Tales of Herding Gods

Pink Skull

Chapter 249: Pink Skeleton

There was silence on the Golden Summit, with only the sound of the turning of prayer beads. From time to time, the Buddha's light behind the monks' heads dissipated and fell from the sky.

Old Tathagata glanced around and took in the expressions of the Bodhisattvas, Venerables and Arhats. Li Tianxing, the former leader of the Demon Cult, had appeared in front of the monks with Si Youyou's beauty, confusing their minds, damaging their Buddhist hearts, and giving rise to many distracting thoughts.

Even though he had just displayed his Buddhist teachings and aroused the flesh bodies of many Tathagatas in the Thousand Buddha Pagoda, he could only suppress them temporarily.

The Buddha light behind the head dissipated, and it fell from the sky, which represented that the Buddha's heart was broken. Buddhism focuses on spiritual practice. When the Buddha's heart is broken, it will be stained with karma, and the state of mind will disintegrate. What falls down is not monks, but ordinary people.

They fell from the sky, falling from a high place far away from the world into the world. Some people will change their minds and turn back, while others will leave the Great Leiyin Temple and struggle in the world to seek liberation. I am afraid that once worldly desires arise, it will be difficult to be liberated.

Si Youyou's beauty caused the top leaders of the Great Leiyin Temple to fall from grace and suffer heavy losses.

But this cannot be blamed on Qin Mu and the others. After all, Qin Mu and the others have already reminded them that it was Old Tathagata who insisted on seeing the true appearance of Granny Si to test their Buddhist heart.

There were still a few people on the mountain whose Buddhist hearts were stable and not shaken at all. These monks were different species and not human. Granny Si was beautiful, but she was not of the same race. These monks could not see any beauty in her. She was just a stinky skin.

"Your practice is still not enough. You are obsessed with appearances and have never seen the true nature."

The old Tathagata looked around and pointed to the monks, "You see her beauty and you can hardly control yourself, but you don't know that the beauty you see is only what you think it is, not the real beauty. For example, Brother Haikong, do you think she is beautiful?"

He was talking about a monk who had attained enlightenment from a different race. The monk said, "I am not of the same race as her, so I cannot feel her beauty."

The old Tathagata smiled and said, "Beauty that cannot be felt if you are not of the same race is not real beauty, it is just superficial. Beauty is great truth, like great awakening and great wisdom. Master Li, this skin you are obsessed with is not real beauty. Among all living beings, your beauty only occupies the word "person". Do you know how narrow-minded you are?"

All the monks had a feeling of sudden enlightenment, and Qin Mu also felt that his words made a lot of sense. He was worthy of being the old Tathagata, a person who had attained great enlightenment. Maybe he could really conquer Li Tianxing's inner demon.

The reason why Li Tianxing wanted to become Granny Si was because Granny Si was too beautiful. She disturbed his mind and made him have evil thoughts and want to become Granny Si.

Granny Si chuckled and said, "Old Tathagata, among all the ways in the world, my Tiansheng Sect only occupies the character for human. You have occupied all the ways of Buddhism. Can you occupy them all? Without further ado, what ability do you have to defeat me?"

The old Tathagata smiled slightly, took out a bronze mirror and handed it to the venerable beside him, saying, "Give him this mirror."

The venerable took the bronze mirror, walked down the high altar and walked towards Granny Si. When he saw Granny Si's appearance, his heart began to beat wildly again and he quickly closed his eyes and dared not look at her again.

He handed the bronze mirror over to Granny Si, who took it in her hands, looked at herself in the mirror, and chuckled, "What a stunning beauty! I feel pity for her even when I see her."

Seeing her charming look, the monks found it difficult to control themselves.

The old Tathagata smiled and said, "Turn the mirror over for a moment."

Granny Si turned over the mirror and saw a skeleton in the mirror, which vaguely resembled her appearance after death.

"What do you think, Master Li?"

The old Tathagata laughed and said, "No matter how beautiful you are, at the end of your life you will only be a pile of dry bones. Do you think dry bones are beautiful?"

