: This Life and Past Lives (5) Venerable Miao Dharma is an accomplished monk in the Buddhist world of the West, ranking among the Arhats. Of course, there is no doubt about his magical power. Otherwise, these evil spirits who came to occupy the mountain stream

They would not want to use a sneak attack to deal with the Venerable Miaofa Zizi, so the result of the battle at this time is obvious. Of course, these evil spirits cannot be the opponents of the Venerable Miaofa Zizi, but they have a large number of people, plus they are in order to

In order to survive and desperately resist Zhou Xuan, Master Miaofa Zizai was unable to capture them for a while. Although they were all eliminated and subdued in the end, it took a long time.

And when Master Miaofa Zizai returned to the cave, not only the soul of the demon fox that saved Master Miaofa Zizai's life was cut off here, but also the Lily Flower Fairy who was attacked by the demons before had also died.

Died from exhaustion and serious injuries.

"They... both of them are dead? Did I kill the demon fox by mistake? So what happened next? We..." Seeing the scene in front of him, Zhang Qi asked Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva anxiously

"Actually, if this demon fox had not received a full blow from those demons at that time, she would not have died like this, because although she was injured by you, she was still alive. Maybe she could recover after years of training, so her death

It has no direct relationship with you. But in fact, as a respected person in the Buddhist world, you don’t think so, because in your opinion, the death of both of them was caused by you. Even if there is no direct relationship, then it is not.

It has something to do with you. If you hadn’t mistakenly thought that the demon fox had attacked the Lily Fairy, and if you hadn’t attacked the demon fox, then the Lily Fairy wouldn’t have wasted time and finally died. Even if you hadn’t made this mountain forest your seclusion.

The place where you practice Taoism will not attract these disasters... Already filled with regret, you blame all these things on yourself, and you feel extremely strong self-condemnation in your heart. In order to save all these mistakes, you

, you actually blatantly violated the rules of the three realms, violated the rules of heaven, and left the human world without permission to go to the underworld, hoping to use your own power to reborn the demon fox and the lily fairy... Even after knowing that this was not possible, you did not hesitate to risk it.

Fengdu City in the underworld... I hope to use this to force out the Ghost King and Judge Cui, thereby changing their life and death..."

As Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva spoke, he waved his hand again, and Zhang Qi saw the scene in the underworld appearing in front of Zhang Qi's eyes. In Fengdu City not far away, there was a scene of war and chaos.

At this time, many ghosts who could not afford to be injured were lying scattered on the streets of Fengdu City. However, this was just a corner of Fengdu City, because on the street in the middle of Fengdu City, there were many ghosts who could not afford to be injured.

On the street leading to the Emperor's Palace, almost all the ghost servants in Fengdu City gathered. Even the ghost servants in black and white and official robes were familiar with guarding here, because the person they were confronting at this time was not

The other person is none other than Venerable Miaofa Zizi from the Western Heaven Buddhist Realm. At this time, there are thousands of ghosts in front of Venerable Miaofa Zizi, blocking his progress and preventing him from reaching the Emperor's Hall.

"Venerable Miaofa Zizi, you are the venerable master of the Buddha Realm in the West. Why are you making such a fuss in Fengdu City in the underworld? Do you know that this is a treasonous crime..." The leader, Hei Wuchang, looked at the Venerable Miaofa Zizi who was not far in front of him.

Immediately shouted loudly

However, in the face of Hei Wuchang's question, Venerable Miaofa Zizai ignored it at all, and immediately shouted loudly: "I want to see the Ghost King, please get out of my way quickly, otherwise, be careful, I really don't care about the feelings of the same clan..."

Even if I don’t really kill you, then I still want you to stay here for me..."

Having said that, the Venerable Miaofa Zizi walked forward slowly, and the Venerable Miaofa Zizi took a step forward. Black and White, who knew they were invincible, took a step back, always maintaining a certain distance from the Venerable Miaofa Zizi.

"Stop...what are you doing?" Just when ghosts like black and white and impermanence were about to have nowhere to retreat, the voice of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva suddenly came from the sky, and the voice of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was heard.

Finally, Black and White and the others could not help but let out a long sigh of relief, because they knew that although Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and Miao Dharma are both gods who belong to the Western Heaven Buddha Realm, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is the supreme

He is a kind person and has always been on good terms with them in Fengdu City in the underworld. Even Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva himself has been in hell all year round. Therefore, when he appears, these ghost disciples will of course think that he is here to resolve the relationship between Master Miao Dharma and Fengdu City.

Conflict between cities

"Master...Master...you..." After seeing Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Venerable Miaofa Zizai couldn't help but stopped and said to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in a surprised tone.

"You still know that I am your master? What on earth are you trying to do? Don't you know that you broke the rules of heaven by entering the underworld privately? And you actually made a big fuss in Fengdu City. Do you know that you are doing this?

