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Chapter 96: Situation and Choice under the Great Contest

Taibai was full of doubts, but seeing Laojun's appearance, he was unwilling to talk too much about this issue with him. Taibai hesitated for a moment, and finally suppressed his curiosity and did not ask more questions.

The Taoist sect has always been free and easy, and the monks in the sect also advocate freedom and freedom. Everyone has different ideas, so there are many factions in the immortal court. Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about Laojun himself, who is one of the six saints. In terms of cultivation, he should be the immortal emperor, but he is transcendent outside the immortal court and ignores civilized things at all.

Descendant, but not detached. Laojun's view and attitude are still the focus of all parties paying great attention to in all matters in the fairy court.

After coming out of Tushita Palace, Taibai's brows never stretched because he did not understand Laojun's position in the end. Taibai actually understood in his heart that the chaos in the world seemed different from the past.

When we were ahead, some monks in the fairy court would also support other mortal princes to fight for dominance in the world. This kind of thing is very common, but it has never been successful. So Taibai didn't care about the actions of Fairy Guanghan, the Giant Spirit God and others before. Now it seems that everything seems to be different.

Looking at the sea of ​​clouds, mountains and mist on the fairy island, Taibai sighed slowly, with a strong look of worry in his eyes, and said in his mind: "The situation in the battle of the fairyland is already difficult. If there is another problem in the mortal world and the immortal court suffers a great disaster, it will be a disaster for the world."

Without the faith in the mortal world, although the immortal court does not exist, without the protection of the immortal court, how can the mortal world resist the invasion of foreign tribes?

But Taibai didn't think much about this question.

Even though Li Ye's growth was unexpected, he did not think that Li Ye could indeed roam the nine states, break the layout of the immortal court in the mortal world, destroy the foundation of the Taoist sect in the nine states, and make the immortal court lose control of the mortal world.

After leaving the Tushita Palace, Taibai returned to the Immortal Court and came all the way to the Privy Council on duty.

Not long after he sat down, a burly black-faced man with a hand held in an iron mattress came to him with a big golden sword, sitting down with a calm face and a sulky look.

Taibai put down his jade pen and said strangely: "Why is the King of Heaven angry?"

Although Li Jing had a fierce face, he was actually a Confucian general. He said in a deep voice: "Chen Qinghuai, who guarded Yili Pass, was defeated, and Yili Pass was taken away by Mani! Now the group of barbarians are advancing in large numbers. The Immortal Emperor was furious and ordered me to set off tomorrow and personally recover Yili Pass!"

Hearing this, he was stunned and his face became serious.

The so-called Mani refers to Manichi, which is the sect believed in by the Uighurs, just like the Taoist sects of the Tang people.

More than a hundred years ago, during the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang court dispatched a large number of border troops into the pass in order to quell the Anshi Rebellion army, resulting in the vacant air defense of the Western Regions. The Uighurs took the opportunity to invade the Western Regions and launch a large-scale war in Hexi, setting off a war in the Western Regions.

Since then, the Taoist Immortal Court has fought continuously with the Mani Immortal Master.

At first, the two sides fought for a long time, but the Xianting Court lost more than the fewer the fewer the losses, and the mortals lost a large area of ​​land in the Western Regions and Hexi. Later, the Xianting Court adjusted its strategy and finally won consecutive battles. Zhang Yichao of the mortals also pulled up the Guiyi army, recovered the eleven states, and saved the battle situation in the Western Regions.

A few years ago, Zhang Yichao was granted a title when he returned to the court and no longer took over the Guiyi army. The Uighurs began to launch a counterattack, and the fairyland was also fierce. Yili Pass was the first important town of the Taoist immortal court in the western front to resist the Mani Immortal Master. Now that the Yili Pass was broken, the Mani Immortal Master would surely advance straight ahead, and the situation was extremely unfavorable to the Xianting Court.

Taibai said angrily: "Those bastards in the Ming Cult have been favored by my fairy court before, but now they don't want to repay them. They actually repaid their grudges and launched an offensive against my fairy court. It's really hateful!"

