Chapter 1006 No Need to Go
On the high cliff behind the White Horse Temple, two figures stand out.
"Bodhisattva, the Buddha allows you to act as you wish." said Mu Zha, who had just returned from the Leiyin Temple on Lingshan Mountain in the West.
"Are you taking advantage of the situation?" the Bodhisattva frowned.
There is something very particular about doing things cheaply.
It represents the leadership's comprehensive decentralization, but it also represents something else.
That is……
Completely passing the buck.
If the catastrophe is handled well, great benefits will be obtained, such as the Taoist Master Ran Deng.
If the catastrophe is not handled properly, the opposite result will occur.
For example, the calamity presided over by the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Orthodox School to establish the human king Xuanyuan, not only did they not gain any merit, but they were also burdened with cause and effect and karma.
Thinking of this, the Bodhisattva recalled bad memories and felt inexplicably irritated. He accidentally saw Hui'an walking with Mu Zha, who was hesitant to speak.
"If you have any questions, ask!"
Mu Zha, the traveler from Hui'an, immediately asked, "Bodhisattva, I have seen all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the Great Leiyin Temple, and they all care about Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty. Is Li Shimin so important in the spread of Buddhism to the East?"
Upon hearing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva sighed and said, "Important, not only important, but also very important.
“The spread of Buddhism to the East represents the great prosperity of Buddhism and also represents endless merits.
At the same time, it also eliminates the catastrophe of heaven and earth.
In order to eliminate the great calamity of heaven and earth, we need to prepare a joint sacrifice from heaven, earth and man."
Mu Zha, the Hui'an traveler, looked confused: "Sacrifice?"
"That's right! Every time a catastrophe occurs, it is accompanied by war and death. This war and death not only includes mortals, but also immortals and Buddhas.
The appearance of the quantitative catastrophe means that the world has reached a certain limit in accommodating practitioners, and it needs to clear out a group of practitioners. "
Mu Zha was stunned when he heard this: "Clearing out a group of redundant practitioners?"
"Haven't you experienced this before? Why are you so shocked?"
“I’ve experienced it…” Mu Zha showed a look of surprise, and then his expression changed: “Conferred the Godhood!”
Mu Zha did not hear much of the previous discussion among the Buddhas of Lingshan.
Even the Buddhas who are in the midst of a kalpa would not be so stupid as to discuss these matters in front of everyone.
Mu Zha only heard what the Buddhas wanted him to hear.
After hearing the Bodhisattva’s explanation, Mu Zha was completely shocked.
Mu Zha is a person who has personally experienced a catastrophe.
Their family can be said to be the biggest winner in the Battle of the Gods.
The four of them were all deified in the flesh, Li Jing was deified in heaven, and also
But when he thought of the miserable situation of Jiejiao at that time, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
"The disciples of Jiejiao were the sacrifices in the last catastrophe, so sacrifices are also needed this time." Mu Zha said.
"That's right! The powerful beings in the Three Realms found the sacrifice thousands of years ago, and the plan for how to survive this catastrophe."
"Then who is the sacrifice? Or which monk is it?" Mu Zha asked curiously.
“Master just said, sacrifices from the three parties of heaven, earth and man.
The sky is the stone monkey Sun Wukong, the earth is the countless monsters, and the human is the human king Li Shimin. "
"Sun Wukong?"
"Sun Wukong is actually a character similar to Jiang Ziya thousands of years ago, and is the protagonist of this catastrophe.
If they are allowed to develop naturally, they will affect the three realms of heaven, earth and man, and reshuffle all the immortals, Buddhas, gods and ghosts in the three realms."
"Reshuffle?" Mu Zha was horrified. Reshuffle meant that they, who had already become gods and Buddhas, would be reduced to mortals again and be pulled down from their status above the nine heavens.
"You should understand that plants wither and flourish, but we don't. There are more and more cultivators, but the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will not appear out of thin air.
Therefore, the way of heaven will naturally create a knife to clear away the excess weeds.
Sun Wukong is that knife. The more monks it kills during this kalpa, the more merit it gains.
The more monks it lets go, the more luck will be deducted from it."
"I, your disciples, understand the role of the countless demons. They should be the same role as Jiejiao. Then what about Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty?" Mu Zha continued to ask.
"Sun Wukong's luck cannot offset the karma of all the disciples of the immortals and gods. Naturally, we can only use the luck of humanity and the luck of the dynasty to make up for it."
Mu Zha frowned and asked, "What if Li Shimin's luck is missing?"
"There won't be any problem with a cultivator like me, but..."
"Just what?" Mu Zha asked.
"But you disciples must really go and face the calamity."
When Mu Zha heard this, his face immediately turned pale. It was not because he had a bad mentality, but the catastrophe was really terrible.
He had experienced it once.
Those who failed to survive the last catastrophe.
Some died, their souls and bodies were destroyed; some were suppressed at the foot of the mountain and filled up the sea eyes; some were deified at work and became slaves.
Neither is a good outcome.
Mu Zha is a Buddhist and he knows more.
The mounts of many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas today are basically those whom they once called brothers.
Mu Zha also heard that some of those who failed to respond to the calamity were castrated by their current masters.
Mu Zha felt a chill at the thought of this.
"Buddha, we can't attack Li Shimin directly. Do you know how to force Li Shimin to sacrifice his destiny as a human king?"
"Don't panic. You are anxious, but there are people who are more anxious than you."
"More anxious than me?"
"You and Dragon Girl have very little karma, so the possibility of problems is very small, and there is almost no calamity." The Bodhisattva said silently in his heart: "The most I will pay for this calamity is a mount and a fish."
Mu Zha calmed down a bit after hearing this, but then asked, "But how do we carry out the mission assigned by the Buddha?"
"Just make some noise and let the Emperor Tang and his men mess around. Then we will go back to Lingshan and apologize for our mistakes and resign from the task of presiding over the Buddhist Dongchuan."
"This……"
"We don't have much karma to begin with, so why would we create so much karma?"
Guanyin Bodhisattva does have very little karma, and his disciples are only Longnv and Muzha. The mount is quite powerful, and losing it will make the Bodhisattva feel sad. As for the fish, it's gone.
This is also the best way for the Bodhisattva to get along with others. As long as she quits her job, the Taoist gods will panic.
Then the various forces including Taoism, Buddhism, the Dragon Clan, Heaven, and the Underworld will reach a consensus.
Finally, they went together to seek help from the saint Laozi, borrowed the human race's greatest treasure [Kongtong Seal] from him, and forcibly subdued the human king Li Shimin.
"The disciple resigns!"
"Wait! You don't have to go."
Mu Zha was about to carry out the task given by the Bodhisattva to do something, but was suddenly stopped by the Bodhisattva, which made Mu Zha very strange.
The bodhisattva's eyes flashed with golden light, and he said in a deep voice: "Just now, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty ordered Jin Chanzi to reincarnate as Xuanzang and go to the Great Leiyin Temple to obtain Buddhist scriptures.
This time, the imperial edict clearly stated that Xuanzang went on his behalf.
(End of this chapter)