After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

It wasn't that Zhou Yan didn't believe in the compassion of the Buddha of Mount Ling, but considering that it was only their first meeting with the Medicine Buddha, he still couldn't quite let go of the thought.

Seeing Zhou Yan's unpleasant expression, the Moonlight Bodhisattva made a suggestion.

“If you cannot bear to part with the Nine-Colored Deer, then go together. The Medicine Buddha will be able to repay your kindness in saving us.”

The problem is that I don't think I can beat the Medicine Buddha. If I go there, it'll just be a Ueno-Zero collaboration, one of us will die and the other will be sent to the enemy.

But I'm worried if I don't go.

"Alright, then I'll trouble you two bodhisattvas."

He wouldn't feel at ease if he didn't go, but even if something unexpected happened, he could at least have peace of mind. Besides, Zhou Yan had already checked with the "All Things Are Illusory" technique and found that his chances of escaping from the Medicine Buddha were as high as 89%.

With a sufficiently high level of awakening, coupled with the fact that Zhou Yan had just absorbed a portion of his divine essence from the Past Buddha, Zhou Yan had begun to have the ability to run away even from the Heavenly Emperor.

The Bodhisattva of Moonlight and the Bodhisattva of Sunlight joined their palms together and said respectfully.

"Please follow me, benefactor."

The two bodhisattvas turned around and used their supernatural powers to travel several miles in a single step.

Zhou Yan also followed behind, relying on his ability to shrink the distance between two points.

After walking a few steps, Dayuan Temple appeared before Zhou Yan, the Nine-Colored Deer, and the two Bodhisattvas.

The two bodhisattvas did not go inside when they arrived at the entrance of Dayuan Temple; they simply bowed at the entrance.

“Buddha, the White Benefactor and the Nine-Colored Deer have arrived.”

The red-lacquered copper-studded gate of Dayuan Temple opened, and a faint Buddhist light emanated from it, drifting outwards and landing on Zhou Yan's face, making him feel refreshed and able to breathe easily.

A majestic and powerful voice came from inside the red-lacquered, copper-studded door.

"Benefactor Bai, please come in."

The Moonlight Bodhisattva and the Sunlight Bodhisattva stood on either side of the red-lacquered copper-nailed door, each with their hands clasped together, their faces full of piety.

Zhou Yan put the nine-colored deer down from his arms and led it into the Great Vow Temple. Behind the gate of the Great Vow Temple were the bell tower and the drum tower, followed by the Hall of Heavenly Kings and the Great Buddha Hall. The gate of the Hall of Heavenly Kings was closed, but the gate of the Great Buddha Hall was open, and Buddhist light was emanating from it.

Zhou Yan and the Nine-Colored Deer walked to the entrance of the Great Buddha Hall and then went inside.

The main hall is very large, but the interior decoration is very simple. There are no statues of gods, no incense tables or candles, only a futon placed in the center of the main hall, on which is a bald monk with a gaunt face who looks weak no matter how you look at him.

Zhou Yan opened the monk's attribute panel and saw negative keywords such as "severely injured" and "weak" in the status bar. It was clear that although Medicine Buddha won the battle against Maitreya, he also paid a heavy price.

“Benefactor Bai…”

The extremely weak bald monk rose from the prayer mat, a compassionate smile on his pale face.

"Greetings, Medicine Buddha."

Zhou Yan returned the greeting and brought the nine-colored deer to the Buddha.

The Medicine Buddha sat back on his prayer mat, and the Nine-Colored Deer shone its auspicious light upon him. The little deer could see that the Medicine Buddha was very weak and wanted to give this great Buddha some positive buffs.

The Medicine Buddha, now bathed in auspicious light, looked somewhat better, and his eyes, gazing at the nine-colored deer, revealed a hint of brilliance. 【∞】

After staring at the nine-colored deer for a while, Medicine Buddha turned to Zhou Yan and said.

“Benefactor, it’s best not to let the Nine-Colored Deer leave Mount Ling during this period.”

Zhou Yan frowned slightly.

The Nine-Colored Deer must not be allowed to leave Mount Ling...

Is he trying to impart the true Dharma of Buddhism to the Nine-Colored Deer, or... is he afraid of Mara?

