Chapter 274: Willpower? Resentment!
"It would be best if we could destroy this world! If not, then at least we should send those wronged souls back to the underworld!" Nezha said without any hesitation.
Li Anran said: "These wronged souls themselves constitute the foundation of the Meng Realm. Without them, the Meng Realm will collapse in an instant."
Nezha was overjoyed and clapped his hands, saying, "That's great! This saves us a lot of trouble!"
Li Anran reminded: "Tathagata has spent so much effort in Mengjie. If Mengjie is destroyed, he will definitely not let it go."
Nezha didn't care at all and said, "If he won't give up, then don't give up. Why should I be afraid of him? The cycle of life and death is the order of the three realms, and it should be managed by the underworld. It's not his turn to show false mercy there! I..."
As he was speaking, Nezha seemed to suddenly think of something, and paused, looking at Li Anran suspiciously: "Li Anran, you are not afraid, are you?"
Li Anran said: "Yes! That's Tathagata, the Buddha. If we destroy the Mengjie, we will offend him to death. Of course I am afraid!"
Nezha: “…” No, why don’t you play by the rules?
Nezha snorted coldly, crossed his hands in front of his chest, and said with disdain: "If you are afraid, just leave! I will do it myself!"
Li Anran couldn't help but roll his eyes.
I always feel that your provocation is an insult to my IQ!
Li Anran said unhappily, "You do it yourself? Do you have the strength to do it? Do you know how to break the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation? Can you fight your way out of the Lingjiu Cave? I'm afraid that as soon as you start, you'll be blocked by Tathagata in the Meng Realm! By then, not only will you not be able to rescue the wronged souls, but you'll also be trapped yourself!"
Nezha was speechless and a little angry: "That's none of your business! Since you won't help me, I will find a way myself!"
Li Anran: “…” What the hell is this arrogance with a hint of grievance?
Li Anran stopped teasing Nezha and said seriously: "If I didn't want to help you, I wouldn't be here! Nezha, there's often only a fine line between bravery and recklessness! I said so much just to make you see the whole picture."
"If we just rescue the souls that Li Jing killed as we planned, Tathagata will only be angry and hate you and me in his heart. He will not say anything publicly and will even be fair and selfless and ask the Jade Emperor to severely punish Li Jing."
"But if we rescue all the wronged souls and destroy the Meng Realm, Tathagata will be furious. It's hard to say what he will do! You have to think it through!"
"I want to rescue all the wronged souls!"
Nezha still did not hesitate at all and said, "It would be fine if I didn't know about the Mengjie, but now that I know all this, I can't just sit back and do nothing! I don't care what Tathagata will do, I just know that I must do this!"
Li Anran looked at Nezha who looked determined and laughed: "Then let's rescue them all."
Nezha during the Conferred Gods catastrophe was not loved by his parents since childhood and was regarded by the people of Chentangguan as a disaster star that brought drought. However, he was unconditionally protected and pampered by Taiyi Tianzun. It can be said that he became an out-and-out naughty child, and a naughty child with amazing destructive power, who caused many disasters.
But after experiencing the battle against King Zhou, he had completely transformed.
Now Nezha is loyal, honest, kind, hates evil, and cares about the people...
Although he still has some shortcomings, he is definitely a qualified god, someone you can trust your life with!
This kind of friend is worth making close friends with and worth going through thick and thin for!
Not to mention, offending Tathagata is just a bit of trouble, far from being as serious as stabbing someone in the back!
"The Ten Thousand Immortals Formation was deduced by Master Tongtian from the Great Zhoutian Star Formation. It is essentially not much different from the Great Zhoutian Star Formation."
"The core of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array is the Tai Yin and Tai Yang. The Wan Xian Array combines the Tai Yin and Tai Yang into one. The center of the array is the tallest pagoda in the middle. As long as we kill the Buddha guarding the array and destroy the pagoda, the Wan Xian Array will naturally break."
"But, the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation is a formation within a formation, one layer within another. If you want to destroy the pagoda, you need to first break the formation within the formation where it is located."
"In order to make the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation more compatible with the Buddha Kingdom in his palm, Tathagata made some modifications to the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, changing the Tai Chi, Liang Yi, Si Xiang and San Cai Formation that protected the center of the formation into a Buddha Formation..."
Li Anran introduced the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation to Nezha.
Nezha listened very carefully and nodded slightly from time to time.
He was pretending.
Nezha could still understand the previous content, but when it came to the specific level of the formation, he was completely confused.
Li Anran noticed the helplessness emanating from Nezha's heart and stopped.
After three or five seconds, Nezha came back to his senses and nodded vigorously: "So that's it! I understand!"
Li Anran: “…” I haven’t even finished speaking!
