A large ship built entirely from the Canglong sacred tree, after spending several months in the shocking thunderstorms, wind and rain, finally crossed the dead zone known as the Forbidden Sea and arrived at a calm sea.
Even the third-tier treasure ship made of the Canglong sacred tree, which has extremely strong defense and can swallow lightning, was almost devastated when it passed through this sea area. The treasure ship was covered with scars, and the formations and restrictions on it were almost completely worn out.
And in this forbidden sea, there are a large number of terrifying creatures that have never been seen before. They possess enormous power and strange spells, and they constantly attack the treasure ship.
There were even two fourth-level strange beasts fighting in the sea, causing chaos and the sea water covering the sky. Everyone on the ship was scared out of their wits, including the ship owner who had entered the Dan realm.
Now that they had left this forbidden sea, everyone on the boat looked back at the dark clouded and raging sea behind them. They were still unable to recover and were still frightened.
“Chiu!”
A white seabird flew over the boat, chasing the white waves at the stern, as if it had never seen anything like it, let alone the strange creature on the boat.
But the people on the deck looked into the distance and shouted, "Island!"
"There's a new island ahead!"
For them, discovering an island was nothing new, but this time they discovered a brand new island, which made everyone very excited.
The dark-looking and somewhat rough-looking ship owner immediately took out a leather scroll and pointed the astronomical disk at the location. The pointer kept turning, and the ship owner laughed happily: "This is a place that no one has ever been to!"
"There will be a new landmark on my mountain and sea map. We are the first to cross this forbidden sea, the first in the history of mountains and seas!"
The people behind him cheered together at once, sitting on the bow and mast in short clothes, looking into the distance and shouting.
The owner of this ship is a well-known adventurer in the world. Because his real name is Xu Xiake, he calls himself the 72nd generation Xu Xiake. He is a third-level extraordinary being who owns a treasure ship. He likes to travel around the world, recording astronomy, geography, various strange stories, miracles and exotic beasts in the four continents.
As the ship got closer and closer, the coastline stretched and appeared, eventually covering the entire end of the sky. Everyone shouted in shock: "No, this is not an island! This..."
Although the person who said this was standing on the deck in short ancient costume and with long hair tied up, his words and habits revealed that he was a modern person: "This is a continent!"
A young man jumped down from the mast and said to the ship owner, "Master! Where are we now?"
"I don't know. Come with me to get off the boat and take a look. But look, this is definitely not an island. We may have discovered a new continent!"
"Perhaps, this is the legendary Xizhou."
"Western Continent? In that case? Is the legend of the Four Continents true? We have finally found the last continent among the mountains and seas."
A young crew member shouted excitedly: "So we are Columbus?"
"What Columbus? It has to be Zheng He!"
"Isn't that a eunuch?"
The crowd was waiting noisily along the coast. It was a huge desert stretching into the distance. There were many coconut trees growing on the beach, and shrimps and crabs that lived on the coast would pass by from time to time.
The seventy-second generation controlled the big ship to fly up, leaving the sea, and rising into the sky above the clouds, heading towards the depths of Xizhou, wanting to see what this continent was like.
They discovered that this continent was extremely desolate, with deserts everywhere. The few green areas were only oases that stretched for tens or hundreds of miles, and these oases were occupied by some powerful demons.
The only slightly better situation is in the northern part of Dongzhou. Compared with the prosperous South Continent and the beautiful East Continent, this place can be called a barren land.
Half a month later, in the depths of a desert in Xizhou, a golden light suddenly shot up into the sky, startling everyone on the ship.
They lay on the penetration and saw a huge golden Buddha rising into the sky in the distance, just like the legendary Kunlun Mountain, suppressing the heaven and earth and breaking through the clouds.
The sound of Buddhist chanting could be heard from afar, and everyone on the boat looked into the distance in amazement.
"What is that?"
"Buddha?"
"No way! Where on earth is this place?"
In the northern part of Dongzhou, it was winter and snow was falling heavily. A group of monks wearing grey robes and straw sandals were walking on the vast and desolate land, all the way out of Tianyang Pass and into the sparsely populated land of barbarians.
They stood in a line, carrying bags on their backs, wearing simple or even patched clothes, and walked quietly in the snow, stepping on the thick snow and dry grass. There was not a single tree around, and it seemed as if they were the only ones left in the world.
As they walked, they put their hands together, holding Buddhist beads in their palms and chanting the Buddha's name. The Buddhist beads were made entirely of the power of incense and vows. Every time they chanted the Buddha's name, they could see the power of incense and vows being refined into their bodies.
A faint golden light emanated from the palms of each person. On the bodies of some powerful Buddhist practitioners, one could even see skin as smooth as magic weapons, with mysterious patterns flashing on it.
A young monk wearing a straw hat and holding a bamboo stick walked in the center of the crowd, striding with big steps, his back straight, and his eyes warm and deep.
The Buddhist disciples were expelled from Yangjing and forbidden by Dapan to preach in Shenzhou. Temples were sealed and a large number of monks were expelled. The core disciples of Buddhism were also hit hard. At this moment, a young monk asked Monk Hongyuan: "Master, the Northern Darong Royal Court believes in the ancient gods, and there are also a lot of evil gods and demons. Can these uncivilized barbarians with demon blood accept our Buddhist Dharma?"
Someone immediately echoed, "The Ancient Temple has great power in the North, especially the Ancient God Changde who is the chief god of the Soul-Catching Division in Yin Tianzi City in the underworld. Everyone is afraid of the Ancient Temple."
