The moonlight read a grand piece of information from the Fujian Rock, which disappeared shortly after she finished reading it. She pondered for a moment and then shared the information with her essence and the phoenix.
"Good heavens, this issue is indeed related to Hong Yun. Just thinking about it gives me a headache. This task chain is truly both terrible and lengthy," Phoenix sighed helplessly. Whether people, immortals, or Buddhas, their temperament is inevitably affected by their physical bodies and environment. The higher Phoenix's Nanning Lishi attainment is, the more impatient they become. The moment they see complicated things, they want to solve them with simple methods. At this moment, they shook their heads repeatedly."
The moonlight was the most serene. After glancing at the belligerent Shiqilin and the delusional Long, Deng ChanYu quickly made up her mind.
HongZun is not capable of striking HongMeng Zǐqì on her face, she doesn't have the qualification for that.
This is a journey of great length. Now, they have only taken a small step ahead. Is it just doing tasks? Let's take it one step at a time.
Deng Chan Yu said to the moonlight, "According to the previous plan, you will give me the Fujian Rock first, and I will take it to the Palace of Nuwa to absorb a bit of the misty aura from the Chaos Bell. After that, you will return the Fujian Rock to Mount Ling."
Now the gods in the Hundred Realms are mostly watching the moonlight. They want to see what kind of great fortune she can find. If it wasn't for the three Saintmen behind her, Nuwa, Jieyin and Zhenti, supporting her, many enemies would undoubtedly be targeting her fortunes. She is an easy target with her innocent appearance. No one can say for sure what else is going on, but Kunpeng is definitely sharpening his blades. However, he also fears that Jieyin and Zhenti might be setting a trap for him, so he is currently in a situation where he wants to retreat but cannot bear it; he wants to advance but is too hesitant.
Deng ChanYu herself is still on the Qilin Cliff, and it is not convenient to pass the Fujian Rock at this time, so Moonlight leaves the Jiuyi Mountains ahead of the big stone.
HuangLong Zhenren was awakened by the tiger.
Actually, his injuries were not serious. It was just the natural ability of the dragon race to sleep. They like to sleep when they practice, and they also like to sleep when they are healing their wounds. After being launched by Shun Di, he didn't know how to handle the current situation at that moment, so he wanted to take a nap first and calm down. However, he was shaken awake violently by an old tiger seeking qi for immortality.
The Yellow Dragon is a very good-tempered creature. Despite being disrupted from his sleep, seeing the look in the tiger's eyes that conveyed a sense of "come and praise me, I saved your life," still left him feeling amused and speechless.
"Alright, you've helped me this time. I'll let it go."
The tiger had just begun to awaken intelligence and was at a very low level. The Golden Immortal of the Xuanjiao School he was talking to could easily spare a bit from his fingertips to meet the requirements, so he wasn't afraid of making a promise lightly.
The tiger grabbed the Fa Huajing (Sutra of Perfect Wisdom) beside him, indicating that he wanted to learn it.
Are all tigers these days so Buddhist-minded? Yellow Dragon carefully examined the tiger's roots and blessings, which were quite ordinary. However, its intelligence was not low. It seems to have eaten some remarkable celestial treasures and earthly treasures? Yellow Dragon was a bit envious. He hadn't even tasted such a level of "treasure".
"All right, in a few days, I will teach you to read and write." Unlike other Golden Immortals of the Xuanjiao School who would look down on birds and beasts, Yellow Dragon would not.
He returned to the Blue Pool, only to find that Emperor Shun had disappeared.
This is definitely an unexpected joy. Originally, he was prepared to cut out the knots quickly and extinguish all of his beloved dragon souls, sending them into rebirth. Now, however, he has a new choice.
He arrived at Emperor Shun's tomb, knelt down and bowed, "Your Majesty, I have sinned greatly in the past and am burdened with guilt. I do not seek your forgiveness, but I hope to use the rest of my life to do more good deeds and slightly make up for my own guilt."
The entire family of evil dragons were burning and looting in the area, causing harm to many people. For many dragons, humans, birds, and beasts are no different.
