Chapter 288: Lotus Sutra (Part 2)

Last time, Zhou Qing recalled his seven incarnations, Gonggong, Zhurong, Ju Mang, and Xuanming, Hou Tu, and Di Jiang, and they all fell into the cloud light above their heads. When Zhou Qing retracted the cloud light, the incarnations also naturally disappeared, and there was nothing on the top of his head.

Since Sakyamuni Tathagata had invited the monk Li Ning to the Lotus Sutra Conference, Zhou Qing had to go. As the emperor of Taoism, it was difficult for him to refuse.

After entering the Immortal Palace, Zhou Qing said to the disciples sitting down: I will go to the Lotus Sutra Conference, and your master's wife will take charge of the affairs of the sect.

Wen Lanxin, Liao Xiaojin and others said: Remember, teacher, don't worry.

Yunxia said: I have nothing to do now. I am in charge of the Zhoutian Xingdou formation, and I have the Golden Dragon Scissors and Banana Fan to bind the immortal rope. Even if a strong enemy comes, I will make sure he never comes back. On the contrary, Cancan has been in the Southern Continent for a year and I don't know how he is now.

The big fox Zhou Chen hurriedly said: Master, please try to figure it out. Is my sister safe now?

Zhou Qing smiled and said: I went out with them because they have a shallow foundation. It is difficult for them to achieve superior results by staying in the mountains. So it is better to go out and try some opportunities.

Yunxia said: I also heard that in Nanzhanbuzhou, the wind and rain are not peaceful now, and the Cangmang Banjian will approach. Cancan, Feixiong and others are still in their infancy, and they only have a few magic banners and no other magic weapons to protect themselves. It's okay if they meet ordinary cultivators, but if they meet those giant evil demons, they will be killed.

Zhou Qing pondered for a moment, and then said: The situation is not clear at the moment. I will make plans after I come back from the Lotus Sutra Conference.

Yunxia nodded and stopped talking. Zhou Qing stood up and told the Red Boy Witch: You go to prepare the carriage and follow me to the Pure Land of Saha.

The Witch was shocked and said: Teacher, I have some grudges with many Zen masters in the Pure Land of Saha. I am afraid that this trip will cause some trouble for you.

Zhou Qing shouted: This trip is to explain the grudges. The revenge of grievances will not be clear even after countless kalpas, and there will be disasters in the future. Don't talk too much, I have my own ideas.

Red Boy said to the witch: "Teacher, what you said is very right. I will just follow your instructions." After that, he pulled the witch to prepare the car without further explanation.

This year, there was a lot of snow, and it snowed for three days without stopping. Red Boy and the witch pulled the rhinoceros out, harnessed the shaft, and waited for Zhou Qing to get on the car. They also selected twenty boys, eight on each side, two in front and back, to hold the incense burner, golden lamp, and dragon whisker. Then, with a sound of the whip, the Huagai Yunxiang car rose into the air, shining brightly, and went eastward.

The Saha Pure Land is just outside the East China Sea, a very far place. It would take several months for ordinary earth immortals to fly with the escape light. Even Dijiang would take several hours to reach it. With the speed of three rhinoceroses pulling the car, it would take several days, so Zhou Qing set off early.

It was snowing heavily outside, and the cold wind was howling. The surroundings were vast, the sky was wide and the land was vast, but the incense burners and golden lamps on the car were all lit, the fairy fragrance was faint, and it was warm like spring, making people feel comfortable. The heavy snow and cold wind outside were all blocked by the light ten feet away from the car body. Red Boy and the witch drove the car, and the boy held the lamp. Although they were blocked by the heavy snow and could not tell the direction, they were all successful Taoists. The wind and snow could not block their eyes. Looking down, the mountains and rivers were all snow-white, extremely magnificent, and several boys were stunned.

The three rhinos were demon kings, and their cultivation was profound. In addition, they were protected by the car, so they did not suffer. The witch only pointed and admired the scenery with Red Boy, and did not embarrass the three rhinos. Zhou Qing was thinking in the curtain, and there was no movement. Red Boy knew that his master was highly skilled, so he did not disturb him.

After a day of traveling, it was night. The heavy snow stopped a little, but the sky was still gloomy. Zhou Qing ordered the car to go up to the ninth heaven and rest at the junction of the strong wind layer and the thunder and fire layer.

