The Great Leiyin Temple, the empty Sutra Library.
The sun shone in obliquely from the French windows inlaid with colored glaze, tearing out bright rays of light in the dark and deep Sutra Library. Thousands of male and female monks, either dressed in monk's robes or in layman's attire, were sitting on tables by the windows, frowning as they studied pieces of broken gold, silver and jade articles, or fragments of bodhi leaves and cassocks.
Occasionally, they would gain some understanding and record a few words on the pale yellow scroll in front of them, which had a faint Buddhist power flowing in it.
Inside the gigantic Sutra Repository, rows of bookshelves several miles high were neatly arranged. Hundreds of the bookshelves were actually filled with sorted scriptures, the total number of which was probably hundreds of thousands.
But compared with the huge Sutra Library, these hundreds of bookshelves are just a drop in the ocean and insignificant.
Even these hundreds of thousands of scriptures, stacked on these giant bookshelves that are several miles high and hundreds of miles wide, appear empty, like a deserted cemetery at midnight, making people feel inexplicably chilled.
Ming Sanqi led the way, and Ming Jiudan followed with heavy steps.
Lu Yi followed Lu Sanqi, walking through the rows of overly empty bookshelves. Occasionally, in a certain compartment of some giant bookshelves, there were Buddhist monks dressed as little novice monks or little nuns, frowning and thinking hard, trapped in some strange state.
Around them, an invisible force held up pages of paper, and thin brushes were suspended in the air. Occasionally, a spiritual wave surged near their heads, and these brushes quickly drew a few strokes on the paper.
"They may be the reincarnations of the Buddhist disciples who were robbed in the Nalanda Holy Land during the previous battle." With his hands hidden in his sleeves, Min Sanqi led the way in front while explaining the origins of these young monks and nuns: "Occasionally they say something astonishing, and their understanding of Buddhism far exceeds that of ordinary monks... They are highly compatible with the great Dao of this world, especially some of the great Daos that belong to major forces such as Tianting, Taimintian, Taiyutian, and even Guixu, which they cannot touch at all... They can comprehend and master them easily."
"So, we suspect that they are most likely the Buddhist disciples of the holy land of Nalanda who returned to the human world after the calamity." Mi Sanqi smiled and looked at the young monks and novices: "Some strange scriptures often pop up in their heads, including supernatural powers, secret methods, Buddhist principles, medicine, martial arts, and even battle formations, military tactics, and methods of managing worldly affairs..."
Lu Yi felt a little heavy-hearted.
The phrase "returning from the dead" always reminded him of his father in this life, Lu Yu. He was also a guy who made him worry. He didn't know where he was now or what he was doing... But Lu Yu always felt that the next time he saw Lu Yu, something earth-shattering would definitely happen.
The Nalanda fruit in his mind was given to him by Lu Bu.
Lu Yu was obviously the Buddhist cultivator who had suffered a disaster in the holy land of Nalanda. After struggling in the reincarnation of the mortal world for who knows how many years, he finally returned to the Supreme Taichu Heaven and finally awakened the memory of a certain reincarnation in his previous life.
Are these little monks and nuns all like this?
"What was the so-called Supreme Primordial Heaven like back then?" Lu Yi asked Li Sanqi curiously, "What is the so-called great catastrophe? Do these things have anything to do with what you are doing now?"
Mi Sanqi smiled and took Lu Yi step by step into the depths of the Sutra Repository.
Along the way, he had no idea how many layers of mysterious restrictions he had passed through, layer upon layer. What was so close yet so far away, what was so close yet so far away, time and space, had lost their meaning in this Sutra Library, and the concepts were completely distorted. If Lu Yi had not been well versed in space and time, and was particularly keen and sensitive to the changes in time and space, he would not have been able to notice the various terrifying arrangements in this Sutra Library.
The means of the great emperor.
Absolutely the means of an emperor.
Moreover, even among the great emperors, he was extremely powerful and at an extremely high level... Lu Yi even had a hunch that even the Old Bear Lord of Yuncha Ridge might pale in comparison?
After walking for a long time and going a long way, the front suddenly became bright, and a round and square hall appeared in front of Lu Yi. Here, the dome and walls above were made of gold and silver colored glazed bricks. Each glazed brick was seamless and natural, and countless Buddhist patterns were carved on it.
Small niches are neatly arranged on the dome and the four walls. At first glance, it is clearly just one layer of dome and four walls, but with layers of dazzling glare, it seems as if there are countless layers... In each layer, there are countless niches, and in each niche, there is a Buddha statue with different expressions and postures.
