Chapter 281 Zulong
The abyss of darkness.
Wutan sat casually on the black lotus of destruction, listening to the reports from the monsters.
The black-robed man stepped forward first, his face full of pride and excitement. "Buddha, ever since the death of the demon master Kunpeng, demons have been rampant in the three realms and it has become a mess. Ying Yao and I followed the orders of the Black Lotus Saint Envoy and established 762 strongholds in the four continents to accommodate those mortals and civilians who have suffered disasters. Now we have built 137 temples for the Buddha, and they are very popular."
The giant scorpion followed closely behind, saying, "Buddha, I was ordered by the Holy Envoy of the Black Lotus to recruit demons and monsters from all over the Three Realms, and used them as a restraint to train them strictly. Now, I have trained 239,642 elite demon soldiers, scattered throughout the Three Realms. As long as the Buddha gives an order, they can attack Lingshan at any time."
The six spiritual generals also spoke up, describing their own contributions: "The six of us, under the orders of the Black Lotus Saint Envoy, took advantage of the turmoil in the world to recruit many low-level mountain gods and land gods..."
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Wutan nodded from time to time, his face full of approval and satisfaction.
This praise and satisfaction is not only for the monsters in front of him, but also for the monkey!
At the beginning, the monkey strictly disciplined the monsters and demons under his command, eliminating the dross and retaining the essence, resulting in a large number of monsters either dying or escaping.
Black-robed Ying Yao and others had many complaints, and even suspected that the monkey was a spy sent by Tathagata, specifically to weaken their power.
Even though he used thundering measures and strictly ordered the monsters to treat the monkey with the same attitude as they treated him, the monsters were unwilling to obey in their hearts and no one gossiped about him behind his back.
But now, Monkey's original layout has begun to show results, and the power under his command has doubled in a snowball manner.
The attitudes of the people in black robes also changed 180 degrees. They called him the Black Lotus Holy Envoy one by one and were extremely respectful.
Wu Tian said: "You must remember to obey the instructions of the Black Lotus Saint Envoy. You must do things step by step, steadily and steadily, and don't rush into anything."
The black-robed men all responded in unison: "Disciple obeys your command."
Wu Tian nodded, and was about to say something else, but suddenly something moved in his mind, and he raised his head slightly, as if he realized something, and then changed his words and said, "Okay, you guys can leave now ."
"Yes." The man in black robe immediately took his leave.
Shortly after they left, the void twisted and a figure appeared in front of Wutan.
It’s Li Anran!
"Daoyou's grasp of the way of space is becoming more and more sophisticated!" Wutan exclaimed.
"Thank you for your praise, Buddha Wu Tian." Li Anran said modestly, and got straight to the point: "I came here today to tell Buddha something..."
Afterwards, Li Anran told Wu Tian everything about Tathagata's plan to persuade the gods and Buddhas of the Three Realms to let him rule the Three Realms for thirty-three years.
Wu Tian's expression changed from shock and disbelief to anger and shame: "You little Tathagata! How dare you underestimate me like this!"
Wu Tian has always regarded Tathagata as his biggest opponent and felt that he was the biggest threat to Tathagata. He never thought that Tathagata would look down on him so much that not only would he give him the ruling power of the Three Realms, but he would also reincarnate as a spiritual child.
Wu Tian felt humiliated.
Li Anran: What kind of humiliation is this! You were given such a good situation, but you lost in the end. That is the real humiliation!
Li Anran complained in his heart, but consoled him: "Buddha Wutian, don't be angry. Tathagata is good at calculating. If he is willing to put forward such conditions, he will definitely make corresponding demands. If nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely make a fuss about the content of the gambling fight."
Tathagata only talked about the reincarnation of the spirit boy and did not mention the seventeen relics. Li Anran could only remind him in this subtle way.
"Thank you for the reminder, fellow Taoist."
Wu Tian thanked him, but he didn't agree in his heart.
He understood what Li Anran said, but even so, Tathagata still looked down on him!
If Tathagata can really convince the gods and Buddhas of the three realms to hand over the three realms for thirty-three years, he himself will be reincarnated as a spiritual child!
He really couldn't figure out how he could lose under such circumstances!
Seeing this, Li Anran stopped trying to persuade him.
Wu Tian seems to be approachable, but in fact he is extreme and conceited.
That's fine!
He is clearly the arch-villain of the Three Realms, yet he is merciful and soft-hearted, and he abides by the rules more than anyone else!
This leniency and compliance with rules applies not only to subordinates, but also to enemies!
In the original time and space, Wu Tian repeatedly showed mercy to Monkey King and Tang Monk's men. He watched as the Monkey King and his disciples gathered the gods and Buddhas of the Three Realms around them, and finally completed the counterattack against him, turning the situation around bit by bit.
If he doesn’t lose, who will?