These days, the strong wind layer went straight up for more than 100,000 miles. Going up further, it was the thunder and fire layer, which was wider than the strong wind and more than a million miles. After the thunder and fire layer, it was three thousand miles up to the ethereal fairy cloud, which was the foundation of the heaven, just like the rocks and soil in the lower world.

The nine-day strong wind, frozen stone into powder, twisted steel into slag, is not easy to resist unless you are an earthly immortal. The Qiantian thunder and fire is even more violent. One is yin and the other is yang, but the intersection is yin and yang, leaving a ten-mile fault, without strong wind or thunder and fire, but there is a huge bombing sound above, and the whirring strong wind stirring below, and the huge vibration keeps ringing, as if both sides are squeezing over, which makes people very uneasy.

Zhou Qing rested in the car. The twenty boys had practiced in the Immortal Palace for forty or fifty years. Although they did not achieve immortality, they had survived several great heavenly tribulations. They stopped in this space and looked up and down. They could not help but marvel. Above their heads, there were clouds of fire, and countless red balls the size of eggs were seen flying in a disorderly manner. Often when two of them collided, there would be a huge explosion, deafening, rolling up the pure Yang fire of thousands of feet, like the crest of the waves, one after another, which made the boys frightened.

And below, there was a whistling hurricane, mixed with black ice blocks the size of millstones, which also collided in the wind, like the sound of swords, as if the black ice blocks were made of fine steel, layer by layer, and the bottom could not be seen. Only the big black vortex was seen.

The boys were trembling with fear and did not dare to get off the car. Although they knew that there was no harm in the ten-mile area where the intersection was, they were still very afraid.

Suddenly, hundreds of small balls in the thunder and fire layer on the top collided with each other and exploded in a chain, just like a big thunderbolt appeared out of thin air, ten times louder than before, shaking the space at the edge distorted.

One of the girls holding the incense burner shuddered and couldn't help asking Red Boy: Uncle Red, I heard that some earth immortals use this thunder and fire to refine the Qiantian Lei Gang Thunderbolt, which is very powerful. Although I know how to refine it, my cultivation is low and I can't do it. Today, I saw this thunder and fire and realized that it is really powerful. It is much stronger than those five elements magic spells.

Red Boy was joking with the witch. When he heard what the girl said, he smiled and said: I know what you mean. You want me to climb a few thunder and fire for you. It doesn't matter. You will also go out to travel in the future. It's good to have more magic weapons for self-defense.

The girl was overjoyed and thanked him immediately. Red Boy was born with a congenital fire spirit, so he was not afraid of fire. His body was stretched and he entered the thunder and fire layer. A circle of five-flavored divine fire Zheng Chengpi wrapped around him. The red balls condensed from the Qiantian thunder and lightning flew around. They were burned by the five-flavored divine flames and turned invisible. They could not hit him.

He sacrificed the Dou Ri Luo Net and raised it up. A black light and deep cold air covered dozens of hectares. Red Boy directed the Dou Ri Luo Net to rotate in all directions. The red balls condensed from the Qiantian thunder and lightning touched the black light and stuck to it. They did not explode, but stuck to it and spun around. After a few encounters, hundreds of red balls were caught.

Red Boy was very happy that the Dou Ri Luo Net had such an effect. Generally, if an earthly immortal wanted to collect the Qiantian thunder and lightning, he had to deal with it well. He had to sacrifice magic weapons to protect his body and collect them one by one carefully, for fear that if he was not careful, it would explode when collecting and hurt himself.

Flying down, Red Boy restored the net. Carefully, he used his mysterious skills to pick the beads one by one, imprisoned them with his magic power, and then asked the girl to take them.

It doesn't have to be so laborious. The witch smiled and took out the Shura Heaven-Destroying Mirror, looking at the mirror stuck in the net, and then the red beads were picked up by the girl. The girl was very happy.

With such a good thing, Red Boy was overjoyed again, and he distributed the hundreds of red beads to the twenty boys. Each of them got more than ten beads, and they were all happy.

After you take them, you have to use your own essence to refine them, so that they are more powerful and easier to control. The witch smiled and ordered the boys.

Thank you, uncle, we know this and have learned it. The twenty boys answered in unison.

Red Boy went up and netted more than a thousand of them, and asked the witch to use the Shura Mirror to look at them. The witch said: You, why do you need so many? They will be gone after the explosion, and it also wastes the effort of refining.

