The Buddha is actually me

Chapter 371: Purple Air Thousands of Miles, Successor of the Three Pure Ones

"The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth; the named is the mother of all things..."

In the Huangting inner scene, Zhang Jiuyang used his primordial spirit as a knife to carve out the well-known Taoist classic from his previous life - "Tao Te Ching".

This sutra was written by Lao Tzu, who founded the Taoist school. Later Taoism also evolved from Taoism.

Zhang Daoling, the founder of Mount Longhu, is said to be a disciple of Laozi. At the beginning of his religion, he took the "Tao Te Ching" as the holy book and wrote "Laozi Xianger Notes". He used the name "Zhengyi" to indicate that the teaching theory he advocated was the most true and one orthodox religion.

The classics revered by Taoism later, such as "Nanhua Zhenjing", "Chongxu Zhenjing", "Taiping Jing" and "Duren Jing", are all based on the "Tao Te Ching" and are the brilliant fruits of its development.

The king of all classics, the ancestor of Taoism.

The main reason why Zhang Jiuyang chose the "Tao Te Ching", in addition to its unparalleled status in Taoism, is that the "Tao Te Ching" is also very compatible with the Golden Elixir Avenue.

According to legend, the Golden Elixir was created by Taiqing Daode Tianzun, one of the Three Pure Ones, so the "Tao Te Ching" may be more in line with his Pure Yang Dragon and Tiger Golden Elixir.

Of course, Zhang Jiuyang was also a little greedy.

You only get one chance to order the sutra, and if you miss it, you will never get it again. So, just order the best one!
If he hadn't re-cultivated his profound skills, he might still have worried about whether his golden elixir could withstand it, but now that the quality of the golden elixir has greatly improved, it gives him the confidence to give it a try.

In this way, with fearless courage and confidence, he began to engrave the "Tao Te Ching" on the golden elixir.

No matter what, just do it!
But he didn't know how huge the disturbance in the outside world was at this moment because of his own point of view.

……

The bells of the Nine Provinces rang together, and purple air came from the east in the night sky.

That night, countless Taoists were awakened from their retreats, and all Taoists in the world were shocked and confused.

The Taoist bell in the temple moved by itself, as if it could sense something coming.

Some people used the art of flying to escape towards the purple air in the sea of ​​stars, thinking that a Taoist sacred treasure was born. However, they found that no matter how high or fast they flew, the purple air was always close before their eyes but they could not touch it.

It's like there's a world in between.

All these strange phenomena made many Taoist masters unable to sit still. Many hermits and masters in the fourth, fifth and even sixth realms came out one after another, worked together to deduce and cast magic to try to figure out the mystery.

However, no matter how much magic power they consumed or how proficient they were in the art of divine prediction, what they finally calculated was chaos.

The secrets of heaven are unpredictable.

A few people were unwilling to give in and tried to spy on him forcibly, but they ended up vomiting three liters of blood and almost died.

That night, the Taoist sect was in complete chaos.

……

Sword Pavilion of the East China Sea.

The old sword god Pei Yulong, who was practicing, suddenly opened his eyes and seemed to hear some kind of collision sound in his ears, and it seemed to come from the Penglai Fairy Island.

He stood up, his eyes like swords, staring for a long time.

In the fairy palace on the island.

In a palace filled with clear water and jade-like dew, which looked like a fairyland, a noble dragon head suddenly popped out, with a hint of surprise in its glass-colored pupils.

It swam in the water, with shocking scars on its snow-white scales, as if it had been scratched by a wild beast, but it was slowly recovering in the water.

The dragon roared.

I saw its huge body looming in the water, and then suddenly flew out of the water, emitting a bright and clear light, like a bright moon.

Then, a snow-white jade foot gently stepped on the water, causing ripples.

Ao Li turned into a human form, dressed in white clothes as white as snow, with black hair like a waterfall, bare feet like lotus, a peerless appearance, and a temperament that was cold and noble.

She was originally a stunning guest on earth, but she looked like a beautiful lady from heaven.

A white hairband hangs gently to the waist, fluttering in the breeze as she walks, making her look very elegant.

But at this moment, a trace of solemnity flashed in her glass-colored eyes, and she stared intently into the distance.

There, the sound of collision continued.

Her gaze passed through layers of palaces and saw the huge immortal cauldron in the main hall. The immortal cauldron, which had always been motionless, suddenly burst into thousands of immortal lights and then took the initiative to crash into the gate of the immortal palace.

Every impact caused the entire Immortal Palace to tremble slightly.

Roar!
The dragon's roar sounded, and many resentful dragon souls seemed to have sensed the unusual movement of the immortal cauldron and began to emit low roars continuously.

But the Immortal Cauldron ignored them all.

This sacred Taoist object, which descended from the sky thousands of years ago and helped the Immortal Master Guiguzi to create the path to immortality, seemed to have sensed some kind of call at this moment, and kept hitting the gate of the Immortal Palace, trying to leave this place.

A glimmer of hope also appeared in Ao Li's eyes.

If the immortal cauldron could really break open the door, then she might have a chance to escape!

But to her disappointment, after colliding many times, the immortal cauldron seemed to suddenly lose its appeal and slowly fell to the ground again.

The immortal light faded, the copper rust regenerated, and it became simple and plain again, as if it had gone through billions of years of vicissitudes.

……

Yue Ling was just helping him to protect the Dao at first, but later she heard the continuous sound of Dao bells and saw the vast purple air in the starry sky.

Naturally, this strange phenomenon alarmed the Imperial Observatory branch in Jizhou, and a Lingtai Lang who was stationed in Jizhou rushed to see Yue Ling overnight.

