Chapter 537: The mystery of master and apprentice, carrying the soul into the Nine Netherworld
Lingjiu Peak.
Lingshan Babai Fairy Mountain, one of the core peaks of thousands of mountains.
This peak has no rocks, no trees, no ancients, no caves, no caves, and unparalleled beauty. There are many strange rocks in the mountains, such as dragons, galloping elephants, crouching tigers, frightened apes, and ancient trees and vines with intertwined roots.
This was originally the place where the Great Sun Tathagata, where Buddhist saints preached scriptures and preached the Dharma, but today there are rays of light and thousands of auspicious mist, the light of the relics is shining in the sky, and thousands of monks are chanting sutras continuously.
Tie Tang reached halfway up the mountain and saw a lone arm among countless broken clothes, broken limbs and severed heads.
There is half a blood-colored stone slab inserted on the side, with the four words "Mighty Buddha" written on it.
Many King Kongs, Arhats, Bhikshus, and Eight Tribes of Heavenly Dragons from Lingshan came and went, rushing between the battlefield and Lingshan, trying to bring some of the 'people' and objects they knew back to Lingshan to separate them.
Tie Tang couldn't believe it.
But the aura of the broken arm in front... indeed belongs to Tianhong!
"After all, the overlord of the party, Lingshan Buddha, died like this..." Feng Bingyao also felt incredible. She always had a good impression of this senior brother of Tianwen.
"Master..." Tie Tang stepped forward, knelt down, and stroked the remaining severed arm, trying to find Tianhong's remaining spirit and soul.
But not.
This mighty Buddha, who was always smiling and unconventional, has really passed away!
Although they had not known each other for a long time, Tianhong took great care of them and treated them as relatives and friends, and Tie Tang was very grateful.
But he didn't expect it.
In just one day and night, we are separated by yin and yang.
The strong smell of blood wafted from the tip of his nose, making Tie Tang deeply aware of the cruelty and tragedy of the previous battle.
Even he himself died once?
On that kind of meat-grinding battlefield, no one dares to say that he will not die. Tianhong's death was unexpected, but it was natural.
Buzz!
Buddha's light surges, and those with great supernatural powers come riding the clouds.
"Amitabha, the calamity has come and no one will be spared!"
Tie Tang turned around and saw that he knew the person who was coming. He had met him twice and had even interacted with him.
Tianhong, Master of Tianwen, Miaoshan Bodhisattva!
It is said that he is also the seventh incarnation of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, the Great Self-Heavenly Body.
"Brother!" came the mournful cry.
Behind Miao Shan, there are Liu Xiangxiang, Tian Wen, Long Yu, Li Yao and Huai Yurong.
Tianwen glanced at Tie Tang and Feng Bingyao, who were safe and sound. They flew to the ground, hugged the broken arm and cried loudly, like helpless children.
For Tianwen, Tianhong is also his mentor, brother and friend!
The two of them often quarreled, and each was unreasonable and unforgiving, but they actually had a brotherly relationship that was extremely rare in Buddhism, and even other sects and aristocratic families.
When Tian Wen was accepted as a disciple by Miao Shan, he was only four, five or six years old, the age when cats hate dogs, and he had no cultivation at all.
At that time.
As a senior brother in the Miaoshan lineage, Tianhong has already attained the Buddhahood, is ranked as a powerful Buddha, and is already a dominant figure in the human world.
It stands to reason.
The two of them will not have any interaction, at least until Tianwen grows up.
Maybe it's the fate of being brothers, maybe it's fate, maybe it's fate.
These two brothers, who were very different from each other, finally met successfully one day.
As a result, they formed a deep relationship, and even Tianwen learned most of his virtues from Tianhong.
Tianhong brought Tianwen the care of a father, the kindness of a teacher who taught skills on behalf of his teacher, the friendship of a brother, and many, many more.
So much so that Master Miao Shan is far behind.
Tie Tang stood there with mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't even know how to comfort Tian Wen.
He is not good at these things to begin with, not to mention...he has also had this experience.
How dare you encourage others to do good without experiencing their suffering?
A long time.
Tian Wen, whose eyes were red, had a trace of doubt: "Master, where is senior brother's mark of immortality? He is already the overlord of the world, a real immortal Buddha, how could he die so easily?"
