Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens.

Chapter 539 Before considering victory, consider defeat; before considering gain, consider loss! Slay the Golden-Winged Roc!

Lion Camel Ridge.

The three demon kings gathered together, listening to the tiger-headed leader report on the recent conflict with Ruzhen Temple.

"Ruzhen Temple?" The Golden-Winged Roc, dressed in a tight-fitting outfit and appearing gentle and refined, said, "How come I didn't know that Mount Ling had a Ruzhen Buddha?"

“Brother,” the yellow-toothed white elephant seemed to have thought of something and said, “This Buddha Ruzhen Miaofa boasts that he was born from a white lotus and descended from a bright king. I am afraid he is not under the tutelage of the World Honored One of Mount Ling. As far as I know, the white lotus has a close relationship with the Buddha of the East. I am afraid that this Buddha Ruzhen Miaofa is the future Buddha under the tutelage of the Buddha of the East.”

"Hahaha..." The Golden-Winged Roc laughed loudly. He said, "Future Buddha, then we'll wait for the future to be born. It's not the future's turn yet."

Unlike the arrogant Golden-Winged Roc, the Green-Haired Lion Demon said in a serious tone, "Brother, we must not disrespect the Buddha of the East!"

With a wave of his hand, the Golden-Winged Roc said, "It's alright. If Ru Zhen Miao Fa doesn't come, fine. But if he does come, it will let him know how powerful my Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle is."

Seeing that they couldn't persuade the Golden-Winged Roc.

The green-haired lion demon and the yellow-toothed white elephant demon exchanged a glance, as if they had made a decision.

“Brother, we have occupied this Lion Camel Kingdom. How can we let others sleep soundly beside our bed?” The green-haired lion demon provoked without showing any emotion. “However, that Ruzhen Miaofa is, after all, a disciple of the Buddha of the East. We cannot embarrass the Buddha of the East. Why don’t you step forward and fight Ruzhen Buddha? With the power of your magic treasures, you will surely be able to make Ruzhen Buddha bow down and admit defeat. But I hope you will know when to stop and never take his life.”

After a moment of contemplation, the Golden-Winged Roc seemed truly persuaded. It nodded and said, "Very well. We brothers haven't provoked that True Buddha while we're in Lion Camel Kingdom. I expect that after witnessing the power of my Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle, he'll understand that we brothers are not someone he can use to establish his authority!"

After a slight pause, the Golden-Winged Roc changed the subject, saying, "Brothers, please wait a moment while I go and teach that Ruzhen a lesson."

The moment the words left his mouth, the Golden-Winged Roc immediately ordered his minions to bring out the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle.

Although the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle is named after a bottle, it is a completely different concept from Guanyin Bodhisattva's Jade Pure Bottle, etc.

At the very least, this magical artifact, crafted by the Golden-Winged Roc, cannot even change its size or weight at will.

It often takes thirty-six people, the number of the Heavenly Generals, to lift it.

Although the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle contains the Seven Treasures, the Eight Trigrams, and the Twenty-Four Solar Terms, the one who crafted this magical artifact was the half-baked Golden-Winged Roc. The true power of this artifact comes entirely from the power of the Yin-Yang Two Qi.

On the journey to the West, even if other magical treasures were destroyed by Sun Wukong and his team, they could be repaired by their owners. For example, the golden cymbal of the Buddha of the East was smashed to pieces by Sun Wukong with his golden cudgel.

But when the Buddha from the East arrived, he quickly repaired the broken golden gong.

The Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle, however, was completely rendered useless after a hole was drilled in it and the Yin-Yang energies were released.

The Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle is said to be a magical artifact, but in reality, it is more like a tool for carrying Yin and Yang energies, which are the key.

After the lesser demons brought over the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle, the Golden-Winged Roc proudly showed off to the Green-Haired Lion Demon and the Yellow-Toothed White Elephant. Then, revealing its true form, it grabbed the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle with one claw, flapped its wings, and headed straight east.

As the Golden-Winged Roc flew away, the Green-Haired Lion Demon said, "If it is truly a wondrous method, it is under the tutelage of the Buddha of the East. We absolutely cannot afford to offend it. Let our third brother take the blame. Even if something goes wrong, we can still shirk responsibility."

The yellow-tusked white elephant nodded repeatedly.

As the mounts of the Bodhisattva, the Green-haired Lion Spirit and the Yellow-tusked White Elephant truly knew just how deep the waters of Mount Ling were.

On the contrary, the Golden-Winged Roc, relying on its status as the Buddha's uncle, was arrogant and ignorant of its own limitations.

The lion demon and the white elephant certainly didn't want to fall into this obviously huge trap.

Since the Golden-Winged Roc wanted to take the initiative to resist the lightning, they were naturally happy to see it happen. As long as it didn't implicate them, they would at most just flatter the Golden-Winged Roc.

Compared to the tamed, seasoned lion demon and the yellow-toothed white elephant, the Golden-Winged Roc was nothing more than a reckless, arrogant young dandy who didn't know his place.