What are you doing..." Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva immediately asked him after the figure of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva flashed in front of Master Miaofa Zizi.

However, in the face of his master's question, Master Miaofa Zizi did not seem to pay too much attention, but replied in a low voice, "Of course I know what I want to do, I want to find the Ghost King, I want to find Cui Yu, and I want them to be in their hands."

The book of life and death..."

"As a venerable person in the Buddhist world, you should be very clear that human life is destined by heaven, and that life and death, misfortunes and blessings, have all been predetermined long ago. No one can change it. Moreover, I have already changed what happened just now.

The Earth Mountain God has learned that it was not your fault at all. It was the evil spirits who killed them and had nothing to do with you. You don’t have to blame yourself at all. The so-called karma, this is their fate... you..."

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva wanted to persuade Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, but before Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had finished speaking, Master Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had bypassed Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and continued to walk quickly towards the Tianzi Hall, as if he was worried.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva will stop him again

Facing the rushing Master Miaofa Zizizi, the ghost guards guarding the Tianzi Palace wanted to stop them, but their actions were banned by Black and White. Because at this time, behind the Master Miaofa Zizizi, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

In addition to following closely, he also signaled to Black and White Wuchang and other ghosts not to take action...

And just like this, Venerable Miaofa Zizi, who had been rejected by Cui Yu before, once again entered the Emperor's Palace, and here, Venerable Miaofa Zizi finally met the Lord of the Underworld, the King of Ghosts...

"I...I once broke into the underworld without permission? I hope I can save a fox demon and a lily fairy from here? So...in the end, did I succeed?" Seeing the scene in front of him, Zhang Qi asked Ksitigarbha

Bodhisattva Wang asked

"Success? This may not necessarily be possible, because death is death, and a destined death is impossible to reverse, let alone an evil spirit? Even if their souls can return to the human world again, what will happen to their bodies?

, they have not yet completely transformed into physical bodies, but they have long been unable to support their spiritual consciousness. In fact, you were very clear about this at the time. However, even in the end, your reckless actions did not make the Demon Fox and Lily Fairy

Rebirth, but with the support of me and the Ghost King, just like in the Emperor's Palace just now, no matter how the Ghost King and I question what you did, you have your own explanation and answer for the situation at that time, and

Just about right, because in the end, the issue discussed between the three of us was no longer focused on the fox demon and the lily fairy, but expanded to the issue of whether it is appropriate for the hell of the underworld to exist in the three realms.

It involves the balance in the three realms, whether people in the human world can feel that their actions are noticed by heaven and earth, whether the existence of hell in the underworld can really punish people, and ultimately achieve the purpose of warning them, and whether we, the gods of heaven, can

It can make people in the world abandon evil and do good, and other similar issues."

As Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva spoke, the scene in front of Zhang Qi changed to the main hall of the Emperor's Palace, and the story of Venerable Miao Dharma's verbal battle with the Ghost King and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was presented in front of Zhang Qi's eyes.

, even in the end, the discussion between the three people almost turned into a lecture time for Venerable Miaofa Zizi. He kept questioning the King of Ghosts and whether his underworld can really warn the world about the so-called torture of hell.

Is it really possible to scare the world and make people abandon evil and do good?

"Before you became the Venerable Arhat, in order to warn the world about the torture in the underworld and hell, we in the Western Buddha Realm and the Chinese Realm compiled a book about the torture in the underworld and hell, which described in detail the human

The crimes committed in the world will be punished in hell. Several crimes and punishment measures are listed. Of course, in order to highlight the horror in the underworld, we have modified some of the facts, which also makes this classic look like

, more like a made-up novel...for example..." Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said, Zhang Qi suddenly interrupted him, and then he said

"For example, the Huangquan Road recorded in that book is desolate and terrifying, but in fact the Huangquan Road is a sea of ​​flowers, right? You are talking about the 'Jade Calendar'? I have seen this book...

"

Zhang Qi majored in religion and philosophy at university. Zhang Qi had read a lot of books on religion in the school library, and this Jade Calendar was one of them.

Classics, and even everything Zhang Qi knew about the underworld at the beginning was almost all from this classic, so of course Zhang Qi still remembers it fresh

"Yes, it's this book. Originally, we thought that after reading this book, people in the world would be able to abandon evil and do good. But who knew that this book failed to achieve our expected results, even if the theory of hell has already spread in the human world.

It spread, but many people couldn't believe everything in it. Even more people just regarded it as a novel and just gave it up just to join in the fun. This was exactly what you refuted at the time.

Everything we have, because of our failure, has not achieved the desired results. The number of wronged souls in the underworld continues to increase, and the number of punished souls in hell has not decreased. Even with the increase in the number of evil people, the number of wronged souls and evil ghosts has increased.

