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Chapter Thirteen: Prelude to the Calamity

Just as Li Song was in seclusion and refining the Chaos Bell, and when all the major forces in the Three Realms were making final preparations for the scourge, the pace of history was still rolling forward, and soon overcame the traces of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in the late Tang Dynasty.

The so-called "Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms" refers to the Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou Five Dynasties, and the Former Shu, Later Shu, Wu, Southern Tang, Wu Yue, Fujian, Chu, Southern Han, Nanping and Northern Han, etc., which appeared one after another after Zhu Wen destroyed the Tang Dynasty and defeated the Central Plains in Shenzhou.

Since the early Tang Dynasty, Buddhism sent Guanyin Bodhisattva to reincarnate Wu Zetian, which laid a solid foundation for Buddhism's prosperity in the East Land. From then on, Buddhism has reached an orthodox position, and Buddhist temples do not need to pay food and taxes. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, wars were in chaos and people's livelihoods were in decline, and the people became monks and nuns to avoid disasters. In this way, the eastern land "all temples are in sight, and monks are everywhere."

However, the consequences of Buddhism's lack of luck and inability to maintain prosperity for a long time have gradually emerged.

At that time, after meeting with the two saints of Cunti, the Buddha of Buddhism, Sakyamuni Buddha received instructions from the two saints, so that Lingshan could open an altar to preach the "Compassionate" Buddhist Dharma. Guanyin Bodhisattva, who presided over the overall situation of the eastern land, also returned to Lingshan to retreat to practice in seclusion. When the ancient Buddhist Buddha saw this, he sent his disciples to Dongtu to preside over related matters on behalf of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

The Buddha of Happiness advocates the way of yin and yang cultivation. How can he endure loneliness when he comes to this world of Dongtu flower? So he widely publicizes his method of "happiness".

The nobles and nobles in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were not pure and kind, and they could enter the Western Paradise by listening to the "happiness" method, which was naturally "the best of both worlds". Many monks who came to Buddhism just wanted to avoid war and make a living, so how could they talk about worshiping Buddha? As the saying goes, they are full and warm to think about lust. It's okay for these monks to be restrained by Buddhism. At this moment, there was a Buddhist master (Ran Deng was the leader of the Hinayana Buddhist sect after Medicine Buddha) who advocated it, which was no different from the guiding light!

The great Buddhism has become a bit messy until the late period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

Chai Rong, the Emperor Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty, was a master of great talent and strategy. Seeing that the people in the land were in a difficult situation, he decided to unify the world and restore the people to a bright world. However, most of the social land and wealth were hoarded by Buddhist temples at that time, Chai Rong first thought of returning the temple to the fields and destroying bronze statues to cast coins.

This move was naturally opposed by Buddhists, and even many ministers in the court tried to persuade him. Chai Rong said: "I heard that the Buddha used to be compassionate and cut his flesh and feed an eagle to save a rabbit. Today, it is for all living beings in the world. How could he care about a mere temple or a bronze statue?" Although Chai Rong's words were rude, they refuted the crowd and said speechless.

In one day, Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong ordered the demolition of 3336 temples and 61,200 monks and nuns. Buddhism has caused severe damage since then. It is no longer the grand occasion of the past.

In the sky outside the sky, in the palace of Wa.

Saint Nuwa has never been happy since she said goodbye to the third queen of the Huoyun Cave human race last time. That day she wanted to find her brother Fuxibus, a demon race, but she unexpectedly made her even more confused.

At this time, Nezha, the boy under the disciple, reported that six of them came to Kunpeng.

After Kunpeng was injured by Li Song in Buzhou Mountain last time, he had been in seclusion in the Imperial Palace for a hundred years and naturally recovered. 6. The two of them pressed Kunpeng and planned to think that Chai Rong, the earthly realm, destroyed the Buddha. It was the sign that the disaster was about to take place. If the demon clan wants to revive, it should be ready for a matter. Fortunately, when the disaster occurred, they would survive in the cracks of various forces in the disaster, so the two of them came to say goodbye to Nuwa.

How could Nuwa not know what the two of them were thinking? After pondering for a while, she said to Nezha: "You go and call the sixth one, I have something to say!"

After a while, Liu Yu came alone. After saluting Nuwa, he respectfully bowed down. Liu Yu was also a smart person, so he naturally knew that Nuwa had important things to give.

"The future of the demon clan is unpredictable. Remember to think twice before you act in the future!" Nuwa quietly told Liu Yu about the divination in the Fire Cloud Cave.

"What happened?!" Liu Yu was shocked when he heard Nuwa's words. Fuxi calculated that he could be very clear. Liu Yu thought for a moment, but he said firmly: "Empress, the so-called man conquers heaven, but my disciple believes that he will be able to overcome all difficulties and obstacles!"

Nuwa knew that 6 urgency was very strong, and she knew it was the result, but her heart was not very peaceful, so she finally comforted her. At that moment, Nuwa nodded, closed her eyes, and vomited her lips, and said, "Crazy, go!"

6 After smelling these words, I only pursed my eyelids tightly, crawled down, and bowed deeply to Nuwa. Then I held the flying knife of the immortal with one hand, held the demon banner with the other, and turned around and looked out of the palace of Wa...

Mount Sumeru, the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

The two men of Zhi Yin and Zhunti sat side by side, and a square-headed monk came from a distance and worshiped the two saints: "Namo Amitabha, Fahai has seen his master and his teacher."

