Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Deep in the desolate Qinling Mountains, where would anyone be?

Liu Bai knew something was wrong and wanted to use some earth-based magic he had just learned to escape, but unexpectedly, after that voice sounded behind him, he felt a strange urge to obey.

While subconsciously preparing to escape quickly, another voice urged me to stop. It was very strange, as if suddenly there were two consciousnesses in my mind vying for control of my body.

Liu Bai finally stopped.

He turned around and looked in the direction of the voice, only to see a monster with beady green eyes looking at him with a smile.

"What business do you have with me, fellow Daoist?"

“Great news! We’re about to give you a tremendous stroke of luck, sir.”

After saying that, the beady-eyed monster waved its hand and unleashed a strange magical force, causing Liu Bai to instantly fall into a coma.

The golden Buddhist power mixed with the black misfortune was truly eerie.

Great Leiyin Temple.

Yuan Haowen, with his hands behind his back, looked at the plaque above and frowned, saying, "The Buddhist hall is indeed very magnificent, but beneath its brilliance lies a clear decline. Alas, this little monk Tathagata has truly wasted all the cultivation I undertook back then."

"Where did this wild demon come from, daring to linger before my Great Thunderclap Temple? Leave at once, lest you defile the Western Paradise."

The two guardian deities guarding the gate glared and shouted, their faces fierce.

“Our Buddhism has always opened its doors to goodness, so why are people now forbidden to approach? This little monk, Tathagata, is becoming more and more incompetent.”

Yuan Haowen waved his hand, unleashing a strange power that was a mixture of gold and black, which sent the two Dharma Protectors flying. He then stepped into the Great Thunderclap Temple.

Three zhang behind him, Liu Bai lay flat on his back, eyes closed, floating in the air, following Yuan Haowen, and also drifted into the Great Thunderclap Temple.

The Buddha was meditating with his eyes closed, focusing all his attention on deducing the future of the Jie Sect's eastward journey. The Battle of Tongguan had just ended, and the first wave of Buddhist reinforcements had been wiped out, but the eastward journey continued. He devised several countermeasures, trying to find a way to disrupt the Jie Sect's eastward journey.

The goal is not only to disrupt the Jie Sect's eastward journey, but also to severely damage the Jie Sect, weaken the power of their ally, the Heavenly Court, and preserve the strength of Buddhism as much as possible.

Just as the Buddha was exploring the possibilities of various methods, Yuan Haowen walked in leisurely.

The Buddha was startled and opened his eyes to look over.

This person's aura is very strange, possessing both Buddhist power and demonic energy. Intermingled between these two is a peculiar force that seems capable of diminishing one's good fortune and bringing misfortune.

A thought struck Tathagata: he remembered Shen Gongbao, whom he had met during the Investiture of the Gods.

The strangeness about this person was very similar to that of Shen Gongbao. Buddha suddenly realized that it was bad luck.

The bad luck this person carried didn't surprise the Buddha, but the fact that this person could shield his senses and only be detected when he was right in front of him was terrifying.

If he harbored ill intentions towards him and came to ambush him, wouldn't he have already succeeded in his ambush? Furthermore, this person can shield his senses; what level of cultivation does he possess? Just thinking about it makes Tathagata feel a chill run down his spine.

The Buddha has already reached the Great Luo Realm of Perfection, and one foot is faintly stepping into the realm of Hunyuan Dao Fruit. Looking across the Three Realms, he is already standing at the pinnacle of the Three Realms.

Where did this monster, which suddenly appeared and possesses the powers of Buddha, demon, and bad luck, come from? It is so mysterious and terrifying.
The Buddha, secretly on guard, asked, "What brings this benefactor to the Great Thunderclap Temple?"

"Benefactor? Little monk Tathagata, open your eyes and see who I really am?"

Yuan Haowen suppressed his bad luck and amplified his Buddhist power, instantly revealing a clearer aura.

The Buddha sensed this and was instantly overjoyed. He quickly descended from his lotus throne, approached Yuan Haowen, and respectfully bowed: "Namo Cundi Buddha Mother—"

"Uncle-Master, you're back too?"

Yuan Haowen smiled and rubbed the bumps on the Buddha's head: "Hmm, it still feels so good."

The Buddha was speechless. This senior disciple was absolutely certain that, apart from him, no one else in the Three Realms had this hobby.

The Buddha is one of the two leaders of the Western religions. The disciple of the Buddha of Assistance naturally calls the Mother of Cundi Buddha "uncle".

Yuan Haowen ascended the lotus throne of the Buddha and sat down cross-legged, while the Buddha stood bowing to the side. "They haven't returned. Your master and your teacher are still trapped in the chaos of the Outer Heavens."

"This was just a lingering obsession from back then. By a twist of fate, it was swallowed by a weasel, which allowed the weasel to transform into a demon. Afterward, the weasel awakened its talent for seeking a title. I found it quite interesting, so I hid inside the weasel's talent."

"As you know, Tathagata, my obsession is to revitalize Buddhism. Back in the primordial era and during the Investiture of the Gods, I used some methods to convert the immortals, demons, and monsters of the East to Buddhism. But because I converted so many, I was misunderstood and called a plague god of the West. My phrase 'Fellow Daoist has a connection with the West' was comparable to the power of Shen Gongbao's 'Fellow Daoist, please stay.' Because I said it so often, it was recognized and marked by the Heavenly Dao, and all the bad luck of the West poured into my obsession."

