Chapter 674 Namo Treasure Lotus Blue-robed Universal Salvation Moonlight Buddha
"I cannot tell you who He is yet, because the saints paid a huge price to make most of His consciousness fall into a deep sleep. If we mention His true body, it is possible that He will sense it and wake up completely."
Hearing this, Li Daoxuan's heart trembled.
Mentioning his name, or even just telling relevant information, could potentially wake him up completely. It turned out that this was the reason why Taiqing Tianzun didn't tell him the truth.
This means that the enemy that he had gone through so much trouble to kill, even at the risk of being possessed by another's body, was just a weak clone?
In an instant , the joy he had just felt from obtaining the Thunder Ancestor Sutra disappeared.
"What I can tell you is that the saints did predict the difficulties of the gods and Buddhas in advance. The reason why they watched the gods fall was not because they were ruthless, but because... this might be the only way."
The Green-Robed Lady, who had already attained enlightenment, seemed aloof from the world, but in fact, in response to Li Daoxuan's pleadings, she had tried her best to tell him many secrets without affecting the overall situation.
"You have already noticed some of the arrangements, and you are still unaware of some of them. But I can guarantee that the actions of the saints were also taken out of necessity."
Li Daoxuan thought of the old Heavenly Master, Li Shimin, Wu Ruyi, and Senior Sister Taizhen. He had already noticed these arrangements, so...
He stared at the Green-robed Lady, his eyes flashing, and said, "Lady, the reason you predicted that I would be in danger in Lingshan and become the Buddha was also the plan of the saints?"
The lady in green remained silent.
Silence is itself an answer.
Li Daoxuan finally understood. No wonder with the Empress's ability, she would make such a serious mistake. The saint was behind it and fanned the flames.
It’s ridiculous that he still thought it was the work of the monster from Lingshan.
He was completely unable to understand the scheme set by the saints. He felt as if he was a small boat in the midst of rough seas, and could only go with the flow, fearing that he would capsize at any time.
What Li Daoxuan didn’t know was whose pawn he was.
He did not like the feeling of being manipulated like a puppet, but after years of practicing Taoism, he was no longer the impetuous boy he used to be, and his emotions were no longer visible on his face.
If you are weak, you are destined to be just a pawn.
Instead of protesting loudly, it is better to practice silently and work hard to become stronger.
The lady in green seemed to see his displeasure and sighed, "Some things are destined after all. And the fact that I can become a Buddha shows that the plan of the saints is correct. Otherwise, do you know what the world is like now?"
Li Daoxuan was slightly stunned.
"If the 'Thirty-Seven Chapters of the Buddhist Sutra' is spread, and anyone with the aptitude recites it, their spirit will be swallowed up by the sacred mountain. Millions of people will gather together and eventually awaken Him from His deep sleep. By then, everything will be irreversible."
When the nest is overturned, no eggs can remain intact.
After hearing what the Empress said, Li Daoxuan finally understood why She helped Li Zhi ascend the throne. In the end, she only made one request, which was to publicize the "Thirty-Seven Chapters of the Buddhist Sutra".
Fortunately, although Li Zhi seemed soft-hearted, he was actually mature and shrewd, so he did not succeed.
"By the way, Madam, why did the Great Sage suddenly come to my aid?"
Li Daoxuan was not surprised by Xuanzang's return. He thought it must be the Empress who came to his aid. However, the Great Sage seemed to be dead. How could he appear in the Tang Dynasty?
Qing Yi said calmly, "It's just a little trick. The Wukong in this world has died in the Eternal Night. The one who helped you was summoned by me from the Great Thousand Worlds. He was supposed to become the Fighting Buddha of Buddhism, but unfortunately he died on the journey to obtain the scriptures because of the Eternal Night."
Li Daoxuan's heart moved. The vast world?
The Buddhist scriptures say that there are a total of three thousand great worlds.
A thousand small thousand worlds make up a middle thousand world; a thousand middle thousand worlds make up a large thousand world.
The Empress's meaning may sound a bit confusing, but to explain it in the words of later generations, she summoned the Monkey King, who had already embarked on the journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures, from a parallel world similar to the Tang Dynasty.
In that world, the eternal night did not seem to occur in the Southern Dynasty, but a little later, breaking out in the Tang Dynasty, exactly when Xuanzang went to seek Buddhist scriptures.
Li Daoxuan was shocked by the Empress's magical power, but he also keenly noticed something.
"My Lady, the Three Thousand Worlds...are all experiencing Eternal Night?"
The lady in green said nothing, but her eyes showed pity, as if she saw the remains of all living beings floating in the boundless sea of suffering.
After a long while, she slowly spoke.
"Some came first, some came later, and in different forms, but without exception, all suffered disaster."
Li Daoxuan took a deep breath and became even more wary of the person behind the scenes.
"But this world is the cause of all worlds, the first of the three thousand Vāṣasa. If you achieve success in this world, you can also transcend in the next world."
Li Daoxuan took a deep breath and nodded silently.
At this moment, he felt the weight of the responsibility on his shoulders. If he failed in this world, would it mean that other worlds would also fall into despair?