Red Boy smiled and said: The method of refining weapons taught by the teacher has a kind of Qiankun mother and child divine thunder, which is made of 999 rotten Qiantian thunder Gang and 999 underground Kunyin thunder evil, which are intertwined and refined for 36 days. It is extremely powerful. Even some superior immortal family protective magic weapons cannot withstand a bombardment. Because I am lazy, and they are all gone after being used once, and there are magic weapons given by the teacher, I have not refined some useless magic weapons. This time, I took the opportunity to refine a few, but last time I went to Baimo Mountain to save my two junior brothers, I did collect a lot of Yin thunder, and the materials are enough. Maybe I will need them in the future.

There was nothing to do at the moment, so after a few hours of rest, they drove east again. When they reached the lower part of the gale layer, the sky was already bright, the heavy snow had stopped, the clouds were all gone, and the sunlight was shining, creating another scene.

Suddenly, a gust of wind rushed over and passed in a flash. Because the speed was too fast, no one felt anything. Only Zhou Qing in the car opened his eyes slightly, and then heard a surprised voice in the wind: "Ah!"

Now everyone could hear it clearly, but when they looked around, there was still no one, the sky and the earth were empty. The witch climbed the wind and smelled it, thinking: What a fast escape technique, the person has left, but the voice is left here. The wind has a bit of Buddhist sandalwood scent, but there is also a trace of demonic aura. I'm afraid that the Great Peng Ming Wang passed by.

Red Boy saw that the witch had just caught the wind and heard a lot, and even identified the other party's identity. He couldn't help but admire and not accept it. Just as he was about to speak, he heard another surprised voice: Ashura Witch

Before he finished speaking, a person appeared in the distance, as if he had walked out of the void. This person had nothing in his hands, wore golden clothes, looked like a Buddha or a Taoist, a pair of cloud shoes, and a purple gold crown on his head. Especially his eyes were bright with golden light. When his eyelids blinked, the golden light shot out several feet away.

When the three rhinos saw this person, they immediately cried out, as if they were calling for help.

It was really Dapeng Mingwang Witch who didn't care at all and pulled Red Boy.

Red Boy also knew that this Dapeng Mingwang, like the Great Saint Hun Tian Peng Mo Wang, was a golden-winged Dapeng bird that had attained enlightenment, but this Dapeng Mingwang was much earlier than the Great Saint Hun Tian, ​​and had attained enlightenment during the reign of Emperor Tian. Now the Great Saint Hun Tian was serving in the Nuwa Palace, and had achieved enlightenment, and had not seen each other for a thousand years.

This Dapeng Mingwang was a guardian under the seat of the ancient Buddha Ran Deng in the Western Paradise, and had some friendship with Zhen Yuanzi, the ancestor of earthly immortals.

Seeing the rhinoceros roaring, Dapeng Mingwang stopped with his eyes, glanced at the carriage, and turned to leave, but suddenly heard Zhou Qing say: Brother Dao, please stay, please stay

Dapeng Mingwang turned around and stopped, and saw the curtain on the carriage opened, Zhou Qing came out, clapped his hands and chuckled, saying: Winged Immortal, why didn't you say hello to me when you saw me.

Dapeng Mingwang hurriedly said: I have converted to Buddhism now, and I am no longer a Winged Immortal, why do you call me that? Because I saw that the God was resting in the carriage, I was afraid to disturb him. I won't say hello.

Zhou Qing smiled and said: If you are from somewhere, don't bother me, don't bother me, where is the Ming Wang going?

Dapeng Ming Wang's face twitched, and he regretted in his heart: I was just passing by, why did I want to see what was going on? Now, how come I met this difficult character? I'm afraid I have to be careful to deal with it, don't get into trouble.

I was invited by Tathagata to go to the Saha Pure Land to attend the Lotus Sutra Conference.

Coincidentally, I am also going to the Lotus Sutra Conference, which will not start for a few days. Ming Wang is in such a hurry, but it's a waste of effort. When he arrives in the Pure Land, he will have to wait again. Zhou Qing smiled happily: Ming Wang, get on the car, it's not easy to talk if it's far away, Red Boy, go and invite your Ming Wang to get on the car.

Before Dapeng Ming Wang came to his senses, Red Boy got out of the car, came straight to him, bowed to Dapeng Ming Wang and said: Uncle is right, the teacher asked me to invite my uncle to get on.

