The invisible energy that fell from the sky, illusory and misty, but gave people a sense of extreme danger, was like an endless waterfall, washing towards the small building for half an hour before finally turning into a trickle and slowly disappearing.
In the sky, the invisible whirlpool formed by the convergence of heaven and earth's inspirations, invisible to the naked eye, also dissipated.
Suddenly, on the second floor of the small building where Mu Qingxue was located, a melodious "morning bell" sounded.
At the same time, a mysterious energy spread from the second floor of the small building where Mu Qingxue was located.
"Master Yan?"
Hearing the sound of the "morning bell" that suddenly cleared the mind, and then feeling the mysterious energy, Shen Lang turned his head in excitement and looked at Yan Tianying, seeking confirmation from him.
Yan Tianying raised the corners of his mouth, showed a happy smile, and nodded heavily:
"Success! Xiaomu has passed the most difficult stage safely!"
Shen Lang immediately cheered and was about to take a big step and rush into the small building to find Mu Qingxue to congratulate and celebrate.
Yan Tianying held his shoulders and said with a smile:
"Why are you anxious? Xiaomu has only successfully received the spiritual inspiration from heaven and earth, and she has succeeded in condensing the 'Baihui Point'. Next, she will need some time to consolidate her cultivation and condense a Gang Qi seed at the Baihui Point.
"This time can take as little as one day or as long as three days. During this period, it is best not to disturb her."
The Gang Qi seeds condensed in the second-level Gang Refining Realm are not in Dantian, but in Baihui.
It is precisely because of this that the only vital part of a second-grade warrior is his head.
After condensing the Gang Qi seeds, the second-level warrior will always use the "Baihui Point" to attract the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The spiritual energy enters the Baihui Point, is refined into Gang Qi through the Gang Qi seeds, and then runs along the "Du Vein" to the Dantian for storage, and then
It circulates throughout the body through Dantian.
The practice of the second-level Gang Qi realm is to continuously strengthen the Gang Qi seeds, condense more and purer Gang Qi, and use the Gang Qi to temper the physical body, meridians, and acupoints, and finally open up the "Xuan Guan aperture."
When the "profound entrance orifice" is opened, it is time to ascend the third level of the ladder and advance to the first level.
After hearing what Yan Tianying said, Shen Lang calmed down and stopped trying to rush into the small building to find Mu Qingxue.
at the same time.
In the capital, there are also some experts who have the ability to observe and sense the auras of heaven and earth, and have noticed the changes in the aura above the Divine Catcher Hall.
In the corner of the palace, the front hall of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, the top floor of a nine-story tower.
A middle-aged man with a majestic face, a mustache, wearing a red Taoist robe trimmed with gold, and a bun, sat cross-legged in front of a one-foot-tall alchemy furnace, holding a cattail leaf fan and gently fanning the furnace.
From time to time, he would shoot a magic trick into the alchemy furnace.
Suddenly, he raised his head and glanced at the Shenhua Hall, then looked away again, lowered his eyes, and stared at the Alchemy Furnace Huohou intently.
After a while, there was a sound of light footsteps, and someone stopped outside the door and said cautiously:
"Master, there is someone in the Divine Catching Hall who has successfully been promoted to the second level of martial arts. It must be Mu Qingxue. I would like to ask Master to tell me how to handle this matter."
The middle-aged man's expression remained unchanged as he stared at the alchemy furnace and said slowly:
"You have just reached the second level of martial arts. You are still far from the first level. Why make such a fuss?"
The man outside the door hesitated for a while and said:
"Mao Zhenren, the several actions of the Shenhuatang last year not only dealt a heavy blow to the Eighth Prince's industry, but also our industry has suffered many disasters... Now that the Shenhuatang has added a second-grade person, I'm afraid there will be more trouble in the future."
The Eighth Prince refers to Zhenren Bailong.
Because Master Bailong was the eighth among Taizu's grandchildren and was later granted the title of Prince, the royal family and their close associates all called Master Bailong the Eighth Prince.
The middle-aged man said calmly:
"It doesn't matter. The days when Shen Cat Hall will be proud won't be too long. Let's restrain our minions and tolerate them for a while longer."
The man outside the door said again:
"Do you need to inform His Majesty about this matter?"
The middle-aged man said:
"The emperor has capable people under his command. We can see that Mu Qingxue can make a breakthrough, so there is no need for us to do anything."
At the same time, in front of a palace in the palace.
A great eunuch with white hair and white eyebrows, but with a rosy face like a young man, wearing a python robe given by the emperor, and holding a whisk with a jade handle, stood at the gate of the palace, turning a deaf ear to all the rumbling sounds coming from the door, and only squinted his eyes, looking into the distance of the Shen Cat Hall.
direction.
After seeing the invisible vortex that lasted for more than half an hour disappear naturally, the great eunuch couldn't help but shook his head:
"It was successful... I didn't expect that the Divine Catcher Hall would actually produce another second-grade one. Is it that Mu Qingxue?"
