Bodhisattva, please help me in my spiritual practice!

What surprised Ao Peng even more was that the deity that had been gestating within him for two days was already stirring like a fetus.

He will be born today!

Moreover, the time was exactly 7 PM, which is the time of sunset and moonrise, the time of yin and yang alternation!

Such a perception was almost divine, and it was absolutely impossible for it to be wrong. Ao Peng drove everyone, including Hong Niang, out of the main courtyard, and stayed in his room to quietly await the birth of the deity.

Time passed little by little.

The sun, like a chaotic orange-red mass, slowly sank into the Haihe River, turning the water blood-red.

The vendors had already started packing up their chairs early, unable to focus on their business, because the news circulating in the market today was truly unsettling.

The teahouses at the beginning and end of the alley were more lively than usual, and even at sunset, tea drinkers were still chatting.

The phrases "Feng Yuxiang has defected" and "The Fengtian Army is coming" appeared most frequently.

Secondly, "the emperor was driven out of the Forbidden City," and "Feng Yuxiang himself sat in the Forbidden City, wanting to emulate Yuan Shikai's restoration."

However, all of this is too far from the vendors, but there is a major event happening nearby.

As the sun gradually set, Xu Yuanhua, the "Dragon Head Stick" of the Green Gang, led a group of dozens of well-equipped men, their faces grim, to the Huaxing Society mansion in Misty Alley.

Xu Yuanhua is the adopted son of Xu Hong, the leader of the Green Gang. Now that Xu Hong is getting old, he has gradually retired to the second line. Whenever there is a big matter, Xu Yuanhua is the one who takes the lead.

Outsiders were unaware that the Huaxing Society mansion had changed owners. When they saw Xu Yuanhua leading a team, they assumed that Guo Wu had broken a taboo, and that Xu Hong was going to clean house.

In this internal strife within the Green Gang, ordinary people naturally kept their distance. However, a few busybodies were bold enough to lurk behind and follow, wanting to see what was happening.

When Xu Yuanhua arrived at the house with his men, he did not rush to knock on the door. Instead, he respectfully said to the senior monk beside him, "Master Yuanqi, that sorcerer is inside."

Only then did people notice that a group of monks surrounded the burly Green Gang men. They were fat and ruddy-faced, dressed in kasayas, and each held a copper octagonal lotus lamp filled with refined sesame oil, which emitted a wonderful fragrance.

This fine oil will naturally produce a fine fire.

Even in the autumn wind, the candlelight of the lotus lantern remained completely still.

The Green Gang originated from the Luo religion and has close ties with Buddhism.

Xu Hong had committed many immoral acts in his early years, and in his later years he thought of praying to gods and Buddhas to atone for his sins, so he became a disciple of the monk Yuanqi.

Every year, the cost of incense money alone amounts to tens of thousands of silver dollars, not to mention the festival offerings and the renovation of the main hall.

Although it is unknown whether Buddha pardoned Xu Hong's sins.

However, Monk Yuanqi should be exempted, because he had preached to Xu Hong many times, "Making offerings to the Three Jewels is a great merit. It was able to save Ksitigarbha's mother from the eighteen levels of hell, which is enough to eliminate all disasters and lead to rebirth in the Pure Land."

The Buddhist saying goes, "Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot."

The next line should naturally be added: "The Buddha does not save those without virtue."

Xu Hong not only had Yuan, but he had a great deal of it, so naturally someone came to help him.

This time, in order to persuade Monk Yuanqi to come down the mountain, Xu Hong agreed to expand the Mahavira Hall.

This is a great act of merit, and the Buddhist community will naturally not tolerate demons harming him.

Xu Yuanhua told him where Ao Peng lived, and seeing that Monk Yuanqi remained unmoved, calmly carrying the lotus lantern, he added another sentence.

"master!"

As Monk Yuanqi gazed at the mansion, he had devoted himself to Buddhism and Taoism since childhood, and through sincere worship, he had naturally acquired some supernatural powers, including the ability to see with his own eyes.

After hearing Xu Hong recount the events of that day and examining the woman's hair, he concluded that it was the work of an extremely evil spirit.

This was originally his responsibility, which is why he came down the mountain.

However, standing outside the courtyard gate now, even with his Heavenly Eye able to observe the qi, he couldn't see the slightest trace of yin qi.

But since he had already been invited down the mountain, he naturally couldn't leave. So he put his palms together, chanted "Amitabha," and then said, "If there are evil spirits inside, we will naturally bear the consequences. However, if Ao Peng is just a martial arts disciple..."

Xu Yuanhua understood what Monk Yuanqi meant and laughed, "If he doesn't know any sorcery, we will naturally handle it according to the gang rules, without needing the master to intervene."