“My obsession is a collection of all the bad luck in the West, and it is no less than that of Shen Gongbao, who collected all the bad luck in the East.”

"Later, the weasel demon went to Dawan Lake, trying to find a foolish demon among the guests who came to congratulate Liu Qing on taking over as the prefect, and ask for a title."

"That was my obsession. I just woke up and after some calculation, I discovered that Liu Qing had gathered all the great karma of the Three Realms, which was very detrimental to Buddhism. So I secretly influenced the weasel demon to ask an old turtle spirit under Liu Qing for a title, and deliberately made him fail to get the title, so that I could transfer this obsession to that old turtle spirit."

"My uncle's obsession gathered all the bad luck in the West and transferred it to the old turtle spirit, causing the old turtle spirit to be plagued by bad luck."

"Originally, I planned to seize the opportunity to transfer the bad luck to Liu Qing, thus eliminating a potential future threat to Buddhism."

"Unexpectedly, before I could even make a move, I encountered a wisp of Shen Gongbao's soul that had escaped from the East Sea Eye, and he forcibly took me, his uncle, as his disciple."

“Shen Gongbao was burdened with the bad luck of the East, while my obsession was burdened with the bad luck of the West. The bad luck of the East and the West intertwined and collided, and my obsession fell into slumber.”

"When I woke up, I found that my Buddhist journey to the West had been aborted, and the Jie Sect had instead started planning a journey to the East, and had already progressed to the Tongguan Pass crisis."

"I, your uncle, have exhausted most of the power within this obsession, deduced the sequence of events, and understood the general outline. I have found the key to disrupting the Jie Sect's eastward journey plan."

Yuan Haowen (the Cundi Buddha Mother) pointed to Liu Bai, who was floating behind her, and said, "This is the person."

"This person is Liu Qing's clone. His aura and path of cultivation are different from Liu Qing's. He is deeply hidden and is related to Liu Qing's path of cultivation. Now that we have captured him, we have captured Liu Qing's weak point."

"The key to the success or failure of the Jie Sect's journey to the East lies in Liu Qing. As long as we control Liu Qing, we can influence the Jie Sect's journey to the East and thus destroy it. Not only will the Jie Sect's revival be hopeless, but its collapsed fortune will also be reassembled. At that time, when Buddhism launches its second journey to the West, it will be within our grasp, and Buddhism will eventually flourish."

The Buddha was shocked. He never expected that his uncle would have such a miraculous experience. Just as his uncle said, by a twist of fate, a bit of obsession first parasitized the weasel demon's talent, and then transferred to the old turtle spirit, a trusted subordinate of Liu Qing. As soon as he woke up, he calculated the cause and effect. Although he did not know all the details of what had happened in recent years, he grasped the key and captured Liu Qing's hidden clone, Liu Bai.

In this way, he solved his problem and seized Liu Qing's Dao Path clone. With this clone in hand, Liu Qing would have to be careful for the sake of the Dao Path.

Then, we will convert Liu Qing's clone, Liu Bai, to Buddhism and wait for an opportunity to merge Liu Qing and Liu Bai, so that Liu Qing can replace Liu Bai in one fell swoop, leaving only Buddhist Liu Bai in the Three Realms and no longer Liu Qing.

As the person in charge of the Jie Sect's eastward journey, it would be very easy for Liu Bai to sabotage the Jie Sect's eastward journey after Liu Qing was replaced by Liu Bai.

The Jie Sect's journey to the East will also perish like my Buddhist journey to the West. When the Heavenly Dao collapses, my Buddhist sect will launch a second journey to the West. In the end, this destiny will fall into the hands of my Buddhist sect, allowing my Buddhist sect to flourish and giving my true self the opportunity to obtain the Primordial Dao Fruit.

This action by his uncle was like sending charcoal in snowy weather for Buddhism and for himself. The Buddha couldn't help but feel immense admiration for him.

Before leaving for the Chaos Beyond the Heavens, my uncle was worried about Buddhism and casually tossed a bit of his obsession into the Three Realms. Little did he know that it would help Buddhism so much today.

The Buddha then thought, "My uncle is also a saint. When this obsession returns, it will surely possess unfathomable power. With my uncle's obsession in charge, Buddhism will no longer fear that Yu Yu Daoist."

The Buddha felt that his uncle's obsession with the matter, which served to intimidate the remaining Daoists, was more important than capturing Liu Bai.

After intimidating the remaining Taoist priests and neutralizing their high-end combat power, how could the Jie Sect, with its current small number of members, possibly be a match for the many Bodhisattvas and Buddhas of Buddhism?

"Cough cough, cough cough——"

Yuan Haowen suddenly coughed a few times, a look of pain on his face.

The Buddha was greatly surprised: "Uncle-Master, what's wrong with you?"

Yuan Haowen suppressed the excruciating pain, pondered for a moment, and said with difficulty, "Ever since I captured Liu Bai, I have been in pain several times, and each time it has become more and more unbearable. Perhaps it is because Liu Qing placed a restriction on the old turtle's spirit and soul."

"Liu Qing's cultivation is shallow, and the restrictions he placed are probably not very sophisticated. You, Uncle, can easily break them."

"My uncle originally thought so too, but who would have thought that this restriction would actually possess the power of a primordial treasure? I am now just a lingering attachment within my true self, unable to unleash the power of a saint and thus unable to break it."

The Buddha's expression turned solemn: "Liu Qing possesses a supreme innate treasure? The restrictions he placed actually possess the power of a supreme innate treasure?" (End of Chapter)