Eunuch Zhang, who had dealt with Mu Qingxue and had third-level martial arts skills, followed the eunuch and said with jealousy:
"When I first met Mu Qingxue in Yingzhou, she was still in the middle stage of the third level, with only one more profound aperture than the child. I didn't expect that after just half a year, she actually broke through to the second level in one breath! My foster father, it's not Mu.
Is Qingxue suffering from bad luck? How could she be promoted to the second rank so smoothly?"
The white-haired eunuch said calmly:
"Bad luck is bad luck. Mu Qingxue's martial arts talent is indeed the most outstanding among the younger generation of martial artists. And the various disasters and dangers brought about by bad luck are not the tempering and tests given to her by God?
"With her talent, she has experienced so many hardships and tribulations without dying. Is it strange to be promoted to the second level? With your talent, if you could be like her, working hard all year round and fighting all kinds of powerful enemies, you would have been able to do it ten years earlier
The third level is complete."
Eunuch Zhang laughed sarcastically and said with a flattering face:
"Father, do you want to inform His Majesty about Mu Qingxue's promotion to the second rank?"
The white-haired eunuch said calmly:
"Of course I want to inform His Majesty. When His Majesty's game is over and he is in a good mood, I will present the news."
Eunuch Zhang responded respectfully:
"Yes, foster father."
Divine Catching Hall.
Seeing that the most difficult and dangerous stage had been passed safely, Shen Lang saw that Mu Qingxue needed at least another day to consolidate her realm and condense the Gang Qi seeds, and was unable to see her for the time being, so she told Yan Tianying that she encountered the Four-Winged Demon by chance on the way back.
Owl thing.
Hearing Shen Lang say that the four-winged demon lord was raised by humans, Yan Tianying couldn't help but frowned deeply and said in a deep voice:
"A demon cannibal deserves death! How do you plan to track it down?"
Shen Lang said:
"Senior Sister gave me a piece of 'Shading Crystal' and used it to imprint the faces of the two victims into the crystal. I want to go to Liuli Temple and ask Lord Liuli to cast a spell to help find out the faces of the two victims.
Identity, origin, and then follow the clues to find clues. This matter involves monsters and is not an ordinary secular matter. Asking Venerable Liuli to take action does not constitute a violation of the agreement."
Yan Tianying nodded:
"You go to Liuli Temple now. Xiaomu is here under my watch, so you don't need to worry."
Shen Lang said:
"Then I'll go and come back quickly."
Then he said to Qin Qing:
"Sister, can you send me to the Ningbi Mountain Liuli Temple?"
Of course, the senior sister would not refuse. She took out the small boat and turned it into a one-foot-long flying boat. Shen Lang and Shen Lang boarded the flying boat. They first ascended vertically to a height of a thousand feet, and then flew to the southern suburbs of the capital.
Ningbi Mountain is only about twenty miles away from the south gate of the capital. In just a blink of an eye, the flying boat arrived above Ningbi Mountain.
Liuli Chanyuan is a Taoist temple of the first-class Da Zhen. Even Yan Tianying, Wan Fa Zhenren and Shen Lang came to visit, but they all left their flying magic weapons outside the monastery. Naturally, the senior sister would not drive the flying boat into the monastery.
He landed the flying boat in the sea of bamboo outside the monastery.
Shen Lang jumped off the flying boat, then turned around and stretched out his hand to the senior sister.
The senior sister held his palm and lifted up the hem of her skirt with one hand. Yingying stepped out of the flying boat, shrank it and put it away. She and Shen Lang followed the path in the forest and came to the gate of the monastery. Just as she was about to explain her intention to the nun Zhike, the little nun
Then he smiled and said:
"Are you two senior fellow disciples Fahai and the head disciple of Wanfa Sect?"
Shen Lang was startled and said with sweat:
"Well, I am Fahai."
The senior sister gave Shen Lang a strange look, nodded and said:
"I am Qin Qing, the great disciple of Wanfa Sect."
The little nun said:
"Please follow me, the Bodhisattva is waiting for you."
With that said, he led the two of them into the gate of the monastery.
Shen Lang followed the little nun and asked curiously:
"Did Your Majesty know we were coming?"
The little nun smiled and said:
"Senior Brother Fahai has an exorcism seal refined by the Bodhisattva himself. As long as he is close to Liuli Temple, the Bodhisattva will know that Senior Brother Fahai is coming."
Shen Lang suddenly realized: "So that's it."
At this time, the senior sister moved her lips and cast a spell to transmit the sound:
"Junior Brother Shen, why did the little nun call you Fahai? Do you want to be a monk?"
Shen Lang quickly sent a message to explain:
"No. Fahai was just an identity I used to disguise myself, and I used it when I broke the law. Unexpectedly, I met Venerable Liuli by chance, and she has been calling me Fahai since then."
