"We haven't seen each other for more than ten years. The former Jiulang has now become the Lord of the Tang Dynasty, and he has such extraordinary cultivation. It's so gratifying to congratulate him——"
Li Zhi's sudden appearance did not scare Master Xuanzang, who was immersed in writing scriptures. On the contrary, it seemed that he had known that Li Zhi was coming.
"I want to know, why?"
Li Zhi changed back to his usual attire, and that "Gun Mian" was really eye-catching, especially after experiencing "Heavenly Punishment" and actually growing to the level of "Acquired Spiritual Treasure".
"Is Emperor Tang talking about why the poor monk didn't take action to destroy the demon?"
Master Xuanzang was still sitting on the futon, but he put down the wolf hair that was used to write scriptures, stretched out his hand, and another futon appeared on the opposite side.
Li Zhi looked familiar. Aren't these the two futons he got from the back mountain of Black Wind Mountain, and later gave them to Master Xuanzang and Zhu Bajie, one each?
Unexpectedly, Master Xuanzang still keeps this thing after so many years.
"Whether it's a Buddha or a demon, everything has its own destiny. The poor monk can naturally destroy the demons that invade Chang'an, but why does the poor monk take action?"
"In the eyes of the poor monk, demons are no different from other living beings. The three poisons of 'greed, anger, and ignorance' are everywhere. Some can be resolved with Buddhist teachings, while others can only wait for opportunities."
"Although Lingshan has fallen, the Buddha will remain forever. If the poor monk can guard this great Ci'en Temple, he can also protect thousands of monks. If the poor monk cannot guard this place, it will only add a few more dead souls."
"If you don't practice in this life, how can you cultivate in the next life? How can you know the things in this life in the next life? Am I, the Buddha, wrong? No matter right or wrong, Buddhas and demons can only think in one thought..."
Master Xuanzang spoke very slowly, as if he was answering Li Zhi's question, more like he was mumbling to himself.
"Then, should I call you Master Xuanzang, Golden Chanzi, or Tantan Merit Buddha?"
After meeting Tang Xuanzang and hearing his words, Li Zhi regretted coming here.
Before coming, Xiao Bailong once told him - "Master has changed."
Li Zhi didn't take it seriously at first, or he still missed the four years they had spent together. He was even more convinced that he had made that series of efforts.
Seeing the futon on the ground, he felt that everything was the same as before. After listening to Tang Xuanzang's words, Li Zhi finally understood why Xiao Bailong said "Master has changed."
"Xuan Zang of the Tang Dynasty, Golden Chanzi, or Tantan Merit Buddha are all just names. If possible, I would like the Emperor of Tang to just call him 'Uncle' as he did in the past."
When he said this, Master Xuanzang's eyes flickered with excitement for no apparent reason, but it quickly disappeared.
Before and after, there was only a moment. Unfortunately, Li Zhi never captured that moment.
"I heard that when the demons attacked Chang'an at night, the Asura demon general Indra and Taoist Yuan Tiangang in my residence 'happened' to be listening to the Master's lecture at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda?"
No longer as excited as he had been when he came, Li Zhi was able to sit down quietly, on the futon opposite Master Xuanzang.
"Those two can be regarded as people with great wisdom. It's a pity that they only came once. Otherwise, there might be two more Bodhisattvas in our Buddhist sect."
Master Xuanzang did not avoid Li Zhi's questions, and even showed a hint of regret.
"I heard from Senior Brother Ao Lie that the Second Senior Brother has returned to Gaolaozhuang. He is a very affectionate person, but I don't know where the Third Senior Brother has gone?"
Li Zhi did not comment on Master Xuanzang's answer, but kept asking about other people.
"Although Bajie has been in my Buddhist sect for many years, he has never left the mortal world. Maybe that is the path he should take. If Emperor Tang has time, he might as well go to him and reminisce about the past. He is also a wonderful man."
"As for Wu Jing, the poor monk really doesn't know where he went. However, judging from his origins, he followed the poor monk all the way to the west, obtained the scriptures, but only fell in love with the method of 'transcendence'. I think he should
I'm going back to the tribe..."
Monk Sha is the person with the least sense of presence in the entire Buddhist scripture-seeking team, and the original Li Zhi also thinks so.
It was only after so many years, especially after Li Zhi obtained the "Great Witch Essence Blood", that he understood the origin of Monk Sha.
He was also a Witch Clan. He fought with the Monster Clan for hegemony in the past. Unfortunately, the Witch Clan's multiplication was far less than that of the Monster Clan. Even if it survived, most of them were in remote places.
And Master Xuanzang mentioned "tribe", it seems that he really knows the details of Monk Sha.
