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Chapter 52 Even Fools Can Grow

Xiniu Hezhou, the land of bliss!
The ancient country of India is blessed with a thousand auspicious auras. On the top of Mount Lingshan, there is auspicious light from Buddha. Streams of auspicious air descend from the sky and fall on the heads of the people of India. The people of India chant Buddhist scriptures with expressions of reverence on their faces.

The Indians are quite big, and most of them wear big robes. They chant Amitabha from time to time, and their smiles are very hazy, with no real smile, as if they are holding their breath and forcing a smile.

In the kingdom, there is a group of ascetic monks. They are fat and big-eared, with a hatchet tied around their waist and a naive smile on their face.

The ascetic monk looked up at the sky and said, "This body of flesh and skin is my offering to the Buddha!"

As they spoke, they took out the hatchet and cut towards their thighs. They cut the flesh numbly, and the flesh turned into life essence the moment it was cut, and flew into Lingshan together with the incense and mental power.

The Buddhist scriptures say that the flesh and skin are the objects of evil spirits. Therefore, one must practice asceticism, abandon one's limbs, and cultivate one's skills in order to achieve unity with the Tathagata and attain enlightenment.

This is the practice of the Indian ascetic monks, who destroy their limbs, pierce their eardrums and pupils, dig out their hearts and tear off their flesh, imitating the deeds of Tathagata who cut his flesh to feed the eagle and Guanyin who cut her flesh to feed her mother, constantly advancing their consciousness and reaching the state of unity between man and Buddha.

In fact, they have also achieved the state of unity between man and Buddha, but it is a physical unity between man and Buddha.

Mount Lingshan was filled with Buddha's light, and Sanskrit sounds were heard from the Buddha's body. A corpse was sitting on the lotus platform, about six feet high.

Tathagata slowly opened his mouth, inhaling and refining the essence of the incense, the vitality of the flesh and blood, and the spiritual essence of all living beings.

After refining these essences, Tathagata's eyes flashed with worry, and he said to the ancient Buddhas and Bodhisattvas: "The lineage of the underworld has been reborn."

"Back when the Underworld Ghost Immortal seized the Six Paths of Reincarnation and condensed the Reincarnation Seal, didn't he hide in the Avici Hell to survive? Why did he suddenly appear?"

Wenshu frowned upon hearing this. "They also want to share some of the spoils? The heaven and earth are already imperfect, and the essence of all living things can barely provide for us. If they come out this time and want to share some of the spoils, it's really too much of a fantasy."

The Tathagata Buddha was also puzzled: "That's not the case. They don't look weak, and I saw the Jade Emperor in the underworld!"

"There must be a big conspiracy here."

Tathagata's face was gloomy. The big movement that had occurred between heaven and earth made him suspect that it was done by the Jade Emperor.

Does the Jade Emperor feel that he is well again and wants to redistribute the incense offerings?

There are five immortals in the Zhoutian world. The gods and human immortals belong to the heavenly court. The ancestor of the earthly immortals is located on the border of Xiniu and Hezhou, and has a close relationship with Lingshan. The celestial immortal is a realm boasted by Taoism and does not exist at all. That only leaves the ghost immortal lineage.

The Jade Emperor pulled out the ghost immortals. Could it be that he wanted to squeeze out Lingshan’s share so that he could occupy a larger share?
When Tathagata was in deep thought, wonderful music came from outside Lingshan Mountain. Lingji Bodhisattva transformed into a ray of Buddha light and landed on a lotus platform.

"Lingji Bodhisattva, why are you back?" Next to Lingji is Manjushri Bodhisattva.

Manjushri's gaze lingered on Lingji's chest, where there was a bloody hole. Wasn't Lingji sent to guide the man of destiny? Why did he come back with an injury?

Lingji Bodhisattva obviously did not want to talk about this matter, his expression was as deep as water. This tragic scene immediately aroused the curiosity of the gods.

Tathagata also noticed Lingji's condition. He had sent Lingji out in the first place to guide the people of heaven back to their positions. Now he has returned in defeat. Could it be that he was bullied by the people of heaven?
Tathagata waved his hand, wanting to use some magic power to help Lingji heal his wounds, but the magic power sank into Lingji's body, like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no response.

"Lingji, what happened?"

Bodhisattva Lingji said bitterly, "Lao Ne was in Huangfeng Ridge, intending to guide the Destiny Man to collect the six roots, but he unexpectedly got severely injured by the Destiny Man instead."

"That's impossible. All the people of destiny were born from the remains of Sun Wukong. They haven't practiced for more than a few years and their cultivation is so low. How could they possibly defeat you?"

Manjusri refuted Lingji, and at the same time he carefully calculated the secrets of heaven, and was surprised to find that Lingji was right.