Miaoshan held the pure jade vase in her hand, and the wicker inserted inside was shaking slightly.
"Tianhong's immortal mark was shattered in the air, but I used my great magic power to forcibly absorb three parts of his soul. You can personally send him to reincarnation later, and we will see you again in the world of mortals in the future."
Tianwen was startled when he heard this, he was surprised and happy, and then he hugged his broken arm in pain.
However, after hearing this, Tie Tang became even more confused.
Tianhong is the Buddha who has truly achieved enlightenment in Daleiyin Temple. His cultivation strength is at the level of an immortal god. Even if he is not the most central figure in the sect, he is still a mainstay.
This kind of person.
Where will the Immortal Mark be stored?
How could it be broken so easily?
You must know that this battle is not elsewhere, but in the Lingshan Wonderland of Daleiyin Temple!
Including Shi Wuyan Temple, at first they brought their whole family and even the mountain gate with them. Everyone thought they were going to fight to the death with Daleiyin Temple.
But now, Shi Wuyanmiao's intention is obvious.
They did not want to fight to the death with Daleiyin Temple and brought the mountain gate, but they wanted to encircle and suppress the many forces here.
For the two major Buddhist sects, the Buddha, Bodhisattva, Vajra, and Arhat in their sects are equivalent to fighting on their own soil and have natural geographical advantages.
This... also contains the mark of immortality!
Tianhong's Immortal Mark should be stored in the core of Lingshan Mountain. There should be a powerful overlord guarding it, making it impossible to break through easily.
Some ordinary means of killing marks from a distance should be useless to most people in the two major Buddhist sects.
But Tianhong still died, and his death was even a bit childish.
Tie Tang pondered for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask: "May I ask Bodhisattva, where is Master Tianhong's mark of immortality?"
Miao Shan shook his head slightly: "The Immortal Mark is related to personal life and death. Although I am his master, I dare not interfere with such important matters of life and death.
Most likely...in his dojo, or in a retreat.
Since you have friendship with my disciple, you can escort his soul to reincarnation together. If there is any trouble, you can come to me."
After Miao Shan finished speaking, Yu Xia left. A three-inch white jade bottle fell from the void and fell into Tian Wen's hand. It might contain Tian Hong's soul.
As soon as he left, Tie Tang immediately sent a message to ask: "In the past, have you ever heard where your senior brother put the mark of immortality?"
Tian Wen was stunned for a moment, his eyes blurred with tears, then he wiped away his tears, thought carefully for a moment, and slowly shook his head: "It seems... I really haven't heard much about the Immortal Mark from my senior brother.
It's probably because I don't have enough cultivation, and I'm not a god, so he wouldn't tell me this.
It's all my fault!
If I had known this, I should have asked him in advance."
Tianwen regretted it too much, but Tietang always felt that there was a dark cloud hovering in his heart.
"Weird, weird..."
We are all our own people here, Feng Bingyao did not shy away and asked directly: "What do you think is wrong?"
Tie Tang glanced around, opened the Luotian Realm, and said slowly: "Master Tianhong is the overlord of Buddhism. Facing a life-and-death battle, it is impossible not to prepare backup plans.
Among his back-ups, the most powerful one is naturally the Mark of Immortality.
How could such an important thing be broken so easily in the blessed land of my own mountain gate, the center of the fairyland?"
"Tietou, please speak more clearly. What do you mean?" Tian Wen felt a trace of anger, but he didn't expect anything wrong.
Feng Bingyao gave an explanation: "We still don’t know who killed Master Tianhong. If the person who did it was even more powerful than him.
Or simply at the level of God Emperor or Immortal Emperor, it makes sense that you can’t keep the mark of immortality.”
Tie Tang always felt that something was wrong: "Suppose the master really imprinted the mark of immortality on his own dojo or other places.
Then knowing that a war is imminent, why not move to a relatively safe place, or decide on a safe place?"
"This is not difficult to explain. Perhaps the master's original mark has accumulated enough immortal charm and vitality, which can even revive him immediately.
If you transfer the mark, this essence will undoubtedly be wasted, and the master may not be willing to part with it."
Feng Bingyao is much calmer and can analyze things from the perspective of a relative spectator.
What she said made sense and could explain most things. Tie Tang couldn't find fault with her for a while.
