Then the index finger also dissipated, and the long river of time gradually became illusory, and the front was clearly visible. It was a gray cloud, vast and vast.
All the immortals went up to the clouds and saw Shen Lian sitting cross-legged facing a giant clock.
In a moment, everyone was here. The immortals and gods present today can represent almost half of the essence of the world, and all of them can dominate one area and call Buddha their ancestor.
Shen Lian stood up slowly, and finally turned around with his hands behind his back, looking at the Buddhas, immortals, and gods in front of him, and his last pair of divine eyes fell on the monkey.
The monkey lost the iron rod at this time and was at a loss. Seeing Shen Lian's eyes again, he was furious. Guan Zizai didn't even catch him. He only saw him somersaulting out and raising his fist in front of everyone. , and was about to hit Shen Liansheng.
But Shen Lian stood still, and an invisible force enveloped the monkey, causing his mountain-shattering punch to slow down. Finally, Shen Lian turned slightly sideways, and the monkey hit the giant bell with one punch.
The loud buzzing sound of the bell made the monkey do somersaults several times before he could regain his composure.
The monkey was shocked by the huge bell, and the anger in his heart gradually subsided. He rolled his eyes and said: "Old Man Shen, you destroyed my old man's iron rod, so you have to give me this bell to make amends."
His tone was extremely bold, and he was not afraid of Shen Lian's previous power that crushed his iron rod with just one finger.
Shen Lian was not annoyed. He smiled slightly and stretched out his right hand from behind. The fingers on it were spread out, but one index finger was missing. He said: "I broke your iron rod and one index finger was missing. No matter how you say it, it's a tear." draw."
The monkey was stunned for a moment, and then said speechlessly: "Your finger can still regenerate. My iron rod is broken, where can I find another one?"
Shen Lian smiled half-heartedly and said, "Since your fingers can regenerate, why can't you find the iron rod? What's more, your reputation as the Monkey King is only maintained by an iron rod."
The monkey was suddenly overjoyed, scratching its ears and cheeks, and kept doing somersaults on the clouds. The sky was full of monkeys. Finally, the monkey appeared in front of Shen Lian and said: "What an old man, I don't even like to listen to the Bodhisattva's words, but Your words touch the heart of my grandson, the Monkey King, the Monkey King. I am the Monkey King, the Monkey King."
I saw the monkey jumping up into the sky and immediately wearing a purple gold crown and war uniform. The clouds under his feet turned into seven colors, which was very majestic.
Then a golden iron rod appeared in its hand, and it shouted in the air: "Come on, come on, Old Man Shen, take a stick from me, Old Sun."
When the big stick came down, the air was filled with a breath of destruction.
Shen Lian looked at the powerful giant stick very calmly and calmly. When the iron rod reached his body, the terrifying aura disappeared in an instant, and the iron rod was not real at all, it was just a cloud of air.
The monkey laughed loudly, turned somersaults, and ran into nowhere in the nine heavens and ten earths.
Its sound is full of joy, full of freedom and joy.
Guan Zizi sighed softly, then felt happy, and said in his heart: "I just told you the meaning of attaining great freedom, and you have achieved true freedom. I am really happy for you, but sad for me."
This is another troublesome thought that Bodhisattvas do not care about for outsiders. Perhaps only monkeys can understand it, but once the monkeys are gone, they are truly free and unencumbered.
Shen Lian ignored the Monkey King who was leaving, looked at the immortals, and said calmly: "Do you still want to take away the gate to heaven from me?"
The giant bell is on the clouds, very close to the gods and gods. For them, this distance is too far to describe it as close at hand.
But to the immortals and gods, the gate to the heaven seems to be far away and cannot be reached at all.
Shen Lianqi calmed down and slowly scanned everyone present.
They worked hard to break through the Shen Lian Immortal Formation, and were thinking of gathering everyone's strength to ban Shen Lian in one go, but the monkey made a fuss just now, and then Shen Lian glanced at everyone indifferently. This kind of determination has faded a lot.
Even though he was Donghua Daojun, he didn't stand out among the crowd for a while.
The sinister expression of the man in black robe was always on his face, but his hands were always wrapped in his sleeves, and he remained silent.
Kong Xuan finally shook his head and said to Yunxiao: "Fellow Taoist Yunxiao, can you send me back to the Palace of Immortality now?"
Yun Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Okay."
She coveted the Gate of Heaven a little bit, but the monkey's club was actually crushed by Shen Lian with one finger before, which taught her how to truly see Shen Lian's ability to reach heaven and earth, so she gradually became less interested.
What's more, now that Kong Xuan is spiritually enlightened, since he wants to leave, it must be justified.
Kong Xuan glanced at Zhenwu again, but Zhenwu was silent. Finally, he looked at Shen Lian several times before saying, "Let's go together."
The three of them were actually the focus of the scene, and now that they were gone, many people felt discouraged. Although Kong Xuan has no fighting power, Yunxiao and Zhenwu, both giants with eternal fame, are gone now. Even if they besiege Shen Lian, they are not sure of success.
However, Yunxiao and the others were too lazy to pay attention to the thoughts of others, and since Yunxiao had just escaped from trouble, they were not in a hurry to send Kong Xuan to the Palace of Immortality, and the journey was quite leisurely.
But Zhenwu seemed to have something to do, so he separated from them as soon as he went out, leaving only two spiritual seals for Kong Xuan and Yunxiao respectively, saying that he could contact them at any time.
Yun Xiao said: "Zhenwu seems to have no intention of giving up the Gate of Heaven, but why did he still come with us in the end?"
Kong Xuan said: "Actually, if we didn't leave just now, Shen Lian would most likely not be able to keep the Gate of Heaven."
Yun Xiao said curiously: "In my opinion, even if you stay, it's still a 50-50 split, and the chance of winning is even smaller. Why do you think it's very possible?"
Kong Xuan said: "I think the Gate of Heaven is not so easy to surrender. Since Shen Lian's index finger can regenerate, why does he still keep the image of the severed finger?"
Yun Xiao said: "He was discussing Taoism with that monkey. It makes sense that he has no regenerated index finger. Besides, you didn't mention that he was born in the Taoist lineage of Taiyi Dao Master. If he surrendered to the Gate of Heaven, he should be better than others. It’s much easier.”
Kong Xuan smiled faintly and said: "You are still the direct descendant of Shangqing Taoist Master, but I can say that your understanding of Shangqing Dharma is deeper than yours."
Yun Xiao realized something in his heart and said, "If that's the case, why do you still want to leave?"
Kong Xuandao: "No matter how precious the gate to heaven is, it is just an external object. What I gained from this trip is much more precious than the gate to heaven. When I get to the Palace of Immortality, I will explain these insights to you one by one."
Only then did Yun Xiao understand the reason why Kong Xuan wanted to leave. But since there was something to gain, there was no need to be greedy. But in the end she still thought of one thing, that is, as Kong Xuan said, why did they have to follow a group of immortals before? Go see Shen Lian.
She thought of another thing and said, "Where's Bai Ze? We forgot to take Bai Ze away."