Chapter 73: Establishing the Heavenly Court (Part 2)
The phantom of the seated Tathagata has his eyes lowered, looking directly at Zhang Ke from a high position, with the golden glow of the warm sun dizzying in his eyes.
When he pressed down with one finger, a bright golden light burst out from his fingertips. Every time his index finger pressed down one foot, the golden light at his fingertips became more intense.
The mighty and majestic Buddhist mantras circulated endlessly in the heaven and earth, shaking the sky.
"Om~mah~ba~mi~hum!"
In response to the voice of the six-character mantra that echoed between heaven and earth, the golden lotus shadow with a radius of nearly ten thousand miles bloomed with endless golden light.
As if being dazzled by the golden light, the Eye of the Sky in the sky slowly closed, and the crack in the sky disappeared.
Viewed from a distance with spiritual thoughts, it can be seen that the golden characters manifested by countless Buddhist believers in the Western Regions reciting the six-character mantra form a sky full of golden clouds that continue to rise upward.
This boundless golden cloud eventually merges into the golden lotus manifested in the clouds.
Every time a Buddhist mantra is uttered, the golden lotus blooms into a circle of golden clouds and blends into the shadow of the seated Tathagata.
And every time the golden glow on the fingertips of the phantom image of the Tathagata extends downward, a circle of golden threads bursts out from the fingertips.
First, a bunch of golden straight lines are formed extending downward, and then circles of golden threads are interspersed and connected with this bundle of vertical golden threads as the core.
In the blink of an eye, a seven-story hollow gold pagoda connected by gold threads appeared in front of the phantom index finger of the seated Tathagata.
The Seven Treasures of Buddhism: The Seven Treasures Golden Building
The six-character mantra rang out loudly, and the golden lotus covering the world bloomed into characters of the six-character mantra and merged into the seven-treasure golden pillar.
But I saw that the layers of the seven-story golden pagoda quickly condensed one by one, turning from virtual to real.
The shadow of the Tathagata's seated image is so vast and wide that I don't know how big it is, and the seven-jeweled golden pillar that appears on his fingertips is as big as a mountain.
The top of the seven-story pagoda is close to the tip of the index finger of the seated Tathagata, and the bottom of the pagoda points downward. As the fingertips press down, the seven-story golden building slowly rotates, showing off the golden light.
Taoist Master Jade Chamber used his spiritual thoughts to investigate and saw that within the octagonal eaves of the seven-treasure golden building, there were five thousand columns and thousands of niches. Countless banners and banners were swaying in the wind. The hanging curtains shone with golden light, and billions of precious bells were hung on the eaves.
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The Tathagata is sitting like a shadow and his index finger seems to be slowly and quickly moving downwards. The golden pillar of seven treasures rotating at the fingertips also rotates and covers Zhang Ke's position.
Above the clouds, tens of thousands of Yuanshen True Lords and hundreds of Dao Lords all watched this scene with bated breath.
I don’t know how Ruyi Daojun is going to deal with this attack of Dao rules that contains the true meaning of Buddha’s Dharma.
To everyone's surprise, Zhang Ke just raised his head and glanced lightly at the shadow of the Tathagata sitting high in the sky.
Looking from a distance, this scene looks like the craftsman in the market holding a bowl cover to the crickets.
Taoist Lord Yu Gui frowned. Even though the sitting statue of Tathagata was not directed at him, he could still feel the huge power contained in this finger.
After pondering for a moment, he suddenly sent a message to Lord Hehe Dao with his spiritual thoughts.
"Fellow Taoist Hehe, I wonder... I wonder how Taoist Ruyi is going to deal with the Buddhist resistance?"
Sensing the meaning behind Daojun Yukui's words, Daojun Hehe sneered secretly.
Everyone present had already paid homage, but Taoist Lord Yukui hesitated to address Zhang Ke by his name, clearly unwilling to test him.