The senior sister nodded with satisfaction and said through a message:
"You can't be a monk. Although monks also have temples for their descendants, it is inconvenient after all. As a disciple of the head of Wanfa Sect, I will not go to the monk temple to continue my bloodline with you. You go there with a big bald head and cassocks.
It is not appropriate for Wan Dharma Sect to seek me out. If others see it, they will think that I am corrupting the monk's practice."
The corner of Shen Lang's mouth twitched slightly, "Don't worry, senior sister, I will never become a monk."
The senior sister nodded happily: "Well, it's fine if you don't become a monk."
While they were talking, the two of them followed the little nun to the small temple where Shen Lang had been.
The little nun stopped and stretched out her hand towards the open temple door:
"The poor nun has sent you two here. The Bodhisattva has said that there is no need to announce the arrival of the two donors, just go in directly."
Shen Lang thanked the little nun, and crossed the threshold with his senior sister, entered the temple gate, and came to the main hall. He saw the Liuli Lord, who was dressed in white and had long hair like waterfalls, sitting on the lotus platform.
The eight-armed Bodhisattva looked at them with a smile.
Shen Lang and Qin Qing quickly stepped forward and bowed:
"Meet His Holiness."
"We are all acquaintances, no need to be polite."
Fa Liuli smiled sweetly, her voice as always, ethereal and pure, like the sound of nature.
She looked at Qin Qing and said with a smile:
"How come you girl Qing has time to come to see me? She even got together with little Fahai. Did your master ask you to come?"
She and Wanfa Zhenren are best friends, so they are naturally familiar with the seven disciples of Wanfa Sect.
Qin Qingdao: "Master didn't ask me to come here. I came with Junior Brother Shen to pay homage to Senior. Junior Brother Shen needs help from Senior."
Shen Lang took a step forward, as a courtesy:
"Venerable sir, this disciple encountered a hanging tree and would like to ask the venerable one to take action."
He briefly told the story of the four-winged eagle and owl, and then said:
"The disciple wants to find out the evil villain who is a demon-eater and bring him to justice, but he has no clues, so he can only come to ask the venerable for help."
Venerable Liuli frowned slightly and nodded slowly:
"Since it is a monster that harms people, it is not a purely secular matter. Please show me the remains of the victim."
Shen Lang took out the shadow crystal and activated it with his mental power. The crystal shot out a beam of crystal light and spread out a light curtain in front of Lord Liuli. In the light curtain, there were the images of the two young men and women whose internal organs had been eaten.
Venerable Liuli formed a seal with his hands and stared at the image. There was a flicker of light and shadow in the child. Within a moment, he had calculated the identities of the two victims:
"The man's name is Cheng Xin, and the woman's name is Guan Yue. They are a brother and sister from the same sect. They are from the Fengchai sect in Wuyang Prefecture. Before they were killed, they last appeared in Tongshan County, Wuyang Prefecture..."
After all, the two victims had nothing to do with Venerable Liuli. Even her cultivation level and appearance alone could only go so far.
As for where exactly they were killed and by whom, Lord Liuli couldn't figure it out.
But knowing this is already very useful to Shen Lang, so he tithes her immediately:
"Thank you, Your Majesty. With this clue, I finally no longer have a blind eye and know where to go to check. Now that the secular affairs are over, I don't dare to disturb the Venerable's practice anymore, so I will leave."
"Wait a minute." Fa Liuli stopped Shen Lang and looked at him with a half-smile, "Why are you leaving in such a hurry? Are you afraid that I will leave you as a monk?"
Shen Lang laughed twice:
"Well, the situation is urgent, and I want to investigate the clues as soon as possible, so as not to be destroyed by others and make the venerable's calculations in vain."
Fa Liuli chuckled:
"There is no rush for this moment. We said goodbye to each other in the Black Lotus Demon Cave last time, and we haven't seen each other for quite some time. Let me ask you, have you read and understood the scriptures I gave you earlier?"
Of course I read it and learned it! I learned several practical spells!
However, Shen Lang only learned magic and didn't understand a single word of other Buddhist teachings and Zen principles.
However, he was embarrassed to say this directly, so Shen Lang had to make excuses:
"Although I am busy with official duties, I dare not or forget the teachings of His Holiness. I will take time to read that Buddhist scripture every day."
Fa Liuli blinked her eyelashes, rested her elbows on her knees, held her chin in her bare hands, and tilted her head, looking like a curious girl:
"Oh? Do you really watch it every day?"
Shen Lang nodded: "I really watch it every day."
"Then tell me what insights you have gained and what Zen principles you have realized?"
"this……"
Shen Lang hesitated for a while and looked ashamed:
"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed. My karma in this world is not over yet, my six roots are impure, and I really haven't been able to understand any truth..."
In fact, if we really want to talk about Zen principles, he can still say a few famous verses.