"So, where is senior brother?..."
There were only a few people in the group who went to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures.
Xiao Bailong lived in Li Zhi's house, and Tang Xuanzang sat in front of him again. He asked the second senior brother and the third senior brother successively, and the topic naturally led to the senior brother Sun Wukong.
What's more, everyone knows that among the entire Buddhist scripture-seeking team, Li Zhi has the best relationship with his senior brother Sun Wukong. They are also brothers who have become sworn brothers at the "Wuzhuang Temple" in Wanshou Mountain. The relationship between the two is naturally unmatched by others.<
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"Wukong, that monkey is no longer bound by the 'Tightening Curse', so he must have gone back to Huaguo Mountain. The world is so big, there is always a place for him to jump around. We will see each other again."
When asked about Sun Wukong, Li Zhi stared intently into Master Xuanzang's eyes. He wanted to judge whether this person who had restored the memory and cultivation of "Golden Chanzi" could know some "secrets"?
It's a pity that Li Zhi was disappointed.
"It's getting late, and I should go back. Now that the Tang Dynasty is in turmoil, I'm afraid I don't have much time to visit the Master and say goodbye..."
Li Zhi felt that this trip was a failure and he did not get what he wanted. Perhaps, this should be the best ending.
"Wukong? Are you okay?"
Li Zhi left, just as he arrived quietly. Only the futon that was still warm knew that he had been there.
"Do you know anything about Wukong?"
A voice sounded, which was very similar to Master Xuanzang's voice, but it lacked the aura of a Buddhist monk.
"Amitabha, what does it matter if you know it, but what if you don't know it? Before the general trend, everyone is just an ant, and all sacrifices are worth it. It's just that Li Zhi, I can't see through."
"Hahaha - are there people you can't see through? Who are you? The first 'Six-Winged Golden Cicada' in the world, the second disciple of Tathagata Buddha, the aloof 'Santan Merit Buddha', beheaded one
"Zi's 'quasi-sage' cultivation, is there anyone else you can't see through?"
Full of ridicule, two different voices came from the same body, giving this silent night an unspeakable weirdness.
"Hmph, do you think I can't kill you, so you are so unscrupulous? If it weren't for your existence, I might have killed the second corpse long ago——"
Master Xuanzang roared and suppressed the voice in his body again.
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Li Zhi left. It's a pity that he couldn't see what happened after he left.
However, what would happen even if he saw it?
Today's Master Xuanzang is far beyond what he can deal with. Fortunately, this giant Buddha is now on its own, so it doesn't need any attention from Li Zhi.
Besides, although Master Xuanzang did not help Chang'an City, he also protected Daci'en Temple and its surrounding villages.
Those demons are cruel in their methods, but they are not fools. They seem to know that Master Xuanzang is in charge of Daci'en Temple, and they don't dare to appear nearby.
The first year of Yonghui.
This year's spring came extremely quickly, and before the first lunar month was over, the land of Guanzhong was completely rejoicing.
Led by General Qin Shubao of the Forbidden Army, nearly 60,000 troops were gathered and divided into four groups to sweep the entire land of Guanzhong.
Cheng Yaojin, Qin Huaiyu, Luo Tong, and Pei Xingjian each commanded 10,000 people. Li Zhi also sent Xiao Bailong Ao Lie, Bai Zhi, Xue Qian, Bai Suzhen and others.
Especially Xiao Bailong, who now has the cultivation level of "Daluo Jinxian", he is directly used as a four-way support person. Once any road encounters a crisis, Xiao Bailong will step in to deal with it.
After all, their identities have changed. These women of Li Zhi can only stay in the "Da Ming Palace". They can't all become queens and concubines, and go into battle with swords, right?
Besides, 60,000 troops were sent out, and with Li Yaoshi taking away the 30,000 troops, the city of Chang'an was almost empty. Excluding the defenders guarding the twelve city gates, Li Zhi could mobilize no more troops.
Less than ten thousand people.
Of course, with Li Zhi here alone, he didn't need to use the last 10,000 troops, and just threw them all to the little girl Li Mingda who wanted to become a general.
Nowadays, Li Mingda is also a "Taiyi Xuanxian". As the protector princess of the Yonghui Dynasty, she has begun to ask Li Zhi for military power, saying that she wants to imitate the "Princess Pingyang" Li Xiuning in the early Tang Dynasty.
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It is always inconvenient for a woman to enter the military camp, so Li Zhi even sent Yun'er and Huo Ling there to take care of Li Mingda.
Li Zhi's life has become much more nourishing. He directly changed the original morning morning system to five days and one day off, which means he has three more days of rest every month than before.
