"A hundred and eighty thousand miles? This...that monk, isn't it a little too far?"
Li Shimin took a deep breath when he heard what the scabby monk said.
If you really want to go thousands of miles away to learn Buddhist scriptures, not to mention the hardships on the road, it would take more than five or eight years to travel such a long distance, let alone one trip.
"Amitabha, Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the poor monk made a great vow since childhood to relieve the sufferings of the world and comfort the souls after death. Since there is such a wonderful method in the West, the poor monk is willing to work hard to obtain the true scriptures and protect the Tang Dynasty.
The country is forever solid."
When Xuanzang said these words, Li Zhi, who was standing next to Li Shimin, seemed to feel an energy fluctuation around him, which was faintly coming from the monk Xuanzang?
"Okay, okay, if the Master is really willing to spare no effort to go to the West, I am willing to become brothers with the Master on the spot——"
Well, this plot point inevitably appeared. Li Zhi didn't even have a chance to dissuade him. Xuanzang turned out to be his cheap uncle?
As soon as Li Shimin said this, the people below made preparations and arranged the incense table. In front of the Buddha in "Huasheng Temple", Li Shimin and Chen Xuanzang worshiped as brothers.
Li Shimin is forty-four years old this year, and Chen Xuanzang is only thirty-three years old. Naturally, Li Shimin is the elder brother, and Master Xuanzang is the second younger brother, and is the "royal holy monk".
"Monk, please give your cassock and tin staff to my imperial brother. You two will follow me back to the palace and receive seven thousand taels of silver."
Now that they have become brothers, Li Shimin will not be stingy and directly asks the scabby monk for his cassock and tin staff.
"Amitabha, Chen Xuanzang, do you know that the distance from here to the Western Heaven is a hundred and eighty thousand miles, and there are wolves, worms, tigers, and leopards everywhere, and there are monsters and monsters all over the place. If you are not careful, your life will be in danger!"
The leprous monk did not directly agree to Li Shimin, but continued to speak to Master Xuanzang.
"Amitabha, once this poor monk leaves, he must sacrifice his life and work hard to reach the Western Heaven. If he does not reach the Western Heaven and does not get the true scriptures, he will not dare to return to his country even if he dies, and he will fall into hell forever."
Master Xuanzang swore another oath, and Li Zhi clearly felt that the energy wave in Monk Xuanzang's body was getting stronger and stronger.
"Okay, okay, disciple, why don't you present your cassock and tin staff?"
The scabby monk ducked for a moment, and the sturdy monk following him hurriedly stepped forward and handed the cassock and tin staff in his hands to Monk Xuanzang. The two monks turned to leave.
"Then monk, why don't you accept money again?"
Seeing the two monks turning around to leave, Li Shimin couldn't help but asked in surprise.
"Amitabha, the old monk just now said clearly that those who can recognize this treasure will not take any money from it, and those who do not recognize this treasure will not sell it for a lot of money."
"Master Xuanzang is destined to be my Buddha. This brocade cassock and nine-ringed tin staff should be given to the Master to strengthen his journey to the West——"
After saying that, I saw that the two monks had already risen into the air without exerting any effort, and their appearance had changed.
The one at the head wears a golden leaf button on his head, paved with green flowers, shining golden light, and energetic hanging pearls; he wears a plain blue robe with a light collar, light makeup, a golden dragon, and a flying colorful phoenix.
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In his hand, he held a suet-fat jade vase that was used to bring kindness to the world. Inside the vase was a weeping willow branch that swept away the remaining mist.
Next to him is the man who is wearing green clothes, holding a demon-conquering pestle in his hand, and wearing a traditional boy's hair style. He is indescribably delicate and handsome.
"Guanyin Bodhisattva? Believers and disciples pay homage to Guanyin Bodhisattva——"
Led by Li Shimin, Xuanzang, Wei Zheng, Qin Qiong, Zhang Ananda and others beside him, as well as the 1,200 monks present, and tens of thousands of people watching, all fell to their knees.
On the ground, worship Guanyin Bodhisattva in mid-air.
Is that Guanyin Bodhisattva?
After living for so many years, apart from worshiping statues in temples, have you ever heard of anyone actually meeting him?