The Golden-Winged Roc's flying speed is comparable to Sun Wukong's somersault cloud.

Although the Somersault Cloud can travel 108,000 li in one somersault, the Golden-Winged Roc can travel 90,000 li with a single flap of its wings, and can catch up with Sun Wukong with just two flaps of its wings.

For birds of prey, flying is an instinct.

Even now, with the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle in hand, the Golden-Winged Roc still managed to travel from Lion Camel Ridge to the outside of Ruzhen Temple in just a few breaths.

Even the Golden-Winged Roc didn't need to ask for directions along the way; it only needed to observe the aura from the air to spot the dazzling, brilliant Buddha light of Ruzhen Temple at a glance.

Ruzhen Temple was indeed formerly known as Huanghua Temple. The one who initiated the transformation of Huanghua Temple into the current Zen Temple was the Buddha.

Even the Buddha, the World Honored One, could easily possess extraordinary supernatural powers and treasures for ordinary Buddhist practitioners.

The Ruzhen Temple, which was rebuilt by the Buddha, may appear magnificent and luxurious to outsiders, but to the Golden-Winged Roc, it exudes a pure and rich aura of Buddhist light.

It landed about 100 meters away from Ruzhen Temple.

In an instant, he transformed into the image of a sinister young man.

With one hand holding the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle and the other holding its weapon, the Fangtian Halberd, the Golden-Winged Roc let out a loud and piercing eagle cry towards the direction of Ruzhen Temple.

It came rolling in, accompanied by the cries of eagles.

The area within a radius of several hundred meters seemed to be subjected to the vibrations of the sound waves.

The only one that remains standing is Ruzhen Temple.

Although the buildings of Ruzhen Temple were indeed unharmed, countless monks of the Ruzhen sect inside the temple were shaken by the eagle's cry, their blood churning, their bones going weak, their muscles going numb, and their vision going blurry.

Inside the Zen temple.

Luo Fu guessed that the conflict between himself and Lion Camel Ridge must have been instigated by Da Luo Tian, ​​but he never expected that before he could even go looking for trouble with Lion Camel Ridge, the other party would come knocking on his door first.

Luo Fu immediately instructed his disciples to keep the mountain gates tightly closed. To be absolutely certain, Luo Fu even entrusted the Fire Date Boat to seven Spider Garan. If anything went wrong, the Spider Garan were to use the Fire Date Boat to take the monks of the Ruzhen Sect and the few survivors from the Lion Camel Kingdom who had come to him for help, and flee to another place.

Before considering victory, worry about defeat; before considering gain, worry about loss.

After making the arrangements, Luo Fu left the Zen temple to greet the Golden-Winged Roc that had come to his door. The moment he stepped out of the temple gate, Luo Fu immediately saw the majestic and unruly Golden-Winged Roc approaching.

Judging from its appearance, the Golden-Winged Roc, now transformed into a human, is indeed quite heroic and extraordinary.

If one ignores the three-foot-tall Yin-Yang Qi bottle beside him, the way he holds the Fangtian Halberd makes him seem like Lu Bu from the storybooks has come to life.

Similarly, while Luofu saw the Golden-Winged Roc, the Golden-Winged Roc that had been keeping an eye on the gate of Ruzhen Temple also immediately set its sights on Luofu.

Upon seeing Luofu, the Golden-Winged Roc was clearly surprised. After a moment of stunned silence, it burst into laughter: "So you are the master of Ruzhen Temple? I never expected you to be neither a monk nor a Taoist."

It's no wonder that the Golden-Winged Roc would have such doubts.

Xiniu Hezhou itself is a place where Buddhism is highly revered.

Although there are Wuzhuang Temple and Sanqing Temple, even in front of this Ruzhen Zen Temple, there was the Taoist Huanghua Temple.

However, compared to Buddhist temples and monasteries, Taoist sects in Xiniu Hezhou were only occasionally seen.

Regardless of the relationship between monks and Taoists, situations like Ruzhen Temple, which displays the sign of a Buddhist temple and whose disciples wear monastic robes but have their hair styled in a topknot, are still extremely rare.

"Are you the Demon King who seized the Lion Camel Kingdom, turning a once mighty nation into a monster's prey and a living hell?" asked Luo Fuzhi, the wise advisor.

The Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle was clearly placed next to the Golden-Winged Roc. Is there any need to question his identity?
Especially when Luo Fu saw the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle, he clearly felt that the whisk in his hand was subtly moving. This did not mean that the magic weapon that Laozi had refined from the Eight Trigrams Furnace with Yin-Yang Two Qi had developed its own consciousness and was coveting and greedy for the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle, which was also mainly composed of Yin-Yang Two Qi.

On the contrary, this anomaly is actually more like the mutual attraction between the two poles of a magnet, a fundamental law of nature, like a physical law.

