(In the previous chapter, Sangsang said that the Buddha said that when the mountain has no edges and the heaven and earth are together, he can see the Buddha. The original song of the Yuefu School was' mountain without hills'. I didn't think much about it, so I wrote 'mountain without edges'. Was it influenced by the song? Thanks to reader Zhu Jingyan for the correction.)
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No one knew where the voice came from or why it rang in the sky. But the next moment, everyone knew that it was Haotian's voice.
Only Haotian's voice could be so majestic. Only Haotian's voice could reflect such a vivid picture in the consciousness of the devout Haotian believers and touch their souls.
Everyone on the cliff plateaus and the front plateau of Peach Mountain knelt down with their foreheads touching the ground. They wished they could bury themselves in the dust so that they could show their respect and love for Haotian.
Hierarch Xiong Chumo was standing between the gauze curtains and leading the believers to pray. His figure looked very tall in the light. Hearing the voice, he immediately threw himself to the ground, as humble as a dog.
— It was said that his voice was as magnificent as thunder. But compared to the voice that rang in the sky, it was nothing, even blasphemy.
In front of a stone house in a remote corner of the cliff plateau, the Abbey Dean left the wheelchair and knelt down. He supported his body with his thin arms and trembled. But his expression was calm and proud.
The middle-aged priest finally left the wheelchair and knelt behind the Abbey Dean. Long Qing knelt even further behind. His face was as pale as snow and his eyes were full of fear.
He knew clearly what the Abbey Dean had done was disrespectful to Haotian. Now that Haotian had left the chessboard of the Buddha, how could he not be afraid when the power of heaven came back to the human world?
Sangsang's voice broke through the clouds and fell on Peach Mountain. It resounded between heaven and earth and was reflected by the sky and the ground. It spread so far that even the whole continent could hear it.
Countless people were awakened by the voice from the sky.
An old man leaned against the wall and looked at the gray sky. His turbid eyes were full of confusion. He wondered what was going on this year. Was the spring thunder going to strike again? Why did it sound like someone was talking?
Some children rushed to the window of the study room, pointing at the sky and talking excitedly. Their chattering sounded like a group of birds. The teacher, who was sleepy in spring, was woken up. He picked up the ruler and prepared to teach these naughty students a lesson. The children said in unison that the sky had spoken, but they were beaten a few more times.
The small town at the border of the Song Nation and the Yan Nation also heard the sound coming from the sky. The people rushed to the only long street in the town. They looked at the sky uneasily, not knowing what had happened.
In the butcher's shop, the butcher hid his face and head under the chopping board with his broad oiled knife raised high above his head. Hoof bones kept falling from the chopping board, and every time one fell, his body would tremble.
The drunkard was more afraid than the butcher.
The Drunkard sat in the teahouse and kept drinking from the flagon. Even though he could hold his liquor well, his eyes became blurred, but his face did not turn red. Instead, it was terribly pale.
The butcher did not participate in the Abbey Dean's plot against Haotian, but he did. He watched Haotian and Ning Que enter the Xuankong Temple, and even stopped the Academy from breaking the chessboard.
Now that Haotian had returned and asked the human world if it had sinned, how could he not be afraid? Other than getting herself drunk, what other way could she do to keep him from losing his mind?
Chao Xiaoshu stood at the door of the teahouse and looked at the gray sky. He asked confusedly, "What happened?"
The drunkard finally put down the flagon and said in a trembling voice, "This is something you can't understand. You'd better stay away from me. Otherwise, the power of Heaven is unpredictable, and you may die at any time."
Chao Xiaoshu turned around and looked at him with a complicated expression.
The drunkard kept drinking, trying to get himself drunk. He said vaguely, "We are all doing this for her own good. But what if she doesn't appreciate it?"
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Taoism seemed to have done nothing when Sangsang was trapped in the Buddha's chessboard. But it was exactly because of this that they had sinned. They saw Haotian in danger without saying anything, which was a great sin.
Moreover, Sangsang figured out what Taoism was trying to do after the incident.
She was asking the human world for a crime, and she was asking the guilty ones.
The most guilty one was the Abbey Dean, Chen Mou.
Long Qing, who was kneeling behind him, was pale and sweating profusely. The middle-aged priest was trembling slightly, as if he could no longer maintain his kneeling posture. The Abbey Dean was already a cripple. His cultivation state was not comparable to that of Long Qing and the middle-aged priest, but he was calmer than them and even had a smile on his face.
He looked at the sky and said with a smile, "I am not guilty."
Sangsang's voice sounded again in the air in front of the cliff plateau. "You colluded with the Buddhism Sect and tried to make me sleep. That is a great sin of disrespect. How can you defend yourself?"
This time, she did not let the whole human world hear it. Only those on the cliff plateau could hear it. Therefore, they were even more frightened. Many divine priests and deacons were shocked and could not hold on any longer. They fainted.
The Abbey Dean said, "Absolutely not."
Sangsang said, "You don't admit that you wanted to kill me?"
The Abbey Dean said, "I wanted to kill Sangsang, not Haotian."
Sangsang said, "I am Haotian."
The Abbey Dean said, "I believe in Haotian, not the woman named Sangsang."
Sangsang said, "What if I cannot wake up in the chessboard?"
