Thunder Emperor

A young monk in plain clothes was carried on a white horse, and a young man floated beside the monk with his feet off the ground. The two chatted with each other while walking forward, and behind them was a thin, but A man who looks very strong, because the luggage on this man's shoulders is no less than three times larger than this thin man.

The monk is Tang Xuanzang, the core figure in Journey to the West. The one floating beside him is Liu Qiang, and the one carrying the luggage is King Huntian. The two of them and one demon are already walking in the wilderness hundreds of miles away from Chang'an, towards the Slowly moving forward in the west direction, several obediences originally sent by the Tang Emperor to Xuanzang have been sent back by Liu Qiang, because according to the novel, Tang Monk’s obediences were met on the road before they left Liangjie Mountain. The goblin who arrived was eaten.

Far ahead, I saw a hexagonal pagoda, which is the famous Famen Temple. Liu Qiang once accompanied Leilei and his mother-in-law to pray for the child in Leilei’s belly in the real world, but he just didn’t know the method here. Whether the temple and the real plane are the same building, Liu Qiang intends to leave some things here. When he completes the mission and returns to the real plane, Liu Qiang can verify whether the mission plane is a bit strange from the real plane. contacted.

After staying overnight in Famen Temple, Liu Qiang and Master Xuanzang set off again, and last night he ruled out Hun Tian and went to the vicinity of Liangjie Mountain to investigate. He hurt any life because of this, and now Hun Tian has completely got rid of the influence of evil thoughts, and will never shoot at will to harm human beings and other lives.

"Mr. Wan! I know you are not an ordinary person. Judging from your extraordinary ability, you have powers that ordinary people don't have, but I still don't understand why you want to go west with me? You are obviously not a cultivator. They are not lay Buddhists who practice Buddhism, but are closer to Taoism!"

After listening to Master Xuanzang's question, Liu Qiang looked at the distance with his hands behind his back, pointed his chin obliquely to the sky and said, "Actually, I have always had a wish, that is to practice both Buddhism and Taoism! Combine the great achievements of the two practices, and the world will be The common people suffer from fire, water and suffering, Taoism has Taoist classics, and Buddhism has Buddhist classics, although there are differences, what both sides pursue is a state of peace between people."

"But Buddhism will save the world and save people without desire or desire, but Taoism pursues inner peace and longevity. That is selfish self-salvation, and it does not help those suffering people in the world!"

"Master, why don't you think about it this way? If a person doesn't save himself from the sea of ​​suffering first, then all he sees is the sea of ​​suffering. Even if he suddenly enlightens and practices Buddhism, the people affected are still in the sea of ​​suffering, because he himself is still in the sea of ​​suffering." Among them, if the savior of the world has transcended the sea of ​​suffering, will he save more people at a higher level, so there will be immortals and Buddhas in this world. Immortals and Buddhas did not exist from the beginning. To save the world and start practicing, only then will there be immortals and Buddhas!"

"I have seen similar ones in Buddhist scriptures, but those are the Hinayana Buddhism that is handed down in the world today. It pays attention to self-cultivation and crossing oneself. It is not a good way to save the world. It only saves a small number of rotten people The people of the world in the sea of ​​suffering cannot save all the suffering people!"

"Haha! The vision is still not wide enough! Saving people from the sea of ​​suffering is considered a merit, but is it not a merit to save one person or two? One becomes two, two becomes four, four becomes eight, eight becomes sixteen, and so on. , I don’t think it’s much different from the Mahayana Buddhism you’re talking about! It’s just a difference in the way of enlightenment. The Hinayana Buddhism emphasizes on cultivating one’s own benefits, while the Mahayana Buddhism emphasizes on cultivating the hearts of all people. Each has its own advantages and benefits. Each has its own experience, the combination of the two is the best, and one cannot be discarded!"

"Mr. Wan is talking about mutual integration, taking the essence and discarding the dross! It would be great if this can be done, but it has something to do with the compatibility of Buddhism and Taoism that Mr. said!"

"Taoism is the method of self-cultivation. It has many similarities with Hinayana Buddhism, and it also has its own unique insights. As long as you study and interpret it carefully, you will find that the way of Taoism pays attention to a small and medium-sized Seeing greatness does not mean cultivating oneself and not cultivating people in the world. Although Taoism and Buddhism have completely different dualities, this is not insoluble. On the contrary, I believe that the two are completely possible to be recruited by each other, but Master Xuanzang! Everything still needs to be obtained from the scriptures, and you can only understand after practicing Mahayana Buddhism. The dispute between you and me is nothing to do with chatting. I think it’s getting late. Let’s spend the night at the farmhouse ahead, so we can continue on our way tomorrow! "

"Sir, you are right. Let's ask for a night's sleep, and we will go on our way tomorrow. I don't know where Hun Tian is now. Will he be in danger if he sleeps in the wild?"

