PFC Chapter 1041 The Formless Heavenly Buddha (4600)
Chapter 1041 The Formless Heavenly Buddha (4600)
Chapter 1041 The Formless Heavenly Buddha (4600)
The Great Zhou Imperial Palace, with its red walls and golden tiles, was covered with a layer of silvery-white snow.
Holding the list, Su Lin asked, "Who is the current Chief Constable of the Six Doors?"
"Sima Shi".
"Is he here?"
Even if you put the knife down and forcefully threaten the judges who rank the list, it won't change your reputation in the martial arts world anytime soon, just like the pregnant scholar.
"He's in the Zhuyi Tower of the Six Doors. We'll just have Zhao Laowu go back and give us a message to help us out."
Meng Qi looked somewhat awkwardly at the pregnant scholar, now a gray, burnt-out figure, and at the 'Bewitching Black Lotus' who was clutching a stack of 'newspapers' and gritting her teeth, and said:
"The number one on the black list is still number one. You and I are evenly matched, controlling half of the world, both in the legitimate and criminal worlds."
"Do you even believe what you're saying?!" Su Lin said, jabbing hard at the notice board of the Six Doors.
It's clear that he has a lot of complaints about his ranking at number one on the Blacklist, while he is quite satisfied with 'Divine Eye Heavenly Lord' who is fifth on the Heavenly List and 'Divine Eagle Wanderer' who is thirteenth on the Heavenly List.
"I thought you really liked the art style of the unorthodox sects," Meng Qi said in surprise.
"Shouldn't my name, Su Huanzhen, signify a pillar of the righteous path?!"
Su Lin retorted coldly, "Are those people in the Six Doors who are into rankings blind? I've done so many good deeds and they haven't seen a thing?"
Song Shuhang quickly chimed in, "Exactly! Why are we on the blacklist?!"
Compared to the Heavenly Ranking, the Black Ranking is not simply managed by the Six Doors. It is a list jointly established by various sects for evil and heretical paths, and only the top 100 are listed. In other words, those who are listed must be defined as 'evil and heretical' by the consensus of various sects.
Meng Qi couldn't very well say it outright, lest the two of them get angry and want all living beings in the real world to experience the greatness of maternal love, which would be troublesome.
However, Song Shuhang did suffer an undeserved misfortune. Wherever he appeared, there were always unmarried pregnant women who claimed that the child in their womb was the bloodline of a scholar. In some places with chaotic and backward customs, sculptures were even erected to pray to him for a child.
As for Su Lin...
Meng Qi silently shifted his gaze, looking at the endless list of crimes: "The Western Desert."
"We couldn't find Han Guang at the Shura Temple, and the remaining monks and lamas are too domineering. The people in the Western Region oasis and the surrounding mortal cities are suffering. I think they are so energetic and are cultivators, so they are perfect for putting their spirit of dedication to the cause."
Su Lin chanted "Namo" and said calmly, "In the past, at the foot of Mount Ling, the wind blew the rice paddies, and the fragrance of rice filled the air. I saw that the Western Desert was short of food and water, but the land was vast and sparsely populated. What's wrong with asking the believers to plant trees and store food?"
"It makes no sense that temples only accept incense offerings and do no work."
Su Lin spoke with conviction, and Meng Qi couldn't find fault with her. Moreover, due to the cultural influence of his early years on Earth, the farming model of planting trees in the desert and reclaiming wasteland was also a style he preferred.
After all, Chinese people have to find a way to grow some vegetables wherever they go.
"I heard from Qu Jiuniang that you were the one who directly caused the conflict between the Western Region sects over territory?" Meng Qi said.
Su Lin remained expressionless, clearly aware of the situation: "The spiritual veins and water sources are beneath those sects. After mining and excavation, the moisture content in that area has simply increased somewhat."
So this is your reason for turning parts of the desert from an arid climate to a hot and humid one?!
The culprit behind the internal strife among the major sects in the Western Regions has been found!
Although cultivators in the outer realms require fewer resources, the physical condition of ordinary disciples often cannot withstand such climate changes. What used to be merely hot weather has now turned into a sweltering area like a tropical rainforest.
It would be strange if they didn't try to seize territory from other sects in this situation.