"Okay, let's put aside the mark of immortality for now, how did this soul... come about? Do you think the Bodhisattva really has such great magic power and supernatural powers?"
Tie Tang pointed at the white jade bottle in Tianwen's hand, puzzled.
At first, he just felt a little strange and didn't think much about it. But when Bodhisattva Miaoshan claimed that Tianhong still had a soul left, he really felt something was wrong.
From immortals to gods, including in the mysterious realm of witches and wizards, there is a saying that people will be beaten to the point of being knocked out of their wits.
What is hunfeipansan?
There is no possibility of reincarnation and rebirth, complete death, body and soul disappear.
The most common method is to spontaneously ignite the soul.
Tie Tang has seen this method many times.
If the soul is burned out, the soul contained within will naturally dissipate, which is equivalent to the real soul flying away.
But!
This was just before the magical magical realm.
After entering the mysterious realm of fairyland, the first realm is known as ‘immortality’!
The absolute core of the immortal realm is undoubtedly the mark of immortality.
What is the Immortal Mark?
The mark of immortality means that even if the soul spontaneously ignites, it can still be resurrected and reborn.
Tie Tang himself had experienced it himself not long ago.
He fell into the Buddha's kingdom in the hands of the unknown Buddha. In order to avoid being restricted by humans, he chose to ignite his soul, commit suicide completely, and then rely on the power of the immortal mark to be resurrected.
This is the power of the Immortal Mark!
But the same.
If the mark of immortality is broken by someone, the end will be even more tragic than losing one's soul.
All traces of you in the world will disappear, you will never be reincarnated forever, and there will never be another similar flower blooming in the world.
If Tianhong's immortal mark is erased...
No one.
Able to forcibly rescue his soul in this situation.
At least in Tie Tang's knowledge, it is impossible for anyone to do it, unless the Human Emperor reappears.
Although Miaoshan's strength is strong, the feeling given to Tie Tang, that is, the strength of the aura around the God Emperor, is still far, far away from the power of the Human Emperor.
Feng Bingyao is also a peerless figure, the founder of Taoism, and he understood the key in just a few words.
"Not bad!"
"The World Honored One attacked your Immortal Mark from afar before. If I had been defeated at that time...
Even if I want to save your soul, or pull your soul out of the immortal mark, it is impossible.
What you and I can’t do, let alone others!”
Her words were so overbearing that the teeth of Long Yu, Li Yao, and Huai Yurong were sore. This was because they regarded themselves and Tie Tang as beings greater than the Bodhisattva Miaoshan.
Liu Xiangxiang, on the other hand, looked at Feng Bingyao with envy, holding her round face with her two little hands, her eyes filled with yearning.
Tianwen held the broken arm and the white jade bottle with one hand, and scratched his head with the other: "What do you mean?"
"Master monk, do you really not know, or do you not want to know?" Tie Tang said quietly.
Tianwen was stunned and silent.
He is also a top-notch figure, one of the few geniuses in the world. He can figure out many things immediately just by thinking about them.
It’s just a matter of willingness or not.
"Your master has a problem, and your senior brother...may also have a problem." Feng Bingyao said her guess without mercy.
Tianwen choked up and said, "But senior brother... he is indeed dead!"
Tianhong is really dead. It is not an illusion or a conspiracy, but a naked fact.
There is nothing wrong with this.
Tie Tang made his final judgment: "I think...Master Tianhong doesn't have the mark of immortality at all.
So after he dies, he is really dead!
Miaoshan Bodhisattva can capture a few strands of his remnant soul and can explain it clearly."
"No immortal mark?"
This sentence made Tian Wen even more unbelievable than the previous words.
He widened his eyes, trying to find that Tie Tang was joking, but he didn't.
So Tianwen hurriedly said: "Impossible, my senior brother is a real immortal god overlord, a Buddhist Buddha. I don't know how many years have passed since he entered the realm of immortality. How can he not have the mark of immortality?"
"Great monk, don't worry!"
Tie Tang reached out and patted Tian Wen: "I have met one person who does not have the mark of immortality before."
He told the deeds of the Jade-faced Rat, who was now renamed Wen Jueqian, one by one, answering some of Tianwen's doubts.
"You mean...my senior brother is just the incarnation of someone? That's why he doesn't have the mark of immortality?"
Before Tie Tang could respond, Feng Bingyao interrupted: "There is another possibility, that is, before the war, Master Tianhong...
