Mixed in the heavens, merits and virtues become immortals

Chapter 383 I will ignite Fahai!

"A bunch of nonsense."

Fahai, holding his golden alms bowl, remained unaffected by Gu Qing's words.

He has studied scriptures for a thousand years, how could he not distinguish between Buddhism and Taoism?
Gu Qing smiled upon hearing this.

Guanyin Bodhisattva tried to guide Gu Qing and asked Gu Qing to show mercy. Gu Qing then tried to guide Fahai in return. However, the struggle for the Great Dao is not about words; the two sides would inevitably have to fight.

"Om Mani Padme Hum!"

Fahai chanted the six-syllable mantra without raising his hands or moving his legs, yet the void trembled greatly. The Buddhist power surrounding him, like Fahai's suppressed rage, roared and howled, converging into countless rays of light that swept down from the heavens and the earth.

The Six-Syllable Mantra is a subtle spiritual seal of Buddhism, praised by all Buddhas of the ten directions. Gu Qing's wild words just now have also been rejected by all Buddhas of the ten directions. Thus, when the Buddha's light shines out, heaven and earth cannot tolerate it.

"Giggle cluck..."

After the millions of rays of light enveloped Gu Qing, the void seemed to clatter like gears hitting each other, and the two were locked in a stalemate.

"Gu Qing, you can't overcome the grudge between Bai Suzhen and me!"

Fahai recalled how Gu Qing had used the toilet-blowing tactic at Lingyin Temple to allow Bai Suzhen to defeat him. This thousand-year-old obsession, now turned to emptiness, fueled his anger. Seeing that Gu Qing, a mere Nascent Soul cultivator, had actually managed to directly confront him, a cultivator on the verge of immortality and undergoing tribulation, he roared even louder. His magical power surged, and his Buddhist light intensified!

Even the clouds in the sky were tinged with a golden hue.

Faced with such imposing power, Gu Qing smiled.

An ancient bronze mirror hung in front of Gu Qing, emitting a hazy light. It was the Six Harmonies Mirror that Gu Qing had used to protect Hu Meiniang and Caiyin when he fought against the Golden Cymbal Dharma King.

Layers of light pressed down on the mirror, then the mirror flipped over, and the millions of rays of Buddha light scattered in all directions, bombarding everything in all directions.

Gu Qing rose through the ranks from a low-level martial arts world, and he had studied techniques such as deflecting force and using force against force the most deeply. After obtaining the Six Harmonies Mirror, he further refined it, integrating martial arts principles into it. This time, when facing Fahai, Gu Qing had already made many deductions in his mind. When the Six Harmonies Mirror was used against Fahai at full strength, it immediately caught Fahai off guard.

The force of the recoil caused Fahai to stagger and the surrounding earth to tremble. If it weren't for the protection of the mountain gods and local deities, their single exchange would have caused widespread disaster across the land.

Having landed a successful blow, Gu Qing, holding a bamboo staff, stepped forward and struck Fahai in the face.

Fahai, holding his staff, casually tried to block, but as a monk who practiced Buddhism and usually ate vegetarian food and chanted Buddhist scriptures, even though he had lived for a thousand years, he was no match for someone like Gu Qing, who had extraordinary combat experience. The two suddenly clashed, just like Indra encountering Wu Wudi and being hit hard!
"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

Holding his staff, Fahai felt that in this martial arts exchange, his hands were not hands, and his feet were not feet. Gu Qing's bamboo staff moved erratically, sometimes extending and sometimes retracting. Even with his Buddhist divine eye, Fahai could not discern the truth from falsehood. His face was struck, his arms were whipped, and his legs were tripped, giving Fahai the feeling that his own hands, feet, and even his brain were not functioning properly.

Their thinking and tactics were completely suppressed by Gu Qing!
In terms of skill alone, Bai Suzhen is no match for Gu Qing.

"Om!"

