I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 257: The Lingtai is one foot long, and the Arhat suffers
Among the eight great Bodhisattvas, the Peacock Bodhisattva in the middle looked at Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen who were attacking again. He formed a magic seal with his hands and a five-colored divine light suddenly lit up between his eyebrows.

I saw the five-colored divine light flash in the air, and in an instant, Sun Wukong's golden hoop and Erlang Shen's three-pointed two-edged spear flew out of their hands and were swept away by the five-colored divine light.

Then the third arm on the back of Peacock King Bodhisattva turned gently, and in the palm of the third arm was a magical fruit with "immortal colors and shining light", which was the "auspicious fruit", one of the magic weapons of Peacock King Bodhisattva.

The auspicious fruit emits fairy light, shining on Acala in the front. Acala immediately increases his power and his influence over the heavens.

"Hah!" Acalanatha shouted loudly, as if thunder was shaking. Then Acalanatha made seals with his hands, gathered his strength and struck out with a palm.

In a moment, the void shook and the earth was trembling. Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen were hit hard by the palm and flew backwards hundreds of feet.

At this time, a figure appeared in the sky. The figure raised his hands slightly and slowly caught Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen who were flying backwards.

The two of them then used the force to steady their bodies, standing in the air on the cloud light, and when they turned around, they were shocked at the same time.

Erlang Shen exhaled a breath of foul air, cupped his hands and smiled, saying: "Master Lingtai, you are finally here."

Zhuang Yan returned the greeting with a bow and said with a smile, "Master Erlang is expecting me to come?"

Erlang Shen turned around and pointed at the formation of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas in front of him, and said, "You've come just in time. The three of us will join forces to see if we can break this formation."

"Uncle, why are you here too?" Sun Wukong bowed to Zhuang Yan and then asked.

Zhuang Yan looked at Sun Wukong and smiled: "What do you think?"

At this time, the Fire Spirit True Immortal, Tiger Vanguard, Wangshu, and Yellow Wind Great Sage all flew up and bowed to Zhuang Yanxing, saying, "Greetings, True Lord."

"No need to be so polite." Zhuang Yan's eyes fell on the four Fire Spirit Immortals and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work."

Tiger Vanguard grinned and said, "Master, that's too polite."

Zhuang Yan laughed and nodded, "Okay, then let's not be so polite."

After saying that, Zhuang Yan stretched out his hand to straighten Sun Wukong's clothes, which were a little messy due to the fighting, and then looked at him and said, "Your master is entangled in a calamity, and Yuan Ao can't solve it."

Sun Wukong was startled when he heard this and asked quickly, "Who can explain it?"

Zhuang Yan said: "There is a 'demon lord' behind Yuan Ao. This person is the culprit. Only by finding him out can we solve the calamity that has entangled Tang Sanzang."

When Sun Wukong heard this, he quickly said, "In that case, I will stay here and help my uncle."

"No need." Zhuang Yan said with a smile, "You can go back first and wait for news in Daluo Heaven after dawn."

Sun Wukong heard this and said, "But uncle, my golden hoop was swept away by the divine light of the Peacock King Bodhisattva, and I haven't got it back yet."

Zhuang Yan waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Uncle will get the golden cudgel back for you. You can go to Daluo Heaven to get it tomorrow."

When Sun Wukong heard this, he was determined and immediately bowed and said, "Nephew will obey your uncle's orders."

Zhuang Yan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Go ahead."

Sun Wukong nodded, bid farewell to Zhuang Yan first, then said goodbye to Erlang Shen, Fire Spirit Immortal, Tiger Vanguard and others one by one, and then rode his somersault cloud back to Yalong Mountain.

Erlang Shen looked at the departing Sun Wukong and said to Zhuang Yan, "Master Lingtai, you asked the Great Sage Equaling Heaven to leave. How are we going to deal with this situation?"

Zhuang Yan laughed and said, "Deal with the situation in front of us? What are we going to do with them?"