A faint message said:
"The emperor has great supernatural powers, and some clowns in Buddhism are of no use to him. Fellow Taoist Yu Gui, just sit back and watch!"
There were Dao Lords and scattered immortals around him, and Hehe Dao Lord did not specifically silence his voice, so his message was heard very clearly by many Dao Lords present.
After hearing what Lord Hehe said, all the Lords couldn't help but turn their attention to where Zhang Ke was.
At this time, the phantom index finger of the seated Tathagata had already dropped hundreds of miles, and the golden building of seven treasures at the fingertip was only a few hundred feet away from the top of Zhang Ke's head.
Above the clouds, Venerable Puhua clasped his hands together and kept chanting the six-character mantra.
Waiting to see that the seven-treasure golden pillar at the fingertips of the phantom image of the Tathagata was about to cover Zhang Kezhen's body, Venerable Puhua sat cross-legged among the clouds, pointing one finger to the sky and the other to the ground, and shouted loudly:
"In heaven and on earth, I am the only one who is supreme!"
Following his gestures and movements, the incomparably vast sound of the Great Dao Lun came from between heaven and earth.
"In heaven and on earth, I am the only one who is supreme!"
"In heaven and on earth, I am the only one who is supreme!"
"In heaven and on earth, I am the only one who is supreme!"
Immediately afterwards, Venerable Puhua stretched out his right index finger, pointed at Zhang Ke who was hundreds of miles away, and shouted sternly:
"Buddha is here, the evil obstacle is here, why don't you hurry up and capture it!"
The so-called "obstacles" in Buddhism do not just refer to animals and monsters. The so-called "evils" refer to sins, and "obstacles" refer to karma. When the two are put together, they refer to spirits entangled by cause and effect.
Venerable Puhua pointed out, and the index finger of the shadow of the sitting Tathagata in the sky suddenly dropped downwards.
The voice of the six-character mantra between heaven and earth suddenly became countless times louder.
"Om~mah~ba~mi~hum!"
"Boom~~~~~"
There was a violent roar that shook the earth and the earth, and the five qi above Zhang Ke's head turned into a canopy, withstanding this earth-shattering blow.
But the void within a hundred miles below his body was instantly filled with cracks like broken glass.
In the center of this pattern, the mark of an index finger is clearly visible.
The index finger mark is surrounded by hundreds of miles of void, and countless space cracks vaguely reveal an octagonal tower-shaped mark.
"Hmph~~"
An extremely indifferent snort came from the heaven and the earth.
Then a huge, mighty, earth-shaking sound resounded throughout the world.
"If the Tathagata comes face to face, I should give him some respect.
You're just a mud tire, and you want to make me bow down?"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of hundreds of Taoists in the clouds in the distance changed.
Buddha and Tianzun are on the same level, and their practice has reached the end of the avenue, which itself represents the rules of the avenue.
At this level, any living creature will feel a sense of it even if they just silently recite its name in their hearts.
Lord Ruyi Dao now actually dares to openly express disrespect for the Buddha. Are you really not afraid of the Buddha's anger?
Even if the Buddha was magnanimous and did not care about it, the Buddhist community is spread all over the world, and there are countless fanatical followers of the Buddha.
If Ruyi Taoist Lord's words today are spread out of the realm, we don't know how many powerful Buddhist powers will cross the realm to attack in the future.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! All the Taoists couldn't help but be surprised by the courage of Taoist Ruyi, at least no one among them dared to speak like this.
At the same time, he and everyone else could not help but be shocked by Ruyi Daojun's tone.
The path of cultivation becomes more and more difficult towards the end. Even though the Taoist Lord is only two realms away from the Heavenly Lord, the difficulty of each of these two realms is no less than that of a worldly person becoming an immortal.
From the perspective of all Taoist kings, if the Buddha wanted to annihilate a Taoist king, even if he was separated from all the heavens and worlds, it would be effortless.
They didn't believe Ruyi Daojun didn't understand this, so they couldn't understand more and more why he dared to speak so wildly.
