If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 526: The Half-Buddha Heart Beyond Time

Xiaoyu's feeling was not wrong. There was indeed hatred in the eyes of Gongcao God Cai Quan when he looked at the "Black Fish Dragon".

But she expressed her feelings in the wrong way. People didn't hate her, at least she was not the main target of hatred.

The Gongcao God Cai Quan had a brother named "Cai Yan".

Cai Yan and Cai Quan are both Gongcao gods in the Water Department of Heaven. Cai Yan is the Gongcao of the month, and Cai Quan is the Gongcao of the hour.

Cai Yan committed a crime, was stripped of his priesthood, banished to the mortal world, and was not even able to be reborn as a human being.

Don’t think that being a human being is easy.
To be reborn as a "good person" - with healthy limbs and a normal brain - requires great merit.

Marshal Tianpeng in "Journey to the West" only teased Chang'e. How big of a mistake was that?

Even the merits of being a human being were confiscated.

Cai Yan had the secret help of Taibai Star Lord and should have been reborn as a human.

But Cai Yan wanted too much at that time: he wanted to keep the memory of his previous life, to keep the Taoism and experience of "Zhiyue Gongcao" (the divine talisman bestowed by heaven must be gone), to know the result of this catastrophe in advance - "Daqin will definitely fall", to...
He asked for too much, and eventually lost a lot of "blessings" in reincarnation, fell into the animal realm, and was reincarnated as a wild bear.

It does fit in with his original name "熋".

His brother lost his status as a "god" and was reincarnated as a lowly animal.

The path of this life has been basically ruined. How could Cai Quan not be angry and hateful?
The reason why Cai Yan committed a "big mistake" and was demoted to the mortal world was exactly related to Black King Kong and his group of river monsters.

On that day, Taibai Star Lord, on the orders of the Jade Emperor, came down to the Yingxiang Mansion with the Four Guardians and several talisman messengers to investigate why Yu Fengxian was able to hide the truth from "God".

Xiaoyu stayed in Wuthering Heights for a month. Wuthering Heights and Howling Bay were both the focus of investigation.

But the Gongcao gods brought by Taibai Star Lord belong to the Yusu Palace in the Heavenly Court (Taibai Star Palace) and are not good at water magic.

In this Pangu world, underwater and above water are almost two dimensions within one space.

The difference between the two "dimensions" is no less than that between the underworld and the world of the living.

There is one world above water and another world completely underwater.

Just like Xiaoyu, she could perform the "魙空步" on the water easily and without any obstacles; now that she has entered the underground river, it is difficult for her to use the "魙空步" to escape.

To put it bluntly, the world of the living actually refers only to the "human world", which is confined to the earth and must be strictly distinguished from the underwater world.

The human world, the four seas, the underworld, the middle world, and the heaven are all worlds of different dimensions within the "Pan Gu Great Spacetime".

The human world belongs to humans, the four seas belong to the Dragon Palace, the underworld belongs to the dead souls, the middle realm is a blessed place for qi cultivators, and the heaven belongs to the gods.

The Tianhe water vortex where Xiaoyu is now belongs to the Dragon Palace, not the human world.

This is completely different from the Earth world Xiaoyu lived in in her previous life.

According to the materialistic worldview of the previous life, the underwater world should also be considered "the world of the living" (human world).

But this is the Pangu world of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. The underwater dimension is dominated by water of the Five Elements, the above ground is the dimension dominated by earth of the Five Elements, and the underworld is the dark side of earth of the Five Elements.

Of course, there are also seas of blood and yellow springs in the underworld.

In the blessed land of the underworld, there is a small river with black water, which ghosts dare not touch.

It is difficult for Xiaoyu to perform the "Land Lukong Step" underwater. If the "landlubber Gongcao Shen" is forced to go into the water to perform the magic of time travel, the error will also be huge and the efficiency will be very low.

