Chapter 875 – Mahayana Buddhism

“……..自佛门斗法以来，许银锣开创大乘佛法，其理念于西域盛传，点化民智，卓有成效，西域信奉大乘佛法者，百万计，朕心甚慰。

“大乘佛法源于中原，中原蔫能弃之，朕欲迎回大乘佛法，教化万民，度厄罗汉乃许银锣点化之佛，佛法精深，此番愿皈依朝廷，乃中原百姓之幸。

“朕特封度厄罗汉为国师，大乘佛教为国教……..

“钦此！”

金銮殿内，立时一片寂静。

中年太监望向大殿外，高声道：

“度厄罗汉，速速接旨。”

殿外，穿着红黄相间袈裟的度厄罗汉，缓步跨入大殿。踏着猩红地摊穿行在诸公之间。

诸公面面相觑，无声的交流，有人困惑，有人迷茫，有人皱眉，但无一人出列反对。

他们首先意识到的是，陛下要拉拢度厄罗汉。

立大乘佛教，封国师，如此厚待，这相当于助度厄罗汉脱离西域佛门，自立门户，成为中原佛教的“佛陀”。

接着，诸公们开始思忖立大乘佛教为国教，可能会带来的后遗症、朝堂格局变动等等。

但依旧无人出列反对。

首先是佛门和尚无权干政，这就失去了最重要的利益冲突。

其次，一位二品罗汉的投奔，足以削弱佛门的战力，对于当下的大奉来说，百利而无一害。

先把人拉拢过来再说，怎么打压是以后的事。

身为混迹庙堂的读书人，最擅长这一套。

度厄来到御座之下，双手合十，道：

“谢过陛下！”

坦然接过诏书。

在他接过诏书的瞬间，脑后果位骤然浮现，绽放出无量佛光，虚空中传来梵唱，响彻大殿，回荡于诸公耳畔。

度厄整个人，宛如黄金铸造，灿灿生辉。

而在怀庆眼里，一道道磅礴的气运缭绕在度厄身侧，依附与果位之上，却不曾入体！

……….

西域！

“活化”的浪潮层层奔涌，海浪般的往前推进，所过之处，大地被赋予了生命，山川被赋予了生命，城墙被赋予了生命，生灵消散一空，融入规则之中。

佛陀的身体已经化作了山川大地，祂的意识随着肉身一起延伸、扩展，融入天地法则，变成了天地法则的一部分，却保留了记忆。

某种意义上来说，祂确实炼化了整个西域，祂把整个西域的气运都纳入佛门，以此为根基，吞并西域的这片天地法则。。

如果没有意外，祂会一直蔓延、扩张，直到把整个西域都变成祂自己。

但就在这时，一股股磅礴的气运离祂而去，从祂体内生生抽离，飘向东方的中原。

佛陀扩展的速度瞬间慢了下来，继而缓缓停止，祂无法在同化天地，取代天地法则了。

祂扩张的势头停止，似乎失去了体力。

当然，以祂的位格，即使强行吞噬天地法则也不在话下，仍可以继续下去，但失去了气运的庇护，或者说，失去了气运这张凭证，继续下去唯一的结局是步道尊后尘。

被天地规则同化，失去自我。

短暂沉寂后，西域大地剧烈震动起来，如同一场连绵上万里的大地震。

一道道纵横数百丈的地缝裂开，长着密密麻麻的森白牙齿。

大地长出了嘴巴。

这些嘴巴发出同一个怒吼：

“大乘佛法，大乘佛法………”

阿兰陀，这座圣上裂开巨嘴，发出响彻天地的怒吼：

“大乘佛法……..”

圣山上的僧侣惊恐的匍匐在地，瑟瑟发抖。

大乘佛法……..伽罗树、广贤和琉璃三位菩萨，心里一凛，各自闭眼，似乎在感应什么，或与谁沟通。

俄顷，三人睁开眼睛，明白了缘由，脸色瞬间阴沉，咬牙切齿道：

“度厄在中原创立大乘佛教！”

大乘佛教分走了佛门部分气运。

在这个节骨眼，大乘佛教成了阻碍佛陀成为西域的绊脚石。

“当初我就该掐灭他不切实际的念想，或让广贤送他去轮回。”

伽罗树做金刚怒目状，身后浮出主杀伐的金刚法相。

他们没怎么把度厄罗汉放在眼里，却不想被这个小小的二品罗汉来了个釜底抽薪。

广贤叹息一声，把所有翻涌的嗔念压在心里，无法分辨男女的嗓音说道：

“For today’s solution, the only way is to stop first and use the method of the Incense and Fire Divine Path to refine the remaining boundaries of the Western Regions into mountain and river seals and take control of them.”

