After a brief confrontation, both sides had a basic assessment.
Lord Dao couldn't keep this spiritual thought of the Awakened One, and the Awakened One was also helpless to do anything to Lord Dao. Lord Taibai couldn't deal with Jiang Li, and Jiang Li wasn't sure of breaking the best sword in the world.
So, Awakening Master and Jiang Li said goodbye directly.
After they left, Li Qinglian also bowed to Taoist Lord and left the Taoist temple.
In this regard, True Lord Taibai did not stop him. He seemed to completely ignore his independent incarnation. He just held his sword and stared in the direction Jiang Li left.
"What do you think of this fellow Daoist Jiang?" Daojun also looked in this direction and asked in a gentle voice.
"You are not as good as me in swordsmanship, but you can fight with me. The so-called 'the sky and the earth are one finger, and all things are one horse' is not a boast." Taibai Zhenjun's eyes flashed and he replied.
Anyone can brag. As long as they have enough knowledge, it is no problem even if they brag that they practice the Tao of Chaos, that they can open up the world and transform all things. However, the Tao's conduct and foundation are not bragging, but forging.
No matter how powerful you are, if you don’t show your strength, it’s just falsehood.
Jiang Li's swordsmanship is indeed not as good as Taibai Zhenjun, or far behind, but he grasps the commonalities of all laws and ways. His own Taoism is one finger, and his swordsmanship is also one finger. There is no difference between the two. He can perfectly display it with his sword.
One’s own cultivation and conduct.
For him, swordsmanship is like this, and weapons such as knives, spears, and halberds can also display the same power.
Therefore, True Lord Taibai can be sure that Jiang Li's words are not bragging.
"Yes, it's not just bragging. The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead," Daojun shook his head and said, "The Enlightenment has found a good helper. His future star tribulations are becoming more and more sophisticated. He has long seen the potential of Jiang Daoyou, and carried out
Betting.”
The Awakened One at that time also had insight into the purpose of Lord Tao based on the future star calamity, exposed Ji Jiji's identity, and caused Lord Dao to fight with him. Ji Jiji's body was damaged, and his arrangements in the Buddhist kingdom were wiped out. He also ordered Lord Dao to fight.
You are injured.
It's just that the Awakened One didn't expect Dao Lord to be able to defeat him even though he was hurt. A Karma Tathagata forced the Awakened One to retreat into the world.
Ji Jiji back then and Tianjun today can no longer be used by the Awakened One, but the Awakened One has found new help and is even slightly better today.
True Lord Taibai said calmly: "My Taoism is not inferior to mine, but in reality, it is not difficult to kill him."
[Tao comes to the world, its ghosts are not gods] It is an undifferentiated magical power. Even Lord Dao himself and Zhenjun Taibai who got close to him later will also be affected by the magical power. Therefore, Zhenjun Taibai was not in full power before.
Even though he was at a disadvantage with that sword, True Lord Taibai was still confident that he could kill Jiang Li.
Its power is as sharp as its sword.
"It is not the right path to make too many enemies. Although Jiang Li is a temporary ally with the Enlightenment, he is not a mortal enemy of us." Hearing this, Dao Lord sighed softly, "Disciple, you can practice one Qi to transform the three pure beings."
, it has gone astray."
"I just want to be promoted. If Jiang Li doesn't stop me, that's all. If he does, he will be killed," Taibai Zhenjun said in a light and authentic voice. "Jiang Li dares to say that anyone who is his enemy will be killed. I will kill him forever."
It’s not bad to be sad.”
After saying that, Zhenjun Taibai bowed his head to Lord Dao and turned into a sword light and flew away through the sky.
Daojun was the only one left in Laojun's view, standing there, looking at the stars in the sky, silent for a long time.
Eight hundred years ago, when Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty was about to send troops to Yongzhou to conquer the God of War, the Taoist looked at the stars like this. Eight hundred years later, the Taoist looked at the stars like this again during the changes that had not happened in hundreds of years.
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Time flies by, and eight hundred years pass in the blink of an eye. The starry sky above our heads remains the same, but we don’t know if it will be the same as it was back then.
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On the other side, after Jiang Li left Laojun Temple, he walked west for three hundred miles and landed on a hillside.
A faint brilliance circulated, the stone pavilion appeared, and the Enlightened One sat in it as always.
Jiang Li was not polite, walked into the stone pavilion, sat down opposite the Enlightenment, and looked at the leader of the Buddhist Kingdom, "Today, I finally know why the layman chose to invest in me in the first place."
"Oh?" The Awakened One showed a faint smile.
"[Tao comes to the world, and its ghosts are not gods]. This magical power may not be the strongest, but it is the most domineering. If you want to help lay people defeat the Tao Lord, you must first have the means to deal with this magical power."
Jiang Li placed his palms on the stone table in front of him, palms facing upward, and lit up a ball of golden flames, "It just so happens that I, the Jiang family, have the Dao Fruit that can cope with [Dao Comes to the World]."