But if he said it, his identity as a "born Buddhist" would be completely confirmed, and Fa Liuli would probably find a way to get him into Buddhism.
The senior sister said that he could not even be the abbot of the Zisun Temple, let alone go to the Wanfa Sect with a bald head, so Shen Lang felt that it was better to hide his clumsiness.
"Don't you understand the truth?"
How could Fa Liuli be so easy to deal with? He looked at Shen Lang with a half-smile but not a smile. Those beautiful eyes seemed to contain two bright moons, and seemed to have the magic power to penetrate people's hearts:
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand the truth. It's just that you often read the Buddhist scriptures I gave you, so you can recite a scripture to me. It doesn't matter which page or section of the scripture, just pick the one you are most familiar with.
Recite it to me."
"..."
Shen Lang blinked:
"Honorable Sir, I am busy with official duties, so I have to go check it out quickly. You see..."
Fa Liuli sighed quietly, lowered her eyelids, and a hint of sadness appeared on her ethereal and pure pretty face:
"Whenever you need me, you come to me for help and treat me respectfully. When you are done with me, you don't even have the patience to recite a scripture. You people in the public sect are all ruthless and unjust people.
"
Although she knew that she was acting, the great master could interfere with matter with his pure spirit. No matter how exaggerated his acting skills were, he still had the magic power to infect people's hearts.
At this moment, looking at Fa Liuli's secretly sad look, Shen Lang couldn't help but tremble slightly in his heart, and a thought arose that he could not let her down no matter what.
At that moment, he opened his mouth and recited a verse:
"The body is like a bodhi tree, and the mind is like a mirror stand. Always brush it diligently to prevent it from attracting dust. Venerable sir, this is the disciple's understanding."
Listening to him reciting this verse, the dark look on Venerable Liuli's pretty face was wiped away, the corners of his lips were slightly raised, and a touching smile appeared, and his ethereal and pure beautiful eyes even contained a halo, without blinking.
He looked at Shen Lang and said sweetly:
"You haven't read a single page of Buddhist scriptures, yet you can have this realization. You are indeed a natural-born disciple of the Buddha. Let me tell you, when you were in the Spider Mother's dream, you said, 'All appearances are false. If you see
"All appearances are not appearances, that is, seeing the Tathagata.' Even if you can have this kind of understanding, and even once used it to break the spider mother's illusion, how can you not have other understandings?"
"..."
Only then did Shen Lang come back to his senses. He was speechless and stunned for a long time, and then said with a depressed look:
"Sir, you are a real person, how could you use such means to deceive me?"
Fa Liuli showed no regrets and just smiled and said:
"If I didn't deceive you, wouldn't you still have to hide it and refuse to tell me a word of truth? Don't you have to keep those four verses in your heart?"
Shen Lang said seriously:
"Honorable sir, how could I have such enlightenment if I have never read a single Buddhist scripture? To be honest, those four verses and 'everything has a sign' were all copied by me."
"Oh? Whose copy was it?"
"Those four verses were copied..."
Shen Lang originally wanted to say that he was copying a monk named "Shenxiu", but he immediately remembered that he might not open his mouth to others. Anyway, in the vast sea of people, where could he go to find Zen Master Shenxiu for confirmation?
But this method won’t work against Fa Liuli!
There are verses and Dharma names. People can calculate the truth based on this information - how can there be any amazing monks in the world?
At that moment, Shen Lang changed his words:
"He was a wild monk who didn't know his Dharma name. When I was young, I met such a wild monk in the mountains. I heard him reciting four verses, so I memorized them."
"Yeah?"
The corners of Fa Liuli's lips were slightly raised, the pear dimple appeared slightly, and he showed that expression that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, and seemed to be able to understand people's hearts:
"But why did I use those four verses as a guide and use 'fate-tong' to calculate, but I came to the conclusion that... you are the first person in this world to pronounce these four verses? And 'Mortal
You are the first to say it."
"..."
Now Shen Lang really had nothing to say.
In this world, there are no these four stanzas, nor the sentence "Everything that has an appearance is false. If you see all appearances that are not appearances, you will see the Tathagata."
Since he recited them in this world, no matter who the original author is, he, Shen Lang, is the first person in this world to recite these verses.
Can he still say that my brother is a time traveler, I am not the original author of the verse, I am just a porter of the earth's culture?
Seeing Shen Lang gaping and speechless, Fa Liuli couldn't help but chuckle:
"Okay, I don't want to blame you. Since you have the Buddha-nature of wisdom and wisdom, how can I blame you before I can rejoice? Again, my Liuli Chanyuan will open a door of convenience for you. As long as you
You can come anytime you want. Maybe one day I can shave you with my own hands."
After hearing what she said, the senior sister, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help but said:
"Senior Liuli, you can't ordain him with your own hands."
Fa Liuli raised her eyebrows slightly:
"Oh? Why did Miss Qing say that?"
