Or to be more precise, the capital of the former Great Zhou Dynasty!
Wuxu stood there and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
The tall city wall is still there, standing tall. There are not only formation restrictions on it, but also the dust of history.
Look again at the flags fluttering, monks in armor flying everywhere, the city gates wide open, free entry and exit, and still the atmosphere of a great country.
"A skinny camel is bigger than a horse." Fairy Yu said calmly.
"No, no," Wuxu said, "The royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty is just a member of the great formation of stars in the sky, claiming to be the so-called heaven."
"The Heavenly Court can only be established by true gods. The royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not dare to overstep like this." Li Mingshan also said from the side, "I am just in charge of the center of the formation in accordance with the covenant." Because she had previously gone to a foreign land to see the world of technology, she was not interested in it.
The more you practice, the more persistent you will be.
"I wonder what the situation is inside?" Wuxu said, "Calculating, You Wuji and the others should have entered the city the day before yesterday."
The three of them landed on the ground and entered the city.
Sure enough, the city with the best reputation is extraordinary.
The streets are much wider than those of Luoying Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture. They are all paved with bluestones and are dozens of meters wide. There are many shops, tall buildings, and all kinds of good and evil monks. It has the atmosphere of an international metropolis.
The three of them found an inn at random. The innkeeper was not very advanced, but he seemed to be a master of Tongxuan. The waiter was an ordinary person. He greeted them respectfully, laughed with them from time to time, and talked about some rumors about the capital.
, so what happens to the royal family, so what happens to those Tongxuan major cultivators.
Sure enough, they were from the Imperial City. Wuxu smiled and asked, "What are the rumors about this Xuanyin Competition?" After saying that, he casually rewarded a piece of spiritual stone.
"Of course there is." The waiter put the spirit stone into his arms with great skill, and then said with a smile, "A few days ago, the Yongzhou envoy came to Beijing. As soon as they entered the city gate, they met the ghost cultivator envoy.
There was a monk named Wuying Ghost Hand who deliberately made fun of him and said, "What are these four people doing?" As a result, Elder He, the leader of the Yongzhou mission, slapped him for more than ten miles, causing him to vomit blood.
There is blood mist everywhere."
"Oh? What happened next?" Fairy Yu asked with a smile.
The waiter was very observant. When he saw Fairy Yu smiling, he also laughed again and said, "Don't look at the Yongzhou mission, which only has four people, but it is very majestic. After Elder He took action, he immediately calmed down the situation.
He led the people away and no one dared to provoke him along the way. Then he was respectfully received into Tianren Academy."
At this point, perhaps for the sake of the spiritual stone, the waiter lowered his voice slightly, "It is said that Elder Shanpin of the Aurora Sect of Buddhism once went to Tianren Academy to debate Buddhism with Elder He of the Yongzhou Mission.
, but was rejected. Elder Shanpin threatened to find Elder He again during the competition."
After the waiter retreated, Fairy Yu and Li Mingshan saw Wuxu frowning and said, "The so-called argument about Buddhism actually contains evil intentions. The city lord should not show up easily. People from the Buddhist sect are the best at sophistry."
Wuxu smiled and said, "Buddhist classics are vast, and it is true that the young monk has not studied them much or deeply. If you really want to argue, the young monk will have to accept the defeat. Show up or not, it depends on the situation. An ugly daughter-in-law always has to see her parents-in-law. My place is
Enlightenment, what I cultivate is worthy of my heart and worthy of the Buddha’s Dharma.”
The three of them took a short rest and then left the inn.
Today's capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty is still under the complete control of the Great Zhou royal family. On the occasion of the Xuanyin Competition, there are patrolling flying guards everywhere. Their armors are shining and their weapons are solemn. But they basically will not disturb the cultivators.
Unless you violated the high-altitude flight ban and flew too high.
