You, a monster, still want to travel to the West?

When the Tathagata Buddha reached a deep point in his teachings, he raised his hand and displayed his magical power, demonstrating the transformation of birth and death, and the impermanence of all phenomena. Seeing Jin Chanzi sweating profusely and looking panicked, he asked, "Where is Jin Chanzi?"

In the hall, many immortals and Buddhas opened their eyes when they heard this. Xia Zhiming and Qing Xin naturally looked towards Jin Chanzi as well.

Jin Chanzi also walked out from the table at this time and said, "Buddha, your disciple is here."

"I'm preaching Dafa, why aren't you listening?"

Jin Chanzi clasped his hands together in praise, saying sincerely, "I dare not deceive the Buddha, it is only because my disciple's mind is uncertain today that I cannot find the door to the wonderful Dharma."

"Tell me more carefully."

Jin Chanzi did not hide anything and talked about his encounter with a man and a snake at the foot of Lingshan Mountain today, and also talked about the guidance of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

After saying this, Jin Chanzi closed his eyes and chanted, "I have always adhered to the pure rules, and I thought my eyes were empty, but I didn't expect that my Zen mind would be disturbed today."

The Tathagata Buddha did not respond, but raised his hand and said, "Open your eyes and look at me."

Upon hearing this, Jin Chanzi and the other immortals and Buddhas in the hall looked up at the lotus platform.

The Buddha's figure was seen floating and soon turned into an evil demon with 108 faces, tens of millions of tongues, and billions of pupils.

Among those 108 faces, all 108 kinds of troubles of the world are revealed.

Among those tens of millions of words, there are countless lies, curses, provocations, slanders, insults, and obscene words.

In those billions of pupils, one can see everything in the world: birth, old age, sickness, and death; love, hate, separation, hunger, cold, pain, rape, looting, bloody battles and killings.

In the main hall, all the immortals and Buddhas looked at the appearance of the Buddha, with some praising, some sighing, some complaining, some hating, some laughing, some angry, some happy, some sad, and some even feeling unbearable.

Only Jin Chanzi watched this scene, neither surprised nor afraid, neither happy nor sad.

At this moment, the 108 faces of Tathagata Buddha suddenly turned, and looked at Jin Chanzi together with the billions of eyes. Millions of mouths and tongues opened their mouths, and their voices were as loud as thunder, and they said at the same time -

"Golden Chanzi, you have nothing in your eyes, how can you cultivate a golden body?"

"Golden Chanzi, you have nothing in your eyes, how can you cultivate a golden body..."

"Golden Chanzi, you have nothing in your eyes, how can you cultivate a golden body?"

……

In the main hall, as millions of voices exhausted all the tones of anger, sighs, questions, complaints, sorrow, grief... and so on, they spoke these words to Jin Chanzi in the audience.

Jin Chanzi finally couldn't hold on any longer, so he knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "My disciple is dull and foolish. I beg to go through reincarnation and see the various aspects of the world."

The Tathagata Buddha shouted, "Arrogant!"

The Tathagata Buddha lamented: "Disciple..."

Buddha Tathagata sneered: "Once?"

……

Jin Chanzi was stunned when he heard this. After understanding the meaning of the Buddha's words, he looked up at his master who was acting out all the sufferings of the world and took a deep breath: "Disciple... I vow not to leave the cycle of reincarnation until I become a Buddha!"

The Tathagata Buddha moved slightly, transformed back into the towering Buddha, raised his hand and pointed outside the main hall, and sighed: "In that case, you can go."

Upon hearing this, Jin Chanzi kowtowed to thank his teacher. Just as he was about to leave, he turned around and saw Xia Zhiming and Qing Xin looking at him with interest.

Seeing this, Jin Chanzi hesitated for a moment, then quickly walked directly in front of the man and the snake, holding his rosary beads and saying to Xia Zhiming: "Amitabha, thank you for your guidance, sir."

"You're not calling me donor anymore?"

"Because your words awakened me from my dream, I have nothing to repay you with, so I can only call you sir."

"In this case……"

Xia Zhiming spit out his snake tongue and teased, "Are you ready to get married after entering the reincarnation cycle? I can ask Yue Lao to arrange an eternal marriage for you. I guarantee she will be as beautiful as a fairy and as pretty as a bodhisattva, and she will definitely make you see through that beautiful woman."

