A turbulent river awakened Tang Xuanming in his enlightenment. The river roared and was eight or nine miles wide.
Tang Xuanming glanced at it and was shocked by the countless laws contained in the endless river.
"It's the legendary river. After Tang Monk and his four disciples crossed this river, they truly took off their mortal bodies and became Buddha."
"And in this world, the existence in mythology truly appears here. Mortals who cross the river will have bodies at the Dharmakaya level and truly become immortal gods instantly. It's a pity..."
Tang Xuanming shook his head and sighed: "Now there are no ferrymen in Xitianling Mountain. No one can cross this river and enjoy this wonderful opportunity."
Although he said he was sorry, he actually had no regrets at all.
From the foot of Lingshan Mountain to here, countless immortals, gods and bodhisattva mysteries were flowing in his heart. There was no huge fluctuation in his body, but he reached the level of half-step Dharmakaya in silence.
The physical body and the dharma body gradually merge, and it is only half a step away from being able to truly become an immortal and become a human immortal in the true sense of the world, that is, the dharma body that leads the development of the world in the real world.
Regrettably, he threw the plaque of the Great Leiyin Temple in his hand into the river, stood on the roaring river with his toes, and with the infuriating energy, he shot out like an arrow from a string.
As soon as the plaque left the shore, Tang Xuanming felt a lightness in his body. His physical body seemed to be freed from some kind of imprisonment, and his soul became a little clearer.
A layer of golden light bloomed on the surface of his body. His physical body and Dharma body gradually merged into one, and he was still unstable. At this moment, he stabilized and became one, standing at the peak of the half-step Dharma body.
The Tathagata's golden body was functioning as expected. If Tang Xuanming hadn't suppressed it intentionally and wanted to wait until he harvested the golden bodies of many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in Lingshan Mountain before making a breakthrough, at this moment, he would already be a Dharmakaya-level figure.
He turned around as if he had some enlightenment, and in the rushing river behind him, a corpse was floating away.
The corpse was wearing the same white robe as him, and his face and temperament were the same.
If you were an ordinary person, your soul would be frightened when you see such a situation.
But Tang Xuanming was extraordinarily calm, and even said with a smile: "I thought that I would be able to enter the realm of immortals at any time when I reached the peak of the Dharma Body, but I have gradually got rid of the confinement of the mortal body.
There will be no such situation here.”
There are related records in the Journey to the West. When the four masters and disciples of Tang Monk passed by this river and were picked up by the ferryman, four mortal corpses that were identical to them flowed out of their bodies.
After that, they naturally became Buddhas.
That was the last step to climb the Xitianling Mountain. In this real mythical world, it took on another meaning, getting rid of the mortal body and directly possessing a human-immortal-level body.
The body flowing away in the river is the mortal body.
"It's just that there are still a lot of doubts. With the realm of Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie Sha Monk at that time, they had already passed the Dharmakaya level. They were all powerful at the level of legends and even creation. They could still get rid of their mortal bodies in the river here.
Really? How powerful must their 'mortal bodies' be?"
Having crossed the endless river in the blink of an eye, Tang Xuanming felt that his nerves were refreshed, his body was perfect, and his mind was sharp and intelligent.
Thinking of the experiences of Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie and others, he paused for a moment, then suddenly threw the plaque of Daleiyin Temple into the river and turned around to go to the other side.
In the blink of an eye, he was back to where he started.
Later, I tried to cross the river again, and the feeling of clarity from the Lingtai came again, but it was not as clear as the last time, and the effect had been greatly weakened.
Tang Xuanming frowned slightly: "That shouldn't be the case. This is the place where Tathagata Buddha ordered the Golden Crossing Chanzi and others to become Buddhas. It has an effect on people like Sun Wukong and above the legendary level. It's impossible for me to walk two
If it loses its effect after one trip, there must be other reasons."
If anyone else were standing here, they would definitely be envious, or even angry deep in their hearts.
A trip to Lingyundu is already a great blessing for ordinary people, and it is a rare opportunity for Buddhists and Bodhisattvas. Tang Xuanming made two trips here in vain, but he still enjoyed it and wanted to come more often.
People's eyes will turn red with envy, and they may even want to hit them.
Tang Xuanming didn't know what others were thinking, so he turned around and returned to the starting point.
This time he was not busy crossing the river, but still searching by the river, and soon found it.
There is this single-plank bridge not far from the shore. The single-plank bridge is only half of it. It does not completely connect to the other side. It is broken in the middle. There are three ancient fonts next to the single-plank bridge, Lingyundu.
The single-plank bridge was smooth and round, and looked ordinary, but from the perspective of Tang Xuanming, it held endless mysteries, and even he could not see through it for a while.
"Is this the secret?"
Tang Xuanming muttered to himself as he stepped onto the single-plank bridge, almost staggering and falling from it. With his strength, which was about to reach Dharmakaya, he could not stand firmly on the single-plank bridge and could not walk across it at all.
He took a forceful step and fell down from the top with a somersault. If he hadn't had quick eyesight and quick hands, he would have fallen directly into the inexplicable river with the plaque of Da Leiyin Temple under his feet.
At this time, Tang Xuanming became interested and no longer climbed up the single-plank bridge blindly and forcefully. Instead, he touched his chin and thought: "What does this single-plank bridge mean? I can't even take a step up."
He couldn't help but recall the original record in Journey to the West. Tang Seng and his party also found the single-plank bridge, but only Sun Wukong staggered to the end. Bajie refused to go up, and the same was true for Tang Seng.
I don't think there are many problems when reading it in the original work, but it becomes a big problem when placed in a mythical world.
"The single-plank bridge is missing half of it. Could it be that it symbolizes the other side?"
This is a baseless guess, but Tang Xuanming somehow feels that it is very reliable.
Even his body cannot see through this place, which shows that this place is definitely a first-class special place.
And he was familiar with all the allusions to the Supreme Being, and knew clearly that Jin Chanzi was not the second disciple of Tathagata Buddha. In myths and legends, the ten disciples of Tathagata Buddha were clearly listed.
There has never been a so-called second disciple, Jin Chanzi. Jin Chanzi is the product of Tathagata Buddha's fraud.
In this way, this single-plank bridge makes sense.
The secret of achieving the other shore may be contained here, just to help Jin Chanzi achieve the other shore and then succeed the Tathagata Buddha's cause and effect.
"Unfortunately, knowing this is of no use to me."
Tang Xuanming shook his head, took another look at Lingyun Ferry, no longer nostalgic, and crossed the river many times with the plaque of Da Leiyin Temple, until his soul and physical body were exhausted, and it was possible to reach the Dharmakaya level at any time, and finally he left and continued to explore Lingshan.