Chapter 368

The fourteenth of the fourth month.

Lingyin Temple.

Fa Hai looked at the golden bowl, which reflected Gu Qing's figure. He watched Gu Qing skillfully sweeping the courtyard, feeding the snakes and insects, organizing medicinal materials, and worshipping the gods. Afterward, he opened the door, smiled lightly at Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing in front of the main gate, and even took the two of them to see the snakes and insects laying eggs. Seeing that it was not too early, he then packed his luggage unhurriedly and walked toward Lingyin Temple.

"Master Fa Hai."

A voice was calm and quiet, causing Fa Hai to raise his head and look at the thirteen or fourteen-year-old little monk, Daoji. This little monk should have been cultivating at Guoqing Temple on Mount Tiantai, but recently he had come to Lingyin Temple. For some reason, whenever Fa Hai looked at the little monk's expression, he would always feel a sense of reverence.

"It's Daoji."

Fa Hai addressed him simply and was about to ask Daoji his intention, but Daoji had already spoken first.

"You view Gu Qing as an opponent and have watched him for over a month. Have you seen through Gu Qing's foundation?"

Daoji asked.

Fa Hai spoke naturally, saying, "During this time, Gu Qing has been seeing patients and saving people, planting flowers and trees, playing with birds and watching them, playing the zither and drinking tea, indulging in the beauty of Bai Suzhen and Cen Biqing, without any ambition to improve, not knowing how to transcend. Every day he only knows how to be petty, pulling at connections. It can be said that his Dao heart is lost. In this decisive battle with Bai Suzhen, Gu Qing should be relying on the gods."

Fa Hai had been spying on Gu Qing for a long time, and although he couldn't see anything unusual, he still regarded Gu Qing as the biggest threat.

In this battle, with Gu Qing bridging the gap, Fa Hai had to face Gu Qing and Bai Suzhen alone, but Fa Hai could use the golden bowl.

And under the golden bowl, Bai Suzhen truly had no chance of winning, and Gu Qing was only at the Golden Core stage, with a strength far different from Fa Hai's own. If the opponent didn't play tricks, Fa Hai believed he would win steadily.

Hearing Fa Hai's words, Daoji said softly, "The world knows that this world is a bitter sea of fame and fortune, but they do not know that the white mountains and green waters, the flowing rivers and standing stones, and the welcoming flowers and calling birds are also in the secular world. The red dust is not bitter; what is bitter is the human heart."

"Gu Qing watches the scenery and enjoys the fish, happy and content, having already grasped the interest of the mundane world."

Monk Daoji turned his prayer beads and calmly made his own reading comprehension. He pointed to his heart and said to Fa Hai, "The Dao is here, not outside."

Fa Hai heard Monk Daoji's reading comprehension and couldn't help but laugh, saying, "Can Gu Qing's chest burst forth with boundless magic power and make the seas split and mountains crumble?"

Boundless magic power, seas splitting and mountains crumbling.

This is exactly where Fa Hai's dharma name comes from. He had cultivated for a thousand years and did not take Monk Daoji's reading comprehension to heart. After all, this pure nature, how much power can it burst forth?

Monk Daoji turned his prayer beads silently.

Outside Lingyin Temple, the voices were noisy, and the sounds of welcoming guests came one after another. By this time, Gu Qing had already brought Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing to the outside of Lingyin Temple. The many monks in the temple hurriedly welcomed them. Gu Qing was also here and met Master Huiyuan and Monk Daoji. Both sides bowed to each other, and then Gu Qing came to offer incense to the Buddha.

When Fa Hai went out, he saw Gu Qing donating heavily to Lingyin Temple, preparing hundreds of monk robes for the monks of Lingyin Temple, stringing jade prayer beads for the abbot of Lingyin Temple, and gifting a golden wooden fish. Even Monk Daoji received a golden bowl in his hand.

"Everyone."

