The Dharma Sea of ​​the Green Snake

Chapter 50 Mandrill
At dusk, when yin and yang alternate.

In the depths of the jungle in Weishan Mountain, near the burly century-old locust tree.

After some operations and awakening by Xuan Jue, the once century-old locust tree has withered, and the withered and yellow leaves fell one by one in this midsummer season.

But this does not mean that this century-old locust tree is completely dead.

Or to put it another way, the withering of a century-old locust tree is not a "death", but a "new life" in another sense.

At the cost of his hundred years of cultivation and Taoist behavior, he regards the trunk of the body as the "placenta" that breeds new life, and what Xuanjue calls the "mandrill" is born from this.

Although there is no innate nine orifices like human beings, the mandrill, which is transformed into a ghost, still has the most basic nine orifices and energy veins.

Rather than continuing to be a conscious or unconscious plant, the mandrill's pursuit is to be able to freely shuttle among the mountains and forests like an animal.

Not to mention, Xuanjue also promised the mandrill that as long as it can swallow and absorb Pei Wende's "Earth Dragon Fate", he will teach it the complete method of transforming a dragon.

At that time, mandrills can completely get rid of their status as "monsters and demons", and become one of the most noble innate creatures with nine apertures in the world - the dragon, like a fish snake transforming into a dragon!

"Turning...a dragon..."

Huddled in the "tree hole" of the trunk of the century-old locust tree, the mandrill's eyes showed eagerness and excitement.

During this period of time, the mandrill has not forgotten Xuanjue's promise, and has been quietly inquiring about and observing the Tongqing Temple standing on Weishan Mountain.

According to the information obtained by Mandrill, the Tongqing Temple was originally a nearly deserted temple.

Until more than ten years ago, a Buddhist master named "Lingyou" chose to settle there, and Pei Wende was the child he always brought with him.

Considering that the task assigned by Xuanjue's level of existence is definitely not that simple, Mandrill did not choose to act recklessly after learning the information at first.

Instead, they went further to find out the details of Lingyou and Pei Wende through various channels.

For this reason, the mandrill also ran all over the Weishan Mountain, beating up all the overlords in the mountain forest who were mature or not, hoping to get some more detailed information from them.

Facts have proved that mandrill's caution is indeed justified.

According to the monsters in the mountains, Chan Master Lingyou is no ordinary monk.

More than ten years ago, when he chose to settle in Tongqing Temple, spirits and monsters in this mountain forest were not as rare as they are now, and there were even some monsters with the ability to change form.

But since Zen master Lingyou came to Weishan, those dangerous monsters have been driven away from the range of this mountain forest by him.

Fortunately, Zen master Lingyou didn't seem to have the idea of ​​killing. Except for some heinous goblins and ghosts, the rest of the monsters were not in any danger to their lives.

Of course, this doesn't mean that those monsters will end well.

After all, although Zen Master Lingyou didn't like killing, suppressing and sealing were the unique skills of the Buddhist school. Those monsters were either sealed or suppressed.

According to some ghosts who witnessed Zen Master Lingyou's past.

Since he came here, not only the monsters in Weishan were sealed and suppressed, but even the monsters in the entire Tanzhou territory no longer dared to make trouble.

To be honest, when the mandrill learned about Zen Master Lingyou's great achievements from other spirits, the despair in his heart was unprecedented.

With such a powerful Buddhist Dharma suppressing Weishan, the mandrill would not have taken the initiative to find trouble with the opponent, it would have been very good if Zen Master Lingyou hadn't come to make trouble for it.

For this reason, the mandrill is even ready to give up the task Xuanjue entrusted to him.

At worst, what if Xuan Jue turns back into a locust tree?

It's better than being sealed or even completely wiped out by Zen Master Lingyou, right?

Just when the mandrill was about to admit defeat and give up on this mission, Xuanjue, who seemed to have noticed that it was retreating, approached it again and brought it a new piece of information.

Zen Master Lingyou didn't need to worry about the mandrill, it only needed to concentrate on dealing with Pei Wende.

Because Zen Master Lingyou was seriously injured in a fight with a certain Taoist master long before he lived in seclusion in Tanzhou, and he has been dying for more than ten years.

The most important thing is that when the mandrill snatches Pei Wende's "Earth Dragon Fate", someone will take action to stop Zen Master Lingyou for it.

If you want to say that the mandrill completely believed in Xuan Jue's statement, it is naturally impossible.

However, Xuanjue did not come here to discuss with the mandrill, but to give orders to it.

Mandrill has never dared to forget Xuan Jue's stern, chilling glance before he left.

It has no doubt that if it dares to continue fishing, the other party will definitely kill itself.

So under coercion and lure, Mandrill finally chose to believe Xuan Jue's words, and planned to take the risk of taking action against Pei Wende.

Just when to do it?In what way?
Mandrill also has his own calculations in his heart, and he doesn't intend to act exactly according to Xuan Jue's rhetoric.

"July...the fifteenth..."

In the traditional cognition of ancient China, July [-]th is an extremely special day.

Taoism calls it the Hungry Ghost Festival, while Buddhism calls it the Obon Festival
Legend has it that on this day every year, the ghost gate to the underworld will be opened wide, and those ghosts who have not yet been reincarnated and have a relationship with their hearts will be escorted by ghost messengers to the yang world to reunite with their relatives and friends in life. .

Therefore, July [-]th is also known as the "Ghost Festival", which is the day when the legendary ghost gate is opened.

From the point of view of mandrills, who have lived for more than sixty years and have nearly a hundred years of cultivation and Taoism, this year's Ghost Festival has another deeper meaning.

Mandrill believed that Xuan Jue entrusted him to capture Pei Wende's "Earth Dragon Fate" before July [-]th, and this must be part of the reason.

So after thinking about it for a while, Mandrill decided to set the date of action on July [-]th a few days later, that is, before the final fulfillment of the agreement with Xuanjue.

On that day, even if Zen Master Lingyou is not restrained as Xuanjue said, the mandrill will still have the confidence to escape from his hands.

But before that, Mandrill felt that he had to deal with the current crisis first.

"Snake...spirit?"

The mandrill curled up in the tree hole suddenly raised its head, and a cruel and bloodthirsty smile appeared on its ugly face.

rustling...

As far as the mandrill could see, a large snake with green scales was slowly crawling among the leaves and grass.

And a lone wolf walked ahead timidly, forced by the mighty green-scaled snake, it had no choice but to get closer to the withered locust tree where the mandrill was hiding.

"It's...another...unknown...life or death...guy..."

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(End of this chapter)