Godly Dragon Guard

Jin Chanzi finally perished...

The Buddhist novice in monk's robes above the coffin cave was exactly the golden cicada he had seen in his dream.

The "Golden Chanzi" in front of him has obviously perished, and the body left behind is lifeless, very much like the "flesh Buddha" that the great virtuous and eminent monk transformed into after his death.

Shen Lang's heart felt an inexplicable pain, and he immediately knelt down and bowed deeply to the young man in monk's robes above the coffin cave.

"The Chosen One, you are finally here."

The body of the young man in monk's robe suddenly lit up, and a shadow of a young man emitting nine-color Buddha light emerged.

The Buddha's light shadow of Jin Chanzi sat in the void, standing on the right side of the body, watching Shen Lang quietly, with a gentle smile on his face.

Shen Lang was shocked, and he bowed and said: "Junior Shen Lang, pay my respects to senior Jin Chanzi!"

"I'm just a little novice monk, so I don't deserve this great gift from you."

Jin Chanzi's shadow smiled indifferently and picked up a breeze to support Shen Lang's body.

This Jin Chanzi was so broad-minded that Shen Lang was in awe.

"I dare to ask Senior Jin Chanzi about your physical body..."

Jin Chanzi knew what Shen Lang wanted to ask, so he answered frankly: "As you can see, I am already dead. This soul is just a ray of residual soul wish left in the body during life, nothing more. "

"Sorry, it was the junior who was rude."

Shen Lang felt that he had said the wrong thing and immediately apologized.

Jin Chanzi shook his head and said: "For me, life and death are nothing but illusion, you don't need to care."

Shen Lang was silent for a while. He had many questions in his mind, but he didn't know where to start.

Jin Chanzi seemed to see what Shen Lang was thinking, and said with a smile: "Chosen One, I know you must have many questions in your mind, you might as well speak out."

"good!"

Shen Lang nodded slightly and asked first: "I would like to ask, junior, where is the Tathagata Buddha now?"

Jin Chanzi raised his right palm, and the physical Buddha beside him suddenly glowed with golden light as bright as the blazing sun.

Immediately afterwards, a golden orb flew out of the fleshly Buddha's mouth and fell into Jin Chanzi's right palm.

The orb was as big as an egg, golden in color, with golden Buddha light as bright as the sun surging on its surface, exuding a deep and ethereal yet majestic aura.

"This is...Buddha's relic!"

Shen Lang was shocked. The relic in front of him was completely different from the Buddha relic left by the Randen Ancient Buddha. However, the Buddha's light energy and aspiration power in the relic were not weaker than the Buddha relic of the Randen Ancient Buddha.

Judging from this, the owner of this Buddha relic is most likely the Tathagata Buddha!

"The Tathagata finally understood the truth about Buddha, but the price he paid was a bit high."

Jin Chanzi shook his head helplessly and sighed deeply: "To explain these things clearly, we need to start with the identity of Tathagata."

"identity?"

Shen Lang secretly wondered, could this Tathagata Buddha have some other identity?

Jin Chanzi said unhurriedly: "In the Hunyuan era, the True Ancestor Wu Shi founded Buddhism, but he only had two disciples. The eldest disciple was named 'Jie Yin' and the second disciple was named 'Zhunti'."

"At that time, there was no such title as Buddha in Buddhism, and both of them called themselves Taoists. The original body of Tathagata was the 'recipient and guide Taoist'. Speaking of which, Tathagata was indeed a direct disciple of the True Ancestor."

Jin Chanzi's words contained a lot of information, and Shen Lang was shocked.

He had seen some descriptions of Taoist Jie Yin and Taoist Zhunti in ancient books. These two powerful men were said to be the famous Taoist Celestial Masters of the Conferred Gods Era, and they were comparable to those of Yuanshi Celestial Master Tongtian Cult Master.

