Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 594: Five Buddha Mothers of Auspicious Longevity

Master Tianque put his hands together and released a Buddha's light, which steadily supported the falling Qingqing World and allowed it to float in the Thousand Light Layers, pulling in the power of the stars above and the changes in the power of the earth veins below, forming a stable operation of the primordial magnetic field.

During this process, they were assisted by several Buddhist monks. They were all surrounded by shining Buddha's light that reached up to the nine heavens and into the dark void. It was obvious that they were using the moment of ascension to draw power from the Pure Land of Bliss to improve their own cultivation and further cleanse the Green World.

The fetal membrane of heaven and earth that originally enveloped the world was gradually transformed with the cleansing, and part of it was dispersed into the void. With the power of the stars and the power of the earth veins, it formed a void barrier similar to a paradise, enveloping the world.

This process also alarmed the mackerel that carried the Qingqing world. This big fish originally held the world in its belly, but later with the arrival of the treasure mirror and the Lotus Mother, a symbiotic relationship was formed.

But no matter what, mackerel can be regarded as one of the rulers of the world.

Faced with the fact that the power he held was about to be assimilated, Mackerel naturally struggled frantically.

Master Tianque was not careful for a moment and was broken by the Buddha's light. His body swayed and he took two steps back, and was supported by his disciples.

The mackerel, without the restraint of the Buddha's light, became even more rampant. The divine power in its body, combined with the anger in its heart, transformed into five monsters that were neither snakes nor dragons. They spewed poisonous gas from their mouths, which filled the earth and tried to infect the embryos of many living beings.

During this time, it rolled up and down with five dragons and snakes, impacting the earth's veins, causing the earth to tremble, destroying the flowers and plants, and destroying the fruit forests. There were faint signs that it was stimulating the order of the sky to come down and completely destroy it.

Several Buddhist monks who arrived took action, raising their hands to release Buddha's light, manifesting golden lotus, palm leaves, and scriptures, in an effort to dispel their anger and resolve their hatred.

But as soon as the Buddha's light fell, the light on the dragon and snake broke, and poisonous gas and angry flames rushed up, burning the Buddha's light away.

Although several monks dodged in time and were not injured, they were still covered in dust and looked very embarrassed, which also proved that they were unable to stop the mackerel.

The disciples and guardians who had followed were naturally furious when they saw this scene, so they took out their magic weapons for subduing demons and planned to step forward and reveal their angry Dharma form to forcibly suppress the dragon, snake, and mackerel.

"Be merciful."

Master Tianque spoke hurriedly, but he had faced the Buddha's light directly and was seriously injured. He was also hit hard by the mackerel just now. At the moment, his breathing was not smooth and his voice was weak, so no one noticed him.

Rizhao and Chidi were furious when they saw this and wanted to stop it, but Shao Siming had already taken a step ahead and gently tapped the ancient golden bell in his hand. Visible ripples appeared and swept over several guardians, suppressing the Buddha's light rising from their bodies.

Afterwards, Shao Siming didn't care about the expressions of the Dharma protectors at all, and said to several Buddhist monks: "You should see that the birth of this poisonous dragon is not just the thought of Mackerel. It can become a disaster because of the entanglement of cause and effect. Forcibly suppressing it will only lead to the backlash of karma in the future and frequent bad karma."

Several middle-aged and elderly monks dressed as bhikkhus and bhikkhunis are different from the bodyguards. Their magical powers may not be very strong, but their Taoism is not low. At this moment, they are connected to the Pure Land and are on the verge of ascension. They can see far more than others.

Naturally, he also knew that the mackerel's current actions were the result of its remaining status and the rejection reaction of two days of fusion. Forcible suppression might leave hidden dangers.

Hiding, one of the nuns stepped forward and said: "Amitabha, I understand what you said, but this spirit is full of anger and has a destiny. Even if we try to comfort it and make it yield, it will inevitably change in the future. It is better for us to take it away from this world and ascend to the Pure Land together."

As soon as these words were spoken, the disciples and guardians who came with them all showed expressions of horror, and seemed to want to persuade them, but several Buddhist practitioners raised their hands to stop them.

