On the Avenue.

Chapter 286: Convincing people with reason
The Qixia Temple is not very large, and the gods enshrined there are two bronze statues. The two hundred-foot-tall gods that Chen Shi saw just now were the result of people's long-term worship, with the incense burning more and more, and the extraordinary power in the bronze statues condensed to form the gods.

Chen Shi came to the main hall, burned incense and bowed to the two bronze statues. He felt relieved when he saw that the statues accepted his incense.

He is a country boy and respects his godmother's opinion more.

Of course, if these two godmothers do not appreciate the favor, Chen Shi does not mind taking them into the small temple and asking Niangniang Shiji to train them.

There is a strange atmosphere in Qixia Temple, ancient and heavy, and the same atmosphere emanates from the two bronze statues.

Yu Lingzi said: "The old site of Qixia Temple was originally a ruin, and many palaces were built on the basis of these ruins. The statue may be a relic from the True King era, or it may be a prehistoric remnant."

Chen Shi asked, "You are a Taoist, do you recognize these statues?"

In fact, there are many similar things in the countryside, but no one knows their origins or ages.

Some are stone statues, some are bronze statues, there are also wooden carvings of gods and demons, stone towers, bronze bell towers, ancient wells or stone tablets. These are the things that many villages worship as godmothers, not necessarily trees.

These things are either remnants or things left over from the era of the True King. After being worshipped by the villagers, they became spiritual over time and can condense the energy of incense into extraordinary power, thus becoming the godmother who protects an area.

Yu Lingzi said: "Most of the records of the Taoist gods in our sect have been lost, and only a few scattered books are left. Many books about the Taoist gods have been lost. I heard from the elders of the sect that the first group of Taoists who landed in Xiniu New Island brought a lot of soldiers and horses, but they all disappeared later."

Chen Shi asked doubtfully: "Troops and horses?"

Yu Lingzi said: "They are the soldiers and horses raised by our Taoist ancestor. They have been passed down for a long time and have great power."

Chen Shi suddenly came to his senses, just like the five ghost kings raised by Granny Sha.

The Five Ghost Kings are not that powerful, but if Granny Sha passes away and leaves the Five Ghost Kings to future generations, they will be worshipped continuously and passed down from generation to generation. After thousands of years of worship, the strength of the Five Ghost Kings may be elevated to the level of gods and demons.

This is the origin of the ancestor’s army.

The Taihua Green Palace must have brought a lot of soldiers and horses from the ancestors of the Chinese Divine Continent to guard the Taihua Green Palace and suppress the evil spirits and monsters in the Xiniu New Continent.

But why did these ancestors’ troops disappear?

Why didn’t even the Taihua Qing Palace record the reason why the founder’s troops disappeared?
Yu Lingzi took him to see Fan Kongliu and the others, and said, "Yesterday I talked about this with the three uncles. The three uncles said that your grandfather came to Taihua Qing Palace and read these books. He said he wanted to find these disappeared gods and reorganize Luotian Dajiao, Zhoutian Dajiao and Putian Dajiao. I don't know if he succeeded later."

Chen Shi thought of the Luotian Dajiao that his grandfather had passed down to him, and said, "Grandpa was halfway to success, but then he was delayed by my affairs."

Yu Lingzi asked in confusion: "What's your matter?"

"I'm dead." Chen Shi said.

Yu Lingzi then remembered that Chen Shi was a child scholar whose congenital fetus was cut off and he died tragically after the county examination.

Chen Yindu had been exploring the secrets of the end of the True King Era and the fall of the gods at that time. He came upon hearing the news and went mad. After the Xijing Massacre, he had been trying to resurrect Chen Shi. In the end, he ran out of life and died of old age in Huangpo Village.

The two came to the backyard of Qixia Temple. Chen Shi looked up and saw a white jade path rising from the ground and spreading into the sky.

The white jade path was no more than thirty or twenty feet long and one foot and four or five feet wide, hanging in the air with nothing to rely on.

But this small white jade path actually supports a palace, which stands tall and motionless.