The golden flames blazed, creating a small cauldron, which looked exactly like Shennong's cauldron.
The third-grade Dao Fruit, Emperor Yan, possesses the magical powers of the [First Ancestor of Humanity]. Although it is incomplete, he is not affected by the magical powers of any third-grade human Dao Fruit or below.
"Yes," the Awakened One nodded and said, "The deluded person will find Tan Yue at that time, in fact, it is precisely because Tan Yue can help the deluded person deal with the Tao Lord. The three-level Tao Fruit contained by the Tao Lord is the human Tao.
The author: Lao Tzu. Although Emperor Yan’s Dao Fruit cannot invalidate the [Dao Comes to the World], it is enough to ensure that the magical power of his own Dao Fruit takes effect.”
"It's not just Tan Yue. More than a hundred years ago, the fans would lure Manjusri to join the Buddhist kingdom, also to deal with the Tao Lord. Unfortunately, Manjusri was too ambitious, and neither he nor the head of the Jiang family were enough to bear the Taoist fruits of Emperor Yan.
"
The secrets of more than a hundred years ago were revealed by the Awakened One in an understatement, and all the ups and downs were covered up by the ordinary, as if to him, everything was just a passing cloud, but that was it.
"Then why does the layman think that I can bear the power of Emperor Yan?"
Jiang Li was not frightened by this secret. He still grasped the key and asked directly: "At that time, I was only at the seventh level."
Jiang Li knew that his own Qi was special, but based on this alone, it would be too decisive to conclude that Jiang Li would be able to accommodate the Flame Emperor Dao Fruit in the future. Or should we say that the Enlightened One could have deduced that Jiang Li would be able to accommodate him at that time?
s future?
"A seventh-grade one that can accommodate three unique Tao Fruits?" The Enlightenment put on a smile, "Low-grade Unique Tao Fruits are rare, but a unique one that can accommodate nine, eight, and seven grades in a row.
The deluded person has never seen a person with the fruit of sex. This alone is enough for the deluded person to invest."
"See Dao Fruit?" Jiang Li looked surprised.
[But in fact, Jiang Li is relieved. It is indeed an amazing thing to see the Tao and Fruit tolerated by others, but compared to the discovery of the dependence of the Cause and Effect Set, this thing is considered acceptable.
.]
[If the enlightened person can detect the cause and effect set, then it means that Jiang Li’s true identity has been seen through, and the cover-up caused by the cause and effect set will no longer be reassuring.]
The Awakened One was still unaware of the changes in Jiang Li's thoughts. When he saw Jiang Li's expression of surprise, he did not conceal anything and said bluntly: "Tan Yue should also know the nature of Tao and Fruit. Tao and Fruit are cause and effect. In other words,
, if you can penetrate the cause and effect to a certain level, it is not difficult to detect the other party's Tao and Fruit, and even know the other party's Tao and Fruit magical power."
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"However, Tan Yue's cause and effect is really too heavy. The obsessed person could detect Tan Yue's magical powers before, but now he can only simply know which level Tan Yue's Taoist Fruit is at."
The Enlightenment spoke very thoroughly and told all the relevant matters to avoid any suspicion between Jiang Li and Jiang Li.
Jiang Li observed overtly and covertly, using the set of cause and effect and his own eyesight to observe words and colors, and finally determined that the Awakened One was not lying. At least Jiang Li saw no trace of lying.
And with the consciousness of an awakened person, one should not lie.
The monk's precepts may not be attributed to the enlightened person, but the appearance of the precepts originated from the original awakened person. Looking at the precepts, one can roughly estimate the enlightened person's mind. And it can accommodate the enlightened person's path and fruit and interpret it.
Even the most perfect people will not be too far apart in their character.
Therefore, Jiang Li did not show any doubts. He believed in the Enlightened One and said with emotion: "The layman's ability can be compared with that of the Great Master."
"If you never forget, there will be repercussions." In addition, with this ability to observe the Tao and its effects through cause and effect, if an awakened person were to face off against his good brother, I don't know who would be better.
"It's too much praise," said the Awakened One. "In terms of understanding of the law of cause and effect, the Mysterious One is indeed better than the Great One, but when it comes to deduction and divination, the Great One is the best in the world. With the Great One's ability, he can observe the path and results through cause and effect.
, it is absolutely possible to do it. With Tan Yue’s Yi Dao attainments, if he can further understand cause and effect, he can do this in the future.”
After the words fell, the Awakened One suddenly smiled, opened his lips slightly, and made a loud voice, "That's what I heard."
"If for hundreds of thousands of kalpas, your work remains intact, and when fate meets you, you will receive the retribution yourself."
The surrounding area suddenly darkened, and countless lights interspersed and appeared in Jiang Li's eyes.
Jiang Li's mind wandered subconsciously, and all kinds of information and portraits flowed into his heart.