Erlang Shen said, "Yuan Ao has been taken away by Dashizhi. We wanted to chase him, but were stopped by the Eight Great Vidyaraja Bodhisattvas. If we don't break the Eight Great Vidyaraja Bodhisattvas' formation, how can we take Yuan Ao back from Dashizhi Bodhisattva?"

“Hahaha.” Hearing this, Zhuang Yan raised his head and laughed, then said to Erlang Shen: “I have seen Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva a long time ago.”

"Oh?!" Erlang Shen's expression became serious when he heard this. He suddenly looked at Zhuang Yan in astonishment and said, "Master Lingtai, you can't..."

Zhuang Yan nodded, raised his hand and took out the pottery jar, saying: "Yes, I have captured Yuan Ao from the hands of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva."

"This!!!" Erlang Shen's expression froze, and he said, "You alone took Yuan Ao back from the hands of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva?"

Zhuang Yan nodded and smiled, "Yes!"

Erlang Shen raised his eyebrows and immediately said with a smile: "In this case, my three-pointed, two-edged spear was also swept away by the Peacock King's divine light. Why don't you help me get it back, Lingtai Zhenjun?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "It's a small matter. Master Erlang will wait here for a while."

After saying this, Zhuang Yan turned around and took a step forward. In a moment he had arrived in front of the formation of the Eight Great Bright Kings.

"What a fast speed." The six Meishan brothers who came behind Erlang Shen saw this scene and said in amazement.

Erlang Shen smiled and said, "Lingtai Zhenjun is a congenital being. He has great magical powers. It is not surprising that he can be so fast."

Hearing Erlang Shen's words, everyone nodded in agreement, and then looked at Zhuang Yan and the Eight Great Bodhisattvas in front of them.

"Lord Lingtai, why are you here to join in the fun?" The Peacock King Bodhisattva was sitting firmly in the center and asked when he saw Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan glanced at the eight great bodhisattvas, and finally said to the Peacock Great Bodhisattva, "I heard that you used your divine light to sweep away the Ruyi Jingu Bang and the Three-pointed Double-edged Spear?"

"Yes." Peacock King Bodhisattva said, "So what?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "What? Of course, we have to return the property to its original owner."

The Peacock Bodhisattva said, "The original owner hasn't even come yet, why are you being so attentive, Master Lingtai?"

Zhuang Yan laughed and said, "It's none of your business. Hurry and return the golden cudgel and the three-pointed double-edged spear."

The Peacock King said: "When everything enters my hands, it is mine. When it leaves, it is lost. When it enters, it is my master."

Zhuang Yan looked at the Peacock Bodhisattva and said with a smile: "You are full of crooked ideas. I think you deserve a beating."

The Peacock King Bodhisattva's expression changed, and a hint of annoyance appeared in his eyes.

"Lord Lingtai, you are not allowed to speak disrespectfully to the Bodhisattva." Rama below spoke hurriedly.

Hearing this, the Tiger Vanguard in the back also angrily rebuked: "You are so rude, you must not be rude to the True Lord."

Zhuang Yan glanced and saw Rama below, then immediately raised his hand to grab him.

With a "whoosh" sound, Rama's figure flashed and then appeared directly in front of Zhuang Yan.

Rama saw himself appear in front of Zhuang Yan from below in an instant, unable to move. For a moment he said nervously, "Greetings to Master Lingtai."

Zhuang Yan laughed, looked at Rama and said: "Now you have some Buddha nature, but it is not enough." After saying that, Zhuang Yan flipped his hand, and Rama's body was immediately turned over, facing downwards and fixed in mid-air.

Then Zhuang Yan raised his hand, and a ray of fairy light appeared, and a ruler more than three feet long appeared in Zhuang Yan's hand.

Zhuang Yan held the ruler in his hand and said with a smile: "This is the 'Buddha's ruler'. Being whipped with this ruler will enhance the power of Buddhism. Now I will inject more Buddhism into you, so you should accept it."

After saying that, Zhuang Yan slapped Rama's buttocks one foot away. With a "pop" sound, Rama let out an uncontrollable cry of pain, and then the skin on his buttocks was torn and blood and flesh flew everywhere.

