Chapter 1318: Bathed in Buddha's Light
Vajrabodhi was frightened by Su Wu's sudden change of expression, and his mind was suddenly in turmoil. He heard Su Wu's question again, and after careful recollection, he had never seen any "woman with deep affinity for Buddhism", so he answered tremblingly: "Little, little monk... I have never seen an ordinary woman with deep affinity for Buddhism..."
"Those two women are not ordinary women."
Su Wu's expression calmed down instead. He looked at Vajrabodhi and asked again: "Think about it again, have you seen two extraordinary women with deep affinity for Buddhism?"
Vajrabodhi did not dare to breathe, racking his brains to recall-
At this time, his thoughts were flying, and his own sexual will was surging like a river. He saw Su Wu opposite him suddenly turned into a Buddha with an indigo body, no clothes, and a green sun on his head. The green sun on the head of this Buddha suddenly opened, and in just a moment, it encompassed all of Vajrabodhi's sexual will!
All his sexual intentions were dispersed and arranged under Su Wu's thought.
All his past experiences were clearly visible in Su Wu's eyes!
Su Wu saw the envoys from Tubo to Ju Tang through Vajrabodhi's sexual intention, the huge carriage where Vajrabodhi was, and the mutton-fat white jade covered with a piece of silk cloth in the carriage. In the mutton-fat white jade as tall as a person, two graceful figures were looming!
Danjia and Zhuoma Zunsheng were in the jade!
Since Su Wu, Xianger and others reversed time and space and went to the Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty, there have been frequent strange phenomena in various parts of the world.
When the current Tibetan king Chidai Zhudan was worshipping the "Yuanri Mountain" several years ago, the Yuanri Mountain shook, and a beautiful jade as tall as a person emerged from the "Void Sea" lake under the mountain. This jade emerged from the accompanying lake under the "Yuanri Mountain". Chidai Zhudan guessed that this jade might be the essence of the dragon vein of the secret place, stained with "Da Lu", or the origin of "Lu Mu".
He ordered the soldiers to take this sacred jade back to the palace and carefully offer it.
However, the sacred jade became increasingly darker and gradually lost its spirituality when it was kept in the palace.
Chidai Zhudan also planned to carve this "sacred jade" into the Great Sun Tathagata and offer it in the temple, but was persuaded by Vajrabodhi, saying that the sacred jade was born with Buddha nature and had a deep affinity with Buddha. If it was forcibly carved by human power, it might destroy the inherent Buddha nature, so the sacred jade was temporarily preserved intact.
Several years have passed since then, and now, the Tubo army has been severely defeated by the Tang army, and the situation has occurred.
The situation in Tubo is critical, and Chidai Zhudan had to send envoys to Jutang to pay homage to Emperor Xuanzong, and present this rare treasure to the Tang emperor, in the hope of forming an alliance with Jutang and temporarily stopping the war.
——After several years of "offering", this piece of magic jade has long lost its spiritual light and is just a relatively large ordinary jade. Chidai Zhudan ordered the Tubo envoy to transport this jade. After this jade was transported to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it suddenly glowed with spiritual light one day and shone brightly.
In the beautiful jade, there are two graceful figures looming.
Vajrabodhi was quite surprised when he saw it. When he approached the magic jade, he even unconsciously visualized a bodhisattva in a green dress. The green-dressed bodhisattva was hidden in the dark void, chanting various mantras, which made Vajrabodhi feel that the emptiness in his nature was inspired.
He knew that the jade had developed intelligence, and the pearl shone.
But now it had entered the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang army had escorted it all the way. Vajrabodhi could not possibly transport such a treasure back to Tubo. Moreover, although he was highly regarded by the King of Zamp and was a divine monk who protected the country of Tubo, the land of Tubo was cold and barren, and could not be compared with the Tang Dynasty.
