From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Jiang Liu instructed, "You have always been indifferent to worldly affairs, but you must know that there are many conflicts in the world, distinctions between the noble and the lowly, and many factions."

People from different factions mostly speak well of their own faction members, relatives, and friends.

Just like monks and Taoist priests, although both are renunciations of worldly life, monks are more involved in worldly affairs, while Taoist priests are more detached from worldly affairs. Their doctrines and precepts differ. If you only ask monks and not Taoist priests, and if the monks are dishonest and lie, you will be deceived and then tell us the incorrect information you received, and we will also be deceived. Wouldn't we then be at the mercy of those monks in the city?

Instantly.

Pingping was startled and said dejectedly, "Brother Yuanjue, am I really stupid?"

"I'm not lecturing you."

Jiang Liu patted Pingping's head and comforted her, "Let me teach you a lesson."

That's all.

He understood with his mind and his body, and in a trance, he became a handsome monk, exactly like his original earthly form, except that he had no hair and twelve ordination scars on his head.

Judging solely by outward appearance, it truly is:

The Golden Elixir and Sacred Embryo are without defilement; the Dharma Body and Wondrous Form are the Ancestral Bodhi. Birth and death occur in the three realms; without thought or intention, boundless compassion prevails.

The body changes in countless ways with nature, the mind remains one with its true nature. With a dignified body that lives as long as heaven, a great master who has enlightened his mind through countless eons.

Seeing that Jiang Liu had transformed into a monk, Bajie blinked, circled him three times, and laughed, "How wonderful! How marvelous! If it were me, even if I cultivated for another five hundred years, I still couldn't become this handsome!"

"Stop being cheeky, and become a monk instead, come with me to ask those Taoist priests."

Jiang Liu said to Bajie and the others.

"Alright."

Pigsy chanted a spell, turned around, and transformed into a fat monk with a chubby face.

Bajing covered his hair and became a monk as well.

Hu Yuan and Hu Jue followed suit, transforming into human form, removing their hair, and becoming two tall, strong, and fierce monks.

Liang Luzhen wiped his mouth and also transformed into a monk.

Pingping transformed into a beautiful nun.

The six of them followed the river through the woods and across the ridge pass, bypassing the city gate and going straight to the group of Taoist priests who were pushing and pulling a cart.

Upon seeing the monks, the Taoist priests were immediately alarmed. Without even checking whether they were local or from out of town, they all knelt down in unison, kowtowing repeatedly and crying out, "Master, spare our lives! Master, spare our lives! Don't beat us! Don't beat us!"

Seeing their pathetic state, Pigsy mocked, "These Taoist priests are useless; they've been scared by those two monks."

"Get up."

The sound of the river flowing out was like thunder, reaching the ears of the five hundred Taoists.

The Taoist priests looked up and saw that Jiang Liu's eyes were like golden lotuses, containing the vast universe within. Their minds were at peace, and they tremblingly got up and flattered him, saying, "Greetings, sir!"

"Don't say such things. We are not monks from Chechi Kingdom; we have come to visit relatives."

Jiang Liu smiled and said, "I came to Chechi Kingdom before. I have relatives who stayed there and became Taoist priests. I came to find them."

Upon hearing these words, the five hundred Taoist priests were no longer afraid. They all surrounded the river, gazing longingly at the river, hoping to be recognized and freed from this suffering. Although they were monks from other places, the Kingdom of Chechi revered Buddhism, and as long as they were recognized, they could escape the sea of ​​suffering.

"No rush. I just have something to ask you first."

Jiang Liu, however, was in no hurry to acknowledge his relatives.

“Please speak, sir.”

Even if the monk was there to amuse them, the Taoist priests dared not utter the slightest complaint.

Jiang Liu asked, "I remember that Chechi Kingdom was not like this. Five hundred years ago, although Sun Wukong destroyed three evil Taoists, he also advised the king to respect monks and Taoists and to cultivate talents. Although the king must have respected monks more because Sun Wukong and his group were monks back then, Taoists could never be reduced to being slaves to monks."

"I suppose you've offended that monk?"

"What's wrong?"

Mentioning this, the Taoist priests all sighed, "It's because a few months ago a blue ox came with a single crescent-shaped horn, eating rice stalks and pushing orange trees."

The king ordered Taoist priests and Buddhist monks to subdue the demon.

"We're useless, and those monks are incompetent. Only three outside monks came and subdued the blue ox, and now those monks are all bullying us!"

"This is what they call 'every sip and every bite,' it must all be preordained!"

Bajie laughed heartily, “Five hundred years ago, you Taoist priests used the power of those three evil Taoists to bully the monks. Five hundred years later, it’s your turn to be treated as servants.”

What happened five hundred years ago, we do not know.

The Taoist priests complained incessantly.

"Even if our ancestors were wrong, what does it have to do with us, their descendants, five hundred years from now?"

"You don't know, those monks don't just arrest Taoist priests!"

"Anyone in the city whose hair grows longer than five inches will be punished..."

"Women also have to shave their heads!"

"The princess in the kingdom thought that there was no need to shave her head to worship Buddha, so the king punished her by making her herd cattle! He made her herd cattle demons, and she could only go back if she could reform the bull demons!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Liu laughed and said, "Don't feel wronged. It's because you Taoists can't abstain from grains and need blood food, yet you pretend to be aloof and mostly live in seclusion on the mountain, rarely engaging in worldly affairs. And when you do, you're mostly just swindling and deceiving. That's why you've suffered this calamity."

