I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 67: Mara disguises himself as a Bodhisattva, Zhuang Yan asks for advice from Bodhi

Inside the Mountain God Temple, Zhuang Yan came up to them with a smile on his face.

Guanyin Bodhisattva stepped forward quickly, clasped his hands together and said, "Lord Lingtai, I am honored to meet you."

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "The Bodhisattva has come to my humble abode. I am sorry for not welcoming you from afar. Please forgive me."

After saying this, Zhuang Yan invited Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva to take a seat, and the Fire Spirit Immortal offered him spiritual tea, spiritual fruits and other items.

"I wonder what brings you here, Bodhisattva?" Zhuang Yan asked while making tea for Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.

Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled and said, "It's nothing special. I just want to ask for a favor."

"The Bodhisattva is too kind." Zhuang Yan said, and then asked, "What is it?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "I wonder if you can give Mara's 'Golden Buddha Demon Body' to me, and I will take it back to the West to deal with it?"

Zhuang Yan's face was slightly tense, and then he looked at the Bodhisattva Cundi and asked, "How did the Bodhisattva know that this golden Buddha demon body was in my hands?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled and said, "If you cannot sense the boundless mysteries of the universe, how can you attain the fruit of the Bodhisattva path?"

Zhuang Yan suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."

Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "The advent of Mara is a disaster for the monks of our Buddhist sect. Please, Lord, remember our past friendship and give Mara's golden body to me."

Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "The Bodhisattva came here personally for this matter, so how can I let the Bodhisattva go for nothing?"

After saying this, Zhuang Yan took out the golden body of Mara and placed it in front of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.

Guanyin Bodhisattva quickly reached out and took the golden body of Mara, then sealed it with a ray of Buddha light, and then put it into his sleeve, then stood up and put his hands together and said: "Amitabha, thank you, Lord. Your actions are beneficial to all living beings and have immeasurable merits. I would like to thank you here."

Zhuang Yan quickly stood up and returned the greeting, saying, "Bodhisattva, your words are too kind. It is only right to uphold justice and destroy evil."

Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled and said, "Your Excellency has such a broad mind. I really admire you."

"No, no, the Bodhisattva's heart is even more admirable to me." Zhuang Yan said, and then hurriedly said: "Please sit down, Bodhisattva, and have some tea."

But Avalokitesvara shook his head and said, "Please forgive me, Lord. I will send this golden body of Mara back to Lingshan as soon as possible to deal with it, so as to avoid any more trouble. I will take my leave now."

"Why is the Bodhisattva in such a hurry to leave?" Zhuang Yan said, "It won't hurt to sit for a while longer."

Guanyin Bodhisattva apologized again and said, "The calamity of Buddha and devil is of great importance. We cannot afford to be negligent in the slightest. I hope you will forgive me."

"Okay." Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "Then I'll send the Bodhisattva off."

Guanyin Bodhisattva quickly said, "No need, no need, please stay."

But Zhuang Yan still insisted on sending Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva out of the shrine. Looking at Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva riding on the lotus platform and leaving in the auspicious aura and rays of light, Zhuang Yan narrowed his eyes.

"This Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is really approachable." said the Fire Spirit Immortal.

Zhuang Yan turned around, glanced at the Fire Spirit Immortal, and then said, "Don't you realize that this Bodhisattva is too mortal?"

"Mortal nature?" Upon hearing this, the True Immortal Huo Ling immediately recalled that at the beginning, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva did have the extraordinary image of a great Buddhist virtue.

But when she saw the golden body of Mara handed over by Zhuang Yan, she showed an impatience that was inconsistent with her status as a Bodhisattva.

"No wonder I thought she was approachable. So that's how it is." Fire Spirit Immortal suddenly realized, "There is indeed something wrong."

At this point, the Fire Spirit Immortal said to Zhuang Yan, "But Lord, you have already given her the Golden Body of Mara."

