After leaving the holy land of Nalanda, you will reach the River of Forgetfulness.
I don't know who came up with this name.
Wangchuan is an extremely vast void continent, and its area is a trillion times larger than the area of ​​the Badayuan continent where Lu Yi drifted after arriving in the Supreme Primordial Heaven. Its fertile land, dense population, rich products, and beautiful scenery are the best in the Supreme Primordial Heaven.
Compared with the Wangchuan Continent, the Linghu Yunlu of the Linghu Clan, or the Tianlangqiu of the Dugu Clan, were inferior in all kinds of natural conditions.
A powerful person once mentioned that if the Supreme Primordial Heaven is regarded as a living person, then the Wangchuan Continent is the umbilical cord of this person in the mother's womb, which is the main way for the intake and discharge of chaotic energy and the growth of nutrition. Even after the Supreme Primordial Heaven was opened up, Wangchuan is still the core area illuminated by countless stars in the Supreme Primordial Heaven, which is related to the stability of the entire Supreme Primordial Heaven void and the integrity of the avenue. It is indeed very important and cannot be ignored.
Because of this, when the holy land of Nalanda was at its peak, Wangchuan was called the Buddhist kingdom on earth. The vast Wangchuan was inhabited by countless people, whether at home or in the monastery, all dressed in monk's clothes, working day and night without forgetting to recite scriptures and praise the Buddhas. The sky over the entire continent was always filled with countless incense, blue smoke rose, candlelight shone into the sky, Buddha statues were everywhere, and every family worshipped Bodhisattvas.
Because of this, after the destruction of the Nalanda Holy Land, Wangchuan was also severely cleansed by the Heavenly Court, basically carrying out a "great biological species replacement". The Heavenly Court's army slaughtered all the creatures in the entire Wangchuan, all those who were intelligent or had been influenced by the Buddha's rhyme, and then migrated countless groups of creatures from other stars in the Supreme Primordial Heaven, floating continents, etc., to fill this "umbilical cord of heaven and earth".
The Heavenly Court even cut off Wangchuan's path of cultivation. In the vast Supreme Taichu Heaven, there are countless fertile lands with dense populations, but only Wangchuan has no inheritance of any cultivation methods. Even for the most ordinary boxing and kicking, if anyone dares to practice it, he will be silently razed to the ground by the nine clans of the Heavenly Court guards.
Even reading and writing became a taboo in Wangchuan, and only a few ruling classes were qualified to teach in a small circle. In the vast Wangchuan, countless people lived in the most primitive tribes and villages, like uncivilized beasts, struggling to survive among the weeds and mud. Here, you can even see primitive scenes such as slash-and-burn farming and knotting ropes to record events.
In the void, the invisible shackles of the avenue and the web of laws tightly enveloped the entire Wangchuan River.
One after another, the sky patrolling chariots rumbled silently from hundreds or thousands of feet above the ground. On the ground, some ignorant men and women heard the thunderous roar of the chariots and could not help but shout loudly, "Thor patrolling the sky!" They knelt on the ground one by one and worshiped with fear and trepidation.
The laws of the world in Wangchuan have been tampered with. All the people, both men and women, are like wild animals. They go into heat in the spring, have intercourse within just half a month, and then conceive. After a few months, the fetus matures and is born.
Recently, pregnant women in Wangchuan have been giving birth collectively. The Heavenly Guards who are responsible for guarding Wangchuan have become busy these days, no matter how lazy they are on weekdays.
They wore armor that had not been taken care of for many days and was covered with a layer of fine rust, rode in chariots that had not been wiped for a long time and had squeaked on the axles, and urged the Pegasus that had not run for a long time and had become a little fat to move slowly in the sky. On each chariot, there was a gray bronze ancient mirror that sprayed a faint glow and swirled around.
The holy land of Nalanda was destroyed, and the Buddhist kingdom on earth in Wangchuan had long been slaughtered.
However, no one knows what the great Buddhist masters of the ancient Nalanda Temple did to the Wangchuan River. Although all the scriptures and books have been burned and all the monks have been slaughtered, the Buddhist charm has seeped into every mountain, every river, every grain of sand, and every drop of water in the Wangchuan River.
From time to time, there would be newborn babies reciting Buddhist scriptures, with golden flowers all over their bodies and the sound of Buddha surging around them, instantly becoming Buddhist arhats, heavenly kings, bodhisattvas... There were even a few times when the babies' talents were too monstrous, and who knows what secret hand of those great Buddhist powers was attracted. Some babies would jump out of the midwife's hands just after they were born, stride around the room, utter terrifying words, and instantly achieve a spotless golden body, almost comparable to the practice of the Buddha!
The original intention of Heaven was to make Wangchuan a dead place, and they were not willing to migrate their people to populate it.
However, Wangchuan was too important. It was the umbilical cord of heaven and earth. If it was turned into a dead zone, it would have terrible catastrophic consequences for the entire Supreme Primordial Heaven. Therefore, no matter how reluctant the three emperors Taichu, Taiwei, and Taiyi were, they still moved their people here and let them reproduce and thrive here.