After Rama screamed twice, his eyes rolled back and he fainted from the pain.

Zhuang Yan waved the ruler in his hand, and Rama's body immediately fell from the clouds and was caught by the Eighteen Arhats below.

The eighteen Arhats saw the unconscious Rama and the wound on his buttocks, and they were all furious. They pointed at Zhuang Yan and said, "Master Lingtai, you are going too far."

The Subduing Tiger Arhat pointed at Zhuang Yan and said, "Daoist Luo Mo just gave you some advice. How could you be so petty and take revenge on him?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "Why? Are you not convinced?"

Arhat the Dragon Subduer flew up to the sky first, pointed at Zhuang Yan and said, "I just don't accept it. What's the matter? Today I want to ask for an explanation from fellow Daoist Luo Mo."

"Junior Brother Jianglong, we are with you." The other seventeen Arhats flew up to the sky and stood shoulder to shoulder with Jianglong Arhat.

“Hahaha.” Zhuang Yan laughed loudly, and immediately pointed the ruler in his hand at the Eighteen Arhats, saying, “Then come together.”

Seeing Zhuang Yan’s contempt for them, the Eighteen Arhats became even more angry and shouted, “Let’s go together.”

After that, the Eighteen Arhats displayed their magical powers. In a moment, they showed their Dharma images and formed the 'Golden Summit Buddha Round Light Formation'. As soon as the formation came into being, Zhuang Yan was trapped inside.

I saw the Eighteen Arhats each in their positions, with Buddha's light shining brightly throughout the universe. Above the formation there was a phantom of a giant Buddha with a golden top and a round light, and a solemn appearance.

The Eighteen Arhats formed seals together, then raised their hands and pointed at Zhuang Yan in the middle, shouting in unison: "Suppress!"

'Om'

The giant Buddha's shadow spun the circular light wheel, carrying tremendous power and slapping down towards Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan smiled calmly and lightly tapped the ruler in his hand. In an instant, the sky flashed and the sky and the earth were silent.

'boom'

Immediately afterwards, there was a loud bang, and the shadow of the giant Buddha collapsed instantly, the golden dome light suddenly dissipated, and the Falun Sky Palm dissipated into nothingness.

The 'Golden Summit Buddha Circular Light Formation' that the Eighteen Arhats had just formed collapsed in an instant, vanished into thin air, and turned into a breeze that blew Zhuang Yan's clothes.

The Eighteen Arhats groaned at the same time, vomited blood and fell over, but they quickly stabilized their Dharma bodies and then used their magical powers to attack Zhuang Yan together.

Zhuang Yan's eyes widened, and a majestic divine light shot out, frightening the divine deer, precious elephant, golden lion and other divine beasts so much that they collapsed, and took the Sitting Deer Arhat, Riding Elephant Arhat and Laughing Lion Arhat with them to the mortal world.

Then Zhuang Yan poked the Happy Arhat in the chest with his ruler. The Happy Arhat was no longer happy, and fell to the ground with a distorted face and a cry of "ouch".

Zhuang Yan raised his left hand again and snapped his fingers. A beam of divine light shot out and successively broke the golden bowl of the Holding-Bowl Arhat, the pagoda of the Holding-Pagoda Arhat, the cloth bag of the Cloth Bag Arhat, and the banana tree of the Banana Arhat.

The magic weapon was broken, and the four Arhats screamed and turned pale.

The four old monks, namely the Meditation Arhat, the Contemplation Arhat, the Happy Arhat and the Gatekeeper Arhat, entered into a state of meditation, sitting cross-legged like a bell, chanting Buddhist scriptures, and using their own Buddha power to bless the power of the other Arhats.

Zhuang Yan simply turned his left hand upside down, exposing his knuckles and knocked downwards in the air. Two screams were heard, and the Sitting Arhat, the Gate-Guarding Arhat, the Contemplating Arhat, and the Happy Arhat were immediately awakened from their meditation and rolled around on the auspicious clouds with their heads full of lumps.

