The Dutian Lingguan Road that started from the Taoist soldiers

Chapter 324: Small Leiyin Temple Disaster

At the foot of the Thorn Ridge, the pilgrims had just left the steep mountains when they were stopped by the Four Guardians and the mountain gods, and made to rest in the mountain god's temple.

I only saw clouds gathering in the west. Sometimes the sky was covered with golden clouds, sometimes with colorful clouds, and sometimes with strange lights. It didn't look like a normal weather at all.

Master Xuanzang had traveled west for a long time and had gained some experience. Feeling uneasy, he bowed to the mountain god and asked:
"I wonder if the mountain god knows what happened ahead? Even the road to the west is blocked."

"Wukong, there seems to be a demonic aura ahead, how about you go and take a look?"

How could the mountain god know what was happening ahead? He only knew that there seemed to be a battle between demons and monsters ahead, and he was so scared that he trembled and dared not move.

"Master, how can you see any demonic energy?"

"That golden cloud is a famous Taoist magical power of Xuanhuang Mother Qi, the essence of heaven and earth, called Xuanhuang; that rosy cloud is clearly the Buddha's light, it's a pity that you, an old man, practice Buddhism so hard that you can't recognize it; that gloomy wind may be the wind blown by an immortal who is good at using wind magic!"

While arguing with Tang Monk, the Great Sage suddenly felt that the flowing cold wind seemed quite familiar, and it was as if he remembered something. Some days ago, when he and others had just left Cuiyun Mountain, the Rakshasa woman behind the mountain seemed to have had a fight with someone.

Could it be related to this matter?

After some hesitation, he followed Master Xuanzang's wishes and was about to escape from the temple to see what was going on. However, he was stopped by the Four Guards before he could even move.

"Great Sage, Great Sage, you can't do that!"

"I can't go forward. I can't go forward."

The four guards, one holding the legs and the other hugging the arms, suddenly hugged the Great Sage and forcibly stopped him from moving.

"There are Bodhisattvas, old Buddhas, Taoists, and demon immortals ahead, all working together to subdue demons and monsters. It's making quite a commotion. Great Sage, please take a break for a while."

"It won't be too late to go after the sea calms down."

The more these religious guardians and the Four Guardians tried to coax them, the more curious the Great Sage became. He could not hear a word they said.

"Subdue demons and monsters? Bodhisattva, old Buddha, Taoist, demon fairy? Hehe, old man, you are just trying to scare me, Sun. "

"Are there any demons in these four continents that can simultaneously alarm Buddhism and Taoism?"

"No, I have to go and take a look, go and take a look!"

The Great Sage turned around and walked out of the mountain temple. The four guards and a dozen or so guardians of the religion were unable to stop him and were terrified.

If we run into the monsters in the mountains ahead, it will be a big disaster.

The guardian deities seized upon the Great Sage's robe and gave him earnest advice.

"Great Sage, we really can't go!"

"At that time, the Five Jiedis and the Six Dings and Six Jias had all left, and have not returned yet."

"If one or two demons escape from the mountain and come, I won't be able to stop them!"

The multi-eyed centipede monster in Huanghua Temple, the lion monsters in the mountains of Yuhua Prefecture, the three monsters in Lion Camel Ridge... Besides, the rumbling battle over there could be heard for thousands of miles, and he was really anxious waiting there.

The guardian gods kept complaining, which made Sun Wukong frown.

"What kind of demon could be so intimidating?"

"Now he is trapped by the Bodhisattvas and Vajra. Wouldn't it be faster for me, Sun, to lend a hand?"

The guardians were all hesitant and reluctant to reveal the identity of the demon.

[If I told you that those were the problems you would have to figure out in the future, wouldn't you get mad and send me off with a stick?]

The mountain gods below were unaware of the events in the upper reaches of Journey to the West. A tiger-shaped mountain king said in a muffled voice:

"There are the old centipede with a golden back, the old elephant sitting as the king, the green lion cannibal monster, the great roc destroying the country traitor, the lion spirits in the mountains, the nine-headed monster..."

Those are almost the most difficult hurdles in the second half of the Journey to the West.

"Oh? So many?"

"I, Sun, think that Tathagata is also a fool. We should be halfway through the journey, right? The closer we get to the foot of the sacred mountain, the more demons surround us. It's a waste of the title of the Lord of the World."

"Tell me, how could that devil be able to withstand such a battle?"

Sun Wukong was blocked by the guardian gods and sat down dejectedly on a collapsed beam in the mountain temple. This time he hit the sore spot of Buddha Tathagata.