Someone has already taken control of his own Immortal Mark, and even extracted his soul from it, destroying the Immortal Mark.
In this way, if he dies on the battlefield, he will naturally have no backup plan for resurrection!"
This speculation is equally horrifying.
Compared with the possibility that Tianhong is the incarnation of "The Sutra of Life and Life and Immortality", this speculation is equally unacceptable.
Because the target is pointed at one person!
Whoever controls Tianhong's soul will naturally control his immortal mark.
That person.
It just appeared.
Tianwen's face changed several times, his eyebrows trembled, and finally his face turned red, and he spat out a large mouthful of blood.
No matter which fact it is...it's hard for him to accept it.
"Great monk!"
"Master!"
Long Yu and Li Yao quickly stepped forward and helped Tian Wen up after falling to the ground.
"Cough!"
Tian Wen coughed up another wisp of lung blood that hit his heart. He wiped away the blood and looked at Tie Tang: "Tietou, I'm in a mess now. What should I do?"
"Let's send Master Tianhong to reincarnation first. After all, these are just our guesses, and they may not be accurate..."
"No!"
Tianwen smiled bitterly, and memories of the past came to his mind. He understood Tianhong better than Tie Tang and others.
If it hadn't happened, he might not have noticed it.
But this matter has been said before, and all the seemingly inexplicable and incredible things in the past may have relatively reasonable explanations.
"There is indeed something wrong with my senior brother. He has already achieved the Buddhahood, but he does not have a high status in the sect, or he does not have enough weight.
Just like this time when the Great Sun Tathagata pretended to be dead, as a powerful Buddha, he didn't know the truth until before the battle.
Maybe...
Someone in the door already knew something.
I will find out all this and avenge my senior brother!"
Tianwen's expression became resolute, he gave up his tears and hid his grief deeply.
"Let's go, let's go to the underworld in person and choose a good family for Master Tianhong!" Tie Tang's words were shocking.
"Sir, is there something wrong?" Long Yu was more sensible and tried to dissuade him.
The human world has just fought a bloody battle with the underworld, and now it has to intervene in the core affairs of the underworld such as reincarnation.
This is not a slap on the nose, but a slap on the head.
Liu Xiangxiang raised her pink fist high and said happily: "Okay, okay, I want to go too, I haven't been to the underworld yet!"
After she finished speaking, she seemed to realize that the sad atmosphere at this time should not be so happy, and subconsciously stuck out her tongue.
"Okay, listen to Tietou!" Tianwen also agreed.
Normal reincarnation does not need to be so troublesome. As long as the soul is sent to the underworld, the corresponding ghosts and gods will send it to the corresponding place of reincarnation according to the laws and the cause and effect during life.
But Tianhong had different meanings for several people, so Tie Tang came up with this idea.
After everyone left Lingshan, Tie Tang punched the ground, but it did not shatter the earth, but touched some deeper barrier.
Bo~
As if some barrier was broken, a dark hole appeared in the Buddhist holy land.
It is filled with ghostly and gloomy energy, and occasionally shrill wails can be heard coming from the cave.
Liu Xiangxiang clapped her hands excitedly: "Open the Nine Nether Passage from Daleiyin Temple to the underworld, tsk tsk, the ghosts and gods below will be scared to death."
"You three just stay here, we'll go there, it shouldn't take long." Tie Tang explained, and then he was the first to step into the cave.
Feng Bingyao, Tian Wen, and Liu Xiangxiang entered one after another, while Long Yu and the other three sat cross-legged on the spot, waiting for their return.
At this time.
An ancient tree in the sky not far away trembled slightly, one of its branches stretched out to the front, and an eye suddenly grew out of the brown skin, staring at the position where Tie Tang and the others left.
……
The dark sky is like a translucent black cloth covering the sky. Occasionally, some light spots flicker in it, like starlight jumping.
This is not the first time Tie Tang has come to the underworld.
Very early on, when he was still very weak, he once used the Chenghuang Temple to sneak into the underworld, and through ghosts and gods, he solved the danger of the closure of Jiuyao City.
Compared with the fairy court barrier that requires at least the Great Perfection Witch God to break through, going to the underworld is easier and does not require much advanced strength.
