Day and night tour

Chapter 328: The world is a chess game
Zhao Wuya's powerful Buddhist energy was like the frost and dust in autumn, with a hint of desolation, and it came down gently.

In the Gangfeng Cave, Mingjiang Youshen and the people of Pengjia Town were naturally blessed.

The Buddha's energy bathed them, causing their bodies, which had become exhausted from the battle, to regain a sense of strength.

Every inch of their muscles were tense like ridges in a field, ready to strike again.

Not only were they blessed by the Buddha's energy, but even the mountain barbarians of the sixteen Yin Halls,

They also noticed the pain in their bodies receding.

The sixteen evil gods took the initiative to create unbearable pain for these mountain barbarians, and then the evil gods came forward to resolve the pain in exchange for the mountain barbarians' faith in them.

Now, although the evil gods did not cause any trouble, the pain in the bodies of the mountain barbarians was within the tolerable range, but it was still pain after all, and it was always uncomfortable.

Influenced by the Buddha's energy, when the pain faded away and the body regained a sense of relaxation, the mountain barbarians could not help but sigh: "It turns out that feeling comfortable and relaxed is such a wonderful feeling."

The mountain barbarians, the wandering gods of Mingjiang, and the people of Pengjia Town were blessed, but the Heavenly King of the Treasure Tree, the monks traveling on the boat, and the monks on the cliff were oppressed by the Buddha's energy.

The Treasure Tree Heavenly King uses the palm tree as his feet. Although the palm tree is very thick, it is very agile when dodging and moving. But this time it is different.

The Buddha's energy was like a heavy tripod weighing a thousand pounds, pressing down on the body of the Treasure Tree Heavenly King, making him feel like he was walking in a swamp. After just a few steps, he was already panting and sweating profusely.
The boat monk's barrier of "the old dead water of the Styx" is even more sluggish.

Among the four monks seeking the waves, the monk walking on the boat has the lowest level of cultivation - he has the incense of nine incense sticks, but has not comprehended the promotion ceremony of nine incense sticks, so he cannot be considered a true nine incense sticks monk.

With his level of Taoism, he was already showing signs of defeat when the Peach Blossom Tree was blessing Lady Red Coffin and Lord Arrow. His barriers were frequently broken through by Lady Red Coffin, who was melted into the water and suffered repeated injuries.

now,

Zhao Wuya appeared as "Zen Master Wuya" and, relying on the Buddha's energy of the "Wuya Stone" in his hand, he strengthened the momentum of Lady Red Coffin and Lord Arrow and reduced the "Water of the Styx" barrier of the boat monk.
As one side gained strength while the other lost strength, he not only showed signs of defeat, but was in a situation where he was bound to lose.

"The Eight Incense Sticks Technique of the Divine Arrow Hall - "Arrow of Order." "

Lord Jian saw that the time had come and fired the magic bow in his hand three times. The first time, an arrow from five years ago was shot at the monk's face.

The second time, an arrow shot from five years later was shot ten feet behind the monk on the boat.
The third arrow was shot towards the sky fifty feet away.

The magic arrows are like chess pieces. These three arrows set up the game.

Rather than saying that Lord Jian is the best archer in the human world of the Divine Arrow Hall, it would be better to say that he is the best chess player in the hall.

"The eighth level of the Bitter Ghost's skill is 'Moving the Coffin against the Current'."

The Lady in the Red Coffin stood on the Styx, her skirt burning like flames. She raised her hands, and ten coffins rose from the Styx, along with a huge amount of turbid water.

There were ten coffins, emitting deathly and evil spirits. The "owner" in each coffin was trying violently to break free from the restraints of the coffin.

"Boom, bang, bang..."

The sound of pounding on the coffin was louder than the sound of firecrackers during the New Year in Mingjiang Mansion.
Amid the powerful hammering, the figure of the Lady in the Red Coffin disappeared. Only from the ten coffins that surrounded her and floated upstream could be heard her fierce declaration: "Among the ten coffins, nine are suspicious, and only one is my Lady in the Red Coffin.