"What are the abilities of those mountain demons? How do they compare to me, Sun?"

"All the demons are inferior to the Great Sage, but there were more than a dozen demons fighting in one place, and they were extremely vicious."

"If we get them together, even three great saints will be no match for four..."

In the mountain temple, the guardian gods of the two religions tried to stop the pilgrims from obtaining the scriptures, and then they told the truth.

Hearing that the road ahead was so dangerous, Master Xuanzang and his disciples no longer urged them to set off, but waited patiently for what would happen ahead.

Until evening, the Six Dings and Six Jias and the Five Directions Jie Di returned to the Thorn Ridge and told the holy monk. After resting for a night, they set out on their journey to obtain the scriptures.

But we went west of the Thorn Ridge, passed the end of the year, and went around the other side of Xizhou. After more than a month of trekking for nearly a thousand miles, Xizhou was in the last days of winter, and it was the time of spring, when everything was flourishing and the handle of the Big Dipper was turning back to the Year of the Tiger. In front of us, there were yellow buds all over the ground, willows on the river bank were green, peach blossoms were blooming on the side of the ridge, and the river water below the stream reflected the spring. It was a beautiful scene. At this time, the group was walking to the beautiful place, in front of the Tianshen Peak. They saw that the top of the mountain was auspicious and colorful, with towers and palaces lined up one after another. There were koi in the stream, wild deer were crying, purple clouds were like smoke, and flowers were like brocade. The bells and chimes on the top of the mountain were melodious, like a fairy temple.

The pilgrims thought that maybe this was the place where the Bodhisattva who had dispelled the evil spirits a few months ago was. They all headed towards the "Little Leiyin Temple"...

The most grand calamity in the Journey to the West, the calamity of the Little Leiyin Temple, begins now!

And in Youxian Temple.

Wu Yong sat cross-legged in front of the alchemy cauldron, feeling something in his heart. He looked up at the place hundreds of miles away, his eyes flickering with stars. Countless stars were flowing inside him, penetrating endless obstacles, and he could only see all kinds of energy entangled.

However, the calamity that befell the Yellow-browed Buddha had already begun.

And the elixir in his hand is about to be completed!
This furnace of great elixir has completed its merits and has gone through internal and external calamities. Once the elixir is formed, it can enable mortals to transform into their true selves, prolong their lifespan, and directly achieve the fourth transformation. Their Tao body will be created and they will be called the True Lord.

At this moment, the medicinal properties remain the same, and it is time to turn off the furnace.

Wu Lie put out the fire, and Cang Xiao moved the furnace. He opened the dome of the alchemy pavilion from the eight cauldrons to disperse the remaining fire.

As soon as the furnace was opened, the alchemy cauldron immediately emitted a bright light. Amid the colorful light, eighteen round, three-turn blue-veined immortal pills with extraordinary charm flew up at the same time. It was unknown whether they were spiritual or were rushed by the alchemy energy in the furnace. They were actually flying east and west from the dome of the alchemy pavilion.

However, before the pills touched the top of the pill pavilion, Wu Yong flicked his sleeves, gathered them into his palm, and put them into a jade bottle.

"You two have been refining pills with me for more than half a year, and you have worked diligently. You should take the second one first."

Then he divided two of the elixirs between the two of them. If their original spirits obtained the elixirs, they would be enough to make up for the foundation to overcome the three disasters, escape from the true realm, and enter a state close to immortality!
The furnace was opened in April and the elixir was completed in 100 days. It has been perfected so far.

Wu Yong pushed open the door of the Dan Pavilion, and the two gentlemen followed him. When he left the hall, he immediately ordered the cultivators of the Three Mountains to return to their positions. The True Immortals activated the formation base and set up the Three Disasters Formation, preparing to wait...

At this moment.

In the world of Xiaoxitian, the stars of the sky, the six-day immortals, the disciples of the Buddha Kingdom, and the tortoise and snake generals appeared one after another. They fought from the beginning to the end of Xiaoxitian. The twenty-eight constellations drew their swords and weapons, but the old Buddha with yellow eyebrows held the weapon in one hand and danced with the mace in the other hand with great vigor. He easily blocked the magic weapons of the stars, and raised the acquired treasure on his waist - the human race bag, and immediately collected the stars in the sky. Then his muscles and bones became limp, and he was tied up with magic ropes and hung in the underground cave of the small Leiyin Temple.