Gu Qing bowed to the monks of Lingyin Temple and said, "Master Fa Hai has cultivated for a thousand years with profound virtue and is respected by everyone. It is just that there is still a piece of karma in the human world that has not been settled, causing him to be slow in achieving the right fruit. Today is the fourteenth of the fourth month. Before the gods of heaven and earth and the monks of Lingyin, we are going to have a decisive battle with Zen Master Fa Hai to settle the karma..."

Gu Qing burned incense to the Buddha first and gave gifts to the monks later. The face and etiquette had been given enough. Fa Hai listened to Gu Qing's words, and his heart couldn't help but feel angry. In this situation, it was as if Gu Qing had already secured victory.

Fa Hai held the golden bowl, stood in the field, interrupted Gu Qing's words, and said lightly, "Let's begin."

The grievances of a thousand years were to be resolved on this day.

"Master, don't be in a hurry."

Gu Qing looked at Fa Hai and said, "The time for the decisive battle was chosen by you; the location for the decisive battle, of course, is chosen by us."

Fa Hai was slightly silent. Originally, the fourteenth of the fourth month was set because Gu Qing had backstabbed him three times and stabbed him in the face once, making Fa Hai feel that Gu Qing had someone guiding him from behind, making him deep and unpredictable. Thus, the time was pushed back to observe Gu Qing's situation.

Through Wang Daoling, Fa Hai had already seen Gu Qing's trump card, which was the Seven-Star Sword Style and the seven divine lords.

But after Fa Hai prayed to the Buddha, he believed that the seven divine lords would not attack him, so he felt relieved.

"Where do you choose?"

Fa Hai asked.

Gu Qing smiled slightly at Fa Hai.

Lingyin Temple, toilet.

Fa Hai held the golden bowl, standing there with a livid face, looking at Gu Qing and Bai Suzhen standing in front of him. His heart was filled with resentment that could not be added to.

"You want to resolve the grievances of a thousand years here?"

Fa Hai asked coldly.

"Of course!"

Gu Qing nodded affirmatively.

Fa Hai's hand holding the golden bowl trembled slightly.

This golden bowl of Fa Hai seems miraculous, but it has a huge flaw, or rather, in this kind of traditional mythology, there are such flaws, which is that the magic weapon is afraid of being defiled.

In the plot, Fa Hai once used the golden bowl to deal with Xiao Qing. Xiao Qing was forced to vomit blood, which made the golden bowl's light dim, and only then did she escape the pursuit. There is also the Star-Chasing Sword of the Zhang family; once this kind of sword is unsheathed, it can make the five ghosts around Xiao Qing unable to bear it, and it can even kill the centipede spirit in seconds. But such a divine sword, once washed with foot-washing water, is directly scrapped.

Bai Suzhen also said that all magic weapons and supernatural powers in the world are afraid of defilement, and this thing called a toilet is the "Hunyuan Jin Dou." As long as it is flushed with this thing, all kinds of supernatural powers will vanish.

It was also because of this huge weakness that Gu Qing dared to challenge Fa Hai.

Fa Hai's brows trembled, and he said angrily, "Gu Qing, don't go too far!"

Fa Hai's golden bowl has the ability to collect demons, but in the toilet, Fa Hai really couldn't display it. Not to mention that the golden bowl would be defiled, just saying that this golden bowl is what the Buddha eats with, what if it collects something? Isn't it too disrespectful to the Buddha?

"You choose the time, I choose the location. It is reasonable and fair. Where is the overstepping?"

Gu Qing said calmly.

It was precisely because he knew the weakness of the magic weapons in this world that Gu Qing worshipped the Toilet God with extra care. Relying on the saying of the "Hunyuan Jin Dou," this Toilet God is simply the Sanxiao Niangniang of another dimension. Gu Qing could also transform into the Toilet God of War by worshipping this god.

"So, when you were challenging me, you thought of this method."

Fa Hai's voice was deep.

Gu Qing nodded.

"Sigh..."

Fa Hai sighed long. No wonder Gu Qing ate, drank, and played every day; it turned out to be to paralyze him. People had already made up their minds, and Fa Hai had been spying on Gu Qing for so long in vain.