There is an Immortal Emperor in the Immortal Court, and there is a Holy Buddha in the Buddha Realm. The Mani Immortal Master calls his leader "Mingzun", so most outsiders call Manichi "Mingzun".

When the Uighurs were weak, they established the Khanate with the help of the Tang Dynasty. Now they are strong, but they are in turn attacking the Taoist immortal court. Of course, Taibai is very angry.

Li Jing snorted coldly, looking very disdainful: "Mingjiao is a pagan in the extreme west, which is worse than the bald men who pretend to be heavy and mysterious. How can we talk about etiquette and morality with these barbarians be like playing the piano against a cow? I will kill them all when I go to Yili Pass this time!"

The Buddhist world said that the Buddha realm is the Western Paradise, but compared with the birthplace of the Ming Cult, Lingshan is still much "east". Most Tang people may have never heard of the specific place where the Ming Cult was born. The Tang people closest to that place may be Wang Xuance, who once "destroyed one country with one person."

Taibai was silent for a moment, and quickly sorted out the battle situation in his mind. His brows became tighter and tighter: "Now the Tang Dynasty is not calm, the northern Khitan is growing and growing, the Uighurs are already in great shape, Tubo is still invading Hexi, and Nanzhao is constantly using troops to both rivers and Lingnan."

"In order to deal with the gods of these four tribes, our Taoist Immortal Court has short-lived troops and has suffered considerable losses. If one side cannot be quickly pacified and the general trend is stabilized, the situation of the war will be completely corrupt! But at this time, the beacons are endless in the Tang Dynasty, and Li Ye emerged from the sky, stirring up the storm and disrupting order. It is really hateful!"

"Li Ye is not worth worrying about. This time Chen Jizhen and Huang Jingyuan can destroy him!" Li Jing did not take Li Ye seriously. As the general manager of the Immortal Court, he was not worried about this. "No one of the Khitans, Uighurs, Tubo, and Nanzhao is good at plagiarism. How easy is it to quickly pacify one of them?"

Taibai fell silent. If the situation in the fairy court was like this, he felt powerless.

In fact, when facing either side alone, the Xianting Court was sure to win, but now all sides are moving forward together. Although they still have no full efforts, the Xianting Court dares not take anyone lightly, so the troops are dispersed greatly. In addition, the chaos in the mortal world, the incense offerings of the Xianting Court have decreased, and the situation is difficult.

Li Jing stood up and said goodbye to Taibai, "Brother Li, don't worry too much. If I go to Yili this time, I will definitely recover the Xiong Pass. With Chen Jizhen and Huang Jingyuan in the world, I will definitely win the secret of heaven. At that time, everything will turn around!"

Taibai's surname is Li Changgeng, and he heard this and stood up and fisted to him: "I wish the King of Heaven a triumph!"

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Buddha Domain.

The vastness of the Buddha Domain is not inferior to that of the immortal court, but in essence, just like the place where the emperor and ministers are located is just the capital city in the country, the five great Taoist gates are located, just a mountain and a Taoist temple, the place where the gods of the Buddha Domain are located is just a Buddhist temple.

The difference is that this Buddhist temple is formed by countless temples gathered around the mountains, just like in Chang'an City, there are countless courtyards and towers. On the top of Lingshan Mountain is a majestic and steep building complex, where Leiyin Temple is here. The main palaces of the mortal Buddhist temples all worship Buddha statues, and here, all palaces are just places to live.

In a four-open pavilion on the hillside, two monks wearing cassocks were playing chess. These are two monks who would make people feel extraordinary no matter how they look at it. Just like the sun and the moon are completely different from the fireflies. Their cultivation and temperament are as profound as the sea.

This is the second of the four great bodhisattvas in the Buddha realm, Manjushri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.

At the end of the game, Manjushri won, Samantabhadra lost his chess piece, sighed, turned his head to look out of the pavilion, his voice was a little low: "It has been some time since the secret realm of Hedong Heavenly Dao has been opened, and I don't know if Master Feihong has succeeded now."

Manjushri smiled faintly, "If Tianji had succeeded, you and I would naturally know. There is no news now, which means that this matter is far more difficult than I imagined."