Senior Sister’s serious face:
"Junior Brother Shen has made an appointment with me to cooperate with me in the future to continue the bloodline. Although Buddhism has descendants' temples, I don't like bald heads. So Junior Brother Shen promised me not to become a monk."
"..."
The corners of Shen Lang's eyes twitched twice, and he shouted in his heart:
Senior Sister, is it really okay for you to say such words to a great Buddhist master in this quiet place of Buddhism?
However, as Fa Liuli was Wanfa Zhenren's best friend and was very familiar with all seven of Wanfa Zhenren's disciples, he had long been accustomed to Qin Qing's strange thoughts and words.
When Qin Qing heard this, he just smiled and said:
"I didn't say that I would be a bad person who beats mandarin ducks with a stick, nor did I say that I would cross the Little Dharma Sea and enter Buddhism now. Once you have settled your affairs and the Little Dharma Sea is free from worries, you can enter my Buddhism door again.
"
Shen Lang rolled his eyes inwardly: Venerable Liuli, it seems you are not a serious person either!
Qin Qing thought for a while and said:
"Junior Brother Shen's Buddha nature and wisdom are really that good?"
Fa Liuli smiled and nodded:
"Everything that has any appearance is all false. If you see all appearances that are not appearances, you will see the Tathagata... The body is a Bodhi tree, and the mind is a mirror stand. Always brush it diligently to prevent it from becoming dust... Qing girl, you also have a brief understanding of Buddhist scriptures.
Can't you tell what the nature of little Fa Hai is? He is a born Buddhist."
Qin Qing pondered for a moment and said to Shen Lang:
"In this case, I think Senior Liuli's proposal is acceptable. If you are really more talented in Buddhism, it would be best to practice Buddhism. You will also have the hope of becoming a Buddha and transcending in the future."
She was purely thinking about Shen Lang's future. She even thought further and sent a message to Shen Lang:
"Buddhism is the most flexible. If you put down the butcher's knife, you can become a Buddha instantly. If you pick up the butcher's knife, you can become a demon with just one thought. Junior brother, in the future, with the power of Buddhism, you can return to secular life at any time after becoming a Buddha and transcending. We can continue to cooperate."
Shen Lang was also shocked by the weird idea of the senior sister. He really didn't know how to respond, so he just complained in his heart:
Senior sister, you should have said this to me quietly after you got back.
Now you are transmitting messages to me in front of a real person of the first rank, or a real Buddhist who has cultivated "Heavenly Ear". What is the difference between that and conspiring loudly?
Sure enough, Qin Qing's message was not confidential at all. Venerable Liuli heard it clearly. His eyes immediately crossed Qin Qing's side and he said softly:
"Girl Qing, I heard everything you whispered!"
"Ah?" Qin Qing was stunned, but still insisted on his principle:
"Now that senior Liuli heard it, I won't hide it anymore. Junior Brother Shen not only has an appointment with me, he also has an agreement to cooperate with Mu Qingxue.
"Mu Qingxue was promoted to the second rank today. In the future, there is hope for the first rank. Transcendence is also possible. I had an unexpected encounter a few days ago, and I also have the hope of transcendence. In the future, everyone will be able to transcend and live forever, and I will not let Junior Brother Shen continue to be a monk.
"Since he has the root of Buddha-nature and wisdom, and the Buddhist teachings are very useful to him, he can do it temporarily for a while. After becoming a Buddha and transcending, Junior Brother Shen will definitely return to secular life."
"..."
Shen Lang stared at Senior Sister with his mouth open, and said to himself, Senior Sister, you are so bold, you actually said such words openly, just saying that we are going to use Buddhism.
Are you sure that the relationship between Venerable Liuli and Master is unusual, and you won't be angry because of it?
Then again, how did you know that I had an appointment with Mu Qingxue?
Also, hearing your tone, why don’t you mind at all?
Aren’t you applying the same conclusions you drew from observing animals and monsters to humans?
Shen Lang was vomiting in his heart, and Fa Liuli was also slightly stunned by Qin Qing's blunt words. He was speechless for a while, and then he shook his head helplessly:
"You girl, you are still so...well, strange."
Qin Qing said seriously:
"Senior Liuli, this disciple is not surprised. I am just a sharp-sighted person who is good at understanding the essence."
Keen eyesight?
Fa Liuli glanced at Qin Qing's habitually slightly squinted fox eyes with a strange look, and thought to herself, how dare you boast about your eyes, which can't see a person's face from five feet away without the blessing of the eyesight spell.
Keen?
However, as an elder, she couldn't argue with her best friend and disciple, so she just looked at Shen Lang with a smile:
"Little Fahai, I never imagined that you still carry so many love debts."
Shen Lang smiled awkwardly:
"Well, disciple... Well, even if I become a monk, I'm afraid I will still be a flowery monk who is obsessed with drinking, sex, and wealth... I am unworthy of showing such great love to His Holiness."
