Chapter 1553

"It turns out that death is not such a terrible thing for them?"

Death is a familiar experience for Nezha. He had already died once when he cut his bones back to his father and his flesh to his mother. And as someone who died once, he actually knew exactly what it was like.

There is a saying that there is great terror between life and death, but it is true. Death is actually quite a scary thing, when you feel a whole living world is fading from your life, when everything falls into eternal silence, your fear, uneasiness and madness will arise spontaneously , and in the end, completely destroy everything in your soul.

Why do people in the heavens pursue immortality? In fact, the biggest reason is this. They know the horror of death, so they want to get rid of the threat of death as much as possible. Prolonging lifespan is only one of their most superficial methods. Others, such as the out-of-body spirit and reincarnation, are the real great supernatural powers and profound meanings.

However, even if there are so many supernatural powers to protect them, it doesn't mean that the gods and Buddhas in the sky can escape the calamity of death casually.

Look at the heavenly soldiers and generals who have been fighting all the year round, or the gods of the heavenly world who have been killed all the way up like Yang Jian. Most of the weapons in the hand and the spells near the body have one or two key points for obliterating the soul. When fighting, they will not show any affection to their opponents at all. If they go down all at once, they will not only die physically, but also destroy their souls.

It can be said that, like Nezha, who can be recalled to the soul after cutting the bones and flesh, and rebuild the body with a lotus flower, after all, it is still a minority. Most of them became real souls of the dead with the addition of the sword and axe. No, it should be said that even dead souls can't be done, because this death really wipes out everything.

It was precisely because Nezha knew this that he couldn't immediately follow in the footsteps of his two older brothers. After all, a person who has already died once, knowing the horror of death, wants to die again, but it is impossible to be so straightforward and happy. However, at this moment, what if he is alive? It's just plain boring.

If you can't fulfill the filial piety of father and son and the brotherhood in life, can't you even do it in death? Thinking of this, Nezha felt that death is actually not so terrible. So he smiled immediately, and rubbed out a ball of samadhi fire in his hands, which was already directly on his body.

He has the body of a lotus flower, and he can't die even if his head is cut off, but he can come back to life as soon as he picks up the lotus flower and pours water on it. So if you want to kill him thoroughly, you have to have a thunderstorm. Of course, he has magical powers to protect him, and it is difficult for ordinary thunder flames to hurt him. So if he wanted to kill himself, he had to spend some effort to set up this ball of samadhi fire.

When the flames came together, the body of the grass and trees immediately swelled in the fire, and the surging samadhi fire swallowed Nezha's entire body in an instant.

His body melted little by little in the flames, turning into fly ashes and leaving. But he didn't whine or cry at all. Instead, he uttered the last words of his life as if he had completely enlightened himself and got rid of all the pain.

"There is no joy in life, and no pain in death."

After finishing his words, the flames exploded, and there was no part of the lotus body left, but was completely burned to ashes and dispersed with the wind. Seeing the fate of the three brothers, all the traitors present felt an inexplicable sadness in their hearts.

Their brothers walked in an aboveboard manner with awe-inspiring righteousness, but what about them? How could they have such a treatment? Thinking about being labeled as a treason, and after death, will be engraved on the history books, leaving a bad reputation for thousands of years, the anxiety in these people's hearts is about to drive them completely crazy.

The ancients paid attention to the name of a person before and after, and they are the same. What's going on in front of them, this is what they are fighting for now. And what happens behind them is something they have been thinking about all their lives. It's like Buddhism describes the Buddha as omnipotent. It's like I'm the only one in the world, but they are actually just building momentum for their posthumous fame.

But the problem is, it’s okay if they are masters of both Buddhism and Taoism in this heaven. They can write whatever they want. Under the power, others can only see what they have recorded. But now, the world is no longer their world, but the world of the Emperor of Heaven and his heavenly court. But with the means and style of the immortal officials who were born in the historians in the heaven, it is simply impossible for them to whitewash their own affairs.

The three Nezha brothers are fine, historians will give them a few words of praise for their filial piety, and take their treasonous crimes into account. But they, who have always stood on the heads of the heavenly officials and shit, they have fallen into the hands of these historians this time. If they don't let them know that the history pen is as powerful as a knife, I am afraid that the immortal officials themselves will feel ashamed. Facing those historians and sages.

And thinking of being whipped by these historians and immortal officials after his death, he will be infamous for thousands of generations. These rebels, whether they are gods or bodhisattvas, are restless.

Among them, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and those gods and emperors are the most prominent. You know, in order to build a reputation, they have put in a lot of painstaking efforts, and it took more than a thousand years to get the praise they have today.

