Immortal Demonic Path

Chapter 60 Willow Trees and Buddhist Scriptures

Li Changsheng instructed the little demon to inform the yellow-robed man to wait outside.

Not long after, the man in the yellow robe emerged carrying a storage bag.

"Second Master, I was just about to go see you," said the man in the yellow robe.

"The Moon-Gazing Demon King has entered the Golden Core stage. You all need to be extra vigilant during this time," Li Changsheng said. "If anything unusual happens, please inform me."

"Yes." The man in the yellow robe bowed respectfully and handed over a storage bag: "Second Master, these are the medicinal herbs and cultivation methods we obtained in exchange, including some human scriptures. I heard they were recorded during a sermon by a high-ranking monk."

"A high-ranking monk giving a sermon?" Li Changsheng exclaimed in surprise, "You can even get your hands on that?"

"It's just a few words; it's not the entire content of the teaching."

The man in the yellow robe scratched his head and said, "This was written down by the Crimson Flame Bird. It accompanied its master to Tianshui City to attend the Dharma Assembly, and its master kept talking about it afterward."

"The Crimson Flame Bird is in Tianshui City?" Li Changsheng asked.

"Yes." The man in the yellow robe nodded. "We encountered the Crimson Flame Bird and humans when they came here to search for spiritual herbs."

"So why did he fly all the way from Tianshui City to buy the books?" Li Changsheng asked.

His own monster survival guide has even been sent to Tianshui City?

"No, it's not that. Now it's spread among people, from one group to another."

The man in the yellow robe scratched his head and said, "There are some places that don't provide resources, and there's nothing I can do about it."

"It's fine if you don't give us resources. Don't think about fighting and killing. It's just a book anyway," Li Changsheng said.

He didn't want to get himself into trouble because of this monster survival guide.

I never expected anything in return; if there is, it's a pleasant surprise, but if not, I won't be disappointed.

"Yes," the man in the yellow robe replied respectfully.

Li Changsheng glanced at the contents of the storage bag and said, "I'm leaving now. Come to Lingxu Cave in seven days to get the pills from me."

"Thank you, Second Uncle." The man in the yellow robe bowed.

Li Changsheng returned to his cultivation meridian by teleporting underground. Instead of rushing to refine pills, he organized the cultivation method he had obtained in exchange for the yellow robe.

There are thirty-three chapters in the Qi Refining Realm, and five in the Foundation Establishment Realm, none of which are complete.

The high monk was giving a sermon, and there were only two sheets of paper.

These foundation-building methods are all ordinary foundation-building techniques. Once one has tempered oneself sufficiently, one can break through to the foundation-building stage.

It is far inferior to the Xuan Tian Dao Jing, which forged the foundation of the Dao of Heaven and Earth.

Moreover, these methods can only lead to successful foundation building, barely reaching the initial stage of foundation building.

There is no further content, so it is impossible to cultivate to the middle, late, or peak stages.

The Qi Refining Realm contains twenty chapters on animal spirits and thirteen chapters on plant spirit cultivation methods.

  

During the Foundation Establishment stage, all cultivation methods involve animal spirits and monsters.

Li Changsheng tossed it to Liu Wuyou, asking her to copy it down, as a reference for her.

He then examined the content of the high monk's sermon:

"When the boy saw the saints and bodhisattvas in such a state of ease and supernatural power, his body and mind were filled with joy and boundless excitement; upon further contemplating each and every part of the saints and bodhisattvas, he saw that each contained a three-thousand-great-thousand-world system..."

"Within each and every sage, all realms of the three times, all Buddha-lands, all sentient beings, all Buddhas appear... all the playful supernatural powers of the Tathagatas are manifested."

As Li Changsheng looked at the contents, the vague memories in his mind reminded him that he seemed to have read these scriptures in his previous life, only the names of the Bodhisattvas were different.

Keep watching.

"In the Buddha's land, five-colored stems grow; one flower is a world, one leaf is a Tathagata."

"A flower is a world, a tree is a fleeting life, a blade of grass is a paradise, a leaf is a Buddha, a grain of sand is paradise, a place is a pure land, a smile is a karmic connection, a thought is a moment of tranquility."

