I Raise Spiders in Pansi Cave

Later, after several catastrophes in heaven and earth, the witch clan was almost extinct, and the monsters also declined sharply. The ten thousand religions have declined since then? The other three religions have been preserved and prospered because of the strict acceptance of disciples and the unity within the religion.Before the Great Tribulation of the Conferred Gods, no one mentioned the Ten Thousand Religions? Even the Western Religion was inferior.

After conferring the gods, did the three religions gradually decline? But the heavens grew and Buddhism rose? The three realms have reached a state of balance again.

Heaven conquers the whole world and dominates the universe.However, due to the strict hierarchical system, there are many ancient great immortals who are unwilling to attach themselves to the Heavenly Court, especially the remaining forces of the two ancient lich races. They are even more discriminated against. All the forces converted to Wanjiao, and Wanjiao seemed to be prosperous again.

But because demons accounted for too much of the Ten Thousand Sects, and the spells they learned were all kinds of strange and strange. Since then, it has also been called the Demon Sect, and has been suppressed by the Heavenly Court and the Three Realms.The more you suppress, the more you will resist, and the more you resist, the more you will be able to confirm the name of the Demon Cult. "

Qi Wufei said: "But wasn't the Great God Fuxi the founder of Wanjiao? Could it be that he doesn't care?"

Lu Cheng said: "Since Emperor Xihuang founded the religion, he no longer intervened in the affairs of the religion, and at this time, I don't know how many thousands of kalpas have passed since the establishment of the religion. Besides, the Wanjiao was jointly suppressed by the heavenly court and Buddhism. Even Sanqing The sages also supported it, and the Great God Fuxi would be helpless if he wanted to take care of it. If he didn't take action, at least the sages could save each other's face. In the end, it is not all the people, all beings in the universe who will suffer in the end!"

Qi Wufei thinks that the long time is not a problem, and it is estimated that the latter reason is the main reason.

The earliest prosperity of Wanjiao must have caused dissatisfaction among many saints, and it is normal to jointly suppress it.It's like I have raised so many monsters in Pansi Ridge. If the Honggu County Town God's Department finds out the details, I'm afraid they will apply for the Heavenly Soldiers from the Lower Realm to arrest them tomorrow.

The so-called "the side of the couch can't allow others to sleep soundly. If the power of Wanjiao is allowed to develop, other sects will definitely worry that they will be annexed one day."

Qi Wufei asked: "Since the Wanjiao has been suppressed, why don't the churches unite?"

Lu Cheng sighed: "Emperor Xi didn't come out to take charge, and the sect has never been able to find an outstanding hero to preside over the situation. Moreover, the policy of heaven towards all sects is not to kill them all, but to divide and suppress them.

The followers of Wanjiao are widely distributed and there are many types. In fact, there are not many who really commit crimes and violate the rules of heaven.The higher-ups can't go too far. If they are pushed too fast, and the congregation is forced to unite and become a monolith, then it will be difficult to deal with.So they adopted a policy of one take in and one release, suppressing while appeasing, suppressing for a while and letting go, looking for a few unsteady stances to absorb the past to get promoted and get rich, and set an example.In this way, Wanjiao will be suppressed forever and cannot prosper, but it will not be killed until the Journey to the West period..."

"Journey to the West period?" Qi Wufei asked curiously, "Is Journey to the West still related to Wanjiao?"

Lu Cheng said: "Journey to the West is originally the remaining calamity of conferring the gods. The great calamity of heaven and earth is like an earthquake. The energy is not released all at once, and there will be continuous aftershocks afterwards, sometimes lasting tens of thousands of years. .The great catastrophe of Conferring Gods has been completely released, but the remaining catastrophe is still very powerful. In order to eliminate the catastrophe, the saints from all sides discussed a plan."

"Is it Journey to the West? Find four people, go to Lingshan to get scriptures, and send the Buddhist scriptures to the east, will the disaster be eliminated?" Qi Wufei was a little puzzled.

"Journey to the West is not so simple." Lu Cheng said: "We are used to calling it Journey to the West, but in fact, the whole catastrophe is not as simple as Tang Monk and his disciples learning scriptures from the West. The period of 500 to 1000 years is counted as Journey to the West. Within catastrophe."