By doing so, the Buddha did not have to risk being assimilated by the laws of heaven and earth, but could also keep the remaining territory firmly in his hands, and then swallow the Mountain and River Seal when he plundered the qi luck in the future.

This move was intended to be used against the Middle Kingdom.

……….

Jing Shan City.

Saren Agu stood on the main peak of the barren Jing Mountains, looking out to the west.

He suddenly frowned, pinched his hands and fingers, divining with his trigrams for a few moments, and let out a hey:

“What a brilliant move, using Mahayana Buddhism to divide the Buddha’s qi and hinder Him from assimilating into the Western Region. Although it doesn’t cure the root cause, it does delay it.”

With a flash of his body, he came to the altar, looked at the statue with the crown of thorns on its head, listened with his side ear for a moment, and bowed:

“I think so too.”

Saren Agu drew out the sheep-driving whip tied around his waist and gently smacked the ground around his feet.

“Pop!”

With the sound of a crisp whip, a dark light surged and the figure of Irb protruded, appearing on the altar.

“Grand Wizard …….”

It’s me again, said Ilb, in his heart!

Saren Agu said faintly:

“Fetch the jade seals of the three Yan Kang Jing countries.”

Ilbu bowed and saluted, then swept towards the distant Jing Mountain City as a ray of dark light.

In a few moments, he returned again in a dark light, with three palm-sized jade seals in his hands.

Saren Agu gazed at the three jade seals, his voice was old and low as he slowly said:

“Among the three kingdoms, the iron cavalry of the State of Jing fought in the north for half a year and suffered more than half of the casualties, and its national strength declined slightly. Kang Guo is near the sea, Wei Yuan led the army to capture the Jing Mountain City in the battle, went through the border of Yan Guo, Kang Guo has not been affected, the national strength is still well preserved.

“On the contrary, it’s the Yan Kingdom, which has experienced the trampling of the iron cavalry led by Wei Yuan, and the attack and defense battle of the Yu Yang Pass, and has seen its national strength depreciated by seventy-five percent.

“That’s it.”

The Grand Sorcerer pointed at the jade seal of the Yan Kingdom and commanded with a face of fleshly pain:

“Go and deliver it to the Buddha’s door.”

This ……. Irb was stunned in disbelief:

“Great Sorcerer. Why did you give it to the Buddhists?”

The Jade Seal is storing the three kingdoms’ qi.

Saren Agu didn’t take it well:

“Duo Yu betrayed, and the Great Founder made him the State Master and established Mahayana Buddhism as the state religion, dividing the Buddha’s qi. He’ll have to work hard if he wants to incarnate in the West.”

Ilb rejoiced:

“Isn’t that a good thing.”

He already knew the secret about the Great Calamity; some time ago, the Great Sorcerer had summoned the Rain Master, Nalan Tianlu, as well as the Spiritual Wisdom Master, Ilbu, and Udabota, to inform the Supremes of what they were trying to do.

For them, the Transcendents of the same system, once the Sorcerer God had incarnated into the Heavenly Dao and the chickens had come home to roost, not only would they be immortal, but they would also be able to rule the Nine States on behalf of the Sorcerer God and become gods on earth.

The higher the grade of the cultivator of each major system, the more emotionally indifferent they are.

In Ilb’s opinion, mortals are like weeds, even if they become extinct, there will always be a crop of them growing in the near future.

In contrast, the replacement of the Heavenly Dao by the Witch God and the eternal immortality of the Witches are truly great endeavors.

Saren Agu shook his head:

“It’s both good and bad, so enlighten yourself.

“This seat will give you a ride.”

The sheep-catching whip wrapped around Irb, and with a forceful fling, a dark light streaked across like a meteor, disappearing into the western sky.

……….

Capital.

Tuo Er Luohan stepped on the nine-petaled lotus platform, clasped his hands towards the crowd behind him, and said:

“Thank you all for your help.”

Master Hengyuan, who was covered in “golden paint” and looked like a golden man, folded his hands and returned the salute:

“It’s a matter of the world’s life, the responsibility is unshirkable, there is no need for Master to say thank you.”

After Asura’s tutelage over a long period of time, Master Hengyuan had now initially accommodated the Fruitfulness of Lohan, and was able to briefly borrow the power to kill thieves, meaning that although he was ostensibly a fourth-ranked Martial Monk, behind his back he was actually a second-ranked Lohan.

