The Divine City is a place where great things happen. The great powers of the Eastern Wilderness, the royal family of Zhongzhou, and the giants of the Northern Plains often appear unexpectedly.
Everything here is extremely luxurious and prosperous. Zuixianque is known as one of the eight immortal restaurants in the divine city, suspended in mid-air.
This is a jade palace. Every brick and tile of the palace is carved out of jade. It is beautiful and magnificent, just like a dream.
Ye Fan and Li Heishui declined the others and went to Zuixian Palace with Prince Daxia and Yao Yuekong. Naturally, the little nun also went with them.
Wreathed in white mist, this palace is located in the clouds, with carved beams and painted buildings, resplendent and resplendent, as if it were in the ancient heaven.
A few people soared up into the air, stepped on the white jade stairs, and looked back at the misty clouds, overlooking the world below, as if they had really landed in the fairyland.
"Dare you ask God if there is an immortal?" The prince of Daxia sighed with emotion in his heart and chanted casually.
Ye Fan was startled. Comparing all the past events with the present, he lost consciousness for a while.
In this world, a monk can fly to the sky and escape from the earth, smile proudly in the sky, pass clouds and mist at his feet, and travel thousands of miles in an instant. If he were in his hometown, he would already be a god.
The white jade avenue stretched forward like a bridge to the sky. They strolled on it, walking forward step by step. Many spiritual birds and precious animals were flying among the clouds and mist.
In the majestic palace palace, sixteen young girls flew in from the sky, landed in the clouds and mist, saluted them respectfully, and led a few people forward.
Zuixianque is a very exquisite, retro building, as if it has experienced thousands of generations and has carved the mark of the years. It is magnificent without losing a kind of precipitation called heritage.
Li Heishui smiled and said: "Everything here belongs to the Beiyuan Golden Family. Brother Yuekong, aren't you afraid of causing trouble?"
"Those who come here are guests, and they will not be unreasonable and damage their own sign."
Yao Yuekong's martial prowess is astonishing, and it is difficult to find an opponent among his peers. Not long ago, he had a fight with a descendant of the Golden Family, both of whom were injured, and formed a grudge.
"Invite your distinguished guest." The sixteen young girls are all good monks, but here they can only guide the way and help the guests pour wine and serve dishes.
"Nantian Gate?!" Ye Fan's expression changed. There were three ancient characters engraved on the majestic gate in front of him. When he walked here, there were clouds and mist everywhere under his feet.
"This is built to imitate the legendary ancient heaven." Prince Daxia introduced, obviously a frequent visitor here.
"Why haven't I heard about the ancient heaven?" Ye Fan asked.
"The Qing Emperor who lived more than 10,000 years ago mentioned that he wanted to build a heavenly palace. He once laid out such a pattern, but it eventually fell apart." Yao Yuekong explained.
The Qing Emperor was the great emperor of the demon clan ten thousand years ago and the ancestor of Yan Ruyu. How many years he lived cannot be verified and it is difficult to say clearly.
"Could it be that the ancient heaven really collapsed?" Ye Fan had doubts.
"It's impossible, it's just what Qing Emperor said." Prince Daxia shook his head.
After passing through the Nantianmen, the front is extremely open, divided into four areas, with four sceneries of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
"Here..." Ye Fan was surprised. It was far more open than what he saw on the ground. There were many palaces and palaces. The four major parks actually had different scenes in the four seasons.
Yaoyuekong said: "There are four enchantments here. Although it cannot be compared with the small world opened by the ancient sages, it is almost a space of its own. The Beiyuan Golden Family has a deep knowledge of the way of space."
A girl next to her whispered softly, "Please choose the park."
In the end, Ye Fan chose the winter scene. Since coming to this world, he has never seen the season when snowflakes fall.
The cool air blew towards their faces. The palace was covered in silver, and goose feathers were flying in the snow. They stood under the palace, and their eyes were completely white.
Ye Fan was absent-minded for a while, thinking of the past, the same snowy season, those people and things...
