I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 97: Entering the temple and collecting the wealth, distributing the money and grain to the people

The city of Baolingfu was exceptionally quiet at night. Although there was no curfew in the city, there were only a few pedestrians on the streets.

But the Yuanjue Temple in Baolingfu City was brightly lit at this time. The wound on Elder Xuanying's forehead had been almost healed. With the treatment of elixirs and magic power, only a scar could be seen now.

At this time, Elder Xuanying was watching with a smile as the monks counted the silver they had earned from selling the magic mirror during the day. He saw piles of silver like small hills piled in the yard, emitting a silvery-white glow under the light.

Soon, a monk came to Elder Xuanying, holding the account book and said with a smile: "Master, I have counted it. The total is 2.1 million taels of silver."

"Okay, okay." Elder Xuanying showed a happy smile on his face, "Save them all in the storehouse. After some time, we will exchange all the silver we have saved for gold, and make golden statues of all the Buddha heads, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, Vajra, and Kalayana gods in the temple."

The monk bowed and said, "Yes, Elder."

As the monks spent three or four hours moving all the silver into the warehouse, the lights in Yuanjue Temple gradually became sparse.

After three o'clock in the morning, when it was dark and windy, two figures sneaked into Yuanjue Temple. It can't be said that they sneaked in, but they climbed over the wall and flew in.

The two figures, one majestic and the other slender, were Tiger Vanguard and Chi Ling.

Tiger Vanguard carrying the Heavenly Blade flew into Yuanjue Temple and said to Chi Ling, "You go find the storehouse and the cellar, and I'll look after the old monk."

"Yeah." Chi Ling nodded, then he and Hu Xianfeng split up in two directions and went directly to the area with the least lights to the west of Yuanjue Temple.

Tiger Vanguard, carrying the Heavenly Sin Sword, went straight to the courtyard of Elder Xuanying's abode.

Inside the monastery, Elder Xuanying immediately sensed that someone had broken into his Yuanjue Temple and appeared outside his monastery.

Elder Xuanying looked at the door of the hermitage. He clearly sensed that the man was standing outside the door of his hermitage.

However, Elder Xuanying did not react too violently. Instead, he slowly stood up and walked behind the door holding the purple gold chain pestle in both hands.

Afterwards, Elder Xuanying was seen making a seal with his left hand, holding a pestle in his right hand, lifting his left foot and placing it on his right knee, standing on his right foot, with subtle Buddha light emanating from his body.

This move is called Arhat Conquering the Demon. As long as the opponent dares to break in, he can be dealt a fatal blow on the head immediately.

The Tiger Vanguard outside was holding the Tiannie Sword, his eyes fixed on the temple in front of him, waiting for Elder Xuanying to come out.

Thus, the two people, one inside and one outside, were in a stalemate. After a full hour, it was already four o'clock in the night.

Elder Xuanying had been performing the Arhat Demon-Subduing Style for an hour, but the man outside did not come in.

A hint of doubt finally showed on Elder Xuanying's calm face. However, at this moment, a strong wind suddenly blew in the entire Yuanjue Temple. The wind was howling and made the houses in the temple make a "humming" sound.

Elder Xuanying only heard a series of 'ding-dong-dong' sounds, like the sound of doors and windows colliding and objects falling.

What followed was the exclamations and shouts of the monks in the temple.

"Oh no! The golden Buddha statue is missing."

"The golden statue of the Buddha was swept away by the evil wind."

"Go to the warehouse and have a look. The warehouse is open and all the gold and silver inside have been rolled out."

"Granary! A few people go to the granary."

Hearing these shouts, Elder Xuanying finally lost his composure. Holding the purple-gold interlocking pestle in his hand, he rushed out of the room in the Arhat Demon Subduing Style, shouting, "Who are you, the evildoer? How dare you come here to cause trouble!"

But as soon as Elder Xuanying came out, he saw an extremely strong and majestic man in front of him, holding a big knife and chopping towards him.

Elder Xuanying was not in a hurry. He immediately swung the purple gold chain pestle in his hand out heavily with the force of an arhat subduing a demon.

There was a flash of sword light and golden light, and the Tiannie Sword and his own chain pestle collided violently, and then with a "bang", Elder Xuanying's Arhat Demon Subduing Style was broken by this sword, and the other person was directly knocked away.

Then there was another loud bang, and Elder Xuanying's body crushed his entire temple to the ground, and the purple-gold chain pestle flew away to who knows where.

Seeing that Elder Xuanying was buried by the collapsed brick and stone beam, Tiger Vanguard did not chase after him to finish him off. He just stopped Xuanying here to prevent him from disturbing Chi Ling from moving things. As for the one who took his life, there was someone else.

At this time, the strong wind in Yuanjue Temple gradually subsided. Tiger Vanguard looked up and saw a red fairy light flying out of Baolingfu City.

Then Tiger Vanguard put away the Tiannie Sword and leaped into the air, transforming into a beam of fairy light and flying towards the outside of Baoling Mansion.

After Tiger Vanguard left, a magical power blew up a pile of ruins at the back, and Elder Xuanying flew out from inside. He felt pain in his hands and his whole body was weak. The power of the knife just now was really terrifying.

Elder Xuanying immediately used his magic power to calm the blood and qi in his body. Then he raised his hand and the purple-gold chain pestle immediately flew back to Elder Xuanying's hand from a distance.

Afterwards, Elder Xuanying glanced in the direction where Tiger Vanguard left. At this time, the monks in the temple had also hurriedly come to the small courtyard of Elder Xuanying's hermitage.

They first saw the collapsed house, then looked at Elder Xuanying standing in the courtyard covered in dust, and they all stepped forward and bowed, "Master, this is not good."