Albeit briefly.

Duyue Luohan examined Hengyuan with some complexity, this put-upon monk was actually a born Mahayana Buddhist practitioner, if not for his shallow cultivation or if he gave the other party a few more decades, perhaps the founder of Mahayana Buddhism would not have been him, Duyue.

Instead, it’s Everest of the Green Dragon Temple.

Chu Yuanzhan’s face was serious:

“It’s a matter of great calamity, so it’s only right for us to go and take a look.”

Members of the Heaven and Earth Association such as the Orange Cat Taoist Master, Asuro, and Li Miaozhen were also present, as well as the white-robed Sun Xuanji, who had been appointed by the new Supervisor.

Then there’s the Night Hime with a foxy face.

The western region was dangerous and the situation was unknown, so of course, they could not let Doi Moi Lohan take the risk with his body, so there was the bodyguard group of Tien-Di Association.

Duo said in a deep voice:

“After approaching the Western Region, you all do not have to go in to the Western Region’s boundaries in case something goes wrong.”

The crowd nodded.

Li Lingsu arched his hand:

“Take care, gentlemen, and at the first sign of trouble, run away immediately.

“Alas, I think it’s better to wait for Xu Ning Banquet to come back, that crude martial artist won’t die at leisure, you guys go to the western region, I always think something will happen.”

Li Miaozhen’s willow eyebrows rose:

“You shut up!”

Lina was just good enough to know that she couldn’t help and just waved and didn’t say anything.

The crowd rose up on the wind and turned into streams of light, flying towards the Western Region.

Seeing the crowd leave, Li Lingsu looked at Night Ji and said:

“Miss Nightime, I’ll accompany you to the Southern Border?”

He felt he should do something, and it was never to give Gil a vacation.

Nightgear thought for a moment, then looked to Lina, again:

“Together.”

Can we go back after dinner ……… Lina nodded helplessly:

“Okay.”

Night Ji fished out three more teleportation jade talismans from her bosom and handed them to Li Ling Su and Lina.

They were going to the southern border to see Shenshu, begging him to come out and sit on the big picture, although this trip was mainly to explore and not to fight with the Buddha Sect, the situation was changing rapidly, and they needed to add a percentage of security to their side.

The half-step Martial God who had already regained his peak state was undoubtedly the best candidate.

From the capital to the southern border, there were twelve teleportation arrays along the way.

Xu Qi’an had laid out this “stagecoach” a long time ago, and it came in handy at this time.

Led by Sun Xuanji’s teleportation formation, the crowd of Transcendents swept through the mountains and the earth underneath them, and before dusk, they arrived at the western realm.

Clear light rose and the crowd stopped, Sun Xuanji did not venture closer with them.

Duo Yu Luohan clasped his hands together and saluted towards the crowd, then swept towards the Western Region.

He didn’t fly too far, keeping himself in view of the crowd of Transcendent Powers.

After gazing and sensing for a while, Duo turned around and said:

“There is nothing unusual.”

The withered old monk frowned slightly, this was not quite what he thought.

Asuro and Hengyuan took the lead in the wind and swept towards Du’er’s side, each of them confirming that there was no abnormality in this area after their respective divine thoughts probed the area.

The people of the Heaven and Earth Association continued to move forward with doubts in their minds, and half a quarter of an hour later, they came to a small city, where curls of smoke rose from a house that had a very different architectural style from that of the Central Plains.

Chickens and dogs are full of life.

Tuo Er Luo Han mused:

“Maybe it didn’t spread here, try deeper ……..”

They followed the same rhythm as just now, with the Duyue Luohan taking the lead, and continued to go deeper towards the Western Region.

After traveling forward for an hour, Duoyue Luohan suddenly stopped.

It was already two moments into the eleventh hour, and if it were in Dabong, the setting sun would have already sunk into the horizon and night would have fallen, but in the Western Region, it was even just showing signs of dusk.

Ahead was an endless plain, with a mountain range at the end of it.

The river flows quietly and is uninhabited.

Duo Luohan didn’t dare to go any further, every cell of his body was roaring to escape, every nerve was transmitting signals of danger.

He was a Buddhist and did not practice the dangerous precognition of a martial artist.

It’s the chi signaling a warning!

“In danger?”

At nine feet tall, the ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly Asuro flew over, alongside Duo.

He didn’t notice the crisis, the crisis warning of a martial artist was not activated.

At that moment, Asuro saw the mountains in the distance and opened a pair of huge eyes.

……….

PS: Typos are corrected after the first change.