Monks are meant to fly around, so how can they be banned from flying? Therefore, the capital does not restrict monks from flying, only the speed and height of flight. If you fly too fast, these patrolling monks will stop you. If you fly too high,
Then there will be light falling like thunderbolts and lightning.
The three of them were walking slowly and slowly towards the most prosperous place in the capital.
The so-called prosperity is similar to the human world, with high-rise buildings, red walls and whitewashed walls, various shops, surging crowds, and all kinds of sex, sounds and fragrances. But just like Wuxu's previous life, if you are an ordinary monk, you will see all kinds of prosperity like brocade.
, how much can you really enjoy? Are the spiritual stones enough? If the spiritual stones are not enough, you can only look at many places; even if the spiritual stones are enough, do you have enough time, or do you have several clones that can act independently at the same time?
Ordinary people are the most persistent in this. They always feel that the whole world belongs to them. In fact, there is only so much that you can really touch. Monks are slightly better. For real monks, their practice is short-lived, mainly for the sake of practice.
For example, the reason why spiritual wine is brewed is for cultivation, and enjoyment comes second.
For example, the three of them, Wuxu, went to that prosperous place not for pleasure, but to buy spiritual materials, various spiritual materials needed for practice. In addition, they wanted to inquire about news.
The three people inquired all the way, and soon arrived at Wantong Pavilion, which is now known as the number one in the capital. This Wantong Pavilion is said to have a royal background in the Great Zhou Dynasty, has many rare items, and is only open to monks at the level of real people and above.
After the three people entered, they looked at each other and looked at each other. Without him, the things inside were really too expensive.
"Yun Ling Cao, I remember that in the Yongzhou underground secret market, there were only two low-grade spiritual stones per plant, but the price here is thirty." Li Mingshan said to Wuxu and Fairy Yu with a wry smile.
Wuxu also smiled and said, "When I came here, I originally wanted to buy some things about formations and spiritual resources that are in short supply in Yongzhou. Now it seems that I have to make other plans."
"Where did this country bumpkin come from? He doesn't have dozens of spiritual stones?" A chubby middle-aged monk next to him hugged a charming female cultivator with one hand and held up an incense burner priced at three thousand spiritual stones with the other while admiring it.
While muttering.
The voice was not loud, but it was extremely insulting. Everyone else present pretended not to hear, but looked here from the corner of their eyes.
Fairy Yu sneered. Wuxu stopped it, walked up to the monk, put his palms together and said, "Amitabha, we are from Yongzhou, and we don't have many spiritual stones on our body. Please give us a few alms."
During this time, the true spirit momentum has been released.
Suddenly, there was a burst of exclamation. The chubby monk was also stunned, and the incense burner in his hand fell directly to the ground. The charming female monk hid aside with a shy voice.
In order to conceal his identity, Wuxu released the breath of the Dharma Realm. The gray-white true spirit energy condensed into skulls, spinning around him. In the eyes of others, these were the rumored extremely difficult demon monks.
After a while, the chubby monk stepped forward and saluted and said, "The younger generation can't see Mount Tai, so don't blame the elders."
Wuxu still clasped his palms together, made the seal of giving, and said calmly, "Everything the donor said is true, how can the young monk be so weird?"
The chubby monk gritted his teeth and took out a jade box from his sleeve, "This is a fifth-grade pterosaur inner elixir that I accidentally obtained earlier. Please accept it, master."
The pterosaur is a rare magical beast. Magical beasts are divided into nine levels, and the fifth level is considered rare, similar to the Dzogchen realm of real people.
Wuxu collected the jade box, and after examining it with his spiritual consciousness, he said, "It's very good. The young monk accepted it with a smile. But the two companions of the young monk may also need some charity from the donor."
As if they had a telepathic connection, Fairy Yu and Li Mingshan released their true spirit auras one after another.
The chubby monk shivered, his face changed several times, he lowered his head and thought for a moment, then took out three storage bags and presented them respectfully, "It's a small thought, but it's not respectful. I hope the three seniors will accept it."
