Chapter 184: Chang'an

In Xingfu Temple, the night was extremely quiet.

A little novice monk got up at night to relieve himself and was about to pass the main hall on his way to the latrine. As he passed the main hall, he suddenly heard some movement in the inner hall, as if someone had bumped into something.

"It's so late, it shouldn't be Master... Could it be those thieves stealing magic tools again?"

Buddhist magic tools were made of gold, silver, and copper, and the materials were very precious. They were hard currency in the West Market and very easy to sell to Hu merchants. Therefore, lawless people often climbed into the temple to steal, and the little novice monk had heard of this often. He crept close to the window to peek inside. If there really were thieves, he would call the monks in the temple to catch them.

This hall was very quiet, and only the chirping of insects could be heard all around... Therefore, the series of tiny footsteps in the hall could be heard clearly.

The little novice monk was puzzled. These tiny footsteps didn't sound like thieves; instead—they sounded like mice.

He looked through the window sill and heard the footsteps getting closer and closer, finally appearing under the eternal lamp before the Buddha.

The little novice monk was shocked to see a boy attendant whose whole body was golden, as if he were a lump of gold, jumping and jumping to the front of the Buddha, looking at the Buddha statue.

The little novice monk covered his mouth. He also had some cultivation foundation and knew that this was a small spirit monster called a Gold and Jin Jin Yin Tongzi, which was transformed from the essence of gold and silver.

Where there are Gold and Silver Boys, there is often buried gold and silver. Such a gold boy the size of a small pig—that must be a treasury of gold buried! In the stories the little novice monk heard, Gold and Silver Boys were only the size of a thumb, and the protagonist of the story could dig out two jars of gold by following the places where the Gold and Silver Boys appeared...

Such a gold boy the size of a small pig, it must be a treasury of gold.

The little novice monk knew that the places where temples were located were often old mansions given to temples by high officials. Who knew how much gold and silver was buried underground?

His greed flared up, so he secretly peeked at the Gold and Jin Jin Yin Tongzi, wanting to see where it appeared on the ground, so he could secretly dig out the gold and get rich and return to secular life!

The Gold Boy shook his head and looked at the Buddha statue for a long time, then suddenly took out a rope and tied up the Buddha statue!

The little novice monk outside the hall slipped and almost fell...

Unexpectedly, the even more shocking thing was yet to come. A heavy voice suddenly came from the Buddha statue's mouth: "Little demon spirit... how dare you offend me? Who gave you the guts!"

The copper Buddha statue actually came to life. The great Buddha stretched out his hands, but did not break free from the loose silk ribbon. The great Buddha stood up, several zhang high, and the scolding sound from his mouth alarmed the monk's quarters next door. Just as the little novice monk was about to shout, he saw the abbot quietly touch up from behind, making a gesture to be quiet...

Several monks gathered outside the hall and saw the great Buddha stand up and step into the hall.

The Heavenly Kings and Goddesses on the surrounding painted walls also moved one after another, looking at a small gold boy before the Buddha statue, either covering their mouths, sneering, or glaring.

The tiny gold boy shouted a string of childish words that no one could hear.

The copper Buddha sneered: "You say you were ordered by your master to slay demons and eliminate monsters. You want me to surrender, and because of the offerings of my family, you will spare my life and give me a background!"

"Hahaha... what kind of background is a tiny demon spirit like you? You dare to discuss background with me."

The little novice monk stared wide-eyed in horror at this absurd scene... watching the Buddha statue suddenly explode in anger, as if the gold boy had hit some vital point. Seeing the Buddha statue, which was usually peaceful, suddenly look ferocious, like a demon king, the abbot behind him explained with a trembling voice: "This is the Jin Gang's angry eyes... The Buddha has a compassionate heart, but if any demon offends, there is also the Jin Gang's angry eyes to subdue demons!"

The great Buddha swung his fist the size of a peck at the tiny gold boy.

At this moment, a groundless thought even rose in the little novice monk's heart—if the gold is smashed flat, it shouldn't affect its value, right?