Granny Si threw the bronze mirror to the ground, crushed it with one foot, and said nonchalantly, "It's just a trick to deceive ordinary people, it's just a bunch of rosy skulls. Tathagata, I understand the truth. I don't want to live a glorious life in the next life like you do. I have lived a glorious life in this life. Asking for the next life is just a coward's behavior. Your little trick can't subdue me. You said that a mirror can convert me, why don't I go to your Great Leiyin Temple and take a walk around. You can see whether you can convert me or I can convert all the monks in your family. How about we make a bet?"

The old Tathagata frowned slightly and said, "You don't have wisdom."

The blind man also thought it was not good and said, "Brother, all this wisdom is nonsense, why not just take action and subdue him!"

The old Tathagata pondered for a moment and said, "After all, Sect Leader Li was once the leader of the Demon Sect. I will take her into the Thousand Buddha Pagoda to subdue her. Monks, your concentration is shallow and your practice is not enough, so you will be blessed outside the Thousand Buddha Pagoda."

The monks agreed, and walked down the altar and gathered around the Thousand Buddha Pagoda. Some monks in the Thousand Buddha Pagoda also hurriedly walked out, not daring to stay in the pagoda.

The old Tathagata said with a smile: "Master Qin, you are also a demon master, with a strong demon nature. Since ancient times, Buddha and demon have been separated. You are a guest. I will not subdue you if you come to ask for help. However, while I am subduing Master Li, I hope that you can stay in the Great Leiyin Temple, listen to the Dharma, and resolve the hostility in your heart, so that you will commit fewer murders in the future."

Master Ma and the blind man had their minds as clear as a mirror. Old Tathagata wanted to keep them in the Great Leiyin Temple. If he could convert them, that would be great. If not, then he would not let them leave.

Qin Mu was extremely delighted and said with a smile: "Brother, that's a good idea! We are sorry to bother you. I hope you can subdue the old devil, Master Li, as soon as possible. This will be a great merit!"

The old Tathagata smiled slightly and ordered, "Let these donors stay in the temple."

A venerable monk hesitated and said, "Buddha, there are many holy places in the temple. If they barge in and run around..."

"Let them go. There is no place in the Great Leiyin Temple that is shameful or out of the public eye."

The old Tathagata said, "When the state teacher came, I showed him the Tathagata Mahayana Sutra. How could the Heavenly Demon Sect Leader be more evil than the state teacher? Sect Leader Qin is also a sentient being. There are no outsiders in the Great Leiyin Temple."

The venerable one said yes and came over to lead the crowd.

Qin Mu smiled and said, "Brother, does the temple have vegetarian food? I've been eating greasy food during the New Year, so I want to eat something light."

The venerable looked at him, turned his rosary, suppressed the thought of subduing demons and monsters, and said, "If the leader stays in the Great Leiyin Temple, I can provide vegetarian meals for you for the rest of your life."

Qin Mu laughed loudly and said to the blind man, "Are you not afraid that we will make them bankrupt?"

The blind man snorted coldly and said, "Master Ma, do you think Tathagata can subdue Li Tianxing?"

Master Ma hesitated for a moment and said, "One Tathagata is not enough. There are thousands of Tathagatas in the Thousand Buddha Pagoda. They are all beings who have calmed their minds and enlightened their natures and have seen the true nature. Most of them are still possible. But they are all dead. Sect Leader Li is also very extraordinary... I am now afraid that the old Tathagata deliberately refuses to subdue Sect Leader Li and deliberately traps Granny Si in the pagoda. Granny Si is trapped here, and we will be trapped here too."

The venerable monk led them to the side room and said, "Please feel free to stay here, there are Buddhist scriptures on the bookshelf, please feel free to read them."

Qin Mu looked over and saw that there were many Buddhist scriptures on the bookshelf. Master Ma shook his head and said, "The Buddhist scriptures here are just scriptures without magical powers. Just take a look at them."