And he hadn't caught the core of Gu Qing's conspiracy.

"Master Fa Hai, make your move."

Gu Qing's voice was flat as he asked.

Make a move? How to make a move?

Fa Hai held the golden bowl, wishing he could collect Gu Qing and Bai Suzhen, but in the toilet, Fa Hai couldn't perform.

In Lingyin Temple, the abbot, the elders, the masters of the halls, and the monks of the temple looked at such a scene and looked at each other. They didn't expect that after Gu Qing changed the place for the decisive battle, such a miraculous effect would appear.

"Should we persuade them?"

A hall master said to the abbot.

The abbot smiled slightly and said, "Heavenly timing is not as good as geographical advantage, and geographical advantage is not as good as human harmony. Everything is fate."

The geographical advantage is in the latrine.

As for human harmony, Gu Qing gave gifts to the monks of Lingyin Temple and was familiar with the gods in heaven. This is harmony.

Geographical advantage and human harmony were both with Gu Qing, and Fa Hai naturally fell into a disadvantage.

In the toilet.

Fa Hai was still in a standoff, watching Gu Qing and Bai Suzhen standing still, holding the golden bowl and hesitating. Gu Qing was on high alert, and he looked at Bai Suzhen behind him, whose eyebrows were like paintings and whose demeanor was gentle, standing side by side with Gu Qing, as if he were the bad guy. This reminded Fa Hai of Bai Suzhen stealing the elixir back then. He was furious, gave a high shout, and pressed toward Gu Qing and Bai Suzhen.

Bai Suzhen shifted her steps and came in front of Gu Qing, her fingertips faintly glowing. Everything Fa Hai pressed down with vanished instantly.

"Boom, boom, boom!!!"

Fa Hai operated his great magic power, and the power around his body was like a tidal wave, rushing in all directions. The mountain walls and wooden beams rattled.

Fa Hai was preparing to operate his magic power to destroy this place, thereby changing the battlefield, which was an easy thing for Fa Hai.

"Fa Hai, the fifteenth of the fourth month is the time for the summer retreat. Are you going to destroy the toilet of Lingyin Temple now?"

Gu Qing gave a sharp shout and started verbal kidnapping directly.

Fa Hai, who was operating his magic power, was slightly stunned, looking at everything in all directions, and the magic power he was operating was also gradually forced to stop by Bai Suzhen.

"Fa Hai, do you want to destroy Lingyin Temple?"

Gu Qing asked again.

Hearing such words, Fa Hai hesitated even more in the toilet. He looked at Gu Qing and Bai Suzhen standing together, his heart hardened, and the golden bowl in his hand suddenly operated, roaring toward Gu Qing and Bai Suzhen.

This golden bowl had great magic power, golden and bright, enough to fix the two in place.

Bai Suzhen was covered by this light and barely resisted. As a demon, she was most restrained by Buddhist law, and the golden bowl in Fa Hai's hand was her nemesis. But just as this golden light covered them, Gu Qing raised his foot and stomped on the ground. In an instant, the toilet shook violently, and yellow and white things exploded and flew, completely covering Gu Qing, Fa Hai, and Bai Suzhen inside, and even the golden bowl that was emitting this golden light was no exception.

"Clatter, clatter..."

The tactic of blowing up the toilet from childhood had a miraculous effect at this time.

The true essence of the Nine Returns Sun True Scripture in Gu Qing's body reversed, and the black and white Taiji of the Taiji Xuanqing Dao appeared, covering Gu Qing and Bai Suzhen. Fa Hai's body also bloomed with golden light, completely resisting all this. It was just that Fa Hai's golden bowl, cassock, and other spiritual objects, after being covered by this yellow and white stuff, turned into mortal objects. With a ping, the golden bowl fell to the ground.

Fa Hai frowned, looked at the golden bowl on the ground, and his heart suddenly sank.

"I have already retired after success."

Gu Qing patted Bai Suzhen and said, "The rest is up to you."