There are ten thousand spirit stones in a storage bag? After Wu Xu secretly explored it, he couldn't help but smile. Such a few spirit stones? Send a beggar away?!
"The capital city is expensive, and there are some spiritual stones. I'm afraid it will be difficult to move forward. I hope the benefactor will be merciful." Wuxu still clasped his hands together, and the skulls surrounding him became more solid and emitted a faint white light.
To be honest, thirty thousand spiritual stones is already a lot.
The chubby monk took a few steps back and looked at Wuxu, Fairy Yu and Li Mingshan, and was about to speak.
"What a disgrace!" At this time, a white-haired old man walked over from a distance, followed by several followers from the seventh or eighth level of the real person.
The chubby monk suddenly felt like a savior. He immediately knelt down at the feet of the white-haired old man and cried bitterly, "Second Grandpa, Chang'er was reckless and offended three seniors. Please punish me."
The second grandfather, without looking at Chang'er at his feet, raised his hands to Wuxu and the others and said, "Young kid is ignorant, please don't take it to heart."
Ordinarily, when such a scene comes to this, Wuxu should give him some face, sign up for each other, compliment each other, and then the trivial matter is not worth mentioning.
Wuxu originally wanted to follow this script, but what the white-haired old man said later made Wuxu change his mind.
The white-haired old man then said, "I am Ji Chuanwen, the person in charge here. It is noisy here, so please let the three of you come in to talk."
Ji Chuanwen, this name is somewhat familiar. Wuxu suddenly remembered, isn't this the former dean of Tianren Academy who was just driven away by Zhu Yuanzhang?
"It turns out that he is the former dean of Tianren Academy. I am disrespectful and disrespectful." Wu Xu smiled lightly.
The white-haired old man also laughed. While he was laughing, he looked around, his eyes gleaming, which shocked the unrelated monks and scattered them like birds and beasts.
When the irrelevant ones were all dispersed, Ji Chuanwen just looked at Wuxu and the others and said with emotion, "Our royal family of the Zhou Dynasty has fallen into such a situation. I think back then, when the six sects came to court,
Tongxuan paused. Now, just three True Spirit monks are kicking their noses in the face like this!"
After saying that, the true spirit burst out.
The jade seal appeared and the long sword came out. The followers behind him also flew up one after another, each offering their magic weapon.
"These are the unique skills of the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Huangji Spiritual Control Technique and the Dragon Flying Sword." Fairy Yu reminded in a solemn voice.
I saw that square jade seal facing the sky, like an emperor's jade seal, and an ancient Chinese character "zhou" appeared in the golden light. The surrounding spiritual energy seemed to be summoned, and all the energy gathered towards him. Not only that, the surrounding restrictions were also activated, and there was a series of light sounds.
The long sword in his hand was shining brighter and louder, and the sword roared like a dragon. If there were no restrictions here, the building would have collapsed long ago.
"Quick fight and quick decision!" Wu Xu secretly sent a message.
"Let's attack with all our strength!" Fairy Yu seemed to know the power of the Huangji Spirit Control Technique.
The surrounding environment changed, and it seemed that they had arrived at a magnificent palace. Ji Chuanwen and his entourage were getting further and further away.
Unable to wait any longer, Wuxu and the three of them attacked with all their strength at the same time. In order to hide his identity, Wuxu used the Flame Palm of the Great Sun Tathagata; Fairy Yu stretched out her fingers and shot out a colorful dazzling light; Li Mingshan naturally wielded the Xingyun Bamboo Sword.
Come, a scorching sun flies out of the purple sword energy.
Purple air comes from the east, and the sun rises, followed by colorful dazzling lights and blazing flames burning the sky!
With a bang, the palace was no longer there, and Wuxu and the others returned to their original place. But seeing the attic shattered, Ji Chuanwen, with a livid face, led his entourage to kill again from not far away.