Nowadays, separated by a star field, it is difficult to see each other again.
The fragrance floats, the vigorous plum trees stand proud of the snow in the wind, their flowers bloom in the bitter cold, and their crystal clear flowers float in the cold.
They sat down and drank while watching the snow and flowers, which was a unique style.
After several times of fine wine, even the little nun in white's face was flushed and her big eyes were bright.
"Your Highness, you are a monk, how can you drink?" Ye Fan joked.
The little nun in white clothes did not lose her hair and covered it with a snow-white hat. She wrinkled her delicate nose and muttered in a low voice: "I am practicing in the world."
Yaoyuekong said: "I have heard that Buddhism has all kinds of magical powers, which are all miraculous arts in the world, but I have never seen them before."
Ye Fan just wanted to ask the Buddhist side for information, and wanted to gossip about Sakyamuni, but neither the prince of Daxia nor the little nun discussed it in detail.
"What is the name of the present Buddha, the past Buddha, or the Tathagata Buddha?" Ye Fan secretly asked Li Heishui to ask this question for him.
"Buddha is the World Honored One and has no other name." said the little nun in white.
"What kind of Buddha is Sakyamuni?" Ye Fan asked casually.
The little nun in white's rosy face suddenly froze, her big bright eyes stared at the small wine glass, and she said no more.
The prince of Daxia looked solemn and sighed: "Oh, let's not mention this name. It is a taboo in the Western Desert. I also want to know what exactly happened. I have read through ancient books, but I can only draw a conclusion in one sentence.
——From now on, there will be no Tathagata in Buddhism.”
"Why do you say that?" Ye Fan asked in confusion.
"It seems... the Buddha has passed away." After saying this, the prince of Daxia slowly shook his head.
"Brother Xia, this is your fault." Li Heishui picked up the wine glass, drank it himself, and said, "We've already talked about it to this point, why are you still holding on to it? You just want to whet our appetite."
The prince of Daxia was named Xia Yiming, and the little nun in white was named Xia Yilin. After they got acquainted with each other, they started calling them casually.
"They said he was the World Honored One, but they said he wasn't. The traitor might be related to him, and they also said he was the devil's shell of the Buddha." Xia Yiming, the prince of Daxia, stopped and refused to say more.
Yao Yuekong said: "Your Highness, you have already said this, can't you be more specific?"
"This is a little secret I heard. There is nothing more. You must not tell it, otherwise you will be killed." Xia Yiming, the prince of Daxia, said.
"What's the secret? Who will kill us?" Ye Fan asked.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. It's really not beneficial at all." Prince Xia Yiming shook his head resolutely.
"Brother Xia, given your status, are you still afraid?" Yao Yuekong was puzzled.
"We really don't want to say anything about Buddhism." Xia Yiming raised his eyes and looked around at the heavy snow, and said, "Mount Sumeru is not an ordinary place."
Seeing him like this, everyone didn't dare to ask further questions. The prince of Daxia indeed knew very little.
Ye Fan asked another question: "How long has Buddhism existed?"
"It has existed since ancient times." The little nun Loli Xia Yilin's big, pure eyes were full of doubts, as if you didn't even know this.
"Eternally existing since ancient times?!" Ye Fan was surprised. Buddhism existed long before Sakyamuni two thousand years ago, which made him stunned.
"Not many people in Donghuang know about Buddhism. If they don't know that Buddhism will last forever, it's nothing." Yao Yuekong said to the nun Loli with a smile.
Ye Fan thought, on the other side of the starry sky, regarding Buddhism, although it is said that it was founded by Sakyamuni, there were Buddhists long before that. It is not so much its creation as its development.
It is recorded in some ancient scriptures that when Sakyamuni was traveling, he saw Buddhists harming themselves in practice and thought it was not the true Dharma. After that, the Tathagata's Dharma came into being.
He felt that he had caught something at once, so he did not ask further questions. He thought about it carefully for a while before he came back to his senses.
