Xun Daozi's enlightenment has been a great harvest. It has been of great help in terms of both 'realizing the Tao' and 'enlightening the Tao'. It has greatly contributed to the improvement of Xun Daozi's Taoism at this time. With Xun Daozi's current state of Taoism, every bit of progress is extremely valuable.
And this enlightenment gave Xun Daozi a new understanding and understanding of the "Eastern transmission of Buddhism". He traveled west to learn Buddhist scriptures and sought perfection in Buddhism. He imposed ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties. This time it seemed that it turned out to be a joke. That's all, how can it be perfect under the way of heaven? The Taoist sect's selfishness has also caused nine difficulties, and there are always plans in it. Nine is the ultimate number, and this is also an attempt to achieve a small perfection. Although it is not like the nine-nine perfect number planned by Buddhism, this small perfection is also quite taboo. It seems that Taoism should not achieve perfection in these nine difficulties.
With this as a guide, Xun Daozi had a different understanding of various events since the founding of the ancient world, and he could see it more clearly. Just like the famous innate spiritual roots, innate treasures, and spiritual treasures, they all came into being when the heaven and earth were opened, and the way of heaven was not born, and each of them has its own kind of perfection. But because of this kind of perfection, after the birth of Heavenly Dao, this perfection also lost the possibility of evolution, and it could only become an object in the end, but there was no chance of spiritual transformation.
Think about it, ordinary flowers, plants, trees, birds, animals, fish and insects all have the opportunity to open up their spiritual wisdom, channel spirits and transform into monks, and how many spiritual roots, spiritual treasures and transformers are born in the sky? ? The more perfect and powerful one is, the less opportunity there is for spiritual transformation. Just like the numerous spiritual roots in Xundao Mountain, over the past hundreds of millions of years, only Su Xin's Ganoderma lucidum has been able to channel spirits and take form by chance; the rest, the perfect and powerful "Enlightenment Tea", have evolved into the number of great avenues; "Kowloon" The snow jade pine' accounts for nine; the jade lotus in the pond. Twelve petals. There are nine lotus seeds; there are green bamboos by the stream. Only three hundred and sixty-five are born, and they combine to form the Zhoutian; they are all in perfect form, which can be a powerful magic weapon, but there is no chance of transformation.
Having understood this clearly, Xun Daozi himself felt quite uneasy: The road is difficult, but the road is strong. If you set foot on the road by yourself, you can only move forward step by step, no matter what difficulties and dangers lie ahead. Take long strides.
Xun Daozi sent a message to Su Xin, and it sank into his mind again. Most of this retreat was caused by his unprovoked recklessness in Qingwei Tianyuanshi Tianzun Dojo. A lot has been gained during this period, which needs to be sorted out, and Lu Meng, who has no reason, also needs to find the reason. The road is difficult and dangerous, so don¡¯t be careless.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? But he still witnessed the power of the Taoist Heavenly Lords and the death of Zhu Bajie. Tang Sanzang made Hanuman and Monk Sha even more stimulated. Monk Sha suffered eight hundred dragon whips in his life. His skin was torn and his flesh was torn, and his heart was so painful that he almost died from the pain. After eight hundred whips, there was not an inch of good flesh in his body. Fortunately, To obtain Buddhism, he still needed to follow Tang Sanzang to continue studying scriptures, and he was given a pill, which cured the injury.
Afterwards, Tang Sanzang, Hanuman, and Monk Sha were sent back to Chechi Kingdom, but the three so-called great immortals were taken away by Yun Zhongzi. He only said that since they worshiped the founder of the Sanqing Dynasty, they should abide by the rules of the Taoist sect. Monks can help the people solve their problems, but they should not be used by human kings to pray for blessings and longevity, so they took three people away.
Tang Sanzang¡¯s master and his disciples spent a month repairing in Chechi Kingdom before they got up and slowly headed west. The three of them no longer had the previous enthusiasm for going west to learn Buddhist scriptures, but they also knew that only by going west could they have any chance of survival.
Tang Sanzang is no longer actively heading westward, but there is a faint resistance in his heart. Along the way, there is no longer wind and rain, less Zhu Bajie, less nagging, and less fun. Most of the time the three of them just walk silently.
