The stone forest was huge and the rocks were all of different shapes and sizes. Some looked like a crouching bull, some like a green tiger, and some like a coiling phoenix.
In front of him, there was a pond. It was originally a lake but it was almost dried up. Could it be a celestial pond? Ye Fan wasn't sure. It didn't seem possible. How could a celestial pond dry up?
Sakyamuni's imprint was very clear. His face was benevolent and dignified. He had the bearing of a wise sage and had the aura of someone being pitied.
"Some say he is the revered one, but others say he isn't. The traitor might be related to him. Some say he is the demon shell of the buddha …"
He recalled the words of the white-robed nun. Sakyamuni had an extraordinary identity in this world. The reason for this was complicated and he still couldn't understand it.
On Earth, if one talked about Buddhism, they would have to mention Sakyamuni. However, in this world, it was too ironic. This founder had become a traitor and was even an opposing demon.
"An elder of our Ji Family saw one of the ten disciples of Sakyamuni a thousand years ago. At that time, that Buddha had just returned from overseas." Ji Ziyue muttered softly.
Outside the five regions was an endless ocean. There were even islands scattered all over. Some said that there were divine islands in the vast ocean with supreme experts hidden within. There were even ancient emperors who had never been heard of before.
Some even said that in the ocean that was even vaster than the five regions, there might be celestial islands that gave birth to gods.
The main reason was that the ocean was too big. It was even vaster than the five regions. No one could cross the ocean to the end. People were filled with reverence for it.
"One of the ten disciples of Sakyamuni, he crossed the ocean and returned …" Ye Fan's heart moved. He thought about An Miaoyi's words. Didn't she say the same thing when she gave him the Nirvana Scripture?
"How is that person's cultivation?" Pang Bo asked.
"Unfathomable. At that time, a grand elder faced him and couldn't see through him at all. It was like facing the abyss." Ji Ziyue said. This was something she had only found out recently.
"The great Sakyamuni was called Buddha in another world but here, he is a traitor. How ironic." Pang Bo shook his head.
Ye Fan thought about the Buddhism of his homeland. Although it was said that it was created by Sakyamuni, there were already Buddhists before that. Rather than saying that it was created, it was better to say that it was developed.
In some ancient scriptures, it was recorded that when Shakyamuni was traveling, he saw Buddhists sacrificing themselves to cultivate. He thought that it was not the right way, and from then on, the Tathagata Dharma was created.
Ye Fan gradually made a bold association. Earth had a history of annihilation. Not to mention the most mysterious ancient China, ancient India also had an extraordinary past.
If Buddhism existed long ago and was born before Sakyamuni, would there be Buddhist sages who came to the other side with the help of the Star Door left by the ancients?
If that was the case, there were too many possibilities! A corner of many mysteries would be revealed.
In an instant, Ye Fan thought of the Paramita, which was an extraordinary term in Buddhism.
"Has Earth really lost a part of its records? Has a part of history been annihilated? Perhaps this part of history is extremely long and not as simple as a few thousand years! "
Of course, there was another possibility, which was that the people of this world had gone to Earth along the ancient starry sky path and founded Buddhism. Later on, Sakyamuni came here to find the origin.
Ye Fan thought of too many things. The ancient starry sky path was endless and far. It was definitely not built by one or two ancient stars. It involved many star regions. Where did the path of the ancients lead to?
"Look, the imprints he left behind are very particular. They are formed by a strange character that can't be seen," Li Heishui said.
The others gathered around and were secretly shocked. The small characters were very fine, and it was difficult to see them clearly even with the divine eyes. They were too small and combined to form a human figure.
"It's Sanskrit!" Pang Bo said. He and Ye Fan looked at each other in dismay. These were ancient Indian characters, and they couldn't recognize any of them.
"No wonder. He left an imprint on the Holy Cliff, and there are also Sanskrit characters here. He left it for later generations," Ye Fan said thoughtfully.
Last time, they were too careless and didn't see through the imprint on the Holy Cliff. There were actually many small characters gathered together, and this should be for the people from ancient India to see.
"Did they expect that later generations would follow in their footsteps? Where did they go to now? "
Ye Fan and Pang Bo squatted there and stared at each other. These were the characters left behind by Tathagata, and most likely contained the secrets of the starry sky. Yet, they couldn't recognize any of them.
"Why is it Sanskrit!?" The two asked the heavens speechlessly.
In the distant past, Earth didn't just have one Buddha. At the very least, there was an ancient person with great wisdom in the same generation.
Two thousand and five hundred years ago, ancient China was a place where hundreds of schools of thought contended for supremacy. All of them were extremely talented, and each of them was famous throughout the ages. They left an indelible mark in the sky of history.
Just Laozi alone was comparable to Buddha. Sakyamuni was a deity with great divine abilities and great wisdom. There was no doubt that Laozi was also a person who was both a human and a god.
They quickly stood up and impatiently arrived in front of the other imprint. The old man riding the green ox was leisurely heading west in an indifferent and indifferent manner.
As expected, there were also small characters carved together to form this picture of a green ox carrying a saint. It was also an explanation for the future generations.
These two ancient people definitely wouldn't leave imprints randomly. They most likely knew that there would be future generations who recorded the path they had taken.