Qi Wufei nodded and said, "I see."

He remembered the plots such as the havoc in the Heavenly Palace in Journey to the West, which indeed happened 500 years ago in Journey to the West.As for what happened after Journey to the West, he is not very clear. It is said that there is a sequel to Journey to the West.But the stories in the sequel are probably all made up, and probably have nothing to do with the world he lives in now.

"You said just now what happened to Wanjiao until the time of Journey to the West? Isn't Journey to the West a plan to eliminate disasters discussed by the saints? What does it have to do with Wanjiao?" he asked.

Lu Cheng said: "How the sages discussed this plan, I dare not say for sure, but I can guess it."

"Oh, then tell me about it."

Qi Wufei was very curious.This old Lu dared to guess the words of the Sacred Heart without being afraid of being noticed by the Sage?

Lu Cheng said: "After the conferment of the gods, the power of the Heavenly Court has grown, and the three religions have gradually declined. The Sanqing saints who were the ancestors of the three religions have gradually become a spiritual symbol, and all the real power is in the hands of the Jade Emperor. Naturally, the Sanqing Willing to retire early like this.

In fact, the Jade Emperor was also dissatisfied, because the influence of Sanqing was too great and his status was too high, and all the gods and gods in the sky were their disciples and grandchildren.

However, Lingshan, which opened up its own world in the west, grew rapidly after conferring the gods, and was not controlled by the heavens. Independently opening up the great barrier of the Great Spirit Mountain seemed to be the biggest winner in the catastrophe of conferring gods.But the influence of Buddhism at that time was too small, only limited to around Lingshan.As saints, they are naturally not satisfied.

Everyone was dissatisfied. It just so happened that the biggest remaining catastrophe after the Conferred God catastrophe came, and they hit it off and came up with such a plan, which not only eliminated the catastrophe, but also gave all parties a chance to reshuffle the cards and get what they needed. . "

"How do you get what you want?" Qi Wufei asked.

Lu Cheng said: "Among the Three Purities, Taishang Laojun was the head, and integrated the original three religions into Taoism, so there was a phenomenon of 'all the immortals in the world belong to one religion', and it became the most powerful Taoism. Almost all the gods in heaven since then came from their disciples.

The Tathagata expanded the influence of Buddhism through the eastward transmission of Buddhism, and became the sect with the most followers in the world.With so many believers, Buddhist talents came out in large numbers, and many great monks came out. After that, the number of Arhats in Lingshan increased sharply, and several quasi-sages and semi-sages appeared.In just over a thousand years, such an achievement has been achieved, and there are indeed merits in Buddhist practice.

As a result, Taoism and Buddhism divided the world among the people, and since then the three realms have jointly worked together, and they have also relied heavily on this talent training system. "

Qi Wufei said: "But in this way, isn't the Jade Emperor's power reduced? Wouldn't the benefits brought to him by the Great Tribulation of Gods be offset? How can the Jade Emperor agree?"

"If it's just like this, the Jade Emperor will certainly not agree. However, the Jade Emperor knows that system reforms will be inevitable in the future. Once reforms are made, his power will always be reduced, and he will even retreat behind the scenes. In this catastrophe, he planned ahead of time and used the benefits that will be surrendered sooner or later to meet the demands of all parties and put forward his own conditions."

"What conditions did he propose?"

"Build a merit forest and collect merit tax from the Three Realms."

Qi Wufei came to a sudden: "It turns out that the merit tax started at that time."

Lu Cheng said: "Actually, the matter of collecting merit tax from the Three Realms should have been planned a long time ago. Maybe it has been planned since the establishment of the Heavenly Court before the conferment of the gods. It's just that on the one hand, it needs the consent of all parties, and on the other hand, it also needs a relationship. Only in this way can it be promoted smoothly, and Journey to the West undoubtedly meets these two requirements.