Whenever you encounter a high mountain, you should be careful to inquire about it, for fear that there are monsters and ghosts, and you will suffer unexplained disasters. If you encounter a Taoist temple, you should stay away from the barren mountains, and go in to worship in the busy city.
They were cautious and generous along the way, but after revealing the secret protection of the Buddhist protector, Jialan and Liu Ding Liujia were anxious and didn't know what to do, but they didn't dare to interfere with Tang Sanzang's master and disciple's own behavior. Buddhism's journey to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures lost the approval of heaven.
The trio of Tang Sanzang were cautious and careful, and indeed managed to avoid several hills that were supposed to block the road. On these wild hills there were domestic monsters deliberately deployed by the Buddhist sect, as well as heavenly beings to support the star lord, and native demon kings. That's it. Being avoided by Tang Sanzang's masters and disciples who were overly cautious, this made the Buddha and Bodhisattva, who were always paying attention to Buddhism, speechless.
That day, the three of them came to the edge of a big river. It was endless white and they didn't know how vast it was. Hanuman jumped up and stood in the air, setting up a pergola with his hands. He looked around and then fell to the ground. Tang Sanzang immediately asked: "Numan, how wide is this water? Can you cross it?"
Hanuman opened his mouth and replied: "Master, this is a rare and large river. I saw it from the air. The width of this river is eight hundred miles, but the end cannot be seen up and down. I don't know how far it is, but I don't know its depth. How can I see it?" Can¡¯t get through!¡±
Monk Sha said, "Let me see if the river is deep or shallow!" Then he stepped forward. Tang Sanzang asked, "How can you tell the depth of this water?"
Monk Sha took back his raised foot,He opened his mouth and said, "Master, it's very easy to test the depth of the water. You just need to throw a pebble into the water and watch the water splash. If there are many and big splashes, the water is shallow. If the water splash is small but few, the stone will sink. If there is a sound under the water, then the water is very deep!"
When Tang Sanzang heard this, he hurriedly said: "Then go try it and see how deep the water is!"
Monk Sha nodded and went over, picked up a stone from the river and threw it into the water. The stone fell out, splashing a little water, but the stone sank.
Monk Sha turned around and said, "The water is too deep, and no boat can cross it without a boat!"
At this time Hanuman raised his hand and pointed, and said: "There is a stone tablet over there, go and take a look!"
Tang Sanzang and Monk Sha raised their eyes and looked where Hanuman pointed, and sure enough they saw a stone tablet as tall as a person standing by the river.
The three of them walked in and took a look. There were three large seal characters on the stele, which said "Tongtian River", and there were two lines of small characters, which read, "A journey of eight hundred miles has been traveled by young people from ancient times." ¡¯
After reading the words on the stele, a look of surprise appeared on Tang Sanzang's face. How can we survive this river? But there seemed to be an inexplicable look hidden in the shocked look.
Immediately, Tang Sanzang said: "Numan, take a look along the river and find a place to stay. It's not too late to cross the river before you think about it!"
Hanuman agreed, jumped into the air, and flew along the river. Search for a place to stay. Be back soon. Pointing to where he came from, he said to Tang Sanzang: "Master, there is a village ten miles ahead with dozens of families. Let's go and see if we can stay here!"
Tang Sanzang nodded in agreement and got on the horse. Hanuman led the way and Monk Sha carried the burden. Go to the village.
Hidden in the air, Jia Lan and Liu Ding Liujia looked at the three Tang Sanzangs who were approaching, and finally showed a smile.
Tang Sanzang and his three men arrived at the village, found a family, and asked to stay, saying that they would leave as soon as they found a way to cross the river. When that family saw Hanuman for the first time, Monk Sha was very frightened, and only waited for Tang Sanzang to give him some good words. Then he put away his fear and let the three people enter the house.
Early the next morning. After listening to some playing and beating, I went out and saw a group of people carrying three animal sacrifices, beating gongs and drums, and heading towards the river.
Tang Sanzang quickly asked the owner of the house: "May I ask the donor, where are you going to offer sacrifices?"
The owner of the house said: "This is to offer sacrifices to the King of Inspiration's Temple by the river, to thank the King of Inspiration for protecting the place and bringing good weather!"