Elder Xuanying asked, "What's going on?"

The monks cried, "Just now a gust of evil wind blew into the temple, sweeping away all the golden Buddha statues, the gold and silver in the storehouse, and the grain in the granary." "It swept away everything, leaving nothing behind."

"The golden Buddha statue is gone too. All of it is gone."

Hearing the monks' cries, Elder Xuanying felt his blood boiling and his whole body trembled. If it was just some food, it would be fine, but the gold, silver, and golden Buddha statues were his merits!
Elder Xuanying was extremely angry. He immediately took the purple-gold chain pestle in his hand, flew into the sky on a cloud, and chased after the enemy outside the city.

At this time, outside the city of Baolingfu, Chi Ling returned to Zhuang Yan and immediately released all the golden Buddha statues, food, gold and silver, and piled them outside the south gate of Baolingfu City.

I saw the grain piled up into a mountain, more than ten feet high. Each grain was plump and round, very tempting.

The gold and silver piled up into a small hill more than three meters high, shining brightly in golden, yellow and white, dazzling the eyes.

As for the dozen or so golden Buddha statues, Zhuang Yan waved his hand and collected them all into the infinite space.

When the day brightened, the guards at the gate of Baoling Prefecture were stunned when they saw the mountains of grain and gold and silver outside the city.

The soldiers below who were responsible for opening the city gate were also shocked and stood still after opening the city gate.

When the people leaving the city saw this scene, they were at first in disbelief, then they slapped themselves on the face, and finally turned around and ran back into the city.

Soon the entire Baoling City was alarmed, and countless people poured out of the city gates, surrounding the mountains of grain and gold and silver.

When the governor of Baoling City came to the city wall, he looked at the mountains of grain, gold and silver outside the city. He stayed there for only a moment before ordering troops to be dispatched to drive out the people.

However, at this moment, a loud shout was heard from the sky. Everyone looked up and saw Elder Xuanying appearing in the sky with a beam of Buddha's light.

Seeing Elder Xuanying, who was surrounded by Buddha's light, the governor of Baoling City, officials, soldiers, and civilians all knelt down and paid homage to him.

Elder Xuanying, holding a purple-gold interlocking pestle, shouted at Zhuang Yan and others in the distance, "You evildoer, how dare you steal the property of the Buddhist temple? Today, I will eliminate this evil for the people."

After he finished speaking, Elder Xuanying made seals with his hands, and a bright Buddha light appeared behind him. A golden Dharma image immediately appeared from behind Elder Xuanying.

In an instant, mighty Buddhist power spread out, and Lu Dongbin flew directly to Zhuang Yan and others.

Zhuang Yan turned around and said to everyone, "Step back, don't let the blood splash on you."

Tiger Vanguard, Chi Ling, Luo Mo and others immediately flew back, while Lü Dongbin turned back and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I always act cleanly and efficiently."

After saying that, Lu Dongbin flew up on the clouds. At this time, Elder Xuanying summoned his Dharma image, which was extremely huge. He held a purple gold chain pestle and struck down at Lu Dongbin with such might that the sky and the earth could be split apart.

Lu Dongbin smiled slightly, waved the whisk with his finger gently in the air three times, then raised his hand and pointed at Elder Xuanying.

'clang'

The sound of a sword rang through heaven and earth, and when the whisk was swung, thousands of sword lights broke through the air from behind Lu Dongbin, forming a long river of sword lights in the sky.

The next moment, the thousands of sword lights collided with Elder Xuanying's magic, and the only sounds were the sharp sounds of swords and the chanting of swords in all directions.

As the sword light flew and the golden light splashed, the Dharma image of Elder Xuanying was pierced through by the thousands of sword qi at the first sight, and then exploded with a loud bang.

"Puff!" Elder Xuanying's body exploded backward, blood spurted out of his mouth, and the purple gold chain pestle in his hand fell to the ground.

Elder Xuanying was extremely shocked and asked in a startled voice: "Pure Yang Sword Qi, are you Lü Dongbin?"

Lu Dongbin laughed and said, "That's right."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Dongbin waved his whisk, and thousands of sword energies flew from all directions, instantly submerging Elder Xuanying.

A ball of blood light exploded in the sky, and Elder Xuanying was instantly chopped into bloody dust by thousands of sword energies.

Then Lu Dongbin waved his whisk again, and the thousands of sword energies flew across the sky like flowing stars in the sky and returned to the Chunyang Sword on Lu Dongbin's back.

When the mortals in the Baoling City below saw Lu Dongbin killing Elder Xuanying, they were so frightened that they trembled all over, their faces turned pale, and they didn't know what to do.

Lü Dongbin used his magical powers to speak, "Don't panic, I am Chunyang Zhenren Lü Dongbin. Elder Xuanying of Yuanjue Temple has been possessed by a demon, and I killed him today for a reason. All this gold, silver and grain were searched out of Yuanjue Temple. They are the wealth of the people that Yuanjue Temple has collected. Now I will return them to the people of the city."

After saying that, Lu Dongbin waved his whisk again, and the gold, silver and grain immediately flew into the sky, and then were divided into countless portions in equal proportions, and then flew into thousands of households in the city.

At this moment, people all over the city kowtowed to Lu Dongbin and expressed their gratitude.

Even the family of the governor of Baoling City received a share. "Governor, look, there is also a share in the mansion."

The prefect looked back and saw a sum of silver and grain flying into his mansion. These things were completely insignificant to him.

But he understood the meaning of Lu Dongbin's doing this, which was telling him that he could not plunder the property distributed to the people.

The prefect understood the meaning of Lü Dongbin's call and immediately bowed to him. When he looked up again, he saw that Lü Dongbin and the immortals had disappeared.

(End of this chapter)