If these people were just ordinary people, only seeking their own happiness, then it wouldn't be a problem.

But he happened to be a Taoist priest who had left home to become a monk.

Having entered the path of spiritual practice, how can one only care about oneself?

This ancient Taoism follows the law of the jungle, but its scriptures, doctrines, and tenets are no different from those of Taoism in the multiverse.

It's one thing if those gods don't take it seriously.

At least they possess supernatural powers and magic.

But why do these Taoists with low cultivation levels, who haven't even crossed the threshold of cultivation, want to learn from those immortals?

They simply don't recognize their own abilities!

“Although you have made mistakes, you do not deserve to suffer such punishment.”

"Let me ask you again—"

Jiang Liu then asked, "What skills do those three outside monks possess?"

"They can turn stones into gold and summon wind and rain," the Taoist priests said.

“These kinds of spells are all minor skills. Anyone who enters the Dao can do them. There are many monsters in this world, so there are many monks and Taoists who come to subdue demons. Which one of them doesn’t know these few tricks? There must be other methods as well.” Jiang Liu spoke with certainty, asking for the root of the matter.

Chapter 1485 The Victorious Fighting Buddha Saves All Living Beings

"He does indeed have other skills."

A Taoist priest said, “I once saw the princess of Chechi Kingdom herding cattle. From her, I learned that the three monks, in addition to possessing supernatural powers and performing magic, also built temples and erected Buddha statues, offering sacrifices to them day and night, praying to the past Buddha Dipankara, the future Buddha Maitreya, and the present Buddha Tathagata to bless the king with longevity and immortality!”

After establishing the temple, the king's skin developed golden patterns, making him impervious to swords and spears, as if he were truly on the verge of achieving a golden body!

Therefore.

Then the king truly believed the three monks and made us Taoist priests and nuns their slaves, ordering us around at their beck and call.

Hearing this, Jiang Liu asked curiously, "So you're also willing to be slaves to monks?"

“What are you saying, sir? We used to cultivate ourselves on the mountain and rent out our land to tenant farmers. We had rent and food to eat every year. How carefree we were! But since those three monks came, our temple has been demolished and our fertile land has been taken away. Now we work for the monks. If we are even slightly negligent, we are beaten and scolded. How miserable we are!”

The Taoist priests were filled with grievances.

Jiang Liu pointed to the two monks at the city gate and said, "If that's the case, why don't you run? There are so many of you, and they're just two supervisors. What's there to be afraid of?"

“We want to run away, but there are many mountains and forests to the east and the road to the west is too far. We dare not run away. Besides, they have drawn our shadow god map. As long as we do not escape from Chechi Kingdom, we will surely be captured.”

The Taoist priests wept.

"Tsk, you are just like those monks who were oppressed by Taoists five hundred years ago. You don't have the spirit of asceticism. You just let them beat and scold you. You can't be considered Taoists."

Jiang Liu retorted sarcastically, "If that's the case, why not just die? Go to the underworld, reincarnate, and who knows, you might have a different opportunity in your next life."

after all--

There truly is reincarnation in this world.

But once reincarnated, all past lives are forgotten, leaving only a trace of true spirit!

In other universes, if the energy field is not perfect, the spirit is hard to preserve and will be worn away along with the soul under the influence of the natural magnetic field and energy field. Only by allowing the spirit to grow in the system of feeling, memory, thinking, consciousness, thought, spirit, and mind, and transform into the light of the soul, can it survive for a long time.

Within this primordial world, which exists based on the "ring" of the multiverse, even the spirits of ordinary people can exist for a long time, unless they are deliberately erased by humans.

Since the spirit is the true essence of a person, "reincarnation" is actually the best way for people in this world to change their fate.

of course.

Most people, including immortals and Buddhas, cannot guarantee that their consciousness will remain consistent with their previous life after reincarnation.

That is, none of the immortals or Buddhas in this world have seen through the "no self".

"Grandpa!"

as predicted!

Upon hearing that they were to die, the Taoists exclaimed in shock, “We haven’t lived enough yet, how can we go to the underworld? Even if we are reincarnated, we may not have the opportunity in the next life!”

We may be living a hard life now, but who knows, those three monks might go astray in their practice, suffer a qi deviation, and die...

Perhaps there will still be a chance for them to teach us how to rebuild the Taoist temple.

As they were talking.

The two monks at the city gate, seeing that the Taoists were neither pushing nor pulling the carts, thought they were being lazy. They cracked their whips, making a loud popping sound, and scolded them, "You lazybones! You deserve to be punished!"

Before the whip could even be lashed out, Jiang Liu stepped forward, grabbed the monk's wrist, snatched the two long whips from him, and said, "Amitabha," "This humble monk greets you."

The two monks, startled by the loss of their whips, were alarmed to see that it was a monk with twelve ordination scars on his head. They hurriedly returned the greeting, saying, "This humble monk returns the greeting!"

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“Two monks, this is my master, and those five are my senior brothers,” Pingping, disguised as a nun, stepped forward to introduce them.

"Truly a master!"

A monk exclaimed in amazement.