Boat monk, you have good eyesight, see if you can use the oar in your hand to find me... You don't have much chance, so make sure you don't guess wrong."

The Red Coffin Lady's voice was like a ghost, echoing simultaneously in the ten coffins.

Facing the surging ten coffins, it was difficult for the monk on the boat to remain as calm as before. He secretly exerted force with his hands, clenched the oars, and stared at the ten coffins that looked like giant bony fish.

Finally, he chose a coffin with an extremely exaggerated up and down swing, and thrust out the bamboo pole in his hand.

The oar of the boat was like a sharp spear, piercing through the coffin. However, he did not hear the screams of the coffin lady, but the howling of evil spirits rang in his ears.

After the coffin was broken, countless hands suddenly blossomed like lotus flowers in the water, trying to cover the monks on the boat.

He could only climb higher to avoid the ghost hand lotus in the water.
It was only ten feet high when Lord Jian's "Arrow of the Past" had already shot over. The arrow was meant to hit the monk on the boat in the face, but because the monk's body was rising at this time, it hit his feet instead.

The monk on the boat hurriedly used a bamboo pole to paddle the water, allowing his body to fly out upside down, sticking to the water surface.

When it flew to a distance of ten feet, Lord Arrow's "arrow of the future" also shot down. When Lord Arrow drew his bow, he shot this arrow towards the place ten feet behind the monk on the boat. At this time, the monk had just retreated ten feet, and the arrow was shot accurately from behind.

"They say that the arrows of the gods never miss their targets, but it turns out that they are just playing a trick of 'confusing cause and effect'."

The boat monk cursed angrily, and at the same time, he used the bamboo pole to draw a circle and stir up a circle of waves, using the old dead power of the water of the Styx to block the arrow. The arrow was blocked, and it was decayed into powder by the river water.

The Coffin Lady was not blocked by the waves. A coffin had already rushed into the waves. The coffin lid was opened, and the Coffin Lady threw out a red dress, which rolled up several feet long red flares, entangled the feet of the boating monk, and tried to drag him into the Styx.

In the Daoming River, it was the power of Buddha that created the boating monk, but he knew that as long as he was dragged into the river, the ghostly coffin lady under the water would be able to teach him what it meant to be a bitter ghost who controlled the waters of the world.

Faced with the danger of being dragged to the bottom of the river, the monk once again used the pole to push the water, and at the same time took advantage of the waves to climb his body upwards.

When they climbed to fifty feet, the monk on the boat clearly felt that the red robe of the lady in the red coffin had been pulled to the extreme, and the two sides were in a wrestling stage.

If the coffin lady wins this wrestling match, the boat monk will fall to the bottom of the Styx forever, with no hope of rising up. If the monk wins, he can break his red robe and fly freely in the sky.

Neither side can afford to make any mistakes.

The monk on the boat was also concentrating on the struggle, but he did not expect that Master Arrow had already shot the third arrow. This time, Master Arrow shot it towards the sky fifty feet high.

An arrow suddenly appeared from the back of the boat monk's head and pierced through the back of his head with the force of thunder.

As soon as the arrow saw blood, the Taoist talisman inscriptions on the arrow took effect extremely quickly, nailing his soul into his body according to the flow of acupuncture points throughout his body.

"Come down."

The coffin lady grabbed the man in red and pulled the boat monk into the River Styx. The remaining eight coffins were all broken, and eight zombies suddenly appeared in the water, biting the monks frantically.

The boating monk never imagined that one day he would die in his own river of Hades.

……

"The Holy Buddha is everlasting."

Although the monk on the boat fought several times with Lady Red Coffin and Lord Arrow, all of them happened in a flash, which in reality was just a matter of a few moments.

The Cliff Monk witnessed the death of his fellow apprentice "Xingzhou" with his own eyes. He wanted to help, but was afraid of Zhao Wuya in front of him and was unable to rescue him.

"Moya Demon Monk, are you still going to play chess?"

