Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata is the Buddha and founder of one of the 17 lineages of Buddhism. He has two Bodhisattvas, Sunlight Panchen Lazuli and Moonlight Panchen Lazuli, under his command. He also owns the Eastern Pure Lapis Lazuli Buddha Kingdom. By chance, he had a cause and effect relationship with Qi Wuhuo, and then he passed away in order to seek a state higher than the complete enlightenment of Buddhism.

After not seeing each other for such a long time, Qi Wuhuo was a little distracted when he suddenly heard news about this old friend.

Di Ting sat cross-legged, propping his chin with one hand, and said, "Well, I heard you and those three..." When he said this, he restrained his expression, bowed to the east, and then continued, "So I roughly know that in two or three months, there will be a battle between the Buddhist and Taoist sects in the capital."

"The Medicine Master Liuli Light Tathagata was just born..."

"The remaining 16 of the 17 Buddhist lineages, no matter if they are good or bad, magnanimous or stubborn, will not let this ancient Buddha go. The better ones will take him back to teach their own Buddhist teachings and make him a disciple of their own lineage. If they are worse, they may directly control and guide him to practice and become a Buddha, and then make up for him."

"Just put it bluntly—"

"Due to the extinction of Medicine Master Liuli Guang Tathagata, the contradictions that had accumulated for several kalpas in Buddhism finally erupted. However, due to the outbreak of the accumulated contradictions, the fighting among each other began to intensify. Coupled with the conflict with Taoism, it is possible for these practitioners to do anything, and Medicine Master Liuli Guang Tathagata is also caught in this vortex. What a kalpa..."

Qi Wuhuo was silent for a moment, recalling the skinny old monk from more than a year ago. He sighed and raised his fingers slightly. The Buddhist beads hanging on the handprint of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva emitted a thin layer of Buddha light, and then fell into the palm of the young Taoist. Di Ting raised his head and looked at Qi Wuhuo, surprised: "Huh?"

Qi Wuhuo asked: "Sir, may I ask where is the reincarnation of Medicine Master Liuli Light Tathagata?"

Di Ting asked: "You want it?"

The young Taoist said gently, "Medicine Buddha and I are close friends regardless of age difference. His reincarnation and extinction are related to my karma. I will never sit idly by and watch him become a sacrifice in the vortex of Buddhist fighting and be dragged into other Buddhist sects."

Di Ting looked at him and said, "Is the Taoist going to face disaster?"

"Wrong."

With a sweep of his whisk, the Taoist replied, "I am already in disaster."

Di Ting asked solemnly, "Tai Shang Xuan Wei, do you want to help Medicine Master enter the Dao?"

Taishang Xuanwei said: "No——"

The Buddhist beads in his palm emitted a faint Buddha light, and he replied:

"He is seeking the perfect reincarnation of the Buddha's Dharma. If I convert him to Buddhism, what difference will that make me any different from other Buddhist sects? Instead, I will become his enemy. If so, how despicable would I be to take advantage of his weakness? Besides, I also want to know where the Medicine Master's Dharma will reach and what kind of scenery he will see when it reaches its strongest level."

Di Ting sighed and said, "But, is the reincarnated Medicine Master Liuli Guang Tathagata still the one you know?"

The young Taoist said, "Maybe, it's not anymore."

"He is the Buddha. He has reincarnated thousands of times but is still that one true spirit. Regardless of whether he is the Medicine Buddha I know or just the reincarnation of the Medicine Buddha's soul and true spirit, the Buddha's mind and nature of seeking Buddhahood and proving the Dharma are consistent. So, he can have thousands of names and tens of thousands of appearances, but as long as he maintains this mind, he can still be called..."

"Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata."

The young Taoist looked sideways at Di Ting, the candles on both sides flickered slightly. The young Taoist held a sword in one hand, and the Buddhist beads in his right hand hung on his palm, showing a green glass luster. Di Ting was slightly stunned. Seeing the young Taoist turning the Buddhist beads with one hand, he said: "It is a good man, a believer woman, an old man, a child, a young man, a middle-aged man, a peddler, a king, a prince, a general, a minister..."