On the surface, the Journey to the West incident is mainly about Lingshan, but in fact, Tianting is the real protagonist.Without the cooperation of Heavenly Court, this plan cannot be implemented at all.In addition, once a large amount of merit tax is collected, the heavenly court will have the ability to balance the way of heaven to a certain extent, delay or disperse the disaster.This is what everyone is happy to see.Therefore, there is no reason for other parties to disagree with the conditions proposed by the Jade Emperor. "

"But collecting merit tax, what good is it for the Jade Emperor? After the implementation of the Heavenly Court reform, he has abdicated after all." Qi Wufei still didn't quite understand.

"This is the brilliance of the Jade Emperor. On the surface, it seems that he has received little benefit. He was forced by the situation, and he played a scene in which the Monkey King made trouble in the Heavenly Palace. In fact, he had already Refining the monument of immeasurable merit. This also proves that the matter of merit tax has long been in his plan.

When the construction of the meritorious forest was completed and the merit tax of the three realms began to be collected, the Jade Emperor's monument of immeasurable merit and virtue was also refined, and all the meritorious energy was concentrated on the monument of immeasurable merit and virtue.Because of the power to balance the way of heaven, the monument of immeasurable merit has naturally become the number one treasure in the Three Realms.

After the reform of the Heavenly Court, the Jade Emperor abdicated with peace of mind, but the monument of immeasurable merit is still in his hands.As long as he has this stele in his hand, he will always be the Supreme Being of the Three Realms, even Sanqing and Buddha will give him three points.

So now, the Jade Emperor still firmly controls the Heavenly Court.Yang Jian of the Immortal Shield Bureau is his grandson, Li Jing, the commander of the garrison, is his confidant, not to mention the golden boy and jade girl who is in charge of the Gongde Forest, who was originally his attendant.In addition, does the leader know how the candidates for Journey to the West were selected? "

Qi Wufei said: "Isn't this a temporary decision, but an election in advance?"

Lu Cheng said: "Since it's a plan, of course it was chosen in advance, otherwise it's called a plan. Tang Seng is the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi, an authentic disciple of Lingshan. Zhu Bajie is the marshal of Tianpeng, and Tianpeng was once a trusted subordinate of Emperor Ziwei. Emperor Ziwei is the head of the four emperors, and is now the dean of the Government Affairs Council, the biggest vested interest in the reform of the heavenly court. Monk Sha is the shutter general in front of the Golden Palace, equivalent to the guards around the Jade Emperor. There is also a white horse, which is The third prince of the West Sea Dragon Palace."

"What about Monkey King?"

"Sun Wukong is more complicated, and I don't know the old slave very well. It is rumored that the sacred stone he was born with is the stone that Nuwa mended the sky. But how did that stone appear in the Aolai Kingdom of the East China Sea, and when it was put there, there is no way. I got it. Some said it fell from the sky and landed there; some said it was placed there by Nu Wa;

"Which one do you think it is?" Qi Wufei asked.

Lu Cheng didn't answer, but asked instead: "What does the leader think?"

Qi Wufei said, "I think it's too high."

"How do you know?" Lu Cheng asked.

Qi Wufei thought for a while and said: "Sun Wukong once ate a lot of golden pills in Tushita Palace, and practiced in the Bagua furnace for 49 days. It's so easy to get in, and I don't believe that the furnace that made the golden cudgel can't make him. Even if it really can't make him, how can the old man not know? Let's put it in and try it. How does this look like a sage who came from the beginning of the world? When Erlang God captured him, Avalokitesvara wanted to make a move, Laojun prevented her from using the Jade Purification Bottle, and only smashed him with the Vajra Chopstick, this is a trick in name only."

Lu Cheng looked at Qi Wufei strangely, and asked, "How did the leader know these things?"

"Ah?" Qi Wufei scratched his head, "This... shouldn't you know?"

Lu Cheng said: "The story that Laojun used the gossip furnace to refine him is widely spread, but he went to Tushita Palace to steal golden pills, how could such a thing spread? And Guanyin made a move, Laojun stopped it , I’ve never heard of such a thing.”

"That... this..." Qi Wufei rubbed his nose, and said, "The purpose of the Jade Emperor is to control the monument of immeasurable merits and virtues, and become the number one in the Three Realms. Could it be that Sanqing and Buddha can't figure this out?"