Zhou Xuan had been on edge for the whole day, but with Zhao Wuya's "transformation" and the death of the monk Xingzhou, he relaxed a little.

The cliff monk made a "initiation hand seal" towards Zhao Wuya and said, "Before this trip to Mingjiang, my three fellow apprentices and I looked at this state and saw the abundant Buddhist energy. I guess this Buddhist energy may come from the ancient Buddha in Jingguo that has been lost for who knows how many years, or from the twenty-one great Zen masters under his seat.

Out of respect for the ancient Buddha, the four of us brothers used the initiation method to ask where the source of this Buddha energy is..."

"Now, you don't need to ask, I am right in front of you. Facing decline, the ancient Buddha dispersed his Buddha energy and divided it into twenty-one meditations.
The twenty-one dhyanas are the ancient Buddhas, and the ancient Buddhas are the twenty-one dhyanas. "

Zhao Wuya smiled and said, "I am the Wuya Zen Master from the Twenty-One Zen School. Monk Moya, please stop talking nonsense and make your move."

"Before you make your move, there is one thing I don't understand."

"Excuse me."

"The ancient Buddha and my Buddha country share the same origin. We can sense it from the Buddha's aura. Now, the thirty-three heavens of the Buddha country have collapsed. We want to find a country to rebuild the thirty-three heavens. Jing country is a place full of Buddha's aura and is the most suitable for reconstruction.

"Master, why do you want to help Jingguo now?"

Originally an ancient Buddha from the Buddhist country, why do you now favor the Well Country?
This is what the cliff monk couldn't understand.

"We have the same roots, but that doesn't mean we have the same mind and the same virtue. The ancient Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree on the snowy mountain in Jingguo. From then on, he had an epiphany and became the incense god of Jingguo. He is the Buddha of Jingguo.

It would be unreasonable for the Buddha of the Well Country to not help the people of the Well Country.”

Zhao Wuya said.

“There are thirty-three heavens in the Buddhist kingdom. There are four natural heavens, four sinful heavens, four Buddha name heavens, four... the last one is the Holy Buddha's Jimu Heaven. Once the thirty-three heavens are established, the Holy Buddha King Midianxun will truly descend upon the Well Kingdom... I plead for the Holy Buddha to separate twelve heavens and place them under the charge of the Ancient Buddha. I do not ask the Ancient Buddha or the Twenty-One Zens to take action. I will face the various gods of the Well Kingdom directly. I only ask the Ancient Buddha to sit back and do nothing. How do you think?” The cliff monk wanted to surrender.

"You Buddhists really have some character, but this character is like a muddy wind and a cheap bone."

Zhou Xuan put his hands behind his back and sneered.

When they encounter weak people, the Buddhists will mock them in all kinds of ways. Even though they are clearly killing people, they insist on putting themselves at the level of saviors, sparing this and that.

When they encounter someone powerful and can’t handle it, they just think about flattering, “giving gifts”, and “tracing their roots”…

"To bully the weak is to flatter the strong. It really is not wrong at all."

The cliff monk was really thick-skinned. He was not moved by Zhou Xuan's words, but stared at Zhao Wuya with expectation.

Zhao Wuya's demeanor today was different from usual. He just nodded slightly and said, "I am the Zen Master Wuya, the mirror man of the ancient Buddha, but I am also the Taoist Zhao Wuya who seeks dragons.
In the name of Zen Master Wuya, I answer you - the ancient Buddha does not fight. There are ten trees in the Well Country, which are extremely magical. Among them, nine are ancestral trees, which are as high as the sky. Only the ancient Buddha's Bodhi tree is a small one, standing in a valley somewhere in the Zhuanlun Snow Mountain. It does not seek full sunshine, does not pursue warm spring breeze, and has no intention of dividing and occupying a certain state.
When the ancient Buddha had not yet split up, he had already reached such a state of not fighting. Now that he has split into the twenty-one meditations, he is even more enlightened and wise. How could he covet the twelve heavens?"