Fa Liuli blinked her long eyelashes and smiled playfully like a girl:
"The Buddha is the Enlightened One. He is fully enlightened, can penetrate all appearances in all realms, and obtains wisdom and truth. The Buddha actually has no taboos.
"As for us ordinary Buddhists, the reason why we have to observe all kinds of strict rules and precepts is just because we are in the world of mortals with mortal bodies. We are born with weak wills, limited wisdom, and impure six roots. If we do not practice the precepts, we will indulge in indulgence and indulge in the world of mortals.
If you waste time, your eyes will be blinded by human desires in the mortal world, and your true spirit will be blinded. Eventually, you will be addicted to the sea of mortal desires, unable to transcend to the other side.
"If you want to transcend the world of mortal suffering, you must, as you said, be like a Bodhi tree and your mind like a mirror. You must always wipe it diligently to avoid causing dust. Observing the precepts is a way of 'wiping'."
"Little Dharma Sea, you don't want to keep the precepts. If you don't keep the precepts, that's it. If you want to drink, have sex, have money, and don't keep the precepts, that's up to you. But in the future, if you have wisdom and understanding, perfect enlightenment, and a clear body and mind, you can see all truths and understand everything.
By appearance, no matter where you are, you are already a 'Buddha'."
To Shen Lang, Fa Liuli's reasoning was just playing the lute to an ox.
He came to a conclusion:
Oh, Venerable Liuli has decreed that I, a "born Buddha", can indulge in alcohol, sex, wealth, and wealth. Anyway, in the future, if I am awesome, then I will be a Buddha. Whoever dares to say that I am not, I will beat him until he says yes.
At that moment, Shen Lang showed an expression as if he had realized the truth, clasped his hands together, and bowed deeply to Fa Liuli:
"Thank you for your teachings, senior. I have figured out a lot of things."
Fa Liuli smiled sweetly:
"So good."
Shen Lang said: "It's getting late, so I should go back. If I have free time in the future, I should come to the monastery often and listen to the teachings of the venerable master."
Fa Liuli nodded with a smile:
"Okay. If you come to Liuli Temple in the future, you can come directly to my place without notification."
"Yes. By the way, my disciple once had an unexpected encounter and got some Ichthyosaurus seedlings. Now they have grown into small trees. I have given one to Wanfa Zhenren as a thank you for her care for me. Your Majesty also has many things for me.
To care for and teach this little tree is a little bit of my heart. Please don’t turn it down, Your Majesty.”
As he spoke, Shen Lang took out a small Ichthyosaurus tree planted in a pottery pot and placed it in front of Venerable Liuli.
Fa Liuli smiled happily:
"Okay, I'll take it."
At that moment, Shen Lang and Qin Qing once again paid tithes to Venerable Liuli and then left.
After leaving Liuli Temple and walking along the bamboo forest path, the senior sister pondered for a while and asked Shen Lang:
"How many times have you met Lord Liuli?"
"Three times." Shen Lang said without thinking: "Before coming to the capital, I met her once in Luling Mansion. After coming to the capital, Lord Yan and Master Wanfa took me to Liuli Temple to visit her once, once in the Black Lotus Demon Cave, and once in the Liuli Temple.
I joined forces with Master Yan and Master Wanfa to provide reinforcements and met her again. Counting this time, it was the fourth time."
The senior sister asked:
"Then do you feel that Venerable Liuli is different from the previous meeting this time?"
"Difference?"
Shen Lang recalled for a while and felt that the Venerable Liuli he met this time was no different from the previous three times.
They are all so ethereal and pure, just like the Moonlight Goddess. They all have the same black hair like waterfalls, white clothes like snow, the same perfect body curves, and the same skin with a light moon halo luster, without any changes at all.
So he shook his head:
"I don't feel any difference."
The senior sister said quietly:
"You just feel that her beauty and figure are no different from before, right?"
"..."
Shen Lang was speechless, feeling that although the senior sister's eyesight was not good, her intuition was sometimes frighteningly sharp - so she knew that he had a date with Mu Qingxue because of her intuition?
Is this the unique insight of Wanfamen’s senior sister who “learns from nature”?
When I was embarrassed, I heard the senior sister said leisurely:
"Venerable Liuli is beautiful, and her figure is indeed flawless, just like a goddess descending to earth. It's not surprising that you were attracted by her beauty and didn't notice anything else."
"Uh... Senior sister, don't think too much, I just think that Venerable Liuli is the senior."
"She is a legal generation, you are also a legal generation, you are equal."
"...I have already said that I chose the title of Fa Hai blindly."
"But Senior Liuli also calls you Little Fahai."
"She was kidding me."