Therefore, Taibai Xingjun asked the talisman envoy to go to the Heavenly Palace again and specifically ask Marshal Tianpeng to borrow the "Four Valued Officials of the Water Department".

Among them were Cai Quan, the on-duty Gongcao, and Cai Yan, the on-duty Gongcao of the month.

Cai Quan is responsible for performing the magic of time underwater to find the secret of Yu Fengxian's cracking the Heavenly Court's divine formation.

Cai Yan, the monthly official on duty, took away a month of Black King Kong's time.

The God of Destiny believed that Cai Yan's behavior might greatly interfere with the original destiny.

In order to shirk responsibility and minimize the punishment suffered by Cai Yan, Taibai Xingjun sent him to the mortal world early.

Before the incident happened, Cai Yan should be punished first to settle the case, so as to avoid the matter being reported to other Star Gods in the future and him being severely punished.

Cai Yan suffered a disaster for no reason. The other three gods of the Water Department certainly did not dare to hate Taibai Xingjun, but could only hate Black King Kong and a group of water monsters, and by the way, hate Yu Fengxian for everything.

Well, Black King Kong and Xiao Yu’s group of demon grandchildren are actually the real victims.

But that's how the world is.

Madam Xu from Tianmen Town committed suicide by jumping into the river. Are the Xu family innocent victims?

Zhu Yitao beat the steward Bu Sigui with a stick, and Bu Sigui hated Zhu Yitao, but they were taking revenge on the Xu family at that time.

Before Mrs. Xu's body was cold, her only daughter was kidnapped and sold to Hongxiufang.

However, Cai Quan is, after all, a god with extraordinary knowledge.

Although he was angry at Black King Kong and other water monsters because of his brother's affairs, he did not have the courage to go down to the mortal world to take revenge privately.

Today it just happened.

Pushan is hunting down Yu Fengxian and her demon children and grandchildren. He can achieve his two major goals without having to do it himself.

Revenge for the brother is only a secondary purpose. The real key is to eliminate the hidden danger of "change of destiny".

Taking away Black King Kong's time for a month is not a big deal at all.

Taibai Xingjun was also present at the time, and he didn't think anything of it.

Not to mention taking away time, even killing Black Kong directly would be nothing.

The problem lies in the butterfly effect caused by this incident.

Because of this incident, Black King Kong left Wind Roaring Bay and planned to do something big to change destiny somewhere in the future.

If Black Kong is killed now, won’t he have no “future”?
Without a future, one will certainly not be able to accomplish anything big to change destiny.

At that time they told Taibai Star Lord that they wanted to go down to the mortal world to kill Black King Kong.

Taibai Xingjun refused: Killing cannot eliminate cause and effect, it will only lead to more terrible consequences.

Now, honestly taking the blame and admitting guilt is actually the lowest price to pay.

Today, Cai Quan did not forget the words of Taibai Star Lord.

He did not deal with Black King Kong and Yu Fengxian personally, he only monitored the water monsters that entered the Tianhe vortex.

He miscalculated for the first time.

The rule of "one day in heaven is one year on earth" is a benefit for the gods and is not an ordinary phenomenon.

Since it is a "welfare", it naturally comes at a considerable price.

In order to reduce costs, it is certainly impossible to maintain this "welfare" everywhere in the sky.

Just like the radiators in colleges and universities, even installing them in toilets is extremely extravagant. But no matter how extravagant it is, you can't install heaters on the playground or on the forest trails.

In such a vast Milky Way, only the "Tianpeng Palace" where 80,000 heavenly soldiers and generals are stationed has a "radiator".

Pushan went to the Tianhe River and summoned a group of river monsters, which did not take much time.

They simply couldn't catch up with the Black Fish Dragon.

At first, the water monsters of Tianhe River floated downstream along the rapids, traveling thousands of miles a day, but there was no trace of Yu Fengxian.

Pushan determined Yu Fengxian's location: She was stupid, she had no idea about the "Eye of the Milky Way", and she was so bold as to go against the rapids.

