Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

The fact that the Medicine Buddha and the Vairocana Buddha carved their niches on the cliffs of the Longmen Gorge signifies that they were prepared for an all-out war with Liu Qing.

The Medicine Buddha's body radiates Buddhist light, and a halo of vow power appears behind his head, representing a great Buddhist master. He wears an eight-virtue kasaya, which is similar to the purple sash of Taoist immortals and can ward off water and fire and ward off demons.

The chisels and hammers originally used for chiseling stone have returned to their original spiritual treasure forms, becoming a fish drum and a drumstick, both of which are a set of mid-grade acquired spiritual treasures.

The same applies to Vairocana Buddha, who has a halo of vow power behind his head and wears a protective robe of eight virtues. The chisel and hammer in his hand have also returned to the original form of Lingbao. Unlike the fish drum and drumstick of Bhaisajyaguru Buddha, Vairocana Buddha has a nine-ringed staff and a rosary, which are also acquired middle-grade Lingbao.

The auras revealed by the two Buddhas indicate that their cultivation level has reached the early stage of the Great Luo Realm. However, compared to Maitreya Buddha, Sun Bodhisattva, and Moon Bodhisattva, their auras are more profound, suggesting that they are about to break through to the middle stage of the Great Luo Realm.

As one progresses through the path to the end, each breakthrough of a minor level brings about a dramatic change in strength.

Although Bhaisajyaguru Buddha and Vairocana Buddha are only slightly superior to Sun and Moon Bodhisattva and Maitreya Buddha, their power is almost half that of Sun and Moon Bodhisattva and Maitreya Buddha.

The two Buddhas, each with one foot in the mid-stage of the Great Luo Realm, faced Liu Qing, whose cultivation level was only in the late stage of the Divine Realm, yet they unleashed their strongest power.

Having fought Liu Qing many times, the Buddhist masters no longer dared to underestimate him, nor did they judge his combat strength based on his cultivation level.

Liu Qing's combat strength has far exceeded all the limits of his cultivation level.

Facing two top Buddhist masters, Liu Qing dared not underestimate them. He immediately manifested a three-headed, six-armed Dharma form and summoned the innate top-grade spiritual treasure, the Golden Bell, enlarging it and holding it in front of him as a defensive shield.

At the same time, the three dragon heads each wielded the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone, the Qiankun Ruler, and the Human Seed Bag, while secretly guarding against the innate top-grade spiritual treasure, the Sun and Moon Wheel. The appearance of these several of the strongest spiritual treasures also meant that Liu Qing had taken out his strongest stance.

Physical strength can enhance combat power, but powerful protective spiritual treasures are in no way inferior to physical strength, and may even surpass it.

Back in the days of the Investiture of the Gods, the Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect sought out substitutes to take on the tribulations as disciples. Armed with their own spiritual treasures, these substitutes fought against many powerful figures from the Jie Sect. The combat power they displayed was so overwhelming that it blinded the Jie Sect's powerful figures. Although these substitute disciples seemed to have low cultivation levels, with the help of their spiritual treasures, each of them possessed heaven-defying combat power.

The Medicine Buddha and Vairocana Buddha both had solemn expressions.

Each of them chanted a Buddhist prayer, then formed a large mudra. The Medicine Buddha used the Vajra Mudra, and the Vairocana Buddha formed the Vidyaraja Mudra. As soon as these two large mudras were formed, they carried terrifying power and struck towards Liu Qing.

Although it was merely a probing attack, it was still a full-force strike from a powerful expert at the early stage of the Great Luo Realm.

Liu Qing's pupils contracted, and he commanded the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone and the Qiankun Ruler to meet the attack. The spiritual treasures unleashed their power, colliding with the two large handprints. The spiritual treasures flew back, and the large handprints shattered.

The two sides exchanged blows once, resulting in a draw.

Medicine Buddha and Vairocana Buddha exchanged a glance, knowing that the supernatural power of the Buddhist Mahamudra was effective against ordinary demons, but useless against Liu Qing.

After testing Liu Qing's combat strength, the two Buddhas stopped wasting their magic power by using the Great Handprint and instead leaped into the air to fight Liu Qing with their strongest combat power.

