Clay figurines...

Ning Fan nodded and remembered Xiang Jiezi's instructions in his heart. His eyes swept over the vegetation on Mu Island again, and he felt that there was an indescribable meaning of coming out of the world between every tree and grass here, as if it was connected with the outside world.

All the hustle and bustle is out of place.

In my ears I could hear the sound of the wind rustling through the pine forest, mixed with the faint sound of bells that seemed far away.

Each sound of the bell echoed in Ning Fan's sea of ​​consciousness, making Ning Fan's heart a little clearer and his cultivation improved a little. Although the improvement was not much, it was enough to show that the sound of the bell was extraordinary.

The only thing that made Ning Fan frown was that the sound of the bell actually had the intention of urging people to escape from the world. In other words, Ning Fan had to have a high level of cultivation to avoid being deceived by the sound of the bell. If an ordinary true immortal came here, he would probably hear it.

With the sound of the bell, you will have the thought of taking refuge in your heart, abandon all worldly things, and choose to escape into Buddhism.

"What a powerful bell. This is the first time that I have seen such a level of Buddhist magical power since I started practicing Taoism." Ning Fan praised.

"This bell contains the power of the six magical powers of Buddhism. Most high-level Buddhist cultivators live in the Western Heaven. There are almost no Buddhist cultivators in the Eastern Heaven. If you have never seen such magical powers, it is normal." Xiang Jianzi explained with a smile.

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"The six magical powers of Buddhism?" Ning Fan was slightly startled.

He didn't know much about Buddhism, and this was the first time he heard the term.

"The six magical powers of Buddhism are the heavenly eye power, the heavenly ear power, the other-mind power, the fate power, the divine foot power, and the leakage power. The heavenly eye power cultivates the Dharma eye power, the heavenly ear power cultivates the spiritual sense power, and the other-mind power can

Peering into people's hearts, one can see past and present through destiny

In the changes of reincarnation, the divine power becomes the power of billions of dharma bodies, and the leak-free power can cut off all the delusional thoughts and obsessions in the world. The sound of the bell of Mu Song contains the magical power of the leak-free power. If you are not strong enough, you will definitely listen to this bell.

Take refuge in Buddhism and abandon this mortal world."

While explaining to Xiangzi, he took Ning Fan and walked towards the center of Mudao.

It's not that he can't fly, it's just that Taoist Musong has a weird personality and doesn't like people flying in his territory. Xiang Jiezi came here with a request, so naturally he won't offend people's taboos.

Mudao is not big, just a small island with a radius of ten miles. From the outside, it looks like a tiger lying in the center of the sea of ​​stars.

The island is covered with podocarpus, all of which are ancient pines that are tens of feet high. The further you go toward the center of the island, the taller the ancient pines become.

From time to time, some clay figures would emerge from the pine forest and attack Ning Fan and Ning Fan without saying a word.

At first, these clay figures were all She Kong cultivators, so naturally they could not stop Ning Fan and were easily killed by the two of them.

But later on, clay figurines of Broken Thoughts also began to appear. These clay figurines of Broken Thoughts were not fearsome, but they knew some kind of secret technique. They were able to predict Ning Fan's attacks and react in advance.

Several times, Ning Fan swung his sword to kill clay figures, but the clay figures seemed to know the angle of Ning Fan's sword swing in advance and avoided the blows.

Naturally, the difference in strength between these clay figures and Ning Fan was too great, and they were easily killed by Ning Fan, but Ning Fan still showed a solemn expression.

This kind of magical power that can predict other people's attacks. If it is mastered by a strong person at the level of Immortal Lord, it will be very difficult to deal with and should not be underestimated.

"This is the ultimate power. It can predict what the opponent is thinking and make judgments in advance during the fight. It has endless magical uses." Xiang Jiezi explained.

"Are they the Six Divine Powers of Buddhism again? In other words, these clay figures can see through my thoughts with the power of their mind?" Ning Fan's eyes narrowed.