"You're right!" Lingji Bodhisattva nodded. "However, I've noticed that this time's Destined One is different from the previous ones. His skills are comparable to Sun Wukong's. I suspect that Sun Wukong has been resurrected."

"Sun Wukong?!"

"Resurrection!"

The Bodhisattvas and Arhats on Mount Lingshan exclaimed and cast their eyes on the Buddha.

At that time, Tathagata joined hands with the Jade Emperor, burned his lifespan, and sublimated to the limit, then he attacked Sun Wukong, put a tight hoop on him, and suppressed him under the Five Elements Mountain.

Suppressing it by force was no easy task. Even Tathagata was trapped in a state of half-life and half-death, reaching the point of Nirvana. He forcibly absorbed the essence of the stars, combined with the essence and blood of two ancient Buddhas, to linger on. Sun Wukong, who could enable Tathagata to achieve such a degree, could have achieved his corpse transformation, but why was he alive now?
Tathagata frowned and thought to himself: No wonder I have been feeling uneasy lately, it turns out there is a big mess in the mortal world.

"Lingji, tell me all the details you know."

"Now that the second day has passed, it seems that something has gone wrong with the Jade Emperor who controls the way of heaven. The secrets of heaven are no longer trustworthy."

Tathagata knew that the secret of heaven was not to be trusted, but he still tried again and again without giving up, but the answer was always - Sun Wukong was resurrected.

Bodhisattva Lingji made up a story that included all the details, and especially mentioned that Sun Wukong stole the root in his head.

Hearing this, Tathagata frowned: "It's that dead monkey!"

"Sun Wukong has indeed been reborn!"

Lingji Bodhisattva's gloomy face showed a smile: "Buddha, Sun Wukong is not important at the moment!"

"What matters is the people around him!"

The Buddha's light from Lingji Bodhisattva flashed, projecting Sun Wukong and his group.

Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Ye Fan and others were meditating and regulating their breathing in Huangfeng Ridge.

"Fighting Buddha, Altar Purifier, and a mortal!"

Lingji Bodhisattva deliberately used the honorific title, and from the details we can see that he is a person who attaches great importance to class status.

Tathagata naturally knew that Lingji Bodhisattva, as a wonderful bird, was very sensitive about his demon origin. He was often looked down upon and suffered humiliation during his practice. After becoming a Bodhisattva, he hated his origin even more and believed that his demon identity was a burden to him. Therefore, he had a great prejudice against demons.

Bodhisattva Lingji pointed at Ye Fan in the projection and said, "Buddha, did you see that? That mortal is not ordinary!"

Tathagata's eyes deepened: "He has a very strange physique."

"To be able to refine some of the laws within the body, and not cultivate the soul, but only the dantian, and to fish for life essence, is simply a heresy!"

The path of cultivation is nothing more than understanding the nature of the Dharma, understanding the root, making the body in harmony with heaven and earth, and cultivating the primordial spirit. This mortal ignores the orthodox path and practices some evil method of using his body.

People like this won't go far on the path of cultivation and will stop here. If they can live for a thousand years, I'll be defeated!

"Wait, what is this?"

Tathagata suddenly widened his eyes, and Ye Fan's body emitted colorful rays of light, and lotus flowers bloomed with every step he took. The eight hundred miles of Huangfeng Ridge was invaded by the aura of immortality he leaked, and was gradually covered with a layer of green.

Spiritual springs gush out of the stone caves, Ganoderma lucidum grows in the ancient streams, auspicious mists are everywhere, and the rosy clouds are sparkling. Under the release of the spirit of immortality, Huangfeng Ridge is actually nourished and evolving into a blessed land.

Has this land of yellow sand really turned into a paradise?

Although Tathagata had never seen what the fruit of immortality looked like, the life energy exuded by that mortal was extremely pure and flowed out continuously.

The spiritual essence that flows out casually brings spring back to the wilderness, the dantian produces five colors, and a thousand colors of brilliance. The essence of immortality that is exuded responds to the heaven and earth.

The young man in the picture opened his eyes and swung his fist to shake the mountain!
Thunder tribulations arose between heaven and earth, a total of ninety-nine and eighty-one thunder tribulations. The thunder roared, shocking the heavens and the earth and making the ghosts and gods weep, and it struck Ye Fan's body.

Ye Fan's holy body burst into golden light. He used the thunder tribulation as a tempering for his body. He continued to temper his body and laughed wildly:
"The road to immortality is full of enchantment, and time cuts through the prodigies like a knife."

"I, Ye Zhatian, have cultivated diligently for many years and finally achieved the Dao of Immortality. From now on, time will not affect my body and my life span will be endless!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha--"

Tathagata frowned, looking at the fool in the picture laughing wildly, and was puzzled: "Why?"

"If this fool can live forever, why can't we!"

(End of this chapter)