In just a moment, only six arhats, namely, Reaching Hand, Picking Ears, Long Eyebrows, Crossing the River, Subduing the Dragon, and Subduing the Tiger, were left in front of Zhuang Yan.

The Reaching Hand Arhat used his magical power and stretched out his magical hand to grab the ruler in Zhuang Yan's hand.

Zhuang Yan just shook the ruler, and the bones of Luohan's five fingers were broken. He screamed "Ouch" and quickly retracted his hand.

Immediately afterwards, Zhuang Yan swept the ruler, and the three arhats, Chuai'er, Changmei and Guojiang, were directly knocked away and disappeared into the night.

Finally, the two Arhats, Subduing Dragon and Subduing Tiger, landed beside Zhuang Yan and attacked him from the left and right.

Zhuang Yan took a step back, then raised his hand and flipped it. The two Arhats, Subduing Dragon and Subduing Tiger, who were attacking Zhuang Yan, suddenly fell down, just like Rama just now, face down, with their backs up, fixed in mid-air.

The faces of the two Arhats, Subduing Dragon and Subduing Tiger, changed, and they said anxiously, "Not good."

Then they heard two "pa pa" sounds, and the two Arhats, Jiang Long and Fu Hu, screamed immediately, and then their foreheads were covered with cold sweat. Their buttocks were also beaten by the ruler until their skin was torn and bloody.

Then they heard Zhuang Yan say: "This is the Dharma that I have passed on to you. You must keep it in mind and never forget it."

Hearing this, the two Arhats felt pain and anger, then their hearts were burning with anger and they fainted on the spot.

Zhuang Yan laughed and waved his hand to send the two arhats, Subduing Dragon and Subduing Tiger, back. They were caught by the three arhats, Sitting Deer, Riding Elephant and Laughing Lion, who came forward.

Afterwards, Zhuang Yan simply drew the ruler in his hand in the air, and in an instant all the Eighteen Arhats were blown back thousands of miles away by a divine force, unable to move forward any further.

The four Fire Spirit Immortals, the six Meishan brothers, Roaring Sky Dog, and Tianyun Zhenren who was further away were all staring at Zhuang Yan in front of them in amazement. The whole process, from the formation of the Eighteen Arhats to their being repelled, took less than twenty breaths.

Even the gods in the heavens who had been paying close attention to the war here were surprised and had a clear understanding of Zhuang Yan's strength.

At this moment, Zhuang Yan turned around and looked at the majestic and powerful Eight Great Bright Kings Bodhisattvas and said, "Can you return the golden hoop stick and the three-pointed double-edged spear now?"

Although the Eight Great Bodhisattvas were also surprised by Zhuang Yan's strength, they were not afraid. Instead, the strength displayed by Zhuang Yan made them develop a fighting and winning spirit.

Therefore, the Peacock Bodhisattva said calmly: "If Master Lingtai wants his weapons back, then come and get them yourself."

After he finished speaking, the Peacock King Bodhisattva raised his hand and threw. The five-colored divine light immediately carried the golden hoop and the three-pointed double-edged spear and flew to the top of the Peacock King's head, sealing the two weapons in the air.

The meaning of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas is very clear. If you want to retrieve the golden cudgel and the three-pointed double-edged spear, you must first defeat the Eight Great Bodhisattvas!
"Okay." Zhuang Yan replied cheerfully, "Then I will come and get it myself."

Zhuang Yan's clear voice spread throughout the heavens. The stars in the sky hanging high above the heavens were shining brightly, and were also watching closely everything that happened here.

Especially the Dog, one of the Twelve Star Gods, excitedly clenched his fists and waved them, shouting, "Fight! Fight!!!"

"The Eight Great Bodhisattvas are fighting against the True Lord of the Spiritual Platform. One hundred purple coins are required for each bet. The winner is decided."

The civil and military gods of wealth have already started setting up the odds, inviting the gods to place their bets and happily acting as the banker.

(End of this chapter)