He had traveled all the way from the Lion Country, and although he stayed in Tubo for several years, his ultimate goal was still to spread the Dharma in the Tang Dynasty and show what he had learned in his life. Now he could use this divine jade to open up the situation in the Tang Dynasty, and naturally it was even more impossible to return it to Tubo.
So he escorted the divine jade all the way to Chang'an and presented it to the current Emperor Xuanzong.
Su Wu searched Vajrabodhi's intentions, and after seeing the origin of the mutton-fat jade that Danjia and Zhuoma Zunsheng were born, he frowned even more.
The "divine jade" containing Danjia and Zhuoma Zunsheng was sent to the Forbidden Palace and presented to Emperor Xuanzong. This was not the most difficult thing for Su Wu.
The most difficult thing was that he had never seen the divine jade in person and could not determine the current status of Danjia and Zhuoma Zunsheng.
The "divine jade" containing the two of them was very likely related to "Lu Mu".
Is "Lu Mu" preparing to descend to the world again?
Danjia and Zhuoma Zunsheng had a causal connection with it at this time - what is its plan this time?
Such a fierce ghost with "time and space uniqueness", once it shows its traces in a certain time and space, it often means that it has also left the original time and space. Does this mean that the existence involved in the "Ju Tang Time and Space" this time is not just the people and ghosts given by the simulator?
After all, even Lu Mu seems to be involved.
After Lu Mu was imprisoned in the cracks of the present world by the ‘Jinglian Huasheng Dashi’, she sank into the Great Transformation Origin Sea. If it was transferred into the current time and space, would the power that imprisoned it - Jinglian - also be brought into this time and space? Could it be that the ‘Jin Mu’ also came with it?
Su Wu’s mind raced, and his face became more and more serious.
Vajra Zhi’s monk robe was soaked with sweat.
Seeing Su Wu’s more serious expression, he immediately lowered his head and became more and more trembling.
He also has the level of the nature and intention of the Tathagatagarbha, which is like a torrent, rushing back and forth, never stopping. However, this torrent-like nature and intention, under the thoughts of Su Wu, is like a weak stream being overwhelmed by the vast ocean, and cannot resist at all.
When Su Wu searched his thoughts just now, he was even "assimilated" by Su Wu's nature and intention. In a trance, he even felt that he had become Su Wu, and "Vajra Zhi" was just a dream of Su Wu!
When Vajra Zhi was thinking about it, Su Wu's voice came into his ears.
The voice was quite gentle, not as harsh as Vajra Zhi imagined: "Master, I also want to meet the saint and give advice to the saint.
I wonder if the master has a way to let me meet the saint of the present?"
Hearing what Su Wu said, Vajra Zhi was stunned for a moment. He looked up and saw that Su Wu's expression had returned to calm. His inner thoughts began to turn, and he said carefully: "The saint ordered me to enter the palace tomorrow to discuss Buddhism with the monks in Chang'an and to show the saint the wonders of Buddhism.
When I entered the palace in the past, I always brought my disciple 'Bukong' with me.
But Bukong is now meditating on the Buddha's truth in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda... If you can condescend to me, you can pretend to be my new disciple and go to the palace with me to pay homage to the saint..."
In Vajrabodhi's view, this is the best way at the moment.
However, after he finished speaking, the great venerable opposite shook his head: "Even if I can pretend to be your disciple tomorrow, I can't pretend to be your disciple every day and go to the palace with you in the future."
Su Wu used this tricky method quite skillfully in the past.
But now, he is unwilling to use this method more often.
Because this method can be a temporary trick, it seems to be a shortcut, but in fact there are many hidden dangers. If you are not careful, it may make yourself more difficult and fall into a dilemma.
"You can tell the saint what happened today.
Then tell the saint for me to express my intention to meet the saint and give him advice." Su Wu said to Vajrabodhi.
Vajrabodhi did not dare to refuse, and immediately put his hands together and bowed his head to agree: "I know."
"We have traveled a long way here, and it is inevitable that we are tired and exhausted. Please find a few places for us to stay in this Zen temple.