...
In the vast starry sky.
A speck of dust floats quietly in the void.
When Zhang Ke said that the seated Tathagata statue was nothing but a clay body, the speck of dust suddenly vibrated silently.
With just this vibration, the speck of dust immediately turned into fly ash.
And among the flying ashes, a pool of filthy black water emerged.
In the black water, a bright and flawless white lotus appeared out of nowhere, and there were even drops of morning dew on the curled lotus leaves.
This lotus is no bigger than a bowl. It has a single stem and one leaf, straight in the middle and straight to the outside. It has no vines or branches. It is a blue ball, swaying, and it is not stained by mud and sewage.
"As one wishes?"
"Who dares to accuse me behind my back like this?"
A soft murmur came from the lotus.
Following this whisper, the single lotus leaf of the single-stem lotus slowly unfolded, revealing a gray-robed monk sitting cross-legged.
The monk first listened carefully, then turned his head and looked into the void somewhere.
Then he couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
"I am just a humble person who dares to make such arrogant remarks. If I am not warned, I will really think that I have no temper."
As he spoke, he flexed the two middle fingers of his right thumb to pop out his backhand.
At this moment, the monk's eyebrows moved, he suddenly stopped his movements, looked up into the void, and said:
"I didn't expect this little Taoist priest to alarm fellow Taoist Sanqing, please sit down!"
Stretch out the sleeve of your robe with your left hand, and gently touch the lotus leaf under your body with your index finger.
There was not the slightest fluctuation of vitality, and three emerald green lotus leaves grew silently below the single lotus.
"Haha, I'm sorry!"
In the void, a young Taoist priest wearing plain robes appeared out of thin air.
He first bowed to the monk, then took a step forward, and then there was a person standing on top of the three lotus leaves.
Old, middle and young!
Three Taoist priests of different ages sat upright on lotus leaves. The middle-aged Taoist priest among them raised his eyes and looked at the lotus above his head.
Through the lotus, the line of sight extends infinitely inward, and you can see thousands of stars rotating inside the lotus, towering mountains, mighty rivers, and billions of living beings living in them. The sun rises and sets, and the cycle goes on and on.
The middle-aged Taoist couldn't help but admire:
"One flower, one world, one leaf, one Bodhi!"
"Wonderful, wonderful!"
On the lotus leaf, the monk smiled faintly.
"Why do fellow Taoists Sanqing have time to come here?"
The young Taoist sitting on another lotus leaf raised his head and laughed.
"Hahaha, fellow Taoist, we didn't know our purpose of coming before, so why bother asking?"
The monk lowered his eyes slightly, and after a moment, he said:
"An ant still knows that dignity should not be trampled on. If you insult me today, I should reprimand you!"
The young Taoist raised his eyebrows and said with a smile:
"Oh~~, if that's the case, you and I will fight a lot today..."
Before he could finish speaking, the elderly Taoist on the remaining lotus leaf suddenly coughed lightly.
"Ahem~~"
The young Taoist's unsaid words were interrupted and he turned to look at the old Taoist.
The old Taoist smiled gently.
"It's just arrogance coming out of a trail, so why do fellow Taoists care about it?"
The monk glanced at the faces of the three people and said calmly:
"If it's just a small trail, why would fellow Taoist Sanqing people come here?"
After hearing this, the middle-aged Taoist among them spoke with sonorous words.
"This guy is really daring. He even tore one of my flags out some time ago, and I also reprimanded him.
but..."
The middle-aged Taoist paused briefly and then continued:
"In tens of thousands of years, the great disaster of Yuanhui will come.
I have calculated that this catastrophe will be caused by unknown alien races and may affect countless star fields.
Although this path is still immature now, it is ambitious and wants to rebuild the heaven.
If it can restore the grandeur of heaven as it once was, it will be a great help to you and me.
Although this little Taoist priest has offended his fellow Taoist today, if his fellow Taoist is tolerant and does not care about it, it will be a good story in the future when it spreads to all the heavens and the world.
