One person above Qing Huang Ting

Chapter 906 Tianpeng Guards the Gate, Ksitigarbha Descends

"If I were to appear in the human world, I would surely die."

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva suddenly suppressed his anger and calmly said, "So what help is the Heavenly Court to me? If I fail, they won't be able to get the spiritual essence of Mount Sumeru either."

Once the title of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is taken away by the Buddha of Three Lives, then even if Guanyin Bodhisattva still exists in the South China Sea, the Heavenly Court will never be able to obtain the faith and incense offerings of Mount Ling again.

The Heavenly Court can no longer expect to receive the incense offerings from Lingshan.

Since Hu Xiuwu had created a loophole in the Lingshan faith, he gained control over the spiritual essence of the Lingshan faith.

Similarly, Guanyin Bodhisattva, who merely uses the name of a Bodhisattva to indirectly invoke the faith and spiritual essence of Mount Ling, how could she possibly compete with a Great Luo Golden Immortal under the same conditions?

Even if the Jade Emperor and Laozi were to intervene, it would only result in a draw, with the spiritual essence being divided equally between them.

Guanyin Bodhisattva remained unmoved, saying calmly, "You know that the Heavenly Court just suffered a defeat and it's impossible for them to send anyone to help you."

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, holding a Mani jewel in his hand, said expressionlessly, "However, the Heavenly Court will absolutely not let go of the spiritual essence of Mount Ling."

Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled slightly: "That is indeed the case."

A sum of spiritual resources that could fill the Jade Emperor's treasure trove—the Heavenly Court couldn't just sit idly by and watch it slip out of its grasp.

Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "You know perfectly well what's going on, so why do you keep asking?"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva also breathed a sigh of relief: "I can only feel at ease if you give me some definite news."

Even before Mount Ling disappeared, Guanyin Bodhisattva was already considered an envoy of Mount Ling residing in the Heavenly Court. She frequently traveled between Mount Ling and the Heavenly Court, skillfully facilitating communication and establishing good relations with many high-ranking deities in the Heavenly Court.

Erlang Shen, Nezha, as well as the former Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, the Four Guardian Heavenly Kings, and Taibai Jinxing all had good relationships with Guanyin Bodhisattva.

After the fall of Mount Ling, Guanyin Bodhisattva easily blended into the atmosphere of the Heavenly Court. That's why Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva kept questioning Guanyin Bodhisattva in the Purple Bamboo Grove of the South China Sea, hoping that Guanyin could give him an accurate and clear guidance.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva asked, "Since the Heavenly Court has already made a plan, what has it prepared for me?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva flipped her hand,
A light came on.

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The light dimmed.

A strange, unprovoked gust of wind extinguished the eternal flame in the main hall of the Ksitigarbha Temple.
The sutras recited by Master Siyou stopped, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet and silent.

The eternal lamps in front of the Ksitigarbha Temple are certainly not ordinary lamps. Successive abbots of the Ksitigarbha Temple have blessed them with mantras and added lamp oil. Even if they are submerged in a water tank, they will not go out; they will only dry out the water.

An ordinary wind cannot extinguish this incense burner.

Not to mention that at such an important moment as today, all the eminent monks of the Dizang Temple are paying close attention to the situation in the temple, and the Water and Land Dharma Assembly is adorned with layers of Buddhist veils.

Neither pure winds nor evil spirits could wreak havoc within the Ksitigarbha Temple, and the extinguishing of the Ksitigarbha eternal lamp was certainly not due to natural causes.

There must be some kind of deity or demon causing trouble.

Those high-ranking officials and nobles were still bewildered, not understanding why everyone's faces were so grim just because a lamp had been turned off. However, the Taoist and Buddhist practitioners present had already thought of four words.

'An ominous sign!'

Making trouble today is not only a slap in the face of the Bianliang Dizang Temple, but also a slap in the face of Dizang Bodhisattva or the Buddha of Three Lives and One Journey.

Regardless of who is behind this, what their purpose is—whether they are a demon king or an earth immortal, from the Heavenly Court or the Underworld—one thing is certain.
This is something that ordinary people should not get involved in.

Master Xuanguang of Shangqing Temple and Abbot Fengqin of Xuanzhen Temple had quietly escorted their disciples away from the Mahavira Hall and the venue where the Water and Land Dharma Assembly was being held, and quietly left Dizang Temple through the back door.

Even after leaving the Ksitigarbha Temple, he didn't linger. Once he was out of the influence of the Ksitigarbha Temple's Water and Land Dharma Assembly, he immediately used his escape light to leave Bianliang City.

