Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Of the eighteen Arhats in Buddhism, one of the gatekeeper Arhats was killed by Liu Qing, leaving seventeen Arhats remaining.

Of these seventeen Arhats, the Dragon Subduer and the Tiger Subduer are the most accomplished in cultivation and practice, both being powerful beings in the Undying Realm. The other fifteen Arhats are in the Golden Body Realm.

After Shen Gongbao was deified, he was trapped in the eye of the East Sea for a thousand years. His previous cultivation did not increase; in fact, it declined somewhat.

Facing the seventeen Arhats, the misfortune he secretly cast, the "Sutra of Helping to Aid in Calamities and Disrupt Calamities," could not completely affect their minds because his spiritual cultivation was inferior to that of the seventeen Arhats.

The seventeen Arhats, with their profound spiritual cultivation, were able to resist the bad luck, but this bad luck was ultimately too strange, and some strands of it still managed to entangle their original Buddha-light.

“You eminent monks have always been compassionate and merciful. How can you abandon us mortals now?”

“The rebel soldiers below the city are all vicious. If the city falls, they will surely slaughter us. We beg the holy monk to have mercy and not abandon us, but save us from this sea of ​​suffering.”

Shen Gongbao's expression was one of fear and pleading, and he made a show of it. As he spoke, more bad luck followed.

The Venerable Dragon Subduer and the Venerable Tiger Tamer were highly accomplished in their spiritual practice. Although they were also affected by bad luck, the impact was not severe, and they were still able to remain clear-headed.

However, their disciples, the five hundred Arhats of the new generation of Buddhism, were only at the Divine Realm level and could hardly withstand Shen Gongbao's bad luck. As time went on, they were affected by the bad luck more and more deeply.

“What this mortal says makes sense. As Buddhists, we are bound by the teachings to save all sentient beings in the three realms from the sea of ​​suffering. Now that Tongguan is in trouble, it concerns countless mortals. How can we abandon them?”

"They're just a mere snake demon and that monkey, aren't they? Don't worry, Venerable Monk, we will go there now and convert them one by one, so that they may take refuge in the Buddha."

Before the last time at Dasanguan Pass, the five hundred Arhats cast down their Buddhist thoughts to create a Buddha zombie, which was destroyed by Liu Qing. Their original essence was incomplete, and even after so much time has passed, they still have not recovered to their original state. Therefore, when faced with Shen Gongbao's bad luck, they were the first to be unable to bear it and lost their former clarity.

Upon hearing this, Shen Gongbao was secretly delighted and immediately shifted the main target of the bad luck from the seventeen Arhats to the five hundred Arhats whose cultivation was generally at the highest level of the Divine Realm.

The seventeen Arhats are difficult to deal with, so we'll let them go for now. But your disciples and five hundred Arhats have been left behind by someone. You wouldn't dare leave them behind and try to escape on your own, would you?
"This monk is truly virtuous. On behalf of the tens of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians in Tongguan City, we thank the monk for his compassion."

As Shen Gongbao spoke, he approached the five hundred Arhats, enveloping them in his strange bad luck and causing them to almost completely lose their minds.

Arhat Aniluo proclaimed the Buddha's name, clasped his hands together in reverence to the west, and immediately his monk's robes trembled with the power of the Buddha, displaying the demeanor of a great Buddhist master.

"You wretched monkey, watch this humble monk go down and capture him for you!"

As Anilou Arhat spoke, he descended to the foot of Tongguan City. All five hundred Arhats were affected, and now they were plagued by misfortune and death. They also descended to the foot of Tongguan City one after another with Anilou Arhat.

The Dragon Subduer and Tiger Subduer were also affected by bad luck. Although not by much, their minds were not as decisive as usual. Seeing the five hundred Arhats they had personally trained going down to fight, they hesitated for a moment and had no choice but to stop and not mention leaving again.