Everyone knelt down, but Li Zhi was left alone, which seemed particularly abrupt and unaware of it.
"Who are you? Why don't you bow down when you see Guanyin Bodhisattva?——"
Suddenly, the person beside Guanyin Bodhisattva in mid-air shouted loudly, and an infinite pressure pressed against Li Zhi who was standing on the ground.
The appearance of Guanyin Bodhisattva was originally expected by Li Zhi, but when he actually saw it, he was shocked and stood there blankly for a moment.
In the final analysis, Li Zhi did not have the thoughts of this era. Even if he saw the true form of Guanyin Bodhisattva, he had no idea of bowing his head and worshiping it.
At this moment, a pressure came over.
"snort--"
Li Zhi hurriedly operated the first level of "Cangming Jue", and the black and white binary infants in the sea of consciousness rotated rapidly. Li Zhi punched directly into the air "Bear Collapsing Mountain"——
There was a "bang" and the sound of air exploding above the head.
"His Royal Highness King Jin——"
At this time, Qin Qiong, who was half-kneeling, reacted first, stood up quickly, and stood in front of Li Zhi.
Guanyin Bodhisattva is naturally respectable, but if someone wants to attack Li Zhi's opponent in front of Qin Qiong, that is something Qin Qiong cannot bear.
"Uncle Qin, you are no match for him, let me do it -"
Seeing Qin Qiong standing in front of him, Li Zhi felt moved in his heart.
Qin Qiong's behavior was completely subconscious. He didn't consider who the other party was or whether he was his opponent, and just stood in front of Li Zhi.
Taking this opportunity, Li Zhi once again used the "Destroy the Illusion Golden Eyes" to glance at the person who made the move in the air.
It's a pity that under the "Golden Eyes of Destruction", nothing was found.
Li Zhi knew in his heart that the other party's realm was probably too high, at least five realms higher than his own, otherwise, the "Destroy the Illusion Golden Eyes" would not fail one after another.
"Huh, arrogant——"
The man in the air couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that the move didn't work. However, he had just released a little pressure, and it didn't even count as a move.
Even so, he couldn't help but glance at Li Zhigao, and waved the demon-subduing pestle in his hand, sweeping downwards.
None of them dared to hit people directly with the magic pestle, but relied on the power of the magic pestle to force Qin Qiong and Li Zhi to retreat.
"Uncle Qin, get away quickly——"
Unfortunately, Qin Qiong had already punched angrily at this time. The punch was "Qin Family Fist". Qin Qiong was already known as the "Sacred Boxer". Now that he had just completed the pill formation, the power of "Qin Family Fist" was a hundred times more powerful than before.
Seeing that he couldn't stop it, Li Zhi hurriedly threw out both fists, "Tiger Roaring in the Mountain Forest"——
This "tiger play" was even more powerful. The black and white dual babies in the sea of consciousness unconsciously held their hands and opened their eyes.
Qin Qiong and Li Zhi's angry blows almost simultaneously collided with the force of the man's magic pestle sweeping down from the air.
"Bang-bang-"
There were two more dull sounds, and Li Zhi's body shook slightly, but Qin Qiong took more than ten steps back with a thump, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
"Guanyin Bodhisattva, do you still want me, Tang Dynasty, to go to the Western Heaven to obtain Buddhist scriptures? If you still want to continue the Western Heaven to obtain Buddhist scriptures, please take good care of your dogs -"
When Li Zhi saw Qin Qiong being beaten and vomiting blood from the mouth, he didn't care so much and shouted loudly in the air.
"Amitabha, Hui'an, why don't you stop—"
Guanyin Bodhisattva seemed to have just seen Hui'an make a move and hurriedly scolded him.
"Young man, who are you? I think you have a 'Heavenly Leakage Body'. Although you have learned a lot, you seem to be able to see the grace of an old friend from the past."
When Li Zhi saw Guanyin Bodhisattva drinking Hui'an, he hurriedly took advantage of this opportunity and ran over to help Qin Qiong up.
"Uncle Qin, I have made you suffer because of the pheasant slave."
Li Zhi whispered, and at the same time, a burst of true energy entered Qin Qiong's body, and then he realized that Qin Qiong's injuries were far more serious than he thought.