Gentle light poured down from the dome, illuminating the entire hall.
This light has its own Buddhist charm.
As Lu Yu stood in this bright light, he felt his whole body suddenly clear up. All the worries, concerns, confusions, and puzzles in his heart faded away. A continuous heat rose up in his body.
The undigested Buddha relics and the medicinal power of the magic pill bestowed by Emperor Taiyu were originally accumulated in his body. If Lu Yi wanted to digest and absorb these powerful powers by himself, he didn't know how many years of hard work it would take. But under the shining of this bright light, these accumulated powers suddenly became agile.
The cultivation is being consolidated layer by layer.
In the acupoints, the scales and claws that restrained him were washed away by the power of transcendence, leaving them riddled with holes. The shackles of the great Dao, which were formed by the heavenly rules and regulations that the heaven and earth had bestowed on Lu Yi, were also shaken open with countless cracks.
Just find the right path.
As long as he finds a powerful enough avenue that Lu Yi has dabbled in, and there is no one interfering or competing on this avenue... Lu Yi can even condense the Emperor Seal Dao Fruit on the spot and become a so-called Great Emperor-level existence.
"Lu Yi? Hello!" a gentle voice sounded.
Lu Yi looked over.
The huge hall was empty before the voice was heard. With Lu Yi's current cultivation, he could not find any person or object. But after the voice was heard, there was one more person in the hall, and several Buddhas sitting cross-legged on the ground.
The man was an ordinary young man. He had broad shoulders, a sturdy body, big ears that hung down to his shoulders, and arms that went past his knees. He had big eyes, a high nose, and rosy, thick lips. His appearance could only be considered ordinary, but he somehow made people feel simple and amiable, like a big brother. He had a kind of reliability and steadiness that was worthy of "trust".
The main 'intelligent tribe' in the Supreme Primordial Heaven is the 'celestial being' tribe. They are born with a vertical eye between their eyebrows. If a cultivator obtains the right method, he can successfully 'awaken his spirit' and open the vertical eye between his eyebrows. He will then be born with a magical power and comprehend a secret method, and can act as he pleases with great power.
The simple and down-to-earth young man in front of him had his vertical eye between his eyebrows disappear, replaced by a thumb-sized red mole that was as red as blood and as crystal clear as a gem. This red mole shone brightly and had a strong Taoist charm. In the middle of it, a very fine white light shot out, shooting forward for a hundred feet before slowly sinking into the void.
There is a white light between the eyebrows, shaped like a hair. This is one of the highest visions in Buddhism.
Beside this young man, a row of thirty-six Buddhas with a solemn aura sat cross-legged. These Buddhas were male and female, old and young. There was a stunningly beautiful young girl in her twenties, covered in necklaces and aura, with endless voids and illusions around her; there was also a centenarian, old and withered, with skin like bronze, and a strong Buddhist charm all over his body, like a huge treasure wheel slowly rotating, with all things being annihilated around him at all times; there was also a three-year-old child with a white and tender appearance, who was as fresh and tender as a young lotus root, but was surrounded by a domineering aura, with aura on his body that shot straight up into the sky, shaking the void. The child pointed to the sky with one hand and drew a line on the ground with the other hand, with a vast black hole between his hands swallowing and spitting out, and his aura was so terrifying that it overwhelmed the other thirty-five Buddhas.
They are all "Buddhas".
He has flesh and blood and is full of vitality.
However, they are all Buddhas who have gone into extinction... They still have strong vitality in their bodies, and the Buddha's aura is extremely powerful, but they are all "dead Buddhas". They only left this appearance here. Their true core, their true essence... has long... long gone...
The Taichu Huntong Pearl vibrated slightly, and wisps of light fell.
Lu Yi's eyes suddenly opened, and he looked at the young man. He saw that on the young man, thirty-six causal lines were tightly tied to the thirty-six "Buddhas"!
This young man is the reincarnation of the thirty-six "Buddhas".
These thirty-six "Buddhas" are the highest crystallization of his past thirty-six brilliant and glorious "lives" and his practice.
The young man stood in the middle of the thirty-six Buddhas, and they had become one. The power of the thirty-six extremely powerful Buddhas belonged to the power of the past thirty-six reincarnations and thirty-six lives. He could call upon it at will and use it at will!
A flash of inspiration emerged in Lu Yi's mind.
He said in a deep voice: "What a pity! If they could be completely annihilated, your practice would be truly successful..."
The young man was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
The laughter rumbled like thunder, shaking the entire Mingtang. On the dome and walls of the Mingtang, and in the countless overlapping niches, statues of Buddha all emitted light like rain. For a moment, flowers fell from the sky like a brilliant golden meteor shower, magnificent, solemn and dignified.
