Chapter 77: Mount Xumi (End)
The Vajra is the treasure of Mount Xumi. In the past, Lord Brahma traveled through the three thousand worlds, searching for a piece of sunlight from each world, gathering them and sealing them in the Vajra.
When the vajra was first completed, divine light suddenly appeared, illuminating the entire Mount Xumi. And it did not disappoint Brahma's efforts. In the end, it became a powerful weapon that could break the limitations of time and space.
Now that the vajra was broken, all the sunlight in the three thousand worlds was released, and the huge energy caused time and space to become distorted all of a sudden. Then, the earth began to shake violently.
The ground shook left and right, and Lu Ren felt that he was a little unstable. As he staggered, he fell down as expected. After trying many times, he still couldn't find balance and stand up again in this shaking, so he had to give up and sat on the ground. It was at this time that Lu Ren accidentally raised his head and found that the army gathered in the sky and was floating on standby was getting farther and farther away from him for some reason.
A question popped up in Lu Ren's mind: "Why are these people flying higher and higher?"
Then, Lu Ren suddenly realized that it was not those people who were flying higher and higher, but he was getting lower and lower.
It is Mount Sumeru that is descending.
Mount Xumi was originally a three-dimensional uplifted mountain range, but under the influence of the force of time and space within the broken vajra, it suddenly collapsed into a plane, like a melted ice cream cone, extending above the Salt Sea.
The strong shaking finally stopped. Although no one was injured, the people who reacted were stunned when they saw the land become flat. The army that was originally flying in the sky also fell to the ground in shock.
When the mountains collapsed, the clear and the turbid mixed. The once high and mighty gods suddenly fell to the same level as the humble Devas in their hearts. They stepped on the solid ground and breathed the air that the Śrāvakas once breathed. Suddenly, they found that the air here was no different from the air they had breathed in the Pratyekabuddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas.
They suddenly lost the support for showing off their noble status, so Moli, Posa, and especially the celestial beings were extremely angry, and the spearhead of this anger was naturally directed at the culprit who caused all this - Lu Ren who was carrying the chaos fragments.
All the creatures of Mount Xumi present pointed their blades at Lu Ren, shouting and cursing for their destroyed homes and their lost privileges.
"He destroyed Mount Xumi! He must pay the price!"
"Kill him!"
The angry crowd shouted.
Unexpectedly, the first person to calm the situation was Shakya, who had recovered from the shock and was still rational. He raised his hand to stop the angry crowd from cursing, and then said to Si Yuan: "Is this how you, the people of Kunlun Realm, return the Vajra?"
Si Yuan shook his head and said, "No."
After receiving the answer, Sakya's tone suddenly became stern, almost like a roar: "Then, if Kunlun Jiesi doesn't give you an explanation today, don't even think about walking out of Mount Xumi alive."
At this moment, everyone thought that today's events would not end well.
"Of course." Who would have thought that Si Yuan was very calm, "But the one who broke the vajra was Hun Dun from Guixu, which was the fault of the Jiuyou Realm Department. What does it have to do with the Foreign Household Investigation Bureau? We came to Shanjian City for another reason, which was to capture it. We didn't expect to be a step too late and it caused such a big incident."
Everyone: ???
Given Si Yuan’s ability in crisis management and shifting blame, if he doesn’t take the lead, who will?
Then, Si Yuan changed the subject and asked Shakya another question. He cast his eyes on Po Xun who was just trying to snatch the vajra, and said to Shakya: "Now that Shanjian City has lost the vajra, the Foreign Household Investigation Bureau is also very sad. If there is any way we can help, we will definitely do our best."
This is actually telling Shanjian City Realm Chief who lost his vajra that the Foreign Household Registration Bureau can provide help to solve the current dilemma as long as Shakya is willing to make a big deal out of a small matter.
Sakya remained silent for a long time, as if he was weighing the olive branch that Si Yuan had offered him. In the end, he chose to compromise and said, "In that case, I would like to thank Kunlun Jie Si for helping me capture Hun Dun. Please hand Hun Dun over to me."
Si Yuan had no such intention. He said, "As far as I know, the Shanjian City Realm Division has no experience in dealing with Guixu creatures. Chaos is cunning and cruel by nature. If it is not handled properly, there will be endless troubles."
After hearing this, Sakya hesitated. Chaos had a bad reputation, and there was really no need for him to take on such a hot potato during such a troubled time.
The people from the Immigrant Household Registration Bureau listened to Si Yuan's words while silently looking at the top of Lu Ren's head. They all complained in their hearts, "Cunning and cruel? Are these cat ears limited to this amusement park?"
Chaos Fragment: Hehe! So fierce!
But compared to accountability, a bigger problem has already appeared in front of Shakya.
Having found his chance, Po Xun opened his arms and began his show of seizing power: "Everyone!" He used a magic of amplification to spread his voice among the crowd, "The future Buddha Maitreya predicted by Dipankara has appeared, but the past Buddha Sakya has been reluctant to give up his throne, which has aroused the wrath of the heavens and caused the collapse of Mount Xumi!"
As soon as he finished speaking, whispers were heard from the crowd. If the appearance of Maitreya only made people suspicious, then the sudden collapse of Mount Xumi pushed people's distrust to the peak.
Po Xun looked at the expressions on people's faces and knew that he was only one step away from success, so he said loudly: "I suggest that from now on, the ruling power of Mount Xumi be handed over to the future Buddha Maitreya!"
Bo Xun announced this proudly, and at the same time, he knew in his heart that Maitreya would become his most perfect puppet.