Fahai chanted incantations, and golden light burst forth from his body, completely enveloping him. His martial arts were suppressed, leaving only magical combat as the only option!
In this respect, Fahai is at the Tribulation Transcending stage, while Gu Qing is at the Nascent Soul stage. The difference in their realms gives me the advantage.

At this very moment, in Heaven and Earth, in the Western Sacred Mountain, and in the South China Sea, many deities were watching the battle between Gu Qing and Fahai. They saw Fahai, under repeated restraints, chanting incantations and suddenly conjuring up a golden alms bowl. Sighs could be heard from many places.

"This battle should be fought in the toilet."

"Gu Qing possesses a golden core of extreme strength and yang energy, so he is unaffected by the filth in the toilet. He is practically a war god in there."

"If Fahai wins, Gu Qing will face twenty years in prison."

"Gu Qing already possesses a pure Yang Dao body, making him immune to all evils. If he could put aside his pride and take a mouthful of Tian Gui blood, he could kill anyone who stood in his way, and even gods would be slain if they were in his way."

"Old Master?"

After the golden bowl appeared in the air, it naturally emitted light. At this moment, Fahai no longer paid attention to the Buddha's instructions and only wanted to use the golden bowl to quickly capture Gu Qing.

"Go!"

At this moment, Gu Qing reached out and rubbed the bamboo staff in his hand. The Golden Cymbal Dharma King broke free from the bamboo staff and roared to the sky. It had been beaten half to death and then sealed by Gu Qing. This sudden release was its last burst of energy before death.

Enveloped in black smoke and billowing mist, the Golden Cymbal Dharma King revealed his true form.

The golden bowl possesses the power to subdue demons. When the light shines upon it, it naturally recedes, leaving Gu Qing, who was standing to the side, with nothing to do.

Gu Qing tossed the bamboo staff aside, and a magic sword appeared in his hand. The sword gleamed with sunlight and slashed towards Fahai!

Kill the ghosts and gods!
This sword technique, refined by Lü Dongbin's alchemical texts, has become quite different. Now, surrounded by flames and a pillar of light reaching the sky, it presses down on Fahai with an invincible aura.

At this moment, Jinbo was subduing the Golden Cymbal Dharma King. Fahai saw Gu Qing's fierce aura and the unstoppable power of his sword light. He also remembered how Gu Qing had completely overwhelmed him when they got close. He turned the prayer beads in his hand, and the kasaya he was wearing grew longer in the wind, layer upon layer, blocking his way.

In an instant, the sword light was blazing, and the kasaya was as heavy as a mountain. The two sides clashed in a dull thud. Fahai looked at the golden light in the other side, turned his prayer beads in his hand, and chanted mantras. After the sword light passed, he saw that a fire dragon had emerged from that place. He knew that it was Gu Qing's move to subdue the Golden Cymbal Dharma King. He then used his kasaya to cover it up.

However, as the process was underway, Fahai had a bad feeling.

"caught you!"

Gu Qing emerged from the ground and arrived in front of Fahai.

At this moment, Fahai looked towards the cassock and saw a red jade tablet covered by the cassock. It was engraved with a magic array, which was obviously where the fire dragon had just been released, and where Fahai had to deal with it with all his might.

Fahai is currently without his golden alms bowl and robe, and he is in close proximity to Gu Qing, which has already triggered Gu Qing's execution technique.

"Shh!"

Gu Qing drew circles in his hands, making wild ripples. In the golden light, black and white Tai Chi diagrams were mixed in. Even though Fahai was unwilling, he had no choice but to use his fists and feet. But as soon as he made his move, he felt as if he were in a net or a quagmire. Fahai had all the skills he had, but after only a few rounds of fighting with Gu Qing, he was like a cocoon, completely controlled by her.

"boom!"

With his feet planted in the waist, Fahai himself remained still, but his two arms were grabbed and bound by Gu Qing. Upon seeing this, Fahai grabbed back with both hands and seized Gu Qing's arms, a look of joy appearing on his face.

