Godly Dragon Guard

"My eldest disciple has been pitiful and has struggled all his life, fighting against humans and heaven. In the end, it is just a big empty dream."

Jin Chanzi sighed deeply, with regret in his eyes.

"Senior Jin Chanzi, Senior Wukong did not completely die, and there is still a trace of remnant soul and will left behind."

Shen Lang's heart was palpitating, and he told Jin Chanzi about his experience of meeting the remnant soul of Taoist Wukong in the Demon Burial Sea.

"Senior Wukong's struggle is not over yet. As long as he still does not succumb to his destiny, he cannot be considered a loser! I firmly believe that Senior Wukong will one day be able to break his fate and live in his own way again!"

Thinking that the Blood Demon Ding Ying and even the Skeleton Emperor could survive for so many years with a ray of remnant soul will, Shen Lang made up his mind that if he had similar abilities in the future, he would definitely find a way to keep Taoist Wukong alive.

It has nothing to do with anything else, and Shen Lang is willing to do it just to repay his kindness.

Jin Chanzi saw what Shen Lang was thinking, and laughed and said: "Little friend Shen Lang, you can be considered a Bodhisattva with a heart. If such a day comes, it will be a blessing to my great disciple."

"Junior, there is something unclear. What is the relationship between Senior Sun and Senior Wukong?"

Shen Lang couldn't help but ask. He had always been curious about why Sun Wukong had two bodies.

Jin Chanzi explained: "Taoist Wukong is the clone that my eldest disciple cultivated on his own after he was born with wisdom. Unlike the original one, this clone cannot be controlled by the Tathagata."

"Control?"

Shen Lang frowned.

Jin Chanzi said sternly: "Yes, back then my eldest disciple Sun Wukong was suppressed by the Tathagata under the Five Elements Mountain for more than five million years. The Tathagata had already planted a soul mark on him and was under his supervision and control."

"In order to free Wukong from Tathagata's control, I taught him the Dharma and enlightened his wisdom roots. Fortunately, Wukong was extremely talented and intelligent, and he quickly developed another body with his own wisdom roots."

"Wukong's clone was qualified to become a Buddha, but after the journey to the west, he finally gave up his position as Buddha and became a Taoist. Perhaps because of this, he later called himself a Taoist."

Shen Lang felt relieved.

He already knew most of the deeds of Sun Wukong and Taoist Wukong, so he didn’t care to delve deeper into them. Instead, he asked about Tathagata Buddha and said: "Senior Jin Chanzi, after you took Tathagata Buddha to the Mongolian Realm, you found the Buddha's The truth?"

Jin Chanzi said calmly: "He found it, but the price he paid was a bit heavy."

Shen Lang looked puzzled and couldn't help but asked curiously: "May I ask Senior Jin Chanzi, what is the truth about Buddha..."

Jin Chanzi said calmly: "The truth of Buddha is illusion. To be precise, this is the truth seen by the Tathagata."

"this……"

Shen Lang became more and more confused.

Jin Chanzi continued: "The Tathagata has always believed that the True Ancestor without a Beginning has already grasped the true meaning of Buddhism, and may have taken the last step to reach the realm of the True God, living in seclusion in the world of the world, without caring about worldly affairs."

"However, the reality is that the True Ancestor has died long ago! As early as the end of the Hunyuan Era, the True Ancestor paid the price of his life to silently guard the True Immortal World, unknown to the world, and as humble as dust. .”

“The truth of Buddha becomes self-sacrifice and final return to dust.”

Hearing this, Shen Lang couldn't help but sigh.

Deep in my heart, I have a lofty awe for the consciousness of the Beginning True Ancestor: "If I don't go to hell, who will?"

"Of course, this answer is not what the Tathagata wants. The Tathagata has been completely lost in the delusion. The delusion is that if my body and spirit are unified, I can inherit the mantle of the True Ancestor from the beginning and continue to explore the truth of the Buddha."

Jin Chanzi sighed and said, "I know Tathagata can no longer look back, so I bluntly stated that I am willing to reunite with him in body and spirit. I just hope that he can repent after seeing the truth."

"The Tathagata and my body merged and assimilated, but the original wisdom roots and Buddhist charms of the two of us had a completely different conflict. In the end, the integration failed, and both the spirit and form were destroyed!"

"This backlash may have come from the will left in my body by Taoist Ran Deng. The Tathagata still lost in the end, but at the moment before his death, he finally realized that what he pursued throughout his life was indeed nothingness."

"Unfortunately, he realized it was too late."

Jin Chanzi shook his head slightly, with a look of regret on his face, and said: "The Tathagata's great enlightenment before his death seemed to have also realized the self-sacrifice of the Beginning True Ancestor back then. He burned his own life and killed me with the force of the backlash. Before my body devours me, protect my body with your own relics.”

"However, my soul body still perished due to the violent backlash, leaving only a ray of remnant soul will, which is preserved in the Coffin Cave in the Snow Mountain. That wisp of remnant soul will, that is, little friend Shen Lang, you It’s just the soul you see now.”

Jin Chanzi's phantom of Buddha's light pointed at himself and smiled in return.

After learning the ins and outs of the matter, Shen Lang's emotions were a little complicated.

Before dying, the Tathagata certainly realized the consciousness of the Beginning True Ancestor who was willing to return to dust, but Jin Chanzi was able to awaken the Tathagata at the cost of his own life. This kind of consciousness transcended life and death, and was obviously superior.

"Senior Jin Chanzi, is the truth about Buddha really false?"

Shen Lang couldn't help but express his confusion.

He definitely wouldn't have bothered with the issue of Buddhism before, but now he has the root of wisdom and has his own understanding of Buddhism.

After hearing about the entanglement and enlightenment between Jin Chanzi and Tathagata Buddha, he had many doubts in his heart.

Jin Chanzi did not answer Shen Lang directly, but smiled kindly and said: "Little friend Shen Lang, I just take this opportunity, how about you and I debate the meaning of Zen?"

Shen Lang came back to his senses, clasped his fists in embarrassment and said, "This junior is just a rough guy and doesn't understand what Zen means."

"The truth is simple, you don't need to be humble, let me ask you. Little friend Shen Lang, have you ever heard that 'I am the only one in heaven and on earth'?"

Jin Chanzi asked with a smile.

Shen Lang was shocked, as if he had heard this sentence somewhere.

By the way, Jin Chanzi once said this in his conversation with Tathagata.

In addition, he once saw a painting in the main hall of Fangcun Mountain in Xianyue Sanxing Cave. In the painting, there were the words "I am the only one in heaven and earth", which seemed to be the handwriting of Patriarch Bodhi.

Shen Lang tried to explain: "I am the only one in heaven and on earth...perhaps it means that those great Buddhas with perfect merits and virtues can control everything in the world after transcending the reincarnation of cause and effect, and their destiny is created by me."

As he said this, Shen Lang was thinking in his heart that being the only one in this world is equivalent to "I am the best in the world".

"Hahaha."

Jin Chanzi laughed out loud: "It's really interesting. You are interpreting this sentence from a Taoist perspective. This explanation is not wrong."

"I'm not trying to be trivial. This sentence is actually the first sentence spoken by the True Ancestor Wu Shi when he was born. It contains the Buddhist charm and Zen message conveyed by the True Ancestor Wu Shi throughout his life."