Longzang

Chapter 970: Disrespect

Wei Yuan knew perfectly well that he couldn't reveal his connection to the Buddha of Great Joy, especially not to Zhang Sheng. Otherwise, he might find himself restricted by eight out of ten rules, and then he'd be given the Buddhist name: Bajie (Eight Precepts).

Wei Yuan's three lightning strikes, activated by the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, transformed into Buddhist divine lightning. However, they differed from the orthodox cleansing divine lightning, possessing greater destructive power, and were thus called the Void Heaven Divine Lightning. At this point, Wei Yuan gained a profound understanding of the true meaning of the imperishable Dharma of emptiness and form. He not only learned the Void Heaven Divine Lightning but also grasped a subtle difference between the Great Joy King Buddha and the Great Sun Tathagata.

The Tathagata subdues demons, while the King Buddha eliminates demons; this is the difference.

Using the thunder of the void, a stick of incense was lit in the incense burner in the small temple. Once seven sticks of incense were lit, the true form appeared on the lotus platform.

Wei Yuan was in the small temple when both the lotus lantern and the red lotus reacted, each putting their hands together in prayer, their attitudes respectful.

Wei Yuan ignored the two bald men and went straight to the incense burner. Suddenly, he reached out to pull out the incense stick!
If this incense stick were plucked, perhaps the karmic connection with Wang Fo could be postponed. Although Wei Yuan knew it was probably useless, he just couldn't resist the urge.

As expected, Wei Yuan's attempt failed.

At this moment, the dim light before the Buddha said, "Having used up the power of the Pure Land, you want to pluck incense; you are truly scum."

Wei Yuan's face was ashen as he looked around. Lian Deng was shocked: "It wasn't me!"

Wei Yuan glanced at the green lamp, then at the lotus lamp, waiting for the bald thief to explain himself, just to see how he could explain it.

The lotus lantern, having recovered from its initial panic, adopted a solemn and dignified appearance and said, "The lantern is the lantern, and I am myself, yet I am not myself. If the Buddha does not believe me, I have three volumes of scriptures here; you will understand once you read them."

Seeing the three copies of the "Three Realms Auspicious Scripture" suddenly appear in Lian Deng's hand, Wei Yuan didn't even glance at them, let alone open them to recite. He snorted and continued to pull incense sticks, but each time he grabbed nothing.

Wei Yuan knew perfectly well that the incense was there, but he just couldn't touch it. This incense was extremely mysterious, seemingly present yet absent, but whenever Wei Yuan reached out to grab it, the incense would disappear. After Wei Yuan's hand passed by, it would reappear. When Wei Yuan withdrew his hand, it would return to its mysterious state of being both present and absent.

After trying several times, Wei Yuan suddenly realized that whether the incense was there or not depended on whether he reached out, so there was no solution to this problem.

In his first battle against the Great Joyful Buddha, Wei Yuan was defeated. He snorted, not losing his spirit, and then turned and left.

After he left, Lian Deng breathed a sigh of relief, beads of sweat appearing on her bald head. Hong Lian then asked curiously, "Senior brother, what are these three volumes of scriptures about? I've never heard of them before."

Lotus Lantern smiled and picked up a scripture, handing it to Red Lotus. Red Lotus opened it and found it empty!
Lian Deng smiled and said, "I just came up with these scripture names, so you've naturally never heard of them before."

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In the dark space above the City of Heaven, six Heavenly Witches, including Ming Lei, You Feng, and Yan Mo, stood in the void, staring at a full moon in the sky. At this moment, on the moon's surface, the egg, as small as dust but incredibly dazzling in the Heavenly Witches' eyes, was trembling slightly, and fine cracks appeared on its shell.

Ming Lei's face was extremely grim, and he said in a deep voice, "This thing is about to hatch, and we are all helpless. You Feng, if it weren't for that foolish plan devised by your You Wu, how could we have attracted such a strange and evil creature?"

Youfeng was furious: "Where was my plan stupid? Explain yourself, where was it stupid? It's clearly because the power sorcerer was useless and your holy sorcerers failed in their duties that we've ended up in this situation. What does it have to do with me?"

The Flame Demon, who had been silent, finally spoke: "You stood by and watched someone die, causing the death of the Molten Dragon, losing most of your power in the Desolate Realm, and causing the Heavenly Witch's position, comparable to the First Heavenly Witch, to go out of control and separate from the Witch Domain. You've committed such a heinous crime, and you still dare to be arrogant? Do you think the Ancestral Witch won't punish you this time? On what grounds! Just because you're a direct descendant of the Ancestral Witch?"