Li Anran was too lazy to continue talking to Nezha, the reckless man, and jumped directly to the final conclusion: "The Meng Realm cannot use magic power. This is the case for us and the Buddha guarding here. When the day and night alternate and the pagoda gate is reopened, I will drive these wronged souls to riot and destroy the array within the array. We will take the opportunity to kill the Buddha, and the Ten Thousand Buddhas Array will be broken."
Meng Jie cannot use magic power, but he can use his soul. The power of his soul is even better than normal.
This is also the reason why these wronged souls can recite scriptures and chant Buddha’s name in the world of Meng just like living people.
"Okay." Nezha nodded vigorously again, his face full of approval.
But what Li Anran felt from Nezha's emotional fluctuations was rolling his eyes and complaining -
Why didn’t you say this earlier? Why make it so complicated!
Li Anran took a deep breath and calmed himself down.
He’s my own brother, I chose him myself, you can’t beat him to death!
The length of day and night in the Mengjie is different from that in the outside world. The pagoda has no windows and is completely dark. You cannot see the movement of the sun, moon and stars, and you cannot determine the time. You can only wait patiently.
Li Anran looked around and soon discovered that the four walls of the pagoda were covered with thumb-sized Sanskrit characters engraved on them, emitting a barely perceptible white light.
“Is this the Tripitaka of Mahayana Buddhism?!”
Li Anran was slightly stunned.
The teachings of Jiejiao suddenly flashed through my mind.
Education is for all, giving all living beings a glimmer of hope!
Although Duobao Taoist has transformed himself into a Buddha and become the Tathagata of Lingshan, the shadow of Jiejiao still remains in his bones.
The three true Mahayana Buddhist scriptures are the glimmer of hope that Tathagata left for these wronged souls!
If these wronged souls could calm down and comprehend the true scriptures , it might be possible for them to become Buddhas right away.
but……
Tormented by violence and resentment, these wronged souls have little reason and patience left, and only a few of them can notice the Sanskrit words on the wall!
And the number of people whom we notice and recognize is even smaller!
Li Anran felt that it was unlikely that anyone could understand it thoroughly!
This glimmer of hope seems to be just a pretense and doesn't seem genuine!
Time passed by minute by minute, and less than two hours had passed.
The Vajra King who was guarding the pagoda turned into two golden lights and disappeared, and two more Vajra King reliefs appeared on the pagoda gate.
Then, the tower door slowly opened. The wronged souls could no longer bear being locked up in such a small place, and they rushed out in a swarm.
The moment he stepped out of the tower, he was influenced by the Buddha's light and Sanskrit sound. He clasped his hands together, looked pious and respectful, and began to recite Buddhist scriptures.
Li Anran nodded towards Nezha and used the power of his soul to perform the "Conscript the Spirits and Dispatch the Generals" technique.
The ability to summon spirits and generals was the first magical power Li Anran learned, but he had hardly used it over the years.
At first, it was because he had no use for it in heaven, and later it was because he was too powerful and could not use it.
At this moment, in this Meng world, it is just right to summon spirits and send generals!
A moment.
The power of the soul swept across the entire Meng world.
A faint green light appeared in the eyes of the ghosts.
Their pious look with their hands clasped together remained unchanged, and they still lined up according to the time they arrived at Mengjie. The first ones to arrive sat cross-legged near the pagoda, while the later ones sat cross-legged on the periphery.
The Buddha, who was in charge of guarding the Meng Realm, did not notice anything unusual.
When the wronged souls walked out of the pagoda, he sat cross-legged on the pagoda in the center as usual, projecting his shadow between heaven and earth, forming a huge Buddha shadow standing tall.
After the wronged souls sat down, they chanted Buddhist scriptures.
Strands of wish power gathered into the pagoda in front of them, and then converged towards the central pagoda along the golden thread in the void that was imperceptible to the naked eye.
"Namo Amitabha."
The Buddha placed his hands together in front of his chest and used the Buddha's light and Sanskrit sounds to mobilize these wishes, which gathered towards the six-foot-tall golden body in the pagoda.
At this moment, something strange happened.
In the pagoda, wisps of black mist suddenly emerged from the six-foot-tall golden statue that was shining with golden light and emitting seven-colored mist.
The expression of the six-foot-tall golden statue also changed, from majestic and solemn to weird and resentful, as if the Buddha had transformed into a demon, which was terrifying.
"No! This is not the power of will!"
The Buddha's face suddenly changed, and he cried out, "This is resentment!"
Before he finished speaking, countless wronged souls sitting around the pagoda in the entire Meng Realm suddenly raised their heads and looked at him in unison. Their faces were no longer reverent and respectful, but instead had a half-smile on them: "Buddha is merciful! You sacrificed your life to feed the eagle! We are so grateful!"
The Buddha's heart trembled, and he felt a chill rising from the bottom of his heart.
