Becoming a god starts from planting a Bodhi tree.

Chapter 214: Ten thousand temples hanging in the sky are not as good as one temple

Not long.

One of the people in the mist said in a cold voice: "The latest news is that someone from the Yanhuang Alliance broke in."

"Oh? The one guarding the gate seems to be a warrior from Wuyoutian. If I remember correctly, he is a crowned king. Did they break in by force?"

"I don't like variables. Whoever goes over here, take action to extinguish it and catch the sacrifice as soon as possible." Someone said coldly.

"I'll go for a visit." A young man walked out of the fog. He had a handsome face and pupils that were a strange, captivating white. When his eyes opened and closed, he revealed a chill that was enough to freeze the air.

"Well, let me go with you." Another person suddenly stood up, it was a woman.

"I am enough." The young man frowned.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not worried about your lack of strength." The woman smiled brightly, "I'm just interested in the people from the Yanhuang Alliance. I hope the one who came this time is Ji Anquan. I'm very interested in him."

The young man said indifferently: "The name is Yan Huang, and the surname is Ji. Do you dare to provoke him?"

The woman's smile faded, and she said coldly: "Things are different now. Even if I go back ten thousand years, I dare to compete with the one back then. Otherwise, what's the point of breaking this taboo?

"Solve it as soon as possible." Someone urged, "We have wasted enough time. We must enter the Hanging Temple as soon as possible, obtain the Holy Land inheritance quota, and enter the second sequence."

……

……

Ji Jingqiu looked up.

The mountain range in front of you is called Xuankong, and it is the center of this holy land. The mountain range is majestic and towers into the starry sky.

Standing in front of this mountain range, anyone would feel deeply insignificant, like an ant in the starry sky, the gap is too huge.

This was the most majestic, grand and magnificent mountain range Ji Jingqiu had ever seen in his life.

Vast and boundless, majestic and vast.

Ji Jingqiu frowned deeply.

In such a mountain range, personal strength is like a firefly, unable to illuminate the darkness, and without direction, one cannot find anyone at all.

From the previously captured people, he had learned about the events that had taken place in the Hanging Holy Land in the past few days.

The original sharing turned into exclusivity. Several forces joined forces and not only began to clear the field, but also hunted down warriors from certain forces. The warriors of the Yanhuang Alliance were one of the targets.

At present, the situation of Qin Qingjue and others is still optimistic. Although they were injured in the previous battle, they escaped into the Hanging Mountains in time and hid their whereabouts.

He had just visited several teams and learned from them that they were also searching for the whereabouts of the warriors of the Yanhuang Alliance, but there were no results so far.

Finally, under Ji Jingqiu's coercion, everyone signed a contract with him, and at his request, they sneaked into the mountains to search for Qin Qingjue and others for him, and were responsible for telling them the news of their arrival.

In addition, these people were also forced to protect Qin Qingjue and others when necessary.

Afterwards, Ji Jingqiu did the same thing and found several teams of warriors to join forces with. He asked them to enter the forest on his behalf, search for the whereabouts of Qin Qingjue and others, and spread the news of his arrival in the forest.

Hope it has some effect.

In the end, Ji Jingqiu gave up the plan to go into the mountains. To save people, you don’t have to find your own people, the same goes for finding the enemy.

Compared to Qin Qingjue and others hiding in the mountains, he felt that it should be easier to find these warriors from Wanxiang Palace, Wuyoutian and other forces.

In the previous unexpected encounters, these people were either forcing warriors from other forces to enter dangerous areas to explore the way and search for treasures for them, or they were hunting. They had already regarded this holy land as their own territory and were very ostentatious.

"I'll give you a chance to get back at me. Find someone you know to come find me."

Ji Jingqiu dropped the warrior he had detained at the entrance earlier and spoke calmly, letting him flee in a panic, while he sat cross-legged on the spot with Qing Zhu across his knees.

Close your eyes and rest your mind.

Since entering this holy land, he noticed something strange.

It was as if there were thousands of threads connecting him from the void, pointing him to a portal leading to somewhere.

Suddenly.

Ji Jingqiu opened his eyes.

I don't know when a path appeared under my feet, leading to the depths of the forest ahead, winding all the way. There was light fog in the mountains, giving me a feeling of being in the middle of the clouds and not knowing where to go.

Ji Jingqiu felt as if he had entered a mysterious land. After hesitating for a moment and not noticing anything unusual, he followed his feeling and headed up along the path.

The end of the path is an ancient temple, which is simple and vicissitudes of life and has long been dilapidated. The outer walls are mottled, with blue bricks and stone tiles. Most of the windows around are broken, and some are entangled with vines, blocking part of the light.