As his voice was calm, the Buddha beads reflected the light, and many figures appeared one after another. Qi Wuhuo said:

"A thousand forms and ten thousand appearances, the original form is Tathagata."

“So, the Buddha does not refer to that particular Buddha who is indestructible, but to the indestructible mind of this Buddha, and the indestructible Dharma of this Buddha.”

“So I say that you cannot see me through sound and color. If you see me through sound and color, you are following the wrong path and cannot see the Tathagata.”

"That's all."

"I just went to see an 'old friend'."

Di Ting looked at the young Taoist, sighed, and suddenly laughed to himself: "It seems that you have a strong Buddha nature. Tsk, tsk, tsk, quite interesting. It seems that if you were not led to meet Tai Shang, but to meet Medicine Master Liuliguang Tathagata, or Amitabha Buddha, you could have achieved great success."

This statement is said sincerely.

But when he said this, somehow, Di Ting's body stiffened, and it seemed that a chill was rising.

I immediately threw out what I just said in my mind.

Tell Qi Wuhuo the whereabouts of the reincarnation of Medicine Buddha.

…

The Shenwu Jiuzhou in the human world is the leader among all the countries. The Jiuzhou is rich, the country is big and strong, and the most core area of ​​the entire Shenwu Jiuzhou is undoubtedly the capital. However, the land price in the capital is expensive, and the prices are also high. This is the source of the so-called "rice is expensive in the capital, and it is difficult to get a big house". It is extraordinary to have the ability and qualifications to settle down in the capital.

There is a large group of people who cannot settle down in the capital, but are reluctant to leave the prosperity of the capital, so they live in towns near the capital. There are many small villages under the towns, and Chenjia Village is one of them. This small village is quite remote. Although it is within the capital, it is actually much closer to Jizhou than to the capital.

Therefore, there are not many outsiders in this village on normal days.

But today, a Taoist priest came walking over, wearing white clothes, a blue Taoist robe, a jade hairpin in his black hair, a white whisk, and a string of clear glass Buddhist beads hanging on his right palm. He looked to be about seventeen years old, and was very handsome, which attracted the curiosity of many people.

It was Qi Wuhuo who got the approximate direction from Diting.

But after all, he is the reincarnation of the true Buddha, and even Di Ting cannot know his exact location, only a rough direction.

As for the more specific location, the mysterious Buddhist beads in Qi Wuhuo's hand need to be relied upon.

There was a faint light in the Buddhist beads. Qi Wuhuo followed the faint sensation and moved forward. He came to a courtyard. However, it was clearly the place where Medicine Buddha was reincarnated as Di Ting had mentioned. However, the whole house was filled with sorrow and he could hear a woman sobbing faintly. Qi Wuhuo began to doubt and reached out his hand and knocked on the door.

After a while, the wooden door creaked open, and a young man in his twenties opened the door, his eyes were red, and it was obvious that he was extremely sad. Looking inside, he saw a few other people, all with sad faces and red eyes. The young man seemed to be able to maintain his emotions and reluctantly said, "Master, I wonder what brings you to my house?"

The young Taoist suppressed his doubts and said:

"I am new to your place and I am thirsty. I would like to ask for a bowl of water to drink."

"I see. Please wait a moment, Taoist Priest..."

The young man did not invite Qi Wuhuo in. He turned around to get a ladle and scooped a ladle of water for Qi Wuhuo. While drinking the water, the young Taoist asked, "I am sorry for overstepping my authority. But have you encountered any problems in the past few days? I have traveled a lot and have some tricks up my sleeve. Maybe I can help you."

The young man seemed to have given up, or he was determined to grab at any straw he could find. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "My child... was stolen." He had obviously been controlling himself very well just now, but when he talked about this, his nose was still a little sore. This tall and strong man almost burst into tears in front of outsiders.

From the intermittent narration, Qi Wuhuo learned what had happened in the past few days.

The young man's surname is Chen. He has lived in Chenjia Village since he was a child. He comes from a farmer's family. Nowadays, the Central Plains is peaceful, and since it is close to the capital, there is no shortage of people visiting. He lives a good life. This year he got married, who grew up with his daughter from the neighboring family. They are very affectionate and she got pregnant right after the wedding night.

