Chapter 255 Love
Li Anran opened the biography of the Laughing Buddha, and pictures suddenly emerged in his mind.
The northern part of the prehistoric world.
On the vast grassland.
A ferocious beast with round eyes, fangs and covered with fur was on the verge of death. It poured all its energy into a wisp of sexual energy and gave birth to the first rabbit in the world, which was once the Long-eared Dingguang Immortal and is now the Happy Buddha.
Chang'er Dingguangxian is not a congenital creature. Although he has obtained all the spirit, energy and spirit of the unknown ferocious beast, he only has the strength of a celestial immortal and his aptitude can only be said to be average.
In addition, it was the end of the first calamity of the dragon and phoenix at that time. A celestial being without an innate spiritual treasure was at the bottom of the prehistoric world and was in danger of being killed and eaten at any time!
Fortunately, Chang'er Dingguangxian inherited the innate talent of the ferocious beast and was born with an extremely keen sense of danger. He was often able to avoid danger before it came.
During this process, Chang'er Dingguangxian discovered that a beautiful, harmless and cute appearance is not only helpful in finding a backer, but also can make the enemy relax their vigilance and allow him to turn defeat into victory.
So, when all living beings were trying their best to make their bodies bigger, stronger and more ferocious, Chang'er Dingguangxian began to purposefully temper his body in the opposite way.
He no longer pursued physical strength. Instead, he retracted the fangs in his mouth and the claws on his feet, making his body petite and cute, his hair shiny and smooth, his ears longer and longer, and his perception sharper and sharper.
“…Awesome!”
Li Anran was stunned. He never expected that the Long-eared Dingguang Immortal could do such a thing.
And what happened afterwards proved that Chang'er Dingguangxian's decision was not only correct, but also brought unexpected gains!
After having a cute and harmless appearance, Chang'er Dingguangxian began a life of sucking up to powerful people and running away when he saw the situation was not good.
From tiger monsters to leopard monsters, from Qiongqi to Pixiu, from black unicorns to white jade unicorns, even the long-eared Dingguang fairy once fled to a seven-clawed golden dragon as a beast.
Although he encountered danger several times during this period, he managed to escape narrowly each time.
By the time the first calamity of the dragon and phoenix was over, Chang'er Dingguangxian's cultivation had broken through to the realm of Xuanxian. He also clung to the thigh of the leader of the beasts, Qilin, and retreated to Mount Buzhou with the Qilin clan.
It was not until the eve of Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi taking the Qilin clan to establish their power that Chang'er Dingguangxian escaped from Buzhou Mountain and ran all the way to Kunlun Mountain, and like most prehistoric creatures, he sought the protection of the Three Pure Ones.
Logically speaking, given Chang'er Dingguangxian's cultivation qualifications and the late time he arrived at Kunlun Mountain, it was impossible for him to become a direct disciple of Jiejiao, let alone become one of the seven attendant immortals.
but……
Who made him so handsome?
Tongtian Jiaozhu had originally decided not to accept any more disciples, but when he saw Chang'er Dingguang Xian for the first time, he changed his mind and accepted Chang'er Dingguang Xian as his last disciple despite the opposition of Yuanshi Tianzun.
Li Anran: "...Isn't it possible that Master Tongtian is a plush lover?"
When Patriarch Tongtian was recruiting disciples in Kunlun Mountain, the Three Sky Zhao Gongming and Luo Xuan, who would later become famous outer disciples of Jiejiao, were all there, but he did not choose any of them and only made them outer disciples.
Instead, he accepted the Qiushou Immortal, Lingya Immortal, Chang'er Dingguang Immortal and other people with similar cultivation as his disciples, and let them follow him around and become the seven attendants of the immortals.
Li Anran strongly suspected that Master Tongtian was not recruiting disciples at all, but raising pets, and the more pets he had, the more obsessed he became!
This got to the point where Yuanshi Tianzun couldn't stand it anymore and the Three Pure Ones split up.
There is nothing much to say about what happened after that.
