Myriad Paths

When he came to this Buddhist temple, Li Qi's brows never relaxed.

This place is very strange.

It is said to be a Buddhist temple, but in fact the decoration is very much in the style of the Tang Dynasty, that is, it does not look like a temple at all.

There are stone unicorns crouching outside, and turtles, dragons, phoenixes, and tigers lying on the eaves, arranged in all directions.

There is even a gossip in the courtyard. The twelve celestial figures are placed outside the hexagram, and there are corresponding animal portraits. In addition to the corresponding animals, there are twenty-four characters, surrounded by outlines. The style is like Li, and the stipples are perfect, but it is not Li Qi's. any known word.

Let’s talk about Buddhist temples, but they are not Buddhist temples either.

It seems that it is not a Taoist temple.

Li Qi could even detect some of the arrangements of Shinto and witchcraft, such as the shrines next to the building, as well as various well-arranged sacrificial sites. There were even demonic and demonic auras surrounding the Buddha statue, making it difficult for him to Li Qi's scalp felt numb.

This reminded him of Zen Zhi monk's integration of Buddha and devil, which triggered a little psychological shadow.

The only thing that can tell that this is a temple is probably the Buddha statues inside and the bald monks walking around.

Even the monks are not all bald, there are many who wear monk's robes but have long hair.

What the hell is this...?

Li Qi was confused, so he gave full play to his expertise.

ask.

If you don’t understand, just ask, it’s no big deal.

So he stopped an old-looking monk and said, "Master, may I ask where this is? Why does it look strange?"

The old monk was a little surprised and said, "Huh? The donor came here without knowing where this place is?"

"I came to Chang'an to take an examination. The second examination room is here, so I came here. I just saw that the furnishings here were a bit strange, so I stopped the master to ask. I apologize for disturbing you." Li Qibin was polite. replied.

"Oh, that's it. This is the first time the donor comes, so let the old monk explain something to the donor."

"The temple here is called Sansheng Temple——"

The old monk began to tell.

This Sansheng Temple was originally a barren mountain. The previous emperor took the Sansheng Mirror from Luoyang and placed it in Chang'an. Then officials chose this place and built this temple for storage.

Not all the monks here are real monks.

In fact...most of these monks just have a job, and only a few are true Buddhist practitioners. The rest are just like the staff in the snow area who hand out Hada to people. They are responsible for putting on their hats when they go to work. Wearing certain distinctive costumes, performing ceremonial work, performing and recreating the past Buddhist history and culture for other tourists, and taking part-time jobs such as scenic tour guides and psychologists.

That's why there are many monks with long hair here. They work part-time and there is no need to shave their heads.

As for Li Qi, he was very lucky. The old monk he caught happened to be one of the few true Buddhist practitioners.

Their task is to guard the ancient mirror of three lives. It is said that this is an ancient treasure that has the ability to see through the three lives, so people will come to borrow it from time to time.

As for the weird furnishings here, they are all due to the Sansheng Ancient Mirror.

I don’t know why, but every time the Three Lives Ancient Mirror is used, a strange thing will appear and be placed in the temple.

Most of these things are related to the user's path.

So there are things from other paths everywhere here, and it’s for this reason.

While chatting, the old monk suddenly asked Li Qiqi.

"The donor said it was an exam, so he must have come to borrow the Three Lives Ancient Mirror, right?" the old monk asked kindly.

"I don't know either. I was just told to come here and wait for the exam. Calculating the time, there is still a quarter of an hour left and I should be notified." Li Qi said frankly.

"In that case, please ask the donor to go into the inner hall and wait. I think you said that the exam should be for the students of Taixue. This is not the first time that Taixue borrowed the ancient mirror of Sansheng for the exam. Only the top students can do it. I was assigned to use this thing, and I think it will be the same this time." The old monk smiled.

Li Qi calmed down after hearing this.

It turns out that it is common to take exams in places like this, so there is no problem.

So he thanked him again and followed the old monk to the backyard.

In the backyard, there is a locked room.

Li Qizhen knew that Yun could feel... some kind of strange existence.

The other party did not hide himself, so Li Qi could see clearly, but he could not feel the vitality of this thing.

just like……

Can't describe it.

Similar to some kind of dead thing, or in other words, a natural phenomenon.

But it's not entirely like that, because there will still be some reactions, but these reactions are very mechanical and extremely rigid.

Oh, right!

computer!

Li Qi suddenly thought that this is what a computer feels like!

It will react to the outside world, but the reaction is extremely mechanical, and it can perform highly complex calculations, but it has no living consciousness at all.

The aura he felt was like a computer.