Samantabhadra pondered.

Although he has a high level of cultivation and is a powerful person in the Buddhist realm, knowing the past and understanding the future, he still has no strength to calculate the matters in the secret realm of Heaven. Now he has to know whether Master Feihong has obtained the secret of heaven, so he can only wait for Master Feihong to come back.

A moment later, Samantabhadra suddenly said, "I heard that the teachings captured Yili Pass."

His words were concise, and he simply stated an incident without even comments, which seemed to be out of no way.

Manjushri understood his meaning and said slowly: "Since he received the worship of the Uighurs, the strength of the Ming Cult has increased greatly. In recent years, the Uighurs used troops everywhere, captured cities and plundered land, and have become the largest force in the northern desert grassland."

Samantabhadra's voice gradually became low: "Although the countries in the Western Regions are all Buddhist countries, since Guo Xin was defeated in the Western Regions a hundred years ago, the Tang Dynasty's border troops were destroyed, and the countries in the Western Regions fell into the hands of the Uighurs. In recent years, the power of the Ming Cult has rapidly expanded in various countries, which has threatened our position as the Shimen!"

Manjushri fell silent.

When the Western Regions fall into the hands of the Uighurs, they naturally fall into the hands of the Ming Cult. Although the people of the Western Regions still believe in Shimen, this is just a transitional period. After a while, the Ming Cult completes the "spiritual transformation" of the people of the Western Regions, and will completely enjoy the faith and incense of the people of the Western Regions, that is, the day when the Shimen withdraws from the Western Regions.

Samantabhadra continued: "A hundred years ago, during the Anshi Rebellion of the Tang Dynasty, the Uighurs took the opportunity to invade the Western Regions. The Tang border army, led by the Iron Blood Prince Guo Xin, fought with one hundred and resisted the Uighur army for decades. During this period, our Shimen also fought side by side with him. Unfortunately, Hexi was invaded by Tubo and Uighurs. The Tang court was unable to come to support him, and Guo Xin's troops could only fight all the time."

He sighed softly: "The blessing of the cave heaven and the blessed land of my local temple is now still beating. A hundred years ago, the Western gods invaded, and the army was unfavorable in combat, which led to the weakening of the country. Now, the country is divided, foreign tribes invaded, the mortal world is unstable, the population is sharply reduced, and incense offerings are reduced again and again... A hundred years ago, if we were not trapped by the Western gods invasion, our Buddhist domain would not have allowed the Ming Cult to seize the Western Regions!"

The "blessed land of the local cave heaven" mentioned by Samantabhadra naturally refers to the place in India.

Samantabhadra sighed heavily, "The princes are fighting against each other, and they are all doing the way of kings and dominance. My Buddhist teachings are gradually abandoned by the royal power, which is also a helpless thing... The Western foreign tribes invaded, and the sect they believed in has now eroded the thoughts of our people! The local area is unstable, the people's hearts are disintegrating, and the faith collapses. In just a hundred years, the status of our Buddhist domain is already much worse than before, and there is a precarious situation..."

Hearing this, Manjushri interrupted Samantabhadra, "It is useless to say that these are now. Today's world is a real chaotic world. We are all involved in the torrent of great struggle between heaven and earth. No one can escape. We can only go against the trend. In the case of local foundation being damaged, in order to ensure survival and continue, I must stand firm in the Western Regions and leave the Tang Dynasty in the east. This is the future of my school!"

Samantabhadra nodded, "In any case, the local war is not over yet. The Holy Buddha will fight against Allah Islam soon. The victory and defeat of this battle is unpredictable, and it will inevitably be extremely dangerous, and we must also accompany you. On the Tang Dynasty... I hope that Master Feihong can live up to the expectations, get the secret of heaven, and kill Li Ye, and help Li Keyong achieve great achievements. Otherwise, the prospect of my release will be unpredictable."

The so-called unpredictable prospects are because there is nowhere to stay.

If it were people from the Taoist Immortal Court who heard the conversation between Samantabhadra and Manjushri, they would not be surprised why the Buddha Domain sent Master Feihong to the east of the earth to the east of the Hebei region.
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