However, the deserts and Gobi are vast, and there are several places such as the "Sea of Death", "Desert of Burial of Gods" and "Western Wasteland" that stretch for thousands of miles. There are no shortage of bandits and robbers, as well as some sand merchants. The martial arts sects such as Vajra Temple, which are vying for supremacy in the Western Regions, usually do not interfere with the cities of mortals.
This internal strife actually helped stabilize the borders of the Great Jin Dynasty. No wonder the Six Doors gave Su Lin a description that suggested he was both righteous and wicked.
"Then what about torturing and tormenting the demon king and other demons?"
"Those ungrateful constables from the Six Doors! I only helped them because they couldn't get anything out of them."
"How did you help?"
Meng Qi expressed his doubts.
"These monsters are stubborn and fearless. They refuse to disclose the list of people they have abducted. So we have to collect their bloodlines to make magical artifacts, search for their offspring and use them as a weakness, set up a bloodline tracing curse, and have the Six Doors cooperate to issue high-priced rewards to capture the types of monsters that refuse to cooperate."
For example, Jin Li's wife was a snake demon, and I saw that his son was very hungry, so I made him a bowl of snake soup.
Why are they all staring at me? It's to scare them, of course, because they all eventually cooperated and confessed that the snake soup was just an ordinary ingredient from the imperial kitchen.
Su Lin shrugged and said, "Just to break down their psychological defenses, I also taught the Six Doors constables some interrogation techniques."
Total feeling.
If the other party doesn't cooperate, it's probably not just a bluff. And who knows what tricks this guy taught him that made even professionals like those at Six Doors (a Chinese online forum) describe him as ruthless.
"The same style as the Heavenly Court and Heavenly Prison".
That's fine.
What is the story behind Ying Ning and Xuan Nu's incarnation in the Su Nu Dao?
Meng Qi asked with a headache, "Why did the Bodhisattva of Cleansing Desires become the Fairy of Heartlessness? And what is the Forgetful Sect?"
"The Bathing Bodhisattva?"
"The desire of desire!"
"I thought it was the bath of the Emperor Bathing."
The emergence of the Forgetful Sect caused chaos within the Joyful lineage. Furthermore, the female disciple of the Mysterious Maiden lineage was confirmed to be the incarnation of the Mysterious Maiden who had broken away from the sect. As a result, many disciples of the Joyful and Mysterious Maiden linesages of the Plain Maiden Path were suddenly attracted by the cultivation techniques and switched to cultivating the Heartless Path.
As a result, the dregs of medicine waiting for the Bodhisattva's alms on the island, as well as the large number of martial arts practitioners who voluntarily stayed on Tai Li Island, encountered various problems such as being unable to cultivate together, the disappearance of their partners, and being consumed by lust.
Unable to cope with the sheer number of men, the Su Nu Dao sect had no choice but to send them back. To put it simply, these men, after being sexually exploited, had already become corrupted, their minds tainted and craving more, and had long since taken on the characteristics of the Su Nu Dao sect.
After being deported, they either showed their love by going on hunger strikes, or by crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide while crying and shouting that they wanted to go back. In the end, when they realized they had no other options, they started attacking and slandering the instigator of the incident in the online community.
Some say he turned the two fairies into puppet vessels, others say he drugged their private parts during dual cultivation, and still others say he wanted to take over the entire Su Nu Dao.
“This is all your fault.” Su Lin covered her forehead and looked at Meng Qi.
Meng Qi: "?"
"You kept urging me to come back, so I had to rely on time-related magic and have Yan Sen create a fragment of time that has a much faster flow rate. Otherwise, wouldn't it have been much simpler to just die?"
"Yingning is ultimately not a top-tier character like Wuwu; her potential has already been exhausted in just seven years."
"There was no other way but to wrap things up early. However, because my focus was entirely on training Ying Ning, and time was limited, I didn't realize that the senior sister assigned to me by the Xuan Nu lineage was an incarnation of the Xuan Nu."
Su Lin sighed and said, "Although the persona I created was that she was born with a disability and had a chronic illness that prevented her from having sex, she seems to have developed feelings for me too."
So when she and Yingning found me, I told them Mei Changsu's last words and, according to Mei Changsu's final wish, sent them back to the time when they first met, and also gave them Mei Changsu's belongings.
Each generation of Xuan Nu has hurt countless loving men and borne numerous sins. Mei Changsu chose to be taken back by the original body in order to save her, losing his own self, which gave the remaining Xuan Nu incarnation a sense of déjà vu.
