heard this and said, "But, although Jinwu is still alive, he has already wasted most of his life. Moreover, if we choose to support Jinwu, it will be no different from Wuchao."

As long as the Golden Crow bloodline is still there, the demon clan will never give up on restoration and will go straight to destruction.

This is an unsolvable problem.

If he had a choice, Kunpeng would have killed the embryo that was not one of the ten golden crows but was also a pure-blooded golden crow when the ancient demon court was destroyed.

But unfortunately, the Demon King's arrangement was so powerful that only Kunpeng could shake it.

It was not until now that I found an opportunity to awaken the Golden Crow and kill it.

From the beginning to the end, Kunpeng was loyal not to Di Jun, not to the Golden Crow bloodline, but to the entire demon race.

But now, Wuchao is doomed to fail, so what use is Jinwu?

Faced with Kunpeng's doubts, Emperor Ziwei just smiled.

When he saw this smile, the old Taoist curled his lips in disdain and muttered, "I thought you had some great tricks, but in the end you let my poor disciple fight to his death."

"Alas, my poor child, he worked so hard to spread the word of his master Ziwei, but in the end he got nothing, yet he was always the first to do anything that required his life's hard work."

Ziwei didn't pay attention to the old Taoist's words of taking advantage of others, but Kunpeng's expression changed.

"The weight of the Golden Crow is naturally not enough to weigh the new Demon King."

"But what if we add a demon master?"

Facing Ziwei's question, Kunpeng said helplessly: "My name is Demon Master, but it is difficult to change the fortune of the demon race."

There was still a smile on the corner of Ziwei Emperor's mouth.

"The demon master is not important enough, but..."

"What if there is a person who has refined the blood of the Golden Crow and possesses the great power to reverse yin and yang?"

Kunpeng's expression moved, and the figure named Jiang Xuanying naturally appeared in his mind.

If it is this child, perhaps he can really refine the Golden Crow's extremely yang energy and use it for himself, but... even if everything goes well, he will only be a Taiyi Golden Immortal.

Kunpeng was just thinking about it when he heard Ziwei continue speaking.

"At the same time, this person also has the blessing of all the luck of our sect."

"So, is this amount enough?"

(End of this chapter)