Those who felt uneasy were not from Shangqing Temple and Xuanzhen Temple, but some elders who did not want to get involved in the matter withdrew from Dizang Temple and returned to the mountain gate. Others, after leaving Dizang Temple, stayed in the market town where Dizang Temple was located, curious about how things would develop.

Most Buddhists remain at the Ksitigarbha Temple.

Although they also sensed that things were not going well, as fellow Buddhists, if they fled at the first sign of trouble, they would be ridiculed by their peers once word got out.

"These old guys, their cultivation is average, but they're quite clever." "When it rains heavily, ants run; when the wind blows, birds hide. If they can't sense the impending natural disaster, how can weak mortals survive?"

"Ouch, Mother, why are you hitting me?"

Sister Zhu covered her forehead, looking at her mother, Zi Zhu'er, with a mixture of anger and fear.

Zhu Liuliu and Yongning Ji covered their mouths and chuckled, quite pleased to see their usually strong-willed fourth sister being suppressed by their even stronger mother/Aunt Zizhu.

Zi Zhu'er withdrew her hand, placed it in front of her lower abdomen, smoothed her clothes, and said with a dignified and elegant air: "Don't underestimate mortals. These mortals have boundless creativity."

Sister Zhu stubbornly argued, "They also have many ignorant and foolish people."

It wasn't entirely because of arguing with his mother; there was also resentment and anger stemming from years of slaying demons and monsters only to be misunderstood.

There are always fools who stand on the side of the evil gods who oppress them, and always think that Sister Zhu is the villain. They speak ill of her and even raise pitchforks at her.

Sometimes she gets so angry that she doesn't want to deal with these idiots anymore, feeling that they deserve their own oppression.

Zi Zhu'er made a move to strike, but someone grabbed her wrist and pulled her into their arms.

"The children are still young, don't be so harsh. They need to be taught something eventually, don't they?"

"Take your pig's trotters off your mother's waist!" Sister Zhu said angrily. "Mother, didn't you say you would punish him properly before you would forgive him?"

Sister Zhu was exasperated: "Mother!! How could you let this idiot get close so easily?"

The imposing man who was holding Zi Zhu'er in his arms, and whom Zhu Sijie called "Pig Head," could only be Marshal Tianpeng, Zhu Bajie!
Zhu Liuliu stood on the same side as her sister this time, hands on her hips glaring at Zhu Bajie: "That's right, that's right! Get away from Mother!"

Zi Zhu'er's cheeks flushed crimson. Faced with her daughter's question, she felt ashamed but had no words to answer. She could only pick up her handkerchief and secretly cover her burning face.

She did indeed want to be a little colder to Marshal Tianpeng (Pigsy), since Pigsy had never come to the Spider Cave to look for her in the mortal world for five hundred years.

However, upon seeing Zhu Bajie's once admired and revered figure and handsome face, she blurted out everything.

He may have a bellyful of sarcastic remarks in his heart, but what came out of his mouth was gentle and mild.

Purple Spider seemed to realize something.
So after all this time, she is still the same Purple Spider in the sky.

She transformed into a spider demon, but her heart remained unchanged.

Sister Zhu immediately interrupted her mother's reverie with a harsh and rude tone:
"What are you doing here! It's just a trivial matter of spreading rumors. Does it really require Marshal Tianpeng's intervention?"

However, Zhu Sijie and her six sisters had a very bad attitude towards Marshal Tianpeng.

Even Zhu Bajie's biological daughter, Zhu Liuliu, is the same, because Zhu Bajie neglected them for five hundred years.

They had seen Zi Zhu'er, with her mutilated body, raise them amidst the mountains of corpses and seas of blood in the Spider Cave.

If they hadn't met Hu Xiuwu, they don't know how long they would have struggled in the desolate forest of Pansidong.

How could I forgive him so easily?

Unfortunately, although the six sisters united, they didn't expect that the main character would be dragging them down!

Zi Zhu'er had made a promise to them behind their backs, but after meeting Zhu Bajie, she forgot everything.

Marshal Tianpeng, Zhu Bajie, wore a round-necked robe with gold thread, thunder patterns on the shoulders, and black water flowing down the hem. In his hand, he held a nine-toothed rake that had transformed into a nine-bone fan.

This outfit, modeled after Erlang Shen Yang Jian's travels in the mortal realm, combined with his original appearance, gives him a unique and dashing air.

歘!
Marshal Tianpeng opened his folding fan: "I'm not needed to spread rumors, but I'm the one who has to clean up the mess after the rumors are spread."

"The person in question can't sit still any longer!"

(End of this chapter)