The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 395: Trial of Heaven and Earth (Part )

Last time, we talked about how Li Yi's "Ode to Slaying Demons" attracted Manjusri Bodhisattva. So what did the Bodhisattva want to see him about? Let's read on.

Li Yi bowed and said, "I wonder why Manjusri Bodhisattva is looking for his disciple?"

"The Buddha is about to enter Nirvana, and the Buddhist kingdom will be in danger of being preserved. The master has issued a decree ordering Brother Guangsheng and I to each lead 10,000 monks to cross the sea to the east. Brother Guangsheng has already set out by sea, and I will also be leaving soon."

"Does the Bodhisattva intend to follow the previous plan and enter Kyushu from the Western Regions?"

"That's right. Junior Brother Guanzizai has already laid the groundwork for the Buddhist sect to enter the Western Regions. However, due to your "Strategy for Governing Monks"..."

"Hey, Bodhisattva! That's not my Strategy for Governing Monks!"

"Don't try to be cunning in front of me! I'm not as easy to fool as Brother Guangsheng!"

"Oh my, Bodhisattva, you really misunderstood your disciple."

"Stop talking nonsense and get down to business!"

"Okay, okay, I know I am wrong. Please give me your advice, Bodhisattva."

"Since Junior Brother Guanzizai has paved the way, Buddhism will soon be able to make progress. Given your "Strategy for Governing Monks", we cannot just develop in the Western Regions, so you have to open up a new situation for Buddhism in Chu."

"this?"

"How come Chu is facing so many difficulties, both internal and external, that it is not difficult for you to find a way out for Buddhism?"

"Bodhisattva, didn't you hear me? I just persuaded the Confucian scholars in Chu to go to the Western Regions to slay demons and monsters. Besides, the Witchcraft Cult has controlled Chu for many years, and the people haven't seen the monks and Buddhas for a long time. I'm afraid this situation will be difficult to resolve."

Seeing that Manjusri Bodhisattva remained silent, Li Yi immediately changed the subject and said, "However, if Bodhisattva can find a way to display his power in Chu, perhaps the situation can be resolved."

"It is not my business to display my great power. Xiuyuan, are you unwilling to contribute to Buddhism?"

"Bodhisattva, you really misunderstood me! I just sent a female ghost with the Nine Yin Fire Spirit Body to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to be a ghost messenger in the underworld. How can you say that I am unwilling to contribute to Buddhism?"

"You are originally a disciple of Guangsheng, and now you are quite close to Dizang. I heard from Dizang that you are a person who will not do anything unless it is beneficial. Among us brothers, Dizang is the best at judging people. It seems that I have to give you some benefits."

"Hey, I'm really not that kind of person! If the Bodhisattva is interested in settling in Xichu, I have already selected a beautiful place with abundant spiritual energy for you! I am also willing to build a temple for you, cast statues and copy scriptures out of my own pocket!"

"Oh, where is it?"

"Mount Emei! Every day when the sun rises in the east, it breaks through the clouds and illuminates the sky, dyeing the top of the mountain golden. Disciples call it the Golden Summit, which is in perfect harmony with the solemn color of our Buddhist sect!"

"The Golden Summit of Mount Emei?" Manjusri Bodhisattva counted with his fingers and nodded, "It is indeed a good place! Xiuyuan, I will leave the matter of building the temple to you."

Li Yi was stunned and thought: What the hell! I was just being polite, but you really want me to build a temple! I don’t have any money! In the current situation, the court can’t afford the money!

Seeing that Li Yi was hesitant to answer, Manjusri Bodhisattva asked, "Why, didn't you say you would build a temple for me, cast a statue, and copy scriptures?"

"That is not an unowned land, so I am thinking about how to occupy that mountain legally. We are in the Kingdom of Chu, so we can't just grab someone else's mountain right away."

"That makes sense. Think about it slowly. Xiuyuan, do you want to become a great scholar?"

"Great scholar of heaven and earth? Can a disciple become one just by wanting to? Don't I need the approval of heaven and earth to do so?"

Manjusri Bodhisattva nodded and said, "Indeed, let me take a look."

The Void Dharmakāya lowered his right arm, and the Book of Heaven and Earth in his hand opened, emitting colorful light.