"Your Highness, Prince Jin, you saved Qin's life. Even if it is returned to you, Qin will not hesitate to give it back to you."
Before he finished speaking, Qin Qiong's mouth showed blood stains again.
"Amitabha, it's so good. It's all because of the poor monk's lax discipline that made the bad disciples hurt others. It's up to the poor monk to repay this cause and effect——"
At this time, everyone in Li Shimin also stood up from the ground and gathered around Li Zhi and Qin Qiong.
In addition to the 1,200 monks and the thousands of people watching the excitement, many people stopped bowing and some even cursed, all in defense of Li Zhi and Qin Qiong.
As Li Zhi's father, Li Shimin's heart naturally turned toward his son, but as the king of a country in the Tang Dynasty, the things he considered at that moment were far more complicated than others.
The behavior of the people on the ground was naturally seen in the eyes of the aloof Guanyin Bodhisattva. She felt helpless in her heart, but she did not show it on the surface.
I saw her pulling out a willow branch from the mutton-fat jade purifying bottle, gently moving it, and a drop of pure water dripped from mid-air, heading straight for Li Zhi and Qin Qiong.
When it was about to approach the two of them, the drop of pure water split into two, with one half flying towards Qin Qiong and the other half flying towards Li Zhi.
The two of them felt their bodies tremble as a warm force slowly nourished every meridian and acupuncture point in the body, seemingly endlessly.
Looking at the realms of Li Zhi and Qin Qiong, they have directly reached their respective peaks. Li Zhi has reached the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage, and Qin Qiong, who has just successfully formed the elixir, has also reached the Great Perfection of the Golden Elixir stage.
"Amitabha, the Emperor of Tang, and the poor monk observed that these two people are related to our Buddhism. One seems to be Duke Yi of the court, and I don't know who the other is?"
After Guanyin Bodhisattva offered his favor, he made silent calculations in his mind.
But they could only figure out that among the two people who took action on the ground, the elder was Qin Qiong, Duke of Yi Kingdom, but the other young man was blank?
This has never happened before. How can Guanyin Bodhisattva still do this?
Not to mention Buddhism in the West, even if we look at the entire three realms, there are countless powerful people, and they are quasi-sages who can kill a corpse.
Could it be that there is a stronger quasi-sage who has concealed the secret for this son?
After becoming a god, the prehistoric era was broken, and all the saints worked together to create the current Three Realms, but the six saints were confined in the "Purple Sky Palace" and were not allowed to enter the Three Realms with their true bodies.
Because the Three Realms at this time were not as powerful as before and could only accommodate quasi-sage-level powers, Guanyin Bodhisattva did not consider saints.
Unfortunately, she had already asked before, but Li Zhi was busy checking Qin Qiong's injuries and didn't even answer her.
"Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is on top. This is Qin Qiong, Qin Shubao, Duke of Yi Kingdom. The other young man is the ninth son of Shimin. His name is Li Zhi."
At this time, Li Shimin's tone of voice was already very calm. Although he did not show anger, he did not have the piety and excitement when he first saw Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Guanyin Bodhisattva naturally saw these changes before and after, and glanced at Hui'an next to him imperceptibly.
"It turns out that he is the beloved son of Emperor Tang. The poor monk thinks that this son is destined to be my Buddha. I wonder if Emperor Tang is willing to let this son worship under the disciple of the poor monk so that he can cultivate a golden body and attain enlightenment in the future."
Guanyin Bodhisattva failed to see through Li Zhi for a while. In order not to affect the plan of traveling to the west, he even proposed the idea of accepting Li Zhi as his disciple.
"This... pheasant slave, Guanyin Bodhisattva wants to accept you as a disciple, I wonder what my son wants?"
After Li Shimin heard this, he didn't know how to make a decision for a moment, and looked at Li Zhi beside him with some confusion.
At this time, Li Zhi finally woke up from the breakthrough.
The strange thing is that just now he was still in the Great Perfection state of the Nascent Soul stage. As the black and white Nascent Soul separated his four hands and existed independently again, his state actually fell back to the late Nascent Soul stage?
This change made Li Zhi a little puzzled?