The venerable said: "Supernatural powers cannot defeat karma, don't you understand, Horse King God?"

Master Ma said calmly: "Without magical powers, how can you resist karma? You are Tathagata's disciple? You are also my junior brother. Your realm is too low, so step down and don't show off your shallow knowledge in front of me."

The venerable monk felt ashamed and turned away.

The blind man said calmly, "Master Ma and I are both old, so it's fine for us to stay here. Mu'er, you are the leader of the Heavenly Demon Cult. If you are trapped here for a lifetime, won't you die of old age? I'll find a chance to take you down the mountain."

Qin Mu shook his head and said, "Let's wait until grandma gets better. Grandpa Blind, Master Ma, it's a rare opportunity to come to the Great Leiyin Temple, let's go around and take a look."

Master Ma smiled and said, "Haven't you been wanting to see the Hundred Dragons Painting for a long time? I'll take you to the Heavenly Dragon Relief to have a look."

Qin Mu was overjoyed.

The three of them walked out of the wing room, only to see an old monk sitting outside the door, chanting sutras to the dragon unicorn. The dragon unicorn was already fast asleep, snoring loudly.

"You even want to convert Fatty Long?"

Qin Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said to the old monk: "Master, this idiot needs to eat half a bucket of Red Fire Spirit Pill every day. Can you afford to feed him after you convert him?"

The old monk stopped chanting, glanced at him, and said, "I can afford it."

Qin Mu was amazed: "So rich. Master, continue."

Master Ma led the way, walked down the clouds, came to the middle of the mountain, pointed ahead and said: "That is the Hundred Dragons Picture."

Qin Mu looked and saw huge pillars standing in rows. On each pillar there was a relief carving of a dragon. Under the pillars, hundreds of monks were observing the relief carvings of dragons on the pillars, trying to comprehend the magical powers of Taoism from them.

Many monks were testing their supernatural powers. Their vital energy turned into dragons, flying all over the sky. There was also a huge Buddha light, which was quite extraordinary.

Some monks were fighting each other to verify what they had learned and understood.

When several old monks saw them coming, they hurriedly greeted Master Ma and said, "Brother is here."

Master Ma returned the greeting without any neglect.

An old monk said happily: "Brother, you were very famous here in the past. We still remember your heroic appearance back then."

Qin Mu walked forward and stood in front of a dragon pillar. He looked at it carefully and was filled with admiration. The dragons had various postures, and the stone carvings on the pillar had depicted the postures of the dragons vividly.

Mr. Ma is good at carving. His carvings of wood are lifelike. He must have imitated carvings here before.

The Hundred Dragons Diagram is indeed the key to practicing the Eight Thunder Sound Styles, but the real key is the Tathagata Mahayana Sutra. Without the Tathagata Mahayana Sutra, it is difficult to practice the Eight Thunder Sound Styles to perfection.

However, Qin Mu has already comprehended the great unified technique, and his attainments in the Eight Styles of Thunder Sound are no weaker than those in practicing the Tathagata Mahayana Sutra.

At this moment, a voice suddenly said, "The cowherd!"

Qin Mu looked back and saw a monk in white looking at him in surprise. The monk looked familiar. Qin Mu suddenly realized and said happily, "It turned out to be the young monk Mingxin! We met him at the Grandma Temple in Daxu!"

The little monk was called Mingxin. Old monk Jingming brought him to find Master Ma and gambled with Master Ma using Xiqiluo. Mingxin was defeated by Qin Mu, and Xiqiluo also fell into Qin Mu's hands and was then given to the Demon Ape by Qin Mu.

Monk Mingxin walked over quickly. He had grown a lot taller and was slightly taller than Qin Mu.

Qin Mu only started to develop in the last six months, and his height has grown rapidly.

Monk Mingxin looked at him, eager to try, and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time. I wonder if your Kung Fu has improved?"

Qin Mu sighed: "I have improved. Since I defeated you, I have improved by leaps and bounds."

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