Bodhisattva Wenzhu looked at the name on the treasure book and asked in confusion, "Wang Youjun actually passed on his cultural heritage to you?"

"Well, Master Mo Zhai did give his disciple a bit of literary energy, but his disciple didn't know that it was a cultural inheritance."

"You are the successor of the Ink Dou technique, no wonder. In this case, you are indeed qualified to replace him as the Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth. However, you practice both Confucianism and Buddhism. In order to avoid suspicion, whether you can become a Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth should be decided by the Book of Heaven and Earth."

"No! Bodhisattva, can't we just go through the back door and directly..."

Before Li Yi finished speaking, Manjushri Bodhisattva waved his hand, and the rosy light of the Book of Heaven and Earth enveloped Li Yi, and then brought him into the world in the book.

Li Yi looked at the surrounding scene and muttered: "Ah, Manjusri Bodhisattva is really so ruthless! Well, let me see what this heaven and earth treasure book is called."

At this time, facing Li Yi was a series of cliffs, on which were carved all kinds of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign characters and symbols. Li Yi walked along the cliff for a long time and finally found the characters he knew, but these characters were in disarray and had no meaning at all.

"What's going on, Bodhisattva? You said that the Book of Heaven and Earth will decide, but you didn't tell me how to decide. Do I need to pass the test, or do I need to write a poem? What should I do with this bunch of messed up words?"

As soon as Li Yi finished speaking, the cliff suddenly shook, and those words fell from the cliff like stone blocks, eventually forming a strange house.

It is more like a cave in the mountain of characters than a house. Light shines into the cave through the gaps between the characters, and after various reflections, it illuminates the place.

There was a platform in the cave, on which sat an old man in a Confucian robe. He was holding a branch and writing and drawing on the sand curtain on the platform.

The old man wrote a few words and immediately crossed them out. Then he wrote a few more words and crossed them out again. He repeated this process for more than twenty words, and they were all incomprehensible.

Li Yi stepped forward and saluted, saying, "I am your student Li Yi. May I ask if you are the First Sage Cangjie?"

"I am the spiritual energy that Empress Tai'an has injected into this Book of Heaven and Earth. Anyone who wishes to become a great scholar of Heaven and Earth must accept the test of the Book of Heaven and Earth, and I will transform into different forms according to his master."

"So you are the examiner, let's get started."

“No hurry, let me ask you first, you are a disciple of Wang Youjun, and you received the teachings from Chu Sheng. Chu Sheng is not a Confucianist but a wizard, so the Confucianism you practice is not correct. How did you become a great Confucian scholar in this world?

Let me ask you again, you look down on Confucianists and Taoists from the bottom of your heart, often regard yourself as a villain, and your style of behavior is contrary to that of a gentleman. Since you do not agree with Confucianism, why do you want to become a great Confucian scholar in this world?

The last question is, to become a great scholar of heaven and earth, you must shoulder the mission of a great scholar of heaven and earth and carry forward Confucianism. What can you bring to Confucianism?"

"This trial of the great scholar of heaven and earth is not going to be a debate, right? That would be meaningless! As for your three questions, they are meaningless, so I won't answer them."

"Li Yi, these three questions are your test, you must answer them!" The old man stretched out his hand and wrote the word "right way" out of thin air, and then pushed the two words towards Li Yi.

The latter naturally recognized that this was the Mo Dou technique, but before he could react, the word "right way" pushed him against the wall, and there happened to be the word "door" there, and Li Yi came to another world.

This place seemed like a paradise, a great place to cultivate one's body and mind. When Li Yi was wondering what kind of trial this was, he saw Wang Youjun meditating on a rock not far away.

Li Yi immediately ran over and saluted, saying, "Student greets you, sir!"

"Xiuyuan, I never thought we would meet again in this way and under such circumstances. Since you want to become a great scholar, you must be aware of this. I will not show mercy!"

"Uh, what do you mean?"

Wang Youjun took out his brush, wrote the word "thunder" in the air, and pointed his finger. A bolt of lightning was emitted from the word and flew straight towards Li Yi. The latter dodged it and was about to use the Vajra Divine Art, but he found that the Dharma, Qi base and spiritual power were useless here.