Could it be that these two Nascent Souls are in the same realm after being separated, and when they are put together, will their realms be superimposed?
He didn't have time to think about it carefully before he heard Li Shimin's question.
"Thank you Guanyin Bodhisattva for your love. However, I already have a disciple. As the saying goes, 'Once a teacher, always a father.' Without the permission of the master, Li Zhi would not dare to join other people's disciples privately——"
Li Zhi simply didn't want to join Buddhism, so he talked nonsense, but he didn't expect that he accidentally hit someone in the foot.
As the saying goes, don’t slap someone in the face when you hit them, don’t expose someone’s shortcomings when you scold them.
Fortunately, this Guanyin Bodhisattva is a person with advanced cultivation after all, so he remained expressionless, and even used his eyes to stop Hui'an who was about to have another attack.
"In this case, the poor monk will not force it. Chen Xuanzang, since you have decided to go west, please leave as soon as possible. The poor monk will wait for you at Lingshan Mountain in the west sky and say goodbye——"
After saying goodbye, the clouds moved, Guanyin Bodhisattva and the Hui'an Walker flew to the west, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
"Amitabha, poor monk, please remember the teachings of Guanyin Bodhisattva——"
Seeing Guanyin Bodhisattva leaving, Master Xuanzang once again bowed down and recited the Buddha's name.
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"Pheasant slave, in this case, does the Tang Dynasty offend Buddhism?"
After the incident between Li Zhi and Hui'an, the "Water and Land Conference" originally scheduled for 7,749 days came to an end after only seven days.
In the "Prince Jin's Mansion", Li Shimin, Qin Qiong, Sun Simiao and others were present. Li Shimin raised his concerns. Although his heart was for his son, he was still the king of the Tang Dynasty after all.
"Father, don't worry. I have already said before that no matter what sect it is, it needs to develop a large number of believers. Now the fate of the three realms lies with our human race."
"Even if my son offends Guanyin Bodhisattva and Buddhism, at most they will target Pheasant Nu alone, not me, the Tang Dynasty."
Li Zhi naturally understood what his father meant, and first dismissed Datang's concerns.
Li Zhi did not expect that scene at the "Water and Land Conference" to happen in advance, but it had already happened and he would not regret it.
"His Royal Highness King Jin, I have a question. I wonder if I should ask it?"
Sun Simiao, who was sitting aside, suddenly spoke.
"If Zhenren Sun has anything to say, just ask him, and the pheasant slave will tell you everything he knows."
If someone like this happened and could still sit in this room, then there would be absolutely no outsiders, and Li Zhi would not hide it.
"Listen to what His Highness King Jin said, you already have a master. I wonder who the great master is? If there is a master who comes forward, you may not necessarily be afraid of his Buddhism."
In addition to being a miraculous doctor, Sun Simiao was also a Taoist priest, so he naturally had some problems with Western Buddhism.
There are only so many people in the world. If you steal one more believer, I will lose a piece of incense. Even if it doesn't reach the point of fighting, there are constant overt and covert fights at all levels.
In Sun Simiao's view, the person who could train the thirteen-year-old Li Zhi to this level must be a great master.
"I am afraid I will disappoint Master Sun. If I say that I am just talking nonsense, would you believe Master Sun?"
Li Zhi felt helpless and subconsciously scratched his head with his hand.
Sun Simiao finally understood this action.
"Hey, if that's the case, I can only advise you to ask for your own blessings, or..."
Sun Simiao thought for a long time and said helplessly, but he seemed hesitant to speak.
"Master Sun, do you have a solution? If there is a way to relieve the child's crisis, I will do whatever it takes."
Seeing that Sun Simiao still had unfinished words, Li Shimin hurriedly asked, can he not care about his most proud son?
Qin Qiong also looked at Sun Simiao, and even Li Zhi himself looked at Sun Laodao with some doubts. This Sun Laodao sometimes had a strange brain circuit.
"Haha, didn't Confucianism say that a man can stretch and bend, or he can risk his life and survive. Since His Highness, King Jin, does not have the strength to resist Buddhism for the time being, why not move closer to Buddhism?"
"For example, His Highness the King of Jin can follow Master Xuanzang on his journey to the west..."