After the pregnancy, the new family seemed to have greater hope. They worked very hard, and in their free time they made some tables and chairs and sold them. They also bought some small rattles, small tiger-head shoes and the like. They also hired the best midwife in the area, and finally the baby was born, with both mother and child being safe.

However, he never expected that on the tenth day, a sound like thunder was heard from the eastern mountain, and a black cloud suddenly rose from the sky. The black cloud and black wind swept across the village, and no one could see anything. Both people and animals were blown to the ground, and several trees were broken. When the black wind passed, the young man returned home, only to find that his wife had fainted and the child was missing.

After that, they searched like crazy for several days but couldn't find the child. People said that even if the child was fine, he would have starved to death after such a long time. When they heard this, the young man couldn't help but burst into tears, and his cry was full of sadness.

The Taoist raised his eyes and glanced around the room, and he probably knew the reason.

He handed the ladle to the young man opposite him and said gently, "I understand."

After trying everything, the young man finally pleaded with all his might, "Master, do you have any solution?"

The Taoist swept his whisk and said in a gentle voice: "This is exactly why I came here."

With his eyes, he could already see traces of pure Qi entwining in the house. Following the trajectory, he knew that it was a monster in the mountains who stole the child. But Qi Wuhuo was very puzzled. This Qi was quite pure. It was obvious that the cultivator was not a monster that fed on blood, but a spiritual practitioner in seclusion. How could such a pure cultivator do such a thing?

The young Taoist was invited into the yard.

However, among the people crying in the room, there was still a monk who was eating heartily. When he saw the Taoist priest, he immediately widened his eyes and said angrily, "Mr. Chen, I came here to perform a ritual to help you exorcise the demons because you lost your son. But what do you mean now? Do you not trust a monk like me? You even found such a Taoist priest who has no moral integrity?!"

"What do you mean?!"

A child was lost in this village, and people were frantically searching for the child. They looked for all kinds of spirit mediums, gods, and monks. It was said that this monk had a rank in a big temple in the capital, so they spent a lot of effort to invite him, provided him with good food and drink, and gave him a large sum of money. They performed some rituals and pretended to have a meal with him, but they still couldn't find the child.

But he didn't get it back, and instead said that the Chen couple were not sincere enough.

Seeing the young Taoist priest, he was also angry and refused to accept the offer. He loudly accused them, "It is because you are not sincere. You clearly believe in Buddhism, but you have found such a Taoist priest with a big nose. You are so indecisive. How can Buddha bless you?!"

"This is slandering the Buddha! But it's not sincere!"

"It's a big sin!"

The Chen family couple was at a loss. The young Taoist looked at the fat monk and exclaimed, "Hey, Master!"

“It’s a Buddhist affinity.”

The big monk couldn't help feeling proud and happy, thinking that the Taoist was very perceptive.

Know how to give in!

But then the young Taoist sighed, "But there are no eyeballs."

The big monk was stunned, then became extremely angry, his face flushed, knowing that the little Taoist priest was saying that he was blind? !

Where did this come from?!

Insult monks without using any dirty words.

But for some reason, these two sentences seemed so sincere that he couldn't even get angry. He was about to force himself to speak angrily.

Go and see that Taoist priest, let everyone in the room feel at ease, sweep the duster, and say gently:

“Where is the land?”

"Please come out and see me?"

The monk was about to laugh at your pretense, but you are far inferior to me. My fellow monk, you don't even set up the table, the altar, the offerings, or even the five organs and meat. You want to pray to the land god? You should also study your trickery. Just as he was about to laugh loudly, he suddenly saw a puff of white smoke in front of his eyes, and then a white-haired old man came out of the smoke.

As he turned around, he adjusted his hat and bowed hurriedly, saying:

"Ahem, this old man has met the Immortal."

"I have met the Immortal."

He originally wanted to call him the Great Emperor directly, but was stopped by the young Taoist's look.

Calling Taoist priest?