"Quickly, look at what's written." Pang Bo urged. He couldn't understand a single word.
Although Ye Fan had some knowledge of ancient texts, he also frowned at this moment. A small portion of it was written in the Bell Cauldron Script, and some of it was written in the Oracle Bone Script.
Not to mention him, even an old pedant who was proficient in this field wouldn't be able to read it word by word. Even on Earth, these two languages hadn't been completely deciphered.
"West out of Hangu Pass …" He could only make out this continuous sentence. There were other words that were separated, such as "Great Emperor", "Ancient Road", "Domain", "Immortal", "Ziwei Ancient Star", "North Star", etc.
"This old man is too awesome. West out of Hangu Pass, and as he walked, he entered the Realm of Stars." Pang Bo was speechless.
There was a record in an ancient book: "Laozi traveled to the west. Pass Magistrate Yi Xi saw violet energy floating in the pass, and Laozi passed by riding the green ox."
The last time Laozi appeared in ancient China was at Hangu Pass. Purple energy came from the east, and he left behind the five thousand words of Tao Te Ching. Yi Xi remembered it, and he never appeared in this world again.
Ye Fan also sighed. On the other side of the starry sky, he had never thought about Laozi. He only thought of him as an ancient person with great wisdom. But now, he had to admit that he was a cultivator who had entered the starry sky and arrived at the other side.
Buddha and Laozi were almost born in the same era, and they were both people from two thousand five hundred years ago. Was this a coincidence?
"They went to the Realm of Stars through the Stargate left by the ancient people …" Ye Fan muttered to himself.
Two thousand years ago, the Buddhists on Earth were born in almost the same era, and there was not much difference between them. Was this a coincidence, or was there some kind of mystery?
There was Buddhism in this world, but it wasn't the Buddhism of Buddha Gautama Buddha. It was understandable to revere Amitabha, and there was also this saying on Earth.
However, there was also Taoism in this world, but it wasn't the Dao of Laozi, and it was difficult to trace back to its origin.
"Who created Taoism?" Ye Fan couldn't help but ask.
"It's too complicated. The masters of Taoism are like wild cranes and clouds. They left behind their teachings and passed down their secret arts, but they are not as unified as Buddhism. They are very loose, and it is difficult to find the origin." Ji Haoyue shook his head.
As for Taoism, it was difficult to say when it had been created, not to mention this world, even on the other side of the Realm of Stars.
If one were to talk about Taoism, they would have to talk about the teachings of Elder Huang, and if one were to talk about Elder Huang, they would have to go back in time.
Laozi was a person from two thousand five hundred years ago, but the "Huang" in Elder Huang was a person from four thousand years ago, or even five thousand years ago.
The Taoism named by later generations could, in fact, be traced back infinitely. In the long river of history, it was difficult to find the end.
Laozi didn't leave many traces in this world. If he went along the ancient starry road, where did he go?
The starry door left by the ancients led to an endless and unknown place. Where was the end? Ye Fan didn't know, but at least he felt that this world wasn't the end, and there were still ancient stars ahead.
There was a picture in the bronze coffin. At that time, he and Pang Bo had seen it with their own eyes. It was a bright starry sky, and the Earth and the Big Dipper were only a corner of it. There was still a wider road ahead.
"Two thousand five hundred years ago, the Buddhists were born, and they were extremely brilliant. It was a very glorious era …" Ye Fan muttered to himself.
Since Laozi and Buddha were almost gods, how could those outstanding figures of the same era be ordinary?
Unfortunately, they were like fireworks at the end of the era. Since then, gods gradually faded away, and even if they did exist, they were man-made.
"Could it be that two thousand five hundred years ago, the last group of ancient sages on Earth made a decision to leave the old haunt and go along the ancient starry road …"
In ancient China, the Ziwei Star, the Four Symbols, and the Twenty-Eight Star Domains were a vast sky map. Should they pass through the ancient starry road opened by the ancients? Where was the end?
There were people who were far more ancient than Laozi, as well as the seventy-two ancient kings who were worshipping on Mount Tai. Did they enter the Star Domain one step earlier and go to the end of the starry sky?
"The ancients lived for hundreds of years in spring and autumn, yet their movements never faltered …" Just how far back was the ancient era mentioned by the Yellow Emperor?
For modern people, the Yellow Emperor was an ancient person from four or five thousand years ago, and he was already an ancient emperor. What kind of period was the ancient era he was lamenting?
How many past events had been annihilated in ancient China? It was very likely that a vast ancient history was covered in dust over the years. When could it be unraveled?
Ye Fan was lost in thought, and his mind wandered far and wide. In this vast Star Domain, just how many ancient stars were there with life?
Were the stars mentioned in ancient China a kind of enlightenment, or did they represent an even more important meaning?
Earth, Mars, Ziwei … Ancient stars after ancient stars, where was the origin, and where was the end?
What was the meaning of this ancient road? Where did it lead to? What kind of place was it?
The nine dragons pulling the coffin, did they die in battle and return to their homeland, or did they travel aimlessly?
On the five-colored sacrificial altar, the nine dragons traversed the dark and cold sky. The origin was unknown, and the road ahead was unknown. Who was it picking up? Would it set sail one day?
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