However, the description of the two people in ancient books is very vague. It is just briefly mentioned that Taoist Jie Yin and Taoist Zhunti made great contributions in the battle of conferring gods and won the title of gods.

Other than that, there is no more description.

Unexpectedly, these two legendary powerful men were actually disciples of the True Ancestor Wu Shi, let alone the Tathagata who was a Taoist guide!

Jin Chanzi continued: "Taoist Jieyin has been seeking the true meaning of Buddha throughout his life, trying to reach the state of the Unbegotten True Ancestor. But he has never been able to take this step, and it is difficult to make any progress in his cultivation."

"Taoist Zhunti, who was also a disciple of Wu Shi Zhen Ancestor, also stopped here. In the end, he lost sight of Buddhism and turned to Taoism. The two of them embarked on completely different paths."

"After the battle of conferring the gods, he led the Taoist priests and transformed into Tathagata, established Leiyin Temple in Lingshan, taught Buddhism, and accumulated the power of faith. It can be regarded as a accumulation of good deeds."

"It's a pity that since he discovered the ancient Buddhist stone tablets and that Taoist Ran Deng is the reincarnation of the True Ancestor Wu Shi, the delusions in his heart have gradually magnified."

"The Tathagata believed that the True Ancestor without a Beginning was still stranded in the Mongolian Realm, so he tried his best to invite me, the 'Randeng Taoist' in the previous life, to enter Lingshan. The purpose was just to enter the Mongolian Realm and get a glimpse of the truth of Buddhism."

"In my previous life, I had long understood the delusions in the Tathagata's heart. In order to resolve the delusions of the Tathagata, I joined Lingshan with the dharma body of the ancient Buddha Lantern and handed over the ancient Buddha stone tablet, but I did not tell him how to enter the Mongolian realm. The Tathagata obtained the ancient Buddha's dharma body. But the Buddha stone tablets are useless."

"The Ancient Buddha of Ran Deng stayed in Lingshan for countless years to cultivate and attain the position of Buddha. He knew very well that Tathagata's delusions were constantly amplified. To prevent Tathagata from being controlled by delusions, he fought against the Son of Blood God at the cost of his own life. We died together, and the coffin palace lantern was sealed in the relic of the Buddha left behind."

"The reason for doing this is firstly to guide the chosen ones and leave the coffin palace lantern to the chosen ones in future generations. Secondly, it is to prevent the Tathagata from getting this thing."

Hearing this, Shen Lang finally understood why the Ancient Buddha of Randen used his own Buddha relics to seal the Blood Demon Ding Ying. It seemed that the Ancient Buddha of Randen had understood everything a long time ago.

Jin Chanzi continued: "After the death of the ancient Buddha Randen, I, as the reincarnated soul boy of the ancient Buddha, was accepted as a disciple by the Tathagata. Another dharma body in the previous life, Taoist Randen, is still in control of the body of the ancient Buddha."

"In order to eliminate the delusions in Tathagata's heart, Taoist Ran Deng made a bet with Tathagata that Jin Chanzi would definitely become a being that surpasses him."

"The Tathagata did not agree at first. Just because I questioned Lingshan Buddhism, I accepted the bet on my own and let him destroy my body and soul, leaving only a trace of wisdom root and aura, reshape me into a mortal, and eliminate suffering and realize the Tao."

“It was precisely because of this bet on ‘eradicating suffering and enlightening the Tao’ that the subsequent journey to the west took place…”

Jin Chanzi spoke eloquently, and Shen Lang secretly sighed that it was like this.

"By the way, I took on three disciples on my journey to the west. I believe that my eldest disciple, Sun Wukong, has already met you."

Jin Chanzi's eyes gradually turned to Shen Lang. Even if he only had the remaining soul and wish power, he could still sense the existence of the fire stone on Shen Lang.

Shen Lang nodded and responded: "This junior has indeed met Senior Sun and Senior Wukong, and has received great kindness from these two seniors!"