Ming Jiudan's eyes widened in astonishment. "What? Completely annihilated? These thirty-six Buddha clones are great treasures that big brother has found with great difficulty. Over the years, it is with their power that we have been spared... cough, cough, second sister, why are you looking at me like a fool?"
The young man took two steps forward, put his hands together, and bowed to Lu Yi: "Qing Sha... or, you can ask me to kill Qing Ke. Qing means Qing as in Qing Emperor. Although, in terms of blood, I am his son... but killing him is the ultimate goal of my life."
Lu Yu looked at Qing Sha in shock: "You are the son of Qing Emperor? Well, you took the initiative... to become his son?"
Qingdi, what a being.
Judging from Old Bear's fear of him and from what Min Sanqi said, that behind the three great emperors Taiyu, Taimi and Taichu, there is the shadow of Qingdi, it can be judged that he is an extremely terrifying existence.
Lu Yi could not even imagine how thorough and powerful the protection and prevention measures of such an existence were for his own bloodline descendants and his own inheritance.
Qing Sha, a person who had reincarnated at least thirty-six times in his previous life, cultivated to an extremely high level each time and became an amazing figure of the 'Great Emperor' level 'Buddhist Buddha'... He actually found ways to reincarnate and become the son of the Qing Emperor!
He succeeded!
He became the son of the Green Emperor...and he actually kept the process of his reincarnation a secret from the Green Emperor!
Although I don’t know what methods Qing Sha used, how much damage he caused to Qing Emperor by becoming the son of Qing Emperor, how much useful information he analyzed from Qing Emperor’s blood, etc.
In short, the difficulty of this approach is self-evident.
Qingsha can do this...
Lu Yu clasped his hands together in admiration and returned the greeting: "Lu Yu, I used to be called Fahai... But, my worldly desires have not yet been eliminated, and I think it is better to be a layman, so I grew my hair again and returned to secular life."
Qing Sha smiled even brighter: "It's okay, it's okay. When it comes to cultivation, it's about the fundamentals, not the appearances. Although you are dressed in ordinary clothes, you may even get married, have children, and reproduce future generations in the future. This is also part of the way of heaven. As long as you practice my Buddhist methods and uphold my Buddhist ways, you are a good disciple of my Buddhist sect."
Exhaling a long breath, Qing Sha smiled and said, "Even if you don't uphold the way of my Buddhism, and don't practice the methods of my Buddhism, I can pass on the methods of my Buddhism through your hands, and you are the destined person of my Buddhism!"
After taking a deep look at Lu Yi, Qing Sha glanced at Ming Jiuban, looked him up and down, and then sighed heavily: "Tiedan, let's talk about the matter, and you, just eat meat and drink on the side..."
Ming Jiudan widened his eyes and looked at Qingsha in astonishment: "What's wrong with me? Eh, eh? Is there something going on with you that I don't know? Aren't these thirty-six Buddha bones a treasure that you, big brother, have worked hard to find for many years? Over the years, we have encountered so many dangers, but we were able to escape them only because of them."
"Complete annihilation... If I heard correctly, you want to destroy them?" Ming Jiudan frowned and said, "What a pity! Why do you want to destroy these treasures?"
Qingsha sighed.
Mi Sanqi is rolling his eyes.
Lu Yi looked at Ming Jiudan and said with a smile: "If you want to understand the obstacles, there is a shortcut... If Brother Jiudan practices Buddhism and can make the stubborn stone nod, he will naturally understand the truth... Why don't you try it, Brother Jiudan?"
"Will the stone nod?" Ming Jiudan said 'oh' and nodded vigorously: "Then, I'll try... cough, cough... Are you trying to trick me?"
Ming Jiudan's eyes were wide open, as if he had been bullied, and he stared at Lu Yi.
Qingsha laughed again.
Mi Sanqi shook his head slightly, kicked Ming Jiudan into the corner of the hall, and before he could react, dozens of jars of good wine and a pile of roasted animal meat appeared in front of Ming Jiudan.
Ming Jiudan coughed dryly, sat down awkwardly, and ignored what was happening here. He just ate and drank heartily.
"Let's chat." Qing Sha looked at Lu Yi with a smile: "First of all, welcome to join us."
Lu Yu wanted to be a little hypocritical and say some nonsense like "Why should I join you?", "What are the benefits of joining you?", "Who are you?", "What do you want to do?", etc... He wanted to be a little reserved and controllable...
But when he saw the extremely clear light in Qing Sha's eyes, Lu Yi smiled and shook his head.