The government affairs were mainly handled by Tang Wang Li Chengqian, Shangshu Pu Shefang Xuanling, Sikong Chang Sun Wuji and Yushi Zhongcheng Wei Zheng. They just selected a few important books every day and sent them to the "Da Ming Palace".
Of course, the military information from Li Yaoshi and Qin Shubao should be sent to Li Zhi as soon as possible. He left the matter to the old eunuch Zhang Ananda with full responsibility, day and night.
At other times, Li Zhi was naturally training his naughty son, but little Chenxiang couldn't bear to be disturbed. Most of the time, he slipped away to the "Lizheng Palace" early in the morning.
Wouldn’t it be nice to be with your own grandpa and grandma? Why should you face your father’s face?
As a result, Li Zhi's main daily routine was to practice "Fangzhongshu" in the harem with two concubines.
By now, Li Zhi has finally figured it out. This is probably the most powerful technique of Emperor Xuanyuan Huang, right?
"Three Holy Mothers" Yang Chan has benefited from it for a long time. After recent operations,...
Li Zhi’s happy cultivation life does not need to be detailed, but the Tang Dynasty’s counterattack against the demons is already in full swing.
Li Zhi's order to Qin Shubao was very clear. The demons in Guanzhong must be wiped out within half a month, and the people's spring plowing must not be affected.
After Guanzhong was pacified, the troops were immediately divided into two groups, with Qin Shubao and Cheng Yaojin as commanders respectively, and they defeated the demons in Henan Road and Hedong Road in one fell swoop.
Li Zhi was not sure why the demons had not attacked Chang'an in the past few months, but he knew that heaven was the place the demons hoped to capture more.
He launched this "spring offensive" just to attack the demons in these three places, which can be regarded as throwing stones at others.
As expected, the demons in Guanzhong were really vulnerable. Xiao Bailong didn't even meet a decent opponent, and completely eliminated the demons in Guanzhong in just seven days.
In the battle report sent by Qin Shubao, Li Zhi saw a familiar name, ranked first in the military merit list, the right-leading Zhonglang General - Xue Rengui.
In this world, due to the emergence of Li Zhi, without Li Shimin's three expeditions to Korea, the famous general Xue Rengui relied on his own force to be promoted to the rank of Zhonglang General in the right-leading army.
Originally, his duty was to garrison the "Xuanwu Gate" in Chang'an City, but because there were a lot of soldiers to be mobilized this time, and Xue Rengui had a reputation for bravery, he was naturally among those recruited.
"Old Zhang, do you know this Xue Rengui?"
Since this world is no longer the "history" he is familiar with, Li Zhi did not dare to draw conclusions easily. He glanced at the old eunuch Zhang Ananda next to him and asked.
"Your Majesty, this old slave is really familiar with this man. He was personally promoted by the Supreme Emperor back then. He has a good relationship with Lu Guogong and others."
"This person's surname is Xue, whose name is Li and his courtesy name is Rengui. He is from Xiucun, Longmen County, Jiangzhou, Hedong Road. He belongs to the south ancestral home of the Xue family in Hedong. Unfortunately, his family has fallen into decline and he has suffered a lot since childhood."
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"It just so happens that this man is still a pot-bellied man. He can eat as much as a whole family of others. Not to mention his poor family, even the homes of ordinary wealthy gentry in the countryside may not be enough for him to eat." p>
"In this way, in order to fill his stomach, this boy had to go hunting in the mountains from time to time. Sometimes he would stay there for ten days and a half before coming out. Whether it was pheasants, yellow sheep, wolves, insects, tigers or leopards, they all became the prey of this boy.
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"It is said that when he was twelve years old, there was a famine in the entire Hedong Road. All the edible food in the nearby mountains and forests had long been wiped out, so the boy walked deeper into the mountains..." p>
What Li Zhi didn't expect was that the aging old eunuch Zhang Anan was actually a good "storyteller", and he looked as happy as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
"Listening to what you said, did Xue Rengui meet a god?"
After Zhang Anan finally finished talking about Xue Rengui's experience, Li Zhi could interject and ask.
"It's hard to say whether he has met an old immortal slave. Anyway, since this kid went into the mountains at the age of twelve, he will be sixteen when he comes home again."
"Not only did he become infinitely powerful, but he also became good at wielding a square-shaped halberd. The old slave has seen that halberd before, but he couldn't move it at that time."
"In addition, this boy's shooting skills are superb. It can be said that in the entire Tang Dynasty, we may not be able to find anyone with better shooting skills than him..."
Li Zhi had already fallen into deep thought. As for what Zhang Ananda said later, he didn't really hear it.