Don't you humans also eat various wild beasts? Adding humans to our dragon's menu is perfectly fine.
These things were not uncommon for Yellow Dragon himself. The evil thoughts were his, as were the good ones. Now he is embracing his past anew and taking over the duty of watching over these dragon souls here, in place of Emperor Shun.
As he returned to the Lock Dragon Pool from the Shun Emperor's Tomb in the bamboo forest, he was scared out of his wits.
He saw the figure of Tai Shang Laojun, with white beard and hair, wearing a purple sash adorned with the eight trigrams.
He quickly bowed, "My disciple Yellow Dragon greets the Sage. I wish the Sage an immortal lifespan without end."
Tai Shang Laojun waved his hand, and Shun Emperor's three-toothed pitchfork appeared in his grasp. "I will take this, and with a bit of ritual preparation, it will still be of some use in the future."
Even if this thing wasn't originally his, Yellow Dragon wouldn't dare to say a single "no" word at this time.
He didn't know what to say and could only laugh nervously, pretending to be respectful.
Tai Shang Laojun took away the three-toothed pitchfork, looked him up and down, and said, "We have met due to fate, and today I am willing to give you some guidance. Are you willing to listen?"
There was not much room for refusal, Yellow Dragon Zhenren quickly expressed his willingness: "My disciple is willing to listen to the Sage's teachings."
Tai Shang Laojun pointed to the west: "Your path does not lie within the Taoist sect; perhaps you should try the Buddhist path."
Yellow Dragon Zhenren stared in disbelief, "Buddhist door? I?"
Tai Shang Laojun didn't say much, simply nodded lightly and floated away.
Half a day later, Yellow Dragon summoned the tiger to stand before him, accompanied by a female tiger and two cubs. Compared to the mother tiger, the cubs were significantly less intelligent and trembled in fear under the dragon's aura. However, their fierce and wild eyes were visible to the naked eye.
Yellow Dragon was straightforward. Whether it's a single sheep or a group of them, they're all the same to him. He wants to use Taoist and Buddhist sutras to enlighten the nine dragon souls. With the addition of three tigers, it's no problem at all.
He looked at the female tiger and said, "My disciple will teach you to read sutras first. At least, you have to learn how to read."
The female tiger wanted to learn the Sutra of Perfect Wisdom, so he used the hand-written sutra by Guanyin Bodhisattva as the textbook.
The Sutra of Perfect Wisdom is also known as the "Sutra of the Marvelous and Profound Name." It is a typical Mahayana Buddhist scripture. It is said that if one practices it to the extreme, one can reach the Pure Land.
Yellow Dragon Zhenren himself was only half knowledgeable about Buddhism, regarding Pure Lands as something insignificant in his eyes. He feared misguiding the female tiger, so when he lectured on the sutras, he mainly focused on the basics. The rest would have to rely on her own enlightenment.
His main focus was on the nine dragon souls, especially on the part of the evil thoughts that were abandoned in the past.
The evil thought as an individual was killed by Shun Emperor with a single stroke. The difficulty of combining them into one can be described as enormous.
Yellow Dragon Zhenren now has exhausted his potential and seems to have no hope in the Daoist path. Without some heavenly opportunity, his life's cultivation level would remain at this point, and he was unwilling to accept that.
All that effort and sacrifice, just to end up as a Golden Immortal?
Yellow Dragon Zhenren repeatedly looked at his evil thoughts and desires, repeatedly abandoning them. Finally, on one early morning, he made up his mind. He wanted to take back his innate abilities, bones, and fortune. He wanted to accept his evil thoughts once again.
As a Golden Immortal of the Xuanjiao School, he also had some means. Using secret methods, he sacrificed half of his life span, transforming the evil thoughts into a state of neither life nor death, and reabsorbing them into his body.
His body was in unimaginable pain, but even worse was the pain to his Yuan Shen (the essence of one's spiritual being). The evil thoughts were constantly eroding the good ones. At this moment, the mother tiger, who had just learned to read, was by his side reciting the Sutra of Perfect Wisdom to alleviate the many malevolent energies within the evil thoughts.
