At the end of the River of Forgetfulness, there were nine seas. Each sea was not too big, with a radius of no more than a thousand miles.
In the middle of the sea, there was a spring that kept gushing out.
There were many pagodas by the sea. Some were tall and some were short. Some were seven-story pagodas, while others were nine-story pagodas. At the bottom was a lotus throne, and above was a pointed roof. In the middle, there was a Buddhist shrine that enshrined relics. These pagodas were no more than ten feet tall. The names of the monks were carved at the base of the pagodas. In front of the pagodas, there were three lamps, one green, one red, and one dim yellow.
As for the people who were kowtowing here, there were even more of them! Almost in front of every pagoda, there were many ghosts kowtowing! Above these people's heads were wisps of black gas that gathered together. In addition, a large amount of black gas came from the seawater and turned into oil for the oil lamps to burn forever.
Seeing this scene, Qin Di was even more tempted.
At this moment, he saw a dignified monk from afar. He wore a red kasaya and had long hair. He stood by the sea and looked at the fountain in the middle of the sea.
Qin Di thought, "Isn't this monk bald? He looks a little weird. "
However, there were no other monks around, so Qin Di walked over quickly and clasped his hands in greeting, "Junior Qin Ku pays respect to Master. Sorry for disturbing Master's peace."
The monk turned his head and looked at him. With a tone of Buddhist wisdom, he asked, "Young benefactor, why do you have to do this?"
Qin Di was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly replied, "Junior has suffered. I have practiced ghost techniques since young and have committed countless sins of killing. However, I do not know how to redeem myself. Master is merciful, please show me a path of liberation."
The monk sized him up and pointed at the sea in front of him, "Can the bitterness in your heart compare to the bitterness of the seawater?"
Qin Di was stunned again, "Master, please show me the way. Junior has come from afar, so I do not know the origin of this seawater. "
The monk said slowly, "This sea area is called the Nine Seas of Sufferings. They are the sufferings of life, old age, sickness, death, love and separation, resentment and hatred, unattainable, plus the sufferings of heaviness and weakness. There are a total of nine sufferings."
When Qin Di heard this, he could not help but be delighted in his heart, thinking to himself, "I really found the right place! The pain of body heaviness, was it referring to the Primordial Heavy Water? The pain of weakness and powerlessness, could it be the Three Thousand Weak Water? But I've never heard of the remaining seawater. Could it be that Gong Gong can refine this seawater into nine different kinds of immortal-grade spirit water? "
The monk continued, "The Nine Eyes Spring in the sea is also known as the Nine Springs. It gathers all kinds of sufferings in the human world and eventually flows into the River of Forgetfulness. As the water flows, all kinds of sufferings are slowly dissolved."
Qin Di was even more surprised. He never thought that the Nine Springs that people in the secular world would actually be connected to the Seven Sufferings, External Heavy Water, and Weak Water mentioned by Buddhism.
"Master, why are there so many pagodas around here?"
"Because the seawater is too bitter! With these pagodas, the bitterness of the seawater can be purified by half! "
Qin Di looked at the dense black gas in the seawater, which turned into black dragons and became lamp oil that was ignited. He became even more excited.
He thought to himself, "Maybe I found a way to advance the Buddha fire! With the black gas as fuel, I don't have to worry about the Buddha fire not being able to advance. Can I make a pagoda here and light my own Buddha fire? But I'm not a monk, will I be kicked out? "
The monk looked at him and nodded lightly, saying, "Looking at your dignified appearance, although you have violated the precept of killing, your nature is not bad and can still be remedied. My Dharma name is Xu Yun, and I have been teaching here for seven hundred thousand years. I am a Bodhisattva of the Seven Earthly Realms. I want to take you as my disciple, are you willing? "
When Qin Di heard this, he was stunned. His heart thumped and he thought to himself, "Old Monk Xu Yun? Isn't that an eminent monk of Buddhism? Could the person in front of me be him?
He hesitated for a moment and immediately said, "Junior is willing, but I have some unfinished business in the mortal world. I need to settle it first. Master, please give me a few months, okay?"