You Feng coldly said, "Just because I have the blood of the Ancestral Witches flowing through my veins! You inferior witch insects with such coarse bloodlines, do you think you can climb over my head?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Moteng stood up, but was pulled back by Ming Lei. Ming Lei said slowly, "You?"

Youfeng knew that what she had just said was inappropriate, but she was the type to never admit her mistakes, so she immediately said, "It's all of you here! Anyone who doesn't have the original blood of the Ancestral Witch is of inferior blood! Am I wrong to say that?" Minglei sneered, "In millions of years, this is the first time I've heard of a Holy Witch also having inferior blood."

Youfeng sneered in return: "Minglei, don't forget how you got the position of the First First Witch! It was bestowed upon you by the Ancestral Witch! Even if you put a dog in this position, it could become the First First Witch!"

Ming Lei remained expressionless, pulled Yan Mo down to sit, and said, "Okay, I understand."

The Flame Demon struggled to rush forward and fight You Feng to the death, but was held back tightly by the Nether Lightning. In this world, the Nether Lightning's authority far exceeded that of the Flame Demon, so the Flame Demon could not break free no matter what it did.

There was also a shaman in the room who remained silent throughout.

Suddenly, a soft cracking sound rang out, not loud and extremely distant, yet clearly audible to all the shamans. A distinct crack appeared on the surface of the eggshell on the full moon, and then, with a tapping sound, a piece of the eggshell finally broke off!
The shamans forgot their argument and stared at the strange egg.

Pieces of eggshell kept falling away, until a large enough hole appeared, and something blurry emerged from it. It was just a vague shadow, seemingly solid yet not quite, with no discernible shape, just a vague, indistinct mass.

It spread out, first enveloping the eggshell, and then the eggshell gradually disappeared, and then it seemed to grow a little bigger. The reason I say "seemed" is because even the celestial wizard couldn't see its edges clearly.

Then it began to extend its body, stretching out as much as possible to cover an area the size of several eggs, and remained still. After a while, the celestial witches' eyes blurred, and it seemed to have grown a little larger.

Ming Lei was the first to notice something was wrong, saying, "It's devouring the full moon!"

The celestial witches all made their moves, but all kinds of powerful witch spells pierced through that small patch of shadow, blasting several large craters into the surface of the full moon, but only making it devour and digest the moon a little faster.

Ming Lei's expression was naturally grim. He said, "Everyone, think of a way. If this continues, the full moon might be pulled into another world!"

The shaman remained silent as always, seemingly awaiting instructions.

The Flame Demon remained seated, sneering, "We Power Witches are utterly foolish and can't think of any solutions. Whoever caused the trouble should deal with it themselves! Don't you have the blood of the Ancestral Witches flowing through your veins? How come you can't even handle a tiny insect? What, is it that you're flowing with the inferior original blood of the Ancestral Witches? If you really can't do it, you can wake up the Ancestral Witches, they're your ancestors! We can't wake them up, but you can!"

Ming Lei frowned and shouted, "Flame Demon, you must not disrespect the Ancestral Witch!"

The Flame Demon laughed and said, "Disrespect? They killed the Molten Dragon. If they're not held accountable for that, then why should I respect them?"

Enraged, Youfeng shrieked, "Flame Demon! How dare you! You're rebelling! I'll kill you right now!"

The Flame Demon sneered, "Fighting me here is a disadvantage, but it doesn't matter. I'll take the loss. You can kill me, but even in death I can tear off a chicken wing from your body! If you can't kill me this time, I'll go to the Desolate Realm. There are Heavenly Witch positions there too, and I'll really start a rebellion to show you what will happen!"

Suddenly, molten lava surged from the Balrog's entire body, and it roared, "Come on! Come and kill me!"

Ming Lei reached out and forcefully pressed the Flame Demon back into his seat, bit by bit. You Feng was overjoyed and said, "Very good, that's right. Hold him down and don't move. I'm going to torture him for a hundred years!"

Youfeng flicked out a ribbon and lashed it at Yanmo's face!
The Flame Demon's eyes blazed with fire, yet he was immobilized by the Nether Lightning. He stared intently at the ribbon, waiting for it to strike his face before self-destructing with full force. Although he couldn't kill any of the Celestial Witches in this small world, he could destroy this small world that represented the authority of the Ancestral Witches.

The ribbon flew over and landed in Ming Lei's hand, whereupon it too was unable to move.

(End of this chapter)