Dapeng Mingwang was stunned. What did you call me?

Red Boy said respectfully: My father and Uncle Qi Tian Dasheng are sworn brothers. I have heard Uncle Qi say that he and you held the Ginseng Fruit Conference together. He should be my elder. I cannot be impolite and blame the teacher when I go back. Besides, my Uncle Hun Tian Dasheng is also from the same lineage as you. Of course, I have to call you uncle.

Dapeng Mingwang was stunned. Red Boy said again: The teacher asked Uncle to get in the car to talk.

Dapeng Mingwang thought and said: Good guy, you are really a relative. If I refuse, wouldn't the younger generation look down on me? Then, he got in the car with Red Boy. Zhou Qing clapped his hands and laughed again: That's it. According to the time of the Lotus Sutra Conference, there is still a long way to go. Why are you so anxious? Why don't you go with me?

Dapeng Mingwang hurriedly said: Guanyin Bodhisattva, Manjusri Bodhisattva, and Puxian Bodhisattva arrived at Sapo Jinggui first, but they invited me to discuss something. I can't stay, I can't stay.

The Red Boy had already pulled the witch up and said: Uncle, this is your niece's wife, she was originally an Asura witch, but later she became my teacher and now she has achieved enlightenment. She wanted to go to the Great Snow Mountain to see you, but she didn't go because the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara wanted to force her nephew to be the Good Fortune Boy.

Dapeng Mingwang felt uncomfortable and couldn't speak. He thought for a long time before speaking: So that's the case. I'll go and talk to the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. Don't be afraid.

Red Boy said: I'm not afraid. The teacher gave me some magic weapons to protect myself. I can protect myself when something happens. But the Bodhisattva is relentless and wants to catch me. I think you are also a Buddhist. I'm afraid of making things difficult for you, so I haven't gone to see you.

Zhou Qing said: I am a Taoist, and I don't want to have a grudge with the Bodhisattva. Since you have something to do, I won't keep you. You can go first.

Dapeng Mingwang breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly: In this case, I will take my leave first. I will come to ask Taoist brother for advice on the mysteries of the earth at the Lotus Sutra Assembly.

Red Boy asked the witch to see him off. Dapeng Mingwang was empty-handed. Seeing the newcomers, he felt embarrassed. He took out two golden feathers one foot long and said: I have never cultivated magic weapons in my life. Do you have anything to give you? This is what I brought with me when I became a Taoist. When you encounter a great disaster, you can sacrifice it and turn it into my body to resist the disaster. I will give it to you two. You can use your own essence to sacrifice it for three days.

Red Boy and the witch each got one, and they were happy. Dapeng Mingwang hurried to leave.

Master, those Bodhisattvas are also going to the Pure Land of Saha, said Red Boy.

I already know this. That's why I kept Dapeng Mingwang. After that, Zhou Qing entered the curtain again. Red Boy and the witch took a rhino and whipped it, and drove the car to the east. However, the three rhinos were more and more listless and slow. The witch was angry and whipped them repeatedly. The three rhinos ran violently, and they were as fast as lightning.

We had nothing to do. We went to the East China Sea. After three days, we saw a series of islands. Most of them were thousands of miles in radius, and the largest was no more than 100,000. Many monks saw the carriage and avoided it, letting it go. After another day, there was a golden light in front of us, and the Buddha's light was floating. In the sky, a piece of pure land appeared. It was tens of millions of miles wide and boundless. In the center of the pure land, a pagoda stood. Relics appeared on the pagoda, illuminating the pure land.

Red Boy hurriedly drove over and saw a monk coming to meet him.

But the monk Gou Chen God was very young and handsome. Red Boy said: It is the God's carriage. What do you think?

I am the Eight Heavenly Dragons and Broad Power Bodhisattvas of the Western Paradise. I am here to receive the God by the order of the Buddha Tathagata. It turns out that the Eight Heavenly Dragons and Broad Power Bodhisattvas are the promotion of Amitabha Buddha. They come to protect the law because of the coming of Tathagata.

Zhou Qing said in the car: Thank you Bodhisattva. Then the car came out and was about to get in when he heard someone shouting from behind: It turned out to be the Emperor

Zhou Qing looked back and saw that it was the three people, Jin Guangxian, Lingyaxian and Qiuxian.