I hope you will forgive me for bothering you." Su Wu said again.
Vajrabodhi had to nod and agree.
Afterwards, he personally found the monks of Ci'en Temple and arranged a residence for Su Wu and his party. The backyard of Ci'en Temple was strictly prohibited for women to enter and leave. Therefore, Jiang Yingying, Ping Lingzi, and Qingzi were all protected by Su Wu. Even in the eyes of Vajrabodhi, the three women were three dusty men, and there was no abnormality.
After everything was arranged, Zhang Fang also came to say goodbye to Su Wu: "I also know that people like you are phoenixes in the sky. Sparrows like us can fly with phoenixes, which is a great benefit.
But I also have my own pursuits now, so I came to say goodbye to you.
I will try my best to stay in Chang'an City in the future. If you have any instructions, I will do my best!"
"Brother Zhang will have a bright future this time. I will not stop you. Take care, brother Zhang." Su Wu did not stop Zhang Fang and nodded.
"Take care, my dear!"
Zhang Fang grinned and bowed to Su Wu.
He put the bag behind him aside: "Such weapons are useless to me. Carrying them with me will only cause me trouble.
I will return them to their original owner.
My dear, I will leave now!"
The two said goodbye. Zhang Fang went to visit Hong Renkun and Tao Zu again. He stayed in their rooms for a while and then left.
The sky gradually darkened.
The Ci'en Temple was closed and soldiers were patrolling all over the temple.
Although Su Wu agreed to Tao Zu and others' request to go to Pingkangfang for fun, it was not the right time. Everyone had been walking around Chang'an all day today, and most of them did not want to go out at night, so they put the matter aside for the time being.
Su Wu sat cross-legged in the Zen room. Next to his room was the residence of 'Vajrabodhi'.
At this time, Vajrabodhi was doing evening classes in the room, holding a wooden hammer, hitting the wooden fish, and chanting sutras. However, because he had experienced too many things today, his mind was still difficult to calm down. Even after reciting the Buddhist scriptures several times, he could not calm his mind.
Su Wu's sexual consciousness passed through Vajrabodhi's room and gathered between his eyebrows. The 'Dongliu Island Origin God' beat with his heart, and the dragon veins hidden deep in the earth and intertwined with each other appeared between his mind and spirit. He turned his mind slightly and saw that he was at a certain node where the dragon veins of Chang'an were intertwined.
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda on this node was like a giant lock, gathering the dragon veins around and tying all the moving dragon veins here.
And Su Wu's Origin God covered the entire Chang'an, and he suddenly discovered that there were only two 'Dragon Vein Locks' of the size of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in the entire Chang'an City.
The other one was in the Forbidden Palace.
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Late at night, everything was silent in Ci'en Temple.
The footsteps of the soldiers passing through the temple and the sound of armor plates colliding became particularly clear.
In every corner and direction of the deep courtyard, there are "elephant needles" erected. The so-called "elephant needles" are objects that appear at the moment to indicate the direction of the evil spirit. They are made into the shape of iron arrows that can be rotated around and installed on the top of the stone palace lantern.
Usually, no matter how the wind blows, the "elephant needles" will not move at all.
However, once the sneaky aura flows, the ‘elephant needle’ will immediately react, pointing to the place where the sneaky aura flows, giving a hint to the soldiers passing by.
And those soldiers passing by are all burly and full of evil spirit.
They have been in battle for a long time, and they are the best in the army. They have killed many enemy soldiers. Such soldiers full of evil spirit are full of courage. With a set of armor with various talismans drawn on them, it is no problem to drive away the sneaky.
——The armor woven and inlaid with iron plates and talismans on the soldiers is not ordinary armor, but a kind of ‘talisman armor’ developed by the Tang Dynasty.
The talismans drawn by the clan Taoist priests are woven into a formation and formed into talisman armor for the soldiers to use. They can also fight against the general evil spirits.