Of course, this could also be part of the bet between Wu Tian and Tathagata!
Even if Tathagata is reincarnated as a spirit boy, Wu Tian cannot do anything to him at will!
Neither side took action personally, but just laid out their moves and let their subordinates decide the outcome!
Li Anran is not sure about this, but...
Do you have to abide by the bet you make?
You are a fucking villain!
The victory or defeat not only determines the fate of the Buddhist world, but also one's own life and death!
If you don't turn your back on your words at this time, when will you turn your back on your words?
There is another possibility, that is, Tathagata’s reincarnation is fake!
He can return to his true self at any time!
Wutan didn't dare to do anything!
"If that's the case, my second brother and I will have to change our plans!"
Li Anran's mind was full of thoughts, but he continued, "Since Tathagata wants to use Buddha's life to prove his truth, he will definitely find a way to bring the fight forward. I came here today to ask Buddha what he needs me to do. If I make more preparations, I can have a better chance of winning."
Wu Tian waved his hand and said, "You have helped me a lot by telling me Tathagata's plan. The rest are small matters that Wukong and I can handle. Just go back to heaven and wait for my news. When the time comes, I will need your help."
Wu Tian’s words were not entirely out of arrogance, but also partly because Li Anran was a disciple of Xuanmen!
What he was competing with Tathagata for was the position of the Buddha's World Honored One, and he let Li Anran get involved mainly in order to gain the support of Taiyi Tianzun and Xuanmen.
Wu Tian didn't want Xuanmen to get too deeply involved in this matter.
Li Anran understood Wutan’s thoughts, and asked this question just to express his attitude.
Now the Three Realms are still in the hands of Heaven. If he really did something for Wutan and it was exposed, it would be troublesome!
"In that case, I will not disturb the Buddha."
Li Anran bowed, and his figure gradually faded and disappeared into the void.
After watching Li Anran leave, Wutan closed his eyes and immersed his mind in the black lotus of destruction.
Although both are twelve-level lotus pedestals, the Black Lotus of Destruction is different from the other lotus pedestals.
To be more precise, the Black Lotus of Destruction to Wu Tian is different from the other lotus platforms to their owners.
The former is the soul, and the latter is the magic weapon!
The twelve-tier lotus pedestal will produce a lotus seed every ten thousand years. After the lotus seed grows up, it will turn into a six-tier lotus pedestal.
After the other lotus platforms gave birth to the sixth-grade lotus platform, the sixth-grade lotus platform became equivalent to an independent magic weapon, and there was almost no connection between it and the original twelve-grade lotus platform.
Wujitian’s spiritual black lotus is different!
The sixth-grade lotus platform from which the black lotus of the primordial spirit was born is equivalent to an incarnation.
As long as Wu Tian is willing, he can sense the location of Zi Lian Tai at any time and use it to manifest his primordial spirit.
As Wutan closed his eyes, the world-destroying black lotus in the monkey's arms flew out, scattering a dark purple light and revealing Wutan's figure.
"Is this... the ancestral land of the dragon clan?"
Wu Tian was originally planning to talk to the monkey about the matter of Tathagata and discuss what they should do next, but as soon as he came out, he noticed that something was wrong with the surrounding environment.
There was a deep blue sky above his head, with ripples sweeping across it. Countless dragon souls were circling around him, emitting dragon roars that resounded throughout the heavens and earth.
These dragon souls appear to be surrounding a gigantic mountain, but if you raise the angle infinitely, you will find that the mountain is actually an enormous dragon lying on the ground.
However, this dragon is so huge that just one of its scales is as big as a mountain.
Those dragon souls that were thousands or tens of thousands of feet long were like inconspicuous mist lingering around it.
not good!
Wutan noticed that a dragon soul seemed to have sensed the movement on their side and looked towards them. He quickly made a hand gesture to conceal his figure and aura.
Afterwards, he looked at the giant dragon lying on the ground with fear, and only felt relieved after confirming that there was almost no breath on it.
It’s not that he is worried, but because this petrified nine-clawed golden dragon is the ancestor of the dragon clan!
Although it has been between life and death for countless years, the notoriety it earned back then still makes everyone who knows about it fear it!
"Wukong, why are you here?" Wu Tian couldn't help but ask.
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at the same time.
As soon as Li Anran returned to the Heavenly Prison, he learned from the Heavenly Soldier on duty that Li Jing was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison. After everything was investigated, his cultivation would be abolished and he would be sent into reincarnation.
Only then did Li Anran notice that there was Li Jing's information on the book of punishment for evildoers.
[Prisoner: Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King]
[Sin value: two and a half stars]
[Cultivation: Golden Immortal Sixth Level]
[Status: In custody]
[Capture participation: 1%]
[Experience value: 16,000 points/day]
Li Anran casually opened Li Jing's biography and started looking through it.