"What a pity!" In the Heavenly Palace, watching the gods fighting, Gu Qing and Fahai clasped hands together, and sighed again.

Fahai was at the Tribulation Transcending stage, while Gu Qing was at the Nascent Soul stage. In their battle, one could only win through skill, not strength. Gu Qing had done very well before, but at the last moment, he was still captured by Fahai.

The difference in their levels of understanding was too great; Fahai could make countless mistakes, while Gu Qing could only make one.

"boom!"

Flames suddenly blazed on Gu Qing's body. The gods who had been lamenting for Gu Qing fell silent and watched as Gu Qing and Fahai locked in a fierce struggle, their golden elixir of the sun burning intensely. The sun in the sky grew even brighter.

Fahai, his entire body radiating golden light, looked at the scorching flames engulfing Gu Qing and exclaimed, "Amitabha! Daoist, for the sake of a snake demon, you have become attached and agitated, making it difficult to attain enlightenment... Namo Amitabha..."

"Even the monk's heart has never been at peace."

Gu Qing looked at Fahai and said calmly, the flames on his body becoming even more intense at this moment.

From the primordial spirit stage to the tribulation stage, it takes many years. Even if Gu Qing cultivates for another twenty years, he still won't reach the tribulation stage. On the other hand, Fahai has been spying on him time and time again, always harboring schemes. If he is not dealt with soon, he may not have much freedom for the next twenty or thirty years.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Gu Qing decided to take action.

Gu Qing has ten victories against Fahai, while Fahai has ten defeats. The most important victory is that Gu Qing possesses the Golden Core of the Sun. After entering the Nascent Soul realm, he has acquired divine characteristics. The current situation is something that Gu Qing has created step by step from the very beginning of their battle.

"Since your heart is not at peace, then savor it properly."

Gu Qing said, "This is called, igniting Fahai!"

Gu Qing originally intended to use the Ultra Bomb, given that he possessed the Golden Core of the Sun and divine characteristics, and was considered the Crown Prince of the Land of Light...

Seeing Gu Qing's stubbornness, Fahai silently recited Buddhist scriptures.

The flames on Gu Qing's body were burning intensely. The intensity of the Sun Golden Core made Fahai feel uncomfortable, but as a monk in the Tribulation Transcending stage, Fahai was radiating Buddhist light. He felt that if the two continued to fight, it would be Gu Qing who would not be able to withstand it.

The sun shone directly in the sky, and beneath layers of halos, it seemed as if a thousand times the light was focused and fell upon Gu Qing and Fahai. In this light, Gu Qing's flames burned even brighter, and Fahai's fingers, which had been tightly gripping Gu Qing's, unconsciously loosened their grip.

"All phenomena arising from form and mind are caused by the mind..."

Fahai chanted scriptures, waiting for Gu Qing to give up.

The Golden Cymbal Dharma King had already been taken into the golden bowl, and his robe had fallen to the side. Under the scorching flames, Fahai had no way to recite the Dharma treasures, nor dared to use them, for fear that the light and heat would not dissipate and would instead bring him calamity.

"Master Gu..."

Fahai opened his eyes, looked at Gu Qing, and saw that Gu Qing was almost skin and bones under the flames. He sighed with pity and said, "All the passions in the world are just like..." Fahai, who was advising Gu Qing, narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the bamboo staff standing behind Gu Qing.

This bamboo staff was forged by Gu Qing on Phoenix Mountain. It contained the Golden Cymbal Dharma King. After the Golden Cymbal Dharma King was released and tricked Fahai's golden bowl, Gu Qing threw it aside. Now it stands upright, reaching from the heavens to the underworld, with layers of light radiating from it. It is the bamboo staff substitute of the Taoist sect.

Gu Qing had crafted this bamboo staff long ago, but it had been tossed aside and overlooked by Fahai. He hadn't expected that the bamboo staff would have another use after it had been used to throw out the Golden Cymbal Dharma King.

