The fat monk turned around with a smile, and it turned out to be the current Buddha of Buddhism, 'Buddha from the East'.
When Sakyamuni was alive, the Buddha who came from the East was the "Buddha of the future", but Sakyamuni has passed away, and the "future has come", so the Buddha who came from the East is the "Buddha of the present".
"Oh? Emperor Hongqing?" Donglai Buddha walked over with a smile. "How did Emperor Hongqing find the time to come to Peach Blossom Hill?"
"Peach Blossom Slope?" Fang Jian was stunned when he heard the name. "Is this Yue Lao's Taoist temple, Peach Blossom Slope?"
"Exactly." Donglai Buddha nodded and smiled. "Look, what are these peach trees growing on?"
Fang Jian looked in the direction that the Buddha from the East was pointing, and saw an endless peach blossom forest, with many red silk threads hanging on each peach tree.
"Are these red lines?" Fang Jian said.
Buddha from the East said, "Yes, these are the red threads. Look, I'm looking for them."
Fang Jian looked at the red thread in the hands of the Buddha Donglai in surprise and asked doubtfully, "What is the Buddha Donglai looking for?"
The Buddha from the East said, "I'm looking for a marriage partner."
Fang Jian asked, "Whose marriage?"
The Buddha from the East said, "Mine."
Fang Jian was greatly shocked and asked, "Does the Buddha also have a marriage?"
The Buddha from the East laughed and said, "Can't the Buddha have a marriage?"
Fang Jian was speechless and just asked in amazement, "Did you find the Buddha?"
"No." Buddha from the East shook his head and said, "I've searched three times but still can't find anything."
Fang Jian said, "If you can't find it, then there is no destiny, right?"
Buddha from the East laughed heartily and said, "Emperor Hongqing, who says marriage is destined only when it is tied with a red string? Marriage is not only on the red string, it is more likely to be in the heart."
"In my heart?" Fang Jian asked in confusion, "Why?"
The Buddha from the East said, "Look at these red threads. After Yue Lao tied them together, he would tie a knot, which meant they were destined to be together. But decades later, Yue Lao would untie them again."
"Why?" Fang Jian asked.
The Buddha from the East said, "Because worldly affairs are not likely to last forever. Heaven and earth have their time to change, let alone marriage."
"So," Buddha Donglai patted Fang Jian's chest, "Only what's in your heart is eternal. At least within the boundless time of your existence, she is eternal."
"When she exists in this world, she is only in your eyes and is temporary. When she does not exist in this world, she is in your heart and is eternal."
"All appearances are illusory. All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows, like dew and lightning. View them in this way."
After hearing what the Buddha from the East said, Fang Jian trembled all over and suddenly understood.
Yuluan was ultimately just the incarnation of the Dao of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady. She was always helpless, so what if the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady didn't take her back? Her identity as the 'incarnation of the Dao' meant she couldn't possibly replace the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady.
When Fang Jian, Jiu Tian Xuan Nu, and Yu Luan were together, who would be the most embarrassed? Only Yu Luan, who was only an incarnation after all, would not be at ease.
Yu Luan's emotional memories came from the Queen Mother of the West, and now they return to her. The coming and the returning are equivalent to Yu Luan never existing.
But now Yu Luan is deeply engraved in Fang Jian's heart, and this is the proof of her existence. If Yu Luan existed in this world forever, it would be the real "illusion". On the contrary, it is now that Yu Luan is truly eternal.
Fang Jian let out a long sigh, and the melancholy in his heart instantly dissipated. Although Fang Jian still had regrets in his heart, he had already been relieved.
Although his heart knot was untied, Fang Jian still said stubbornly, "It's too idealistic. I don't agree!"
Buddha from the East…???” Such a huge Buddha is standing in front of you, and in heaven, and you tell me I’m too idealistic?
"Buddha, are you here to enlighten me?" Fang Jian asked, looking at the Buddha Donglai again.
The Buddha from the East laughed heartily, then looked at Fang Jian and said, "Everything is predestined."
Fang Jian was now in a much better mood, so he started joking: "Fate? The Buddha from the East wouldn't say that I, Fang Jian, have a connection with Buddhism, would I?"
"That's not necessarily true. If Emperor Hongqing is willing to come to Buddhism, he will definitely sit on the lotus platform on Mount Lingshan." Buddha Donglai said with a smile.
Fang Jian asked, "Oh? Then what level of enlightenment does the Eastern Buddha wish to grant me?"
The Buddha from the East smiled and said, "Great and generous Tathagata Buddha, what do you think?"
Fang Jian: “”
"Forget it, forget it. Heaven is more suitable for me." Fang Jian waved his hands quickly, then bowed to the Buddha from the East and said, "Thank you, Buddha from the East for your enlightenment."
The Buddha from the East shook his head and then asked Fang Jian, "I have come here to ask a favor of the Emperor Hongqing."
Fang Jian was slightly surprised when he heard this and said, "Oh? What's the big deal? Why would you bother the Eastern Buddha to come to the Heavenly Palace in person?"
Buddha Donglai said, "That's right. My Buddhist disciples will soon enter the secular world and join the Taoist sect in eradicating the Chaos Evil God. Therefore, I would like to order a batch of standard magical instruments from Emperor Hongqing for my Buddhist disciples' daily use."
"Standardized magical instruments?" Fang Jian heard this, knowing that this was what the Heavenly Court was best at, and he immediately smiled and said, "That's easy. I will issue an imperial decree ordering the Tiangong Academy to contact the Buddhist sect to refine it."
Buddha Donglai shook his head and said, "This magical instrument cannot be made by Tiangongyuan. Only you, Emperor Hongqing, can make it."
"I just..." Fang Jian suddenly raised his head and looked at the Buddha from the East and said, "What the Buddha said can't be..."
The Buddha from the East nodded and said, "Indeed, I would like to order two types of custom-made instruments: one is the 'Huaguang Zen Staff', and the other is the 'Taixiao Prayer Beads'."
Fang Jian understood. He looked at Donglai Buddha with a deep gaze and said, "If I understand correctly, Donglai Buddha, you want to use the Huaguang Treasure Gun as the basis for refining a Zen staff, and a rosary made of Taixiao Thunder Beads, right?"
The Buddha from the East put his hands together and said, "Well done, well done."
Then he nodded decisively and said, "Yes."
But, is this thing a magical tool used in 'daily life'???
(Dear readers, I'm still organizing the outline, so I'll just finish this chapter tonight. Sorry, don't wait any longer.)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