Monk Xu Yun nodded and said, "If you come again, you can go to Zhenru Temple to look for me." With that, he turned and left.
Qin Di looked at his departing back and his mind was a little confused. He was slightly stunned for a moment.
In his previous life, he had heard that there was an old monk Xu Yun who had the dharma lineage of the Five Ancestors of Zen. He was the forty-seventh generation of the Caodong Sect, the forty-third generation of the Linji Sect, the twelfth generation of the Yunmen Sect, the eighth generation of the Dharma Eye Sect, and the eighth generation of the Wei Yang Sect. He bowed every three steps from Mount Putuo and paid his respects to Mount Wutai. After that, he walked to India on a pilgrimage. He meditated in Gaomin Temple and gained enlightenment in the seven sects. He revived the Huanan Temple in Guangdong, Gushan Temple in Gushan Mountain, and Zhenru Temple in Yunju Mountain.
Qin Di didn't expect that there would be a Bodhisattva with the Dharma name Xu Yun in the Buddhist Burial Plateau of the Netherworld. Moreover, he had been teaching for seven hundred thousand years and was a Bodhisattva of the Seven Earthly Realms! In another three hundred thousand years, he would become a Buddha! What was a Buddha? It was probably similar to the Daoist Zu Xian or even Jin Xian!
Qin Di took out the Mountain and Flowing Water Jade Bottle and collected seawater from the nine seas.
After many years of cultivation and with the three Treasure Restrictions, the Mountain and Flowing Water Jade Bottle had been upgraded to an Eighth Stage Spirit Treasure and could hold a large amount of seawater. Therefore, when Qin Di collected the seawater from the nine seas, he clearly saw that the water level of these seas had decreased by five inches!
It was an incredible thing for the water level to decrease by five inches in a radius of a thousand miles!
Of course, if the Mountain and Flowing Water Jade Bottle could be upgraded to an Immortal Artifact, it could hold more.
After collecting the seawater, Qin Di flew toward an uninhabited wilderness. He found a barren valley and set up a Fourth Stage Immortal Array. Due to the lack of Immortal Spirit Veins, he had to use Immortal Stones to support the operation of the Immortal Array.
Then, he thought for a moment and threw out the Mountain and River Map. When the map unfolded, it showed a wide world. He could control this world as he pleased, so he wasn't afraid of outsiders barging in. As for the Netherworld cultivators who came in earlier, they were all trapped in a corner.
He built a pool with white jade in the Mountain and River Map, then poured out some blood-red seawater from the Mountain and Flowing Water Jade Bottle. This seawater came from the Yellow Spring Sea and was rich in spiritual power. It was this blood-red seawater that helped him to achieve great success in the Fiendgod Body Tempering Technique!
Then, he cut off his left thumb with his sword and threw it into the blood-red seawater.
The thumb absorbed spiritual power and nutrients in the seawater and grew taller rapidly. On the first day, it grew one foot taller, and after that, it grew faster and faster. After ten days, it grew three feet, and after 100 days, it grew to 500 feet!
At this time, the thumb began to change. A head, face, and limbs grew, and five internal organs appeared inside. Then, its body shrank until it looked exactly like Qin Di!
Then, Qin Di made a copy of his Divine Sense and divided one-tenth of his Celestial Core Power into the new clone.
This clone only had one-tenth of the original body's cultivation power, but it was already equivalent to a second-stage Spirit Immortal, which was enough to protect him in the Netherworld.
At this time, Qin Di felt a little weak. After losing one-tenth of his Celestial Core Power, he might need to cultivate for 100 years to recover his strength.
This time, the clone he created was obviously different from the previous time.
Previously, when he chopped off the four limbs, each of them had a front tooth of the four deities, so they were full of divine power and caused little damage to the original body. Basically, it wouldn't affect his future advancement.
This time, he relied on himself, so the damage was a little great. Fortunately, he still had the blood-red seawater. Otherwise, he might need 1,000 years to recover completely.
However, this clone was very valuable. In the future, he would follow Monk Xuyun to cultivate Buddhism and completely embark on the path of Buddhist cultivation.
Qin Di named this clone "Qin Ku," which meant "ascetic monk."
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