Monk Yuanqi knew what it meant to deal with the gang rules. His lips trembled, but he didn't say anything to persuade people to do good. He only said, "Then please wait until we leave before dealing with it. We monks cannot bear to see bloodshed."

Xu Yuanhua nodded in agreement, then asked, "If he really is a demon..."

This time, Monk Yuanqi no longer hesitated, but stood tall and compassionate, declaring, "Even if they are evil spirits, with the greatest supernatural powers, they cannot escape the palm of Buddha Tathagata!"

Xu Yuanhua laughed heartily, "It's really good to be rich! This is the greatest supernatural power in the world!"

Even those under the Buddha's command can be bought and used!

With this in mind, he was brimming with confidence and gestured to his men, "Go and smash down this door, and tell that bastard to come out and face his death!"

……

In the main courtyard, Ao Peng, who had been calming down, suddenly felt restless and agitated.

However, the most crucial moment was the birth of the deity. He quickly used the "Yellow Emperor's Classic of the Plain Girl" to suppress the restlessness in his heart and wait for the deity within him to be born.

The kidney had now transformed into a vast ocean.

The seawater was deep and murky, its clarity indistinguishable from its turbidity. Ripples spread outwards in concentric circles, within which a seed of supernatural power was vaguely nurtured. Its radiance was completely obscured by the dark abyss, making its color indiscernible.

When Ao Peng calmed down, the sun and moon alternated in the east and west of the sky, shining and dimming at the same time.

A wisp of the essence of the sun and moon flowed into Ao Peng's nose and mouth, combining with his own yin and yang energies to form a mysterious Taiji diagram, which gently vibrated on the Xuanming Sea, enticing the deities gestating within.

However, the Xuanming Sea is deep and silent, its depth and distance unknown. The deity is like a chicken trapped inside an egg, unable to hatch on its own for the time being.

So Ao Peng had a thought, and the Taiji Yin Yang diagram instantly transformed, forming a golden bridge on the Xuanming Sea, spanning the power of the Great Dao's creation, manipulating creation, and completing the transformation from formless to form.

This allows the divine beings, who possess spirit but lack physical form, to transcend the changes between the primordial chaos and the ultimate principle, revealing their true forms.

Then Ao Peng opened his eyes and found a 'puppy' had appeared beside him at some point.

The puppy has long fur like a bear, has eyes but cannot see, has feet but cannot walk, has two ears but cannot hear, and can be known by people. It is shaped like a yellow sac, red like cinnabar fire, and has six feet and four wings.

Four small wings flapped vigorously behind it, circling around Ao Peng happily, rubbing its soft body against Ao Peng's cheek, and making soft whimpering sounds.

"How did a whiny monster hatch?"

Ao Peng did not recognize the origin of the deity before him at first glance. He instinctively felt it was unbelievable, since he had used the [Mysterious Sea of ​​Life and Death] and the [Verse of Attaining Fruition through Speech] as nourishment and the Tai Chi Dharma as a bridge.

Even if what hatches isn't some tall, mighty, armored, and wielding ancient demon, it shouldn't be a whiny, puppy-like creature.

He cast an Appraisal spell on the deity before him.

【Chaos】(Creation level, Mountain and Sea God system).

In ancient times, there was a primordial chaos, the central emperor, whose form was neither good nor evil. When good people saw it, they were happy; when evil people saw it, they were ominous.

Just then, the sound of banging on the door and panicked shouts came from the courtyard outside.

Chaos stopped whining around Ao Peng. It seemed a little angry. So Ao Peng saw the candlelight in front of him dim and he was plunged into darkness.

It wasn't just that darkness enveloped him; rather, darkness, like an invisible maw, devoured him from the center, and everything in its path, from human lights to the light of the sun, moon, and stars, vanished into nothingness.

The darkness spread outside, and the two lanterns in front of the courtyard gate flickered violently and dimmed, as if something indescribable was swallowing the light.

The man who was knocking on the door was startled by the silent darkness and dared not knock on the door again. He hurriedly ran to Monk Yuanqi's side.

Monk Yuanqi knew his chance to shine had come. He raised the lotus lamp in his hand, illuminating the darkness, and proclaimed, "This is an offering lamp before the Buddha's throne! What kind of demon dares to be so presumptuous!"

The disciples quickly raised the lotus lanterns, and the lanterns burst into flame. When combined, the flames shot up to a height of three zhang (approximately 10 meters), transforming into a blurred glass Bodhisattva!

Just as everyone was about to shout that the Buddha had appeared, they saw a small, dog-like beast with four wings fly out of the darkness, extend its claws, and gently poke at them.

Thus, the light of this world was extinguished, and the false bodhisattva was crushed.

Everything around them plunged into darkness once more, with only the terrified voice of Monk Yuanqi crying out, "What kind of demon is this?!"

However, as darkness completely enveloped everything, even the sounds of terror gradually became inaudible.