Chapter 117: The Way of the Gods and the Way of the Immortals
Shinto is the most important incense.
When the gods like Emperor Taiyue who are prosperous incense can even show combat power comparable to the Yuanshen Real Person when they use their full strength. Even in a remote place like Lianya Mountain, Emperor Taiyue can still exert the combat power of the Yuandan realm with an ordinary stone statue.
But this combat power does not exist for a long time.
Gods rely so much on incense.
Take the gods like Taiyue Emperor as an example. Now many people worship him, so that he can exist and be powerful. One day, fewer and fewer people believe in Taiyue Emperor, and the incense power gradually disappears, and Taiyue Emperor will gradually become weak.
When one day no one remembers this god, he will disappear and no longer exist.
The immortal in the Western teaching seemed to have used some divine methods, so that he now needs believers, and even run to the Middle Earth to preach his Dharma, intending to spread the Dharma into Middle Earth.
Li Yun thought to himself when he heard this.
He looked at Taoist Zixu and asked, "Teacher, did the immortal in the southwest also use some Western teaching methods to become an immortal?"
"Maybe."
Taoist Zixu lowered his eyebrows and said, "This method of enlightenment has taken some cleverness. It does not necessarily mean to open up a path of immortality. You only need to practice to the realm of infinitely close to the immortals and establish a doctrine to take the last step using the method of the Divine Way. Although this method is somewhat flawed compared to our ancestors in Middle-earth, it has a huge benefit."
Li Yun also figured it out a little, and he said thoughtfully: "No limit on the number of people?"
Taoist Zixu nodded.
"This kind of immortal is the same as that of our mid-earth immortals, but in the eyes of the heavenly way, it may not be an immortal. Therefore, the immortal in the Western religion can achieve enlightenment by using this method, and the immortal in the southwest can also achieve enlightenment by using this method."
"Of course..."
Taoist Zixu said lightly: "The immortal in the southwest first learned the three sects and had a very advanced realm before he went to the Western Regions to study the Dharma with the immortal in the Western teaching, and finally returned to the Middle Earth to realize the Tao. He is the foundation of our Middle Earth Taoist Sect. The old Taoist guessed that he used the Western teaching method to learn skills when he reached the last step."
Li Yun sat opposite Taoist Zixu. He looked at the old Taoist priest in front of him and said, "Teacher, after the earth immortal is perfect in the future, can you also use this method to achieve enlightenment?"
"Although this method is easier than opening up the path of immortality, it is also extremely difficult."
Taoist Zixu glanced at Li Yun and said lightly: "For more than two thousand years, only two people have walked this path. The immortal in the southwest still achieved success with the foundation of my Taoist sect. If he practiced Western teachings, he would never be able to achieve enlightenment."
"I have traveled to the Western Regions a few years ago and have learned a little about the Western teaching methods."
Taoist Zixu said lightly: "The immortals of the Western religion have opened up a new world on Mount Sumeru, proclaiming to the outside world that as long as they are his believers, they can live forever in this world."
"The fact is that believers in Buddhism must sincerely worship him. When they practice Buddhism to a certain level, their souls will be led to Mount Sumeru by him. Then this immortal used his own accumulation of incense power that has been vast and boundless for two thousand years. In just a moment, they can turn these believers into gods, and then lead them into that small world, continue to believe in him, and provide him with incense vows."
"Although this kind of life is indeed considered immortality, if you want to talk about bliss, I will not believe it."
“Real bliss…”
Taoist Zixu looked up and looked at the sky, with a little longing in his eyes: "The true paradise is like the ancestors of my sect, free and unrestrained, living with the heaven and earth, and shining with the sun and the moon."
"On the other hand, although the immortal in the Western Sect has become an immortal, he still has to calculate and make arrangements for the incense power of the world, which is a bad thing."
Li Yun sat opposite Taoist Zixu. After digesting this information, he looked up at the old Taoist priest and asked, "Teacher, if one day you also reach the perfect realm of the earthly immortals, will you go far away to the Western Regions and seek this method to achieve enlightenment?"
Taoist Zixu was silent for a while, then shook his head slightly: "I don't know."
"Maybe four hundred years later, when I am old, I may go to the Western Regions."
The temptation of immortality is too great.
If there is really a chance to live forever before us, even a great master like Taoist Zixu would be unbearable. At that time, no matter whether it is the divine or the immortal, as long as you can become an immortal, it will be a good way.
His Royal Highness smiled and said, "I remember, Teacher, you are above the East China Sea. You once said that you would kill the immortal in the southwest to achieve enlightenment through his Taoism. I thought you were going to practice his method. Now it seems that you are going to take his Taoism to achieve enlightenment through the divine way?"
Taoist Zixu shook his head.
"That man is very powerful and can penetrate the three sects. I really want to see what his martial arts look like. If I see it, it will be of great benefit to me."
Taoist Zixu is also a disciple of the Three Sects, and may even be taught by Daluo Patriarch of Daluo Sect.
But even so, he only practiced the Daluo Sect's method and was unable to learn the Taoist methods of the Qing Microscopic and the Innate Sword Sect.
But the fairy in white was able to learn three subjects, which naturally made her curious.
"Teacher, I have one last question."
His Royal Highness coughed and said, "Teacher, since Buddhism is willing to use its benefits to win over disciples, should the three sects also give their disciples some benefits so as not to be attracted by the foreign sects, resulting in the spread of Buddhism to the east to Middle Land?"
Taoist Zixu was stunned by this question, and then glared at Li Yun with anger.
"I teach the ancestors without the power of incense in the world. Those who only cross the path of immortality through the three gates do not seek preaching the mortals."
"The ancestors may not take it seriously whether Buddhism is passed down from the east or not, and it is even more impossible to give you any benefits."
To put it bluntly, Buddhism needs to save people, while Taoism is to save themselves. One mindful mind requires one's own mind to become an immortal, without much desire to preach.
Li Yun looked at Taoist Zixu, suddenly remembered something, and smiled and said, "Teacher, in the eyes of my disciples, the Immortal Patriarch is not without desires, otherwise the Daluo Patriarch would not have created a method of killing the Tao."
The method of killing the Tao is to cut off the method you have worked hard to practice, to refine this technique into an incarnation, and then pursue a new path.
This technique was made by the Daluo Immortal among the ancestors of the Three Sects, which means...
Maybe this Daluo Immortal has already cut off his own magical magic and started over!
The reason why immortals founded this method is obvious that after becoming an immortal, they did not have any desires or desires. Immortals also had to continue to practice and continue to climb on the path of immortality.
It’s just that the realm above immortals is hard for ordinary people to imagine.
Li Yun lowered his eyebrows and said, "Teacher, if there are two immortals who have used the method of the divine way to attain enlightenment, then it means that the divine way... is also the divine way."
"Besides, even if the three ancestors do not take the divine way, they may not be willing to see their own Taoism and be invaded by Buddhism."
Chapter completed!