Li Changsheng silently looked at this incomplete content. In this world, are there really any eminent monks who have comprehended these things?

Have you attained Buddhahood?

"Unfortunately, there are no annotations or insights from eminent monks."

Li Changsheng sighed softly. The Crimson Flame Bird only remembered these contents. If it could hear the high monk preach, perhaps it could understand them.

He handed the two sheets of paper to Liu Wuyou: "Take a look, this is a passage of scripture. Write it down; it might be useful later."

Liu Wuyou swayed the branches, recording the contents, and exclaimed in astonishment, "Such a profound cultivation method exists in this world?"

Li Changsheng: "??"

Do you have a problem?

This is scripture, how did it become a practice?

Did Bibi shut him up and make him stupid?

He couldn't help but remind him, "This is just a passage from a Buddhist scripture."

"I think this is truly a method of cultivation!" Liu Wuyou exclaimed excitedly. "Look, a flower is a world. Can't we visualize our own world?"

Li Changsheng subconsciously replied, "Yes."

"Although I don't understand the meaning of 'life is fleeting,' it should be something like that. And what is Tathagata?"

"Tathagata...is that Buddha? The realm of Buddhism, the enlightenment of cultivating Buddhahood, should be like this," Li Changsheng said.

"I understand. They cultivate the world, and after achieving great success, they are called Tathagatas."

Li Changsheng: "..."

Your understanding seems to make sense?

"What about the Pure Land?"

Li Changsheng said, "The Pure Land... is where the Buddha resides. It is said that there is no worry there, no birth, old age, sickness and death, and it is called the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss."

"Yes, if one's spiritual practice is successful, one's own world becomes a pure land. But what about heaven?"

"Heaven and Pure Land should be the same."

"What about worldly ties?"

"I don't know, perhaps it's a connection from the mortal world? A smile is a connection, a thought is a moment of peace. No longer troubled by worldly affairs, I am at peace, free from worries?"

Li Changsheng was somewhat uncertain, as he remembered very little about the contents of the Buddhist scriptures.

These words, though familiar, can only be described as representing a higher level of understanding!

What realm? The realm of Buddha? If you really want to describe it in detail, he can't.

"Yes, after mastering this method, one becomes a Tathagata, no longer disturbed by the mundane world, and one's own place becomes a pure land, a tranquil place."

Liu Wuyou was overjoyed: "This must be a top-level method that surpasses our current cultivation methods."

Li Changsheng was silent for a moment, then asked, "Where is the method?"

"Look at this sentence: When the child saw the saints and bodhisattvas in such a free and supernatural state, his body and mind were filled with joy and he was overjoyed. He then looked at each and every part of the saints and bodhisattvas and saw that each part contained a three thousand great chiliocosms."

Liu Wuyou's branch pointed to this verse: "This Bodhisattva cultivated the three thousand great worlds; we too can follow this path."

Before Li Changsheng could speak, Liu Wuyou continued, "I am not human, so I cannot understand pores, but I have leaves!"

Li Changsheng: "??"

"Visualize your own world as the foundation, and a leaf can also be used; this is how a leaf can become a paradise," Liu Wuyou said very seriously.

Li Changsheng: "..."

Don't you think your ideas are a bit crazy?

But thinking about it carefully, it doesn't seem like it's not impossible?

However, this method is somewhat impractical.

Have you ever thought about how many leaves you have, and whether you can count them yourself?

"Have you considered how many resources this will consume?" Li Changsheng asked.

Liu Wuyou's excitement immediately cooled down.

Reality is cruel; she's just a little demon, where would she get resources?

They could only cultivate silently here, with Li Changsheng occasionally giving them some Qi Refining Pills.

Cultivation is inherently difficult. Li Changsheng could help with normal foundation building, but he couldn't afford to waste time on the Three Thousand Worlds Foundation Building Method.

Of course, if you keep accumulating experience, you will eventually succeed.

But by then, Liu Wuyou had long since died of old age.

"Think about it carefully. Also, this might be a Buddhist state of mind, not a practice," Li Changsheng reminded her again.

Although it seemed feasible, reality didn't allow it.

Moreover, without a specific method, it is impossible to achieve enlightenment based solely on this passage of Buddhist scripture.

(End of this chapter)