Chang Er Ding Guang Xian stayed beside Tong Tian Jiao Zhu and served him until the Conferred Gods calamity. Tong Tian Jiao Zhu's pet...
Pooh!
There were heavy casualties among the disciples!
The Patriarch Tongtian was furious and first set up the Zhuxian Formation. After being defeated, he gathered his disciples to set up the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, vowing to seek justice from Yuanshi Tianzun and Laozi.
At this time, under the careful training of Patriarch Tongtian, Chang'er Dingguangxian had already reached the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal and was deeply loved by Patriarch Tongtian.
Therefore, Master Tongtian handed the Six Soul Banner to Chang'er Dingguangxian as his final trump card.
However, he did not expect that the long-eared Dingguang fairy was a rabbit that could not be tamed, and could only share wealth but not adversity.
Since birth, we have been accustomed to choosing the right tree to rest in.
After realizing that Master Tongtian had reached the end of his road, Chang'er Dingguangxian decisively abandoned Master Tongtian and surrendered to Yuanshi Tianzun with the Six Soul Banner.
Yuanshi Tianzun's cold attitude made him realize that he, a traitor, was not welcome in the Xuanmen, so when Jie Yin Zhunti recruited him, he decisively clung to the strong thigh of Western Religion.
After the Conferred God Ceremony was over, Jie Yin and Zhunti spent a huge sum of gold to buy horse bones and not only conferred him the title of Happy Buddha, but also gave him the Six Soul Banner, as well as many treasures such as the golden lotus seeds of merit, the Six Pure Bamboos, etc.
Afterwards, Randang led the elites of the Chan school, such as Cihang, Manjusri, Samantabhadra, Julusun, etc., to convert to Western Buddhism and became the leader of Theravada Buddhism and the Buddha.
The long-eared Dingguang fairy decisively clung to Randang's thigh again.
Compared to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Medicine Buddha and other direct disciples of Guanyin Cundi, Dipankara is an outsider, so naturally he has to form a group with outsiders such as Manjushri, Samantabhadra, and even Laughing Buddha.
As a result, Chang'er Dingguangxian became a Buddha ranked high in Theravada Buddhism, and took advantage of the opportunity to break through to the Daluo Jinxian.
It can be said that Chang'er Dingguangxian made progress step by step, and broke through to the Daluo Jinxian with ordinary qualifications, entirely relying on the accumulation of resources!
And all these resources were obtained by him constantly standing on the right side!
But, if you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet.
When Duobao transformed himself into a Buddha and became the leader of Mahayana Buddhism, Sakyamuni Tathagata, and competed with Dipankara for the position of the Buddha, Chang'er Dingguangxian stood on the wrong side and, as the vanguard of Dipankara's lackey, he vigorously suppressed the Mahayana Buddhism Tathagata.
This time, Chang Er Ding Guang Xian was not unaware of the crisis in advance, but he took the strong sense of crisis from Tathagata as a threat to his position in Lingshan.
Originally, he was the only disciple of Jiejiao who had voluntarily converted to Buddhism in the Western Religion. He was highly regarded by Buddhism and enjoyed the best resources.
Duobao's arrival not only made him no longer the special one!
Moreover, as the eldest senior brother of Jiejiao, Duobao crushes him in every aspect, whether in terms of status, talent, cultivation or qualifications!
Chang'er Dingguangxian did not realize that Tathagata would one day become the Buddha of Buddhism, and his offense against Tathagata itself was the source of his sense of crisis!
Afterwards, Tathagata became the Buddha of Buddhism, Dipankara became the ancient Buddha, and Chang'er Dingguangxian, Dipankara's loyal lackey and the top-ranked Buddha, became a marginal figure in Lingshan.
What is lost is not only the empty status and position, but also the huge amount of incense offerings and the benefits gained from the Buddhist fortune.
The latter is related to the cultivation of the "Six-foot-tall Golden Body".