"It is not suitable to stay here for a long time!" Fairy Yu called urgently, her face a little pale, and she seemed to have suffered from the great consumption of her spiritual consciousness due to the use of the Great Freedom Illusion Technique.
Wuxu's heart moved, he offered a future seal, and said, "The divine consciousness gathers in this seal."
The three of them then poured their respective spiritual consciousness into this seal and became one.
Fairy Yu did her job, and then called on the spiritual consciousness of Wuxu and Li Mingshan, and flicked her fingers again. The colorful dazzling lights, like blossoming fireworks, not only transformed into illusions one after another, but also eliminated the oncoming attacks invisible. This
This is a sign of great success in his skills.
"Let's go!" When Wuxu and Li Mingshan were silently outputting their spiritual consciousness, Yu Meiren shouted.
The three of them immediately flew out of Wantong Pavilion.
When she returned to the inn, Fairy Yu's face was still pale, but her expression was extremely relaxed. She waved her sleeves and threw out many jade boxes and vases. It was obvious that she had picked up a lot of things in Wantong Pavilion.
The entire capital city was in an uproar. Three demon cultivators in the dignified Wantong Pavilion made a big fuss and fled without a trace. The news spread throughout the capital city in an instant. Royal Guards
When he came out in person, the four guard generals also received orders and led their men to patrol everywhere, vowing to find the three demon cultivators.
In the small courtyard of the inn, Fairy Yu took out a storage ring.
The waiter who had been rewarded earlier walked by and shouted, "There's a fight outside, there's a fight outside."
"The culprit is here." Wuxu laughed at himself.
Fairy Yu, however, looked at Wuxu intently, making Wuxu a little embarrassed, "What kind of magic weapon did Master Cai sacrifice just now?"
Wuxu replied, "Future Seal."
"Seal of the future?" Fairy Yu asked again in front of Li Mingshan, "Just now, our spiritual consciousnesses gathered together on this seal, and the blending of our spiritual consciousnesses seemed to have a certain future."
Wuxu looked at Fairy Yu. She was wearing a palace robe, and her eyebrows were full of magic.
"Taiyuan Mansion, Demon Jutan, there is a Tongxuan Daxiu who said that your soul is not enough." Wu Xu asked quietly, "I wonder if you can feel it yourself?"
Fairy Yu's face suddenly darkened, and she pondered for a moment, "Of course I have three souls and six souls, but I don't seem to remember many things. Where did I come from? It seems that as soon as I wake up, I am in the Great Freedom Palace.
, parents, relatives and friends can’t remember that I was alone.”
"The fairy is a close disciple of the Lord of the Great Freedom Palace. Didn't the fairy ask the Lord of the Great Freedom Palace?" Li Mingshan suddenly asked.
Fairy Yu shook her head, "Of course I asked, but the master said that when she met me, I was already five or six years old. I seemed to be innately deficient, mentally immature, and stupid. Maybe this is the reason why I was abandoned.
"
When she said this, she felt very sad.
Wuxu couldn't bear it and said, "When I first met the fairy, I felt like we had seen each other before, much like we were old friends. Could it be that the fairy is the reincarnation of that old friend?"
This sentence was a bit abrupt and ambiguous, but it conveyed a sense of concern and comfort.
Fairy Yu glanced at Wuxu with waves in her eyes.
Li Mingshan was on the side and also smiled slightly.
Wuxu pondered and then slowly told the story of Zhao Tong. From the time when he met Zhao Tong at the Tianxiang Pavilion, to Zhao Tong becoming a demon and leading the demon army to dominate Taihu Lake, to Zhao Tong's death and soul.
Fairy Yu and Li Mingshan listened quietly, expressionless.
At this moment, the beautiful atmosphere was broken. A True Spirit monk came to the inn to check.
"Quickly go! Our images may be recorded." Fairy Yu said in a deep voice.