In front of this old monster, there is no need to mention those hypocritical words... Some little tricks are of no use to Qingsha.
Very quickly, Lu Yi and Qing Sha sat cross-legged on the ground three feet apart.
"First, let me explain the cause and effect." Qing Sha glanced at Lu Yi and said, "Taichu, Taimi, and Taiyi, among the people they sent to the lower world to investigate the ancient city of Loulan, there were our people. However, this is not the fundamental reason why we brought you from Yuncha Ridge to join us."
"Has my father met you?" Lu Yi asked Qing Sha.
Qing Sha showed a hint of delight: "Yes... your father in this life. In my previous life, I called him 'Master Uncle'."
Lu Yi's face twitched violently.
very good.
Lu Yu’s seniority in his previous life was surprisingly so high… However, it was no wonder. Without such a high seniority and such a special status, how could he have handed over the Ranta Fruit directly to Lu Yu?
However, Lu Yu gave the Ranta Fruit to Lu Yu... instead of giving it to Qing Sha or anyone else.
'Father's love is like a mountain'?
Lu Yu always felt weird in his heart - cough, cough, brother Lu Yu, you have to understand your identity. Since you have awakened the wisdom of your previous life, you are an old monk. It is not good for you to still carry the concerns of this life.
Or maybe, the Nalanda Buddha Fruit is a tool for Lu Bu to sever the causal entanglement between him and Lu Yi in this life?
Maybe!
"Then, let's talk about the Supreme Primordial Heaven." Lu Yi said, "Talk about the three great emperors, talk about the Green Emperor, talk about the past events of this world, and some of the present events. What do you think I should know about the causes and consequences? I am very curious... and curiosity seems to be one of the driving forces for us cultivators to climb up?"
Qing Sha smiled and nodded: "That's right. You should also understand these things."
"The Green Emperor has awakened and started to move out of the nest, which proves that he might want to continue what he didn't finish back then... We, whether we like it or not, have already..." The Green Emperor restrained his smile: "To say that we are 'about to die', this wording may be a bit too alarmist... But in fact, it's not much different!"
Lu Yi's smile froze.
No matter in what context, the phrase 'imminent death' is not a good word, right?
"Let's talk about the Supreme Heaven of Beginning first." Qing Sha pointed to the red mole on his forehead that looked like a ruby. "Before the Buddha came, the Supreme Heaven of Beginning was just a primitive and barren land. The 'celestial beings' in this world were just a group of primitive ancestors who ate raw meat and drank blood and looked like wild beasts."
"Our Buddha opened up the Supreme Primordial Heaven, making this world truly 'civilized'."
"The civilization of the secular world... and the civilization of the path of cultivation."
Qing Sha looked at Lu Yi very seriously: "So, the Supreme Primordial Heaven, from the most fundamental point of view, is a Buddha land. And the Supreme Primordial Heaven is the only world in this time and space, in many spatial dimensions. After my Buddha came, with the supreme Buddha power, I performed the Buddhist rhyme of 'big and small three thousand worlds', and then there was the so-called lower world, the Liangyi Heaven where you came from, and the Jisheng Heaven where you were born before, as well as the Yuanling Heaven and many other worlds you have experienced."
"The Buddha's actions can be seen as finding an island in the vast ocean. In order to survey the surrounding waterways and provide a place for his disciples to rest and take refuge in the endless ocean, he selected countless available reefs around the island and reclaimed land. He thus opened up those large and small worlds, enlightened the living beings in them, opened up their wisdom, spread the Dharma, and even stationed disciples to sit in them."
"Of course, to be honest, this behavior of our Buddha is not without the purpose of 'collecting faith' and 'hoarding resources'." Qingsha blinked and glanced at Lu Yi.
Lu Yi nodded slowly.
Well, find a small island to settle down in the vast ocean?
Then, using this small island as a starting point, survey the waterways in all directions?
The worlds of all sizes in the lower realms were created by land reclamation during the survey of the waterway. Resource points? Those enlightened intelligent tribes could be accepted as disciples to collect the power of faith that was most important to Buddhist practitioners, as well as the resources needed for various cultivations...
Nothing wrong, ahem… Lu Yi really wanted to ask Qing Sha – you have played strategy battle games, right?
The only thing that made Lu Yi curious was - surveying the waterway? Where were those visiting Buddhas going?
If the Supreme Primordial Heaven is just a small resting place, then where do they come from?
"I can't answer the question in your mind now." Qingsha pointed at the red mole between his eyebrows again: "During the reincarnation, my spiritual wisdom was damaged, and I have forgotten many things. There may be some relevant records in the original Nalanda Holy Land, but..."