Although Chang'er Dingguangxian has the Six Soul Banner, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, in his hand, he himself is not good at the law of cause and effect. He can't even sacrifice and refine the Six Soul Banner, let alone use it to behead corpses.
The six-foot-tall golden body is his only hope to break through by beheading corpses!
The long-eared Dingguang immortal was naturally very anxious, but he had offended Mahayana Buddhism severely before, and he himself was not particularly special, so he could not even get close to Tathagata!
Until a few days ago, the long-eared Dingguang immortal accidentally heard from the novice monk beside Randeng that Yang Jian had imprisoned Guanyin in the Heavenly Prison for ten days in the name of the Heavenly Laws and Regulations.
This gave Chang'er Dingguangxian an opportunity to please Guanyin and Tathagata.
So, he used the fox demon to attack San Sheng Mun, hoping that San Sheng Mun would be tempted by worldly desires and violate the heavenly rules like Yao Ji, in order to humiliate Yang Jian.
In order to save Yao Ji, Yang Jian once carried a mountain to chase the sun and split the mountain to save his mother.
Now that his sister has also fallen in love with a mortal, no matter whether Yang Jian enforces the law impartially, chooses to cover up for her, or does nothing, he will lose face and become a laughing stock in the three realms.
Chang'er Dingguangxian only thought that he had considered everything and was very proud of his plan. He had no idea that he had fallen into Ran Deng's trap and became a discarded pawn in Ran Deng's hands.
Li Anran, however, noticed a clue.
"These old foxes are really cunning. They always hide behind and let others take the lead!"
This is what Kunpeng did when he was plotting against the demon clan!
He never does anything himself, but just takes advantage of the situation to push things forward!
In comparison, Randeng's methods are slightly worse!
If it were Kunpeng, the Long-eared Dingguang Immortal would not have learned about Guanyin from the novice monk in Yuanjue Cave, but from a person who had nothing to do with Randang!
Due to insufficient information, Li Anran did not know that Randeng had a deeper plan behind this!
What Li Anran was thinking more about was why Ran Deng would secretly instigate the Chang'er Dingguangxian to do such a thing ?
The direct reason must be that Yang Jian imprisoned Guanyin in the Heavenly Prison, which damaged the reputation of Buddhism. Randeng was dissatisfied with Yang Jian, but did not want to be too involved, so he deliberately let Chang'er Dingguangxian be the knife.
If it works, he can profit from it.
Even if he loses, it has nothing to do with him, and it can still give Tathagata a headache.
A guaranteed profit.
There are two indirect reasons.
The first is that Yang Jian had been holding on to the Golden-Winged Peng Eagle before, and the Golden-Winged Peng Eagle was the second disciple of Randang.
The second reason is that Yang Jian is the biggest rival of Li Jing, the eldest disciple of Ran Deng, in the Heavenly Palace. As long as Yang Jian falls, Li Jing will definitely be able to make further progress.
As Li Anran's thoughts turned, the life of Chang'er Dingguangxian had also come to an end.
Li Anran took out the Six Soul Banner, sat cross-legged, held his hands in a cinnabar shape, and placed the Six Soul Banner in his palms.
Chang'er Dingguangxian was not good at the law of cause and effect. From the beginning to the end, he had been using the Six Soul Banner by chanting spells and casting magic, and he could only bring out the most basic effects of the Six Soul Banner.
Li Anran is completely different!
He has the memories of his past lives and knows the future lives of all beings in the Three Realms. He also has the Book of Punishment for Evil, which allows him to observe the past of criminals and gain a deep understanding of the law of cause and effect.
It is impossible to refine the Six Soul Banner in a short period of time, but with the method of using the Six Soul Banner in the memory of Chang'er Dingguangxian, it is more than enough to break the influence of the Six Soul Banner on the Three Holy Mothers.
"Heaven and earth, gods, humans, ghosts, insects, scales, hairs, feathers, and birds..."
Li Anran silently chanted a spell and used his mind to guide the magic power into the Six Soul Banner.
Buzz!
