The Ballad of Youth: Inheriting Daoji, Li Hanyi, the Escapee from Marriage

"Brother Wei Tuo? Are you awake yet?"

"Time to get up and get to work!"

"..."

Ignoring the doubts of others, Li Xiuyuan walked to the stone statue and patted it on the shoulder with his fan. On the surface, it seemed that he was waking up a sleeping person, but if you looked closely, you would find that a faint golden light was emerging on his tattered fan. He was performing the final step in reviving the stone statue, which was to input enough Buddhist magic power!

"Hmph! Looks like we've been tricked by this crazy monk again!"

Meanwhile, Minghou simultaneously witnessed Li Xiuyuan's actions and heard his explanation.

His face looked terrible; the anger in his chest, like the boiling internal energy throughout his body, was simply uncontrollable!

"Mad monk, watch me first chop down this stone statue of yours, then I'll hack you to pieces with my blade!"

"Pluto Blade Slash! Kill!!"

Finally, Minghou could no longer hold back. He raised his sword, leaped into the air, and unleashed a devastating slash at Li Xiuyuan's position!

The power of this move is evident in the fact that even from a distance of more than ten meters, Lei Wujie and Tang Lian could clearly feel the fierce aura covering the opponent's blade!

"Oh no, Master Daoji... dodge quickly! This attack is completely different from the previous ones!"

Tang Lian knew she couldn't take the hit head-on, so she quickly jumped away while loudly reminding Li Xiuyuan.

But... Li Xiuyuan didn't move an inch!

Just as this pitch-black blade aura, carrying unparalleled power, was about to cleave Li Xiuyuan's body in two!

Inside the stone statue, a beam of light suddenly burst forth, enough to turn the night into gold!

Immediately afterwards, a Buddhist chant filled with majesty and holiness, which inevitably inspired faith in everyone present, reached their ears!

"Amitabha!!"

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Chapter 22 The Divine Power of Weituo is Fully Displayed! Why are we owed the Ten Commandments before even recognizing each other as brothers?

"Amitabha!"

The majestic, solemn, and seemingly intimidating Buddhist chant resounded from the void without causing any sense of resistance!

The golden light grew brighter and brighter, and then a series of chanting sounds that made people feel refreshed began to echo!

Looking around, what was originally a stone statue has now been sculpted into a golden body.

It slowly rose into the air, releasing layers of air waves, and began to rotate in the air without any human intervention!

Faster and faster! Faster and faster!

Just as the Hades's domineering slash was about to fall, the golden statue transformed!

吒！

A guardian deity clad in golden armor, imbued with profound Buddhist principles, and wielding a vajra pestle... has descended upon the mortal realm!

"Amitabha! I am a guardian deity, and it is my duty to protect this region! Break!"

As soon as the word "broken" was uttered, Bodhisattva Weituo's right arm trembled, and the Vajra Pestle unleashed its divine power. The heavy golden Buddhist magic power was blasted out and met the fierce and malevolent blade energy of the Underworld Lord in the air in less than half a breath!

The final result is quite clear!

What others perceived as a malevolent blade, like a demon's attack, encountered the subduing power of a true Buddhist guardian deity. (23sK.com)

It was as if there was no resistance at all, and it was broken in an instant, and then the residual force swept towards Minghou!

"Impossible! How could this be!"

The Marquis of the Underworld's eyes widened, his heart filled with shock!

However, time will not give him many more opportunities to be amazed or to contemplate the possibilities.

The Vajra Waves vanished in an instant; their speed was imperceptible to the naked eye and their divine power imperceptible to the senses of internal energy!

He could only rely on his years of combat experience to hold his weapon horizontally in front of his chest in an instant!

Even so, after about two more breaths, he suddenly felt an irresistible force coming from the blade of his sword!

boom!!

Layer upon layer of truly aggressive air waves crashed down, and Minghou felt his throat go dry. His internal organs felt as if they had been struck by a flying mountain, and he was on the verge of shattering!

His figure flew backward instantly! Neither walls nor tree trunks could stop his body!

If Lei Wujie had previously created a "small" ditch by striking with the force of his fist!

So now, the Marquis of the Underworld is literally using his body to plow one large pit and trench after another into the ground while flying backwards!

And this was merely a casual strike from the Bodhisattva Weituo!

It is said that monks and nuns are compassionate, but there are also wrathful deities in Buddhism!

As a guardian deity in the Buddhist realm, Bodhisattva Weituo is required to bear sins and eliminate all evil!

Therefore, whether it is the true being in the world of gods and Buddhas, or the Bodhisattva Weituo projected from other worlds based on that being, he is always depicted as a majestic warrior clad in golden armor!

The same applies to the one that Li Xiuyuan briefly summoned this time using his imagination!