Forget about the Emperor Shenxiao, after all, with the decline of the Shenxiao Sect in the Song Dynasty, their reputation among the people is no longer obvious. But Ksitigarbha is different. Arranging himself to go to hell with rhetoric, and enclosing land for Buddhism, he has the reputation among the people that hell will not be empty and vow not to become a Buddha, and he will save all the dead and evil spirits in hell. To this day, he still has a lot of incense and countless believers.

Such a great reputation, if it collapses, is damaged, it may even be lost forever. That was really more painful than killing him. It can be said that as long as he thinks that he will be betrayed as a monstrous monk, an evil Buddha, and an evil god, he will be so distraught that he dare not even die.

If you die, you will be reprimanded by all things. And alive, even if it is lingering and begging for mercy, it is possible to preserve one's reputation. For a guy who values ​​his posthumous reputation so much, how to choose is actually a matter that does not need to be considered at all.

So at the moment, Ksitigarbha King's heart turned anxiously, and he was already reciting the Buddha's name to Zhou Yi.

"Good, good. Your Majesty, if the poor monk is willing to surrender, I wonder if His Majesty would be willing to spare the poor monk this time?"

These words were exactly what those traitors were thinking, but Ksitigarbha was one step ahead of them. However, it's good to be the first, at least let him go to explore the water first, try the depth. So they didn't get angry because of this, but looked at him and Zhou Yi nervously, waiting for the dialogue between them to produce a result.

It can be said that they are looking forward to it in their hearts, looking forward to some miracle happening. However, compared to their expectations, whether it was Di Ting or Zhang Daoling, there was a feeling that things were going to get worse.

It's not surprising that Di Ting would have this kind of thought. After all, he had just betrayed his master and begged for glory. If his master didn't die, but instead became a minister in the same palace, he would inevitably be stumbling him, or even put him to death. . Therefore, it is reasonable for him to be anxious and afraid.

As for Zhang Daoling, his worries were on a higher level.

First of all, let these rebels go back alive, no matter what their identities are, they will definitely not be able to escape the title of second or fifth boy. This is definitely a heavy blow to him who presumably relies on brains rather than strength to govern and control the Dao Sect, and it may even destroy his current reputation and affect his power in the Dao Sect.

The above is still a trivial matter, the most important thing is that their existence is likely to plant the seeds of disaster for the split of the Taoist sect.

Originally, his plan was to eradicate these few rebels who could take the lead, so that those who were dissatisfied and unwilling to make progress in the entire Taoist sect completely lost their support, and could only follow the trend of the people under his leadership. Daomen undergoes major changes. But if these people are still alive, then the situation is different.

It's like inserting several dams horizontally in the rolling river, which will not only interrupt the general trend of the river's progress, but may even cause the river to change its course, cut off its veins, and even fall into a dead end.

This is the most terrible situation, and it is also the situation that Zhang Daoling is most afraid of seeing. So immediately, he began to persuade Zhou Yi.

"Your Majesty, no, absolutely not. If the rebels can be easily spared, isn't it telling all those who have evil intentions that there is no risk in it? If things go on like this, people in the world can only see the benefits of rebellion. If they can’t see an end that is enough to make them fear, and everyone is competing to rebel, wouldn’t that lead to chaos in the heavenly court and the loss of life? The old minister is bold, please think twice, Your Majesty!”

"Zhang Daoling, you despicable villain, do you have to force us to die?"

Seeing that Zhang Daoling became an obstacle in their way of survival, these gods who wanted to save their lives immediately began to curse. However, compared to the final price to be paid, Zhang Daoling would rather let them scold him more at this time. Anyway, he wouldn't lose a piece of meat, so he simply lost his face and sneered back.

"The road was chosen by you, and all the treason was done by you. Why, now I regret it. What did you do earlier? You don't know the emperor's grace, you don't accept the enlightenment, and you want to commit such a serious crime. Excusing yourself is simply a daydream. Your Majesty is wise, and will definitely send you to the Immortal Slaying Platform, and give you and other conspiring rebels a death sentence, so as to serve as an example to others!"

"Master Zhang, can you allow the poor monk to say something?"

One sentence interrupted Zhang Daoling's words, Ksitigarbha King was afraid of being involved in the undercurrent of Taoism, so he immediately spoke.

"The turmoil in Taoism has nothing to do with the poor monk. The poor monk is a Buddhist. But judging from the current situation, isn't it more valuable to keep the poor monk to serve His Majesty than to kill the poor monk?"