"Oh, you, why are you panicking? I didn't say anything wrong with you. Lord Liuli is so outstanding that it is normal for you to covet her and even want to cooperate with her to continue your bloodline. It's just that Lord Liuli and
Mu Qingxue and I are different. We are just Buddhist cultivators. The key is that she is still a first-class real person. If you want to conquer her, you are still too weak."
"..."
"In nature, only the strongest beast king can conquer the most beautiful and strongest female in the group. If you want to conquer Senior Liuli, you must at least have a level of cultivation. Before that, don't waste your energy in daydreams.
"
"Sister, you misunderstood..."
"Okay, I don't want to tell you this. What I mean is that today's Venerable Liuli is different from the senior Liuli I saw before. She seems a little..."
The eldest sister frowned and thought for a while before speaking carefully:
"Too lively. Senior Liuli is a very good person, with a soft and sweet voice, and a soft temper. Sometimes people even think that she is easy to bully. But... even though she is gentle and amiable, she She has never shown such a girlish attitude in front of us juniors..."
She turned her head to look at Shen Lang, imitating Fa Liuli's appearance just now, holding her cheek with one hand, tilting her head, blinking her long eyelashes, and smiled playfully:
"It's such a posture... I've never seen it before. Senior Liuli can indeed stay young forever and remain as young as she is now, and she won't age until the end of her life. But after all, she is a first-class real person, and at most she will only be with her master. She has shown such a girlish attitude in front of me. She has never been like this in front of me and my junior sisters before, so how could she be like this today?"
After hearing what she said, Shen Lang couldn't help but think carefully about it for a while, and he realized that there was indeed a slight difference in the expression and posture of Lord Liuli between the previous three encounters and this meeting.
It was enough to show her girlish attitude that should only be shown in front of her best friend, Wanfa Zhenren, in front of him and Qin Qing, the two juniors, but the key point is that she also used small tricks to use that secretly sad expression. The modality "confused" Shen Lang, and he couldn't help but show off his Buddhist teachings.
With Venerable Liuli's cultivation and character, even if you want to know if he has gained enlightenment recently, you should not use such methods to confuse people's minds.
Seeing Shen Lang looking thoughtful, the senior sister said again:
"Years ago, after Dawei Bodhisattva fell into a demon state and escaped into the Yunding Demon Palace, in order to prevent him from destroying the seal, Senior Liuli and my master once sat in the Yunding Demon Palace... Maybe she was affected by the demonic energy?
"I heard from my master that before entering the Yunding Demon Palace, Senior Liuli had a fight with Dawei Bodhisattva. He was restrained by Dawei Bodhisattva with the magical power taught by Demon Buddha Black Lotus, and suffered some minor injuries. After that, the injury did not heal, so he Rush to the Demon Palace to take charge...
"My master stayed with Senior Liuli in the Demon Palace for more than a month. Even though he was in perfect condition when he left, he was quite tired when he came back. He was somewhat affected and needed to retreat. Senior Liuli was injured. If he was affected by the demonic energy, he would probably It will be more serious than my master."
Shen Lang nodded slowly:
"That may be the case. But since Master Wanfa is sitting with her, if there is anything wrong with her, Master Wanfa should be able to see it, right?"
The elder sister spread her hands:
"So I feel strange too. I feel like there is something wrong with Senior Liuli. You should have figured out that there is something wrong with her, but is my master aware of this?
"Or maybe there is nothing wrong with this. It's just that senior Liuli has improved his cultivation and realized more truths. He is one step closer to the Buddha's realm of 'no taboos', so it is different from before. And Did we just overthink and misunderstand?"
Shen Lang pondered for a while and said:
"Venerable Liuli is one of the pillars of the righteous path, and there is no room for error. Regardless of whether we have misunderstood or not, this matter must be reported to Master Wanfa, Master Yan as soon as possible."
At that moment, Senior Sister released the flying boat, boarded the flying boat with Shen Lang, and flew towards the capital.
In the Liuli Temple.
Venerable Liuli sat under the statue of the eight-armed Bodhisattva, with a slight smile on his lips:
"The two little guys are actually worried that I will be affected by the devil's energy. Hehe, I am the most adept at guarding the first-class Daozhen in the world. Even though I am injured, I just sit in the seal and have not gone deep into the devil's palace. How can it be so easy?
Affected by demonic energy?"
She shook her head, closed her eyes, made dharma seals with her hands, and continued to meditate and visualize.
In the sea of consciousness, her eight-armed Bodhisattva is sitting barefoot on a lotus platform, with each of her eight arms forming a seal.
Under the lotus platform, the fire of karma is burning, like forging iron or steel, constantly burning her Yuan Shen Dharma, making her Yuan Shen Dharma more crystal clear, pure and flawless.
Venerable Liuli is so confident precisely because her spirit form is unique.
Under the Dharma Appearance Lotus Platform, the fire of karma is always burning. Once you create bad karma, the fire of karma will skyrocket and will first bite your body.
but……
Even she herself has overlooked one thing, that is, the fire of karma is fueled by "bad karma".