At this moment, the tiny gold boy bowed to the great Buddha. The great Buddha buzzed: "It's too late to bow to me now!" He did not show mercy, possessing the strength of ten thousand jun in his hands, determined to beat this demon's flesh and bones into mud. But the gold boy was not bowing to him, but to the silk ribbon on his hand. At this moment, the great Buddha's clenched fists had not yet smashed down, when he saw a trace of blue-purple electric light flickering on the silk ribbon.

The electric light flickered with a "zi-zi" sound.

The great Buddha's whole body was covered in electric light, instantly tearing his spiritual light. The Buddha light was shattered with a roar, revealing his true form, which was a ferocious demon monster. The little novice monk screamed in fright, but on the murals in the great hall, countless divine generals and heavenly women rushed out of the paintings, only to hear a thunderclap in the great hall...

Seeing that the pale yellow silk ribbon turned into a one-horned dragon made of purple electric light.

The dragon body swayed in the hall, and countless electric lights turned into chains. Thousands of chains covered the hall like a giant net, encompassing the hall. Those divine generals and heavenly women turned into demon shadows in the electric net, but could not escape the shackles of the chains. Hundreds of demon shadows were tied up by the chains, bursting out with even stronger electric light to refine them.

The group of monks outside the hall door were dumbfounded, watching this scene as if in a dream, unable to speak at all.

At this moment, I don't know how many people suspected that they hadn't woken up yet. The little novice monk even saw the abbot pinch his thigh hard, and tears welled up in his eyes from the pain!

Those countless electric chains wrapped around the demon monster, refining it with thunder light. In just a few breaths, the demon monster's figure gradually shrank. The copper skin on its body turned into copper water and dripped down, revealing the green face and fangs beneath. The green face and fangs couldn't last long either. In about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, it turned into a pool of charred charcoal.

The gold boy put away the silk ribbon, folded it up, and stuffed it into his little pocket, glanced at the demon monster's charred corpse, and walked away swaying.

At this time, the novice monk saw the abbot's mouth trembling, and a monk exclaimed: "Monster... the monster killed the Buddha!"

The abbot jumped up as if he had stepped on a knife and scolded: "What Buddha? Didn't you see that it was a demon disguised as one? This is clearly a gold boy from before the Bodhisattva descending to earth to subdue the demon disguised as the Buddha. Why don't you kowtow to the gold boy with me?"

Immediately, a group of monks rushed up and kowtowed to the place where the gold boy disappeared.

Then they quickly arranged and perfected the story of the gold boy before Guanyin Bodhisattva hearing that there were monsters in Chang'an impersonating the Buddha and receiving offerings, and then descending to earth to subdue the demons. Soon, the gold boy was holding the silk ribbon, and a jade girl holding a jade clean bottle appeared beside him. The monks only said: Although only the gold boy descended to subdue demons, the gold boy and jade girl before the Bodhisattva are always a pair, so they matched the gold boy with a companion! It was convenient to explain to the believers...

The silver boy's reputation was damaged, and it was inexplicably feminized, but it didn't know it itself.

It still held the Magnetic Light Bottle and blocked the entrance of Fengguo Temple. The monks here had long been in league with the demons and were people of Crown Prince Li Heng! Several monks practicing magic arts whispered in the meditation room: "That treacherous prime minister is plotting to break the Chang'an Grand Array. We reported it to the Crown Prince. What did the Crown Prince say?"

The leading monk whispered: "The Crown Prince told us to pretend to comply, make a big scene, and use this to topple the treacherous prime minister!"

"Following the Crown Prince's orders, then we will let those god-demons out. When the time comes, we will pretend that the god-demons are out of control and kill hundreds of people. Let's see how that treacherous prime minister explains it?"

The silver boy calculated the time, heard the Zi hour drum sound... and suddenly pushed over the Magnetic Light Bottle.

In that Magnetic Light Bottle, countless thunder spirit sands jumped non-stop like silver light, turning into strange colors. Countless divine sands flew out, sweeping past like a silver stream.

Between the friction of the divine sands, countless purple electric lights danced wildly. The monks in the meditation room didn't have time to react before they were wrapped in the sand rain. The thunder light surged up, and without making a sound of wailing, they were refined.

On the contrary, the god-demons in the temple revealed the bodies of nine ghost kings.