Upon hearing this, Shao Siming also sighed, "Why would you sacrifice yourself like this, Masters? This spirit has a shallow Buddha nature. If you force it to leave and enter the paradise together, you will inevitably lose your own merits and good deeds. This will not only ruin your own merits, but this spirit will inevitably cause trouble again in the future, and will also implicate you."

"We occupy their residence, so we must find a way out for them."

Another monk spoke up. Shao Siming disagreed with this. She frowned slightly and said, "This is not appropriate. If this spirit has no intention of practicing Buddhism and is forcibly taken to paradise by you, it will just be entering another burning house and suffer. Not only will it not be grateful for your sacrifice, but it will resent you instead."

After hearing this, several Buddhist practitioners looked at each other, and finally the nun who spoke first spoke up: "If not, how can we solve future problems?" After that, Shao Siming said: "How about this, I have a method. With your help, it can allow him to retain his status and destiny, and there is hope for great achievements in the future. Let me discuss it with her first?"

"If we can let him let it go on his own, that would be great."

When several Buddhist practitioners heard that Shao Siming had a solution, they were naturally willing to let him try it.

They all lowered their Buddha's light and gathered it on the dark yellow jade sculpture, which had already turned blood-red. Chu Tai, who had his mind focused on it, took out the red lotus that Green Tara had given him and held it high.

Layers of light emerged from the lotus, welcoming the Buddha's light. It turned in the air and revealed the shadows of five Buddha mothers.

They are the Auspicious and Longevity Goddess riding a green-maned lion, holding a vajra in one hand and a longevity bottle in the other.

The Buddha Mother Huizhen rides on a tiger, makes a hand gesture with one hand and holds a treasure plate with the other.

The Crowned Buddha Mother rides a white deer, holding a treasure box in one hand and a precious pearl in the other.

The Emerald Buddha rides a wild donkey, holding a mirror in one hand and a flag in the other.

And the Gandhi Bodhisattva, who rides a turquoise blue dragon, holding green grass in one hand and a snake in the other.

Several Buddhist practitioners smiled upon seeing this. They had already realized that Chu Tai was using the Buddha nature in the lotus in his hand to draw forth the Buddha light displayed by several of them, to gather the Buddhist principles, and to materialize the forms of the Five Buddha Mothers of Auspiciousness and Longevity.

These five gods were originally the gods in charge of happiness and longevity, prophets, clothing and fields, wealth and livestock in the Western Regions. Later, with the collapse of Shintoism, they turned to Buddhism. Although there are no specific classics handed down, their legends are widely circulated in the Western Regions, and they are worshipped all the time in many places.

The most important thing is, there is a legend that these five Buddha mothers can subdue evil dragons. Now they are materialized and can easily move the earth veins and turn into mountains to suppress the five ferocious beasts that look like dragons but are not dragons, and like snakes but are not snakes.

The dark yellow jade sculpture also flew into the air, suppressing the mackerel spirit.

Chu Tai's mind moved, and more Buddha light gathered. He held up the red lotus, and manifested the image of Auspicious Goddess who rode on a yellow mule, had a blue body, wore a five-marrow crown on her head, had standing hair, was covered with human skin on her upper body and tiger skin on her lower body, held a human bone bowl in her hands, and held a skull bowl.

The mackerel still wanted to struggle, so Chu Tai pressed down on its spirit with the human bone stick and told it what he and several Buddhist practitioners were thinking.

"If you are willing, I can promise you an achievement in the future."

Mackerel's cultivation method is different from the orthodox immortal Buddha's method. The spirit he has become is not as good as the original spirit. He cannot move when he is suppressed by the human bone stick. If he struggles forcefully, he will only hurt himself. He is furious and curses: "You thieves, you stole the foundation of my power. How can I trust you?"

"The Qingqing world is definitely not yours alone, how can you say I am a thief?"

Chu Tai raised the red lotus, and another magic mirror rose up, each revealing the remaining authority of the Qingqing world.

Mackerel was furious and stared at the mirror, wanting to say something, but when he saw the remaining aura of the Taoist priest on the mirror, he shut up again.

In the end, I could only utter one sentence: "What achievements can you promise me?"

(End of this chapter)