Chapter 519: Turning defeat into victory, Sanle awakens
That ray of hope...is it me?
Li Daoxuan was stunned and looked at the toad's corpse in surprise.
There wasn't much he could do in this battle, and the backup plan he had prepared was said by the old beggar to be a dead end. He really couldn't understand why he would become the only chance of survival?
He doesn’t know the Buddha’s six-syllable mantra.
"Senior...can you explain it more clearly ?"
Li Daoxuan said to the toad's corpse.
He knew that the old beggar had been following the battle in Luoyang. This man was born in the Spring and Autumn Period and his origins were very mysterious. When the two of them were fighting that day, he did not use any real means.
Just as he finished speaking, there was a thud and a figure fell to the ground, looking very embarrassed.
The old beggar had sores all over his body that were bleeding, and even one of his legs was lame. His right eye was all white and unfocused, as if he had lost one eye.
His breath was also very weak , as if he had suffered serious internal injuries. His realm had dropped from the middle stage of Yang Shen to the early stage, and he was extremely listless.
As soon as he saw Li Daoxuan, he pointed at his nose and cursed him.
"You little brat, that ray of hope is you, think carefully, or the old beggar will get hurt in vain!"
Li Daoxuan immediately recalled it carefully, but still had no clue.
"Senior, you didn't... miscalculate, did you?"
The old beggar was immediately furious and said angrily: "I calculated wrong? Haha, I am a great——"
His voice stopped abruptly, and he waved his hands in disappointment, saying, "An old beggar would never make a mistake in the calculation. It's all my fault for being naughty and rude. I clearly said I wouldn't count it, but I couldn't help myself."
"In fact, I could have just let it go, but I just couldn't help but say it out loud. Now, I'm being punished by the heavens again..."
Seeing how confident he was, and the serious injuries on his body, Li Daoxuan felt that he was not lying to him.
But at this moment, I couldn't figure out what that glimmer of hope was.
"Senior, you were able to calculate that ray of hope, which shows that your divine calculation is unparalleled in the world. Could you give me more advice?"
Li Daoxuan asked helplessly.
Although he also knew Zi Wei Dou Shu, he did not use it often and had not cultivated it to a high level. The stakes of this battle were too huge and the destiny was chaotic, so he could not calculate it clearly at all.
The fact that the old beggar was able to calculate that glimmer of hope showed that his calculation skills were ten or a hundred times better than mine.
The old beggar was overwhelmed. He did know more detailed information, but this stuff... couldn't be told!
He only revealed a little bit of such a huge secret and suffered such severe backlash. If he told it all, he would probably end up like a toad.
The secrets of heaven cannot be leaked, otherwise there will be punishment from heaven. The more important the secrets leaked, the more severe the punishment will be.
Therefore, many fortune tellers like to make their statements sound half-baked and confusing. Some of them are pretending to be profound and intentionally deceiving people, and some are really afraid of death!
But if you don't say it...
Boom! !
The Five Elements Mountain shook even more violently. Fortunately, the Green-Clothed Lady and the Old Heavenly Master flew to the top of the mountain at the same time and performed the Mountain-Stabilizing Technique to stabilize the mountain and prevent Moro from escaping.
But as the two of them struggled against each other, cracks began to appear on the mountain, and it was about to collapse.
The old beggar pointed at Li Daoxuan and cursed: "You, you, you can't even think of this, is there water in your brain?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he vomited a mouthful of blood. His originally gray hair turned completely white, and there were more and more sores on his body. Even several of his teeth fell out.
There was a gleam in Li Daoxuan's eyes, and he seemed to understand something. He did not speak, but immediately closed his eyes and began to think carefully.
All the experiences of the past year came to his mind, and finally combined with the old beggar's secret "hint", a flash of lightning flashed in his mind, and he suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were exceptionally bright.
"Senior, I think I know what it is!"
The old beggar coughed up blood and waved his hands, saying, "Don't ask anymore. Don't ask anymore. Just do it. The worst that can happen is that we'll all die together!"
He slapped himself hard, causing the sores to burst, juice to splash out, and a strong stench was emitted.
"You are such a fool for giving birth to me on the street. Looks like you can't keep this tongue anymore!"
However, when he looked at Li Daoxuan's back as he resolutely flew towards the Five Elements Mountain, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Fortunately, this kid is quite smart and not a fool."
…
Boom!
The Five Elements Mountain is on the verge of breaking apart, and cracks are spreading.
The Green-robed Lady and the old Taoist priest looked at each other and could see regret in each other's eyes.
Even if we mobilize the hand of Tathagata Buddha, can we not subdue Mara now?
Both of them had used up a lot of their magic power. If they continued fighting, they would probably be exhausted to death by Moro.