The nine ghost kings all had Core Formation Supreme cultivation, and their combined force even had the might of a Yin Spirit. Unfortunately, their whole bodies were wrapped in silver sand, and countless thunder powers wore down their own magic power, losing the first move.

They could only fly out countless souls from their bodies, turning into a banner of ten thousand ghosts to struggle to resist.

But among the silver sands, thirty-six Thunder Marsh Divine Sands jumped like star pellets. Between flashes, they turned into a bolt of thunder light that struck and broke the countless grievances wrapped in black qi on the Ten Thousand Ghost Banner. The ghost king Dharma images were almost shattered by the bombardment. This was only the power of one Thunder Marsh Divine Sand. Thirty-six Thunder Marsh Divine Sands exerted their power at the same time, and dozens of thunder lights shattered the nine great ghost king Dharma images. Countless silver sands took advantage of the situation and wrapped around them.

The silver boy chanted an incantation again, and the Magnetic Light Bottle mouth emitted a Yuan Magnetic Divine Light. The countless silver sands suddenly produced boundless strength, wrapped around the nine ghost kings, and drilled toward the Magnetic Light Bottle.

Before long, the entire Fengguo Temple was empty, and the houses were leveled!

Other mansions in the ward heard the bursts of thunder in the city, as well as the various roars made by the ten thousand ghosts, and sent people to peek secretly. They found that the entire Fengguo Temple had been razed to the ground, and it was truly clean.

The gold and silver boys set off for the next temple...

And on that side, Yan Shu and Li Bi also took action.

At the entrance of Jingzhu Temple, Yan Shu originally wanted to knock on the door, but after thinking about it, he raised his foot and kicked the entire temple gate down!

The monks in the temple heard the sound and came out, only to see a burly man with a sword box on his back breaking into the temple. The monks hurriedly stepped forward to block him, and heard Yan Shu say: "You move aside, I will slay the demons in your temple and leave! Otherwise, I will beat you all together!"

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Li Bi came to the front of prosperous realm Temple. The reason he chose this temple was because he heard that when Yang Guozhong's birthday came, he had invited the monks of this temple to chant scriptures. He waved his whisk, and the green threads turned into a hundred-zhang Dharma net, covering the temple. Li Bi entered the temple, and the monks in the temple rushed out of the meditation rooms. Seeing Li Bi, they all snorted coldly and didn't ask for the reason.

They held precept knives and rushed up, surrounding and killing Li Bi...

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Cen Can hesitated for a long time in front of Longxing Temple. This was where he was staying, and he had always been on good terms with the monks here. Moreover, they provided him with a place to stay, and now he had to turn around and exterminate them.

No matter how he thought about it, it wasn't good.

So he pushed the door and entered the temple. A monk came with a lantern and saw Cen Can, then said: "So it's Benefactor Cen. Why did you come back so late? The night curfew on the street, the military officers are barbaric..."

Cen Can was entangled in his heart and muttered: "I only discussed poetry with a newly met good friend in the ward!"

He is used to reciting poems and killing people, and he doesn't like monks. I'm afraid he will also recite poems and kill you all. So I specifically asked to come and see...

Cen Can didn't say this sentence.

At this time, an old monk stepped out of the meditation room and said: "Can Benefactor Cen enter the room for a talk?"

Cen Can hesitated for a moment, then followed the old monk into the meditation room.

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Daci'en Temple, on the Dou Xiaoyan Pagoda.

Qian Chen whispered: "The fragrant world obliterates all existence, how can the pagoda have all appearances? Climbing up, I am shocked by the isolation, covering the Buddha and rejoicing in the great strength. It is said that wings are born, far above the void. Suddenly suspecting that the body and world are different, then I feel the form and spirit are king. The palaces are all before the doors, and the mountains and rivers all face the eaves."

On the top of the Dou Xiaoyan Pagoda, gazing at this large Daci'en Temple, he smiled slightly and said: "I should have asked Cen Can to come with me!"

"Otherwise, after today, I'm afraid there will be no more Big and Dou Xiaoyan Pagodas! Wouldn't it be a pity not to have a Wild Goose Pagoda poetry meeting?" ===== CHAPTER 185 =====