Therefore, despite the overwhelming murderous aura emanating from the Marquis of the Underworld, Bodhisattva Weituo didn't even glance at him after severely injuring him!

For someone like him who has already decided to bear sin, as long as his heart is righteous!

Even if we kill the other person, what difference will it make?

If it weren't for the fact that the Marquis of the Underworld had some connection to Buddhism, and was probably a half-believer, well... the kind who would often ask Buddha for blessings to cleanse their sins.

Furthermore, Bodhisattva Weituo could sense that the cause and effect of his initial killing was largely not what he wanted, so he held back slightly. Otherwise, even a casual strike would not have just severely injured the Underworld Lord, but would have sent him to the underworld to face the final judgment of his life!

(To avoid being criticized: Holding back doesn't mean innocence, nor does offering incense absolve one of guilt. It simply means I didn't kill him. Anyway, I'm just saying this to save face, okay?)

"Amitabha!"

As if he had done something trivial, Weituo Bodhisattva closed his eyes and performed a Buddhist salute. In a few swift movements, he descended from his levitation state to the ground.

He glanced at the crowd around him, and under his imposing gaze, even Xiao Se unconsciously lowered his head and avoided eye contact, a sense of guilt surging within him.

As for Tang Lian, he's a member of the Tang Clan, specializing in hidden weapons and poison!

Although these methods have now become commonplace in the underworld, they are still not exactly respectable.

Even if Tang Lian herself hadn't done anything wrong, she couldn't help but dare not look directly at him under that gaze.

Lei Wujie, on the other hand, is an excessively naive fool, possessing a clever mind and childlike innocence!

So, among the three people besides Li Xiuyuan, he was the only one who did not avoid the gaze and faced it calmly.

"A discerning mind? How rare!"

Compared to Xiao Se, Lei Wujie's performance naturally earned him a glance from Bodhisattva Weituo.

But it was only a glance. He wasn't the person the other party was looking for. The Bodhisattva Weituo was looking for the person who had summoned him!

Yes, everything has a cause and effect. The other party must have asked for something and paid some kind of price to summon him.

Therefore, he should also earnestly help the other party make the request!

Hmm... I wonder what difficult thing it is that requires his intervention?

He doesn't have any of those magical abilities, like saving lives or healing the wounded. All he knows is how to fight.

With that thought in mind, Bodhisattva Weituo fixed his gaze on the last person on "his side"!

He's a monk!

Well, that's not really strange. No one who isn't a monk would understand this kind of Buddhist secret technique, and they wouldn't be able to summon him either.

But strangely, why is this monk so slovenly? What kind of behavior is this?

Also, why does he smell such a strong odor of alcohol on the person opposite him?

Damn it, even though he knew that those so-called rules and regulations were all for the purpose of training mortals.

Those who have truly entered the Buddhist path no longer need to abide by most of those rules.

Even so, isn't the person in front of you just an ordinary mortal?

Could it be that during his time as a guardian deity, the mortal traditions and the higher authorities made new regulations?

Otherwise, the monk will be punished!

"It was you who summoned me?"

"Dressed in rags, reeking of alcohol, and always grinning like an idiot, what kind of behavior is this, for a Buddhist practitioner?"

"After this matter is over, go and collect the Ten Commandments!"

Although Bodhisattva Weituo did not know whether the rules and regulations had really changed, he believed that strict requirements were never wrong.

"Huh? The Ten Precepts! Brother Wei Tuo...aren't you being too harsh?"

"If these ten precepts are imposed, will I, as a monk, still be able to walk?"

Li Xiuyuan was dumbfounded. What was going on?

Why haven't they said a single word yet? They haven't even reunited and recognized each other in the mortal realm, and they've already fallen into the ten precepts?

"Senior brother? You called me senior brother?"

Upon hearing this mortal monk address him as Brother Weituo, Weituo Bodhisattva was just about to reprimand him with a stern expression when a golden light flashed in his eyes, and suddenly…

The ragged monk in front of him had already changed his appearance.

That was a figure also radiating golden light, with the profound truths of Buddhism flowing through his body. He was covered by a gilded kasaya, his eyes were closed, his palms were clasped together, and he sat cross-legged on a platform entwined with a golden dragon!

This is……

"You're not an ordinary monk, you're Subduing Dragon!?"

"Why have you descended to the mortal realm again? You have already severed your karmic ties from seven lifetimes. Shouldn't you have attained enlightenment and become equal to the Buddha?"

(Note the setting: Beings like clones and projections are unaware that they are clones or projections. Therefore, in this world, the summoned Weituo is Weituo Bodhisattva, and Li Xiuyuan is the Arhat who subdues dragons in this world!)

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