When Zhuang Yan heard this, he smiled faintly and said, "Yes, the golden body has been given to him."

How could Zhuang Yan not have a backup plan? He had already left a trace of the power of "One Thought Seal" on the golden body, just in case.

However, Zhuang Yan had just used his 'Dongtian Zhenyan' on Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, but he did not find any flaws.

Afterwards, Zhuang Yan activated the "Search for Secrets" function and began to search for secrets about "Mara".

Then, tens of thousands of results about Mara popped up in the search box. Zhuang Yan took only a glance and immediately frowned.

"So many?" Zhuang Yan looked at the more than 60,000 secrets and found that each one was different. They were all the secrets of Demon Luo's incarnations in various places in Xiniu Hezhou.

It is obvious that there is only one true body of Mara. Among the more than 60,000 secrets of heaven, only one is true, and the rest are secrets disturbed by great magic power.

Then Zhuang Yan searched for the secrets of 'Demon's true body', only to find that more than half of the 60,000 secrets were instantly cleared, leaving only more than 7,000.

However, more than 7,000 pieces of information are not a small number, and still only one of them is true.

"I never thought that the demon king Boxun was so powerful that he could disrupt the destiny to such an extent." Zhuang Yan said with a frown.

Immediately afterwards, Zhuang Yan searched for the secret of 'Cundhi Buddha Mother Bodhisattva' again, and this time, only one secret jumped out.

This secret shows that the location of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is in his own temple, "Tianren Temple", and is in a state of confinement.

Zhuang Yan also often turns on the "Search for Secrets" function, which will constantly search for secrets related to Zhuang Yan and then provide feedback to Zhuang Yan in advance.

That's why Zhuang Yan knew in advance that Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva was coming to see him, but because Zhuang Yan did not accurately search for Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva's secrets, no accurate secrets about Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva were fed back to Zhuang Yan.

But now it seems that the real Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva has been imprisoned in his own temple, and the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva just now was transformed by Mara and was a fake.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Yan couldn't help but be extremely surprised. What was that Lingshan Scenic Spot? That was the place of ten thousand Buddhas, the Western Paradise.

The fact that Mara was able to imprison Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva there shows how powerful his magic is. Even his own True Eyes of the Cave Heaven could not see any flaws.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Yan said a few words to the True Immortal Huo Ling, and then went to the Three Stars Cave of the Slanting Moon on Fangcun Mountain.

The boy Xianyun had been waiting in front of the mountain gate. As soon as Zhuang Yan arrived, he stepped forward to greet him, and then the two of them entered the Xieyue Sanxing Cave together.

After seeing Patriarch Bodhi and sitting down, Zhuang Yan asked, "Daoyou, did you know that Guanyin Bodhisattva had just been to my Lingtai Palace?"

Patriarch Bodhi said with a smile: "That Avalokitesvara is a fake, you didn't realize it, did you?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "I did find out, but my 'Insight' ability didn't reveal any flaws. I wonder why?"

Patriarch Bodhi said: "The Bodhisattva Cundi just now was transformed by Mara. Mara is the 'Buddha Demon'. What is the Buddha Demon? It is just the demon in the Buddha. The Buddha and the demon are originally in one thought. A good thought is a Buddha, and an evil thought is a demon. Therefore, it is naturally difficult to see through the Buddha Demon pretending to be a Bodhisattva, because they are originally one and the same."

Zhuang Yan suddenly realized what was going on. He continued, "I just checked the heavens and found that the real Avalokitesvara has been imprisoned by the demon Luo. I wonder if she is in danger?"

Zhuang Yan had a very good impression of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, so when he saw her suffering, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

When Patriarch Bodhi heard this, his expression became serious. He then immediately sat up straight, closed his eyes slightly, and raised his left hand to start calculating the secrets of heaven.