"Haha! The mage is worrying too much. Hun Tian's ability is not ordinary. Ordinary ferocious beasts can't hurt him, so you don't have to worry. I think we will be able to reach the vicinity of Liangjie Mountain tomorrow. Opportunities are waiting for you!"

While the two were talking, they came to the door of a farmhouse. This is a traditional house with two left and two right and three fronts. There is a three-acre vegetable field behind the house and several seasonal vegetables are planted. It can be seen that the owner is very attentive to it. There is only one field with no weeds in the vegetable field. The house is surrounded by a thorn fence wall as high as a person, and a small yard is surrounded in front of the house. The chickens that lay eggs are raised in the yard. The duck also looks extremely neat and tidy by the owner.

In the yard, an old man in his fifties was sitting on a small stool, weaving a basket with care, not paying attention to Xuanzang and Liu Qiang who had just arrived outside the yard.After knocking on the gate of the courtyard, Liu Qiang and Xuanzang entered the small courtyard with the permission of the old man, and asked him to stay overnight. He bought some fresh vegetables and prepared a tea meal for the two of them.

After eating the meal prepared by the old man, both Liu Qiang and Xuanzang saw the old man standing at the gate of the courtyard and looking into the distance. They couldn't help but have doubts in their hearts, but Liu Qiang walked over and asked, "Old man! Is this waiting for the family to come back?"

"That's right! My only son is a hunter, and he is quite well-known in this area. Normally, he would have returned at this time even if he hadn't harvested anything, but he still hasn't arrived home today for some reason. This makes me miss the old man!" the old man said. When the guest asked, he said solemnly, his words reminded Liu Qiang that this old man was the father of the hunter who rescued Xuanzang from the tiger's mouth.

Knowing that this is the hunter's father, Liu Qiang released his consciousness to search in the mountains. Within half a minute, in a valley in the mountains, he found the hunter who was confronting a colorful tiger. Liu Boqin, who saved Xuanzang's life, was regretting that he shouldn't have come here to look for prey. He originally planned to hunt a muntjac that drank water by the pond in this valley, and take it back. To make up for the old father, but unexpectedly met this frightening big worm!
Knowing Liu Boqin's current situation, Liu Qiang told the old man that he was going to greet him, but before the old man could react to stop him, he had already disappeared by his side, which shocked the old man for a moment, and Xuanzang rushed to him when he saw this. Before explaining to the old man: "Don't panic, old man. My friend is a monk who practices Taoism and immortality. He has the ability to fly to the sky and escape the earth. There is no danger compared to your son with him. You should rest assured." Let's have a cup of tea, Mr. Wan will bring your son back soon!"

"Oh! So that's the case! I'm relieved, old man!" Under the comfort of Xuanzang, the old man finally let go of his hanging heart, and went back to the house with Xuanzang to drink tea and chat, but at this time he had arrived Liu Qiang in the valley was watching Liu Boqin tidy up the tiger's fur. He just arrived and killed it with one blow. This tiger was about to pounce on Liu Boqin, and explained his purpose to the other party.

After rescuing Liu Boqin, Liu Qiang took him back to the small courtyard, handed the tiger skin to Xuanzang, and asked him to sew it into a tiger skin suit, which he planned to wear directly for Monkey King in the future, so as to save him from having to pay for it as soon as he came out. Beating the tiger and skinning it violated Xuanzang's taboo as a monk.

In order to sew the tiger skin skirt, Liu Qiang and Xuanzang stayed here for an extra day. On the third morning, accompanied by Liu Boqin, they took a small path to the foot of Liangjie Mountain, where Huntian had been waiting for a long time. In front of him was squatting a monster with black and yellow patterns all over its body and a tiger head. The scars look like they were severely beaten by Hun Tian.

General Yin is a tiger spirit who has just transformed into a human form, far from being able to compare with Hun Tian who has already transformed into a human being. Yesterday evening, General Yin heard a report from his subordinate Xiao Yao, saying that there was a person sitting at the pass of Liangjie Mountain. He was waiting for his companions to cross the boundary west together, and General Yin, because of the tiger's nature of eating people, planned to capture this person first and then ambush at the mountain pass, and catch the companions of the later person to eat together, but he did not expect That thin monkey-like man turned out to be a monster even stronger than himself.

General Yin brought his three or four little monsters to the mountain pass of Liangjie Mountain. In fact, he has not come to this place very often because it is too close to the Wuzhi Mountain where a monster monkey is pressed. Although there are still hundreds of miles away from there, the aura emanating here makes a monster like him who has not yet fully transformed feel uncomfortable all over his body.

Resisting the uncomfortable strength, General Yin came to Huntian with his big sword in his hand. In fact, Huntian was a little uncomfortable at this meeting. Shivering all the time, when he saw a tiger cub that hadn't even finished taking off its animal shape, standing in front of him with a broken knife in its hands, showing off its power, a wave of unknown anger rushed straight to his forehead. He swung his fists up and knocked him to the ground.