I don’t know what to do with friendship?”
The monk pondered to himself.
'There is some truth in what Sanqing Zamao said. There are still allusions to Zhang Liang's behavior in the secular world. If I spare him today, it may be recorded in the classics in the future. In addition...'
The monk raised his head and glanced at the young Taoist who was eager to try, and couldn't help but feel a little headache.
‘Young men are aggressive, don’t bully me!
Forget it, he is just a blind little Taoist priest, so what if I spare him once.'
After thinking for a moment, the monk said:
"Since Sanqing Taoist friends have come forward, I will not care about this little Taoist today..."
He was about to take the opportunity to ask for some benefits, but unexpectedly the Taoists on the three lotus leaves stood up and said in unison:
"Fellow Taoist, you are generous. Now that it's over, we still have an appointment, so we won't bother you anymore."
After saying that, the three of them took a step away from the lotus leaf at the same time.
The moment they left the lotus leaves, the three of them gathered together, bowed their hands towards the monk, turned around and disappeared into the void.
The monk couldn't help but be speechless. After a long time, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Haha, interesting, interesting!"
Turning his head to look in the direction where the Taoist left, he murmured:
“One Qi transforms three pure things!
Such a powerful method, even I can’t figure out which one of the Three Pure Ones he is, I admire him, I admire him!"
With this "admiration", the lotus leaves curled up and wrapped the monk in them.
Then I saw the white lotus in the sludge and sewage, as if time had gone back. First, it quickly returned to its bud state, then submerged into the sludge and black water. Finally, the black water condensed into a speck of dust and scattered into the starry sky and the universe.
...
Blue world.
The five-color canopy above Zhang Ke's head is not simply the aggregation of the five elements' vitality. It also contains the laws of heaven in the blue world, which is equivalent to integrating the power of laws of the world.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Otherwise, he would not have been able to withstand the attack of the Buddha's incarnation so easily.
Hundreds of miles away, above the clouds, Venerable Puhua stared at Zhang Ke in the distance with a dumbfounded look on his face, showing an expression of extreme disbelief.
The power of gathering a group of believers to manifest the Buddha's incarnation with one blow could not even touch the body of Lord Ruyi. This was something that he and even the Venerable Arhat present could never have imagined.
In his imagination, Ruyi Daojun should have been wiped out in one blow.
"This...this...what's going on?"
For a moment, his faith in Buddha even wavered.
The continuous sound of reciting the six-character mantra between heaven and earth also came to a brief stagnation. It was obvious that all the monks present were distracted.
Just when Venerable Puhua's heart was shaking, Zhang Ke's voice suddenly sounded again between heaven and earth.
"The Three Realms are all under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Court, and the Buddhism of the Western Regions, are you willing to obey?"
The mighty heavenly sound resounded in every corner of the realm, and all the creatures in the world heard this inquiry.
Above the clouds, Venerable Puhua calmed down, suddenly stood up from the clouds, looked at Zhang Ke from a distance and shouted:
“I am the only one in heaven and on earth!
Buddhist disciples only listen to the teachings of the Buddha and only follow the Buddhist precepts.
How can this little heaven control my Buddhist disciples!"
Venerable Puhua spoke fiercely, and his anger was ready to burst out.
Many venerables and arhats around stood up from the clouds and shouted loudly:
"I am the only one in heaven and on earth!"
"I am the only one in heaven and on earth!"
"I am the only one in heaven and on earth!"
A series of passionate shouts shook the sky.
Seeing this scene, Daojun Yukui and countless others all changed their expressions.
"Hehehe!"
Zhang Ke's slightly sarcastic laughter could be heard again from heaven to earth.
“I am the only one in heaven and on earth!
Hahaha, the Tathagata's admonitions that are directed at the Self are unexpectedly misinterpreted by you ignorant believers. It seems that it is time for you Buddhist disciples to seek the true scriptures.