"Stop, stop, stop! Sir, this is not right! The ink technique also requires spiritual power, but I can't even use spiritual power here, how can I fight with you?" Wang Youjun picked up the pen and wrote another word "fire", obviously not caring about Li Yi's life or death at all.

The latter fled in panic, while Wang Youjun wrote one word after another and threw out spells one word after another. Although it was not a spell machine gun, it was deadly enough for Li Yi, who was limited in his skills.

Li Yi reached his hand into the sack, trying to take out the Panlong Pen. However, without Buddhist teachings and spiritual power, he couldn't even open the space in the sack. He could only complain about this disappointing trial in his heart.

Wang Youjun had just written the word "mountain" and pushed it again. The word "mountain" suddenly became bigger and turned into a real mountain pressing towards Li Yi.

"Fuck, this is too big, there's no way I can avoid it!"

With a bang, Li Yi was pressed under the mountain. However, Li Yi was not crushed to death, but was suppressed by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

"I'm not the Monkey King who caused trouble in Heaven, why are you using the mountain to press me down? Oh my god, I can hardly breathe, I really can't move at all! I should have changed to a more comfortable position when I was pressed down."

Li Yi tried various methods to escape, including saying something to get out of the way, but none of them worked. In desperation, he had to beg for mercy: "Sir, please let me go. Can't I stop being a great scholar?"

"Don't play tricks on me, kid! Since you have accepted my cultural heritage, how can you stop here? Becoming a great scholar is only the first step. You still have to establish your destiny with the heavens and ascend to the extraordinary Confucianism!"

"Why are you still like those parents who expect their children to do what they themselves cannot do? How unfair it is to the children! Sir, how can your achievements be surpassed by me or your children?

Let alone your calligraphy, even after thousands of years, no matter how people imitate it, they will never be able to surpass it! You"

"If you can't surpass, just give up. If you say so, how can the human race develop? If you say this, you are really not worthy of accepting my cultural inheritance!" Wang Youjun pressed down with his hand, and the mountain on Li Yi's back became heavier, pressing him so hard that he couldn't even speak.

Hearing the words "cultural heritage", Li Yi suddenly had an epiphany. His consciousness came to Wentian and looked at his own Wenqi tree. He hadn't been here for so long that he didn't know his Ginkgo Wenqi tree had grown so tall and lush.

Li Yi reached out and touched the tree trunk. It turned out that his punctuation marks had been accepted by Confucian scholars in the Southern Liang Dynasty with the support of Master Zhu. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, the textbooks he participated in compiling were compulsory courses for Confucian scholars.

In addition, Arabic numerals have also been recognized by a large number of officials. Coupled with Wang Youjun's cultural heritage, his literary tree has surpassed Wang Youjun's pine tree.

However, because Li Yi's disciple has not yet become a great scholar, his Wenqi tree does not have strong branches. It is like a pillar supporting the sky standing above Wentian, and the golden tree is a stunning sight!

Li Yi patted the tree trunk, shook his head and smiled: "I see! This first trial turned out to be Wen Tian Zhengdao, then I know how to break it!"

Wang Youjun, who was meditating on the mountain, suddenly felt a tremor, raised the corners of his mouth, and smiled: "The brat finally understood!"

The shaking of the mountain became more and more violent, and then there was the sound of rocks breaking and collapsing, and then a tall ginkgo tree emerged from the ground and broke the mountain apart.

Wang Youjun looked at Li Yi's Wenqi tree and exclaimed: "I never thought your Wenqi tree would grow like this."

"How is it? Are you tall and mighty? Uh, it seems inappropriate to talk to you like this, sir."

"Humph, even if you know this is the Wentian Illusion, you still can't break my ink painting technique!"

"Not necessarily!"

Li Yi condensed his Qi into a flute, and then played the song "Not a Hero". Ginkgo leaves fell one by one, and the song swirled around Li Yi. No matter how Wang Youjun used the ink fountain technique, he could not break this layer of protection.

After a moment, the ginkgo leaves gathered around Li Yi to form a golden dragon. Li Yi released his talent and condensed it into flesh between the leaves, eventually turning into a dragon of destiny with golden horns, golden fins, a blue body and a purple belly.