Qing Sha spread his hands, smiled bitterly, and pointed in the direction of the Sutra Library where Lu Yi came from: "We can only count on those disciples who have returned after the disaster. If among them there are the monks who swept the floor in the Sutra Library of the Holy Land of Nalanda, that would be the best. It would be the best if they can remember something."
"In this life, I am the son of the Green Emperor." Qing Sha waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Although he was on high alert, I still managed to peek into some useful things from his bloodline inheritance."
"He comes from outside the Supreme Primordial Heaven."
"He is the mortal enemy of my Buddhist sect."
"He came to this world only to destroy."
"He has already succeeded for the most part, because the Nalanda Holy Land has been destroyed..." Qing Sha said softly: "What he wants to destroy is not only Buddhism, but... the entire world, and all the living beings in this world."
"I don't know what kind of hatred or karmic connection those departed Buddhist elders had with him."
"He came here only for complete destruction."
"So, we gathered together, wanting to... survive." Qing Sha pointed at Lu Yi: "To survive, first of all, we need enough people and enough strength."
" Unlike King Qiu Gui, who is a peripheral member who is left to fend for himself... you are an important member with a clean background, trustworthy, and meant to be with us. We will do our best to help you achieve the throne of the Great Emperor."
Qingsha gently waved his right hand.
Wisps of Buddha's light surged, and giant dragon images of the road appeared above the Mingtang. The giant dragon images roared and rolled, exuding a suffocating Taoist pressure.
"After all, this world was once a pure Buddhist paradise. My Buddhist ancestors used the supreme Buddhist teachings to thoroughly refine the avenues of this world... Therefore, even though the Heavenly Court used those evil methods to refine the avenues into shackles of heaven and earth, locking up the path of cultivation in this world, we still have mastered some avenues that are powerful enough and have strong foundations."
“You, choose one, and condense the Emperor Seal Dao Fruit as quickly as possible!” Qing Sha said with a smile: “I won’t ask which is the fundamental avenue you are cultivating, nor will I ask which avenue you plan to focus on in the future… First choose one from the avenues we have mastered, condense the Emperor Seal Dao Fruit, and after you have enough power to protect yourself, you can make long-term plans in the future!”
Lu Yu looked at the phantoms of the rolling avenues and said in shock, "Have no one touched these avenues yet?"
Qing Sha shook his head gently: "No, no, no, how is it possible? These avenues have already been occupied by others... What we mean by mastering them is that whichever one you take a fancy to, we can use the shortest time and the fastest efficiency to clear out enough of it, so that you can quickly comprehend and master it, and condense it into the Emperor Seal Dao Fruit."
Lu Yu looked at Qing Sha in inexplicable horror.
'Clear up enough share'!
Of course he understood what this meant... Between heaven and earth, among all living beings, as long as any living being embarked on the path of cultivation, his mark would be left on the road corresponding to the technique he practiced.
As his cultivation level continued to deepen, the traces he left on the laws of this great path became thicker and thicker, and his share became larger and larger.
Until one day, the share and power he occupies on this avenue will be enough to condense the Emperor's Seal Fruit, and he can try to break through to the Great Emperor realm!
The profound meaning of "cleaning up" a law of the Great Dao is to kill all the other cultivators who have comprehended the law of the Great Dao and occupied a "share" on the Great Dao, and completely annihilate them... just like King Qiu Gui mobilized his private military fleet and did the same thing in Hei Ze.
Lu Yi looked at Qingsha.
Qing Sha looked at Lu Yi.
“Buddha, have mercy on me!” Lu Yi muttered to himself, and then he pointed to the giant dragon image that represented the Avenue of Speed ​​among the tumbling giant dragon images. “Before, Li Sanqi said that the ones who occupied the largest share of the Avenue of Speed ​​were the commanders and deputy commanders of the four major halls of wind, rain, thunder and lightning in the Heavenly Court… If I want to condense the Dao Fruit of Speed…”
"Speed?" Qing Sha nodded slowly: "The speed is extremely fast, and the killing power is extraordinary. Especially, the ability to save lives is indeed second only to a few great ways."
"Then, it's the Avenue of Speed. Get ready!" Qing Sha said softly: "This is actually the easiest way to start."
Lu Yu's heart twitched.
Yuan Fu defected from Heaven...but there are still people in the core of Heaven who are willing to kill them!
They can kill the important officials who possess the power of speed in the four palaces of wind, rain, thunder and lightning at any time... and make the "share" they occupy completely vacant!