Li Shimin, Li Jing, Qin Shubao, Yuchi Gong and others are now confirmed to be sent by Tianting. Li Zhi's appearance has affected some of them and even completely changed their destiny.
If you look at it this way, is this Xue Rengui also like the legend?
Suddenly became extremely powerful?
Li Zhi knew that in the legend, Xue Rengui gained the "power of one dragon, two tigers and nine oxen" after eating three drawers of pasta.
If this person really came down from the sky, he should be related to the "White Tiger Star Lord", but I don't know if he has awakened the memory of his previous life at this time.
"Old Zhang, what level of cultivation does Xue Rengui have now that he can actually kill a 'Golden Immortal' level demon?"
Half an hour passed, and Ananda was still telling stories? He was interrupted by Li Zhi.
"Well...I don't know very well, old slave. I haven't seen this kid for some years. Oh, it seems I can't call him kid anymore. Is he almost fifty?"<
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"I heard that he has a son who lives in Chang'an City. I heard that the boy is pretty good-looking, but he is a bit naughty and always gets into trouble with his father..."
Well, Li Zhi felt that the old eunuch in front of him really had a heart for gossip, and it was really a bit of a humiliation to not let him lead the "Li Jing Sect".
Wait, isn’t that Xue Rengui’s son?...
"Lao Zhang, is this Xue Rengui's son called 'Xue Dingshan'?"
Li Zhi asked abruptly, which shocked Zhang Ananda.
"Xue Dingshan? It doesn't seem to be the case. I remember there are two characters. As for what it is called, I still need to find out."
Two words? That’s not a romance.
Li Zhi did not ask any further questions. At this time, he had seen too many "big people". Even if the Xue family and his son were more powerful, how brave could they be?
What Li Zhi didn't expect was that the "Xue Dingshan" he called was destined to have a huge intersection with him.
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At the mouth of the Guanjiang River in the middle of Sichuan, there is a mountain standing tall.
Although it is called "Kaishan", it is actually more like an island, surrounded by water and less than twenty miles in radius.
This mountain is not very big in circumference, but it is surprisingly high. It towers into the clouds. It must be more than two thousand feet high, right? From a distance, it looks more like a pillar supporting the sky.
At the top of the mountain, there is a spacious platform with a small independent courtyard. There are three huts in the courtyard and a pavilion next to it.
Watch the snow falling in winter, watch the river in summer, walk with willows in spring and eat fish in autumn.
There is always a person sitting in the pavilion. He wears ordinary clothes and has an ordinary appearance. He seems to like to sit like that, facing the rising sun and sending away the sunset.
At first, he was the only one sitting there, and he sat there for three years. No one saw him eat, and no one heard him speak.
If it weren't for the occasional rolling eyes, one would even suspect that it was a "stone man"?
Sunrise, sunset, windy, raining, he just sat like that, day after day.
"Sister Xuannv, look at that man, he looks so strange. How long has he been sitting there? What on earth is he looking at?"
"Sister Xuannv, is he really a living person? Why can't I feel that he has any cultivation? If he is not a cultivator, how can he not eat or drink for several years?"
"Sister Xuannv..."
Far, far away in the sky, a woman's voice comes every day.
In fact, there were two women at the same time, but one of them was always cold, silent, and didn't even look down.
She was just accompanying another woman, or protecting her, and the other woman was the one who kept asking questions. She was dressed in green clothes and had a sword hanging from her waist.
It's a pity that she asked many times, even for three years, but she didn't get a single answer.
In this way, in the morning they would come to lay out the morning glow, but they would take it back at night. Sometimes they would come together, and sometimes there would be only the woman in green.
Going back and forth every day, over and over again, three years have passed in a flash.
For more than a thousand days and nights, the only things that remained unchanged were the man sitting in the pavilion, and the woman who took the trouble to ask questions as the morning and sunset glows faded.
On this day, I don’t know where the person called “Sister Xuannv” went, and only the girl in green was left.
After placing the morning glow again, she habitually glanced at the "Kaishan" in the distance.
It’s still the familiar pavilion, it’s still the familiar figure, but on one side of the pavilion, a new tree that has been planted for three years actually bloomed overnight!
Yes, it is already April in the human world, and even on the two thousand-foot-high "open mountain", there will still be flowers.
The beauty of April in the world is gone, and the peach blossoms on the top of the mountain are beginning to bloom.
That's right, the peach tree that was planted three years ago was actually a peach tree. I didn't expect it to bloom three years after it was planted. When will it bear peaches?
"Hey, don't you feel bored sitting there all day?"
Maybe it's because we have "seen each other day and night" for three years, and although we haven't exchanged a single word, we have already subconsciously assumed that we are familiar with each other.