When Zhou Yan worked with Bo Xun before, he thought Bo Xun was quite easy to talk to. But now that he sensed that Bo Xun was going crazy, Zhou Yan suddenly felt immense pressure.

After all, he was a powerful figure at the level of a Heavenly Emperor. If he could really fight against him without any shame, Zhou Yan would have no choice but to ask Nuwa for help.

The Medicine Buddha explained.

“Please calm down, benefactor. The reason for keeping the nine-colored deer is not to teach Buddhism or to prevent Mara from harming you. Rather, it is because you have too much karma on your hands. If this child continues to stay with you, it will bring misfortune upon her.”

Zhou Yan pointed to himself.

"Am I burdened by too much karma?"

Medicine Buddha sighed.

"Benefactor, if I were to say that you will face a great calamity in three years, would you believe me?"

Zhou Yan was so startled he almost jumped up.

However, Zhou Yan thought about it again and it wasn't surprising. There were probably tens of thousands of gods in heaven who wanted to kill him. As soon as Su Yinjun, the Fox King of Qingqiu, said he wanted to kill him, the Four Celestial Masters shamelessly came down to help.

Given Bai Ze's connections, let alone three years, it wouldn't be surprising if Zhou Yan were surrounded and attacked by 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals and countless divine hedgehogs as soon as he left Mount Ling.

Zhou Yan smiled wryly and clasped his hands in a fist salute to the Medicine Buddha.

"Please enlighten us, Buddha."

The Medicine Buddha said calmly.

"South Heavenly Gate".

Zhou Yan took a step back.

Nantianmen?

Zhou Yan had been to the South Heavenly Gate. There was a group of fallen True Gods there. These True Gods had even hunted down Zhou Yan, and he only survived because of the protection of the Goddess Houtu.

Based on his experience of being chased and ganged up on, Zhou Yan felt that these true gods posed no threat to him. Back when he first obtained his mythical form, they couldn't even kill him. Now that his awakening level was almost 90%, what made them think they could possibly...?

"Su Zhaojun..."

Zhou Yan murmured.

The daughter of Su Yue, the queen of the Qingqiu Fox Clan, seems to have an unclear and ambiguous relationship with me. I brought this child to the South Heavenly Gate, and she seems to have something in her possession that could threaten me.

Inside the entire South Heavenly Gate, if the Heavenly Emperor didn't intervene, the only person who could pose a threat to him was this girl.

Zhou Yan had thought that when the time was right, he would go to Nantianmen to secretly find Su Zhaojun and see what his past life had left for his present life. However, since this matter was not really important, Zhou Yan had put it off and had no motivation to go see it.

Only after the Medicine Buddha's reminder did Zhou Yan realize that danger had already begun to brew inexplicably.

"Bai Ze understands."

Zhou Yan clasped his hands in a fist salute to the Medicine Buddha.

"Bai Ze will go and take a look at the South Heavenly Gate now."

The Medicine Buddha shook his head slightly.

"If you go there this time, the chances of survival are slim."

Zhou Yan gazed intently at the Medicine Buddha.

"Buddha, can't we just say what we have to say all at once? Can't you catch your breath?"

Zhou Yan knew very well that leaving things unsaid was the privilege of big shots, but at this point, he was still the savior of the Medicine Buddha, so couldn't he just speak clearly and say everything that needed to be said?

The Medicine Buddha smiled very kindly.

"It's because you agreed too quickly. I had a lot to say before you even got to the point where you had already decided what to do."

Zhou Yan didn't want to argue about these useless, time-wasting topics.

"Buddha, please tell me how I can overcome this calamity."

The Medicine Buddha clasped his hands together and softly chanted "Amitabha."

“Benefactor, if you wish to survive this calamity, you should go to Mingyue Temple and find Bodhisattva Samantabhadra. He has a fragment of your divine essence there. Once you find it, you will be able to survive this disaster.”

Zhou Yan: "Σ(゜ロ゜;)"

Mingyue Temple, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva... Part 4

Zhou Yan remembered that Yinglong had also told him that his divine fragments were in Mingyue Temple, and if he wanted to complete himself, he would have to go to Bodhisattva Samantabhadra.