Even though the six true gods came to help, they were still in trouble. After several battles, they were all trapped and killed by the people in Xiaolingshan Temple, and were defeated one by one by the Yellow-browed Buddha. Zhenwu sat on the five dragons and the two generals, the tortoise and the snake, were also barely able to withstand the swords and weapons. They could not resist the treasure bag, so they were wrapped in a cloth bag and subdued. The invited Bodhisattva disciples and generals learned from the Yellow-browed Buddha that they could break the trap with just one word, and they were captured one by one by the same method.

"My fellow apprentice brother, with one blow of the Hunyuan Hammer, the three mountain demon kings all bowed down, and with one roll of the Immortal Gourd, even the Bodhisattva's precious weapons could do nothing to him."

“But you all don’t know, what I have in my hand is something so powerful that even Bodhisattvas can be contained in it, hahahaha!”

The Yellow-browed Old Buddha made things difficult for the pilgrim, not because he was seeking the true scriptures or some attainment, but because he wanted to compete with the famous Monkey King for fame and to achieve complete merit.

With the mighty stick in his hand and the treasure bag on his waist, the Monkey King really couldn't do anything to him. He fled far away and called for reinforcements from all directions, but was defeated by him.

The stars in heaven, the gods in the void, the Buddhist Jie Di, the demon protectors, and the Bodhisattva disciples have all been defeated. Is there any way out?
It was heard that the old Buddha with yellow eyebrows was sitting high up in the Lesser Western Heaven, laughing wildly and wantonly at the Dharma Clan, and all the monsters in the Lesser Western Heaven echoed him one after another, and their laughter filled the whole world.

The Monkey King who caused chaos in Heaven is now confused and has nowhere to go.

Fortunately, when the Yellow-browed Buddha was rampant, Sun Wukong had lost all his helpers and was walking alone at the foot of Tongtian Mountain. Several venerables and many heavenly kings and goddesses came from the sky, wearing fragrant and flowery clothes, holding silk and banners. The seven-treasure lotus flowers bloomed from the palms of the heavenly kings, and the lotus flowers bloomed with infinite light; the goddesses held various musical instruments in their hands, sang and danced, chanted songs, and expounded the Ten Virtues and Ten Beauty and various wishes, saying that they came from the Pure Land of Maitreya Tushita Heaven...

"Why are you so depressed, Great Sage? Are you heartbroken for that yellow-browed boy?"

"Don't be discouraged, don't be panic, don't be anxious! We are here to help you."

"That old Buddha was originally the bell-ringing boy in the inner court of Tushita Heaven and the Pure Land of Maitreya [in the future]. After completing his mission, he did not return to the mountain for a long time. It turned out that he went to the lower world to commit evil..."

"I'll take him!"

The venerable ones, the princes of heaven and the goddesses of heaven in the Tushita Palace were all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the future kalpa. They showed up this time, bowed with a smile, and appeased the Great Sage, and then entered the small Leiyin Temple.

The Great Sage knocked on the door and called the mountain, but he didn't know that the old Buddha had become addicted to his pride. The people in the Little Western Heaven transformed into many Arhats, and he sat alone on the top of the Little Western Heaven, pretending to be a Buddha, arrogant and domineering:

"Is this Sun Wukong again?"

"Since you have seen the future, why don't you worship it?"

As the saying goes, the seat on the boy's head is called the old Buddha.

However, his smile did not last long and was immediately replaced by a look of panic.

A young venerable, wearing gorgeous clothes, a flower crown, a handsome face, long black hair, hanging down to the waist, bare chest like jade, bare feet like lotus white, he is actually a great venerable who is not inferior to the Bodhisattva...

This venerable man took a step closer and came in front of Huang Mei, snatched the mace from his hand, took the human race bag from his waist, and slapped Huang Mei on the back of the head, immediately slapping him back to the delicate and graceful appearance of Huang Mei's boy. Then he chuckled and raised his palm, pretending to hit Huang Mei and slapped him lightly several times.

"You are such a playful boy, you deserve to be beaten!"

"When I come back, I'll see how you explain it..."

At first glance, these venerables were the core figures in the Tushita Pure Land. After the Buddhas enter Nirvana, they would be the future Buddhas. Huang Mei did not dare to act in front of his brothers. He gathered the cymbal fragments in front of the seat and glared at Sun Wukong below.

"It wasn't me who broke the cymbal. It was the monkey who broke it."

"Monkey, just wait. In the next battle, my Junior Brother Zhixuan will avenge me. His skill is no weaker than mine..."

Before he could finish his harsh words, the yellow-browed boy was chased back to the mountain by the venerables of Tushita Heaven, leaving behind only these harsh words that had no beginning or end!

(End of this chapter)