"Amitabha……"

Fahai's speech was dry and slurred.

It is said that if a monk recites Amitabha Buddha's name before he dies, he will be guided to the Western Paradise.

Under the bamboo staff substitute, Gu Qing's Golden Core was a thousand times hotter, which exceeded Fa Hai's tolerance. Finally, at a certain moment, a loud bang was heard, and Fa Hai rolled to the ground, his vital energy greatly depleted. This Fa Hai, who was in the Tribulation Transcending stage, suffered a complete defeat when facing Gu Qing.

"In the beginning of the Azure Heaven, a song sang in the vast blue sky, and the great floating earth was heard. The Primordial Heavenly Venerable, who received the salvation of countless beings, spoke this scripture..."

Gu Qing looked at Fahai, reciting the Lingbao Sutra of the Maoshan School, and a smile appeared on his face.

Fahai, pale as a ghost, sat quietly to the side. Gu Qing had already defeated him, and Fahai was now speechless. He could only watch as Gu Qing, under the sun, recovered his divine energy and spoke in a clear voice, explaining the mysteries of the Lingbao Scripture to him.

For Fahai, all of this was practically like being imprisoned.

The Lingbao Scripture was the first chapter of the Daoist Canon during the Northern Song Dynasty. It was a classic that Daoists could easily find by flipping through it. In the scripture, the one transmitted by the Primordial Heavenly Venerable was considered the orthodox one, while Buddhism was a branch of it. Daoists encouraged sharing this scripture with monks so that they could return to the right path. Gu Qing's defeat of Fahai and sharing of the scripture now fits the profound meaning of this.

In the sky, the sun blazes brightly, and before you know it, the moon appears, the sun and moon shining brightly in the sky.

In the heavenly court, amidst the immortal mountains, the Eight Immortals gathered together, laughing and joking.

Strange phenomena appeared in the Southern Star Palace, the Northern Star Palace, and the Tushita Star Palace.

On Mount Ling, the Bodhisattvas lowered their brows, the Arhats remained silent, and the Buddha Tathagata was speechless... Fahai's humiliating defeat had become the biggest topic of conversation in the Three Realms. A Tribulation Transcending cultivator had lost to a Nascent Soul cultivator; he had no shame whatsoever.

"The Buddhist scriptures teach people to understand the world, to know the impermanence of all things and the non-self of all phenomena, and to eliminate afflictions and attain Nirvana. That is why Taoism values ​​life and Buddhism values ​​death."

Gu Qing explained the differences between Buddhism and Taoism to Fahai, saying, "Eliminating personal afflictions and achieving inner peace and freedom is what Buddhism seeks. As for Mahayana Buddhism's concept of entering Nirvana without dwelling in it, and its fifty-two stages such as the Ten Faiths, Ten Abodes, Ten Practices, Ten Dedications, and Ten Grounds, this is clearly influenced by Taoism, merely giving people the expectation of longevity, much like how Taoists, after becoming immortals, continuously rise through the ranks..."

Following the Lingbao Scripture, Gu Qing jumped to Fahai's face and then shared some personal insights.

Some things in this world can justify themselves. If you simply scoff at them and ignore them, that's one thing. But Gu Qing's confrontational attitude, his analysis of the Lingbao scriptures, and his dissection of Buddhist texts made it seem to Fahai that there was actually some truth to it.

"My sins, my sins..."

Fahai's face flushed crimson as he repented for his wavering on this point.

"In short, if you practice Buddhism, you must learn to let go; if you practice Taoism, then follow us..."

Gu Qing patted Fahai on the shoulder, telling him to take care of himself.

In the sky, flowers rained down, celestial chariots descended, and celestial children greeted them.

Gu Qing looked at the sun on the celestial chariot, strolled onto it, his true essence condensed with the chariot, and then the chariot trembled and headed towards the sky.

(End of this chapter)