Bai Suzhen pinched her nose. She didn't expect that the grievances of a thousand years would be resolved in the toilet. But now that the two had already fought, it was difficult for them to be good, and only by deciding the winner and fulfilling the agreement could this grievance come to an end.

"Fa Hai, let's go outside to fight."

Bai Suzhen gave a soft shout.

Fa Hai turned his head, glared at Gu Qing, and golden light bloomed in his eyes. The two's magic power surged, and suddenly they turned into two primordial spirits, rushing out of the foul air in the toilet, rushing into the clouds, and fighting each other in the state of primordial spirits.

Gu Qing couldn't see this change in primordial spirits clearly, and he didn't chase them out. Taking advantage of the two primordial spirits rushing into the outside world, Gu Qing operated his magic power. The yellow and white things that were blown out were rolled up by the true essence and returned to the toilet again, leaving the bodies of Fa Hai and Bai Suzhen in the toilet, and the contaminated golden bowl also fell to the side.

"Good, good..."

Gu Qing stepped forward and looked at the magic weapon bestowed by the Buddha.

This was solid throughout, seemingly gold, and seemed to contain other substances inside, heavier than ordinary gold. Gu Qing estimated it with true essence and also realized the magic power contained within... This immortal weapon in traditional mythology doesn't seem to be very useful.

Gu Qing pondered secretly in his heart.

Although the magic weapons in the Zhu Xian world are also afraid of defilement, those are at least magic weapons refined by the blood of the demon sect, while these things now are just feces discharged by humans.

During this pondering, there was thunder flashing in the sky.

Gu Qing raised his head and saw two rays of light falling one after another. Hearing a loud bang, Bai Suzhen's delicate body softened and fell into Gu Qing's arms, while Fa Hai's body on the other side tilted and fell toward the toilet.

"Hit!"

Gu Qing raised his hand, and the Taiji Xuanqing Dao appeared out of thin air. This Taiji diagram appeared on Fa Hai's body, not letting Fa Hai fall down.

Fa Hai opened his eyes, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, looked at Gu Qing and Bai Suzhen in front of him, twitched his mouth, and said very uncomfortably, "I lost."

Without the golden bowl, Fa Hai and Bai Suzhen fought in the air with their primordial spirits. The final result was that Bai Suzhen was better. In Fa Hai's bitter face, perhaps he also felt that his lost golden elixir played a part in this.

Fa Hai stepped forward and picked up the golden bowl on the ground. This golden bowl was bestowed by the Buddha after he raised funds in Prince Liang's Mansion and repaired Lingyin Temple. Now it just fell there plainly. Although the yellow and white things were forced back by Gu Qing's true essence, they finally left some residual smell. Fa Hai picked up the golden bowl regardless and said in a deep voice, "I will follow the gambling agreement and retreat three houses away from Bai Suzhen."

Fa Hai was going to retreat, and this retreat was ninety miles.

Bai Suzhen's face was happy, and she looked at Gu Qing. After this battle with Fa Hai, her grievances with Fa Hai were also settled, and now there was only kindness left.

Gu Qing looked at Fa Hai's lost appearance and understood in his heart that Fa Hai had not put down the grievances, but now he had no ability to take revenge, so he retreated temporarily.

Due to the gambling agreement with Bai Suzhen, Fa Hai would not directly target Bai Suzhen, but Gu Qing might become Fa Hai's new target.

"Master Fa Hai, which Buddhist scripture do you cultivate?"

Gu Qing asked.

"I have cultivated all the Buddhist scriptures."

Fa Hai held the golden bowl in his chest and said, "Over the years, I have read all the Buddhist scriptures in the world, and they are all in my head."

Gu Qing heard this and asked with a smile, "Legend has it that the Buddha has supernatural powers, and the gods of the heavens also have supernatural powers. After the Asura King was defeated, he took his eighty-four thousand dependents and hid in the holes of lotus root silk. This is also a supernatural power. So, why can't the gods of the heavens and the Asura King be the Buddha?"

(End of Chapter)