Wuxu then sacrificed himself to the Dharma Realm, took Fairy Yu and Li Mingshan, and secretly flew out of the inn.
This was the first time that Fairy Yu entered the virtual Dharma Realm. She looked left and right and said with a smile, "It is said that the Buddhist Mandala Dharma Realm is like a Buddhist country, where all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are extremely majestic. Why, your Dharma Realm is...
It's so gray, it looks like the underworld."
Wuxu smiled and clasped his hands together.
In an instant, the Buddha's light shone, thousands of golden lotuses appeared, and the dharma appearances of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas appeared. There were also formations of Brahma chants, eight deities, dragons, Vajra followers, and even asuras, appearing in turn.
Fairy Yu smiled again and said, "It's like a dream, it turns out that the Mandala Dharma Realm is also like this."
Suddenly the Dharma Realm was shaken, Wu Xu sensed it for a moment, and then explained, "It seems that flying is completely prohibited."
"The royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty still has complete control over the capital. But we and the others were a little lucky just now." Fairy Yu said lightly, "If it weren't for the future seal, the three of us would have merged their consciousnesses, cooperated with each other tacitly, and caught everyone by surprise.
Became a prisoner of the rank and file."
"It seems that we can only ban monks from flying, but we cannot ban the Dharma Realm from flying." Wuxu smiled.
"After such an interrogation, I don't know where to fly?" Li Mingshan said.
Wuxu thought for a while and replied, "Cien Temple."
Ci'en Temple was the place where Wuxu first came to Beijing and was invited by Duoji to meet the elders of the Lotus Sect. Apart from this, Wuxu had never been to other temples.
Originally, he could have gone to Tianren Academy to find Zhu Yuanzhang. But Wuxu felt that it was quite inappropriate to go to him like this. As for Ci'en Temple, Bi Lanlan and others came back from the previous summons and mentioned the situation of Ci'en Temple. It was empty, so it was a good place to go.
The three of them then flew slowly to Ci'en Temple in the Dharma Realm.
Ci'en Temple is generally deserted; but the so-called Main Hall is full of incense and bright lights.
There are monks who stay in the temple, and there are also Buddhist monks who add incense and oil.
Wuxu and the others restrained their auras, pretended to be ordinary monks traveling at night, and entered the hall. Immediately, several rays of divine consciousness were projected towards them.
The three of them stood in the main hall as if unaware, looking at the three tall Buddha statues, each thinking deeply.
The ancient Buddha of Ran Deng, Sakyamuni Buddha, Maitreya Buddha, solemn treasures, past, present and future.
Fairy Yu, with her hands behind her back and her head held high, suddenly turned to Wuxu and asked, "I just heard what you said, Zhao Tong really likes me. Could it be that I am really a wisp of her soul that has turned to me?"
Wuxu replied, "So what if it is? So what if it's not?"
"Amitabha, the young monk is following the rules of the Law Sect. The three donors came here late at night. What do you want to ask for?" A Buddhist cultivator, wearing a gold silk cassock, came out and put his hands together and asked.
Wuxu clapped his hands and returned the greeting, "Thank you, Master. I'm just taking a walk."
The Buddhist cultivator nodded and smiled, "The past, present and future are just cycles of cause and effect."
Fairy Yu and Li Mingshan glanced at each other, and then both looked at Wuxu, half-smiling but not smiling.
This depends on how Wuxu responds.
Wuxu put his palms together and said, "The cycle of cause and effect is not following the rules."
The eyes of this Buddhist cultivator who claimed to follow the rules lit up, "The so-called following the rules means knowing the Dharma and taking the precepts. Only by knowing the Dharma and taking the precepts can you not cling to it and eliminate cause and effect."
Is this to talk about Buddhism with yourself?
Unexpectedly, this kind of thing is so impossible to avoid. I can avoid the pursuit and patrols, but I can't avoid the debate on Buddhism.
Fairy Yu and Li Mingshan looked at Wuxu with smiles.