"This room is where the Three Lives Ancient Mirror is. The donor may wish to go in and wait, so that he can familiarize himself with it in advance. When notified, he can start it directly." The old monk suggested.

"Wouldn't this break the rules? What if I am a liar?" Li Qi was a little surprised.

Is this monk too trusting of himself?

However, I heard the old monk say: "I just entered a room, what rules have been broken? As for the Three Lives Ancient Mirror, ordinary people cannot activate it. Even if you really want to do anything, now that you are here, a door What can the door stop?"

"Besides, this is Chang'an. If someone has evil intentions, how can he have a place under the might of the Supreme God?"

After listening to this, Li Qi looked strange.

What the old monk said makes sense.

But aren’t you from Buddhism? Why do you talk so much about humanity?

That's all... I guess you just do as the Romans do.

Since everyone thought there was no problem, Li Qi opened the door and went in without being pretentious.

But inside the room, there was a dim mirror.

Li Qi had previously thought that this should be a life-size floor-to-ceiling mirror, but when he came in and took a look, he realized that it was just an ordinary round mirror.

The mirror is eight inches in diameter, has no decoration and is very simple.

Li Qi walked around this thing and didn't find anything special.

Zhenzhi Yun told him that there was some kind of avenue flowing nearby, but he couldn't find any trace of it.

However, not long after the transfer, the terminal reminded him that the second exam had begun.

But I saw an examiner pushing open the door.

It was Tai Xuecheng.

He looked at Li Qi with a smile: "I am the person responsible for activating the Three Lives Ancient Mirror this time. Please ask the candidate Li Qi to sit in front of the mirror. This exam is for seven days. Within seven days, if you peek through the Three Lives Mirror, you will It’s a full score. If we can’t see through it, then we will examine the reaction of the Sanshengjing and grade it into four grades: A, B, C and D.”

"You are familiar with the rules, candidate Li Qi."

Li Qi didn't doubt that he was there, he just calmed down and nodded.

He knew in his heart that if his enemies in Tang State wanted to take action, now would be the best opportunity.

So he didn't dare to relax. Although he didn't doubt others casually, he was well prepared. He even held the retrospective talisman in his sleeve. If something happened, he had to save his life even if he gave up the exam.

You can't doubt others, but you must be prepared yourself. If you are an enemy, you will never let go of this opportunity to attack him openly.

Seeing that Li Qi was well prepared, Tai Xuecheng secretly smiled in his heart.

Even if you are extremely knowledgeable, you can't escape this time.

Your master beheaded two third-grade officials, so it is natural for your disciple to pay the interest first.

Asking Li Qi to look directly at the mirror, he swaggered to the back, and then used his authority to activate the Sansheng Ancient Mirror.

Li Qi looked at the mirror and felt his eyes blurred.

All kinds of inversions are as fascinating as they come.

The pure state of awareness will forever end ignorance.

Surrounded by countless Sakyamuni and Lankavatara treasures, one sees the mirror shining brightly, covering all the eight classes of humans and gods, sravakas, Bodhisattvas, the sun, moon, stars, earth, water, fire, and wind. All the light will no longer appear.

The sky and the earth are dark, only the light of the Buddha can be seen.

Infinite, inconceivable.

It is indescribable and has no remaining color.

All I can see is the void and the light shining on each other.

Li Qi only felt that many things in the world were invisible to each other, and neither could he see them.

All forms are destroyed and nothing remains, and no form or appearance of one's own form can be seen.

As for what he touches, there is no that, no here, and no middle. Everywhere he looks, he sees this. He no longer sees the sun, the moon, the stars, the earth, the water, the fire, and the wind. None of them are in sight.

Li Qi could not see anything except the Buddha's light in front of him. At the same time, all five senses were lost, and only his inner thinking activities continued.

The ears cannot hear the sound, and the nose cannot smell the fragrance.

The tongue does not know taste, and the body does not know touch.

All the dharmas in the mind have no origin, they have no appearance of me and me, and there is no thought of the six entrances, and there is no possibility of the great and coming masses.

The whole world seemed to disappear.

I can only see the light of the Buddha in the mirror, flowing out of all the pure truth.

Soon, the sound of Buddha suddenly sounded in Li Qi's ears, and someone spoke in his ears.

Waves of Buddha's sound vibrated, and a wonderful sound came:

"World Honored One, I would like to gather all the Bodhisattvas and all sentient beings who practice Mahayana in the last days to hear about the pure realm of perfect enlightenment and what is the practice of it."