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Chapter 540, Singing the Oboe

Lu Cheng said: "The sage's scheming is beyond my knowledge. They may not know it, or they may have known it a long time ago. However, all of this can also be regarded as a conspiracy, which is done on the table. Everyone takes their own Needs, in fact, no one loses. The Jade Emperor transferred a large part of the power of the heaven at that time, but he mastered the monument of immeasurable merits and virtues, and still firmly controlled the Three Realms. Buddhism spread to the east, expanded its influence, and became the most prosperous Xianjiao. And the three religions of ancient times merged into one, and after they were unified into Taoism, they were also very popular among the people, and they became the must-go door of the immortal family. Both Buddhism and Taoism preached among the people, and gradually introduced personal gods, which is convenient People's beliefs. Thousands of years ago, people only believed in heaven. But now they believe in gods and Buddhas, and no one mentions God anymore. Haotian God lost his faith and got a monument of immeasurable merit. to measure."

Qi Wufei said: "It seems that it is indeed unclear. But what is the relationship between this matter and Wanjiao?"

Lu Cheng said: "The connection is that in the whole plan of Journey to the West, in addition to shuffling the cards of the various forces and taking what they need, they also planned one thing, that is, by the way, eliminate the Wanjiao believers from all over the place, and eliminate the Wanjiao. To prevent the rise of Wanjiao in the future and break the balance again, causing risks and hidden dangers of catastrophe. From the starting point, it cannot be said that they are completely wrong, but for the people of Wanjiao, this is a disaster."

Qi Wufei shook his head and said: "It seems not wrong to kill one person to save thousands of people. But the premise is that the victim sacrifices himself, not under the pressure of others. As for their secret design, killing innocent people with grandiose reasons What is the reason for people? Isn't this completely against the way of heaven? What kind of saints are they!

What's more, whether these believers of Wanjiao will cause chaos in the future and cause disasters is just their one-sided opinion.To convict people on the grounds of things that may not happen is a crime in itself! "

Lu Cheng said: "The leader said it well. Because of this, we must resist the power and the crimes imposed on us. Our goal is to create a world where all kinds of people are equal!"

As the leader said, making a presumption of guilt based on things that may not happen is a crime in itself.This is a new theory, which proves that we are the party of justice from the legal point of view, and the suppression of all religions by the heavenly court and Buddhism is against the law of heaven.Many acts of unrighteousness will kill themselves, and justice will eventually defeat evil.The leader's theoretical innovation will last forever! "

Um? ? ? ...

Qi Wufei felt as if he had been entangled in it.

This is asking me to rebel!

Asking Lao Tzu to rebel against the Heavenly Court, this matter has to be carefully considered.

Although he did this job in the previous life, it doesn't mean he has to do it in this life, or else he would be as dead as he was in the previous life, leaving a beautiful woman like a flower and jade to the next life in vain.

No, we are not just a flowery one, but a bunch of flowers like jade!

"Okay, okay, don't be so embarrassing, what kind of leader is eternal, like Dongfang Invincible, I am embarrassed to hear it." Qi Wufei waved his hands and smiled.

Lu Cheng was taken aback again: "Eastern Invincible?"

Qi Wufei rubbed the sore corners of his eyes, and said: "Well... I have a question, I heard that there are no distinctions in the teaching of Jiejiao, regardless of those who are covered with horns or those who have been hatched from wetness. Aren’t religions duplicated? How did the two religions coexist in the first place?”

Lu Cheng said: "It wasn't like this in the early days of interception. The so-called interceptor, Tu Ge blocking the falcon, means that the killing array has been formed, and the birds are difficult to cross, leaving no life. Therefore, intercepting the teaching is also robbery and killing. Its teachings This is the end of the world, and there is no life. When everything is extinguished, it is the time of symbiosis. Although he also taught that there is no class, it is not that all classes are equal, but that all classes are killed."

Qi Wufei heard how it felt like the god of death would live forever.

But this also reflects equality from another angle.Anyway, they are all going to perish. Naturally, there is no distinction between hair and horns, and wet eggs.

"What about teaching?"