After completing the three remnants in one night, this Xuan Nu manifested and achieved enlightenment, entering the Dharma Body Realm and severing the connection between herself and the contemporary Xuan Nu.
It's better to forget each other in the vast world than to cling together in hardship.
The two ultimately chose to let go of their past experiences in order to resist the indulgence of the Su Nu Dao.
"The Six Doors probably saw them coming to me, but I only gave them the cultivation technique because I didn't want this relationship to affect their cultivation. The rest is none of my business," Su Lin said.
"You mean"
Meng Qi's expression was blank: "You're doing two things at once, and you've even managed to lead one of the Mysterious Maiden's incarnations astray?"
Gao Lan, who had been listening for a long time, fell silent, then picked up a pot of wine and drank it all in one gulp.
Gao Lan came only to see if Su Lin and the incarnation of the Mysterious Woman were truly having an affair. He had once fallen in love with a female disciple of the Water Moon Nunnery, unaware that she was also the incarnation of the Mysterious Woman in the present day. After her death, Gao Lan went mad and only learned the truth a few years ago.
But this does not mean that Gao Lan has given up. He wants to revive Yan Ran, make Yan Ran the leader, and let her backfire and encompass the contemporary Xuan Nu as the main body.
If Su Lin develops genuine feelings for one of the Xuan Nu's incarnations, he might have a powerful rival in the future. After all, Xuan Nu has incarnated countless times and has accumulated too many emotional debts. Which man in the martial world wouldn't want his 'her' to remain as the dominant true spirit in the end?
Receiving an unexpected answer now inevitably leaves one with a feeling of both amusement and disbelief.
He strode away, leaving only a wistful laugh: "She's finally got what she deserves!"
For Gao Lan, a completely independent and ruthless path would backfire and affect his cultivation progress, which was a good thing.
He can help the contemporary Mystic Maiden achieve perfect enlightenment, and then let Yan Ran take the lead.
"What is love in this world that makes people willing to die for each other?" Su Lin sighed softly as she looked at Gao Lan's retreating figure.
"Then why are you still lying about people's feelings?"
"Because I vowed to find a bad woman to achieve my life goals and surpass another immature version of myself."
Su Lin turned to look at the gray-haired girl who had asked the question, her expression calm, and asked with a puzzled look, "When did you arrive?"
"While you're showing off your glorious achievements," Elena said, glancing sideways, "no matter what, a man who deceives a girl's feelings is really awful, and his rating will definitely drop to the lowest!"
"Haven't you yourself deceived girls' naivety?"
"But I'm a girl, not a man."
These words were spoken with complete self-righteousness, without even a hint of guilt, but what's most bizarre is that these two people have absolutely no morals.
"Moreover, whether it's resources, cultivation techniques, emotional value, or recognition of self-values, I will provide them with high-quality and sufficient support from beginning to end, even if Ying Ning has already reached the half-step Dharma Body stage."
Meng Qi nodded in agreement without even realizing it.
With Ying Ning's talent, she could at most reach the Dharma Body Realm. Although I kindly instilled a piece of the 'Purifying Desires Sutra' into her, hoping she could see through the six desires, according to common sense, this was basically impossible to achieve. Who would have thought that Su Lin would run into her.
Seven years in one night, half a step into the Dharma body, sudden enlightenment of emotion and desire, Tao and reason—this achievement is enough to crush the younger generation of his peers.
The price is a bit too high; a normal person probably wouldn't want to be tortured like this, even Gao Lan went crazy.
"Then why don't you just lie to me?" Elena frowned. "It would be so much better if you spent that money on me."
This person is not normal.
"Because you're a good girl," Su Lin said without hesitation.
"Is that so?" Elena's face showed obvious surprise.
Okay, neither of these two is quite normal, or rather, this guy on the other end has never encountered anything normal.
Meng Qi immediately asked Gu Xiaosang to help him take all the female group members and their female family members on a tour, while he dragged Su Lin to a slightly secluded corner.
"When do you plan to go back?" Meng Qi asked.
"..." Su Lin was taken aback, and asked in confusion, "Why do we need to go back?"
You're having a blast, aren't you?!
"After my marriage, if nothing unusual happens, I will take the initiative to stir up trouble. I am worried that you will be involved in various troubles. It would be better to leave the real world and go home as soon as possible to avoid being targeted."