The cost of the talisman armor is extremely high, and only the prosperous Tang Dynasty can mass-produce such talisman armor and train such brave and fierce warriors.
"Sharp warriors, talisman armor, and people who practice Buddhism and Taoism, as well as the theory of Feng Shui and earth veins, are enough to form the capital of Chang'an in the great Tang Dynasty. Is there no sneaky activity on the surface?" Su Wu walked out of the Zen room, and his figure passed by several soldiers. Those soldiers did not notice his existence at all, and even the "elephant needles" erected around them were all motionless.
Only the lights under the elephant needles were shaking, as if disturbed by the wind.
Su Wu stood by the road that the soldiers had to pass by when patrolling, observing the talisman armor on the soldiers, and confirmed that the armor composed of these talismans were all some ordinary talismans, but by combining these ordinary talismans just right, each talisman armor can indeed burst out extraordinary power.
This kind of talisman armor is good enough to deal with the evil spirits and disaster-level evil spirits.
But when encountering the ‘Evil Level’ or even the above Fierce Level and Wild Level evil spirits, they are not strong enough.
The real means to resist the evil spirits above the Evil Level are not these soldiers wearing talisman armor, but the great monks in charge of the various courtyards of Ci’en Temple.
In the Tang Dynasty’s strategy of suppressing evil spirits, where does this force that combines the two major sects of monks and Taoists with the sharp soldiers of the Tang Dynasty rank?
Does the Tang Dynasty have other means of suppressing evil spirits?
Su Wu was also quite curious about this.
He felt that the current Tang Dynasty must have other means to deal with more terrifying evil spirits - the ‘locks’ that fell on the dragon veins in various parts of Chang’an were not the power of heaven, but the power of manpower using the terrain to respond to the power of heaven. For a huge city that accommodates millions of people in this period, the person who tailored this method of locking the power of the land and used by the country is also a master.
Now that the Li family can make the Buddhist and Taoist sects and all the sects in the world willingly assist, then could the saint in the Forbidden Palace now be a mortal who does not know how to suppress evil and only has secular power?
Su Wu did not believe it.
He passed through many deep courtyards and passed by Buddhist temples with statues that were either magnificent or solemn and grand. Those great monks with deep cultivation were guarding in the Buddhist temples. They burned incense and chanted scriptures in front of the Buddha, their minds were quiet, and in a trance they seemed to have turned into wooden sculptures and clay sculptures, merging with the big Buddha in front of them.
These monks were all monks who had been practicing in Ci'en Temple and had a thousand connections with the royal family. The scene of Vajra Zhi leading Su Wu and his party into Ci'en Temple had long been seen by the monks in Ci'en Temple.
The monks of Ci'en Temple may not be as good as Vajra Zhi in cultivation, but they stand in various Buddhist halls, and with the help of the Buddha statues that have been baptized by incense, they seem to be able to generate all kinds of great power.
Su Wu turned and walked away from a Buddhist temple where Maitreya Buddha was enshrined, and walked towards the Big Wild Goose Pagoda standing on the flat land in the distance.
In the Buddhist temple.
The fat monk who was turning his rosary towards the Buddha statue opened his eyes slightly.
He looked up at the indistinguishable face of Maitreya Buddha in the darkness, put his hands together, and chanted the Buddha's name in a low voice: "Amitabha, it seems that there is wind passing by..."
The Maitreya Buddha in the Buddhist temple smiled but did not speak.
The Buddha statue's compassionate and spiritual eyes watched Su Wu walk through the flat area paved with bricks and stones, walk through the forest-like array of soldiers, and stop slightly beside the big monks stationed at each "elephant needle". Then, Su Wu walked straight to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
All the protective measures in Ci'en Temple were useless to him.
He looked up at the pagoda, which was now built to a height of ten stories, and bursts of Buddhist chanting continued to echo in his consciousness - every brick and stone, every piece of wood in the pagoda was soaked in incense, so that when he approached the pagoda, he felt as if he was bathed in the Buddha's light!