The temple door was half-open. Ji Jingqiu looked up and saw that the hanging plaque was mostly blocked by vines and branches. It was not clear and he could only vaguely make out a few words.

Ji Jingqiu looked at it for a long while and confirmed that he couldn't understand it.

It's not his fault. There are countless civilizations in the universe, and writing is the cornerstone of civilization. The Hanging Holy Land is a relic of the Imperial Universe. He can't even recognize the writing of the various ethnic groups in Jiuzhou today, let alone the writing of the previous era.

But it’s not a big problem. It’s okay if he doesn’t understand it, as long as Lajiang can understand it.

[Are you losing your sense of distance from me? ]

As expected, Lajiang did not become his translator, but instead sneered and mocked him.

Ji Jingqiu was patient and did not mind the ridicule, even belittling himself, flattering La Jiang to enlighten her, which was a great self-sacrifice.

He comforted himself, thinking, as a descendant of the Buddha, if I don’t go to hell, who will?

But to be honest, he felt that Lajiang's human side had become more "stable" and she would show off her temper. It seemed that the transformation plan of the gods was going smoothly, but it was not ruled out that the bad woman might be acting to numb herself...

[You have arrived at the Hanging Holy Land, what else can it be? Of course it is the three words "Hanging Temple". 】

Even though he had expected it, Ji Jingqiu still couldn't help but looked weird after getting the confirmation from Lajiang.

According to the information he had previously discovered, the reason those people hunted down Qin Qingjue and others was to perform some kind of ritual to open the gate to the Hanging Holy Land and enter the legendary Hanging Temple.

In the end, I did nothing.

Did it come to the door on its own?
Is it true that all things are born from causes and conditions, and when the fate comes, no one can stop it?
Ji Jingqiu took the initiative to move forward with a carefree attitude and tried some guesses along the way. As he expected, the seemingly ordinary blue bricks and tiles were actually made of unpredictable materials. It was amazing that he had to struggle to crush a corner of it.

No wonder this holy place has stood for countless years and still exists, but it is no longer what it used to be in the long passage of time.

He walked into the temple. Compared with the Hanging Mountains, this temple was pitifully small, but it was the center of the entire Hanging Holy Land.

The temple was not empty. When Ji Jingqiu saw a figure with its back to him in the temple, he stopped and looked serious.

He was outside the temple before, but he didn't sense this person's presence at all.

The other person was not a human. Although he was wearing a monk's robe, the exposed skin was covered with golden animal hair. From the back, he looked like a...

Golden ape?

A golden old ape who is always accompanied by green lamps and ancient Buddhas?

Ji Jingqiu didn't know whether to advance or retreat for a moment. After seeing that the other party did not turn around to respond, he simply began to look at the layout of the temple.

The temple was quite plain, or rather shabby, and there was no sign that it was a holy place. Ji Jingqiu thought to himself that perhaps this was the legendary simplicity, a return to nature.

On the altar at the top, there was a stone Buddha statue sitting cross-legged. There was a hole in the roof above the Buddha statue, and light fell from there. The Buddha statue had obviously gone through many years, worn by wind and rain, with pits and holes all over its body. One could vaguely see its brows lowered and its eyes drooping on its blurred face.

It sits in half lotus position with left foot hanging down, left hand on navel, and right hand hanging down touching the ground.

What is strange is that this Buddha statue has the body of a monkey. Unlike most Buddha statues with lowered eyebrows and eyes, Lei Gong’s face shows an angry look, like a ferocious god rather than a Buddha statue.

To be honest, this was the first temple Ji Jingqiu had seen.

Although there is the inheritance of the Buddha in the Federation, there are no Buddhist temples. If you have to say, there should be one under the jurisdiction of the Supreme True Buddha Sect, but the Mu family and the Federation did not build a temple for Marshal Mu.

In other words, Mu Shuai didn't want it.

[The temple is a prison, trapped in the four corners of the sky, it is difficult to calm my heart]

This was the attitude of Mu Shuai at the time, and this attitude directly influenced the federation of later generations, resulting in the fact that although there was a lineage of the Buddha in the federation, the construction of temples was not popular.

Seeing that he didn't find anything strange in the temple, Ji Jingqiu's gaze fell again on the old ape who had his back to him, head lowered, and hands clasped together.

After a moment, he sighed softly.

It turns out it was just a shell.

The old ape had already passed away, and all that was left here was a shell of flesh.

Ji Jingqiu examined the temple with his Bodhi wisdom eyes, but did not find anything unusual, and couldn't help feeling a little confused.

So what exactly guided me here?
At this moment, he seemed to see the old ape in front of him stand up, turn around and look at him. Those vicissitudes of life eyes that seemed to have witnessed and accommodated everything in the world looked at him quietly, with his hands clasped together and chanting Buddhist scriptures in a low voice.