Zhunti nodded and said, "Fahai, you were plagued by cause and effect in the previous letter of god. Now that the calamity has begun again, it is time for you to go and end the cause and effect again."

He chanted the Buddha's name next to him and suddenly said, "Fahai, you have seen the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism Huineng before you go to Dongtu!"

Fahai's predecessor, Shen Gongbao, once joined Jiang Ziya to join the school of Yuanshi Tianzun, but received unfair treatment from the Ancestral Sect. Shen Gongbao was angry and then went against Jiang Ziya, who was the god of heaven. Until he finally entered Buddhism and was accepted as a registered disciple by Cunti.

Shen Gongbao is a person with excellent qualifications. After practicing Buddhism for tens of millions of years, he gradually figured out the reason why the Ancestral Sect treated him like that. He was probably used by Yuanshi Tianzun and wanted to lead the disciples of the Jie Sect out of the mountain during the Battle of the Gods.

Thinking of this, when Zhunti accepted his disciples as his disciples, Fahai's excitement gradually faded, and he only said that Zhunti regarded himself as a pawn like the primitive. But over the years, Zhunti has been doing his best to teach him, answering questions and asking questions, which made Fahai very confused.

Today, Fahai heard the guidance of the guidance of the robe and bowl that suppressed the fortune of Zen Buddhism to himself. Zen is the cornerstone of Buddhism's prosperity in the East, and the importance of Zen Buddhism is self-evident.

Fahai (Shen Gongbao) is not a bad nature, otherwise he would not have had a heart-to-heart relationship with the Jie Sect members back then. At this moment, Fahai was moved and was ashamed. He knelt down and bowed down and said, "Disciples are guilty and dare not receive the Zen mantle!"

Why didn’t Fahai know what he thought over the years when he was guided to the two of them? Junti stood up and helped Fahai up and said, “Disciple, since you have realized it now, how could you still have any sins?”

Fahai's eyes were slightly red, and he didn't stand up, but just knelt down and said, "Disciple, please follow the orders of my master and teacher! I will definitely be crushed to pieces for my Buddhist plan, and I will do whatever I want!" After that, he stood up and looked at the east land, like a ray of light and shadow flashing.

Shortly after Fahai left, Zhunti suddenly calculated his fingers and said slowly: "Senior brother, the Kunpeng has already reached the North Sea with 6 pressures!"

"This is one of the rare good news for Buddhism since the Chaos Bell was taken away by Xuanmu Island!" Zhiyan was silent for a long time, looked at the vastness of the east land, and said, "Junior brother, I think that Taoism should take action!"

The sky outside the sky, in the eight scenic palaces.

The Taiqing Saint Taishang Laojun, who had been closing his eyes and reciting, slowly opened his eyes. His eyes passed through layers of mist and looked directly at Kaifeng, the capital of the Houzhou City of the Earth. However, he saw a purple aura on the Kaifeng Palace, either bright or dark, appearing and looming.

Laojun said to the boy Shuihuo standing beside him: "Let's call the two Xuandu Chen Tuan to see you!" Chen Tuan was a disciple admitted by Xuandu ** Master. He has extraordinary qualifications. Although his cultivation is not high now, he has obtained the true Taoist teachings.

After Xuandu Chen Tuan came in to pay tribute, Laojun said to Chen Tuan: "Now the earth is about to return to unity. You should go down to earth and prepare for the matter of disasters."

Chen Tuan said goodbye to Laojun Xuandu and left. Later, Chen Tuan came to the west mountain Huashan, and saw that the place was beautiful and beautiful, so he settled down here and waited for the wise ruler to come out.

After seeing Chen Tuan leave, Xuandu only stepped forward and asked, "Teacher, Chai Rong in the earth's realm has destroyed Buddhism, and Buddhism's strength in the earth's realm has greatly reduced. Do we Taoism take advantage of the momentum?"

Laojun wanted to shake his head and said, "The one who took advantage of the situation is not Taoism, there is another person!"

Not Buddha or Taoism? Xuandu was surprised to hear this and said, "The Xuanmu Island is the master of the great disaster. Isn't it a disadvantage for us to make great progress at this moment?"

"The rise and fall, the rise and fall, and the rise and fall are before the decline. You also know that Xuanmu Island is the lord of the great tribulation, and naturally we will usher in a great prosperity before the great tribulation! The rise and fall of the great religion is the personal determination of the Taoist ancestor Hongjun Tiandao, and we saints can only see the secrets of heaven." Laojun said with a expressionless face: "The previous letter of God was first, the Zhou Dynasty first, the Zhou Dynasty worshipped the Ancestor as the national religion; then it should be the lord of the Qin family of the Xuanmu Island, and then the Confucianism dominated the general trend of the territory. Unexpectedly, the Jade Emperor descended to the earth to Liu Bang and the Han Dynasty, which stole the Confucianism's limelight during the Han Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty, but it was not very prosperous; then the Tang Dynasty regarded our human religion as the supreme; then Zhou Wuze Tian promoted Buddhism; now it is the turn of Xuanmu Island Confucianism."

Xuandu was amused and cried, and said, "The Jade Emperor came to earth to take over the Confucian fortune of Xuanmu Island. He didn't expect that Xuanmu Island would be blessed by misfortune. I'm afraid that the Jade Emperor would be unwilling to be in the Lingxiao Palace!" Xuandu's cultivation was very high, so he could understand it at first. Confucianism was prospering during the disaster. If Xuanmu Island integrated this opportunity of prosperity and the fortune of Xuanmu Island, then the Buddhist and Taoist sects would have no way to start.
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