The white jade path gives people an extremely ancient feeling.

When Chen Shi climbed up the path, he felt that what was in front of him was not a palace, but a path to another mysterious space.

"This white jade path should be a relic from prehistoric times. It is said that when Xijing was first opened up, every night, a fairy in white would appear at the other end of the path, reaching out her hand to the human world, as if to lead people to ascend to heaven."

Yu Lingzi said, "Many people in Xijing were seduced by this fairy. They climbed the path, stood at the end of the path, grabbed the hand of the fairy in white, and then disappeared. There are rumors that the woman is not a real fairy, but a ghost fairy. The people she took away did not become fairies, but were eaten by her and turned into ghosts."

Chen Shi listened attentively and asked, "And then?"

Before Yu Lingzi could speak, he heard a deep voice coming from above: "Later, too many people disappeared, so the Prime Minister of the Cabinet ordered the construction of this Moon-Grasping Palace to suppress the White Jade Trail. After that, there were no more White-robed Ghost Fairies. I chose to live in the Moon-Grasping Palace because I wanted to see this female fairy after nightfall. Unfortunately, I have never been able to do so."

Chen Shi looked up and saw a monk in white standing in front of the Lanyue Hall, looking down at them with a smile on his face.

He is Fankongliu of Shuiyue Shengjing, who has always been known as a playboy. It is rumored that he has had affairs with many women in Xijing, but he has a deep understanding of Buddhism and has a strong cultivation.

Fan Kongliu was wearing a white robe, with a round bald head, fair skin, a straight nose, neat facial features, and a man's firmness, but also a bit of charm. He walked up to them barefoot, greeted them with one hand, and said, "Fan Kongliu greets donor Chen."

Chen Shi walked forward and arrived at the Lanyue Palace.

Fan Kongliu stared at Chen Shi and said, "Yu Lingzi is kind-hearted and always restless. When he heard that Shen Hongniang was in trouble yesterday, he rushed out to look for you. I heard that you injured Yu Lingzi because of this. Donor Chen, I want to seek justice from you on behalf of Yu Lingzi today!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Lingzi's chest was filled with anger. He wanted to refute him, saying that it was he who instigated him to find Chen Shi, but he couldn't say anything. The more he held it in, the angrier he became.

Chen Shi asked, "Fan Kongliu, what kind of skills are you practicing?"

Fan Kongliu smiled slightly and said, "I am grateful to my teacher for his appreciation of me and for giving me the Sutra of the Supreme Dharani of the Buddha's Crown. I have been practicing it ever since."

Chen Shi thought for a moment and said, "This method contains the Buddha's golden body. How is your practice going? How does the Buddha's golden body compare to the Bodhi golden body and the golden body of the Dabaoguo Temple?"

Fan Kongliu's face was solemn, and he said, "There is no difference in the achievement of golden bodies. However, the golden body of Dabaoguo Temple comes from a golden bodhisattva. And the golden body of my Shuiyue Shengjing comes from Sakyamuni Buddha. In my Buddhist classic "Zhiyue Lu", it is said that when the Boundless Body Bodhisattva saw the golden body of the Buddha, he broke off a bamboo pole six feet long and prepared to measure the six feet golden body of the Buddha. The Boundless Body Bodhisattva measured six feet, and then measured six feet, and kept measuring from the Desire Realm to the Brahma Heaven, but still could not see the top of the Buddha's head."

He smiled slightly and said, "A 10-foot-tall golden body is more than 10 feet tall. How can the golden body of a bodhisattva be compared with the golden body of the Buddha?"

Yu Lingzi was puzzled and thought, "Didn't Uncle Chen come here to reason? Why is he talking about the golden body?"

Chen Shi said: "I will give you a chance to activate the Buddha's Golden Body. I am quite fast when I attack, and many people are killed by me before they have time to prepare."

Fan Kongliu looked at Yu Lingzi with a puzzled look on his face and said, "Yu Lingzi, what's going on?"

As he asked, he activated the golden body of the Buddha.