And entering the underworld for a living person is undoubtedly an act that violates the laws of heaven, and is more likely to cause some inexplicable causes and effects.
Tie Tang and his party moved forward quickly, passing through the chaotic zone at the junction of Yin and Yang, and truly came to the Yin Division.
The first dark city ahead is like a landmark, reminding several people that they are no longer in this world.
In front of the city gate, a ghost soldier held a book that glowed with green light and turned to one of its positions.
"Zhang Jiu, your family has spent a lot of money on you these days. It's not too much for me to take half of it, right? Only then will you be eligible to enter the city!"
The lonely soul being questioned had no eyesight. When he came to the underworld, his three souls and seven souls were incomplete, and he could not be considered a complete person.
Hearing this, he just nodded dully, with only one inexplicable obsession in his heart: reincarnation.
The ghost soldier smiled with satisfaction, and with a stroke of his pen, a yellow light flew out of Zhang Jiu and fell into his body.
"Okay, good, you can go in! Next one!"
"Nothing has changed. Although it is at the foot of Lingshan Mountain, the underworld here is also extremely greedy. Even these wandering souls have to scrape off a layer of skin."
Tie Tang remembered his first trip to the underworld.
Different ghost town, same experience.
Tian Wen had a straight face, carefully hugged the white jade bottle with both hands, pushed through the crowd of wandering souls lining up, and arrived in front of the city gate.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacus another a aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
"Roar!"
The Buddha's light emerged, faintly transforming into the shape of a golden lion.
As soon as Tianwen opened his mouth, he roared like a Buddhist lion, which shook the greedy ghost soldiers into powder, with only some remaining black ash falling down.
This ghost town is located in the realm below Daleiyin Temple, so it is naturally many times more powerful than Jiuyao City.
The ghost soldiers guarding the gate are not weak, but they are invincible against Tian Wen.
Tie Tang and the others followed closely behind, and walked into the ghost town with ease. Liu Xiangxiang was extremely curious, looking back and forth with her little round head, looking at some new things around her.
Soon.
A ghost general who was able to do nothing to Tianwen led his troops out and surrounded their group.
"It turns out that a Buddhist holy monk is here. I wonder what you are doing?"
They were quite knowledgeable, and they recognized the aura of a few people who were as bright as the sun, and did not act rashly.
Tianwen was in a bad mood and just wanted to use his fists to clear the way, but was stopped by Tie Tang.
He looked at the ghost general who was roughly equivalent to the Great Perfection Witch God, and waved his hand: "Bring someone here who can talk, you are still far away."
"Okay, give me the money!" The ghost general stretched out his hand, unscrupulously.
This move.
The four people in Tie Tang were stunned. Even the extremely cold Feng Bingyao was frightened by the greed of the ghost general.
Tian Wen and Liu Xiangxiang were just fine, but Tie Tang and Feng Bingyao did not hide their cultivation level.
They are in the Harmony Realm and the Immortal Realm. Even if they don’t know the specific depth, they are somewhat impressive, right?
When.
A Dzogchen shaman god dares to ask for bribes from two real gods?
"What kind of world is the underworld?" Liu Xiangxiang opened her eyes wide, filled with wonder.
The ghost general chuckled: "You have a saying in the world, 'Money can make ghosts grind', and I agree very much.
We only recognize money and nothing else!"
Liu Xiangxiang walked to the front, her seven-foot figure was less than the two-foot ghost general's waist. She raised her little head and asked curiously: "Aren't you... afraid of death?"
"We are ghosts, how can we be afraid of death? If we don't give you money, you won't want to go anywhere, even if you are from the Great Leiyin Temple!"
The spear in the ghost general's hand shook, and the hundreds of soldiers behind him immediately formed a formation and turned into a huge skull, surrounding Tietang and the four others.
"This is the formation of the underworld, where cause and effect spreads. If you attack us, you will be affected by cause and effect.
Once you accumulate too much, there will even be a punishment from heaven!
You——
Do you dare to take action?"
And this method...
Tie Tang and others looked at each other in confusion. They had never heard of this before. No wonder the other party had the confidence to ask for bribes.
"How much..."
Before Tian Wen finished asking, he heard a loud bang.
Boom!
Liu Xiangxiang grabbed the ghost general's right leg with one hand, threw him to the ground, and stepped on the ghost general's angry and ferocious face with his right foot.