"Lady Qingyi, you take Taichong and leave first. I will stay behind to cover your retreat."
Lady in green frowned slightly. She knew this was the best option at the moment, but she didn't like doing it.
The old Taoist priest smiled and said generously: "I won't live for many more years anyway, so it's worthwhile if I can let you and Taichong live!"
"At worst, I will pass the tribulation right now and with the help of the power of the heavenly thunder, I can at least stop him for a while!"
At the critical moment of life and death, the old Taoist priest was generous and heroic. Although he was over a hundred years old, he still exuded a heroic spirit, as if he had returned to the glorious days when he was young and wielded a sword across the world.
Qingyi wanted to say something but stopped, and finally let out a sigh.
Her emotions made her unwilling to do this, but her reason told her that this was the best choice. She had lived for nearly a thousand years and was able to become the master of a world, so she was naturally not an indecisive person.
"good--"
She was about to speak when her eyes suddenly fixed and she heard Li Daoxuan's voice.
The same went for the old Taoist priest. After listening to Li Daoxuan's words, he and the Green-clothed Lady looked at each other. Without any communication, both of them chose to believe him.
boom!
The Five Elements Mountain was completely shattered, rocks flew everywhere, the ground cracked and the mountains collapsed. A figure flew out from it, with long hair flying and laughing wildly.
"Tathagata, you really can't do anything to me now!"
"Tathagata, if you have the guts, come down to earth and fight me. This time I will suppress you in the Avici Hell, and you will never be able to stand up again!!"
However, just as Moro was laughing, Lady Green and the old Taoist priest took decisive action.
Countless golden thunders struck down, and the old Taoist priest, holding the magic sword, pierced into Moro's heart with thunder all over the sky. His eyes were determined and sharp, and he moved forward courageously.
Mara tried to grab the old Taoist priest with both hands, but his arms were cut off by the falling lotus flowers.
The lady in green stepped on the Demon Buddha, boundless immortal light burst out, and her six arms performed the Mountain-Suppressing Technique together, pressing the Demon Buddha's body so hard that it creaked, and there was a tendency for the golden body to be flattened.
But Moro still laughed and said, "It's useless. The more you do this, the faster your mana will be consumed, but I am immortal!"
"Oh? Really?"
A voice was heard, and Li Daoxuan came on a cloud of auspiciousness and came to the side of Moro, with a small jade bottle in his hand, only as high as a finger.
Moro originally looked down on Li Daoxuan, but when he saw the small jade bottle, his nose twitched as if he smelled something, his pupils shook violently, and he showed a look of astonishment.
"How...how could you possibly have this thing?"
"Impossible, the Eight Merit Pond has been dry for a long time, how could you possibly have the Eight Treasures Merit Pond water!!!"
As the incarnation of evil thoughts of the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Arhats, Mara is very familiar with Lingshan.
There is a holy pond there, called the Pond of Eight Merits.
When Buddhist disciples do good deeds in the world, Buddhism will gain merit, which will then be smelted by the Buddha and transformed into water from the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.
This water is clear, cool, sweet, soft, moist, peaceful, can eliminate hunger, and nourish the roots. It has endless uses, and therefore is also called the holy water of Buddhism.
After the Buddhas of Lingshan disappeared, the Eight Treasures Merit Pond dried up. How could Li Daoxuan have this water?
A trace of panic emerged in Moro's heart. He seemed to know what Li Daoxuan was going to do, and began to struggle violently, but the Green-clothed Lady and the old Taoist priest pinned him to the ground.
Li Daoxuan smiled slightly and said, "I was not sure at first, but your reaction reassured me."
He pulled out the cork and poured the lapis lazuli water from the Eight Treasures Merit Pool into Mara's mouth.
Moro wanted to shut up and not drink, but the Lady in Green used the Flying Immortal Seal to dislocate his jaw, so he had no choice but to drink it obediently.
Unsure of the dosage, Li Daoxuan poured out the entire bottle of water.
Before, the old beggar deliberately pointed at him and cursed, saying that his brain was full of water, and then he was soon retaliated by the way of heaven. At that time, Li Daoxuan realized that something was wrong.
The other party was obviously hinting, trying to reduce the cost of backlash with subtle reminders.
Facts have proved that this strategy is very correct. Li Daoxuan analyzed the sentence and thought that the key word should be the word "water".
What the old beggar meant might be that the glimmer of hope was related to some kind of water in his body.
Li Daoxuan thought it was the Xuanming True Water at that time, but he immediately rejected it because the Xuanming True Water focused on attack and did not have much effect on the immortal body.
If he had reached the realm of Gonggong, the god of water, it would be a good idea for him to use the Xuanming True Water to freeze Moro for hundreds or thousands of years, but unfortunately his cultivation was still shallow and he could not exert that kind of power.