However, it was unexpected that the first person to raise objections was not the people of Shanjian City, but Maitreya. She stood up and loudly refuted the words of Mara: "I don't want to rule Mount Xumi!"
Bo Xun, who had not yet recovered from his passionate speech, was stunned . He did not expect that Maitreya, who was always obedient, would stab him in the back at this critical juncture.
He shouted at Maitreya: "If you don't rule Mount Xumi, who will? Do you want to return Mount Xumi to the incompetent Sakyamuni?" Perhaps realizing that his excitement would arouse the suspicion of the crowd, he slowed down his tone and said to Maitreya in an almost coaxing tone, "Don't be afraid. As a father, I will help you. We can first redivide the locations of the four realms and separate them, and then..."
Lu Ren, who had been silent the whole time, recalled everything he had seen since arriving at Mount Xumi after hearing these words: the arrogance of the gods, the death of Tinu for his ideals, the kindness hidden under the ugly face of the Yaksha, the passion of the Asuras that had not been hidden in the long river of time, and the meanness of those who were trying to seize power...
The superiors gave different races names one after another, using these names to replace them, just like a label. Gradually, they all forgot that what they ruled were not labels, but living people. They were people with thoughts, souls, and the ability to cry and laugh.
If there really is a person to rule Shanjian City, why -
"Why can't everyone come together to rule Mount Sumeru?"
Unconsciously, Lu Ren actually spoke out his thoughts. Although his voice was not loud, the gods present were all present, and it was impossible for any of them to be hard of hearing.
Interrupted by this speech, Po Xun looked towards the source of the voice uncertainly. He seemed to be a little bit unbelievable that someone would speak without authorization under such circumstances. He asked, "What did you say?"
Lu Ren realized that he had spoken too much. He covered his mouth in surprise and shook his head, indicating that he had no intention of interfering in the affairs of Shanjian City.
But Bo Xun didn't seem to have any intention of letting him go. He was used to strangling any voice that was unfavorable to him in the cradle.
Po Xun said to himself: "Let everyone rule together? Relying on those Asuras who only have brute force ? Or relying on those ugly Yakshas? What nonsense."
Lu Ren knew that the best thing he should do at this time was to shut up and not get involved in the dispute. Otherwise, his colleagues would be implicated. He looked up at his colleagues, expecting to see reproachful and horrified expressions, but he didn't expect——
Baihua and Longnu standing by had encouraging expressions on their faces. Baihua even whispered excitedly: "Go ahead, Lu Ren! Debate with him!"
Master Yu made a gesture and cast a sound-amplifying spell on Lu Ren, with an expression on his face that said "If you dare to argue and lose, you're dead."
The others looked indifferent, as if Lu Ren's sudden was just like a sudden announcement of joining the fight when passing by a quarrel in the vegetable market.
The meaning is very clear: be brave and speak up, even if the sky falls, they will hold it up.
Lu Ren drew strength from his colleagues, so he mustered up the courage to look Po Xun in the eye, and then said firmly: "If there is one most important lesson I learned on Mount Xumi, it is that you can't judge people by their appearance.
Do you know? The kinder the Yaksha, the uglier they look. "
Po Xun was puzzled by Lu Ren's sudden change of topic: "What do the characteristics of Yaksha have to do with the issue we are discussing? They are not important at all."
"No, they are very important. If there is anything I have learned from Yaksha, it is that a person's personality and value should not be objectified, and should not be determined by the person's origin, appearance, or even race. The biggest problem with Mount Sumeru in the past was that when everyone was born, they were classified according to their external conditions. The long resistance and struggle that followed was nothing more than based on origin and appearance. They didn't even understand each other. Even if Shakya was replaced by Maitreya, this problem could not be solved!"
"Then can you solve this problem? Can you solve it with just one sentence each? Ha, you boring idealist, it's just a waste of time."
Lu Ren really couldn't think of a good solution, but Lu Ren, who was born in the spring breeze and grew up in the sunshine, would sing "Fifty-six ethnic groups, fifty-six flowers, fifty-six brothers and sisters are one family", and he would copy it.
So he said, "Then let each race send a representative to hold regular meetings, raise their hands and vote together. Let people learn from each other, communicate with each other, understand each other, and consult with each other."
Boxun didn't expect Lu Ren to come up with such an idea, and was stunned for a moment.
At the same time, whispers were heard among the creatures of Mount Sumeru who heard this method for the first time.
"What he said seems to make sense."
"It sounds good."
Of course, Bo Xun couldn't bear to see the fruits of victory that were within his grasp being plucked by others. He said angrily, "I don't agree."
But at the same time, two other voices were heard on the field.
Shakyamuni said, "I agree." Now the Buddha decided to change the present.
Maitreya said: "I agree too." The future Buddha chose to welcome the future.
They all thought that, judging from the current situation, it would be better to give Lu Ren the unknown future a chance rather than handing over Mount Xumi to the evil-minded Bo Xun. And when the present Buddha and the future Buddha both chose to endorse Lu Ren, Bo Xun knew that no matter what he said, it would be useless.
Thus, Lu Ren's words set the tone for Mount Xumi for the next thousand years.
The history of mankind is actually a history of trial and error. No one can guarantee whether the decision they make is right or wrong.
Only time can give the answer.
But perhaps, this so-called conference can allow the isolated races to start communicating. And communication will be the beginning of all stories.
So, on this day, everyone in Mount Xumi decided together: give the future a chance.
This future may not be perfect, but even a step forward is better than staying where you are forever.