Maybe it's because today only the girl in Tsing Yi came here to ask questions as a habit every day, and there was no "Sister Xuannv" around today, so the girl in Tsing Yi actually asked directly to the person sitting in the pavilion.
"Are you talking to me?"
The man looked up at the sky, two rays of purple light shot out from his eyes, and he returned to normal in an instant.
"Broken Dreams Golden Eyes" actually reached the deepest "Purple Level".
"Wow, you can actually talk! No, no, I mean, why are you sitting there alone all day long? Don't you have any friends?"
Perhaps the weather was particularly sunny today, and perhaps the peach blossoms on the top of the "Kaishan" were too delicate, so the woman in green had the courage to fly over from the distant horizon.
"Dingling bell——"
There was a sound of bells, and the woman in Tsing Yi had arrived at the top of "Kaishan". It turned out that a string of "silver-locked golden bells" was wrapped around her wrist.
"Friends? I have friends, but I am the only one here now."
After not speaking for a long time, this person's throat was a little dry. When he glanced at this unfamiliar woman, he felt a sense of intimacy.
I must have seen her somewhere?
That sense of familiarity doesn't come from her appearance, but from her aura?
"Wow, why didn't you realize that your peach tree is actually a flat peach? But, how can there be a flat peach tree in the world?"
As she got closer, the woman in Tsing Yi noticed the clues.
In fact, she has been staying high in the sky, but the distance is too far to see clearly.
Second, there is a barrier on the top of this "open mountain" that blocks the breath of the peach tree. From the outside, it is just an ordinary peach tree.
However, what makes this person feel strange is that how could this woman who was only in the middle stage of "Taiyi Xuanxian" easily break into the barrier he had set up by himself?
Although he knew very well that the barrier he had set up might be weaker against the peak "Daluo Jinxian", what was rare was that he was born with the technique of setting up the barrier.
The power is not too strong, but it is unique in the world. Why can this woman break it so easily?
"Girl, can it be said that only heaven can be called gods, and I can only live in the mortal world? It's just a flat peach, not a rare thing."
This person is not bragging about farro. Since the beginning of time, there is probably no one more qualified than him to say this. Who can eat more flat peaches than him?
"Why are you like this? I've been here for so long and you haven't invited me in to sit down?"
The woman in green clothes said this, but she had already walked in and sat down opposite this man.
Unfortunately, there is nothing else in this pavilion except a stone table and two stone benches.
What is very strange is that this man was not disgusted with the behavior of the woman in Tsing Yi. Instead, he waved his hand and a tea set appeared out of thin air.
"This is a method of making tea invented by one of my little brothers. I have never practiced it on weekdays, so I just have to drink a cup."
I picked it casually, but it was "Ba Ti's Tongue", which is "green in color, fragrant, sweet, and beautiful in shape". It looks extremely fresh and tender, and the buds and leaves are quite small, really similar to the tit's tongue.
"Wow, you actually have a way to make tea here? I've seen it several times in the 'Taoyang Palace', and the fragrance is still unforgettable -"
The woman in green clothes held the tea cup with both hands and took a sip gently. Her intoxicated look immediately made the man fascinated.
The words "Tao Yangdian" actually fell in this man's ears, and he immediately understood that this woman's identity was probably not simple.
"My Supreme Treasure, haven't you asked the girl her name yet?"
It turns out that the person who has been sitting on the top of "Kaishan" for three years is the Sun Wukong who has been reborn.
In the past three years, he is not as decadent as he seems on the surface, but has been recovering his cultivation bit by bit.
Originally, he was a pair of stone eggs on the top of the Huaguo Mountain. He had the body of a "five-color sacred stone" and the spirit of a bright stone monkey.
Although he had suffered heavy losses before, he was a blessing in disguise, as Li Zhi helped him recover the complete origin of the spiritual stone monkey.
In the past three years, he not only restored the cultivation level of "Daluo Jinxian", but also made all the origins of Lingming Stone Monkey his own in one fell swoop.
At this moment, Sun Wukong may be temporarily called the Supreme Treasure, the peak of the "Great Golden Immortal". The reason why he is still sitting here is because he wants to go further.
It is a pity that if you want to move from the pinnacle of "Daluo Jinxian" to "quasi-sage", it is extremely difficult and difficult. How can it be achieved easily?
"Zhizunbao? This name sounds pretty good, and your tea is also good. As for my girl's name, I'll tell you next time -"
The woman in green smiled sweetly, and even winked at the Supreme Treasure naughtily.
Against the backdrop of the peach blossoms behind her, Zhizunbao was fascinated by it...