Volume Four, Chapter 348, Lingbao Heavy Calamity, Destruction of Lingshan
At the foot of Tianling Mountain, a fierce battle between gods and Buddhas was just over. As if the Buddha was stained with blood, there were 3,600 arhats in Lingshan and 8,100 Vajras all died. Only the two great Bodhisattvas and Maitreya Buddha led more than a thousand remaining Buddhist disciples to escape.
At this moment, Yang Jian, wearing silver armor, was stained with blood, evolved into three heads and six arms. He stepped on the top of Lingshan and laughed wildly towards the east head: "Guan Shiyin, it turns out that you are just so brave. The skill of applying oil to the soles of your feet has been well practiced. Let me tell you that the Jade Emperor has issued a grace order. This Lingshan will be my private fiefdom from today. If you don't accept it, you can kill the generals back, but... I'm afraid you don't have that ability."
Far thousands of miles away, there is a huge cloud of Buddha light in the sky, carrying nearly a thousand Mahayana Buddhists moving eastward at an incredible speed. The leader is the white clothes covered in blood, as if they were suffering from minor injuries. The ones who were still holding the robes and ragged robes, as well as the Maitreya Buddha with a wry smile on his face.
Yang Jian shouted with the art of transmitting sounds from thousands of miles, and every word fell into the ears of more than a thousand surviving Buddhist elites. Guan Shiyin's breath was hard to calm down, and she spit out a mouthful of red blood. Her eyes were full of unwillingness. She, who had always been famous in Buddhism for her gentleness and wisdom, was now sternly shouting to Samantabhadra Bodhisattva on the side of the voice: "Why didn't you tell me earlier that the sudden departure of the ancient Buddha of Lan Deng suddenly came to me?"
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva was also exhausted and said in a daze when he heard this: "Before the ancient Buddha left, he told me that he should not tell others. In addition... and how powerful I am in Lingshan, I think even if I don't have the ancient Buddha to take charge, I don't need to worry about anything."
Speaking of this, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva seemed to realize that he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly added: "I didn't expect that the Heavenly Court had obtained so many powerful magic weapons, and even formed the star formation that was extinct in Hongmeng. Even if the ancient Buddha was in Lingshan, it was probably difficult to get it well!"
How could Guanyin not hear the excuse of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva? But she just sneered, but thought that it was not the time for internal struggle, and Lingshan was occupied by someone. This battle caused most of the elites in Buddhism. If she turned against Samantabhadra again, she was afraid that the person who was appointed temporarily before the Buddha Tathagata was about to be deemed not to be long.
"We admit defeat this time, but the Heavenly Court dared to attack Lingshan so boldly. I am afraid that their true strength has not been fully demonstrated. No matter how arrogant the Jade Emperor is, he dare not ignore what to do if I, Buddha, return to him in the future."
Guanyin wiped away the blood from the corner of her mouth, took a deep breath and said, "We have been defeated so thoroughly this time, do you know why?"
"The magic weapon of heaven..."
"Sky Star Array..."
"What else?" Guanshiyin looked at Maitreya Buddha. It was not difficult to see from Guanyin's clear inquiry eyes that she had already confirmed that this inner destiny would take over as the Buddha Tathagata in the future. Haha Laughing Buddha had other ideas.
Maitreya Buddha smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "Actually, the master knows it, so I will explain it on my behalf."
"I think Lingshan is my Buddhist treasure land. Even if the Heavenly Court comes here strongly, it may not have an overwhelming advantage. I only need to lose my Buddhist merits for a day. Lingshan treasure land is protected by the Dao of Heaven, allowing the other party to have many supreme magic weapons. Even the great formation that was extinct at the beginning of Hongmeng was difficult to capture."
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva said inconspicuously: "According to what you say, it is difficult for my Buddhist acquired merits to be lost?"
Maitreya Buddha shook his head again and said, "Not all, the two Bodhisattvas must have had this feeling. When the forces of the Heavenly Court attacked, we gathered all the Arhats and Vajras to compete with them, and we could still maintain a 55-5 draw. However, later, the power of the Buddha's light and Buddha in Lingshan was sharply reduced, and we were unable to make ends meet. Only then did we lose a lot."
After Maitreya Buddha mentioned it, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva showed shock, but understood that what he said was not false. "In this way, this great defeat was caused by the sharp decline of mortals who believed in our teachings in the secular world..."
"It can be understood this way, but if this was caused by the advance arrangement of the Heavenly Court, then the Jade Emperor would be too difficult to deal with. In my opinion, it is a more likely coincidence."
After Maitreya Buddha said that, Guanyin nodded and said in a deep voice: "I think my Mahayana doctrine spreads all the ordinary people in the earthly world. Among them, the most people in the Dongtu Datang believed in our religion, and almost one-third of them were. It was not like the area next to it. Even if the people of a country rejected my Mahayana doctrine, at most, there were only a few more than ten thousand people. It was impossible for me to lose my acquired merits..."
"Da Tang Dynasty in the East..."
The eyes of several people were full of horror, and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva said anxiously: "Now that things have come to this point, it is better to go to the Tang Dynasty to find out what happened. If I know who made fun of it, I would probably have to kill several more times."
Guanyin just looked at Samantabhadra Bodhisattva coldly, but did not respond. After a moment, she seemed to have made up her mind and said, "Since Senior Brother Samantabhadra has the intention to do this, I would like to ask Senior Brother."
"What does it mean?" Samantabhadra Bodhisattva frowned.
"Now, my Mahayana Buddhism has become the weakest link among all forces. If we go to the Tang Kingdom with such a big drum, we will undoubtedly give the Heavenly Court and even the Academic Sect to destroy us in one fell swoop. Therefore, this important task can only be entrusted to one person. I wonder if Senior Brother Samantabhadra has said just now, have you ever made a count?"
Knowing that Guanyin said this was a bit far-fetched, Samantabhadra was not easy to repent, so she had to groan and agree, but then she was unwilling to say: "Then I wonder where you are going?"
"Seeking help from the alliance, stabilize your position first and then discuss it." Guanyin said without comment: "Maitreya Buddha and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva have old age, but you might as well go to the underworld and ask him to help him in the world."
When Guanyin heard that the name of "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva" was mentioned, several Buddhist leaders showed a hint of fear on their faces, as if they had some opinions about this person.
Seeing this, Guanyin affirmed again: "Now it has reached the critical moment of my Mahayana Buddhism's life and death. Although Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has repeatedly made enemies with us, his strength is far above us. With him coming out of the mountain, it is no less than the return of the ancient Buddha Lanting."
"The master is right, so I went to the underworld, just hoping that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva would not miss his old feelings and keep others from thousands of miles away." Maitreya Buddha nodded and said.
"That's how it's going to be done."
Guanyin bowed to Maitreya Buddha, then turned her eyes to Manjushri Bodhisattva and said, "Senior brother, it's time to go to the sky, let's split the way and promote the rocks."
Chapter completed!