It’s not because these wronged souls are so scary!
With his strength, even if there were ten times more wronged souls, he would be able to destroy them all!
But it’s because of his six-foot-tall golden body!
The six-foot-tall golden body can absorb the power of incense and vows, and can also absorb hostility and resentment.
Most of the time, the power of incense and vows and resentment are actually entangled with each other.
——When people burn incense and pray for blessings and wishes, they will more or less feel dissatisfied and resentful about reality.
Therefore, when the Buddha, Bodhisattva and Arhat are refining the six-foot-tall golden body, they need to first separate the hostility and resentment, and use pure incense and vows to refine the golden body. The hostility and resentment will then condense into the demon-suppressing weapon in the hands of the six-foot-tall golden body, enhancing the weapon's lethality.
This kind of separation is difficult to achieve completely, so there will always be a trace of hostility and resentment in the six-foot-tall golden body. Once it gets out of control, it will go astray.
This can be said to be one of the biggest flaws of the 10-foot-tall golden body.
The most precious thing about the Meng Realm is that under the control of the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda, these wronged souls contribute the purest incense and vows, which not only saves them the process of stripping away their own hostility and resentment, but also does not cause any hidden dangers.
This is also the reason why the Buddha dared to directly channel his vows into the six-foot-tall golden body.
But now, Li Anran used the technique of summoning spirits to control these wronged souls, and replaced the power of incense and vows with the resentment and anger in their bodies.
The Buddha was caught off guard and poured all his resentment and anger into his six-foot-tall golden body.
Almost in an instant.
The six-foot-tall golden body was completely eroded by violence and resentment, and directly transformed from a Buddha's body into a demon's body.
The six-foot-tall golden body was connected to the primordial spirit. When the golden body turned into a demon, the Buddha was instantly counterattacked. Strands of black lines spread from his brow like a spider web and instantly covered his entire body.
An uncontrollable murderous rage rushed straight to the Buddha's mind. His eyes were red, his face was ferocious, and a violent murderous intent to destroy everything rose in his heart.
Bang!
Without any hesitation, the Buddha slapped his own chest with his backhand, and a mouthful of black blood spurted out.
Black blood spilled on the pagoda, making a hissing sound. Wisps of black mist rose up and turned into hideous ghost faces in mid-air, then gradually dissipated under the Buddha's light.
The black lines on the Buddha's body faded a little, and his eyes regained some clarity.
"If you want to obtain the Pure Land, you should purify your mind. When your mind is pure, the Buddha's land will be pure..."
The Buddha did not care about the reason why all this happened. He immediately put his hands together and started chanting.
He can liberate the souls of tens of thousands of wronged souls in an instant, but when the resentment of tens of thousands of wronged souls rushes in together, even if he has attained Buddhahood, he will not be able to resist it!
If you are not careful, not only will you go astray and change your character, but all your countless years of hard work will also be wasted!
He could only pray that the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda would protect him and that the Buddha would be able to detect the changes in the Meng Realm as soon as possible and come...
Snap! Snap! Snap!
Before he could finish his thought, loud noises came from all around.
Black lines appeared on the surrounding pagodas, and countless black mists rose up, turning the entire world into a gray area.
The pagoda lost its luster at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning from its golden splendor to gray-black. Cracks spread from the bottom of the pagoda upwards, and countless glazed tiles shattered and fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.
not good!
The Buddha was horrified.
Although he is the Buddha who has been guarding the Mongolian world for a hundred years, the word "guarding" is just talk. In fact, he has made contributions to Buddhism and this is the reward he got!
He only knew the effect of the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda, but did not really understand the Ten Thousand Buddha Formation. He also never thought that there would be someone who would dare to touch the tiger's whiskers and attack the Mengjie!
However, looking at the scene before him, he also knew that something was wrong!
I’m afraid this Thousand Buddha Pagoda can’t hold on any longer!
"All sentient beings, from the beginningless past, have been in a cycle of birth and death, all because they do not know the true mind that always exists, the pure and bright nature..."
The Buddha recited the scriptures faster and faster, trying his best to suppress his resentment and anger. At the same time, he took out his magical weapon and was ready to take action at any time.
But before he could react.
There was a sudden pain in my chest.
The Buddha lowered his head as much as he could and saw only the tip of a spear and a red tassel.
Is this the end?
The Buddha's eyes went dark and he felt extremely unwilling, but he was powerless to change anything.
Lingshan.
At the Great Leiyin Temple, Tathagata was preaching to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas when he suddenly felt a palpitation and stopped.
Next second.
Tathagata realized that the Meng Realm had been destroyed!
"Evil creature! How dare you!"
Tathagata showed a look of anger, and without even bothering to say anything more to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, he simply disappeared.
Only the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were left looking at each other, at a loss as to what to do.