Wen Zhong mentally gave Shen Gongbao a huge thumbs up. He had witnessed Shen Gongbao's prowess during the Investiture of the Gods, and now, a thousand years later, his "Fellow Daoist, please stay" had not only not diminished but had become even more cunning.

Arhat Anilou arrived at the foot of Tongguan City, chanted a Buddhist mantra, and then his body shone with Buddhist light, manifesting the form of the Four-Armed King who subdues evil.

Liu Qing sensed the aura emanating from the creature and determined it to be at the late stage of the Divine Realm. He then summoned Zhu Bajie, whose cultivation was comparable to Zhu Bajie's, to engage in battle.

"Bajie, you will fight this Arhat Aniro in a moment. Go all out. I will have Wukong help you. Take advantage of the fight to capture this Arhat Aniro in one fell swoop."

We can't send out the stronger Sun Wukong all at once, lest the monkey get carried away and kill Arhat Anilou, scaring away the other Arhats.

Send Pigsy forward first. With Pigsy's skills and abilities, even if he is stronger than Arhat Anilou, he won't be much stronger. It is estimated that the two will fight evenly.

Then, Sun Wukong launched a sneak attack. While the two were locked in combat, the other arhats watching the battle had no time to react and suddenly captured Arhat Anilou.

With Arhat Anilou in hand, he will surely be able to lure the other five hundred Arhats and seventeen Arhats, making them hesitant to attack or leave, thus forcing them into a trap. Liu Qing will then take the initiative in the battle and gradually devour all five hundred Arhats and seventeen Arhats!

Pigsy nodded in agreement and stepped forward, carrying his nine-toothed rake.

"Bald monk, let Grandpa Pig come and get you!"

Pigsy swung his rake down, but Arhat Anilou, seeing the power of the rake, dared not underestimate it and used his Four-Armed Demon-Subduing King form to deal with it with all his might.

The image of the Demon-Subduing King has four arms, holding a vajra and a demon-subduing sword respectively.

"How dare this demon be so arrogant! Today, the Buddha vanquishes the demon and restores peace to the world!"

Arhat Anilou knocked away the nine-toothed rake with his precious pestle, while his other demon-subduing sword viciously slashed at Pigsy.

Pigsy quickly raised his nine-toothed rake to block the demon-subduing sword. Just as he blocked the sword, Arhat Anilou chanted a Buddhist prayer and smashed his precious pestle down.

The four-armed demon-subduing king's dharma form attacked with two weapons in quick succession, each one powerful and heavy. Even before they made contact, they had already thrown Pigsy into disarray. Liu Qing frowned. Pigsy had been careless; he hadn't used his trump card at the beginning, which allowed Arhat Anilou to gain the upper hand.

Seemingly sensing the displeasure of his master, Pigsy became enraged and immediately roared, unleashing his magical powers of transforming heaven and earth.

Unfortunately, Zhu Bajie's "Heaven and Earth Transformation" technique was only half-baked; he couldn't even compare to Sun Wukong, let alone Liu Qing.

Zhu Bajie's "Law of Heaven and Earth" only enlarged his physical body to about ten zhang (approximately 33 meters), and his nine-toothed rake and internal cultivation level only increased by about twice.

Nevertheless, the surge in combat power immediately turned the tide of the battle.

Pigsy, standing high above, swung his rake down on Arhat Anilou, who quickly grabbed his pestle with both hands to parry.

But a rake rammed into the ground. Pigsy, having succeeded in his attack, excitedly raised his big foot to stomp on it, determined to severely injure Arhat Anilou.

Unexpectedly, the Arhat Anilou chanted a Buddhist prayer, and a burst of Buddhist light appeared on his body. The Dharma form of the Demon-Subduing King also grew to about eight or nine zhang in size, emerged from the ground, and launched a counterattack against Pigsy.

The Arhat Anilou used the Buddha's golden body technique, which is similar to the supernatural power of the Dharma of Heaven and Earth, but is slightly weaker than the Dharma form transformed by Pigsy.