After all, for such a big thing, there must be a backbone.

But Yue Ling did not see him, because she did not know what was going on. Whether it was the purple air or the Dao bell, the most important thing now was to help Zhang Jiuyang protect the law. She knew that Xiaoyu's matter was not simple, and that Mr. Meng might not have given up yet.

So she put on the Kirin golden armor again, wore a feather helmet on her head, held the Overlord Spear in one hand and the Dragon Sparrow Sword in the other, standing in front of Zhang Jiuyang like a brave general walking out of a painting.

A promise is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

As long as she is here tonight, no matter who it is, no one can ruin Zhang Jiuyang's opportunity.

However, as she watched, she began to realize something was wrong. Why did purple air begin to appear on Zhang Jiuyang's body?

Wisps of purple air emerged from Zhang Jiuyang's body and flowed into his limbs and bones. They were constantly consumed and new ones continued to emerge.

Yue Ling tried it and found that she couldn't absorb even a trace of the purple energy, as if it was specially prepared for Zhang Jiuyang.

She raised her head and saw the purple air descending from the starry sky and heard the sound of the Taoist bell resounding throughout the nine provinces.

A bolt of lightning suddenly flashed through his mind, and he looked at Zhang Jiuyang with doubt and uncertainty.

Could it be that all these visions were due to his enlightenment?
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Interior view of Huangting.

The carving knife transformed by Zhang Jiuyang's soul was trembling. He had already carved half of the "Tao Te Ching". At the beginning, it was going very smoothly, but gradually he found something wrong.

The further you carve, the greater the consumption of your spiritual energy, and every word thereafter weighs as heavy as a thousand pounds.

On the contrary, the situation that the golden elixir could not bear the pressure, which he had expected, did not happen. The Pure Yang Dragon Tiger Golden Elixir seemed to be very consistent with the "Tao Te Ching". Moreover, in the process of engraving the sutra, wisps of purple air continued to emerge and flow into the golden elixir.

It seemed as if the "Tao Te Ching" itself had a mysterious power that helped Zhang Jiuyang complete the sutra and cultivate the golden elixir path.

Zhang Jiuyang was very excited at that time, and felt that he had a good chance of completing the points in one go and breaking through to the fifth level.

But gradually he couldn't laugh anymore. There was no problem with his golden elixir, but his soul began to lag behind.

Carving the true scriptures consumes a lot of energy from the soul. Zhang Jiuyang especially feels that when he is carving the scriptures, he is always disturbed by some inexplicable interference and is easily distracted.

In other words, his spiritual power was far superior to that of his peers, otherwise he would have probably carved the wrong words, causing all his previous efforts to go to waste.

Perhaps it is the law of nature in this world that does not want the "Tao Te Ching" to be born?
Zhang Jiuyang gritted his teeth and tried his best to continue carving the scriptures. He had already carved to the fifth chapter.

"Heaven and earth are unkind—"

At the moment when the word "Ren" was written, the carving knife transformed by Zhang Jiuyang's soul made a crisp sound, and cracks appeared.

At the same time, all the distracting thoughts in his mind burst out.

Greed, anger, ignorance, love, hate, restlessness, and distraction...

All the negative emotions in his heart were ignited in an instant, like a flood that broke through a dam, so vast that it turned the wonderful spiritual realm into a vast ocean.

With a loud bang, the carving knife broke completely and turned into powder.

The chanting was forced to stop at the part where "Heaven and Earth Are Unkind". Zhang Jiuyang opened his eyes, his face was extremely pale, his eyes were empty and lifeless, and there was a dull pain in his temples.

This is a manifestation of great loss of spiritual power.

He regulated his breathing for a while. Although his sword mind was clear, it still took him a lot of effort to cut off all those messy emotions and regain his calm.

"call!"

He let out a long breath and a bitter smile appeared on his face.

"I failed, but fortunately my golden elixir is fine. It's just that my soul can't keep up. I'm afraid it will be difficult to finish carving the rest of the scriptures."

Yue Ling looked at him deeply with a strange expression.

"what happened?"

Zhang Jiuyang was stunned, and felt that there was something wrong with her eyes, as if she was looking at a monster.

"What on earth did you...click on?"

Yue Ling has not yet completely calmed down the waves in her heart. She is now completely certain that the amazing visions just now were caused by Zhang Jiuyang's enlightenment.

Because at the moment Zhang Jiuyang opened his eyes, the sound of the Taoist bell suddenly stopped, and the purple air quickly dissipated.

This matter was completely beyond her knowledge. Throughout history, no one had ever had such an amazing vision when reading the scriptures.

The bells of the Nine Provinces rang at the same time, and purple air spread across the vast sky!
Even the Guiguzi Master from ancient times couldn't do it.

"Tao Te Ching."

Zhang Jiuyang slowly uttered these three words, making this name appear in this world for the first time.

Yue Ling chewed on these three words for a long time, then said with an extremely solemn expression: "Fortunately, I have already arranged a concealing formation in advance, so no one should suspect you."

"Zhang Jiuyang, remember, I don't care where you got this Tao Te Ching, but from now on, don't mention this name to anyone!"

"As for the contents of the Tao Te Ching, don't tell anyone, including me!"

Yue Ling understood very well how great a shock that night had brought to the Taoist sects all over the world. If they knew that all this was because of a book called "Tao Te Ching", they would find the book even if they had to dig three feet underground.

If gods stand in the way, they will kill gods; if they stand in the way of Buddha, they will kill Buddha.

Even their entire Imperial Observatory could not stop that terrifying and crazy force.

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(End of this chapter)