When Yinglong spoke, he couldn't help but laugh. Zhou Yan could tell from his expression that if he went to Mingyue Temple, he would probably encounter a lot of dangers, or even something more terrible.

Therefore, Zhou Yan had absolutely no desire to go to Mingyue Temple.

"That, Medicine Buddha..."

Zhou Yan swallowed hard.

"I must have a lot of fragments, right? Can't I go to other places?"

Medicine Buddha glanced at Zhou Yan indifferently. No matter how Zhou Yan looked at it, he felt that Medicine Buddha's gaze was full of information, as if he had a lot to say, but he couldn't express it clearly, so he looked like he wanted to say something but stopped himself.

"donor……"

The Medicine Buddha spoke in a calm tone.

"Currently, only Guangming Temple has fragments of the donors; other temples do not have any fragments of the donors' items."

The fragmented worlds possessed by Mount Ling are only a small part; most are in the hands of different Heavenly Emperors, waiting for the right time to be inserted into the main world.

Zhou Yan: "..."

Zhou Yan had a feeling that Ying Long's earlier tantrums might have been intentional, deliberately letting him know that going to Mingyue Temple was dangerous, so that he wouldn't dare to go.

Then now, knowing that he has to go to Mingyue Temple to survive, Yinglong can only look at his own face full of resentment and anger, and can only lower his head and go to Mingyue Temple for his own life.

TMD...

No wonder he's a long-time colleague of Bai Ze.

Like the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, were they assimilated by Bai Ze?

Unfortunately, he couldn't defeat Yinglong. This wasn't a matter of awakening level; even with Bai Ze at full awakening level, he still couldn't beat Yinglong at full awakening level back then.

As the Empress's consort, Yinglong possessed supernatural powers almost comparable to those of the Heavenly Emperor.

The nine-colored deer walked to Zhou Yan's side and nudged him with its little horns.

"Brother, what is Mingyue Temple? How about Qingcai goes to Mingyue Temple with you?"

Zhou Yan pushed Qingcai away bitterly and asked the Medicine Buddha.

"Buddha Bhaisajyaguru, is there any danger at this Mingyue Temple?"

Since we can't escape our fate of going to Mingyue Temple, let's find out what dangers there are and see if we can avoid them in advance.

After all, I am an auspicious beast, and my luck has always been good.

should……

After pondering for a moment, the Medicine Buddha spoke.

"Inside Mingyue Temple... besides Samantabhadra, there is also Erlang Shen."

Zhou Yan: “(?_?)”

Zhou Yan seemed to have heard that he often played with Erlang Shen, but if it was just for fun, Erlang Shen shouldn't have any grudge against him, right?

As for the trouble I caused, Erlang Shen will at most ignore me if he sees me, right?

Seemingly wanting to shatter Zhou Yan's delusions, the Medicine Buddha continued.

"It seems that Erlang Shen and Bai Buzhu have a deep-seated grudge."

The nine-colored deer was puzzled.

Is this Erlang Shen a bad person?

In the eyes of the Nine-Colored Deer, Zhou Yan is the best brother in the world, and anyone who doesn't get along with her brother must be the worst person in the world.

The Medicine Buddha looked at Zhou Yan with a subtle expression, and Zhou Yan licked his lips.

"Um, Medicine Buddha...did I offend Erlang Shen before?"

Chapter Twenty-Four: Mingyue Temple

Mara's willingness to do business with humans began simply because the Buddha left the Sixth Heaven and escaped Mara's control. In other words, all of Mara's willingness to engage in transactions with humans was ultimately due to the Buddha.

Now that the Buddha has passed away, the foundation of this business is gone, and Mara naturally no longer cares about the integrity of the business.

Perhaps it was because the slightly plump young woman's skin was so beautiful that Zhou Yan inexplicably developed a certain fondness for Bo Xun. Looking back now, Zhou Yan realized that Bo Xun was not as shameless as the gods in the Heavenly Court.

This sixth-day demon king was a willful and unscrupulous individual with no moral boundaries.

"Brother, brother..."

The nine-colored deer approached Zhou Yan, nuzzling its little head against his face.