However, with the addition of the previous Four-Armed Demon-Subduing King Dharma Form, the gap has been bridged, and his strength is not much different from that of Pigsy.

Therefore, the two, each unleashing their most powerful techniques, immediately engaged in a fierce and evenly matched battle.

After about ten rounds, Liu Qing noticed that the Buddhist Arhats and Arahats were distracted by the battle and had lowered their guard. So he transmitted his voice to Sun Wukong: "Wukong, now is the time to capture that Arhat Aniro!"

Sun Wukong was always arrogant and disdained to launch sneak attacks, but faced with the order from his master uncle, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go forward.

Sun Wukong somersaulted onto the head of Arhat Anilou, pulled the Ruyi Jingu Bang from his ear, instantly enlarging it, and then struck Arhat Anilou squarely on the shoulder.

Aniluo Arhat screamed in agony as his shoulder shattered, and he could no longer hold onto the pestle and the demon-subduing sword, losing all power to resist.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Sun Wukong reached out and grabbed Arhat Anilou by the neck, then somersaulted back to the starting position.

This monkey somersault is the renowned Somersault Cloud, its speed second only to the Great Power of the Two Realms Without Intercourse.

In a swift and decisive move, before the other Arhats who were watching the battle could react, he captured Anilou, an Arhat in the late stage of the Divine Realm.

Sun Wukong threw the Arhat Anilou back into the Tang army camp. Liu Qing signaled the Scorpion Demon to step forward and used his scorpion venom on the Horse-Falling Stake several times, completely rendering the Arhat Anilou powerless to resist.

After being suppressed by Liu Qing using the power of a small world, the Arhat Anilou was suspended above the Tang army camp, wailing and screaming in high and low voices.

At the same time, he secretly opened the portal to the Lesser Thousand Worlds and hid it near the Arhat Aniruru.

Liu Qing's move was to use the Arhat Anilou as bait to force the other Arhats to come to his rescue, and then lure them all into the Lesser Thousand Worlds.

Once the other Arhats are lured into the Lesser Thousand Worlds, we will capture them all in one fell swoop, and none of the five hundred Arhats will be able to escape.

Among the five hundred Arhats, twenty or thirty Arhats, including Horse-Headed Arhat, Bright-Headed Arhat, Golden-Headed Arhat, Thunder Sound Arhat, and Fragrant Elephant Arhat, had the best relationship with Anilou Arhat. Seeing that Anilou had been captured by Sun Wukong due to a moment of carelessness, they were immediately enraged.

Adding to his misfortune and impending doom, without a second thought, he lunged at the Arhat Anilou hanging above the Tang army camp.

"Anilou, don't panic, this humble monk is coming to rescue you—"

Horse-headed Arhat manifested as the demon-subduing Horse-headed King, his large hand outstretched, radiating Buddhist light, about to grab at the Arhat Aniruddha, who was suffering from scorpion venom and screaming in agony.

The other twenty or thirty Arhats who followed also manifested their Dharma forms and used all their means to rescue Arhat Aniruddha.

Liu Qing smiled with satisfaction, having attracted twenty or thirty Arhats in an instant, and was about to make a fortune.

With a wave of his hand, the portal to the Lesser Thousand Worlds instantly extended, covering all twenty-three Arhats who rushed towards him.

Then, with a wave of his hand, the innate top-grade spiritual treasure, the Qiankun Ruler, descended with the vast power of the world.

In an instant, the twenty or thirty Arhats who had rushed over all fell from mid-air like birds with broken wings, suppressed and unable to move by the power of the world mobilized by the Qiankun Ruler.

Liu Qing left a portion of the world's power within each Arhat as a restraint, rendering them powerless to fight. Then, he had them, along with the Arhat Anilou, hang in the sky above the Tang army camp.

Now they had many more baits in their hands. Let's see how the remaining Arhats and Arahants will try to escape. (End of Chapter)