It asks:

"Dare to ask me Buddha..."

……

In the inner world, the Bodhi tree sways gently, casting endless clear light.

The guardian deity outside the Pure Land stood up, clasped his hands together, and looked sad.

Even Hela leaned forward, as if she had seen something incredible.

[A... Buddhist fighting Buddha? ]

……

Ji Jingqiu's heart was shocked, and there were countless scenes in front of his eyes, as if he was looking through the old ape's eyes and seeing all kinds of things that happened countless years ago.

That is... the suspended holy land before the catastrophe!
It was completely different from the hanging mountains he had seen before.

There are tens of thousands of peaks in the Hanging Mountains, and there are temples on every peak!

There are thousands of temples hanging in the air, and the brilliant lights make the night brighter than the day. Countless believers walk among them, and the fire of faith burns on the mountains like infinite light.

Ji Jingqiu was shocked. Is this the real suspended holy land? !
With thousands of temples standing side by side, it is indeed a pure land of Buddhism!
What about the old ape?
He subconsciously turned around and saw a dilapidated temple, a baby monkey, and a half-dead Bodhi tree planted at the entrance of the temple.

The curious young monkey broke into a temple. There was no Buddha or Bodhisattva in the temple, only the statue of an old monk who had passed away.

The young monkey hesitated for a long time, but could not bear its curiosity and walked forward to touch the old monk. Unexpectedly, the old monk suddenly chanted the Buddha's name, and instantly turned into smoke and ashes. Only a monk's robe was left. The young monkey was so scared that he stood there in a daze. After he recovered, he saw that there was only a cushion, a wooden fish, a Buddhist scripture and a monk's robe in front of him.

The sound of Buddhist chanting seemed to awaken its intelligence. After that, the young monkey sat on the cushion, beating the wooden fish carefully and studying the Buddhist scriptures.

This reading will last for a hundred years.

From a young ape to an old ape, it didn't know when it put on a monk's robe and regarded itself as a Buddhist disciple. It studied Buddhism every day and tempered its mind. It really showed some spirit.

During this period, it did not forget to water the half-dead and half-thriving Bodhi tree at the entrance of the temple every day, but after a hundred years, the Bodhi tree did not change much, just like this dilapidated temple.

Until this day, the old ape opened his eyes and stared at the wooden fish that was suddenly broken by it, with a solemn expression.

This scene was recorded in the Buddhist scriptures left by the old monk. It was a sign of the coming catastrophe.

It looked back outside the temple and murmured:

"Could it be that a catastrophe is about to happen..."

It was also on this day that it decided to go out to seek Buddha's advice and save itself from the great calamity.

It took off its monk's robes and walked into the Hanging Mountain. Seeing the numerous temples and the glorious Buddhas, it was overjoyed and danced with joy, thinking that it was saved.

It could not wait to run to the top of one mountain after another, but saw thousands of temples hanging in the air, with brilliant lights and all the Buddhas with lowered brows. They did not talk about Buddhist principles, dependent origination, or Zen, but only about eliminating bad karma.

they said--

Evil karma is the root of everything, and if you want to eliminate evil karma, you must make offerings to the Buddha, support the monks, donate money, land, and yourself. This is called eliminating wealth and eliminating disasters, and suffering losses and gaining blessings...

There are tens of thousands of temples on Xuanshan Mountain, all of them are magnificent and golden, and all of them are "holy places".

The old ape walked through mountain after mountain, passed by temple after temple, but his expression became more and more dazed.

It worshipped thousands of Buddha statues, but no Buddha was willing to save it.

Or maybe, it just didn't find the real Buddha?
Gradually, it began to doubt, if Buddha does not save people but requires people to save themselves, then what is the point of Buddha?
Finally, it returned to the starting point, the dilapidated temple in the mountains, where it was silent, accompanied by the green lamps and ancient Buddhas. It felt that perhaps it had read the Buddhist teachings incorrectly.

It was reading Buddhist teachings again, flipping through the Buddhist scripture that had long been torn apart by it.

I don’t know how many springs, summers, autumns and winters have passed since I read this.

Until one day, this dilapidated little temple hidden deep in the mountains actually welcomed guests, both Buddhist believers and refugees.

The old ape took them in, provided them with mountain fruit and stream water, and listened to their description of the scene outside the mountain. It turned out that a great catastrophe had begun. The powerful people in the world attacked each other, and the creatures from outer space invaded. The world was in ruins, and even the gods and Buddhas in the sky had fallen in numbers...

Listening to their description, the old ape was surprised and asked:

"What about the Ten Thousand Buddhas? Didn't they protect the human world?"

