return from cultivation

Chapter 708 The First Tathagata

"What cultivation level!" Suhang was shocked, and was about to back away, but felt a golden light covering his whole body, and he couldn't move immediately.

In the eyes of outsiders, when Yan Zhongli stretched out his hand, a golden light shot out from his palm, as if drawing a circle around Suhang.When Chu Xuan and the others saw it, they were shocked and rushed forward one after another: "Senior!"

Liu Jianyi, who was next to him, also stretched out his hand and gently pushed, and the power of heaven and earth surged accordingly, forming a transparent wall that was so wide that it had no borders, blocking everyone.Chu Xuan and the others looked ugly, and they took out magic weapons to attack.

But there are no practitioners in the heaven and man realm in Changping Town, how can they break through Liu Jianyi's defense?Even if they blew up the magic weapon in their hands, they couldn't shake it at all.

A group of people panicked, attacking and yelling at Yan Zhongli and Liu Jianyi: "What do you want to do! Let go of seniors, or we will fight for our lives and tear you to pieces!"

The Heaven-Human Realm is indeed terrifying, but for the people of Changping Town, the most terrifying thing is losing Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Before Suhang wanted to replace the twelve craftsmen, and let Chu Xuan set up the Sword Sect, now that Yan Zhongli "does it" when he comes, everyone takes it for granted that he is here to seek revenge, so there will be no good words.Including Deng Jiayi, Yan Xue, Ashin and others who came after hearing the sound, they all punched and kicked around the wall, furious.Fortunately, Liu Jianyi had no intention of hurting others, and the wall was only there to stop them, otherwise, just a little counter-shock might cause a person like Deng Jiayi who had almost no cultivation base to explode and die.

At this time, Suhang only felt a huge force entering his body through the Tianmen.They pass through various meridians and gather in the dantian.This place was supposed to be the golden elixir of practitioners, but what Su Hang cultivated was the primordial spirit, so the dantian, like other acupoints, was only used to store aura.

Massive spiritual energy, continuously condensed and compressed, finally formed a bright ball of light in the dantian.

This ball of light contains terrifying power, if it explodes, ten Suhangs will die, and there will be no scum left.However, he could feel that the nature of the light sphere was very gentle, as if there was no threat.It's just that the huge amount made Suhang startled.It's like a person wearing a safety belt and walking on high-altitude glass, knowing that it is unlikely to fall, will still be so scared that his legs will go limp.

At this time, Yan Zhongli let go of his palm, the golden light dispersed, and Suhang also regained his mobility.

He didn't move, but looked at Yan Zhongli with a puzzled face.With the opponent's cultivation base, if he wanted to kill him just now, or even wiped out the entire Changping Town, he could do it easily.He didn't do anything, which meant that he wasn't really malicious.Reminiscent of Yan Zhongli's lifetime cultivation base just mentioned, Suhang Nei looked at the eye-catching ball of light in his dantian, and thought with a strange expression, could this really be all the aura of Yan Zhongli's late-stage Heavenly Human Realm?
If this is the case, the gift from Suhang is too much!
The amount of aura in the late stage of Heaven and Human Realm is hundreds of times higher than Suhang's current cultivation level.This means that his meridian has expanded by a full seven times. If it is an ordinary practitioner, the gap will be even greater.

Hundreds of times the aura is stored in the dantian, no matter how much Suhang squanders it, there is no need to think about it in a short time.The most important thing is that there is no need to set up any formations for the aura needed to break through the level, it is completely sufficient to rely directly on the aura in the body.

This great gift from Yan Zhongli not only gave Suhang the ability to quickly improve his cultivation, but also made him less consider an important factor when breaking through!
The amount of spiritual energy when breaking through the level can sometimes become the decisive key, even in the realm of heaven and man.

But Suhang couldn't understand why Yan Zhongli would do this?
Even if I send a sword refiner to the sword repairer, it's not worth giving a gift like this in return for a late-stage Celestial Realm, right?Compared with one's own cultivation base, what are the mere 24 refiners?
Moreover, before Yan Zhongli made this move, he said a word: "The word Yan Zhongli is a thing of the past. Now, my name is Tathagata."

Suhang often heard the word Tathagata when he was on earth, especially the Tathagata Buddha in the classic film and television drama Journey to the West, who is a big character throughout the whole plot!

Su Hang was not sure whether the Tathagata that Yan Zhongli said had the same meaning as the Tathagata he had heard, and if it was different, it might just be a coincidence.But it would be incredible if they were the same.

In the history of the earth, the Tathagata Buddha was Sakyamuni, and Sakyamuni was the prince of a certain prince more than 400 BC.In other words, the Tathagata Buddha appeared on the earth more than 2000 years ago.