"You don't have to worry too much. After this battle, although my true body cannot leave Lingshan, I don't have to seal my six senses to resist the erosion of Lingshan anymore."
Although only a clone was killed this time, her situation in Lingshan was much better.
"Daoyou, please extend your right hand."
Although Li Daoxuan didn't understand why, he still did as he was told.
The lady in green stretched out her right hand and touched Li Daoxuan's palm with hers.
It feels soft and smooth, like the finest jade.
A vast Buddhist power surged towards Li Daoxuan's palm, but it was not fierce. Instead, it was as soft and warm as moonlight. Finally, a swastika pattern formed on his palm, flowing with a faint golden light.
The lady in green let out a long sigh, and the thirty-three layers of Buddha's light blooming around her dimmed a little. It was obvious that this action had cost her a lot of magical power.
"With this seal, no matter where you are in the world, as long as you silently recite my Buddha name three times, you can call on me to help you."
This Buddhist seal is equivalent to a mark. Those who hold this seal will be protected by Arhats, Bodhisattvas and Buddhas. They can also recite the Buddha's name silently to attract the Buddha's attention and even help.
Back then, Buddha Tathagata had ten true disciples, but none of them received such treatment.
Li Daoxuan remembered that there was a Buddhist seal on Xuanzang's palm. When he was fighting with Mara in Luoyang, he had a sudden enlightenment of Buddhism and used the Buddhist seal to summon the Five Finger Mountain to the world, which temporarily suppressed Mara.
But unfortunately, Tathagata had passed away and the severed hand had been used, so Xuanzang's Buddhist seal was of no use from then on.
However, Li Daoxuan's swastika seal was given by the new Buddha. It is very precious and its value is inestimable.
"My lady, is there a limit to the number of times you can do this?"
Qingyi shook her head, and seeing the joy on Li Daoxuan's face, she added: " I usually need to practice meditation and should not be too distracted."
All right……
Li Daoxuan was a little disappointed. He thought that it would be the same as the Qingming Order before, which would allow him to chat with the Empress at any time.
"By the way, what is your Buddhist name, Madam?"
The man in green lowered his eyes like the moon, holding the bodhi seal with his hands, sitting upright on the lotus platform, with a compassionate look, as if listening to the suffering of all living beings. Suddenly, a bright moon appeared between heaven and earth.
Anyone who looks at this moon will have his troubles gone immediately, will attain purity, will attain perfect wisdom, and will be able to cross the sea of Saṃsāra.
She didn't say a word, but Li Daoxuan's mind suddenly became enlightened, and her Buddhist name emerged in his mind, like a wake-up call, an epiphany.
Namo the Precious Lotus Blue-robed Moonlight Buddha!
At this moment, Li Daoxuan suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
Although the Queen was right before his eyes, she seemed very far away from him, even farther away than the bright moon.
In a trance, he truly realized that the Queen had become a Buddha.
The first Buddha in Lingshan after the eternal night.
"Daoyou, your mind is in turmoil."
The green-robed goddess snapped her fingers and Li Daoxuan's figure automatically flew back to the ninth-grade golden lotus of merit. The lotus leaves fluttered, and the Buddha instructed that she would take Li Daoxuan back to the human world.
"Wait a minute!"
Li Daoxuan suddenly shouted, "My Lady, this time when I go back, I plan to marry Sister Yu!"
He stared closely into the eyes of Lady in Green, but found that she showed no emotion when she heard his words. She was as calm as the green lamps in the ancient temple on the sacred mountain, which had remained the same for a thousand years.
"Zi Yu is infatuated with you, and it is right. Don't let her down, and cherish the one in front of you."
"This was once given by you, so consider it as a gift to you on your wedding day."
A glittering fairy dress appeared in Li Daoxuan's hand, with a faint purple mist, as if it was woven with the sunset, extremely extraordinary.
Top-grade spiritual treasure, Zixia Fairy Robe!
When Li Daoxuan was rewarded with the Heavenly Book for killing the Five Evil Elders, he gave this dress to the Lady in Green, because he saw that the Lady always wore green clothes for a thousand years, which did not change. Although it was as elegant as an immortal, it was inevitably monotonous.
At that time, he had imagined how stunning the Empress would be if she put on this purple fairy dress.
It’s a pity that time has passed and fate has played tricks on her. The queen became a Buddha and she never had the chance to wear the purple fairy dress.
Li Daoxuan did not take it back. He stretched out his hand and the Zixia Fairy Robe flew back again.
"My lady, there is no reason for me to take back what I have given away."
"I will convey your blessing to Sister Yu..."
Li Daoxuan felt a little sad. He took a last deep look at the lotus-like Buddha figure under the ancient Bodhi tree, and then bowed.
The ninth-grade golden lotus of merit blossomed with brilliance, and carried him away in the form of golden light, returning to the human world.
The 30,000-mile sacred mountain treasure land gradually returned to peace, with only one person left under the tree.
The lady in green looked at the purple fairy robe in her hand, lowered her eyes and said nothing.
The wind blows and the trees move.
A vicissitudes of life voice slowly sounded from the Bodhi tree.