They are everywhere, and the number of dead souls in the depths of hell is gradually increasing, and the killing and hatred war in the human world cannot be eliminated at all..." Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said this, with a helpless smile on his face.

After that, he continued

"In the end, the Ghost King and I, who were speechless and didn't know how to argue with you, were actually shocked by everything you said, or it can also be called moved, because maybe you and I used

The methods are different, but the ultimate goal is the same, and you actually promised us to go to the human world, eliminate your Buddhist scriptures, give up the title of Venerable Arhat, and are willing to use your own actions to warn the world and correct the unhealthy trends in the human world.

Evil, eliminate those lawless people in the human world, let them get the punishment they deserve, and protect the family property of the people of the same clan. Moreover, you also said that I once said that I will not become a Buddha until hell is empty, and you are

The evil thoughts in the human world are not eradicated, and the feat of vowing not to return to the Buddhist world is to see whether it is more effective for me to influence the souls of the dead in hell, or for you to use violence to control violence in the human world."

"Is it... is it because of this that I was removed from the title of Master Miao Dharma? Then I will be reincarnated for several lives?" After hearing Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's words, Zhang Qi hurriedly asked

"Yes, this is the most direct reason for you to remove the Buddhist scriptures. However, this matter is not completely over yet because after you persuaded me and the Ghost King, I and the Ghost King went to the West with you.

In the Buddhist world, you reported these things to the Buddha, because the only one with the right to accomplish all of this was the Buddha. And it was there that your remarks that we had never dared to think about once again shocked the world, including the Buddha.

All Buddhas, thus causing you, the Miaofa Zizizi, who has just attained enlightenment and is ranked as an Arhat, to disappear among the gods and Buddhas in the Western Heaven Buddha Realm..." Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said here, and waved his hand again, and only a few could be seen.

A fragment appeared in front of Zhang Qi's eyes

In the age of cold weapons where wars raged, cities were plundered, corpses were everywhere outside the city, rivers of blood flowed, and howls and screams filled every corner of the battlefield. A general wearing armor and covered in the blood of the enemy stood there.

On top of the city tower, looking at the enemy troops approaching the city again in the distance...

A black mirror and a plaque were hung high in the main hall. The black-faced man sat firmly in the hall, with a tiger-head guillotine by his side. The powerful call attracted the people to stop and watch, watching to see which thief was it.

Punish the law and punish the crime

During the turbulent war, a man wearing a leather jacket and wielding a machete in his hand was fighting against the enemy's bullets and even heavy weapons. He shouted inspiring slogans and led hundreds of people behind him with very shabby equipment.

Rushing towards the enemy's position, fighting hand-to-hand at close quarters, fighting among the trenches and corpses...

In the peaceful era after the war, a man with glasses was working on a design drawing. Although there was no war and gunpowder smoke, he still had an equally difficult life in society, with the emergence of class and oppression, and the emergence of contradictory ideas.

, all created that era that was unbearable to look back on.

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"This...these are...all me? Are they all me after reincarnation?" Looking at the nine reincarnations in front of him like a movie, and looking at his completely different identity and appearance, Zhang Qi was surprised.

asked Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva next to him

"Yes, these are all you...or just people who have been reincarnated by your soul. In every life, you are seeking peace with the human world, and are trying to fulfill the vows you have made, even if every time

You have never known the existence of this oath in your whole life, but you are indeed working hard to become a general, protect your fellow tribesmen from being invaded by foreign aliens, become a high-ranking official, only make profits for the people, specialize in interrogating corrupt officials, and even...

In peaceful times, as a scientific researcher, you did not fear the frame-up and persecution of your fellow racers, and always worked hard to complete your mission. This is the portrayal of your first nine lives. You regard protecting the people of your race and the peace of the country as your priority.

My duty..." Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said, he couldn't help but sigh, and then continued

"It's a pity that everything you do is in vain, because no matter what, you are an ordinary person, and in this life, you are the only person who has the status of a god by chance, and this is completely

Thanks to you, this life is very similar to the original Master Miaofa Zizizi... He has almost the same sharp tongue, almost the same cognition and thoughts..."

"Do you still remember what happened before you became the Night God? At that time, you were already dead, and even the soul of the dead had been led to the Fengdu Ghost City by the ghosts who led you. You were only waiting for the trial and reincarnation again. But

It was at this time that you met the Ghost King. After a debate with the Ghost King, the Ghost King unexpectedly discovered your true identity and learned that you were the Master Miao Dharma who had shaken him back then.

In addition, at this time, the Ghost King was already a little dissatisfied with Fengdu City itself, or it was very different from his original intention. But after you said this, the Ghost King actually had plans to leave Fengdu City and temporarily break away from the position of Ghost King.
Chapter completed!