‘Causal line·······’
This was not the first time Jiang Li had seen this line of cause and effect, so he was not surprised by it. However, it was the first time that he realized that he could clearly grasp these thin lines of cause and effect, as if all causes and effects were present with just one thought.
It's clear in my heart.
All the Dao Fruits contained so far are within the perception, including the current Qingyuan Miao Dao Zhenjun Dao Fruit. Jiang Li can even detect the progress of the Dao Fruit fusion.
——Sixty-eight percent.
The progress of the integration between Qingyuan Miao Dao Zhenjun and himself appeared accurately in his mind, and then all the things he had done so far to interpret the Dao and Fruit flashed in his mind, including various ways to teach the way and the Panchang battle.
'It turns out that the more you perform the same kind of interpretation, the smaller the effect will be. No wonder I have been practicing the Eighty-nine Mysterious Skills for the past year, but I always feel that the progress of Daoguo is not as good as before.'
'Yang Jian's Taoist fruit still needs more conquests.'
Information about the fourth-grade Dao Fruit lingered in his heart. Jiang Li's mind wandered and he sensed other Dao Fruits.
For example, the fifth-grade Dao Fruit Zhuang Zhou is not complete yet. The most complete Zhuang Zhou Dao Fruit is the third grade, and the remaining part is in the Awakened One. In the past, Jiang Li only knew that this Dao Fruit was in the Awakened One, but now he can sense it.
to the approximate location.
There is also room for completion of the sixth-grade Ludong Bindao fruit.
as well as······
'Marriage?'
Jiang Li could sense that in addition to the two red threads between Tianxuan and Gongsun Qingyue, there was also a marriage emerging, but it was looming, and it was not as tight as the two red threads that tied Jiang Li tightly.
In addition, there are various causes and effects, all of which are clear to the mind.
The closest causal line among them...
Jiang Li looked forward.
This causal line is connected to the Awakened One, and it is gradually getting thicker, which means that the causal connection between Jiang Li and the Awakened One is deepening.
As for the awakened one——
Although his body is transformed by spiritual thoughts, he can still see the lines of cause and effect. However, if he looks around the whole body of the Enlightened One, he can only see a few lines of cause and effect, one of which is connected to Jiang Li.
Jiang Li looked along his causal line and saw a shadow emerging within the Awakened One, with obscure information looming at the end.
[Fourth level of Taoist fruit: Venerable Ananda]
[Category: Human]
[Eligibility conditions: unknown]
[Promotion Ceremony: Unknown]
[Supernatural power: The best in hearing, this is what I hear...]
[This is what I have heard: The outline of the Buddhist scriptures, the superior vehicle of the sravakas. When reciting the true dharma orally, one can understand the essence of the dharma and trace the origin of the dharma. As if one were personally there, one can also teach the dharma to others and evolve all kinds of subtleties.
In my heart, it’s like being enlightened.]
The path and fruit that the enlightened one holds in his fourth stage is none other than Venerable Ananda, one of the ten great disciples of the Buddha. However, it is not the Ananda in Buddhist legend, but Ananda as a human being. The path and fruit of the enlightened one must belong to human beings.
Practitioners of the Tao can carry it, but not those who belong to the Buddha.
Ananda is known as "the best in hearing" and remembers what the Buddha said and did. After the Buddha's death, Ananda recited the sutras and passed down the sutras to the world.
Those Buddhist scriptures all have the words "I heard this" at the beginning. This "I" is Ananda, and the overall meaning is "I, Ananda, heard the Buddha say this."
[So I heard] This magical power evolved from this. It allows the owner to trace the origin of Buddhism and see the Buddha in person. It also allows enlightened beings to use this magical power to explain the subtleties of the Dharma and impart it to others.
When Jiang Li sensed this, he knew that this was the Enlightened One using Ananda's magical power to teach the law of cause and effect. When he understood this, the surrounding darkness suddenly dispersed, and he returned to the previous scene.
The Awakened One smiled, paused, and said, "Can Tan Yue be enlightened?"
"I understand," Jiang Li nodded. "I understand that the cause and effect has deepened, and I owe the layman more favors. I don't know when I can pay them back."
The Enlightenment is not a monk, but he is equally cunning. He always gives out favors without leaving any trace, tightly tying Jiang Li to his own boat. But the favors he gives are exactly what Jiang Li needs, and he knows that the favors are needed.
Also, Jiang Li was also happy to receive it.
"Ha," the Awakened One laughed and said, "This matter is easy. If the deluded person is promoted successfully and the cause and effect are not tainted, the relationship will naturally be cleared. If the deluded person fails to be promoted and the body dies and the Tao disappears, the cause and effect will naturally be eliminated.
There is no way to talk about it. All in all, it will only take a year or two."
Having said this, the Enlightenment gently waved his hand and said, "It's time for Tan Yue to go back. Let's say goodbye today and see you again someday."
The stone pavilion gradually faded, the light and shadow flickered, and the space below Jiang Li's buttocks disappeared. The stone bench had disappeared, and the awakened person also became invisible and returned to the other side.