The so-called golden body of the World Honored One is also a golden body of about six feet high. However, when it is activated, it is covered by a layer of primordial infant or primordial spirit force field. The closer to the golden body, the larger it appears. If one goes deep into the force field and comes up to it, the golden body of the World Honored One will be as big as a Mount Sumeru, giving people a feeling of being invincible!

What is even more terrifying is that the Buddha's golden body did not grow larger and is still six feet tall, so its reaction speed is still extremely fast.

When the monk who has cultivated the golden body of the Buddha meets the enemy, the opponent will only see an extremely majestic giant Buddha, which is crashing down at an incredible speed, and will be smashed to pieces in the next moment!
The six-foot-tall golden body is the experience gained by countless masters of Buddhism.

They found in battle that when they were 16 feet tall, they had both the height advantage brought by their tall stature and the advantage of being agile and responsive. If they were shorter, the height advantage would not be so obvious, and if they were taller, their limbs would not be so coordinated.

The Brahma flow of the Buddha's golden body was displayed, and his body suddenly grew rapidly, tall and thin, with golden skin, and golden light shining from under the skin.

His soul force field was filled with precious light, and his face was full of compassion, his gaze still fixed on Yu Lingzi: "Yu Lingzi, what's going on? You brought Chen Shi here, did you want him to deal with me? Today, you must give me an explanation!" Yu Lingzi felt guilty and was about to speak when Chen Shi suddenly shouted.

"Tell your grandma!"

There was a loud thunder in the Lanyue Palace. Yu Lingzi only felt the thunder exploding in his ears and could not hear any other sounds for a while.

He only felt that the air in the entire Moon-Lanling Palace was suddenly emptied, and the space was floating.

Chen Shi punched through Fan Kongliu's spiritual force field. The force of his fist was so powerful that the sound of thunder ended at Fan Kongliu's lower abdomen. Fan Kongliu's palm was like a Buddha seal, slapping downwards. However, when Chen Shi punched out, the vertebrae on his back suddenly bulged, causing the Buddha seal in his palm to fail!

His body rushed backwards, knocking down a copper pillar as thick as a bucket, and his body hit the wall heavily!

Chen Shi followed like a shadow and kicked the golden monk in the crotch. Even with his indestructible body, he was kicked into a hideous state!

This kick was so heavy that it caused the wall behind Fan Kongliu to bulge backwards.

Chen Shi's hands were like knives, stabbing into his waist under his sides.

This is where the two kidneys are located. Once pierced, there will be unimaginable pain. If the kidneys are exploded, there will be a risk of life.

Fan Kongliu's face was distorted and he almost fell to his knees in pain. His two legs bore the force of the stab and penetrated the ground. Lan Yue Palace was knocked to one side!
He knew the situation was critical, so he endured the pain, quickly pulled out his legs, tried to stand firmly, and recited the mantra.

The Golden Body of the Buddha is also a practice, and when practicing it, it must be combined with the Eighteen-Character Mantra, which is also a kind of seal. Before he uttered the first syllable of the mantra, Chen Shi's fist had already hit his larynx.

one strike.

His larynx was broken.

Chen Shi's knee hit his chin, and Fan Kongliu felt as if the top of his head was about to be blown off. His head tilted back, and then his neck was hit by Chen Shi's other thigh!
"Oh!"

A muffled sound was heard, and Fankongliu hit the opposite wall. The entire Lanyue Palace shook violently, and the surrounding walls were covered with cracks.

Fan Kongliu lay on the ground and tried to get up, but Chen Shi stepped on the back of his hand and pressed him to the ground.

"The Buddha's golden body is indeed good, a top-notch product among the second-rate ones. You have been hit by so many of my attacks, but you are still not killed by me. This is really amazing."

Chen Shi grabbed one of his fingers with both hands and twisted it back with force. Fan Kongliu screamed and the finger broke with a snap.

Chen Shi grabbed another finger and tried to break it again. There was another snap, and this finger was also broken.

