Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 1646: The Heart and Mind Are in Place
The master and his disciple walked less than three miles. Even though they were leading the way to a place where few people had gone, the slow pace made it difficult for the impatient Sun Wukong to suppress his anger. He drew out his golden cudgel, shouted loudly, and beat a passing tiger to death with one stick. Then he peeled off the tiger's skin, saying that he was going to make a tiger-skin skirt.

Tang Sanzang was shocked. The tiger still had a confused look in its eyes. It was obviously just passing by. It hadn't provoked us. How could you kill a living being?
Sun Wukong tried to defend himself, saying that there was a bloody smell in the tiger's mouth and wronged souls under its claws, so it was obviously a demon. Could it be that he had eliminated the wrong demon?

"Even if it is a demon, you can't just kill it!" Tang Seng was even more surprised.

Sun Wukong's eyes widened. What? Even demons can't be killed? What kind of rule is that?
After a debate between master and disciple, Sun Wukong finally concluded with his higher level of attainment that monsters absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and that the weeds and flowers on the roadside also absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so monsters are equivalent to plants and trees, and beating them to death does not count as breaking the precepts.

Tang Seng knew that he was talking nonsense, but thinking of the importance of obtaining Buddhist scriptures in the West, he could only take a step back by using his own flexible bottom line of precepts. You can kill the monster, but don't fight in front of me. As long as I can't see it, it doesn't count as you breaking the precepts.

Without a horse, Tang Seng's journey was extremely difficult. Fortunately, the route planned by Deng Chanyu and Guanyin Bodhisattva was very reasonable.

Even though the master and the disciple were traveling at an incredibly slow pace, after "several days" in the cold weather of December, they arrived at Yingchoujian on Shepan Mountain.

The name of this place was told to Tang Seng by Sun Wukong. He knew this place when he was at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain.

Perhaps he was really annoyed with Tang Seng's slow speed, so he had a fight with Xiaobailong, whether real or fake. After that, he left a hair clone to protect Tang Seng, and went to the Purple Bamboo Forest in the South China Sea to make a big fuss, and asked Guanyin Bodhisattva to subdue Xiaobailong.

He wanted to go to Lingshan, but deep down he was still a little afraid of the moonlight that had suppressed him for more than five hundred years, so he could only look for Guanyin Bodhisattva who seemed to have a good temper.

Under the magic of Guanyin Bodhisattva, the little white dragon turned into a white dragon horse and started his life as a real ox and horse.

"The unruly mind has been tamed. The next stop is Guanyin Temple. How many days will it take them to get there?" Deng Chanyu was awakened by the phoenix while she was practicing. When she heard that Tang Monk and his disciples had already set out, she couldn't help but ask one more question.

Phoenix calculated: "From Chang'an to the Five Elements Mountain is five thousand miles, and from the Five Elements Mountain to the Guanyin Temple, it's almost five thousand miles as well. If the total distance is one hundred and eight thousand miles, we've already covered one-tenth of it. However, Sun Wukong seems to be deliberately taking a longer route, and the White Dragon Horse's dragon nature is subconsciously counteracting Guanyin's transformation spell. At the current speed, it will probably take two months to reach the Guanyin Temple."

After walking ten thousand miles in four months, Deng Chanyu calculated that the speed was actually acceptable and not slow.

Before Avalokitesvara left Mount Lingshan to sell the cassock, the Immortal Jinding asked him, "When will the pilgrim reach Mount Lingshan?" Avalokitesvara replied, "Maybe in two to three years."

The truth is, Guanyin Bodhisattva was slapped in the face quite severely. Two or three years? Twenty or three years might just be past Wuzhuang Temple, and still far from Lingshan. The reason for this is that Sun Wukong was resentful and deliberately led Tang Sanzang on a detour.

There is nothing much to say about this from Lingshan. The least important thing for gods and Buddhas is time. As long as Sun Wukong can successfully complete the mission of obtaining the scriptures, a few more or less years is not a big deal.

Deng Chanyu sighed, "It's so slow. Oh, take your time. Where's the moonlight?"

"Busy duck!"

"Okay, keep busy. Yuxu?"

"Some mundane matters of the Dao sect."

"Okay, you're busy too, yeah, keep going."

The Buddhist Journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures has officially begun, which means that the fortune of Buddhism will reach its peak in the next period of time.

Many people understand that everything that rises must fall. The prosperity of Buddhism is inseparable from the intentional indulgence of several saints. The reason for this is that they wanted to throw Luohu into this pit so that their disciples could concentrate on practicing Buddhism without being disturbed by inner demons.

Hongjun's Taoist tradition is in Xuanmen and Taoism, not Buddhism.

When the fortune of Buddhism had not yet reached its peak, Taoism had already begun to accumulate strength for "making Taoism great again."

When Buddhism collapsed, Taoism could take advantage of the situation to bring back the disciples it had previously sent out, and at the same time, strengthen its luck. The Eight Immortals were just a ripple on the surface, and Guangchengzi's use of Huang Tianhua to recruit Guanyin Bodhisattva to return to the Chan Sect was just a test.

These are just small tricks and are insignificant.

There are only a few people who can truly decide the future of Taoism.

The Jade Emperor descended from the sky riding a green bull.

Yuxu rode a five-colored divine bull, set out from Kunlun Mountain, and headed eastward.

Lingbao Tianzun rode on Kuiniu, set out from Jinao Island, and headed west.

The three of them reunited at the Taoist temple of the Taiqing Saint, the Bajing Palace on Shouyang Mountain.

This time, the three religions have joined together to discuss the future of Taoism.

Before, Taoism was just a sect with a framework nature, and the disciples within the sect were very loosely organized. The relationship between Taoism and the Human Religion, the Orthodox Religion, and the Demon Religion was not clearly stated.

Now we are going to solve these problems.

Jinjiao and Yinjiao have already descended to the mortal world to become monsters. Even if they were still here, their identities as fire-burning boys would not qualify them to attend such a meeting.

The only one standing by was the Great Master Xuandu.

As half-master, Taishang Laojun arrived at Bajing Palace first.

Yuxu followed closely behind. Lingbao Tianzun didn't have much magic power, so he was a little slower. He waited for a cup of tea before arriving at Bajing Palace.

Taishang Laojun made a gesture of invitation: "My two Taoist friends, please come in."

The original bodies are brothers, but there is no relationship between the clones, especially when there is another one who suddenly appears. At this time, it is most appropriate to call them fellow Taoists.

"Brother Dao, please."

"Fellow Taoist, please."

After some polite exchanges, the order was finally that Taishang Laojun came in first, Lingbao Tianzun came in second, and Yuxu was last. They walked into the Bajing Palace one by one, and Master Xuandu closed the door heavily.

Taishang Laojun remained silent, and it was still the straightforward Lingbao Tianzun who spoke first.

"I support the Dao Sect's affairs, but we still need to discuss the specific rules."

The simplest way is to combine the three religions of Humanism, Orthodoxy and Demonism into one, but you can tell that it is impossible. The three religions are the foundation for the saints to become saints. If you merge the three religions, what will happen to the three saints?

Yuxu said, "Why don't we each select some disciples to join the Daoist sect? I'd like to offer some inspiration. The Immortal Huanglong of the Chan Sect is highly respected and has a wide network of friends. He can join the Daoist sect."

Lingbao Tianzun curled his lips after hearing this. "Is Huanglong Zhenren highly respected? Are you kidding me?"

(End of this chapter)