"World Honored One, if all sentient beings know that it is like an illusion, and their body and mind are also illusions, how can they practice illusion because of illusion? If all illusions are completely destroyed, then there is no intention, and who wants to practice, how can they say that practice is like an illusion? If all living beings , I don’t practice at all, and I always live in illusions in life and death. I never know how to free myself from delusional thoughts in the illusory realm. I am willing to do some convenient methods for all sentient beings in the last days to practice gradually, so that all sentient beings can be free from all illusions forever. "

Then, a higher and distant voice was heard.

The sound seemed to come from an infinite distance, reverberating through the entire universe.

The voice said:

"Excellent, excellent, good man, for the sake of all Bodhisattvas and sentient beings in the last days, you can practice the Bodhisattva's Illusion-like Samadhi step by step, so that all living beings can escape from all illusions. You listen carefully now, and I will explain it to you."

Li Qi understood all these words.

It seems... there is a Bodhisattva who is praying to the World Honored One.

Who is the World Honored One?

Of course there can't be anyone else, the Blessed One, the Great Sun Tathagata, Vairocana Buddha!

The content of the prayer is that this Bodhisattva wants to preach to the world, so that all sentient beings in the world from now to the end of the world can escape from illusions and let them realize the existence of 'reality'.

So the World Honored Tathagata replied to him, what you said is very good, then go and try it.

However, after the voice ended, the Buddha's light in front of Li Qi suddenly disappeared.

He regained his perception of the outside world, but...at the same time he felt another force.

There was something that was carrying his perception across the universe quickly.

Not traveling through space, but traveling through the ‘universe’!

The universe and the light of the universe are being traced back at the same time!

Li Qi has a trace of the Dao rhyme of the universe on his body. He would take it out from time to time to comprehend and study. Although the progress is slow, it can be regarded as a gain.

Now the Dao rhyme of the universe is directly activated, just because of the aftermath of the Three Lives Ancient Mirror.

Li Qi can feel that the ancient mirror has mechanically responded, as if it wants to help him trace back to his predecessor.

After all, it is not a living magic weapon, so Li Qi is very stiffly dragged forward to trace back!

His perception was dragged through infinite space and endless light of the universe!

The endless magnificent scene that Li Qi saw was not known to outsiders.

The examiner behind him, that is, the Taixue Cheng himself, was quietly paying attention to Li Qi's movements.

Very good, the Three Lives Ancient Mirror started normally.

This Wushenshan Young Master... has a lot of good things on him, and two Dao rhymes have been activated.

One can expand space, representing the "big" Dao rhyme of the universe.

What is the other one?

It's not very clear, such a secret Dao rhyme, it seems that I have never seen anything like it, and I don't know what kind of debris of the Great Dao is it?

But no matter what, it's just a Dao rhyme, and it doesn't seem to have the effect of protection, so it's useless.

So, Taixue Cheng just stood there honestly, waiting for the Three Lives Ancient Mirror to trace the past.

According to past experience, the Three Lives Ancient Mirror will show his past, present and future lives in detail.

Then, all this will reflect all the flaws in Li Qi's Dao heart, and he will face his own weaknesses.

When the Three Lives Ancient Mirror is used on one's own people, it can help people make up for these flaws and cover up all the shortcomings.

When used against the enemy, it will naturally allow the person who controls the mirror to take advantage of these weaknesses and defeat the enemy.

And now, we have to take advantage of these weaknesses and implant the demonic energy of the Heavenly Demon.

Time passed bit by bit.

About five minutes later, Taixue Cheng's expression changed a little.

What's going on?

Logically speaking, the appearance of the Three Lives should appear immediately in about a minute. If the cultivation is too high, it may be delayed for one or two minutes.

But as long as there is no resistance from the volunteers, it should not be delayed for too long.

As for this Wushen Mountain Young Master, it is useless for him to resist. He is only an eighth-grade cultivator. How could he resist the Three Lives Ancient Mirror?

Then how come it has not been traced successfully for five minutes?

Taixue Cheng stepped forward to check the Three Lives Ancient Mirror to see if he did not start it.

It would be better if he did not check it.

He just went up to check it, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat!

The Three Lives Ancient Mirror is madly absorbing power!

Originally, the energy consumed by this thing required the full support of a third-grade cultivator to operate at a time.

And now it can be started at will because it is connected to the dragon vein under Chang'an and relies on the dragon vein for energy.

But now, the Three Lives Ancient Mirror! It has absorbed more than ten times more energy than before!

The surrounding dragon veins are overloaded!

There was a funeral at home. I managed to write these two chapters in the past two days. I knelt in the mourning hall today and kept vigil at night for 20 hours. I didn't sleep at all. I also walked on the mountain road for a long time. I can't do anything else. I really can't do it, so I'll take a day off tomorrow.

I'll try my best to update later, but I can't guarantee it.