After about thirty breaths, Patriarch Bodhi put away his finger gestures and opened his eyes. He looked at Zhuang Yan in surprise and said, "I didn't expect you to be able to perceive the secrets of the heavens so quickly. That Avalokitesvara has indeed been imprisoned by Mara."

Zhuang Yan asked, "Why haven't the Buddhas of Buddhism responded yet?"

Patriarch Bodhi said: "The calamity of Buddha and demon is obviously aimed at Buddhism. Compared with us outsiders, the secrets of heaven seen by those Buddhas are obviously more complicated."

Zhuang Yan nodded slightly and said, "Please ask fellow Taoist Bodhi, as Lingtai Dongming Jun, the head of Guangci Mansion's divine way, I want to keep Guangci Mansion from being affected by this Buddha-demon calamity. I wonder what difficulties there are?"

Patriarch Bodhi smiled and said, "It's very difficult for others, but it's a piece of cake for you. With your strength, it's more than enough to protect the land of Guangci Prefecture."

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "You are too kind, fellow Taoist."

Patriarch Bodhi waved his hand and said, "It's not an exaggeration. You do have the ability, but there is one thing you need to be careful about."

"Please give me some advice, fellow Taoist." Zhuang Yan bowed.

Patriarch Bodhi said: "Be careful of those demon species and those golden bodies of Mara."

Zhuang Yan immediately understood and said, "There is more than one golden body of Mara?"

Patriarch Bodhi said: "Mara first descends his golden body into the mortal world, then manifests his golden body to have sex with those women, leaving demon seeds in those women's bodies. So there are as many demon seeds as there are Mara's golden bodies."

"What are the uses of those golden bodies?" Zhuang Yan asked.

Patriarch Bodhi thought for a moment and said, "After those demon seeds are born, the demon golden bodies will merge with the demon seeds, and those demon seeds that merge with the golden bodies will be able to gain the power of the demon."

"Is it equivalent to the incarnation of Mara?" Zhuang Yan asked.

Patriarch Bodhi smiled and said, "It is equivalent to another Mara."

Zhuang Yan's face changed. No wonder the search for the secrets of heaven showed the birth of more than 60,000 demons. It turned out that those were not fake, they were all real.

No wonder it is called the 'Buddha-Devil Tribulation', it can indeed be called a great tribulation.

"However, despite this, their powers are different. With your current strength, it is almost impossible for the Buddha Demon to stir up trouble in Guangci Mansion."

"Besides, I am here and can lend a helping hand at any time."

Patriarch Bodhi said to Zhuang Yan with a smile.

Zhuang Yan nodded. He had never been afraid of Mara. The main reason he came to ask Patriarch Bodhi for advice was that he had never come into contact with the "Buddha Demon" before.

Now that he knew everything he needed to know, he had nothing to worry about.

Afterwards, Zhuang Yan bid farewell to Patriarch Bodhi, left Fangcun Mountain and returned to the divine palace.

At the same time, the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara who had obtained the golden body returned to the Tianren Temple. His disciples, mounts, and boys came forward to pay respect to him. He said to them, "Go back and practice well. Recently, the Buddha and the devil have descended upon the world, and the world is in turmoil. Without my command, you are not allowed to leave the temple."

Upon hearing this, everyone bowed and replied, "Yes." Then they retreated.

Then, 'Cundhi Bodhisattva' returned to the main hall, and in the hall, another Cundhi Bodhisattva was imprisoned in the center of the hall by a red Buddha light.

'Cundi Bodhisattva' looked at the imprisoned Cundi Bodhisattva and said with a smile: "Everyone says that Lingtai Mansion Lord has great magical powers, but in my opinion, he is just a mediocre person. I took back the 'Golden Body of the Original Life' from him in person, but he didn't see any flaws at all. It was really easy."

Looking at the Mara in front of him who had transformed into his appearance, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva did not say anything, but just glanced at Mara indifferently.