He didn't want a group of clay figures to see through his inner thoughts.

"Haha, only when there is a huge gap in cultivation can his mind be effective and see through all your inner thoughts. With your immortal cultivation base of an eternity, even a third-level quasi-sage Buddhist cultivator cannot see through your thoughts.

In my heart, the most these clay figures can do is predict your next attack, and they can't do much more." Xiang Jiezi explained.

"I see."

Ning Fan felt relieved after knowing that his mind would not be able to see through his thoughts. If everyone could see through his heart, it would be too scary for his mind to see through.

Speaking of which, his whispering technique is somewhat similar to the Buddhist psychic powers. I wonder if Emperor Luan Gu referred to the Buddhist magical powers when he first created this magical power.

After walking along the pine forest for about three miles, a monument of holy virtue and magical merit suddenly appeared on the side of the forest road.

The turtle beast carrying the stele is so lifelike that it seems to be a monster corpse of the turtle tribe that has been dead for countless years. It has long been petrified. The evil aura coming towards the face can still be heard to this day!

The evil aura was so strong that Ning Fan almost immediately judged that this tortoise beast, which had been dead for countless years, had a tyrannical cultivation level comparable to the Six Tribulations Immortal Emperor!

This Taoist Master Mu Song is so generous that he actually used the demon corpse of the Immortal Emperor to carry the stele!

The stone tablet on the back of the turtle beast is rather ordinary. There is nothing strange about it, only two simple words.

These two words were written in wild cursive script on the stone tablet with demon blood. The characters are still bright red and seem to be able to bleed.

There is a scornful and domineering air between the lines, like a sharp sword, with its sharp edge that no one can ignore.

On the back of the stone tablet, there is a line of small words engraved.

"For the rest of my life, I have a domineering temperament. God is unfair, but I will do it justice! If there are evils in the world, I will get rid of them!"

The signature is Munan Zun, and the time is 934,620,000 years in the calendar of the Emperor of Heaven.

Ning Fan didn't know who Mu Nanzun was, but Ning Fan had heard of Emperor Li. It was a calendar set by the Emperor of Heaven a billion years ago when the ancient Heavenly Court was first built.

Cultivation has no time, and thousands of years are like a snap of the fingers. Therefore, the calendar of the ancient heaven only records years in terms of ten thousand. Although the ancient heaven has been destroyed long ago, many monks in later generations still use this calendar.

The date of this inscription was approximately 60 million years ago.

"Mu Nanzun is the common name of Mu Song before he became emperor. This stele was erected when he was quasi-emperor." Xiang Jianzi explained.

Ning Fan's eyes moved slightly. When he was a quasi-emperor, Taoist Mu Song killed the Immortal Emperor of the Turtle Tribe and set up a monument here. He was indeed a ruthless character.

Looking back at the words 'harmful world', Ning Fan only felt that these two words were sharp and domineering. One can imagine what a domineering personality Taoist Mu Song had before he became an emperor.

Thinking back to the arrogant words of "God is not fair, I will be fair", before Ning Fan's eyes, the image of a Taoist who runs rampant in the world and does justice for heaven seems to appear.

The so-called word "bad times" turns out to mean sweeping away the evils of the times...

After a long time, Ning Fan followed Koizi and walked deep into the pine forest again. Walking through the trees again, he saw the second monument of holy virtue and divine merit.

This stele is just an ordinary stone turtle beast carrying the stele, it is no longer a real demon corpse.

There are two characters engraved on the front of the stone tablet. It is less of a murderous spirit and more of a dusty spirit.

There is still a line of words engraved on the back.

'For the rest of my twilight years, I was trapped in the bottleneck of eight kalpas and could not enter the realm of nine kalpas. Because I entered the Western Heaven, I could listen to the Buddha's voice, understand the true meaning of escaping from the world, and wash away my sharp edges. I did not care about worldly affairs, and even cultivated to the peak of the imperial realm.'