Compared to Luo Fu's refinement and mastery of the Yin-Yang Qi whisk, the Golden-Winged Roc was clearly a step slower in reacting.

When the Golden-Winged Roc realized that its Yin-Yang Qi Bottle was actually reacting to Luo Fu, this neither-monk-nor-Taoist-like Buddha, it immediately flew into a rage.

At least he was born with the Yin and Yang energies. If he hadn't lacked perseverance, he wouldn't have been able to refine the Yin and Yang energies into the Five-Colored Divine Light, a kind of innate supernatural power, like the Peacock King.

It seems that the Golden-Winged Roc doesn't need any bottle as a container at all now.

It should be understood that such a high-grade treasure as Yin and Yang Qi was completely wasted when it was refined into the incongruous Yin and Yang Qi Bottle. Although it is called a magic weapon, it is more like a tool that crudely uses a bottle as a carrier to trap and transform people.

First of all, the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle does not have the miraculous effect of actively recruiting people. In this respect, it is far inferior to top-tier magic treasures such as the Purple Gold Gourd and the Jade Purification Bottle. This is not because the Yin-Yang Two Qi material is inferior, but because it was ruined by the Golden-Winged Roc.

Secondly, who has ever seen a magic weapon as inconvenient as the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle? Let alone carrying it around, apart from the Golden-Winged Roc, even if anyone else wanted to move it, it would require thirty-six people to carry it using the Heavenly Gang Technique.

Even if an enemy is trapped inside, the Yin and Yang energies cannot actively display their power to transform people. Instead, the person trapped inside needs to struggle or even speak. Only in this way can the Yin and Yang energies be activated to refine living people. This is a purely passive effect, refining the enemy within a limited range using the power of the Yin and Yang energies themselves.

Finally, this so-called Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle is so fragile that it's a disgrace to other magical artifacts of the same type.

Similarly, magical artifacts that can trap or transform people, such as the golden cymbal of the Buddha of the East, can be easily repaired even if they are shattered by Sun Wukong after the Buddha of the East arrives.

The only thing that was lost was that Sun Wukong drilled a hole in the Yin-Yang Bottle, which completely drained the Yin and Yang energies, rendering it useless.

It can only be said that the Golden-Winged Roc was indeed not good at crafting weapons, and did not have the great perseverance of the Peacock King to turn this great opportunity into his own foundation, thus wasting such precious innate Yin and Yang energies.

The Golden-Winged Roc has always felt that refining Yin and Yang energies into such an unusual magical artifact is an achievement.

But now, seeing the whisk produced in Laozi's Eight Trigrams Furnace, he completely lost his guard.

On the one hand, others also possessed treasures like Yin and Yang Qi, and some had even refined them into a whisk-like magic weapon. On the other hand, the opponent's whisk-like magic weapon was clearly more complete and advanced than his own Yin and Yang Qi bottle.

Lies don't hurt, truth is the knife.

Without a doubt, the Golden-Winged Roc had witnessed the truth at that moment.

He's like a spoiled brat who relies on his status and background. When he's hit a wall in his area of ​​expertise, his first reaction isn't shame, but anger.

If human nature itself is so flawed, then the Golden-Winged Roc is even more so, since it is a demon in itself.

The Golden-Winged Roc ignored Luo Fu's reply and angrily shouted, "You neither monk nor Taoist, where did you get your Yin and Yang energies? Summon them now!!"

Luo Fu sighed softly in his heart.

He knew perfectly well that once the Golden-Winged Roc sensed the Yin and Yang energies, there would be absolutely no possibility of reconciliation between him and this uncle of the Buddha.

Of course, if the Buddha were to intervene, the Garuda might not necessarily be in mortal danger.

However, the difficulty of this ordeal for the westward journey team may be reduced by several levels because of themselves.

These calculations from above, namely Luo Fu, had sensed something was amiss beforehand, but the Golden-Winged Roc clearly lacked the awareness and wisdom to do so.

This means that either Luofu will have to submit to the Golden-Winged Roc and be at its mercy, or it will have to send the Golden-Winged Roc to face its tribulation ahead of time. Even if it can't kill him, it will have to be completely defeated and forced to become a pet in the Spirit Mountain.

Since it was destined that they could only do it once, Luo Fu simply stopped wasting words with the Golden-Winged Roc.

A shimmering white Buddhist light flowed beneath his feet, and a white lotus platform appeared out of nowhere, lifting up Luofu.

Beneath the chanting of Zen, the Buddha's light acted as a protective barrier, firmly shielding Luofu Mountain.

Luo Fu held a whisk in his left hand and a celestial sword in his right, his body enveloped in the light of the seven emotions, as if protected by the mortal world, making him seem armed to the teeth.

With such a commotion, the Golden-Winged Roc is not stupid; of course, it couldn't just stand by and watch.

Even so, his reaction was still a beat too slow.

The moment he charged forward wielding his halberd, Luo Fu was already fully armed and met him head-on.

(End of this chapter)