The Medicine Buddha's pair of spiritual treasures, the drumsticks striking the fish drum, made a booming sound, as if the whispers of the Buddhas were guiding and converting, the sound waves were as real as reality, rolling towards Liu Qing, affecting Liu Qing's mind.

Vairocana Buddha and Bhaisajyaguru Buddha have known each other for millions of years and are already familiar with each other's cooperation. Seeing that Bhaisajyaguru Buddha was using the sound of the fish drum to distract Liu Qing's mind as an aid, he took the opportunity to control the magic staff and smash it down on Liu Qing's head.

The Panlong Eight-Tone Cone exploded with the sound of ghosts wailing and gods howling, neutralizing the mind-disturbing power of the Medicine King Buddha's Fishing Drum.

The Qiankun Ruler, imbued with the power of a small world, unleashed a ten-thousand-foot-long blade of energy, slamming fiercely into the staff of the Vairocana Buddha.

clang--

With a loud bang, the nine-ringed staff, which was only of mid-grade acquired level, was sent flying back by Liu Qing's attack.

One was a mid-grade acquired treasure, and the other was a high-grade innate treasure. The difference in the grade of the spiritual treasure was like heaven and earth. However, as soon as they made contact, the nine-ringed tin staff was cut away by the Qiankun Ruler.

The Qiankun Ruler, its momentum undiminished, continued to slash at the Vairocana Buddha.

The Buddha of the Vairocana's pupils contracted, and he hurriedly threw out another mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure, a rosary of one hundred and eight beads, which transformed into one hundred and eight mountain peaks, blocking the Qiankun Ruler.

Boom boom boom——

After several explosions, the Qiankun Ruler finally exhausted its power and flew back, but the eight mountain peaks that the rosary thrown by Vairocana Buddha had transformed into were shattered.

Vairocana Buddha looked at the prayer beads that had flown back with a pained expression. Only one hundred beads remained. At the same time, he was both heartbroken and utterly horrified.

Unexpectedly, in this second round of combat, even with the combined strength of the two, they still suffered a considerable loss. Eight of the 108 prayer beads that had been refined for ten thousand years were shattered by Liu Qing.

Vairocana Buddha and Bhaisajyaguru Buddha exchanged a quick glance, both seeing the deep fear in each other's eyes.

Liu Qing's combat power was just beginning to emerge. Before even using his terrifying physical strength, he had already gained the upper hand solely through the power of his spiritual treasure.

The two Buddhas were filled with fear and astonishment at Liu Qing's formidable combat power, and their envy of Liu Qing's spiritual treasures intensified. Liu Qing, having tested them, felt confident and abandoned passive defense, instead launching an offensive. The Qiankun Ruler and the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone once again spearheaded the attack, unleashing terrifying power upon the two, while the Human Seed Bag, its opening possessing a powerful suction force, enveloped the Medicine King Buddha and the Vairocana Corpse Buddha.

The Human Seed Bag is a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure. Its ability to absorb and trap people is among the best in the Three Realms. Even with the cultivation of Medicine Buddha and Vairocana Buddha, they dare not ignore it.

The two Buddhas could only spare a portion of their energy and magical power to stabilize their bodies and resist the sucking force of the human-shaped bag.

As a result, the two Buddhas were unable to fully counter Liu Qing's Qiankun Ruler and Panlong Eight-Tone Cone.

The Qiankun Ruler and the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone shimmered with dazzling divine light, beautiful in appearance yet containing terrifying power, and instantly arrived in front of the two Buddhas.

Medicine Buddha held the fish drum in front of him and struck the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone with the drumstick, narrowly deflecting it and avoiding being pierced through the heart.

Vairocana Buddha, feeling heartbroken, could only transform the remaining one hundred prayer beads into a mountain to block the Qiankun Ruler. He then used another magical treasure, the Nine-Ringed Staff, to smash the Qiankun Ruler, attempting to emulate Bhaisajyaguru Buddha and shake the Qiankun Ruler.

However, he was unaware that Liu Qing's two seemingly simultaneous attacks were actually one feint and one real. The Panlong Eight-Tone Cone was feint, only intended to restrain the Medicine Master Buddha.

The Qiankun Ruler, being a real object, carried almost the power of the entire Lesser Thousand Worlds, condensing into blade energy and sword light, and pierced straight towards them.