Beside them, Guanyin Bodhisattva and Lishan Laomu couldn't help but smile when they heard this. Qingxin also pulled Xia Zhiming's tail in annoyance - he had the idea of ​​arranging an eternal marriage for a Buddhist disciple.

Jin Chanzi didn't care. He frowned and thought for a moment before nodding and saying, "In that case, I'll trouble you, benefactor."

"How dare you!"

"I have a connection with Buddha, and I will definitely return to Buddhism no matter what."

"It's not easy to repay the karma you owe."

"She helped me cultivate, so I will never owe her anything." Jin Chanzi thought for a moment, placed the amber rosary on the table, clasped his hands together and said solemnly, "I will use this treasure as compensation."

Xia Zhiming looked at the amber rosary on the table and said with a smile: "Jin Chanzi, the debt of love is not so easy to repay. I hope you will not regret it in the future."

"I will never regret it!"

"Forget it, you won't listen now."

Xia Zhiming shook his tail and put away the amber beads on the table: "Go, go."

Seeing this, Jin Chanzi did not linger any longer. Under the gaze of many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, he walked out of the Mahavira Hall step by step with clean hands...

The Buddha noticed this short episode, but did not say anything much. He stared at Jin Chanzi as he pushed the door open and closed it again, and then he began to preach the Three Vehicles of Dharma again.

Although many immortals and Buddhas below the stage were somewhat concerned about Jin Chanzi's reincarnation, they did not discuss it at this time and all listened to the Dharma attentively.

Xia Zhiming glanced around and confirmed that there was no fun this time, so he went straight into Qingxin's arms along her neck - it would be better to have a good sleep.

……

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An unknown amount of time passed before Xia Zhiming was awakened by Qingxin patting him through his Taoist robe. Then, he heard the voice of Guanyin Bodhisattva say in his ear, "The grand event is over. Would you two like to accompany me?"

"Buddha, where are you taking us?"

"Of course, I'm going to the South China Sea, Putuo Luojia Mountain, and the Purple Bamboo Forest."

"Okay~"

Hearing this, Xia Zhiming also crawled out of Qingxin's arms, looked around, and found that he had already followed Qingxin to the top of the clouds, with Guanyin Bodhisattva standing beside him.

Seeing this, Xia Zhiming nuzzled Qingxin's cheek, then asked Guanyin Bodhisattva: "Bodhisattva, are you trying to kidnap my Qingxin?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva shook her head and said: "Buddhism only saves those who are destined to be saved."

When Xia Zhiming heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said happily: "The Buddha once said: Anyone who sees me has a connection with the Buddha, and will not fall into the cycle of reincarnation, but will be reborn in paradise."

Guanyin Bodhisattva made a Dharma seal and said with a smile: "Buddhism cannot save those who do not believe."

Xia Zhiming choked when he heard this, stretched out his tail and tapped Qingxin's cheek: "Qingxin, if you don't believe it, show it to the Buddha."

Qing Xin reached out and tapped the white snake's head, saying softly, "Zhiming, don't act like a spoiled child."

"It's a rare opportunity to win against the Bodhisattva."

Qingxin touched the white snake's scales, thought for a moment, and then softly comforted her: "Zhiming, according to the rules of Buddhism, you can't win."

"..."

Xia Zhiming was helpless. He had just caught the flaw in Guanyin Bodhisattva's words and wanted to try to see if he could defeat the Bodhisattva once.

Unexpectedly, the Bodhisattva did not respond, but instead said that one should not save those who do not believe. It turned out that these words were exactly the original words of the Buddha.

Seeing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled and asked, "Little snake, why are you so obsessed with winning?"

"Buddha, this isn't called persistence, this is called fighting for one's dignity."

"The Tao does not contend with all things."

"Buddha, if you say that, I won't be sleepy anymore!"

Chapter 148: Live a mediocre life and leave your name in history.

When it comes to Zen, Xia Zhiming can only follow the crowd.

If we talk about the Dao, the result will be different.

After all, the biggest difference between Taoism and Buddhism is that the scriptures of the saints are all about governing a country, being a king, being a human being, finding a place to live, and rectifying one's mind and morality.

His theory is based on reality. If it goes against people's most basic values, no matter how much he says, it will be a lie.