But Suhang saw from the time-space crack that another self opened the space channel with the original magic weapon, led the remaining practitioners to the earth, and opened up a new world.Myths, immortals, and all things that future generations cannot imagine, all happened in the ancient times that I don't know how many years ago.

If Yan Zhongli was really the Tathagata Buddha, how could it have appeared more than 2000 years ago?With his cultivation base, he should have appeared together with "Ancient" in the age of ancient mythology.

"Little friend seems to be no longer afraid?" Yan Zhongli asked suddenly.

Suhang looked up at him, the smile on Yan Zhongli's face was so kind, it didn't seem fake.He was full of doubts and had to ask: "Senior, why did you do this? Besides, you changed your name to Tathagata?"

"The clouds and mist in the past are all because of your fate. Since we want to cut off the world of mortals, we must end the cause and effect of the world of mortals. I have given you the cultivation of the past, and I will no longer be that me." Yan Zhongli said with a smile: "Nothing There has never been, and there is nowhere to go, so it is called Tathagata."

Nothing ever, nowhere to go...

Suhang suddenly felt that this sentence was very familiar.

Tathagata, Tathagata...

correct!

Suhang suddenly thought of the source of these two words, Zen!

The Zen sect of later generations is also a very large sect. They live in seclusion and rarely fight with outsiders.The disciples mainly practice meditation and Taoism, and don't ask about the past in the world, and don't care about the chaos outside. They belong to a neutral role similar to Baihuamen.

The practice system of Zen is very different from other practitioners.They don't distinguish between realms, and there is no high or low. In the philosophy of these people, everyone is the same.

Regardless of whether it is in the realm of heaven and man, or in the realm of Tongmai, they are all human beings.

And their power is the same.If a Zen disciple doesn't show his strength, you can't tell whether he is strong from his breath. The only thing that can judge is his temperament.

The deeper the person's comprehension of Zen, the more lofty and mysterious the temperament will be. Once such a person makes a move, he will not be much worse than the realm of heaven and man.

Although Zen does not define its own realm, outsiders have divided them into levels.

Those who comprehend a little bit of Zen are equivalent to the state of Tongmai and Kaifu.

A deeper comprehension of Zen, reaching the state of throwing away the skin of the flesh, is equivalent to the stage of manifesting the soul.

Among them, the person who has the deepest understanding of Zen is dubbed a certain Tathagata, which is generally equivalent to the peak of the heaven and man realm.

Suhang has come into contact with several such people, such as Vipashi Tathagata and Shiqi Tathagata.These two are the last two Tathagatas of Zen before the destruction of the world of comprehension.Suhang has good friends with many Zen disciples, and knows that they have a successor named Vaisha Buddha, who may also become a Tathagata.

When he was studying on Earth, Suhang often read some strange books because he was not very capable.He didn't know much about Buddhist scriptures, but he had read records about Buddha.

Legend has it that Buddhas will experience three kalpas, divided into past, present and future.

In the past solemn kalpas, the last three Buddhas to appear were Vipassin Buddha, Shiqi Buddha, and Visabhu Buddha.When the solemn kalpa in the past ended and the virtuous kalpa began now, Sun Buddha, Kunagamuni Buddha, and Kasyapa Buddha appeared in sequence, and Sakyamuni was only the fourth Buddha.And because Sakyamuni and the previous Buddhas have passed Nirvana, they are also called the past seven Buddhas.

In Zen Buddhism, Tathagata is not a special name for a person, but a respectful title for a powerful person.

The other nine titles are worthy of offerings, right and omniscient, full of knowledge and conduct, good at death, understanding of the world, supreme teacher, master of control, teacher of heaven and man, and Buddha and World Honored One.

Among them, Tathagata and Buddha, World Honored One, are called the most, but in fact, these ten titles are all at the same level.

When Su Hang was still cultivating the end of the world, he doubted whether Zen Buddhism had anything to do with the Buddha on Earth.But Zen in the cultivation world doesn't have so many precepts, and the head is not shaved, and there are no so-called ring scars, so he is not sure.Just thinking, maybe the Tathagata and the Buddha, the World Honored One, are just a coincidence.But the earth's records about Buddha are exactly the same as the names of the last few Tathagatas of Zen Buddhism, and there are some similarities between the two, which makes Su Hang full of doubts.

Now hearing Yan Zhongli claiming to be Tathagata, Su Hang couldn't help but think of Zen.

This is the world of self-cultivation in ancient times. If the first Tathagata of Zen really appeared, it would not be surprising.