The Six Soul Banner trembled slightly and floated in the void. Six-colored light flowed, thousands of mists rose, and countless strange visions appeared.
The dark lines on the back kept crisscrossing and rotating, faintly showing the images of the six realms of reincarnation, and the images of sentient beings in the three realms kept appearing and disappearing.
The two words "Yang Chan", the name of the Third Holy Mother on the front, slowly lit up, casting the shadow of the Third Holy Mother in the air.
Lines of cause and effect that were originally invisible and intangible appeared on the phantom of the Three Holy Mothers, densely packed and endless. Some were so tiny that they were barely noticeable, while others were as thick as a hair and visible to the naked eye.
Of the three thickest ones, one stretched towards the direction of the Temple of the God of Justice. It was obvious that it was Yang Jian.
The other two extended towards the direction of Mount Hua in the southern continent of the mortal world. One should be Yao Ji, and the other should be Liu Yanchang.
The causal line connecting Liu Yanchang is obviously lighter in color. It looks as if countless causal lines were twisted into one, giving people an uncomfortable feeling.
And there is another causal line that has been artificially altered like this, which leads to...
"Damn! This bastard is really not afraid of death! He even wants to use the Six Soul Banner to plot against me!" Li Anran looked at the causal line pointing to him and started cursing.
He originally thought that the immortal Chang'er Dingguang forced him to marry the Third Holy Mother out of helplessness and rage.
Only now did he discover that Chang'er Dingguangxian not only used the Six Soul Banner to distort the causal relationship between San Shengmu and Liu Yanchang, he also wanted to connect San Shengmu's emotions to him and make San Shengmu fall in love with him as well!
"Disperse!"
Li Anran pinched his hands together and formed a talisman, controlling the Six Soul Banner to loosen and disperse the twisted causal line connecting Liu Yanchang little by little, and he was amazed in his heart.
The law of cause and effect is profound and mysterious. It is as difficult as ascending to heaven to comprehend even a little bit of it!
The Six Soul Banner can actually turn the virtual into the real and control the cause and effect line. I'm afraid it's not far from being an innate treasure!
No wonder Master Tongtian would regard it as a trump card to turn the tables and use it to deal with the other four saints and Jiang Ziya and Ji Fa, the two sons of destiny!
However, using this kind of magic weapon to arbitrarily manipulate cause and effect can easily backfire!
The reason why Chang'er Dingguang Immortal decisively betrayed Tongtian Sect Master in the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation was that he abused the cause and effect, and suffered the backlash of cause and effect!
Soon, Li Anran untangled the tangled cause and effect.
Only a barely perceptible thread of cause and effect remained between the Third Holy Mother and Liu Yanchang.
When Li Anran's spiritual consciousness touched it, he instantly understood the cause and effect between the Three Holy Mothers and Liu Yanchang.
It was pretty much the same as he had guessed before.
In his previous life, Liu Yanchang was a hunter in Huayin. He was soft-hearted when hunting and let a pregnant doe go, which led to his starvation to death at home.
When the Third Holy Mother learned about this, she felt pity for him and gave him some of her own merits, allowing him to be reborn into a good family.
In this life, Liu Yanchang was going to work as a Taoist priest in the Three Holy Mothers Temple on Mount Huashan for eighteen years after being rescued by the Three Holy Mothers after he fell off a cliff, to repay the Three Holy Mothers' kindness in two lifetimes. However, he was forced to have a bad fate by the Long-eared Dingguang Immortal!
If Li Anran had not appeared, the Third Holy Mother would have been imprisoned at the foot of Mount Hua for eighteen years because of Liu Yanchang!
After resolving the issue of Liu Yanchang, Li Anran began to unravel the abnormal causal relationship between himself and the Three Holy Mothers.
But gradually, his brows furrowed.
Li Anran discovered that there was something wrong with the causal relationship between him and the Third Holy Mother.
The matter of worldly desires is not entirely caused by the Long-eared Dingguang Immortal, but it exists in the first place!