His old man didn't dare to do that, so he bowed immediately. The young Taoist pointed to the Chen couple over there. The latter knew that they might have met an immortal and the child could be saved. Their eyes were red and they looked excited. Qi Wuhuo bowed slightly and said something to the old land god. Then he pointed to the mountain and said, "I see the child over there. If I go there, I'm afraid I'll alert the enemy. Please go and bring the child back, God of Land."

After thinking for a while, he picked up a strand of black hair from his temple, broke one of the strands with his fingernails, handed it to the God of Land, and instructed him that if he met an invincible opponent, he should just throw the hair away.

Qi Wuhuo was watching from afar in spirit. The big monk's body was stiff, and he could neither stand nor sit.

The Chen couple almost bowed down, but the young Taoist raised his hand to stop them, saying, "You two can't do that."

After thinking for a while, he said gently: "I also have my own reasons."

The young man said excitedly: "Master, whatever you want, as long as we have it at home, just ask, I will give it to you!"

"We set up a longevity ranking for you every year, and sincerely worship you and burn incense every day. We just beg you, please save our child." A moment later, the God of Land came back, holding a child carefully in his arms, holding a strand of hair in his hand, and then, pulled it with a little force.

Entwined on the hair were monsters, all of which were pulled out from the ground. Some were hideous, some were mighty, all were majestic and terrifying, but they could not even break free from this tiny strand of hair. Any movement was as painful as being struck by thunder, and the land was amazed.

It’s not just because of the young Taoist’s magical powers.

It was also because, he clearly went to save someone, but found that the child was lying under the shade of a tree, very quiet, with no ripples on his face. The monsters and goblins around him were drooling, wanting to eat him, but lost their murderous intent and hostility when they got close. The tiger lay at the child's feet and asked him to put his feet on its back. The poisonous snake was wrapped around the tree branch, swaying back and forth, and used the leaves on the branch to fan him and drive away mosquitoes.

Such a strange sight even stunned the God of Land.

The Chen family couple came up crying and took the child from the land god. The old land god walked to Qi Wuhuo and said, "My Lord..." He looked at the monsters over there in a surprised tone and said, "I recognize these monsters. They used to practice meditation and cultivate Qi, and never committed any crime. But now they have done such a thing."

"I couldn't believe it. When I asked them, they actually said..."

Qi Wuhuo was surprised: "What did you say?"

The old land master said, "It is said that someone got the news from somewhere that a child with no stains was born here. He is an extraordinary being. If you eat a bite of it, you can avoid hundreds of years of practice. You can directly achieve immortality! If you can give birth to this child intact, you can directly achieve immortality!"

Qi Wuhuo raised his eyes and glanced at the monster, asking:

"Who spread the news?"

A certain branch of Buddhism?

Amitabha?

Or, the Great Emperor of Immortality?

In an instant, several possibilities emerged in Qi Wuhuo's mind.

The God of Land shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I just rescued the child and came here in a hurry."

Qi Wuhuo wanted to ask immediately, but the Chen family couple had already come over with their child, so he suppressed his thoughts for the time being and looked up at the young couple and the child in their arms. The child had calm eyes, not crying or making a fuss, and had no expression. The Chen family's wife said embarrassedly:

"I don't know why, but my child doesn't like to cry since he was born. He is always so quiet."

"Yeah?"

The young Taoist bowed slightly and looked at the child. The child, who was only ten days old, looked at him.

This child remained quiet even when surrounded by beasts.

Suddenly he laughed.

The Chen couple who were around were stunned in amazement. The young Taoist also laughed. The child babbled and stretched out his little hands. The young Taoist bowed and gently stretched out his hands. The sunlight poured down, warm and gentle, and everyone around seemed to be able to feel an atmosphere of long-standing harmony.

When I first met him, he was a skinny old man and a Taoist priest;

Now, it is the Taoist immortals and the newborn baby.

It's like a cycle.

It's you who see me, and it's me who see you.

You know me, and I know you.

The little hand grasped the young Taoist's fingers, and an intimate and cheerful smile appeared on the child's face.

Like picking a flower.

The young man looked gentle, and whispered in his heart:

"Daoyou."

"Long time no see..."