It's just that Yan Zhongli's ability to transform from a swordsman to a Zen master shows how strong his perseverance is to cut through the world of mortals.

Three thousand ways lead to the same goal, this sentence is indeed a truth.It may be very difficult to jump from the way of sword cultivation to the way of Zen Buddhism and achieve great achievements.

Yan Zhongli is a true genius, and among the people he knows in Suhang, there may be someone with better talent than him.But in terms of true understanding, Yan Zhongli is definitely the most well-deserved number one.Perhaps it is because of this that he can comprehend the true meaning of Tao, let go of the past, and start all over again!

After thinking about it, Su Hang asked: "Senior, he calls himself Tathagata, do you think about establishing a sect?"

"No." Yan Zhongli shook his head and said, "I just want to cultivate the Tao and achieve the Dao."

Suhang asked again: "I don't know what kind of way is the way of the predecessors?"

Yan Zhongli smiled slightly, and the divine light in the back of his head gradually brightened: "There is no image in the ten directions, and the six realms are invisible. Jumping out of the three realms, not in the five elements. Simple and flawless, returning to the true, this is Zen. My way is Zen."

Although Yan Zhongli said that he didn't want to establish a sect, from his answer, Suhang already knew the answer.

As long as Yan Zhongli follows his current thinking, there will definitely be Zen Buddhism in the future.And he is the first Tathagata of Zen in the past solemn kalpa!
Thinking of this, Suhang immediately looked at Yan Zhongli with full admiration.Everyone who creates a sect with their own strength is a unique big shot!Especially for a large sect like Zen that has stood for thousands of years and has emerged one after another with masters, its founder is even more peerless!

The way of sword repair is to move, kill a person in ten steps, and leave no trace for thousands of miles.

But the Tao of Zen is stillness.All conditioned dharmas are like dreams and bubbles, like dew or electricity, and should be viewed in this way.

These are two extremely conflicting ways, but Yan Zhongli forcibly jumped out of the limitation of the method.

Perhaps, it is precisely because he has reached the real limit in the way of swordsmanship that he comprehended the method of tranquility when he comprehended the saying that things must be reversed if they are extreme.

One movement and one stillness, one reverse and one positive, no matter in any era, this is an incredible thing.

Suhang didn't ask anymore, just put his hands together, and saluted Yan Zhongli: "In that case, thank you Tathagata for the gift. But I still have a doubt, and I want to ask Tathagata for clarification."

Yan Zhongli smiled slightly, waved his sleeves and turned around: "You and I are already destined, so you don't need to ask any more questions. No one can solve your doubts. Although I am a Tathagata, I have never been wise enough to understand all worlds. In the future, you will definitely be yourself." Confused."

After all, Yan Zhongli and Liu Jianyi flew away without any hesitation.

Seeing the backs of the two leaving, Suhang secretly sighed, feeling a little lost in his heart.

The Tathagata of Zen Buddhism not only has profound cultivation, but also has great wisdom.No matter what questions they have, they can answer almost anything.

Yan Zhongli is the first Tathagata of Zen Buddhism, so he must have something that future generations cannot match.Suhang really wanted to get information about breaking reincarnation from him.However, Yan Zhongli couldn't answer either.As for what he said, he will surely solve his doubts in the future, others may not understand it, but Suhang already understands it.

If the future self fails, it will definitely disperse the soul like the predecessors, and hide in the fragments of the original magic weapon to provide useful information for the future self.

Although Yan Zhongli couldn't answer the solution to reincarnation, he seemed to have seen something about the future, but he, like Suhang, couldn't say it easily, otherwise he would suffer disaster.

Even the first Tathagata of Zen can't do anything, can I really succeed?

The pressure in Su Hang's heart was even greater. At this time, Chu Xuan and others had already surrounded him.They looked at the direction where Yan Zhongli and Liu Jianyi disappeared vigilantly, and asked Su Hang: "Senior, how are you? Are you injured?"

A grumpy village chief even brandished a magic weapon, and said indignantly: "The surnamed Yan is too insignificant to treat you like this! Anyway, we also sent dozens of weapon refiners to the capital, The villain who helped him a lot, repays his favor, and destroys bridges!"

Seeing that everyone was so angry, Suhang shook his head, waved his hands, and said, "You are wrong to blame him, he just came to give me a gift, there is no malice. Moreover, I am afraid that there will be no such person as Yan Zhongli in the future."

The people around were all stunned and didn't quite understand the meaning of Suhang's words.Yan Zhongli just left, how could there be no such person?Could it be that something unexpected happened on his way back?
(End of this chapter)