Therefore, when the audience Bodhisattva took the lead, Xia Zhiming naturally swung his tail without hesitation, pointing out the world's affairs and engaging in a verbal battle with the Bodhisattva. Finally, the White Snake ended with a sentence - "There is no such thing as not fighting without fighting." It was so satisfying.

As Xia Zhiming finished speaking, Guanyin Bodhisattva extended her finger and tapped the white snake's head, saying with a smile, "White snake, you might have been reborn in the wrong body."

Seeing that the Bodhisattva had changed the subject, Xia Zhiming stopped dwelling on it and continued, his tongue spitting out the words, "I was born with wisdom, and it is really just as the Bodhisattva said."

"Then why are you still a snake?"

Xia Zhiming nuzzled Qingxin's warm, soft neck and said, "The answer is quite simple. To put it nicely, it's called the natural way of life. To put it bluntly, it's just—Master Dao, I'm happy with it!"

Qingxin's pretty face flushed slightly: "Zhiming, please don't say such rude words."

The Bodhisattva nodded and smiled, saying, "Someday, I will definitely visit your Slanting Moon and Three Stars Cave."

"Is the Bodhisattva going to file a complaint?"

"I will discuss with your master the method of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude."

"Buddha! Do you really need to learn this?"

"You deserve a beating~!"

……

After the two men and the snake had a long conversation, they chatted for a while and soon arrived at the South China Sea to stop and watch. But they saw that:

The ocean is vast and the water stretches to the sky.

The mountain peaks are towering, and the tops penetrate the void.

The Yang talks like a parrot, and the Lin cries like a peacock.

The wind shakes the purple bamboo, and the sun shines on the golden lotus.

The palace roof is made of glazed tiles and the cave is paved with tortoise shell.

Summary: South China Sea, Luojia Mountain, and Purple Bamboo Forest.

In fact, this was not the first time that Xia Zhiming and Qingxin came here, so they did not make a fuss and followed the Bodhisattva to the Luojia Mountain.

As soon as he landed, the twenty-four gods, along with the Pearl-holding Dragon Girl, Mucha Xingzhe, and Shancai Dragon Girl came to follow him. However, the Bodhisattva raised his hand to stop them and said, "Don't follow."

Upon hearing this, the gods immediately stopped and bowed their heads in agreement.

Seeing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva led the man and the snake across the jade bridge to the pavilion beside the lotus pond and sat down. She smiled at Qingxin and said, "Wait here for a while."

After saying this, Guanyin Bodhisattva did not explain much. She picked a white lotus by the lotus pond and then walked into the purple bamboo forest.

In the pavilion, Qingxin watched the Bodhisattva gradually disappear into the distance. After a moment's thought, he pulled out a Qingxin glass cup from his sleeve. Seeing the white snake on his shoulder poking its head towards him, he tilted his head and asked, "Zhiming, do you want to drink?"

Xia Zhiming spit out his snake tongue and complained: "The Buddha's mouth is harder than a pancake. My throat is about to smoke. Give me two sips quickly."

Qingxin couldn't help but smile when she heard that, but she didn't blame him. She opened the lid of the cup and took a sip herself before feeding him.

And at this time——

Boom~!

A strange sound was heard, and Qingxin turned his eyes slightly and saw clearly that it was a bright goldfish jumping out of the lotus pond.

The goldfish was also quite intelligent. Seeing Qingxin looking towards him, he flicked his tail and swam over to the pavilion. He looked at the man and the snake and asked, "What are you doing?"

Xia Zhiming heard the voice, turned around and saw the goldfish in the pond, leaned over and said with a smile: "Drink water."

The goldfish blew bubbles and asked in confusion, "What kind of nectar is so tempting?"

"You notice it?"

"Where did you come from, stupid snake? How can a fish not know good water?"

"Hey~" Xia Zhiming laughed when he heard this: "I told you you're fat and you're out of breath?"

Upon hearing this, the goldfish quickly swam around in the lotus pond to show off its figure: "Silly snake, don't lie to me. I'm not fat."

Xia Zhiming ignored him, turned around and thought of Qingxin and asked with a smile: "Qingxin, let me ask you a question: do you like steamed fish or braised fish?"

Qingxin blinked her eyes and said in a soft voice: "Zhiming, I heard that goldfish is very unpalatable~"

"Qingxin, it's not good to just follow the crowd!"

"?"

Xia Zhiming said with deep sorrow: "Remember, practice is the only criterion for testing truth!"

"This... makes a lot of sense."