Mo Luo looked at the golden body in his hand and said again: "It was a close call. This golden body was my base in the lower world this time, but it was taken away by the immortal official. Fortunately, I got it back now, otherwise my efforts would have been wasted."

Avalokitesvara said: "This is the sacred mountain. Even if you take back your original golden body, you can't escape my Dharma net."

"Hahaha." Mo Luo laughed loudly and said, "Do you think I would leave my golden body in this sacred mountain?"

Having said this, the golden body in Mara's hand suddenly turned into nothingness and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Then Mara said to the Bodhisattva Cundi: "It is no longer in Xiniuhezhou."

After that, Mara looked at the Bodhisattva Cundi in front of him and said, "We have been fighting for so many years. I don't know what you are insisting on. What is so good about Sakyamuni that makes you so loyal. I still say that if you are willing to convert to the 'Buddha Demon Way', you will definitely be named 'Cundi' among the ten thousand Buddhas in the Great Leiyin Temple in the future."

Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled and said, "The Great Leiyin Temple is not a place you can sit in."

Mara also laughed and said, "Shakyamuni himself said that in the last days of the Dharma, Buddhism will be replaced by the devil. Knowing that the future of Buddhism is nirvana and demonism, what is the point of your insistence?"

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva said: "We will talk about the Dharma Ending Age in the Dharma Ending Age. Now is not the time for you demons to rule the world. The destiny of the world changes. Who can know that after the extinction, there will be no Nirvana?"

Mara snorted and said, "Then wait and see." He looked at the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva in front of him and said, "It's a pity that the Bodhisattva's cultivation in this life is limited. After 9981 days, you will be refined into a 'true fruit relic'."

However, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva was not afraid at all. Instead, he closed his eyes again and began to recite Buddhist scriptures.

Seeing Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva like this, Mara snorted again, then turned and left.

At the same time, in the Danchiling Divine Palace of Lingtai Mountain, Zhuang Yan summoned all the gods and immortal officials of Guangci Palace to discuss matters.

In the main hall, Zhuang Yan issued a decree to all the gods and immortal officials, asking them to check all pregnant lives within the jurisdiction of their respective priesthoods.

Once any signs of demons are detected, they must be reported to the Lingtai Divine Palace immediately.

The method to distinguish between demon seeds and ordinary fetuses is a spell bestowed by Bodhi Patriarch, called the "Yin Yang Fetus Observation Method".

As long as this spell is used to look at a pregnant creature, if the fetus in the belly is showing the "yang side", it is a normal fetus.

But if it shows the 'negative side', then it is a demon seed or a demon fetus.

Zhuang Yan passed down the "Yin Yang Method of Pregnancy" and then issued a decree that all immortal officials in Guangci Prefecture must check every pregnant creature within their jurisdiction.

At the same time, Zhuang Yan also called Elder Guangde of Tianci Temple to the Divine Palace and passed on the "Yin Yang Observation of the Fetus Method" to him.

Because Tianci Temple is the largest Buddhist temple in Guangci Prefecture and has a very solid foundation of believers in Guangci Prefecture, so if all the monks of Tianci Temple were sent out to investigate the demons, it would definitely be more effective.

Elder Guangde did not hesitate at all about Zhuang Yan's decree and obeyed the order directly. When he returned, he passed on the "Yin-Yang Method of Observing the Fetus" and then asked all the monks in the temple to go to various places in Guangci Prefecture to investigate the demons in the name of "traveling and spreading the Dharma".

These monks are very enthusiastic. After all, this is a Buddhist calamity for them and is directly related to their lives.

Just when Zhuang Yan was in charge of the investigation of demons in Guangci Prefecture, a decree came from the human department of Taixuan Zhenfu, ordering him to go to heaven immediately to meet the Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu.

After receiving the imperial edict, Zhuang Yan did not dare to neglect it. He handed over the affairs of the mansion to the Immortal Fire Spirit, and then went directly to heaven.

　There will be another chapter later

　　
　
(End of this chapter)