Yu Lingzi was horrified by what he saw, and only then did he realize how much Chen Shi had let him down when he faced him yesterday.

Without saying a word, Chen Shi broke all five fingers of Fan Kongliu, moved his foot away, stepped over Fan Kongliu who was twitching in pain, and stepped on the back of his other hand.

"Now we can reason."

He held one of Fan Kongliu's fingers with both hands, paused, and said, "Yesterday, it was you who tricked Yu Lingzi into going to Guangjiku to block me?"

Fan Kongliu's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Why do you say that, Benefactor Chen? Senior Brother Yu Lingzi, did I ever tell you to go find Benefactor Chen yesterday?"

Yu Lingzi hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "You didn't say that. But what you mean is..."

Fan Kongliu gritted his teeth and said, "But I didn't say it myself! Donor Chen, look..."

"Crack!"

Chen Shi broke his finger and then held the other finger, saying, "I also heard that you have had affairs with many women."

Fan Kongliu was in so much pain that tears streamed down his face. He shouted, "I am doing this for the good of those female donors! Donor Chen, you don't know much about my Buddhism. In my Buddhism, there is a saying of donating one's body. There are Bodhisattvas who transform into women and donate their bodies to people. After having sex, the people will give up their human desires and have no interest in love from then on. They will convert to Buddhism. The way I follow is the way of Bodhisattvas. I donate my body to those women to help them give up their burning desires! How is that wrong?"

"Crack!"

Chen Shi also broke his finger and said, "So Shen Hongniang did a lot of things for you. So you encouraged Yu Lingzi to test my strength! Right?"

"Little monk..."

Fan Kongliu's eyes widened, rolling wildly. He had denied it twice just now, and two of his fingers were broken. Obviously, if he denied it, Chen Shi would retaliate!

"Yes, that's what I think. Shen Hongniang helped me get many female donors to convert, but I don't trust Shen Hongniang to handle this matter! If she tells others, it will be a disgrace to Buddhism! Young Master, you let me get rid of Shen Hongniang, so I have to return the favor. But I don't know your cultivation strength, so I don't want to conflict with you directly."

He explained the whole thing clearly, saying, "Yu Lingzi has a simple personality, so I provoked her yesterday. But it's not just me, there are other people involved, other people!"

"Crack!"

Chen Shi broke his third finger, causing Fan Kongliu to feel excruciating pain. Then he loosened his feet and stepped over Fan Kongliu's 10-foot-tall body.

Fan Kongliu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then he heard Chen Shi's voice: "Yu Lingzi, it's your turn."

Yu Lingzi was furious. He stepped forward and stepped on Fan Kongliu's hand. He held his two remaining intact fingers with both hands and imitated Chen Shi's way, exerting force suddenly!

"Crack! Click!"

Two crisp sounds were heard and Fan Kongliu fainted from the pain.

"Have you gotten rid of your anger? Do you want to fight again?"

Chen Shi asked with concern, "Xijing is good in every way, except for one thing: you can't kill people casually. Otherwise, we would send this lecherous monk to paradise to live happily here."

Yu Lingzi was startled and quickly shook his head, saying, "I've already vented my anger. I won't fight anymore!"

Chen Shi felt quite regretful and walked out of the hall, saying, "The matter of Fankongliu has been resolved. Now we should go find Li Tianqian, Ma Xueqing and the others."

Before he could finish his words, the Moon-Lan Palace began to shake. The two men rushed out in a hurry, and just as they reached the white jade path, the Moon-Lan Palace behind them collapsed with a loud bang!

The receptionist of Qixia Temple hurried over here, but after just one glance at the black pot, he thought it was no big deal.

Chen Shi looked towards the end of the white jade path with anticipation: "Maybe I can see the fairy in white tonight... Yu Lingzi, hurry up, let's go find the others!"

Yu Lingzi was surprised and asked, "Are we still going to fight them?"

Chen Shi walked down the white jade path and said leisurely, "To convince people with reason, how can they obey if you don't beat them once?"

(End of this chapter)