Zhao Wuya changed his tone and said, "I will answer you again in the name of Zhao Wuya - you evil monks from the Buddhist country, you are causing trouble for your Buddhist country, but now you come to our Jing country to divide our land. If I don't pull your heads off and kick them like balls, even if there are no heroes in our Jing country,

You better not lose this game. I think Brother Xuan has already thought of a way to torture you."

“It still tastes right.”

Zhou Xuan felt very refreshed when he heard Zhao Wuya's angry curse.

"That's no talk."

"Play your chess well."

Zhao Wuya cursed again.

"Then let's play this game of chess."

The cliff monk was repeatedly refuted and ridiculed, and finally could not bear it any longer. He took a black piece and placed it on the corner of the chessboard, saying: "This chessboard was made by the holy Buddha Mijiaxun King. On weekdays, it is the magic weapon for us monks Xunbo to capture Cuicheng. The white piece can absorb all the power in the world and use it to attack.

Black pieces can block the forces of the world. Even if the incense is enough, the Sixteen Forces of the Well Country of Mr. Zhou cannot kill all the black pieces in the chess basket with one sword.
However, if we simply use this chessboard as a magical tool, we are underestimating its usefulness.

Its real purpose is to use the world as a chessboard."

When the monk on the cliff said this, he tapped his knuckles on the chessboard and said in a threatening tone: "With the heaven and earth as the chessboard, and all living beings as the pieces, and the heavenly way and the supreme will holding the chess pieces, who dares to play?"

"If I were alone, I would not dare to play. But with you, Master, playing chess together, why would I not dare to play?"

As soon as Zhao Wuya finished speaking, his right hand and Zhou Xuan's right hand simultaneously grasped a chess piece as heavy as a mountain and were about to place it on the chessboard.

The chess piece was still in the air, and the monk on the cliff reminded them, "Don't blame me for not reminding you two. After the chess piece is placed, Mingjiang Prefecture will disappear briefly in the Well Country. If there is no winner in the game, Mingjiang Prefecture will remain lost forever.
Naturally, the Nuo God of Pingshui Prefecture could no longer join the game.

It’s not too late for you to regret now.”

The Cliff Monk originally wanted to rely on this game of chess to completely enslave Zhou Xuan and make Zhou Xuan, the strongest container between heaven and earth, serve as the eternal bridge between the Buddhist Kingdom and the Well Kingdom.

Once the Bridge of Eternity is built, relying on Zhou Xuan's body, he wouldn't be able to directly extradite King Mijiaxun, but at least he could bring in several of the Buddhas in the Thirty-Three Heavens at the same time.

If seven or eight of those Buddhas came at the same time, the Jing Kingdom would no longer be able to resist.

Once the game of chess in which the whole world is a chessboard begins, no matter whether Nuo God is awake or not, he cannot turn the tide with his own strength.

He couldn't save Zhou Xuan, nor could he save Mingjiang Prefecture.

The chess game will conceal all the aura of Mingjiang Prefecture, making this provincial capital completely "shielded" in the space of Jingguo.

These are the benefits of opening the "World Chess Game".
But there are also disadvantages.

Zhaxing, Zhehuo Ling, and the four great monks who seek waves have all entered the game. People outside the chessboard cannot enter the chessboard, but likewise, people inside the chessboard cannot leave the chessboard.

If the chess game is overturned, these monsters will not be able to escape, and the cliff monk will be shooting himself in the foot.

If it weren't for Master Wuya, Monk Moya would have been sure to win this game - the Mingjiang Mansion's wealth had been exhausted, the Peach Blossom Tree could not suppress Monk Xunbo, and the Ancient Tree Golden Bell was on the verge of breaking after being hit by the Zoroastrian Fire Order.

There are Zoroastrian fires everywhere in Mingjiang Prefecture, but are there any gods who can put an end to it?

I can't imagine how I lost!
But when Zen Master Wuya came, Monk Moya was no longer so confident, and he was somewhat hesitant about whether to start the chess game of the world.