Outside the palace, as far as the eye can see, it is vast expanse of white, with heavy snowfall, the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, and a few people are drinking and chatting happily.
This banquet is worth five hundred kilograms, which is quite expensive, but compared with the legendary immortal banquet, it really pales into insignificance.
"The immortal banquet here often costs tens of thousands of kilograms. It is specially prepared for the Holy Lord and the powerful, and it needs to be booked in advance. Otherwise, it will be difficult to gather the ingredients."
When it comes to the Immortal Banquet, even Yao Yuekong, the young master of Tianyao Palace, is speechless.
"Is it too exaggerated?" Ye Fan asked.
"It's not an exaggeration at all. Take one of the dishes, 'Divine Phoenix Wings', as an example. It is really made from the bird king who has part of the divine phoenix's bloodline. It condenses its essence. An ordinary monk can eat it.
Break through a realm.”
Ye Fan suddenly asked: "Are there any Tianpeng wings?"
"There was indeed a Tianpeng banquet in the past, but King Lao Peng went to war over it. In the end, the Golden Winged Tianpeng dish was canceled because of him."
Ye Fan opened his mouth and was speechless for a while.
Li Heishui said: "The Immortal Banquet only happens a few times a year. It only happens occasionally when the Holy Lord invites powerful people to banquet. Let's not think about it too much. However, I really want to drink a cup of enlightenment tea at the Immortal Banquet.
, it is said that even great powers may have an epiphany because of this.”
Yao Yuekong shook his head and said: "Enlightenment tea may not appear even once every few years at the Immortal Banquet. This kind of thing is priceless! There is only one Enlightenment tea tree in the entire Eastern Wasteland, and more than thirty leaves can be collected every year.
That’s pretty good, I don’t know how many pairs of eyes are staring at it.”
"There is only one enlightenment tea plant in the world, where is it?" Ye Fan was surprised.
"In the Immortal Mountain." Yaoyuekong said.
"hiss"
Everyone gasped.
The Immortal Mountain is one of the seven restricted areas of life in the Eastern Wasteland. It is located in the north of the central region. It is a restricted area of life.
Yaoyuekong said: "The only enlightenment tea tree still grows in the Immortal Mountain. By various means, it can only transmit more than thirty leaves every year."
"Isn't it far from the holy cliff?" Ye Fan asked.
"Yes, the distance is not very far. It is said that the Holy Cliff was a cliff cut out of the Immortal Mountain by someone with extraordinary magical power." Yao Yuekong is worthy of being the young master of Tianyao Palace, and he is very knowledgeable about many things.
Ye Fan nodded. He must visit this place, and the time will not be too far away, because there are nine secrets in the holy cliff.
The holy cliff is related to the Immortal Mountain. The ancient saint of Dacheng also died there. The cliff body is dyed dark red with blood. In addition, the emperor has carved formations there.
Ye Fan felt that there must be many secrets there.
Suddenly, the sound of tinkling music sounded, and in the palace next door, a girl in white was playing a piano solo, and a group of spiritual birds were attracted.
These palaces are all open for guests to enjoy the snow and plum blossoms, and they can sometimes see each other.
"It's An Miaoyi..." Ye Fan's expression changed.
"Xianzi An, why are you playing the piano solo here?" Prince Daxia asked.
"Miaoyi also arranged a banquet here. She wanted to offer wine to the ancient young man, but was rejected." An Miaoyi's eyebrows were curved, with a slight smile on her flawless face.
Gufeng is Ye Fan's current name. It is impossible for him to walk in the divine city under his real name.
"Why did Fairy An say that? How about we get together and drink together?" Ye Fan smiled.
Yaoyuekong, the Prince of Daxia also invited, An Miaoyi chuckled, nodded, and came gracefully.
She came lightly, glanced at Ye Fan with her big eyes, and said with a smile: "Brother Gufeng, you are the first person to reject me, Miao Yi is very vindictive."