Just because she has not committed any bad karma and her karma is normal does not mean that everything is really normal for her.
At least, in the past, she would never use the "Tian Er Tong" to listen to the chat between two juniors from a distance and listen to their conversation.
However, Venerable Liuli was completely unaware of his abnormality.
On the other side, Shen Lang and his senior sister took a flying boat and quickly returned to the Divine Catching Hall, landing vertically in front of the small building where Mu Qingxue was retreating at an altitude of thousands of feet.
Yan Tianying was still guarding the building with his hands folded. When he saw them coming back, he asked:
"Have you found out the origins of those two victims?"
Shen Lang nodded:
"Already asked."
After he repeated the conclusion deduced by Venerable Liuli, Yan Tianying said:
"Since this was discovered by you, Xiao Shen, it is up to you to follow up. You first go to Tongshan County of Wuyang Prefecture to investigate, but the origins of those who dare to raise third-level monsters like the Four-Winged Demon Owl are not simple. So wait for Xiao Shen.
After Mu's retreat is over, I will send her to help you."
Shen Lang said: "I should have set off immediately to avoid being ruined by the devil. However, today's trip to Liuli Temple, Senior Sister and I found that Venerable Liuli is a little different from the past. Senior Sister, tell me."
The senior sister said seriously:
"Uncle Yan, you know that because of Master's relationship, Senior Liuli often goes to Wanfamen Mountain Gate. Therefore, we sisters are very familiar with Senior Liuli and are familiar with her temperament and habits, but today..."
She stated the errors she observed and felt one by one, and finally said:
"I suspect that Senior Liuli may have been affected by the erosion of demonic energy due to injuries on his body when he was sitting in the Yunding Demon Palace a few years ago. It is also possible that... it was Dawei Bodhisattva who left hidden wounds on Senior Liuli. After all, Dawei Bodhisattva
What is being used is the magical power specially created by the Demonic Buddha Black Lotus to restrain Buddhist monks..."
Yan Tianying frowned and said:
"Xiao Qin, the look in your eyes...are you sure?"
He wanted to say that your eyes are not good, maybe he saw it wrong, but if only Qin Qing took the matter seriously, that would be fine. But even Shen Lang looked serious and did not refute Qin Qing's words, which proved that the law
There might be something wrong with Liuli.
"I'm sure. Junior Brother Shen also feels that something is wrong with Senior Liuli."
Yan Tianying didn't dare to neglect this time.
Dawei Bodhisattva fell into the devil, White Dragon, Qian Kun has ulterior motives, Wu Lei Zhenren is suspected of having a secret alliance with Bai Long. Among the six real people, the only pillar of the righteous path that can be fully trusted is Liu Li Zhenren.
If something happened to her, the consequences would be disastrous.
At that moment, Yan Tianying said in a deep voice:
"Xiao Qin, please go back to the mountain gate quickly and ask your master to go to Liuli Temple to see how Venerable Liuli is doing."
Qin Qing agreed and said to Shen Lang:
"When I go back this time, Master will probably ask me to stay at the mountain gate. If I promise you the alchemy furnace, I will ask Master to bring it to you. As for when the banquet to celebrate my promotion to the third rank will be held, it depends on Master's wishes. It will be decided later.
I will send you an invitation later."
After saying that, he stepped forward and hugged Shen Lang gently. He didn't care that Yan Tianying was beside him and kissed him on the mouth:
"Be careful when checking the eucalyptus, safety first."
Shen Lang glanced at Yan Tianying with some guilt and saw him looking into the distance as if he was looking at the scenery. He couldn't help but secretly praise Master Yan for being a good leader for us, who is knowledgeable, knowledgeable and considerate of his subordinates.
Immediately, with lightning speed, he took a sip on Senior Sister's lips and said, "I will be careful."
After hugging him gently for a while, the senior sister left his arms and walked straight to the backyard of Shenhuatang Yamen.
Shen Lang coughed twice and asked Yan Tianying: "Why don't Senior Sister leave by flying boat?"
Yan Tianying said calmly: "The Wanfamen Mountain Gate is thousands of miles away, in the mountains of the southwest. There is a teleportation formation in the Yamen, which can directly reach the secret realm of Wanfa Zhenren's universe, and then transfer through the secret realm to the Wanfa Mountain Gate."
Shen Lang was stunned. Fortunately, he had always thought that Wanfamen Mountain Gate was near the capital, but he didn't expect it to be so far away from the capital.
At this time, Yan Tianying said to Shen Lang again:
"Xiao Shen, you can't help me right now with Yipin Zhenren's matter. You go to Tongshan County, Wuyang Prefecture to investigate. I will send Xiao Mu to find you after she comes out of confinement."
"This... okay!" Shen Lang bowed his hands to Yan Tianying: "Then I'll set off now."
He glanced at the small building again, turned around and left.
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