Thousands of Buddhas hanging in the air?

Someone replied bitterly that the Hanging Ten Thousand Temples were just one of the countless "powerful" people in the world, and were fighting with another "Buddha land" for the future. They could not care about those who did not worship Buddha. Even those who worshipped Buddha would not be protected if they did not have "merit", and would only have "resources".

At that moment, the old monkey looked dazed and came to the outside of the temple in a daze.

It could not see the miserable situation in the world, but it saw the Bodhi tree that had not improved but was becoming more and more withered despite its long-term watering.

As if the human world.

At this moment, it finally understood and murmured, "So this is the true infinite calamity."

Where did the catastrophe begin?

It starts from the sky, it starts from the sky, it starts from the human heart, it starts from hanging in the air, there is no place that is not a disaster!

It left the temple to the believers and went down the mountain again to witness the real infinite kalpa.

This time, it traveled to countless places. Through its perspective, Ji Jingqiu saw the real infinite calamity. It was not the final scene of the destruction of countless worlds, but the scene before the calamity began.

The most terrifying thing about the invasion of the ocean of the mind is not the virtual disaster, but the arrival of countless "evil demons" as "pioneers", invading and subverting countless civilizations, and reaping the souls of all realms!
In that rolling catastrophe of the times, the stars were extinguished, the worlds collapsed, and the Imperial Universe was heading towards extinction.

The old ape traveled around, saving those who could be saved in silence, and sent them to live in the mountains and forests where the ruined temple was.

But one day, the people from the Hanging Ten Thousand Temples came, smashed its temples, destroyed its mountain gates, cut down its Bodhi trees, slandered it, and robbed the people of the Ten Thousand Temples. Then they forcibly took away all the refugees and sent them to the "Buddha Land" to serve as the foundation of the Buddhist country.

That day, it seemed to be laughing and crying, and its expression was sometimes compassionate, sometimes solemn, and sometimes angry.

It stood in the dilapidated temple, looked back, and seemed to see Ji Jingqiu behind it, and murmured.

The voice was not loud, but it murmured clearly in Ji Jingqiu's ears:

"I dare to ask my Buddha, there are evil demons who use the name of Buddha to do evil things, pollute my Buddha land, destroy my Buddhist teachings, distort my scriptures, destroy my righteous rules, and fool the people's faith...

What should I do? "

It was not until this moment that Ji Jingqiu woke up from his dream as if from a long dream.

He looked up and saw that in the temple, which originally had no Buddha or Bodhisattva, there was a clay Buddha statue. The Buddha had the body of a monkey, but the face of a furious Vajra, and he never lowered his head.

That is the Buddha in the hearts of all people.

It is rumored that the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the temples all lower their heads and look down, and do not look at sentient beings. It is because of the suffering of sentient beings that if they saw them, they would not be able to help but want to save the world. However, once they enter the world to save the world, they will also suffer and overcome the disaster like sentient beings.

At this moment, Ji Jingqiu seemed to understand a little bit of Mu Shuai's mood when he heard the words he left in the past.

The Western Paradise is out of reach, and the temples are too deep and secluded. Only the hearts of all living beings are the place where karma arises and ends, and it is also where my heart can find peace.

If this is the case, what is the use of temples?

The four-cornered prison imprisons my heart and the hearts of all living beings.

Buddha does not lower his eyebrows, but I do.

He seemed to have sensed part of Mu Shuai's state of mind across time and space, and suddenly an unspeakable feeling welled up in his heart.

He heard the old ape's murmur again.

[Dare to ask me, Buddha, when a great catastrophe is about to happen and evil demons take over the Dao, what should I do? ]

naturally--

"Conquer the devil!"

next moment.

The withered Bodhi tree that was cut down outside the temple suddenly began to shine brightly!

The old ape took off his monk's robe and put it on inside out, strode out of the temple and walked into the mountains. The face of Thunder God showed the anger of Ming Wang and the wrath of Vajra.

A ray of Buddha's light bloomed behind its head and appeared among the mountains. The brilliant Buddha's light flowed upstream like a waterfall, rushing into the sky, sweeping away Mahakala, shining brighter and brighter, becoming the real infinite light, dyeing the night sky. A holy and flawless white lotus bloomed at its feet.

Thirty-two white lotus flowers bloomed, giving birth to the supreme Buddhist Dharma.

The face of the Vajra is full of anger and infinite compassion.

And the thunderous roar that echoed through the mountains and resounded through the heavens and the earth:

"Conquer the devil!"

"Conquer the devil!"

"Conquer the devil!"

That night.

Ten thousand temples hanging in the air are not as good as one temple.

There will be more later...

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(End of this chapter)