So, the river monsters followed in the opposite direction. But the problem was that the "Black Fish Dragon" was fast and could also use the power of water, so how could the river monsters catch up with it?
It’s been almost three days, and there’s still no sign of Yu Fengxian.

Cai Quan had to relax his bottom line: to help Pushan a little, but not to let Yu Fengxian and Hei Jingang run away.

The appearance of the God of Tianhe Gongcao was indeed extraordinary.

It only took him half a day to catch up with the "Black Fish Dragon".

After passing the message to Pushan, he followed closely behind the "Black Fish Dragon".

"Even if I don't help, can Yu Fengxian still get into the 'eye of the vortex'? Sooner or later she will not be able to withstand the impact of the rapids and will go back, then she will definitely be caught by Pushan. Now I have only shortened the time by a few days, and it has not involved much cause and effect, and the result will not change!" He was still comforting himself like this.

Then his eyes blurred and a real illusion appeared: the black fish dragon in front of him suddenly turned around and came in front of him almost instantly. The golden and red sword energy occupied his entire field of vision. He lost consciousness in the severe pain.
"No~~ Yu Fengxian, how dare you!"

Cai Quan roared in shock and anger, and used his most powerful magic: time freeze, at the black fish dragon that suddenly turned around.

He is a special officer on duty. The dimension in which he lives and the information received by his five senses are all different from those of normal people.

What ordinary people see is what is happening, just one scene.

What Gongcao God saw were things in the past, present and future, which were connected together intermittently, with multiple scenes superimposed, and he saw and perceived them at the same time.

Xiaoyu is already very cautious.

She often deduces "methods of assassinating her adoptive father" and "methods of sudden attack", and is very good at sneak attacks.

The plan of the sneak attack and the entire operation were done perfectly, without any omissions.

But she ignored the ability of the Gongcao on duty. Rather than saying "ignored", it would be better to say "did not worship the godfather and did not understand".

The realm of the current Gongcao was actually slightly lower than Zeng Wendao. If they were to compete in swordsmanship, Cai Quan would surely be slaughtered by Zeng Wendao.

Just like what Xiaoyu shouted on the Black Dragon River: Taoism cannot defeat supernatural powers.

No matter how high your realm is or how profound your cultivation is, you will still be afraid of the unknown and will restrain your own supernatural powers.

"Oh~~~~~~Oh~~~~I've been tricked~~!"

The golden divine light fell directly on the "Black Fish Dragon", and the time magic took effect immediately.

There's no way to dodge it.

The crisis thoughts in Xiaoyu's mind should have stopped immediately.

In fact, the huge "Black Fish Dragon" was like a statue in a crystal box, motionless.

The rapids around it also suddenly solidified, like a piece of transparent crystal with a sense of flow.

On the periphery of the transparent crystal-like torrent, there is a layer of golden divine light.

The divine light of the magic of time separates the space inside from the outside.

Time inside stands still, time outside is normal.

But Xiaoyu's mind was still able to function, very slowly at first, but as soon as she started thinking, it was like a gear that had been rusted for ten years, and it started to function again. Once it started to function, it actually accelerated.

This is certainly not because the magic of the on-duty official has failed, but because Xiaoyu's "original heart" has awakened.

In the dream of Zen Master Wuchao that day, Xiaoyu was asked "What is the heart?"

This is the "heart gate" on the road to Buddhahood, also called the "seven places to prove the heart" on Mount Lingshan.

There are seven levels in the “Seven Places to Verify the Mind”, which are to find one’s own “knowing mind” from seven different perspectives.

One of the questions is: Is the heart inside the body? Is the heart outside the body? Is the heart neither inside nor outside the body?
Xiaoyu was a man of some intelligence and completed the first five levels of the "Seven Places to Realize the Mind". He also received Buddhist initiation from Zen Master Wuchao.

She now at least understands that her current consciousness and the "heart" that makes up her consciousness are just "delusions" generated in the process of interaction between her "true heart and true nature" and the world.