Li Jing's first half of life was unremarkable. He was born into a family of casual cultivators. He followed his parents to seek Taoism and practice Taoism since he was young. He finally became a disciple of the casual cultivator Du'e Zhenren from West Kunlun and became an outer disciple. However, because his talent was too poor to become an immortal, he could only go down the mountain to assist King Zhou and enjoy the wealth and luxury of the world.
With the help of Yin Shang's luck, his cultivation barely broke through to the realm of Huaxu Hedao, but that was where he ended, and he didn't make any progress for several years.
Li Jing became disheartened and married Yin, the daughter of a Shang noble. He lost his virginity and completely gave up on the path to immortality.
Unexpectedly, by getting married and having a child, he actually changed his fate and his luck soared!
Jin Zha!
Mu Zha!
Nezha!
The three sons were all born with the destiny of heaven and earth, and were born to meet the calamity.
He was successively accepted as disciples by Manjusri Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Taiyi Bodhisattva, three of the Twelve Immortals of the Chan School, whom he had never been qualified to meet before!
Li Jing had ordinary cultivation and little martial arts skills, but relying on his three sons, he became one of the seven people who achieved sainthood in the flesh during the Conferred God Catastrophe, and was also accepted as a disciple by the deputy leader of the Chan sect, Master Ran Deng!
After Dipamkara, Manjusri, Samantabhadra and others converted and went to Mount Lingshan, Li Jing's status not only did not decline, but became even higher!
He is one of the few people in the Three Realms who has a deep connection with both Buddhism, Taoism and Heaven!
Therefore, Li Jing naturally jumped from being the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King who was on par with the brothers of the Demon Family to becoming the Great Marshal of Demon Subduing!
Even though he suffered two consecutive defeats at the hands of the Monkey King, his position was not shaken at all. He was the most powerful figure in heaven at that time, second only to the god of justice Yang Jian!
Yang Jian represents Xuanmen in the Heavenly Palace, while Li Jing represents Buddhism!
Since then, Li Jing began to confront Yang Jian head-on, but he was always at a disadvantage and was easily suppressed by Yang Jian!
The only time he gained the upper hand and temporarily took over the position of the God of Justice was when Yang Jian angered the Jade Emperor because of the incident with the golden-winged Roc.
Even this time, Li Jing was only a temporary substitute for Yang Jian. After Yang Jian returned to heaven, he retired again.
The Jade Emperor saw that Li Jing was so useless that Yang Jian's family became the only one in power, so he brought the Holy Mother Wu Dang, the Queen Mother and even Laojun into the court.
——The more forces there are and the more complex they are, the easier it will be for him to sit back and balance the situation!
As Wu Dang Sheng Mu, Queen Mother, and Laojun successively entered the power center of Heaven, Li Jing's status dropped from the second most powerful person to the fifth or sixth.
In addition, Nezha's cultivation level broke through to the Golden Immortal, and Li Jing felt an increasing sense of crisis. He began to try every means to show his usefulness to the Buddhist sect.
In order to cover up the crimes of the Buddhist Vajra, thousands of mortals were killed to silence them.
It was just one of many things he did.
Until a few days ago, Nezha, by chance, took him to the Mengjie and found those wronged souls, and everything was exposed.
After Li Jing learned about this from Zhi Jian, he fled to Yuanjue Cave on Lingjiu Mountain to seek help from Ran Deng, but was thrown out as an abandoned pawn. He was captured by Nezha himself and brought back to heaven, where he was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison.
There was nothing useful in Li Jing's life.
Li Anran only read it once and had no interest in opening it again.
His only focus was on the Meishan brothers Li Laosi, Guo Laowu and Zhi Laoliu who appeared in the book.
In the original time and space, in order to shoulder all the sins alone, Yang Jian deliberately used a very crude conspiracy to frame the Meishan brothers, which made the Meishan brothers find out and make him deserted by his friends and relatives.
Before this, the Meishan brothers were loyal to Yang Jian and helped him deal with various things, including hunting down Chenxiang, the son of San Shengmu.
From this point of view, in the original time and space, the Meishan brothers betrayed Yang Jian, and Yang Jian should bear at least half of the responsibility!
That's why Li Anran didn't take this matter to heart, thinking that everything in this world is very different and nothing in the original time and space will happen again.
Unexpectedly, after the fourth, fifth and sixth brothers of Meishan separated from Yang Jian and experienced the taste of holding power, they became corrupt much faster than in the original time and space!
Li Jing persuaded them with just a few sweet words, and under the banner of doing good for Nezha, he did the thing that Nezha hated the most!
"Second brother is loyal and righteous. The three of them staying here will ultimately be a hidden danger! We have to find a way to get rid of them, or at least prevent them from coming out to disgust others again!"
Li Anran thought for a while and soon came up with an idea.