But he had already made an agreement with Zhou Xuan in advance, and made a promise and agreed on a chess game. Although it was only a verbal promise, as long as it was a promise, the start of the chess game was unstoppable.

If it is stopped forcibly, the Holy Buddha Chessboard will lose its spirituality and may even cause the chessboard to fall apart, and the Buddha Kingdom will lose a magical weapon that protects the country.

There is only one way to stop the chess game in the world without causing the collapse of the "Holy Buddha Chessboard", and that is for Zhou Xuan to give up the game on his own initiative.

The game is suspended and the chessboard is preserved.

That's why he took the initiative to persuade Zhou Xuan and Zhao Wuya to give up this game.

Although Zhao Wuya has awakened as "Zen Master Wuya", he is still the same as before, "asking Zhou Xuan for help on external matters and asking Zhou Xuan for help on internal matters".
He remained silent, waiting for Zhou Xuan's answer.

After Zhou Xuan pondered for a moment, he said to the cliff monk: "I know what you want to do. Today, the Huangyuan demon, the Zoroastrianism, the monk Xunbo, Gong Zheng, and the Mingjiang evil god..."

"Brother Xuan, there is also Zhaxing, the Ming River is foggy." Zhao Wuya seemed very divided, sometimes he was the calm and composed great Zen master, and sometimes he was his own "down-to-earth Yazi".

"The alliance of several forces is nothing more than an attempt to force Nuo God to wake up."

Zhou Xuan said: "Nuo God is the last protective barrier in the human world of Jing Country, but he has his weakness, which is that he is subject to the restrictions of this world. Every time he uses his divine power, he will fall into a deeper sleep. You are going to take advantage of this and use the lives of the people of Mingjiang Prefecture to force him to wake up and take action.
I am from the Zhou family of Pingshui Prefecture, and I am a descendant of the Nuo God. I must play this game for him - he doesn't need to wake up, I will kill all of you who enter the game in the chess game."

"If you lose, the entire Mingjiang Prefecture will be buried with you. I'm afraid you don't dare to play the chess game of the world."

"There is no chess move that I, Zhou Xuan, dare not make."

Zhou Xuan said this, holding Zhao Wuya's hand, and dropped the white piece...

……

The black piece moves first, and the game has already started.

Once White makes his move, there is no room for regret.

The chess game of the world begins here.

In the sky above Mingjiang Mansion, a dome-like red silk net, like a cover, covered Mingjiang Mansion.

Anyone who enters the game will no longer be able to see the situation in other states.

Anyone who has not joined the game will never see Mingjiang Mansion again.

For example, the Taoist priest of incense, although his figure was in the air above Mingjiang Mansion, he was the master of the world of time and space and had not really entered the game. In his sight, he could not see a single brick or tile of Mingjiang Mansion.

After seeing this strange situation, he quickly made a deduction with his seal. At the end of the deduction, he suddenly sighed: "It turned out to be a game of chess with no regrets. Young man, you and Master Wuya are playing chess together. Are you sure you can beat the evil monk Moya?"

……

The chess game was set. In Mingjiang Mansion, every living thing had a thread of fate hanging over its head, and the other end of the thread was connected to the chessboard in Gangfeng Cave.
The silk thread makes everyone in Mingjiang Mansion have their own thoughts, while their fate is also affected by the chessboard.

"Chess is about Qi. If Qi has an outlet, it is living Qi. If Qi is blocked, it is dead Qi. The corners of the chessboard are Gangfeng Caves. I place my move here to revive the Qi of the black chess piece."

The cliff monk gave birth to another son.
The two black particles, though separated, still formed a horn-like shape, gathering a fresh breath.

With this energy, the palm tree of Treasure Tree Heavenly King suddenly seemed to come to life, its whereabouts became ethereal, and it reversed the trend of decline, and actually withstood the attacks of the wandering gods alone.

"So this chess game is so mysterious?"

Zhou Xuan looked at the chess piece and began to think intently...

(End of this chapter)