The thoughts and ideas of the root dust and false thoughts are like a big net, covering and obscuring the true nature, making people mistakenly believe that it is their own mind.

The true heart transcends the world and is not affected by any external things.

For example, when you see flowers blooming, you feel happy and joy in your heart.

Is this “joy” the true and genuine side of one’s heart?

No, this “joy” is a “delusion” brought about by the world (flowers).

At this moment, time solidified Xiaoyu's body and soul, and her "heart" was also locked by the world (time). This locked state is also a "delusion."

Break through the false thoughts and see the true heart and true nature!
To sum up the above in one sentence, the heart of Buddha transcends the mundane world.

The Taoist practice of refining qi and the Buddhist practice of refining the mind both have the same goal: to escape the Three Realms and not be bound by the Five Elements.

The "heart" is outside the Three Realms, and of course it is not affected by the time within the Three Realms, and it can truly live forever. Of course, what Xiaoyu is asking for at this time is not longevity, but to free his mind from the influence of the magic of time.

She was not yet a Buddha and had not truly transcended, but because of the Zen Master Wuchao's forcing her to grow too fast, she had a "half-Buddha heart", or a "fake Buddha heart", and her body was a bodhi tree and her heart was a mirror.

She used the Heart Sutra and Buddhist wisdom gained from initiation as a "rag" to wipe away the "dust of time" on the mirror stand, allowing the "heart of half Buddha" to become bright and clear again.

In fact, this is the effect of the Heart Sutra.

Zen Master Wuchao once said: Reciting the Heart Sutra frequently can clear away the "demonic obstacles" in your heart.

Demonic obstacles refer to all disharmonious things, not simply "demonic thoughts".

At this moment, her body is still frozen in time, but her heart has risen "a level" and transcended the scope of time.

Cai Quan "froze" the black fish dragon with a time magic. He was shocked, angry, frightened, and very embarrassed.

He was shocked that Yu Fengxian had discovered him and dared to attack him directly.

If he hadn't been the officer on duty, he would have definitely not been able to dodge that attack just now.

But when he really caught the "Black Fish Dragon", he was a little at a loss.

He only wanted revenge and to eliminate the hidden danger of "fate can be changed", but he didn't want to be involved in cause and effect!
He shouldn't have been the one to capture and kill Yu Fengxian.

Now he has broken two bottom lines in succession: first, to help Pushan search for Yu Fengxian; second, to take action against Yu Fengxian and solidify the "Black Fish Dragon" with the magic of time.

If he killed Yu Fengxian again, he might be put on the God-Slaying Platform, because gods are not allowed to go down to the mortal world without permission, and are not allowed to interfere in the grudges of the world at will, which would cause a major change in their original "destiny".

Obviously, it was definitely not destiny that Yu Fengxian was killed by him using the magic of time.

"Wait for Pushan to come, or--"

Cai Quan was still thinking about this when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the huge eyes of the "Black Fish Dragon", which suddenly became extremely bright.

He was puzzled. The magic of time had not disappeared, so how come the "Black Fish Dragon" army formation was still responding?

Cai Quan subconsciously opened his eyes and looked over, then his eyes blurred and he was instantly under the sky. He stood in the vast field and looked up at the night sky.

A meteor streaked across the sky and fell towards him at a high speed.

Just as Cai Quan was beginning to feel resistance, he suddenly felt that the meteor was very familiar, very much like a god he was familiar with, and even a little like himself and his brother Cai Yan.

The resistance paused for a moment, and the shooting star fell into my eyes.

The scene in front of Cai Quan's eyes changed again, from the wilderness under the night sky to the Milky Way with surging black waves.

This is the section of the river he patrols daily.

He was floating above the river, and opposite him stood Yu Fengxian.

"You——" He was about to question, but the Yu Fengxian opposite him bowed his back and bowed to him respectfully, "I am the Yu Fengxian of Tianmen Town. I wonder which god father is here?"

(End of this chapter)