The inscription is Emperor Zhangmu, and the time is 272,260,000 years in the Western Calendar.

No need to ask, the Great Palm Tree Emperor is probably the title of Immortal Emperor Zhang Mu, Taoist Mu Song.

As for the Western Heaven Calendar, it is another calendar. After the destruction of the ancient Heavenly Court, Buddha cultivated and lived in the Western Heaven. It has been 300 million years since the inception of the calendar.

The date of inscription on this stone tablet is approximately 30 million years ago.

"This stele was erected when Mu Song was at the peak of the Nine Tribulations." Xiang Jianzi explained.

Ning Fan frowned and looked at the second stone tablet.

Although the first stone tablet was said to be domineering, he dared to call out injustice to the world and eliminate evil in the world. It can be imagined that the former Taoist Mu Song was a monk who took the rise and fall of the world as his own responsibility.

Although Ning Fan is not this kind of person, he has always had respect for such monks who have the world at heart.

But this second monument is full of Taoist rhymes of passive avoidance. Ning Fan was particularly unhappy with this word. In his life, when he encountered difficulties, he always faced them head-on and used strength to overcome them.

Give in half a point.

There is no word "avoidance" in his life. He did not look at this second monument too much. If he looked at it more, he might even be polluted by the Taoist meaning of "escaping from the world" on this monument.

The two continued walking towards the depths of the pine forest. At the deepest point, they saw an ancient temple. Outside the temple, there was a third monument.

For this third stele, there is no turtle or beast carrying the stele. Instead, a towering ancient tree was taken directly, the surface was shaved off, and the stele was erected as a wooden stele.

On the front of the wooden stele, there are two words engraved.

On the back of the wooden stele, there is a line of ancient and obscure words engraved on it.

‘The purple star is on the left, the fighting star is on the right, open eyes are dreams, closed eyes are emptiness’.

What does this mean? Ning Fan has no idea at all.

The signature is Taoist Musong, and the time is ‘Twelve million springs and autumns since I opened my eyes’…

This time, Taoist Mu Song did not use the Western Calendar to record the year. Instead, he used something that Ning Fan could not understand at all to record the year.

What does this mean…

"'Purple stars are on the left, fighting stars are on the right, open eyes are dreams, close eyes are emptiness'. This sentence is a mantra engraved on the nine wild stone gates. It is said that in this sentence, there is a formula left by the Immortal Emperor.

Many Immortal Emperor-level monks know this sentence. They want to understand the true meaning of this sentence, but they can't. Mu Song went to the West that year, and after he came back, he practiced escaping Zen and broke through to the peak of the Nine Tribulations.

state, but he could no longer make any progress. Later, he seemed to have realized something from this sentence, and changed to practice Seclusion Zen. Seclusion and avoidance are just one word apart, but they are essentially different. Later, he successfully broke through the

Holy realm…”

Xiang Jianzi seemed to be thinking of the past, with a hint of reminiscing, and said,

"I met Mu Song when we were young. Mu Song is extremely talented. No matter how hard I try to catch up, my strength will always be inferior to him. When he died, I was not as good as him, but the difference was still small. When he left the world, the gap between me and him was already quite large.

Da, after he passed away, I was no longer his opponent. Seven million years ago, I had a stalemate with him. In that battle, I put out seven points, and Mu Song only put up three points, but the result was a draw.

…”

Speaking of this, Xiang Jianzi smiled bitterly, not seeing him for seven million years, I'm afraid the gap between him and Mu Song is even greater.

He often even doubted that Mu Song, seven million years ago, had already broken through to the second-level quasi-sage realm. Otherwise, how could he have tied with him with only three points of cultivation...

Ning Fan was slightly speechless. He did not expect that Mu Song would become so terrifying after practicing the Closed World Zen.
To be continued...