It should be noted that Liu Qing's minor world spans tens of thousands of miles in radius. Apart from the fact that reincarnation has not been fully evolved, its spatial size alone is comparable to that of a middle world.

Comparable in size to a middle thousand worlds, one can glean some idea of ​​the immense power it contains from the continuous explosions that shattered the rosary of Vairocana Buddha.

Boom boom boom——

The nine-ringed tin staff slammed into the Qiankun Ruler, almost completely ignored. The Qiankun Ruler, propelled by the nine-ringed tin staff, thrust forward, shattering nearly twenty prayer beads with a series of booming sounds.

Liu Qing used a combination of feints and real attacks, his plan being to first disable the protective rosary of the Vairocana Buddha.

This string of prayer beads has 108 beads, but it is not a single string, which gives Liu Qing the opportunity to defeat them one by one.

Once the protective rosary of Vairocana Buddha was destroyed, Vairocana Buddha was like a naked girl, at Liu Qing's mercy.

In this battle, Liu Qing did not intend to engage in close combat, but rather to rely on the power of his spiritual treasures. This was because he possessed numerous spiritual treasures of high quality, whose power almost completely overwhelmed the two Buddhas.

We need to show them what it was like when, during the Investiture of the Gods, Yin Jiao wielded the Heaven-Turning Seal and Yin Hong held the Yin-Yang Mirror, causing the powerful figures of the Zhou camp to flee in terror.

Seeing that part of the rosary of Vairocana Buddha had been shattered again, Liu Qing smirked and attacked again. This time, he used a combination of feint and real attacks. The Panlong Eight-Tone Cone restrained Bhaisajyaguru Buddha, while the Qiankun Ruler attacked Vairocana Buddha with all its might.

The two Buddhas knew Liu Qing's plan, but they had no way to resolve it. First, they had some of their energy and mana consumed by the Human Seed Bag, and then they faced two innate spiritual treasures. Even with their cultivation at the mid-stage of the half-step Great Luo Realm, they felt quite helpless.

This time, Liu Qing shattered nearly twenty of the Vairocana Buddha's prayer beads.

Vairocana Buddha no longer cared about the loss of the spiritual treasure. He had a vague premonition that once all the prayer beads were shattered, how could he possibly withstand the attack of Liu Qing's superior innate spiritual treasure with only a mid-grade acquired nine-ringed staff?

Earlier, Liu Qing suggested that the two Buddhas carve their niches in the Longmen Gorge first, so that no one would carve them for him after his death. He thought it was just boasting and a way to disturb people's minds, but now it seems that it is very likely.

Vairocana Buddha smiled sadly, as if he could see the scene of his own demise.

Liu Qing once again unleashed the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone and the Qiankun Ruler to attack.

Vairocana Buddha glanced at Bhaisajyaguru Buddha with a look of farewell in his eyes, then abruptly turned to look at Liu Qing.

He tossed aside all the remaining prayer beads in his hand, encircled the Qiankun Ruler in the center, and then roared, "Explode—"

Then, all the prayer beads instantly exploded, countless earth-shattering explosions echoing through the canyon, stirring up floodwaters below and forming hundreds of feet of turbid waves.

"You want to shatter this old monk's prayer beads? Well then, as you wish, this old monk will personally help you!"

The expression of Vairocana Buddha was somewhat ferocious, and his killing intent was sharp. He had long since abandoned the greed, ignorance, and anger that he had cultivated for thousands of years!
Holding a nine-ringed staff, he lunged at Liu Qing during the time his prayer beads exploded and trapped the Qiankun Ruler.

"Snake demon, prepare to die!"

The Vairocana Buddha slammed down viciously.

Liu Qing chuckled: "The real culprit is revealed when the map is unrolled? Hmm, it's just a cornered dog resorting to desperate measures!"

The supreme innate spiritual treasure, the Sun and Moon Wheel, which had been secretly on guard, arrived above the Vairocana Buddha in the blink of an eye. It instantly grew larger, turning into a combination of gold and silver, and enveloped the Vairocana Buddha.

The golden part emitted the power of the sun, and the silver part emitted the power of the moon. The sun and moon transformed into a millstone, and the Vairocana Buddha was the grain of rice beneath that millstone, being ground and milled by the sun and moon. (End of Chapter)