Meng Qi said casually, "Otherwise, if you haven't been home for too long, your mother might come looking for you."
"Has your wife read your novel 'The Ultimate Test'? The content about the female and male protagonists seems to deviate a bit from reality."
“My mom was worried when I was eighteen, which is normal.”
Meng Qi pinched the bridge of his nose.
It wasn't that he deliberately wanted to hide it, but rather that he himself didn't understand what was going on. It seemed to be related to the cause of all fruits, and Yang Jian could even sense the void and heavens outside the real world.
It should be noted that Yang Jian is currently only at the Creation Realm and has not yet attained the other shore. For those who have attained the other shore, as long as they are involved with the causes of the various results, wouldn't they be able to sense a clearer connection?
"You don't like trouble that comes out of nowhere, and being number one on the Black List makes it inconvenient to travel around the martial world. Once all the members of my Jade Void Sect return, the real world will be much more stable."
Meng Qi indirectly advised Su Lin and the others not to stay too long.
"If Su Huanzhen's account is ruined, can't I just replace it with Yi Ye Shu's? Anyway, it's all disguised faces, who can find me?" Su Lin smiled.
"but."
"No buts."
Su Lin shook his head and said, "I said before, I don't care what you want to do, but it's best not to involve others. But if you're in trouble, why would I really make excuses?"
Meng Qi was stunned for a few moments, then chuckled and said, "You're so unrestrained. It makes me seem pretentious."
Su Lin's smile faded, his eyes turning cold: "After all, I will absolutely not go back until I've earned back 30 million. I'll stop once I've made 30 million."
"..." Meng Qi's lips twitched, speechless. "Thirty million isn't enough? Let's just make it one hundred million."
Under the hazy moonlight and the brilliant starlight, the Great Zhou Dynasty was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, but beneath the prosperity lay an unusually somber atmosphere.
After Meng Qi's attempts to manipulate the causes of various fruits and his Jade Void Divine Calculations proved fruitless, he sighed softly and walked into the area designated as the Other Shore Dojo. Looking at the Enlightenment Tea Tree, he began to wonder if he had been too reckless in revealing his true intentions directly. But then he thought, well, it's already like this, thinking too much will only add to my troubles.
So he went for a stroll to clear his head.
hum-
A faint, ethereal Buddhist chant arose. Meng Qi looked around and saw Song Shuhang standing in the snow, his body radiating golden light, his hands clasped together, seemingly gathering something.
With a bang, the golden light on its surface dissipated, and the shockwave sent shards of frost and snow flying.
"Are you practicing Buddhist techniques? I have a manual for the Vajra Subduing Demon Sword here."
Song Shuhang opened his eyes upon hearing the sound and shook his head, both amused and exasperated, when he saw the person who had come.
“Seniors, I have a Taoist name called Vajra Gentleman's Blade, but I am not Vajra.” Despite saying this, Song Shuhang accepted all the benefits offered by the seniors with gratitude.
As a rogue cultivator, one must be diligent and frugal to afford resurrection artifacts.
"What are you practicing?" Meng Qi asked curiously.
"It was given to me by Senior Su Lin. He said it was a cultivation technique from the Bitter Realm, the Heavenly Buddha's Formless Body of the Heavenly Buddha," Song Shuhang answered truthfully.
"Isn't the Buddha of Heaven the Five Aspects of the Buddha? The difference between the Five Aspects and the Formless is still quite significant."
Meng Qi, a former Buddhist disciple who used the pseudonym "Zhanye Fodao" (Karma-Slaying Buddha Blade), cautioned: "Some people misunderstand the name and therefore misunderstand the meaning."
"What Senior Su Lin said is indeed the Heavenly Buddha without form." Song Shuhang was puzzled.
"Impossible. I didn't miss a single episode before I transmigrated. The five aspects of the Buddha of Heaven correspond to the five bodies, with appearances of men, women, young and old. He eliminates the five poisons of human nature with reason and virtue. The prototype is closest to Samantabhadra Bodhisattva in Buddhism."
Meng Qi patted his chest and said generously, "How about this, you tell me about this incarnation technique, and I'll learn it and teach you?"
Everyone knows Meng Qi's intentions.
"But senior..."
Song Shuhang gave an awkward smile: "This is a Dharma Body Technique."
(End of this chapter)