The Abbey Dean said, "Haotian is omnipotent. Moreover, this is your will. I am just carrying out your will. I believe you should understand my piety now."
Sangsang's voice did not come for a long time.
The spring breeze blew the peach blossoms on the mountain. It was silent. No one dared to make a sound.
After a long time, her voice came again.
"As a mortal, it is a sin to defy the will of Heaven."
The Abbey Dean said calmly, "If it is a sin, I am willing to commit a heinous sin."
"Since you are my follower, you should listen to my will."
"The will of Haotian has never changed. It is to protect the order of the world at all costs."
"Even if I change my mind?"
"Yes. Because outside the world is the cold Underworld. If you change your mind, it means the destruction of the human race."
"That makes sense."
Sangsang's voice did not come again after these two words.
After a long time, Long Qing dared to move his eyes away from the ground soaked with sweat. He looked at the Abbey Dean not far away, his eyes full of awe and confusion.
Haotian was worthy of awe. He could still talk so calmly when Haotian was accusing him. The Abbey Dean was even more worthy of awe. He could not even understand where the Abbey Dean got his courage from.
The Abbey Dean stood up with difficulty. He looked at the far north and the direction of Chang 'an. After a long time of silence, he said, "Let the sacrificial ceremony continue. Haotian is going back to the Divine Kingdom."
Different from Long Qing's imagination, the Abbey Dean was not afraid of talking to or even debating with Haotian. Because he was the one who knew Haotian best in the world.
Haotian had to reason with human beings, because she was the reason.
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On the city wall of Chang 'an, Sangsang thought about the world Ning Que described and confirmed that what Chen Mou said made sense. Just as he said, this was her will.
"Reasonable? What kind of logic is that? "
Ning Que said, "If this is a sin, am I not afraid of committing a heinous sin? Don't you feel disgusted by this typical non-mainstream tone? How can you hear the reason? "
Sangsang said, "If there was no reason, he would be dead."
Ning Que said, "Although Taoism did not do anything, it is obvious that he knew that the Buddha's chessboard would bring you danger. But he did not say anything. What is the reason?"
Sangsang suddenly said, "Have you ever thought that I wanted to enter the Buddha's chessboard? What he did was just carrying out my will. What crime did he commit? "
The spring wind on the city wall suddenly became very cold. Ning Que turned around to avoid the spring wind and the question because he really felt cold.
Sangsang looked at him quietly and said, "You understand."
Ning Que reached out to touch her forehead and said, "You are sick."
Sangsang smiled and said, "Do you have any medicine?"
Ning Que said seriously, "Eleventh Brother is best at making medicine. Can I get some for you?"
It was all a joke because he only dared to joke at this moment. The conversation between Sangsang and the Abbey Dean made his heart colder and colder. Even her smile could not bring him warmth.
Her smile was so calm and indifferent.
"As I said, you want me to enter Chang 'an because you want me to build the God-stunning Array. You want to break the sky and help the Headmaster to defeat me. I know everything you are thinking about. You can't lie to me."
Sangsang looked at him and said calmly, "If you are guilty, what should you be guilty of?"
Ning Que gradually calmed down and looked at her. He said, "Don't forget, I also know everything you are thinking about. You want to use the God-stunning Array to reopen the gate of Haotian's Divine Kingdom. You can't lie to me."
Sangsang said, "You are lying after all."
Ning Que said, "You have lied to me more than I have lied to you. Just like what we said in the Academy yesterday, you have lied to my youth, so don't lie to my feelings."
Sangsang said, "Feelings? I know what it is, but I didn't lie to you. "
Ning Que said expressionlessly, "You can't get rid of the sense of worldly affairs that the Headmaster left in your body. You can't cut off the affection between you and the human world and me. So you can't go back. You and I traveled the human world together, but we couldn't find a way. Until we went to the Lanke Temple and saw the broken Buddha statue on Wa Mountain. You understood the trap that Buddha set for you. So you resolutely went to the trap and got yourself poisoned by the three poisons of greed, anger and obsession … "
"You went to Buddha and said that you wanted to kill Buddha, but it was all a lie. We went to the Xuankong Temple and were trapped in Buddha's chessboard. It was your own choice. Because by getting rid of the three poisons of greed, anger and obsession, you got rid of the sense of worldly affairs."
He said bitterly, "Buddha thought he had calculated the cause and effect. He didn't expect that in your eyes, he was just a sharp carving knife. You wanted to use this carving knife to cut off your flesh and get rid of the dust on your body so that you can return to the Divine Kingdom. But have you ever thought about what it means to me? "
Sangsang said, "This is a war. Why don't you understand?"
"These things seem to have nothing to do with me. But the one who spent a long time with you in the chessboard and got you poisoned by greed, anger and obsession … is me. The one who picked up the carving knife and turned you into a Buddha, helped you get rid of the three poisons of greed, anger and obsession, and got rid of the sense of worldly affairs … is me. It's me, it's me, it's still me."
Ning Que looked at her and said with a smile, "The thousand years in the chessboard were my feelings. You used me and cheated my feelings. My dear, why don't you understand? "
His smile was very light, as light as water, and his emotions were very thick, as thick as blood.
Now, the story related to the chessboard and the cause and effect finally came to light.
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