An old monk from the present world finally put forward his own idea: "Master Hongyuan, instead of leaving the Central Plains and rushing to the wilderness of the north, perhaps the Western Yi land is more suitable for our development."
Monk Hongyuan did not continue the topic, but talked about another thing: "Donor Xu Xiake wrote to me a year ago and told me that he had crossed a stormy sea in the western polar region and arrived at a continent. That might be the last western continent in the legend."
The old monk was puzzled: "So what? Master Hongyuan doesn't want to abandon this Middle-earth Divine Land and go to an uncivilized or even newly discovered place to open up a Buddhist paradise, right?"
Monk Hongyuan smiled slightly: "There is no need to open up a new Buddhist paradise. Perhaps the Western Continent is itself a Buddhist paradise, a pure land for our Buddhist sect!"
He raised his bamboo stick and looked towards the wild areas. "For hundreds of years, countless mythical beasts and wonderlands have been discovered in this land of mountains and seas. Whether it is the immortal path, the demon sect, the devil sect, or various inheritances that emerge in an endless stream, the heavens and the underworld, all prove that this land of mountains and seas has various connections with the ancient legends."
"But over the past few hundred years, no one has ever discovered the remains and Buddha land of our Buddhist sect, and even the slightest trace of the inheritance related to our Buddhist sect cannot be found."
Someone showed a disappointed look and said, "Perhaps the inheritance of our Buddhist sect does not exist in this world of gods and demons."
A monk at the side bowed his head and said: "When the flower blooms, you will see the Buddha! The Buddha is born from the heart! If there is a Buddha in the heart, then naturally everywhere is the Pure Land of our Buddhist sect, the Paradise."
Hongyuan showed an unwavering look: "Although this Buddhist golden body method was created by me, it was inspired by the golden body bones of an ancient powerful being found in an underwater ruin. The golden body was tempered by the power of incense and vows. Although it has gone through thousands of years, it still has a strong Buddhist power surging!"
"With this, I have spent decades traveling all over the mountains and seas, and finally came up with this Buddhist golden body method!"
"I have always believed that thousands of years ago, there was a Buddha who spread the Dharma in this land of mountains and seas and opened up the Pure Land of our Buddhism."
After saying all this, Monk Hongyuan finally changed the subject and returned to the main topic: "Donor Xu wrote to me saying that in a desert in Xizhou, he saw a ten-thousand-foot-high golden Buddha standing in the sea of sand, and the Buddha's light soared into the sky and did not dissipate for a long time."
Everyone was stunned and no one could speak for a long time.
Monk Hongyuan then continued to tell the story, striding forward and raising his hand toward the western sky: "He looked far away, not daring to approach, and vaguely saw a temple built in the desert, with thousands of monks chanting Buddhist scriptures inside."
"But it was gone with the wind in the end. When he looked for it again, he could not see anything. However, he said that the surging huge power and the melodious Buddhist scriptures and evening bells still ring in his ears."
"He wrote to tell me that the Buddha land I was looking for might be in this world."
"I vaguely feel that Xizhou might be the ancient Buddhist land of our Buddhist sect. As long as we go there, we can see the traces left by the ancient Buddha."
The monks were in an uproar. They all raised their hands and chanted the Buddha's name. Their eyes were filled with excitement, and they could hardly suppress the shock and excitement in their hearts.
"There is such a thing!" An old monk with patches on his robe stepped forward excitedly, pinching the Buddhist beads in his hand.
A young monk was discussing in the back: "Donor Xu is a close friend of Grandmaster Hongyuan. He is also a well-known and powerful cultivator in the Jindan stage. He has traveled all over the world. If what he said is true, it is definitely not false."
Another Buddhist monk who had reached the third level of cultivation also said: "No wonder I have traveled all over East Continent and South Continent, searched all over the mountains and seas, but still could not find any trace of my former Buddhist great power. It turns out that my Buddhist world of Posah is in the land of West Continent."
Hearing this, all the monks became excited, no longer as decadent and depressed as before: "Namo Amitabha! Our Buddhist sect has finally found the Buddha land of the past, and will surely flourish in the world."
"This time we are escaping from the constraints of Shenzhou and choosing a place in the north to reopen the Buddhist sect. You will stay here to protect the foundation of our Buddhist sect and avoid conflicts with the ancient temple. You should concentrate on selecting true Buddhist disciples and developing believers."
"I want to go to Xizhou to see this magnificent scene. Perhaps the prosperity of my Buddhist sect will be in Xizhou. But before that, I cannot abandon the foundation that my Buddhist sect has left in Dongzhou for so many years."
"If we can find the sacred mountain of our Buddhist sect in Naxizhou, you can bring many of our Buddhist disciples and believers with you, and take a big ship to Naxizhou to reopen the Buddhist land and glorify the Buddhist sect."
"We Buddhists will escape from our cages and truly seek nature."
Everyone obeyed and shouted in unison: "May Master Hongyuan find the Pure Land of our Buddhist sect!"
The group moved forward again. Even though there was heavy snow and the wilderness was desolate, it could not stop their inner excitement and enthusiasm. They walked through the snowy mountains and moved forward step by step.
At this moment, in the heaven which had become infinitely larger due to the last great changes in heaven and earth, a Taoist in white clothes passed through the mountain-like gate of heaven, stepped on the steps to immortality, and went up to the heavenly palace.