"There is a single order in the interpreter's door, and the single person can shoot and kill. Murder is also life, which means that the world's first line of murder is in my door. Only by entering this door can we understand the way and get that ray of life."

"Why is it all related to murder?"

"The sage founded the religion in order to survive the catastrophe, so it is naturally related to murder."

"Where does that person teach?"

"Humanism is very general. Strictly speaking, it is not a sect. It is only said that Laojun transformed into Laozi and preached to the world."

Qi Wufei nodded and said: "That's right, Human Education is not a sect, but a teaching material."

"What?" Lu Cheng always felt that the leader often said something puzzling, and he was not sure if there was any deep meaning in it.

"Oh, it's nothing, it's just teaching students according to their aptitude." Qi Wufei replied casually.

Lu Cheng continued: "The leader of Tongtian religion is indeed more open-minded. After the decline of Wanjiao, many forces were absorbed by Jiejiao. He also learned the lesson of Wanjiao's lack of organization and set up religious rules, which made Jiejiao compare with elucidation and education. The scale of the human religion is much larger. But it also led to disasters, so that it was calculated by people in the catastrophe of the gods, which caused heavy losses and almost collapsed. If this is not the case, Laojun will use the human religion as the basis later, It is not so easy to unify the three religions."

Qi Wufei shook his head and said, "Are saints also scheming against each other? It's so boring!"

Lu Cheng said: "Mathematical knowledge is the highest knowledge of the way of heaven. Emperor Xi built the model of the way of heaven and simplified the algorithm to allow the world to have a glimpse of the sacred heart. On the contrary, those monsters, when their spiritual wisdom first opened , have no scheming, do things purely by instinct, in harmony with the way of heaven. When they turn into human beings and understand human society, they will also ask the leader what you said just now, are people calculating each other? It’s so boring!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Qi Wufei laughed.Indeed, man is the primate of all things, and in the eyes of other animals, he is the same as the saint.So in the eyes of saints, what are we mortals?

"Okay, let's not talk about this. You just said that the plan of Journey to the West was discussed by the sages in a meeting. Didn't Emperor Xi and other sages raise any objections?"

Lu Cheng said: "On the 33rd day, how the sages held this meeting, I am unable to guess. However, based on the collection of various information we have obtained over the past 1000 years, it can be concluded that the sages were discussing this plan. , the Three Saints of Fire Cloud Palace and Empress Nuwa did not participate."

"Three Saints of Fire Cloud Palace... Empress Nuwa..."

Qi Wufei laughed unknowingly, remembering that after Lu Cheng entered the Huanghua Temple, he dismissed the statues in the Sanqing Hall and the Jade Emperor Hall, and even used the Jade Emperor Hall as a temporary meeting room for meetings, and moved the altars and tributes It can be said that it is quite disrespectful to enter the Purple Bamboo Forest, but only when entering the Three Saints Hall and the Nuwa Hall, he is extremely respectful, especially in the Three Saints Hall, facing the Three Saints of the Fire Cloud Palace, he is very respectful every time. Every time I pay my respects.

Now I finally understand.This guy is a traitor!It is only natural for the rebels to overturn the emperor's table.

"The route of Journey to the West started from Nanfangbuzhou, passed Xiniu Hezhou, and arrived at Lingshan. The Tang monk and his disciples went through a total of ninety-nine and eighty-one hardships. Counting, not many monsters were killed. Why do you say that Wanjiao was wiped out? ?” he asked.

Lu Cheng said: "The Journey to the West plan did not start with monks and disciples from the Tang Dynasty. Except for Beiju Luzhou, the other three major continents were launched at the same time, and the time was about a thousand years from the beginning of Journey to the West. Hidden in the three major continents Few of the followers of the Wanjiao were spared. They were either wiped out, attached to the Heavenly Court, or attached to Lingshan. Not only the followers of the Wanjiao, but also many scattered immortals and hidden monsters were affected. The most tragic one was probably the lion Camel Ridge has fought."

"Shituoling fought a war?"

"There used to be a kingdom of lions in Shituoling. It is also a country where all kinds of people gather and humans and monsters coexist. The king himself is a member of all religions and has a high status in the religion.