Hanuman listened, turned his eyes, and asked: "Who is this great inspiration king? What efficaciousness does he enjoy this sacrifice?"
The owner of the house smiled and replied: "We don't know where this inspiration king is. He came here a few years ago and lived in the Tongtian River. He once showed inspiration and asked the village to worship him. This can protect this place." The weather is good, but if we don't offer sacrifices, there will be disasters. Therefore, the village has held sacrifices in spring and autumn. Over the years, the weather has been good and there have been no disasters. Today is the autumn festival."
When Hanuman and Monk Sha heard what the owner said, they looked at each other, but their expressions changed slightly. They vaguely felt that something was wrong, but for a moment they didn't know what was wrong.
Tang Sanzang asked: "Does the donor know where to find a ferry?"
The owner of the house said: "The Tongtian River is extremely vast and very few people cross it, so there are no ferries for hundreds of miles up and down it!"
Tang Sanzang was not anxious after hearing this. He just asked Hanuman and Monk Sha if there was any other way to cross the river. Monk Sha said that the only way to cross the river was to build a raft.
Tang Sanzang asked the owner of the house to help find items to build a raft. Then he stayed in the village and waited for the raft to be built.
A few days later, with the help of the villagers, the raft was built. The three of them said goodbye to the villagers, boarded the raft, and rowed to the other side of the Tongtian River. Unexpectedly, halfway through the raft, huge waves rolled in the river, and the huge waves overturned the raft. Tang Sanzang The shadow is gone.
Monk Sha used his magical power in the water to find a mansion at the bottom of the river. He listened in the dark to the little demon saying that he wanted to eat Tang Monk's meat, so he broke down the door of the mansion in an attempt to save Tang Sanzang. After twenty rounds of fighting with the Inspiration King, he realized that it was difficult to defeat the Inspiration King, so he lured the Inspiration King out of the water, hoping to join forces with Hanuman to take him down. Unexpectedly, the inspiration king was also cautious and would not be fooled.
Monk Sha had no choice but to come out to discuss with Hanuman, and finally asked Lingshan for help. But Lingshan turned around and headed to the South China Sea to ask Cihang, the Great Compassionate Heavenly Lord, to rescue him. The Great Compassionate Heavenly Lord only handed a purple bamboo basket to his disciple Long Nu and asked her to go to Tongtian River to rescue Tang Sanzang.
When Dragon Girl arrived, she just threw the bamboo basket into the river and cast two spells. Then she saw the purple bamboo basket flying out of the river. In the basket, a koi carp shook its head and tail, twisting and struggling. The dragon girl picked up the basket and said: "The monsters have been collected, just go and save Tang Sanzang!" After saying that, she rode up the auspicious clouds and turned back to the South China Sea.
Hanuman and Monk Sha went to the water house at the bottom of the river and killed all the shrimps, soldiers and crabs.After rescuing Tang Sanzang, he landed directly on the west bank of the Tongtian River and continued westward slowly.
The cautious Tang Sanzang and his three men were in trouble again. After passing through the Daughter Kingdom, they accidentally swallowed the water of the Zimu River. Hanuman went to Po'er Cave in Jieyang Mountain to find the birth spring water to relieve Tang Sanzang's fetal energy. He could reach Jieyang Mountain. But I saw a Taoist occupying the Po'er Cave, saying that he wanted to get the water from the birth spring, and he had to prepare a gift of red wine before he could give him a pot of spring water.
Hanuman was given the gift of red wine and flowers, but looking at the Taoist attire of the self-proclaimed Immortal Ruyi, Hanuman did not dare to do anything. It was really the tragedy of the Chechi Kingdom that left a deep impression on him, and the Taoist sect was obscured by the shadow. The power of his whole sky did not allow him to be slighted in the slightest. Therefore, although this Ruyi True Immortal's Taoism is not profound, Hanuman does not dare to do it casually anymore. He somersaulted into the air and went to Buddhism for help.
Hanuman went to Lingshan, but Tang Sanzang couldn't wait any longer. The secretly protected Buddhist monk Jielan, Jialan and Liuding Liujia looked a little dumbfounded. What should we do about this?
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