Regarding the decline of immortality and the fall of immortals, there is currently no decent record. Although there are many versions of legends, most of them are just hearsay and random thoughts, and there are no real historical facts.
The closest thing is the exhaustion of spiritual energy, so the immortal path declines.
But even then, there will be no new cultivators and immortals. The previous immortal cultivators should be able to survive a lot, just like the Buddha's life span of more than 3,700 years.
But in fact, except for Du Li, the obsessive remnant soul in the painting of mountains and rivers, who is a real immortal, and Lin Jin has seen it, the others have not been seen. Buddha was the second one to see him, and he was alive.
of immortals.
This shows that under normal circumstances, immortals can live until now.
Why not?
Some people previously said that the changes in the rules of heaven and earth caused the immortals to experience the five declines of heaven and man. No one could resist the passage of time, so they all fell. But obviously, the fact that the Buddha is still alive proves that this statement is not true.
Lin Jin guessed that it must be related to the ninth-level immortal swallowing beast.
Is it possible that the emergence of this kind of immortal-swallowing beast between heaven and earth, which is stronger than immortals, caused the great changes in heaven and earth?
The immortal did not die of old age, but was killed by the Immortal-Swallowing Beast. Otherwise, why would the museum give the claw of the beast the title of the Immortal-Swallowing Beast?
Lin Jin did not hide any of these guesses, and put out his conclusions about the identification of animals together with the guesses one by one. Both Xuan Jue and the abbot of Daluo Temple were dumbfounded when they heard it, but they could not find any rebuttal, so they could only say
He nodded his head in agreement.
"The director of the museum saw that the Buddha was covered with death energy. He should be nearing his longevity..." After Lin Jin finished speaking, the old monk Xuanjue nodded: "Yes, fellow Taoist, you are right about this. The Buddha also spoke to him personally.
The poor monk said that he would pass away in five days at most."
This once again confirmed Lin Jin's guess.
"It was my fault at the time. If the Buddha hadn't taken action to resolve my Vulcan Curse, perhaps the Immortal-Swallowing Beast wouldn't have discovered it..." Lin Jin said a very important speculation.
Why didn't the beast's claws come sooner or later, but only appeared after the Buddha used the Thousand-leaf Buddha's Hand?
It can only be said that the Buddha took action and revealed the aura of an immortal, so that the immortal swallowing beast appeared. This is the only reasonable explanation.
Upon hearing these words, the abbot's expression changed, and Xuan Jue was also startled.
The two monks were silent for a long time. The abbot recited the name of the Buddha, while Xuan Jue said: "This matter may be related to the Taoist friend, but the Buddha must have known this when he took action, so he wanted to meet with the Taoist friend.
On the one hand, the poor monk understood it, it’s just that I didn’t think of it at the time.”
It can be seen that Xuan Jue is a little annoyed.
The abbot also saw this, but the abbot was also in a good mood. He knew that the director should not be blamed for this matter, because at the last moment, the Buddha asked the director to come over and explain, which was already telling everyone in Daluo Temple that no confrontation was allowed.
Have any resentment.
They are all eminent monks, and this is something that can definitely be expected from Buddhism.
In addition, the Buddha had another meaning, which the three people present, including Lin Jin, could all see. Especially Lin Jin, who remembered that the Buddha said that he was destined to be with him and was already entangled.
Buddhism pays attention to cause and effect, because the "master" went up the mountain, which would later lead to the result of "the death of the Buddha". This must be the intertwining of fates, and it also means entrusting Lin Jin to take care of Dalo Temple.
"Because of this, this curator wants to tell Master Xuanjue that at the moment, neither you nor I can do anything about the ninth-level beast. You and I are not capable of dealing with it at the moment. Don't say that we don't know the details of the enemy.
Even if you know it, who can do anything to it? What's more, if what I speculated before is true, how can it kill the monks in the world? How can a fairy-swallowing beast do it? "
As soon as Lin Jin said these words, both Xuan Jue and the abbot's expressions changed.
Obviously, they also agreed with what Lin Jin said. If there were more than one immortal-swallowing beast, but dozens, hundreds, or even thousands, not to mention Xuan Jue and the curator, they would be able to assemble the warriors of all the great powers in the world.
I'm afraid it's not enough.
None of the great powers in the world has ninth-level beasts.
Not to mention ninth-level beasts, eighth-level beasts only exist in legends.
The Zen room suddenly fell into silence. Dahuang couldn't stand the atmosphere at this time, so he jumped down, walked out of the room, and went outside to catch bugs.
"What the curator said is absolutely true." The abbot clasped his hands together and saluted.
Speaking of which, he was also involved in the cause and effect. He had a fight with the curator before, otherwise he wouldn't have...
Lin Jin stood up at this time, and Zhan'er in the form of a fox immediately followed.
The old monk Xuan Jue said: "Fellow Taoist is leaving?"
Lin Jin nodded: "I've been bothering you for a long time, but now I have important things to do, so I won't bother you anymore."
The important thing Lin Jin said was naturally not an excuse, but that he really had something very important to do, which was to find the White Ape. Of course, Lin Jin was willing to stay in Daluo Temple for three days before, in addition to thinking about the problem.
In addition, it was also because he subconsciously believed that White Ape was no match for the seal-holding monk of Daluo Temple.
Through contact, Lin Jin knew that there were real masters in Daluo Temple. Not to mention Xuan Jue and the abbot, who were among the best in the world, he was the leader of each hall, and he was also very powerful. Under the leader, there were monks of the same generation.
Here, Obsession has the most wisdom and the Dharma is extremely high, but Zhiyin is the strongest and has the highest combat power among the Zhiyin generation.
Although White Ape is not bad, if he really compares with the seal-holding monk, he is still a little inferior. Lin Jin feels that the seal-holding monk might take White Ape back to Daluo Temple in these three days.
But obviously not.
According to the abbot, if you are just going to succumb to demons, you should not stay away from the temple for such a long time regardless of success or failure. Even if something is delayed, a special bird message will be used to inform the temple.
But in fact it was not the case at all. The monk holding the seal seemed to be missing, and Daluo Temple was also very worried.
Therefore, Lin Jin had reason to suspect that something had indeed happened on the White Ape's side. The matter of Buddha and the Immortal-Swallowing Beast could not be interfered with for the time being and could only be put aside. Lin Jin could only do the things in front of him well now.
There was something Lin Jin didn't tell Xuan Jue and the others.
Even if the Buddha was nearing his end of life, he was still in the realm of an immortal and should not be taken away without any resistance, so it was probably the Buddha who wanted to do this.
One of his purposes is not to destroy the Daluo Temple and implicate other people, and the other is to go to the door where the beast's claw is to find out what's going on and fight to the death with the Immortal-Swallowing Beast.
This possibility is very high.
But Lin Jin was not optimistic, mainly because the information revealed by the ninth-level immortal swallowing beast in the Beast Museum was too tyrannical, and the Buddha was afraid that he would not be a match.