Today, I will give you some instructions on behalf of the Tathagata!"
After Zhang Ke finished speaking, he closed and opened his eyes and said:
"Destroy!"
As soon as this sound came out, almost endless overlapping sounds suddenly came out from the heaven and the earth.
In the sky, the previously closed eye of the sky opened again, and dark clouds gathered in the cracks in the sky.
The next second, the dark clouds in the two eyes of the sky dispersed, and then two dazzling lights bloomed like the scorching sun.
This brilliance cannot be described in words.
Like the sunrise at dawn, like the blazing sun at noon, and like the setting sun at dusk!
At this moment, yin and yang are reversed!
The whole world seemed to be turned upside down. Taojun Yukui and countless others felt like the world was spinning, and they changed from standing upright to standing upside down.
He and others were clearly looking down from a high position, but at this moment they felt like they were looking up at the sky.
The dazzling light turns the dark night into day.
Even if Yu Kui is a Dao Lord, he can't look at each other at this moment, and he can't even detect his spiritual thoughts.
Just because the moment Zhang Ke opened his eyes, he acted according to his will, and the laws of heaven in this realm were applied by him alone.
After a while, the glow in the sky dissipated, and dark clouds once again filled the Eye of the Sky.
Taoist Master Jade Chamber couldn't wait to use his spiritual thoughts to explore the clouds of Buddhism in the Western Regions.
This exploration was nothing, but it made him hold his breath suddenly. After a long time, he slowly exhaled.
"Xu~~~"
Countless suppressed breathing sounds sounded almost at the same time, and the sound was so loud that Taoist Yu Gui was startled.
At this time, Zhang Ke's indifferent voice came again between heaven and earth.
"Today is a small punishment but a big commandment, and I will kill you with 30% of the power of the Zen Forest.
You are required to submit a document on the geography of the mountains and rivers of the Western Regions within three days!
If you violate this order, break down your mountain gate, kill your followers, and destroy your Taoist tradition, don’t say you were unpredicted!"
The sound waves that shook the sky resounded throughout the world.
Hundreds of miles above the clouds, Venerable Puhua was trembling all over and looking to the left and right in a daze.
Of the thirty-six venerables and eight hundred arhats, only twenty-four venerables and six hundred and eighty-eight arhats are left.
At this time, no matter whether they were the Venerable or the Arhat, everyone looked like they were distracted and demented.
Buddhism focuses on the power of merit, but in daily breathing, it also absorbs the vitality of heaven and earth.
At this time, many venerables and Arhats fell, and the sky was filled with pillars of vitality rising into the sky. The permeating vitality even formed five-color auspicious clouds covering the sky for thousands of miles.
A hundred miles away, Taoist Lord Yukui's body was trembling involuntarily, and his eyes were staring straight at the pillars of vitality that soared into the sky in the distance.
Suddenly, a trembling question came to my ears.
"Fellow Taoists, does anyone know how Ruyi Dao... the emperor killed the Buddhist sect just now?"
silence...
Silence as silent as the void...
After a long time, the voice of Taoist Xiaoyao from the ‘Great Freedom Heavenly Palace’ sounded in everyone’s ears,
"If he casually killed twelve Buddhist sects with just one look, then in his eyes, what's the difference between us and a lamb waiting to be slaughtered?
Alas~~~, maybe the emperor has already achieved the position of Taoist Lord!"
As soon as these words came out, the hearts of hundreds of Dao Lords were as cold as ice.
At this moment, everyone suddenly heard the extremely respectful and trembling voice of Venerable Puhua.
"The Western Regions... The Buddhists in the Western Regions will strictly abide by the emperor's decree, and within three days... they will surely present the Mountain and River Kanyu Documents!"
Zhang Ke's indifferent voice sounded again.
"Well~~, then it's settled!"
Upon hearing these words, Taoist Lord Yu Gui quickly turned around to face the direction of Zhang Ke, bowed and spoke the same and extremely respectful words as the others.