Volume 3: Summoning Demons Chapter 36: The Sutra of Saving People
"How is your business going?" After seeing Lu Bai, Prefect Liang did not immediately talk about what happened in the city . Instead, he invited Lu Bai to eat hot pot together and then asked about Lu Bai's affairs.
"It's done." Lu Bai nodded, and then changed the topic to the situation in the city: "I heard that a great demon is about to break the seal and come out?"
"Indeed." Prefect Liang did not deny it and continued to explain the situation again.
"This great catastrophe of heaven and earth all has a source."
"And the source is a great demon of heaven and earth."
"This great demon was killed by a capable man, but it remained alive. Instead, it took advantage of the chaos of war to live on several corpses."
"Have you also seen the scene of the corpse resurrecting in the dry well?"
"That great demon was just like that, and even worse."
"One of those corpses was sealed in Lu Pan City."
"If the seal cannot be reinforced, it will not be as simple as a great demon-level evil spirit breaking through the seal."
"It's the real great devil of heaven and earth, who might have been reborn by borrowing the body."
When Lu Bai heard this, he knew in his heart that this so-called great demon of heaven and earth was probably the real "devil" that the old curator had created.
It is also the source of demonic contamination incidents.
However, even if we really get rid of the other party now, we probably won’t be able to eliminate the pollution in this dimension.
After more than ninety years of influence, the main body of this world has long since changed from simple martial arts to magic.
It's impossible to change back.
"Is the old curator's target this demon?" Lu Bai thought.
The level of the Great Demon is equivalent to that of an innate warrior, and his abilities are even more bizarre.
And even after death, he was able to make several corpses into the source demons of great evil, and it is estimated that he has reached a realm equivalent to the "sage" of martial arts.
The old curator spread the demonic pollution, which led to the birth of demons.
I'm afraid it's all because of this demon.
The purpose of sending himself in was to use himself to accomplish certain goals.
"So how do we seal these evil demons?" Lu Bai asked Governor Liang.
At the same time, it is also a way to find out the bottom of the big demon in the ruined temple.
"This requires the use of the Sutra of Saving People." Prefect Liang gave the answer.
The full name of "Duren Jing" is "Tai Shang Dong Xuan Ling Bao Wuliang Du Ren Shang Pin Miao Jing", which is a Taoist theological work.
This kind of scripture already exists on Earth, and it cannot be said to be anything extraordinary or magical.
In Lu Bai's original understanding, this scripture was a book of scriptures for people to recite.
After reciting it solemnly, you will be able to gain merit.
It teaches people not to kill or harm, not to be jealous or envious, not to be adulterous or steal, not to be greedy or lustful, not to hate or be self-centered, not to speak flowery words, not to say evil words, etc.
All in all, it is a scripture that teaches people to be good.
Therefore, there was nothing wrong with Lu Pan passing down this scripture to guide people to be good and less aggressive.
I just didn’t expect that this scripture would possess such special supernatural powers in this era?
Or has the "Duren Jing" undergone some changes in this era?
"The Sutra of Saving Humanity talks about the various heavens. There are thirty-two heavens in total and the Daluo Heaven."
"It is divided into the desire realm, the form realm, the formless realm, and the species."
Prefect Liang also handed a copy of the Sutra of Saving People and some annotations to Lu Bai.
Lu Bai had learned some of these complicated terms before, but he was still a little confused after reading them.
Several annotations to the Sutra of the Redemption of Human Beings seem to regard the heavens as the realm of spiritual practice, with the desire realm, the form realm, the formless realm, and the species of people being the four realms.
Among them , there are six heavens in the desire realm and four heavens in the species realm.
The division between the realm of form and the realm of formlessness is very complicated.
Some say there are twelve heavens in the realm of form and ten heavens in the realm of formlessness.
It is also said that there are eighteen heavens in the realm of form, which can be further divided into six heavens of material dust, six heavens of fine dust, and six heavens of light dust, so there are only four heavens in the realm of formlessness.
All in all a bit confusing.
Until Lu Bai saw a note that recorded the names of the thirty-three days.
And after the names of these thirty-three days, someone added a few more names.
"Abyss, Cape, Green Forest, Netherworld..."
Lu Bai sorted it out from the beginning. Could it be that these so-called heavens are describing dimensions?
Are those real dimensions one of the thirty-three heavens?
"No, it is more likely that someone used the Sutra of Saving People as a framework to analyze the secrets of the dimension."
The Sutra of Deliverance itself does not contain anything supernatural, but by fitting the conditions into it and using its skin to paint its bones, this sutra may indeed contain something supernatural for the indigenous people.
There is no problem with the scriptures themselves; the problem lies in the dimension.
Lu Bai suddenly remembered the second half of the paper on "The Thorn in the Flesh".
"The indigenous ability core pulls the dimensional power to create weapons."
"Lian Qing's success shows that she really touched upon the power of the dimension."
"After successfully putting on this layer of skin of the Sutra of Deliverance, the natives can really use it to mobilize the power of the dimension and accomplish all kinds of magical things."
"And judging from the fact that this dimension has been polluted by the Abyss, the dimensional power that the natives can draw on is mostly from the Abyss dimension."
"But Buddhism seems to also have things like the Desire Realm, the Form Realm, and the Formless Realm." Lu Bai said. He was thinking whether the Buddhist scriptures could also serve as a cover.
"When Buddhism was integrated into China, both sides were greatly influenced. Many Taoist scholars also studied Buddhist scriptures. At that time, Buddhism was still supported by Taoism and was called Futu Dao."
"Many Buddhist terms were also influenced by Taoist terms when they were translated, such as the word 'Brahma.'" Prefect Liang also spoke at this time.
“But the Taoist ‘Brahma’, for example, the pronunciation of the name of the ancient god.”
"And the Buddhist word 'Brahma', such as Sanskrit, is a foreign language that was originally translated into 'Brahma'."
"But it is just a kind of religious culture. It has both good and bad elements."
"For example, those monks who don't work are dregs in my opinion, but some of the philosophical ideas in the Buddhist scriptures are not wrong."
Prefect Liang was well aware of all this.
Of course, Lu Bai had no idea whether what he said was right or not, but what Lu Bai knew was that Prefect Liang should not be in the know.
In the fantasy dimension, cultural customs are similar to those of ancient Earth, but some things are really missing.
So the fact that Prefect Liang knew all this shows that he had received relevant teachings from Earth.
Lu Bai knew about this, but he didn't say much.
Everyone has their own secrets. Even if you want to know, you can't ask openly.
Otherwise, it is very likely to hurt other people's hearts.
Lu Bai chatted with Prefect Liang for a while and then turned and left.
After making the agreement, he went with Magistrate Liang to seal the so-called big demon.
At the same time, they also gained some power to do things their own way.
Lu Bai went to look for the few remaining old people in Lu Pan City.
It’s hard for the elderly to survive these days.