After turning the Three Realms Gourd over and over, Li Daoxuan finally found the bottle of Eight Treasures Merit Pool water that he had forgotten in the corner.
This was the heavenly book reward he received when he killed Zhu Lao Mo, one of the Five Evil Elders. However, the introduction to the heavenly book was very general and vague, and he had no idea what it was used for.
At that time, he was thinking of waiting until he met Xuanzang to ask him, but later things became urgent and he forgot about it temporarily.
"ah!!!"
Moro let out a scream and looked at Li Daoxuan with eyes full of anger and hatred. He really couldn't understand why this guy always turned the tables on him when he was sure of victory.
Is he his own nemesis?
As the water from the Eight Treasures Merit Pond entered his stomach, black smoke continued to rise from Mara's body. He struggled desperately, his stomach sometimes bulged and sometimes shrank, and the half of the demon face on his head began to twist, sometimes compassionate and sometimes ferocious.
After a while, Moro's struggles became less and less, and the body of the Demon Buddha quickly returned to normal. His lower abdomen bulged, his long hair disappeared, revealing a bald head, and his black clothes turned into a yellow robe.
Rays of golden light shone, pushing the old Taoist priest and the goddess in green back several feet.
The wounds on Sanle's body healed quickly. He rubbed his big belly and smiled at Li Daoxuan, "Thank you, little friend Li, for letting me see the light of day again."
"Master Sanle!"
Li Daoxuan showed a hint of joy and asked, "Could it be that the Eight Treasures Merit Water washed away Mara's soul?"
Judging from the performance of Master Sanle in which he repelled the Goddess and the Old Heavenly Master just now, he seems to have completely mastered the physical body of Maitreya, and his strength is even greater than that of Mara!
Sanle shook his head and said with a smile: "The Eight Treasures Meritorious Water has vast Buddha power and merits, it only temporarily suppresses Mara's soul."
After a pause, he said with a smile: "Let's take advantage of this time to kill me together."
Li Daoxuan: “…”
"Sanle, what are you going to do?"
The voice of the lady in green was cold and clear. She stood side by side with Li Daoxuan, her hair fluttering in the wind, her appearance was ethereal and holy.
Now Sanle's soul is in control, but no one can guarantee when Moro will wake up again.
Sanle bowed to Li Daoxuan and said, "My friend actually has my Buddhist holy water. This is beyond my expectation. It really is a great opportunity for me to be with my Buddhist sect."
Sensing that something was wrong with the old Heavenly Master's eyes, Sanle quickly explained, "Originally, I thought that I could subdue Mara by asking for the Buddha's hand, but later I found that it didn't work."
"But this Eight Treasures Merit Water gave me another idea. It has two functions. The first is to suppress evil spirits, and the second is to materialize illusions."
"Material illusion ?"
Li Daoxuan didn't quite understand.
Sanle smiled slightly, then pointed his finger, and a brilliant Buddha light emerged. Everything around him began to become blurred, even the city of Luoyang gradually faded.
The sound of waves rang out, and the black sea water was endless and boundless, filled with the scent of evil, filth, sadness, and anger.
Li Daoxuan looked around in surprise. He had not noticed the fluctuation of space just now, as if this world filled with black ocean was created out of thin air by Sanle.
He looked up and found that there was no sun or moon in the sky, only darkness, depressing, cold, dark and lonely.
Being alone here, I feel like I have been abandoned from the world.
The black sea water gave Li Daoxuan a great sense of crisis, as if he would be doomed if he fell into it.
Fortunately, he still has all his supernatural powers and can still fly in the clouds.
After opening his third eye, when Li Daoxuan looked at the black ocean again, he actually saw scenes from the human world.
The mother, who was dressed simply, placed her deformed baby in front of the gate of the Taoist temple. She lingered for a long time, looked at the baby again and again, and finally left in tears.
In a dilapidated temple, a couple ate blackened rice and drank muddy rainwater from a jar, preparing to continue searching in the city when daybreak comes.
Their only child was lost, and they spent all their wealth in the search for him and became beggars.
An elderly woman was listening to the heavy rain outside the window, missing her son who was away on business. He hadn't been heard from for six years, and many people said he was dead.
But she didn't want to believe it, so she went to the village entrance every day to wait and sat there all day long.
…
"Amitabha, the Lotus Sutra says, I see all living beings drowning in the sea of suffering."
“Birth, aging, sickness, death, love, hate, separation, these are the waters of this sea of suffering. The so-called sea of suffering is nothing but the sufferings of the world.”
The figure of Sanle appeared above the Sea of Bitterness, with compassionate eyes and bright Buddha light. The power of Maitreya's golden body was fully unfolded, shining as the sun, suddenly bringing sunshine to this dark world.