"Buddha, your heart is moved."
The lady in green put away her purple fairy robe, formed the bodhi seal with her hands, lowered her eyes and closed them, with a solemn look. She slowly entered into meditation, and her slightly fluttering black hair gradually calmed down.
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In the human world, when Li Daoxuan just woke up, the first person he saw was Chen Ziyu who was guarding him.
She held one of his hands tightly, and continuously injected her divine power into it. Although she knew that this would have no effect, she still persisted silently.
Xuanzang, Lu Biansheng, Taiwei and Yan Chixia also stayed beside Li Daoxuan.
The moment he saw Li Daoxuan wake up, Lu Biansheng's eyes narrowed and he shouted, "Goddess, be careful, maybe he has been possessed!"
However, Chen Ziyu smiled and just looked at Li Daoxuan, then she completely let down her guard and confirmed that it was him.
Her face turned pale because she had lost too much incense and divine power, and even her lips had lost their color. However, she was always cold and beautiful, but at this moment her smile was very pure, and her clear eyes were full of his shadow.
"You must cherish the person in front of you."
For a moment, Li Daoxuan seemed to hear the Empress' words again.
He finally made up his mind.
“Sister Yu, I saw the goddess. Thanks to her, I was not possessed.”
Chen Ziyu was slightly startled, and then asked with concern: "How is Master? Is he injured?"
In her world, there is room for only two people, one is Li Daoxuan, and the other is her master, Lady Qingyi.
Li Daoxuan shook his head and said, "Don't worry, the queen is fine. She has become a Buddha, but she can't leave Lingshan for the time being."
Only then did Chen Ziyu feel relieved.
Li Daoxuan looked at her cold and gentle face in the moonlight, her icy skin and beautiful features, like a fairy from Guanghan Palace or the witch Luoshen.
"Sister Yu, I told the Queen something."
"What's up?"
"I told her that I was going to marry you, and the queen agreed."
Chen Ziyu was slightly stunned, showing a trace of confusion at first, and then she came to her senses. Her bright eyes seemed a little dizzy, as if she was drunk.
At this moment, the cold and noble Goddess Xiaoxiang, the Holy Maiden of Qingming Realm, seemed to be under the spell of the enemy, and her voice was a little stammering.
"You, you said...get married?"
After seeing Li Daoxuan nod, her eyes suddenly lit up, like stars in the sky, staring at him blankly.
She had waited too long for these words.
She knew that Li Daoxuan was a free and easy-going person who yearned for a free and unrestrained life, so she never urged him and just waited silently.
She has waited for twenty-three years since their first meeting.
Crash!
I don't know when a magical rain fell from the sky. It was not heavy, but like the spring breeze in March, quietly moistening the land beneath my feet.
The goddess bestows grace.
"Sister Yu, don't you want to?"
Li Daoxuan frowned slightly when he saw that she hadn't spoken for a long time.
Chen Ziyu shook her head, her eyes clear and firm, without a trace of fear.
The rain gathered at her feet, without thousands of words, just condensed into one word.
"good."
The two smiled at each other in the wind and rain, and in an instant, the wind and rain dissipated, the clouds broke, the moon came out, and the flowers cast shadows.
When Tai Wei saw this scene, she felt some inexplicable emotion in her heart. To be honest, she did have a complicated feeling towards her senior brother. There was a dependence on her as a brother, the joy of having a confidant in kendo, and a hint of opposite sex attraction between men and women.
But she couldn't be as brave as Chen Ziyu and put the word love in the most important position.
She believed that compared with her senior brother, Chen Ziyu could give up the Goddess of Xiaoxiang, the Saint of Qingming, and even the immortal fruits and immortality.
I don't seek immortality, I just want to be by your side.
This goddess is truly a person of great passion and nature. People only think that she is cold, noble, and unfathomable in majesty, but they don't know that she is actually a ball of fire, so warm and beautiful.
Taiwei admires such people, but she cannot become such a person.
Because to her, kendo is that fire.
Chen Ziyu has the charm of Chen Ziyu, and Liu Bihen has the temperament of Liu Bihen.
In this life, she could not be a sweet-talking lady, and her hands that held a sword could not hold a needle and thread, or sharpen an inkstone. But she could fight side by side with her senior brother, and talk about the truth with him, which was a joy.
Just as the three of them were lost in emotion, a voice suddenly sounded.
"As soon as he woke up, he asked for marriage, and used sweet words. This old beggar thought it was abnormal no matter how he looked at it!"
Li Daoxuan and Chen Ziyu both looked at the man on the side of the road with stern eyes.
Lu Biansheng trembled, but still said stubbornly: "Besides, women are all tigresses. It's so comfortable to drink and eat meat alone. Why do you have to feed the tiger?"
This time Taiwei couldn't bear it anymore, her eyes were as cold as swords.
The roadside student hurriedly hid beside Xuanzang, but found that he was staring at a goldfish in a purple gold bowl, wondering what he was thinking.
"Xuanzang, your fish is quite fat. I'm hungry, how about we grill it?"
Xuanzang silently put away his bowl, then raised the nine-ring staff weighing 192 pounds.