They have used countless means to curb the development of the people here.
But every once in a while, there would always be a newborn baby who inherited the Buddhist tradition and mastered incredible powers... Therefore, whenever the pregnant women in Wangchuan gave birth collectively, the Heavenly Guards, who were usually lazy, would inevitably go out in full force as if facing a great enemy and patrol all directions. Once they found that a baby had abnormal signs, they would slaughter him along with his relatives, neighbors, and even the people of the entire village, tribe, and city.
Chariots were cruising in the void, and ancient bronze mirrors were illuminating the world, reflecting the images of countless creatures. A few guards who had done something last night were yawning lazily. The monk Sanzang, who was surrounded by the smell of blood, was followed by the white girl who looked no different from an ordinary beauty. They slowly broke through the high atmosphere and entered the Wangchuan River.
The Heavenly Court has set up countless early warning formations and prohibitions around the Wangchuan River.
Given the strictness of these formations, let alone a living person breaking in, even if a grain of sand, a wisp of breath, or even a shadow falls into the Wangchuan River, any tangible or intangible "concept" that breaks into the Wangchuan River from outside will alarm the early warning system here, causing countless guards to move and attack...
But countless years have passed...
The Holy Land of Nalanda has been destroyed for countless years, and the Wangchuan River has turned into a primitive wilderness for countless years. Even in the vast Supreme Taichu Heaven, countless stars, countless floating continents , and countless large and small forces, except for a very few behind-the-scenes bosses like Taichu, Taimi, and Taiyi, and similar senior emperors who participated in the battle to destroy the Holy Land of Nalanda, few people remember that there is such an important area as the Wangchuan River in this world.
The guards here, like those guarding the ruins of the ancient Nalanda Temple, have long been useless.
The word "lax military" is not enough to describe the chief of the guards here... They even secretly turned the countless resources that were replenished every year to repair and fill these early warning formations and prohibitions into their own private property, and secretly sent them to the black market to exchange for mountains of imperial money, countless fine wines and beautiful women, and all kinds of luxury items for their own enjoyment.
After all, it has been many years, countless years, and there has been no case of anyone, let alone a living person, even a ghost, breaking in.
In this case, why should we let these astronomical wealth be filled into the huge and endlessly consuming array, wasted in vain, and burned into a wisp of green smoke? Wouldn't it be better to exchange it for fine wine and women, so that the brothers can enjoy life to the fullest?
Therefore, Monk Sanzang and Lady Bai went straight in leisurely, without using any of the sneaking methods they had originally planned, and they entered the Wangchuan River so easily.
The huge Wangchuan River has magnificent natural scenery. It has experienced countless years of reproduction and development. No matter how the Heavenly Court has banned and suppressed the development of civilization in Wangchuan River, people's footprints have still covered every mountain and every river here. There are bonfires everywhere, smoke rising from cooking, and the smell of fireworks still rises stubbornly in every corner of Wangchuan River.
From time to time, a ray of Buddha's light would flash by in the depths of a mountain, and a faint sound of Sanskrit would be heard, which would immediately cause the guards to wail and curse, and they would helplessly drive their chariots over to investigate.
Generally speaking, such Buddha light and Sanskrit sound are fleeting and any investigation will only be fruitless.
But today, just as Monk Sanzang had just entered the Wangchuan River, several white lotuses suddenly emerged from a large lake near him. A white lotus blossomed in the middle, with a very thin ray of Buddha's light shooting straight into the sky. Suddenly, the sound of Sanskrit chanting rose into the sky, and a thumb-sized Buddha relic slowly rose into the air from the Buddha's light. Below the Buddha relic, a scarlet glazed ring knife circled and slashed, creating a magnificent and upright Buddha's light that slayed demons.
In a small town by the lake with a population of about 20,000 to 30,000, the sound of "wa wa" crying was endless. At the moment when the white lotus bloomed, at least hundreds of babies were born from their mothers' wombs at the same time.
One of the babies, who was born with a fat head and big ears, suddenly opened his eyes, and the first syllable that uttered from his mouth was not the cry of an ordinary baby, but an extremely clear word "Buddha"!
In the void, on several patrolling imperial guard chariots nearby, bronze mirrors simultaneously emitted dazzling bloody light, and sharp whistles rose to the sky. The imperial guards on the chariots were like chicken blood, and suddenly became energetic. They roared in low voices , not caring about driving the chariots, and used their magical powers one by one, rushing towards the town locked by the bloody light of the mirrors like mad dogs, and pounced on the simple hut where the baby was.
Monk Sanzang also saw the Buddha's light rising from the lake and heard the word "Buddha" uttered by the baby.
He raised his eyebrows and nodded with a look of sadness and joy: "Buddha has mercy on me. I never thought that those guys' tricks are still working today. However, no matter how much you care about... I said back then that your tricks are useless."
Monk Sanzang shook his head and sighed: "Look, look, if I hadn't come today, this kid would have to..."
"What should we do? This senior brother looks so familiar."
Behind Monk Sanzang, Lu Yu appeared silently like a ghost, frightening Monk Sanzang so much that he trembled.